Other Sites

schestowitz.com

A Complicated Scenario

Death came

Evri Does Not Read Tickets, Staff Won’t Fix Errors After Bots (Yes, Evri Uses Bots) Make Severe Mistakes

Facepalm

Being Happy and Hoarding Not the Same Thing

“The researchers were particularly interested in three psychological needs identified by self-determination theory: relatedness, or having meaningful relationships; competence, or feeling capable and effective; and autonomy, meaning that our actions feel voluntarily chosen rather than forced on us.” -“Not Money or Pleasure: Scientists Say They’ve Found The True Key to Happiness” (5 September 2026)

Disabilities and All That (It’s Getting Worse)

What evolution?

We Love Manchester

Manchester’s week ahead is moderately OK

Upgrades for the Fish and Shells

Because winter is coming and they need more heat (and T.L.C.)

Manchester City Still Top

Manchester City deserves it

Bianco Apache / White Apache (1987)

Hard to find

Does a Law Degree in the UK Mean “Above the Law” Status?

Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) does nothing

Cited This Weekend in ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

High-profile publisher

9to5Linux

9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: September 6th, 2026

I want to thank everyone who sent us donations; your generosity is greatly appreciated. I also want to thank all of you for your continued support by commenting, liking, sharing, and boosting the articles, following us on social media, and, last but not least, sending us feedback.

OpenVPN 2.7.7 Released with Various Improvements, Bug and Security Fixes

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.

Shelly 3.1.3 GUI Package Manager for Arch Linux Improves AppImage Support

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.

news

Alternative to Debian-based TrueNAS SCALE, Debian Code Search

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 07, 2026

InfoQ ☛ FreeCORE: TrueNAS Fork Maintaining Deeply Integrated Virtualization, Jails, and OpenZFS on FreeBSD

TrueNAS CORE has been the standard for open-source storage using FreeBSD and OpenZFS. 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.

Other Recent Tux Machines' Posts

Best Free and Open Source Software: Only free and open source software is eligible for inclusion here
Ubisoft Does Not Like GNU/Linux, Blocks Users (Despite Full Compatibility): DRM lovers wants rootkits
Distributions and Operating Systems: Trusting-Trust Attack, FreeBSD, Zenwalk, and Fedora: OS picks
Framework Laptop 12 gets Fedora KDE Linux on pre-builts, along with new Intel Core Series 3 processors: Nice to see an expansion of Linux on devices, with the Framework Laptop 12 getting support for pre-builts to ship with Fedora KDE 44 and Intel Core Series 3
Linux drowning in ocean of slop (sloppy) commits and false reports, "Linux's strict memory overcommit mode": kernel picks
Debian Deciding Whether to Ban Slop Plagiarism in Debian Development: some takes from Debian Developers
Ubuntu 26.10 “Stonking Stingray” Snapshot 3 Is Now Available for Public Testing: Ubuntu 26.10 “Stonking Stingray” Snapshot 3 is now available for public testing for early adopters and application developers.
Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) Tried to Replace the FSF and SFLC. Now It Refers to the FSF as Illness or Corruption. [original]: While, as one might expect, it's also issuing press releasing defaming its key people (now in SFLC, which it is imitating through confusion)
Prioritising Animals [original]: Sharing is caring
I put Linux on Microsoft’s own hardware, and it works so much better than Windows: It came with Windows 10, then spent some time as a headless Ubuntu server, and when I eventually built a proper homelab
Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers: FOSS and more
Web Browsers Leftovers: mozilla and more
3 Linux phones you can actually buy and use right now (and why you probably shouldn't): Linux phones have come a long way from the days when that meant installing rough software and hoping for the best
GNU/Linux Leftovers: GNU/Linux picks
Alternative to Debian-based TrueNAS SCALE, Debian Code Search: Debian picks
Switching from Windows to Linux for retro-game emulation fixed problems I didn't know Windows was causing: I found that Linux actually has some serious advantages for emulation in a few different areas. Graphics processing
Linux Devices, Open Hardware, and Android: gadgets and such
Programming Leftovers: Development related news/views
4 Linux distros I'd trust with my gaming PC before SteamOS: SteamOS is an excellent OS for plug-and-play gaming on Valve hardware
Audiocasts/Shows: mintCast and Linux Saloon: 2 new episodes
ShreadOS destroys your old PC's data more thoroughly than a hammer ever will: ShredOS is a small Linux distro designed for securely erasing storage devices without worrying about someone recovering your data
NetBSD 9.5, NetBSD 11, and More BSD picks: BSD leftovers
New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, PS5 Emulation, and "I've Been Gaming On Linux For Five Years": gaming picks
today's howtos: Instructionals/Technical posts
5 reasons Linux may be for people like you: Here are the reasons to tell if you've outgrown Windows and should consider checking out Linux
5 gaming distros that beat vanilla Windows on the same PC: The Windows tax is very real, and I was curious as to how big of a difference there would be, when compared to Linux
This 25-year old patent just expired—and Linux video playback is one step closer to being perfect: For most people, a 25-year-old video patent expiring sounds like a piece of legal housekeeping that has nothing to do with their computers
Feel peak Windows was 7? You might like Kumander Linux: Debian and Xfce – solid, sensible choices – with a pretty skin
These Linux distros were abandoned by their creators, but they came back stronger than ever: Linux projects have one advantage proprietary operating systems rarely get
Asahi Linux takes on Apple M3, minus a few creature comforts: The Asahi Linux gang has announced support for Apple's M3 silicon
Fedora CoreOS – minimal container-focused Linux distribution: Fedora CoreOS is a minimal Fedora-based Linux distribution designed to run containerised workloads
Ikey Doherty vs Omarchy: Why He’s Building Barney Instead of Another Distro: Ikey Doherty, the creator of Solus and AerynOS, is back with Barney
Linux 7.3-rc2: Another Sunday afternoon, another -rc
9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: September 6th, 2026: The 308th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending September 6th, 2026.
Android Leftovers: I spent months testing the top Android keyboards; one easily replaced Gboard for good
OpenVPN 2.7.7 Released with Various Improvements, Bug and Security Fixes: OpenVPN 2.7.7 is now available for download as the seventh maintenance update to the OpenVPN 2.7 series with various improvements, as well as bug and security fixes.
Boox Picco: Ultra-compact, Linux-based e-reader set for November launch: The Onyx Boox Picco is a pocket-sized 3.97-inch e-reader expected to launch in November 2026
5 hard lessons I learned in my first week on Linux, and I'm better off for them: If you plan to make the jump from Windows to Linux yourself
Linux isn't lightweight by default—here's what actually makes it work on old hardware: A popular project is to install Linux on an old PC
Is This The Year Of The Linux… Television?: The Year of the Linux Desktop hasn’t been on its way for quite as long as nuclear fusion plants
Best Free and Open Source Software: This is free and open source software
Review: Genuen 6.0.0: Someone asked me recently, since it has been a while since I had last reviewed a free software distribution
Shelly 3.1.3 GUI Package Manager for Arch Linux Improves AppImage Support: Shelly 3.1.3 graphical package manager for Arch Linux distributions is now available for download with improved AppImage and Flatpak support, improved package builder, and other changes.
Today in Techrights: Some of the latest articles
Switzerland's Federal Government is Replacing Microsoft on 3,000 Computers [original]: This is the pilot phase, with 3,000 workstations moving away from Microsoft 365. The federal administration has over 54,000 computers.
You Don't Need GAFAM, Use OpenStreetMap [original]: OpenStreetMap helped us check maps for transport, various overlays with addresses, and there was 0% reliance on GAFAM or "Google" anything
United States: GNU/Linux Still Surging as the Surveillance State Grows [original]: This is a huge problem for Microsoft because this is its most profitable market
Sharing or Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers: FOSS and more
Programming Leftovers: Development, licensing, and more
GNU/Linux Hardware Leftovers: GNU/Linux centric
Kodi 22 "Piers" Beta 2: A lot of polish has come together for the features added in Beta 1
PostgreSQL: PGConf India 2027, 12-Year-Old PostgreSQL Vulnerability Enables Database, Server Takeover: a couple of picks
Open Hardware/Modding: Flipper One Devices, Raspberry Pi, and More: hardware news
today's howtos: Instructionals/Technical picks
Games: Security 51, New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Builds, Gamescom, WARDOGS, and More: gaming picks
Good News! CERN is Migrating Over 2,200 Control Systems to Debian 13: The migration would move accelerator control computers out of the Red Hat ecosystem
Audacity 4.0 Open-Source Audio Editor Officially Released, Here’s What’s New: Audacity 4.0 open-source audio editor is now available for download as a major update with numerous new features and improvements. Here are the details!
Wine 11.17: The Wine development release 11.17 is now available
Programming Leftovers: Development picks
FSF on Social Control Media: some coverage
Freedom Fighters (Part IV): We're Doing Cybersecurity All Wrong: "We also allowed a lethal monoculture to fester"
Android Leftovers: I found the best Android performance tweaks hiding in the Accessibility menu
I tried KDE's Office suite and found out why even KDE users skip it: The most popular is, of course, LibreOffice, though I tend to prefer the likes of OnlyOffice
You don’t need to code or spend money to improve KDE—here are 7 ways to help: Open-source software is wonderful: it's free, diverse, and surprisingly accessible
I discovered KDE’s hidden superpowers after installing these 3 open-source utilities: If you've been in the Linux space for a while
7 Best Free and Open Source Climate, Weather and Earth-Science Data Analysis Tools: Only free and open source software is eligible for inclusion
GNOME Sushi gets a GTK4 revamp, new features: Sushi, the spacebar preview utility for Nautilus file manager, has been ported to GTK4 for GNOME 51
LyargoOS – opinionated Void Linux-based distribution: The distribution is intended for users who want Void Linux’s simplicity and runit-based system without building a desktop environment from scratch
openSUSE MicroOS – immutable rolling-release Linux distribution: openSUSE MicroOS is an immutable rolling-release Linux distribution developed by the openSUSE community
Planet KDE: State of the Map 2026: Last week I attended this year’s State of the Map (SotM) in Paris, France, OpenStreetMap’s
New Releases: Liya Linux, Abora OS, and ReactOS: GNU/Linux Distributions and Operating Systems
In the United Kingdom, GNU/Linux Measured Around 15% Overnight [original]: This shows many people use GNU/Linux at home, more so than "the office"
Today in Techrights: Some of the latest articles
GNU/Linux Leftovers: picks regarding GNU/Linux
Free Software and Open Data Leftovers: FOSS and more
Distributions and Operating Systems: TrueNAS, Omarchy, DiffOS: 3 picks for today
Mozilla Lobbying and Firefox Tooling Announcements: Mozilla leftovers
Red Hat: Slop, VMs, and OpenShift: latest from redhat.com
OpenSUSE: OBS End-of-Week Update and Tumbleweed Review of the Week: OpenSUSE picks
Security Leftovers: Security news and patches
Best GNU/Linux Distros for New Laptops in 2026 and Zorin OS for Legacy Things: distros in review
Open Hardware/Modding With GNU/Linux and More: hardware news
Ubuntu 24.04 splits firmware packages for faster updates and Canonical leaves IRC aside: Canonical/Ubuntu news
GNOME Developers' Updates and This Week in GNOME: GNOME news
European Google Search alternative Ecosia launches Linux browser: pair of articles
Programming Leftovers: Development related picks
Games: Stranded Deep 2, DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE 3, GUNDAM ROGUE ORBIT, FINAL FANTASY VII REVELATION, and More: gaming news
today's howtos: Instructionals/Technical leftovers
Grml 2026.09 Linux Distro Is Out with Linux Kernel 7.1, Based on Debian 14 Forky: Grml 2026.09 GNU/Linux distribution is now available for download based on Debian Testing/Forky and powered by Linux kernel 7.1. Here’s what’s new!
LibreOffice 26.2.6 Open-Source Office Suite Released with More Than 30 Bug Fixes: LibreOffice 26.2.6 is now available for download as the sixth point release to the LibreOffice 26.2 office suite series with 36 bug fixes.
I couldn't believe Linux could run inside a PDF, so I tried it: Linux was apparently running inside a PDF file
Soft-launching the DiffOS project: Today marks the day of soft-launching of my Debian derivative
Best Free and Open Source Software, and many more: This is free and open source software
Hyggshi OS – customizable Debian-based Linux distribution: Hyggshi OS is a custom Linux distribution built around a flexible Debian-family base
This Week in Plasma: So Many Ways to Click and Scroll: Some of the last Plasma 6.8 features landed this week, and there’s a whole bunch of great stuff
Today in Techrights: Some of the latest articles