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

The retirement of the PHP license

https://lwn.net/Articles/1071253/ #LWN #Linux

shapez 2 is a thoroughly chilled time building up a shape-cutting factory https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/shapez-2-is-a-thoroughly-chilled-time-building-up-a-shape-cutting-factory/

#Shapez2 #Linux #PCGaming #Gaming

Installing 90s Linux on a 1997 IBM Thinkpad 380ED!

https://youtube.com/watch?v=oNFJtTvPOeM

#90s #linux #retrocomputing

There’s a new Ubuntu LTS release and quite a lot is new, Canonical’s infrastructure was taken down and we disagree about whether it could have been avoided, two recent examples of irresponsible vulnerability disclosure, and the Steam controller finally arrives with a hefty price tag.

https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-384/

#podcast #linux #opensource

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Apple Silicon MacBooks were not left behind. Fedora Asahi Remix 44 released to bring you totally up to date on Fedora! As with the editions, Plasma 6.6 and GNOME 50 are available, as well as some under the hood changes to switch to upstream packages.

➡️ https://fedoramagazine.org/fedora-asahi-remix-44-is-now-available/

#AsahiLinux #FedoraAsahi #Fedora #Linux #OpenSource

The point of no return.
About to find out if #Jolla phone will work for me... #sailfishos #linux

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A receipt for a Jolla Phone in batch number 3

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

#SteamController #Linux #SteamOS #Valve #PCGaming

I'm planning a project to build a Linux laptop. Likely Mint (Cinnamon I think?) Linux on a 2016 Dell Precision machine with an i7 CPU, 32GB RAM and an MXM 4GB GTX965M Nvidia card (ie decent specification). A few questions for planning -

1) Can I run Win10 apps eg WhatsApp Desktop under Linux?

2) Are there any limitations if I want to run a dual boot into both Linux Mint AND Win10? I am thinking about the boot-mode here eg Legacy vs UEFI. No I won't be moving to Win11 ever I hope.

3) Anyone with experience/knowledge of running Linux with Nvidia Optimus (which toggles between the integrated Intel GPU and the Nvidia GPU especially for regular use vs gaming)?

All thoughts and advice appreciated in advance!

#Linux #Mint

Alpine Linux systems currently offline

https://lwn.net/Articles/1071176/ #LWN #Linux

[$] Bug-monitoring expectations and Fedora GNOME packages

For a number of years, users submitting bugs reports against GNOME packages in Fedora have received an auto-reply saying that the reports were not actively monitored; users were en [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1070006/ #LWN #Linux #RedHat

NetHack 5.0.0 released

https://lwn.net/Articles/1071175/ #LWN #Linux

Dungeon Clawler 1.0 is out now - it will hook you and frustrate you just like the real thing https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/dungeon-clawler-1-0-is-out-now-it-will-hook-you-and-frustrate-you-just-like-the-real-thing/

#DungeonClawler #IndieGames #Linux #SteamDeck

Spent all weekend writing the #bluefin blog post for our upcoming releases - it's already our largest update and I'm not even half way done.

It's a good spring for #linux - lots of fantastic work happening across the ecosystem!

Security updates for Monday

https://lwn.net/Articles/1071167/ #LWN #Linux #security

Expanded AMD HDMI 2.1 support is coming to Linux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/expanded-amd-hdmi-2-1-support-is-coming-to-linux/

#AMD #HDMI #Linux #OpenSource #LinuxGaming

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟬𝟱/𝟬𝟰 (Valuable News - 2026/05/04) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/05/04/valuable-news-2026-05-04/

Past releases: https://vermaden.wordpress.com/news/

#verblog #vernews #news #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #linux #unix #zfs #opnsense #ghostbsd #solaris #vermadenday

Recently I got asked about my @BoxyBSD@bsd.cafe project, which offers free VPS instances of vary #BSD based systems for learning and educational purposes and I'm happy to share that this projects remains available. Several things could finally be clarified to continue this service to make sure people can learn and practice on real #FreeBSD, #OpenBSD, #NetBSD systems to #RUNBSD. Also, BoxyBSD starts moving over to #Sylve on #bhyve.

But not only that! We could also get some more new resources and locations to scale and this also brings up another new project for #free Linux #VPS instances at https://boxedtux.com (Fedi: @BoxedTux@mastodon.social) where people will be able to learn and practice on different #Linux based distributions (e.g., #Debian, #Ubuntu, #Rocky,...). BoxedTux utilizes #Proxmox clusters as a foundation.

Hope you like this small update... Over & out!

#freeVPS #VPS #VM #Hosting #education #learning #learningplatform #service #opensource #BoxedTux

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Kernel prepatch 7.1-rc2

https://lwn.net/Articles/1070980/ #LWN #Linux #kernel

I've upgraded 3 machines to #Fedora 44 so far, including my #Nextcloud server. So far so good!

#Linux

Ahmed Adan has whipped up a COSMIC image using #buildstream

#linux

https://github.com/RazorfinOS-org/cosmic-build-meta

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COSMIC via Buildstream

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/12676-week-18-2026

#FOSS #Linux #Solus #OpenSource

- Evan

Stop blaming "the evil corportations" for the replacement of strong copyleft tools in #linux

There's only one organization responsible for this systemic alienation of OSS developers.

Episode 15 of Dark Blue Weekly released

https://darkblueproject.com/sites/news/dbw-e15.php

#darkblueproject #darkblueweekly #fedora #bazziteos #cachyos #proxmox #gcc #archlinux #linux #linuxdesktop #opensource #freesoftware

RE: https://mastodon.social/@jumpyvi/116511272384590527

cc @jnsgruk #ubuntu #linux

It’s yet another hot questions episode. Colour schemes, syntax highlighting, code patterns, fonts, and keyboards.

https://linuxdevtime.com/linux-dev-time-episode-149/

#podcast #linux #development

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Using system packages for development is another reason why application developers should be the ones in charge of their own development stack.

These anti-patterns are driven mostly by #linux distributions.

But it's ok app developers, you can just skip all that noise and do it yourself. (Oh wait, you already did that!)

@sam@cablespaghetti.dev @BoxyBSD@mastodon.bsd.cafe @BoxyBSD@bsd.cafe

#BoxyBSD #BoxedTUX #freeVPS #education #learning

Great news! Apparently #Linux users soon get to enjoy more HDMI support (with AMD): https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMDGPU-HDMI-2.1-FRL-Patches

Just removing the last few PPAs from my setup because Launchpad still isn't stable. I know they're getting DDOSed, but given that all the distributed stuff works and it's only the centralised Canoncial stuff that doesn't... well. #Ubuntu #Linux

Anyone have recent experience with the PineTab2?

Usability when running pmos or some other distro?

#pine64 #pinetab #pinetab2 #linux #tablet #rk3566 #rockchip #pmos #postmarket #postmarketos

systemd-boot: wtf is this dreck?

It works, but like lilo back in the '90s. Actually, that's probably not fair to lilo.

Now I understand why most distros configure it to not display and make you press/hold space to access the menu at boot time. The less we see it the better.

#Linux #systemdboot

Hey, Linux folks: I'm really lost in this #CopyFail situation.

I'm running Debian, and I'm not scared of the Terminal, so I'm just looking for noob-friendly instructions for how to patch my laptop.

Help...?

Edit: Apparently you just update/upgrade. I was over complicating it. Thanks, everyone!

#FOSS #FLOSS #OpenSource #Linux #Debian

I can't speak to the accuracy or "correctness" of the guy's instructions, but the way he opens the video is freaking hilarious.

https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=uTrOIPIx7pY

How to Install OpenBSD (2027 Edition)

#OpenBSD #Linux #Install #MemeVideo

I built a TLS router that forwards connections based on SNI (Server Name Indication). That means, it accepts TLS connections (like https), checks the desired target hostname, then forwards the encrypted stream to the backend that's configured for the hostname.

It hands off the actual forwarding task to the Linux kernel via eBPF, which makes this a zero-copy operation. As a result, services behind the router are _noticably_ snappier than with the userspace based solutions (that copied the incoming data to userland, copied it from one socket to the other there, back to kernel for further distribution) that I used until now.

Through that, it keeps the client's IP address visible to the client natively instead of fronting everything with the proxy's address.

As a convenience, it can figure out the backend by docker/podman container name, removing the need to "expose" the ports through docker/podman own infrastructure (which is, again, a copy via userspace in some scenarios), including figuring out the new IP address on container restarts.

Other implementations parse out the TLS records manually, trying to get to the SNI data in the ClientHello record with the least amount of effort possible. In contrast, my router uses the Go TLS library, which should make it generally more robust and future proof, given that the library is in use in much more critical scenarios than mine.

It also means that ECH (Encrypted ClientHello) should work to hide the target domain name from the outside world (the router still needs the private key used for ECH to figure out routing, but even with that, it still can't read the data stream itself). That said, I don't have the ECH setup to test it, so that's more of a theoretical option for now.

It runs on my personal infra and makes Jellyfin much snappier, and I'll roll it out to more servers that I maintain as I gain confidence that it's robust enough. Still cleaning up the code, but I'll release it as Free Software sometimes soon.
#freesoftware #Linux #networking

Steam Survey for April 2026 shows Linux still trending well https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/steam-survey-for-april-2026-shows-linux-still-trending-well/

#Linux #SteamOS #Steam #LinuxGaming #SteamDeck #SteamMachine

Wine 11.8 brings updates for Mono, MSXML, VBScript and more https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/wine-11-8-brings-updates-for-mono-msxml-vbscript-and-more/

#Wine #Linux #LinuxGaming #OpenSource

Put #CachyOS #Linux on my daughters old and slow laptop yesterday. I've never used Linux before so it was a bit daunting at first but ended up being really easy to install and set up, and she loves it :) Its suddenly nice and fast and gaming is 'good enough'. Laptop is like new! My gaming desktop is next 🥳