🙄 RHEL 10.2 Released With New AI Command Line Assistance

｢ Goose is an optional CLI AI assistance with model context protocol (MCP) integration. There is also improved visual output via color output enhancements. ｣

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Red-Hat-RHEL-10.2-RHEL-9.8

#rhel #linux #ai

New Guide: Anticheat check - which competitive games actually work on Linux? https://www.gamingonlinux.com/guides/view/anticheat-check-which-competitive-games-actually-work-on-linux/

#Linux #AntiCheat #SteamOS #Gaming

New Guide: How to give Valve feedback when Proton games have issues on Linux / SteamOS https://www.gamingonlinux.com/guides/view/how-to-give-valve-feedback-when-proton-games-have-issues-on-linux-steamos/

#Proton #Linux #SteamOS #SteamDeck #SteamMachine

SteamOS 3.7.25 and 3.8.5 Beta released - bug fixes and better dGPU video memory management https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/steamos-3-7-25-and-3-8-5-beta-released-bug-fixes-and-better-dgpu-video-memory-management/

#SteamOS #SteamDeck #Linux #SteamMachine

Proton Experimental gets fixes for Forza Horizon 4, 5 and 6 plus other games https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/proton-experimental-gets-fixes-for-forza-horizon-4-5-and-6-plus-other-games/

#Proton #Linux #SteamOS #SteamDeck #ForzaHorizon

I got this week's FCWN podcast in the can. Editing tomorrow. I've been doing this for over 5 years now, virtually every week.
https://fullcirclemagazine.org
#Linux #opensource #news

[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for May 21, 2026

The LWN.net Weekly Edition for May 21, 2026 is available.

https://lwn.net/Articles/1072730/ #LWN #Linux

Not really here nor there, but I thought I would reiterate that #commonLisp 's @kentpitman and myself #interview ed @bagder about #curl and #AI on May 10th, one day before that #news article.

https://toobnix.org/w/rPKt4GRBwLeWzF3VcMFWNo

Curl is a popular #networking #software

https://curl.se/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CURL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_Pitman

#curl #unix #cli #C #libcurl #linux

[$] What is to be done about MGLRU?

"Reclaim" is the task of finding memory that can be taken away from its current user and put to better uses within the system; it is a core part of the memory-management picture. [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1072866/ #LWN #Linux #kernel #Android #Git #BPF

Security updates for Wednesday

https://lwn.net/Articles/1073713/ #LWN #Linux #security

[$] The tenth OpenPGP email summit

The OpenPGP Email Summit is an annual meeting for those who work on encrypted email and related topics. The tenth installment of this meeting took place in March 2026 and the minut [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1072870/ #LWN #Linux #security

The huge Test of Time update for Civilization VII is out now https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/the-huge-test-of-time-update-for-civilization-vii-is-out-now/

#CivilizationVII #Civilization #Gaming #Linux #PCGaming

Yet Another Zombie Survivors crossed over 500K sold with plans for the 1.0 release revealed https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/yet-another-zombie-survivors-crossed-over-500k-sold-with-plans-for-the-1-0-release-revealed/

#BulletHeaven #PCGaming #Linux #SteamDeck

Factory-cooking automation game Snacktorio arrives in June https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/factory-cooking-automation-game-snacktorio-arrives-in-june/

#Snacktorio #IndieGames #Linux #SteamDeck #PCGaming

D7VK 1.10 brings even more 2D upgrades for retro Direct3D games on Linux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/d7vk-1-10-brings-even-more-2d-upgrades-for-retro-direct3d-games-on-linux/

#Linux #RetroGaming #LinuxGaming #OpenSource #D7VK

Proton 11 Beta 5 released with more regression fixes https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/proton-11-beta-5-released-with-more-regression-fixes/

#Proton #Linux #SteamOS #SteamDeck

🟢 That green light glowing in the dark is a mesh radio, GPS receiver, AI assistant, and emergency communications terminal — all running on battery inside a weatherproof aluminum box I built from scratch.

Meet the Cochrane Device — S/N 001.

After Hurricane Maria knocked out communications across Puerto Rico for months, I wanted a way to keep my family connected when everything fails. No cell towers. No internet. No power grid.

So I built one.

📦 Inside the IP66 aluminum enclosure:
→ Meshtastic LoRa mesh radio — encrypted, 15km range per hop
→ GPS with 3D fix in 18 seconds
→ WiFi hotspot so your phone becomes a node
→ Linux computer running full service stack
→ AI assistant that writes scripts on demand in the field
→ Remote access via Tailscale from anywhere on earth
→ 6-8 hours battery, solar chargeable

This is S/N 001 — the prototype. Every lesson learned here makes the next one better.

🖖

#Meshtastic #LoRa #EmergencyComms #PuertoRico #OffGrid #Linux #Maker #DIY #HamRadio #OpenSource

@stefano Revisiting this post. While I've largely used #ChatGPT and some #Gemini when researching #Linux and #FreeBSD stuff, I'd say #AI has come a long way. Are they perfect? No. Is it a replacement for man pages and the Handbook? No. Can they provide more info, context, and real world examples when the official #documentation falls short? That's a resounding yes.

It's been a while since I've seen AI give utterly incorrect info relating to FreeBSD. I am far from being the FreeBSD god I want to be and even I recognized the incorrect info at those particular times. But this was also a good 1.5 years ago.

I can't speak for #Illumos as I don't use it.

I'm seriously considering an e-ink phone.

I want it to do most of the stuff a phone can do.

[edit]And I want colour.[/edit]

But I also want it to be less "sticky" to my attention.

I would love to not have to carry an ereader and a phone, too.

An e-ink phone with, eg, GrapheneOS could be the solution to my problem.

I might need to bide my time until one of those exists, I think...

#phones #SmartPhones #DumbPhones #GrapheneOS #Linux #FOSS #FLOSS #technology #computers #eInk #eReader

I STILL can't decide on a desktop #linux distro that I like...

Congratulations @kde !

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/kde-sovereign-tech-fund-grant

#DigitalSovereignty #DigitalSelfdetermination #Linux

@aerofreak @thilo @cloudnativefdn I'm not asking for love for humanity I'm asking for a well maintained #linux that I can verify the exact source code of.

And I have that.

You charge your laptop to 100%. The applet says “9 hours remaining”. You sit down to work and the thing dies in 4. Sound familiar?

https://forum.linuxrenaissance.com/t/measuring-battery-endurance-on-real-data/46

#Linux #battery #ThinkPad

@jorge

Most of all, Microsoft is a monopolistic oligarch company. Wait how much data they will suck from their linux distro users.

@thilo @cloudnativefdn

#flatcar #linux

RE: https://mastodon.social/@sjvn/116601662233396929

Awesome to see #flatcar #linux get a commercial product. Hope to see more! Congrats @thilo and co!

Before I worked with the bootc team to get that into the @cloudnativefdn I worked with the team at MS to get flatcar into the CNCF!

It took a year (paperwork sucks). Awesome server os, I'm working on something slick for you all who wanna try it at home.

Matt (It's really me) Hartley boosted

sjvn » 🌐 2026-05-19
@sjvn@mastodon.social

Microsoft surprises with its first server Linux distribution: Azure Linux 4.0 https://zdnet.com/article/microsoft-releases-its-first-server-linux-distribution-azure-linux-4-0/ via @ZDNet & @sjvn

Microsoft is a #Linux company, and it just proved it by releasing its first mainstream Linux distribution: Azure Linux 4.0.

Firefox 151.0 released

https://lwn.net/Articles/1073579/ #LWN #Linux #Firefox

@levitating Also there's no vendor locking with fsdk, it's an open source project designed for app developers.

The app developers themselves participate, from as many vendors as possible. It's an OSS community just like the rest of #linux - mix of commercial and volunteers.

[$] openSUSE "terms of site" raise complaints about age restrictions

Many people in the Linux community began using the operating system—and contributing to open source—at a tender age, often well before their 16th birthday. Thus, a rece [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1072689/ #LWN #Linux #Debian #SUSE

NVIDIA reveal more GPU driver security flaws for May 2026 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/nvidia-reveal-more-gpu-driver-security-flaws-for-may-2026/

#NVIDIA #Gaming #Security #Drivers #PCGaming #Linux

Traditional distributions instead compete on "building a platform" so they can sell to app developers themselves and take their Apple-sized cut.

The reason we couldn't get rid of Wayland is that it doesn't matter until #ubuntu switches.

But with modern #linux systems the value is in a sustainability and upstream first. I am incentivized to go with the others because there's no value in being different than anyone else. THIS IS A COST CENTER TO ME. I want to share the same benefits everyone else has.

Now we don't care when traditional systems switch because in this world they don't set the pace.

In this world the infrastructure wins, so upstream will always be faster.

Then it's about mythkilling the idea that older software is better. That's a lie. Better tested software is better. Shipping old bugs is not sustainable, and users are starting to figure that out.

(Don't worry about the new users, they'll just use what works).

The thing I like about using #freedesktop sdk for a base for #Bluefin is yes, it's a #linux distribution.

But fsdk products can guarantee that its purpose will always be application developers since that's the reason it exists. That's what we mean by "distroless". You just talk move the thing that used to be important into CI and then it all becomes about the payload. The libraries application developers need with all the guarantees they expect, with the understand that THEY are the stakeholder, we're sysadmins FOR THEM.

Also for app developers it's the easiest path to SteamOS and Bazzite. This what we mean by "distributions don't matter".

The entire point is for users to not deal with any of this crap.

[$] In search of faster this_cpu operations

The kernel's this_cpu operations are meant to speed access to per-CPU variables. They are more optimal on some CPUs than others, though. During a memory-management-track session [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1073395/ #LWN #Linux #kernel #BPF

[$] In search of faster this_cpu operations

The kernel's this_cpu operations are meant to speed access to per-CPU variables. They are more optimal on some CPUs than others, though. During a memory-management-track session [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1073395/ #LWN #Linux #kernel #BPF

Microsoft surprises with its first server Linux distribution: Azure Linux 4.0 https://zdnet.com/article/microsoft-releases-its-first-server-linux-distribution-azure-linux-4-0/ via @ZDNet & @sjvn

Microsoft is a #Linux company, and it just proved it by releasing its first mainstream Linux distribution: Azure Linux 4.0.

[$] What's brewing in CXL

Compute Express Link (CXL) is a technology intended to enable the provision of "memory nodes" in data centers that provide (possibly shared) memory to nearby CPUs. It has, Dan Wil [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1072858/ #LWN #Linux #kernel #ArchLinux #BPF

[$] Improving the per-CPU memory allocator

There are many places in the kernel where performance can be improved by using per-CPU data. But, as it turns out, the kernel's allocator for per-CPU data has some performance pro [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1072840/ #LWN #Linux #kernel #SUSE #Git #BPF

Security updates for Tuesday

https://lwn.net/Articles/1073542/ #LWN #Linux #security

pgBackRest will continue

https://lwn.net/Articles/1073470/ #LWN #Linux #PostgreSQL

Forza Horizon 6 is out, Valve update Proton Hotfix for Linux - initial thoughts https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/forza-horizon-6-is-out-valve-update-proton-hotfix-for-linux-initial-thoughts/

#ForzaHorizon6 #Linux #SteamOS #SteamDeck #Proton

Heroes of Might and Magic 2 project fheroes2 version 1.1.16 is out now https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/heroes-of-might-and-magic-2-project-fheroes2-version-1-1-16-is-out-now/

#HoMM2 #OpenSource #Retro #Gaming #PCGaming #Linux

Steam Beta brings even more Steam Controller tweaks and a firmware fix for Linux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/steam-beta-brings-even-more-steam-controller-tweaks-and-a-firmware-fix-for-linux/

#SteamController #Linux #SteamOS #Valve #PCGaming

Great funding news for LVFS and KDE, why Europe probably needs some more home-grown distros, a conspiracy theory about Cloudflare seems unlikely, and we wonder what can be done about all the irresponsibly disclosed vulnerabilities that new tools are discovering. With guest host @andybalaam from Linux Dev Time.

https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-386/

#podcast #linux #opensource

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Late Night Linux artwork

RAM prices explained.

#RAM #tech #Linux #AI #LateStageCapitalism

Alt...

The reason RAM prices went up 4x is that a massive amount of not-yet-manufactured memory was bought with money that doesn’t really exist to be put into GPUs that haven't been made yet, to be installed in data centers that haven't been built, powered by infrastructure that may never exist, to satisfy demand that isn’t actually there, in order to generate profits that are mathematically impossible.