Convenience is the enemy of Sovereignty

#FOSS #OpenSource #GNULinux #GNU #Linux #Privacy #Security #CyberSecurity

Does anyone know if the #intel Iris xE can actually handle 4K resolution with 3D graphics? It seems quite sluggish in #linux (not tested with #FreeBSD)

It was OK on my older HD monitor.

🆕 blog! “Installing and Updating Filezilla from a Zip File on Pop_OS / Ubuntu”

Notes to myself because I keep forgetting.

tl;dr Unzip it into the /opt/ directory.

I want to install Filezilla - so I can SFTP files around. Sadly, the Flatpak version is unmaintained and the version in apt is out of date. Luckily, you can download the zipped…

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/01/installing-and-updating-filezilla-from-a-zip-file-on-pop_os-ubuntu/
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#linux #pop_os #ubuntu

ARC Raiders has a new content-filled roadmap for early 2026 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/arc-raiders-has-a-new-content-filled-roadmap-for-early-2026/

#Proton #Linux #SteamDeck #SteamOS #ARCRaiders

Steam Deck hits 25,000 games Valve have rated Playable or Verified https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/steam-deck-hits-25000-games-valve-have-rated-playable-or-verified/

#Steam #Linux #SteamOS #SteamDeck #LinuxGaming

Here is this week's #Linux and #OpenSource News video!

In this one, we have a new phone that does Linux, Android & Windows, a lot of Cosmic updates, plus Photoshop now installing and running on Linux with a patched version of Wine!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcWiMLXY2rQ

#NetworkManager will now include #CLAT capabilities: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/merge_requests/2107 is now merged, functionality will be available on the next release.

Thanks to everyone involved 🙂

#IPv6 #464XLAT #IPv6mostly #Linux

🚀 Spout2 for Linux is working! 🚀

Let's add Nvidia support and finish releasing it!!

🕒 Sat Jan 24 @ 20:00 PST / 23:00 EST
🕒 Sun Jan 25 @ 4:00 UTC / 13:00 JST
▶️ https://youtube.com/live/k46eayWg4WM

#VTuber #ENVtuber #Linux

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I'm watching the #DankPods #Linux vs #Windows Linux Summer Games Video right now and #Bazzite needs to sort out their driver issues - It's making you, and by extension everyone else - Look bad.

Like, really bad.

https://youtu.be/URbW3j_GYKg

Half the time his nVidia GPU's were on LLVMPipe, and the other half they were on NVK.

It should be the 580 and 590 drivers, because

• LLVM is an emergency backup
• NVK is not ready yet and shouldn't be pushed in production.

This is actually tragic.

And yes he confirmed that he was using the ISO's specific for those devices.

I am legitimately upset about this.

So...

I see no indication that #MapleLinux is anything more than Debian packaged with Cinnamon and some Canadian imagery. This doesn't feel like sovereignty or privacy. This feels like a gimmick exploiting nationalism.

Am I missing something?

https://maplelinux.ca/

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

Heya folks! It's sync day, and that means it's time for the weekly Solus roundup!

Notably this week, we've transitioned the privileged user group from sudo to wheel. We recommend users to reboot as soon as feasible after installing updates so your admin users can be put in the new privileged group!

Read all about it on our forums: https://discuss.getsol.us/d/12386-week-4-2026-updates

#FOSS #Linux #Solus #OpenSource

- Evan

Great article if you're a data analyst wondering how to use R on Fedora! We appreciate the extra insight that Hank brings to the role as it has evolved.

➡️ https://fedoramagazine.org/creating-data-analysis-pipelines-using-duckdb-and-rstudio/

#Fedora #DataAnalyst #RStudio #DuckDB #Linux #OpenSource

Hello #Linux people 🐧 from #Edinburgh, #Scotland and beyond! 💖

Anyone interested in trying their hand at in Dell Inspiron 7373?* I've tried various distros / GRUB (and other) things but I could not get the sleep mode working.

Would be willing to give it away for free if someone would use it with Linux (though I'm tight on money, so any 💸 would be appreciated).

* https://www.gumtree.com/p/laptops/laptop-dell-inspiron-7373-intel-core-i5-8250u-8-gb-ram-250-gb-ssd/1508537566

#hardware #laptop #pc #EndOf10 #SwitchToLinux #fleamarket #FediFleaMarket #FediFlohmarkt #Sell #sticker

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GPD claim the WIN 5 is getting an official Bazzite Linux adaptation but the Bazzite team say otherwise https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/gpd-claim-the-win-5-is-getting-an-official-bazzite-linux-adaptation-but-the-bazzite-team-say-otherwise/

#GPD #Bazzite #Linux #Gaming #HandheldGaming

Vulkan 1.4.340 released with new extension to improve DirectX performance on Linux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/vulkan-1-4-340-released-with-new-extension-to-improve-directx-performance-on-linux/

#Vulkan #Linux #LinuxGaming #SteamOS #DirectX

Get snac'd up (not just) for #fossdem !

You can now purchase #snac propaganda stickers and apparel to show your allegiance or to wage war with.

https://www.redbubble.com/people/analognowhere/shop?artistUserName=analognowhere&asc=u&collections=4443355&iaCode=all-departments&sortOrder=top%20selling

Blessed be the hacker @grunfink for they can C.

#snac2 #runbsd #linux #unix_surrealism #fediverse

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snac alien SINCE YOU LEFT ME IVE BEEN SNACPILLED comam.es/what-is-snac

Nexus Mods say they are committed to supporting Vortex on SteamOS Linux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/nexus-mods-say-they-are-committed-to-supporting-vortex-on-steamos-linux/

#Linux #SteamOS #Modding #Vortex #SteamDeck #Gaming #NexusMods

Mal eine Frage an die Runde.

Ich bin Teil eines Vertriebsteams, welches ein Softwareprodukt verkauft, welches auf #Linux basiert.

Diverse Konkurrenten verkaufen Software mit derselben Zielsetzung, verwenden aber #Windows als Betriebssystem.

Was ich gebrauchen könnte, währen offizielle Dokumente von deutschen und/oder europäischen Behörden, welche klar ausführen, daß Windows - weil es ein amerikanisches Produkt ist - in diesen Zeiten ein #Sicherheitsrisiko darstellt.

Auf diese Dokumente könnte ich in meinen Angebotstexten verweisen.

Hat hier jemand Empfehlungen?

LOL. There's an entire subreddit called /r/gotgnomed for people who break their computers by using their operating system as instructed.

One person had the thing remove their entire GPU driver just to be told:

"So basically you’re saying #Linux is garbage because you screwed up."

Operating systems that break when you install applications are screwed up!

https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxmint/comments/1qjjn85/what_happened_to_linux_mint/

I got to chat to the devs behind spuceOS and sprigUI: two #Linux #gaming projects for retro handhelds.

Its a long one this time around, but if you're interested in #gaming or #development at all, then you might find this one interesting:

https://gardinerbryant.com/talking-handheld-linux-with-the-spruce-sprig-team/

Looking forward to #SCaLE23x in March!

https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/23x

#Linux #socallinuxexpo

Been setting up and testing #tlog + #sssd for #Linux session recording. It's looking quite nice.

Borg frontends for Gnome that aren’t DejaDup*

Suggestions?

* because no earthly power can bring DejaDup to remember my credentials, and my time is too precious to deal with this shit

#linux #gnome #backup #borg

I recently announced a give away on the #linux unplugged podcast of these 1L mini PCs. First batch of them going out today!

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I’m in need of some software that might be able to help me enhance and clean up some audio files. Like Adobe Audition but I’d like something #FOSS that works with #linux. Any suggestions?

And the first benchmark is in! I'm creating side-by-side videos for the channel, but here's a screenshot of the Cyberpunk 2077 result.

LEFT: WINDOWS 11
Average FPS 48 | 1% Low FPS 32

RIGHT: BAZZITE
Average FPS 56 | 1% Low FPS 29

#Linux #Bazzite #Gaming

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@BrideOfLinux #linux #infosec article

These two @lwn articles are prime examples of why good journalism matters and why you should pay money to make sure it thrives:

They both look beyond the shiny statements from the different parties involved and outside commentators such as @torvalds in this case and explain just how it is from a mostly neutral[1] point of view so that you can make your own judgments.

* GPLv2 and installation requirements – https://lwn.net/Articles/1052842/

* SFC v. VIZIO: who can enforce the GPL? – https://lwn.net/Articles/1052734/

[1] We are humans, and even if we try, we are never completely neutral – and a publication like #LWN that targets the FLOSS community obviously will somewhat look at things from the view of its target audience.

#gpl #Linux #kernel #VIZIO #sfc

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I have 20 GB of unknown stuff in /var/lib/flatpak/repo/objects, I hope this is not normal…

How can I free it up?

#Flatpak #Linux

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@xaetacore @ptoothfish @GiffordJames I probably didn't explain myself correctly. About 20 years ago Ubuntu took the decision to look like the Windows of that time. I was already a #Linux user back then and that's when I decided to switch to Mint. I've been happy ever since. That's the beauty of Linux distros. There's one for every taste!

[…] Linux as an alternative has been on my mind, obviously. However, there are some programs I use daily (like Scrivener, yes, you can laugh) and are essential to me, but not supported on that OS. Using Wine is an option… well. Buggy option.

https://blog.urara.pl/hate-is-a-strong-word-but-i-really-really-really-don’t-like-windows-11

Wine is in fact great and saved my ass a couple of times https://kolektiva.social/@oatmeal/115926470651318377, but if you start your search thinking you need Wine, you are going about it the wrong way.

It seems everyone loathes Windows 11… If you are willing to use #Windows still, you’re already making a huge compromise - bigger, more serious, and more high-stakes than finding a native alternative to #Scrivener on #Linux, which for me is #Emacs (with org-roam or denote or plain org), since Emacs is the solution for most text processing tasks, from writing to researching to #AI to… you know what I mean.

If you’re willing to downgrade from Windows 11 to Windows 10, you might be saving yourself time and grief in the long term by installing Linux on a spare laptop or PC you probably have lying around (or VM, or dual boot etc) and planning your next steps.

Scrivener is not a deal-breaker; habits are, and possibly the cost of correcting course. But that’s not really such a big deal as it might seem. Moving off #USA controlled big tech proprietary spyware asap is possibly more urgent in any case.

#windows11

@GiffordJames @ptoothfish ok, but I had a similar experience when Ubuntu at some point decided to look like #Windows and I had to change to #Linux Mint Xfce to find a simple UI for a boomer-minded person like me.

It doesn't only happen in the Microsoft world.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@sequencode/115936894361389645

Linux phones are literally cool. Look at GNOME. It’s really great on phones. I would have full harmony with my Linux desktop and tablet, and the apps are already good enough for daily use.
However, my main problem with Linux phones is NFC support, banking apps, and Google Pay, because these are my daily needs. I want to switch to a Linux phone when these problems are properly solved.

#Linux #linuxmobile #linuxphone #gnome #opensource #Foss #postmarketos

Hey #linux folks. What's your fav way to securely wipe a drive? (SSD mostly, but bonus points for spinners)

In short, I'm trying to be NIST SP 800-88 compliant when wiping drives before reusing them for upcycled computers.

What's the best way to do this in Linux, that's easy and hopefully doesn't take too too long?

#nixos #nixbook #foss

Sometimes my Framework touchpad stops working after suspend/resume. I finally found this fix:

https://blog.elijahlopez.ca/posts/linux-touchpad-not-working/

Thanks Internet! (I suspected that some module could be unloaded/loaded to fix but I didn't know which). #Linux

Do I know people using homebrew on Fedora (or even Fedora Silverblue)?
How well does it work for you?

I know about Universal Blue, I'm particularly interested in Fedora here :)

#homebrew #fedora #linux

so...do i backup everything important and reinstall?
#linux #archlinux

RE: https://plasmatrap.com/notes/ahqnb2wbl0

Check out EasySpeak, "a privacy-focused voice control system for Linux desktops running GNOME/Wayland."

@matthartley shows this off on Fedora Linux!

➡️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl5m2Zo1oIE

#EasySpeak #Fedora #Linux #Accessibility

If we have GNOMEs, can we have KDElves?

#linux #gnome #kde