The 2026 Carnage Collection from Humble Bundle brings some fun games to begin the year https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/the-2026-carnage-collection-from-humble-bundle-brings-some-fun-games-to-begin-the-year/

#Gaming #PCGaming #Linux #SteamDeck #GameBundle

D7VK v1.1 is out with experimental Direct3D 6 support via Vulkan for Windows games on Linux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/d7vk-v1-1-is-out-with-experimental-direct3d-6-support-via-vulkan-for-windows-games-on-linux/

#Linux #OpenSource #Vulkan #Direct3D #D7VK #DXVK

Valve reveal the most popular Steam games of 2025 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/the-most-popular-steam-games-for-2025-were-not-exactly-surprising/

#Gaming #LinuxGaming #Linux #PCGaming

Native Linux support for Hytale will be launched as "experimental" https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/native-linux-support-for-hytale-will-be-launched-as-experimental/

#Hytale #Linux #PCGaming #Gaming

Bazzite Linux gets a spring cleaning update to end 2025 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/bazzite-linux-gets-a-spring-cleaning-update-to-end-2025/

#Bazzite #Linux #LinuxGaming #PCGaming #OpenSource

Every year is a good year to make it the year of Linux on the Desktop for yourself.

I've done entirely away with Windows since 2013 ish. Windows 8's fullscreen menu and their insistence that it was for the better already spelled the downfall of Windows for me. And that's coming from someone who used to run a full Active Directory at home since the Windows 2000 era.

If you have absolutely any questions about how to get #Linux working for your use case feel free to ask me as reply to this thread

GE-Proton 10-28 brings fixes for Duet Night Abyss, World of Tanks, games with spatial audio and more https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/ge-proton-10-28-brings-fixes-for-duet-night-abyss-world-of-tanks-games-with-spatial-audio-and-more/

#Proton #GEProton #Linux #SteamDeck #SteamOS

Steam survey for December 2025 shows Linux holding to 3.19% https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/steam-survey-for-december-2025-shows-linux-holding-to-3-19p/

#Steam #Linux #SteamOS #LinuxGaming #SteamDeck

Mesa 25.3.3 released with more Linux graphics driver bug fixes https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/mesa-25-3-3-released-with-more-linux-graphics-driver-bug-fixes/

#Linux #Drivers #OpenSource #LinuxGaming #Mesa

I am powering up my self-assembled NAS for the first time and, of course, it is not working. I am panicking because I cannot return any of the components I am using… 🤯

The absolute first time I powered it up, it stayed on but the HDMI did not output anything, so I brutally unplugged the power (I am starting to regret I did this), and connected a USB with a Proxmox image on it.

Now, every time I plug in the power supply, the NAS powers for one second, than shuts off for two seconds, then it tries to boot again… It goes like this on and on and on…

Any tips to troubleshoot this?

Here are the components I am using:

• Case: Jonsbo N3
• 6× SATA 6 cables
• PSU: Chieftec CSN-450C 450W SFX 80 Plus Gold
• Topton N18 + Intel N150
• 2× RAM 16GB DDR5
• 2× HDD Seagate Ironwolf NAS 10TB
• UPS: BlueWalker Power Basic VI 1000 STL

#help #NAS #selfHosting #Proxmox #sysAd #homelab #Linux #VM #virtualMachine #grub #boot #bootloop #aiuto #MastoAiuto #MastoHelp #support #techSupport

👋 I'm looking to connect with other small YouTube and/or PeerTube creators (<1,000 subs) who are strictly focused on #NoAI, #FOSS, #Privacy, and #OpenSource technology.

It is hard to find channels in tech not using "ai." If that's you, or you know of any, please reply with the channel link so I can support you!

🔄 Boosts deeply appreciated to help me find my people.

#AskFedi #FOSS #NoAI #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #LibreSoftware #Linux #GNULinux #GNU #Debian #SmallYouTuber #TechCreator #HumanMade #HumanContent #EthicalTech #Privacy #Homelab #SelfHosted #TerminalTilt #Disabled #DisabledCreator #DisabledArtist #Queer #QueerCreator #QueerArtist #Mastodon #Boost #boostswelcome #LinuxMint

My recent interest in local AI models and gaming are taking their toll on my Framework 13 storage, but with the price bump for SSDs I decided to harvest an underused 2TB NVMe drive from a spare laptop/server instead.

The last two days I did a migration dance to downsize a Debian server to a smaller disk, and a Bluefin workstation to a larger one. In both cases I found it simplest to do a fresh install on the "new" drive and migrate appropriate data over from the old one.

#linux

Already accomplished my New Year's resolution. Switched from Apache httpd to NGINX. Should have been easier but I built a bunch of stuff around httpd (fail2ban, AbuseIPDB, & monitoring stuff). #linux #selfhosting

I'm confident that 2026 won't be the year of the Linux desktop, but I've been using MX Linux for about a year now and I'm perfectly happy with it. I've persuaded my wife she doesn't need the bloated, ad-ridden heap of AI crap that is Windows 11, and she's using Linux Mint. Despite a loathing for systemd, I thought this was an easier transition for her.

#MXLinux #LinuxMint #Linux

#Linux

Is there a way to see the size of your hibernation image?

Running out of disk space on your Linux, macOS, BSD, or Unix-like OS? Or perhaps you're hitting the classic disk quota limits set by your sysadmin? Fear not. Run `du -sh * | sort -h` command to get a sorted list of your directory sizes so you can remove or compress unwanted files. Here is another useful shell alias:
```
alias ducks='du -cks -- * | sort -rn | head'
ducks
```

See https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/how-do-i-find-the-largest-filesdirectories-on-a-linuxunixbsd-filesystem/ for more info.
#unix #linux #macos

I’m about to flash @postmarketOS with @phosh onto my OnePlus 6 to use as an evening device when I’m not in front of a computer.

What apps should I absolutely not miss out on?

#linux #mobile

@jwildeboer I’m curious about Kopia’s server mode, wondering if it might be suitable for a “family backup manager” who is responsible for backing up Linux, Mac and Windows computers around the house.

https://kopia.io/docs/features/#optional-server-mode-with-api-support-to-centrally-manage-backups-of-multiple-machines

#kopia #backups #linux

In 2000, Chandra Narayanaswami and his team at IBM presented a highlight of wristwatch integration work with the “ IBM Linux Watch”

https://techcrunch.com/2010/04/05/remember-the-linux-wristwatch/

#technology #Tech #linux #wearabletechnology

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The device in the image is the IBM Linux Watch prototype. First displayed by IBM in June 2000, it was an early smartwatch that ran a full Linux operating system, specifically Linux 2.2. 

I have two old Mac laptops that aren't getting any love.

I have *access* to #LinuxMint with #XFCE.

I think the math is pretty clear here, right?

#FOSS #FLOSS #OpenSource #Linux

Help #linux community! I need help with license questions.

I guess #nixbook is growing up enough where people want to know what the license is. To be honest, I'm not an expert. I want it to be permissive and not impede adoption. I want it to be #foss

There is currently a discussion about #gpl vs #mit vs #unlicense

I'm not even sure what I CAN use since it's mostly just #nixos config.

Thoughts?

https://github.com/mkellyxp/nixbook/issues/55

Video version of our EOY post:

#linux #gnome

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4RbjGwj6is

Plus One

Thank you, all the supporters, fans, visitors, critters, observers and machine-folk.

Good luck next year!

#unix_surrealism #technomage #openbsd #dragonflybsd #linux #penguin #9front #comic #grendel #glenda

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Girl, Fish and Penguin pose for a photograph.

Am I seeing correctly that this is an official Jellyfin desktop client built using Qt and mpv? 2.0 release just dropped. It looks like it links back to the official Jellyfin GitHub account, but it isn't yet verified.

https://flathub.org/en/apps/org.jellyfin.JellyfinDesktop

#Linux #Jellyfin

That feeling when you finally find your 'forever' distro... 🐧

#linux

2026 will *definitely* be the year of the Linux desktop! 🐧🔥

#linux #2026 #yotld

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Slide 1: A Penguin-headed human is seen shying away from: Excited about the new year 2026 Slide 2: The same man is seen happy due to: Excited about Year of the Linux Desktop 2026

＂… Nearly two dozen different Windows-like UIs represents a titanic waste of programmer effort, skill, and time. Hundreds, maybe thousands of people, working hard for decades… but all on different projects, meaning that none of them achieve greatness. …＂

https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/10/deduplicating_the_desktops/ @lproven

(I thought I boosted this seven weeks ago. Mind playing tricks on me. It's one of a few things on my ridiculously long reading list that I actually do keep revisiting. I don't know what to think. I'm reading it in overlapping chunks.)

#desktop #Lumina #Windows #KDE #Plasma #Trinity #GNOME #MATE #Xfce #LXDE #Cinnamon #Budgie #LXQt #Deepin #Enlightenment #Equinox #IceWM #JWM #GNU #FOSS #Linux

LOTRO. Bazzite. Linux. 🐧⚔️

We are LIVE and questing through Middle-earth! Come see the rig in action.

https://www.twitch.tv/tuxramus #Linux #LOTRO #BazziteOS #GamingOnLinux

I am happy to report that rather than buying a new computer that I don't need, I bought Linux/Debian/Gnome stickers for my existing computer in order to make it feel new. A Debian swirl and small Tuxie for the case and little Gnome feet for the super key and the "inside" spot.

#FOSS #FLOSS #OpenSource #Linux #Debian #Gnome

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A ThinkPad keyboard with a small Gnome DE foot sticker over the "windows" key and a silvered Gnome DE foot sticker in the spot where "Intel Inside" usually sits.

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The "lid" of a ThinkPad laptop, with a red Debian "swirl" sticker in the centre and a little Linux penguin, "Tuxie," in the corner.

@256 Ubuntu linux with Windows 2000 theme and Windows 98 icons :) https://i.sstatic.net/tpbS1.png

#linux #ubuntu #gnome #windows #windows98 #nostalgy

If you want something to do so you don't break things right before another holiday, may I suggest taking 20-30 minutes to get used to tmux?

One tip - I suggest turning on mouse mode:

set -g mouse on

https://github.com/tmux/tmux/wiki

#tmux #Linux #Shell #ssh

I need a smart ZFS person. I have two good drives from a three drive RAIDZ1 that I need to import.

The SAS controller on my server failed and caused one of the drives to disconnect. I tried moving the backplane to regular SATA ports. All the drives showed up, but there was no pool (not even to import). I moved the cables back to the controller, and the pool came back as before (degraded). I exported the pool so that I could hopefully import it after moving it.

Now it won't import using either cable configuration. The server is running TrueNAS, and I also have a Proxmox server to use.

Any hints for what to try would be great.

#Linux #ZFS