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⦿ 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? You might like Kumander Linux
⦿ Tux Machines - Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
⦿ Tux Machines - GNU/Linux Leftovers
⦿ Tux Machines - Ikey Doherty vs Omarchy: Why He’s Building Barney Instead of Another Distro
⦿ Tux Machines - I put Linux on Microsoft’s own hardware, and it works so much better than Windows
⦿ Tux Machines - Is This The Year Of The Linux… Television?
⦿ Tux Machines - Linux 7.3-rc2
⦿ Tux Machines - Linux Devices, Open Hardware, and Android
⦿ Tux Machines - Linux isn't lightweight by default—here's what actually makes it work on old hardware
⦿ Tux Machines - NetBSD 9.5, NetBSD 11, and More BSD picks
⦿ Tux Machines - New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, PS5 Emulation, and "I've Been Gaming On Linux For Five Years"
⦿ Tux Machines - OpenVPN 2.7.7 Released with Various Improvements, Bug and Security Fixes
⦿ Tux Machines - Prioritising Animals
⦿ Tux Machines - Programming Leftovers
⦿ Tux Machines - Review: Genuen 6.0.0
⦿ Tux Machines - Shelly 3.1.3 GUI Package Manager for Arch Linux Improves AppImage Support
⦿ Tux Machines - ShreadOS destroys your old PC's data more thoroughly than a hammer ever will
⦿ Tux Machines - Switching from Windows to Linux for retro-game emulation fixed problems I didn't know Windows was causing
⦿ Tux Machines - These Linux distros were abandoned by their creators, but they came back stronger than ever
⦿ Tux Machines - This 25-year old patent just expired—and Linux video playback is one step closer to being perfect
⦿ Tux Machines - Today in Techrights
⦿ Tux Machines - today's howtos
⦿ Tux Machines - Web Browsers Leftovers
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https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/3_Linux_phones_you_can_actually_buy_and_use_right_now_and_why_y.shtml
https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/4_Linux_distros_I_d_trust_with_my_gaming_PC_before_SteamOS.shtml
https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/5_gaming_distros_that_beat_vanilla_Windows_on_the_same_PC.shtml
https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/5_hard_lessons_I_learned_in_my_first_week_on_Linux_and_I_m_bett.shtml
https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/5_reasons_Linux_may_be_for_people_like_you.shtml
https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup_September_6th_2026.shtml
https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/Alternative_to_Debian_based_TrueNAS_SCALE_Debian_Code_Search.shtml
https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/Android_Leftovers.shtml
https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/Asahi_Linux_takes_on_Apple_M3_minus_a_few_creature_comforts.shtml
https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/Audiocasts_Shows_mintCast_and_Linux_Saloon.shtml
https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.1.shtml
https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml
https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/Boox_Picco_Ultra_compact_Linux_based_e_reader_set_for_November_.shtml
https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/Fedora_CoreOS_minimal_container_focused_Linux_distribution.shtml
https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/Feel_peak_Windows_was_7_You_might_like_Kumander_Linux.shtml
https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml
https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.shtml
https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/Ikey_Doherty_vs_Omarchy_Why_He_s_Building_Barney_Instead_of_Ano.shtml
https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/I_put_Linux_on_Microsoft_s_own_hardware_and_it_works_so_much_be.shtml
https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/Is_This_The_Year_Of_The_Linux_Television.shtml
https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/Linux_7_3_rc2.shtml
https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/Linux_Devices_Open_Hardware_and_Android.shtml
https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/Linux_isn_t_lightweight_by_default_here_s_what_actually_makes_i.shtml
https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/NetBSD_9_5_NetBSD_11_and_More_BSD_picks.shtml
https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/New_Steam_Games_Playable_on_the_Steam_Deck_PS5_Emulation_and_I_.shtml
https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/OpenVPN_2_7_7_Released_with_Various_Improvements_Bug_and_Securi.shtml
https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/Prioritising_Animals.shtml
https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/Programming_Leftovers.shtml
https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/Review_Genuen_6_0_0.shtml
https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/Shelly_3_1_3_GUI_Package_Manager_for_Arch_Linux_Improves_AppIma.shtml
https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/ShreadOS_destroys_your_old_PC_s_data_more_thoroughly_than_a_ham.shtml
https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/Switching_from_Windows_to_Linux_for_retro_game_emulation_fixed_.shtml
https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/These_Linux_distros_were_abandoned_by_their_creators_but_they_c.shtml
https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/This_25_year_old_patent_just_expired_and_Linux_video_playback_i.shtml
https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/Today_in_Techrights.shtml
https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/today_s_howtos.shtml
https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/Web_Browsers_Leftovers.shtml
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posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Sep 07, 2026
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Quoting: 3 Linux phones you can actually buy and use right now (and why you
probably shouldn't) —
But where do you start? 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.
Read_On!
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posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Sep 07, 2026
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇SteamOS⦈_
Quoting: 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, and it fares pretty well as an OS on other AMD-based
hardware as well when you want a more locked-down, console-like
experience. 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.
Read_On!
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posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Sep 07, 2026
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇CachyOS_bench⦈_
Quoting: 5 gaming distros that beat vanilla Windows on the same PC —
The rise of Linux as a very capable alternative for gaming is in no
small part thanks to Microsoft’s recent fumbles with Windows 11.
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!
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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.
Read_On!
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Quoting: 5 reasons Linux may be for people like you —
If you're the person people come to when they have issues with their
computers, you might want to think about trying Linux. 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.
Read_On!
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🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup⦈_
This week, we got new stable releases of the Firefox web browser and
Thunderbird email client, a major release of the Audacity audio editor, new ISO
snapshots of Ubuntu 26.10 and Arch Linux, a new Steam Client update, as well as
new releases of Shelly, LibreOffice, and Grml.
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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䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 505
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(ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/Alternative_to_Debian_based_TrueNAS_SCALE_Debian_Code_Search.shtml
Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/Alternative_to_Debian_based_TrueNAS_SCALE_Debian_Code_Search.gmi
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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.
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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⠀⇛
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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!
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* ⚓ 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.
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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.
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* ⚓ 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.
This is free and open source software.
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(ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/Boox_Picco_Ultra_compact_Linux_based_e_reader_set_for_November_.shtml
Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/Boox_Picco_Ultra_compact_Linux_based_e_reader_set_for_November_.gmi
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reader set for November launch⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧
posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Sep 07, 2026
Quoting: Boox Picco: Ultra-compact, Linux-based e-reader set for November
launch - Notebookcheck News —
The Onyx Boox Picco is a pocket-sized 3.97-inch e-reader expected to
launch in November 2026, offering physical page-turn buttons,
adjustable front lighting and microSD storage. Early reviews praise
its soliid design, but questions about battery life, Bluetooth and
audiobook support still remain.
Read_On!
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(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
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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.
Read_On!
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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!
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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.
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* § 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.
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🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇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.
Read_On!
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Quoting: I put Linux on Microsoft’s own hardware, and it works so much better
than Windows —
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You've heard the advice. 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?
Read_On!
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Quoting: Is This The Year Of The Linux… Television? | Hackaday —
The Year of the Linux Desktop hasn’t been on its way for quite as
long as nuclear fusion plants, but somehow it seems to recede into
the horizon at just about the same rate. 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.
Read_On!
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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 07, 2026
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Torvalds_at_the_LinuxCon_Europe_2014⦈_
* ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_7.3-rc2⠀⇛
Another Sunday afternoon, another -rc.
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. Linus said:
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⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡀⠀⠀⢀⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠀⠀⣸⠃⣀⠀⠀⢠⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣤⠀⣿⣼⣿⣿⣶⣿⠀⢺⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣏⣙⣻⣿⡟⠋⠉⠉⠛⠿⠿⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⡇⢸⣿⣿⣿⡟⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⣀⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣡⣿⣿⣿⢟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣛⡛⠛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡀⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣴⣶⣤⣶⣨⠉⠉⠉⠉⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣯⣭⣛⣛⣛⣛⢛⡙⠋⢉⣀⣠⣴⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠏⠁⢸⡿⣸⠟⠛⠉⠀⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠏⠀⣠⣾⢋⣧⡿⢀⡀⠀⠀⣺⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠁⢀⣾⣿⣵⣿⡿⣡⣿⣇⣤⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠋⠀⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⣱⡿⢫⣿⣿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠁⣀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣫⣾⡟⣡⡿⠋⠀⠀⠀⠉⠛⠻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢟⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠋⣠⠞⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠋⠔⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠹⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠋⠁⣠⣿⣿⣿⡿⢋⣠⠄⣡⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠛⠻⠿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠏⠀⠀⢻⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⠿⠿⠿⠛⠋⠛⠛⠉⠀⢀⣰⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠋⢀⣴⣿⣿⣿⠿⠛⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠟⠛⠋⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣦⣠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣴⣿⡿⠿⢿⠿⠟⠁⠀⣰⣿⠟⠿⠋⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠛⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡻⠿⠆⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⣿⡿⠋⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠙⠛⠿⠿⠿⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 07, 2026
* § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾
o ⚓ CNX Software ☛ 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.
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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!
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䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1936
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* ⚓ 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
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(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
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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
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Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/OpenVPN_2_7_7_Released_with_Various_Improvements_Bug_and_Securi.gmi
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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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䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2130
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(ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/Prioritising_Animals.shtml
Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/07/Prioritising_Animals.gmi
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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 07, 2026
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Cow_in_the_corral⦈_
Today we went to the park to give loads of seeds to the birds (about 70 of
them, various species) and a couple of squirrels, only to return home with
'free apples' (from the trees nearby). 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. Thankfully people who dislike
animals (and are angry of them) aren't happy and as a result they die younger,
leaving more room and opportunity for people who love and share. █
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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 07, 2026
* ⚓ Logikal Solutions ☛ COBOL_-_Because_I_Can_-_Pt_1⠀⇛
Yippee! 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.
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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!
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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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posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Sep 07, 2026
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Quoting: ShreadOS destroys your old PC's data more thoroughly than a hammer
ever will —
ShredOS is a lightweight Linux distro designed specifically for
wiping storage devices. 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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posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Sep 07, 2026
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Quoting: Switching from Windows to Linux for retro-game emulation fixed
problems I didn't know Windows was causing —
We take emulation for granted in so many different ways, but
performance is near the top of the list. 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.
Read_On!
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⣼⡏⣕⠄⢍⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠛⠛⠛⠻⣿⣿⣿⠃⣼⣿⡇⣾⣁⣋⢺⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠗⠙⠻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠉⣿⣿⡏⠀⠙⠛⠛⠻⠿⠋⠙⠛⠛⠛⠟⠿⠿⠿⠏⠉⣹⣯⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠈⠁⠀⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣣⣬⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⣿⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡿⢻⣄⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣠⣤⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⠿⠿⠟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠉⠙⠛⠛⠉⠁⠈⠉⠛⠛⠛⠈⠃⠙⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠢⠄⠀⠀⠐⠐⠑⠐⠚⠀⠁
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🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇MX_Linux⦈_
Quoting: 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: their creators can leave without taking the code with
them. 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.
Read_On!
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⡍⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣽⡿⣯⣽⡿⣿⣿⡿⣽⣭⣿⣿⣿⣽⣿⣽⣿⡽⣽⢿⣯⡽⢽⢿⣯⣯⣿⣯⡯⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠉
⠃⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢠
⠂⣏⠭⠭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⢹⢸
⠂⡇⡤⠤⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⢸
⠀⢸⣀⡀⣠⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣼⣿⡿⣇⣀⣀⣤⣤⣤⣤⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⢸
⠂⢪⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⢻⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⢸
⠄⡧⣿⠻⠟⠛⠛⠋⠋⠛⠟⠛⠛⢿⡟⠉⠹⠛⠻⠛⠛⠛⠛⣿⣿⣿⠏⡙⡟⠛⠛⠻⠛⠛⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⡍⠉⡟⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⢿⣿⣿⡏⠉⠙⠛⠛⠛⠻⠛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⡟⠉⠹⠛⠟⠛⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⢸
⡀⠀⡿⢯⣿⣿⣶⣾⣷⣶⣖⣶⣿⣿⣧⣤⣴⣾⣾⣾⣾⣲⣾⡿⣿⣿⡦⣦⣶⣾⣾⣯⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣤⣷⣾⣶⣶⣷⣷⣿⣿⣿⣧⣄⣼⣽⣾⣷⣶⣿⣿⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣴⣼⣵⣾⣷⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⢸
⠃⠋⣇⣀⣠⣄⣤⣠⣠⣄⡈⣿⣿⣿⣇⣀⣀⣀⣤⣠⣤⣨⣀⣠⣿⣿⣅⣀⣏⣤⣤⡄⣤⣀⣬⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⢸
⠇⢋⠛⠚⠛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⢸
⠀⡎⡖⠓⡒⠿⠿⠿⠟⠯⠿⢿⣿⣿⡟⠛⠻⠻⠿⠻⠻⠻⣿⣿⣿⣽⠟⠛⡟⠿⠻⠽⠿⠿⠿⠿⠻⠿⣿⠋⠉⠻⠻⠻⠿⠿⠿⠻⢿⣿⠏⠙⠻⠻⠿⠽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⡟⠛⡻⠿⠿⠿⠻⠯⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⢸
⡀⠇⡿⢶⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⣷⣦⣺⣶⣴⣶⣦⣶⣿⣻⣿⣿⣷⣶⣷⣶⣶⣶⣖⣶⣶⣶⣶⣾⣽⡤⠤⣴⣶⣖⣶⢶⣶⣶⣾⣿⣧⠤⢴⣖⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠤⣷⣶⣶⣾⢶⣲⣾⣿⣿⣿⢸⢸
⠀⣫⣇⣈⣏⣉⣉⣹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⡀⢈⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣿⣇⠀⣅⢉⣉⣉⣉⣁⠽⣿⣿⣿⣻⡁⠀⣇⣉⣉⣉⣈⡉⢈⣻⡽⡁⠀⢄⠉⣩⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⠂⣈⣉⢁⣉⣉⣁⣉⣈⣉⣿⢸⢸
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posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Sep 07, 2026
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Quoting: This 25-year old patent just expired—and Linux video playback is one
step closer to being perfect —
How-To Geek logo Here is a fact-based summary of the story contents:
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. 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.
Read_On!
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🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Purple_grapes_ready_for_harvest⦈_
⚓ Updated This Past Day⠀⇛
1. ⚓ Silent_Layoffs,_Cool-down,_and_Cool-off:_How_GAFAM_and_IBM_Operate_(the
Law_Doesn't_Apply_to_Them)⠀⇛
Laws? What laws?
⚓ New⠀⇛
2. ⚓ People_Who_Enforce_the_GPL_Banned_From_Linux_Foundation_Board_(After
Bribes_From_Prolific_GPL_Violators),_Now_They're_Banned_From_Giving_Talks
at_Events⠀⇛
about the "LF" ('Linux' Foundation)
3. ⚓ Gemini_Links_06/09/2026:_The_Slop_Plagiarism_'Holy_War'_(Hype,_Scam,
Scheme),_Burning_CD-Rs,_and_Hardcopy_Mono⠀⇛
Links for the day
4. ⚓ Solicitors_Regulation_Authority_(SRA)_Inaction_and_Incompetence_-_Part
IV_-_Insufficient_Resources_in_the_Face_of_Distributed_Denial_of_Service_
(DDoS)_by_Lawyers⠀⇛
it's about 120KG
5. ⚓ OpenStreetMap_is_the_Future,_Dictatorship_is_the_Past⠀⇛
OpenStreetMap helped us check maps for transport, various
overlays with addresses, and there was 0% reliance on GAFAM or
"Google" anything
6. ⚓ How_Strikes_at_the_European_Patent_Office_Are_Seen_by_Striking_Staff_in
Berlin,_Germany⠀⇛
We have some more EPO scandals to cover later this year and
next year
7. ⚓ Association_for_Computing_Machinery_Cites_Techrights_in_Relation_to
GemText_and_Gemini_Protocol⠀⇛
published yesterday, Open Access
8. ⚓ Links_06/09/2026:_More_XBox_Trouble_(Microsoft_Unrest,_Many_Silent
Layoffs_This_Month),_John_Duffy_as_Next_USPTO_General_Counsel⠀⇛
Links for the day
9. ⚓ Gemini_Links_06/09/2026:_Avoiding_'Smart'_'Phones'_and_Setting_up
Gemini_for_the_First_Time⠀⇛
Links for the day
10. ⚓ Links_06/09/2026:_Sabotage_by_Slop_and_"What_Happens_If_'Open'_'AI'
Dies?"⠀⇛
Links for the day
11. ⚓ How_Back_Doors_Became_the_'Normal'_or_'Norm'⠀⇛
"We also allowed a lethal monoculture to fester"
12. ⚓ Solicitors_Regulation_Authority_(SRA)_Inaction_and_Incompetence_-_Part
III_-_The_SRA_is_Vastly_Worse_Than_Brits_Realise,_We_Have_a_"Wild_West"
in_London⠀⇛
In the next part we'll begin looking at correspondence with the
SRA
13. ⚓ SRA_and_Manslaughter:_How_the_SRA_Contributed_to_Agony_in_Proprietary
Software_Scandals_With_Clear_Misuse_of_"Without_Prejudice"⠀⇛
Trying to prevent the public from finding out the criminal
stuff that went on, resulting in many deaths
14. ⚓ Canonical_(or_Ubuntu)_Rejecting_IRC_Isn't_the_Widespread_Trend⠀⇛
Internet Relay Chat (IRC) adoption still growing by some
yardsticks
15. ⚓ SLAPP_Censorship_-_Part_173_Out_of_200:_Two_Years⠀⇛
It was exactly 2 years ago that we filed lawsuits against
Garrett
16. ⚓ Linux_of_America⠀⇛
We could not help but notice GNU/Linux in North America
yesterday
17. ⚓ Over_at_Tux_Machines...⠀⇛
GNU/Linux news for the past day
18. ⚓ IRC_Proceedings:_Saturday,_September_05,_2026⠀⇛
IRC logs for Saturday, September 05, 2026
19. ⚓ Gemini_Links_06/09/2026:_Internet_Limiting_(Limited_Time_Allotted)_and
Solar_MiniServer⠀⇛
Links for the day
20. ⚓ Eight_Months_of_Strikes_in_EPO,_Organised_by_the_Staff_Union_(SUEPO)
Also_in_Berlin⠀⇛
In Berlin, only one member of staff voted against the action
plan
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⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣶⣴⣎⣿⣿⡻⠟⠀⣄⡀⠀⠁⠌⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣷⣿⣿⡎⠸⣷⡙⠗⠈⠛⠓⠈⠿⠟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢍⠙⣿⣿⣿⣷⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⢠⣤⠚⠏⠙⠉⠙⠂
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠟⢿⡿⣋⣰⡷⠀⠃⠀⠰⡁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣠⣄⣤⣾⢿⢧⣤⡞⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣓⠶⢦⣤⣤⣿⣡
⣉⣭⣤⣶⣶⡶⡿⣿⣶⠟⠛⣀⡰⡿⠀⠀⡿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣾⣿⣿⣾⣿⢿⡿⢦⣿⣏⢁⣘⣽⣍⠁⢀⢀⣠⣤⣀⣀⣀⣀⣶⣦⣄⠀⠀⠀⠘⣿⣿⣿⡝⢩⢀⣷⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⠛⠛⠿⣿⣿⣛⡛⠛⣂⣉⡈⣩⣿
⣿⣿⣿⡿⠛⠃⣿⡿⢻⣶⡜⡟⠁⣰⠆⣿⣿⠀⠠⠄⠀⢀⡀⠈⠛⢻⣿⣿⣦⣦⣘⣗⢁⣿⠿⠙⠉⣴⡿⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⡆⠈⣾⣿⣿⡿⠇⡾⣷⣟⣿⣿⣿⡿⣷⣿⣼⣤⣏⣿⣝⣋⣪⣭⣔⣓⣾⣧
⣽⣿⣿⣿⣆⣾⣶⣿⠻⣧⣠⠁⣀⣠⣾⣾⠇⢀⡀⢾⣶⣾⣿⣦⣦⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠟⣂⡄⠛⣤⡤⢞⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣻⡳⢻⣟⣃⣶⢿⡷⣴⢿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡦⡿⠗⢅⣉⣿⣿⣿
⡿⣹⣿⣄⡲⣋⡁⢛⢴⣿⢀⣾⣿⠿⠿⡿⣾⢻⣁⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⠛⣡⣿⠉⢀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⠋⡈⢿⠛⣿⣿⣿⣽⣷⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣽⣿⣿⣿⣧⣴⡻⢿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿
⡯⣽⣿⣿⣷⡏⠁⢡⣌⣻⣼⣿⣿⢱⣶⣌⣹⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣤⣥⣁⠀⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣭⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣆⣵⣞⠻⣟⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢯⣙⠝⡟⠿⡿
⢻⣯⠿⣿⢋⣥⣾⣾⣿⠿⣟⣟⣿⣏⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣉⡉⣿⣛⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⠟⠼⠚⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣏⠾⠷⠓⠊⣤⣼⣥⡼⢿⡆⠀
⣷⣿⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣵⣀⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠛⢻⣿⡻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣯⢁⠘⣻⡛⣿⡳⣭⣿⠗⢼⡾⠃⢚⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣛⢀⡄⢄⣌⣤⣍⣿⣿⡏⠹⢟⠙
⣿⢢⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⢟⣽⣹⣿⣿⣛⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣻⣿⣟⣻⣿⣿⣾⣾⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⡛⢃⢀⣕⣿⡏⠁⠈⠀⡯⢶⡖⠱⠚⠑⠈⠛⣋⠙⠻⣿⣽⣄⣺⢽⣻⣿⣯⠆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁
⣼⣿⣯⣵⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⡿⡇⣦⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⡥⡉⢿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⣯⣍⣉⣭⡽⠏⡈⠈⠉⡀⠀⠀⠉⠙⠉⠁⠀⠆⠀⠂⠀⠑⠂⠙⠻⠑⡆⠐⡤⡻⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⣼⣿⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣷⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣥⣲⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⡟⣼⡟⡒⠀⠀⠈⠀⠓⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠂⣠⠐⠀⠀⢀⠀⡐⠲⣀⣈⡉⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀
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* ⚓ 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.
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* ⚓ 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.
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