[$] Fixing the TCMalloc regression with RSEQ operations

The restartable sequences feature is one of the stranger corners of the kernel's user-space interface; it provides a way for user space to carry out simple lockless operations and [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1092555/

#LWN #Linux #kernel #glibc #BPF

#GNOME and #KDE have built high-quality desktop environments for #Linux with millions of users, yet they struggle to receive funding in the hundreds of thousands. Meanwhile, a bunch of vibecoded shell scripts on Arch Linux get 10 million dollars in no time. Techbros will always support each other. 🙃

Buildroot 2026.08 released

https://lwn.net/Articles/1092913/

#LWN #Linux #GCC

Security updates for Monday

https://lwn.net/Articles/1092911/

#LWN #Linux #security

Asahi Linux now supports M3-series Macs

https://lwn.net/Articles/1092768/

#LWN #Linux

CoolerControl app for Linux v5.0 brings a big overhaul https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/coolercontrol-app-for-linux-v5-0-brings-a-big-overhaul/

#CoolerControl #OpenSource #Linux

The Linux mainline kernel itself contains AI code now. It's officially allowed as long as it's disclosed as such. Thus, you will have to avoid literally all servers running on Linux.

https://docs.kernel.org/process/coding-assistants.html

https://www.neowin.net/news/linus-torvalds-declares-massive-ai-fueled-code-surges-as-the-new-normal-for-linux/

NetBSD has very strict rules regarding AI-generated code. But it doesn't rule AI-generated code out out of principle because it's AI-generated; it only wants to be safe that nothing that's actually GPL-licensed is slipped in. So, if you're an 100%, ultra-hardcode anti-AI extremist, avoid what few servers run on NetBSD.

https://www.netbsd.org/developers/commit-guidelines.html

OpenBSD contains AI-generated code, too. And it has no official stance regarding it. So servers running on OpenBSD are taboo, too.

https://www.osnews.com/story/144935/openbsd-and-slopcode-raindrop-to-a-torrent/

FreeBSD has no stance on AI whatsoever that I could find. However, apparently, the FreeBSD community loves to integrate Claude Code into their systems for automation purposes:

https://aumont.fr/posts/claude-code-freebsd/

https://discoverbsd.com/p/8a7660c31b

But you'll also have to look at the userland, the Web server, the database driver etc.

MariaDB allows AI code. You can safely assume that all MySQL databases on Web servers out there are actually powered by MariaDB.

https://mariadb.org/governance/governance-ai-policy/

Oracle MySQL can integrate AI, so it's safe to assume it contains AI-generated code.

https://blogs.oracle.com/mysql/announcing-mysql-ai

PostgreSQL probably allows AI code, too. There are even tools for it.

https://github.com/timescale/pg-aiguide

SQLite is very popular amongst AI users while not having any rules on AI-generated code. Assume it to be tainted.

This leaves you with only one choice: Self-hosting a personal, single-user snac2 server because snac2 doesn't need any database whatsoever. In fact, snac2 is staunchly against AI. And it runs on NetBSD.

https://codeberg.org/grunfink/snac2

But then there's the Web server. Apache may allow AI-generated code if it has been reviewed and made sure that it does not contain anything that's incompatible with the Apache-2.0 license.

https://www.apache.org/legal/generative-tooling.html

nginx welcomes AI and advertises itself as ready for AI, and it takes no anti-AI-code stance. It's most likely already tainted.

https://www.f5.com/de_de/products/nginx.

This basically leaves you with no Web server guaranteed to be 100% free from AI-generated code to run snac2 on. But that doesn't matter because it's impossible to build a Web server devoid of any AI code to install snac2 on.

By the way: Mastodon itself explicitly allows AI code if it's disclosed as such, and if its contributor understands it.

https://github.com/mastodon/.github/blob/main/AI_POLICY.md

In other words, next to all Mastodon servers are running

• AI-generated Mastodon code
• on an AI-generated Web server
• with an AI-generated database driver
• on an AI-generated operating system kernel

😮‍💨

My crucial Linux machine with 2 boot configurations, last one works, and the latest one doesn't. I know I changed stuff cause I had to redo my Nix.

Thinking if I can dump running config I can diff or rummage.

Is there a way to dump the boot configuration? #Linux

Is there a way to dump the NixOS system config? #NixOS

Get some hit games in the Dread and Dark Fantasies RPG Collection Humble Bundle https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/get-some-hit-games-in-the-dread-and-dark-fantasies-rpg-collection-humble-bundle/

#GameBundle #RPG #Gaming #Linux #SteamOS

KDE Plasma 6.8 gets a Windows-like Autoscroll feature https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/kde-plasma-6-8-gets-a-windows-like-autoscroll-feature/

#KDE #OpenSource #Plasma #Linux

Lossless Scaling's frame generation for Linux lsfg-vk 2.0 is out now https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/lossless-scalings-frame-generation-for-linux-lsfg-vk-2-0-is-out-now/

#LosslessScaling #Linux #LinuxGaming #SteamOS

Bazzite Linux 44 gets even more fixes for September 6th https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/bazzite-linux-44-gets-even-more-fixes-for-september-6th/

#Bazzite #DistroNews #HandheldGaming #OpenSource #Linux

My ThinkPad issue seems to have been fixed by using Fedora instead? Weird. I'll use this in the mean time, but my main plan is to move to Debian since it's as robust as I need it. I need to use an OS for my studies and Fedora will work... for now.

https://infosec.exchange/@loureir_or_not/117220212568913722

#debian #fedora #linux #thinkpad #tech

I've been dealing with spotty wifi on this laptop for a while now regardless of linux kernel version and I'm wondering if it's a driver bug or an issue with this particular card in the silicon lottery or if it's just a shit model? it's an intel AX211. Here's what i found in the dmesg

[15796.288279] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WFPM_UMAC_PD_NOTIFICATION: 0x20
[15796.288336] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WFPM_LMAC2_PD_NOTIFICATION: 0x1f
[15796.288395] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WFPM_AUTH_KEY_0: 0x90
[15796.288405] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: CNVI_SCU_SEQ_DATA_DW9: 0x0
[15796.290024] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: RFIm is deactivated, reason = 4

Kernel prepatch 7.3-rc2

https://lwn.net/Articles/1092757/

#LWN #Linux #kernel

#Linux

Yes DHH is a clown and omarchy sucks

But I'm really tired of calling the whole thing nazi

My ancestors were bestially murdered by the actual nazi fascists in the german death camps

You can't compare that to a dumbass leading an overhyped shitty OS

#omarchy #nazi #linux #politics

dedicated to @ozzelot@mstdn.social

#ai #claude #chatgpt #vibecoding #programming #linux #kitty_odysseus

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nymph amalka and silenus running together; make love not slop

Andy recently wrote that product quality is proportional to attention and code quality is inversely proportional to pressure. Is he right?

https://linuxdevtime.com/linux-dev-time-episode-158/

#podcast #linux #opensource #development

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Linux Dev Time artwork

#linux

In one of the best things I've read this week, @monsieuricon Konstantin Ryabitsev provides a deep dive on the infrastructure that is under pressure from bots and scrapers at The #LinuxFoundation - specifically the #linux kernel's git repository.

Even after deploying anti-scraper tools such as #Anubis, Ryabitsev estimates that:

"With a bunch of generous assumptions, legitimate requests are only about 2% of git.kernel.org traffic — everything else are scrapers.

This is one more example of the damage being wrought to #infrastructure in the the #TokenWars - the rampant desire for, and unchecked predation of, publicly accessible #data tokens for feeding into machine learning models.

How are crawlers and bots and scrapers influencing information architectures and re-shaping what it means for data to be open or publicly available?

https://people.kernel.org/monsieuricon/creepy-crawlies

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What the git.kernel.org CPUs are doing

I think, it's actually kinda funny that the #altRight #racist #OvertonWindow #Omarchy guy, DHH, collected 8(11?) million Vespuccistan bucks from several M|Billionairs, that will only BENEFIT our beloved virally licensed #FLOSS ecosystem.

Even #Nazi money IS technically ALLOWED to use and contribute to #Linux and stuff, within the license - that's the actual deal. 😉

Sure, a few million bucks is a big deal - but it's not exactly a big deal - we all remain protected by our fave licences, right?!

Okay. I'm stuck, and I could use help:

I'm trying to use the #WinAmp skin for #Audacious, but

a) when I select that option in the Settings, all it does it reload the app, centred on the screen, and

b) I cannot figure out how to load a new skin on #Gnome / #Debian / #Linux.

Anyone have any ideas?

#FOSS #FLOSS #OpenSource #tech #computers #help

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A screen cap of Audacious on my desktop with the Settings menu on the left and the player window on the right. The Appearance settings include a drop-down where "Winamp Classic Interface" is clearly selected, but the player window looks like vanilla Audacious.

XyGrib / OpenGribs -what’s happening with GRIB downloads?

Since Sept. 2, GRIB downloads from OpenGribs appear to be failing.
I'm using XyGrib 1.2.6 on antiX 26 (Linux). The request reaches the server, but I get “Error: Request failed” after “Preparing file on server…”.
Is this temporary? What solutions are being considered? Restore the server, new infrastructure, or direct downloads from NOAA/DWD?

#XyGrib #OpenGribs #GRIB #Meteorology #antix #linux

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XyGrib / OpenGribs -what’s happening with GRIB downloads? Since Sept. 2, GRIB downloads from OpenGribs appear to be failing. I'm using XyGrib 1.2.6 on antiX 26 (Linux). The request reaches the server, but I get “Error: Request failed” after “Preparing file on server…”. Is this temporary? What solutions are being considered? Restore the server, new infrastructure, or direct downloads from NOAA/DWD? #XyGrib #OpenGribs #GRIB #Meteorology #antix #linux

#HeroesOfNewerth Rebirth works well under #Linux with latest Proton experimental. No need to PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1 anymore and even all menus render correctly :)

#HeroesOfNewerth Rebirth na #Linux funguje s poslední verzí Proton Experimental. Už není potřeba PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1 a dokonce to všechny menu kreslí správně :)

WARDOGS developers clarify Linux support via Proton may come later https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/wardogs-developers-clarify-linux-support-via-proton-may-come-later/

#Proton #FPS #WARDOGS #Linux #SteamOS

Wine 11.17 arrives with initial support for display mode emulation https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/wine-11-17-arrives-with-initial-support-for-display-mode-emulation/

#Wine #OpenSource #Linux

Interest check: I'm considering doing a stream at around 4-6pm UK time this afternoon building an minimal netboot-into-ram Linux image for my Raspberry Pi NTP server.

Boosts welcome.

#linux #embedded #embedded_systems #embeddedsystems #homelab

Here is this week's #Linux and #OpenSource News video!

in this one, plenty of #KDE projects are getting some very cool updates, CERN moves to Debian, and brave claims they're the best browser. Let's unpack!

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

Next Saturday at #EuroBSDCon 2026, I'll tell the story of one of the longest nights of my career.

On 10 March 2021, I had just fallen asleep when the alerts started arriving. One server down. Then another. And another.
Different servers, different workloads, one thing in common: the OVHcloud Strasbourg data centre.

Then came the news: SBG2 was on fire.

I had 142 servers there.

The mission for the night was simple to state: bring the critical services back before 8, then recover everything else as quickly as possible.

This talk is about what happened next. The things that worked, the architectural choices that saved us, and especially the ones that failed when we needed them most.

And it's also the story of why that night changed the way I design infrastructure, and why BSD systems became such an important part of it.

The night 142 of my servers went up in the clouds. Physically.

📅 Saturday 12 September, 11:15
📍 EuroBSDCon 2026, D.0.02

#BSD #FreeBSD #EuroBSDCon #Sysadmin #Infrastructure #RunBSD #NetBSD #OwnYourData #Linux #DisasterRecovery

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Cover slide for Stefano Marinelli’s EuroBSDCon 2026 presentation. A nighttime photo shows the OVHcloud Strasbourg data centre engulfed in flames and thick smoke. A huge orange "142" overlays the fire. Below, on a black background, the title reads: "The night 142 of my servers went up in the clouds. Physically." In the top-right corner: "Stefano Marinelli · EuroBSDCon 2026 · Saturday 12 September, 11:15 · D.0.02."

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/12968-week-36-2026

#FOSS #Linux #Solus #OpenSource

- Evan

Veronica Explains is a series of really fun and useful videos about computing, technology, self-hosting, FOSS, Linux, retro computing and assorted other stuff. You can follow at:

➡️ @vkc

(Don't worry if it looks blank to you, that just means no one from your server has followed it yet. Follow the account and its videos will start gradually showing up on your server too.)

You can also follow Veronica's non-video account at @veronica

#FeaturedPeerTube #Tech #FOSS #Linux #PeerTube

Butterbian XFCE 0.5.0 is out.

The big one: optional full-disk encryption. One checkbox in the installer, one passphrase at boot. LUKS2 on the root,
same layout as butterknife. Timeshift snapshots and GRUB rollback work the same either way.

Heads-up: /boot is now its own partition on every install, so kernels live outside snapshots.

https://get.butterbian.org

#Debian #Linux #btrfs

@b0rk You're implying a CLI experience, however virtually all File Browsers in #Linux have some kind of way to create an SFTP network connection. Then the File browser itself provides the progress bar. I do this in #KDE on a daily basis (and like my progress bars, MB/sec, cancel button, etc)

The October 2026 issue is available now. This month, we introduce you to the Vosk speech recognition toolkit and show you how to build speech input into a Python script. This month's DVD: Garuda Linux Mokka and GParted Live. Get your copy today!

https://shop.linuxnewmedia.com/shop/category/linux-magazine-15

#Linux #Vosk #GarudaLinux #GParted #kernel #Golang #PiPico #AsteroidOS

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LINUX MAGAZINE ISSUE 311 -- OCTOBER 2026 | Speech Recognition | AsteroidOS: Put Linux on a smartwatch! | DVD INSIDE: Garuda Linux Mokka and GParted Live

#AsahiLinux #Linux #arm64 #LinuxHelp

Since news of #1password's funding of #DHH's #Omacom foundation I am planning to move to #bitwarden. One of my laptops is Asahi Fedora Remix. #Flatpak seems like my best option for a desktop Bitwarden app. Has anyone had experience with the flatpak?

https://bitwarden.com/help/desktop-app-feature-support/

[$] Deterministic testing for multithreaded Python

Python's support for multithreaded programs has improved considerably over the last few years with the advent of the "free-threaded" version of the language. But testing multithre [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1090579/

#LWN #Linux #Python

#Microsoft Edge now officially supports #openSUSE, #Fedora, #Debian, and #Ubuntu on Linux. Credit where it's due for the support. Trust is earned, not declared. How do you feel about Microsoft browsers on your #Linux desktop? Genuine question. https://www.techspot.com/news/113715-microsoft-edge-now-has-official-linux-support-list.html

Grml 2026.09 released

https://lwn.net/Articles/1092660/

#LWN #Linux #Debian

Security updates for Friday

https://lwn.net/Articles/1092659/

#LWN #Linux #security

@dnkl Now that #fuzzel 1.15 is out for #Linux I'm working on on a micro-app that uses it as a frontend for a todo.txt TODO file.

Using the features like custom keybindings, prompt-only mode and the new header and emoji support, a small script is able to display, prioritize, add, edit and check off a todo list.

Still not sure if I'll prefer it over the CLI interface for todo.sh, but it's nice the Fuzzel UI is always one keybinding away.

Once I've fixed the obvious bugs, I'll share it.

@katzenjens Alles klar, dann hat es etwas mit der Version 155.0 von #Firefox und #Librewolf unter #Linux zu tun, dass es mit der #Botprüfung #goaway so lange dauert bei tchncs.de.
Wo liegt die Ursache? Wie kann ich das ändern?

Wer kann nun weiter helfen? 🙏

#fedihelp

More on KDE's fight for #efficiency: We have driven down the number of unconfirmed #bug reports to its lowest levels in over a decade and are managing to keep it there.

To improve that number further, we need your help:

https://pointieststick.com/2026/09/03/bug-triaging-help-needed/
--
Keep KDE funded💲! Become a Supporter! Adopt an App! All at once!:

https://kde.org/anniversaries/30/?mtm_campaign=SupportingMemberDrive&mtm_kwd=m#become-a-member-and-build-a-better-world

#bugs #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #desktop #Linux #BSD

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A graph showing a dramatic drop in the number of unconfirmed bugs (red curve) over the last 5 years. This is important because unconfirmed bugs cannot be fixed, because we don't know if they are real or not.

Bli med i Bergen (BSD and) Linux User Group (BLUG): https://blug.linux.no/bli-med/ #blug #bergenlug #blug #bsd #linux #bergen #friprogramvare #freesoftware #libresoftware #norge #norway

Phosh's caffeine quick setting (☕) can be used to prevent the system from going idle and from suspending.

This can be tweaked now so that one can have the system go idle but not suspend.

Very useful on Qualcomm based 📱 so one can prevent the system from suspending (to receive incoming phone calls and SMS) but still have blank and lock work as expected.

#phosh #LinuxMobile #linux #mobile #gtk #caffeine

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A screenshot from a phosh session. The mobile settings app is open and shows the caffeine prefs. The user can tweak inhibit idle and inhibit suspend via two separate toggles.

Successfully used the ed editor to make a (single line) change in a C source file today. (I could’ve just used vi[m] of course; but I was going to use a substitution command anyway so I thought for the sake of whimsy, I’d used ed). I wouldn’t do all my editing that way - but it’s perfectly usable. #linux

I'm so glad I never gave #Framework my money. Dodged a Nazi bullet. I would have learned about #Omarchy and then *hated* the machine I was using. I wouldn't even be able to give it away in good conscience.

#FOSS #FLOSS #OpenSource #Linux #computers #laptops #fascism

RE: https://mas.to/@OrionKidder/117208737135393926

I'm serious about this. I don't want my Linux machine to feel like a product. I want it to feel like a project, something people made together out of enthusiasm and fascinating and, I'll just say it, love.

#FOSS #FLOSS #OpenSource #Linux

Orion Ussner kidder » 🌐 2026-09-03
@OrionKidder@mas.to

Addendun:

I guess this makes Omarchy sound *good* to some people--fascism and capitalism are mutually horny after all--but this is exactly why most of us *don't* want to be on Windows and/or OSX: they feel like "products."

#FOSS #FLOSS #OpenSource #Linux

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A screencap from a Quant search, which reads: "dev.to ; dev.to › devopsdaily › omarchy-4-makes-the-linux-desktop-feel-like-a-product... Omarchy 4 Makes the Linux Desktop Feel Like a Product, Finally The foundation holds the trademarks, funds infrastructure, and, importantly, supports the upstream open-source projects Omarchy depends on, Hyprland and Quickshell included. Hardware is... "

Addendun:

I guess this makes Omarchy sound *good* to some people--fascism and capitalism are mutually horny after all--but this is exactly why most of us *don't* want to be on Windows and/or OSX: they feel like "products."

#FOSS #FLOSS #OpenSource #Linux

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A screencap from a Quant search, which reads: "dev.to ; dev.to › devopsdaily › omarchy-4-makes-the-linux-desktop-feel-like-a-product... Omarchy 4 Makes the Linux Desktop Feel Like a Product, Finally The foundation holds the trademarks, funds infrastructure, and, importantly, supports the upstream open-source projects Omarchy depends on, Hyprland and Quickshell included. Hardware is... "

The more chatter there is, the more attention it gets, and the more we contribute to the hype.

#FOSS #FLOSS #OpenSource #Linux