I am proud and ridiculously excited to introduce you to The Computer Upcycle Project! Welcome to Episode 60 of Linux For Everyone, featuring the inspirational @codemonkeymike!

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

#Linux #NixOS #NAS #Olympia

Linux Mint 22.3 gets a Beta release with lots of new features https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/linux-mint-22-3-gets-a-beta-release-with-lots-of-new-features/

#Linux #LinuxMint #OpenSource

Luxman Moonlit Market brings 'Balatro-inspired power-up management' to strategic tile-placement roguelikes https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/luxman-moonlit-market-brings-balatro-inspired-power-up-management-to-strategic-tile-placement-roguelikes/

#IndieGames #Demo #PCGaming #Linux #Gaming

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱/𝟭𝟮/𝟮𝟮 (Valuable News - 2025/12/22) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/12/22/valuable-news-2025-12-22/

Past releases: https://vermaden.wordpress.com/news/

#verblog #vernews #news #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #linux #unix #zfs #opnsense #ghostbsd #solaris #vermadenday

GE-Proton 10-27 brings fixes for Star Citizen, The First Descendant and more tweaks https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/ge-proton-10-27-brings-fixes-for-star-citizen-the-first-descendant-and-more-tweaks/

#GEProton #Proton #Linux #SteamOS #SteamDeck

Evolution sim Thrive hits the 1.0 release completing the microbe stage https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/evolution-sim-thrive-hits-the-1-0-release-completing-the-microbe-stage/

#Linux #Gaming #PCGaming #IndieGames #OpenSource #Godot

Installing Void Linux on ZFS with Hibernation Support

A practical guide to installing Void Linux on an encrypted ZFS root with LUKS-encrypted swap and working hibernation support."

https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/12/22/void-linux-zfs-hibernation-guide/

#Linux #Void #VoidLinux #LinuxDesktop #ZFS #OpenZFS #ITNotes

#Linux Apps Without Distro Lock-In? Explore This Lesser Known Snap and Flatpak Alternative

https://itsfoss.com/pkgforge/

Looks like #Bazzite is having another well-deserved moment!

https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/pc-gaming/gamers-are-installing-bazzite-instead-of-sticking-with-windows

#Linux #Fedora #gaming

Why yes, I WILL have at least 1400 words about @elementary OS 8.1 tomorrow! It's not just the podcast and YouTube channel getting revived, it's my written #Linux coverage too :)

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I'm really trying to lean in and play with #cosmic. For the most part I really love it. But have 2 questions / issues.

1. Is there anyway to disable animations? Esp switching between workspaces. It's cute at first, but then it's annoying haha. Even alt-tab has a little animation that feels flakey.. like it shakes.

2. When I have firefox open and a separate private window, I'm used to being able to switch between them with ALT + ` , But this doesn't work?

#linux #nixos @system76

Caution: according to my own experience, this is an oversimplification. Sure, it installs AN operating system - with the developers' preferred default settings.

But finding and customising feature settings, or installing missing tools (ex: basics like dropbox, 1password, on-screen keyboard) may take you days of scavenging the web for a trustworthy app or instructions that work. Just so you know.
#linux

@Tattooed_Mummy https://beige.party/@Tattooed_Mummy/115757156711004116

Way too overcomplicated and loosey defined.

#DigitalSovereignty is quite simple to define when you understand few #cybernetic concepts and #sovereignty itself.

First, the use value of data (and #personalData in particular) grows (at least) exponentially, doubling with each new bit you collect on a person, a community and so on.

Second, the copying data leaves no evidence.

By these simple postulates, it follows that no nation can claim digital sovereignty if any person or corporation that responds to external laws can access (directly or indarectly) or prevent access to data about their citizens, companies or organization.

That's it.

This is the basic building block of any real sovereignty, since without it, people cannot be citizens or sudite, just users.

On top of "digital sovereignty" we can then build a democratic national cyberspace, or a oppressive one.

To make it democratic we should also add a political priciple: "No data access without representation".

But as long as, say, #Google and #Apple can access any data on any smartphone by simply pushing a #backdoor in a system update of a specific user or group, and #Microsoft can do the same with most pc and laptop... as long both Google, Microsoft, #Cloudflare, #IBM and #Amazon can access data they host and elaborate "in the cloud", there is no ownership, no control and for sure there can be no #trust in them.

Sure #opensource is not enough: if #RedHat can technically uploas a backdoored opensource #Linux kernel image (or whatever), to a #EU organization that enabled automatic updates on their data centers, talking about trust and "digital sovereignty" is just smoke in the eyes, even if they send the backdoor's sources along with the kernel image to comply with #GPL.

In other terms, there is no way that the #GMAFIA can provide #DigitalSovereigntyAsAService to #EuropeanUnion.

What is Linux? An introduction to the most widely used Operating System on the planet - #Linux Bash

For many people, the idea of installing an operating system might seem like a very daunting task.

Believe it or not, Linux offers one of the easiest installations of all operating systems. In fact, most versions of Linux offer what is called a Live distribution, which means you run the operating system from either a CD/DVD or USB flash drive without making any changes to your hard drive.

You get the full functionality without having to commit to the installation. Once you’ve tried it out, and decided you wanted to use it, you simply double-click the “Install” icon and walk through the simple installation wizard.

https://www.linuxbash.sh/post/what-is-linux-an-introduction-to-the-most-widely-used-operating-system-on-the-planet

My current MiniPC setup

#Linux #VoidLinux #Desktop

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Screenshot of a terminal window running the command "fastfetch" as root. On the left, there is a large ASCII art logo associated with Void Linux rendered in green and cyan characters on a dark background. On the right, system information is listed in colored text. The prompt shows "root@voidmini". Details include: operating system Void Linux x86_64, host Venus series, kernel Linux 6.12.63_1, uptime of 1 day, 1 hour, 42 minutes, and package counts of 989 via xbps and 23 via flatpak. The shell is bash 5.3.0. Display information shows an external Dell S2725QS monitor at 3840 by 2160 resolution, scaled 1.75x, 27 inches, 120 Hz. Window manager is KWin on X11, terminal is Konsole 25.08.3. Hardware details list an AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS CPU with 16 cores up to 5.26 GHz, AMD Radeon 780M integrated GPU, 61.60 GiB of RAM with 37.58 GiB used, swap of 65.00 GiB with 1.22 GiB used, and a ZFS root filesystem using 18.55 GiB of 271.00 GiB. Network information shows local IP 192.168.14.101 on interface enp1s0. Locale is it_IT.UTF-8. A small color palette bar appears at the bottom.

I love how easy it is to change Kernel in CachyOS. Open the CachyOS Hello app, go to tweaks, kernel, select (and deselect) kernel and press execute.

If you have more than one kernel installed, you can choose the kernel you boot with in the GRUB boot manager.

When doing Music Production in Linux, having kontrol over the kernel, gives yet another way to fine-tune your system to low latency audio. So this really comes in handy.

#LinuxAudio #linux #CachyOS

Having a wonderfully nostalgic evening by backing up more of my CD collection. Finally ditching Apple Music and using the Linux app combination of K3b & Kid3 to rip and refine the ID3 tags, plus Lollypop as my music library player. Ripping like it’s 2005 😁 #linux #music #solus

Linux Mint 22.3 "Zena" beta is now available for testing.

Highlights include:
- Revamped Mint Menu
- Regex filename search in Nemo
- Rewritten on-screen keyboard
- New System Info tool
– Keyboard/input switching
– Text messaging in Warpinator

Plus, a fair bit more - details ⤵

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/12/linux-mint-22-3-beta-released

#LinuxMint #Linux #OpenSource

@nieuemma @fedora Surprise! It's the same #linux kernel as everyone else.

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@maxamillion/115750583128266042

Super grateful for the investment and involvement that Microsoft has made in open source, and in the Fedora Project specifically. They're joining the project just as other contributors would and becoming part of our community!

Some of their impact so far:
* Modernizing Fedora Cloud image delivery
* Enabling Secure Boot on ARM
* Improving Fedora compatibility with Azure
* Fedora on WSL

There's even talk of having Azure Linux treat Fedora more like an upstream!

#Fedora #Microsoft #Linux

@rl_dane @OpenComputeDesign I would argue that LFS helps you understand what #Linux actually is - basically just the kernel and a build chain. Everything else is a distribution, not "Linux" - or, more properly "a" Linux.

The core of Linux is very understandable - it's the distributions and add-ons that create the convolution. Sometimes that's for better, sometimes that's for worse. I will say that for all it's faults, systemd has massively increased the approachability factor of using Linux distros by standardizing a bunch of things that didn't used to be. There are other similar items; that's just the big white elephant.

@bservies @codemonkeymike @thelinuxEXP @killyourfm

#linux

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500 of the 500 biggest fastest super computers are Linux, most of rhe internet is linux, the last Oscar for Animation was a movie made entirely in linux and Blender, android is linux wirh handcuffs, the above was made in linux. The only operating system on Mars, is linux.

Time for this week's #Linux and #OpenSource News show, in which #Mozilla yet again shoots itself in the foot...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIxcwRdS5n8

Just in time before christmas, the R1OS Forum is ready and registrations are open. The forum is for all people that need some support or want to discuss about free and open source software, especially Linux and BSD operating systems.

Please note that the forum is not affiliated with any projects and cannot help with official problems related to these. Please use the official channels if you need specific help with a project.

https://forum.r1os.com

#r1os #linux #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd

Whew. Biggest donation to date!

15 upcycled Dell Latitudes with 10th gen i7, 16 gigs of ram, and NVMe drives.

We partnered with a local program that helps families with Christmas presents, and they always want laptops.

This year, The Computer Upcycle Project was able to deliver.

Freaking love this work!

#nixbook #nixos #linux #upcycle

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15 boxes with a nixbook logo on them

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/12273-solus-updates-for-week-51-2025

#FOSS #Linux #Solus #OpenSource

- Evan

Valve put up a release candidate for Proton 10.0-4 with lots more Linux / SteamOS gaming fixes https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/valve-put-up-a-release-candidate-for-proton-10-0-4-with-lots-more-linux-steamos-gaming-fixes/

#Proton #Linux #SteamOS #LinuxGaming #SteamDeck

@nixCraft

I was fortunate enough to learn the Control L shortcut way in the beginning of the alpha versions of Linux, when distributions were not even a figment of the imagination.

It has saved me hundreds of thousands of keystrokes

#sh #csh #ksh #zsh #ash #bash #programming #OpenSource #technology #Linux

Just discovered a new (new to me at least) Wayland tiling window manager last night.

https://github.com/DreamMaoMao/mangowc

Played around with it a little last night and so far I think I like it.

Anybody aware if the is any controversy or drama around this project I should be aware of before spending more time with it? Getting tired of starting to use something only to find out there's some big problem with a projects community or maintainer.

#Linux #OpenSource #FOSS