Here is our weekly #Linux and #OpenSource news video!

In this one, we have more Office Suite beef between the Document Foundation and Euro Office, we have some really nice Plasma 6.7 features coming, and Chrome downloading a 4 gigs local A.I. model in the background without any consent:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lC_d-65yMxY

@lwn a bit unrelated, the #postgresql performance degradation in the #Linux #kernel 7, has it been fixed (either postgresql or kernel side)?

vi depended heavily on terminal capability databases to remain
portable across different hardware terminals. Bill Joy originally
wired vi only for Lear Siegler ADM-3A terminals, and termcap was
born from the flood of requests for support on other hardware.

"Termcap Unveiled" by Douglas R. Merritt, pages 42-48.
https://archive.org/details/Unix_Review_1984_Sep.pdf/page/n43/mode/2up

Also updated my nvi notes with a small historical section about
termcap/curses and terminal portability.
https://repo.or.cz/code-notes.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/notes/NVI_Editor_Guide.txt

#vi #unix #termcap #nvi #linux

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/12687-week-19-2026

#FOSS #Linux #Solus #OpenSource

- Evan

[quote] "The legal instrument protecting your rights as a user of Linux is less important than the commercial ecosystem built on top of it. And that commercial ecosystem as we have established is controlled by the same corporations paying a half a million dollars a year for board seats at the Linux Foundation. ... The message ... enforce the GPL, lose your friends ... violate it openly ... get a seat on the board ... The GPL is not dead but its enforcement mechanism has been systematically dismantled by the very organization that claims to steward it."

Linux Foundation has squelched the voice of the lay contributors and now corporations control the decision-making process.

Now that your contributions to GPL'd free software have created mega-millionaires and billionaires ... those same rich fat cats that profited from your free code now want to keep you from sharing your own free code or profiting from it while they violate the software license to cash in. They promote ideology campaigns employing useful idiots and ideological parrots to insulate themselves from criticism and hold themselves above reproach from the people they are exploiting to build their tech empire. The Linux Foundation has joined the empire.

I have said before that a new alternative operating system is required if software freedom and privacy are to survive. Linux is not the resistance against the system. Linux is the system.

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Full video for your earbuds: https://youtu.be/efDXFsUWk8U

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Our latest discussion builds on previous conversations, exploring the alleged corruption within the Linux Foundation and Linus Torvalds's potential awareness. We'll examine the intricate relationship between user space and the linux kernel developer, diving into how these components interact and influence the broader linux internals. This video aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the situation, explaining the nuances of these operating systems and the impact on open source software.

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#LinusTorvalds #Linux #LinuxFoundation #OperatingSystem #Corruption #BigTech #GPL #FreeSoftware #FOSS #Tech #Desktop

LOL GNOME OS dgaf no /etc/fstab you write a mount service unit like you're supposed to.

#linux #gnome

Let's Encrypt just stopped the issuance of certificates after an (so far not publicly disclosed) incident:

https://letsencrypt.status.io/pages/incident/55957a99e800baa4470002da/69fe2d6698ca07050eb4b1b3

If anyone encounters issues today with failed certificate renewals: It's probably not your setup.

#letsencrypt #itsec #devops #linux #security #tls

More stable kernels with partial Dirty Frag fixes

https://lwn.net/Articles/1071483/ #LWN #Linux #kernel

Calling out for help for a fun and not very technical addition to #nixbook !

Adding some pretty default wallpapers.

https://github.com/mkellyxp/nixbook/issues/85

#nixOS #linux

Various #FOSS OS communities' reactions to joining them:

#Linux: "Hey, welcome to the fam! Here's a stack of CDs I burned, see which one boots for you."
#FreeBSD: "Hey, we're glad you're here! Here's an amazing handbook to get you started, holler if you need a hand!"
#NetBSD: "Of course it runs NetBSD! Welcome! :D"
#OpenBSD: "Don't expect a lot of hand-holding, but we're all having fun with it, and hopefully you will enjoy the process, too."
#9front: "Are... you... sure you want to do this?"

😆

(For the record, I love them all. I only regret I haven't had much of a chance to play with #Haiku, or interact with that community, yet!)

Path of Exile 2 should hopefully be Steam Deck Verified with the next major update https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/path-of-exile-2-should-hopefully-be-steam-deck-verified-with-the-next-major-update/

#PathofExile2 #SteamDeck #SteamOS #Linux

How we get back to our home LANs when we are away travelling etc. It mostly involves WireGuard and Tailscale. We also get into blocking ads, mostly with Pi-hole.

https://linuxafterdark.net/linux-after-dark-episode-121/

#podcast #linux #opensource

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Linux After Dark artwork

We are able to follow up last year's success of financing important audio improvements in postmarketOS and the wider Linux Mobile ecosystem with another project this year, this time tackling q6voice(d).

Thanks to everybody who has been donating to postmarketOS, you made this possible!

https://postmarketos.org/blog/2026/05/08/q6voice-project/

#linuxmobile #postmarketos #linux

[$] Forgejo "carrot disclosure" raises security questions

An unusual, some might say hostile, approach to disclosing an alleged remote-code-execution (RCE) flaw in the Forgejo software-collaboration platform has sparked a multifaceted con [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1071499/ #LWN #Linux #security #Python

EDIT: it's not the virtio driver. This VM has 1G ram. If increased to 2G, it will boot. It seems it's the intramfs unable to decompress. And it's strange.

I've just upgraded my Proxmox Backup Server, running inside a bhyve VM on FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE, and it now kernel panics as soon as it boots.

Setup:
- Host: FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE
- Guest Kernel: Linux 7.0
- NIC: virtio-net

Workarounds tested:
- Removing the network device: boots successfully
- Changing the NIC to e1000: boots successfully

This seems to point to a virtio-net issue with this kernel under bhyve.

Has anyone else noticed this?

#FreeBSD #bhyve #Linux #KernelPanic

Anyone has an idea what's going on here? Or how to fix this? I installed WritingTools as an extension for @libreoffice and though everything seems to be checked, I can't use it. I get the error message LO is busy, or that I have not installed it. I've tried unchecking every other box and leaving only that of WritingTools, but nope, not working. I'm using Linux Mint.

#linux #linuxmint #libreoffice

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A screenshot of settings on LibreOffice, showing the Writing Aids tab, and there are also tabs with error messages saying LO is busy, and another that WritingTools is not installed, yet the screenshot says that it is.

Dark and Darker gets a fix for Linux / Steam Deck being unable to play certain modes https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/dark-and-darker-gets-a-fix-for-linux-steam-deck-being-unable-to-play-certain-modes/

#DarkandDarker #Linux #SteamOS #SteamDeck #AntiCheat

killswitch for short-term emergency vulnerability mitigation

https://lwn.net/Articles/1071861/ #LWN #Linux #security

[$] A 2026 DAMON update

The kernel's DAMON subsystem provides user-space monitoring and management of system memory. DAMON is developing rapidly, so an update on its progress has become a regular feature [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1071256/ #LWN #Linux #kernel #BPF

Security updates for Friday

https://lwn.net/Articles/1071859/ #LWN #Linux #security

Proton Experimental gets fixes for Rocket League, Crimson Desert, Helldivers 2 and more https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/proton-experimental-gets-fixes-for-rocket-league-crimson-desert-helldivers-2-and-more/

#Proton #Linux #SteamDeck #SteamOS

Four stable kernels with partial fixes for Dirty Frag

https://lwn.net/Articles/1071775/ #LWN #Linux #kernel

Been reading and fucking around to learn about the #Arch boot process and after using #Linux for over twenty years experienced my first ever blue screen kernel panic.

Maybe that's not 100% true, I probably have seen it before, but I can't really recall the last time I had it. On windows, that blue screen was a far more common thing in my experience.

Alright, so after a good bit of reading and playing around, I feel much more comfortable messing around with the boot partition and I feel...

Another day, another #Linux security vulnerability!

Dirty Frag: https://github.com/V4bel/dirtyfrag

For my fellow #NixOS users, here is the mitigation I applied to my systems: https://github.com/stapelberg/nix/commit/05e40d77799a8d68dc019b316cb824904a53361c

SteamOS 3.8.4 Beta brings further Steam Machine support and fixes for experimental nested desktop mode https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/steamos-3-8-4-beta-brings-further-steam-machine-support-fixes-for-experimental-nested-desktop-mode/

#SteamOS #SteamMachine #SteamDeck #Linux

Linux security flaws Dirty Frag and Copy Fail are a good reminder to stay up to date https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/linux-security-flaws-dirty-frag-and-copy-fail-are-a-good-reminder-to-stay-up-to-date/

#Linux #OpenSource #Security

Oh good, another high-severity #Linux #security vulnerability that somebody botched the disclosure of, turning it into a high-severity zero-day.

Because #CopyFail wasn't bad enough. Now we've got #DirtyFrag too.

Can #cybersecurity people please stop botching vulnerability disclosure? Thanks.

https://github.com/V4bel/dirtyfrag/blob/master/README.md

#security

Dirty Frag: Universal Linux LPE https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/07/8

This is a report on "Dirty Frag", a universal LPE that allows obtaining root privileges on all major distributions. This vulnerability has a similar impact to the previous Copy Fail.

#linux #security

Dirty Frag: a zero-day universal Linux LPE

https://lwn.net/Articles/1071719/ #LWN #Linux #security

@gordonmessmer I agree that #linux distributions have been unkind to app developers!

Another fucking day, another fucking #Linux #LPE: https://github.com/V4bel/dirtyfrag

run

#unix_surrealism #comic #linux #cirno #9front #glenda

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metacity busy busy busy mage finds deb's antiques enters MATABOT COPS at the counter deb mouths: r u n matabot scans mage JANE DOE, OUTSTANDING WARRANT RUNNING through the streets of metacity BANG, a shot rings out one of the cops is dead, the other freaks out cirno and glenda reload

#KDE Gear 26.04.1 Is Out with More Improvements for Your Favorite KDE Apps https://9to5linux.com/kde-gear-26-04-1-is-out-with-more-improvements-for-your-favorite-kde-apps

@kde #Linux #OpenSource #FreeSoftware

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A screenshot of the KDE Plasma desktop environment showing various KDE apps, including Dolphin, System Settings, Discover, and Okular.

[$] A new era for memory-management maintainership

On April 21, Andrew Morton let it be known that he intends to begin stepping away from the maintainership of kernel's memory-management subsystem — a responsibility he has carried [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1070994/ #LWN #Linux #kernel #BPF

If my job was to distribute software and after thirty years all I have is 4% success rate you would fire me.

It's long past due to let the experts who make the software ship the stuff.

Everyone else in #linux has figured this out except the Linux desktop.

https://conf.linuxappsummit.org/event/9/contributions/233/

An update on KDE's Union style engine

https://lwn.net/Articles/1071703/ #LWN #Linux

"Sir the #linux users are rioting again, they hate electron and want a native app."

"The people that always cost us money? Fine, I guess I'd rather just shut them up, what platform stack to they want?"

"Oh they purposely don't have one. They're quite proud of that apparently."

"What's for lunch?"

https://conf.linuxappsummit.org/event/9/contributions/233/

I don't wanna scare any app developers from publishing on #linux of course.

The way it works is they'll ship a 5 year old version of the thing and then tell the users that breaking your software is a refined skill.

You probably don't want to look to see how much money some orgs are purposely siphoning away from application developers.

https://conf.linuxappsummit.org/event/9/contributions/233/

Check it out man. Millions of application developers in the world. Millions.

They can easily publish on any platform except the #linux desktop.

Yeah the way it works is only a handful of people know this super complicated process of uncompressing a tarball from a web server and splatting it on a disk. No you can't do it yourself you have to get permission.

You will choose to do it yourself. If you love enshittification do we have a model for you, the users give you root to their computers!

https://conf.linuxappsummit.org/event/9/contributions/233/

What do we do with all our bugs? We promised people we're good at this but ends up some dude named Sisyphus already figured it out.

There's a poster at the entrance of this coal mine of toil that says: "We add value."

I totally believe that!

#gnome #linux

https://conf.linuxappsummit.org/event/9/contributions/233/

Security updates for Thursday

https://lwn.net/Articles/1071700/ #LWN #Linux #security

I think tech archaelogists will look back at #linux distributions and think ...

"Why did they call them distributions? They're doing the worst job out of anybody at distributing software."

Come to my talk for more! https://conf.linuxappsummit.org/event/9/contributions/233/