Carl and Jeremy presented COSMIC Desktop at the Open Source Summit last month. Learn about the innovative engineering and design behind COSMIC in this video! #CosmicDesktop #Linux #OpenSource https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBcfjlFX-xM&ab_channel=TheLinuxFoundation

Linux users can install Mozilla VPN client from Flathub. The open source app was previously only available to install on Ubuntu-based distributions via the Mozilla APT repo.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/mozilla-vpn-linux-app-available-flathub?v1

#Mozilla #flathub #linux

The RTS Rush Humble Bundle has some strategy games not to be missed https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/the-rts-rush-humble-bundle-has-some-strategy-games-not-to-be-missed/

#RTS #Gaming #Linux #SteamOS #PCGaming

Red Hat just expanded free access to RHEL for business developers https://www.zdnet.com/article/red-hat-expands-free-access-to-rhel-for-business-developers/ by @sjvn

If you're a programmer, there are lots of ways to get free Red Hat Enterprise #Linux instances for your work, and now there's another one.

First-person horror platformer Blessed Burden adds Linux and Steam Deck support https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/first-person-horror-platformer-blessed-burden-adds-linux-and-steam-deck-support/

#BlessedBurden #IndieGame #PCGaming #Gaming #SteamDeck #Linux

Raid an abandoned Soviet R&D Institute in the single-player extraction shooter Red Light https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/raid-an-abandoned-soviet-r-d-institute-in-the-single-player-extraction-shooter-red-light/

#RedLight #IndieGames #Linux #Gaming #PCGaming

Plant, grow and harvest in the farming roguelite deckbuilder Cropdeck - sign up the Playtest https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/plant-grow-and-harvest-in-the-farming-roguelite-deckbuilder-cropdeck-sign-up-the-playtest/

#Cropdeck #IndieGames #Demo #Steam #PCGaming #Linux #SteamDeck

Try the big demo update for Dicey Bugs, a turn-based deckbuilder where you control both sides https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/try-the-big-demo-update-for-dicey-bugs-a-turn-based-deckbuilder-where-you-control-both-sides/

#IndieGames #Demo #DiceyBugs #PCGaming #Linux

Chilled dino ranching game Paleo Pines is crowdfunding for a big free update https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/chilled-dino-ranching-game-paleo-pines-is-crowdfunding-for-a-big-free-update/

#PaleoPines #IndieGames #Linux #SteamDeck #PCGaming

We're seeing a lot of initiatives across Europe and the EU to replace Microsoft services with #Linux and #OpenSource solutions.

This could be massive for Linux and the entire community, so I'm sharing my thoughts on why this is happening, why it's great, but also why it could still very much die down very quickly:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGt2pZg7dJY

Good thing he's also a nerd 😂 #Linux #Bazzite

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A picture of my friend using Bazzite with a mini keyboard in Greece

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/11773-sync-updates-for-week-28-2025

As a reminder, we are syncing early this week to allow for more time to test @kde #Plasma 6.4.2 before it hits the stable repository.

#FOSS #Linux #Solus #OpenSource

- Evan

Ubuntu 25.10 will use an A/B boot approach on Raspberry Pi devices to improve the distro's reliability and help mitigate boot failures - but there is a small drawback for users.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/ubuntu-raspberry-pi-boot-process-change

#ubuntu #linux #RaspberryPi

Hello people! I've been on the Fediverse for couple of years now, so here's my re-#introduction

I'm Ari, better known by my tag APZ and this is my #pinball repair, #arcade and #retrogaming account. I mostly post about playing and repairing pinball machines, but I also work on #retrocomputing with all the classics.

An IT guy by day, I moonlight as a pinball arcade owner here in #finland with my partner @quester. This is purely a hobby of mine and I do this to keep my sanity and to keep pinball alive for the next generations of players. At the moment I own a bit over 30 pinball machines from 70s to 2020s.

A lot of what I do involves #electronics, #CAD for now obsolete parts and #3dprinting and tabletop #cnc to recreate them.

I love to #travel, usually to meet like-minded arcade collectors. I have a strong preference to #repair stuff instead of throwing it away. I'm a #linux user since mid-90s, having been part of #foss movement most of my life. I also edit arcade related videos.

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A selfie-style picture of a Nordic looking guy in his mid-40s. I'm wearing a green, worn baseball cap, glasses and a short beard. The background shows a workshop, with a 3D printer and couple of work in progress pinball machines.

Hhhhm, problem discovered - I think. The initramfs unpacked on my local machine is 790 MB. But the entire / on the Pi, booted into said initramfs, is 404 MB. And that includes a weird 91 MB initrd.image. Something definitely is wrong here, but for the life of me I've got no idea what it might be.

#HomeLab #Linux #tinkerbell

I switched to Kubuntu with root-on-ZFS:

― https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1lr4ayi/switched/

FreeBSD is not entirely abandoned:

― https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1lr4ayi/comment/n1cnfy2/?context=1

Pinned (seeking guidance):

― https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin/114640816892663471

#FreeBSD #Linux #KDE #Plasma #OpenZFS #ZFS #bemgr #zectl #ZFSBootMenu

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Screenshot: KDE Plasma, Discover, Dolphin, Firefox, GKrellM, htop in Konsole, Remmina, Spectacle, Synaptic, Bluetooth, VirtualBox, Visual Studio Code, Zotero …

Red Hat just expanded free access to RHEL for business developers https://www.zdnet.com/article/red-hat-expands-free-access-to-rhel-for-business-developers/ by @sjvn

If you're a programmer, there are lots of ways to get free Red Hat Enterprise #Linux instances for your work, and now there's another one.

As a long-time Linux and Unix system administrator, I can tell you that systemd has made daemon administration life so much easier.

I'm no longer banging my head on the desk over shell scripts and dependency hell.

I thought I would hate binary logs, but the tools and performance journalctl(1) provides, nevermind its simplicity in log administration, vastly outweighs rsyslog and alternatives.

cgroups are just amazing.

2010 called. They want their fanboys back.

https://blog.tjll.net/the-systemd-revolution-has-been-a-success/

#linux

Amarok is one of the oldest Linux music players still in development, and the latest release includes foundational changes to ensure it will keep going for years to come.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/amarok-3-3-released-with-qt-6-gstreamer-audio-engine

#qt #linux #opensource

I've been a Debian user for more than 20 years (a few others 10 years prior to that). I've always had Debian running on, at least, one piece of hardware. I will admit that I've had one of the "big 3's" distributions running on a separate piece of hardware at some point because I wanted to learn as much about those distributions as possible so I could apply for jobs with those companies. Now that I'm close to 60 years old, and it's quite obvious that I will never work for one of those companies, I have Debian running on everything. Debian just feels, and has always felt, like home. Last night, I rebuilt my home server that was running CentOS with Debian and all feels good again. Still have a bit of configuring to do but that won't take too awful long.

#linux #debian #debianlinux

I feel like every few months I have to convince myself that I shouldn't make a Linux icon set. I know it would be too much work for me and take too long, but I feel it would be really fun at least for a while. I basically want to mash elementary and GNOME styles together, make my own color palette for them, and just steal the elementary cursor theme with basically no changes because it's so good.

But I also would just be making it for me because I don't want to become a project maintainer and don't want to field a bunch of icon requests

#icons #linux #elementaryOS #GNOME

Simple GOG client for Linux, Minigalaxy version 1.4 released https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/simple-gog-client-for-linux-minigalaxy-version-1-4-released/

#GOG #Linux #OpenSource #LinuxGaming

Incredible cheap treats in the Steam Summer Sale 2025 under £3 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/incredible-cheap-treats-in-the-steam-summer-sale-2025-under-3/

#Gaming #Steam #PCGaming #Linux #SteamOS #SteamDeck

ICYMI: Proton 10.0-2 gets a small release candidate update for Linux, SteamOS / Steam Deck

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/proton-10-0-2-gets-a-small-release-candidate-update-for-linux-steamos-steam-deck/

#Linux #Proton #SteamDeck #SteamOS

A selection of upcoming games I'm excited to see release https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/a-selection-of-upcoming-games-im-excited-to-see-release/

#Gaming #PCGaming #Linux #SteamOS #SteamDeck

MR FARMBOY is like Stardew Valley but with automation and optimization https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/mr-farmboy-is-like-stardew-valley-but-with-automation-and-optimization/

#IndieGames #PCGaming #Linux #SteamDeck #Gaming

Vehicle No. 4 has you build your own vehicle in this horde survival game https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/vehicle-no-4-has-you-build-your-own-vehicle-in-this-horde-survival-game/

#PCGaming #Demo #Steam #Gaming #Linux #SteamDeck

Huh, I left my computer compiling pytorch with CUDA enabled, but instead of eventually succeeding, after a while, it dropped off the network, fans still spinning at 100% 😳

Looking at the metrics, it seems like it exhausted all memory, but then why didn’t the OOM killer kick in?

I think I saw something similar on a different machine a while ago, and am now wondering if there’s a #Linux bug (or change in behavior) with regards to OOMing…?

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screenshot of prometheus-node-exporter metrics in grafana

#linux #shitpost

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Will smith genie pointing sarcastically at Aladdin saying "*you*, wanna be normal about computers?"

The Containerization Guild is meeting tomorrow! Come check out all the awesome talks about #bootc, systemd system extensions, even our own ublue-os/image-template is making an appearance!

I spoke at this event last year and can highly recommend it, great technical content by people making the stuff!

#linux #containers #bootc

https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/containerization-guild-gathering-july-2025/9546?u=j0rge

New 𝗖𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗕𝗦𝗗 𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗹𝗸𝗶𝘁 [Crucial FreeBSD Toolkit] article on the blog.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/07/08/crucial-freebsd-toolkit/

#verblog #beadm #bectl #devfs #diskinfo #free #freebsd #fstab #gstat #jails #linux #lsblk #sensors #sockstat #systat #tar #truss #truncate #zfs

Ok I got my c&c/dev node backing up via restic using systemd timers

How do people like dealing with failure notifications for restic backups
#Homelab #Linux #Restic #Backups

Switched my config from swaywm to hyprland. Also switched from foot terminal to kitty. Have a weird issue where fishshell won't show nerd font glyphs if started automatically from the kitty config. Works fine in foot. Works fine if I launch fish from bash in kitty. Only doesn't work when I start fish automatically from the kitty config. Got this far in narrowing it down and now I'm stumped.

#FishShell #KittyTerminal #Arch #Hyprland #Linux

What is your favorite version of Fedora Linux to use?

#Fedora #Linux #OpenSource

The big Diplomacy Update for X4: Foundations is now in Beta https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/the-big-diplomacy-update-for-x4-foundations-is-now-in-beta/

#X4Foundations #SpaceSim #Gaming #Linux

I have a USB MTP device which doesn't work on Linux or Android.
Both system occasionally see the file structure, but can't retrieve the files.
However, when I use a Windows VirtualBox on Linux, I can retrieve the files via USB passthrough.

WTAF?

I thought MTP was widely standardised. How is that possible? How can a VM see something that the host refuses to acknowledge?

It's an embedded device, not an Android device, so I can't upgrade anything.

Very weird. Speculation welcome!

#MTP #Linux

"The intent of proprietary computing is that everything users do should come under the dictates of the owners of the code...

You can agree to your own subjugation, that’s your choice. It may seem more convenient. It may seem comfortable. It may even seem pleasurable and safe. But in the end, you’re handing over your own fate."

#fsf #FreeSoftware #GNU + #Linux #Freedom #Democracy #Computing #Apple #Microsoft #Google #Amazon #Ethics #Libre

https://beardystarstuff.net/posts/2025-07-04.html

Here's all the games to claim from Prime Gaming for Prime Day https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/heres-all-the-game-to-claim-from-prime-gaming-for-prime-day/

#PrimeGaming #Prime #PCGaming #Gaming #Linux #SteamOS #SteamDeck