My 92 year old aunt: You do the Leenux thing, right? You need to come over sometime and install it for me, because f#ck all I ain't gonna update to Windows 11.

Me: .... ?!#!?

I explain what the change-over entails and that I generally don't recommend it just because...

Aunt: No, f#ck that, f#ck capitalism, my laptop is still fine, so come over and set me up with that Leenux thing.

#Linux #christmas

OpenMediaVault 8 "Synchrony" released, based on Debian 13, with WPA3 authentication support for wireless networks, linux-cpupower instead of cpufrequtils, and several improvements

https://www.openmediavault.org/?p=4002

#openmediavault #debian #debiantrixie #linux

@thomasfricke @hateaid

Get
Off
American
Software.

Install linux on everything. Hire thousands to help transition.

No google, no Microsoft, no apple, no Photoshop, no adobe, no Windows, no 365, no AWS, no cloud.

#eu #linux

RE: https://mastodon.social/@jessie/115774314854244968

I notice that the British Library is also hiring a #Linux Server Specialist (#RedHat), UK only, to recover from their 2023 cyber attack.

https://ce0752li.webitrent.com/ce0752li_webrecruitment/wrd/run/etrec179gf.open?WVID=5071482BMD&LANG=USA&VACANCY_ID=8062619t4R

This posting is up in Boston Spa; that's not that Boston, not /that/ Boston, keep going.... yep that one.

It's interesting to see them trying to hiring #opsec and #sysadmin skills to try and harden their systems. Wonder if it will work.

Mr Salteena is not quite a gentleman boosted

Jess Rose » 🌐 2025-12-24
@jessie@mastodon.social

Early Christmas present from me if you're reading this and you're a:

- Senior web developer
- In London
- Really into books and libraries
- Looking for work rn

I am excited to inform you that the British Library is hiring a new head of web development

https://ce0752li.webitrent.com/ce0752li_webrecruitment/wrd/run/etrec179gf.open?WVID=5071482BMD&LANG=USA

Bring Your GNOME Shell to Life with Gnomelets!

Turn a dull GNOME Shell graphical environment into an exciting and active one with a whimsical little desktop toy extension called Gnomelets.

https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/gnomelets-gnome-shell-extension/

#blog #review #GNOME #Linux #tech #technology

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A large painted sun dominates the background with a bold title of 'Bring GNOME To Life' and a subtitle of 'Gnomelets Review'. Gnomelets puppy and kitten are sitting on top of the title. Tux and Santa Gnomelets are standing on either side of the title facing each other.

The big three of Linux! 🐧

#linux

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Why is it that whenever there's a 'new' Linux distro, it's always based on one of you three? There is a picture of three people with the logos for Debian, Arch Linux, and Fedora placed on their respective torsos.

Update on Proton Experimental article - Valve adjusted the changelog to remove the mention of CoD: Black Ops Cold War: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/proton-experimental-brings-improvements-for-farlight-84-chrono-trigger-and-more/

#Linux #SteamOS #SteamDeck #Proton

Denmark has begun phasing out Microsoft software in government, with the Road Traffic Authority piloting a switch to open-source OS and office tools. 🖥️

Officials cite data control and vendor lock-in risks, signaling a broader push that could affect up to 15,000 public employees. 🔓

🔗 https://itsfoss.com/news/denmark-road-traffic-authority-ditches-microsoft/

#TechNews #OpenSource #Privacy #Security #Government #EU #Data #Sovereignty #IT #PublicSector #Digital #Microsoft #Office #Software #Tech #Cloud #FOSS #Denmark #Danmark #LibreOffice #Linux

SysVinit vs systemd on #Debian #Linux 13 Trixie. #ThinkPad T480. It's a default install with KDE Plasma.

That glorious moment you remove that magic screw, that allows an expired Chromebook to become a #nixbook

#linux #chromebook #nixos

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RE: https://mastodon.social/@nixCraft/115767245843883385

this is going to destroy so many systems built on MSWindows that if you are a CTO and not making contingencies to freeze further development on that OS & chart a path to migrate out to #Linux, then why are you even in that job.

Microsoft is gonna use an autocorrect on amphetamines to rewrite their O/S? this is absolute madness.

may they go down in flames but not before y’all moved out of their poisoned ecosystem.

Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK boosted

nixCraft 🐧 » 🌐 2025-12-23
@nixCraft@mastodon.social

Microsoft is using AI to replace all their C/C++ code with Rust by 2030. Is that actually possible? What could go wrong? Microsoft’s strategy relies on a new "North Star" metric: 1 engineer, 1 month, 1 million lines of code. 😱

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/galenh_principal-software-engineer-coreai-microsoft-activity-7407863239289729024-WTzf/

Rust is good, but this approach seems incredibly difficult. Given the risk of AI hallucinations, aiming for a million lines of code per developer feels like an 'Apollo-program' level of difficulty and an excessive task 😱

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A screenshot of a LinkedIn post by Galen Hunt, a Microsoft employee. The post details a goal to eliminate every line of C and C++ from Microsoft by 2030 by using AI and algorithmic infrastructure to translate large codebases into Rust at a scale of "1 engineer, 1 month, 1 million lines of code."

Starting to get organized! These are all incoming computers that need to be checked out, fixed up (or parted out), #nixbook 'd up, and then off to new owners!

#linux #nixos #upcycle #xmas #olyWa

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And a giant episode of the podcast! I chat with Mike Kelly, who's using @nixos_org and his passion for tinkering to make a positive impact in his community of Olympia, Washington.

The "Computer Upcycle Project" has already given 1500 computers to people in need, and he's just getting warmed up!

https://linuxforeveryone.net/episode-60-the-computer-upcycle-project-with-mike-kelly/

#Linux #Community

A new elementary OS release arrives just before 2025 ends. ✨

https://itsfoss.com/news/elementary-os-8-1-release/

#linux #elementaryos

You don't need to manually check GitHub releases thanks to these tools:

https://itsfoss.com/github-binaries-tools/

#linux #github

Here's a new episode of our little podcast, Linux Matters. In which we discuss Auxolotl, Spotify, ffmpeg-statigo, Jivefire, Jivedrop, hardware accelerated audio & video processing in Go, and tiling window managers! Phew! #linux
https://linuxmatters.sh/71/

Just two weeks left to reserve your spot in our upcoming "FreeBSD for Linux Users" training course. Seats are limited!

In this course you'll learn how to use FreeBSD through hands-on lab exercises in a secure environment, utilizing Bastille to experiment in jailed sandbox environments.

You'll become a pro with the most advanced filesystem in the wold, ZFS, and soon wonder how you ever used anything else!

Email training@bastillebsd.org for more details.

#FreeBSD #Training #Linux #BastilleBSD

Massive respect to his efforts so far. 🙏

#linux #linustorvalds

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DID YOU KNOW? In 2000, Steve Jobs offered Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, a position at Apple on the condition that he discontinue his work on Linux. Torvalds declined the offer, citing his dislike for the macOS kernel and his commitment to open-source development; he continues to actively lead the Linux project to this day. FOLLOW US IT’S FOSS

Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/happy-holidays-merry-christmas-and-happy-new-year-from-gamingonlinux/

#Linux #LinuxGaming

Here's our 2025 GOTY picks https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/heres-our-2025-goty-picks/

#GOTY #Gaming #Linux #LinuxGaming

'Tis the season for novelties! 🎅🏻

Remember desktop pets from the 90s? Gnomelets revives the vibes for Linux – and added a new Santa option this week.

Animated Santas raining down, landing on your window titlebars, leaping around your desktop. Festive frivolity at its finest/most annoying.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/12/santa-desktop-pet-ubuntu-gnomelets

#Christmas #Linux #GNOME

After 6 years away, I revisited @elementary OS 8.1, and I have some feelings about it. This article is also a subtle commentary on the state of "distro reviews" :)

https://linuxforeveryone.net/revisiting-elementary-os-8-1-after-6-years-away/

#Linux

Any tips for improving color fidelity when #printing using #cups on #Linux? I use a #Brother printer (of course), and usually only print B&W, but I have a need to print color flyers and my greens look blue. I don't expect perfect output on this (my model isn't made for that), but I expect better than this.
Yes, my Yellow ink is on the low side, but it hasn't run out.

Please #boost !

Good news for custom Android ROMs, Rust is here to stay in the kernel, an open source success story in Germany, and a new version of elementary OS is out. Plus discoveries is back including better Firefox history, migrating from Windows to Linux, automating telescopes, turning old tablets into clocks, and more.

https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-365/

#podcast #linux #opensource

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New Episode: hpr4536 :: Welcome to the Linux Community

Deltaray invites you to participate in the Free Linux Open Source Community

Hosted by Deltaray on Monday, 2025-12-22 is flagged as Clean and is released under a CC-BY-SA license.

Tags: #linux, #welcome, #opensource, #newusers.

Today on the #HackerPublicRadio #Community #Podcast​

#HPR ❤️ #CreativeCommons

https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr4536/index.html