GNOME 50 released

https://lwn.net/Articles/1063466/ #LWN #Linux

Local-privilege escalation in snapd

https://lwn.net/Articles/1063453/ #LWN #Linux #security #systemd

Fedora Asahi Remix 43 released

https://lwn.net/Articles/1063451/ #LWN #Linux

@BrideOfLinux I have the same Ubuntu #Linux VM going nearly 5 years now with 8 GBs of RAM and it never slows down or acts weird. Right now, it has a #Firefox session with probably about 40 tabs open. I'm just waiting until #Microsoft stops issuing feature updates and remove the #Windows11 and replace it with Linux.

[$] BPF comes to io_uring at last

The kernel's asynchronous io_uring interface maintains two shared ring buffers: a submission queue for sending requests to the kernel, and a completion queue containing the result [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1062286/ #LWN #Linux #kernel #Git #BPF #io_uring

This is funny. The "control zone". Helping you navigate Windows 8.1 with ease lol.

Wonder what this zone does on #linux guess we'll find out when I put #nixbook on it. :)

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Laptop track pad that says control zone

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Let no one say #Linux people don't innovate to the times 🤣

Ageless Linux — Software for Humans of Indeterminate Age
https://agelesslinux.org/

Here's a #security question that's been bugging me for a few weeks now:

I'm a professor and there are #Windows PCs in the classrooms. Login in a controlled domain, users have no admin perms etc.

Sometimes I #ssh from these machines to my #Linux box at my office to show some numerical stuff to the class.

Which security practice is more reasonable? Keep a (passworded) key file in the windows machines and risk an (unlikely) extraction or login with a password and risk keylogging? #secops

Security updates for Wednesday

https://lwn.net/Articles/1063446/ #LWN #Linux #security

#GNOME 50 will be released today, so here is a look at the major things you can expect in this #Linux desktop, and there are many!

It brings things that people have been asking for, and it builds foundations that will bring even more great stuff in the next versions:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrLlQlvHV1Q

This just hurts, its so dumb.

https://www.creativebloq.com/design/logos-icons/firefox-drops-its-fox-in-tease-for-new-logo

#Firefox #Mozilla #OpenSource #FOSS #Linux

The Sashiko patch-review system

https://lwn.net/Articles/1063292/ #LWN #Linux #kernel

Ever wanted to De-Google or De-Apple your life but don’t know where to start? Or did you just want to lessen the dependence on big tech? You can read this lengthy all-in-one article I wrote to move everything from email, web browser and even operating systems it’s all covered.

Boosts and feedback appreciated
#linux #foss #email #privacy
#security

https://world.hey.com/justincrozer/de-google-and-de-apple-your-life-b5c36782

Age verification isn't sage verification when it's inside operating systems.

#FreeSoftware #Opensource #California #privacy #security #Linux

https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/16/opinon_column_age_verification/

FSFE reports trouble with payment provider

https://lwn.net/Articles/1063287/ #LWN #Linux

Get even more Steam Deck Verified games in the latest Fanatical Play on the Go Bundle https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/get-even-more-steam-deck-verified-games-in-the-latest-fanatical-play-on-the-go-bundle/

#SteamDeck #PCGaming #Gaming #SteamOS #Linux

The resistance against age verification is growing. 

There's now a dedicated Linux distro that stands against it. 😼🗿

https://itsfoss.com/news/ageless-linux/

#linux #ageverification

[$] Fedora ponders a "sandbox" technology lifecycle

Fedora Project Leader (FPL) Jef Spaleta has issued a "modest proposal" for a technology-innovation-lifecycle process that would provide more formal structure for adopting technolo [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1062579/ #LWN #Linux #Debian #RedHat #GCC

Combine spells to solve puzzles in the wonderful Rhell: Warped Worlds & Troubled Times - out now https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/combine-spells-to-solve-puzzles-in-the-wonderful-rhell-warped-worlds-troubled-times-out-now/

#IndieGames #PCGaming #Gaming #Linux

New #blog #post: The Farmer's Station Wagon: A Parable

https://rldane.space/the-farmers-station-wagon-a-parable.html

1280 words

This was inspired by a recent interview between the #Fedi's own Jason Evangelho and Mike Kelly.

cc: my wonderful #chorus: @joel @dm @sotolf @thedoctor @pixx @orbitalmartian @adamsdesk @krafter @roguefoam @clayton @giantspacesquid @Twizzay @stfn @ay

(I will happily add/remove you from the chorus upon request! :)

#rlDaneWriting #blost #linux #nixbook #upcycle #eWaste #FOSS #Freedom

Security updates for Tuesday

https://lwn.net/Articles/1063248/ #LWN #Linux #security

EndeavourOS Titan released, devs comment on age verification laws https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/endeavouros-titan-released-devs-comment-on-age-verification-laws/

#EndeavourOS #Linux #ArchLinux #LinuxGaming

If you miss GPU-Z on Linux check out the new GPU-T https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/if-you-miss-gpu-z-on-linux-check-out-the-new-gpu-t/

#OpenSource #Linux

Time is running out!

The Call for Proposals for Linux App Summit 2026 closes on 23rd March 2026.

This year’s discussions will also explore topics such as digital sovereignty, open platforms, and AI.

Submit yours at: https://conf.linuxappsummit.org/event/9/abstracts/#submit-abstract

We're excited to host you in Berlin this year.
For more details, please visit: https://linuxappsummit.org/

#Linux #opensource #Apps #kde #gnome

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It's great to see more #Linux content aimed at new users. But....y'know what's even cooler? More #FreeBSD content aimed at new users!

Just stumbled across this video while looking for other things. I think it does a good job at introducing it as a desktop.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EFG3BO6oVY

#tech #desktop #operatingsystem #unix #newbie #computer #pc #awesome

How do we stop #Linux from accepting #LLM code, like, yesterday?

Hey, does the meme that Debian = queer women (queer trans women?) have any specific origin point? Asking because I'm a big old cis/het dude, and I use Debian, so I'm really curious.

#FOSS #FLOSS #OpenSource #Linux #Debian

Colourful new folder icons have landed in Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, arriving alongside other Yaru theme changes – including no more dock translucency (by default).

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/ubuntu-2604-new-folder-icons?v2

#Ubuntu #Linux

Am I the only one that refers to rebooting a #Linux server as "the three-finger salute"? IE, "Ctrl+Alt+Delete"

#sysadmin

Drama in the exciting world of office suites, new ThinkPads are properly repairable, hands on with the Android desktop convergence future, and more.

https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-377/

#podcast #linux #opensource

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Late Night Linux artwork

#security #linux

Marknote 1.5 released

https://lwn.net/Articles/1063122/ #LWN #Linux

Why I Love freeBSD

freeBSD

Processing

I've only skimmed this nice post.
Thorough reading will follow later

Some highlights which resonate with me *as flageolets on a string instrument* are captured here in screenshots I've made on an Android

• Many tools still work exactly as they did (decades ago)

• The feeBSD handbook taught me an enormous ammount, more than many of my University courses, including things that had nothing to do with freeBSD specifically

• This is vital

• The handbook taught me the right approach

  understand first, act second

This is a principle I use since I've been a peuter (NL).

• Analyze what occured
• understand why it occured
• find out under what circumstances it can occur
• close or limit those conditions
• fix the problem by repairing, cooling, modifying the break
• analyse the proposed fix before implementing
• Only replace when all other methods fail or repair is more expensive than replacement

Sources

https://it-notes.dragas.net/2026/03/16/why-i-love-freebsd/

#freeBSD #IT #notes #ITNotes #dragas #programming #OpenSource #no #Linux #logic #analysis

Debian Project Leader election underway

https://lwn.net/Articles/1063115/ #LWN #Linux #Debian

GIMP 3.2 released

https://lwn.net/Articles/1063111/ #LWN #Linux

[$] A safer kmalloc() for 7.0

A pull request that touches over 8,000 files, changing over 20,000 lines of code in the process, is (fortunately) not something that happens every day. It did happen at the end of [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1062856/ #LWN #Linux #kernel #Git

Security updates for Monday

https://lwn.net/Articles/1063095/ #LWN #Linux #security

OpenRazer v3.12.0 brings Linux support for more Razer devices https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/openrazer-v3-12-0-brings-linux-support-for-more-razer-devices/

#Razer #Linux #OpenSource

Hollow Knight: Silksong Patch 5 brings many more bug fixes and improved translations https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/hollow-knight-silksong-patch-5-brings-many-more-bug-fixes-and-improved-translations/

#HollowKnightSilksong #HollowKnight #Linux #Gaming #SteamDeck

RE: https://mastodon.social/@gamingonlinux/116238668654119184

Hi guiys what's up, it's me the new distro, buo juorno Linux 🥸

#shitpost #linux

Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮 » 🌐 2026-03-16
@gamingonlinux@mastodon.social

Manjaro Linux looks like it's in trouble with the release of the "Manjaro 2.0 Manifesto" https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/manjaro-linux-looks-like-its-in-trouble-with-the-release-of-the-manjaro-2-0-manifesto/

#Manjaro #Linux #LinuxGaming #OpenSource #ManjaroLinux