Just gave CDN$100 to #Gnome because #Omarchy can get stuffed.

#FOSS #FLOSS #OpenSource #Linux #Debian #computers

Corporations aren’t lining up to throw millions at GNOME (though there are a few more modest tiers if your company is interested!). Most of the support comes from individuals like you.

If a few thousand folks became Friends of GNOME today, that would be huge for the sustainability of the Linux ecosystem.

https://donate.gnome.org

#GNOME #FriendsOfGNOME #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS

Friends of GNOME directly support the open source stack that many Linux-based operating systems depend on. They enable GNOME to pay individual contributors to work on critical and under-resourced areas of the project through the fellowship program.

https://fellowship.gnome.org

#GNOME #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #FriendsOfGNOME

If you REALLY want to stick it to companies knowingly funding fashtech, consider becoming a Friend of @gnome! There’s a convenient $50/month option in case you’re not planning to drop $3 million on something else. Or, you know, any amount helps. 😉

https://donate.gnome.org

#GNOME #OpenSource #FOSS #Linux #FriendsOfGNOME

STOP DOING SWAP PARTITIONS

HARD DRIVES WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO ACT LIKE RAM

YEARS OF LINUX SYSADMINNING yet NO REAL-WORLD USE FOUND for going beyond CLOSING A FEW TABS

Wanted to avoid the OOM killer anyway for a laugh? We had a tool for that: It was called ZRAM

"Yes please give me a dedicated 64GB logical volume of SWAP. Please give me unresizable block devices trapped at the end of my disk." - STATEMENTS DREAMED UP BY THE UTTERLY DERANGED

LOOK at what Neckbeards have been demanding your Respect for all this time, with all the fdisk and GParted Live USBs we built for them. (This is REAL PARTITIONING, done by REAL LINUX USERS):

# mkswap /dev/nvme0n1p3
# echo  /dev/nvme0n1p3 none swap sw 0 0 >> /etc/fstab
# swapon -a

"Hello I would like to torture my SSD's FTL because I left three Electron apps open."

They have played us for absolute fools.

#linux #sysadmin

Got an old, slow laptop gathering dust? Bring it to Glasgow's Software Freedom Day repair café on 19 Sept — #OpenSource Glasgow will help you fix it up or install #Linux, free. Details: https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/software-freedom-day-glasgow-gamer-club-install-linux-repair-cafe/87139?u=popey

TL;DR: Node’s standalone binaries have been broken on major Linux distributions since version 25. Stay on 24 if you need them functional by default.

If you’re installing Node.js via a standalone binary package, think twice before upgrading to Node 26.

On many Linux distributions these binaries will fail unless you separately install libatomic.so.1.

https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/60790

Very odd that this is being treated as “as designed” instead of as a major regression.

https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/v25.2.0/BUILDING.md#official-binary-platforms-and-toolchains

So, yeah, I guess Kitten¹ will likely be staying on Node 24 for a while, then, unless the Node folks fix this. There’s even an open PR for it:

https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/63270

¹ https://kitten.small-web.org

#NodeJS #standaloneBinary #regression #libatomic #Node26 #Linux

“#Flathub is now accepting AI slop”

the Flathub reviewers have blocked over 1,000 slop apps in 2026 alone. that’s half of the verified app count.

close to a quarter of the store could have been ensloppified by now!

if you want to know what a slopnami looks like, just have a look at this link:

https://github.com/flathub/flathub/pulls?q=is%3Apr+state%3Aclosed+label%3A%22AI+Slop%22

#linux #apps #flatpak #gnome #kde #ai

Stephen presenting the Linux emulation in NetBSD, a really interesting topic!

#NetBSD #EuroBSDCon #EuroBSDCon2026 #Linux

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Stephen presenting

here is this week's #Linux and #OpenSource News video!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNRaukxVI2Y

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/12986-week-37-2026

#FOSS #Linux #Solus #OpenSource

- Evan

Power grab

"Running Omarchy means contributing to this dynamic. It means willingly integrating oneself into a fascist community. Legitimizing it. Supporting it. Omarchy is a fascist project that normalizes fascist thinking for everyone entering that community (even unknowingly)."

Link: https://tante.cc/2026/09/11/power-grab/

#linkdump #distribution #linux #omarchy

Omarchy is another example of the community defining the Linux distro, for better or for worse..

#Linux #Omarchy

The debate over whether you can slap some rebranding and change a few custom defaults and themes and call it a distro ended way back with Hannah Montana Linux. That bar is very low. The community reflection behind the project is far more important and telling.

Conway's Law is very much alive and kicking.

#Linux #Omarchy

Linux Mint is adding two new apps in its next release, both part of its GTK cross-desktop XApps Project.

Clockenstein is a replacement for GNOME Calendar, while Xepub is an ebook reader with annotation tools.

🗞️ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/linux-mint-new-apps?v1

#linux #opensource #linuxmint

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Clockenstein calendar and Xepub book reader screenshots on a pink background/

Chris needs a solution for his family to watch ripped media while travelling, and Gary has a complex but cool travel network setup.

https://linuxafterdark.net/linux-after-dark-episode-130/

#podcast #linux #opensource

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Linux After Dark artwork

EuroPython 2026 videos published

https://lwn.net/Articles/1093825/

#LWN #Linux

[$] Accelerating the kernel's build process

Kernel developers do a lot of kernel builds. Since the kernel is not a small program, those builds can take a fair amount of time, even on a fast machine. The kernel also has a c [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1093398/

#LWN #Linux #kernel #SUSE #Rust

Two stable kernel updates for Friday

https://lwn.net/Articles/1093766/

#LWN #Linux #kernel

Security updates for Friday

https://lwn.net/Articles/1093765/

#LWN #Linux #security

KDE Plasma 6.8 Beta released for testing https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/kde-plasma-6-8-beta-released-for-testing/

#Linux #KDE #KDEPlasma #OpenSource

Linux Mint Devs Introduce New EPUB Reader and Calendar Apps: Xepub and Clockenstein https://9to5linux.com/linux-mint-devs-introduce-new-epub-reader-and-calendar-apps

#LinuxMint #Linux #OpenSource #FreeSoftware

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A screenshot of Linux Mint showing the Xepub and Clockenstein apps.

Some updates this evening: a much, much more (too?) detailed chart with the GNOME color palette, plus less precise of a headline estimate since it’s just an estimate after all.

https://cassidyjames.com/flathub-active-users/

Contributions welcome! Especially if anyone has thoughts on better ways to estimate. https://github.com/cassidyjames/flathub-active-users

#Linux #Flathub #OpenSource

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Very dense chart of downloads of FreeDesktop platform releases since August, 2018. The peak is about 5.5 million around September, 2024 with recent numbers closer to 4 million.

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3.79+ million active users. Updates to 25.08.12 as of Aug 23, 2026

Ubuntu 26.10, out next month, will now be powered by the Linux 7.3 kernel, currently in development.

Canonical has made v7.2 the target but has bumped things up to stay "aligned with the latest upstream capabilities".

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/ubuntu-2610-kernel-version?v1

#ubuntu #linux #openSource

A developer who doesn't use Apple wanted Liquid Glass on their Linux desktop, so they built it as a GNOME Shell extension.

It uses real refraction shaders, not just a simple blur, so there is a performance hit – but still, it's pretty cool!

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/liquid-glass-gnome-shell?v1

#linux #gnome #ubuntu

Forgejo 16.0.4 and 15.0.8 address critical security vulnerability

https://lwn.net/Articles/1093671/

#LWN #Linux #security #Git

@kestral

Worse than that. We cannot trust them in any way, anything they produce, they are racist demons, willing to harm others for their crazy.

Liars, cheaters, violent monsters.

Of course no one would ever pull the pin on a hand grenade, nor install 'omarchy'

#omarchy #subversion #linux

Steam Programming Fest 2026: sale for programming games has started https://playingtux.com/en/articles/2026/09/steam-programming-fest-2026-released/

#Linux #Gaming #LinuxGaming #Steam #Sale #Programming

Routine reminder: the term "ricing" is racist.

It comes from the car/motorcycle world and references Japanese-made vehicles. There's no explanation for the term and how it's used that's *not* racist.

Now you know, so you will have to decide if you want to keep saying the racist thing.

#computers #tech #cars #motorcycles #racism #FOSS #FLOSS #OpenSource #Linux

[$] PostgreSQL 19's "scary patch contest"

PostgreSQL 19 was expected to be released in September, in keeping with the database project's longstanding tradition of a major release every year. However, some late-breaking co [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1092003/

#LWN #Linux #Git #PostgreSQL

Buy Used Computers:

Unless you're a professional who needs the processing power, a laptop from five years ago will do everything you need, esp. if you put #Linux on it.

You're saving ewaste from a landfill, and you're *not* telling the manufacturers to make more.

#computers #tech #technology #laptop

#Framework laptops are now off the table since they financially support #Omarchy, the fascist slop distro.

New plan: used #MacBook, via #eBay, with the #Fedora remix of #AsahiLinux so that I can run #Gnome DE.

If anybody has any advice about this, I'm open. :)

#FOSS #FLOSS #OpenSource #Linux

I just lost my job today, so here we go..

I'm a ~30 years career Sysadmin/DevOps/Server Shepard/Graybeard whatever its called now UNIX nerd.

Looking for work doing UNIX'y stuff. I mostly do automation, and have avoided working with AI and Kubernetes (though I have a bit of k8s experience at two jobs, I just prefer "the old way")

Chef, Puppet, Cfengine, Ansible, Shell scripts, etc.

I've built Linux distributions, and automation tools. Having worked at Redhat, TurboLinux, Penguin Computing, Salesforce, and Chef.

Built and maintained monitoring systems, checks, and lived the on-call life.

Built and managed CI systems, and Pipelines.

I've written and maintained software in Ruby, Python, and Shell. I've dabbled in just about every other programming language you'll find on a UNIX system.

I have spent a lot of time with *BSD, Solaris, IRIX, and Linux, and to a lesser extent HPUX, and AIX.

If its sysadmin work on a UNIX, I've likely done it.

Remote only / West Michigan maybe / not willing to relocate

#getfedihired #unix #linux

No Man's Sky Cosmos preps for Steam Frame plus - orbital construction, alliances, colossal shipwrecks and tons more https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/no-mans-sky-cosmos-preps-for-steam-frame-plus-orbital-construction-alliances-colossal-shipwrecks-and-tons-more/

#NoMansSky #Gaming #PCGaming #Linux #SteamDeck

Julia 1.13 released

https://lwn.net/Articles/1093567/

#LWN #Linux

Security updates for Thursday

https://lwn.net/Articles/1093566/

#LWN #Linux #security

I keep seeing big amounts of criticism in my own little #Linux bubble, so I decided to talk about the projects that seem to receive most of it, and why this criticism is valid in some cases, and way overblown in others:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6dLIKBeuNo

#KDE Gear 26.08.1 Is Out with More Improvements for Your Favorite KDE Apps https://9to5linux.com/kde-gear-26-08-1-is-out-with-more-improvements-for-your-favorite-kde-apps

@kde #Linux #OpenSource #FreeSoftware

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A screenshot of the KDE Plasma desktop environment showing various KDE apps, including System Settings, Dolphin, Discover, and Okular.