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

Heya folks! It's sync day, and that means it's time for the weekly Solus roundup! Read all about it on our forums: https://discuss.getsol.us/d/11825-sync-updates-for-week-31-2025

#FOSS #Linux #Solus #OpenSource

- Evan

Gary has been using a Framework 12 laptop for a few weeks and gives us his impressions of it. Are the upgradability and repairability worth the premium price he paid for it?

https://linuxafterdark.net/linux-after-dark-episode-101/

#linux #podcast #opensource #framework12

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Linux After Dark artwork

A weird thing about #Slack on #Linux #X11: whenever it gains keyboard focus, it immediately reads the X11 clipboard, even if you didn't try to paste anything. I see no evidence that it _does_ anything with what it reads, but I know it reads it.

I found this out by accident, because I wrote a stunt X11 client which owns the clipboard for just long enough to paste _once_, and then terminates. The idea was to queue up three different pastes on the command line, and paste them in quick succession into fields of a form. Works very well, _unless_ I accidentally mouse over Slack on the way to the form I want to paste into – then my focus-follows-mouse activates it, and it consumes one of my clipboard strings!

I have no idea why, or whether it's on purpose. I'm prepared to give it the benefit of the doubt, by assuming until further evidence that it's some unforeseen emergent consequence of the huge wobbly tower of libraries and wrappers and browsers that the desktop Slack app is built on top of. But it's not great. Some password managers will put passwords in the clipboard!

The new Nexus Mods app adds collections creation, library searching and more improvements https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/the-new-nexus-mods-app-adds-collections-creation-library-searching-and-more-improvements/

#NexusMods #OpenSource #Linux #SteamDeck #SteamOS #Modding

Free and open source 2D graphics editor PixiEditor 2.0 out now with Linux support https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/free-and-open-source-2d-graphics-editor-pixieditor-2-0-out-now-with-linux-support/

#PixiEditor #OpenSource #GameDev #Art #Linux

Lossless Scaling Frame Generation for Linux hits 1.0 with a new UI making it easier than ever https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/lossless-scaling-frame-generation-for-linux-hits-1-0-with-a-new-ui-making-it-easier-than-ever/

#LosslessScaling #Linux #Gaming #LinuxGaming #SteamOS #SteamDeck

Here's the most played games on Steam Deck for July 2025 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/heres-the-most-played-games-on-steam-deck-for-july-2025/

#SteamDeck #SteamOS #Gaming #Linux

Battlefield 6 will be a unplayable on Linux systems due to the anti-cheat https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/battlefield-6-will-be-a-unplayable-on-linux-systems-due-to-the-anti-cheat/

#Battlefield6 #EA #Linux #SteamOS #FPS #AntiCheat

I just played a lovely little indie puzzle game called #BunnyForest on #ItchIO!
<3

https://erytau.itch.io/bunny-forest

It's a tiny 20-minute-or-so game where you play a bunny. You collect food, trade with local wildlife and plant seedlings in order to solve a bunch of fetch puzzles. Very relaxing, very cute, pretty well done.

It's pay-what-you-want (including zero) and available on GNU/Linux, Windows, macOS and Android.

The creator is apparently also on Fedi, so give them a follow:
@erytau

#linux #linuxGaming #gaming #videoGames #games #indie #indieDev #gameDev #indieGames #bunnies #bunny #rabbits #bnuuy

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Little pixel-art animation of a white bunny hopping across a meadow

KDE Linux is a new immutable distro made by KDE themselves, acting as a 'reference implementation' of the Plasma desktop. It is derived from Arch Linux, features a read-only base system, and uses atomic image-based A/B updates.

https://www.omglinux.com/kde-linux-immutable-os/?v2

#kde #linux #foss

Just ten days after a previous incident, malware with a Remote Access Trojan has once again been discovered in Arch Linux AUR packages.
https://linuxiac.com/arch-aur-under-fire-once-more-as-malware-resurfaces/

#arch #linux #aur #security

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Just ten days after a previous incident, malware with a Remote Access Trojan has once again been discovered in Arch Linux AUR packages.

The 3rd development snapshot of Ubuntu 25.10 'Questing Quokka' is available for download, if you're keen to help test the release ahead of its October launch.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/ubuntu-25-10-snapshot-3-now-available-to-download?v1

#ubuntu #linux #foss

#KDE #Linux 😳 quiet interesting and worth checking out.

Arch oriented immutable base OS with Plasma.

https://kde.org/linux/

Introducing KDE Linux, a free operating system that can turbocharge new computers and breathe new life into old ones. Linux has been used for decades powering the world’s supercomputers, data centers, web servers, and most smartphones. Now KDE makes it available for you too! https://kde.org/linux/

#linux #opensource #kde

`neofetch` developer discontinued the project and took up farming. i think that is beautiful and i think about it all the time.

#linux #unix #opensource

Help us test DNF5 in the Anaconda installer!

Test Days continuing to Aug 1 🗓️

Learn how to participate: https://fedoramagazine.org/contribute-to-the-anaconda-installer-dnf-5-test-days-july-28-august-1/

#Fedora #Linux #OpenSource #FedoraTestDays

A couple weeks ago, I took someone's older windows 10 desktop that was taking 10 solid minutes to boot and was painfully slow after that...

And converted it to #nixbook #linux

This is a non technical woman in her 60s and her equally untechsavvy husband.

I followed up with them today to see how its going.

YES! Normal people can use #linux

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chat with a person saying Oh thank you. And yes no need to toss it through the window lolol Sooo much faster and easy to use

Do you use lots of Linux containers? Try, `ctop` cli utility on Linux, macOS or Windows, that provides a concise and condensed overview of real-time metrics for multiple containers. It is `top` like interface for container metrics and a good tool for all developers and IT pros.

Repo https://github.com/bcicen/ctop

#opensource #linux

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A screenshot of ctop which is nothing but top-like interface for container metrics.

What's the skinny on HugePages?

Worth it? General purpose? Considered harmful?

#Linux

A floating desktop photo widget for GNOME Shell which cycles through images in a folder you choose. Cats, holiday snaps, whatever you like!

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/picture-desktop-widget-gnome-shell-extension?v1

#GNOME #Linux #Fluff

My friend @kenvandine wrote the book on #Ubuntu 24.04, out this week! We chatted about its new features, the future of the #Linux desktop, and his long career in open source.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_v6Gc0-riU

#RUNBSD! But BoxyBSD now also starts to support #Linux! We're starting soon with the Linux support for already present users, offering free boxes:

* #AlmaLinux
* #Alpine
* #Debian
* #Devuan
* #CentOS
* #Fedora
* #Gentoo
* #OpenSuse
* #OpenEuler
* #RockyLinux

Just next to our core OS like #FreeBSD, #OpenBSD, #NetBSD, #MidnightBSD and #DragonflyBSD (and #illumos). This should also make the step easier to compare and test different scenarios where BSD provides a different behavior compared to Linux systems.

Thanks to @gyptazy for the implementation!

#VPS #VM #VirtualMachine #OpenSource #Hosting #IPv6 #BGP #FreeHosting #Community

Fish might be the Bash alternative you don't know you need thanks to features like colourful syntax highlighting, smart command suggestions, and genuinely helpful tab completion. Anyone here already using it?

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/fish-shell-ubuntu-terminal

#linux #opensource #rustlang

OK, riddle me this, #Linux (specifically #ArchLinux) fans.

You can use #ZFS and #btrfs on root to create snapshots before updating the OS. But you can't snapshot EFI, because that's on a separate FAT32 partition.

So what happens if you run an update (pacman -Syu in this case) that includes a kernel update, and something goes wrong? The version of the kernel in the EFI partition will be newer than the modules in the snapshotted /usr/lib/modules. That's surely going to cause an issue, right?

From memory (it's been over 15 years), Gentoo can have multiple versions of the same kernel installed at once. But Arch only allows one version of any package at one time.

Proton 10.0-2 (beta) brings even more gaming improvements to Linux, SteamOS / Steam Deck https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/proton-10-0-2-beta-brings-even-more-gaming-improvements-to-linux-steamos-steam-deck/

#Proton #Linux #SteamOS #SteamDeck

#Linux on #MacBook Pro nerds ( @DJDarren 👀) - I’m trying (and failing) to boot/install #Ubuntu from USB stick on a Mid 2015 MacBook Pro (MacBookPro11,4) with Intel Iris Pro integrated graphics.

I get a GRUB boot menu, but the screen always goes black after that.

I’ve tried adding “nomodeset” to the grub line, tried booting with the safe graphics option (which does the same thing). Black screen every time.

Any ideas? Happy to try a different distro if it’s known to work.

As a Barista at BSD Cafe, I'm also an admirer of tea – a metaphor for my appreciation of the good features of other operating systems. And the fact that I like and support BSDs doesn't mean I don't appreciate those other solutions.
For example, #SmartOS, #OmniOS, and #Tribblix are superb examples of well-crafted operating systems.

Similarly, #Linux - #openSUSE Tumbleweed-based desktops give me a lot of satisfaction every day.

The foundation of my passion for Open Source also stems from the ability to study, explore, and choose without constraints or restrictions. It's that sense of freedom that drives me to appreciate the good in every solution.

If and when I feel caged or forced, all of that vanishes.

#Freedom #OS #IT

Cerebral psychological horror s.p.l.i.t from the dev of Buckshot Roulette is out now https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/cerebral-psychological-horror-s-p-l-i-t-from-the-dev-of-buckshot-roulette-is-out-now/

#Gaming #Linux #SteamOS #IndieGames #PCGaming