Our LoCo is of course in the new #ubuntu community portal (you’ll find us under the Europe header) https://ubuntu.com/community #linux

A weird thing about #Slack on #Linux #X11: whenever it gains keyboard focus, it immediately reads the X11 clipboard, even if you didn't try to paste anything. I see no evidence that it _does_ anything with what it reads, but I know it reads it.

I found this out by accident, because I wrote a stunt X11 client which owns the clipboard for just long enough to paste _once_, and then terminates. The idea was to queue up three different pastes on the command line, and paste them in quick succession into fields of a form. Works very well, _unless_ I accidentally mouse over Slack on the way to the form I want to paste into – then my focus-follows-mouse activates it, and it consumes one of my clipboard strings!

I have no idea why, or whether it's on purpose. I'm prepared to give it the benefit of the doubt, by assuming until further evidence that it's some unforeseen emergent consequence of the huge wobbly tower of libraries and wrappers and browsers that the desktop Slack app is built on top of. But it's not great. Some password managers will put passwords in the clipboard!

The new Nexus Mods app adds collections creation, library searching and more improvements https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/the-new-nexus-mods-app-adds-collections-creation-library-searching-and-more-improvements/

#NexusMods #OpenSource #Linux #SteamDeck #SteamOS #Modding

Free and open source 2D graphics editor PixiEditor 2.0 out now with Linux support https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/free-and-open-source-2d-graphics-editor-pixieditor-2-0-out-now-with-linux-support/

#PixiEditor #OpenSource #GameDev #Art #Linux

Lossless Scaling Frame Generation for Linux hits 1.0 with a new UI making it easier than ever https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/lossless-scaling-frame-generation-for-linux-hits-1-0-with-a-new-ui-making-it-easier-than-ever/

#LosslessScaling #Linux #Gaming #LinuxGaming #SteamOS #SteamDeck

Here's the most played games on Steam Deck for July 2025 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/heres-the-most-played-games-on-steam-deck-for-july-2025/

#SteamDeck #SteamOS #Gaming #Linux

Battlefield 6 will be a unplayable on Linux systems due to the anti-cheat https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/battlefield-6-will-be-a-unplayable-on-linux-systems-due-to-the-anti-cheat/

#Battlefield6 #EA #Linux #SteamOS #FPS #AntiCheat

@b0rk #Amsterdam has a #Linux repair café in East

https://www.repaircafe.org/cafe/linux-repair-cafe-amsterdam-javaplein/

and @OpenTech_AUC at the science campus (oops! Self-promotion).

Both are aimed at non-programmers, but emphasise different reasons for why
transitioning is beneficial

I just played a lovely little indie puzzle game called #BunnyForest on #ItchIO!
<3

https://erytau.itch.io/bunny-forest

It's a tiny 20-minute-or-so game where you play a bunny. You collect food, trade with local wildlife and plant seedlings in order to solve a bunch of fetch puzzles. Very relaxing, very cute, pretty well done.

It's pay-what-you-want (including zero) and available on GNU/Linux, Windows, macOS and Android.

The creator is apparently also on Fedi, so give them a follow:
@erytau

#linux #linuxGaming #gaming #videoGames #games #indie #indieDev #gameDev #indieGames #bunnies #bunny #rabbits #bnuuy

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Little pixel-art animation of a white bunny hopping across a meadow

Anyone tried one of the Waveshare 7.5inch E-Paper HAT Display units?

I'm planning to DIY an eBook reader with the kids - think 3D printed case, eink display, RPi running Linux & booting straight into an open source reader.

Not sure what these displays are like to use though, & given their low price I'm suspicious.

#linux #ebook #diy #hardware

KDE Linux is a new immutable distro made by KDE themselves, acting as a 'reference implementation' of the Plasma desktop. It is derived from Arch Linux, features a read-only base system, and uses atomic image-based A/B updates.

https://www.omglinux.com/kde-linux-immutable-os/?v2

#kde #linux #foss

Just ten days after a previous incident, malware with a Remote Access Trojan has once again been discovered in Arch Linux AUR packages.
https://linuxiac.com/arch-aur-under-fire-once-more-as-malware-resurfaces/

#arch #linux #aur #security

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Just ten days after a previous incident, malware with a Remote Access Trojan has once again been discovered in Arch Linux AUR packages.

The 3rd development snapshot of Ubuntu 25.10 'Questing Quokka' is available for download, if you're keen to help test the release ahead of its October launch.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/ubuntu-25-10-snapshot-3-now-available-to-download?v1

#ubuntu #linux #foss

@nixCraft I know I'm just adding the usual "my Linux is more awesome than yours" here, buuuut... 🙊

I'm 20+y #Linux desktop user, and I've left KDE 3.5 and have become quite fond of medium-lightweight desktop distros.

#MXLinux is one I recently fell in love with. And #AntiX to revive all my <1GB RAM notebooks to modern times: All running super-smooth! 🍰

...just saying... 😉

So /is/ KDE worth checking out again?

#KDE #Linux 😳 quiet interesting and worth checking out.

Arch oriented immutable base OS with Plasma.

https://kde.org/linux/

Introducing KDE Linux, a free operating system that can turbocharge new computers and breathe new life into old ones. Linux has been used for decades powering the world’s supercomputers, data centers, web servers, and most smartphones. Now KDE makes it available for you too! https://kde.org/linux/

#linux #opensource #kde

Toot (Mastodon client CLI / TUI) 0.49 released: https://github.com/ihabunek/toot/releases/tag/0.49.0 #linux #update #release #foss #toot #mastodon #tui

I'll tell you, I love my System76 #Linux laptop, but the ancient MacBook Air I just wiped and installed Linux on has way better speakers, better battery life and is much lighter. The old MBA CPU is a dog of course... Something to consider the next time you are looking for a used Linux laptop.

Kernel 6.16 brings major hardware support upgrades, Ubuntu changes how it handles kernels, Snapdragon X Elite #Linux support advances, and an ARM SBC embarrasses x86 in transcoding.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyXzA9o2BAc

The long awaited final blog post in my XP-PEN Artist 22R Pro series 🖋️ It's the last one, because I have nothing left to do! The kernel driver is merging for #Linux 6.17 and it's fully configurable in the upcoming #KDE Plasma 6.5. I also discuss near the end some other exciting tablet-related announcements!

https://redstrate.com/blog/2025/07/the-xp-pen-artist-22r-pro-works-on-linux-now/

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My catgirl persona that is saying this in front of a graphics tablet: "Huh? Oh yeah, this is my Linux setup. This is a popular off-the-shelf tablet, which will soon work-out-of-the-box without any further setup. And we aren't just recreating what barely works on other operating systems, but building better software to truly control the hardware we own." "Anyway, what were you saying about your Windows PC? (...what is Copilot?)"

`neofetch` developer discontinued the project and took up farming. i think that is beautiful and i think about it all the time.

#linux #unix #opensource

Did you know? You can #ssh into a local #vm without any network configuration via a special unix socket #vsock...

`ssh vm/my-new-machine` 👌

I couldn't resist the urge to add it to #virshle

Available on next push to master 🙂

#linux #nixos
https://github.com/pipelight/virshle

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virshle virtual machines listing

Help us test DNF5 in the Anaconda installer!

Test Days continuing to Aug 1 🗓️

Learn how to participate: https://fedoramagazine.org/contribute-to-the-anaconda-installer-dnf-5-test-days-july-28-august-1/

#Fedora #Linux #OpenSource #FedoraTestDays

Setting up to record LWDW. It's a #Linux podcast, kinda.
https://youtube.com/live/4mL_N3ZBV-A

A couple weeks ago, I took someone's older windows 10 desktop that was taking 10 solid minutes to boot and was painfully slow after that...

And converted it to #nixbook #linux

This is a non technical woman in her 60s and her equally untechsavvy husband.

I followed up with them today to see how its going.

YES! Normal people can use #linux

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chat with a person saying Oh thank you. And yes no need to toss it through the window lolol Sooo much faster and easy to use

Do you use lots of Linux containers? Try, `ctop` cli utility on Linux, macOS or Windows, that provides a concise and condensed overview of real-time metrics for multiple containers. It is `top` like interface for container metrics and a good tool for all developers and IT pros.

Repo https://github.com/bcicen/ctop

#opensource #linux

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A screenshot of ctop which is nothing but top-like interface for container metrics.

For a #homelab/#selfhosted project, would there be any reason to pick one of #freebsd or #openbsd ? (Just because #netbsd seems amazingly portable it also interests me).
So far I mostly run #Linux containers with #podman and VMs with #proxmox, the only *BSD VM running is #opnsense. And so far #btrfs seems pretty good alternative to #zfs.
I hear the network stack is supposed to be better and the system overall more “unified” but I fail to see what to try or do with it.

What's the skinny on HugePages?

Worth it? General purpose? Considered harmful?

#Linux

A floating desktop photo widget for GNOME Shell which cycles through images in a folder you choose. Cats, holiday snaps, whatever you like!

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/picture-desktop-widget-gnome-shell-extension?v1

#GNOME #Linux #Fluff

Tuba is a beautiful, lightweight Mastodon client for Linux built with GTK4 and Libadwaita.
If you’re on GNOME and want a clean, native experience, this is the one to try.
Available on Flathub! 🐘💻
#Linux #fediverse #mastodon #GNOME
👉 https://flathub.org/apps/dev.geopjr.Tuba

My friend @kenvandine wrote the book on #Ubuntu 24.04, out this week! We chatted about its new features, the future of the #Linux desktop, and his long career in open source.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_v6Gc0-riU

#RUNBSD! But BoxyBSD now also starts to support #Linux! We're starting soon with the Linux support for already present users, offering free boxes:

* #AlmaLinux
* #Alpine
* #Debian
* #Devuan
* #CentOS
* #Fedora
* #Gentoo
* #OpenSuse
* #OpenEuler
* #RockyLinux

Just next to our core OS like #FreeBSD, #OpenBSD, #NetBSD, #MidnightBSD and #DragonflyBSD (and #illumos). This should also make the step easier to compare and test different scenarios where BSD provides a different behavior compared to Linux systems.

Thanks to @gyptazy for the implementation!

#VPS #VM #VirtualMachine #OpenSource #Hosting #IPv6 #BGP #FreeHosting #Community

Fish might be the Bash alternative you don't know you need thanks to features like colourful syntax highlighting, smart command suggestions, and genuinely helpful tab completion. Anyone here already using it?

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/fish-shell-ubuntu-terminal

#linux #opensource #rustlang

OK, riddle me this, #Linux (specifically #ArchLinux) fans.

You can use #ZFS and #btrfs on root to create snapshots before updating the OS. But you can't snapshot EFI, because that's on a separate FAT32 partition.

So what happens if you run an update (pacman -Syu in this case) that includes a kernel update, and something goes wrong? The version of the kernel in the EFI partition will be newer than the modules in the snapshotted /usr/lib/modules. That's surely going to cause an issue, right?

From memory (it's been over 15 years), Gentoo can have multiple versions of the same kernel installed at once. But Arch only allows one version of any package at one time.

chown user.user

was the syntax until until I recently noticed that it was changed to

chown user:user

I have to check out why that occurred. I also have to check if they only changed it in the Linux version of the command or if the change was also propagated to the BSD flavors of operating systems

#chmod #syntax #formatting #command #Linux #BSD

@benjamineskola

Yes I mean chown.

For some odd reason my usage of chown gave only warnings the past few years when I used the incorrect syntax.

Thank you for the correction and Enlightenment

#chown
#chmod #syntax #formatting #command #Linux #BSD

Proton 10.0-2 (beta) brings even more gaming improvements to Linux, SteamOS / Steam Deck https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/proton-10-0-2-beta-brings-even-more-gaming-improvements-to-linux-steamos-steam-deck/

#Proton #Linux #SteamOS #SteamDeck

#Linux on #MacBook Pro nerds ( @DJDarren 👀) - I’m trying (and failing) to boot/install #Ubuntu from USB stick on a Mid 2015 MacBook Pro (MacBookPro11,4) with Intel Iris Pro integrated graphics.

I get a GRUB boot menu, but the screen always goes black after that.

I’ve tried adding “nomodeset” to the grub line, tried booting with the safe graphics option (which does the same thing). Black screen every time.

Any ideas? Happy to try a different distro if it’s known to work.

Today I "inherited" an ancient #iMac ("late 2013"). No support by its manufacturer, no support for the obsolete OS version by other software vendors. EoL. E-waste.

I connected an external USB3 SSD (34€) and installed #Linux Mint on it. Everything worked flawlessly out of the box. It even boots automatically from the SSD without any configuration (possibly because I nuked MacOS). It runs *great*. Almost too boring.

I'm (again) horrified that we let MS and Apple off the hook this easily.

Every other Linux user I've met has said they've started with Windows or macOS before moving to Linux.

I, on the other hand, was daily-driving Linux well before I ever touched Windows, and I only momentarily used OS X before Linux, but not enough for me to say I "started" with it.

I wanna guage how many others have been in the same boat as me through a poll

#Linux #FOSS #OpenSource #Poll #Windows #macOS #OperatingSystems

As a Barista at BSD Cafe, I'm also an admirer of tea – a metaphor for my appreciation of the good features of other operating systems. And the fact that I like and support BSDs doesn't mean I don't appreciate those other solutions.
For example, #SmartOS, #OmniOS, and #Tribblix are superb examples of well-crafted operating systems.

Similarly, #Linux - #openSUSE Tumbleweed-based desktops give me a lot of satisfaction every day.

The foundation of my passion for Open Source also stems from the ability to study, explore, and choose without constraints or restrictions. It's that sense of freedom that drives me to appreciate the good in every solution.

If and when I feel caged or forced, all of that vanishes.

#Freedom #OS #IT

Cerebral psychological horror s.p.l.i.t from the dev of Buckshot Roulette is out now https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/cerebral-psychological-horror-s-p-l-i-t-from-the-dev-of-buckshot-roulette-is-out-now/

#Gaming #Linux #SteamOS #IndieGames #PCGaming

Terminator 2D: NO FATE moves to an October release https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/terminator-2d-no-fate-moves-to-an-october-release/

#Terminator2D #Gaming #Linux #SteamDeck #PCGaming

We setup Tailscale at work, and so now I have two tailnets I need to switch between fairly often. Which has me opening up a terminal more than I'd like ("tailscale switch --list", "tailscale switch").

What I'd like is an indicator that works on Ubuntu that allows me to toggle between them in a menu. I can't seem to find such a thing. But it seems too obvious not to exist. (Tailscale seems to include this in their client for OSX)

#ubuntu #linux #tailscale #indicator

Testing an internal build of the upcoming SDF Modeler version 0.5.4 by @sascharode1986 .

Made a video of the powerful new Bridge operation…

#SDFModeler #SDF #3D #3DModeling #3DRendering #CGI #graphics #tools #software #FreeSoftware #free #editor #Mac #macOS #linux #windows #tip #tips #video #YouTube

🧵 Adding an Emboss operation on top of the new Bridge operation in the upcoming SDF Modeler version…

#SDFModeler #SDF #3D #3DModeling #3DRendering #CGI #graphics #tools #software #FreeSoftware #free #editor #Mac #macOS #linux #windows #tip #tips

🧵 Made a new short demo video of an SDF Modeler operation: Emboss…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFhJ3D2bjQ4

Grab SDF Modeler for free here (Win / macOS / Linux):

https://sascha-rode.itch.io/sdf-modeler

#SDFModeler #SDF #3D #3DModeling #3DRendering #CGI #graphics #tools #software #FreeSoftware #free #editor #Mac #macOS #linux #windows #tip #tips #demo #YouTube #video

The long version of why you need key authentication for your SSH servers - "The Hail Mary Cloud and the lessons learned" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/hailmary_lessons_learned.html #ssh #passwordgroping #unix #linux #openbsd #freebsd #pf #packetfilter

Also The 4th edition of the Book of PF is coming soon: https://nxdomain.no/~peter/yes_the_book_of_pf_4th_ed_is_coming.html