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

Potentially awesome handheld gaming news incoming!
https://linuxforeveryone.net/rumor-lenovo-launching-powerful-legion-go-2-with-steamos-in-2026/

#Linux #Gaming #SteamOS

We tell stories from some of the tech support nightmares we’ve found ourselves in. This is a short episode because I'm having a break for the Christmas period.

https://linuxafterdark.net/linux-after-dark-episode-111/

#podcast #linux #opensource

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Linux After Dark artwork

I've used #Linux for decades, but I'd switch to #FreeBSD for this one feature https://www.zdnet.com/article/freebsd-will-challenge-your-skills-and-make-you-learn-along-the-way/

Someday, we'll have branded boxes and/or bags. But until then, it feels good to do this batch of nixbooks all packaged up, since they're going to be gifts

#nixbook #linux #upcycle

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4 boxes with the nixbook logo on them

The focus for us at @Vivaldi has always been to do what our users want us to do. So we have spent time on things like:

- Work spaces and tab stacks
- Tab tiling
- Mouse gestures
- Customizable keyboard shortcuts
- Tracker and ad blocker
- Panels and Web panels
- Cross platform, encrypted sync function
- Advanced bookmarking function with speed dials
- Customizable dashboard
- Massive customization options in general.
- Notes functionality

We have also added stuff like this in our desktop browser

- Mail client
. Calendar
- Feed reader
- Proton VPN integration

Not everyone uses everything we make, but that is also the point. The fact that we listen to special requests is IMHO a feature and not a bug. We value power users as well.

On the other hand, we have stayed away from certain things. Things like:

- Blockchain / Crypto currencies
- AI

You can find us on Windows, MacOS, Linux, Android and iOS. You can even find us in many cars running Android Automotive.

We are not the largest browser company in the world, but we are dedicated and we are growing. More and more are giving us a try. Have you?

#Windows #Macos #Linux #Android #ios #Browser #Vivaldi #AI #Technology #Computing

https://vivaldi.com

If you haven't voted yet, elections for seats on the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee (FESCo) are on until Jan 7.

https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/f43-election-extended/

Check out the interview responses from the 7 candidates available on our Community Blog!

https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org

#Fedora #Linux #OpenSource

New blog post doing cursed things again

This time, forcing Podman to update inside GitHub Actions runners...

https://blog.infected.systems/posts/2025-12-18-force-updating-podman-inside-github-actions/

#linux #podman

Steam Winter Sale is live with Steam Awards 2025 open for voting https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/steam-winter-sale-is-live-with-steam-awards-2025-open-for-voting/

#Steam #OnSale #PCGaming #Linux #SteamDeck

Question for #linux experts .. "I have a login to a linux machine" that appears to be some sort of Arch Linux that apparently has NO "package manager" of any sort installed .. and misses 'various things' that could be easily added if I could install some packages .. so .. "what can I do" ? ( I have root access ).

Go on #nixbook army, go and save Christmas!

#nixos #linux

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4 laptops all plugged in and running nixbook

NVIDIA release Linux driver version 590.48.01 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/nvidia-release-linux-driver-version-590-48-01/

#NVIDIA #Linux #LinuxGaming #Drivers

Mesa 25.3.2 brings more bug fixes for open source Linux graphics drivers https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/mesa-25-3-2-brings-more-bug-fixes-for-open-source-linux-graphics-drivers/

#Linux #Drivers #OpenSource #LinuxGaming #Mesa

Continuing to make things weird Two Point Museum and Revenge of the Savage Planet do crossovers https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/continuing-to-make-things-weird-two-point-museum-and-revenge-of-the-savage-planet-do-crossovers/

#TwoPointMuseum #Gaming #Linux #SteamDeck #RevengeoftheSavagePlanet

"Too many #ThinkPads???"

I don't even know what that means!

#Linux #FreeBSD #OpenBSD

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Foreground; Thinkpad X260 (FreeBSD) with a couple Analog Nowhere stickers. Background: X390 Yoga (Fedora KDE for now, no stickers) on top of an X200t (OpenBSD) with only a UT Dallas sticker visible.

Periodic reminder, "ricing" is a very racist term, and we should all stop using it.

(Look it up.)

#FOSS #FLOSS #OpenSource #Linux #Debian #Gnome #computers #gaming #ricing

New batch of Nixbooks going to a second chance Christmas program to give kids Xmas presents who would otherwise not have them.

#linux is literally saving Christmas this year

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Box of 10 Dell latitudes

Because Linux For Everyone has always tried to convey a positive, hopeful vibe – and because 2025 hasn't exactly been nonstop unicorns and rainbows – I wanted to highlight a cool story coming from the Zorin OS camp today.

https://linuxforeveryone.net/zorin-os-donates-5000-to-invaluable-open-source-projects/

#Linux #OpenSource #ZorinOS

I didn't realize we had network transparency with wayland via waypipe. That was a pleasant surprise! https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mstoeckl/waypipe/ #linux

Two things in this Google Trends graph.

First, search interest in #Ansible peaked in 2019 and has been in general decline since. It's down about 25% from peak volume. During the same period, search volume for #NixOS has increased about 25%.

Second, every year in December, Google searches for #Ansible in the US plummet.

#Linux #DevOps

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Screenshot of Google trends graph with searches for Ansible going steadily down and NixOS searches going steadily up. Still about twice as many searches for Ansible, but if trends continue, the lines may cross in the next five years with NixOS being more popular.

Almost an hour spent trying to figure out why Flatpak-installed apps looked different on openSUSE Tumbleweed and Void Linux, configured the same way.
I just could not make sense of it.
Then I realized one was running Xorg and the other Wayland.

Needless to say, that was the problem…

#IT #GoodMorningStefano #OneMoreCupOfCoffee #Linux

"What if" Wednesday

What if we could continue using the computers we have but no new computers could be built, what would that look one year, five years or even ten years later?

How long would your laptop last?

How long would your operating system last?

How long would the internet last?

#ShowerThoughts #WhatIfWednesday #FreeBSD #Linux #Computing #NetBSD #OpenBSD #OpenSource

»Open Source — Linux-Desktop GNOME verbietet mit KI entwickelte Erweiterungen:
Immer mehr Vibe gecodete Extensions erhöhen die Last für die Projektverantwortlichen durch schlechte Codequalität«

Wenn das die Vertraulichkeit so wie deren tech Sicherheit von @gnome vertraulich verstärkt? Ich pers bin kein GNOME Fan aber das ist somit ein Zeichen von der Vertraulichkeit der Open-Source Qualität.

👣 https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000300852/linux-desktop-gnome-verbietet-mit-ki-entwickelte-erweiterungen

#linux #gnome #ki #opensource #desktop #codequality #code #vibecoding #vibe

Believe it or not, this is a room full of new #linux users!

Tonight, we gave away 10 perfectly good laptops that were headed for the dump because they can't #windows11

And instead, they got loaded up with #nixbook and we gave them away to members of this community, along with a live demo, class and some Q&A.

SUPER non technical people, that had zero issues navigating and using these laptops.

HUGE WIN!

@thelinuxEXP @killyourfm

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A group of 10 people all using their new upcycled Nixbooks

Okay, who's got plans for when Mozilla finally folds? They are barrelling towards a brick wall and have not taken their foot off the gas.

I'm typing this on Waterfox, but I worry that the Firefox forks will wither away once Mozilla's gone.

What's everybody going to use when that happens and/or what are you using now that's non-Firefox?

#FOSS #FLOSS #OpenSource #Linux #Debian #Gnome #Firefox #Mozilla #Waterfox #LibreWolf

Updated: 11 Ways to Check Linux/Unix Operating System Uptime

- Change Neofetch example to Fastfetch

An all-encompassing overview on how to check a GNU/Linux or Unix operating system’s uptime duration since the last boot (power on/restart).

https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/check-linux-unix-system-uptime/

#commandline #linux #archlinux #GNOME #tech

It's fashionable for people to flame the companies that do open source and #linux work under the guise of "they control everything."

Here's how we got millions of dollars of engineering for free by just working with Red Hat via open source projects. In this case, bootc in the CNCF.

The example in this video is a bug #bazzite found in local layering, we shipped a patched version and were able to give the team the feedback they needed to ship the fix faster.

There's plenty to be skeptical for, but also you can control your own fate:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6-GMTq2T7s&t=4739s

WHAT. THE. FUCK.

... I just installed a printer on my #linux desktop and it worked instantly.

#yearofthelinuxdesktop

Ich hab mich nicht von #Windows entfernt, aber diese Beziehung endet, weil der Partner angefangen hat Drogen zu nehmen, meine Wohnung zu verwanzen und mir alle fuenf Minuten Werbung fuer Staubsauger ins Ohr zu bruellen!

Ich haue noch einmal einen finalen #Microsoft Rant raus. Nach dem Urlaub wird auch mein Gaming PC mit #Linux laufen und ich freue mich irre drauf!

Gerne boosten, teilen & auf der Podcastplattform eurer Wahl liken.

Danke fuer euren Support 🙏

https://share.transistor.fm/s/174b5071

Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS and Cosmic Epoch 1 released

https://r1os.com/sites/news/pop-os-24-04-lts-released.php

#r1os #popos #cosmicdesktop #ubuntu #linux #linuxdesktop #system76

ARC Raiders gets a huge v1.7.0 free update with a new map condition, new event, skill tree resets and more https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/arc-raiders-gets-a-huge-v1-7-0-free-update-with-a-new-map-condition-new-event-skill-tree-resets-and-more/

#ARCRaiders #Linux #Proton #SteamDeck #Gaming #SteamOS

The classic Plague Inc: Evolved gets a new free daily Outbreak Mode https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/the-classic-plague-inc-evolved-gets-a-new-free-daily-outbreak-mode/

#PlagueIncEvolved #Gaming #PCGaming #Linux #SteamDeck

Hollow Knight: Silksong to get a free expansion, Hollow Knight getting a refresh upgrade https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/hollow-knight-silksong-to-get-a-free-expansion-hollow-knight-getting-a-refresh-upgrade/

#HollowKnightSilksong #HollowKnight #Linux #Gaming #SteamDeck