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Fedora 44 Gnome review - We're not in Kansas anymore https://lobste.rs/s/d62wrd #linux
https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/fedora-44-gnome.html

Why Drawing Tablet Brands Won't Collaborate on Linux FLOSS Drivers

After investigation; Gaomon, XpPen, and Huion won't collaborate on open-source drivers because of outdated naming conventions. Here's what I learned from direct contact with their technical teams, and what I plan to do to move forward.

Link to article: https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1154/why-drawing-tablet-brands-wont-collaborate-on-linux-floss-drivers

#linux #drivers #tablet

A daily #Linux command from #LinuxLexiconBot:

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

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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

Announcing the next generation of Distrobox https://lobste.rs/s/xb4qgt #go #linux
https://distrobox.it/posts/announcing_distrobox_next/

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

È stato creato un gruppo di discussione del canale telegram di FediLUG: https://t.me/fedilug per promuovere Linux e il software libero, potete seguirlo da qui:

https://t.me/fedilugita

Per chi ha a cuore l'open source e la privacy il fediLUG è presente anche su matrix: https://matrix.to/#/#fedilug:fedimedia.it

L’idea è creare spazi aperti dove condividere esperienze, guide, consigli, novità e aiutarsi a vicenda 🚀

Messaggio rilanciato su: @linux

#unolinux #linux #telegram #fedilug

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

Why Drawing Tablet Brands Won't Collaborate on Linux FLOSS Drivers https://lobste.rs/s/rq2t8j #hardware #linux
https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1154/why-drawing-tablet-brands-wont-collaborate-on-linux-floss-drivers

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

A daily #Linux command from #LinuxLexiconBot:

mkfs.ntfs (8) - create an NTFS file system

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Today is the day! — Nitrux 6.1.0 is available to download — https://nxos.org

We are pleased to announce the launch of Nitrux 6.1.0. This new version combines the latest software updates, bug fixes, performance improvements, and ready-to-use hardware support.

Nitrux 6.1.0 is available immediately.

Changelog: https://nxos.org/changelog/release-announcement-nitrux-6-1-0/

#Nitrux #Release #News #Changelog #Linux #MauiKit

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

Had to do my first recovery from restic, and boy am I glad I set that up.

#restic #backup #linux

The linux experience on x86 vs arm is night and day!

I really hope it catches up, because I liked using asahi, but it's much better with a computer that's "supported"

#linux

A daily #Linux command from #LinuxLexiconBot:

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

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

Soar package manager https://lobste.rs/s/bmohqw #linux #rust
https://soar.qaidvoid.dev/

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

I am actually kind of amazed it was so easy for me to build gmake 3.80 from 2002 for arm64.

All I needed was to use an old Linaro toolchain, copy over some files, and…

$ cd make-3.80/
$ cp /usr/share/autoconf/build-aux/config.{guess,sub} config/
$ ./configure --host=aarch64-linux-gnu
$ make

Sugoi~!

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

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

#GetFediHired: #Linux & #BSD admin, 20-40h, remote oder #Salzburg <-> #Rosenheim 📍 #Traunstein

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/

🐧 Il FediLUG ha finalmente la sua Collection di account Linux!

Se credete nel #SoftwareLibero, se usate #Linux, se pensate serva combattere contro lo strapotere dei Big tech, allora questa lista di account fa per voi:

👉 https://mastodon.uno/collections/116781392137645134

✊ Facciamo crescere insieme questa rete.
🔁 Boostate la Collection.
📣 Condividetela ovunque.
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