Play dice against the guardian of the underworld in Dice of Kalma https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/play-dice-against-the-guardian-of-the-underworld-in-dice-of-kalma/

#DiceofKalma #IndieGames #Linux #Gaming

Folks, if your #Python desktop app doesn't set a custom name for its process, please do your #Linux users a favor and make sure to set a pretty name instead of letting it call itself "python3" by default

It would be neat to have a patch for @GettingThingsGNOME in https://github.com/getting-things-gnome/gtg/issues/638

A few other examples of affected apps:
* https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/apostrophe/-/issues/650
* https://github.com/mike-fabian/ibus-typing-booster/issues/833
* https://github.com/AlexanderVanhee/Gradia/issues/277
* #LibreOffice is… hard to convince: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=164305

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Screenshot from gnome-system-monitor showing a bunch of Python apps, most of which are showing a recognizeable process name (gajim, secrets, showtime, powerline-daemon, etc.) vs one app that still has the default "python3" process name.

Catch the livestream for the Fedora 43 release party, LIVE NOW!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc11xW9XCU8&pp=ygUOZmVkb3JhIHByb2plY3Q%3D

And if you want to connect with Fedora community members, register for the event to join the Matrix chat for the party!

https://rsvp.fedoraproject.org/releases/f43/

#Fedora #FedoraReleaseParty #Linux #OpenSource

Looking for some really solid #linux advice please.

Home server runs #ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish) and all is well.

However Ubuntu is up to 24.04.3 LTS now, with 25 LTS not far off probably and I am thinking of updating. To 24.04.3 LTS that is.

Sever hosts Wordpress websites, Nextcloud and Postfix/Dovecote email

Online "blah" ranges from "Sure, no worries!" to "No! The sky will fall!" so is there anyone out there who really knows their Linux onions that can offer a sensible comment?

Our anti-cheat page for Linux / SteamOS was updated. It now lists the last update date in the main list below the name: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/anticheat/

*Some may have no date, as their status was set before the page existed.*

#Linux #SteamOS #AntiCheat

ARC Raiders is now Steam Deck Verified https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/arc-raiders-is-now-steam-deck-verified/

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

@stefano @hyc Not only does #FreeBSD do it the proper way but they've had the technology for at least a decade before #Linux.

I am far from holding God-like status in either FreeBSD or Linux but this needs to be a major talking point.

Just sayin'.

@rl_dane

You're a bit optimistic about #Linux doco, there, by the way. Weeks! (-:

Many how-tos and such from the #LinuxDocumentationProject notoriously date from the 1990s and were last updated two decades ago.

One wouldn't know from TLDP about the Bourne Again to Almquist shell switchover, for instance. And there's PalmOS and Psion as hardware platforms, but no #RaspberryPi.

This Isn't a Battle https://lobste.rs/s/l4vg9a #freebsd #linux #netbsd #openbsd
https://my-notes.dragas.net/2025/11/14/this-isnt-a-battle/

I don’t know what to think of bootc quite yet.

On one hand I like the idea of an immutable OS relying on a technology I’m familiar with.

On the other, most bootc images I’ve found seem to bundle a lot of extras that are not always trivial to remove.

I would want my OS image to be minimal and as close to upstream as possible, and then I want to install apps by myself.

#linux #bootc

Fedora 43 Release Party is happening tomorrow from 1-4pm UTC as an online event. Great for users and contributors!

Registering is brief and you can join the fun!

Learn more: https://fedoramagazine.org/join-us-for-the-fedora-linux-43-release-party/

See you there!

#Fedora #Linux #OpenSource

SteamOS 3.7.18 Beta available with a few nuisance bugs being squashed https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/steamos-3-7-18-beta-available-with-a-few-nuisance-bugs-being-squashed/

#SteamOS #Linux #SteamDeck

Baldur's Gate 3 gets more Steam Deck improvements in Hotfix 35 with their native version https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/baldurs-gate-3-gets-more-steam-deck-improvements-in-hotfix-35-with-their-native-version/

#BaldursGate3 #SteamOS #SteamDeck #Linux

Struggling to keep up? Check out what was big over the last 30 days on our site: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/hot-articles/

#Linux #SteamOS #SteamDeck #SteamMachine

This week, The Verge casually dropped a few lines on their podcast that stopped me in my tracks:

“I don’t think our children will grow up in a world where buying a consumer Windows laptop is a thing.”

“These kids don’t know Microsoft. They know Xbox...”

“We’re raising a generation of gamers, and they’re all going to switch to Linux.”

For the first time in decades, it feels like Windows is no longer inevitable.

Let's talk about it.
https://youtu.be/SLKtWi6NxmI

#Linux #Windows #Microsoft

Come on over to #Linux. We have cookies!

https://www.theverge.com/tech/825022/microsoft-windows-40-year-anniversary-agentic-os-future

Need a new local co-op game? Puzzle platformer Tentacle Tango looks great and challenging https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/need-a-new-local-co-op-game-puzzle-platformer-tentacle-tango-looks-great-and-challenging/

#TentacleTango #Gaming #IndieGames #PCGaming #Linux

Valve put up a new Steam Linux Runtime 4.0 with a move towards 64-bit https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/valve-put-up-a-new-steam-linux-runtime-4-0-with-a-move-towards-64-bit/

#Steam #Valve #Linux

SNES styled JRPG set in a world of garbage - Kingdoms of the Dump is out now https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/snes-styled-jrpg-set-in-a-world-of-garbage-kingdoms-of-the-dump-is-out-now/

#KingdomsoftheDump #Godot #IndieGames #Linux

Do all the 'just use Linux' people understand that a lot of us have work laptops, provided by our employers, which we cannot tinker with extensively even if we were capable and wanting to??

'Just use Linux' is not a fucking solution to everything
Stop
#linux #windows #genAI #noAI #copilot

We had an event last night at a low income housing community here in Olympia. We brought some Nixbooks, gave them away and showed people how to use them.

These people are NOT technical and still all said that Nixbook was far easier to use than any other computer they had used in the past.

All these laptops were headed for the scrapyard, but now thanks to Linux are out there changing peoples lives. :)

#linux #nixbook #recycling #ewaste

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80 year old woman in wheel chair getting a demo of nixbook

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Two men around an HP laptop running nixbook browsing the web

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One of our volunteers showing a woman how to use Nixbook

Love how a resident fighting the construction of a large ugly office tower in my #Brussels neighbourhood casually shows off his @ubuntu #Linux laptop on local TV and loads files from the city's @nextcloud instance. ❤️

#FOSS #FreeSoftware #DigitalSovereignty #Delta #Auderghem #TourTriomphe

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TV screenshot of a black laptop running Ubuntu Linux with a Firefox browser window showing a PDF file that has been downloaded from a Brussels Region Nextcloud instance.

The Verge: Screw it, I’m installing Linux

https://www.theverge.com/tech/823337/switching-linux-gaming-desktop-cachyos

#win11 #linux

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To be clear, my desktop works fine on Windows 11. But the general ratio of cool new features to egregious bullshit is low. I do not want to talk to my computer. I do not want to use OneDrive. I’m sure as hell not going to use Recall. I am tired of Windows trying to get me to use Edge, Edge trying to get me to use Bing, and everything trying to get me to use Copilot. I paid for an Office 365 subscription so I could edit Excel files. Then Office 365 turned into Copilot 365, and I tried to use it to open a Word document and it didn’t know how. Meanwhile, Microsoft is ending support for Windows 10, including security updates, forcing people to buy new hardware or live with the risks.

"The contrast with Docker is striking: while the Docker container required 100% CPU to reach peak for the HTTP and HTTPS throughput, the FreeBSD jail delivered the same speed with ~60% of the CPU sitting idle. In terms of performance cost per request, Jails are drastically cheaper."

https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/11/19/static-web-hosting-intel-n150-freebsd-smartos-netbsd-openbsd-linux/

#ITNotes #Linux #Docker #Containers #FreeBSD #RunBSD #IT #SysAdmin

Still trying to figure out this shit-show of trying to run games on Linux.

Ubuntu 25.10, seems I found that Proton 7 apparently is best for my older GPU for HL2 and Portal 2. However, now Black Mesa won't... load the menu? It did work for Steam when installed via Snap, but not for a native install?

#linux #steam

I have an MSI Prestige A16 laptop that only runs #Archlinux. Speakers stopped working suddenly last week, but headphones plugged in worked fine (Bluetooth audio - all the stuff up a wire plumber's rear end). Tried a few kernel versions to no avail (firmware package wasn't updated recently).

Flashbacked to the days of the Toshiba Swanky Chromebook and the audio issues I had on that with @angrylinus

What fixed it? A BIOS update, with this description:
1. Usability and stability improvements.

I can't stand this crap—you have to give me more than this. A BIOS update has rarely ever fixed anything for me since I started tinkering with computers 40 years ago.

#linux #msi

Linus Torvalds is surprisingly optimistic about vibe coding - except for this one 'horrible' use https://www.zdnet.com/article/linus-torvalds-is-surprisingly-optimistic-about-vibe-coding-except-for-this-one-horrible-use/ by @sjvn

Linus Torvalds and Dirk Hohndel talk about #Rust, #AI, and the #Linux kernel.

The cross-platform Nexus Mods app v0.21.1 makes mod collection installation smoother https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/the-cross-platform-nexus-mods-app-v0-21-1-makes-mod-collection-installation-smoother/

#NexusMods #OpenSource #Modding #Linux #SteamOS

Xubuntu's website was compromised in October, with torrent links replaced by a ZIP containing Windows malware.

Now, the team share a report on how the breach was able to happen - and what they're doing to prevent a repeat.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/11/xubuntu-website-breach-report?v1

#security #xubuntu #linux

Shout out to @thelinuxEXP for his consistently great Linux and open source news videos!

https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment

I became a channel member a while back to support him, and have really been enjoying the daily audio-only episodes on my commute after dropping kids off in the mornings. Nick always has a sensible, factual approach while not being afraid to share his (very reasonable!) opinions and thoughts.

#Linux #OpenSource

A true workhorse, I tell you. 💪🔥

#linux

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There is a buff terminator (man-like) with a machine gun in its right hand firing at something; the terminator is called "Linux". On its left hand is a couch, with a person sat on it (Mr Bean) with a mop in his hand; he is called "My 15 years old PC".

Another data corruption, fortunately not fatal, with btrfs. Two mirrored disks that have little activity. On the same server, Proxmox 9, there is also a ZFS pool (mirrored, more active). Same type of disks.

An employee mistakenly connected an electric heater to a socket protected by the UPS, and the server rebooted brutally.

Upon reboot, one of the two btrfs disks reported:

[ 167.015266] BTRFS error (device sdd): parent transid verify failed on 873906176 wanted 998679 found 998677
[ 167.017007] BTRFS error (device sdd): parent transid verify failed on 873906176 wanted 998679 found 998677
[ 167.052517] BTRFS error (device sdd): open_ctree failed mount: /btrfs: can't read superblock on /dev/sdd.

Result: unable to mount, even in degraded mode. The only way was to disconnect sdd and mount the other disk in degraded mode.

No issues with the ZFS pool.

Needless to say, I'm now copying the data to ZFS, and before tomorrow, these two disks will be a new ZFS pool.

#RunZFS #OpenZFS #btrfs #Linux #Proxmox

Steamworks SDK adds support for Linux Arm and Android, and it seems we know the first Android game on Steam https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/steamworks-sdk-adds-support-for-linux-arm-and-android-and-it-seems-we-know-the-first-android-game-on-steam/

#Linux #Android #Steam #SteamFrame #SteamOS

Hello from Fedora KDE https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/hello-from-fedora-kde/

#Fedora #KDE #Linux

Static Web Hosting on the Intel N150: FreeBSD, SmartOS, NetBSD, OpenBSD and Linux Compared

Update: This post has been updated to include Docker benchmarks and a comparison of container overhead versus FreeBSD Jails and illumos Zones.

https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/11/19/static-web-hosting-intel-n150-freebsd-smartos-netbsd-openbsd-linux/

#ITNotes #freebsd #illumos #jail #linux #netbsd #openbsd #ownyourdata #server #smartos #sysadmin #zoneshosting

@gnome is cozy computing.

Adwaita apps are calm, focused, consistent. Tasks can often be done offline. Even badges for unread notifications are tinted blue and not red.

Non core apps are maintained by indie developers scratching their own itch. With GNOME Circle, a community of more experienced people help review and polish them.

GNOME is the village of Gauls peacefully resisting the Big Tech Empire with its sole existence.

https://circle.gnome.org/

#gnome #adwaita #cozy #linux

👋 The End of an Era 👋
- Fact: time is an irreplaceable critical resource, too often in short supply
- Resources: finite patience, focus, attention; infinite idgaf

Requisite Changes
- Core hardware from HomeLab will be moved to the colo this month (systems which matter)
- Likely much will be given to specific OSS projects for free, easiest for those local to Milpitas (colo)

Respond to thread or DM if you want to be updated with the inventory spreadsheet (partially complete, more to add)

#homelab #hardware #linux #freebsd #networking

[1/3] Well, this is a pickle...

I was recording a video about Zorin OS 18, using a fresh installation on the Framework 13 laptop, and trying to approach things like a new Linux user might. Specifically an "every day" user coming from Windows.

In the middle of the "Welcome Tour" the display started graphically glitching out. It persisted when I stopped OBS. Persisted after I rebooted. I did a few test runs with OBS before recording for real and everything was fine...

#Linux #ZorinOS

$ alias screensaver='for ((;;)); do echo -ne "\033[$((1+RANDOM%LINES));$((1+RANDOM%COLUMNS))H\033[$((RANDOM%2));3$((RANDOM%8))m$((RANDOM%10))"; sleep 0.01; done'

#bash #linux