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today's leftovers
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Desktop/Laptop
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Ben Tsai ☛ Monospace
But I’m spending less time in the terminal and IDE these days. I still appreciate the feel of a monospaced font, but I want something that is optimized for prose.
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Server
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Kubernetes Blog ☛ How to Pretty-Print Your Kubernetes YAML as KYAML and Why You'd Want To
YAML has been the standard way to write Kubernetes manifests for years. Every example, tutorial, and configuration file you come across is written in it. The problem isn't that YAML is a bad format. It's that YAML gives you a lot of choices, and not all of them are equally good for writing Kubernetes manifests. Some features make files harder to read, some are easy to misuse and others can lead to surprising behavior.
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Audiocasts/Shows
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OpenSSF (Linux Foundation) ☛ What’s in the SOSS? Podcast #68 – S3E20 CRA Readiness: Practical Strategies for Open Source Communities with Megan Knight
Join Megan Knight on the What's in the SOSS podcast as she breaks down the upcoming EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) and shares practical compliance strategies for open source maintainers and organizations.
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Wonders of Web Weaving ☛ #14: Robb (rknight.me) - Wonders of Web Weaving
In Episode 14, I chat with Robb, the author of rknight.me about, among other things, metaphors for websites, the importance of sharing things you like on the web, running an indie service (Echo Feed), and more.
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Rob Knight ☛ I Was a Guest on Web Weaving
A full transcript is available on the website.
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Kernel Space / File Systems / Virtualization
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Himanshu Anand ☛ I found a KVM guest-to-host heap corruption bug and someone else got there first :: Himanshu Anand :: Security & Other Notes
This post is the story of that bug, why my fix was wrong, why theirs was better, how bad this thing actually is, and what you can learn from all of it. I also built a safe CTF challenge so you can practice the same primitive without setting anything on fire.
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Applications
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Ubuntu Handbook ☛ The AirDrop Alternative LocalSend 1.18.0 Released with CLI Support
LocalSend, the popular AirDrop alternative application for Linux, Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS, released new 1.18.0 version. The new version of this popular free open-source application added initial command line interface (CLI) support, allowing to send or receive files in terminal or server without graphical desktop environment. The new CLI starts in interactive mode.
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HowTo Geek ☛ 5 apps new Linux users should install on day one
Most Linux distros are intentionally minimal to avoid bloat, offering a fresh and clean environment. While this is a major perk, knowing what to install first can be tricky for newcomers. So, to help kickstart your journey, here are five essential apps that belong on every new Linux PC.
I’ve always said that installing Linux is only half the job—you still need to install all your favorite apps and tweak your settings to favorable configurations. That said, these five apps should cover all the basic things you need—and then some—to ensure you have the optimal experience using Linux.
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Desktop Environments (DE)/Window Managers (WM)
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GNOME Desktop/GTK
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OMG Ubuntu ☛ GNOME 51 could bring a floating search overlay to the Shell
The next version of GNOME Shell, out in September, is likely to include a redesigned search experience. In current versions of the desktop, when you start a search from the GNOME Shell overview, a dedicated search results screen replaces the one you’re looking at, i.e., the workspace row and dash (aka dock) are obscured. GNOME’s design team has long wanted to adopt a ‘semantic’ layout, whereby search results appear in an overlay that ‘spawns out of the search entry’ box and sits over the screen that triggered it. This concept has been explored and detailed in mockups over the years.
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GNU/Linux Distributions and Operating Systems
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Debian Family
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Chiark ☛ Colin Watson: Free software activity in July 2026
About 95% of my Debian contributions this month were sponsored by Freexian.
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