The Asian Bistro near my hotel serves meals compatible with most unix-like operating systems.

#POSIX #linux #FreeBSD

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Photo of a big green sign with white letters. In English it says “POSX ASIAN BISTRO” it also says 喜宴酒楼

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/12587-week-14-2026

#FOSS #Linux #Solus #OpenSource

- Evan

The Verge: I saved a doomed Windows laptop by embracing Linux

https://www.theverge.com/tech/905946/windows-11-forced-obsolescence-linux-thinkpad

#Linux #ThinkPad

While I'm leaning #elixir , i'm also taking the opportunity to learn and try the #zed editor as well.

I'm usually a #helixEditor guy.. but in learning a new framework, I really want to see the file tree.

I've been zed-curious for a while and I have to say, I like it. It's super clean, fast and simple, while seemingly having everything I need!

Also runs great in #nixos #linux

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Zed editor with an elixir project open

Ok! Initial build script for writerdeckOS v2.0 is done.

I even coded a menu to allow for easy change of default word processor / text editor.

The Terminal Edition defaults to using wordgrinder, but the follow word processors and text editors are loaded into the system and its easy to swap over to them:

- WordGrinder
- Tilde
- Word Perfect
- Joe
- Emacs
- Vi / Vim
- Nano
- Micro

And it's easy to install and run a custom app (text editor or otherwise!).

Also, I added nmtui - a Terminal User Interface for Network Manager to connect to the internet if needed (eg to install a new app or to configure synced cloud folders).

I need to run a couple more QA tests for this and then I'll start putting together the installation media. After testing that on a couple of laptops, I'll push it out officially!

#writerdeckOS #linux #permaComputing

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Screenshot of writerdeck OS with Word Grinder loaded. The text on the screen states: Hello! This is writerdeck OS. It is currently using word grinder as the default terminal word processor. Visit https://writerdeckOS.com for more information!

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A bash prompt showing that wdmenu can be run to bring up the custom OS menu.

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A screenshot of the menu showing the ability to change the word processor thats loaded at startup and to run the network manager terminal user interface.

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A list of all the preloaded word processors and text editors.

Are you new to Linux or using @gnome for the first time? GNOME Extension Manager is a great way to start customizing your computer's look and feel in an easy and accessible way!

➡️ https://fedoramagazine.org/customize-fedora-linux-workstation-with-extension-manager/

#Linux #GNOME #OpenSource #Fedora

Troubleshooting boot problems on my #Debian #Linux laptop is always fun.

Rebooted to a newer kernel and UEFI couldn't find my boot drive.

I have 2 drives in RAID-1. The RAID is further partitioned, one of which resides a LUKS container, which is LVM and has my root filesystem.

Because UEFI doesn't support RAID, I have an external USB drive permanently plugged in that is my boot drive.

I hate this setup and would love to fix it, but I'm too damn lazy.

[$] Ubuntu's GRUBby plans

GNU GRUB 2, mostly just referred to as GRUB these days, is the most widely used boot loader for x86_64 Linux systems. It supports reading from a vast selection of filesystems, hand [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1065420/ #LWN #Linux #Debian #systemd #XFS

No kidding: Gentoo GNU/Hurd

https://lwn.net/Articles/1066241/ #LWN #Linux #Gentoo

Security updates for Friday

https://lwn.net/Articles/1066236/ #LWN #Linux #security

Pixel art horror adventure Two Realms: Whispers from the Rift gets a demo https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/pixel-art-horror-adventure-two-realms-whispers-from-the-rift-gets-a-demo/

#IndieGames #Linux #PCGaming #Demo #AdventureGames

Heavy drama in the open-source world of...

...Office Document Software.

Nextcloud, originally a fork of ownCloud, has launched Euro-Office, a fork of OnlyOffice (pissing off OnlyOffice). Collabora is weighing in and issuing comments against both OnlyOffice and Euro-Office while, itself, forking Collabora Office Desktop from the Document Foundation's LibreOffice. Document Foundation has now resumed LibreOffice Online which competes against Euro-Office and OnlyOffice.

(I think I've got all that right 😅 Correct me if I haven't! 😂)

❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 I unironically love this!!!! ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

Document software may appear boring on its face, but Microsoft Office is a big reason why folks still stay with Microsoft OS and don't (can't...) move to Linux. MS Office 365 is often used as a bridge to allow folks to move to Linux while still using Microsoft products in the browser but that solution still keeps them tied to closed source solutions.

Development of Free and Open Sourced Software (FOSS) office products, both desktop apps and online web apps, is a core and key element to allowing FOSS solutions to thrive - both for individuals and organizations.

This level of drama and fighting is indicative of a lot of effort and attention being thrown into this arena. I'm confident over time it'll settle and different projects will merge back together or at the very least borrow and build upon each's efforts.

Read and get your fill of the drama here: https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/02/eurooffice_forks_onlyoffice/

#FOSS #digitalSovereignty #installParty #Linux #diDay

I've already assumed that my touch pad was broken (or the driver was buggy) because after a tap-and-drag action, the mouse button was not released when releasing the finger from the touch pad.

It was "sticky", e.g. after marking multiple lines of text.

Just found out that this was introduced a while ago in Sway (to follow libinput recommendations):

https://github.com/swaywm/sway/commit/bbadf9b8b10d171a6d5196da7716ea50ee7a6062

Setting "drag_lock disabled" in the touch pad's config fixes this. 😌

#sway #libinput #linux #touchpad #laptop

Steam Beta adds Remote Downloads Management https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/steam-beta-adds-remote-downloads-management/

#Steam #Valve #PCGaming #Linux #SteamOS #SteamDeck

#AskFedi: Is there a calendar which can run locally on a Linux laptop, which

• when given permission, can view events from a Google Calendar account

• without reciprocally showing Google the rest of what's in my schedule?

I'm not sure if that's a thing!

Asking because I currently have a work role where Google Calendar is the chosen one, and I don't like the idea of telling Google my personal business (more than it already knows), but sometimes it would be useful to see all of it together.

Bonus points if it lets you select event colours from a colour picker. I do like a nice colour code :-)

#Linux #calendars #CalendarSoftware #privacy

RE: https://floss.social/@gnome/116330461750922709

We can’t afford not to have GNOME when Big Tech already has so much influence on our lives.

If you can afford it, give them the financial force to build systems that work for all of us.

#bigTech #sovereignty #linux

Adrianna Tan boosted

GNOME » 🌐 2026-04-01
@gnome@floss.social

We are 25 Friends of GNOME away from reaching 1000!! 🎉🎉🎉

We would love if you could help us cross the next big milestone!

Your donations will help us with:

- Infrastructure
- Hackfests, travel sponsorship
- Fund initiatives like our Fellowship program

https://donate.gnome.org/

Man if this isn't peak 2008!

"Media center PC with a DVD drive and Beats Speakers". Ohhh and of course Norton and some gimmicky cooling trick.

It will, however, run #nixbook perfectly fine. Thanks to #linux, legends like this can live on!

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HP dv6 laptop with stock stickers

What the FCC router ban means for FOSS

https://lwn.net/Articles/1066162/ #LWN #Linux

Was installing a few things on my new #Void installation last night. So far things seem to be going well. It does feel like the void repos are a good bit slower than the #Arch repsos. Not really a problem, just felt noticeably slower installing packages.

#Linux

Death Stranding 2 gets a performance patch, including improvements for Steam Deck https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/death-stranding-2-gets-a-performance-patch-including-improvements-for-steam-deck/

#DeathStranding2 #PCGaming #SteamDeck #SteamOS #Linux

[$] IPC medley: message-queue peeking, io_uring, and bus1

The kernel provides a number of ways for processes to communicate with each other, but they never quite seem to fit the bill for many users. There are currently a few proposals fo [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1065490/ #LWN #Linux #kernel #Rust #Git #io_uring

Exelbierd: What's actually in a Sashiko review?

https://lwn.net/Articles/1065971/ #LWN #Linux #kernel

For the second time in as many months, I've had to troubleshoot a filled disk in production because it was formatted with ext4 and ran out of inodes before running out of blocks.

If ext5 ever becomes a thing, hopefully inodes are dynamically allocated like #ZFS, XFS, JFS, Btrfs, etc.

If you can't run with the big dogs, stay on the porch.

#linux

OpenSSH 10.3 released

https://lwn.net/Articles/1065991/ #LWN #Linux #security #OpenSSH

Security updates for Thursday

https://lwn.net/Articles/1066084/ #LWN #Linux #security

New stable kernels for Thursday

https://lwn.net/Articles/1065984/ #LWN #Linux #kernel #Rust

~20 million cloud native developers, that's a 28% increase in 6 months. Largest conference in open source history, and a #flathub app store with 21% YoY growth.

Good eatin' ...

#linux

https://docs.projectbluefin.io/blog/state-ecosystem-2026

if you like this, I'm aiming to provide at least one #foss project with an app icon every week.

honoured to have gained around 40 supporters in my first jobless month! ❤️

your sponsorship will help me keep this up. :)

https://mastodon.social/@hbons/116166139945148680

#linux #gnome #app #icon #design #security

Peter Sanchez boosted

Hylke Bons 🥜 » 🌐 2026-03-03
@hbons@mastodon.social

hey everyone,

you may have guessed reading between the lines, but I lost my job in the recent tech layoffs…

also burnt out and realised I need to go back to working on stuff I care about.

I hope to gather enough small monthly sponsors to at least cover the bills, so I can:

- 🖥️ create beautiful apps for #Linux / #GNOME

- ✏️ provide free #design support to #OpenSource projects

if you like my work, please consider $1/month to make this possible?

thank you. :)

https://github.com/sponsors/hbons

A future Wine release could use Zink to run OpenGL via Vulkan https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/a-future-wine-release-could-use-zink-to-run-opengl-via-vulkan/

#Wine #Linux #LinuxGaming #OpenSource #Vulkan #OpenGL

I really don't get this interaction between "sync" and "rsync". Tried it a few more times and it doesn't happen always but sometimes the "sync" gets stuck until rsync is finished completely. Even if it has yet to touch e.g. 3TB of data.

WTF?!?

Anyone seeing similar things or is there something else at play too?

#gnu #Linux #coreutils #rsync #NixOS

[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for April 2, 2026

The LWN.net Weekly Edition for April 2, 2026 is available.

https://lwn.net/Articles/1064762/ #LWN #Linux

@MonkeyPanic same here with #xfce on #Linux Mint.

Keyboard shortcut keys don't work, so I click with the mouse on the keyboard menu and switch between layouts (see picture)

#opensource

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Screenshot showing my keyboard menu switch

Linux smashes past 5% on the Steam Survey for the first time https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/linux-smashes-past-5-percent-on-the-steam-survey-for-the-first-time/

#Steam #Linux #LinuxGaming #SteamOS

Mesa 26.0.4 open source graphics drivers released for Linux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/mesa-26-0-4-open-source-graphics-drivers-released-for-linux/

#Linux #Drivers #Mesa #OpenSource #LinuxGaming

@mary is pondering what #Linux distro to install… She is about to fall in the rabbit hole, and it’s all my fault 🫣

(BTW I don’t agree with https://distrochooser.de/en at all)

#distro #distroChooser

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Mary sipping Chamomile tea and browsing distrochooser

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Mary answering to the question about how many things you wish to tweak during installation

TIL that the #Linux kernel explicitly does not support vampires, time travelers, or immortal entities. This seems clearly short-sided to me.

https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260401-i-hope-someone-believes-this-is-real-04f24e03944e@brauner/

Turbulence at the Documentation Foundation

https://lwn.net/Articles/1065908/ #LWN #Linux

NVIDIA announce a preview of "DRM Per-Plane Color Pipeline API" support on Linux (good for HDR) https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/nvidia-announce-a-preview-of-drm-per-plane-color-pipeline-api-support-on-linux-good-for-hdr/

#NVIDIA #Linux #LinuxGaming

Neuer Laptop ist heute angekommen. Habe mich für einen Dell Pro Max 14 MC14250 entschieden. Ein paar Eckdaten:

* Intel Core Ultra 7 265H (16 Core)
* 32 GB RAM
* 1 TB SSD

Es waren auch noch einige andere Modelle von Dell, Lenovo (ThinkPad) und Framework in der Auswahl, aber der hier hat die beste theoretische Performance im Verhältnis zum Preis geboten. Allem voran wegen der CPU.

Ein anderer wichtiger Punkt: Offizieller (!) Linux Support mit Ubuntu ab Werk. Aber was mit Ubuntu läuft, läuft noch viel besser mit Fedora 😉...

In diesem 🧵will ich von meinen ersten Erfahrungen berichten.

#Linux #laptop #dell

done! drew the rest of the f***ing owl.

#linux #gnome #app #icon #design #security

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App icon for BitRitter in the GNOME icon style. A light blue shield with a thick darker blue border. Overlayed is a password field.

New Patches Allow Building Linux IPv6-Only, Option to Deprecate "Legacy" IPv4

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-IPv6-IPv4-Legacy-Knobs

#HackerNews #Linux #Patches #IPv6 #IPv4 #Networking #Technology