#POLL Results:

44 people are in deep denial about their existential dread, and should consult a counselor and read #Kierkegaard immediately 😁
139 people like teh pretty tings, and can't be bothered
188 people have started down the path towards enlightment
354 people are cool_kids
92 people are very_cool_kids
55 people laugh at your inadequate security model
27 people can run a server on a bit of bailing wire and a microcontroller from 1987 — fear them.
26 people are keeping Gassée's dream alive, and are plenny cool in my book
4 people are totally cool, and totally in a class by themselves
and 21 people kinda scare me, but I'd like to know more. 🤣

#humor #humour #houmor #houmour

#Windows #MacOS #Linux #CommandLine #BSD #RunBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #Haiku #HaikuOS #BeOS #Amiga #Workbench #AROS #AmigaOS #Plan9 #9Front #TempleOS

P.S., wherever you find yourself, you're awesome. This is all for fun.

Firefox 154.0 released

https://lwn.net/Articles/1089386/

#LWN #Linux #Firefox

As I continue to see official Linux releases of AI companies’ desktop apps, remember:

Installing something from a .deb file gives the creator of the app ROOT ACCESS TO YOUR ENTIRE COMPUTER. These .debs also add a persistent repo to your computer, meaning they have PERSISTENT root access.

I’m not sure that’s something you really want to give these companies. Maybe it’s why they’re not releasing Flatpaks?

#Linux #Flatpak #OpenSource #AI #LLM #Claude #ChatGPT #OpenAI #Anthropic #Ubuntu

New Linux Matters ep 88: Talking to my Computer 🎙️

I've been building Canopy, a community insights tool. Martin's ditched typing for Voxtype. Mark's still fighting fungi in TLOU2.

https://linuxmatters.sh/88/

#linux #podcast

99% of the time I love immutable #Linux until I need to run something like nmap as root and nmap isn't on my runtime image and yes there are ways but now I gotta detour my train of thought when I'm already nmap deep into something. Don't get me wrong, the tradeoffs are very often worth it, but it's not nothing when I need smartctl *now* and I can't just dnf/zypper/apt install smartmontools.

[$] Fedora prepares for the end of AF_ALG

The Linux kernel's user-space interface (AF_ALG) to the Crypto API has been linked to a number of recent high-profile security problems, including Copy Fail and successor vulnerabi [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1088489/

#LWN #Linux #Git

Security updates for Tuesday

https://lwn.net/Articles/1089338/

#LWN #Linux #security

Make funny looking heroes in the physics-based brawler Spectacular Team: Assemble https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/make-funny-looking-heroes-in-the-physics-based-brawler-spectacular-team-assemble/

#IndieGames #Linux #SteamOS #PCGaming

Gosh #Linux has come a long way. I remember installing Gentoo back in... well, back when Celerons were a thing. Ubuntu 26.04 installed _so_ flawlessly on an old Macbook and heck it looks so GOOD

I appreciate and respect that a lot of people in the #Linux word want to minimize, minimize, minimize until it can literally run on a digital watch from 1981... but I'm running #Gnome / #Debian on a Gen 2 Thinkpad T14, and it's *smooth* as anything, so I'm good. I'm very good.

#FOSS #FLOSS #OpenSource

Giving Kubuntu a try for a bit, seeing how I like KDE.

#ubuntu #kubuntu #kde #plasma #linux

Guest hosts @GreenSysAdmin from Linux After Dark and @SNThrailkill from Hybrid Cloud Show tell Joe and Félim about bootc desktop Linux distros, how they build, deploy, and update them, and why this modern approach is so powerful. Plus another system information tool, cutting edge upscaling on the Steam Deck, and why Chris has switched to the KDE Plasma desktop.

https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-399/

#podcast #linux #opensource #bootc

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Late Night Linux artwork

Did you know that we have a podcast about developing software for and with Linux where professional developers talk about various aspects of the craft? Did you know that we don't talk about using generative AI, and instead talk about writing code the human way?

Check it out at https://linuxdevtime.com/

Or search for Linux Dev Time wherever you get your podcasts.

#podcast #linux #opensource #development #noAI

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟬𝟴/𝟭𝟳 (Valuable News - 2026/08/17) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/08/17/valuable-news-2026-08-17/

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

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

Check out the demo for HYPERDROP an explosive neon-soaked pachinko roguelite https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/check-out-the-demo-for-hyperdrop-an-explosive-neon-soaked-pachinko-roguelite/

#HYPERDROP #IndieGames #PCGaming #Gaming #Linux

[$] Development statistics for the 7.2 kernel

Linus Torvalds released the 7.2 kernel on August 17, after noting that the number of fixes coming in was still "bigger than I would have wished for". In fact, 7.2 was one of the b [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1088776/

#LWN #Linux #kernel #SUSE #RedHat #Rust #Git

[$] Bootstrappable builds: how and why

This year's edition of the Free and Open Source Software Yearly conference, better known as "FOSSY", moved north to the beautiful (and enormous) campus of the University of British [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1088279/

#LWN #Linux #Debian #GCC #Rust #Python #Perl #Git

So the Owlbear is awake, and has a super nerdy #Linux question.

Why is it that every time I try out an OS based on #NixOS it turns into some kind of unusable Nightmare?

Not #NixOS itself mind you; Nix and I don't get along very well, but that'd be an Owlbear issue. But Nix based OSes all seem to have super weird configuration setups, nonfunctional built in tools, or both.

At least for me.

It's almost like maybe variations of a system that can be completely configured with one file should maybe be distributed as a configuration file, instead of a buncha unsupported, undocumented system alterations.

Weird, right?

GNU poke 5.0 released

https://lwn.net/Articles/1089211/

#LWN #Linux

Mark J. Wielaard receives Distinguished Service Award in Software Freedom

https://lwn.net/Articles/1089208/

#LWN #Linux

Security updates for Monday

https://lwn.net/Articles/1089205/

#LWN #Linux #security

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands has Easy Anti-Cheat removed https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-wildlands-has-easy-anti-cheat-removed/

#SteamOS #Linux #SteamMachine #GhostRecon #Wildlands

Linux kernel 7.2 is officially out now https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/linux-kernel-7-2-is-officially-out-now/

#Linux #OpenSource #Kernel

@jefftp (Not on mobile so more detail) - the problem with trying to fit the old world into the new is you do a bunch of pain for nothing.

I went through all the trouble to make #ubuntu invisible and I'm still stuck with some old version of a tool?

I skip all of it and get it from #homebrew | their track record of delivering fresh upstream applications is fantastic, a well governed open source community and millions of users. Look at the last sets of changelogs. Lots of #linux.

Linux distributions have broken people's minds. Someone on youtube was like "Can I get Dakotaraptor but with Arch?"

No, why would I get Linux from a third party when I can get it from linux.org. And in return we get much less complexity and a sustainable ecosystem than what linux distributions provide? It's a nobrainer decision.

That being said our new #freedesktop containers will be available in both OCI and nspawn formats, my personal opinion doesn't matter. On modern #linux you always get what you want.

Linux 7.2 is out with cache-aware scheduling, device-to-device data transfer over USB4 cables and a glut of ext4, NTFS and btrfs filesystem boosts.

One much-hyped GPU change didn't make it, pulled at the last minute because of to performance regression on AMD hardware.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/linux-7-2-cache-aware-scheduling-ext4-btrfs?v1

#Linux #OpenSource #FOSS

The 7.2 kernel has been released

https://lwn.net/Articles/1088991/

#LWN #Linux #kernel #Git #BPF

I've just stumbled across something whimsical, and I love it.

It is a package called xcowsay. Its sole purpose is to display some text in the form of a speech bubble, coming from a graphical cow. For example:

~$ echo this is awesome | xcowsay -t 50

produces the output shown in the screenshot. A typical usage would be displaying text from the fortune package.

If you prefer, there is a terminal version called cowsay, that draws an ascii-art cow.

#Linux #Unix #FOSS #FLOSS

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The graphical cow (black and white), with a speech bubble containing the text "this is awesome".

RE: https://sunny.garden/@bragefuglseth/116920572163082606

Quoting this again because it extends to the recent happenings as well. You really shouldn't be caring too much about them.

The #Linux Foundation is way less relevant for the Linux desktop space than you might think. The "Linux" in its name is a little misleading, because while it does indeed support the development of the Linux kernel, it also oversees a bunch of other projects. It's not at all comparable to e.g. the #GNOME Foundation, #KDE e.v. or the #Debian project.

It's not run by the same kind of people, and does not have the same kind of goals. It does not concern itself with the ideology of the free software movement, or the "community" in the sense that you and I perceive that word.

It exists as a collaboration ground for corporations, and primarily serves the interests of those.

Happy birthday to us! 🥳️

On 15th August 1997 two students — Federico Mena Quintero and Miguel de Icaza announced on various mailing lists start of the GNOME project, giving birth to our project

We're glad to give the world a free desktop they always deserved! But it's important to note we cannot do it without your help, please become a Friend of GNOME to allow us to continue our mission for the next 29 years!

https://donate.gnome.org

#linux #foss

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Graphic showcasing birthday cake on the left. It has big "29" on it, with small blue foot on the bottom. On the right there's dark Adwaita app with progressbar. In the window content it's written "Happy birthday!", and GNOME logo on the bottom right corner. In the header bar there's written "Progress (29%)".

D7VK version 2.1 brings improvements to retro game loading time https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/d7vk-version-2-1-brings-improvements-to-retro-game-loading-time/

#D7VK #Linux #OpenSource #Gaming #Retro

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

In this one, we have #GNOME and #KDE sharing some goals and previews of what's coming, and it sounds pretty great, we have some big name apps coming to Linux, we have GPU acceleration coming to a Windows VM near you, and a lot more:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJM_2amAj6w

C is what made the #Linux miracle possible and the #tech elite are very into that.

There's not space here to go into the disastrous corporate corruption underlying the Linux community and fanbase, or the way in which the words #FreeSoftware have come to mean basically nothing in a world where "open source" is a mere buzzword in the mouths of Sam Altman and Elon Musk. There's not a particle or glimmer of actual #freedom anywhere in this scene, all because Linux nerds have tended to like money and power. Lots of it, all the time.

(cont'd)

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/12926-week-33-2026

#FOSS #Linux #Solus #OpenSource

- Evan

#KDE Frameworks 6.29 Released with Various Improvements and Bug Fixes https://9to5linux.com/kde-frameworks-6-29-released-with-various-improvements-and-bug-fixes

@kde #Linux #OpenSource #FreeSoftware

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A screenshot of the KDE Plasma desktop environment showing the System Settings and Discover apps.