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⦿ Tux Machines - Android Leftovers
⦿ Tux Machines - Applications and Games Leftovers
⦿ Tux Machines - Audacious 4.6.2 Open-Source Media Player Released with Wayland Improvements
⦿ Tux Machines - Best Free and Open Source Software
⦿ Tux Machines - BleachBit 6.0.6 System Cleaner Adds Support for Ubuntu 26.10, openSUSE Leap 16.1
⦿ Tux Machines - BSD Leftovers
⦿ Tux Machines - Free Software, Openwashing, Digital Sovereignty, and Open Access/Content
⦿ Tux Machines - Gentoo-Based MocaccinoOS 26.10 Released with COSMIC 1.10 and KDE Plasma 6.7.5
⦿ Tux Machines - GNU Linux-Libre 7.3 Kernel Released for Those Seeking 100% Freedom for Their PCs
⦿ Tux Machines - I keep trying to escape Fedora, but it's the perfect Linux distro for me
⦿ Tux Machines - I tried CachyOS, but here's why Bazzite is still my go-to Linux gaming distro
⦿ Tux Machines - Linux Mint’s new system monitor does more than you’d expect
⦿ Tux Machines - Linux Terminal Commands
⦿ Tux Machines - MKVToolNix 103 “The Darkness” MKV Manipulation Tool Brings New Features
⦿ Tux Machines - Programming Leftovers
⦿ Tux Machines - Review: FydeOS 23.0
⦿ Tux Machines - Today in Techrights
⦿ Tux Machines - today's leftovers
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https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/19/Free_Software_Openwashing_Digital_Sovereignty_and_Open_Access_C.shtml
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https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/19/I_keep_trying_to_escape_Fedora_but_it_s_the_perfect_Linux_distr.shtml
https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/19/I_tried_CachyOS_but_here_s_why_Bazzite_is_still_my_go_to_Linux_.shtml
https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/19/Linux_Mint_s_new_system_monitor_does_more_than_you_d_expect.shtml
https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/19/Linux_Terminal_Commands.shtml
https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/19/MKVToolNix_103_The_Darkness_MKV_Manipulation_Tool_Brings_New_Fe.shtml
https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/19/Programming_Leftovers.shtml
https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/19/Review_FydeOS_23_0.shtml
https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/19/Today_in_Techrights.shtml
https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/19/today_s_leftovers.shtml
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posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Oct 19, 2026
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇firefox_mascot_and_bugdroid⦈_
* ⚓ Firefox_on_Android_has_thousands_of_add-ons_that_Chrome_and_Brave_can't
match⠀⇛
* ⚓ My_old_Android_tablet_became_a_Wacom-style_drawing_pad_in_under_5
minutes⠀⇛
* ⚓ An_old_Honor_9_can_help_power_a_humanoid_robot,_showing_how_obsolete
smartphones_could_find_an_unusual_second_life_|_TechRadar⠀⇛
* ⚓ I_turned_my_non-Pixel_Android_into_a_Pixel_clone_to_unlock_these
exclusive_features⠀⇛
* ⚓ After_a_week_with_a_Googlebook,_I_can't_shake_the_feeling_I'm_using_an
Android_tablet_disguised_as_a_laptop⠀⇛
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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 19, 2026
* § Applications⠀➾
o ⚓ TDR_Nova_FREE_dynamic_EQ_now_supports_Linux⠀⇛
Tokyo Dawn Labs has updated TDR Nova, its free dynamic
equalizer, to version 2.2.3 with native Linux support.
The update arrived on October 12, and it marks the first
official Linux version of Nova. I’m not a Linux user, but
I know many of you are, and one of the best free plugins
is now available on all three major operating systems.
* § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
o ⚓ Ronalds Vilciņš ☛ Choosing_Between_srcset_and_picture⠀⇛
srcset and both offer image choices, but they
answer different questions. Use srcset when the browser
should choose a file size. Use when you need to
choose the image itself.
* § Games⠀➾
o ⚓ Tom's Hardware ☛ MIT_engineers_build_soft_3D_shape-sensing_skin
for_gaming_and_VR⠀⇛
MIT engineers embedded soft optical fibers in a silicone
sheet that reconstructs its own 3D shape, aimed at
gaming, VR, and physical therapy.
o ⚓ Boiling Steam ☛ New_Steam_Games_Playable_on_the_Steam_Deck,_with
Enshrouded,_Over_the_Hill,_and_Warhammer_40k:_Boltgun_2_-_2026-10-
17_Edition⠀⇛
Between 2026-10-10 and 2026-10-17 we selected 16 newly
released games that are rated as Verified or Playable on
the Steam Deck, and meeting specific criteria in terms of
user ratings. This week quite a few good titles, with
Enshrouded reaching 1.0 and being widely recognized as
great solo/multiplayer survival action RPG (with base
building). If you are looking for something more
relaxing, Over the Hill takes you offroad across
challenging terrains, one more time either solo or with
friends. Finally, there’s a new entry in the Warhammer
40k series with the sequel Boltgun 2, a pixel-art shooter
that improved on most of the issues from the first opus.
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I have just released a new version of pcsc-lite_2.5.3.
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posted by Marius Nestor on Oct 19, 2026
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Audacious⦈_
Coming more than four months after Audacious 4.6.1, which only added support
for XDG cache dir to store temporary files, a Georgian translation, and
extended support for embedded lyrics, the Audacious 4.6.2 release adds support
for SID files and parse more metadata and support for MPRIS OpenUri method.
Audacious 4.6.2 is also the first release to achieve feature parity for the Qt
Winamp interface compared to GTK, as the app now shows the advanced skin
selector in the Settings window, adds support for installing skin files by
dropping them on the main window, and implements the “View > On All Workspaces”
menu option on X11/Xwayland.
Read_on
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posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Oct 19, 2026
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇FractGen⦈_
* ⚓ FractGen_-_extensible_fractal_generator⠀⇛
The software is designed for creating fractal images at
arbitrary output sizes, with the practical limit determined by
available virtual memory. Projects can be saved as FractGen
files and later reopened, processed from the desktop
applications or rendered from scripts.
The command-line component makes FractGen useful beyond
interactive exploration. Existing project files can be rendered
in batch jobs with explicit image dimensions, iteration limits
and output formats, making it straightforward to automate large
image sets.
This is free and open source software.
* ⚓ pstate-frequency_-_control_CPU_p-state_settings⠀⇛
pstate-frequency is a shell-based utility for controlling CPU
frequency-scaling policy on Linux. It provides a single
command-line interface for querying and changing settings
exposed by supported CPU scaling drivers.
The program works with Intel P-state, AMD P-state in supported
modes and acpi-cpufreq. It changes policy values presented to
the kernel and processor rather than forcing a modern CPU to
run at an exact clock speed, so the frequency actually selected
by the hardware can vary from the requested limits.
This is free and open source software.
* ⚓ gh-stack_-_GitHub_CLI_extension_for_stacked_pull_requests⠀⇛
gh-stack is a GitHub CLI extension for managing stacked
branches and pull requests. Stacked pull requests break a large
change into a chain of smaller changes, with each branch based
on the one below it. This gives reviewers a focused diff for
each layer while developers continue working further up the
stack.
The extension keeps stack metadata alongside the Git repository
and coordinates local branches with GitHub’s stack information.
It is aimed at terminal users who want common stacked-branch
operations handled through the gh stack command rather than
manually updating branch bases, pull requests and local
tracking data.
This is free and open source software.
* ⚓ Matras_-_native_Mattermost_client_for_GNOME⠀⇛
The application brings together channel conversations, direct
messages, threaded discussions and voice and video calls. Its
adaptive interface uses a channel sidebar, conversation area
and contextual panel for threads or the inbox. The layout
adjusts to narrower windows, making it suitable for different
screen sizes.
Matras communicates with Mattermost servers through their REST
API and WebSocket connections. It supports multiple server
accounts and stores authentication tokens using the desktop’s
Secret Service. Some functionality remains incomplete,
including browsing older message history, link previews and
slash commands.
This is free and open source software.
* ⚓ 6_Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Molecular_Dynamics_and_Simulation_Tools⠀⇛
Molecular dynamics software can simulate proteins, liquids,
polymers, membranes and solid materials. These tools typically
support the construction of molecular models, execution of
simulations and analysis of results. Many take advantage of
parallel processing and GPU acceleration to handle
computationally demanding simulations.
The software is useful for computational chemists, molecular
biologists, biophysicists, materials scientists and
pharmaceutical researchers. It also provides valuable
educational resources for students studying molecular modelling
and computational science.
* ⚓ Skorpion_OS_-_Debian-based_Linux_distribution_with_local_AI⠀⇛
Skorpion OS is a Debian-based Linux distribution designed to
bring artificial intelligence into everyday desktop work. Its
SKAI subsystem uses Ollama to run language models on the user’s
computer, with the aim of keeping AI requests and their
processing away from third-party services.
The project is intended for people who want to interact with
Linux in natural language, including users unfamiliar with
terminal commands. It retains a conventional desktop and
command-line environment, so experienced users can work without
relying on the assistant.
* ⚓ Par_Fractal_-_GPU-accelerated_2D_and_3D_fractal_renderer⠀⇛
The application covers familiar escape-time sets such as
Mandelbrot, Julia, Burning Ship and Tricorn alongside
Buddhabrot visualisations, strange attractors and ray-marched
3D structures such as Mandelbulb, Mandelbox, Menger Sponge and
Apollonian Gasket. Deep zooming uses perturbation techniques to
avoid the precision collapse that normally appears at extreme
magnification.
The same code base supports Linux through Vulkan and can also
run in a compatible web browser using WebGPU. Rendering quality
can be adjusted to balance visual fidelity and performance on
different graphics hardware.
This is free and open source software.
* ⚓ lazyftp_-_keyboard-driven_terminal_FTP_client⠀⇛
The application is intended for users who prefer terminal
applications but still want the convenience of a visual file
browser. Local and remote panes behave consistently, and files
can be selected, inspected and transferred using keyboard
shortcuts.
Transfers run in the background with live progress information,
leaving the interface available for further navigation.
Connection and transfer activity is also recorded in a
scrollable log. This is free and open source software.
* ⚓ hyprsunset_-_blue_light_filter_for_Hyprland⠀⇛
The application uses Hyprland’s colour transformation matrix
protocol to modify the appearance of connected displays. It
supports automatic changes at specified times and manual
adjustments through command-line controls, allowing users to
configure different display characteristics throughout the day.
This is free and open source software.
* ⚓ git-spice_-_manage_stacked_Git_branches⠀⇛
A typical workflow creates one branch on top of another,
submits the stack for review, synchronises with the remote
repository after changes are merged, and then restacks the
remaining branches on top of the latest base. The short gs
command and compact command aliases keep these operations quick
to invoke from a terminal.
This is free and open source software.
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🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇BleachBit_6.0.6⦈_
BleachBit 6.0.6 introduces native package support for Ubuntu 26.10 and openSUSE
Leap 16.1 distributions, new cleaners for the Helium web browser and Docker
Desktop, including Docker’s AI assistant, and support for cleaning more crash
reports, GPU caches, and network state files in web browsers and VS Code-based
editors.
This release also adds support for cleaning more cache and session files in
Claude Code, speeds up application startup, deep scan, file deletion, and file
wiping, and extends the cleaners for Adobe Acrobat, Devin, GIMP, Google Earth,
TeamViewer, Visual Studio Code, VLC, Zen browser, and Zoom apps on macOS.
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* ⚓ Undeadly ☛ Introducing_uncm(4)⠀⇛
All of this was done just-in-time for the upcoming 8.0 release,
so people who have a new laptop with a wireless network card
that requires firmware can use their Android mobile phone to
fetch the installation.
* ⚓ Eskild Hustvedt ☛ Finding_a_home_amidst_the_wreckage⠀⇛
I've been looking into community-focused distros that have firm
LLM policies. While doing this I came over the post «Creating
distro build tooling for a small community» on the Chimera
Linux website. I was intrigued. They also reject LLM
contributions completely.
It's not just their firm focus on community that makes Chimera
interesting, though. They've also got a tech stack that
deviates from mainstream Linux. Chimera uses musl, not glibc,
it uses a FreeBSD-derived userspace, not GNU coreutils, and it
uses dinit, not systemd.
* ⚓ Christian Hofstede-Kuhn ☛ The_T480_Is_Back:_My_FreeBSD_15.1_Laptop,
From_Boot_to_Browser_|_Larvitz_Blog⠀⇛
I wrote about power tuning my ThinkPad T480 on FreeBSD last
year. That was the article you write when a laptop is still a
project: get the graphics driver loaded, persuade the wireless
card to connect, measure battery drain, repeat. My T14s later
became my main writing machine, but the T480 stayed on my desk.
Recently I brought it back into regular use.
The interesting thing now is how uninteresting it feels. I log
in to Xfce, join my 5 GHz network, watch a video in Firefox or
Chromium, sit through a Zoom call, send audio to my Bluetooth
speaker, sign a Git commit with my card and work with coding
agents. It all runs on FreeBSD. There are machine-specific
details behind that sentence, so this is both a status report
and a set of notes for another T480 owner.
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* ⚓ Chris Holdgraf ☛ Building_a_MyST_authoring_environment_to_identify
things_that_MyST_core_could_improve_-_Welcome⠀⇛
tl;dr: I’ve built a few new tools in the MyST ecosystem in
order to improve the authoring experience and drive the
creation of a few building blocks and improvements in core MyST
along the way! Here are the main things I worked on: [...]
* § Openwashing⠀➾
o ⚓ Open Source Initiative ☛ New_website_reflects_OSI’s_evolving
mission⠀⇛
[Ed: Microsoft OSI changes its mission after promotion of slop, GPL
violations etc.]
Over the years, OSI’s work has expanded beyond the Open
Source Definition and licensing to encompass policy and
standards, research and education, and Open Source AI.
The new website brings these areas into clearer focus,
making it easier for the community and our partners to
discover what we do and find ways to get involved.
* § Events⠀➾
o ⚓ FOSS Force ☛ ‘All_Things_Open’_Changes_Its_Tune,_but_the_Song
Remains_the_Same⠀⇛
A new format shakes up this year’s All Things Open, but
familiar faces and a strong sense of community keep us
coming back.
* § SaaS/Back End/Databases⠀➾
o ⚓ PostgreSQL ☛ pgBackRest_2.60.0_Released⠀⇛
October 18, 2026: The pgBackRest community is pleased to
announce the release of pgBackRest 2.60.0, the latest
version of the reliable, easy-to-use backup and restore
solution that can seamlessly scale up to the largest
databases and workloads.
* § Education⠀➾
o ⚓ Marcin Juszkiewicz ☛ FOSDEM_2027_will_be_my_last_one⠀⇛
FOSDEM grows and grows each year, with the last two
editions (2025 and 2026) crossing the one thousand talk
mark. There are so many to choose from, yet each year I
select fewer and fewer.
My interests in the FOSS world have changed during those
twenty years. Several times. And my list of things I do
not want to hear about grows as well.
Also, as I grow older, I get more tired with crowds. And
FOSDEM has real crowds each year.
* § FSF / Software Freedom / Digital Sovereignty⠀➾
o ⚓ Hindustan Times ☛ Starlink_and_the_digital_sovereignty_question⠀⇛
Most Indians will never deal with SAP or Microsoft
licensing teams. But they will depend on hospitals,
banks, telecom networks, and public services that run on
similar layers of foreign technology.
Digital sovereignty is not freedom from the world. It is
the ability to keep essential services running when
foreign laws, suppliers, or sanctions restrict access to
technology. It means having choices that can survive
pressure. The institutions exercising that power must
also answer to citizens, with remedies when digital
systems deny them services or violate their rights.
o ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Manufacturing_self-reliance_sounds_great_for
security._A_weaker_economy_doesn’t⠀⇛
National security analysts have been quick to call for
greater Australian economic resilience in the form of
ramped-up domestic technical development and
manufacturing.
* § Openness/Sharing/Collaboration⠀➾
o § Open Access/Content⠀➾
# ⚓ Terence Tao ☛ Starting_a_new_journal⠀⇛
Prioritizing understanding over being first. We
place far greater value on how much a paper deepens
our understanding of its results and proofs than on
whether it provides the first proof of those
results.
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🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇MocaccinoOS_26.10⦈_
Coming a month after MocaccinoOS 26.09, the MocaccinoOS 26.10 release updates
the KDE Plasma edition to KDE Plasma 6.7.5 and the COSMIC edition to COSMIC
1.10. Under the hood, MocaccinoOS 26.10 ships the long-term supported Linux
6.18.57 LTS kernel, Mesa 26.2.4 graphics stack, and GCC 16.2.1 compiler.
This release also continues to improve the performance of the optional x86-64-
v3 optimized builds introduced in MocaccinoOS 26.09, on supported modern CPUs,
and adds support for the latest NVIDIA 595.104.02 graphics driver for NVIDIA
GPU users, who can install it from the software repository.
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⠀⠄⣀⠠⠤⣀⣀⠀⠈⠙⠻⣟⠭⢓⠢⢴⣴⣾⣿⣿⠶⠟⢋⣭⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⠛⣉⣷⡅⣋⣉⣉⣉⣉⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⣾⣿⣿⣼⣇⣛⣿⣛⣛⣛⣦⣶⡿⠆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣾⡿⠂⠀
⠀⠀⠂⣌⠒⢿⣿⣿⣶⣾⣭⣤⣼⣿⣷⣶⡮⣿⣿⣾⣷⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣶⣿⣿⣿⡇⡥⠤⠤⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠉⠻⠿⠞⠢⠘⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠭⢁⠄⠂⢀
⢀⣀⡨⠿⠛⢿⣿⡟⢻⣿⣿⣿⡿⢟⣫⣵⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣻⣟⣎⡙⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣿⡇⠂⠒⠒⠒⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⡀⠀⢀⡰⠶⠶⠆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡁⣀⡴⠾⠿
⠊⠁⠀⠀⢀⣨⣿⠏⠀⠉⡍⠥⢶⣿⣿⠚⣿⡫⠿⢟⡩⢯⠿⣿⣮⣷⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣭⣉⣉⣉⣁⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⠀⠀⠀⠠⠾⠿⠯⣽⢿⣯⢽⣿⢻⣷⡄⢠⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠂⠉⠀⠀⠀
⢀⣀⡀⢺⢛⡉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠇⠠⠿⠿⠿⠂⠁⠰⠿⠿⠶⠾⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠆⠤⠤⠤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⠶⠶⠶⠶⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⢸⣿⣭⣭⣭⣽⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣭⣥⣤⡀⣀⡀⢠⠄⢤⣠⣤⣤⣤⣿⣽⡽⠿⠿⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⡃⠒⣚⡒⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠉⠉⠀⠈⢉⣁⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⢸⡭⠭⣭⣭⠭⠉⠛⠛⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡛⠋⡇⠀⠸⠿⠇⠁⠸⠿⢟⢀⣸⣿⣿⣿⡿⠛⠋⠁⠀⣡⣍⠉⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠤⠤⠤⠤⠭⠭⡭⠥⠼⠭⠬⠤⠬⠤⠤⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠠⠮⠤⠤⠤⠄⠈⠀⠀⢸⣿⠿⡿⢿⣿⣿⢿⡇⠀⠈⠉⠁⠀⣨⠭⠉⢔⡺⠟⠋⠁⠀⣰⣿⣷⡷⠷⠶⠶⠶⠶⠶⠶⠶⠶⠆⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⣖⣂⣜⣛⣛⣛⣛⡛⠿⠛⠻⠻⡓⠛⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀
⢘⡃⣒⣒⠦⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠑⠀⠀⠀⢠⠀⣠⣶⣿⠛⠃⠁⢠⢤⢄⡴⠚⣛⣿⣿⡇⣛⣉⡉⠉⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠑⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣷⣦⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠨⢀⢤⠖⠁⠀
⣨⣭⣭⣥⠔⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⢀⠀⠀⣠⣼⠀⠀⣈⠉⠛⠛⢿⠁⠀⠀⠂⣼⢀⣸⠔⣪⣿⣿⣿⡃⠥⠤⠤⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠛⠛⠛⠙⠛⠟⠛⠛⠊⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀
⠐⡗⠒⠒⠒⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⠀⣸⣦⡤⣿⢿⣿⣦⣯⣤⣤⣤⣼⡷⠦⠤⠾⠛⠃⣯⠄⣠⣿⣿⡟⠁⠓⠒⠒⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣄⣠⣤⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣠⣄⣄⡂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⢨⡇⣉⣁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⠀⡟⠘⠋⠋⠉⠀⠈⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠄⠀⠀⠂⠀⣰⣃⣤⣾⣿⡿⣗⣥⣶⣶⣶⣦⣀⡄⠀⠀⠀⢀⣾⣯⢻⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣄⡈⠿⠿⠟⠟⠿⠟⠟⠛⠛⠿⠿⠿⠏⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠰⠆⠶⠶⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⡿⠾⣛⣿⣭⣾⠿⢿⣿⣿⡿⠟⠋⠁⠀⠀⠀⣠⣼⣿⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠴⠀⠀⠀⠀⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣴⣾⡿⡛⡿⠿⠼⠟⠉⠁⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠀⠀⠉⠉⢥⣈⡙⠛⠩⠐⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⣑⣶⡶⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⢰⣶⣶⣶⣦⠀⣤⢤⡤⠀⠀⠀⣤⣤⡄⣤⣤⣴⣠⢤⣤⣤⣠⣦⣤⣮⠍⠋⠉⠉⢓⣯⠀⡀⢠⣶⣿⣿⣷⠶⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠠⠞⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠔⣂⡄⣀⠀⣠⠴⠚⠁⠀⠀⢀⡠⠔⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠰⠤⡤⡤⠤⠶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠁⠀⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠋⠁⠀⠀⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠤⠠⠤⡄⡤⠠⠠⠤⡄
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posted by Marius Nestor on Oct 19, 2026
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇GNU_Linux-libre⦈_
Based on the recently released Linux 7.3 kernel series, the GNU Linux-libre 7.3
kernel is here to clean up blob names in new drivers for the Tyr Mali GPU,
Morse Micro mm81x wifi, NXP wifi, and Realtek PHY, as well as new blob names in
preexisting drivers, including nova-core, amdgpu, adreno, tegra, iris video
decoder, rtw89, and mt76 wifi.
This release also adds support for cleaning more cache and session files in
Claude Code, speeds up application startup, deep scan, file deletion, and file
wiping, and extends the cleaners for Adobe Acrobat, Devin, GIMP, Google Earth,
TeamViewer, Visual Studio Code, VLC, Zen browser, and Zoom apps on macOS.
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⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣷⣤⣶⣶⣶⣾⠆⠀⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⡇⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⢸⡇⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣴⡤⣤⣤⡤⠤⠀⢈⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⣿⠏⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢀⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⡇⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⢸⡇⢀⣻⣛⣛⣃⣛⣣⣬⣴⣴⣶⣷⠨⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠀⢀⣚⣀⣀⠈⠉⠉⣭⠉⠉⠈⠙⠉⠁⠉⠀⢸⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⡇⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⢸⡇⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠘⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⠘⠀⠀⠈⠉⠉⠙⠛⠛⢹⣿⡏⠛⠟⠛⠋⠉⠁⠀⢸⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⡇⢠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⢸⡇⠸⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠟⠋⠉⣉⣁⡀⢰⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⣤⣤⣀⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠨⠤⠉⠘⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣾⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⡇⠺⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠛⠙⠿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⢸⡇⠀⠾⠶⠶⠆⣾⣷⠚⠛⠋⠁⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠸⡿⠋⠀⠀⠀⠈⢿⣿⣵⣿⡇⢠⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⣹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⢸⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠂⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⣘⣽⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣔⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⢿⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣤⣴⣿⣧⠈⠙⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⡼⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
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posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Oct 19, 2026
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Quoting: I keep trying to escape Fedora, but it's the perfect Linux distro for
me —
So I'm trying to escape Fedora. It's not because I don't like Fedora
(I do), and it's not because I hate Red Hat (I don't). It's because
Fedora was only the second Linux distro I took seriously. The first
was Linux Mint, which convinced me that Linux was worth the effort;
once I had learned what I did and didn't want from my distro, I
packed up and moved to Fedora KDE.
There's absolutely nothing wrong with settling for the second distro
you ever come across, but with so many options, all of which are
doing something unique, and all of which are free, I had the feeling
that simply staying with Fedora forever would be foolish; at least,
not without me exploring other distros. There's just one problem: no
matter how hard I try, I cannot escape Fedora.
Read_On!
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still my go-to Linux gaming distro⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧
posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Oct 19, 2026
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇cachyOS⦈_
Quoting: I tried CachyOS, but here's why Bazzite is still my go-to Linux gaming
distro —
CachyOS has taken the Linux world by storm lately. It’s currently one
of the most popular Linux distros, and for good reason — it’s fast,
polished, and, most importantly, reliable. I’ve used it myself, and I
can see why so many people, especially Linux gamers, are fans of it.
That said, if I were building a Linux gaming system, I’d choose
Bazzite over CachyOS, and it boils down to one key reason.
Read_On!
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posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Oct 19, 2026
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇system_monitor⦈_
Quoting: Linux Mint's new system monitor does more than you'd expect - OMG!
Ubuntu —
The app is called Superlight (well, that’s the project and package
name; the user-facing label is just System Monitor). It shows
hardware, app and process usage, relays battery stats and has an
interactive storage page to find out what files and folders are using
the most space.
It’s still under active development, but I took it for a spin to see
how it fares and what it offers. Keep in mind that more features may
be added or changed between now and when it gets its first stable
release.
Read_On!
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posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Oct 19, 2026
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇terminal⦈_
* ⚓ Linux_terminal_commands_don't_have_to_be_complicated,_here_are_3_modern
replacements_I_use_instead⠀⇛
Some Linux commands have been around since time immemorial and
are still widely used today. These commands work. They're both
reliable and powerful. The problem is, if you're someone like
me who isn't in the terminal all the time, they're not
particularly intuitive. Most of the time, I use Linux through
its graphical interface. I was never really interested in
memorizing a bunch of complicated commands just to accomplish
things that I could point and click at. When I do decide to
open the terminal, I want command-line tools that don’t make
things unnecessarily complicated.
Today, there are more modern replacements that have built on
several traditional Linux commands, making common tasks easier
while adding useful features. Some of these tools give users
visual improvements, while others simplify the syntax needed to
get the job done. And don't worry, you don't have to abandon
the original commands. They're still useful and supported. The
goal for someone like me is to make my occasional trip to the
command line a little simpler.
* ⚓ 5_terminal_tools_that_make_Linux_easier_without_forcing_you_to_become_a
programmer⠀⇛
Here is a fact-based summary of the story contents:
The Linux terminal can be a barrier when you start exploring
Linux. Initially, I pasted commands from forums, but avoided
going beyond what the forums showed, for fear that I might
break something.
It's been several years, and I no longer approach the terminal
with this same fear or caution, but that change didn't come
only from studying commands. I found and installed small
terminal tools that handle the hard part for me, and they don't
require any programming knowledge.
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posted by Marius Nestor on Oct 19, 2026
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇MKVToolNix_103⦈_
MKVToolNix 103 comes about two months after MKVToolNix 101, which only updated
a couple of dependencies, and one month after MKVToolNix 102, which only fixed
a security issue. MKVToolNix 103 is a more hefty update introducing support for
setting stereo mode from the frame packing arrangement SEI message in the video
stream for AVC/H.264 and HEVC/H.265.
This can be done in mkvmerge if neither the command line nor the container
specifies one. According to the devs, the implementation works for MP4,
Matroska, AVC elementary stream, HEVC elementary stream, and MPEG transport
stream input, and is already known during file identification.
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⚓ Nicolas Fränkel ☛ Maps_without_a_tile_server⠀⇛
If you have built an application with an interactive map, you know
what you are in for. You pick a tile provider such as Google or
Mapbox, or a self-hosted stack like GeoServer or Martin, and your
frontend requests thousands of small image or vector tiles as the
user interacts with the map. A server processes each request: it
reads from a database, renders the tile, maybe caches it, and sends
it back. That server is infrastructure: it needs to be deployed,
monitored, and scaled.
* ⚓ Andrew Nesbitt ☛ This_Week_in_Package_Management:_17_October_2026⠀⇛
This week’s package management news, gathered from the package
manager OPML feed collection, my posts and boosts on Mastodon,
and anything people sent me.
* ⚓ Steinar H Gunderson ☛ Steinar_H._Gunderson:_Decompilation_patterns,
part_15:_Redundant_if-for⠀⇛
Yet another way of writing for loops: [...]
* ⚓ Dirk Eddelbuettel ☛ Dirk_Eddelbuettel:_myman_0.12.0_on_CRAN:_Two_new
waves!⠀⇛
Another new and exciting version of our still-new package myman
reached CRAN this morning, and has been has also been updated.
The package offers twenty one hundred eighty four
This release regroups two new waves of posts mocking,
respectively, Peter Thiel and Michael Tracy, and make a small
update to continuous integration. The short NEWS entry for this
release follows.
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posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Oct 19, 2026,
updated Oct 19, 2026
Quoting: DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD. —
Do an Internet search for "FydeOS installation troubleshooting," and
sooner or later - and usually much sooner - you'll run across a
comment like this: "Great OS, but installation is almost impossible."
Which pretty much sums up my experience with Fyde, a UK-based open-
source distribution that mimics the operating system used in
Chrombooks, theoretically making it possible to add Android apps
through several app stores. In this, it's supposed to be a drop-in
replacement for ChromeOS, using your own hardware instead of a
Chromebook.
But know this: Fyde not only comes with ChromeOS's limitations,
whether it's using Google's apps for a better experience or trying to
make an Android app look presentable on a laptop screen, but a host
of its own. These - including the installation obstacles - may not
bother someone coming from Windows, who is used to struggling for
hours to install and then to get an operating system working
properly. But someone from Linux, where a mostly plug and play distro
like Zorin can take as little as 10 minutes to install and get
running, could find themselves sighing and even cursing as they try
to negotiate Fyde's peculiarities. Even my sole attempt at an Arch-
based experience was easier than Fyde.
This doesn't mean that Fyde isn't interesting or that it doesn't fill
a niche, because it is and it does. And it looks terrific, once it's
finally running.
Read_On!
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🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Watching_Sunset⦈_
⚓ Updated This Past Day⠀⇛
1. ⚓ Slop_is_"just_a_hobby,_won't_be_big_and_professional_like_GNU."⠀⇛
What Torvalds says about "hey hi" ("AI") does not prove he is
in charge
⚓ New⠀⇛
2. ⚓ Gemini_Links_18/10/2026:_Hobbies,_RAM_Prices,_and_Avoiding_GAFAM⠀⇛
Links for the day
3. ⚓ Intercontinental_Brigading_-_Part_VII_-_Weekend_Abuse_Reported_to
British_Police_(Rogue_Actors_Take_No_Breaks)⠀⇛
Some time in the next few days I'll share an elaborate report
4. ⚓ Gemini_Links_18/10/2026:_Hospitals,_Literature,_Fixed_IP_Addresses,_and
Sunday_Types⠀⇛
Links for the day
5. ⚓ Links_18/10/2026:_Brazil_Reduces_Deforestation,_Some_4-5_Gray's_Inn
Square_Scandals_in_Insolvency_Petition_of_Reform_UK⠀⇛
Links for the day
6. ⚓ UbuntuBuzz_is_LLM_Slop⠀⇛
Tragic
7. ⚓ "Assisted_by_NSA"_and_"It's_Just_a_Tool"_(So_Fine!)⠀⇛
Free software is meant to be produced by people who value and
pursue Software Freedom
8. ⚓ Gemini_Links_18/10/2026:_Movies,_Greenland,_and_Detectors_of_Slop
Plagiarism⠀⇛
Links for the day
9. ⚓ Links_18/10/2026:_TikTok_Censors_Criticism_of_MElon,_"Trump’s_Latest
Attempt_to_Be_the_King",_and_"Big_Tech_Oligarchs_Have_a_Terrible_Plan_for
Humanity"⠀⇛
Links for the day
10. ⚓ Over_at_Tux_Machines...⠀⇛
GNU/Linux news for the past day
11. ⚓ IRC_Proceedings:_Saturday,_October_17,_2026⠀⇛
IRC logs for Saturday, October 17, 2026
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* § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾
o ⚓ Jupiter Broadcasting ☛ First_Kontact_|_LINUX_Unplugged_689⠀⇛
A new documentary reveals KDE's 30-year underdog story.
Plasma pioneer Aaron Seigo joins us to look back, and
explore what's next with Plasma 6.8.
o ⚓ [Old] Constellation Research Inc ☛ The_Human_Edge_in_an_Age_of
Agentic_AI_|_DisrupTV_Ep._439_|_Constellation_Research⠀⇛
DisrupTV Episode 439 brought together some of the most
influential voices shaping the future of the internet and
artificial intelligence: Vint Cerf, often referred to as
one of the fathers of the internet; Dr. David Bray,
distinguished Chair of the Accelerator, Stimson Center &
Principal/CEO, LDA Ventures Inc; and Cheryl Strauss
Einhorn, founder of Decisive and author of The Human
Edge: Smarter Decisions in the Age of AI. Joined by hosts
Vala Afshar and R “Ray” Wang, the conversation explored
one of the defining leadership questions of this decade:
What does it mean to lead — and remain deeply human — in
a world where intelligence is no longer exclusively ours?
Across topics ranging from autonomous agents and
synthetic media to decision science, governance, and the
future of work, one message became increasingly clear:
organizations that thrive in the age of AI will be those
that combine technological acceleration with stronger
human judgment, accountability, and critical thinking.
* § Desktop Environments (DE)/Window Managers (WM)⠀➾
o ⚓ OMG Ubuntu ☛ Tiling_Shell_now_supports_mouse_button_layout
activation⠀⇛
A new version of the Tiling Shell GNOME extension is out,
adding support for GNOME 51 and a faster way to tile app
windows using nothing but your mouse. Tiling Shell v18.0
lets you use your right mouse button for tiling system
activation. It’s feature fans of Tiling Shell had
requested, many accustomed to it from Windows’ PowerToys’
FancyZones. You click your left button to grab and drag
the window then, with it held, hold the right mouse
button to trigger the on-screen tiling layout.
o § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾
# ⚓ Harmonicon's_bending_trainer⠀⇛
Bending is the hardest thing to learn on a
harmonica, mostly because you can’t see it. You
change the shape of your mouth and throat, and the
only feedback is whether the note sounds right,
which is exactly what a beginner can’t judge yet.
The bending trainer is the screen in Harmonicon for
practising that, one bend at a time. There’s no
song and no score. You pick a hole, play, and see
where your pitch goes.
* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
o ⚓ SQ Magazine ☛ Linux_Distro_Market_Share_Statistics_2026:_Top
Distros⠀⇛
Linux runs just 4.36% of the world’s desktop operating
system market, yet the Linux kernel underpins Android at
36.21% of every operating system in use across all device
types. That gap captures the whole problem with “Linux
distro market share”: the number changes completely
depending on which population you count. Ask about
desktops, gamers, web servers, or research interest, and
each dataset names a different leader.
No single authoritative figure exists for how many people
run Ubuntu, Debian, Arch, Mint, or SteamOS. StatCounter,
Valve’s Steam Hardware Survey, W3Techs, and DistroWatch
measure four separate worlds, and the distributions that
dominate one barely appear in another. The numbers below
map all four lenses, name the source behind every figure,
and show why the “most popular distribution” answer
depends entirely on who is doing the counting.
o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾
# ⚓ Ubuntu Handbook ☛ All_The_PPAs_Updated_for_Ubuntu_26.10
Support⠀⇛
For users who have upgraded to or installed Ubuntu
26.10 Stonking Stingray, most of the PPAs
maintained by ubuntuhandbook.org have been updated
with the new Ubuntu edition support.
o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾
# ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Axera_AX8860P_16-core_Cortex-A55_SoC_takes
on_NVIDIA_DGX_Spark_at_fraction_of_the_cost⠀⇛
Axera AX8860P is a new 16-core Cortex-A55 SoC with
up to 128 TOPS/256 TOPS (FP4) NPU, 256-bit LPDDR5/
5X memory, and PCIe 5.0 connectivity, aiming to
power desktop Hey Hi (AI) solutions competing with
NVIDIA DGX Spark at a fraction of the cost. Dr. Qiu
Xiaoxin, founder and CEO of Axera, unveiled the new
AX8860/AX8860P processor a few days ago at the
China International Industrial Fair, along with
upcoming products from Sipeed and Radxa.
# ⚓ Tom's Hardware ☛ US_Army_to_use_3D-printed_rocket_motors
for_low-cost_cruise_missiles—_X-Bow_cuts_prototype_time_to
days_after_building_2,100_engines,_will_arm_the_‘Arsenal_of
Freedom’⠀⇛
While conventional manufacturing methods still
offer several advantages over 3D printing, the
latter is still more effective when dealing with
the complex geometries that some SRMs require. It’s
also a faster solution when you need to iterate
designs multiple times, which is why X-Bow can
create and build new designs in a matter of days,
instead of the months or years that it takes
traditional defense contractors to prototype and
test rocket motors.
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