"Where to buy a non-Apple, non-Google smartphone"

https://www.theregister.com/2026/05/01/buy_a_foss_fondleslab/

I use a #Librem5 #Linux #phone. With the default #PureOS operating system.

Enjoy your #freedom, break free from #Google and #Apple.

Have a full Linux computer in your pocket that you can also use for calling.

Questions? Ask me.

#opensource #digitalsovereignty #FOSS #MobileLinux #privacy

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

in this one, #Ubuntu suffers a coordinated attack on their infrastructure, there's a nasty flaw that affects most, if not all Linux distros, and Linux beats Windows twice, in performance, and for some sales!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upOaSBo5ygU

🚨 FREE GAME

Fight against the Citadel and whatever horrors lurk within this classic game remake of a sc-fi shooter called Citadel Remonstered.

🎮 Claim your free copy for a limited time via GOG DRM free for Linux.

https://www.gog.com/en/game/citadel_remonstered

#games #gaming #free #DRMFree #linux

Gkrellm is one of the lightest system monitoring tools that I use, only top and htop are lighter. Of course it's a Natural Choice on not only the SBC Pi5 but on all machines here

@rl_dane

#Raspberry #Pi5 #SBC #hardware #programming #gkrellm #top #htop #Linux

On these displays you see the SBC in action. The screen on the lower right belongs to a very old sturdy notebook which couldn't even run an important piece of OpenSource software I use to make certain types of connections. I had to degrade The Notebook to a music player after I got it out the two and a half inch hard drive

#Pi5 #Raspberry #SBC #hardware #programming #Linux

Heya folks! We've encountered some issues with Nvidia and the 7.0.x kernel. Therefore, the decision has been made to delay this week's sync by a few days to get everything working and settled. Stay tuned, and happy Friday!

#Solus #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS

- Evan

Eden: NHS goes to war against open source

https://lwn.net/Articles/1070864/ #LWN #Linux #security

Gambonanza masterfully combines Balatro and chess and it's out now https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/gambonanza-masterfully-combines-balatro-and-chess-and-its-out-now/

#Gambonanza #IndieGames #PCGaming #Linux

@Edent Even with the recent Copy Fail exploit being revealed, this is an extreme measure, to put it mildly.

#FOSS #Linux

Yikes.

https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/04/as-the-most-severe-linux-threat-in-years-surfaces-the-world-scrambles/

#linux #infosec

[$] Version-controlled databases using Prolly trees

Modern database and filesystems make pervasive use of B-trees, which are tree structures optimized for storing sorted lists of keys and values on block devices. Dolt is an Apache [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1068864/ #LWN #Linux #Python #Git #PostgreSQL #PostgreSQL

Security updates for Friday

https://lwn.net/Articles/1070848/ #LWN #Linux #security

In case you were wondering: #gokrazy kernels are not vulnerable to copy.fail because they do not include the vulnerable code 🥳

In any case, 7.0.3 is available, so maybe update regardless (it’s always good to be up-to-date) :)

If you are not familiar: https://gokrazy.org/ is my Go appliance platform based on the Linux kernel and a 100% Go userspace :)

#Linux #golang

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overview of gokrazy kernels: not vulnerable

Here's the top Steam Deck games for April 2026 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/heres-the-top-steam-deck-games-for-april-2026/

#SteamDeck #Gaming #SteamOS #Linux

According to VECERT Analyzer, responsibility for the #Ubuntu / #Canonical #Linux DDoS has been claimed by "The Islamic Cyber ​​Resistance in Iraq – 313 Team"

https://x.com/VECERTRadar/status/2049934376272810445

Fresh gist: mitigating CVE-2026-31431 ("Copy Fail") on RHEL 8/9/10 with a tiny Ansible playbook.

It blacklists algif_aead via a kernel boot arg (initcall_blacklist=algif_aead_init), reboots only when needed, and asserts the mitigation actually stuck after reboot. Idempotent & safe to re-run.

https://codeberg.org/Larvitz/gists/src/branch/main/2026/20260501-CVE-2026-31431_RHEL_Mitigation.md

#Ansible #RHEL #Linux #InfoSec #SysAdmin #DevOps #CVE #CVE_2026_31431 #copyfail

"Canonical’s web infrastructure is under a sustained, cross-border attack and we are working to address it. We will provide more information in our official channels as soon as we are able to."
#ubuntu #linux
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/update-concerning-ddos-attack-on-canonical-and-ubuntu/81482?u=popey

They: "On a scale from 1 to 10: How lazy are you?"

Me: Using the copy fail exploit instead of sudo to avoid having to type my password

#copyfail #linux #cybersecurity

Linux Mint begin shipping HWE (Hardware Enablement) ISOs for better hardware support https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/linux-mint-begin-shipping-hwe-hardware-enablement-isos-for-better-hardware-support/

#LinuxMint #Linux #OpenSource

SteamOS 3.8.3 Beta gets ready for the Steam Machine and Steam Controller https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/steamos-3-8-3-beta-gets-ready-for-the-steam-machine-and-steam-controller/

#SteamOS #SteamMachine #SteamController #Valve #Linux

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@patrickcmiller/116497719012673276

“The realistic threat chain looks like this. An attacker exploits a known WordPress plugin vulnerability and gets shell access as www-data. They run the copy.fail PoC. They are now root on the host. Every other tenant is suddenly reachable, in the way I walked through in this hack post-mortem. The vulnerability does not get the attacker onto the box; it changes what happens in the next ten seconds after they land there.”

#CopyFail #linux #exploit

Installing #windows11 on this #thinkpad x13s is just about the weirdest install I've ever seen.

Over an hour and still going. "Doing work"

I'm only doing all this so I can update the bios and get #linux on it.

#Linux #Arch

One of these days I'm going to f@#k my original Arch installation up so bad, I won't be able to recover. But today is apparently not that day.

#LearnFromMyTalesOfWoe

I had recently been thinking of migrating my Arch install to Artix to remove systemd. Last night I finally decided to give the migration a try.

I'm a chicken though, so I decided I would clone my root partition and test out the migration there first.

I boot up clonezilla, create a new partition matching ...

(EDIT: Problem solved! With this reply https://techhub.social/@konform/116490565176455678)

Librewolf keeps opening the tabs that were opened last, even though I have this tickbox unchecked. I want a fresh session all the time. I never want it to restore anything ever - even if it crashed.

I was able to get this behaviour in my last setup, but I forgot what I did (recently I wiped my hard drive and did a fresh linux install).

Does anyone know how to get this behaviour?

#tech #linux #techsupport #firefox #librewolf

(tags here so people that aren't interested in these topics can ignore them and still follow me)

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A screenshot from my librewolf settings

Tomorrow (May 1st) is a holiday, which means free day to stream Budgie 11 dev! Work continues on wl_output support in #BudgieDesktop Services, which I've made good progress on generalizing interfaces for off-stream.

Live 1500 EEST at https://youtube.com/live/MxAXGDTpQzg

#OpenSource #Linux

[$] Restartable sequences, TCMalloc, and Hyrum's Law

Hyrum's Law states that any observable behavior of a system will eventually be depended upon by somebody. The kernel community is currently contending with a clear demonstration o [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1070072/ #LWN #Linux #kernel #glibc #BPF

GCC 16.1 released

https://lwn.net/Articles/1070649/ #LWN #Linux #GCC

NVIDIA GeForce NOW gets even more games and RTX 5080 power expands https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/nvidia-geforce-now-gets-even-more-games-and-rtx-5080-power-expands/

#NVIDIA #GeForceNOW #CloudGaming #Linux #Gaming

Seven new stable kernels for Thursday

https://lwn.net/Articles/1070641/ #LWN #Linux #kernel

Security updates for Thursday

https://lwn.net/Articles/1070640/ #LWN #Linux #security

Rocket League adds Easy Anti-Cheat with Steam Deck / Linux still supported https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/rocket-league-adds-easy-anti-cheat-with-steam-deck-linux-still-supported/

#RocketLeague #AntiCheat #EasyAntiCheat #Linux #SteamOS #SteamDeck

Proton Experimental updated to get Crimson Desert working again on Linux / SteamOS https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/proton-experimental-updated-to-get-crimson-desert-working-again-on-linux-steamos/

#CrimsonDesert #Proton #Linux #SteamOS #SteamDeck