#Linux distributions being exempt from age verification laws shines better light on the true colors of the cryptofascists pushing #earlyCompliance instrumentation for #surveillanceCapitalism in the Linux stack.

You don't fight #fascism with compliance.

#JustDoingMyJob #systemd

Anyone had success running Distrobox (Debian/Ubuntu vm) under Alpine Linux to get Blender with Cycles/HIP support working on an Alpine host? Something I gotta try...

#Linux #Alpine #AlpineLinux #Blender #ROCm #AMD #HIP #Distrobox #Podman #Docker

I know I've been harping on Gnome recently but does anyone know of a "app is ready" notification remover that works on Gnome 50? I've tried a couple, don't recall all, but just tried https://github.com/v-dimitrov/gnome-shell-extension-stealmyfocus and it didn't seem to do anything at all after enabling. Thanks!

#gnome #linux

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/12755-week-22-2026

#FOSS #Linux #Solus #OpenSource

- Evan

LTT Linux Challenge Episode 3 Reaction

> Friends, LTT just dropped their latest Linux Challenge video (episode 3).

#Linux #LinuxGaming #Videogames #Reaction #Youtube #Bazzite #FedoraLinux #Pop!_OS #LinuxMint #Userexperience #Graphicdesign #BryantReview

https://gardinerbryant.com/ltt-linux-challenge-episode-3-reaction/?utm_campaign=widget&utm_source=mastodon

@gamingonlinux

FlatHub is starting to remind me of Snap.

I’ve tried reporting a few issues, but no one ever seems to pay any attention.

For example, Hüma Browser was discontinued a years ago, and the URL that FlatHub lists as the project’s homepage now redirects to a phishing site.

I don’t think anyone is monitoring their community forums. My account is still pending approval — Discourse forum software’s classic “you posted too soon after joining” issue.

#FlatHub #SnapD #Linux #OpenSource

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A pending post which was posted 2 weeks ago warning them about the phishing site and discontinued development. It was never approved for viewing.

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My account is still pending. Since I made a new post right away, which was the whole point of joining, the automated discourse forum says I posted too fast and need approval.

[$] A trademark dispute over MeshCore

MeshCore is a relatively new project, started in January 2025, that aims to build a scalable mesh network using low-power long-distance radios. While many other projects of the sam [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1070218/ #LWN #Linux

Dusklight the reimplementation of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess gets a major update https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/dusklight-the-reimplementation-of-the-legend-of-zelda-twilight-princess-gets-a-major-update/

#Dusklight #Nintendo #PCGaming #Linux #Zelda #Retro

[$] A loadable crypto module for FIPS certification

Many organizations require US Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) certification of the crypto code they are running. The certification process is lengthy, but the bigge [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1073759/ #LWN #Linux #kernel #Android

Nesbitt: Protestware for coding agents

https://lwn.net/Articles/1075315/ #LWN #Linux #security

Security updates for Friday

https://lwn.net/Articles/1075310/ #LWN #Linux #security

Flathub moves to ban nearly all apps and submissions made with generative AI https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/flathub-moves-to-ban-nearly-all-apps-and-submissions-made-with-generative-ai/

#Linux #OpenSource #Flathub #AI #GenAI

#LINUX FINGERERS, I SEEK ADVICE:

I have a gaming PC on which I like running a Linux. Or more to the point, I like using it to learn how to fix Linux when I'm using it to learn how to game with Linux.

Anyway, storage-wise, it has a 250gb SATA SSD, and until yesterday, a 2tb HDD.

My setup was to put boot and root on the SSD, and /home on the HDD. That way I had the benefit of the SSD's speedier boot times, and the storage capacity of the HDD.

But now that HDD is deaaaaad.

I don't have one of similar capacity, nor am I a trillionaire, thus I can't afford to replace it. I do, however, have several much smaller capacity SATA HDDs.

So to my question:

Is it better to have boot, root, and home all on the SSD in separate partitions, then have my actual home documents on an HDD, with symlinks to /home on the SSD

or

Have boot and root on the SSD, and the /home partition on the HDD as I've had it before?

Ich habe mich ewig nicht getraut, aber jetzt läuft endlich #Fedora auf meinem #Chromebook! Habe viel zu lange gewartet, aber das war wirklich die beste Entscheidung. 👍

https://docs.mrchromebox.tech

#linux

Digital Sovereignty isn't just for nations!

Now that the desktop has reached The Final Shape we turn attention to our homelabs.

Been making great progress on this, we're at v .8. This one is boring. Knuckle just installs flatcar.

But we want cloud native magic so we're building "Bluefin Server" but not sure on the name. And it'll run flatcar, and in there your magical bootc factory runs and your bluebuild just worked ootb. And the Fedora one will come with coreOS, tekton, forgejo, konflux, etc.

A place for both - if we design the homeserver and desktop as one unified WHOLE, we could do a ton more stuff. The tech is already finished.

#linux #coreos #flatcar #gentoo

https://docs.projectbluefin.io/blog/introducing-knuckle/

@structuredsucc The conservative and slow-moving nature of #Debian is a feature, not a bug. When mass delusions - like the AI gold-rush - seize the IT industry, Debian holds its course, a bulwark of sanity and steadiness in a churning sea of narcissism and recklessness. #Linux

Rust 1.96.0 released

https://lwn.net/Articles/1075180/ #LWN #Linux #Rust

One wonderful thing about migrating from #GitLab to #Radicle is that we got rid of our one and only #Linux VM. The #HardenedBSD infrastructure now runs 100% on HardenedBSD (rather than 99% 🙂).

I think Gnome as a UI is amazing and provides the best UX. Even compared to for instance #macos which I also really enjoy to use.
Gnome lets you stay on the keyboard with limited need for mouse interaction. And it stays out of the way.

Please understand I am not against customizing your system. That is one thing I love that #linux and Gnome give us.

But try it out, it truly is amazing on its own.

owo whats this

#KDE #Plasma #KDEPlasma #Linux

To be crystal clear, the QtQuick side is now in rather good shape, we just need people to test it out and hunt down all the bugs, especially the weird edge cases! QtWidget side is still very much work in progress, though some buttons have some Union compatibility.

Anyway, hope people will have fun testing things out. I will likely write a blogpost about how to tinker with it when I'm not so swamped with beta bug hunting.

KDE Linux in a virtual machine (or bare metal if you're adventurous) is good way to test out the beta.

See also: https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.6.91/

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Screenshot of application style selection with Union (In Development) version enabled.

Those of you who have a #PineNote, how do you like it? Would it work for distraction free writing with #vim or is the eink refresh rate too low for writing?

#linux #tablet #eink

Górny: why Gentoo?

https://lwn.net/Articles/1075148/ #LWN #Linux #Gentoo

Pining for a faster Raspberry Pi? You'll need a pinch of pi-tience (sorry/not sorry) as the next major revision won't be arriving soon.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/raspberry-pi-6-2028-no-npu?v1

#RaspberryPi #OpenSource #linux

[$] Policies for merging new filesystems

In a filesystem-track session at the 2026 Linux Storage, Filesystem, Memory Management, and BPF Summit, Amir Goldstein wanted to discuss his proposed documentation on adding new fi [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1074557/ #LWN #Linux #kernel #BPF #FUSE

IBM's "Project Lightwell"

https://lwn.net/Articles/1075065/ #LWN #Linux #security

Olen aloittelemassa yhtä Linux projektia ja mietin alustaksi Lenovo ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 i7 prossulla ja Nvidia T1200 näyttiksellä.

Onkohan tuossa jotain mahdollisia sudenkuoppia mitkä osaisi jo etukäteen välttää ja mikä distro voisi olla fiksuin tuollaiseen. Käyttö olisi todennäköisesti vähän pelailua, vähän videoeditointia ja sit muuten perus toimisto/surffailumeininkejä.

#Linux #Lenovo

[$] Separating memory descriptors from struct page

The kernel's memory-management subsystem is currently partway through a multi-year project to replace the page structure (which represents a page of physical memory) with memory de [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1073425/ #LWN #Linux #kernel #XFS #BPF

Security updates for Thursday

https://lwn.net/Articles/1075060/ #LWN #Linux #security

Stylish 2.5D action brawler Skroyder Rumble brings a weird Brazilian-inspired cartoon world https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/stylish-2-5d-action-brawler-skroyder-rumble-brings-a-weird-brazilian-inspired-cartoon-world/

#SkroyderRumble #IndieGames #Linux #PCGaming

A friend asked me about costs etc. in running my own Mastodon (glitch-soc) instance.

My reply might be useful more broadly:

Costs: I run mine on an Intel NUC, for which I paid about ~£200. But I ran for years on a Raspberry Pi, which was fine until my account got a bit big. It consumes some electricity, and I already have an Internet connection with IPv6 and a spare IPv4. So, incrementally, beyond the cost of the hardware, very little.

Time to set up: it took me about 30 minutes *but* I am already familiar with hardening a Linux server, and I build the basic infrastructure automatically. Honestly, this is the bit that would concern me the most, for someone planning on putting a box on the Internet. But it could also be a fun learning exercise.

Time to maintain: a few minutes a month. Upgrades are easy enough. Backups are automatic (because I have automated them).

#fedimeta #mastodon #linux #selfhosting

Doch wie kann man die Daten anschauen? Wir fanden eine Rechnung eines großen Büromarktes und wollten die als Beispiel anschauen. Aber: Die wurde ausgedruckt, mit Eingangsstempel versehen, andere Vermerke gemacht und wieder eingescannt. Diese "digitale" Rechnung weiß natürlich nichts mehr von XML. 😉
Wir fanden dann doch andere Rechnungen, die XML enthielten und hatten dann doch Beispiele.

Für #Linux gibt es beispielsweise den Quba-Viewer, um E-Rechnungen anzuschauen::
https://quba-viewer.org/

I'm currently looking into a fediverse instance I fit into within mastodon. I love Linux, programming, coffee and currently fitting in game dev in my out of hours hobby. Any recommendations?

#linux #coffee #programming #gamedev #fediverse

MangoHud v0.8.4 released - should fix the Steam Overlay not working https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/mangohud-v0-8-4-released-should-fix-the-steam-overlay-not-working/

#MangoHud #Linux #OpenSource #LinuxGaming

Great #wayland is forcing me to buy a new keyboard as there's no support for custom shortcuts any more, and hasn't been for years under it, so unlikely to suddenly get sorted...

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=455444

#kde #accessibility #linux

[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for May 28, 2026

The LWN.net Weekly Edition for May 28, 2026 is available.

https://lwn.net/Articles/1073782/ #LWN #Linux

I need to make #Ableton run on #Linux. Does anyone here currently do so please? I need to pick your brains!

If you run your own local DNS servers at home, do you: (select all that apply)

Comment with your preferred DNS stack and privacy friendly DNS providers.

#FreeBSD #Linux #selfHosting #DNS

Interview session with Jonathan Corbet

https://lwn.net/Articles/1074907/ #LWN #Linux

Used #LibreOffice for a decade on #Ubuntu #Linux but never really liked the teeny GUI fonts & icons. #TIL that in addition to:

sudo apt install libreoffice-writer

installing:

sudo apt install libreoffice-gtk3

makes wonders! It also respects your dark-mode settings.

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Screenshot of LibreOffice Writer window, which shows a GUI with teeny font-sizes in the menu and small icons.

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Screenshot of LibreOffice Writer window, which shows a GUI with large font-sizes in the menu and small icons. The font-sizes and light mode in the OS settings are respected.

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Screenshot of LibreOffice Writer window, which shows a GUI with large font-sizes in the menu and small icons. The font-sizes and dark mode in the OS settings are respected.

[$] MOT: a tool to fight openwashing in AI

Many large language models (LLMs) are described as open source, but if one looks a bit deeper it turns out that is not actually so; the model may be free to download, it may be "op [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1073420/ #LWN #Linux #OSS

Andrew Morton's 2004 OLS keynote

https://lwn.net/Articles/1070746/ #LWN #Linux #kernel #Debian #Gentoo #BPF

Canonical has announced a new tool that lets developers quickly create reproducible isolated dev environments made from SDKs and defined by a YAML.

Using unprivileged LXD system containers with their own kernel and a host resource access system inspired by snapd, they company say they'll even allow agentic tools to run in a 'harmless' way.

More details ⤵
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/canonical-workshop-dev-environments

#ubuntu #linux #opensource

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Workshop CLI.

Fight off deadly swarms and a big space hive in the latest big No Man's Sky update https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/fight-off-deadly-swarms-and-a-big-space-hive-in-the-latest-big-no-mans-sky-update/

#NoMansSky #Gaming #PCGaming #Linux #SteamDeck

[$] Further progress toward removing the page map count

The mapcount field was created to track the number of mappings (page-table entries) that refer to the given page. Among other things, a mapcount of zero means that the page has no [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1073418/ #LWN #Linux #kernel #BPF

Security updates for Wednesday

https://lwn.net/Articles/1074840/ #LWN #Linux #security

Steam Beta fixes Steam Controller in Kingdom Come: Deliverance II and other issues solved https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/steam-beta-fixes-steam-controller-in-kingdom-come-deliverance-ii-and-other-issues-solved/

#SteamController #Linux #SteamOS #Valve #PCGaming

Proton Experimental gets fixes for Subnautica 2, War Thunder, Far Cry 4 and more https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/proton-experimental-gets-fixes-for-subnautica-2-war-thunder-far-cry-4-and-more/

#Subnautica2 #Proton #Linux #SteamOS #SteamDeck

🆕 blog! “Gadget Review: Chuwi Minibook X N150 + Linux”
★★★★☆

I needed a small and light laptop to take travelling. Something with a larger screen than my phone so I can use the Big Internet™. Nothing too expensive and something that uses the same USB-C charger as everything else.

So I settled on the Chuwi Minibook N150. It's literally small enough to fit …

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/05/gadget-review-chuwi-minibook-x-n150-linux/
⸻
#gadget #laptop #linux #review #usb-c

Niemals hätte ich gedacht, was unser kleiner offener Brief bewirken würde:
Debatte um USA-Abhängigkeit: Bayern will nun doch keine Microsoft-Lizenzen

#steuergeldexport #taxmoneyexport #opensource #linux #microsoft #digitalesouveränität #golem @OSBA @heinleinsupport @bluespice @grommunio @openproject @FeilnerIT @opentalk @OpenCloud @mailbox_org

https://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/bayern/debatte-um-usa-abhaengigkeit-bayern-will-nun-doch-keine-microsoft-lizenzen-114314412