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A nice little improvement in Slackware-current: rc.font now supports automatic font sizing and configuration through /etc/default/rc.font.

I used it to set my Linux console to UW ttyp0, the same font family I enjoy in xterm:

FONT=WET-Ttyp0Regular22x11

Looks great on my laptop. Small details make a difference. 🙂

https://people.mpi-inf.mpg.de/~uwe/misc/uw-ttyp0/
#Slackware #Linux #Typography

I am intrigued by #NetBSD and I think I'll try dual booting when I have some free time. My big question is, how do you fill gaps when there isn't an application available in pkgsrc? Say for instance I wanted to run Vivaldi, am I SOL until they decide to port over, if ever? Or, do you run a virtualized application instead and if so, is that performant?

I see that #FreeBSD has the larger following but I don't like their fence sitting on LLM contributions and don't want to get into it only for them to make a decision I disagree with.

I spent all this time migrating to #Arch only for Linus to give me the ick. Which, of course really sucks because I tend to like Arch. But, I think history repeats itself in a way here and it's time to start looking elsewhere and seeing if the jump is realistic.

#BSD #linux

Niccolò Ve is a KDE developer making videos on free open source software, Linux, the internet and related topics. You can follow them at:

➡️ @veggero

(Don't worry if the account seems blank, that just means no one from your server follows it yet. Follow them and their videos will start gradually showing up on your server too.)

#FeaturedPeerTube #FOSS #Linux #KDE #Tech #PeerTube

Here's how I exchange files to/from my "host" system, when running FreeDOS in a virtual machine. (My desktop is #Linux 🐧)

1️⃣ using a virtual floppy 💾
2️⃣ mounting the virtual disk

🌐 all things open . org

https://allthingsopen.org/articles/copy-files-between-freedos-and-linux

Ubuntu 26.10 (Stonking Stingray) released https://lobste.rs/s/61ujum #linux #release
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2026-October/000330.html

19 June 1984.

Bob Scheifler announces the first release of the X Window System:

"I stole a fair amount of code from W ... and called it X."

Forty-two years later, I'm still running X11 daily on Slackware.

Happy Birthday, X.

Source: https://www.talisman.org/x-debut.shtml

#X11 #Unix #Linux #Slackware #XLibre

Suggestion to replace LibreOffice with Collabora as default on Fedora https://lobste.rs/s/mitm2h #linux
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-Discuss-Collabora-Office

Tuning a Server for Benchmarking https://lobste.rs/s/fejuat #linux #performance
https://david.alvarezrosa.com/posts/tuning-a-server-for-benchmarking/

I’ve released slackfetch 1.2.0.

Recent changes in Slackware, including the introduction of /etc/default/rc.font for configuring the console font, motivated this update.

This release improves session detection and makes the output more accurate:

session: console tty2 (font: Ttyp0 OTB 14)
session: ssh pts/0
session: cwm (XLibre 1.25.2.2, font: Ttyp0 OTB 14)
session: kwin (Wayland)

The local console font is read from /etc/default/rc.font. SSH sessions are identified separately, without incorrectly reporting the
server’s console font as the client’s font.

The old wm: field has been replaced by the clearer session: field.

https://forge.slackware.nl/r1w1s1/slackfetch

#Slackware #linux #shell #slackfetch

Saturday night fun: trying out the #Crux #Linux on a #QEMU virtual machine. Now building kernel 6.12.23 . I enjoy trying out new things in #VM just to explore. The Crux Linux seems like an intriguing distro that stands out nowadays as simple bloat-free project.

#FOSS #RunNix #WeekendFun

#linux @board 请问一下linux发行版是选debian好还是fedora好一点🤔

Dissecting House of Apple 2 on modern glibc https://lobste.rs/s/uhlr9z #linux #security
https://jazho76.github.io/house_of_apple_2/

How I Found a $113,337 AF_ALG Linux Local Privilege Escalation Before Copy Fail https://lobste.rs/s/j1nvpt #linux #security
https://idnsec.com/research/linux-local-privilege-escalation-with-af-alg/

Introducing Toolpak https://lobste.rs/s/7dkvey #linux
https://blogs.gnome.org/alatiera/2026/09/26/introducing-toolpak/

There are a few reviews of the MNT Pocket Reform online. This is mine, from someone who can't see the keys.

I love this little machine and use it almost constantly. Getting there took custom keyboard firmware, a talking OLED menu, a fight with the audio stack and a C header file I still open to find my own keys.

https://fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/the-mnt-pocket-reform-is-the-computer-i-actually-own/

#MNTReform #PocketReform #OpenHardware #Linux #Orca #ScreenReader #Accessibility #Blind

TESTANDO WALLPAPERS ANIMADOS NO LINUX
#LINUX #DEBIAN #FUN #DESKTOP #SOFTWARE #GNU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmUQJa_ZppM

Linux Mint 27 will include a suite of new software, including a more capable system monitor.

I took a development version for a spin and came away impressed – and with more disk space.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/10/linux-mint-new-system-monitor?v2

#linuxmint #linux #openSource

postmarketOS rebrands as Nura via @lobo https://lobste.rs/s/msjitj #linux
https://nura.eco/blog/2026/09/27/nura-rename/

An Update on Orion for Linux and Windows via @BryceWrayTX https://lobste.rs/s/xruas8 #browsers #linux #windows
https://blog.kagi.com/update-orion-linux-windows

Is #Debian testing #Linux a viable option to keep on a constant upgrade of a system without being shit like some of the other rolling release distros out there?

I have been looking at Linux Mint Debian edition #LMDE for my wife but with the state of flux and that it doesn't have #KDE , I don't think it is really suitable in 2026.

No, I don't want distros that come from North American corporate sponsors. Yes Fedora is good but I don't like how it is tracking.

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

Eine Nachlese zum 192. virtuellen #LTN am 22.10.2026.:

Es haben sich in der Summe 13 Gäste eingefunden. Vielen Dank dafür!

Themen waren diesmal u.a.:

- php und NextCloud, Alternativen,
- Graphene OS,
- Brother Scanner und Firmwareupdate,
- Grsync kurze Vorstellung,
- Geek Atlas,
- elekt. Wasseruhren -> LoRaWAN?
- SPF Eintrag

Das nächste virtuelle Treffen findet am 12.11.2026 ab 19:00 Uhr statt; der nächste reale Treff wieder am 05.11. beim Theo.

Einfach vorbeikommen!

#linux #lug #nürnberg

Der 192. virtuelle #Linux-Treff Nord steht an:

Am Donnerstag, den 22.10. findet der virtuelle Linux-Treff Nord statt. Beginn ist wieder um 19:00 Uhr.

Themen werden u.a. diesmal sein:

- USB Sticks und Anwendungsfälle,
- "Höhenstrahlung" und Effekte im Notebook,
- #endof10,
- wer sonst noch was mitbringt.

Wer mit dabei sein und z.B. eine Linuxfrage loswerden möchte, einfach eine Mail an kontakt[at]lug-noris.de senden.

Hinweis: Nächster Termin beim Theo: 05.11.2026

#lpd #nürnberg #hackmake

The Netherlands is building its own Linux OS to break free from Microsoft https://lobste.rs/s/nne5uh #linux #windows
https://www.techspot.com/news/114018-netherlands-building-own-linux-os-break-free-microsoft.html

Filian, Fil-C binaries on Debian https://lobste.rs/s/rs6ce2 #c #linux
https://cr.yp.to/2025/fil-c.html