linux

A 90's era Keygen-like for X11 for Unix/Linux https://lobste.rs/s/98momh #c #freebsd #linux #unix
https://github.com/sbz/keygen

I checked the workstation in our lab running #Debian #Linux stable, which mainly is for my own usage most of the time, had three versions of kernels updated for the past month. And yet it had not caught up with the latest CVE reports. This is really unusual🫣

playingtux.com: Completely Rebuilt After 13 Years https://playingtux.com/en/articles/2026/05/playingtux-com-relaunch/ #Linux #Gaming #LinuxGaming

A daily #Linux command from #LinuxLexiconBot:

c++ (1) - GNU project C and C++ compiler

I am a human, but my little bot posts a random Linux command daily. If you don't want to see it you can mute the LinuxLexiconBot hashtag.

Happy hacking!

Wayland compositor implemented as a mod in Minecraft https://lobste.rs/s/yvkqco #graphics #linux
https://modrinth.com/project/9yAfrPwH

XLibre XServer 25.2 released https://lobste.rs/s/vpe3o6 #linux #release
https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver/wiki/XLibre-XServer-25.2-Changes

your dotfiles are not a distro https://lobste.rs/s/t1spjc #linux
https://abyss.fish/your_dotfiles_are_not_a_distro

Linux and Secure Boot certificate expiration via @bd103 https://lobste.rs/s/hpx7an #linux
https://lwn.net/Articles/1029767/

Flatpak will depend on systemd https://lobste.rs/s/gfbpgq #linux #systemd
https://www.osnews.com/story/145071/flatpak-will-depend-on-systemd/

A daily #Linux command from #LinuxLexiconBot:

findfs (8) - find a filesystem by label or UUID

I am a human, but my little bot posts a random Linux command daily. If you don't want to see it you can mute the LinuxLexiconBot hashtag.

Happy hacking!

The Linux/Unix Default Home Directory Receives An Update

Learn of about the recent update to Freedesktop.org’s XDG User Directories that adds a new directory to a GNU/Linux and Unix default home directory.

https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/xdg-user-dir-linux-unix-new-default-directory/

#blog #linux #unix #GNOME #KDE #tech

Colorado and California age verification bills exempt open source operating systems https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/colorado-and-california-age-verification-bills-exempt-open-source-operating-systems/

#Gaming #USA #PCGaming #US #AgeVerification #Linux #OpenSource

After Bluesky, Threads, and so on, the whole #WSocial thing is another reminder that it was never about the #Fediverse being "too complicated" or "just for nerds".

A bafflingly large amount of people genuinely only act on a gut feeling telling them that only commercial products with fancy marketing owned by a for-profit corporation can be trustworthy, 'official' and 'legal', for the lack of a better word.

If something is a commercial offering by a competent-looking, rich family man in a suit, it's clearly an official, legal, trustworthy product. You can be proud of using such a fancy-looking service.

When they see a community-run open-source project or a grassroots initiative, their first instinct is that it must be shady, illegal, complicated, broken or predatory in some way. It's probably some aftermarket grey area bootleg made by weird tech nerds, political groups with an ulterior motive, conspiracy theorists or some naive teenage hackers. They'd also be embarrassed for using it in front of their peers and neighbours; who uses some free back-alley software, are you poor or something?

The same people are the reason why Google is using the word 'sideloading', why scammers love wearing fancy suits, why people suddenly act childishly helpless in front of LibreOffice, or why DIY HRT is so demonised.

They trust any kind of 'official approval' over their own senses. If someone does something that isn't 'approved', they're a bad person or clearly endangering themselves and others. No idea why exactly, but psh, it must be wrong somehow, or everyone would do it, right?

If people on the Fediverse understood that the whole "it's all so complicated and clunky" thing is just a thinly veiled excuse for a general disdain for non-commercial software, we could finally stop making all our software imitate their corporate equivalents in a futile attempt to appease people who never gave us a chance in the first place.

You'll never convince them to treat it in good faith no matter how much effort or money you put into UX or 'ease of use'. All you're doing is making the software worse, e. g. through things like dot-social, verified accounts or begging brands, corporations and politicians to join and give your product some kind of 'official' validation.

#mastodon #openSource #linux

Question for the audience:
Yesterday I mentioned rebuilding my #homelab on upstream #Linux distros for #container workloads. Now I'm trying to decide between two solid options: #bootc or #Fedora CoreOS.
Both have their strengths. I'm curious where you land and why.

Which would you choose?
#SysAdmin #FedoraCoreOS #OpenSource

SOCKMAP - TCP splicing of the future via @RunxiYu https://lobste.rs/s/zng304 #linux #networking
https://blog.cloudflare.com/sockmap-tcp-splicing-of-the-future/

I have been hearing some concerns about Linux Mint's ability to maintain the Cinnamon desktop.

As in they don't have the resources and developers to manage the conflicts with the newer GTK versions and keeping up with what needs to be done in Cinnamon.

Do you think those concerns are overblown? Or legitimate?

In any case, I am glad that I considered XFCE as an alternative to Cinnamon and I am having a good time exploring and customizing XFCE now.

#Linux #LinuxMint #Cinnamon #XFCE

A daily #Linux command from #LinuxLexiconBot:

nmbd (8) - NetBIOS name server to provide NetBIOS over IP naming services to clients

I am a human, but my little bot posts a random Linux command daily. If you don't want to see it you can mute the LinuxLexiconBot hashtag.

Happy hacking!

Rethinking the GNOME clipboard issues by @edu4rdshl https://lobste.rs/s/ffs7xz #javascript #linux #rust
https://edu4rdshl.dev/posts/rethinking-the-gnome-clipboard-issues/

OK, time to build linux 2.6!

> Makefile:1441: *** mixed implicit and normal rules: deprecated syntax

Ugh, okay, first we build old Make. Surely Make from 2006 will do…?

> Makefile:1441: *** mixed implicit and normal rules: Stop

Oh, okay. Welp. Make from 2002 will do…?

> glob.c:576:23: error: implicit declaration of function

God dang it, haha, of course I can’t build 2002 Make. Surely GCC 4.9 will work…?

> yes

nice

#lang_en #linux #gnu #lignux #gcc #make #gmake

Xfwl4's First Preview Release via @mariusor https://lobste.rs/s/ut8idd #linux
https://www.spurint.org/journal/2026/06/xfwl4s-first-preview-release

postmarketOS v26.06 (Alpen Avocado) released by @fossdd https://lobste.rs/s/kn7fi8 #linux #mobile #release
https://postmarketos.org/blog/2026/06/21/v26.06-release/

CIFSwitch: a non-universal Linux local root vulnerability https://lobste.rs/s/yvs9nm #linux #security
https://heyitsas.im/posts/cifswitch/

System call instrumentation on Linux/x86-64 using memory-indirect calls (in vain?), part one https://lobste.rs/s/mi6osr #assembly #linux
https://www.humprog.org/~stephen/blog/2026/06/15/#system-call-instrumentation-on-intel-negative-result

#Stencil, my file renaming utility for #GNOME, is now available on #Flathub! Get it while it's hot.

https://flathub.org/apps/me.fouquet.Stencil

#gtk #libadwaita #linux

A daily #Linux command from #LinuxLexiconBot:

mtools (1) - utilities to access DOS disks in Unix.

I am a human, but my little bot posts a random Linux command daily. If you don't want to see it you can mute the LinuxLexiconBot hashtag.

Happy hacking!