The modular Linux handheld Mecha Comet is up on Kickstarter https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/the-modular-linux-handheld-mecha-comet-is-up-on-kickstarter/

#MechaComet #Linux #OpenSource #Hardware

The popular Arch-based distro CachyOS gets a new release with a significantly reworked installer https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/the-popular-arch-based-distro-cachyos-gets-a-new-release-with-a-significantly-reworked-installer/

#CachyOS #Linux #LinuxGaming

The simple GOG client for Linux, Minigalaxy version 1.4.1 is out now https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/the-simple-gog-client-for-linux-minigalaxy-version-1-4-1-is-out-now/

#Minigalaxy #GOG #Linux #OpenSource #LinuxGaming

Plague Inc: Evolved gets a "vastly improved playing experience on Steam Deck" https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/plague-inc-evolved-gets-a-vastly-improved-playing-experience-on-steam-deck/

#SteamDeck #Linux #SteamOS #PlagueIncEvolved

ARC Raiders latest update adds a Solo vs Squads mode, long-term Trophy Display project and lots more https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/arc-raiders-latest-update-adds-a-solo-vs-squads-mode-long-term-trophy-display-project-and-lots-more/

#ARCRaiders #Linux #Proton #SteamDeck #Gaming #SteamOS

GOG job listing for a Senior Software Engineer notes "Linux is the next major frontier" https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/gog-job-listing-for-a-senior-software-engineer-notes-linux-is-the-next-major-frontier/

#GOG #Linux #LinuxGaming #PCGaming

Heroic Games Launcher v2.19 released adding ZOOM Platform, AppImage updates and more https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/heroic-games-launcher-v2-19-released-adding-zoom-platform-appimage-updates-and-more/

#HeroicGamesLauncher #Linux #SteamOS #PCGaming #SteamDeck

Valve released Proton 10.0-4 bringing more game compatibility to SteamOS / Linux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/valve-released-proton-10-0-4-bringing-more-game-compatibility-to-steamos-linux/

#Proton #Linux #SteamOS #SteamDeck #Steam #Valve

GOG job listing says Linux is "the next major frontier" for Galaxy client

I just spotted a job listing for a Senior Software Engineer over on GOG's website and it reveals a lot!...

#Linux #LinuxGaming #PCGaming #gog #proton #RetroGaming

https://gardinerbryant.com/gog-job-listing-says-linux-is-the-next-major-frontier-for-galaxy-client/?utm_campaign=brsharewidget&utm_source=mastodon

The extent that I've been seeing Linux discussed in the mainstream lately has been nuts. I've been using Linux on and off since 2007 (and worked for a company that made their own distro) and I've never seen this level of enthusiasm before.

#Linux #FOSS

Wikipedia is 25 years old and has found a good way to deal with the AI scraping problem, the Python Software Foundation funds the security work they had planned, curl’s bug bounty program is ending, Raspberry Pi has new underwhelming hardware, and European AWS hasn’t won Félim over. Plus a reminder about the upcoming OggCamp event, and a call for participation.

https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-370/

#linux #podcast #opensource

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Late Night Linux artwork

Fedora Asahi Remix is now working on Apple M3 https://lobste.rs/s/cm3wkh #linux #mac
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:okydh7e54e2nok65kjxdklvd/post/3mdd55paffk2o

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟬𝟭/𝟮𝟲 (Valuable News - 2026/01/26) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/01/26/valuable-news-2026-01-26/

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

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

Mesa 25.3.4 released with more bug fixes for open source Linux graphics drivers https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/mesa-25-3-4-released-with-more-bug-fixes-for-open-source-linux-graphics-drivers/

#Linux #LinuxGaming #Mesa #OpenSource

I spent far too much time last night trying to work out *how* to configure dmenu to run TUI apps in a new instance of st within dwm and not getting anywhere!

#suckless #linux #dwm

The full VR mode for KDE Plasma continues getting more advanced https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/the-full-vr-mode-for-kde-plasma-continues-getting-more-advanced/

#Linux #KDE #VR #Plasma #OpenSource

Catch up on the latest Linux news: MX Linux 25.1, CachyOS, GNU Guix 1.5, GIMP 3.0.8, COSMIC 1.0.3, Wine 11.1, Bottles 61, Linux distros I recommend for those switching from Windows, and more.
https://linuxiac.com/linuxiac-weekly-wrap-up-week-4-2026-jan-19-25/

#linux #opensource

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Catch up on the latest Linux news: MX Linux 25.1, CachyOS, GNU Guix 1.5, GIMP 3.0.8, COSMIC 1.0.3, Wine 11.1, Bottles 61, Linux distros I recommend for those switching from Windows, and more.

GE-Proton 10-29 released with updates to FEX, Wine, DXVK and a few game fixes https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/ge-proton-10-29-released-with-updates-to-fex-wine-dxvk-and-a-few-game-fixes/

#Proton #GEProton #OpenSource #Linux #SteamOS #SteamDeck

Wine 11.1 arrives as the first development build of 2026 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/wine-11-1-arrives-as-the-first-development-build-of-2026/

#Wine #Linux #OpenSource #LinuxGaming

New #Linux file system daxfs for sharing read-only data in memory https://linuxiac.com/daxfs-proposed-as-a-zero-copy-shared-memory-filesystem-for-linux/ This makes sense for container farms where many instances share the same rootfs and you want to avoid duplicate RAM usage by mapping a single read-only image plus OverlayFS for per-container writes.

Holy shitballs, it populated my contacts and my reminders, too! I've been wanting this for a year.

Linux *gets better* the longer I'm on it. Problems are actually solved. Upgrades are *up*grades, not just a new skin over top of more efficient data collection.

I'm so glad I made the switch!

#FOSS #FLOSS #OpenSource #Linux #Debian #Gnome

It. Works.

It's not even *hard*. There's so little fiddling. I mean, it's not "click a button and it does it itself," but it's damn close.

My Gnome calendar can *write to* iCal. Fantastic.

https://adamijak.github.io/posts/calendar-sync/

#FOSS #FLOSS #OpenSource #Linux #Debian #Gnome

A Samsung #chromebook 4 about to live it's best life!

#nixOS #nixbook #linux

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Samsung Chromebook with the coreboot and NixOS logo

Chirp 2 is live! 🐦

This week, we have released Budgie Control Center 2.1.0, added "sloppy" focus support for Budgie 10.10.1, refreshed our website, continued our work on Budgie 11, and more!

Read more at https://buddiesofbudgie.org/blog/chirp-2 #OpenSource #Linux #Budgie

So I guess it's time for an #introduction. Well, I'm a 30 something #Black #queer woman. I love to read #books. I love the #NYKnicks. I like #bicycles even though, it's not my primary mode of transportation. I like refurbishing and upgrading old electronics, specifically #iPods and #laptops. #TV and music have kept me going more than anything else. I'm branching into #Linux and getting more familiar with #FOSS. I am a #blogger and I have linked my blog in my bio.

Story time: it’s been a bit of a journey, but I’m happy to report that my setup is back up under #Linux again.

It’s a bit of a long story, but in essence when I bought my new (to me) system it came with W11 key so I decided to roll with it out since I came of age on Windows and am far more comfortable/competent within that environment (I can do things in Windoze with a couple of clicks that take me hours of researching and frustration with the penguin.)

But then, one day on boot I got this takeover nag screen trying to coerce me into connecting a Microsoft account. I couldn’t close it, I couldn’t kill the task. It was only after a bit of hunting around that I found a way to ‘skip for now’.

But I just know in my bones that ‘for now’ doesn’t meant ‘forever’.

So I stuck with it, blew some shit up. Had a couple of false starts and fuckups. But now it’s up, it works and it’s awesome. (Debian 13 with Gnome is a beautiful thing).

#FuckMicrosoft

BIG takeaway:

Timeshift.

Treat your journey like a video game in ‘hard mode’. Save your progress often!

Before embarking on a new quest or mission, save your current state with Timeshift, so if you end up going down some rabbithole, trying a solution you found on some blog-post that doesn’t work, or is outdated, or was for a different distribution, or you mistyped one of the fifty commands or whatever, you can safely return to the state your system was in before you started.

Trust me on this.

#Linux #FuckMicrosoft

And Linux peeps—and I mean this with all possible love—if your response to someone struggling with a problem is ‘just read the manual/man page’, that’s not helpful and can come off as condecending & elitist.

Some people learn differently.

Myself I learn by trying things, and failing, and breaking shit, and fixing it (or starting over). I’m not one that can sit down and read a manual cover-to-cover and just get it the first time.

Take the time to understand what it is the person is trying to do (and keep in mind that they may lack the knowledge to explain themselves properly) or maybe just scroll on by.

#Linux #FuckMicrosoft

Final thought:

The fact that Linux exists at all, and that there’s this free-to-use, whole-ass other ecosystem of software and utilities out there, built entirely by folks who just want to make cool shit that everyone in the world can use is a godamn miracle!

Yes, sometimes it’s a little janky. Yes, there are a plethora of options & choices that can make things confusing—that’s actually a feature, not a bug—yes, some of the software has weird, slightly kinky names. But it’s complete software FREEDOM from the yokes of the oiligarchs who want to turn this cool thing that we love into a means of exploiting us.

Embrace the jankiness, lean into the learning curve. Take back the means of digital production ✊

Thanks for coming to my Ted talk. 😆

#Linux #FuckMicrosoft

Software complexity is a complex topic, so we dig into it.

https://linuxdevtime.com/linux-dev-time-episode-142/

#podcast #linux #development

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Linux Dev Time artwork

Life is Strange: Before the Storm has a native Linux version, but it won't start on modern distros like Fedora 43. The game links against internal glibc symbols that were removed in glibc 2.34.

The fix: a tiny shim library (~10 lines of C) that wraps the missing functions and injects them via LD_PRELOAD. Played through tentire game this way without issues.

https://blog.hofstede.it/reviving-life-is-strange-before-the-storm-on-modern-linux-with-a-glibc-shim/

#Linux #Gaming #LinuxGaming #Steam #Fedora #LifeIsStrange

I hate it when developers say they don't/won't support Linux because "they open too many bugs".

What the fuck are you smoking.

They bring in the issues because they're used to bugs being fixed and things getting better with feedback and overall understand how to write bug reports to be useful.

Windows users just cope and hope their computer doesn't eat their files next update.

If nothing else, you WANT it on Linux to get those bug reports. Because for every Linux exclusive bug, you'll have 10 that also effect Windows, but the Windows people ignore because they've been taught that there's nothing they can do.

#Linux #Windows #Bugs #Software #softwaredevelopment

Help with a #Terminal command?

In my photo library, I have many duplicate files marked with "(1)" due to (ahem) user error.

I would like to copy all of them to another folder so that I can delete them using a wildcard, and I think '*' is the appropriate syntax.

I know how to use 'mv' successfully.

So I've written:

mv *(1).jpg /home/orion/Pictures/PhotoLibrary/copies

But I'm getting "No such file or directory."

What am I doing wrong?

[SOLVED]

#FOSS #FLOSS #OpenSource #Linux

I think I have my camera setup dialed in for Handheld POV Steam Deck/Legion Go S shots. Does it look ok to you?

What I'm picturing is starting with this angle, then wiping or transitioning smoothly to the same gameplay but fullscreen.

(Oh, I'm starting a monthly "handheld gaming gems" video, highlighting 3 awesome indie games released that month. First three games are picked, recorded, and written up already!)

#linux #indie #gaming

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A Legion Go S handheld gaming console showing a racing game with a “GO!” banner on screen, thumbs on analog sticks and face buttons.