Tux Machines Bulletin for Monday, September 07, 2026 ┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅ Generated Tue 8 Sep 02:49:41 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 - 3 Linux phones you can actually buy and use right now (and why you probably shouldn't) ⦿ Tux Machines - 4 Linux distros I'd trust with my gaming PC before SteamOS ⦿ Tux Machines - 5 gaming distros that beat vanilla Windows on the same PC ⦿ Tux Machines - 5 hard lessons I learned in my first week on Linux, and I'm better off for them ⦿ Tux Machines - 5 reasons Linux may be for people like you ⦿ Tux Machines - 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: September 6th, 2026 ⦿ Tux Machines - Alternative to Debian-based TrueNAS SCALE, Debian Code Search ⦿ Tux Machines - Android Leftovers ⦿ Tux Machines - Asahi Linux takes on Apple M3, minus a few creature comforts ⦿ Tux Machines - Audiocasts/Shows: mintCast and Linux Saloon ⦿ Tux Machines - Best Free and Open Source Software ⦿ Tux Machines - Best Free and Open Source Software ⦿ Tux Machines - Boox Picco: Ultra-compact, Linux-based e-reader set for November launch ⦿ Tux Machines - Fedora CoreOS – minimal container-focused Linux distribution ⦿ Tux Machines - Feel peak Windows was 7? 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There are a few solid recommendations if you're determined to run Linux on a phone, including a recognizable brand. With that said, there are still pitfalls that might make you turn to Android (yes, technically based on Linux) if you're uncomfortable with fixing issues yourself. 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But for a general-purpose gaming PC, the needs are different. Driver flexibility, non-Steam library support, choice of desktop environment, and tinkering room are all things that SteamOS can't give you in spades like a conventional Linux distro can. These four Linux distros are far better suited to every-day use on a gaming PC than SteamOS currently is, and I'd recommend reaching for them first. 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Windows 11 is bloated, infested with adware and a general resource hog that makes it hard to recommend for lower-end devices. The Windows tax is very real, and I was curious as to how big of a difference there would be, when compared to Linux. As such, I picked five gaming-focused Linux operating systems to test out against a stock installation of Windows 11 on the same entry-level gaming PC, in an attempt to crunch up some numbers. Read_On! ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣏⠙⢙⢉⠛⡉⡉⣹⣛⣏⢙⢉⣙⣉⣋⡙⢉⡉⣏⣙⠉⠛⢉⡉⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠛⡿⠿⠿⠿⠟⠻⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⠙⠙⠓⠊⠋⠙⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣭⣯⣭⣭⣭⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⠛⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⡿⠛⣿⣿⣿⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣟⠛⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡿⡟⣫⣿⣿⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⡿⣿⠛⣿⣿⣿⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⢻⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣧⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⠛⣿⣿⣿⡗⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠛⠛⠛⠘⠛⠛⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠉⠉⠁⠉⠉⠉⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣦⣴⣾⣶⡆⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠿⠏⠩⠙⠟⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣛⣻⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢘⣻⣓⡒⣿⡛⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣛⣿⣿⣿⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⢿⣏⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⡏⣏⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣧⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⢿⣇⣿⣿⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⡟⠓⠐⠙⠁⠛⠛⠛⣿ ⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣏⣀⣀⣀⠀⠀⢀⡛⢛⢛⣛⣋⣹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣀⣀⣀⣀⢀⣀⣘⠛⣛⣑⣙⣁⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⣀⣀⣀⣀⠀⠀⣋⣛⣛⣛⣋⣙⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣀⣀⡀⡀⣀⣀⡘⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣐⣒⣊⣒⣺⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣏⣛⣒⣒⣒⣚⣙⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 313 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/5_hard_lessons_I_learned_in_my_first_week_on_Linux_and_I_m_bett.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/5_hard_lessons_I_learned_in_my_first_week_on_Linux_and_I_m_bett.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 5 hard lessons I learned in my first week on Linux, and I'm better off for them⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Sep 07, 2026 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Ubuntu_Unity⦈_ Quoting: 5 hard lessons I learned in my first week on Linux, and I'm better off for them — Breaking three decades of Windows usage in the space of a week was not easy. All those years had given me years of muscle memory and expectations, and throwing all that away to start anew took a lot of work. However, I honestly believe that the first week I experienced moving from Windows to Linux made up 90% of the reason why I didn't rebound to Windows. The other 10% came from polishing the 90% I had developed during that week. If you plan to make the jump from Windows to Linux yourself, I've written out the rules I learned in that formative first week. Hopefully you can make good use of them and don't make the same mistakes I did. 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If you want to grow in your knowledge of computing, Linux is the place to do it. I'll talk more about that later in this article. Linux is the OS that's by computer people and for computer people. If you really get into music, you'll probably have at least passing knowledge of the Top 40, but there's a better chance that you're into some more obscure artists. It's like that with computers. Windows is like a popular hit, but Linux is like an indie deep cut. Ordinary people might not know about it, but talk to people who are seriously into computing about Linux, and they'll know what you're talking about. 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On top of that, I tell you all about the end of life of Linux kernel 7.1 and about what’s coming in Firefox 156. Below, you can check out this week’s hottest news and access all the distro and package downloads released this past week in the 9to5Linux roundup for September 6th, 2026. 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The shift to TrueNAS SCALE, based on Debian, left some users needing alternatives. FreeCORE upgrades TrueNAS CORE to FreeBSD 15.0, restoring essential features like FreeBSD Jails. While it satisfies certain administrators' needs, its long-term sustainability and maintenance by a single individual raise concerns. By Olimpiu Pop * ⚓ Michael Stapelberg ☛ Debian_Code_Search:_Fast_TurboPFor_with_Go_SIMD⠀⇛ This August, I accomplished what I wanted for many years: I deleted the last cgo dependency in Debian Code Search! This was made possible by Go’s recently introduced SIMD support, because now we can implement the TurboPFor integer compression format as efficiently — more efficiently, in fact, by using the newer AVX512 instruction set! — as the reference implementation. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 549 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/Android_Leftovers.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/Android_Leftovers.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Android Leftovers⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Sep 07, 2026 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Android_keyboards⦈_ * ⚓ I_spent_months_testing_the_top_Android_keyboards;_one_easily_replaced Gboard_for_good⠀⇛ * ⚓ I_finally_tried_the_XREAL_Aura,_and_these_Android_XR_glasses_feel_ready for_prime_time⠀⇛ * ⚓ I_tried_XREAL's_Project_Aura_Android_XR_glasses⠀⇛ * ⚓ My_Android_phone_ran_out_of_storage_and_I_fixed_it_without_deleting_or uploading_anything⠀⇛ * ⚓ 3_Android_features_I_need_on_my_iPad⠀⇛ * ⚓ This_open_source_Android_launcher_made_me_forget_how_to_use_my_phone's worst_distractions⠀⇛ * ⚓ I_made_my_NAS_feel_like_the_microSD_card_my_Android_phone_never_had⠀⇛ * ⚓ I_won't_let_a_new_Android_phone_connect_to_Wi-Fi_without_these_7_hidden settings_enabled⠀⇛ * ⚓ 5_Of_The_Biggest_Mistakes_People_Make_When_Using_Android_Auto⠀⇛ * ⚓ I_stopped_using_Android_Auto_wirelessly_after_realizing_what_it_was doing_to_my_phone⠀⇛ ⣿⣇⠀⠀⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡌⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⡆⠀⠀⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡈⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⡖⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣷⠀⠀⠈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡈⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣄⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⠘⠏⠙⠋⠎⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣇⠀⠀⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣆⠀⠈⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡄⠀⠀⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣮⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⡍⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⢷⣶⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⠀⠀⠸⣿⣿⠛⠿⣿⣿⣿⠻⢟⣿⣿⣿⡏⡹⣿⣿⣿⣙⣛⣿⣿⣿⣈⣻⣿⣿⣿⣛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⠀⠄⢻⣿⣿⣶⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⣽⣮⢿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣯⣭⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣤⣶⣤⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⠀⢁⠀⢷⡈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⢿⣿⡛⣿⣿⣇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣸⣿⢡⣤⣬⣿⣧⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⠀⠄⠘⣧⠸⣿⡙⣿⣿⣋⣿⣿⣏⣿⣿⣧⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣼⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣭⣭⣭⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⣿⡙⠷⠆⣸⡿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡄⠐⠀⢹⡇⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣟⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⠿⠿⠿⠛⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⠀⢡⠀⢿⡌⣿⣿⣿⣛⣿⣿⣏⣿⣿⣷⣼⣿⣷⣿⣿⣷⣭⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣴⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⠀⠆⠈⣧⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⣿⣟⢿⣿⣛⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣾⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡄⠘⡀⠸⣇⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢹⣿⣿⣽⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣷⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠉⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣾⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⠀⢡⠀⢻⡌⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣀⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⠀⠆⠈⣷⠸⡿⡿⡻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠋⠋⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡄⠐⡄⠸⣆⢻⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠉⠉⣹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⢤⣤⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡀⠹⡄⠙⠆⡉⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠉⠉⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⣠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣆⠀⠀⠀⠐⠺⢿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⣀⣠⣤⣤⣤⣤⣶⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣆⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣠⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣄⡀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣤⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 627 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/Asahi_Linux_takes_on_Apple_M3_minus_a_few_creature_comforts.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/Asahi_Linux_takes_on_Apple_M3_minus_a_few_creature_comforts.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Asahi Linux takes on Apple M3, minus a few creature comforts⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Sep 07, 2026 Quoting: Asahi Linux takes on Apple M3, minus a few creature comforts — The Asahi Linux gang has announced support for Apple's M3 silicon, with a few ifs and buts for owners that want to try out the code on their hardware. According to the project, "Asahi Linux now officially supports Macs with an M3 series SoC!" There are, however, some substantial caveats. Want performant or power-efficient 3D acceleration from the GPU? You'll need to wait a bit. How about the HDMI port? "The lack of DCP support means that the HDMI port on equipped MacBooks is currently disabled." Sleep does not work either, although the project noted: "This will be addressed once full DCP support is wired up for M3." Read_On! ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 669 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/Audiocasts_Shows_mintCast_and_Linux_Saloon.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/Audiocasts_Shows_mintCast_and_Linux_Saloon.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Audiocasts/Shows: mintCast and Linux Saloon⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 07, 2026 * ⚓ mintCast Podcast ☛ mintCast_492_–_Episode_492⠀⇛ First up in the news: Mint has a birthday. Hey Hi (AI) writes a third of all the websites. Desktop market share is all over the place. Someone is trying to switch the rest of us to AI No security and privacy this episode, but we do have our "Wanderings." * ⚓ CubicleNate ☛ Linux_Saloon_218_|_News_Flight_Night⠀⇛ The post discusses various updates and developments in the tech and GNU/Linux community, including a StrawPoll about AUR usage, responses to a DDoS attack on Arch Linux, California's open- source legislation, and improvements in KDE's remote desktop functionality. It encourages community engagement through suggestions for future topics. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 709 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.1.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.1.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Best Free and Open Source Software⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Sep 07, 2026, updated Sep 07, 2026 * ⚓ 6_Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Material_and_Texture_Authoring_Tools⠀⇛ These applications are used by 3D artists, game developers, VFX teams, technical artists and designers working with rendered and real-time graphics. Some concentrate on painting directly onto 3D models, while others use procedural or node-based workflows to create reusable materials that can be refined without starting again from scratch. Good authoring tools make texture production faster, more consistent and easier to iterate. Procedural workflows are particularly useful for creating variations of a material, while painting tools provide precise control over details such as wear, dirt, scratches and surface imperfections. Related applications may also generate lighting maps for 2D artwork or help manage materials within larger production pipelines. Here we feature the best free and open source material and texture authoring tools for artists and developers. Here’s our verdict captured in a legendary LinuxLinks-style ratings chart. Only free and open source software is eligible for inclusion here. * ⚓ Netshot_-_Network_Configuration_and_Compliance_Management⠀⇛ Netshot is a browser-based network configuration and compliance-management application. It maintains an operational inventory of network devices, records configuration changes and evaluates equipment against administrative policies. The server can be deployed on Linux directly or through containers, while administrators interact with it using its web GUI and REST API. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ rst2pdf_-_Convert_reStructuredText_Documents_to_PDF⠀⇛ rst2pdf is a command-line application that converts reStructuredText documents directly into PDF files. It uses ReportLab rather than passing documents through a LaTeX toolchain, making it a useful option for automated documentation, publishing scripts and Python-based workflows. Output appearance can be extensively controlled through reusable stylesheets and page templates. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ Revisited:_SparkPlayer_–_visually_appealing_media_player_now_with gapless_playback⠀⇛ SparkPlayer was already a polished and unusually attractive terminal media player. Its combination of audio and video playback, terminal graphics, album art and visualizers gave it considerable appeal. But in my previous review I couldn’t regard it as a credible music player while it inserted a pause between consecutive tracks. For anyone who listens to albums rather than isolated songs, that deficiency was too important to ignore. The current version fixes the problem properly. The next audio stream is prepared in advance, differing sample rates are handled, the setting persists between sessions and even the visualizer’s sample history is carried through the transition. This isn’t merely a checkbox implementation of gapless playback. As a result, SparkPlayer moves up the pecking order. Some of my earlier reservations remain. It is still fundamentally folder- oriented rather than a sophisticated music-library manager, and its enthusiasm for visualizers won’t suit everyone. Video quality and smoothness also remain heavily dependent on the capabilities of your terminal. I also note that some terminal emulators exhibit very high CPU usage even when playing music. Termora is one example. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 822 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Best Free and Open Source Software⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Sep 07, 2026 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇myMarkmap⦈_ * ⚓ Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Alternatives_to_Microsoft_Internet Information_Services⠀⇛ Microsoft’s relationship with open source software has changed considerably over the years. Once openly hostile to Linux and free software, the company now contributes to open source projects and supports Linux across parts of its ecosystem. Nevertheless, much of Microsoft’s software portfolio remains proprietary. This series looks at the best free and open source alternatives to products and services offered by Microsoft. * ⚓ 6_Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Linux_Web-Based_Discord_Tools⠀⇛ The projects featured here take a variety of approaches. Some provide standalone clients designed to offer a lighter or more privacy-conscious experience, with greater control over settings and resource usage. Others modify the client experience through frameworks that support plugins, themes and interface customisation. These tools can improve usability, remove unwanted interface elements and introduce useful quality-of-life features, giving users considerably more control over how the service looks and behaves. For open source enthusiasts who still need to use Discord, these projects provide worthwhile alternatives to relying solely on the official proprietary client. Here’s our verdict captured in a legendary LinuxLinks-style ratings chart. Only free and open source software is eligible for inclusion. * ⚓ myMarkmap_-_Create_Mind_Maps_from_Markdown⠀⇛ myMarkmap is a browser-based editor that transforms Markdown text into an interactive mind map. Users describe the hierarchy with Markdown headings or nested lists instead of arranging graphical nodes manually. The resulting map is updated alongside the integrated editor. Maps remain lightweight text documents that can be retained and edited independently of the application. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ Typesetter_-_Minimalist_Typst_Editor⠀⇛ Typesetter is a native Linux GUI for creating documents with the Typst typesetting system. Its adaptive GTK interface provides a focused editing environment suitable for reports, articles, academic work and other structured documents. Files remain on the local computer, while integrated previews and navigation tools make it easy to inspect the formatted result as you write. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ tex-fmt_-_fast_LaTeX_formatter_written_in_Rust⠀⇛ tex-fmt is a fast, opinionated command-line formatter for LaTeX source. Written in safe Rust, it applies consistent indentation and line wrapping with little configuration, while retaining controls needed for automated checks and project-specific conventions. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ DNS_–_recursive_and_authoritative_DNS_server⠀⇛ The software uses an asynchronous multi-threaded architecture built on Tokio. Its DNS cache is sharded for concurrent access, while zone information can be held in memory and populated either from conventional zone files or a PostgreSQL backend. This flexibility makes rDNS potentially useful for installations ranging from self-hosted recursive DNS through to organisations that need authoritative serving and DNS filtering from the same service. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ LIKWID_-_performance_monitoring_and_benchmarking_suite⠀⇛ LIKWID is a performance engineering suite for developers, researchers and system administrators who need detailed insight into processor and memory behaviour. It combines command-line utilities with a shared library and programming interfaces, covering topology discovery, hardware- counter measurement, thread placement, energy analysis and controlled microbenchmarking. The suite is particularly useful in HPC work, where NUMA layout, cache behaviour, processor affinity and low-level performance events can expose scaling problems and bottlenecks across multi-socket systems. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ WyrmRSS_-_RSS_and_Atom_feed_reader⠀⇛ Following websites individually soon becomes a chore. RSS readers bring updates together, making it easier to keep up with busy news sites and catch occasional posts from quieter blogs. WyrmRSS is an RSS and Atom feed reader available as a self- hosted web application and a desktop program. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ TeamMapper_-_Collaborative_Mind_Mapping_Web_App⠀⇛ TeamMapper is a self-hosted web application for creating mind maps individually or with other people. Participants access maps through a browser and can edit the same structure in real time. Administrators retain control over deployment, the PostgreSQL database, enabled functionality and the retention period for stored maps. The project provides a prepared container image and configuration for hosting your own instance. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ Latexmk_-_fully_automated_LaTeX_document_generation⠀⇛ Latexmk is a command-line build tool that automates compilation of LaTeX documents. It determines which programs must run, repeats them when required, and stops when the requested output is up to date. This removes the need to manage LaTeX’s multi- pass build sequence by hand. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ mCaptcha_–_privacy-respecting_proof-of-work_CAPTCHA⠀⇛ mCaptcha is a self-hosted CAPTCHA system designed to make abusive automated requests computationally expensive without forcing legitimate users to solve image or text puzzles. When someone accesses a protected operation, the client generates a proof-of-work and sends it to mCaptcha for validation. Successful validation produces a token which accompanies the user’s request to the protected service. The application can then verify that token before processing the operation. Most of this workflow is automated from the visitor’s point of view. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ Mintstick_-_create_and_format_USB_sticks⠀⇛ Mintstick is a graphical utility from Linux Mint for creating bootable USB sticks and formatting removable media. It provides separate image-writing and formatting functionality in a simple GTK interface. The image writer accepts ISO and IMG files, while the formatter supports FAT32, exFAT, NTFS and ext4 filesystems. Mintstick also includes ISO verification facilities supporting SHA-256 checksums and GPG signatures, with built-in handling for Linux Mint, Ubuntu and Debian images. 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Early reviews praise its soliid design, but questions about battery life, Bluetooth and audiobook support still remain. Read_On! ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1114 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/Fedora_CoreOS_minimal_container_focused_Linux_distribution.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/Fedora_CoreOS_minimal_container_focused_Linux_distribution.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Fedora CoreOS – minimal container-focused Linux distribution⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Sep 07, 2026 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Fedora_CoreOS⦈_ Quoting: Fedora CoreOS - minimal container-focused Linux distribution - LinuxLinks — Fedora CoreOS is a minimal Fedora-based Linux distribution designed to run containerised workloads. It is intended for clustered infrastructure but can also operate as a standalone system. The project brings together technology and ideas from CoreOS Container Linux and Fedora Atomic Host, with an emphasis on automated provisioning and low-touch operating-system maintenance. Rather than treating the host as a conventional general-purpose server, Fedora CoreOS encourages applications and supporting services to run in containers. This helps keep the base operating system focused on providing a dependable platform for container workloads. This is free and open source software. 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You might like Kumander Linux⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Sep 07, 2026 Quoting: Feel peak Windows was 7? You might like Kumander Linux — Kumander Linux has been around for a few years now and version 3.0 is nearly ready, with some strong nostalgic appeal. We recently came across Kumander Linux and thought it was an interesting distro – although not technologically "interesting," which isn't always a good thing. Underneath, it's almost boring: Debian 13.6 with Xfce 4.20. These are safe, solid, sensible choices, combining a lightweight mainstream desktop with one of the most established Linux distros. What's not to like? What's fun about Kumander Linux is its looks. It makes a very convincing effort to look and work more or less like Windows 7. It doesn't go as far as the wholesale "borrowing" of commercial assets and trademarks seen in Wubuntu, AKA "Windows Linux," nor is it a strange, hacked-together combination of genuine Windows components like Classic 7. Read_On! ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1227 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 07, 2026 * ⚓ N Recursions ☛ N_Recursions:_How_to_search_for_words_in_multiple_PDF files_easily⠀⇛ While I initially wanted to create a Python program for searching multiple PDF files, I came across a much simpler commandline solution that outputs nice colour coded string matches when searching PDF files. Linux really is wonderful in this respect. MacOS also supports pdfgrep. * ⚓ Jack Baty ☛ Trying_a_new_Emacs_config⠀⇛ I'm typing this in Emacs using a completely new config and it's so weird. I've been running Emacs v31 everywhere and thought I'd try leaning on more of the built-in completion behavior, and it spiraled out of control. * § SaaS/Back End/Databases⠀➾ o ⚓ Sharon Rosner ☛ Beyond_ORMs⠀⇛ I’ve always been interested in the design of ORMs - I wanted to know how they work, what the different approaches are, and how they can be used. I tried a bunch of different ones, I even created one. But in the last few years I’ve been slowly gravitating toward working more directly with databases - issuing queries using plain SQL, processing raw data coming from the database, or building custom low-level abstractions for working with relational databases. This evolution in the way my code talks to databases is the reason I created Extralite, a Ruby gem for working with SQLite databases. * § Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra⠀➾ o ⚓ Document Foundation ☛ LibreOffice_talks_at_the_Open_Source Conference_Luxembourg_2026⠀⇛ We’re gearing up for the LibreOffice Conference 2026 next week in Pordenone, northern Italy – but there are more events in the pipeline too. * § Education⠀➾ o ⚓ Perl ☛ The_videos_of_the_German_Perl_Workshop_2026_are_online⠀⇛ Much of the credit for the video production goes to Lee Johnson for recording all of them during the event. The postproduction happened thanks to ffmpeg. * § Standards/Consortia⠀➾ o ⚓ Coyote ☛ The_Lazybones_Guide_to_Webmentions⠀⇛ On the visitor’s end, they’ll be able to submit the web address of a post or page that links to your site. On your end, you’ll be able to see the submitted links collected on your dashboard at the third-party service. This way you can get pinged or notified by people even if you don’t share any social platforms in common with them, without anyone having to resort to email, either. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1325 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ GNU/Linux Leftovers⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 07, 2026 * § Benchmarks⠀➾ o ⚓ Neowin ☛ Lab_test_shows_whether_GNU/Linux_really_is_faster_than backdoored_Windows_11⠀⇛ Is GNU/Linux really faster like it feels so compared to backdoored Windows 11? A controlled lab test has the answer for you. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o ⚓ Distro Watch ☛ Put_the_fun_back_into_computing._Use_Linux,_BSD.⠀⇛ [...] This week we begin with a look at Genuen, a completely free (as in freedom) distribution based on Devuan. Read on to find out how Genuen compares to its parent distribution. [...] o ⚓ HaikuOS ☛ GSoC_2026_Final_Report_|_Modernizing_Haiku's_Bluetooth Stack:_HID_Profile_Implementation⠀⇛ Hello! Finally, GSoC is done for me. This is the final report for my project. The project was focused on improving the Bluetooth stack and making it useful. Hopefully, the Bluetooth stack is now in a much better state than before GSoC 2026. It still needs much work to be fully developed. However, currently Bluetooth mice and keyboards are functioning. In addition, the core of the stack is ready for implementing other profiles. o § IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Red Hat ☛ Reference_architecture_for_HA_scanning_with_Red Bait_Advanced_Cluster_Security_for_Kubernetes⠀⇛ Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes provides an image scanning API through its Central component that CI/CD pipelines depend on for vulnerability assessment. Red Bait Advanced Cluster Security upgrades and restarts introduce downtime windows that can block critical build paths. This post describes a reference architecture that eliminates scan API downtime by running two Central service instances with a client-side failover mechanism. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1399 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/Ikey_Doherty_vs_Omarchy_Why_He_s_Building_Barney_Instead_of_Ano.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/Ikey_Doherty_vs_Omarchy_Why_He_s_Building_Barney_Instead_of_Ano.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Ikey Doherty vs Omarchy: Why He’s Building Barney Instead of Another Distro⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Sep 07, 2026 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Barney⦈_ Quoting: Ikey Doherty vs Omarchy: Why He’s Building Barney Instead of Another Distro — Ikey Doherty is out of retirement, and Omarchy's funding is why. In a video posted on YouTube, the creator of Solus and AerynOS called the money behind DHH's distro absurd and promised to do it better with nothing. His answer is Barney, a Rust-based tool for building Linux distros from source. Omarchy's Omacom Foundation has already crossed $13 million in pledges since its August launch, when eight tech executives, including Michael Dell, put in a million each. The run has drawn its share of pushback, most recently when 1Password pledged $300,000 and its own employees objected. Ikey's video arrived a day after the foundation announced $1.95 million in AI tokens from Meta, Anthropic, OpenAI, and Fireworks. 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I have too. In fact, I've even given it. Heck, I've even followed said advice, on numerous occasions. What advice? Ah, yes. The "just install Linux" advice. I had a Dell Latitude that I bought used. It came with Windows 10, then spent some time as a headless Ubuntu server, and when I eventually built a proper homelab, I installed Ubuntu Desktop on it instead. It works so, so smoothly. That successful installation was still lingering in the back of my head when I saw an old Microsoft Surface Pro 6 lying around. It's my dad's, and he mainly uses it as a tablet with the Surface Pen for writing. The problem was that this Microsoft device could barely hold a charge, got ridiculously hot, and was laggy all the time. Windows just wasn't working particularly well on this Surface. So... can we put Linux on a Microsoft Surface? A device that was literally made for Windows? 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Every year, it’s another year in the future. You know what isn’t a desktop? A television. [Haggis on Toast] makes a case that while there may be barriers to desktop adoption, there’s no reason not to use Linux for a set-top box, and shows one such build in a recent YouTube video. Of course everyone knows commercial set-top boxes and “smart” TVs alike run Android, which is built atop a Linux kernel. Those are getting steadily more frustrating to use as corporate enshittification continues, so why not DIY? [Haggis]’s build uses a miniPC in a custom 3D-printed case, running Nobara Linux with a Waydroid TV build to provide the Android set-top box experience, plus light/casual gaming via Steam. Control is via gamepads or a cheap USB remote, with the frontend provided by DeckyLoader. Getting it all set up might be a pain if you’re new to Linux. However, everything comes with easy installers, so it should be a breeze if you’re more than casually computer literate in any other operating system. The most intimidating part of this build is probably reflashing the Blu-Ray player to unlock the ability to play and rip 4K disk content. But if you’ve embraced the death of physical media, you can skip that part. 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This didn't *feel* like a particularly busy rc2, but it clearly was. rc2 is usually the quietest time when people take a breather after the merge window and it takes a while to start finding bugs. But not this time - this is a "full fat" rc release. And it's not some single cause. I'd like to point to the late EDAC pull that was forgotten and didn't happen during the merge window, but honestly, that's a fairl small thing. No, rc2 had several filesystems sending in their fixes, and there's a fairly sizable drm pull with lots of scattered fixes. Along with networking and bpf sending in fixes. *And* a number of driver trees too. So there's a bit of everything in here - including tooling, that accounts for roughly 20% of the whole patch (mostly sched_ext and selftests). In fact, outside of the drivers (which always dominates), tooling is the biggest source of changes (then filesystems, core kernel and then networking). Nothing looks particularly odd, even if the rc2 timing is a bit unusual. It might be just random, but we'll obviously all blame it on AI, because whether that's really the cause or not, it's an easy thing to blame ;) Linus * ⚓ LWN ☛ Kernel_prepatch_7.3-rc2⠀⇛ The 7.3-rc2 kernel prepatch is out for testing. 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XIAO_SAMD21_Plus_and_RP2350_Plus_USB-C_boards_get additional_GPIO_pins,_integrated_Li-ion_battery_management⠀⇛ Seeed Studio has expanded its XIAO Plus Series introduced in 2025, with the XIAO SAMD21 Plus and XIAO RP2350 Plus USB-C boards adding several GPIOs and integrated Li-ion battery management to the XIAO (SAMD21) and XIAO RP2040, launched in 2020 and 2021, respectively, while keeping the same form factor. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Printing_Micron-Scale_Benchies_With_Resin_And Turmeric⠀⇛ Resin 3D printing has opened up a whole new scale of resolution for hackers, but the technology can go still finer; commercial micro-SLA and two-photon polymerization printers can print items with sub-micron feature sizes, but the machines are well out of reach for hackers. There’s more than one way to get such high resolution, though, as [Diffraction Limited] demonstrated with his micron-scale resin printer. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ This_Clavichord_Is_A_Well-Tempered_Project⠀⇛ The Clavichord needs no introduction to fans of Early Music, and a lengthy one to literally everyone else. Even classical music buffs who have heard of Bach’s works for the “Well-Tempered Clavier” — another word for clavichord — will mostly have heard them performed on Piano. That is perhaps fitting, as the clavichord is a distant ancestor of the modern piano. It has keys — though fewer of them than a piano — whose action strikes strings — though much, much fewer of those than a piano, as each string is required to generate multiple notes. [Ian Summers] has an excellent guide on how he built his, though be warned that that link goes to a PDF and the SSL certificate was having problems as of this writing. If you aren’t comfortable grabbing a PDF over old-style HTTP, we’ve embedded the demo/build video below so you can give a listen to what this pre-piano instrument sounds like. o ⚓ [Old] Bunnie Huang ☛ Safecast_Geiger_Counter_Reference_Design⠀⇛ I decided my tiny contribution to the effort would be to design a radiation monitor suitable for everyday civilian use. This is a preventative/preparedness measure, addressing the long-term issue of empowering a civilian population with few available options for power generation to self-monitor their environment. The problem with the current crop of radiation monitors is that they are basically laboratory instruments: accurate & reliable, but bulky, expensive, and difficult to use, requiring a degree in nuclear physics to understand exactly what the readings meant. Another problem with crises like these is that while radiation monitoring is important, it’s something that is typically neglected by the civilian population until it is too late. * § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ o ⚓ Russell Coker ☛ Russell_Coker:_CoMaps⠀⇛ I have just tried CoMaps,_a_free_mapping_program_released under_the_Apache_license_[1]. I have tried it on Android on a Pixel 6a but it also runs on GNU/Linux so I’ll try it on a PinePhone or similar at some convenient time. On Android it is in the F-Droid repository among others and for GNU/Linux there’s a Flatpak package. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ The_Generation_That’s_Never_Had_to_Say ‘Hello?’⠀⇛ Now that there’s rarely any mystery to who’s calling, Gen Z has adopted a range of custom phone greetings — including no greeting at all. o ⚓ Aman Mittal ☛ How_to_render_a_Material_3_bottom_tab_bar_with NativeTabs_in_Expo_Router⠀⇛ Expo Router’s submodule NativeTabs renders a real Material 3 navigation bar on Android and its native counterpart on iOS from one component tree. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1877 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/Linux_isn_t_lightweight_by_default_here_s_what_actually_makes_i.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/Linux_isn_t_lightweight_by_default_here_s_what_actually_makes_i.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Linux isn't lightweight by default—here's what actually makes it work on old hardware⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Sep 07, 2026 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇power_management⦈_ Quoting: Linux isn't lightweight by default—here's what actually makes it work on old hardware — How-To Geek logo Here is a fact-based summary of the story contents: A popular project is to install Linux on an old PC. While it's useful for keeping an old machine from the recycler, Linux isn't magic. It's a result of how Linux is designed. Read_On! ⣿⣿⣿⡟⠛⠻⣿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⢿ ⣿⣿⣿⣧⣀⣤⣿⣀⣁⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣸ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣉⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣼⣷⣤⣧⣿⣥⣯⣥⣷⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣴⣾⣿⣿⣿ ⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣤⣤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣤⣥⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣥⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣼ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢈⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣉⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠒⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⡟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠐⠀⠀⣿⡛⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇ ⠀⡁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇ ⠀⡤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢨⣥⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⠀⢸⣿⣿⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇ ⠀⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣤⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇ ⠀⠛⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠂⠀⠚⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣠⣤⣄⡀⠀⠀⢀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠛⠋⠀⠈⠁⠘⠛⠚⠚⠛⠉⠛⠛⠛⠙⠛⠛⠛⠛⢛⣻⣿⣟⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⠛⠛⠃ ⠠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠰⠀⠤⠀⠤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠄⢰⡆⠀⠀⠄⠀⠀⠀ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1936 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/NetBSD_9_5_NetBSD_11_and_More_BSD_picks.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/NetBSD_9_5_NetBSD_11_and_More_BSD_picks.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ NetBSD 9.5, NetBSD 11, and More BSD picks⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 07, 2026 * ⚓ Distro Watch ☛ BSD_Release:_NetBSD_9.5⠀⇛ The NetBSD project has announced the fifth and final update to the NetBSD 9.x series. The NetBSD 9 series will no longer receive security updates. [...] * ⚓ NetBSD ☛ NetBSD_Blog:_NetBSD_9.5_released_and_EOL_for_netbsd-9⠀⇛ The NetBSD Project is pleased to announce NetBSD 9.5, the fifth (and final) release from the NetBSD 9 stable branch. * ⚓ NetBSD ☛ Announcing_NetBSD_9.5_(August_31,_2026)⠀⇛ Note: this will be the final release from the netbsd-9 stable branch and also marks the end-of-support for this branch. There will be no further security pullups to this branch! Users running netbsd-9 in production are strongly encouraged to transition to a newer release series, such as netbsd-11 or netbsd-10. * ⚓ Luis Falcon ☛ NetBSD_11_from_scratch_|_MeanMicio⠀⇛ In this post I will cover the installation process of the NetBSD operating system, including disk level encryption. Instead of using the standard installation program (sysinst), I decided to install NetBSD “from scratch”, as a way to dive into the internals, and learn more about the nuts and bolts of this great operating system. This post is by no means a replacement for the NetBSD official guide. Sysinst is the the facto installer for NetBSD and is the most documented, straightforward way to install the operating system. This post is about having fun and understanding and learning the internals of the operating system. It also offers the highest flexibility to customize and overcome issues that may arise during a conventional installation. * ⚓ DragonFly BSD Digest ☛ Lazy_Reading_for_2026/09/06⠀⇛ Clearing old but evergreen links.  Speaking of old links, earlier this week I discovered that the Internet Archive saved memepool.com – and my contributions are still there, two years before this Digest even started.  You may notice an influence. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2008 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/New_Steam_Games_Playable_on_the_Steam_Deck_PS5_Emulation_and_I_.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/New_Steam_Games_Playable_on_the_Steam_Deck_PS5_Emulation_and_I_.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, PS5 Emulation, and "I've Been Gaming On Linux For Five Years"⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 07, 2026 * ⚓ Boiling Steam ☛ New_Steam_Games_Playable_on_the_Steam_Deck,_with Onimusha_and_Moonlighter_2_-_2026-09-05_Edition⠀⇛ Between 2026-08-29 and 2026-09-05 we selected 10 newly released games that are rated as Verified or Playable on the Steam Deck, and meeting specific criteria in terms of user ratings. The big game of the past week is Onimusha: Way of the Sword, the long- awaited return the Capcom franchise from the 90s (PS1 players should remember it very well). It’s received the Resident Evil Reboot treatment, and last year I played it at the TGS 2025 and I found it very well done, while the regular enemies were a bit generic. Moonlighter 2 is also out, and while the overall reception is positive, fans of the first opus are divided by the direction taken by this new episode. Full details below! * ⚓ Tom's Hardware ☛ PS5_emulator_can_now_run_the_console_version_of_GTA_V at_up_to_60_FPS_on_PC,_but_quickly_crashes_as_tweakers_continue_to optimize_—_PS5_emulation_advancing_at_an_astronomical_pace_leading_up_to GTA_VI_launch⠀⇛ A spark was lit under the PS5 emulation scene a couple of months ago and instead of fading over time, it seems to be burning brighter than ever. GTA V now runs between 40-60 FPS for a few minutes before crashing, along with several other games being rendered smoothly. * ⚓ SlashGear ☛ I've_Been_Gaming_On_Linux_For_Five_Years_-_Is_It_Ready_To Replace_Windows?⠀⇛ I remember well when saying the words "gaming on Linux" would get you laughed out of the room. Then the original Steam Deck came out in early 2022 running SteamOS (a Linux distro) and using the Wine-based Proton compatibility layer to translate Windows games, and Linux gaming flipped from unthinkable to preferable almost overnight. Linux game translation has gotten so good that in some cases, it performs better than Windows, among other benefits. Now we can ask the following question in complete seriousness: Can Linux replace Windows on your gaming PC? ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2072 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/OpenVPN_2_7_7_Released_with_Various_Improvements_Bug_and_Securi.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/OpenVPN_2_7_7_Released_with_Various_Improvements_Bug_and_Securi.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ OpenVPN 2.7.7 Released with Various Improvements, Bug and Security Fixes⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Marius Nestor on Sep 07, 2026 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇OpenVPN⦈_ OpenVPN 2.7.7 is here to reduce the number of future keys from 16 to 4 when using EPOCH data channel format, leading to less log spam in userland and fewer resources used in in-kernel implementations. According to the devs, the previous calculation was wrong, and 4 spare keys are sufficient for 100+ Gbit/ s links. This release also re-enables the xmit_hold option when using P2P tcp-server and tls-server. In TCP server mode, the server is not expected to initiate the TLS handshake. This behavior was introduced by the multisocket code checking mechanism as the wrong variable for socket protocol. 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We're now unpacking and arranging the equipment_for_the_aqua_life. One underwater light seem to be defective/risky, but the rest seems OK so far. Sharing is caring and sharing_is_happiness. 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I’m gonna do Triangles and use REPORT WRITER. Then reality screwed me from afar. Version of COBOL on Eisner (and most likely where I will contract) didn’t have that. The difficult part of the Triangles problem is dealing with the fact COBOL doesn’t have dynamic strings. COLUMN CENTER would make the problem go away. * ⚓ James G ☛ Complements:_Art_history,_writing⠀⇛ Earlier this week I was chatting with a friend about the skills I am learning from art history. One of the most influential concepts I have learned is to “look closely”. The idea is to spend time with a single thing – to study it closely – and think about what you see in more depth. This helped formalise an experience I was already having in galleries: I didn’t want to see every piece as fast as I could, rather I wanted to slow down. * ⚓ Zach Kehs ☛ There's_No_Limit_to_How_Bad_Code_Can_Get⠀⇛ TL;DR: Metaphors like "a sinking ship" are often used to describe codebases, but are misleading. A business will sink long before code quality reaches a hypothetical floor. Technical debt has no bankruptcy, no clean reset, so metaphors that imply an end provide a false sense of security. * ⚓ Conflict_resolution_is_“fun”⠀⇛ One of the hardest problems in distributed systems is conflict resolution, or the same basic problem as merge conflicts in Git. Git merge conflicts happen when your branch differs from upstream in a way that Git can’t easily work its way around so it exposes both sides of the changes to humans and has the human (or their agent) figure out which side is “correct”. Distributed systems don’t really have this same flow as the scale of changes is often impossible for any human or team of humans to keep up with. * ⚓ Jon_Chiappetta:_AES-256_ARM_Hardware_Instruction_Usage_In_C!⠀⇛ I wanted to eventually experiment with using the AES hardware instruction but for the ARM architecture because there are ways to turn block ciphers into stream ciphers for future_usage. There appears to be a C header include file that exists on both Mac and Ubuntu (arm_neon.h) and you can compile this small C program file with standard gcc options (no special arguments needed). * ⚓ Dirk Eddelbuettel ☛ Dirk_Eddelbuettel:_RcppFarmHash_0.0.4_on_CRAN: Maintenance⠀⇛ Another minor maintenance release of the RcppFarmHash package is now on CRAN as version 0.0.4. RcppFarmHash wraps the Surveillance Giant Google FarmHash family of hash functions (written by Geoff Pike and contributors) that are used for example by Surveillance Giant Google BigQuery for the FARM_FINGERPRINT digest. * ⚓ Steinar H Gunderson ☛ Steinar_H._Gunderson:_plocate_1.1.25_released⠀⇛ I've released version 1.1.25 of plocate. This time around, there's two security issues of unknown severity; if you chain them with other bugs, they could lead to being able to list files (but of course not their contents) that you should not normally be able to see. So an update is probably in order; you can never be too safe these days. * § Perl / Raku⠀➾ o ⚓ Arne Sommer ☛ ZigZag_Reorder_with_Raku⠀⇛ This is my response to The Weekly Challenge #389. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2303 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/Review_Genuen_6_0_0.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/Review_Genuen_6_0_0.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Review: Genuen 6.0.0⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Sep 07, 2026 Quoting: DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD. — My experience with Genuen was, from start to finish, entirely underwhelming. The project appears to provide no documentation, no support, no forums, and (at the time of writing) I cannot find any release notes for version 6.0.0. The system installer seems to have a bug which should have shown up if any testing was done with Genuen's install media at all. Likewise, the issue with D-Bus not starting properly (or needing to be restarted later in the boot procedure) is pretty glaring and shouldn't have made it through to a final release. Read_On! ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2336 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/Shelly_3_1_3_GUI_Package_Manager_for_Arch_Linux_Improves_AppIma.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/Shelly_3_1_3_GUI_Package_Manager_for_Arch_Linux_Improves_AppIma.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Shelly 3.1.3 GUI Package Manager for Arch Linux Improves AppImage Support⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Marius Nestor on Sep 07, 2026 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Shelly_3.1.3⦈_ Shelly 3.1.3 is here to introduce a new button for removing all built AUR package archives and their matching signatures from Shelly’s cache, support for configuring environment variables for each installed AppImage package, and improved parallel downloads of packages and the repository database. Flatpak support has been improved as well, with support for opening Flathub links in the right app even if Shelly is already running or still loading its catalog, the ability to handle Flatpak reference files and AppStream links, uninstall controls for Flatpak details, along with installed and verified indicators, better remote selection, and clearer loading feedback. 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Instead of installing it on a hard drive like a normal operating system, you boot it from a USB drive. Once it starts, ShredOS launches a disk-wiping utility that detects the storage devices connected to the computer and presents them in a simple interface. That makes ShredOS useful when an old drive or computer is being sold, donated, recycled, or simply retired. The existing operating system does not need to work because ShredOS runs independently of the storage device being erased. To install ShredOS, simply download the ISO image and flash it to a USB drive. After selecting the USB drive from the boot menu, ShredOS displays its startup screen. The menu includes the standard ShredOS entry along with options such as a nomodeset variant and Memtest86 entries. After selecting ShredOS, the system loads its Linux environment and starts nwipe. 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So many emulators today run excellently on a wide range of hardware and operating systems, and you'd be hard-pressed to find a retro game emulator that doesn't run well everywhere, but that doesn't mean they're all grade A5 perfect. I found that Linux actually has some serious advantages for emulation in a few different areas. Graphics processing, controller drivers, and some other small annoyances that add up if you're serious about retro gaming. 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Sometimes a founder retires, sometimes a company loses interest, and sometimes the person holding the keys disappears. In each case below, a distro reached the point where its original steward was no longer steering it. The interesting part is what happened next. Some survived under new leadership, while others reappeared under a new name with fewer single points of failure than before. 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But for Linux users, it removes one more obstacle that has historically made something as basic as playing a video more complicated than it should be. Here’s everything you need to know and what this means about your media usage. 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https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/today_s_howtos.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/today_s_howtos.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ today's howtos⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 07, 2026 * ⚓ Matt Fantinel ☛ TIL:_Form_controls_can_be_outside_their_parent_form_- Matt_Fantinel⠀⇛ My brain immediately saw this as a big challenge: how can I keep both the hero and posts-feed inputs in sync but still support inner forms? Would I have to resort to some ugly JavaScript for that? I'm glad I did some research first. * ⚓ Jason Tucker ☛ Skip_the_GPU_Upgrade:_Repurpose_a_Gaming_PC_or_Mac_for Immich's_ML_Queue⠀⇛ My Dell server is too old for a solid GPU, so a big photo import meant a stuck ML queue. Instead of buying hardware, I use a M4 MacBook Pro to burn through the backlog, plus a Home Assistant automation to flag it next time. * ⚓ Jake Archibald ☛ Controlling_when_CSS_custom_property_values_are computed_-_JakeArchibald.com⠀⇛ When and how CSS custom property values are calculated might not be what you expect, and it has a big impact on your styles. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3141 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/Web_Browsers_Leftovers.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/Web_Browsers_Leftovers.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Web Browsers Leftovers⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 07, 2026 * ⚓ It_took_a_year_to_ship_WebAssembly_in_Anubis⠀⇛ After a year of work, hundreds of commits, 5 generations of pull requests, dozens of tests, rewriting part of Anubis in Rust, the first compiler bug of my career, and at least three times making my tower run out of ram I think I have finally done it. The next version of Anubis will ship with WebAssembly- based_proof_of_work_checks that admins can enable in their thresholds or bot rules: [...] * ⚓ James G ☛ Timing_events_in_code⠀⇛ Earlier this year I noticed my Artemis reader page (the page that lists posts published by sites to which I am subscribed) was loading slowly. The logic to generate the page encompasses several hundred lines of code, which do everything from retrieving posts from the database to formatting dates and entry titles. I had a feeling that the database queries may need to be optimised, but I knew that I needed more information to help me figure out what was going wrong. * § Mozilla⠀➾ o ⚓ OMG Ubuntu ☛ Firefox_redesign_will_arrive_in_v157_release⠀⇛ Firefox’s new ‘Nova’ redesign will be enabled for all users in Firefox 157, due the end of September – barring any last minute hiccups, of course. Mozilla’s engineers have been working on Nova since March. The original pitch was for rounded UI elements, floating toolbars, framed web content no longer flush with the edges of the browser window and, more strikingly, a lot of pastel gradients. ╘══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ ¶ Lines in total: 3198 ➮ Generation completed at 02:50, i.e. 36 seconds to (re)generate ⟲