Tux Machines Bulletin for Monday, April 06, 2026 ┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅ Generated Tue 7 Apr 02:49:43 BST 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 - 5 hard truths about switching to Linux that Windows users need to hear ⦿ Tux Machines - Almost 7 Years of COVID ⦿ Tux Machines - Android Leftovers ⦿ Tux Machines - Android Leftovers ⦿ Tux Machines - antiX 26 is the Linux distro that makes a 2009 laptop feel faster than a modern Chromebook ⦿ Tux Machines - Audiocasts, PostgreSQL, Ventoy and More ⦿ Tux Machines - Best Free and Open Source Software ⦿ Tux Machines - Bluefish 2.4.1 Released with Side-by-Side View & Improved Dark Mode ⦿ Tux Machines - Devices and Hackable Hardware With Linux ⦿ Tux Machines - 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You’ve built up muscle memory, mental shortcuts, and an entire way of navigating a computer. Linux is going to disrupt some—if not most—of that. For example, you probably install software by visiting different websites and downloading EXE files. On Linux, you can find executable app installers, but that’s not the preferred approach and can pose security risks. The default method is to install software through package managers, which you can access via the terminal or a graphical software store—similar to the Google Play Store or Apple App Store. Also, if you spend a lot of time managing files, you’ll need to get familiar with the Linux directory structure. There are no lettered drives like the C: or D: drive. Linux organizes everything under a single root directory (/). Now, I’m not saying Linux is harder than Windows (or macOS)—but it is different. Your new Linux PC may not behave the way you expect, and you’ll need to learn how to use it. Yes, there are beginner-friendly distros designed to ease the transition, but they only soften the learning curve—they don’t eliminate it. If you expect Linux to mirror your Windows workflows, you’re going to be disappointed. 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🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇antiX_Linux⦈_ Quoting: antiX 26 is the Linux distro that makes a 2009 laptop feel faster than a modern Chromebook — Chromebooks are often touted as the preferred choice for anyone wanting a web-first experience and promoted as a cheaper Windows alternative. However, the cheaper part isn't entirely true. A Chromebook with 8GB of RAM easily costs upwards of $350, and even then, you are restricted to Google's ChromeOS ecosystem. So, instead of splurging on a new Chromebook, I decided to give my decade-old laptop a new life with a Linux distro. I initially went with Damn Small Linux for a lightweight setup, but it wasn't particularly impressive in terms of usability. I finally settled on antiX 26, a Debian-based Linux distro explicitly built for older computers. And after weeks of daily use, my 2009 laptop now boots faster and browses more smoothly than any budget Chromebook I've used. 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Participants shared their experiences with custom Android ROMs and alternatives. The session also covered significant developments, including a leaked Hey Hi (AI) source code, critical security flaws in Telegram, and an increase in Steam's GNU/Linux usage. o ⚓ JupiterMedia ☛ Sink_Your_Claws_In_|_LINUX_Unplugged_661⠀⇛ The expensive, challenging, and humbling journey with open source agents. * § Kernel Space / File Systems / Virtualization⠀➾ o ⚓ Video Cardz ☛ Wildcat_Lake_coming_soon?⠀⇛ Intel has released Linux NPU Driver v1.32.0, adding support for the upcoming Wildcat Lake platform. This is the user-space side of Intel’s Linux NPU stack, which works with the upstream IVPU kernel accelerator driver used for Intel NPUs on Core Ultra systems. o § SaaS/Back End/Databases⠀➾ # ⚓ WinBuzzer ☛ Linux_7.0_Cuts_PostgreSQL_Performance_in_Half⠀⇛ An AWS engineer reported on April 3 that PostgreSQL throughput dropped to roughly half on Linux 7.0, with benchmark data tracing the cause to a deliberate kernel change that removed the PREEMPT_NONE scheduling option. On a 96-vCPU Graviton4 instance, throughput fell to 0.51x compared to prior kernel versions. With the stable release approximately two weeks away and set to power Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, kernel maintainers are pushing the fix burden onto PostgreSQL rather than reverting the change. * § Applications⠀➾ o ⚓ Neowin ☛ Rufus_alternative_Ventoy,_a_backdoored_Windows_11,_GNU/ Linux_USB_install_app,_reaches_major_milestone⠀⇛ Ventoy, which is an alternative to the popular USB media creation utility app Rufus, has received a major milestone update today. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 524 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/06/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/06/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Best Free and Open Source Software⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Apr 06, 2026 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Screen_Capture_on_Linux⦈_ * ⚓ 6_Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Linux_Screen_Capture_Tools_for_Hyprland_- LinuxLinks⠀⇛ Hyprland is a dynamic tiling Wayland compositor that’s become popular with Linux users who want a modern desktop focused on speed, flexibility, and visual polish. Its combination of animated window management, extensive configuration, and fast keyboard-driven workflow has helped create a growing ecosystem of companion software built specifically for Hyprland or commonly used alongside it. A bare Hyprland installation is only the starting point. Most users add extra tools to handle tasks such as launching applications, managing wallpapers, displaying status information, handling notifications, locking the screen, controlling idle behaviour, taking screenshots, and selecting clipboard entries. These utilities play an important role in turning Hyprland from a compositor into a practical daily desktop environment. Linux has no shortage of Wayland software, but Hyprland users often want tools that integrate neatly with its workflow, configuration style, and surrounding ecosystem. Some applications are developed with Hyprland in mind, while others have become widely adopted because they work especially well in Hyprland sessions. To provide an insight into the quality of software that’s available, we’ve compiled a list of the best free and open source Hyprland tools for screen capturing. Hopefully, there will be something of interest for anyone who wants to build a cleaner, more productive, and more comfortable Hyprland setup. * ⚓ GNOME_Cam_Overlay_-_webcam_preview_as_a_borderless_overlay_- LinuxLinks⠀⇛ Cam Overlay is a lightweight utility designed to add graphical overlays to video streams, particularly for use with camera feeds and live video processing. It enables users to superimpose images, text, and other visual elements onto video output, making it useful for monitoring systems, streaming setups, or enhancing recorded footage. Overlay systems like this are commonly used to display dynamic information such as timestamps, labels, or branding directly within the video stream. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ Hideout_-_file_encryption_and_decryption_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ Hideout is a minimal desktop application designed to simplify file encryption and decryption using GnuPG. It focuses on usability, offering a straightforward drag-and- drop interface so users can quickly protect sensitive data without needing to interact directly with command-line tools. The application targets Linux users and is distributed via Flatpak and Snap packages, making it easy to install across distributions. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ bpftop_-_dynamic_real-time_view_of_running_eBPF_programs_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ bpftop is a command-line monitoring tool developed by Netflix that provides a real-time, top-like interface for observing running eBPF programs on Linux systems. It surfaces key performance metrics such as average runtime, events per second, and estimated CPU usage, helping developers and system engineers understand the behaviour and impact of eBPF workloads directly from the terminal. The tool is designed to make low-level kernel telemetry more accessible by presenting eBPF statistics in a clear, continuously updating view, along with optional graphical trends over time. It enables performance data collection only while running, minimising overhead and avoiding unnecessary system impact. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ S3ry_-_AWS_S3_interactive_terminal_client_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ S3ry is an interactive terminal application for managing Amazon S3 buckets and objects. Written in Go, it provides a modern terminal interface for working with S3 resources while also offering a traditional prompt-based mode for users who prefer a simpler workflow. The software is designed for day-to-day S3 administration, covering tasks such as browsing buckets, transferring files, deleting objects, and exporting object lists, with support for AWS profiles, regions, configuration files, and English or Japanese interface text. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ Noisedash_-_self-hostable_web_tool_to_generate_ambient_noises_- LinuxLinks⠀⇛ Noisedash is a self-hostable web application for building ambient soundscapes in the browser. It lets you mix generated noises with uploaded samples, includes multi-user administration, and can be deployed with Docker, Kubernetes, or from source. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ Domenico_-_create_looping_animated_GIFs_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ Domenico is a Linux-focused desktop application that provides a graphical front end for FFmpeg, making it easier to turn MP4 and MOV clips into looping animated GIFs without using terminal commands. It’s designed for short clips and is available as an AppImage for Linux, with an optional JAR build for cross-platform use on systems with Java installed. Domenico does not bundle FFmpeg — it uses your system installation. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ Developer_of_the_Week:_Lennart_Poettering_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ Lennart Poettering is one of the most consequential, polarizing, and prolific open source developers of the Linux era, and the reason is simple: he works on parts of the system that the majority use and many people have strong opinions about. His public profile and long-running project pages are tied above all to systemd and, earlier, PulseAudio and Avahi. Whether people admire or criticise his work, they’re responding to projects that materially changed how Linux systems boot, manage services, handle devices, and process desktop audio. That scale of influence is impossible to ignore. systemd is the obvious focal point. Poettering’s writing around it framed a rethinking of PID 1 and service management, and the result became far more than an init replacement. systemd grew into a broad systems framework including service supervision, logging, networking, timers, user sessions, storage features, and container-adjacent capabilities. Critics have long argued that it’s too expansive; supporters argue that the expansion reflects the actual needs of modern Linux systems. My own view is that, whatever one thinks of every design choice, Poettering clearly identified a real problem: Linux system management had become fragmented, inconsistent, and harder to reason about than many people wanted to admit. * ⚓ flowR_-_sophisticated,_static_dataflow_analyzer_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ flowR is a sophisticated static analysis framework for the R programming language. It helps developers and researchers understand existing R code by analysing how values, calls, and control move through a script, making it useful for program comprehension, debugging, and inspection of real-world R sources. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ arp-scan_-_minimalistic_ARP_scan_tool_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ arp-scan-rs is a command-line network discovery tool written in Rust. It performs ARP-based scans of local IPv4 networks to identify live hosts and report details such as IP addresses, MAC addresses, hostnames, and hardware vendor information. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ TexLab_-_cross-platform_implementation_of_the_Language_Server_Protocol for_LaTeX_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ TexLab is a cross-platform implementation of the Language Server Protocol for LaTeX. It provides rich editing support for LaTeX documents and can be used with any editor that implements the Language Server Protocol. 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The new version of this lightweight and fast code editor features split view that allows to view 2 file content side-by-side in same app window, making easy to compare information or work across two files at once. This feature was initially introduced in last 2.4.0 version as an experimental feature. Now, it’s considered as stable. Simply open two or more files in tabs, then go to Document -> Side by Side to start the split view. And, it will store and restore documents side-by-side status in the project. By default, the split view action moves the current focused tab to the right half, leaving the next tab as focused in left. You can click the “Slide by Side” option again and again to move more tabs from left to right. And, it will finally turn off split view when all tabs moved to right. 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The ideal would be a tablet, except that modern tablets require far too much user interaction. For example, the previous solution was an Android tablet with Signal installed. Grandma’s main problem was that she could not press the smallish “answer” button on incoming calls. But even if we fixed that with an app that’s more user-friendly than Signal, the other problems would still remain: [...] * § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ o ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Advantech_MIO-5356_–_An_industrial_3.5-inch_SBC based_on_defective_chip_maker_Intel_Core_Series_3_“Wildcat_Lake” SoC⠀⇛ Advantech MIO-5356 is the very first hardware platform based on the upcoming defective chip maker Intel Core Series 3 (Core 300) “Wildcat Lake” SoC we’ve seen. It’s a 3.5-inch SBC designed for industrial applications and powered by up to the defective chip maker Intel Core 7 350 hexa-core processor. o ⚓ [Old] Stephen Marz ☛ Five_Tips_to_Writing_RISC-V_Assembly⠀⇛ Writing assembly is itself an art. When C, C++, or any other language is compiled, the compiler determines the art of writing assembly. However, this time, we will some of the techniques and decisions we can make to write these ourselves. We will use RISC-V to see how to design logic, write up the logic, and translate the logic into assembly. o ⚓ Arduino_UNO_Q_Bundle_Pairs_Board_and_AI_Guide⠀⇛ The Arduino UNO Q Bundle is a brand-new package for people who want to step beyond ordinary sketches and into Linux, Edge AI, and deterministic control without piecing together the learning material themselves. Elektor is pairing the 2 GB version of the board with a new 235-page companion book, while the official hardware overview makes clear that this is not a routine UNO refresh, but a hybrid platform combining a Qualcomm Dragonwing QRB2210 MPU with an STM32U585 MCU. * § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ o ⚓ Samsung_revives_GNU/Linux_on_Galaxy:_The_native_terminal_arrives with_One_UI_8.5⠀⇛ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 986 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/06/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/06/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Free and Open Source Software⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Apr 06, 2026 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇OWASP_Amass⦈_ * ⚓ OWASP_Amass-_attack_surface_mapping_and_asset_discovery_framework_- LinuxLinks⠀⇛ OWASP Amass is an attack surface mapping and asset discovery framework. It performs network mapping of attack surfaces and external asset discovery using open source information gathering and active reconnaissance techniques. It’s designed to help organizations identify and understand their external footprint by combining open source intelligence gathering, network mapping, and active reconnaissance techniques. The project goes beyond simple subdomain enumeration by modeling both physical and digital assets and the relationships between them, making it suitable for broader attack surface intelligence and long-term asset tracking. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ onsen_-_rain_sounds_and_white_noise_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ onsen is a small Python command line utility that brings a relaxing hot-springs theme to the terminal. It uses pygame for audio playback and Rich for its text interface, letting you launch looping ambient water sounds from the shell and control playback with simple built-in commands. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ PaddleOCR_-_OCR_and_document-parsing_toolkit_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is the process of recognizing text from an image by understanding and analyzing its underlying patterns. PaddleOCR is an open-source OCR and document-parsing toolkit. It’s used to extract text and document structure from images and PDFs. It supports model training, inference, and deployment for production use. * ⚓ mplay_-_command-line_music_player_inspired_by_cplay_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ mplay is a command-line music player inspired by cplay, but with a richer terminal interface and a strong emphasis on customization. The project is built around mpv via python-mpv, supports playlist-based playback from the terminal, and is designed for users who want to browse music collections, audition files quickly, and work with a wide range of audio formats including tracker modules and MIDI. This is free and open source software. ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠉⠀⠀⠉⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠟⠛⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠛⠻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⢿⣿⠿⠛⠋⠁⣀⣤⣶⣶⣄⠀⠀⣠⣶⣶⣤⣀⠈⠙⠛⠿⣿⡿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣴⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣦⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠀⣠⣤⣤⡀⠈⠻⣿⡿⠟⠋⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠙⠻⢿⣿⠟⠁⢀⣤⣤⣄⠀⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠀⢰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⡀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⢀⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⡆⠀⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠁⢠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡄⠈⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⢀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡀⠈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠋⠁⠀⠘⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠃⠀⠈⠉⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⡀⠀⠀⢀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⡀⠀⠀⢀⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡀⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⢀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⠀⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠀⠹⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠏⠀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⠀⠙⠛⠿⠋⢀⣴⣿⣷⣤⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣤⣾⣿⣦⡀⠙⠿⠛⠋⠀⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⠀⠀⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠛⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠛⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣤⣤⣶⣷⣦⣄⡀⠈⠙⠻⠿⡿⠋⠀⠀⠙⢿⠿⠟⠋⠁⢀⣠⣴⣾⣦⣤⣤⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣤⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣤⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⡀⠀⠀⢀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1099 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/06/Free_Libre_Software_for_the_Web_Feeding_QUIC_and_ontent_Managem.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/06/Free_Libre_Software_for_the_Web_Feeding_QUIC_and_ontent_Managem.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Free, Libre, Software for the Web: Feeding, QUIC, and ontent Management Systems (CMSs)⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 06, 2026 * § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ o ⚓ Simone Silvestroni ☛ More_Feeding⠀⇛ A few weeks ago I wrote about RSS, talking about Terry Godier’s posts and arguing about the need for a different experience with reading feeds. My initial thought was that his new RSS client, Current, was incapable of doing what Fraidycat does — show the original website instead of a sanitised read mode that strips out any creativity. I was wrong. o ⚓ Adolfo Ochagavía ☛ A_real-world_case_of_property-based verification⠀⇛ It is not every day that you get paid to do nice computer-sciency stuff. One of those opportunities arose about a year ago, while I was working towards a release of what is now dipt-quic-workbench (a.k.a. the workbench). Yep, the name is ugly as sin, but the project is incredibly cool! It lets you simulate QUIC traffic in an arbitrary IP network, which you define in a JSON file. The main use case for this tool is research. For instance, it is being used right now to test QUIC in diverse Earth-Mars and Earth-Moon connection scenarios. If that rings a bell, you might have come across a previous blog post of mine laying out the technical details of the workbench and explaining why QUIC is interesting for interplanetary communication. * § Content Management Systems (CMSs)⠀➾ o ⚓ V Chris ☛ vmac.ch_|_How_to_slim_down_your_Hugo_homepage_into_an archive_and_a_live_page⠀⇛ My homepage deploy script stopped working at the end of January. The Hugo content folder is now over 4 GB in size and this causes quite long build times. But the bigger issue is the checkout time and the actual time required to deploy the final page after the GitHub Action build has completed. The whole issue is made more complicated as I’m unable to run Hugo directly on my webhost. So each time I trigger a new build the build process copies the entire public folder, which takes up to 30 minutes. And then it often runs into a caching or timeout issue on my webhost, leading to the page not updating for up to 12 hours. I never found out what the actual issue was. So it was time to find a solution for these problems. I had already run into this situation a year ago and managed to patch it, but I was never happy with the overall build process. This time I want to fix the problems once and for all. o ⚓ Chris Coyier ☛ Help_Me_Understand_How_To_Get_Jetpack_Search_to Search_a_Custom_Post_Type⠀⇛ The Classic Docs are just “Pages” in WordPress, and that works fine, but I thought I’d do the correct WordPress thing and make a unique kind of content a Custom Post Type. This works quite nicely, except that they don’t turn up at all in Jetpack Search. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1190 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/06/Games_Steam_Games_SteamOS_RPCS3_and_Old_DOS_Games.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/06/Games_Steam_Games_SteamOS_RPCS3_and_Old_DOS_Games.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Games: Steam Games, SteamOS, RPCS3, and Old DOS Games⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 06, 2026 * ⚓ Boiling Steam ☛ New_Steam_Games_Playable_on_the_Steam_Deck,_with_Super Meat_Boy_3D_-_2026-04-04_Edition⠀⇛ Between 2026-03-28 and 2026-04-04 we selected 14 newly released games that are rated as Verified or Playable on the Steam Deck, and meeting specific criteria in terms of user ratings. The most well known release is going to be the sequel to Super Meat Boy, Super Meat Boy 3D - if you are not familiar with the genre, it’s a platformer where you have to reach the end of every level without making a mistake, amidst deadly machines and obstacles on every path of the way. Typically extremely hard and punishing, but very rewarding if you are persistent. But there’s a lot more to feed your Steam Deck with. * ⚓ Tom's Hardware ☛ PlayStation_3_emulator_makes_Cell_CPU_'breakthrough' that_improves_performance_in_all_games_—_'All_CPUs_can_benefit_from_this, from_low-end_to_high-end!'_says_RPCS3_devs⠀⇛ Developers behind the open-source PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 claim that they’ve achieved a breakthrough in emulating the PS3's Cell Broadband Engine processor. * ⚓ Tom's Hardware ☛ Steam_starts_gathering_FPS_data_with_latest_client update_—_company_to_estimate_framerates_based_on_your_hardware,_Beta feature_to_focus_on_SteamOS_devices⠀⇛ The latest Steam client update included an FPS data gathering component in Beta, allowing the platform to monitor your framerates and compare it with your hardware. * ⚓ Wouter Groeneveld ☛ Remakes_And_Remasters_Of_Old_DOS_Games:_A_Small 2026_Update⠀⇛ It’s been two years since the Remakes And Remasters Of Old DOS Games article. Nostalgia still sells handsomely thus our favourite remaster studios (hello Night Dive) are cranking out hit after hit. It’s time for a small 2026 update. I’ve also updated the original article just in case you might find your way here through that one. Below is a list of remakes and remasters announced and/or released since April 2024: [...] ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1259 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/06/GNU_Linux_Distributions_and_Operating_Systems_FunOS_OpenBSD_and.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/06/GNU_Linux_Distributions_and_Operating_Systems_FunOS_OpenBSD_and.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ GNU/Linux Distributions and Operating Systems: FunOS, OpenBSD, and IBM Stuff⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 06, 2026 * ⚓ Distro Watch ☛ DistroWatch.com:_Put_the_fun_back_into_computing._Use Linux,_BSD.⠀⇛ [...] Last week we talked about age verification and our Opinion Poll asks whether age verification tools will affect your choices when selecting Linux distributions to run. Plus we are pleased to share the releases of the past week and list the torrents we are seeding. [...] * ⚓ [Old] Medium ☛ Switching_to_Linux_Made_Using_My_Computer_Fun_Again⠀⇛ Over the past several months, I’ve been on a journey of sorts to rip off the Band-Aid and dump Windows from my creative life. Especially as someone working in IT, I’ve grown more and more tired of the slop that Microsoft Windows has become. I’d had enough of the forced AI garbage, the telemetry, the ads, and the intrusive disrespect of user choice that had become the norm from Windows 11. Toward the end of 2025, I rescued a to-be-recycled ThinkPad from the scrap heap, installed Ubuntu 25.10 and was amazed at how easy it was to set up and use. * ⚓ [Old] Medium ☛ I’ve_DUMPED_Windows_for_Something_Better_(And_It’s_Not macOS)_|_by_Michael_Swengel_|_Medium⠀⇛ That left me glued to Microsoft’s dumpster fire of an operating system, like it or not. That is, until recently. And now I can finally say “adios” to Windows at last. * § New Releases⠀➾ o ⚓ FunOS_24.04.4_(Calamares_Installer)_–_Alternative_ISO_Release⠀⇛ This release does not introduce a new version of FunOS, but provides an additional installation option for users. * § BSD⠀➾ o ⚓ DragonFly BSD Digest ☛ Lazy_Reading_for_2026/04/05⠀⇛ o ⚓ [Old] Dante Catalfamo ☛ OpenBSD_Weechat_Question_Mark_Message Separator_Fix⠀⇛ On OpenBSD, my weechat client would put a question mark to separate the nicks and the messages sent with a question mark instead of a pipe-looking character like it should. It looks like this was caused by opening weechat without having the correct locale set. By default, OpenBSD uses a locale of C, which only supports ASCII characters. According to the FAQ however, you should be able to set your locale to en_US.UTF-8 to get unicode support when available. * § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ o ⚓ Red Hat ☛ Set_up_a_CI_framework_using_Red_Bait_Ansible_Automation Platform,_Podman,_and_Horreum⠀⇛ This article describes an automated CI framework that measures etcd_benchmark performance periodically, and tracks results using Horreum, an open source performance repository with automated anomaly detection. We use Red Bait Ansible Automation Platform for orchestration and Podman for containerized isolation. For illustration purposes, we choose etcd because it serves as the primary data store for Red Bait OpenShift cluster state and configuration. o ⚓ IT Jungle ☛ Bob_1.0_Users_Bugged_By_Lack_Of_One_Feature⠀⇛ The launch of the Bob Hey Hi (AI) coding tool in late March has been met with considerable amount of hoopla by IBM, as well as anticipation by the I.C.B.M. i community. The early reception to Bob has been mixed, due in part to the lack of one particular feature. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1379 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/06/I_switched_from_GNOME_to_KDE_Plasma_6_and_I_m_not_going_back_to.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/06/I_switched_from_GNOME_to_KDE_Plasma_6_and_I_m_not_going_back_to.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ I switched from GNOME to KDE Plasma 6 and I'm not going back to Ubuntu defaults⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Apr 06, 2026 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Plasma_is_a_desktop⦈_ Quoting: I switched from GNOME to KDE Plasma 6 and I'm not going back to Ubuntu defaults — When I installed and booted into Ubuntu GNOME, I stuck to the defaults, and that was fine for a while. Even though GNOME is a clean, minimal, and modern setup, it was far from perfect. Certain extensions broke, and even something as basic as waking from sleep often felt sluggish. I didn't expect much better from KDE Plasma 6 when I switched. So it was really exciting to see defaults like panel customization, drag- and-drop that actually worked, and shell stability — features I had begged for in GNOME. KDE Plasma 6 was intuitive and, unexpectedly, fun. My experience with the desktop environment makes me feel that this is officially the year of the KDE Linux desktop. 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However, using it with its default shell can be limiting. Sometimes I find myself second-guessing tab completions, retyping long commands, and losing my flow while performing simple tasks. When I switched to Zsh, it eliminated much of the friction the default Linux terminal introduces. It didn't just change how I use the terminal, but it became one of the biggest Linux productivity hacks I've adopted. 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But the Air theme needed more work to keep up with the times, so the devs also completely revamped Air’s panel by implementing support for margin separators and support for synchronizing the panel’s opacity with the rest of the elements. Read_on ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠀⠉⠁⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣉⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣧⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠙⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣴⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣦⣶⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠟⢻⣿⣿⣿⣟⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣤⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠫⠙⣽⣿⣿⡟⣿⣿⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⢹⣿⡏⠉⠉⢹⣿⣽⣯⢻⣿⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⡇⠀⠀⠘⢿⣿⣿⣾⣿⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣴⣿⣧⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣼⣿⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⠀⠀⠀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣄⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠀⠀⠀⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣀⣀⣀⣀⣺⣶⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⢛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢨⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠛⠛⢙⣛⣛⡋⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠟⠿⠿⠿⠏⠉⠉⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⠿⢿⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠂⠐⠆⠀⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1570 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/06/KDE_Wayland_Falkon_Connect_digiKam_Splashscreen_and_Updates_on_.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/06/KDE_Wayland_Falkon_Connect_digiKam_Splashscreen_and_Updates_on_.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ KDE: Wayland, Falkon Connect, digiKam Splashscreen, and Updates on Oxygen and Air⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 06, 2026 * ⚓ Neowin ☛ KDE_is_getting_support_for_the_xx-fractional-scale-v2_Wayland protocol⠀⇛ A new "This Week in Plasma" update from the KDE team is here, highlighting changes coming to Plasma, including support for the xx-fractional-scale-v2 Wayland protocol. * ⚓ Falkon_Connect:_The_Future⠀⇛ Falkon Connect: The Roadmap Ahead (WebXDC, XSLT, and Daily Puzzles) In my previous post, I broke down the architecture of building Falkon Connect from scratch—turning the KDE Falkon browser into a decentralized XMPP client. * ⚓ digiKam ☛ digiKam_Splashscreen_contributions⠀⇛ For the next digiKam releases, the digiKam team needs photographs for digiKam and Showfoto splash-screens. Proposing photo samples as splash-screens is a simple way for users to contribute to digiKam project. The pictures must be correctly exposed/composed, and the subject must be chosen from a real photographer’s inspiration. Note that we will add a horizontal frame to the bottom of the image as in the current splashes. * ⚓ Filip Fila ☛ Halfway_there_to_6.7:_Updates_on_Oxygen_and_Air⠀⇛ The last post regarding work on fixing Oxygen was a month and a half ago. With all that's happened in between, it feels like so much more time has actually passed. With this post, I'd like to do a sort of mid-term update summing up all of the improvements done so far. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1630 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/06/Let_s_put_an_end_to_the_speculation.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/06/Let_s_put_an_end_to_the_speculation.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Let’s put an end to the speculation⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Apr 06, 2026 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇typewriter⦈_ Quoting: Let's put an end to the speculation - TDF Community Blog — Unfortunately, we have to start from the very beginning, but we’ll try to keep it brief. The launch of the LibreOffice project and The Document Foundation was handled with great enthusiasm by the founding group. They were driven by a noble goal, but also by a bit of healthy recklessness. After all, it was impossible to imagine what would happen after September 28, 2010, the date of the announcement. At the time, nobody could imagine that the companies that had supported OpenOffice.org until then would create a project to kill LibreOffice. Also, if the project were to be successful, it would require resources greater than those available, and above all, a deep management experience. Fortunately, the project grew quite rapidly. However, the founders’ different backgrounds and opinions were at the same time the reason for some bold decisions – many of which right – as well as a few mistakes, which are the root cause of some of the current problems... 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All users of the 6.6 kernel series must upgrade. The updated 6.6.y git tree can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/ scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-6.6.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_on ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1740 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/06/Linux_7_0_rc7.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/06/Linux_7_0_rc7.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Linux 7.0- rc7⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 06, 2026 * ⚓ Linux_7.0-rc7⠀⇛ No big surprises this week - rc7 continues the trend of being somewhat larger than usual, but without anything that really stands out or looks worrisome. About half the patch is drivers - gpu, networking, usb and sound are probably the biggest contributors, and that all looks very normal. The rest looks pretty regular too: with core networking and kernel fixes, some filesystem work, and various other bits and pieces: selftests, arch fixes, documentation and crypto. Things look set for a final release next weekend, but please keep testing. The Easter bunny is watching, Linus * ⚓ Kernel_prepatch_7.0-rc7⠀⇛ Linus has released 7.0-rc7 for testing. "Things look set for a final release next weekend, but please keep testing. The Easter bunny is watching". ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1792 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/06/Linux_desktop_environments_are_dying_and_KDE_and_GNOME_killed_t.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/06/Linux_desktop_environments_are_dying_and_KDE_and_GNOME_killed_t.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Linux desktop environments are dying, and KDE and GNOME killed them⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Apr 06, 2026 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇GNOME_and_KDE_logos⦈_ Quoting: Linux desktop environments are dying, and KDE and GNOME killed them — Here is a fact-based summary of the story contents: Although the number of Linux Desktops has fluctuated over time, the fact that several are available is an important Linux tradition. It follows the principle that programs should be modular and composable; you should be able to swap out your desktop for an alternative, easily and seamlessly. This situation has endured, but for how much longer? Are competing DEs still viable, or have we reached the limit of our imagination? 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PeaZip 11.0 also improves the Bookmarks feature by adding support for inserting Search and Flat view bookmarks of file system items, and improving selection keeping and focusing on navigation operations for bookmarks. 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Written in C, released at Revision 2026 * ⚓ [Old] Scott Dubinsky ☛ S_Dubinsky⠀⇛ There’s a lot you can do in Linux via a GUI (graphical user interface), and if that’s how you like using a computer, more power to you. Every once in a while, though, you’re going to want to run a program that doesn’t have one, or has options you can’t access via the GUI. Generally, when you run into one of those, you’ll look around for help. The help will come in the form of advice to “run this command” followed by an arcane invocation. I’m going to teach you how to understand those invocations by teaching you the basics of the conventions used to create them. * ⚓ [Old] Luke Rissacher ☛ Optimizing_Your_Web_App_100x_is_Like_Adding_99 Servers⠀⇛ It may sound obvious, but - optimizing your app to fulfill a request in 1/10 the time is like adding 9 servers to a cluster. Optimizing to 1/100 the time (reducing requests from say 1.5 sec to 15ms) is like adding 99 servers. That's a 1U server doing the work of two 42U server racks, formerly busy turning inefficient code into heat. * ⚓ Michael Stapelberg ☛ Stamp_It!_All_Programs_Must_Report_Their_Version⠀⇛ Recently, during a production incident response, I guessed the root cause of an outage correctly within less than an hour (cool!) and submitted a fix just to rule it out, only to then spend many hours fumbling in the dark because we lacked visibility into version numbers and rollouts… 😞 This experience made me think about software versioning again, or more specifically about build info (build versioning, version stamping, however you want to call it) and version reporting. I realized that for the i3 window manager, I had solved this problem well over a decade ago, so it was really unexpected that the problem was decidedly not solved at work. In this article, I’ll explain how 3 simple steps (Stamp it! Plumb it! Report it!) are sufficient to save you hours of delays and stress during incident response. * ⚓ Ruslan Osipov ☛ AI,_Vim,_And_the_illusion_of_flow_|_Ruslan_Osipov⠀⇛ Here’s the thing most people get wrong about Vim: it isn’t about speed. It doesn’t necessarily make you faster (although it can), but what it does is keep you in the flow. It makes text editing easier — it’s nice not having to hunt down the mouse or hold an arrow key for exactly three and a half seconds. You can just delete a sentence. Or replace text inside the parentheses, or maybe swap parentheses for quotes. You’re editing without interruption, and it gives your brain space to focus on the task at hand. * ⚓ [Old] Loïc Carr ☛ Calcification_of_Technology⠀⇛ One thing to notice when studying the history of tech or the internet is the winner takes all trend that results in slowly making tech a higher and higher tower of complexity. Here, I call tech calcification the observed principle that once a technology is sufficiently widespread, new capabilities of a technology are built on top of it instead of next to it. Here are a few examples: [...] * § Perl / Raku⠀➾ o ⚓ Arne Sommer ☛ Max_Conflict_with_Raku⠀⇛ We get the highest possible value by placing all the 1s before the 0s. An odd number is achieved by placing a 1 at the very end. As the input number has at least 1 of them (the 1s), we can take the leftmost value and insert it at the right. * § Java/Golang⠀➾ o ⚓ Vikash Patel ☛ Part_1:_Data-Oriented_Design_in_Go:_Why_[][]Tile Destroyed_My_Game_Engine⠀⇛ The textbook answer for a 2D grid in Go is a slice of slices. In a systems-level game engine running at 60 FPS, this innocent data structure becomes a performance landmine. This post explores pointer chasing, CPU cache lines, and how flattening a 2D map into contiguous memory creates massive performance gains through Data-Oriented Design. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2047 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/06/Review_Origami_Linux_2026_03.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/06/Review_Origami_Linux_2026_03.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Review: Origami Linux 2026.03⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Apr 06, 2026 Quoting: DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD. — I went into my trial with Origami being not only aware that I wouldn't appreciate aspects of the distribution, but with a curiosity about what sort of experience I would have using a distribution which makes every design choice in direct contradiction to what I want. Origami uses an immutable base, I prefer writable filesystems; Origami is Wayland-only, I prefer X11 for performance; this distro uses a new and inefficient desktop environment, I like something battle tested and snappy; Origami relies heavily on containers and Flatpaks while I prefer to use traditional packages; and so on... While I expected to have an unpleasant experience, I was unprepared for how frustrating using the distribution would be at points. Origami doesn't offer a live desktop, making it harder to test hardware compatibility; the distribution uses an old and painfully slow system installer; common command line tools redirect to other tools and don't use a consistent method of redirection, making it more work to disable this behaviour. The desktop is sluggish, there is no notification of software updates (despite there being three separate sources of software), and the welcome window is all over the place - duplicating questions from the installer, vaguely mentioning some features without explanation, and at other times being quite useful in customizing the desktop. Using this distribution was like sandpapering my skin and underlines how important it is to have multiple distributions in the world. Not only because I very much want to use an operating system which is the polar opposite of Origami Linux, but also because I'm aware there are probably lots of people in the world who will be delighted to have a bleeding-edge, Flatpak-focused, Wayland-powered, immutable, build- optimized distribution. People should have the freedom to choose what they want, whether I like it or not. Just as I would like to have options which match my workflow and preferences. I will say one thing in Origami's favour, and it may be the sole thing which I appreciated about the distribution. I liked that the distribution included an all-in-one "update" command which works for everything - Flatpak bundles, containers, and the core system. Very few distributions include an all-in-one meta package manager and the rare time I encounter one, I really appreciate it. I don't like to run separate update commands for every source of software and this was a welcome feature in a sea of irritations. Read_on ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2116 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/06/South_Africa_Windows_Now_Measured_at_9_an_All_Time_Low.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/06/South_Africa_Windows_Now_Measured_at_9_an_All_Time_Low.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ South Africa: Windows Now Measured at 9%, an All-Time Low⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 06, 2026 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇White_Elephant⦈_ 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Operating_System_Market_Share_South_Africa⦈_ Based on these charts or this month's figures_from_statCounter, Microsoft's grip on a large African economy (South Africa) has slipped as GNU/Linux and Android grew in prominence. 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https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/06/The_7_stages_of_becoming_a_real_Linux_user.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/06/The_7_stages_of_becoming_a_real_Linux_user.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ The 7 stages of becoming a real Linux user⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Apr 06, 2026 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇penguin_thinking⦈_ Quoting: The 7 levels of Linux users: Which one are you? — Linux has a weird way of pulling you deeper. One day you’re installing Ubuntu, and before you know it, you’re tweaking configs, switching distros, and living in the terminal. As such, if you’ve been using Linux for some time now, a natural question pops up—how far down the rabbit hole have you actually gone? Here are the seven levels of Linux users to help you see where you land. 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█▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ today's howtos⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 06, 2026 * ⚓ Vincent Delft ☛ Vincent's_blog⠀⇛ This blog provides the precise configuration required to build a localized, self-learning mail server on OpenBSD. We assume your mail is hosted on a remote IMAP service and you want to filter it locally before your best email client (K-9 Mail in my case) ever rings. This is an intermediary setup where I keep my provider has MX records, but I'm allowed to perform my own spam filtering. * ⚓ River MacLeod ☛ Improved_image_handling_on_this_blog⠀⇛ I also wanted images to be bigger. The desire for this was increased the recent acquisition of a much higher resolution screen that I am used to. Stuff begets stuff. I thought, “I know, I’ll use a picture tag, and srcsets!” Now I had two problems. The picture tag allows for different versions of images. I decided to use it to provide the latest fancy compression with AVIF images, and a fallback to JPEG for older browsers. I assume this part works ok. The difficult part is getting browsers to select the correct size of image to load. * ⚓ ArchLinux ☛ iptables_now_defaults_to_the_nft_backend⠀⇛ The old iptables-nft package name is replaced by iptables, and the legacy backend is available as iptables-legacy. * ⚓ OMG Ubuntu ☛ You_can_now_enable_Ubuntu_Pro_from_the_OS_setup_tool⠀⇛ Ubuntu 26.04 LTS makes it easier to enable Ubuntu Pro, Canonical’s opt-in (but free for home users) subscription that extends security update to more packages in the wider Ubuntu repos, straight after installation. An Enable Ubuntu Pro step has been added to the distro’s Welcome tool (package namegnome- initial-setup, with Ubuntu-specific modifications). This tool pops up to new users the first time they login after installing the OS. * § idroot⠀➾ o ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_OpenLDAP_on_AlmaLinux_10⠀⇛ Managing user authentication across multiple GNU/Linux servers without a centralized directory is a recipe for administrative chaos. o ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_FreeIPA_on_AlmaLinux_10⠀⇛ Managing users, hosts, and authentication policies across multiple GNU/Linux servers is a real operational challenge. o ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Ventoy_on_Fedora_43⠀⇛ If you have ever reformatted a USB drive just to boot a different ISO, you already know how tedious that process gets. o ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_WGDashboard_on_Linux_Mint_22⠀⇛ o ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Pangolin_on_Debian_13⠀⇛ o ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Telnet_on_Debian_13⠀⇛ * ⚓ LinuxConfig ☛ How_to_Install_Desktop_Environment_on_Ubuntu_26.04⠀⇛ * ⚓ LinuxConfig ☛ How_to_Install_Brave_Browser_on_Ubuntu_26.04⠀⇛ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2750 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/06/Ubuntu_26_04_LTS_makes_it_even_easier_to_enable_10_years_of_sec.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/06/Ubuntu_26_04_LTS_makes_it_even_easier_to_enable_10_years_of_sec.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Ubuntu 26.04 LTS makes it even easier to enable 10 years of security updates⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Apr 06, 2026 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇ubuntu⦈_ Quoting: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS makes it even easier to enable 10 years of security updates - Neowin — Regular Ubuntu users may have heard about a service Canonical offers called Ubuntu Pro. It has been around for quite a while now and extends the updates on Long-Term Support releases from the standard five years, to a massive ten years. With the upcoming Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, Canonical is making it easier to enable Ubuntu Pro by including it in Ubuntu's Welcome tool. Following a successful installation, users will be presented with the Welcome tool which automatically pops up after the first time they log in. In the new version of Ubuntu, users will get two options during the setup flow to “Enable Ubuntu Pro” or “Skip for now”. Ubuntu Pro is free for personal users on up to five computers (you can remove machines you no longer use to free up space) and for businesses it is available from $25 per machine per year. If you decide to skip opting in to Ubuntu Pro during setup, OMG! Ubuntu notes that you can enable the feature via the Security Center app. If you do enable it during setup, you’ll be given a code to input on your Ubuntu One account to get your computer enrolled on Ubuntu Pro. There is also an option to add tokens manually, which might be helpful for enterprise customers who get a token from their team or account manager. 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Not enough to panic. Not enough to troubleshoot properly. Just enough friction to make every click feel like a small negotiation. The kind of sluggishness that doesn’t show up in screenshots but absolutely murders your flow. * ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ I_replaced_my_entire_Windows_workflow_with_Linux_apps_— and_only_hit_one_wall⠀⇛ Over the past few months, I've been using Ubuntu on my secondary devices. I use it for personal projects, testing self-hosted apps, and helping friends set up machines where all they need is a browser, email, and YouTube. It's not my primary OS, but I spend enough time in it that I need my everyday tools to work. The biggest criticism I hear about Linux is that installing and using programs is painful compared to Windows. And honestly, there's truth to that. You're dealing with Flatpaks, Snaps, AppImages, package managers, and sometimes compiling from source just to get a single app running. On Windows, you download an .exe and double-click it to install the app. But when it comes to replacing core productivity apps, I was surprised by how well Linux alternatives held up. I found solid replacements for almost everything in my Windows workflow, with one exception that genuinely broke things. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2882 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/06/Why_I_don_t_use_Linux_on_my_desktop_PC.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/06/Why_I_don_t_use_Linux_on_my_desktop_PC.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Why I don't use Linux on my desktop PC⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Apr 06, 2026 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇penguin⦈_ Quoting: Why I don't use Linux on my desktop PC — Let me start out by saying that Linux is a fantastic operating system. I know there are many flavors of Linux, and each has its own strengths and weaknesses. But, as a whole, Linux is great at what it does. It's completely free, for one, and that's enough right there for many to use it. It's also very capable on both old and new hardware, and excels especially when you need an operating system for programming. However, a drawback of Linux is that it doesn't have a ton of first- party app support. That might not matter to your specific use case, but it does mine, and it's one of the reasons that I don't run Linux as my desktop operating system. 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