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Search results for tag #linux

Princess Nettles Succubish »
@tiefling@bardicperspiration.club

I don't like Linux, but it's the only stupid thing that I can use without having a super expensive spyware computer.

I liked how pretty Mac was but it got to be all "buy all of our stuffs" and I don't LIKE iPhones. They're dumb.

I wish there was a good thing for non techies to use that didn't come w getting talked down to and mansplained when stuffs doesn't work.

    Scott Ellis »
    @ScottE@mastodon.social

    What unholy thing is an "AppImage"? WTF?

    I thought the 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 made that popular again)

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

    Wtf Linux world.

      nytpu the wyvern »
      @nytpu@tilde.zone

      Okay, this is literally incomprehensible: on my Alpine v3.24 VPS, drill github.com, nslookup github.com, getent ahosts github.com, ping github.com, lynx https://github.com/, and manually sending hand-written queries to the configured DNS servers all return/use the correct IPv4 address, and return nothing as expected when querying for AAAA records.

      And yet, curl and git both have completely nonsense IPv6 addresses returned (they're random Cloudflare addresses) alongside the correct IPv4 address, and then prioritize them. Those tools also completely ignore any overrides in /etc/hosts and I can't find any way to see what fucking broken bullshit they're doing to resolve DNS (because it's apparently not fucking getnameinfo nor manually reading /etc/resolv.conf).

      There is literally no possible source for those addresses to be returned when resolving github.com AFAICT and no way to override them other than having to edit literally everything that might touch github to add -4 to those utilities' command lines

        Luna Lactea »
        @jackemled@furry.engineer

        Do mini PCIe hardware security modules or standalone cryptographically strong pRNGs exist? If they do, where can I get one? NetBSD is complaining about low entropy (laptop from 2011) & suggests I keysmash, use an entropy file, or get a USB pRNG. I would prefer to have all of my USB ports free.

        I have no idea where to find such a thing & I can't even find USB HSMs besides the one that YubiCo sells. The closest thing I have found is a bunch of TPM2 chips with SPI headers on them & I don't think I have any free SPI connectors in the laptop. For now I'll use an entropy file but I would rather do something better like using a proper RNG device.

        I think people watching these tags might know more than I can find with a search engine. Thank you.

          Steven Saus [he/him] »
          @StevenSaus@faithcollapsing.com

          Fix, Find, And Generate Contact Avatars On Linux Without (You) Using AI

          Both introducing a useful script and talking about harm reduction with AI use.

          Archive: ia: s.faithcollapsing.com/y26ho

          -ml
          ideatrash.net/2026/08/fix-find

          Fix, Find, And Generate Contact Avatars On Linux Without (You) Using AI

          Alt...Fix, Find, And Generate Contact Avatars On Linux Without (You) Using AI

            Dark*:*Star :antifa: »
            @2ndStar@astronomy.social

            Wusstet ihr das Nordkorea eine eigene Linux-Distro entwickelt hat, namens Red Star OS?
            Ist als iso-Datei zum Download verfügbar ... wenn wer sich traut :-)

              Sobri | Zoe (she/her) »
              @cutesobri@cathode.church


              What is a good backup program? Where I can just use that program to write everything onto an external SSD and then open that same program up on a different computer and have everything just restore as long as I'm on the same distro.

              At this point, at this point, i'm just going to copy my home folder over and that's as much as I can figure out how to back up now. But if there's like a better way to do it, then I would love to hear suggestions for next time I do this.

                lwnbot » 🤖
                @lwnbot@c.im

                Four weekend stable kernel updates lwn.net/Articles/1087949/

                  Rolle Laukkarinen »
                  @rolle@mementomori.social

                  animfetch is animated system fetch based on fastfetch.
                  github.com/Andrew-Velox/animfe

                  Alt...animfetch screencap, mostly pixel animated cats with system information

                    Noir »
                    @Noir@defcon.social

                    Final-year CS student pivoting hard into offensive security. Currently working through the TryHackMe Jr Pentester path and learning Burp Suite properly instead of clicking buttons and
                    hoping.

                    Also grinding DSA in Java, which I am worse at than I'd like.

                    Here to learn from people who actually do this for a living. Posting writeups, dumb questions, and things I got wrong.

                      stilla »
                      @stilla@exquisite.social

                      Had to compile himitsu and all its dependencies from source. It does not integrate well with KDE Plasma and has not been updated in a while. Vaultwarden stopped working with the official Bitwarden clients. KeePassXC integrates better with KDE Plasma, but is not as seamless as having your password filled for you in macOS, for example. Pass, the Standard UNIX Password Manager takes a weird filesystem approach so entries can't have sensitive titles, not to mention it relies on GPG. There has to be a way to have a password manager that works™, and integrates with your desktop environment/window manager on and .

                        Deb Nam-Krane »
                        @dnkboston@apobangpo.space

                        In case you're unclear why there is hubbub about 🧵

                        gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/linu

                        "And no, AI isn't perfect. But Christ, anybody who points to the problems at AI had better be looking in the mirror and pointing at themselves at the same time.

                        Because it's not like natural intelligence is always all that great either.

                        The kernel project has been and will continue to be about the technology."

                        1/

                        h/t @zzt (whom I won't tag in the rest of the thread)

                          Deb Nam-Krane »
                          @dnkboston@apobangpo.space

                          "Sure, the social angle of working on open source is important and often a very motivating part of the project, but in the end that's a side benefit, not the _point_ of the project.

                          This is *NOT* some kind of "social warrior" project, never has been, and never will be.

                          In the kernel community we do open source because it results in better technology, not because of religious reasons.

                          And so we make decisions primarily based on technical merit. Not fear of new tools."

                          2/

                            Lex Takuna »
                            @LexTakuna@burningboard.net

                            Da hat er mir gegeben!!

                            Mir geht's das Herz auf. Wenn man mit seinen Videos zu und solche Bauern fängt, hat man genau die Zielgruppe getriggert, die man wollte ;-)

                              Achim »
                              @achim@mastodon.weindl.biz

                              ☀️ Hitze, 🛋️ Wochenende, 🥱 Langeweile – was macht man da?

                              Genau: Sinnfreie Statusseiten mit eigenem Design bauen. 😄

                              Da sich unser tolles Werkzeug ja so *hervorragend* designen lässt (Ja! Das war dezente Kritik. Dennoch: Danke für dieses tolle Stück Software! ;) - musste ich für die Optik mit der API ran.

                              Für zwei von drei Welten gibt es nun kleine eigene Statusseiten die zwar schon bestanden und auch weiterhin bleiben, aber eben im eigenem Kuma-Design.
                              Beide greifen auf die API ihres jeweiligen Origins zu:

                              🌐 – mit eigener Subdomain:
                              status.weindl.biz

                              🌐 – bekommt einen Pfad:
                              ferox.cc/status

                              Einzig bleibt vorerst beim Kuma-Standarddesign. AWiT bekommt aber in absehbarer Zeit ein komplettes Redesign, sobald die Vereinsgründung abgeschlossen ist.

                              Nun aber: Weil ich heute durch einen anderen Post auf den Geschmack gekommen bin, heißt es jetzt und in OV schauen. 📺

                              Sanfte Grüße 🌙 und wer Probleme mit seinem Bidet hat -> die 3 Muscheln benutzen!

                                Security Crawler Carl » 🤖
                                @security_crawler_carl@infosec.exchange

                                For eighteen years. No public exploit exists yet; no CISA catalog entry as of August 7.

                                Restrict SCTP access on multi-tenant systems and containers, and patch the Linux kernel when fixes become available.

                                Reward: You've received the Phantom Packet Badge. It does nothing. Much like eighteen years of SCTP audits.

                                (2/2)

                                  Suriq - Always on Watch » 🤖
                                  @suriq@infosec.exchange

                                  NatJack lets someone who controls one host behind a shared NAT hijack a neighbor's live TCP session and spoof its DNS.

                                  Two CVEs, in Windows NAT and the Linux kernel.

                                  Patch both, then stop trusting east-west traffic.

                                  suriq.io/blog/natjack-shared-n

                                  Isometric routing nodes linked to a central junction with one rerouted conduit

                                  Alt...Isometric routing nodes linked to a central junction with one rerouted conduit

                                    Fossery Tech :debian: :gnome: »
                                    @fosserytech@social.linux.pizza

                                    (more Linux news in previous posts)

                                    IceWM 4.1.0 Drops Seven Months After 4.0, Brings Stability Tweaks and Scripting Upgrades:
                                    linuxcompatible.org/story/icew

                                    Hyprland 0.56.2 Released: 16 Backported Fixes Stabilize the 0.56 Series:
                                    linuxcompatible.org/story/hypr

                                    New Zapscape KVM Flaw Could Let Privileged L1 Guest Code Escape to Linux Hosts:
                                    thehackernews.com/2026/08/new-

                                    New Debian 13 Kernel Security Update Fixes “Zapscape” and “SCTPhantom”:
                                    9to5linux.com/new-debian-13-ke

                                    Linux LTS Kernel 5.10.264, 5.15.215, 6.1.182, 6.6.150, and 6.12.102 Drop: Hardened Safe-RET Fix for AMD SRSO:
                                    linuxcompatible.org/story/linu

                                    Linux Kernel 6.18.43, 6.6.149, and 6.1.181 Patches New Spectre v2 Interrupt Injection Flaw:
                                    linuxcompatible.org/story/linu

                                    While Torvalds Makes Peace With AI in Linux, Greg Kroah-Hartman Draws a Line (Sort of):
                                    feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17

                                    HyperX Driver Coming For Linux 7.3 Just To Report A Microphone's Mute Status:
                                    phoronix.com/news/HID-HyperX-Q

                                    Nobody Touched This Linux Driver for Years, Until AI Started Poking Around and It Got Removed:
                                    feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17

                                    Rust-Based uutils Coreutils 0.10 Reaches 93.5% GNU Compatibility:
                                    linuxiac.com/rust-based-uutils

                                    NVIDIA 610.57.04 Linux Graphics Driver Improves Support for Many Games:
                                    9to5linux.com/nvidia-610-57-04

                                    NVIDIA now supporting the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS) as a premier sponsor:
                                    gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/nvid
                                    (So NVIDIA, not f*ck you then lol)

                                    NetworkManager Adopts Policy For AI Coding Assistants:
                                    phoronix.com/news/NetworkManag

                                    zlib-rs 0.6.7 Released With LoongArch LSX Optimizations, Use-After-Free Fix:
                                    phoronix.com/news/zlib-rs-0.6.7

                                    Mesa 26.2 Open-Source Graphics Stack Officially Released, Here’s What’s New:
                                    9to5linux.com/mesa-26-2-open-s

                                    GStreamer 1.28.6 Adds H.266 Muxing Support to the Rust MP4 Muxers:
                                    9to5linux.com/gstreamer-1-28-6

                                    (FOSS news in comments)

                                      Fossery Tech :debian: :gnome: »
                                      @fosserytech@social.linux.pizza

                                      (more Linux news in original post)

                                      Tails 7.10.1 Is Out as an Emergency Release to Fix Critical Vulnerabilities:
                                      9to5linux.com/tails-7-10-1-is-

                                      DietPi 10.6 Released with Support for Orange Pi 4 Pro and Orange Pi Zero 3W:
                                      9to5linux.com/dietpi-10-6-rele

                                      Proxmox Virtual Environment Officially Runs on ARM64, But Your Raspberry Pi Isn't Supported Yet:
                                      feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17

                                      Bazaar 0.9.2: Flatpak App Store Gets Daemon, Auto-Updates, and Major Distro Support:
                                      linuxcompatible.org/story/baza

                                      Shotwell 33 "Elmshorn" RC Drops After a Year-Long GTK4 Migration:
                                      linuxcompatible.org/story/shot

                                      Seafoam-Labs Ships Shelly 3.0.2 with Security Hardening and a Zig-Based Tray Service:
                                      linuxcompatible.org/story/seaf

                                      SteamOS 3.8.25 Beta ships Steam Machine firmware, expanded handheld support, and Steam Frame driver prep:
                                      linuxcompatible.org/story/stea

                                      Bottles 65 released with Soda v11.0-4 runner and over 100 changes:
                                      alternativeto.net/news/2026/8/

                                      Bottles 65.2 ships with Steam advertising bug fix and Proton 11+ runtime support:
                                      linuxcompatible.org/story/bott

                                      Heroic Games Launcher v2.22.1 Drops to Fix Critical Install and Library Bugs:
                                      linuxcompatible.org/story/hero

                                      Resources (Linux system monitor) adds new PowerPC, NPU stats:
                                      omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/resour

                                      Wine 11.15 brings improvements for Wayland, more format conversions in WindowsCodecs:
                                      gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/wine

                                      Wine Staging 11.15 drops with major vkd3d sync and DComp refinements:
                                      linuxcompatible.org/story/wine

                                      Proton Experimental gets fixes for Far Cry 5, Nightingale, Lords of The Fallen, various Command & Conquer games:
                                      gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/prot

                                      dwproton-11.0-10 (Proton-CachyOS fork, with fixes from Proton-EM) released with a fix for Honkai: Star Rail:
                                      gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/dwpr

                                      (more Linux and FOSS news in comments)

                                        Fossery Tech :debian: :gnome: »
                                        @fosserytech@social.linux.pizza

                                        This week's Linux and FOSS news

                                        LINUX NEWS

                                        GNOME 50.4 Desktop Environment Released with Various Improvements:
                                        9to5linux.com/gnome-50-4-deskt

                                        GNOME Boxes Won't Look Ancient Anymore Thanks to a Glow-Up:
                                        feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17

                                        GNOME Mutter 51 Beta Added Native Background Blur:
                                        ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2

                                        GNOME Receiving Additional Design Help Thanks To Sovereign Tech Agency Fellowship:
                                        phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Design

                                        AI Slop Keeps Flooding GNOME Extensions, So They Wrote a Manual for Bots Instead:
                                        feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17

                                        KDE Plasma 6.7.4 Is Out to Improve Spectacle, Discover, and Emoji Selector:
                                        9to5linux.com/kde-plasma-6-7-4

                                        KDE Plasma Development Roundup: Remote Desktop Gets Faster, Clipboard Cuts Back on RAM, and Kup 0.11.0:
                                        linuxcompatible.org/story/kde-

                                        KDE Reveals First Quarterly Update on €1M German Sovereign Tech Funding, Highlighting Foundational QA and Protocol Modernization:
                                        linuxcompatible.org/story/kde-

                                        KDE neon 20260806 Released: Plasma 6.7.4, Per-Screen Desktops, and Restored Oxygen Theme:
                                        linuxcompatible.org/story/kde-

                                        KDE Linux Making For Easier First-Run Experience Of Java & DOS Apps:
                                        phoronix.com/news/KDE-Linux-Ju

                                        Ubuntu’s turning another system Deb package into a snap:
                                        omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/ubuntu

                                        Curl dropped from Ubuntu 26.04 minimal cloud images by mistake:
                                        omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/ubuntu
                                        (Another week, another mistake lol)

                                        Ubuntu’s ready for Alberta and Morocco time zone changes:
                                        omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/ubuntu

                                        AerynOS 2026.08 Released with Linux 7.1, GNOME 50.3, COSMIC 1.5, and More:
                                        9to5linux.com/aerynos-2026-08-

                                        ML4W OS 2.15 Lands With Full Quickshell Migration and New Scratchpad Workflow:
                                        linuxcompatible.org/story/ml4w

                                        Ubuntu Touch update brings printing, notch support & a modern browser:
                                        omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/ubuntu

                                        (more Linux and FOSS news in comments)

                                          Georg »
                                          @sercxanto@sueden.social

                                          OSAIGBOVO O. »
                                          @sgbv@infosec.exchange

                                          Sooo.
                                          I went and installed Artix Linux (the OpenRC flavour), and in some ways it is awesome. It is a bit lighter, but Incus gave me a headache. I had to write an OpenRC service script to initialise it and get it working.
                                          After that, it has been awesome. Most of my configuration from Arch Linux works alright on Artix. I say “most” because I may find an issue later. All in all, I moved to Artix, and it is cool.

                                            Kamran Khan »
                                            @itskamrankhan@flipboard.social

                                            You're setting up a fresh development machine.

                                            Which operating system goes on it?

                                              Michael Pedersen »
                                              @pedersen@c.im

                                              It has been assembled. Tomorrow is first power and trying it out. Maybe it'll become my daily driver by the end of the week. But first the firmware update, then the OS install, then the data migration, then the reconfiguration of everything so I can use it all again.

                                              And then comes turning the decommissioned desktop into my home server. And getting that reformatted, and built up, and...

                                              Getting the new computer is awesome. Getting it ready to replace the existing one? Not so much 🙂 Here's hoping this one lasts as long as my current one did.

                                              A new computer build. It's a large black Corsair case with a glass panel. Inside the glass panel the major components are visible, including the GPU and the liquid cooler for the CPU. Some cables are still visible, but most are neatly hidden. The case is resting on its side on a well worn footstool next to a brown couch, in a living room with a laminate wood floor. In the background a mat is visible for wiping your feet after you come in the door.

                                              Alt...A new computer build. It's a large black Corsair case with a glass panel. Inside the glass panel the major components are visible, including the GPU and the liquid cooler for the CPU. Some cables are still visible, but most are neatly hidden. The case is resting on its side on a well worn footstool next to a brown couch, in a living room with a laminate wood floor. In the background a mat is visible for wiping your feet after you come in the door.

                                                GeeWhiz »
                                                @geewhiz@mastodon.world

                                                Thomas Hansen 📝 🇩🇰 »
                                                @tbhdk@social.data.coop

                                                Så har jeg endelig modtaget min Sailfish mobiltelefon, som kører Linux og Android apps i simulator-sandbox. Det spiller bare. Under opsætningen blev jeg spurgt om jeg ville bruge Android apps og der var sat et flueben ved Android AppSupport. I bunden kunne jeg så tilføje et flueben ved Aurora Store og F-Droid, hvilket jeg gjorde. Derefter kunne jeg installere Android apps og bruge dem, da jeg lige var blevet fortrolig med at navigere i Sailfish brugerflade.

                                                  🗳

                                                  SP⟁CED GO⟁T »
                                                  @finner@appdot.net

                                                  Wondering how many homelabbers bother with certificates for local network stuff. I have tried so many times over the years to figure out how to do this and I can never seem to get them to work. I feel like every guide I find is always missing some part or something that I just can't sort out.

                                                  Do you use self-signed certs or a local certificate authority on your local network?

                                                  yes:23
                                                  no:37

                                                  Closes in 5:07:24:10

                                                    MissD »
                                                    @libert@drupal.community

                                                    J'ai craqué, j'ai pris un abonnement code, mais comme je ne voulais pas faire les choses n'importe comment au niveau , j'ai Sandboxé Claude dans un namespace pour l'utiliser "sereinement" avec mon IDE

                                                    drupalista.dev/blog/2026/08/in

                                                    marcusxms »
                                                    @marcusxms@helvede.net

                                                    I would like to escape from systemd. Two options considered were Artix and Void, but Artix is on Twitter and Void is heavily reliant on M$ GitHub. But a plus is that the latter is on Mastodon as well.

                                                    Are there more progressive options? I'd prefer rolling release, fairly bleeding edge and ideally precompiled packages are available. Main socials are in the fediverse and hosting is e.g. forgejo/gitea/codeberg. A policy against LLMs would be great, too.

                                                      WineReleaseBot » 🤖
                                                      @WineReleaseBot@mastodon.world

                                                      Wine has updated to version wine-11.15. Check it out here: gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/

                                                        Hosni Zaaraoui »
                                                        @hosnizaaraoui@mastodon.social

                                                        If you could give one piece of advice to a junior Linux System Administrator...

                                                        What would it be? 🤔

                                                        I'm curious to hear what lessons experience has taught you.

                                                        Advice to a junior sysadmin

                                                        Alt...Advice to a junior sysadmin

                                                          Beef Tech »
                                                          @valerian@mastodon.world

                                                          Roo J Solutions »
                                                          @roojs@phpc.social

                                                          Got near perfect Offline Speech to Text with , , and -onnx on

                                                          github.com/roojs/ibus-sherpa-o this is a video of the latest version

                                                          Alt...recording of near perfect offline speech to text on linux

                                                            Mike :nixos: »
                                                            @codemonkeymike@fosstodon.org

                                                            Is there a distro that will boot up and run on one of these older Intel white macbooks?

                                                            Nothing is booting. I'm assuming because 32 bit?

                                                            Info screen for old Intel white macbook

                                                            Alt...Info screen for old Intel white macbook

                                                              Nizar Kerkeni 🇹🇳 نزار القرقني »
                                                              @nizarus@mastodon.tn

                                                              Amérique du Nord : Le rejet de Windows 11 pousse Linux au-dessus des 10 % d'adoption pour la première fois de son histoire

                                                              lesnumeriques.com/ordinateur-d

                                                                Nicolas Hoizey »
                                                                @nhoizey@mamot.fr

                                                                Less than an hour later, MX Linux — a lightweight distro — is running smoothly on my 11-inch MacBook Air from 2010, I'm impressed! 🤩

                                                                Photo of my 11-inch MacBook Air running on MX Linux, with Firefox open on my Mastodon instance, with my previous post

                                                                Alt...Photo of my 11-inch MacBook Air running on MX Linux, with Firefox open on my Mastodon instance, with my previous post

                                                                  Ralf S. »
                                                                  @unionista@mastodon.social

                                                                  Weil meist auf Mint und Ubuntu, CachyOS (Archbasis) und auf MX und andere Debian-Derivate verwiesen wird, will ich hier OpenSUSE-Linux empfehlen. Mit SUSE startete ich 1998 in Linux, jetzt habe ich einen HP Laptop mit OpenSUSE Leap und KDE Plasma aufgesetzt. Installation lief ebenso smooth wie bei anderen Distros. Man darf nur nicht vergessen Plasma vorab auszuwählen.

                                                                  Sehr gut vorkonfiguriertes System. An Zypper gewöhne ich mich (bye, Yast!)

                                                                  Ich mags!

                                                                    irgendlink »
                                                                    @irgendlink@fnordon.de

                                                                    Suchfilter für die Bash. Umfangreicher Artikel, die die Suche in und das Arbeiten mit (Text)dateien erleichtern.
                                                                    xn--apfelbck-s4a.de/bash-filte

                                                                      cybercirujas »
                                                                      @cybercirujas@rebel.ar

                                                                      ¡Venite al 4to Encuentro Federal Cyberciruja en La Plata!
                                                                      El 16-8 en el CC Malvinas, a partir de las 12 y hasta las 20hs vas a poder venir a disfrutar en familia y con amig@s de todo lo que nuestra comunidad tiene para mostrar:

                                                                      Si te gustan los videojuegos, las computadoras antiguas, el hackeo a dispositivos, ¡no te lo podes perder!

                                                                      Nuestro evento esta pensado para todo público: no hace falta saber nada,solamente tener interés por conocer experiencias nuevas. Hacemos énfasis también en las familias para que puedan traer a sus hij@s a conocer que existen otras formas de relacionarse con los videojuegos y las tecnologías.

                                                                      ¡Te esperamos!

                                                                      Si queres exponer o presentar tu proyecto llená el form en este link:

                                                                      cryptpad.disroot.org/form/#/2/

                                                                      4to encuentro federal cyberciruja

                                                                      Alt...4to encuentro federal cyberciruja

                                                                      veni a disfrutar de feria de artes y ciencias charlas talleres juegos olla popular de hardware, proyecciones, cultural libre y mas

                                                                      Alt...veni a disfrutar de feria de artes y ciencias charlas talleres juegos olla popular de hardware, proyecciones, cultural libre y mas

                                                                      mapa

                                                                      Alt...mapa

                                                                      gary »
                                                                      @gary_alderson@infosec.exchange

                                                                      @plutarch I always liked the ultimate linux box special journal will finally be the year of the linux desktop

                                                                        lwnbot » 🤖
                                                                        @lwnbot@c.im

                                                                        [$] Changes in shadow-utils password-expiration features lwn.net/Articles/1086949/

                                                                          Linux Professional Institute »
                                                                          @LPI@fosstodon.org

                                                                          Attention pros and students in Colombia!

                                                                          Join the Semana Linux de la Universidad Distrital (SLUD) 2026 for keynotes, workshops, and an open source automation . Practice in-demand and skills.

                                                                          Linux Professional Institute (LPI) is a Media Partner, offering 20% off exams! 🐧

                                                                          Aug. 18-21. Bogotá.

                                                                          Learn more: lpi.org/izwe

                                                                            lwnbot » 🤖
                                                                            @lwnbot@c.im

                                                                            The Software Stewardship Lab launches lwn.net/Articles/1087812/

                                                                              🗳

                                                                              ~ $ Cosipa »
                                                                              @Cosipa@social.linux.pizza

                                                                              For Linux users on servers/personal computers, do you use full disk encryption (FDE), if so did you know about these performance tweaks?

                                                                              I found out after using full disk encryption on my Linux devices for a long time that there are these tweaks that make it soo much more efficient and fast (as in throughput and latency).

                                                                              I am talking about `no-read-workqueue`, `no-write-workqueue` and `discard`. Most distros do not set these options when you check to encrypt your drive at instalation, and using these tweaks really makes a big difference, try it for yourself.

                                                                              I wrote a post on it: cosipa.dev/posts/full-disk-enc

                                                                              As always no AI used in the making of the post and no tracking/cookies or anything like that.

                                                                              I use FDE, and also use those tweaks:0
                                                                              I dont use full disk encryption (FDE):2
                                                                              I use FDE, but didn't know about those tweaks:3
                                                                              I use FDE, but I choose not to use those tweaks:0

                                                                              Closes in 4:05:50:50

                                                                                lwnbot » 🤖
                                                                                @lwnbot@c.im

                                                                                Stable kernel releases for Friday with a single bug fix lwn.net/Articles/1087743/

                                                                                  JKN Tech »
                                                                                  @jkntech@mastodon.social

                                                                                  🗳

                                                                                  Windy city :verified: »
                                                                                  @pheonix@hachyderm.io

                                                                                  In your opinion, what happens to RAM prices in the next 6 months?

                                                                                  Keeps increasing:68
                                                                                  Become stable:7
                                                                                  Come down:11

                                                                                    Suriq - Always on Watch » 🤖
                                                                                    @suriq@infosec.exchange

                                                                                    A second dracut flaw (CVE-2026-15816) lets a rogue DHCP server run code as root when a Linux machine boots over the network. June's fix for the first bug missed it.

                                                                                    Only network-booted systems are exposed.

                                                                                    Update dracut and rebuild your initramfs.

                                                                                    suriq.io/blog/dracut-cve-2026-

                                                                                    Row of dark server monoliths with one near the top split open by a bright thread

                                                                                    Alt...Row of dark server monoliths with one near the top split open by a bright thread

                                                                                      Daily CyberSecurity »
                                                                                      @DailyCyberSecurity@infosec.exchange

                                                                                      Tails 7.10.1 patches CVE-2026-64560 in the Linux kernel and expat library flaws that could let attackers deanonymize users and gain admin privileges.

                                                                                      securityonline.info/tails-7-10

                                                                                        Sunie Fairbreeze »
                                                                                        @sunie@gamerstavern.online

                                                                                        has anyone ever played the games that are available in repos? If so, aside from source ports, what have you enjoyed playing?

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