It's time for this week's #Linux and #OpenSource news show!

We talk about some open source projects adding AI generated code, with the good and the bad it brings, SUSE potentially being sold (again), and a new interesting API that might be a boon to all de-googled Android ROMs!

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

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/12523-week-11-2026

#FOSS #Linux #Solus #OpenSource

- Evan

Artix Linux sure looks appealing all of a sudden. I think I might go ahead and install the Cinnamon edition with Dinit on my desktop. I've been wanting to do some distro hopping here lately, anyways.

#NoAI

#ArtixLinux #Cinnamon #Artix #Linux #systemd #Dinit #OpenSource #FOSS

A big shout out to @frameworkcomputer for their continued support of our project!

They recently sponsored the project with a Framework 16 with the latest Ryzen AI 300 series CPU.

We can't wait to put it to good use as we develop AerynOS!

#Linux #AerynOS #Framework #FOSS

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AerynOS running on a Framework 16 in a beautiful outdoor scenery

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AerynOS running on a Framework 16 in a beautiful outdoor scenery

May has actually been using her stack of laptops and learning that “legacy” distros make more sense, the Firefox flatpak performs better than other packages, Linux Mint is a fine distro, Linux has the best calculators, and GNOME’s scaling is really good now.

https://linuxafterdark.net/linux-after-dark-episode-117/

#podcast #linux #opensource

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Linux After Dark artwork

Stable kernels for Friday the 13th

https://lwn.net/Articles/1062862/ #LWN #Linux #kernel

Question for #blind #linux users. Is there a way to make the TTY login screen acessible via text to speech somehow? I think I can get Orca running once I log in but it's hard to know when I can enter my login creds and if it succeeded. 🥲

Why yes, I do torrent.

#Linux

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Torrenting Linux and some internet archive data sets via qbittorent

Proton Experimental brings fixes for REDLauncher, HELLDIVERS 2, Atelier Yumia, KILLER INN and more https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/proton-experimental-brings-fixes-for-redlauncher-helldivers-2-atelier-yumia-killer-inn-and-more/

#Proton #Linux #SteamOS #SteamDeck

It’s now possible to access files in S3 (or any compatible services) with Dolphin and other @kde apps! We just released the first version of KIO S3, which bridges S3 with all KIO-powered apps.

https://blogs.kde.org/2026/03/13/introducing-kio-s3/

#kde #linux #s3

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Screenshot of the configuration page of KIO-S3

Google will finally release Chrome for ARM64 Linux devices https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/google-will-finally-release-chrome-for-arm64-linux-devices/

#Linux #Arm #Google #Chrome

An investigation of the forces behind the age-verification bills

https://lwn.net/Articles/1062779/ #LWN #Linux

A set of AppArmor vulnerabilities

https://lwn.net/Articles/1062778/ #LWN #Linux #security #Debian

[$] More timing side-channels for the page cache

In 2019, researchers published a way to identify which file-backed pages were being accessed on a system using timing information from the page cache, leading to a handful of unple [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1061743/ #LWN #Linux #security #Git

Security updates for Friday

https://lwn.net/Articles/1062775/ #LWN #Linux #security

I just realized that the 6.17.0-14 kernel on my Mac Mini running #LinuxMint must have removed the WiFI driver. How do I get a bug report filed for that? #Linux

Maybe I'm not doing myself any favors by asking this, but what's your overall attitude toward Omarchy?

Okay, and I'm also interested in your opinion. 🤗

https://omarchy.org/

#ArchLinux #Linux #LinuxDistribution #cachyOS #omarchy #hyprland #ubuntu #linuxmint #debian #TechTalk #MakeTootsNotWar

RE: https://social.coop/@cwebber/116217717944115087

Systemd (popular component to many {most?} Linux distributions) getting enshittified by AI.

Read @cwebber 's thread quoted below for more.

Also, thanks a lot (thanks a bot?) daandemeyer.

#linux #systemd #enshittification #ai #claude

Gonçalo Ribeiro boosted

Christine Lemmer-Webber » 🌐 2026-03-12
@cwebber@social.coop

systemd goes AI agent slopware https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/c1d4d5fd9ae56dc07377ef63417f461a0f4a4346/AGENTS.md

has slop documentation now too

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Github commits showing multiple instances of adding functionality for Claude AI reviewing of code into systemd. Commits written by daandemeyer

Saturday, 28 March, there are many hackerspaces that participate to the "International Open Day".

Boost = ❤️

Visit one of the NL participating spaces :

AwesomeSpace, Hilversum
@bitlair Amersfoort
@hack42 Arnhem
@hackalot Eindhoven
@hermithive Nieuwegein
@hsdrenthe Coevorden
@HSN Nijmegen (nieuwe locatie!)
@nurdspace Wageningen
@pixelbar Rotterdam
@randomdata Utrecht
@revspace Leidschendam
Space Leiden, Leiden
@TDvenlo Venlo
@TechInc Amsterdam
@tkkrlab Enschede

See also https://hackerspaces.nl/open-dag/
https://wiki.hackerspaces.org/Open_Hackspace_Day_2026

#hackerspaces #makerspaces #DIY #linux #opensource #electronics #arduino

More moaning about #linux. I'm trying to get a discourse server off the ground. Why the fuck do they insist on installing non-OS stuff in the middle of all the OS stuff.

/var/discourse is not a good default. And then fucking docker wants to be /var/lib/docker. Never mind how /var/lib doesn't make any goddamn sense.

Related to my earlier discussion of hard drive partitioning. What I would like to do is have a volume that is not the operating system, but is instead all the application data. The discourse data, database, assets people upload, etc. That way I can have this nice virtual disk that encapsulates it. I could theoretically build a new node, attach this drive to the new node, and migrate the site. I can snapshot that drive more frequently than, say, the OS drive. Lots of benefits to encapsulating it.

Got a poor friend stuck on Windows or Mac? Give the gift of dinosaurs!

#linux
#linuxbrew

https://docs.projectbluefin.io/blog/bluefin-cli-mac-wsl/

@ajroach42 people posting about how much #computers suck now. Meanwhile me, who has been living in #Linux land for 26 years now:

For about two years, I couldn't figure out why Scrivener kept turning off while I wasn't looking. It was baffling.

Apparently, the Windows* version has an option that says "Turn off after 30 minutes of inactivity," and it's on by default.

Maybe the Apple version does, too, but it never came up.

Mystery solved.

*Running in Wine on Linux ;)

#FOSS #FLOSS #OpenSource #Linux #Debian #Gnome #Writing #Writers #WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #AmWriting #Scriberspace

GE trying to bring sanity to #linux lol.

https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/1rqamyq/your_opinions_on_the_lutris_ai_slop_situation/o9t32mx/

Am I missing a #linux distro that actually switched from something to #KDE? https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-distros-are-quietly-abandoning-their-own-desktops-for-kde-plasma-and-i-get-why/

I know more distros come with kde now, but those all started with KDE.

I was messing with the #debian installer and its disk partitioning. I don't understand this at all. This is plain stupid.

If the partitioning scheme includes swap, it should be the last partition on the disk. This installer frequently puts it in the absolute worst possible place: the middle.

That's dumb, especially in a virtual world where hard disks trivially change size.

See, what if I decide to make this disk bigger? What if I decide I need more swap? If swap is the last partition, it's trivial.

1. Increase the virtual disk size
2. Boot to single user mode
3. Delete the swap partition
4. Expand the penultimate partition to encompass the new space I created, minus the amount of swap I want.
5. Grow the filesystem in the penultimate partition
6. Create the swap partition in the final position again.
7. Boot.

But when you stick swap in the middle of the fscking disk then it makes changes really non-trivial. You really can't change anything.

The only partitioning scheme that gets it right is the "All files in one partition" scheme. Since there's just the one root filesystem, it puts swap at the end.

Also, it appears that you cannot change the size of partitions in this view. Like, if I wasn't happy with 1.1G of swap, tough noogies. That surprises me. The entire POINT of an interactive installer like this is to allow me to specify high-level things like "Gimme 2G of swap" and have the installer recalculate all the start/stop partition values and such. I've done plenty of debian installs, but this is the first time I stopped to notice how bad this is.

Some of you may argue that the problems I cite aren't important. But I defy you to come up with a good reason why one should put the swap partition in the middle of the partition table. You can argue it doesn't hurt, but you cannot argue that it does something good.

#linux

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Screenshot of the debian installer. It shows a proposed partition table with 964M for ESP, 7.5G for root, 2.2G for /var, a little less than 1G for swap, then 600Mb for /tmp, and finally 9.2G for /home

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Different screenshot of the debian installer. It shows a proposed partition table with 1G for ESP, 8.1G for root, 1.1G for swap, and finally 11G for /home

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Final screenshot of the debian installer. It shows a proposed partition table with 1G for ESP, 19.3G for root, and finally 1.1G for swap

Sending files on the local wifi from Linux computer to Linux computer. Any suggestions?

#Linux

RE: https://chaos.social/@davidak/116205913072553471

After some research today it becomes clear that you can't have a linux system without running LLM generated code, since the linux kernel itself and also systemd has it.

Maybe not running LLM generated code becomes a niche thing like running linux-libre and libreboot. It is not something the average user can achieve.

We need a more specific approach to handle software with LLM contributions.

https://lwn.net/Articles/1026558/
https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Asystemd%2Fsystemd+Claude&type=commits

#GenAI #LLM #Linux #systemd #OpenSource #FreeSoftware

sudo apt remove lutris

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/lutris-now-being-built-with-claude-ai-developer-decides-to-hide-it-after-backlash/

#lutris #AI #linux

[$] Practical uses for a null filesystem

One of the first changes merged for the upcoming 7.0 release was nullfs, an empty filesystem that cannot actually contain any files. One might logically wonder why the kernel woul [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1062163/ #LWN #Linux #kernel

Two stable kernels for Thursday

https://lwn.net/Articles/1062575/ #LWN #Linux #kernel

Security updates for Thursday

https://lwn.net/Articles/1062570/ #LWN #Linux #security

Mesa 26.0.2 arrives with more bug-fixes for Linux graphics drivers https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/mesa-26-0-2-arrives-with-more-bug-fixes-for-linux-graphics-drivers/

#Linux #Drivers #Mesa #OpenSource #LinuxGaming

It's time to register!

Registrations for Linux App Summit 2026 are now open.
LAS 2026 will take place from May 16–17 in Berlin, Germany.

Register here: https://linuxappsummit.org/register/

We're looking forward to seeing you there.

#Linux #opensource #Apps #kde #gnome

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Image that shows a photo of Berlin with a caption Linux App Summit, May 16-17, 2026 in Berlin, Germany

Lutris now being built with Claude AI, developer decides to hide it after backlash https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/lutris-now-being-built-with-claude-ai-developer-decides-to-hide-it-after-backlash/

#Lutris #AI #OpenSource #Linux

D7VK version 1.5 brings Direct3D 3 support via Vulkan on Linux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/d7vk-version-1-5-brings-direct3d-3-support-via-vulkan-on-linux/

#Linux #OpenSource #Wine #Proton #D7VK #Direct3D

So at #scale23x @ShadowApex told me they liked how #k8s does configs and here is what it looks like for InputPlumber ... which is for #linux handhelds.

I TOLD YOU CLOUD NATIVE DESKTOP.

https://github.com/ShadowBlip/InputPlumber/blob/main/rootfs/usr/share/inputplumber/devices/50-rog_ally_x.yaml

RE: https://mastodon.social/@dzwiedziu/115570876140855775

Sooo, remember my most boosted post of #wrapstodon 2025?

I'm still unemployed, now facing moving out of France by the end of April.

Recap: jack of all trades #Linux sysadmin, with broad, 10y+ experience in system and applications administration. Preferred location would be #Strasbourg or fully remote or as a mentee for #freelance with #ADHD.

(Please clap, I mean boost 🔁)

#Perl #Python #sysadmin #mentoring

[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for March 12, 2026

The LWN.net Weekly Edition for March 12, 2026 is available.

https://lwn.net/Articles/1061465/ #LWN #Linux

@DiogoConstantino @smsm1 @rominator @Techaltar

Well, Fairphones have fairly good compatibility with #linux, so they can easily be repurposed as power-sipping home servers when you're done with them.
https://hackaday.com/2025/04/09/self-hosting-a-cluster-on-old-phones/
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/16/from-smartphone-to-a-home-server/
https://blog.denv.it/posts/pmos-k3s-cluster/
https://github.com/Bry50/Old-Smartphone-as-a-server

Or, you know, just install #postmarketOS with a nice GUI on there and keep using it as a smartphone without worrying about whatever years of support the manufacturer promised. Upstream, baby.

https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Devices

opensuse + docker => debian + podman
EPIC win
(this server is lacking emojos for docker and podman, what a shame)

#linux #podman

Hello Fediverse! Anyone interested in #archaeology , but more at ease behind the #cli ? You love #linux, #dockers & #databased? join us at
in the department of Genetic, Evolution and Environment at UCL (London, UK) we are looking for a part time database manager (3 days a week), remote work welcome : https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/search-ucl-jobs/details?jobId=42413&jobTitle=Database+Manager+-+From+correlations+to+explanations%3A+towards+a+new+European+prehistory+%28COREX%29+-+Part-time
Write me if you have any question and please share the word!

SCLUG is now in session, in the outdoor covered area if the Nag's Head, Reading.

#Linux #Tux #TryingToBeSociable #LUG

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Photo of a stuffed penguin with a sticker "Linux inside" in its belly, on a wooden table.

I finished stripping the rubberized coating off the #Asus #EeePC and I'm super happy with the results!

One feature of this #Netbook which I knew nothing about is that it has two power buttons. One button boots up to the #Windows OS as expected.

The other button fast boots in about 8 seconds to a bare bones #Linux distro called Express Gate. Apparently it's built into the motherboard chipset which is why it can load so fast.

This is awesome!

#RetroTech #RetroComputing

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The Express Gate Linux distro desktop that is built into the chipset of the laptop. It mentions that it is powered by Splashtop. It gives quick access to a web browser, photo viewer, some instant messaging apps, and Skype.

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The Express Gate quick menu. It lets you quickly choose from a selection of essential programs before launching you into the actual Linux distro. You can jump right into Skype, a web browser, a photo viewer etc.

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The Asus Netbook. It's a pristine red cover that has all of the rubberized Gunk removed. The Asus logo is branded in silver.

[$] California's Digital Age Assurance Act and Linux distributions

A recently enacted law in California imposes an age-verification requirement on operating-system providers beginning next year. The language of the Digital Age Assurance Act does n [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1062112/ #LWN #Linux #security #Debian

Unity announce expanded supported for Steam, Native Linux, Steam Deck and Steam Machine https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/unity-announce-expanded-supported-for-steam-linux-steam-deck-and-steam-machine/

#Unity #Linux #Steam #GameDev #SteamOS

Introducing Moonforge: a Yocto-based Linux OS (Igalia Blog)

https://lwn.net/Articles/1062451/ #LWN #Linux

@felixule I read positive feedback here from visually impaired people for #Emmabuntus

https://emmabuntus.org/accessibilite/

#Linux

I want to set up a test machine to try out Linux. Which distro should I use, and with which desktop environment? It seems like I'm reading conflicting recommendations everywhere. Is there perhaps a list of apps that someone has already tested for usability?
Thanks for any advice.
#linux #blind #accessibility

Moonforge, A Yocto-Based Linux OS https://lobste.rs/s/tyeo20 #linux #release
https://www.igalia.com/2026/03/09/Introducing-Moonforge-A-Yocto-Based-Linux-OS.html