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

Niri is interesting. Now that the newness of it has worn off, I feel like I can look at it more-or-less objectively. There are things I was able to do on either of my last two window managers, which were both tilers, using the keyboard only. I cannot, at least with my current configuration, do most of these things on Niri using the keyboard. I can, however, do all of these things using the mouse on Niri—and by mouse I actually mean trackball, in my case. These things were not possible, or at the very least were impractical to do with the mouse on any tiler I'm familiar with. Tbh, I'm still not sure if this is a net-negative or a net-positive, or if it's six of one and a half-dozen of the other.

#Niri #Linux #Unix #NixOS #Ricing

The Steam machine will use an older HDMI standard because of arbitrary rules, more details about running X86 Windows games on Arm Linux, and the Steam Controller lives on. Plus Calibre is adding “AI”, and we laugh at another LLM.

https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-364/

#linux #podcast #opensource

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#Linux / #Unix / #POSIX needs, if not a fully transactional file system, then *at the very least* a way to atomically write to a single file without potentially corrupting it if there's a crash or power failure in the middle of the operation.

I should not have to worry about my files either going corrupt or losing their metadata (permissions, comments, tags, ratings, etc) if I edit them. That should not be a thing on terabyte-sized SSDs in 2025, for goodness' sake.

#FileSystem

Just tagged a new preview build of #Budgie 10.10 (10.10-preview.2) with various bug and crash fixes, some missed adaptations for renamed desktop files, improvements for running Electron apps, and improvements for running in virtualized environments.

https://github.com/BuddiesOfBudgie/budgie-desktop/releases/tag/v10.10-preview.2

- Joshua

#OpenSource #Linux

Another crowd wisdom toot...

I'm looking for an affordable #art /#drawing tablet. It should be reliable and work with #krita under #linux and maybe #windows.

I have no idea what I should be looking for/at, so any and all help or #retoot appreciated.

Good.

AI slop (AI generated code) will be not allowed in GNOME shell extensions: "At this point, we have to add a new rule to the EGO review guidelines. So the packages with unnecessary code that indicate they are AI-generated will be rejected."

Read blog post: https://blogs.gnome.org/jrahmatzadeh/2025/12/06/ai-and-gnome-shell-extensions/

#linux #gnome #opensource

Currently trying #Manjaro on my MiniPC.
It's currently doing fine, even if running from an external SSD.

#Linux #Desktop

@nixCraft There's a lot to be said for having a stable #linux #OS / #Distro.

I've used more distros than i can count or easily recall in 26 years but am on #Fedora because it works, consistently without issue... even through major OS upgrades.

The popular Megabonk gets a mega update with new content https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/the-popular-megabonk-gets-a-mega-update-with-new-content/

#Megabonk #IndieGames #Gaming #PCGaming #Linux #SteamDeck

Free 3-16 player party shooter of teamwork and betrayal, Klaus Veen's Treason added Linux support https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/free-3-16-player-party-shooter-of-teamwork-and-betrayal-klaus-veens-treason-added-linux-support/

#FPS #PartyGame #KlausVeensTreason #Linux #PCGaming

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱/𝟭𝟮/𝟭𝟱 (Valuable News - 2025/12/15) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/12/15/valuable-news-2025-12-15/

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

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

Anyone on #Linux have a favorite method of containing the access and permissions of #AI agents (besides abstinence)?

"packnplay" by @obrajesse is a new option: https://blog.fsck.com/2025/12/10/packnplay/

Are there other options you like?

For example: If the task at hand is to help with a coding project, limit the file system access to only that directory and maybe some supporting tools,

RE: https://social.gompa.me/@neal/115720625209870154

Neal is a super valued member of the Fedora and FOSS community. If you're interested in learning more about the project or curious about what he does, check out the stream!

#Fedora #Linux #OpenSource

How far you can go with eliminating global variables, forcing everything you ever need to be passed in as arguments.

https://latenightlinux.com/linux-dev-time-episode-139/

#podcast #linux #development

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Linux Dev Time artwork

Analyzing CVE-2025-2296 [Un-verified #kernel bypass #SecureBoot mechanism in direct boot mode]

https://www.kraxel.org/blog/2025/12/analyzing-cve-2025-2296/

Gerd Hoffmann aka kraxel writes: ""[…] So, if secure boot is enabled attempts to boot via 'EFI stub' will fail, the firmware rejects the binary due to the signature check failing. OVMF will fallback to the legacy 'EFI handover protocol' loader. The legacy loader does not do secure boot verification, which is the core of CVE-2025-2296. And this was essentially unfixable (in the firmware alone) because there simply is no valid secure boot signature due to the patching qemu is doing. Nevertheless there are some use cases which expect direct kernel boot with secure boot enabled to work. Catch 22. […]

Secure boot bypass sounds scary, but is it really? […] So, the actual impact is quite limited. […]""

#Linux #UEFI #QEMU

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New blog post:

Building and running Linux off a Floppy Disk
http://82mhz.net/posts/2025/12/building-and-running-linux-off-a-floppy-disk/

#blogging #blog #linux #floppinux

When you try to install a software on FreeBSD, using the official "install.sh" way but it tries to write binaries in /usr/bin instead of /usr/local/bin

#RunBSD #FreeBSD #Linux #Linuxisms #IT #SysAdmin

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Toy Story meme: Linuxisms, Linuxisms everywhere

Vojtux - Accessible Linux distro which is almost pure Fedora

Vojtěch Polášek has put together a technical preview of a version of Fedora that should work well for blind or visually impaired users. While his goal is explicitly to see these improvements and changes become part of Fedora itself, for now you can use this implementation based on the Fedora MATE spin. :)

➡️ https://www.freelists.org/post/orca/Announcing-Vojtux-Accessible-Linux-distro-which-is-almost-pure-Fedora

#Vojtux #Fedora #Accessibility #a11y #Linux #OpenSource

I have an ink tank printer that does not support IPP. It supports Microsoft's WSD. (I didn't know this when I bought it or I'd have bought a model from the same line that did support IPP, for a negligible higher price.)

This means I can't print wirelessly directly from Linux or Android. Today I thought "maybe there's some software that translates IPP to WSD. I could create a container to launch when I want to print something using IPP."

I did some digging and found nothing. I'm also a bit shocked CUPS does not support WSD while SANE (for scanning) does.

I feel like implementing WSD for CUPS or just a IPP to WSD translation service. But I have other projects I want to finish right now... Maybe someday. Or maybe someone else will do it.

#printing #linux #cups

At the 2025 #Linux #Kernel Maintainers Summit this week the "rust for Linux" experiment has just been deemed concluded (https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1050174/6b6d55c90ce1100f/ ).

Rust for Linux maintainer Miguel Ojeda now submitted a patch to follow up on that and remove the "The Rust experiment" section from the #Linux #kernel's docs, as "Rust is here to stay":

conclude the Rust experiment – https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20251213000042.23072-1-ojeda@kernel.org/

He writes:

""The Rust support was merged in v6.1 into mainline in order to help determine whether Rust as a language was suitable for the kernel, i.e. worth the tradeoffs, technically, procedurally and socially.

At the 2025 Linux Kernel Maintainers Summit, the experiment has just been deemed concluded.

Thus remove the section -- it was not fully true already anyway, since there are already uses of Rust in production out there, some well-known Linux distributions enable it and it is already in millions of devices via Android.

Obviously, this does not mean that everything works for every #kernel configuration, architecture, toolchain etc., […]

But the experiment is done, i.e. Rust is here to stay.

I hope this signals commitment from the kernel to companies and other entities to invest more into it, e.g. into giving time to their kernel developers to train themselves in Rust.

[…]""

#LinuxKernel #Rustlang

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My Ubuntu Summit 25.10 lightning talk is up! See how GNOME is *really* funded. 👀

https://youtu.be/ptltPdcXH0Q

#GNOME #UbuntuSummit #UbuntuSummit2510 #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #FriendsOfGNOME

It finally happened... I got my hands on a infamous trash can!

I love it so much, even though it's the most ridiculous thing.

It mostly works great on #linux though! Wifi is normal broadcom nonsense but easy. It's the weird and graphics that cause headaches. Wayland is a problem. So x11 it is. And #nixos seems to be nothing but headaches too.

Soo I'm using this opportunity to reconnect with my #ubuntu #mintxMint #docker roots.

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Trash can Mac pro 6,1

Here is this week's #Linux and #OpenSource News show:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gusWDr1Qw0

Papermoon: A Space-Grade Linux for the NewSpace Era: https://thenewstack.io/papermoon-a-space-grade-linux-for-the-newspace-era/ via @TheNewStack & @sjvn

Discover Papermoon, the open source project creating a standard, #space-grade #Linux to replace bespoke software for satellites and spacecraft in the NewSpace era.

Heya folks! It's sync day, and that means it's time for the weekly Solus roundup!

This week, we have #Firefox 146, the addition of the #NVIDIA open source kernel modules, and more!

Read all about it on our forums: https://discuss.getsol.us/d/12242-solus-updates-for-week-50-2025

#FOSS #Linux #Solus #OpenSource

- Evan

Problem: I wanted to share music library between a work and personal laptops without storing the collection on a pay-per-month cloud service.

Solution: I installed Navidrome on my home Linux server, then installed Supersonic app for Linux to access it. Success! Whole process took less then 30 minutes.

https://www.navidrome.org/

https://github.com/dweymouth/supersonic

#linux #opensource

There can only be one Linus! 🐧⚔️

#linux #linustorvalds #linussebastian

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Caption this Below that title is a photo of Linus Torvalds (on the left) and Linus Sebastian (on the right) wielding black-colored katana in their hands in a fighting position, facing each other.

NO. Say it isn't so, Strawberry! (The flatpak is compiled without libgpod for some reason, just like Clementine...)

Meanwhile, good ole' Amarok scores major points for reading + syncing my newly Rockbox'ed iPod without any issues whatsoever. Well, one problem:

I would show you a screenshot of it syncing in Amarok, except that Amarok decided to hide the iPod as a media source in the UI, and resetting the layout doesn't work.

Sure wish Lollypop had device syncing...

#iPod #Linux

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Dialog box titled "Strawberry Error" with a warning icon and message: "This type of device is not supported: ipod:/run/media/jason/JASON_S IPO" repeated, and a Close button.

Android friends! A question for you:

I currently use Termux to run shell scripts, SSH, and a few other tools on my phone.

Is it worth switching to the new Terminal app in Android 16?

(Running GrapheneOS if that makes a difference to your answer.)

#Linux #Android #Termux #Android16

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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Old Dell Dimension case running modern hardware running bazzite with Steam

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