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/

Civilization VII "Test of Time" update lands May 19, finally letting you play entirely as one civ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/civilization-vii-test-of-time-update-lands-may-19-finally-letting-you-play-entirely-as-one-civ/

#CivilizationVII #Civilization #Gaming #Linux #PCGaming

As a #Linux user, you sort of need to be a bit careful with the tech (hardware or software) you go with, and I've made a few mistakes in the past years, so I felt it would be cool to look at my worst tech purchases as a Linux user, but also in general:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CT7Fp2Zv5fY

I'm at the @nluug conference today listening to a cool talk by @JeroenBaten on "Forgejo Actions and why this is important AF" 🔥🔥

#Forgejo #NLUUG #Linux

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Jeroen at the front of the stage waving :D

Paradox Interactive announced as publisher for Transport Fever 3 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/paradox-interactive-announced-as-publisher-for-transport-fever-3/

#TransportFever3 #TransportFever #Gaming #Linux #PCGaming

D7VK 1.9 brings 2D upgrades for classic Direct3D games on Linux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/d7vk-1-9-brings-2d-upgrades-for-classic-direct3d-games-on-linux/

#D7VK #Linux #OpenSource #Gaming #Retro

Mesa 26.1.0 released bringing lots of Linux graphics driver enhancements https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/mesa-26-1-0-released-bringing-lots-of-linux-graphics-driver-enhancements/

#Linux #Drivers #Mesa #OpenSource #LinuxGaming

Three stable kernel updates

https://lwn.net/Articles/1071568/ #LWN #Linux #kernel

[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for May 7, 2026

The LWN.net Weekly Edition for May 7, 2026 is available.

https://lwn.net/Articles/1070466/ #LWN #Linux

Going through some old archival lore information from the golden age and found this design document.

Mar 2023. First Prompt(Ptyxis) commit November 2023. Independent conclusions.

#linux #gnome

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Design document for Project Exo: Universal Blue's dream terminal...

ICYMI: Check out my thoughts on the new Steam Controller from Valve https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/the-new-steam-controller-from-valve-is-out-now-some-early-thoughts/

#SteamController #Linux #SteamOS #Valve #PCGaming

Coming back to this: yes, it's the Raspberry Pi Imager. For some reason it has stopped writing the user groups and sudoers info to the `user-data` file in `system-boot`, for any version of Ubuntu. It definitely USED to work, as I used it to provision all my Pis. #RaspberryPi #Linux #Ubuntu

I prefer to wait a few months before upgrading Debian to the latest version. I have nine PCs running Debian at home, so it's a process. I got one out of the way last night... eight more to go.

Even more to do at work.

#Debian #Linux

Hello #BSDCafe !
I have recently launched a website: https://fionescu.princeps-poesis.xyz/ - Here I posted what may be the only text in Romanian about #OpenBSD that isn't a news announcement or a recent AI slop translation!
Tl;dr: I have celebrated one year since having switched from #Windows to #Linux by... switching from Linux to OpenBSD my daily driver OS. Why? OpenBSD's "proactive security by default" stance is the best for me - and it runs on my somewhat legacy hardware. Most of the essential software I used on Linux is also here, so for most purposes OpenBSD is fine for me.

[$] LLM-driven security reports disrupt coordinated disclosure

Predictions that LLM tools would cause a surge in reports of security vulnerabilities have, unquestionably, borne out. As expected, maintainers are having to wade through more secu [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1070698/ #LWN #Linux #security #Debian #SUSE #RedHat #Gentoo #Python #Git

Incus 7.0 LTS released

https://lwn.net/Articles/1071469/ #LWN #Linux

Security updates for Wednesday

https://lwn.net/Articles/1071466/ #LWN #Linux #security

VKD3D-Proton 3.0.1 brings many Linux gaming enhancements for Direct3D 12 via Vulkan https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/vkd3d-proton-3-0-1-brings-many-linux-gaming-enhancements-for-direct3d-12-via-vulkan/

#Linux #SteamOS #SteamDeck #SteamMachine #LinuxGaming

Valve released the new Steam Controller and Puck CAD files for modders https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/valve-released-the-new-steam-controller-and-puck-cad-files-for-modders/

#SteamController #Linux #SteamOS #Valve #PCGaming

Latest stable Steam update brings full Steam Controller support https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/latest-stable-steam-update-brings-full-steam-controller-support/

#SteamController #Linux #SteamOS #Valve #PCGaming

An update from Canonical on the recent #Ubuntu #Linux #DDoS attack.

"...we have implemented mitigations and restored services affected by the Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack..."

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/update-concerning-ddos-attack-on-canonical-and-ubuntu/81482/5?u=popey

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A screenshot from an announcement on the Ubuntu discourse from Pierre Guillemin - VP Engineering Excellence at Canonical. "We sincerely apologize for the recent disruption to the availability of our services. At this stage, we have implemented mitigations and restored services affected by the Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack. You may experience partially degraded performance on some of the services as we continue to work diligently on resolving the situation. You can continue to monitor the situation using our public status page Thank you for your patience and understanding."

@oecher_olli Yeah, I believe that.

Honestly, my real hope is that there will someday be a really *good* two-in-one #Linux distro that runs on your phone when it's a phone but expands into a full DE when you plug into a monitor, and that that distro is #Gnome bc fuck yeah, I'm a Gnome fanboy.

#PinePhone says it'll do that, my a buddy of mine got one and pronounced it "not usable," and I believe him.

#FOSS #FLOSS

And there it is, the use-case: you have a phone already and don't want to buy a tablet or a laptop. Instead, buy a $200 #LapDock, and carry your whole computer with you everywhere you go.

Bonus: #GrapheneOS has a "desktop mode."

I'm *kinda* into this idea.

#computers #SmartPhones #Linux #FOSS #FLOSS

Command:

echo hello,there |sed 's/,/\n/g'

Result:

#Linux:
hello
there

#FreeBSD:
hello
there

#NetBSD:
hello
there

#OpenBSD:
hellonthere

OpenBSD.... brah. 😓

Content blocker and download manager have been added to Orion for Linux, the WebKitGTK browser by paid search engine Kagi.

The new beta, v0.3.0, is available to download publicly for testing.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/orion-for-linux-public-beta?v1

#orion #gnome #linux

hey so. looking for a job (NZ or fully remote willing to hire a kiwi) in SRE, security, or linux/Unix system administration. 15 years experience administering Linux and Unix boxes, intermediate level of experience working with docker compose and containerisation and container security. No prior job experience unfortunately, all those 15 years were mostly personal projects and small-scale stuff for friends. I'm also 26, so I started when I was 11, explaining the no jobs so far. Currently running an entire multi-machine personal cloud infrastructure with a demonstration of all the services I have running at https://status.highenergymagic.net. Three machines, 72 docker containers. One running most of them, one running Mastodon+glitchsocial, one running the uptime monitor. encrypted root on ZFS, alpine linux, gVisor on supported containers, plan to move to Kata. Entirely willing to accept entry-level job placements, no expectation of being paid a lot or anything, just want to be doing something and move the needle a little on my current "being broke" status. Currently using gVisor, docker compose, and kata containers in production, experience with Linux, docker, Net/Open/FreeBSD, Cisco IOS, Juniper Junos, Mikrotik and UniFi, configuring and administering Asterisk, plus extensive experience with IBM AIX and Sun Solaris. #fedihired #infosec #cybersecurity #linux #unix #docker #sre #DevOps #GetFediHired

Please boost for reach, any job offers please DM me.

I"m leaning towards #dnsmasq

#Linux

what do you #Linux folks use as a stupid simple DHCP server daemon? #Kea seems a bit overkill for what I need, and isc-dhcpd is effectively unmaintained.

I'm about to go help someone move from Windows to Linux, and this person is not particularly tech savvy. And it just occurred to me that I can't really think of good distros to demo that showcase GNOME or KDE. The main "newbie friendly" distributions I have now are Linux Mint, and Pop! OS... But when it comes to the "big 2" desktops, I can't think of any that I feel great about:

• Fedora (my own desktop OS) and its atomic versions: Great OS, but having to use RPM Fusion for hardware video acceleration disqualifies it because that's always a pain point during upgrades.
• Ubuntu: I'll use this to showcase GNOME, but I'm not particularly happy with the current direction of the project, especially with their latest focus on AI. And considering that the person I'm helping wants to get away from copilot and AI, I doubt she will enjoy that either.
• Debian: Haven't used this on a desktop in forever, and never considered this very newbie friendly.
• SUSE: never made me super comfy, so why would a beginner?
• Bazzite: too gaming focused, but the experience is great for the rest.
• Aurora/Bluefin: Never used it and don't know anyone who has, so I'm not going to experiment on someone who hasn't used linux before.

So for now, I'm choosing TuxedoOS for KDE, and Ubuntu for GNOME, but I can't say I'm truly happy with either of those choices for this use case.

#Linux #Desktop

The newly disclosed #Linux kernel vulnerability dubbed “Copy Fail” allows any local user to become root on most mainstream Linux systems. Yow! But the fix is in, so patch it already!

https://opensourcewatch.beehiiv.com/p/fix-copy-fail-before-your-linux-system-gets-sick

Steam Controller more popular than Valve expected - they're working on stock issues https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/steam-controller-more-popular-than-valve-expected-theyre-working-on-stock-issues/

#SteamController #Linux #SteamOS #Valve #PCGaming

Conan Exiles Enhanced is out - a free upgrade for everyone with Steam Deck improvements https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/conan-exiles-enhanced-is-out-a-free-upgrade-for-everyone-with-steam-deck-improvements/

#ConanExilesEnhanced #ConanExiles #Gaming #SteamDeck #SteamOS #Linux

[$] Hardware-assisted Arm VMs for s390

A recent patch set from Steffen Eiden and others has set the groundwork for allowing hardware-assisted emulation of Arm CPUs on s390 CPUs. Version two of the posting fixes a hand [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1069954/ #LWN #Linux #kernel #ArchLinux #BPF

Pay off your debts to a greedy landlord in the seriously charming deckbuilder Cropdeck https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/pay-off-your-debts-to-a-greedy-landlord-in-the-seriously-charming-deckbuilder-cropdeck/

#Cropdeck #IndieGames #PCGaming #Linux #DeckBuilder

Security updates for Tuesday

https://lwn.net/Articles/1071324/ #LWN #Linux #security

Part 2 of my Linux investigation is now available at RighteousIT.com. In this installment, I use some basic memory analysis techniques to further the investigation. Volatility 3 FTW!

https://righteousit.com/2026/05/05/linux-investigation-part-2/

#Linux #DFIR #Volatility

Discord is finally less of a nuisance to update on Linux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/discord-is-finally-less-of-a-nuisance-to-update-on-linux/

#Discord #Linux #SteamDeck #SteamOS

Just came across a #flatpak oddity where browser based file uploads don't show all the available folders in you home folder due to sandboxing. Have to use #Flatseal to grant the file permissions. #linux