Security updates for Thursday

https://lwn.net/Articles/1087489/

#LWN #Linux #security

@gamingonlinux Lost interest with computers, honestly. Fuck Linux, fuck selfhosting, fuck all that crap. Rich normies who discovered Linux is a thing are flaunting their selfhosting crap and it ain't helping.

I'm more into batteries and solar panels these days. I'm just earning some money so I can do more with that hobby.

#batteries #electronics #pcgaming #gaming #ram #linux #selfhosting

Happy Anniversary!

First website was launched on 06.08.1991: https://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html

Resource: https://home.cern/science/computing/the-birth-of-the-web

#WorldWideWeb #W3 #WWW #CERN #Internet #HTML #HTTP #URL #NeXT #FreeSoftware #FLOSS #FOSS #OpenSource #FirstWebsite #History #IndieWeb #TimBernersLee #SelfHost #Fediverse #Tech #Technology #Computer #Computers #Linux #Science

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World Wide Web banner.

"Put Linux On It" 🐧 by The Stop Bits

https://thestopbits.bandcamp.com/track/put-linux-on-it

The fresh summer hit we needed to keep this hot summer cool 😎

"""
I deny the concept of scheduled obsolescence. \
They tell me this machine is too old to be productive. \
That's just an invitation for creative installation. \
On floppy or CD \
I'll boot this you will see. \
I put Linux on it!
"""

@veronica

#EndOf10 #Linux #GNUlinux #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Windows10 #Windows11 #Sustainability #DIDay #Obsolescence

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Screenshot from the bandcamp site for "Put Linux On It" from the album "Return From Interrupt" by The Stop Bits.

Mesa 26.2.0 released with lots of improvements for Linux / SteamOS graphics drivers https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/mesa-26-2-0-released-with-lots-of-improvements-for-linux-steamos-graphics-drivers/

#Mesa #Linux #Drivers #OpenSource #LinuxGaming

On second thought, I realize only now that part of the team tested littleFedi on FreeBSD and OpenBSD, I also tested it on NetBSD and illumos... and no one has actually tested the Linux builds yet.

The exact opposite of what usually happens 🙂

#littleFedi #OwnYourData #RunBSD #illumos #Linux

I’ve been working on a native KDE client based on #Carburetor, and I’m happy to announce its release under the name #Karburetor.

The goal of this project is to provide a better Tor experience for KDE Plasma users with a client that fits naturally into the KDE ecosystem, without GNOME dependencies and with a focus on a more native, simple, and integrated experience.

In this release, several parts of Carburetor have been redesigned so Karburetor can run independently from GNOME. The settings, proxy management, and user interface have been adapted to better match KDE standards.

Karburetor now uses native KDE settings and integrates more smoothly with Plasma services. Proxy handling has also been improved, allowing Plasma and KDE applications to directly use the Tor connection.

New features include active Bridge detection, improved support for different Tor transports, and a more extensible architecture for future improvements.

GitHub:
https://github.com/kdefarsi/karburetor

P.S. Due to network limitations in Iran, Codeberg being censored, and GitLab being sanctioned, unfortunately the sources are temporarily hosted on Microsoft GitHub for now.

I may move the project to KDE Invent in the future if possible, after it becomes more stable.

#KDE #KDEPlasma #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #Tor #Privacy #GNUlinux #Qt #KDEApps

[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for August 6, 2026

The LWN.net Weekly Edition for August 6, 2026 is available.

https://lwn.net/Articles/1086134/

#LWN #Linux

What unholy thing is an "AppImage"? WTF?

I thought the #linux world learned it's lesson with "flatpacks" and "snap" garbage, but I guess some are giving it the ol' college try again.

If you want a standalone application, make a container or a statically linked binary. (#rustlang and #golang made that popular again)

Or, like, create a Makefile like a normal person.

Wtf Linux world.

#diday #dutgemacht #linux

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Bart Simpson writing on the chalkboard meme: systemd-journald failed to write

Keine Ahnung ob das schon ins Fediverse gelangt ist aber bei Manjaro ist man derzeit wohl bei der Vereinsgründung angelegt: https://forum.manjaro.org/t/manjaro-2-0-manifesto/186171/316  #manjaro #linux #opensource

Hey #linux users,

In my switch from Windows to Linux, I am now looking for a nice email client. I am not a big fan of the clunky interface of Thunderbird (as much as it does work quite well), which are the best options for email? To give you an idea, on Windows I currently use eM Client

b4 0.16.0 released

https://lwn.net/Articles/1087388/ #LWN #Linux #Git

I've been building up a script with config tweaks to make MacOS more tolerable as someone who was daily driving Linux (specifically Gnome) day-to-day.

Do any of you have your own favourites that I might have missed?

https://github.com/Sinjo/dotfiles/commit/b235b7c60eeba5b32b6bc52184e60b3316195dd8

#Linux #MacOS

[$] Examining other network namespaces using BPF

Jordan Rife's work involves writing BPF programs for Cilium that interface with Kubernetes networking. As part of that work, he wants to enable BPF programs with appropriate perm [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1085896/ #LWN #Linux #kernel #BPF #LSFMMBPF

[$] FUSE status and plans

Filesystem in Userspace (FUSE) maintainer Miklos Szeredi led a birds-of-a-feather (BoF) discussion about the subsystem at the 2026 Linux Storage, Filesystem, Memory Management, and [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1086336/ #LWN #Linux #kernel #Git #BPF #io_uring #FUSE

Anyone with a amazon #kindle paperwhite 3 (2015, 7th Gen) who would be interested in installing #Linux 6.15 and getting rid of nearly all the Amazon bits?

I'm now looking for brave alpha testers to dig out their old kindle and test installation scripts (there is a chance of bricking which could be rescued by tapping the serial lines)

Let me know if you are interested.

Nelson: rust-lang/rust is adopting an LLM policy

https://lwn.net/Articles/1087326/ #LWN #Linux #Rust

Security updates for Wednesday

https://lwn.net/Articles/1087318/ #LWN #Linux #security

New IT Guy Show is live, and this one is about a tool a lot of us LOVE: @bitwarden .

Password managers are one of those things everyone agrees you should use and nobody really wants to talk about. We got into why Bitwarden being open source actually matters, new features, and how it holds up when you take it into a team or an org instead of just your personal logins.

Watch here: https://youtu.be/mtJVzPL9-fQ
#Bitwarden #OpenSource #Cybersecurity #PasswordManager #Linux #ITGuyShow

Hi, moOde 10.3.2 (Trixie) is available in the Media Player OS section of the Raspberry Pi Imager or as a direct download from the Release archive at moodeaudio.org. Visit the Forum for more information https://moodeaudio.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=8849&pid=73697#pid73697

#audio #foss #linux #raspberrypi #music #moodeaudio #opensource #supporter

dwproton-11.0-10 released with a fix for Honkai: Star Rail https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/dwproton-11-0-10-released-with-a-fix-for-honkai-star-rail/

#Proton #DWProton #Linux #HonkaiStarRail #SteamOS

Feed rubber ducks to a bottomless corporate void in Project P.I.T.T. on August 19 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/feed-rubber-ducks-to-a-bottomless-corporate-void-in-project-p-i-t-t-on-august-19/

#IndieGames #ProjectPITT #Godot #Linux

An LLM agent attempts to compromise a project on GitHub

https://lwn.net/Articles/1087162/ #LWN #Linux #security

Papirus icon set has received its first update in over a year, adding over 80 new and updated icons.

This has proven to be perennially popular icon pack for Linux since its debut in 2023, so it's great to see it's still alive.

→ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/paprius-icon-pack-sees-first-update-in-a-year-with-80-new-icons

#Linux #Design #OpenSource

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Papirus icon set showcase of some of its new icons

Today's yak shaving adventure was caused by "Flatpak apps cannot resolve mDNS (*.local) hostnames". I spent a long time messing about with librewolf's DNS over HTTPS settings and got nowhere. Firefox was able to resolve the local urls, as was curl in the terminal. Eventually realised that firefox was running as a native app, but librewolf I had installed as a flatpak. Uninstalled the flatpak, installed the native version, and it all works. Apparently this has been an issue since 2020, but is quite tricky to fix. #linux

[$] Fedora considers conflict-of-interest policy

The Fedora Council is considering a conflict-of-interest (COI) policy for its decision-making bodies, such as the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee (FESCo), special-interest gr [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1086488/ #LWN #Linux #RedHat

NVIDIA now supporting the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS) as a premier sponsor https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/nvidia-now-supporting-the-linux-vendor-firmware-service-lvfs-as-a-premier-sponsor/

#Linux #NVIDIA #Firmware #OpenSource #LVFS

Settlement building co-op action-adventure Necesse 'Rust & Romance' update is a big one https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/settlement-building-co-op-action-adventure-necesse-rust-romance-update-is-a-big-one/

#Necesse #IndieGames #Linux #SteamDeck #Gaming

Using #CachyOS desktop and kernels on #Fedora!!? Would likely be a dream for #Bitwig use on #Linux. The low latency kernels without the underlying masochism of Arch.
Dare I?

Another NPM worm

https://lwn.net/Articles/1087108/ #LWN #Linux #security

Linux is running large advertising campaigns now in Berlin #diday #dutgemacht #linux

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A glowing digital display shows an error log from a system journal, listing multiple instances of "Failed to write entry" with details about byte sizes and item counts. The scene is set at night, with a visible city backdrop and foliage.

[$] The beginning of a process-builder API

The recent discussion on "spawn templates" raised questions about whether it was time to provide an alternative to the classic Unix fork()/exec() pattern for process creation. One [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1086330/ #LWN #Linux #kernel #Git

Security updates for Tuesday

https://lwn.net/Articles/1087068/ #LWN #Linux #security

This guy spends 15 minutes going over features in modern #linux and then at the very end complains that we don't make one without systemd.

Literally spent 15 minutes going over all the features and then wonders why we need it.

Amazing, you can't make this up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VR5En3AYwXQ

Things the OS authors don't want you to know:

* The #FreeBSD logo is Beastie, because it reminds you to dare, hack, and stop praying.
* The #Linux logo is Tux, because even penguins know what it is like to freeze with amdgpu.
* The #Windows logo is a window, because that is where you throw the PC after the third BSOD.
* The #OpenBSD logo is Puffy, because it’s the only fish that takes security more seriously than being edible.
* The #NetBSD logo is a flag, because if it boots on your hardware, they claim it as territory.
* The #DragonFlyBSD logo is a dragonfly, because every time you explain HAMMER2, people suddenly find somewhere else to be.
* The #macOS logo is an Apple, because one bite costs 999$, no 1999$, no 4999$. They soldered the RAM to keep the worms out.
* The #ChromeOS logo is #chrome because the operating system is just the browser admitting it won.

#BSD #Unix #RunBSD #pkg

I have this desire to keep tinkering with my Linux laptop, and it's born of decades of having to wrestle with my computers (mostly Windows, but not *not* Macs).

#FOSS #FLOSS #OpenSource #Linux #Debian #Gnome

My last laptop has been linuxified. A #Lenovo #ThinkPad #T14 Gen 1. I got it all Windows last year for fairly little money. And this morning I gave a new driver for the #MX330 a go. It was worth it. I hardly ever use the way too small screen, but with an external moni it works great for not too demanding tasks.

#endeavourOS #arch #cinnamon #linux #linuxified #nvidia

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Screenshot from Kitty terminal on EndeavourOS Cinnamon with fastfetch showing output.

Twenty years of Pandoc

https://lwn.net/Articles/1086976/ #LWN #Linux

Initial Steam Machine reviews are broadly positive, Jellyfin is losing some key project leaders, Sony deletes more movies that people “bought”, why you probably shouldn’t wipe your phone when the US authorities ask for access, Graham repurposes some discarded crypto hardware to play arcade games, Félim gets that old game working, a great terminal music player, and more.

https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-397/

#podcast #linux #opensource

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Late Night Linux artwork

It feels good to draw these two again for the next MiniFantasyTheater!

#screenshot #krita #linux

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A screenshot of my main screen: on left, Beeref, with a collection of face of the casting of the Avian Intelligence series (the Parrot and Cepper, the Gothic Sorceress) On the center, Krita, with on the canvas a pencil study of Cepper painting a canvas , happy, while Parrot look at her. On a corner of the screen, neofetch in a terminal showing some spec of my GNU/Linux desktop.

C-Kermit 11 released

https://lwn.net/Articles/1086953/ #LWN #Linux #Debian

Hi all and especially the amazing Linux and more specifically, Linux Mint people who could possibly help me out once again.

As always, the various search engines are coming up with everything I don't need help with.

I have a 2TB external drive which is in 3 partitions. I can see all the existing files and folders. However, I am backing up some music folders onto it and here is the issue. The backed up folders are not visible and after copying IDK, about 20+ folders, I get an error:

Error creating directory /media/rose/WD Passport/Music/BLUES: Input/output error

I tried Disks and GParted to fix but no use. I'm trying to run fsck on it but am failing as it won't accept my bloody password even though I use it all the time (of course!). If I try to re-copy one of the folders I get the usual message asking what I want to do with it (merge etc) and with most, I can then replace/skip etc. So it's sounds like a bad sector or something, hence the disk utils and fsck. There's plenty of space left on it, about 1/2 TB.

Any / all offers of help will be happily put to the test.

#Linux #Linux_Mint #Help #LinuxHelp #Linux_Help

Mistfall Hunter is a new extraction ARPG that works on SteamOS / Linux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/mistfall-hunter-is-a-new-extraction-arpg-that-works-on-steamos-linux/

#MistfallHunter #SteamOS #Linux #Extraction #ARPG

[$] Buffer sizes for FUSE io_uring

The Filesystem in Userspace (FUSE) subsystem provides a way to service filesystem requests from a user-space server, which moves the format-handling code out of the kernel. The FU [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1085618/ #LWN #Linux #kernel #BPF #io_uring #FUSE

SQLite Critical CVEs or LLM Slop? (JFrog blog)

https://lwn.net/Articles/1086936/ #LWN #Linux #security

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟬𝟴/𝟬𝟯 (Valuable News - 2026/08/03) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/08/03/valuable-news-2026-08-03/

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

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

Four stable kernels for Monday

https://lwn.net/Articles/1086900/ #LWN #Linux #kernel