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Chris is struggling to decide which distro to install on his new work laptop, and he and Gary want to pick a new distro for the people they support. Plus Joe wonders what moving on from Xfce would look like.
https://linuxafterdark.net/linux-after-dark-episode-125/
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Some great Native Linux games to grab in the Steam Summer Sale 2026 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/some-great-native-linux-games-to-grab-in-the-steam-summer-sale-2026/
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Heroes of Might and Magic 2 project fheroes2 version 1.1.17 is out now https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/heroes-of-might-and-magic-2-project-fheroes2-version-1-1-17-is-out-now/
[$] Limiting negative dentries
A number of problems related to negative directory entries (dentries) were the topic of a filesystem-track session at the 2026 Linux Storage, Filesystem, Memory Management, and BPF [...]
Proton Experimental gets fixes for DEATHLOOP, DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS and more https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/proton-experimental-gets-fixes-for-deathloop-dragon-quest-builders-and-more/
#Proton #Linux #SteamOS #SteamDeck #SteamMachine #SteamFrame
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I run through some of last month's smaller, but no-less-notable app updates, including SuperFile, Cine, Bazaar, and more music players than you can shake a (rhythm) stick at.
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/linux-app-release-roundup-june-2026?v1
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You are not expected to understand this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Commentary_on_the_UNIX_Operating_System
#unix #history #linux #opensource
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Title: You are not expected to understand this
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The infamous program comment "You are not expected to understand this" occurs on line 2238 of the source code (Lions' Commentary, p. 22) at the end of a comment explaining the process exchange mechanism. It refers to line 325 of the file slp.c.[9] The source code reads:[10][11]
The source code:
/*
* If the new process paused because it was
* swapped out, set the stack level to the last call
* to savu(u_ssav). This means that the return
* which is executed immediately after the call to aretu
* actually returns from the last routine which did
* the savu.
*
* You are not expected to understand this.
*/
if(rp->p_flag&SSWAP) {
rp->p_flag =& ~SSWAP;
aretu(u.u_ssav);
}
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Title: You are not expected to understand this
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The infamous program comment \"You are not expected to understand this\" occurs on line 2238 of the source code (Lions' Commentary, p. 22) at the end of a comment explaining the process exchange mechanism. It refers to line 325 of the file slp.c.[9] The source code reads:[10][11]
The source code:
/*
* If the new process paused because it was
* swapped out, set the stack level to the last call
* to savu(u_ssav). This means that the return
* which is executed immediately after the call to aretu
* actually returns from the last routine which did
* the savu.
*
* You are not expected to understand this.
*/
if(rp->p_flag&SSWAP) {
rp->p_flag =& ~SSWAP;
aretu(u.u_ssav);
}
Taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Commentary_on_the_UNIX_Operating_System")
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A screenshot from Wikpedia.
Title: You are not expected to understand this
Text read:
The infamous program comment "You are not expected to understand this" occurs on line 2238 of the source code (Lions' Commentary, p. 22) at the end of a comment explaining the process exchange mechanism. It refers to line 325 of the file slp.c.[9] The source code reads:[10][11]
The source code:
/*
* If the new process paused because it was
* swapped out, set the stack level to the last call
* to savu(u_ssav). This means that the return
* which is executed immediately after the call to aretu
* actually returns from the last routine which did
* the savu.
*
* You are not expected to understand this.
*/
if(rp->p_flag&SSWAP) {
rp->p_flag =& ~SSWAP;
aretu(u.u_ssav);
}
Taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Commentary_on_the_UNIX_Operating_System
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Switch all your creative needs to open source apps now, My favorite picks:
Photo library: #digiKam
Raw photo devel: #Darktable
Image manipulation: #Gimp
Vectors: #Inkscape
Painting: #Krita
Pixel Art: #Pixelorama
Drawn animation: #Tahoma2D
Motion graphics: #Friction
Video editing: #Kdenlive
Compositing: #Natron
3D: #Blender
Audio: #Audacity
Music production: #Ardour
3D CAD: #FreeCAD
2D CAD: #QCad (Free edition)
Desktop Publishing: #Scribus
[$] Two LLM-assisted memory-management patch sets
The kernel community (like many other free-software projects) has recently seen a large influx of patches developed with the assistance of large language models (LLMs). Those patc [...]
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🐧 It’s Linux, On A Sega Megadrive
｢ The lowly 68000 in the Sega doesn’t have a memory management unit required for the full Linux experience, so what’s really running here is a kernel compiled with the -nommu option. That in itself is a feat, on this architecture. On it you get smolutils, a cut down coreutils, and that seems to be it ｣
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/29/its-linux-on-a-sega-megadrive/
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[MANGA][FREE DOWNLOAD] JAPANESE JESUS
https://triapul.cz/files/pmjv-japanese_jesus.cbz
I hereby announce the release of Japanese Jesus e-book. Enjoy!
If you want, you can buy something or put a dollar in the hat.
https://analognowhere.com/support
stay prayed up
#unix_surrealism #comic #japanese_jesus #art #foss #linux
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After a one hour session on an exploratory test project I felt confident enough to edit my next video with KDEnlive instead of Cinelerra-GG. I tried some of the most common things I like to do in my edits, and figured out how to do them pretty quickly.
I'm in the process of editing that next video right now, and it's such a breeze. I do have to relearn things, and KDEnlive isn't without bugs either, but they're a lot less in your face than with Cinelerra-GG and the UI is 100000 times better. Seriously, I don't know what GUI library Cinelerra is using but it's so clunky.
All in all, I'm pretty satisfied. Things like speeding up parts of video are a lot less error prone, they keyframe handling took some getting used to, but now that I understand it feels much more intuitive than with Cinelerra. Keyframing the volume is a breeze. Just overall, I find KDEnline much more intuitive.
Steam Survey - June 2026 shows Linux dip to 3.69% https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/steam-survey-june-2026-shows-linux-dip-to-3-69-percent/
[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for July 2, 2026
The LWN.net Weekly Edition for July 2, 2026 is available.
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#Debian LTS contributors released 56 DLAs fixing 877 CVEs in May, a larger number than usual. The Kernel team deserves a special mention for handling the disclosed vulnerabilities on #linux regarding Local Privilege Escalation with public proof-of-concept exploits. On the LTS side, the Front Desk team also triaged a significant flow of high severity CVEs and notable security updates were released for exim, gnutls28, krb5, lemonldap-ng, imagemagick, openjdk-11, openjdk-17, php7.4, python3.9 and more.
Several patches were prepared by Catalyst for #Samba 4.17 shipped with Debian 12, to fix vulnerabilities disclosed in May, thanks to Freexian's partnership with them to extend the support.
LTS team also contributed with updates to the latest Debian releases, #bookworm and #trixie.
Read the details in our full report at https://www.freexian.com/blog/debian-lts-report-2026-05/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
This work is funded by Freexian's Debian LTS offering. Become a sponsor of Debian LTS (https://www.freexian.com/lts/debian/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social) and enjoy the benefits (https://www.freexian.com/lts/debian/details/#benefits).
[$] Efficient access to local storage for BPF programs
When a BPF program is used to filter or redirect packets in the networking subsystem, the program will often want to associate data with each packet as it moves through the kernel. [...]
https://lwn.net/Articles/1078968/ #LWN #Linux #kernel #Git #BPF #LSFMMBPF
[$] Secure Boot certificate expiration is here
Linux users who have Secure Boot enabled on their systems rely on certificates issued by Microsoft to verify the software used to boot a system is trusted by the user. One of those [...]
https://lwn.net/Articles/1079808/ #LWN #Linux #security #Debian #RedHat
PlayStation 5 Linux project gets upgraded to support new firmware and PS5 Slim https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/playstation-5-linux-project-gets-upgraded-to-support-new-firmware-and-ps5-slim/
Conan Exiles Enhanced is getting a free four-part story expansion https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/conan-exiles-enhanced-is-getting-a-free-four-part-story-expansion/
#ConanExilesEnhanced #ConanExiles #Gaming #SteamDeck #SteamOS #Linux
Steam update brings Steam Machine compatibility improvements, game resolution changes https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/steam-update-brings-steam-machine-compatibility-improvements-game-resolution-changes/
July 26 reminder - GamingOnLinux needs your support https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/july-26-reminder-gamingonlinux-needs-your-support/
We dig into Ubuntu's first planned AI feature, a speech to text tool, using our snarky explainer format. The what, how and why – without the hype.
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/what-is-myna-ubuntu-ai-dictation
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I just realized that a big part of why I use Gnome DE is because it works best with one application per workspace, and that really helps with (my) #ADHD workflow.
Iiiiiiinteresting.
#FOSS #FLOSS #OpenSource #Linux #Debian #Gnome #neurodivergent #neurodiverse
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Mythic Beasts (@beasts) is an awesome VPS (&c) provider that you should definitely use. They just fixed a subtle disk latency problem for me with a near-zero turnaround time, and they've always been super helpful and very reliable.
With all these companies turning out to be fascists it's really nice to make a solid recommendation! #vps #linux #msp
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It has been a while since I looked at other operating systems (other than #Linux of course), so I decided to do another one of these videos.
I looked at macOS 26, and it has improved significantly since the last time I used it. I still feel #Linux desktops are mostly better, but there are a few things we can learn in there: