[$] Reconsidering x32 — again

The x32 ABI was meant to be the best of both worlds, providing the expanded registers and instruction set of the x86-64 architecture while preserving the lower memory use of 32-bit [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1074897/ #LWN #Linux #kernel #Debian #Gentoo #GCC #Rust

Multiple redhat-cloud-services npm packages compromised (StepSecurity Blog)

https://lwn.net/Articles/1075742/ #LWN #Linux #security #RedHat

Fedora F44 election interviews published

https://lwn.net/Articles/1075736/ #LWN #Linux

Security updates for Monday

https://lwn.net/Articles/1075733/ #LWN #Linux #security

Proton Experimental gets fixes for Forza Horizon 6, Homeworld 2, SHOGUN: Total War and more https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/proton-experimental-gets-fixes-for-forza-horizon-6-homeworld-2-shogun-total-war-and-more/

#ForzaHorizon6 #Linux #SteamOS #SteamDeck #Proton

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟬𝟲/𝟬𝟭 (Valuable News - 2026/06/01) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/06/01/valuable-news-2026-06-01/

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

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

Check out the 50 most popular Steam Deck games for May 2026 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/check-out-the-50-most-popular-steam-deck-games-for-may-2026/

#SteamDeck #Linux #SteamOS #Gaming

Kernel prepatch 7.1-rc6

https://lwn.net/Articles/1075575/ #LWN #Linux #kernel

#Linux hot take: #Gnome is only a usable DE with a minimum of about 6 extensions.

I see a lot of people talking about really annoying Linux issues, and while I haven't had none, I've eg never had a mouse refuse to work. I suspect this is because I bought a computer that's reviewed as being Linux compatible, so that's the lesson if you want to Linux: hardware first.

#FOSS #FLOSS #OpenSource #Linux

What makes a good library?

https://linuxdevtime.com/linux-dev-time-episode-151/

#podcast #linux #development

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Linux Dev Time artwork

I've finally got my hand on xargs usage.

It's about time. A while ago i would have used a for loop

# get list of installed php 8.1 package, install their 8.4 version

```bash
rpm -qa --queryformat="%{NAME}\n" | grep php81 | sed -e 's/81/84/' | xargs -t sudo dnf install
```

#sysadmin
#linux
#bash

I sometimes wonder if the difference between #Linux users and other computer users is simply that linux people are more fascinated with the OS and less concerned about actually doing anything useful with an app/program…

Since I only ever worked with #Linux/Mac #CLIs: Are there any better concepts out there than #ENV variables, dash dash cli arguments, output piping, output redirects, etc?

Basically: Since I grew up with those concepts in #console I can’t imagine a “better way”, but I am sure this is not the only way. And I’d like to know if we can do better?

RE: https://floss.social/@bookwar/116662443204351874

Best wishes for everyone running in the @fedora elections this cycle, and thanks to everyone stepping down for their service!

Of note to anyone concerned about #GenAI, there is an explicit question about it in the Engineering Steering Committee (#FESCo) interview courtesy of @decathorpe so you can find out where candidates stand on this issue

#Fedora
#Linux
#Elections

These are the user agents on hits to the #Linux Matters podcast RSS feed over last 30 days. @AntennaPod seems remarkably more used than any other... What do you use?

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Line charts showing request trends over 30 days for the top user agents on the Linux Matters podcast RSS feed. AntennaPod/3.11.4 leads at 251,930 requests with a relatively steady trend. Most other clients show fairly flat or gradual patterns, with a few exceptions: rss-parser shows a notable drop near the end of the period, and the Windows AppleWebKit user agent shows a distinct step-down mid-period. Audiobookshelf, PodcastAddict, and iTMS show consistent traffic throughout.

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Bar chart of top user agents for the Linux Matters podcast RSS feed, led by AntennaPod/3.11.4 at 251,930 requests, followed by Audiobookshelf at 44,480 and PodcastAddict at 34,430. Other notable clients include iTunes, Googlebot, Podimo, Snipd, and various Firefox and Chromium browser strings.

Here's a freshly cut standalone video of the Flatpak Next talk by @swick and @AdrianVovk:

https://youtu.be/NsVhkz2Xl0E

#flatpak #GNOME #KDE #flathub #linux

Wine 11.10 is out with vkd3d 2.0, VBScript compatibility improvements and more https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/wine-11-10-is-out-with-vkd3d-2-0-vbscript-compatibility-improvements-and-more/

#Wine #Linux #LinuxGaming #OpenSource #Vulkan #OpenGL

Sometimes the easiest option to install Fedora is to start clean and wipe away everything in your storage. Other times you want to install Fedora in an NVMe drive and keep third party apps on the hard disk that came with your laptop.

How to choose? The fun one of course!

➡️ https://fedoramagazine.org/installing-fedora-linux-across-two-disks/

#Fedora #Linux #OpenSource #Xfce

SteamOS 3.8.6 Beta brings expanded handheld support, initial HDMI VRR for devices with native HDMI output https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/steamos-3-8-6-beta-brings-expanded-handheld-support-initial-hdmi-vrr-for-devices-with-native-hdmi-output/

#SteamOS #Gaming #Linux #VRR #HDMI #AMD

#Linux distributions being exempt from age verification laws shines better light on the true colors of the cryptofascists pushing #earlyCompliance instrumentation for #surveillanceCapitalism in the Linux stack.

You don't fight #fascism with compliance.

#JustDoingMyJob #systemd

Anyone had success running Distrobox (Debian/Ubuntu vm) under Alpine Linux to get Blender with Cycles/HIP support working on an Alpine host? Something I gotta try...

#Linux #Alpine #AlpineLinux #Blender #ROCm #AMD #HIP #Distrobox #Podman #Docker

I know I've been harping on Gnome recently but does anyone know of a "app is ready" notification remover that works on Gnome 50? I've tried a couple, don't recall all, but just tried https://github.com/v-dimitrov/gnome-shell-extension-stealmyfocus and it didn't seem to do anything at all after enabling. Thanks!

#gnome #linux

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/12755-week-22-2026

#FOSS #Linux #Solus #OpenSource

- Evan

[$] A trademark dispute over MeshCore

MeshCore is a relatively new project, started in January 2025, that aims to build a scalable mesh network using low-power long-distance radios. While many other projects of the sam [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1070218/ #LWN #Linux

Dusklight the reimplementation of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess gets a major update https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/dusklight-the-reimplementation-of-the-legend-of-zelda-twilight-princess-gets-a-major-update/

#Dusklight #Nintendo #PCGaming #Linux #Zelda #Retro

[$] A loadable crypto module for FIPS certification

Many organizations require US Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) certification of the crypto code they are running. The certification process is lengthy, but the bigge [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1073759/ #LWN #Linux #kernel #Android

Nesbitt: Protestware for coding agents

https://lwn.net/Articles/1075315/ #LWN #Linux #security

Security updates for Friday

https://lwn.net/Articles/1075310/ #LWN #Linux #security

Flathub moves to ban nearly all apps and submissions made with generative AI https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/flathub-moves-to-ban-nearly-all-apps-and-submissions-made-with-generative-ai/

#Linux #OpenSource #Flathub #AI #GenAI

#LINUX FINGERERS, I SEEK ADVICE:

I have a gaming PC on which I like running a Linux. Or more to the point, I like using it to learn how to fix Linux when I'm using it to learn how to game with Linux.

Anyway, storage-wise, it has a 250gb SATA SSD, and until yesterday, a 2tb HDD.

My setup was to put boot and root on the SSD, and /home on the HDD. That way I had the benefit of the SSD's speedier boot times, and the storage capacity of the HDD.

But now that HDD is deaaaaad.

I don't have one of similar capacity, nor am I a trillionaire, thus I can't afford to replace it. I do, however, have several much smaller capacity SATA HDDs.

So to my question:

Is it better to have boot, root, and home all on the SSD in separate partitions, then have my actual home documents on an HDD, with symlinks to /home on the SSD

or

Have boot and root on the SSD, and the /home partition on the HDD as I've had it before?

Digital Sovereignty isn't just for nations!

Now that the desktop has reached The Final Shape we turn attention to our homelabs.

Been making great progress on this, we're at v .8. This one is boring. Knuckle just installs flatcar.

But we want cloud native magic so we're building "Bluefin Server" but not sure on the name. And it'll run flatcar, and in there your magical bootc factory runs and your bluebuild just worked ootb. And the Fedora one will come with coreOS, tekton, forgejo, konflux, etc.

A place for both - if we design the homeserver and desktop as one unified WHOLE, we could do a ton more stuff. The tech is already finished.

#linux #coreos #flatcar #gentoo

https://docs.projectbluefin.io/blog/introducing-knuckle/

@structuredsucc The conservative and slow-moving nature of #Debian is a feature, not a bug. When mass delusions - like the AI gold-rush - seize the IT industry, Debian holds its course, a bulwark of sanity and steadiness in a churning sea of narcissism and recklessness. #Linux

Rust 1.96.0 released

https://lwn.net/Articles/1075180/ #LWN #Linux #Rust

One wonderful thing about migrating from #GitLab to #Radicle is that we got rid of our one and only #Linux VM. The #HardenedBSD infrastructure now runs 100% on HardenedBSD (rather than 99% 🙂).

owo whats this

#KDE #Plasma #KDEPlasma #Linux

To be crystal clear, the QtQuick side is now in rather good shape, we just need people to test it out and hunt down all the bugs, especially the weird edge cases! QtWidget side is still very much work in progress, though some buttons have some Union compatibility.

Anyway, hope people will have fun testing things out. I will likely write a blogpost about how to tinker with it when I'm not so swamped with beta bug hunting.

KDE Linux in a virtual machine (or bare metal if you're adventurous) is good way to test out the beta.

See also: https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.6.91/

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Screenshot of application style selection with Union (In Development) version enabled.

Górny: why Gentoo?

https://lwn.net/Articles/1075148/ #LWN #Linux #Gentoo