Tux Machines Bulletin for Friday, February 20, 2026 ┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅ Generated Sat 21 Feb 02:49:55 GMT 2026 Created by Dr. Roy Schestowitz (𝚛𝚘𝚢 (at) 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚣 (dot) 𝚌𝚘𝚖) Full hyperlinks for navigation omitted but are fully available in the originals The corresponding HTML versions are at http://news.tuxmachines.org ╒═══════════════════ 𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐗 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⦿ Tux Machines - Audiocasts/Shows: JavaFX, Security, BSD, and Ask Noah ⦿ Tux Machines - Blender 5.1 Beta Enables Hardware Ray-Tracing by Default for AMD GPUs ⦿ Tux Machines - Calibre 9.3 E-Book Manager Improves Support for the Hanvon N10 e-Reader ⦿ Tux Machines - Desktop/Laptop: Jack Wallen Recommends Thelio, Simon Batt Praises Atomic GNU/Linux Systems ⦿ Tux Machines - Free and Open Source Software ⦿ Tux Machines - Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Programming Leftovers ⦿ Tux Machines - Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Sharing Leftovers ⦿ Tux Machines - 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One of the regular “appearances” is Helal Anwar, who is building impressive educational tools with JavaFX. In this interview, we discuss his GradedAttendance application and other JavaFX projects he’s working on. * ⚓ Graham Cluley ☛ Smashing_Security_podcast_#455:_Face_off:_Meta’s Glasses_and_America’s_internet_kill_switch⠀⇛ Could America turn off Europe’s internet? That’s one of the questions that Graham and special guest James Ball will be exploring as they discuss tech sovereignty. Could Gmail, cloud services, and critical infrastructure really become geopolitical leverage? And is anyone actually building a Plan B? * ⚓ The BSD Now Podcast ☛ BSD_Now_651:_Spatially_aware_ZFS⠀⇛ GeoIP PF FreeBSD, ZFs in production, linuxulator feels like magic, XFCE is great, the scariest boot code, and more... * ⚓ The Ask Noah Show ☛ Ask_Noah_Show_479⠀⇛ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 178 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/20/Blender_5_1_Beta_Enables_Hardware_Ray_Tracing_by_Default_for_AM.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/20/Blender_5_1_Beta_Enables_Hardware_Ray_Tracing_by_Default_for_AM.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Blender 5.1 Beta Enables Hardware Ray- Tracing by Default for AMD GPUs⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Marius Nestor on Feb 20, 2026 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Blender_5.1_beta⦈_ Blender 5.1 promises to enable hardware ray-tracing by default for AMD GPUs through HIP RT, improve GPU rendering performance by 5-10% on various benchmark scenes, and add support for opening windows without decorations on Linux via the--no-window-frame argument, removing the dependence on LIBDECOR for Wayland. Blender 5.1 also promises a new F-Curve modifier called “Gaussian Smooth” that allows non-destructive smoothing of F-Curves, a new operator to replace the action on multiple objects, and support for loop selection in Weight Paint mode when using Vertex Selection. 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Calibre 9.3 also improves support for Kobo e-readers by adding support for preserving the cover aspect ratio in the KEPUB output when converting e-books to the KEPUB format, regardless of the setting in the EPUB output to match the behavior of KEPUB files from Kobo devices. Read_on ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡋⠉⠍⠭⠭⠩⠭⠍⠍⠉⠉⠭⠍⠉⠩⠭⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⢉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣠⣴⣦⣶⣾⣠⣤⣤⣵⡀⢀⣰⠰⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⣼⣿⣤⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⣬⣭⣭⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣁⠀⠀⢀⣿⣿⡟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠉⠉⠉⠩⢭⣍⣭⣭⣭⣩⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⡍⠉⠉⠉⣿⣿⣧⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣀⣀⣀⣠⣴⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣄⣀⣀⣀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣖⣛⣛⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⣿⣿⠿⠿⠿⣿⡿⠿⢿⢿⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⢰⣾⠀⣾⣶⠀⣶⡧⠈⢷⠏⡜⣿⣇⠀⣿⣇⠀⣿⡟⡅⣶⡎⢹⣿⡇⢸⣿⡇⢰⣿⡆⠰⣶⠀⠰⡷⠀⢸⣷⠀⢸⣷⢨⣿⣿⡁⠀⠈⠁⠀⠀⢡⠎⠀⠈⠋⠟⢡⠏⠙⠄⠀⠆⠀⠩⠤⠤⠤⠤⠽⠀⠰⠅⠌⠦⠤⢧ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 291 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/20/Desktop_Laptop_Jack_Wallen_Recommends_Thelio_Simon_Batt_Praises.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/20/Desktop_Laptop_Jack_Wallen_Recommends_Thelio_Simon_Batt_Praises.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Desktop/Laptop: Jack Wallen Recommends Thelio, Simon Batt Praises Atomic GNU/Linux Systems⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 20, 2026 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇atomic_systems⦈_ * ⚓ ZDNet ☛ Why_the_Thelio_remains_my_favorite_desktop_of_all_time_(and it's_not_even_close)⠀⇛ I've been a big fan of System76 for years. They've been champions of Linux machines for a long time and every time I get a chance to work with one of their new computers, they never fail to impress me on every level that counts. I purchased my first system from the company (a Leopard Extreme) back in 2013. That machine served me for six years, at which point I upgraded to their latest offering, the Thelio. That was back in 2019, and it performed like a champ until just recently, when the On/Off button stopped working and one of the HDMI ports ceased to send a signal. Although the second machine didn't last nearly as long as the first, I had to remind myself that I purchased that first Thelio as soon as they were released, meaning it was a first iteration. Since then, the company has made serious changes to the Thelio line-up and improved each machine all around. * ⚓ XDA ☛ Windows_will_never_be_atomic,_and_that_gives_Linux_a_permanent edge⠀⇛ It didn't take me long to fall in love with atomic systems. I gave them a try on a whim, and I ended up loving how they work and what they do within a week. In fact, being an ex-Windows user, it's really hard for me to go back to using Microsoft's operating system, partly because atomic Linux distros exist. The thing is, I don't think Windows will ever adopt the atomic structure. It'd take a ton of work and architectural redesigning for it to come to life. And because of that, Linux will always have an edge over Microsoft's OS. ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠛⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠟⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠋⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠄⠄⠤⠰⠀⠲⠂⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⢀⣀⣀⠀⢀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⡤⠚⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⣿⠀⠸⣿⣿⠀⢸⣿⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⠤⠚⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣠⣤⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠃⢀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⡝⡭⠉⠁⠀⢀⣴⣿⡇⠀⢸⡇⠈⠉⠉⠁⢀⣤⣤⣤⣀⣀⡀⡀⣀⣀⢀⣀⣀⢀⢀⡄⣤⢠⣤⣤⣀⣀⣈⣁⣀⣀⣀⣄⣠⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣬⣭⣤⣴⣶⣶⣶⣿⣾⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⣴⢲⠆⠀⢘⣿⣿⡷⠂⢸⡇⠀⠀⠀⢠⣿⠁⠀⠈⢻⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⢛⣿⢻⠛⠛⠛⣻⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠝⣙⣻⣿ ⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⡘⠿⠛⠀⠀⠀⣇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠻⣦⣤⣤⢾⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣾⣿⡟⠛⢛⡛⢛⡋⡉⠋⠍⠉⠉⠉⠉⢷⣿⣿⣿⣿⡄⠘⣽⢸⡟⠋⢹⠉⠉⠙⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣃⢠⣿⣿⣿ ⣭⣭⣾⢶⣯⣷⠆⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⢹⡇⢠⡤⠤⠶⠀⠀⠀⠀⣤⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠸⠃⢸⣿⣀⣼⣄⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣼⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠂⠀⣄⡀⠀⢻⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠰⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⢸⡿⢿⣿⣟⡟⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣏⡉⢩⡭⠙⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⠖⠂⠀⠹⠏⠀⢸⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠀⢨⣞⣳⣵⣶⣤⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⡦⠐⢼⣦⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⡅⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠛⠛⠀⣠⢥⣤⠤⠤⠥⢤⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⡛⠃⠀⠈⠻⢻ ⡿⡿⣡⢠⢀⢖⡲⠇⠂⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣾⣿⠥⣤⢶⠶⡰⠖⠺⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⣯⣄⣀⡠⣾ ⠒⠃⠉⢀⣀⣀⠤⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⣇⠀⠀⠀⢰⡦⠀⠀⠀⢺⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⡿⠿⠟⠛⠛⠉⢱⣯⣼⣶⣶⣼⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣯⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠚⠋⠉⠉⣦⢶⠀⠀⣿⡿⠄⠀⢻⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⠟⢻⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⠟⣡⣾⠛⣿⣿⡟⣿⣿⢿⣿ ⣤⣶⡆⣽⠁⢸⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣤⡤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠾⠛⠛⠒⠒⠚⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣿⣿⣶⣿⣷⣶⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣯⣽⡆⡸⠠⠊⠀⢰⣦⠂⠘⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣻⡿⠿⠯⠭⠭⠭⠿⠛⠛⠛⢿⣿⣿⠿⠋⠉⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠛⠀⣼⣰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣟⣼⠟⣁⣀⠀⠀⢀⣈⣤⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣶⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠂⢀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠙⢿⣿⠁⠨⠿⠟⠉⠀⢸⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣤⣾⣯⡟⠗⠀⠀⢀⣀⣈⣭⣭⣶⡇⠀⠶⠀⠰⠷⠐⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⣀⡀⠠⠤⠤⠤⠄⠖⠒⠒⠒⠒⠐⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣉⣉⣤⣤⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠤⠤⠄⠀⠀⠐⠒⠀⠀⠉⠉⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠄⠀⠄⠀⠀⠒⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠒⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠄⡄⠀⠀⠄⠀⠀⠒⠐⠈⠀⠀⢀⣈⡁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⠀⠀⠠⠀⠐⠐⠂⠀⠈⠃⠀⠀⠈⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠠⠀⠀⠀⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠤⠀⠀⠰⠀⠀⠙⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢈⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠐⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠠⠄⠀⠀⠒⠀⠀⠐⠁⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⡀⠀⠆⠄⠀⠰⠳⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠐⠙⢿⣿⣿⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 380 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/20/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/20/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Free and Open Source Software⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Feb 20, 2026 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇hapless⦈_ * ⚓ hapless_-_run_and_manage_background_processes_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ Hap is a tiny wrapper around the process allowing to track its status during execution and upon completion. Unlike other managers it does not run any daemon process and does not require any configuration files to get started. hap-alias is either a hap id (integer identificator) or hap name (string identificator). Note that you need to replace this placeholder in commands below with an actual value. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ PRS_-_web_security_scanner_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ PRS is a CLI-based scanner focused on safe assessment of web targets. It combines crawling, passive checks, optional active checks, and report export (JSON/HTML). This is free and open source software. * ⚓ CasterSoundboard_-_podcasting_tool_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ CasterSoundboard is a soundboard for hot-keying and playing back sounds. It’s designed for podcasting. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ TFCBM_-_clipboard_manager_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ TFCBM is a clipboard manager for Linux. It keeps a searchable history of everything you copy. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ Squall_-_TUI_SQLite_viewer_and_editor_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ Squall is a SQLite viewer and editor that runs in your terminal. Squall is written in Python and uses the Textual package. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ typos_-_source_code_spell_checker_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ typos finds and corrects spelling mistakes among source code: Fast enough to run on monorepos. Low false positives so you can run on PRs. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ Runa_-_GUI_package_manager_for_the_AUR_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ Runa is a graphical AUR (Arch User Repository) package manager for Linux. It works on any desktop environment that supports GTK3. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ rgrc_-_Rusty_Generic_Colouriser_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ rgrc is a fast,Rust-based command-line tool that colorizes the output of other commands using regex-based rules. It’s a drop-in replacement for grc with better performance. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ Dealve_-_find_game_deals_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ Dealve simplifies finding the best game deals across Steam, GOG, Humble Bundle, Epic Games, and more – all from your terminal. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ AIRCTL_-_WiFi_management_tool_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ AIRCTL is a modern WiFi management tool for Linux built with GTK4 and Python. AIRCTL provides a clean interface to scan, connect, and manage wireless networks. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ GPU-Viewer_-_frontend_to_glxinfo,_vulkaninfo,_clinfo_and_es2_info_- LinuxLinks⠀⇛ GPU-Viewer aims to capture all the important details of glxinfo, vulkaninfo and clinfo in a GUI. The project is being developed using python 3 pygobject with GTK4. All the important details are extracted using glxinfo/ vulkaninfo/clinfo with the combination of grep, CAT , AWK commands and displayed in the front-end. There is no hard OpenGL Programming involved, until glxinfo, vulkaninfo and clinfo works the GPU-viewer will also work. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ stardial_-_space-anime_themed_terminal_clock_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ stardial is a space-anime themed terminal clock, with starfield backgrounds, themes, and gentle effects. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ JocalSend_-_TUI_LocalSend_implementation_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ LocalSend is, in its words, “a free, open-source app that allows you to securely share files and messages with nearby devices over your local network without needing an internet connection.” It comes in the form a Flutter/Dart cross-platform GUI application that runs on both mobile and desktop devices. Using it on mobile is very nice, but the desktop experience is a bit lacking in zazz. JocalSend is an implementation of the LocalSend protocol that uses Ratatui to provide an interactive terminal-based application, and is compatible with the official app. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ rsecure_-_AES-GCM_file_encryption_and_decryption_tool_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ rsecure is a simple and secure command-line tool for AES-GCM file encryption and decryption. It’s aimed at protecting sensitive files, backups, and personal data. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ flux_-_search,_monitor,_and_nuke_processes_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ flux strips away the clutter and focuses on what matters: quickly finding, monitoring, and acting on processes in a clean, readable interface. With live CPU and memory tracking, port-aware process discovery, and intuitive keyboard navigation, flux gives you all the actionable insights without the messy visual noise, letting you manage your system faster and more efficiently. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ lule_-_ANSI_color_generator_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ lule is a command line tool to set 255 colors on tty’s and other places that use ANSI colors. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ Amplitude_Soundboard_-_cross-platform_soundboard_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ Amplitude Soundboard is a feature-rich soundboard that’s under active development. Play audio clips through multiple output, or input devices on your computer (with the help of Virtual Audio Cable (Windows), BlackHole (MacOS), or Pulse Audio commands (Linux)) with global, as well as per-clip volume settings. This is free and open source software. ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠛⠛⠛⠛⠉⠁⠈⢙⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠛⠛⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠟⠛⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⠀⠀⠀⣸⠛⠛⢿⣿⣿⣿⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠛⠉⠁⠀⠈⠙⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⢀⢛⣲⣶⡶⣾⣿⣖⡲⠀⠈⠉⠉⠛⠛⠿⣷⣶⣶⣇⠀⠀⢈⣿⣿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢛⠀⢸⣿⢙⣿⣷⠸⣿⠛⣿⡦⠐⡢⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠻⣿⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠋⠱⣿⣾⣿⣏⣹⣿⣟⣰⣿⣏⣹⣿⣾⡿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣼⣿⣿⣿⡿⠙⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⢿⣿⣬⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣤⣀⣀⠀⣀⣠⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣆⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣼⣿⣿⡿⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠙⠻⠿⠿⠛⡉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⠟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣠⣤⣴⣶⣶⣶⣦⣤⣴⣾⣷⣶⣶⣦⣤⣄⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢰⣤⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⢀⣀⣿⣿⣿⡿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⠂⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠛⠃⠙⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⢿⣦⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⠀⢀⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⠀⠀⠀⢀⣼⣿⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣦⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢰⣶⠀⠀⣠⣶⣶⠀⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⠐⠀⠀⠐⠲⠒⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⠄⣠⣾⣿⠟⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⡟⠶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⠈⣉⣉⣉⣉⡉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡟⣤⣿⣿⣿⢸⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢻⡄⣿⣦⠹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠉⠉⠉⠀⠉⠉⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⡇⢿⣿⣟⣥⣾⢡⣶⣌⣛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⢣⡅⢸⣿⠇⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⡇⢸⣿⣿⣿⡟⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠇⠘⣿⣿⣿⡟⠰⣦⡹⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⡈⠃⠈⢉⣁⢈⣋⣛⣛⣛⠛⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠀⢀⣀⣀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣇⠀⠈⠙⠻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣧⢰⡀⠉⠛⠛⠱⢷⡬⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠛⠼⠃⠼⠟⠛⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠛⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⠿⣃⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠒⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣿⣿⣤⣭⣭⣭⣭⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣄⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⡿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠉⠛⠛⠛⠻⠿⠿⠿⠛⠛⠛⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣆⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣠⣴⣿⣿⣶⣤⣀⣀⣀⣠⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 667 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/20/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_and_Programming_Leftovers.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/20/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_and_Programming_Leftovers.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Programming Leftovers⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 20, 2026 * § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ o § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ PC Gamer ☛ Firefox_is_finally_ending_support_for_Windows_7, 8,_and_8.1,_and_urges_users_to_upgrade_or_switch_to_Linux⠀⇛ If you're somehow still on Windows 7 and use Firefox, I have some bad news. You will want to update your OS soon. That's according to the latest Mozilla post, which confirms "Firefox version 115 is the last supported Firefox version for users of Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1." (via TechSpot). Mozilla technically started ending support way back in January 2023, but users have been able to access the Extended Support Release (ESR) for critical security updates until now. The ESR will only receive updates until the end of February. This new update confirms that users won't even receive those security updates anymore. Naturally, being without security updates makes you more vulnerable to bad actors. Mozilla says, "You are strongly encouraged to upgrade to a supported Microsoft Windows version." * § SaaS/Back End/Databases⠀➾ o ⚓ PostgreSQL ☛ apt.postgresql.org:_changelogs,_build_logs_and Ubuntu_releases_resolute_and_plucky⠀⇛ News from apt.postgresql.org: § Changelogs apt.postgresql.org now has changelog files in a place where apt can retrieve them automatically, for example apt changelog postgresql-18 will download the file and display it in a pager. Mind that the files are only present yet for packages updated since last week, the rest will follow over time. * § Programming/Development⠀➾ o ⚓ HowTo Geek ☛ This_tiny_tool_is_a_game_changer_for_reading_Git history⠀⇛ If you're a programmer, you probably use Git, and like me, you may find some commands a little too laborious. What you need is a quick way to comprehend, navigate, and inspect your Git history. GUIs excel in this regard, but if you're a devoted terminal user, then you likely prefer a TUI (terminal user interface). For Git, these are in short supply, but I have one today, which makes reading your history a breeze. I love the terminal, and I work almost exclusively within it. It's not perfect though, since the tricky commands I use most often require a lot of labor. Git is a prime example; I can do much with it, but typing some commands thousands of times becomes a burden. Lazygit simplifies Git interactions in many ways, but in particular, I can rapidly execute commands that are far more suitable as navigational controls—for example, browsing my history, viewing branches, and filtering the history by file. o § Rust⠀➾ # ⚓ Rust Blog ☛ The_Rust_Programming_Language_Blog:_Rust participates_in_Surveillance_Giant_Google_Summer_of_Code 2026⠀⇛ We are happy to announce that the Rust Project will again be participating in Google_Summer_of_Code_ (GSoC)_2026, same as in the previous two years. If you're not eligible or interested in participating in GSoC, then most of this post likely isn't relevant to you; if you are, this should contain some useful information and links. Google Summer of Code (GSoC) is an annual global program organized by Surveillance Giant Google that aims to bring new contributors to the world of open-source. The program pairs organizations (such as the Rust Project) with contributors (usually students), with the goal of helping the participants make meaningful open-source contributions under the guidance of experienced mentors. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 799 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/20/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_and_Sharing_Leftovers.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/20/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_and_Sharing_Leftovers.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Sharing Leftovers⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 20, 2026 * ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ How_GNU_Tar_handles_deleted_things_in incremental_tar_archives⠀⇛ Suppose, not hypothetically, that you have a system that uses GNU Tar for its full and incremental backups (such as Amanda). Or maybe you use GNU Tar directly for this. If you have an incremental backup tar archive, you might be interested in one or both of two questions, which are in some ways mirrors of each other: what files were deleted between the previous incremental and this incremental, or what's the state of the directory tree as of this incremental (if it and all previous backups it depends on were properly restored). * ⚓ It's FOSS ☛ This_is_Probably_the_Best_Video_Downloader_App_(And_it_is Free_and_Open_Source)⠀⇛ If you are looking for a free video downloader that just works on Linux, backdoored Windows or macOS, VidBee is the ideal choice here. * ⚓ It's FOSS ☛ FOSS_Weekly_#26.08:_KDE_Plasma_6.6,_Mint_Release_Schedule Change,_ASCII_Weather,_Firefox_Tweaking_and_More_GNU/Linux_Stuff⠀⇛ Quizzes and Puzzles? Yes or no? * § Events⠀➾ o ⚓ FSF ☛ FSF_Blogs:_LibreLocal_2026_is_in_May:_Start_organizing meetups_—_we'll_help⠀⇛ null * § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ o ⚓ Bryce Wray ☛ Browsing_tips⠀⇛ If you spend lots of hours per week perusing content on one or more web browsers as I’ve been doing since, oh, the mid-1990s, there are ways you can tailor that activity somewhat more to your liking. Many of you probably already know about the potential solutions I’ll mention in this post but, on the off-chance that you don’t, here are some tips for improving your browsing experience. Specifically, this is about: (1.) adjusting how the browsers actually render web pages; and (2.) filtering out ads and certain other content types that interfere with one’s browsing pleasure. To be sure, there’s a certain degree of interaction between those two, but I’ve found that they require two different sets of solutions. o ⚓ Paweł Grzybek ☛ Generate_RSS_feed_for_Bandcamp_artists_using_Deno Deploy⠀⇛ I mentioned multiple times how much I like RSS. I use them to read my favourite blogs, follow YouTube channels, stay up to date with GitHub releases and much more. But unfortunately, not every website I use generates feeds — Bandcamp is one of them. * § SaaS/Back End/Databases⠀➾ o ⚓ PostgreSQL ☛ PostgreSQL_Anonymizer_3.0_:_Parallel_Static_Masking +_JSON_import_/_export⠀⇛ Eymoutiers, France, Februrary 11th, 2026 Dalibo publishes PostgreSQL Anonymizer 3.0, a new major version of our privacy by design extension. The extension offers 6 different masking strategies: The extension can be installed with Debian and RPM packages, an Ansible role, a Docker image, etc. You can use it on most major DBaaS providers including : Alibaba Cloud, Crunchy Bridge, Surveillance Giant Google Cloud SQL, I.C.B.M. Cloud, Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Microsoft trap Azure Database, Neon, Yandex. * § Education⠀➾ o ⚓ The Register UK ☛ DEF_CON_bans_three_Epstein-linked_men_from future_events⠀⇛ Pablos Holman, Vincenzo Iozzo, and Joichi Ito are the first names to be added to the shortlist this year, preventing them from attending any future conferences. Organizers said contact with the sex offender provided a rationale for the sanction. All three are named in the Epstein files as having worked with, benefited from, or were otherwise tied to the disgraced financier during the prior decade, although as mentioned, they aren't accused of being involved in crimes. * § Openness/Sharing/Collaboration⠀➾ o § Open Access/Content⠀➾ # ⚓ [Old] US Argonne National Laboratory ☛ Designing_and Building_Parallel_Programs⠀⇛ Designing and Building Parallel Programs (Online) is an innovative traditional print and online resource publishing project. It incorporates the content of a textbook published by Addison-Wesley into an evolving online resource. Here is a description of the book, and here is the table of contents. See also the list of mirror sites around the world. Designing and Building Parallel Programs (Online) integrates four resources concerned with parallel programming and parallel computing: [...] # ⚓ Society for Scholarly Publishing ☛ Guest_Post_—_Diamond Open_Access_Needs_Institutions,_Not_Heroes⠀⇛ Today’s scholarly communication system operates at a radically different scale, with millions of papers published each year (according to estimates from the STM Association and Crossref). What once worked through personal commitment and small-scale networks now requires infrastructure: platforms, preservation, metadata standards, governance, and long-term coordination. Volunteer labor has not disappeared, even though expectations for this have multiplied far faster than corresponding institutional support. The result is a profound disconnect between the necessity of volunteer publishing labor and how weakly it is supported. This is the context in which diamond open access has become a policy priority. But a quiet tension remains. Diamond open access is often described as “community-led,” and implicitly sustained by goodwill. While that may be viable on a small scale, it is not viable at the scale suggested by current policy ambitions. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 989 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/20/Games_Opus_Magnum_RTS_0_A_D_and_More.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/20/Games_Opus_Magnum_RTS_0_A_D_and_More.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Games: Opus Magnum, RTS 0 A.D., and More⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 20, 2026 * ⚓ Opus_Magnum_from_Zachtronics_is_getting_a_big_new_'De_Re_Metallica'_DLC |_GamingOnLinux⠀⇛ Easily my favourite game from Zachtronics, Opus Magnum is making a return with a big new DLC that's set to arrive on March 17th. While most of the original Zachtronics team moved on to form Coincidence, Opus Magnum is staying under the Zachtronics name with the original team coming back together to create this DLC along with a Complete Edition for the Switch. * ⚓ Free_and_open_source_RTS_0_A.D._release_28_"Boiorix"_is_live_| GamingOnLinux⠀⇛ The first release of 0 A.D. that doesn't have an "Alpha" label attached, as the free and open source RTS has grown up with their faster release schedule. One for fans of classic base- building RTS games like Age of Empires, it's an interesting showcase for what open source teams can make. * ⚓ Bend_the_market_to_your_will_in_the_roguelike_Insider_Trading_| GamingOnLinux⠀⇛ Insider Trading is a roguelike deckbuilder where you bend the market to your will. Stack synergies, trigger price swings, and trade wisely or your own momentum might bankrupt you. * ⚓ From_the_creators_of_SpeedRunners,_a_demo_of_Sprint_City_is_live_now_| GamingOnLinux⠀⇛ Coming from the original creators of the popular competitive platformer SpeedRunners, a first playable demo for Sprint City is live on Steam. * ⚓ Creature_collector_EvoCreo_2_gets_a_demo_on_Steam_|_GamingOnLinux⠀⇛ Ahead of Steam Next Fest which is quickly approaching, the creature collector standalone sequel EvoCreo 2 has a demo live now. Originally a popular mobile game series, the first arrived on PC / Steam early in January and this sequel looks pretty good if you love classic Pokemon styled games. It has a Native Linux version available too. * ⚓ Fight_first-person_rock-paper-scissors_style_duels_in_the_deck-builder Handmancers_|_GamingOnLinux⠀⇛ Handmancers looks like a fun spin on deck-builders with the first-person view and the rock-paper-scissors style counter system. With simple accessible rules where each sign counters another, this forms the core of each encounter to shape all deck-building and battling. * ⚓ Get_some_great_games_in_the_new_Beamdog_-_Owlcat_RPG_Bundle_| GamingOnLinux⠀⇛ Back for I believe the third time, the Beamdog & Owlcat RPG Humble Bundle is live with some great games to stock up on. Humble are celebrating 15 years, so this is one of their "Best of Humble Bundle" collections. This time Mythforce is included too, instead of being a discount coupon. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1080 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/20/Games_Steam_Machine_GNU_Linux_Easy_Anti_Cheat_Rootkit_for_Linux.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/20/Games_Steam_Machine_GNU_Linux_Easy_Anti_Cheat_Rootkit_for_Linux.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Games: Steam Machine (GNU/Linux), Easy Anti-Cheat (Rootkit for Linux/Windows), Luxtorpeda⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 20, 2026 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇(Image_credit:_Konami)⦈_ * ⚓ WhichUK ☛ Steam_Machine:_everything_you_need_to_know_about_Valve's 'console_killer'⠀⇛ Turns out the impossible can happen in the gaming world – the 'GabeCube' is set to be released before the Half Life 3 * ⚓ Anti-Cheat_is_coming_to_Rocket_League,_and_it_will_support_Linux⠀⇛ Epic Games and Psyonix have confirmed that Rocket League will be receiving Easy Anti-Cheat support in the near future. This change is due to arrive in April as part of the game’s Season 22 update. Easy Anti-Cheat will help Pysonix detect and ban cheaters in real-time. Furthermore, additional “bot detection methods” are being implemented to prevent DDoS attacks. On PC, Easy Anti-Cheat can be turned off in Rocket League. However, without it, players cannot queue for online matches, private matches, or tournaments. Mods will not run when anti- cheat is enabled. However, Community Content from Valve’s Steam Workshop will be playable with and without anti-cheat enabled. Linux users and Steam Deck users will be glad to know that Rocket League isn’t leaving them behind. Easy Anti-Cheat can be enabled on these devices without issues. Below is what Psyonix has to say about the change. * ⚓ Rocket_League_To_Get_Linux-Compatible_Easy_Anti-Cheat_in_Upcoming Update⠀⇛ Rocket League, the popular competitive vehicular soccer game, will soon be getting an anti-cheat implementation, nearly a decade after its original launch. Psyonix announced on the game's official X account that it would be implementing Easy Anti-Cheat in Rocket League in an April update. The justifications for anti-cheat is to prevent DDoS attacks, improve bot detection, and more effectively ban cheaters in games. The announcement comes with a few caveats, though—specifically relating to how the addition of anti-cheat will affect competitive gameplay, offline LAN multiplayer, and gaming on Linux. * ⚓ PC Gamer ☛ My_favourite_thing_about_Linux_gaming_will_now_automagically apply_crucial_fan_patches_to_your_Metal_Gear_installs,_making_it_even easier_than_on_Windows⠀⇛ There are a lot of things I've enjoyed about switching to Linux, but my second favourite—after the incredible smugness I derive from telling people I've switched to Linux—is Luxtorpeda. Luxtorpeda is a clever bit of kit that you can set as a compatibility tool for any game you have on Steam. You just install it, head into the Steam settings for whichever game you want to use it with, and switch out Proton for Luxtorpeda. 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One of the best quality-of-life changes I've made has been switching to Flatpak to install most of my apps. § Installing applications the normal way on Linux On most Linux distros, you install your packages from a central repository. On Debian-based systems, this is done using the apt command in the Terminal or whichever GUI app store is included with your distro. The same applies to variants of Fedora or Arch, except they use DNF and pacman respectively. There are a few disadvantages to this approach. * ⚓ OMG Ubuntu ☛ BleachBit_5.1.0_Beta_adds_cookie_manager_and_expert_mode⠀⇛ BleachBit 5.1.0 beta is out with a new cookie manager, expert mode to prevent accidental data loss, new browser support, and fixes for GNU/Linux users. * ⚓ Peter_Pentchev:_Ringlet_release:_fnmatch-regex_0.3.0⠀⇛ Version 0.3.0 of the fnmatch-regex Rust crate is now available. The major new addition is the glob_to_regex_pattern function that only converts the glob pattern to a regular expression one without building a regular expression matcher. * ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ 5_programs_you_need_to_know_about_as_a_Linux_user⠀⇛ As great an OS as Linux is, there's still a major app-gap between it and other, more mainstream operating systems like Windows and macOS. However, that's not to say that there are no great programs for Linux users. In fact, you can do just about everything you can on other OSes on Linux, as long as you're willing to work with a replacement. You can even run Windows games better than Windows with just a Linux distro, and there's no shortage of great tools and utilities that can take you from using Linux to really living in it. All you need is a little time, patience, and experimentation. ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⡇⠀⠀⠘⠋⠀⠀⣴⣿⣿⣷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠛⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠛⠛⠛⠛⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠤⠤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⠀⠀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⠀⠀⢀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠷⠶⠶⠶⠶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⠂⠐⠒⠂⠖⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠶⢈⠀⢠⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣯⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⠀⠛⠛⠻⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⢀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠚⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠃⠀⠀⠀⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣻⣿⣿⡿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠒⠂⠒⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡄⠀⣦⣤⣤⡤⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣤⣤⣾⣿⣿⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡃⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⠨⠭⠤⠥⠠⠒⣂⢒⡒⢖⣒⡂⣒⣒⡀⠀⡇⢠⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⠀⠀⠀ ⠛⠋⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠉⣿⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠥⠁⠀⠀⠐⠒⠀⠂⠀⠀⠀⡇⢸⣿⣿⣿⠿⢿⠶⣶⠛ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢀⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣀⣀⢀⣀⣀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⢸⣿⣿⠱⣶⣶⠄⠀⠀ ⣤⣤⣴⣶⣾⣶⣶⣤⣤⣶⣤⣤⣤⣤⡄⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⠉⠀⢸⣿⣿⡟⠶⡀⢾⣷⠀⠀⢸⣷⣾⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠉⠉⠀⠁⠀⠀⠈⠭⠉⠁⠈⠁⠀⠙⢠⠀⣼⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⢉⠉⠐⠀⠈⠉⠛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢐⣛⣋⣩⣍⣀⡁⠀⠠⠤⠐⠴⠒⠒⢲⠀⢸⠀⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣤⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠘⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠻⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠐⠐⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠤⠬⠉⠁⠀⠀⢸⠀⣿⣿⡿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠺⠻⠛⠉⠁⠉⠉⢀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⠀⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠀⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⡀⢀⠉⠉⠉⡉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠁⠙⠛⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠶⠶⠦⠤⢤⢤⡼⠀⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢙⣿⣿⣿⠟⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠈⠃⠘⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠒⠀⠁⠀⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣀⣤⣤⣴⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⠟⣡⣶⣿⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢃⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣷⣶⣦⣄⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⡟⠠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣤⣤⣔⡀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢹⣿⣕⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1290 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/20/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/20/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ GNU/Linux Leftovers⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 20, 2026 * § Graphics Stack⠀➾ o ⚓ Collabora ☛ Weston_15.0_is_here:_Lua_shells,_Vulkan_rendering, and_a_smoother_display_stack⠀⇛ Weston 15.0 has arrived, bringing a brand new Lua-based shell for fully customizable window management, an experimental Vulkan renderer, and a host of improvements to color handling, media playback, and display performance. * § Desktop Environments (DE)/Window Managers (WM)⠀➾ o § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ # ⚓ KDE ☛ Season_of_KDE_2026:_My_journey_with_Marknote⠀⇛ Hey everyone! I am Siddharth Chopra, a second year engineering student at the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. I'm really excited to be working on Marknote as a part of the Season of KDE program this year, under the mentorship of Carl_Schawn. Marknote, as it is aptly named, is KDE's own markdown based note taking app. The aim of my project is to improve Marknote by adding the much requested source mode, alongside other enhancements. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾ # ⚓ Post-mortem:_Service_Degradation_in_OBS⠀⇛ Between February 15th and 18th, the Open Build Service (OBS) experienced intermittent service degradations. Users experienced sporadic latency across various workflows (with delayed jobs involved), leading to periods of total service unavailability for most users. Those were the consequences of a huge traffic spike. We want to give you some insight into what happened and what we plan to do to handle similar circumstances in the future more efficiently. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Review_of_GEEKOM_A5_Pro_2026_Edition_(AMD Ryzen_5_7530U)_mini_PC_–_Part_1:_specifications,_unboxing, and_teardown⠀⇛ We’ve just received a sample of the GEEKOM A5 Pro 2026 Edition mid-range mini PC for review. It’s powered by an AMD Ryzen 5 7530U 6-core/12-thread processor clocked at up to 4.5GHz, and equipped with 16GB dual-channel DDR4-3200MHz SODIMM memory and a 1TB NVMe SSD. The backdoored Windows 11 Pro computer features two 4K-capable HDMI 2.0 ports, two USB-C ports with DisplayPort Alt mode, a 2.5GbE RJ45 jack, a Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2 module, a full-size SD card reader, and a few USB 32/2.0 Type-A ports. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1389 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/20/How_I_found_the_perfect_Linux_OS_and_stopped_distro_hopping.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/20/How_I_found_the_perfect_Linux_OS_and_stopped_distro_hopping.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ How I found the perfect Linux OS and stopped distro hopping⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Feb 20, 2026 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇penguin_using_magnifying_glass⦈_ Quoting: How I found the perfect Linux OS and stopped distro hopping — With a clear picture of what exactly I needed, it was a lot easier to find my “forever” distro. I swapped out GNOME for KDE on Ubuntu and it was near perfect. Eventually, I switched to Kubuntu and it’s now my go-to distro. It was the first time I gave Kubuntu a real try (even though I had installed it once before without exploring it in- depth). I have a macOS-like theme installed on my Kubuntu. It’s a global theme called Edna, which I use with a macOS Big Sur-style window decoration, icon pack, and cursor. It comes with a neat dock for quickly launching apps. KDE even lets me customize the boot and login screen with a single click. Kvantum Manager is an advanced customization engine available in the KDE Store, which allows you to fine-tune every element of the UI. I used it to reconfigure some effects and animations to my taste. 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At one point, I had a small server farm of various machines that were either too old to serve as desktops or that people simply no longer wanted. I'd grab those machines, install Linux on them, and use them for various server purposes. Read_on ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1489 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/20/Kernel_Space_Linux_Kernel_7_0_Changes_Explained_in_Media_This_W.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/20/Kernel_Space_Linux_Kernel_7_0_Changes_Explained_in_Media_This_W.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Kernel Space: Linux Kernel 7.0 Changes Explained in Media This Week⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 20, 2026 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇MMX/40BX_EDAC⦈_ * ⚓ Linux_Kernel_7.0_Speeds_Up_File_Cache_Memory_Reclaim_by_Up_to_75%⠀⇛ In the latest Linux kernel v7.0, freeing up system memory used for caching large files has received a noticeable performance boost. According to notes on the kernel mailing list, a new set of patches queued for the Linux 7.0 merge window showed reclaim speed improvements of up to 75% in testing. In one benchmark, developers allocated 10 GB of file-backed data in memory and then reclaimed 8 GB of it. On a 32-core Arm64 server, the reclaim process completed about 75% faster compared to the older Linux implementation, while on an x86 machine, the improvement was reported at over 50%. * ⚓ XDA ☛ Linux_7.0_is_preparing_fixes_for_a_Wi-Fi_driver...from_2017⠀⇛ If the move from Windows 10 to 11 taught us anything, it's that companies are beginning to add limits on how old your hardware can be to run their software. Your PC could have the processing power to handle Windows 11, but as long as the CPU doesn't have TPM 2.0 on it, Microsoft deems it unworthy. Fortunately, for people who don't like throwing out perfectly- good hardware, there's always Linux. And if you want proof that Team Tux will treat your older devices with love and care, just check out the notes for a potential commit to Linux 7.0, which contains cleanups for a driver that arrived on Linux almost a decade ago. * ⚓ TechRadar ☛ Farewell,_old_friend_—_Linux_7.0_finally_ditches_the ancient_(but_iconic)_Intel_440BX_chipset's_EDAC_driver,_but_what's next?⠀⇛ The upcoming Linux kernel 7.0 will officially remove support for the Intel 440BX chipset’s EDAC driver, ending a software era that lasted over two decades. This driver has been nonfunctional since 2007 because of incompatibilities with the Intel AGP driver, yet its removal signals Linux distros are formally abandoning legacy support for this once-critical chipset. Devices using ECC RAM will continue correcting memory errors at the hardware level, but software-side notifications for bit flips will no longer be available. ⢶⠄⡀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠿⢃⣆⠀⠀⠠⠄⠀⣰⣿⣿⣶⠀⠀⠁⠀⣰⣶⣶⣶⣤⣄⣀⡀⠀⠀⠉⠐⠛⠀⠀⠌⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠖⠠⡤⠀⠀⠘⠃⠀⠤⠀⠀⢀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⡄⠀⣈⠉⠓⠃⠀⠶⡤⠀⠘⠆⠰ ⢀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠶⠖⣠⠀⠀⠀⠐⠄⠀⣼⣿⣿⡿⢁⠔⠀⢀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣦⣤⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠛⠀⠀⠀⢀⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠁⠸⠃⢠⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠀⠐⠒⠀⠀⠀⠘⠃⠐⠓ ⠈⠀⢀⣠⣦⡄⡀⠀⠀⠀⠴⠀⠀⠈⠙⠛⢿⠠⠎⠀⢠⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⢟⣻⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣦⣤⣄⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠶⠀⠀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠛⠀⠀⠀⣤⠀⣀⡀⠀⠁⠀⠛⠀ ⠀⠀⣀⡀⠉⠈⠀⠀⠀⠦⠀⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠃⠀⣰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢃⣮⣷⡋⠿⣾⣽⡿⢛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣦⣤⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠀⠀⠐⠂⠀⠀⢀⡄⠀⠀⠀⠐⠂⠀⢀⣉⠁⠘⠃⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠐⠛⠃⠎⠀⠀⠀⠤⢀⣾⣿⣿⡟⢀⠀⠀⢀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢱⢭⡯⣹⢷⣽⣂⡽⢺⢶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣤⣤⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠ ⠸⠿⡰⠀⠀⠀⠰⠄⢠⣿⣿⣿⠏⢠⠏⠀⢠⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣼⣐⣋⢶⢵⡼⢧⢘⣾⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣦⣤⣄⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠲⠀⠀⠀⠉ ⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠃⡐⠃⠀⣰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣭⣏⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⢲⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣤⣄⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⢤⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠋⣰⠏⢠⣤⠄⢹⡛⠁⢾⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣦⡀⠀⠀⠈ ⡀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣯⣤⣿⡏⢠⡞⢀⡾⢛⣛⠻⣿⡟⢀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⢀⣿⡇⠀⠀⣀ ⠚⠁⠀⣤⡀⣤⣄⣀⠀⠀⠀⡠⣵⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠏⢠⣶⡌⢻⠿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣦⠀⢬⣍⣃⠈⢠⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⢠⣿⠏⠀⠀⠀⠛ ⠀⠀⠚⠋⣴⡿⣼⠏⠀⠀⣐⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⣠⣬⣩⣤⡇⠠⡭⣁⡟⢈⣍⠙⡿⠋⢹⣟⣻⣷⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⢠⣾⠏⠀⠀⣤⣤⣄ ⠀⠈⠉⡾⢇⡿⠉⠀⠀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣿⣤⣿⡃⣼⠃⣴⠏⣠⠏⣻⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠃⢠⣿⠋⠀⠀⣼⣿⣿⠃ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠁⠄⠀⢾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣥⣎⣵⣪⣿⣿⡿⡉⣿⡿⢿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣯⣴⣇⡐⠟⢁⡾⢁⣬⠍⣛⡛⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠁⢀⣾⠃⠀⠀⣰⣿⣿⠃⡀ ⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣵⣇⣵⣣⢣⢸⢟⢏⣟⢿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣾⣏⣰⡟⢁⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠁⢀⣾⠃⠀⢀⡴⠀⠈⠁⢠⠀ ⣬⠁⡈⠃⠀⣠⣵⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣯⣞⣽⡸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠁⢀⣾⠃⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠰⠟⠀ ⠀⠄⠁⠀⢰⣧⠋⠛⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⣾⣫⡽⣿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠁⢠⣿⠁⠀⢀⣾⣿⡷⠠⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠒⠀⠀⠀⠘⢿⣄⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠛⠛⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣧⣛⣻⢯⣾⢽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠀⢠⡿⠁⠀⣠⣿⣿⡿⠀⡐⠁⠀⠀⢀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠙⠛⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠀⢠⡿⠁⠀⡀⠛⠻⠿⠁⡴⠀⠀⢀⣼⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⣤⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠂⠠⢀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠙⠻⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠀⢰⡿⠁⠀⠐⠃⠀⠀⠀⡤⠁⠀⢀⣾⣿⣿ ⣤⣄⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠑⠒⠤⢄⣀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠙⠛⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠏⠀⣠⡟⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠴⠀⠠⢞⠀⠈⠉ ⠻⠿⢿⠏⢀⠀⢠⣤⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠑⠒⠤⢄⣀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠙⠻⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠏⠀⣴⡟⠀⠀⠀⠾⠿⡗⠀⣠⣤⣀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀ ⢠⣠⠀⠀⠊⠀⠛⠿⢿⣿⣷⣶⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠑⠒⠤⢄⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠙⠻⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠏⢀⣴⡟⠀⠀⠀⣶⣤⠄⠀⡀⠉⠙⠋⠀⠘⠻⠷⠂⠀ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1585 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/20/Learning_the_Shells.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/20/Learning_the_Shells.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Learning the Shells⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 20, 2026 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Shells⦈_ Our shells have had a good winter. Owing to heating and good conditions (water treatment agents) they have reproduced from 2 to almost 20 already. We expect them to double again before summertime (maybe some time in spring) and as temperatures increase maybe we can open another small tank for them. It would cost nothing to heat up and shells clean up after themselves; they keep the tanks nice and clean. It has been a long time since we_last_lost_a_fish. 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This will help you get a quick understanding of apps that are natively supported on Linux and the ones that are not. For instance, Slack, Discord, Spotify, and almost all the web browsers are natively supported on Linux. Find replacements for unavailable software. There are likely multiple potential replacements for unsupported Windows software. You should try as many of these alternatives as you can to see which one you like the most. For instance, LibreOffice is a great replacement for Microsoft 365 feature-wise, but Free Office looks better. Also, invest some time learning Linux's unique features and incorporating them into your workflow. Linux has a bunch of unique features that are not present on Windows. For instance, Linux has an excellent implementation of Virtual Desktops, making it much more productive for multitaskers. KDE Activities is a powerful way to manage your workflows, which is one of the main reasons why I love Linux. 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This was all finished yesterday*. The only issue we've had since then seemed (at the time) like a kind of DDoS attack roughly 3 hours ago, but we thwarted it within a few minutes. We, the community (programmers, sysadmins etc.), do not anticipate any further interruption this month. We strive to have uptime of higher than 99.99%. █ ______ * All finished at night, a day ago: § Recursive Resolver Maintenance⠀➾ Completed - This maintenance has been completed successfully. Feb 19, 00:37 GMT In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary. Feb 18, 23:00 GMT Scheduled - During this maintenance window we will be upgrading our recursive resolver service. This service is resilient so we do not expect any outages however there may be interruption to in-flight requests when we take nodes in and out of service to perform upgrades. We will limit upgrades to one node at a time in order to preserve resiliency. 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He was 'trolling'... by playing along with Microsoft salespeople. Back then Windows has a "market share" of about 90% in Japan, according to several surveys. Now_it's_down_to_about_30% and GNU/Linux_is_up. Can Japan regain true independence by technical means? 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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢿⡿⣳⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣤⣤⣤⣤⣴⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠤⠤⠤⠀⢠⣾⠀⠀⠀⠀⠜⣿⣿⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣆⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡯⠽⣄⣤⠀⣴⡀⢰⣠⠒⠆⠀⠀⢠⠃⠀⠸⣿⡄⠀⠤⣄⣰⣿⣿⠸⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣫⣭⡭⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⡧⣿⠸⣦⠇⣇⡏⠈⠓⢦⠀⢀⠎⠀⢀⣨⡸⣧⣠⡀⠀⠸⣿⡏⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣿⡿⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⠗⠚⠁⠀⠛⠀⠈⠁⢉⣭⣿⡀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠟⠁⠘⢷⢷⣄⠀⠙⠃⠀⠀⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣽⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⡒⠲⣿⣷⣤⣤⣤⣈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠑⠹⣦⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠛⢉⣥⣶⣶⣯⣿⢺⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣻⣿⡿⣿⠿⠿⠿⠿⣿⢱⣶⣶⣶⣶⣾⣶⣄⡀⣿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣦⡿⠉⢛⣻⣿⣿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠈⠙⢷⣆⡀⠒⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣭⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⢿⣟⣛⣛⣛⡿⣿⢹⣿⣿⢹⣿⠫⣽⣶⣝⢿⡇⣿⣿⢷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢑⣿⣿⣿⣟⣻⣿⣿⣿⡄⣸⣟⣛⣛⣿⡟⠀⠐⢿⣿⣿⢿⢿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠘⢿⡿⣤⡈⢉⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⡿⡛⠿⠃ ⣿⣿⠹⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣮⢸⣿⣿⢸⣿⣷⡘⣿⣿⣞⡇⣿⣿⢨⣵⣶⣶⣶⣶⡆⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣽⠀⣿⣿⣿⡟⣭⠁⠀⠀⠂⠑⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠛⠉⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣺⡿⢝⣿⢗⣌⣣⢀⡐ ⣿⣿⣇⣙⣛⣭⣵⣶⣶⣶⢸⣿⣿⠞⣿⣿⡸⣱⣜⢷⢸⣿⣿⡀⣿⣿⢰⣾⣏⣛⣛⣫⡅⠿⣿⣿⡿⢻⣿⣟⣿⡄⣡⣴⣿⠇⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⡾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢠⣤⡜⠰⠈⠛⠛⠓⠀ ⣼⣿⣿⣿⠿⢿⣛⣛⣯⣵⣿⣿⠟⡄⢿⣿⣷⣿⣿⢣⡆⣿⠿⡃⣿⣿⡘⠿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠏⢿⣿⠟⠁⠸⠿⠿⢟⣃⠙⣛⣉⣤⣬⣤⣤⣤⣤⣴⡶⠶⠦⠤⠴⠾⠛⠛⠚⠛⠛⢁⣈⣉⣉⣩⣥⣾⣯⣑⠆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⠛⠯⠯⠌⢿⣿⣿⡿⠿⢛⣥⣾⣿⣌⠛⠛⠛⠵⠿⠓⢶⣟⣧⣭⣭⣥⣴⣶⣶⣶⣶⠤⠤⠀⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠚⠉⠉⢿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠛⠛⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠶⣶⣚⠟⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠻⡿⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⢣⣤⣴⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠉⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⣻⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠛⠛⠛⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⡀⣀⠀⠤⣄⣀⣠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣵⡀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣶⡝⢇⠀⠀⠀⠀ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1931 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/20/Open_Hardware_Modding_RP2040_and_More.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/20/Open_Hardware_Modding_RP2040_and_More.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Open Hardware/Modding: RP2040 and More⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 20, 2026 * ⚓ Hackaday ☛ New_Tool_Makes_3D_Printed_PCBs,_Fast⠀⇛ You can design your PCB traces in any vector editor, and then export a SVG. Upload that into the tool, and it will generate the 3D printable PCB for you, automatically including the right clearances and alignment features to make it a simple press- together job to pump out a basic PCB. It bears noting that you’re probably not going to produce a four-layer FPGA board doing advanced high-speed signal processing using this technique. However, for quickly prototyping something or lacing together a few modules and other components, this could really come in handy. * ⚓ Hackaday ☛ RP2040_Powers_A_MIDI-Controlled_Soundboard⠀⇛ The build is based around an RP2040 microcontroller. It’s paired with an I2S digital-to-analog converter for sound output, which in turn feeds a small amplifier hooked up to a speaker or a line output. The RP2040 is programmed to respond to MIDI commands by playing various sounds in response, which are loaded off a microSD card. It’s able to act as a USB MIDI host, which allows it to work seamlessly with all sorts of off- the-shelf MIDI controllers like the MIDI Fighter or the Novation Launchpad. * ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Poking_At_The_ESP32-P4_And_-C6_Dies_In_An_ESP32-P4-M3 Module⠀⇛ With the ESP32-P4 not having any wireless functionality and instead focusing on being a small SoC, it makes sense to combine it with a second chip that handles features like WiFi and Bluetooth. This makes the Guition ESP32-P4-M3 module both a pretty good example of how the P4 will be used, and an excellent opportunity to tear into, decap and shoot photos of the dies of both the P4 and the ESP32-C6 in this particular module, courtesy of [electronupdate]. There also the blog post for those who just want to ogle the shinies. * ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Thermoforming_Printed_Parts_With_Hot_Water⠀⇛ Theoretically using hot water instead of hot air would provide a more equal application of heat, but putting your hands into 70°C water does require some more precautions. There’s also the issue that PLA is very hygroscopic, so the part requires drying afterwards to prevent accelerated hydrolysis. Due to the more even heating, the edge of the PLA that clamped into the mold also softened significantly, causing it to pop out of the mold and requiring a small design modification to prevent this. * ⚓ BoingBoing ☛ Lego_stuffed_an_entire_computer_into_a_standard_brick⠀⇛ Lego discontinued Mindstorms at the end of 2022. Here's what replaced it: a custom chip smaller than a pencil eraser inside a standard-sized 2-by-4 brick. * ⚓ Wired ☛ An_Inside_Look_at_Lego’s_New_Tech-Packed_Smart_Brick⠀⇛ In front of me, on a plain white table, is a batch of prototypes of Lego’s new Smart Brick, the final version of which is a small, sensor-laden 2-by-4 black brick with a big brain. No outsider has seen these prototypes, all of which represent stages of a journey Lego has been charting over the past eight years. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2024 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/20/OpenSUSE_Community_News.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/20/OpenSUSE_Community_News.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ OpenSUSE Community News⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 20, 2026, updated Feb 20, 2026 * ⚓ OpenSUSE ☛ Community_Refines_Git_Packaging_Workflow⠀⇛ The workflow, built on Gitea as the UI platform, represents a shift toward a more transparent, package-centric development. Architectural decisions documented by the project include adopting Git as the sole version control system, using pull requests for change management and standardizing workflows across repositories. * ⚓ OpenSUSE ☛ Community_Advances_Governance_Proposal_After_Virtual Meeting⠀⇛ The session was productive with participants reviewing a draft proposal for governing bodies for the project; a Technical Steering Committee, a Community and Marketing Committee, representation of an Infrastructure Team and a Board. LWN: * ⚓ openSUSE_governance_proposal_advances⠀⇛ Douglas DeMaio has announced that Jeff Mahoney's new governance proposal for openSUSE, which was published_in_January, is moving forward. The new structure would have three governance bodies: a new technical steering committee (TSC), a community and marketing committee (CMC), as well as the existing openSUSE board. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2077 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/20/Programming_Leftovers.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/20/Programming_Leftovers.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Programming Leftovers⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 20, 2026 ⚓ Modus Create LLC ☛ Nickel_since_1.0⠀⇛ We released Nickel 1.0 in May 2023. Since then, we’ve been working so hard on new features, bug fixes, and performance improvements that we haven’t had the opportunity to write about them as much as we would’ve liked. This post rounds up some of the big changes that we’ve landed over the past few years. * ⚓ Vincent Delft ☛ Vincent's_blog⠀⇛ Game of Trees (Got) provides a secure, simple, and audit- friendly version control system designed with OpenBSD principles in mind. When combined with gotd, it allows you to host repositories over SSH with fine-grained access control — without the complexity of Git hosting platforms. This post walks through the complete process of: [...] * ⚓ Andrew Nesbitt ☛ What_Package_Registries_Could_Borrow_from_OCI⠀⇛ Every package manager ships code as an archive, and every one of them has a slightly different way to do it. npm wraps tarballs in a package/ directory prefix. RubyGems nests gzipped files inside an uncompressed tar. Alpine concatenates three gzip streams and calls it a package. Python cycled through four distribution formats in twenty years. RPM used cpio as its payload format for nearly three decades before finally dropping it in 2025. Meanwhile, the container world converged on a single format: OCI, the Open Container Initiative spec. And over the past few years, OCI registries have quietly started storing things that aren’t containers at all: Helm charts, Homebrew bottles, WebAssembly modules, AI models. The format was designed for container images, but the underlying primitives turn out to be general enough that it’s worth asking whether every package manager could use OCI for distribution. * ⚓ Ben Werdmuller ☛ Stop_calling_optimization_"innovation."⠀⇛ "The problem is, if you’re optimizing a product that fundamentally isn’t working for how people get news in 2026, all you’re really doing is riding that buggy off of a cliff with style." * ⚓ Lukáš Lalinský ☛ Six_months_of_yak_shaving_a_Zig_web_backend_stack⠀⇛ A while back I wrote about Zio, my async I/O library for Zig. At the end of that post I said the next step was to update my NATS client and write an HTTP server. Well, one thing led to another, and I now have a whole web backend stack written entirely in Zig. * ⚓ [Old] Bruce Schneier ☛ Schneier:_Full_Disclosure_of_Security Vulnerabilities_a_'Damned_Good_Idea'⠀⇛ Full disclosure does this. Before full disclosure was the norm, researchers would discover vulnerabilities in software and send details to the software companies—who would ignore them, trusting in the security of secrecy. Some would go so far as to threaten the researchers with legal action if they disclosed the vulnerabilities. Later on, researchers announced that particular vulnerabilities existed, but did not publish details. Software companies would then call the vulnerabilities “theoretical” and deny that they actually existed. Of course, they would still ignore the problems, and occasionally threaten the researcher with legal action. Then, of course, some hacker would create an exploit using the vulnerability—and the company would release a really quick patch, apologize profusely, and then go on to explain that the whole thing was entirely the fault of the evil, vile hackers. It wasn’t until researchers published complete details of the vulnerabilities that the software companies started fixing them. * ⚓ [Old] Vincent Driessen ☛ Git_power_tools_for_daily_use⠀⇛ Every developer has their own favorite Git tricks they use daily. Here are some of my favorite ones I have been using for as long as I can remember. * ⚓ [Old] Vincent Driessen ☛ Beautiful_code_»_nvie.com⠀⇛ The book's concept is simple: each of the 33 chapters is written by a well-respected professional programmer who answers the question: "What is the most beautiful code you've ever seen?" after which they discuss elaborately why they think it's beautiful. It's surprising how uncommon it is in our industry to look at existing code just to learn from it. In almost any other engineering or art field, people constantly study the results of their peers. Books on architecture are a great example. What makes a certain design so beautiful or effective? Can I learn something from it to make me a better engineer? I feel we would benefit as an industry if we would collectively take a little more time to reflect and study. We should ask ourselves those question more often, and allocate study time for it occasionally. * § Java/Golang⠀➾ o ⚓ Andrew Nesbitt ☛ Go_Modules_for_Package_Management_Tooling⠀⇛ I’ve been working on a reusable layer for building ecosystem-agnostic package and supply chain tools in Go: fourteen modules under git-pkgs covering manifest parsing, registry clients, license normalization, platform translation, vulnerability feeds, and more. These are rebuilds of libraries I’ve written and used in Ruby for years, some going back to Libraries.io and more recently for Ecosyste.ms, which I wrote about previously. I built the Go versions for git-pkgs, a tool for exploring the dependency history of your repositories that compiles to a single binary with no runtime dependencies, which matters for a git subcommand that needs to just work on any machine. When I went looking for Go equivalents of my Ruby libraries, most were either abandoned, incomplete, or only covered a single ecosystem, so I rebuilt them. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2244 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/20/Red_Hat_Leftovers.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/20/Red_Hat_Leftovers.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Red Hat Leftovers⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 20, 2026 * ⚓ Red Hat ☛ Understanding_ATen:_PyTorch's_tensor_library⠀⇛ § Note⠀➾ This article was originally published on Medium and has been adapted for Red Bait Developer. If you have ever wondered what powers PyTorch's tensor operations across CPUs, GPUs, and various accelerators, the answer is ATen, the foundational tensor library for PyTorch. In my work on PyTorch engineering, I've seen firsthand how ATen's architecture provides the simplicity developers love and the performance production systems demand. This article explores how ATen works and how it handles tensor operations across different hardware backends. * ⚓ Red Hat ☛ OpenShift_networking_evolved:_Real_routing,_no_NAT_or asymmetry⠀⇛ Red_Hat_OpenShift networking is evolving to match the next generation of data center networking patterns. As data center fabrics transition toward transparent, standards-based architectures like BGP EVPN, OpenShift is moving beyond legacy isolation models. These improvements allow the platform to integrate seamlessly with the physical network, shifting from masquerading traffic behind node IPs to a "real routing" model. * ⚓ Red Hat ☛ Reimagining_Red_Bait_Enterprise_GNU/Linux_image_creation_with Red_Bait_Lightspeed_Model_Context_Protocol⠀⇛ Creating a golden_image (a pre-configured, secure, and standardized system template) is the cornerstone of any scalable IT strategy. However, manually building these images for multiple environments (AWS, Azure, bare metal, and so on) while ensuring they contain the correct packages and security profiles can be a time-consuming and error-prone process. * ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Production-ready:_Red_Hat’s_blueprint_for_2026⠀⇛ Today, as we move into 2026, I am here to tell you that Red Hat is no longer just a software provider; we have the opportunity to partner with our customers to build the platforms that will redefine their entire organizations. * ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Innovation_is_a_team_sport:_Top_10_stories_from across_the_Red_Hat_ecosystem⠀⇛ In this month’s roundup, we’re moving beyond the technical specifications to look at how we’re solving real-world challenges together. From the leadership vision guiding our partner ecosystem to new protocols that bridge the gap between human intuition and AI, these stories reflect a shared commitment to building more resilient, security-focused, and open environments. Here’s what our community is reading right now to stay ahead of the curve. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2331 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/20/Security_Leftovers.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/20/Security_Leftovers.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Security Leftovers⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 20, 2026 * ⚓ Security Week ☛ Ivanti_Exploitation_Surges_as_Zero-Day_Attacks_Traced Back_to_July_2025⠀⇛ Security researchers have seen the vulnerabilities being exploited to deliver shells, conduct reconnaissance, and download malware. * ⚓ SANS ☛ Under_the_Hood_of_DynoWiper,_(Thu,_Feb_19th)⠀⇛ * ⚓ Security Week ☛ Nearly_1_Million_User_Records_Compromised_in_Figure Data_Breach⠀⇛ The blockchain-based lender has confirmed a data breach after ShinyHunters leaked over 2GB of data allegedly stolen from the company. * ⚓ OpenSSF (Linux Foundation) ☛ Advancing_Package_Repository_Security Through_Collaboration⠀⇛ On February 2nd, the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) convened the OpenSSF Package Manager Security Forum, a cross- ecosystem working session focused on one of the most critical and complex challenges facing open source today: package repository security. * ⚓ VoidLink_and_the_New_Reality_of_AI-Driven_Linux_Malware⠀⇛ The emergence of VoidLink, an AI-assisted Linux malware framework reportedly built with nearly 88,000 lines of code, signals a fundamental shift in how cyber threats are created and deployed. Developed in a matter of weeks with the help of large language models (LLMs), VoidLink highlights how attackers are using artificial intelligence to dramatically accelerate malware development and scale cybercrime.   For organizations running mission-critical workloads on Linux, this isn’t just another threat report. It’s a clear warning. * ⚓ Linux_Security_Models_for_Web_Application_Protection_in_High-Risk eCommerce_Environments⠀⇛ eCommerce workloads behave differently from ordinary web applications. They maintain long-lived sessions, process sensitive data, expose multiple APIs, and interact with external automation constantly. That combination changes the threat model. Attacks are rarely about taking a site offline. More often, they aim to pivot inside the environment: escalating privileges, exfiltrating data, or abusing internal services in ways that look almost legitimate. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2413 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/20/Server_Self_Hosting_and_Security_Leftovers.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/20/Server_Self_Hosting_and_Security_Leftovers.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Server/Self-Hosting and Security Leftovers⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 20, 2026 * § Server/Self-Hosting⠀➾ o ⚓ [Old] DEV Community ☛ Every_Developer_Needs_to_Self-Host_-_DEV Community⠀⇛ It is about learning the skills that power the internet and unlocking opportunities you might not even know exist yet. Here is why I believe every developer should self host at least once. o ⚓ Roman Zipp ☛ Why_Self-host?⠀⇛ I recently shared my current Homelab setup with a colleague and was asked a pretty simple question I just took for granted... why? Why go through the hassle of configuring servers, installing applications, setting up containers and spending quite a substantial amount of money on hardware that will not even run under optimal data center conditions (consumer-grade internet connection, no failover, no auto migrations)? I will also give some specific recommendations on what you could and maybe should self-host. * § Security⠀➾ o ⚓ Security Week ☛ OpenClaw_Security_Issues_Continue_as_SecureClaw Open_Source_Tool_Debuts⠀⇛ OpenClaw faces security vulnerabilities and misconfiguration risks despite rapid patches and its transition to an OpenAI-backed foundation. o ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Thursday⠀⇛ Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (edk2, glibc, gnupg2, golang, grafana, nodejs:24, and php), Debian (gimp and kernel), Fedora (fvwm3), Mageia (microcode and vim), Oracle (edk2, glibc, kernel, nodejs: 24, and php), Red Hat (python-s3transfer), SUSE (abseil- cpp, avahi, azure-cli-core, fontforge, go1.24, go1.25, golang-github-prometheus-prometheus, libpcap, libsoup2, libxml2-16, mupdf, nodejs22, openCryptoki, openjpeg2, patch, python-aiohttp, python-Brotli, python-pip, python311-asgiref, rust1.93, and traefik), and Ubuntu (inetutils, libssh, linux-gcp, linux-gke, linux-hwe-6.8, linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8, linux-intel-iotg-5.15, linux- xilinx-zynqmp, linux-lowlatency, linux-nvidia-lowlatency, and trafficserver). o ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ HHS_burrows_into_identifying_risks_to_health sector_from_third-party_vendors⠀⇛ A department official speaking at CyberTalks said HHS is trying to help the sector on finding where those risks are. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2506 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/20/Stable_kernels_Linux_6_19_3_Linux_6_18_13_Linux_6_12_74_Linux_6.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/20/Stable_kernels_Linux_6_19_3_Linux_6_18_13_Linux_6_12_74_Linux_6.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Stable kernels: Linux 6.19.3, Linux 6.18.13, Linux 6.12.74, Linux 6.6.127, Linux 6.1.164, Linux 5.15.201, and Linux 5.10.251⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Feb 20, 2026 I'm announcing the release of the 6.19.3 kernel. All users of the 6.19 kernel series must upgrade. The updated 6.19.y git tree can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/ linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-6.19.y and can be browsed at the normal kernel.org git web browser: https://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/ stable/linux-s... thanks, greg k-h 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Read_more⦈_ Also: Linux_6.18.13 Linux_6.12.74 Linux_6.6.127 Linux_6.1.164 Linux_5.15.201 Linux_5.10.251 ⠀⠀⠀⢀⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣶⣦⣀⡀⠀ ⠀⠀⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠛⠛⠻⢿⣿⣿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⠻⣿⡆ ⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣧⠈⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢋⣴⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⣾⣿⣿⣿⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⠛⠋⠁⢠⣿⡇ ⠀⠈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⣘⣿⣿⠀⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⣿⣿⢿⣿⠀⣿⣿⠛⠛⠛⠛⢋⣁⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣼⣿⡇ ⠀⠈⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣇⠈⠹⣿⣿⠛⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⣹⣿⡆⠸⣿⣿⠟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠿⢃⣾⡏⠀⣿⣧⠘⢿⣀⣿⡏⠀⠀⠙⠛⠻⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⣿⣿⡇ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠉⢹⣿⡇⠈⠻⣿⣆⠀⠸⣿⣤⣤⣤⣬⣽⣿⠟⠛⠛⢻⣿⡄⢸⣿⣤⣤⣼⣿⠿⠉⠈⠉⠉⠉⠹⢿⣧⣤⣤⣾⡟⠁⠀⣿⡏⠀⠈⢿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⡇ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠁⠀⠀⠈⠁⠀⠀⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠈⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠁⠀⠉⠉⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠉⠁⠀⠀⠈⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⣿⡇ ⠀⠠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣴⣿⠇ ⠀⠀⠉⢶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣴⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣴⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣿⠿⠃⠀ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2572 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/20/The_political_and_personal_case_for_Linux.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/20/The_political_and_personal_case_for_Linux.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ The political and personal case for Linux⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 20, 2026 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Laptop⦈_ You probably use a computer — in fact, you’re probably reading this column on a computer. For 72% of you, that computer is the ubiquitous “standard” Windows PC or laptop. For 20% of you, it’s a Mac. The other 8% of you oddballs mostly use Linux or (Linux-based) ChromeOS. I know the 92% of you who use Windows or macOS get tired of the cool kids telling you this, but it should be the other way around. Almost everyone should be using Linux almost all the time. Instead of leading off with the technical reasons why, though, I want to hit you with the political, and personal financial, reasons for making the switch. I’m going to start from the assumption that, like most people most of the time, you’ve had your “daily driver” computer — the one you use at home to browse the Web, check email, stream YouTube videos and maybe take a Zoom meeting every now and then — for at least a couple of years and you’re starting to feel like it’s a little slow and you might need a new one (if you just unboxed that brand new PC and got it set up, feel free to bookmark this article and come back to it in two years). You may have noticed that new computers are suddenly getting more expensive every day. Not just top-of-the-line machines, either. I bought the “cheap” Raspberry Pi 5 kit I’m writing this column on less than a month ago. I paid $229 for it. As of this morning, the going price is $299. There are “market” reasons for this sudden price rise trend — cryptocurrency miners have been buying up graphics cards as fast as they can be made for years, and artificial intelligence companies are now doing the same thing with RAM and storage devices. 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15. ⚓ Bitcoin:_government_engagement_contradictions⠀⇛ Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock 16. ⚓ Richard_Stallman_in_the_United_States_-_Part_II_-_"Haters_Gonna_Hate"⠀⇛ we shall carry on with this series at the right pace 17. ⚓ Typical!_Solicitors_Regulation_Authority_(SRA)_Tells_Victims_of_Fraud to_Wait_10_Weeks⠀⇛ justice delayed is justice denied 18. ⚓ statCounter:_Only_One_in_350_Iranians_Would_Use_Microsoft_for_Web Search⠀⇛ Microsoft is trying to fake "demand" 19. ⚓ Slides_Shown_a_Week_Ago_by_the_EPO's_Staff_Committee_Ahead_of_the Second_Very_Large_Strike⠀⇛ This coming weekend we'll drop a 'bombshell' of sorts 20. ⚓ EPO_"Cocaine_Communication_Manager"_-_Part_II_-_Illegal_Drug_Addicts Mobbing_the_Wrong_People,_This_Will_Definitely_Backfire⠀⇛ This year may well be the last year of Team Campinos. Nobody will hire them after that. 21. ⚓ Mass_Layoffs_(But_Silent_Layoffs)_Still_Happening_in_IBM,_You_Need_Only Look_Closely_(There_Are_NDAs,_PIPs,_'Early_Retirement'_Sweeteners_and_IBM -_Like_Microsoft_-_Skirts_the_WARN_Act)⠀⇛ the layoffs are definitely happening 22. ⚓ Very_Little_Slop⠀⇛ We are not finding much slop anymore 23. ⚓ Links_19/02/2026:_Illegal_Kangaroo_Court_for_Patents_Attracts Aggressive_Firms,_Public_Domain_Review_Grows⠀⇛ Links for the day 24. ⚓ Gemini_Links_19/02/2026:_Taxing_the_Rich,_Raspberry_Pi_4_Tinkering⠀⇛ Links for the day 25. ⚓ Over_at_Tux_Machines...⠀⇛ GNU/Linux news for the past day 26. ⚓ IRC_Proceedings:_Wednesday,_February_18,_2026⠀⇛ IRC logs for Wednesday, February 18, 2026 ========================================================================= The corresponding text-only bulletin for Thursday contains all the text. 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https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/20/today_s_howtos.1.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/20/today_s_howtos.1.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ today's howtos⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 20, 2026 * ⚓ Linuxize ☛ DNF_Cheatsheet⠀⇛ Quick reference for package management with dnf on Fedora, RHEL, and derivatives * ⚓ Linuxize ☛ Understanding_the_/etc/fstab_File_in_Linux⠀⇛ The /etc/fstab file defines how filesystems and storage devices are mounted at boot. This guide explains the fstab format, field meanings, mount options, and how to add new entries safely. * ⚓ Linuxize ☛ IP_Command_Cheatsheet⠀⇛ Quick reference for using ip command to manage addresses, routes, links, and network diagnostics in Linux * ⚓ Linuxize ☛ Dnf_Command_in_Linux:_Package_Management_Guide⠀⇛ A practical guide to using the dnf package manager on Fedora, RHEL, and derivatives. Covers installing, updating, removing, searching, and managing packages and repositories from the command line. * ⚓ The New Stack ☛ Want_an_easy_way_to_manage_Podman_containers?_Here_it is⠀⇛ You’ve heard of Docker Desktop, right? Of course you have. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3203 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/20/today_s_howtos.2.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/20/today_s_howtos.2.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ today's howtos⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 20, 2026 * ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Firefox_Dev_on_Ubuntu_(26.04,_24.04, 22.04)⠀⇛ Firefox Developer Edition on Ubuntu is a dedicated development browser built on the Beta channel codebase, with the CSS Grid inspector, WebSocket inspector, and dark browser chrome enabled by default. Standard Firefox includes these tools but requires manual configuration; Developer Edition ships them pre- configured for debugging, testing experimental web APIs, * § idroot⠀➾ o ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_MAAS_on_Ubuntu_24.04_LTS⠀⇛ Managing physical servers doesn’t have to be complicated. MAAS (Metal as a Service) transforms bare metal infrastructure into cloud-like resources that you can provision, deploy, and manage with just a few clicks. This comprehensive guide walks you through installing MAAS on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, from initial setup to your first successful configuration. o ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Gittyup_on_AlmaLinux_10⠀⇛ Managing Git repositories from the command line works perfectly fine for experienced developers. But sometimes, a visual interface makes complex branching, staging, and merge operations significantly easier to understand and execute. Gittyup delivers exactly that—a powerful graphical Git client designed to help you visualize your repository history, manage changes efficiently, and streamline your development workflow. o ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Bitwarden_on_Debian_13⠀⇛ Password security remains one of the most critical challenges in our digital lives. With data breaches occurring regularly and password requirements becoming increasingly complex, managing dozens or even hundreds of credentials securely has become nearly impossible without the right tools. * ⚓ Introducing_pass-exporter_-_Export_your_passwords_from_pass_to bitwarden_csv_format⠀⇛ This is a rudimentary attempt (that surprisingly works) to export passwords from pass to Bitwarden csv_format As a requisite you need to have the private key that protects the passwords, exported as an ASCII armored key (Or whatever the nomenclature is), the important bit is that you export it: gpg --export-secret-keys --armor $YOURFINGERPRINT > private- key.asc * ⚓ Hacker Noon ☛ Love,_Long_Distance,_and_Linux:_Building_a_VPN_Blind_to Bridge_the_Gap⠀⇛ My girlfriend lives in the UK. I live in Portland, Oregon. There is an eight-hour time difference and an ocean between us. When you are 5,000 miles apart, you don't get date nights. You get FaceTime calls and shared media. You find ways to exist in the same cultural moment, even if you can't be in the same room. Right now, that cultural moment is Love Island All Stars. She’s watching it live in London. I wanted to watch it with her, but the show is geo-locked to the UK. There was another hurdle, too: I am legally blind. I have 20/ 400 vision in my right eye, no peripheral vision, and I rely heavily on NVDA (screen reader) and Windows Magnifier just to navigate a web page. Most people would just buy a VPN. But I’m an Adaptive Systems Architect. I don't pay for things I can build myself—especially when the motivation is love. So, I decided to spin up a free Oracle Cloud VPS and roll my own WireGuard server to bridge the distance. * ⚓ HowTo Geek ☛ 5_reasons_to_start_using_the_Linux_command_line⠀⇛ You can use Linux without mastering the command line and messing around in terminal windows. But if you do, you’ll miss out on the command line’s speed, power, and low-level fine- grained control. § What's all the fuss about? Some swear by it, some swear at it. We’re talking about the command line, that venerable human-computer interface that’s been around for over fifty years and still isn’t going anywhere soon. Even in today’s world of swish graphical interfaces and touch-screen convenience, there’s a place for the command line. Back when Unix was developed in the late 1960s and very early 1970s, there was no such thing as a graphical user interface (GUI), nor a desktop environment (DE). Typing was the only game in town. If you wanted to interact with a computer, you used a keyboard, and you didn’t think twice about it. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3346 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/20/today_s_howtos.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/20/today_s_howtos.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ today's howtos⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 20, 2026 * ⚓ Andy Bell ☛ An_in-depth_guide_to_customising_lists_with_CSS⠀⇛ This first rule of styling lists is that they should be treated with the same reverence you would show any other text. If a list is inserted within a passage of text, treat it as a continuation and integral part of that text. For bulleted or unordered lists, use padding to indent each list item the equivalent distance of a line height. This will allow the bullet to sit neatly in a square of white-space. * ⚓ Johannes Weber ☛ Don’t_Trust_Packet_Captures_on_Firewalls⠀⇛ Don’t get me wrong. Packet captures on firewalls offer a quick and easy way to get an initial look at packets. In many cases, they are fully sufficient for troubleshooting layer 7 packets that simply pass through the firewall, where you just want to inspect the contents of a DNS query, for example. However, as soon as you’re dealing with packets that are generated or modified by the firewall itself (routing protocols, NAT, IPsec, TLS interception, etc.), you can’t fully rely on these built-in packet captures. Unfortunately, this is exactly what happens regularly – to me as well. * ⚓ [Old] Naeem Noor ☛ Modern_CSS_Features_You_Should_Know_in_2025⠀⇛ CSS continues to evolve rapidly, bringing new features that make web development more powerful and flexible. Let’s explore the modern css innovations from recent years that are now widely supported and ready for production use. * § Confidentiality⠀➾ o ⚓ Dedoimedo ☛ Use_TrueCrypt_and_VeraCrypt_containers_in_Linux, natively⠀⇛ Let us begin. If you use TrueCrypt or VeraCrypt for your encryption needs, then, typically, what you do is: you open the relevant application, point to the desired device or container, mount it (with a password), and go about using this new path like any drive in your system. Once done, you unmount it. This procedure works great, provided you can actually run TrueCrypt or VeraCrypt in your system. But what if you cannot? You may struggle thinking about an appropriate scenario, but let me paint it for you. ARM build of Ubuntu. Say, a virtual machine on your Macbook, as I did recently. Compared to the x86 architecture, you might experience a dearth of software. For example, TrueCrypt ain't available at all. VeraCrypt can open old containers, but only up to version 1.25.9. This one doesn't have a build for Ubuntu 24.04, and you can't install the Deb file from 22.04 due to hard-coded dependencies. Ipso facto, there seems to be NOTHING that can open old containers on a recent ARM build of Ubuntu. So let me show you a neat workaround. o ⚓ Data Swamp ☛ Comparison_of_cloud_storage_encryption_software⠀⇛ When using a not end-to-end encrypted cloud storage, you may want to store your file encrypted so if the cloud provider (that could be you if you self host a nextcloud or seafile) get hacked, your data will be available to the hacker, this is not great. While there are some encryption software like age or gpg, they are not usable for working transparently with files. A specific class of encryption software exists, they create a logical volume with your files and they are transparently encrypted in the file system. You will learn about cryptomator, gocryptfs, cryfs and rclone. They allow you to have a local directory that is synced with the cloud provider, containing only encrypted files, and a mount point where you access your files. Your files are sent encrypted to the cloud provider, but you can use it as usual (with some overhead). This blog post is a bit "yet another comparison" because all these software also provide a comparison list of challengers. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3464 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/20/today_s_leftovers.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/20/today_s_leftovers.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ today's leftovers⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 20, 2026 * § Kernel Space / File Systems / Virtualization⠀➾ o ⚓ Dan Langille ☛ zpool_upgrade_blocked_by_gpart:_/dev/da0p1:_not enough_space⠀⇛ This seems to be inconvenient. Now I have to rollback to that checkpoint. * § Games⠀➾ o ⚓ Ubuntu Handbook ☛ 0_A.D._Released_0.28.0_with_New_Civilization_& AppImage_for_Linux⠀⇛ 0 A.D., the free open-source RTS game for Linux, Windows, and macOS, released new 0.28.0 version one day ago. The new version of this ancient warfare game, code-name “Boiorix”, introduced a new civilization: the Germans. * § Desktop Environments (DE)/Window Managers (WM)⠀➾ o ⚓ James Brown ☛ roguelazer's_website:_trying_out_aerospace,_a_macos window_manager⠀⇛ Anyhow, it turns out that nowadays, there are a few options for tiling window managers on macOS. The top few seem to be [...] o § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ # ⚓ KDAB ☛ Automating_Repetitive_GUI_Interactions_in_Embedded Development_with_Spix⠀⇛ This blog post showcases Spix, a small but useful library for automating GUI-interaction in your Qt/ QML-based applications. Just sending clicks or entering text to checking properties, Spix offers basic automated interaction. Combining the automated screenshot function with computer vision, you can even perform simple optical checks with Spix. o § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾ # ⚓ GNOME ☛ Allan_Day:_GNOME_Foundation_Update,_2026-02-19⠀⇛ Welcome to another GNOME Foundation update post, covering highlights from the past two weeks (this week and last week). It’s been a busy time, particularly due to conference planning and our upcoming audit – read on to find out more! § Linux App Summit 2026 We were thrilled to be able to announce_the location_and_dates_of_this_year’s_GNU/Linux_App Summit_this_week. The conference will happen in Berlin on the 16th and 17th of May, at Betahaus Berlin. More information is available on the LAS website. As usual, we are very pleased to be collaborating with KDE on this year’s LAS. Our partnership on LAS has been a real success that we hope to continue. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § New Releases⠀➾ # ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ EasyOS_Excalibur-series_version_7.2 released⠀⇛ The previous release, 7.1.5, was announced here: [...] o § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Peter 'CzP' Czanik ☛ UDP_reliability_improved_in_syslog-ng Debian_packaging⠀⇛ UDP log collection is a legacy feature that does not provide any security or reliability, but is still in wide use. You can improve its reliability using eBPF on GNU/Linux in recent syslog-ng versions. Support for eBPF was added to Debian packages while preparing for the 4.11.0 syslog-ng release. o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ Robotic Systems LLC ☛ moteus.move_to_and_moteus_ruckig python_example⠀⇛ For some time now the moteus python library has had a convenience function to repeatedly execute a command until moteus determines that the trajectory has completed. This helps a lot with simple applications with a single device, but as soon as multiple controllers are involved in the same machine numerous problems appear: [...] ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3609 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/20/Transmission_4_1_1_BitTorrent_Client_Released_with_Bug_Fixes_an.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/20/Transmission_4_1_1_BitTorrent_Client_Released_with_Bug_Fixes_an.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Transmission 4.1.1 BitTorrent Client Released with Bug Fixes and Improvements⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Marius Nestor on Feb 20, 2026 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Transmission_4.1.1⦈_ Since this is a point release, Transmission 4.1.1 fixes many bugs found in the previous release, including a bug that failed to report some filesystem errors to RPC clients who were querying the system’s free space available and a bug that kept a torrent’s updated queue position from being shown. This release also fixes a bug that caused torrents’ queuing order to sometimes be lost between sessions, a bug that displayed the wrong mime-type icon for MP4 video files, as well as an application crash that could occur if a user paused a torrent and edited its tracker list at the same time. 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That's 800+ since the last reboot (2023) and perhaps a signal that GNU/Linux is stable on desktops and laptops, not just on servers. roy@bubi:~$ uptime 03:49:26 up 798 days, 20:01, 3 users, load average: 7.07, 7.04, 7.00 Will it exceed 1,000? Maybe. 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Debian 13 “Trixie” was released in August, and last month version 13.3 was released. So this week, we’re treading on hallowed ground, as it isn’t often that we get to test drive a Linux distro that’s an important piece of Linux history. 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Some of you will remember me. I thought it important to talk to you for a few minutes. You’ll remember, it wasn’t that many years ago that I was given the absolute privilege of writing a weekly column for FOSS Force, and I did so for about three years. Then as well as now, FOSS Force was the go-to website for all things concerning free and open source software, so I was in the company of some of the top experts in that realm. I tried to pretend I wasn’t starstruck, but I kinda was. After all, when your byline appears in the same space as Jack Wallen, Bruce Byfield and others… well, you have arrived. FOSS Force is the fruit of Christine Hall’s labor. Having a background in both radio and newsprint, Christine is on solid ground, bringing us news that is important. On a number of occasions, I’ve relied upon the website she publishes to substantiate or discover facts when needed. FOSS Force has never failed to do so. 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Just over a week left. So it's almost March already. We've had a productive and mostly uneventful year. We intend to do the same the rest of this year. The SRA's PR tour continues relentlessly (this was hours_ago) as the question about regulation in the UK has resurfaced. For community sites like ours to thrive we need better regulation. We need better public awareness, too. After the weekend we'll write some more about the SRA, sporadically at least. We write about the SRA because it failed our community; it let women haters attack our journalists, activists programmers, sysadmins etc. We do not seem to have a functional legal system in the UK and nobody does anything about it. █ =============================================================================== Image source: Photographic_Survey_of_the_Smithsonian_(1890-1913) ⣿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⣿ ⣿⠀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⡀⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⡀⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⠀⠀⣿ ⣿⠀⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢫⣿⣗⣾⣭⣟⣿⣀⣿⣿⣿⠿⠭⠡⠀⠀⠀⠀⢨⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⡍⣭⢉⣉⠉⢽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⣿ ⣿⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣏⣰⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣨⣭⣭⣭⣭⣤⣤⣤⣤⣄⣤⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣂⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⣿ ⣿⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⣿ ⣿⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⣿ ⣿⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⣿ ⣿⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⣿ ⣿⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⣿ ⣿⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠀⠀⣿ ⣿⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣄⣶⣴⣶⣤⣶⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⠀⣾⣿⡇⠀⠀⣿ ⣿⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢰⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⣿ ⣿⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⣿ ⣿⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⣿ ⣿⠀⠰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣛⠛⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⡟⠛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⡿⢿⣿⣿⡿⠀⠀⣿ ⣿⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⡂⢸⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⣿ ⣿⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣼⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⣿ ⣿⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣽⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⣿ ⣿⠀⢠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣆⠀⠀⣿ ⣿⠀⠈⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠏⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠉⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠀⠀⣿ ⣿⠀⠀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣄⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⣿ ⣿⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡃⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡛⢿⣛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣭⣤⣽⣿⣿⣿⠇⠀⠀⣿ ⣿⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣼⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⣿ ⣿⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⣿ ⣿⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⢸⠟⡛⠉⠀⠀⠁⠁⠉⠉⣭⣿⡟⠹⠛⠉⠉⠛⠛⢻⣿⣿⠁⠀⠀⣿ ⣿⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡧⢼⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡛⠚⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣁⣀⣸⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⣿ ⣿⠀⢀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣇⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⣿ ⣿⠀⠘⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣀⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣏⠀⠀⠀⣿ ⣿⠀⠀⠛⠋⢀⠀⠀⢀⣿⣿⣿⣗⠈⠉⠈⠭⠍⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⡛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠿⠿⡿⠿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⣿ ⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⠂⠀⠀⠨⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠁⠄⠀⠠⢷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⣈⣀⡈⢹⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣠⠄⡠⠀⠀⢠⣾⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿ ⣿⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣦⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣭⣭⣴⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3938 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/20/Xubuntu_26_04_LTS_Resolute_Raccoon_Wallpaper_Contest_Is_Open_fo.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/20/Xubuntu_26_04_LTS_Resolute_Raccoon_Wallpaper_Contest_Is_Open_fo.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Xubuntu 26.04 LTS (Resolute Raccoon) Wallpaper Contest Is Open for Submissions⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Marius Nestor on Feb 20, 2026 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Xubuntu_26.04_LTS⦈_ Starting February 18th, 2026, those interested in contributing their beautiful artwork to the upcoming Xubuntu 26.04 LTS release are invited to submit their artwork on the official wallpaper contest thread opened on the Ubuntu Discourse community. As expected, the Xubuntu 26.04 LTS wallpaper content is aimed at the Xubuntu community, but it also welcomes anyone who wishes to see their artwork featured on a popular Linux distribution and viewed by the multitude of users who will install the Resolute Raccoon release in April 2026. 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