openSUSE Leap 16.0 will need Steam gamers to install some extras due to no 32-bit https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/opensuse-leap-16-0-will-need-steam-gamers-to-install-some-extras-due-to-no-32-bit/

#Linux #openSUSE #openSUSELeap #Steam #LinuxGaming

Flameshot 13.0 is out with a huge set of improvements, including better privacy tools, Hyprland, Sway and COSMIC support, and greater configurability.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/flameshot-13

#qt #linux #opensource

Physics-based brawler Stick It to the Stickman from Free Lives arrives August 18 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/physics-based-brawler-stick-it-to-the-stickman-from-free-lives-arrives-august-18/

#StickIttotheStickman #Gaming #PCGaming #Linux #SteamDeck

Newelle is a desktop AI assistant for Linux, providing a native GTK front-end to cloud and local LLMs. It features voice chat, long-term memory and extensions.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/newelle-ai-assistant-ubuntu-linux-desktop?v1

#gnome #linux #llm

I'm very confident in troubleshooting the #Linux boot process from GRUB through init.

But when dm_crypt comes into play with an encrypted filesystem, I'm much less confident.

FYI, there was a DDoS attack which impacted Fedora services. It's resolved now. 👍

➡️ https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/for-your-information-ddos-affecting-most-of-the-fedoraproject-org-services/161568

#Fedora #Linux #OpenSource

Whether we need a properly open source ChromeOS alternative (or maybe we already have loads of them), what to do about bogus AI vulnerability reports, PuTTY’s confusing website confusion, a cool new game, a quick KDE Korner, and more.

https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-345/

#linux #podcast #opensource

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It's somewhat disappointing that #Linux can power a Mars Rover, but getting it to suspend properly on my laptop is impossible.

Chrome's Ozone backend will auto-detect Wayland on Linux from v140 to run natively. This should fix issues with blurry text and UI elements when fractional scaling is active.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/chrome-140-wayland-auto-detection-linux?v1

#chrome #google #linux

Heroic Games Launcher v2.18.1 brings more bug fixes for GOG and Epic Games on Linux / SteamOS https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/heroic-games-launcher-v2-18-1-brings-more-bug-fixes-for-gog-and-epic-games-on-linux-steamos/

#HeroicGamesLauncher #SteamOS #SteamDeck #Linux #GOG #EpicGames

x86 on ARM64 emulator FEX gets some huge gaming improvements https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/x86-on-arm64-emulator-fex-gets-some-huge-gaming-improvements/

#FEX #ARM #ARM64 #Emulation #OpenSource #Linux #Gaming

NVIDIA Beta driver 580.65.06 released for Linux with bug fixes and expanded Wayland support https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/nvidia-beta-driver-580-65-06-released-for-linux-with-bug-fixes-and-expanded-wayland-support/

#NVIDIA #Linux #LinuxGaming

Netmaker uses WireGuard to create secure, scalable virtual networks (VPN) that connect data centers, clouds, and edge devices including home routers. It's highly customizable and can be configured for a variety of use cases, from small businesses to large enterprises. https://github.com/gravitl/netmaker

#linux #vpn

Interest in LibreOffice, the open-source alternative to Microsoft Office, is on the rise, with weekly downloads of its software package close to 1 million a week as users look to avoid subscription costs. That’s the highest download number since 2023. It works on Linux, macOS, Windows and Unix like systems. https://www.computerworld.com/article/3840480/libreoffice-downloads-on-the-rise-as-users-look-to-avoid-subscription-costs.html

#opensource #macos #windows #linux

I run through some of July's smaller Linux app releases, including updates to the Shotcut and Kdenlive video editors, desktop dock Plank Reloaded, and more.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/linux-app-release-roundup-july-2025

#linux #opensource #foss

#Linux #hivemind

TL;DR: How would you deploy a maintainable Linux build to 14 PCs?

I have a lab network of 14 PCs at $dayjob. I want them all to have the same Linux build/image, with the same apps - (probably) Plasma, VirtualBox, LibreOffice, Packet Tracer (so JRE as well) as the basics, plus various other tools.

If the users mess up the machine somehow, they need to be easily re-imaged. It would be nice if /home could optionally be preserved, but not essential.

I am currently the most Linux-savvy person in the team that will be looking after these PCs. I'm not there all the time, so this needs to be maintainable by techies who don't daily drive Arch.

I know #Ansible could be a good option, meaning I have some flexibility with which distro. (I am open to different distros for this.) #Nix or #NixOS could also work, but the learning curve for that could be pretty steep (for me - steeper for the rest of the team), plus its non-standard approach to Linux might be confusing for some.

I guess some solution using a PXE boot and then an auto-deployed script or definition file?

#ITAdmins #ITAdministration #AskFedi #SysAdmin

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱/𝟬𝟴/𝟬𝟰 (Valuable News - 2025/08/04) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/08/04/valuable-news-2025-08-04/

Past releases: https://vermaden.wordpress.com/news/

#verblog #vernews #news #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #linux #unix #zfs #opnsense #ghostbsd #solaris #vermadenday

Following rounded bottom window corners and printer ink alerts, KDE devs fulfil another user request - this one to shift between light and dark themes based on the time of day.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/kde-plasma-6-5-auto-change-theme-night?v1

#kde #linux

This afternoon I tried to boot a KDE Linux image on my mini PC. Plasma kept crashing, so I couldn't try it out.
I'll wait for the next snapshot.

#KDE #Plasma #Linux

How good is Zed?

While I am learning and really liking Neovim, I would like to have a GUI IDE as well. One that isn't bloated or tied to big tech, where it is murky what their real plans are.

Idea is also to complement with a tool that can do things Neovim still has challenges with, in particular code refactoring that involves files and imports.

I've hear good things about Zed, so curious to hear about your experience.

#Zed #Linux #IDE #DX

I have something else to be thankful for today. At this moment in time I am busy restoring functionality on systems so that I will be able to resume important remote tasks, which shall enable me to restore the level that I am used to, when it comes down to actual value of goods

This work is highly specialized and needs a set of computing systems, communication systems which use GSM messaging systems and other means of signalling, in order to properly Act, monitor react and deploy the remote systems, of which a set of those are managed deployed monitored and configured through Proxmox.

@gyptazy has made incredibly wonderful contributions to the community of Open Source and I'm specifically highlighting his work in for example the great Proxmox load balancer.

Through the Work Of Him and other hundreds to thousands nameless Open Source coders, programmers en hackers am I able to do this work.

I am fortunate enough to have virtually met him here on the FediVerse through a beautiful forward that @stefano has made, who also makes great contributions in Open Source

Without the work of these incredible people none of this would have been possible. I would be sitting watching this beautiful scenery that I would have made myself with props

There would not be any Open Source Operating Systems, plural, driving the displays.

Being Grateful is important. Giving Thanks sends a beautifully Modulated Pulse of Energy, through the Universe to everyone.

I am thankful to you all

#OpenSource #programming #GNU #GPL #license #BSD #freeBSD #Linux #POSIX #Proxmox #thankful #thanks #FediVerse #Love #UniversalLove

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The photograph shot in total absolute darkness shows a collage of four IPS LED panels, each displaying different content. The top screen features a blue background with a flower image and a text editor window Bash shells tabbed, with code. The middle screen displays a vinyl record label of Kraftwerk Autobahn, with a colorful design and a digital audio workstation interface. The bottom screen shows a blue-toned image with abstract patterns, possibly a visualizer or a live performance. The screens are arranged vertically, with the top screen at the top, the middle screen in the center, and the bottom screen at the bottom. The background is dark, emphasizing the screens' content. Ovis2-8B 🌱 Energy used: 0.156 Wh

Ubuntu Server 25.10 removes wget from its default installation, in favour of wcurl, a wrapper included with curl.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/ubuntu-server-25-10-replaces-wget-with-wcurl?v1

#ubuntu #linux #curl

KDE dev Joshua Goins aka @redstrate just brought XP-Pen Artist 22R Pro support to Linux 6.17 as part of the We Care About You Input - KDE Goals project. More info:

https://redstrate.com/blog/2025/07/the-xp-pen-artist-22r-pro-works-on-linux-now/

#linux #kdegoals #kde #artiwithopensource

@kde@lemmy.kde.social

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@nixCraft I mean, what else do you need!

#xfce #linux

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Real Linux users don’t ask questions; they "man" up. 💪 😼

#linux

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Me when I can't remember a Linux command: There's a visibly confused cat sitting on a bed, saying "MAN".

@codemonkeymike
I follow you for quite some time already but i never knew it was that many laptops lol. ❤️

#linux #nixos

#Linux help please? 😊

Trying to get an old Kindle to communicate with Mint. Suggested:

sudo apt-get install mtpfs

but unable to locate package. Anyone any experience?

Original:-

https://ohai.social/@robchapman/114955545554930599

Steam Survey for July 2025 shows Linux approaching 3% https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/steam-survey-for-july-2025-shows-linux-approaching-3/

#Steam #SteamOS #Linux #SteamDeck #LinuxGaming

Here's another #Linux and #OpenSource News video for you!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdFme3RpdXo

Okay, so let me tell you about my doorbell, from a #networking perspective.

When you push the button by the door, it sends a message over the #zigbee wireless mesh network in my house. It probably goes through a few hops, getting relayed along the way by the various Zigbee light switches and "smart outlets" I have.

Once it makes it to my utility closet, it's received by a Zigbee-to-USB dongle, through a USB hub (a simple tree network) plugged into an SFF PC. From there, it gets fed into zigbee2mqtt, which, as the name implies, publishes it to my local #mqtt broker.

The mqtt broker is in the small #kubernetes cluster of #raspberrypi nodes I run in my utility closet. To get in (via a couple of #ethernet switch hops), it goes through #metallb, which is basically a proxy-ARP type service that advertises the IP address for the mqtt endpoint to the rest of my network, then passes the traffic to the appropriate container via a #linux veth device.

I have #HomeAssistant, running in the same Kubernetes cluster, subscribed to these events. Within Kubernetes, the message goes through the CNI plugin that I use, #flannel. If the message has to pass between hosts, Flannel encapsulates it in VXLAN, so that it can be directed to the correct veth on the destination host.

Because I like #NodeRed for automation tasks more than HomeAssistant, your press of the doorbell takes another hop within the Kubernetes cluster (via a REST call) so that NodeRed can decide whether it's within the time of day I want the doorbell to ring, etc. If we're all good, NodeRed publishes an mqtt message (more VXLANs, veths, etc.)

(Oh and it also sends a notification to my phone, which means another trip through the HomeAssistant container, and leaving my home network involves another soup of acronyms including VLANs, PoE, QoS, PPPoE, NAT or IPv6, DoH, and GPON. And maybe it goes over 5G depending on where my phone is.)

Of course something's got to actually make the "ding dong" sound, and that's another Raspberry Pi that sits on top of my grandmother clock. So to get *there* the message hops through a couple Ethernet switches and my home WiFi, where it gets received by a little custom daemon I wrote that plays the sound via an attached #HiFiBerry board. Oh but wait! We're not quite done with networking, because the sound gets played through PulseAudio, which is done through a UNIX domain socket.

SO ANYWAY, that's why my doorbell rarely works and why you've been standing outside in the snow for five minutes.

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NetworkManager 1.54 released with support for per-device IPv4 forwarding, updated nm-cloud-setup for OCI baremetal setups, loopback configuration support in nmtui, and NVMe Boot Firmware Table support in the builtin initrd-generator

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/blob/1.54.0/NEWS

#networkmanager #linuxnetworking #linux #freedesktop

KDE released their own immutable distribution KDE Linux that is based on Arch Linux (without Pacman) and uses Flatpak/Snap as the primary package managers. It comes with Distrobox and Toolbox pre-installed

https://kde.org/linux

#kdelinux #kdeplasma #linux

This is awesome. I love getting #linux and #nixos out there in the real world :)

This is an article / interview my local library system did on me and the upcycling i've been up to for the past 5 years.

https://trl.org/blogs/post/closing-the-digital-divide-qa-with-local-computer-upcycler-mike-kelly/

Last week, #Niri was added to our package repository. Have you tried it yet? Share your setups, or your thoughts!

#Solus #OpenSource #FOSS #Linux

- Evan