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/12893-week-29-2026

#FOSS #Linux #Solus #OpenSource

- Evan

Hefty stable kernel updates for Friday

https://lwn.net/Articles/1084921/ #LWN #Linux #kernel

Linux Plumbers Conference 2026 registration open

https://lwn.net/Articles/1084938/ #LWN #Linux #LPC

De Vlieger: The Fedora 45 sausage factory

https://lwn.net/Articles/1084920/ #LWN #Linux #Git

The massive Project Zomboid 'Build 42' update confirmed for July 29 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/the-massive-project-zomboid-build-42-update-confirmed-for-july-29/

#ProjectZomboid #Gaming #PCGaming #Linux #SteamOS

[$] An update on netkit and the use of BPF in user space

Daniel Borkmann led a session at the 2026 Linux Filesystem, Memory-Management, and BPF Summit about the progress that has been made with netkit, the subsystem that allows virtual [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1083418/ #LWN #Linux #kernel #Git #BPF

Home Assistant Device Database public preview

https://lwn.net/Articles/1084861/ #LWN #Linux

Security updates for Friday

https://lwn.net/Articles/1084860/ #LWN #Linux #security

Beam Eye Tracker app adds Linux and macOS support in Beta https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/beam-eye-tracker-app-adds-linux-and-macos-support-in-beta/

#BeamEyeTracker #Linux #SteamOS #Gaming #PCGaming

MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls appears to block SteamOS / Linux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/marvel-tokon-fighting-souls-appears-to-block-steamos-linux/

#MARVEL #SteamOS #Linux #Gaming #AntiCheat

Valve's Steamworks SDK v1.65 brings changes for Steam Machine, Steam Frame and Steam Deck https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/valves-steamworks-sdk-v1-65-brings-changes-for-steam-machine-steam-frame-and-steam-deck/

#Steam #GameDev #SteamMachine #Proton #Linux #SteamOS

Today I talked about GNU Guix at MashhadLUG, our local Linux User Group. I’ve published the presentation files on GitHub. (Sadly, GitLab is unavailable for my country due to sanctions, and Codeberg is blocked by the Iranian government, otherwise I would have preferred to host them there.)

I’m a big fan of Emacs and Org mode. This presentation was written in Org and delivered using org-tree-slide. It was a really enjoyable experience :)

https://github.com/behdanisohrab/presentations

#GNUGuix #Emacs #OrgMode #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Linux #GNU #FLOSS #LUG

Alt...

emacs with my presentation

Mourning Dan Williams

https://lwn.net/Articles/1084545/ #LWN #Linux #kernel

Valve puts up a Proton 11.0-2 Release Candidate for testing https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/valve-puts-up-a-proton-11-0-2-release-candidate-for-testing/

#Proton #SteamOS #SteamDeck #SteamMachine #Linux

To devs who celebrate time zone bugs getting fixed:

An almost decade-old bug in systemd's handling of Daylight Saving changes is getting fixed:

https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/6036

Before timers (cron jobs) scheduled to run during the transition could get stuck.

#linux #systemd #devops

Today, the Linuxulator did its job, and it did it very well.
A client is experimenting with moving from Docker to FreeBSD and jails, and they seem very happy with it so far.
The issue is that part of their build process - as so often happens - relies on Node dependencies that only compile on Linux, macOS, etc., but not on FreeBSD, due to a missing binary that isn't provided for it. Currently, they build on their local machines and push the output to the server, but sometimes they need to make quick changes on the fly.

So, I set up a Linux jail (Ubuntu) using BastilleBSD, installed the dependencies, set up a bind mount, and granted them access to the jail. The result: now they can compile right from there too, improving their overall workflow.

The Linuxulator - and even more so, illumos's lx zones - are truly remarkable pieces of technology.

#FreeBSD #Linux #RunBSD #illumos #SmartOS #OmniOS #Tribblix #Linux #IT #SysAdmin

After six years only using #Contabo, I am looking for other #VPS #hosting options. I do not feel they are particularly reliable any more (maybe they have never been), and I would prefer to go for a provider with a good track record.

I have looked at websites comparing other hosting options, but of course everything is super chaotic and flashy and aaaargh

I trust folks here for advice on affordable, reliable, trustworthy European providers. I would like to add cooperative and sustainable too, but they all seem to be way more expensive and I am afraid I cannot afford them right now.

Because I am a student, I have emailed some more “progressive” hosting providers asking for discounts, but I feel a bit bad doing that.

#tip #tips #server #sysAd #Linux #cloud #help

[$] An operations structure for swap devices

One of the ideas raised at the 2026 Linux Storage, Filesystem, Memory Management, and BPF Summit (LSFMM+BPF) was the creation of an operations structure for the swap subsystem. Li [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1083094/ #LWN #Linux #kernel #BPF

Codeberg: Protecting our FLOSS commons from LLMs

https://lwn.net/Articles/1084404/ #LWN #Linux

Security updates for Thursday

https://lwn.net/Articles/1084401/ #LWN #Linux #security

Steam Machine with SteamOS Linux - initial thoughts https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/steam-machine-with-steamos-linux-initial-thoughts/

#SteamMachine #SteamOS #Steam #Linux

[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for July 23, 2026

The LWN.net Weekly Edition for July 23, 2026 is available.

https://lwn.net/Articles/1083123/ #LWN #Linux

[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for July 23, 2026

The LWN.net Weekly Edition for July 23, 2026 is available.

https://lwn.net/Articles/1083123/ #LWN #Linux

[$] Save and restore may be coming to GNOME

One of the features that users often miss when moving from X11 to Wayland is the ability to save and restore the position of windows between sessions. At GUADEC 2026, held in A Cor [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1083750/ #LWN #Linux #Firefox

PyPI now rejects new files after 14 days

https://lwn.net/Articles/1084218/ #LWN #Linux #security #Python

[$] Attaching programs to multiple tracepoints

Tracepoints in the kernel are useful for a variety of purposes: debugging, active monitoring, and performance measurements, among other things. Previously, any given BPF program co [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1082948/ #LWN #Linux #kernel #Git #BPF #LSFMMBPF

Security updates for Wednesday

https://lwn.net/Articles/1084210/ #LWN #Linux #security

RE: https://mastodon.social/@thelinuxEXP/116957982465132112

This isn't a debate. This is third party organizations destroying the user experience and being both incapable and unwilling to support their users.

Just a reminder that #linux mint has collected over ten thousand dollars this month.

I love "need to evolve now". They haven't evolved for 30 years, they're not going to evolve now? LOL.

JF boosted

Nick @ The Linux Experiment » 🌐 2026-07-21
@thelinuxEXP@mastodon.social

Let's talk about #Linux distributions, applications, end of life and unsupported software, and all of that stuff, because as the "distro vs apps" debate heats up again, I think it's time we finally learned that graphical apps shouldn't be correlated to the system's base in any way, shape or form.

Let's see why Linux distros need to evolve now:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ebkQq5TcMw

Just using sed to make indexes for books. This art of writing awk or sed from scratch is now vanishing. Sharing just in case if you love reading such stuff about #Unix and #Linux CLI/scripting

https://www.pement.org/sed/make_indexes.txt

Mozilla/Firefox is back to posting on Musk's X site.

Time to yeet Firefox from my devices.

AI was bad enough, but this is the last straw.

What's a good and ethical fork I can install on a Debian machine?

#Mozilla #Firefox #Debian #Linux

Proton-CachyOS adds support for vkd3d-low-latency, upgrades d7vk and more https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/proton-cachyos-adds-support-for-vkd3d-low-latency-upgrades-d7vk-and-more/

#Proton #Linux #SteamOS #ProtonCachyOS

Fresh stable Steam update out with updates for Steam Machine, Steam Controller, Remote Play and more https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/fresh-stable-steam-update-out-with-updates-for-steam-machine-steam-controller-remote-play-and-more/

#SteamOS #SteamDeck #SteamMachine #Linux #PCGaming

I guess I shouldn't be surprised, but "ForwardX11Trusted yes" in ~/.ssh/config doesn't apply to Wayland.

A workaround is to install waypipe:

$ waypipe ssh user@host.example.com

#linux

Firefox 153 released

https://lwn.net/Articles/1083981/ #LWN #Linux #Firefox

My (sofar failed) search for a modern pim (email, calendaring, contacts) client for linux

https://kcore.org/2026/07/09/the-search-for-a-mail-client/

#email #calendar #pim #contacts #linux

[$] Debating the role of large language models in the kernel community

Like many development communities, the kernel community has been struggling to determine how large language models will be used in its development process. The news has been domin [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1083275/ #LWN #Linux #kernel #SUSE #Git