#QubesOS 4.2.2 has been released (#Qubes / #Xen / #XenHypervisor / #Linux) https://qubes-os.org/

I've tried a zillion desktop distros - it doesn't get any better than Linux Mint 22 https://zdnet.com/article/ive-tried-a-zillion-desktop-distros-it-doesnt-get-any-better-than-linux-mint-22/ by @sjvn

Linux Mint 22 is a great Linux desktop, whether you've never used #Linux before or you're an old pro.

💡️To run a Linux systemd service every day at midnight and every three hours thereafter, use the following stanza in your systemd timer #ZikTIPS #Systemd #Sysadmin #CLI #Linux #opensource
...
[Timer]
OnCalendar=*-*-* 00/3:00:00
...

Happy #SysAdminDay

@solene correct, the question was about #linux not operating systems in general 😎

I use #Linux 6.1

Finally some progress again with #Xmoji (#X11 #emoji #keyboard): Added the history tab!

History is persisted in a config file that should also hold other runtime config later and is watched for changes. For now, I only implemented the naive portable "watching" method periodically calling #stat ... backends for #FreeBSD #kqueue and #Linux #inotify will (hopefully!) follow 😉

https://github.com/Zirias/xmoji

#xcb #programming

The minimal version of Debian Linux 12/11 does not install sudo. When performing a network installation for Debian, the usual approach is to use the minimum version, which only installs the essential packages. Most Linux container images based upon Debian also skip sudo, and if your project needs sudo, then read on how to install and configure sudo and grant access to a user on a Debian Linux version 12/11. https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/how-to-install-and-configure-sudo-on-debian-linux/ #linux #sysadmin #debian

Linux Mint 22 "Wilma" released!

https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4731

#LinuxMint #Linux

Linux Mint 22 "Wilma" has been released based on Ubuntu 24.04 with Kernel 6.8, PipeWire as default audio server, Online Accounts GTK3, downgraded GNOME GTK4 applications

https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4731

#linuxmint #ubuntu2404 #linux

Flock to Fedora conference schedule dropped! Check it out to see what topics we will be covering. Which ones stand out to you?

➡️ https://cfp.fedoraproject.org/flock-2024/schedule/

#FlockToFedora #Fedora #OpenSource #Linux

Despite all my experience, I am sometimes tempted to give certain #software vendors a second chance.

And I was curious to see what the new #AppleMaps could do. Unfortunately, my trial only lasted a few seconds, because neither one of my operating systems nor the browser I use for my daily work are supported.

And so I can say: negative prejudices confirmed, I don't need something like this.

#Apple #Firefox #interoperability #Linux

Thanks to @osnews's post about Dell #UNIX, I was intrigued by the mention of "X Desktop." Honestly, I would love something like this on a modern #Linux or #BSD system. Yeah, the look is spartan, but for a nerd like me, I find it quaint, consistent, and would love to work in an environment like this. #XDesktop

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X.desktop

I was checking out this year's #StackOverflow annual developer report that few things caught my eye:

1. They have deliberately drawn the wrong conclusion about most popular operating system. They have interpreted #Linux distro as operating system, so they have separately provided numbers for Ubuntu, Arch, Fedora, and etc., and have concluded that "Windows is the most popular operating system for developers, across both personal and professional use".

https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2024/technology#1-operating-system

1/🧵

But if you add the numbers (excluding the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), #Linux still beats the Windows:

Windows (Personal use): 59.2%
Windows (Pro. use): 47.6%
Linux (Personal use): 61.0%
Linux (Pro. use): 57.3%

They should have broken down Windows to Pro, Home edition, etc. or bundle up all Linux distros to have a "Operating System" level information.

#StackOverflow

2/🧵

Good. After a small grub modification (about cgroups - I don't know how related it could be) the interface name changed from enx3e3300c9e14e to enp10s0f0np0

#Linux

enx3e3300c9e14e - is this a sane default Linux network interface name?

#Linux #Networking

Hi #linux and #NixOS folks/consultants, I currently have a problem. I want to use #openssl 3.x with the #fips module in a distroless docker container, built by #nix. I have an example nix repo at https://github.com/andrewzah/nix-openssl-fips-test.

OpenSSL compiles with the enable-fips flag, but when I run the container, the fips provider does not appear. I'm not sure if it's the root cause, but with strace I see it wants to load glibc-hwcaps?

I've documented this in https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/324013 and https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/11078.

Also #Linux (adding up all the distros) is the most popular OS for professional developers (53%), even if you exclude WSL (16.8%)!

#OpenSource #StackOverflow #DeveloperSurvey

I have news! Beginning next month, I'll once again be shining a big, bright spotlight on #Linux and #OpenSource at Forbes, essentially picking up where I left off in 2022. (This time around there will be some added emphasis on Linux-powered handheld and desktop gaming.)

Thankfully, this is a calling I can't seem to escape, and I'm ridiculously excited to bring some mainstream attention to all the projects, distros, games, and ideas -- large and small -- in this amazing community.

Stay tuned!

About a bit of ffmpeg, seems cool to know
#linux #ffmpeg
https://xerolinux.xyz/posts/ffmpeg-cheat-sheet/

📺 Imperfect, Linux-powered, DIY smart TV is the embodiment of ad fatigue | Ars Technica

｢ We’re at the point where someone would rather use a broken laptop dangling off a TV than be subjected to the watchful eye of the TV's native operating system ｣

https://arstechnica.com/?p=2038479

#ads #diy #linux #privacy #surveillance

I ran across this today, replacing Linux with NetBSD on a Cloud Provider

https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@winterschon/112835864896190540

#netbsd #linux

I still have a hard time understanding how all the mastodon sites are related, maybe I always will :) Anyway, I could not figure out how to boost this so here it is.

#Linux #Mint 22 is out

Sure there are many #Mint enjoyers out there!

https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4730

NEW VIDEO - Trying out Linux mint 22 beta

#linux #opensource
#linuxmint #garyhtech

https://youtu.be/N1jmDITeYQ0?si=VY8292KjWT4Tz64E

@l_prod completely overhauled the task switcher gestures. Now with 2D gestures handling and taking in count the velocity of the gestures.

This is coming in Plasma 6.2.

#plasmaMobile #kde #linux #linuxMobile

Arch-based CachyOS promises speed but trips over its laces https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/23/cachyos_arch_linux/ @theregister @lproven #Linux

@paul

Take a look at Thomas Krenn.

https://www.thomas-krenn.com/en/products/rack-server/2u-servers.html

You can select FreeBSD as operating system in the first drop down menu, after selecting a server model. This way you get only compatible hardware listed in the configurator.

I'm quite sure they deliver to the UK too.

Hope this helps you out.

Edit1: fixed typos

#Fediverse #Linux #BSD #FreeBSD #Debian #RunBSD #RunLinux

Legit question... for the people more experienced than I am.

How do you know if/when you're ready to move away from #ubuntu ? I've been using Ubuntu for the past 2 years as my main OS and I'm feeling a little more comfortable around it and the CLI but there are still some things I don't know how to do like check logs for errors or problems, how to grep things effectively, how to search repositories for anything specific that I may need. Even when I Google things I sometimes have to Google things more than once because I didn't remember how to do a task.

I'm thinking about maybe moving to #debian because there are still some issues with Ubuntu 24.02 LTS that I'm not sure I'll have the patience with having to report the problems and waiting for resolutions. I'd also like to experiment and learn more by doing but I also don't want to bite off more than I can chew. So I'm doing some asking around and research on this...

How many of you guys started with Ubuntu and switched out and what did you switch out to?

#linux

Hmm. Preparing for #COSMIC on #Gentoo I need to assign UID and GID for the cosmic-greeter account.

https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/UID_GID_Assignment_Table

Anybody can give me some advice on this? Or shall I just pick something that is still available?

#Linux #Packaging

Linux Mint 22 “Wilma” Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New https://9to5linux.com/linux-mint-22-wilma-is-now-available-for-download-heres-whats-new

#LinuxMint #Linux #OpenSource

Right #Fediverse #Linux and #BSD folk
Where are you buying your server hardware from?
(Ideally in the UK or Europe that ship to the UK, but I'll accept worldwide answers too)

Specifically I'm in the need for a couple of 2U rack mount servers that are compatible or at least tested with #FreeBSD, but I could run #Debian too

Will be for a corporate business so I need the whole "corporate vanity" of having a brand new out of the box server for them (don't worry, I buy second hand ones for my own use).

#RunBSD #RunLinux

Huh, searching for something: A solution that uses docker to provide users with remote linux desktops. That is, a user logs in, then gets their own desktop, has their homedir save, but rest gets regenerated on next connect (or per schedule) and so is always updated.

I vaguely remember reading about something like it as a readymade solution, but can't find that anymore.

#fedihelp #linux #RemoteDesktop #search #docker

Dites, quelqu'un connaitrait le system password (UEFI) Lenovo 14W distribué aux collégien·nes d'Essonne ?
Parce qu'on aimerait bien installer #Linux et se libérer sur Windows 10 Education installé (et verrouillé en plus)

Le RePouet libère des ordinateurs séquestrés et maltraités !

#openbsd #netbsd #freebsd #linux #havefun
....drink more water

What a beautiful treasure trove
thx4 https://www.tumfatig.net/

How to Force Reboot a Frozen Linux or FreeBSD Machine

https://it-notes.dragas.net/2023/01/08/how-to-force-reboot-a-frozen-linux-or-freebsd-servers/

#Linux #FreeBSD

From #Linux to #NetBSD,
with SSH only

https://cloudbsd.xyz/

Reminder - The CfP is now open for talks, workshops and demos for #XDC2024! The deadline for submissions is Monday, 12 August 2024. https://xdc2024.x.org #Mesa #Wayland #Linux #Graphics #OpenSource

I'm looking for podcast recommendations again. Please post your favorite podcasts that have RSS feeds.

I'm especially interested in #politics, #food or #cooking, #comedy, #technology, and #linux, but feel free to post anything that you especially enjoy.

Thanks!

#podcast #rss

Does anyone have any suggestions for #videoEditing software in #Linux ? I'm on #Debian so would prefer an apt package or a .deb, but as long as it's open source and has a Linux build I'll probably be able to use it.

Note: I've already tried KDENlive, and that's what I'll use if I can't find something better, but I'm looking to see if there's anything with better performance out there, or something that can edit variable framerates without having to transcode the video first.
That being said, it's entirely possible that the performance is much better than I thought and it was a problem with my former OS or accidentally not using the GPU 🤦‍♂️

@mergerg The best video editors for Linux are probably Kdenlive, Shotcut, Flowblade, Openshot and Olive video editor. For simple video editing tasks, you can use FFmpeg on the command line.

DaVinci Resolve requires a good graphics card.

#Linux #kdenlive #shotcut #flowblade #olive #openshot #ffmpeg

Well, it was a fun weekend in the tech world. I'm glad I wasn't around for it. I checked in with my team Friday morning, when I became aware that shit had hit the fan, and they already had everything as under control as it was going to get.

A friend of mine works at the hospital down the street, and she said it was a total nightmare there.

Meanwhile, all of our
Linux devices continued to hum along without issue, as usual.

Good morning, and happy Monday.

#Crowdstrike #Microsoft #Linux #Outage

We now know that about 8.5 million of Microsoft Windows machines were bricked on the CrowdStrike fuckup.

What is more interesting that Linux machines got bricked too:

https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/21/crowdstrike_linux_crashes_restoration_tools/

Keep that in mind installing and using any close source software - production or not.

You never know what is inside and you never can estimate the risk attached to it.

#security #opensource #linux #windows #microsoft #crowdstrike #closedsource #blob

We now know that about 8.5 million of Microsoft Windows machines were bricked on the CrowdStrike fuckup.

What is more interesting that Linux machines got bricked too:

https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/21/crowdstrike_linux_crashes_restoration_tools/

Keep that in mind installing and using any close source software - production or not.

You never know what is inside and you never can estimate the risk attached to it.

#security #opensource #linux #windows #microsoft #crowdstrike #closedsource #blob

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰/𝟬𝟳/𝟮𝟮 (Valuable News - 2024/07/22) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2024/07/22/valuable-news-2024-07-22/

Past releases: https://vermaden.wordpress.com/news/

#verblog #vernews #news #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #linux #unix #zfs #opnsense #ghostbsd #solaris #vermadenday

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰/𝟬𝟳/𝟮𝟮 (Valuable News - 2024/07/22) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2024/07/22/valuable-news-2024-07-22/

Past releases: https://vermaden.wordpress.com/news/

#verblog #vernews #news #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #linux #unix #zfs #opnsense #ghostbsd #solaris #vermadenday

#CrowdStrike's Falcon Sensor also linked to #Linux kernel panics and crashes #BSOD #InfoSec #Cybersecurity https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/21/crowdstrike_linux_crashes_restoration_tools/

#meme #linux

Sunday rant:

I've stopped using any bleeding edge/rolling #linux distro. Not because I dislike them, not at all, because I'm not much invested anymore in running the newest software/kernel/etc.

I am happy with the stable distros I run - which provide all I need. 😎

Thanks to #ArchLinux for all the fish and skills it has thaught me.

I've go my #Debian / #Slackware and a tiny bit of #Rocky
That is all I need.

Consider me retired from rolling distros 🙂

I hereby declare our household #Windows-free (again) after investing 1½ days setting up #Debian12 on a #SurfacePro3 of my wife. 🤓

#Linux #Debian is not there yet for being set up by a non-IT-professional person but the end result is somewhat OK for now (still a few annoying things to fix like loss of WiFi after hibernate/resume, black screen after lid opening, wrong external screen resolution, ...).

However, this might have saved us from buying a new notebook for university. 🤑

#bookworm #FOSS

#Linux hint:

Wiping a hard disk is easy via the shred tool. 😎

sudo shred --verbose --random-source=/dev/urandom -n1 --zero /dev/sdX

More options:
https://manpages.debian.org/bookworm/coreutils/shred.1.en.html

#losapeviche

Il 17 luglio 1993 Patrick J. Volkerding ha creato Slackware.

Quel giorno l'informatico statunitense P. Volkerding (sotto in una foto scattata nell'anno 2000) crea Slackware, un sistema operativo open source basato sul kernel #linux e sul software sviluppato dal progetto #gnu.

Si tratta della più longeva distribuzione Linux tra quelle attivamente sviluppate, creata sulla base di SLS (Softlanding Linux System) di cui inizialmente era una versione migliorata e corretta.

#slackware

The things you find when clearing out a cupboard.
My #LinuxFromScratch 4.1 book. That's a blast from the past and yes I did build my own #LFS . I even joined the LRs-Linux team as a dev. This distro was heavily based on LFS and I remember downloading all the sources on a 56K dialup modem and then letting my old Pentium 4 compile away over night. I'd get up early in the morning to see if either the dialup connection had failed or the build had. Those were good times indeed. #Linux

OpenMandriva ROME 24.07 has been released with KDE Plasma 6.1.3, LXQt 2.0.0, GNOME 46.3, Kernel 6.10, AMD ROCm support, Proton in the default repositories

https://www.openmandriva.org/en/news/article/openmandriva-rome-24-07-released

#openmandriva #linux

One thing I miss in the #Zathura PDF viewer is the ability to zoom in- and out with touch gestures on my touch screen. It works with Gnome's Evince, but the latter can't hide all the toolbars (not even in fullscreen) which is a bit annoying on small screens (e.g. Surface Go 2). xpdf doesn't seem to support touch screen gestures well at all. Any other recommendations, dear Fediverse? Maybe I should dig a bit more into Zathura (maybe I am missing something here). #pdf #linux #tooling #tablet

I've been messing with and using #btrfs for almost 10 years. So I thought it was time to write up what that experience has taught me, and why I still love btrfs.

https://silvenga.com/posts/btrfs-and-lessons-learned/

(A longer post this time. Let me know if there's anything that would be interesting to write about!)

#linux

Last strategy for package conflict resolution ready!

tori can now handle conflicts between your configuration and the actual list of installed packages.

Check out the update for all details:

https://tori.jutty.dev/updates/package-conflict-resolution/

#OperatingSystems #portability #SysAdmin #shell #POSIX #ash #BSD #FreeBSD #Linux #VoidLinux #ConfigurationManagement

Fuuuuuuck.

Bought an LSI 9211-8i to host my software raid because that seemed to be the recommended card for this sort of thing.

Turns out, modern versions of linux have deprecated the fucking driver and I can't find a way to get this to work. So, after spending HOURS rebuilding this server (New MB, memory, etc.), I have to put back the old shit because this simply won't work. And I can't even leave the new MB in there because it doesn't have enough on-board SATA connectors for the drives I have.

FUCK FUCK FUCK.

*sigh*

#linux #failures

CrowdStrike broke Debian and Rocky Linux months ago, but no one noticed

https://www.neowin.net/news/crowdstrike-broke-debian-and-rocky-linux-months-ago-but-no-one-noticed/

Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://www.neowin.net/news/crowdstrike-broke-debian-and-rocky-linux-months-ago-but-no-one-noticed/

#linux #technology #unix

@lovisix @BM_Bourguignon Oui, je ne suis pas totalement linuxien, cause professionnelle, mais je voulais souligner le fait que dans la communication libriste, #Linux est généralement décrit comme beaucoup plus sûr. Reste à sélectionner la distribution qui répond à ce cahier des charges. Et ça n'est pas trivial, ce choix.

@technolass @s31bz I will boost this as well.
And I think this could be something for @pixelate

OK From what I read recently screenreaders like #orca and #wayland support are a bit of a problem currently.
From what I read so far it seems people depending on a #screenreader prefer a combination of #Mate as a Desktop on #xorg as display server.

But people are working on better #a11y for wayland, atm but #Linux distributions like Fedora defaulting to wayland as display backend might not working atm ootb for you.

Again ymmv and pls correct if I'm wrong.

@lovisix @BM_Bourguignon
Sans compter que ni #Linux (pris comme un ensemble uniforme), ni les paquets #OpenSource ne sont totalement à l'abri du même genre d'accident industriel.

I'd absolutely love it if someone would be willing to virtually hold my hand/walk me through a #Linux install. I really want to do it but there's so much documentation and so many varieties that I'm finding it hard to break it all down. I installed one of the Linux packages from the Microsoft Store, but I'm not even sure how to get started with that. I used to be able to work from documentation, and I still am in some situations, but in this case having someone walk me through it the first time would be super awesome.

Make no mistake, if an outage similar to Crowdstrike would have been caused by OpenSource, there would be calls across the entire industry and at the government level to ban OpenSource from critical systems. But since it was caused by billion-dollar publicly-traded companies, nothing to see here, move-on.

#CrowdStrike #Linux #OpenSource #Outage #Microsoft

@nuintari @fedops
True.

More generally, how do you secure a general-purpose computer? A computer has no notion of good and bad code: it just runs the code you install on it. Microsoft, my employer and I don't even agree on what code is desirable and what's not, because we all want different things from the machine. (For example, I'd prefer it to be free of spyware and to be running #Linux.)

When the OS is adversarial — as #MicrosoftWindows now is — then any hope of securing it is lost.

In an incredible move, Switzerland has enacted a law obligating public sector bodies to provide the source code of any software developed for or by them under an open source license.
https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/open-source-observatory-osor/news/new-open-source-law-switzerland

Open source is taking over the world. 😎

#Linux #OpenSource #FreeSoftware

Wat let je? Waag de stap. Geef je oude laptop of desktop een langere levensduur.
Mijn oude Macbook van 12 jaar oude draaide als een tierelier, tot de voeding aansluiting het begaf.

Libre office, bijna geen virussen. Betere beveiliging. Een grafische werkomgeving.
Mijn zoon is een tijd terug overgestapt op zijn game computer, Steam werkt, een aantal mooie Linux of bsd games.

#linux #bsd #freebsd

#Linux hint:

Show the creation of a ext filesystem 😎

sudo tune2fs -l $DEVICE_PART | grep "^Filesystem created" | cut -f2- -d':' | sed 's/^[[:space:]]*//g'

Replace $DEVICE_PART with the correct device partition, for example: /dev/sda3

#Linux #FOSS

Yes you, You should either #RunBSD or install #Linux
#MicrosoftOutage #Microsoft

Vom 12. bis 15. Juli waren wir nach einem katastrophalen Fehler in unserem #Ceph-Cluster weitestgehend offline und mit #PostgreSQL-Recovery beschäftigt.

Die Ursachen und Lessons learnt haben wir nun in einem Blog-Post zusammengefasst – recht technisch für alle Interessierten, mit vielen Erläuterungen und schiefen Bildchen 🤪 :

https://teckids.org/blog/2024/07/downtime-bericht/

@tteichler und @nik hatten ein spannendes Wochenende!

#Linux #Proxmox #Backup #FOSS #Selfhosting

Going to SIGGRAPH? So are we! 🙌

Stop by and meet our team, chat about what we're up to at AlmaLinux, and grab some swag!

Learn more here: https://s2024.siggraph.org/exhibit-at-siggraph/ #Linux #OpenSource

Managing jails and Bhyve VMs is easy once you know the commands on the CLI.

Cronos to the rescue, cbsd web interface: Jails, Bhyve Vms creation, rename, etc. Easy peasy.
And access to the console via VNC on the fly.
It can be installed from an image as full blown freebsd system with Clonos on top.
The install method on topof an existing Freebsd system (14.1) did not completely work as intended.
A very good alternative to proxmox on top of linux
#bhyve #vm #clonos #freebsd #bsd #proxmox #cbsd

Video is up.. Thanks to @distrotube #YouTube #FOSS #Linux #OpenSource #XeroLinux #ArchLinux

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_K-NOu-STs

Interesting
#linux #xerolinux
https://youtu.be/8_K-NOu-STs

I always like having different systems around me...

This brought me to a article that I've read in the past about a always on little system (low powered) that holds all the needed files to work/learn with.
All my files live on my NAS anyway - so having a system I ssh into to do my daily tasks would make sense.
This would also solve the issue of having to setup everything all the time on the system I'm using at the moment. 🙂

Does anyone have a setup like that? 😎

#Linux #BSD #Homelab #FOSS

Luckily. Systemd is adding BSOD to #Linux, so you can get the actual #crowdstrike experience.

Accept no substitutions.

Because I'm in love. I am posting it here. Cause then I get to see it even if I am not on my laptop. #Kitty #OhMyPosh #Catppuccin #Linux

Hey fellow #Linux users, despite the #CrowdStrike problem only affecting #Windows, this is not a windows problem.

This is an "automatic update that got forced onto everyone with insufficient testing while also having way too many permissions" problem.

If you think big corps wouldn't run something similar on Linux, I have a an NFT of a bridge to sell you.

Da mich gestern ein Kollege frug: haut doch bitte mal eure besten Hinweise auf Doku zum Thema "Einstieg ins Embedded Linux System Design" raus. Die üblichen Schulungsanbieter bilden ja meist nur Teilaspekte fort (Kernelhacking, Userspace Programmierung, Buildsysteme) - aber so die große Systemdesign-Rundfahrt habe ich bisher nicht gefunden. Any ideas wo er sich aufschlauen kann außer "jemanden mit Erfahrung fragen"?

Gerne Boosts für Reichweite

#Embedded #Linux #Systemdesign #Schulungsmaterial

@HonkHase Another fix.

Format C:
Install #freebsd or #linux

Enjoy

@doerk There are so many things about #Wayland that don't convince me, it could be another very long toot, but I try to keep it short 😉

One major point is the #Linux-centric design. The good news here is that it now works on e.g. a #BSD system, IIRC as long as the same dri/kms model is used as on Linux, which is the case for #FreeBSD. But still ...

Another one is that it does "almost nothing", it's almost only about compositing. Any rendering, any input handling, etc pp is the job of the individual app, which can only be achieved using a (huge) set of libraries. I don't think that's a great approach for your typical "simple" desktop app. For example, I started this project (an #X11 emoji keyboard) because I didn't find any good existing one. The way to do it with plain X11 is certainly hacky (you need #XTest to fake keyboard events, you need to temporarily change the keyboard mapping 🤯). So I did some research whether there are better ways with Wayland, just to find it doesn't handle keyboard input at all and recommends using #Xkb. Okay ... 😂

Side note, emoji input often works using some "input method" software. The downside is that you need support in all apps (for the input method protocol), e.g. by using some toolkit having it builtin.

X11 has its issues. Coding that thing so far, I found confirmed that e.g. all the X11 core drawing is useless nowadays. But there's #XRender allowing server-side rendering with alpha channel (e.g. for anti-aliasing), IMHO a very sane approach. As far as I'm concerned, I'd love to see a radically new version of X windows (X12?) getting rid of all the now useless cruft, but keeping the good things and e.g. declaring some extensions like XRender, XKB, ... mandatory. I'd prefer that a lot over Wayland 🧐

General thoughts about configuration of "modern" X11 desktop apps:

Next step for my #Xmoji #X11 #emoji #keyboard will be adding runtime configuration. Sending fake key-press events has some parameters (how long to wait before restoring the keymap, which hacks/workarounds to enable for sending the events ...) that should be configurable at runtime. A history of recently used emojis should be available and persisted. There may be more things to add here later (allow multiple instances? show and use a "tray icon"?).

I already have configurations for rendering and appearance aspects. For these, I use classic #Xresources. Even if they aren't that popular any more nowadays, they're IMHO the perfect place for such things: The configuration is tied to the currently running X server. They also offer a fine-grained scheme to match settings to classes and instances (e.g. individual widgets). So, learn about them and enjoy! 😄

Runtime configuration is a different beast. Back in the days, you had these dialogs with the typical three buttons, "apply" made changes effective without persisting them, "ok" persisted them and "cancel" reverted anything not persisted yet. There was also often some action available to re-load the currently persisted configuration.

Well, not any more. Nowadays, the predominant user experience is applying and persisting any change instantly. This is nice, but it creates an interesting issue, which most applications choose to just ignore. If either multiple instances of the same app are allowed to run for the same user on the same host, or the configuration is stored on some network share used by multiple hosts, inconsistencies are easily possible, with multiple instances of the app having a different idea about the "current" configuration and just persisting that on any change, overwriting what a different instance might have changed.

I came to the conclusion that I shouldn't ignore that issue for Xmoji. At least for persisting the emoji history, it would be unacceptable.

So, the obvious solution is that the configuration file must be monitored, so that any "remote" change can also be applied immediately in every running instance. The naive and portable solution for monitoring is to periodically stat() the file to check the modification timestamp. On network filesystems, that's the only thing that will work. I'll probably start with implementing just that.

For local files, there are platform-specific ways to obtain notifications from the OS (or kernel), which is better (immediate notification) and more efficient. #Linux has #inotify, #FreeBSD has #kqueue. I'm currently exploring docs and doing a few pocs for these interfaces as well ... this might really take a while, let's see. 🙈

Please comment with your thoughts about that if you have any! 😉

Mozilla And Firefox We Need To Talk #Linux #YouTube https://youtu.be/wC444kMiNpI

Installing #Ubuntu #Mate on an old #Dell Vostro failed several times, and eventually I gave up with it...

Guess what did not fail? You got it!

#Devuan did not fail, it recovered missing firmware and completed the installation with its basic installer.

#Devuan is my ready to go #Linux distro, easy to use, uncomplicated, lean and reliable.

🧶 I Miss BSD/Linux | Brain Baking

https://brainbaking.com/post/2024/05/i-miss-bsd-linux/

#freebsd #linux #opensource #bsd #unix

@jbz As time goes on and #Linux becomes gradually dictated by larger corps. I can imagine more devs will move to #BSD over time, and with that more hardware support and tech improvements. I've been dabbling more with BSD as Linux is no longer the underdog that it once was (which I always root for).

#Linux 6.9.10, 6.6.41, 6.1.100, 5.15.163, 5.10.222, 5.4.280, and 4.19.318 kernels are now available for download at https://kernel.org

#OpenSource #LinuxKernel

Hoy durante el desayuno
"Usar la GPL no debería ser un problema, mientras opines que los desarrolladores y los usuarios son y *serán siempre* incapaces de tomar decisiones informadas, individuales y éticas."

#gpl #linux

The most common #Linux mirroring misconception that I hear from others is that all of the big corporations MUST be running their own internal mirrors for their infrastructure.

They really aren't. Or maybe they are, and it just isn't being configured correctly on all the actual systems. In either case, we see a TON of mirror traffic headed towards IP addresses inside networks like Microsoft, Facebook, AWS, etc.

Fortune 500 corporations are downloading their security updates from a fanless thin client I shipped off to some random network who even I barely know who was willing to plug it in for me.

Startup idea: coop cloud provider.

It’d be cool to have a cooperative cloud based around Unix. Basically, set up server farms globally (hence cooperative part) and have a sustainability focus by only using second hand hardware and renewable energy. It could have for example:

- general dev machines that you ssh into.
- open source tool chain
- rev share X% to open source software
- Provide “serverless” hosting with CGI
- provide storage management

Maybe this already exists?

#unix #linux

#Audacity 3.6 Open-Source Audio Editor Released with Master Effects, #FFmpeg 7 Support, New Themes, and More https://9to5linux.com/audacity-3-6-open-source-audio-editor-released-with-master-effects-ffmpeg-7-support

#OpenSource #FreeSoftware #Linux

@OpenComputeDesign

Oh man, I actually FORGOT DVI?!?

I used it with a lot of joy between 2008 and 2013 on my trusty old classic white #MacBook.

I've seen #HDMI wreck monitor arrangement configs in both #MacOSX and #Linux because it's JUST SO DADGUM SLOW!!

🤔 Can YOU guess what happens when you run `mkdir test` in this Linux terminal? 🤓

🧐 Use the clues from id, pwd, and ls! 🔎

Share your answer below! 👇 #LinuxChallenge #TechQuiz #Linux

Bcachefs For Linux 6.11 Landing Disk Accounting Rewrite & Self-Healing On Read I/O Error

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.11-Bcachefs

#Linux #BCacheFS #FileSystems

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰/𝟬𝟳/𝟭𝟱 (Valuable News - 2024/07/15) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2024/07/15/valuable-news-2024-07-15/

Past releases: https://vermaden.wordpress.com/news/

#verblog #vernews #news #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #linux #unix #zfs #opnsense #ghostbsd #solaris #vermadenday

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰/𝟬𝟳/𝟭𝟱 (Valuable News - 2024/07/15) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2024/07/15/valuable-news-2024-07-15/

Past releases: https://vermaden.wordpress.com/news/

#verblog #vernews #news #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #linux #unix #zfs #opnsense #ghostbsd #solaris #vermadenday

👋 Hey there! 🕰️ This is your friendly reminder from Uncle nixCraft.

Don't forget to back up your #Linux, #macOS, #FreeBSD or #Unix desktop! 💻💾 Double-check your backups every now and then, and see how long it takes to restore them. ✅

@nixCraft or just back up all the ~ directories on your system and make sure that those backups can be restored, maybe back up also /etc

This can only be done on systems which run on almost vanilla installation so don't do this on servers!

#Linux #freeBSD #openBSD #POSIX

#Fedora41 Finally Retires #Python 2.7

https://developers.slashdot.org/story/24/07/06/234249/fedora-41-finally-retires-python-27

#cybersecurity #Fedora #Linux #FOSS

C'est reparti pour la suite de notre (re)découverte de #kubernetes ! À tout de suite sur https://www.twitch.tv/ahp_nils #sysadmin #devops #linux #twitchfr #twitchstreamer

Fedora 41 Workstation has gone the Wayland-only way.

https://news.itsfoss.com/fedora-41-gnome-wayland/

#linux #fedora

Fedora turns on Firefox prototype advertiser measurement crap by default. You probably want to turn it off. People might want to file bugs for other distributions if they've done the same.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2297635

#firefox #privacy #fedora #redhat #linux

pacman 7.0.0 released with support for cache servers, multiple "Architecture" values, changes to the download process, and bug fixes

https://gitlab.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman/-/blob/master/NEWS

#pacman #archlinux #linux #packagemanager

I've been using my new System76 Merkaat with Linux Mint for a week or so and these are my first impressions. Spoiler: I'm loving it.

https://journal.paoloamoroso.com/system76-merkaat-with-linux-mint-first-impressions

#System76 #LinuxMint #linux

Just one package conflict resolution strategy to go!

This is the dialog in tori (https://tori.jutty.dev) that shows up when there is a conflict between the system state and the user's configuration. I've just implemented strategy 4.

Next is the most challenging one: parsing a user-edited file for input.

Once I'm done with it, I'll start working on file management.

#OperatingSystems #portability #SysAdmin #shell #POSIX #ash #BSD #FreeBSD #Linux #VoidLinux #ConfigurationManagement