If you love Brotato you should check out Noobs Are Coming https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/if-you-love-brotato-you-should-check-out-noobs-are-coming/

#IndieGames #Gaming #Linux #SteamDeck #NoobsAreComing

has Unix or Linux command (more like bash script) checks presence of various command line tools on the PATH and reports their installed version https://github.com/kdabir/has

#linux #unix #opensource

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This screenshot shows has command which checks presence of various command line tools and their versions on the path.

2.5D turn-based strategy game Avante! Atlantis gives off Advance Wars vibes https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/2-5d-turn-based-strategy-game-avante-atlantis-gives-off-advance-wars-vibes/

#AvanteAtlantis #IndieGames #Linux #SteamDeck #Demo

City-building on the back of a giant creature, The Wandering Village 1.0 is out now https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/city-building-on-the-back-of-a-giant-creature-the-wandering-village-1-0-is-out-now/

#IndieGames #Linux #SteamDeck #TheWanderingVillage

This question is for anyone that manages their own servers and monitors the health of services.

What is your preferred method of receiving alerts?

#FreeBSD #Linux #SelfHosting #monitoring #OpenBSD #Cloud #BastilleBSD

Have you gotten to learn about the new Fedora Project Leader Jef Spaleta? Check out the latest Fedora Podcast where outgoing leader Matthew Miller and Jef share thoughts about the transition!

➡️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OykO2WlDzM

#Fedora #FedoraPodcast #Linux #OpenSource

*Linux users are finally realizing what it takes to help others make the switch*

#EndOf10 (endof10.org) is "a brilliant resource for sharing with those who may be using Windows 10 and are unsure as to what to do when the time comes that Windows 10 no longer becomes a secure OS to use."

https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-users-can-help-others-make-the-switch/

#Linux #GNUlinux #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FOSS #Microsoft #Win10

Meanwhile, desktop Linux has a 20% market share here in Norway! 🇳🇴

#Norway #Linux #MarketShare #Windows #OSX #MacOS #ChromeOS

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Market share chart of desktop operating systems in Norway, June 2025. Windows leads at 59.79%, followed by Linux at 20.82% and OS X at 9.61%.

🧱 "The state of GTK"
with Matthias Clasen at #GUADEC2025
📅 24 July 🕒 14:15 CEST 📍 Brescia

🎯 What's new in GTK? Color mgmt, Android, text rendering & more—plus what’s next for devs & contributors.

🔗 https://events.gnome.org/event/259/contributions/1199/

#GTK #GNOME #Linux #FOSS

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The image shows graphically what's announced in the post. It contains the GNOME logo, the name of the speaker, the photo of the speaker and the title of the talk. It moreover contains a graphical rappresentation of the city of the conference, Brescia, and the dates of the conference.

NVIDIA 570.172.08 released for Linux as the main stable driver https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/nvidia-570-172-08-released-for-linux-as-the-main-stable-driver/

#NVIDIA #Linux #LinuxGaming

Mesa 25.1.6 and Mesa 25.2.0 RC1 are now available for Linux graphics drivers https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/mesa-25-1-6-and-mesa-25-2-0-rc1-are-now-available-for-linux-graphics-drivers/

#Linux #Drivers #OpenSource #LinuxGaming

8BitDo Pro 3 Bluetooth announced with swappable magnetic ABXY https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/8bitdo-pro-3-bluetooth-announced-with-swappable-magnetic-abxy/

#8BitDo #Gaming #PCGaming #SteamDeck #Linux

Multipass: your cloud starts here

A new #blog from the #Ubuntu Desktop Director outlining some of the improvements in recent versions of #Multipass, and where it's going next.

Multipass is a sweet little app for #Linux, #mac and #Windows that enables you to quickly spin up Ubuntu and other Linux distributions using native virtualisation technology. Very handy for development and testing workflows.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/multipass-your-cloud-starts-here/64557

Sat. 19 July 🚀 NINE (yes 9!) 😍 #Linux install parties in #Deutschland #France #Nederland #England (all times local)!

2 #Berlin

* #Repami @ Zukunftskiez (Reparatur- und Tauschfest), 14-17h

https://repami.de/events

* EndOf10 #CBase (@cbase), #Berlin, 14-18h

http://c-base.org/calendar/#view=month&date=2025-07-02&event=b6376760-db9a-4925-9ece-4f1442ebc0e2

1 #Bremen

* #KlimaWerkStadt, 14-17h

https://klimawerkstadt-bremen.de/

Details and more events: https://endof10.org/events/

1/3

#EndOf10 #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #GNULinux #Windows #Windows10 #Windows11

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Flyer for the End Of 10 campaign. The background colors are a mix of blue and purple, with blobs of green on the edges. Tux, the penguin mascot of Linux, is visible in the lower right corner. Top left: End Of 10 logo of four boxes falling over. Under a QR code is the website URL https://endof10.org. Top right: The title "End Of 10: FOSS Instead Of Toss". The text on the flyer reads: """ Support for Windows 10 ends on October 14, 2025. Microsoft wants you to buy a new computer. But what if you make your existing one fast and secure again? If you bought your computer after 2010, there's likely no reason to throw it out. By installing an up-to-date Linux operating system, you can keep using it for years to come! Installing an operating system may sound hard, but you don't have to do it alone. There may be some people in your area who have volunteers to help! Scan the QR code or visit the URL above to find someone to help upgrade your system to Linux. Five Reasons To Upgrade To Linux: 1. No New Hardware or License Costs 2. Enhanced Privacy 3. Good for the Planet 4. Community and Pro Support 5. Better User Control """

Sat. 19 July 🚀 NINE (yes 9!) 😍 #Linux install parties in #Deutschland #France #Nederland #England (all times local)!

2 #BadenWürtemberg (near #Stuttgart)

* Installationsparty, #Freudenstadt, 17-21h

https://wiki.swablab.de/books/it/page/linux-installationsparty

* the-nt.space RepairCafe #Nürtingen, 11-17h

https://the-nt.space/

1 #Wendland

* Install Party, #Hitzacker, 10h30-16h30

https://guteIT.info/aktion.php#installdorf

Details and more: https://endof10.org/events/

2/3

#EndOf10 #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FOSS #Windows #Windows10 #Windows11

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Flyer for the End Of 10 campaign. The background colors are a mix of blue and purple, with blobs of green on the edges. Tux, the penguin mascot of Linux, is visible in the lower right corner. Top left: End Of 10 logo of four boxes falling over. Under a QR code is the website URL https://endof10.org. Top right: The title "End Of 10: FOSS Instead Of Toss". The text on the flyer reads: """ Support for Windows 10 ends on October 14, 2025. Microsoft wants you to buy a new computer. But what if you make your existing one fast and secure again? If you bought your computer after 2010, there's likely no reason to throw it out. By installing an up-to-date Linux operating system, you can keep using it for years to come! Installing an operating system may sound hard, but you don't have to do it alone. There may be some people in your area who have volunteers to help! Scan the QR code or visit the URL above to find someone to help upgrade your system to Linux. Five Reasons To Upgrade To Linux: 1. No New Hardware or License Costs 2. Enhanced Privacy 3. Good for the Planet 4. Community and Pro Support 5. Better User Control """

Sat. 19 July 🚀 NINE (yes 9!) 😍 #Linux install parties in #Deutschland #France #Nederland #England (all times local)!

1 #Brittany

* #DebConf25 #Debian Install Party, #Brest
14-17h

https://mobilizon.infini.fr/events/7a70fc53-28d3-42dc-9d48-f454660b6964

1 near #Utrecht

* Repaircafé #Hilversum, 11-14h

https://www.hilversumrepareert.nl/nieuws/verleng-het-leven-van-je-computer-stap-over-op-linux/

1 near #Liverpool

* #Chester Repair Cafe, 10h30-12h30

https://chesterfoe.co.uk/chester-repair-cafe/

Details and more events: https://endof10.org/events/

3/3

#EndOf10 #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FOSS #Windows #Windows10 #Windows11

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Flyer for the End Of 10 campaign. The background colors are a mix of blue and purple, with blobs of green on the edges. Tux, the penguin mascot of Linux, is visible in the lower right corner. Top left: End Of 10 logo of four boxes falling over. Under a QR code is the website URL https://endof10.org. Top right: The title "End Of 10: FOSS Instead Of Toss". The text on the flyer reads: """ Support for Windows 10 ends on October 14, 2025. Microsoft wants you to buy a new computer. But what if you make your existing one fast and secure again? If you bought your computer after 2010, there's likely no reason to throw it out. By installing an up-to-date Linux operating system, you can keep using it for years to come! Installing an operating system may sound hard, but you don't have to do it alone. There may be some people in your area who have volunteers to help! Scan the QR code or visit the URL above to find someone to help upgrade your system to Linux. Five Reasons To Upgrade To Linux: 1. No New Hardware or License Costs 2. Enhanced Privacy 3. Good for the Planet 4. Community and Pro Support 5. Better User Control """

On July 16, 1993, Patrick Volkerding announced Slackware Linux 1.0 to the comp.os.linux newsgroup.

Unfortunately, it's been lost from the Internet. The beta exists as does 1.0.1, but 1.0 is gone forever.

http://www.slackware.com/announce/1.0.php

#slackware #linux

Considerations on the loss of the old ways, from FOSS to OSS to "Subscription as a Service"

https://prose.winterschon.com/on-foss-oss-and-give-me-money/

#linux #freebsd #thecloud #foss #oss #surveillanceCapitalism

Back in my very early and nerdy days of running Linux and FreeBSD, I used Mutt for my email. Those were good days. I've been thinking about setting it up again or maybe even checking email in Emacs again. I just read a great blog post on the aerc mail client. This one is new to me but has really piqued my interest in checking email from the CLI again. Compared to Mutt and Emacs, it looks way easier to get setup and running, too.

Sorry to keep sharing your blog posts, @markpitblado, but they really are good reads.

https://www.markpitblado.me/blog/email-from-the-terminal-with-aerc/

#linux #cli #email

Over 160 games now on our anti-cheat page https://www.gamingonlinux.com/anticheat/

#Linux #SteamOS #SteamDeck

Umamusume: Pretty Derby now Steam Deck Playable / SteamOS Compatible and works on Desktop Linux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/umamusume-pretty-derby-gets-rated-steam-deck-playable-steamos-compatible-and-works-on-desktop-linux/

#AntiCheat #SteamOS #Linux #SteamDeck #Gaming

Using #Patreon on #Grayjay now works!

I really enjoy listening to my daily #Linux news from the app, instead of using the atrocious app or #PWA.

It supports downloading and more.

It would be nice to have the channels linked on Grayjay, so users can find alternative platforms easily!

@thelinuxEXP

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Screenshof of the grayjay app showing the Patreon homepage of TheLinuxExperiment with a list of recent podcasts and a patreoncast

Kiro, a new AI-powered IDE built on open source VS Code by a team at Amazon, is available in preview for Windows, macOS and Linux.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/kiro-ai-ide-public-preview-linux

#linux #ai #amazon

“I heard that a family on the estate were trying to home school their 8 & 11 year old children on dad's mobile phone, so I cobbled together a Linux laptop from the best parts I had to hand. I bought a new SSD for them & it ran as sweet as a nut.”

A big thank you to the anonymous person who shared this story with is - this is definitely a kind act that had some huge ripples.

#FOSS #Linux

Lost Ark from Amazon Games appears to have enabled the anti-cheat for Linux / SteamOS https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/lost-ark-from-amazon-games-appears-to-have-enabled-the-anti-cheat-for-linux-steamos/

#MMO #AntiCheat #EAC #Linux #SteamOS #SteamDeck

movers today, homelab racks return. finally. and having 5GbE symmetric fiber is a proper match. let's see... bunch of amd64, various eras of arm64, POWER9 ppc64le, and a Mac G5 PPC-970MP (water-cooled) off-screen...

looking forward to rebuilding the networks 💝

#homelab #freebsd #linux #servers

Oh yeah this Bold Brew TUI manager for @homebrew is amazing!

They just added a #linux build too ... totally shipping this!

https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/incoming-cool-tool-bad-brew/9750

KDE's Plasma Bigscreen TV UI gets rebooted with slicker visuals, search functionality, and more – thanks to one developer tuning in to its potential.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/plasma-bigscreen-revival-kde-tv

#kde #linux #opensource

"dracut is a powerful tool used in Fedora, RHEL, and other distributions to create and manage initramfs images—the initial RAM filesystem used during system boot. Unlike older tools like mkinitrd, dracut uses a modular approach, allowing you to build minimal or specialized initramfs tailored to your system."

➡️ https://fedoramagazine.org/%F0%9F%A7%B1-building-better-initramfs-a-deep-dive-into-dracut-on-fedora-rhel/

#Fedora #Linux #OpenSource #dracut

So I installed the Open Dyslexic font as my system font on my #Linux desktop today and was looking to do it on my Windows 11 laptop too. Only to do it on Windows required a whole load of workarounds and coding, whereas on Linux I just clicked the button and that was it.

Now pondering just whacking Linux on my laptop too.

Walking on the beach at Whidby Island and some guy yells "I use arch, BTW"

God I love #linux people.

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Guy sitting on a beach wearing a NixOS shirt

The upcoming skate. from EA will be unsupported on Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck due to anti-cheat https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/the-upcoming-skate-from-ea-will-be-unsupported-on-linux-steamos-and-steam-deck-due-to-anti-cheat/

#skate #AntiCheat #EA #Linux #SteamOS #SteamDeck

some weeks ago I found a very cool tui tool to sniff packets while working on a usb device: tshark

it is included with wireshark, and really I don't know why I didn't notice this tool before

for me it's very clean, and it's just a matter of correctly setting the filters to get what I want

for example, the following command will listen for the device 21 attached to the bus 3 (lsusb will show you needed info), getting IN and OUT data:

```
tshark -i usbmon3 -Y "usb.device_address == 21 && !(usb.urb_type == URB_SUBMIT && usb.endpoint_address.direction == IN) && !(usb.urb_type == URB_COMPLETE && usb.endpoint_address.direction == OUT)" -Tfields -e usb.endpoint_address -e usb.capdata
```

you will need to be sure that the usbmon module is loaded on your system, and that you are a member of the usbmon group

the attached image shows some of the captured data

#tip #linux #wireshark

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screenshot of the output of the tshark command, showing data captured from a usb device

That's bad parenting, I say! 🤦

#linux #windows

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If you give this to plants... *a hand giving water to a potted plant* Then why do you give this to kids? *a hand giving windows (the os) to a curious-looking kid.

Is your company looking for a keen self-hoster with plenty of #Linux experience? I grew up with #RaspberryPi and have picked up many skills along the way including #React, backend JavaScript (#NodeJS) and #Docker. My current obsession is monitoring all the things with #Grafana, #PRTG and #Prometheus. I’m based in the UK but open to primarily English-speaking roles in Germany, too. Currently wrapping up my Advanced Software Development degree but eager to continue learning! Boosts appreciated :D

#GetFediHired

Wuthering Waves now Steam Deck Playable, and works on Desktop Linux with one tweak https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/wuthering-waves-now-steam-deck-playable-and-works-on-desktop-linux-with-one-tweak/

#WutheringWaves #Linux #SteamOS #SteamDeck #Gaming

More months added to our Linux distribution chart on our Steam Tracker: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/steam-tracker/

#Linux

RimWorld – Odyssey expansion is out now along with update 1.6 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/rimworld-odyssey-expansion-is-out-now-along-with-update-1-6/

#RimWorld #Gaming #Linux #PCGaming

I 💗 PR Validates

Off and on for the past bit of time I've been iterating on a new command+control server. It's nothing terribly complicated, more so that it's being optimized for its role with my baseline reqs for a tolerable (nearly enjoyable) Linux system when I cannot use FreeBSD or Solaris.

- LLVM 20, Clang, Ccache, OpenRC
- UEFI stub for boot (no grubs or potterings)
- ZFS on Root v2.3 with 3x NVMe drives in draid1
- ZFS Native AES encryption on the pool
- ZFS split-fs for usr, var, home
- COM redirect at boot for headless operation
- DMI and hardware locality captured for refs
- Block info and disk partition exports for refs

So, here are two of the ongoing repos which track this effort. Trickle down tech, this build informs adjacent and sub-type systems which will fulfill various private cloud cluster roles and bare-metal core systems. Eventually I'll write about this on the blog, but not today.

- https://codeberg.org/rfc1918/gentoo-stage4-cmdctrl/pulls/1
- https://codeberg.org/rfc1918/gentoo-stage4-cmdctrl/src/branch/master/README.md

#linux #gentoo #llvm #engineering #morning

Try the big demo upgrade for Demon Tides, an impressive looking open-world 3D platformer https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/try-the-big-demo-upgrade-for-demon-tides-an-impressive-looking-open-world-3d-platformer/

#DemonTides #IndieGames #Linux #SteamDeck