Linux is exempt from age verification requirement of California users as long as it is distributed under the GPL, MIT, BSD, and Apache licenses
https://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Linux-Exempt-from-California-s-Age-Verification-Law?utm_source=mlm
#Linux #OS #AgeVerification #GPL #BSD #MIT #Apache

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I wanted another computer as a sandbox, I don't really trust VMs, and fucking chip shortages, so to the boneyard it is. I have a disused ASRock Rack J1900D2Y with 8GB of RAM and a PicoPSU that used to be my mail server. Somehow, at some point, I modded the 1U case to mount the rack ears on the back. Annoying. So I dig up the original rack ears which I apparently still have, and try to flip things around, except the drive tray doesn't work the other way around somehow. What. Fine. I have a drill and a file. Sorted. While I'm at it, I splice an INA219 current sensor into the power connection for funzies and hook it up to the BMC's I2C bus. I then root the BMC so I can access it. So then I set about setting up Debian on it on a mirrored pair of Intel enterprise SSDs with encrypted ZFS. The board claims to support UEFI booting. This was determined to be a lie. Whatever. A problem for later. I put GRML (which is my new favorite rescue "CD" since it also has aarch64 builds available) on a flash drive, remove the case from the false drive, solder it to a motherboard header cable, and plug it into the internal USB hub I at some point added to the case. Boots fine, but only as a BIOS drive. I do a manual ZFS setup and debootstrap install, then I fuck around with GRUB for... a while... and eventually get it working on a system partition I've set up mirrored with mdadm (metadata v1.0 - at the end of the partition). Then comes the part where I get ZFSBootMenu working with SSH unlock. ZFSBootMenu is intended to boot via UEFI, but as I said, that doesn't work, but that's what GRUB is - I can chainload. Eventually that works, but I cannot manage to type the passphrase via the janky BMC's Java IPKVM. Fine. I have a file server I already set up SSH unlock with, but that means I'll have to build my own ZFSBootMenu files. After a while, I finally get that working, only to be immediately prompted for the passphrase a second time (on the screen, via the IPKVM, where I keep failing to type it, and it takes abour 90 seconds to check because I cranked up pbkdf2 iterations) when Debian starts. Right, need to bake the key into the encrypted initramfs that ZFSBootMenu loads. More chroot bullshit. I get that working, and Debian shits a brick and drops into a root shell because it can't find /sbin/init. Apparently I needed to install systemd-sysv for that. So I sigh, boot back into the GRML environment, mount the chroot for the fifteenth time, run the apt install, and rebuild the initramfs. I unmount everything, cross my fingers, and type reboot. The janky Java IPKVM refreshes. BIOS POSTs. GRUB chainloads ZFSBootMenu. The SSH unlock actually works perfectly. The boot process finally gets past the init stage, and a beautiful flood of green [ OK ] messages starts cascading down the screen. The login prompt finally appears. I go to type my username, but the BMC drops the connection again. I frantically reload the applet, but instead of the console, the screen glitches out, showing a live camera feed of my street just as a yellow car pulls up outside. I whistled for a cab and when it came near, the license plate said 'Fresh' and it had dice in the mirror. If anything I could say that this cab was rare, but I thought 'Nah, forget it, yo, holmes, to Bel-Air!' I pulled up to the house about seven or eight, and I yelled to the cabbie, 'Yo holmes, smell ya later!' I looked at my domain, I was finally there, to sit on my throne as the Heir of Bel-Air.

#linux #homelab

[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for September 10, 2026

The LWN.net Weekly Edition for September 10, 2026 is available.

https://lwn.net/Articles/1092273/

#LWN #Linux

OpenLUNIC logo/mascot

#openbsd #linux #nomarchy

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Told someone I'd rip their book of music CDs for them... and discovered my ripper software is unusable. It rips a track or two and crashes. Fan-fucking-tastic. Alright, with Audex out of comission, I'm open to suggestions. I'd prefer something that fits nicely in to KDE, but getting this project done is higher priority.
I have k3b, but I can't find where to change the format and location of the ripper.
#Linux

A decade of Rustls

https://lwn.net/Articles/1093391/

#LWN #Linux #security

#KDE Frameworks 6.30 Improves Baloo File Indexer, KWallet, Plasma System Monitor, and More https://9to5linux.com/kde-frameworks-6-30-improves-baloo-file-indexer-kwallet-and-system-monitor

@kde #Linux #OpenSource #FreeSoftware

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LibreOffice Base survey results

https://lwn.net/Articles/1093388/

#LWN #Linux

NVIDIA driver 615.71.09 released for Linux with Vulkan / Proton improvements with NVIDIA Reflex https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/nvidia-driver-615-71-09-released-for-linux-with-vulkan-proton-improvements-with-nvidia-reflex/

#NVIDIA #Drivers #Linux #LinuxGaming

[$] Typst makes big strides

Typst is a system for typesetting documents into various formats: PDF, SVG, PNG, and, in progress, HTML. It is adept at handling technical material, and is often considered to be a [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1092993/

#LWN #Linux #Rust

#OpenVPN 2.7.7 Released with Various Improvements, Bug and Security Fixes https://9to5linux.com/openvpn-2-7-7-released-with-various-improvements-bug-and-security-fixes

#OpenSource #FreeSoftware #Linux

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https://fedoramagazine.org/framework-laptop-12-arrives-with-fedora-pre-installed/ @fedora #Linux

Security updates for Wednesday

https://lwn.net/Articles/1093342/

#LWN #Linux #security

Hello Fediverse!

We now have an account for Aurora on here :)

Our stable branch is getting ready to move from Fedora 42 to 43, hopefully next week. Also at the same time we are working on our new ISOs that will use the new Anaconda WebUI installer.

We hope to get this to "beta" stage with the F43 stable release.

#linux #kde

Ok.. I still need to fill a few gaps, but my sleeper build is working great and honestly has great airflow and temps seem good.

I'm running #bazzite #linux on it and it's running things like Forza horizon on ultra with no thermal issues.

I'm curious, what are some ways to benchmark or stress the system to see the thermal limits of the GPU and CPU? How does one test this besides throwing games at it?

Is there a standard bench-marking tool?

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If you’re on Linux, there’s a good chance you use GNOME: it’s the default experience across Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora Workstation, Endless OS, and more. If you’re on another desktop, you still likely use components developed by GNOME contributors—or maybe you get apps from Flathub.

Want to become more than just a user? How about… a friend? 🥺 Become a Friend of GNOME to support GNOME, Flathub, and the work we do!

https://donate.gnome.org/

#GNOME #Flathub #Linux #OpenSource

I tried tuning various parameters but after some reading came to the conclusion that lots of small files with very little RAM is about the worst case scenario for XFS.

#linux #snac #btrfs

You're going to hear a lot of dumb takes about the #fedora 32 bit discussion.

Here's what you need to know directly from the source:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgabGSI82M0

If you prefer the written word, I depend on https://gamingonlinux.com and https://lwn.net for the correct details.

#linux

#linux #xfs

Primer for using free and vmstat on your Linux system! If you don't know what these are, take a look.

➡️ https://fedoramagazine.org/system-insights-with-command-line-tools-free-and-vmstat/

#Fedora #Linux #OpenSource

https://cablespaghetti.dev/hosting-a-fediverse-instance-on-an-original-raspberry-pi.html

#snac #snac2 #alpinelinux #linux #raspberrypi

Occurences of swearing in the Linux kernel source code over time

https://www.vidarholen.net/contents/wordcount/#fuck*,shit*,damn*,idiot*,retard*,crap*

#linux

https://cablespaghetti.dev/hosting-a-static-site-on-an-original-raspberry-pi.html

#raspberrypi #alpinelinux #linux