Thanks to everyone to came to chat and support the computer upcycle project over at #lfnw this weekend.

Some of you donated your old computers too. I love getting donations like this old MacBook pro from nerds like you all.

8 gigs of ram and 500gig SSD is def not the standard specs lol

#linux #nixbook loves it though!

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Old MacBook pro with super nice stats

@rayk To be clear, there is no hard feelings about #Bazzite itself, but I'm of the mindset that it's my machine and I get to decide how it should work, so if Bazzite isn't compatible with that, then it's not what I'm gonna run. The #Linux world isn't a zero sum game and not everything is for everyone and that's OK. Diversity is a feature, not a bug.

What bugs me more is I wanted to understand and help troubleshoot what appeared to be a bug and didn't get that opportunity from Bazzite support.

Welp, looks like my time with Bazzite is coming to an end. rpm-ostree layering is broke for me and the advice to run basic desktop stuff in an Ubuntu DistroBox isn't for me. It's still great a option if you are gaming focused, but I was hoping for something more robust for a laptop experience.

#Linux

Whether you can trust small new distros, Amazon is officially abandoning Android on its new TV sticks in favour of their new Linux-based OS, and we have another pointless argument about AI bollocks.

https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-383/

#podcast #linux #opensource

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pip 26.1 released

https://lwn.net/Articles/1070010/ #LWN #Linux #Python

And it is online! Gitte is on Flathub 🥳

https://flathub.org/de/apps/de.wwwtech.gitte

Thanks especially to @hbons for the application icon and to @mjog for the detailed and great feedback!

#git #gui #linux #gnome

RE: https://masto.ai/@phoronix/116476120066302561

Most people here seem not to be impressed, nor pleased.

#Ubuntu #AI #Linux #opensource #freesoftware

Phoronix » 🤖 🌐 2026-04-27
@phoronix@masto.ai

Ubuntu Linux Will Begin Landing AI Features Throughout The Next Year

Now that Ubuntu 26.04 LTS has shipped, Canonical is opening up on their next major focus for Ubuntu development: lots of AI features...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-AI-Features-2026

Calling all Linux and off-grid comms enthusiasts! 🚀 Meshtastic developer @jp_bennett is heading to London next month to speak at Ubuntu Summit 26.04.

He’ll be giving a hands-on demonstration of Meshtastic running on Linux, along with a overview of the project. If you're attending the summit, be sure to add this one to your schedule!

Check out the details here: 👇
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/hands-on-meshtastic/79497

#UbuntuSummit #Meshtastic #OpenSource #Ubuntu #Linux #Networking

[$] The rest of the 7.1 merge window

By the time Linus Torvalds released 7.1-rc1 and closed the 7.1 merge window, 12,996 non-merge changesets had been pulled into the mainline repository; just over 9,000 of those arri [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1067785/ #LWN #Linux #kernel #ArchLinux #Git

Four new stable kernels for Monday

https://lwn.net/Articles/1069965/ #LWN #Linux #kernel

pgBackRest is no longer maintained

https://lwn.net/Articles/1069951/ #LWN #Linux #PostgreSQL

[$] Zig explores structured concurrency

Version 0.16.0 of the Zig programming language was recently announced, and with it an expanded version of the new Io interface that we covered in December. The new interface is b [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1068409/ #LWN #Linux #Rust #Python #Zig

The future of AI in Ubuntu

https://lwn.net/Articles/1069944/ #LWN #Linux

Been working on this for #bluefin - agents are great at diagnosing PC issues - Bluefin has an option to use goose and linux-mcp-server to troubleshoot and fix problems on your machine.

It's been great!

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/the-future-of-ai-in-ubuntu/81130

#linux #ubuntu

Niri 26.04 released

https://lwn.net/Articles/1069939/ #LWN #Linux

Security updates for Monday

https://lwn.net/Articles/1069938/ #LWN #Linux #security

Canonical developer lays out some AI plans for Ubuntu Linux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/canonical-developer-lays-out-some-ai-plans-for-ubuntu-linux/

#Ubuntu #AI #Linux #OpenSource

Conan Exiles Enhanced arrives May 5th with "strong performance on Steam Deck" https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/conan-exiles-enhanced-arrives-may-5th-with-strong-performance-on-steam-deck/

#ConanExilesEnhanced #ConanExiles #Gaming #SteamDeck #SteamOS #Linux

Framework Laptop 13 Pro is selling out with the Linux version beating Windows https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/framework-laptop-13-pro-is-selling-out-with-the-linux-version-beating-windows/

#Framework #Linux #Windows

CachyOS April 2026 release brings a new package manager and even more optimizations https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/cachyos-april-2026-release-brings-a-new-package-manager-and-even-more-optimizations/

#CachyOS #Linux #OpenSource #LinuxGaming

Linux GPU tool (LACT) gets a new UI and a NVIDIA Voltage-Frequency Curve Editor https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/linux-gpu-tool-lact-gets-a-new-ui-and-a-nvidia-voltage-frequency-curve-editor/

#LACT #Linux #LinuxGaming #AMD #NVIDIA #OpenSource

D7VK 1.8 further improves retro Direct3D games on Linux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/d7vk-1-8-further-improves-retro-direct3d-games-on-linux/

#Linux #RetroGaming #LinuxGaming #OpenSource #D7VK

Kernel prepatch 7.1-rc1

https://lwn.net/Articles/1069722/ #LWN #Linux #kernel

Homelab idea: Deploy CNCF Harbor on k3s and use it to host your own custom Fedora and OpenSUSE+Elemental custom immutable images and automate updates for them via CronJob.

#Linux #homelab #Kubernetes #selfhosting

Omg... got to actually TOUCH the new @frameworkcomputer 13 pro.. and y'all.. they NAILED THIS!

I quit #apple back in 2020 and don't miss it ONE bit..... except the trackpad. I MISS the Apple trackpads.

Well no more.. Framework made the perfect trackpad here. Bloody well done!

#linux #righttoRepair #lfnw

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Framework 13 Pro

Episode 14 of Dark Blue Weekly released

https://darkblueproject.com/sites/news/dbw-e14.php

#darkblueproject #darkblueweekly #ubuntu #ubuntudesktop #ubuntuserver #redcorelinux #gentoo #lxqt #qemu #linux #opensource #freesoftware

Currently reading this highly valuable article with keen interest

Botnet and SSH protection advice are a few of the important subjects that you shall learn a lot from

https://nxdomain.no/~peter/hailmary_lessons_learned.html

#SSH #protection #botnet #openBSD #OpenSource #programming #Linux #firewall #rules #network

New app. Outlay - a personal finance app for Linux. Track what you spend, set budgets, manage subscriptions, and see where your money goes. Everything lives in one file on your machine. No accounts, no cloud, no telemetry.

It's a native GTK 4 app so it fits right in on a GNOME desktop. I put a lot of work into making it look and feel nice.

Free, CC0 public domain. No subscription to track your subscriptions.

https://apps.lashman.live/outlay/

#Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #CC0 #PersonalFinance

New app. PixStrip - batch image processor for Linux. Resize, convert, compress, strip metadata, watermark, and rename. A step-by-step wizard walks you through everything so you don't need to know what you're doing to get good results.

Full CLI for scripting. Fediverse resize presets for Mastodon, Pixelfed, and Lemmy built in.

Rust + GTK 4, native on GNOME. WCAG 2.2 AAA accessible. Free, CC0 public domain. Runs locally.

https://apps.lashman.live/pixstrip/

#Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #Photography #CC0

@cassidy @alatiera @jjardon

Insane idea: has someone thought of a GNOME OS default distrobox?

Like make it so it's just the one file with all the packages I want, then some build container fires off and does a buildstream build and then your perfect toolbox comes out. Then it builds every week in a cron or whatever.

We'll call it Cloud Native Gentoo. Distroless Gentoo. The marketing possibilities are endless.

#linux #gnome

Absolute gold on the Phoronix forums.

#linux #bazzite

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someone should tell them.

Review of Ubuntu 26.04 LTS

https://darkblueproject.com/sites/articles/ubuntu-26-04-resolute-review.php

#darkblueproject #ubuntu #ubuntudesktop #lubuntu #kubuntu #ubuntubudgie #xubuntu #linux #linuxdesktop #opensource #freesoftware

It's been a couple months since my last #BudgieDesktop 11 stream (oof) but the sun is here, energy is back, and so are the streams!

Tomorrow at 15:00 EEST: "Building Budgie 11 #5: Finding Common Ground on Outputs". We will be teaching Budgie Desktop Services to speak wl_output (via KWayland) so the Budgie 11 shell (panels, notifications, and more) can find the right displays no matter the compositor. Plan is to land wl_output support, then split it out into a library.

https://youtube.com/live/pmTfDJ8BtjA

Heads up: Budgie streams & vids will now live on the Buddies of Budgie YouTube channel, and the back catalog of Budgie-related videos will be uploaded there too! Once that's done, I intend on uploading them to our channel on the TILVids PeerTube instance. Just gotta see about getting an increased storage quota first!

So be sure to follow / subscribe to either of those if you're interested :)

#OpenSource #Linux

Since the GNOME 50 release, there has been some misinfo going around. Let's clear it up:

Q: Does GNOME 50 support systemd-homed?
A: No, GNOME doesn't support homed (yet!!)

Q: Did GNOME drop Xwayland support?
A: No, we only dropped the X11 session. You can still use X11 apps on GNOME

#gnome #linux

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Time for out #Linux and #OpenSource news video of the week!

https://youtu.be/Z6n5r6Y47n8

My new server has arrived! It’s a Lenovo ThinkCentre M90q with a 10th-gen Intel Core i5. It’s got two m.2 2280 slots, 2 RAM slots, a SATA port, and a m.2 Wi-Fi card.

Oh yeah…it also has a PCIe 8x slot that I’ll be stuffing a GPU into for local LLM use.

Need to buy more RAM, but Proxmox is going straight onto this thing tonight!

#Linux #HomeLab #SelfHost #Proxmox #Lenovo #LLM

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It’s a Lenovo ThinkCentre M90q! Been wanting one of these for awhile.

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Here is the backside with all of the ports, including 10GB USB 3.2 Gen 2. Sadly, no 2.5Gb Ethernet. Gonna’ have to use a dongle.

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Here it is with the top cover removed. On the left is the 2.5” SATA drive cage. The right is the heatsink and fan assembly. The m.2 slots and RAM are located underneath the unit under a cover.

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Here’s a shot of the 8x PCIe slot. With a riser, I can stick a low-profile GPU in here, believe it or not.

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/12650-week-17-2026

#FOSS #Linux #Solus #OpenSource

- Evan

Anyone else having trouble with Davinci Resolve 20 being crashy as fuck?

It's never been like this before... just switched to Debian 13 though and am using their packaged NVIDIA drivers... aaaaAAAAAAggggggHHHHH

#linux #resolve #videoediting

What else is new in GNOME 50?

Files app brings us numerous improvements like:
- Faster thumbnail and icon loading.
- Reduction in memory usage.
- A new dialog for managing captions

You can read more in https://release.gnome.org/50
#GNOME #Linux #Opensource

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