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Hi Mastodon! I'm a DevOps engineer, mostly Kubernetes, Jenkins and a lot of Linux boxes. In my spare time I make small open source things that I will share here. I also write notes at https://thelinuxnotes.com https://github.com/epogonii #introduction #Linux #DevOps #GNOME #OpenSource

Linus Torvalds Working On A Hefty Linux Kernel Improvement With Claude Code https://lobste.rs/s/iq5xtw #ai #linux #vibecoding https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linus-Torvalds-Claude-Code

3-2-1 Backup Strategy with restic and Backblaze B2 https://lobste.rs/s/9zcxev #devops #linux https://chuck.is/paranoid/

The legendary meme distro returns after nearly two decades with a modern Debian Trixie base, KDE Plasma 6, and a whole lot of pink nostalgia. https://linuxiac.com/hannah-montana-linux-is-back-and-yes-its-real/ #linux #opensource

I was so looking forward to pitching Part 2 of my "Future Desktop UX" talk at @kde@floss.social Akademy this fall. #Linux needs to be building for the future and I was looking forward to seeing what the #KDE community thought of this. But alas, the acceptance gods were not on my side and my talk wasn't accepted. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fZTOjd_bOQ

GhostLock, a stack-UAF that has existed in all Linux distributions for 15 years https://nebusec.ai/research/ionstack-part-2/ #ai #linux

Firefox 153 has been released! This is the last monthly release before the release schedule speeds up. It enables container tabs for all, QR code link sharing and – at long last – nicely rounded bottom window corners on GTK desktops. Details and screenshots: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/firefox-153-new-containers-feature?v1 #Firefox #OpenSource #Linux

Tello's GameSir T1d controller as a Linux Xbox controller https://lobste.rs/s/dxftjg #linux #python https://blog.jacq.cc/guides/gamesir-t1d-linux-gamepad/

How can I use a local agentic LLM on Linux to debug code similar to Anthropic use of Claude to find vulnerabilities in Firefox? cross-posted from: reddthat.com/post/62484268

batman please answer this is important #PixelArt #Art #Comic #Comics #Meme #Batman #DC #Linux #AnubiArts

systemd Pilot, user-friendly systemd manager systemd Pilot](github.com/mfat/systemd-pilot) is a desktop application for managing systemd units and browsing its logs. Features: Support for managing remote machines over SSH Creating services and timers Filtering units by a status and type Download here: github.com/mfat/systemd-pilot/releases

Have we been running insecure software since the arrival of AI? I do about a monthly update of my Debian machines. Today I did the usual monthly update and noticed loads of packages uploading from the “security” branch. I’ve had the impression (just an impression) that more and more packages are being updated from security over the past many months. Trixie has been out for a while now and I would have thought that less and less updates should be coming from security. Has anyone had this sensation and if so has anyone linked this to AI finding more holes in OSS that would have normally been found by human scrutiny? Has there been any official research into this? And if this is true, does it mean that we have been running insecure software all along? Or is there is there a risk that AI start filing patches that actually make it less secure because software maintainers are not being rigorous in verifying who is submitting the patch? AI must be changing the paradigm of software development more than any other area of our lives and I can’t still work out if in a better way or not.

If immutable distros are so unbreakable, why are both my ostree branches broken? I decided to try out Bluefin, and it worked pretty well for 6 months. Then an update broke both the ostree branches somehow. Just black screens instead of finding/mounting root. It seems like something that could be fixed with the grub config, but I thought the point of an atomic distro was that an update wouldn’t break it. So I reinstalled debian instead of figuring out what happened with bluefin. I also hated having to restart after every update.

Ranking Web Browsers for 2026! Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:48 Sponsor: Proton VPN 01:59 Criteria for ranking 03:42 Chrome 05:56 Ungoogled Chromium 07:17 Microsoft Edge 08:26 Brave 10:17 Vivaldi 11:50 Opera 12:31 Firefox 15:22 Floorp 16:29 Librewolf and Waterfox 18:05 Zen Browser 19:43 GNOME Web 21:03 Orion 21:36 Falkon 22:29 Conclusion 23:44 Sponsor: Tuxedo Computers Links: Report on Opera and their owner: hindenburgresearch.com/opera-phantom-of-the-turna… Opera bought by Chinese consortium: engadget.com/2016-07-18-opera-browser-sold-to-a-c… Brave’s attempt at replacing ads: computerworld.com/…/brave-browser-begins-controve… Brave replacing affiliate links: sophos.com/…/brave-ceo-apologises-for-adding-affi…

Adobe suite on Linux (twice), Flathub says yes to AI - Linux Weekly News Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:38 Sponsor: Internxt 02:12 Entire Adobe Suite supported with custom Wine now 03:53 Open source clean room implementations of the entire Adobe Suite 07:35 Flathub now accepts apps that used Al, with disclosure 10:18 Cosmic will reject LLM generated submissions 11:35 Steam Frame now has 200 verified games 13:03 More Kernel and AMD performance improvements 15:43 Digital Ocean stops hosting credits for FOSS as they donate to Omacom 17:50 Gentoo asking for help for hosting after sponsors dried up 19:14 Orion stops development of its Linux browser 20:45 EU Commission doesn’t seem pleased with their Teams replacement 22:31 Googlebooks don’t look like they’ll help Linux much 24:23 Mesa looking at a more formal governance model 26:53 Sponsor: Tuxedo Computers Links Entire Adobe Suite supported with custom Wine now neutronproject.org Open source clean room implementations of the entire Adobe Suite github.com/storytold/photocraft Flathub now accepts apps that used Al, with disclosure linuxiac.com/flathub-reverses-ai-generated-app-ba… Cosmic will reject LLM generated submissions linuxiac.com/cosmic-stops-accepting-Ilm-generated… github.com/pop-os/cosmic-epoch/blob/…/PULL REQUEST TEMPLATE.md Steam Frame now has 200 verified games store.steampowered.com/greatonframe?tab=1 gamingonlinux.com/…/theres-now-over-200-steam-fra… More Kernel and AMD performance improvements phoronix.com/…/Linux-Better-Zswap-Performance www.phoronix.com/news/Boost-Recently-Busy-CPUs Digital Ocean stops hosting credits for FOSS as they donate to Omacom itsfoss.com/news/…/Gentoo asking for help for hosting after sponsors dried up itsfoss.com/news/…/Orion stops development of its Linux browser blog.kagi.com/update-orion-linux-windows EU Commission doesn’t seem pleased with their Teams replacement politico.eu/…/eu-microsoft-teams-alternative-bad-… Googlebooks don’t look like they’ll help Linux much androidauthority.com/linux-apps-on-googlebook-371… Mesa looking at a more formal governance model www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-Governance-Model

You can now install #Pixelix on Linux using Flatpak. https://github.com/ghostbyte-dev/pixelix/releases/tag/v5.2.3-flatpak We want to submit Pixelix to Flathub soon, in order to make installation even simpler. Please let us know in the comments what you think and if everything works. #Pixelfed #Vernissage #Linux #OpenSource #Flatpak

Are Anti-AI Linux distributions practical? I have been using Linux for over 8 months now, and my primary distribution of choice was Debian. Debian recently conducted a community vote on allowing AI contributions, and it ended up allowing responsible AI contributions. What is this responsible? How can AI commits be responsible? There are thousands of reasons to not use AI, and the primary reason is AI is a thief. How did you react to Debian’s decision? Did you switch distros? Which one was your option, and why? Also, when the Linux kernel itself allows AI commits, is there any practicality in a Linux distribution strictly limiting or restricting AI commits? I have no serious usability issue with Debian now but am concerned about the use of AI even in my Linux distribution. Should I keep going with Debian or consider any other distribution, as I only have 8+ months of experience as a daily Linux user? I tried almost all Linux distros and am comfortable with everything except Void Linux and highly complex ones like Gentoo.

What type of UI navigation do you prefer on a computer? So for a long time pretty much every computer used the traditional like windows layout with moveable windows that minimized or maximized and had a taskbar and start menu and whatnot. You had some minor changes with Mac and stuff, but now you can really have some radically different ways to use a computer. Personally I have differing preferences if I’m using a laptop or a desktop. On my desktop I prefer a dock and to use the mouse to click around. More of the windows style. Then on a laptop (which I use most often) I use a heavily gesture based navigation. Currently I have Gnome modified so that when I am in a program, like the web browser I’m in typing this, it is full screen. The top bar is hidden, and there’s no dock of any kind. Not even one that pops up when I move the mouse to the edge of the screen. Instead I have everything for navigation hidden inside the task view. I swipe up on the trackpad with 3 fingers to bring it up. That’s how I see time, battery life, and the other topbar stuff too. If switching quickly between two things I put one of them in a 2nd desktop and use a 3 finger side swipe to move back and forth. I’m curious to know what other unique or highly custom navigation methods people are using on Linux. I know tiling window managers are pretty popular. Is there a general consensus on what’s best these days? Or is everyone doing slightly different things?

Im April fand die #SUSECON statt - über 1.000 Teilnehmende haben sich auf den Weg nach Prag gemacht um aus den 140 Sessions auszuwählen. Neben dem aktuellen Trendthema #DigitalSovereignty gab es auch zahlreiche technische Neuigkeiten rund um #SUSE #Linux Enterprise, SUSE Linux Micro und Multi-Linux Manager. Neben einem Event-Wrap-Up mit Maximilian Herrmann haben wir auch Interviews mit Stefan Behlert, Johannes Hahn und Miguel Pérez Colino für euch. 🎙️ https://user.space/e019-susecon-2026/ #SUSECON26

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