We Turned Off the Paid Requirement to Skip Update Reminders. Got More Feedback? We’re All Ears!
The August 31st announcement of updating our product subscriptions has enabled us to make serious investments into building what you want. So we’re here to say: let us know what that is!  On September 13th Scott Johnston announced that we are moving forward with Docker Desktop for Linux. Desktop for Linux is currently the second […]

The pos … ⌘ Read more

Say GNU/Linux One More Time. I dare ya.
Why putting “GNU/” before “Linux” is just plain dumb. ⌘ Read more

Lunduke still sick, but some new goodies!
Linux Sucks chapter 2 is up, and a new exclusive article on Chrome OS. ⌘ Read more

Devils Advocate: Here’s how ChromeOS is the future of Linux
And that kinda makes me cranky. ⌘ Read more

“Linux Sucks: The Book” - Chapter 2
GNU, Minix, and the before times ⌘ Read more

On the blog: Startup, but Not Really Startup https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/09/22/startup.html #programming #techtips #linux

Installing Arch Linux on Raspberry Pi with WiFi pre-configured
TL;DR Super easy to use standalone offline\
Arch Linux installer for Raspberry Pi which also configures your
WiFi and other config on first boot.

Arch Linux and Raspberry Pi are made for each other. I run them together
every where in my home. However, I have found the [official\
installation instructions](https://archlinuxarm.org/platforms/armv6/r … ⌘ Read more

30 free and open source Linux games – part 3
With Linux celebrating it’s 30 year anniversary, I thought I’d use that as an excuse to highlight 30 of my favorite free and open source Linux games, their communities, and their stories. If you’ve haven’t ⌘ Read more

30 free and open source Linux games – part 2
Linux is celebrating its 30-year anniversary, so I’m taking the opportunity to highlight 30 of my favorite free and open source Linux games, their communities, and their stories.   I shared the first 10 yesterday. ⌘ Read more

In reply to: Wildermyth tells incredible stories that hit surprisingly hard

These stories mean that playing Wildermyth is not just about doing tactical battles from one end of a scripted narrative to another. It means tracking a small crew of changing people through their careers as adventurers. Sometimes their personali … ⌘ Read more

Installing minikube on my Arch Linux. Going to learn kubernetes sometime

Privilege escalation with polkit: How to get root on Linux with a seven-year-old bug ⌘ Read more…

Bringing “docker scan” to Linux ⌘ Read more…

Reviews of All Linux Distros (That Matter)
Firstly, once you reach basic competency in Linux, different distributions don’t matter. A lot of newbies analyze distros based on what they look like when you install them, often not realizing that it’s a pretty simple affair not just to change superficial things like your theme and setup, but entire desktop environments. Basically all distro reviews online are wastes of time for people who know what they’re doing. When I came to YouTube, all … ⌘ Read more

Veganism Is the Pinnacle of Bugmanism
People have quoted me as saying that.I forget where it comes from, probably a livestream, but I definitely stand by it.Since a lot of people labor under the assumption that my channel is about “Linux,” I’ve accumulated a lot of subscribers that are variously nerds, furries, degenerates, coomers, libertarians, communists, trannies and among them are vegans.Some of them (I assume) are good people.

There’s a stereotype about vegans that they are annoyin … ⌘ Read more

LinuxKit as a Commodity for Building Linux Distributions ⌘ Read more…

Hey, from my perspective on Plan 9, all these linuxes are the same junk.

uname; I have an account. I just don’t know how to differentiate linux especially.

@adi@twtxt.net Some linux; how does one tell which?

Veganism is the Pinnacle of Bugmanism

by Luke Smith

People have quoted me as saying that.
I forget where it comes from, probably a livestream, but I definitely stand by it.
Since a lot of people labor under the assumption that my channel is about “Linux,” I’ve accumulated a lot of subscribers that are variously nerds, furries, degenerates, coomers, libertarians, communists, trannies and among them are vegans.
Some of them (I assume) are go … ⌘ Read more

💁‍♂️ If you’re ever on a UNIX machine of some kind without any useful networking utilities like ip or ifconfig, fear now! You can view the network topology of the Kernel by just doing:

cat /proc/net/fib_trie

😲 #Linux #Tips

lagrange is a gui desktop space for browsing geminispace. it builds and runs on alpine linux! [[https://gmi.skyjake.fi/lagrange/]] #links

Setting up txtnish on the Linux side of one of my computers that runs CloudReady. #twtxt #txtnish #chromeos

Setting up txtnish on the Linux side of one of my computers that runs CloudReady. #twtxt #txtnish #chromeos

#cool #linux ‘locate -r /me$’ finds all files ending in ‘/me’

Anbox - Android in a Box - run android apps on Linux ⌘ https://anbox.io/

KDE Connect – MX Linux ⌘ https://mxlinux.org/wiki/networking/kde-connect/

MX Workbench, a live-USB Linux build made with MX tools is that is meant to be a “Swiss Army” kind of tool for sysadmins, containing a bunch of useful programs. ⌘ https://sourceforge.net/projects/mx-linux/files/Community_Respins/

Feed Converter ⌘ https://rss.to.mastodon.linux.pizza/

I see no reason why a modern GNU Linux installation would be less appealing than windows to an average user

So chuffed. Partner got on the ole Amilo Pro and Bang! was bankin’ ‘n’ spreadsheetin’, oblivious to Linux.

So chuffed. Partner got on the ole Amilo Pro and Bang! was bankin’ ‘n’ spreadsheetin’, oblivious to Linux.

Openiked, a FreeBSD port and partial NAT-T on FreeBSD and Linux ⌘ https://hack.org/mc/blog/openiked.html

@dgold@dgold.eu I’ve heard a lot of people successfully run Linux on Macbooks. Never tried it myself as they are too expensive for me.

@mdosch@mdosch.de because its what I have. i don’t have the funds to replace it with something more powerful. Am considering wiping it and slapping a linux on.

Posted to Entropy Arbitrage: Small-D date Night https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/03/18/date.html #techtips #programming #shell #date #gnu #linux #calendar

Posted to Entropy Arbitrage: Small Technology Notes https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/02/05/recutils.html #techtips #recutils #linux #sqlite #export

Posted to Entropy Arbitrage: Small Technology Notes https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/01/29/tips.html #techtips #git #linux

made a PR to the linux-surface kernel today. it’s only udev rules, but I still feel accomplished

@lucidiot@tilde.town @kas@enotty.dk Oh, I found out my android keyboard also can easily do … But how do you do this on Linux?

#Apple of 2019 is the #Linux of 2000: https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2019/10/apple-of-2019-is-linux-of-2000.html?m=1

@von@tilde.town I envy you for being able to use #Linux at work.

Migrated to Linux | https://wiki.xxiivv.com/computer

I need to find OpenBSD and C-developers in my area. I feel lonely and stuck way too often. And I feel annoyed by every event here being targeted at linux beginner folks.

Kali Linux Cheat Sheet for Penetration Testers - blackMORE Ops https://www.blackmoreops.com/2016/12/20/kali-linux-cheat-sheet-for-penetration-testers/

If Software Is Funded from a Public Source, Its Code Should Be Open Source | Linux Journal https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/if-software-funded-public-source-its-code-should-be-open-source

Evolution of the x86 context switch in Linux – MaiZure’s Projects http://www.maizure.org/projects/evolution_x86_context_switch_linux/index.html

Linux Sucks. Forever. - Filmed live at Linux Fest NW - April 28, 2018 - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVHcdgrqbHE

GitHub - marcosptf/menuetos: fan respository - not official - os linux made with assembly language https://github.com/marcosptf/menuetos

Also pulse randomly decided that I didn’t get to have a driver for my (extremely common) sound card anymore. Jesus, systemd – you’re pushing linux on the desktop back to 1998 levels of bullshit.

Linux Load Averages: Solving the Mystery http://www.brendangregg.com/blog/2017-08-08/linux-load-averages.html

@kas@enotty.dk I’d love to have a ‘real’ Linux in my phone. The closest was when I was using #SailfishOS.

Google sponsors Linux. The Linux Foundation claims that that’s because Google loves free software. Google also continues to publish new Closed Source software. I claim that that’s because the Linux Foundation is dumb.

GitHub - tombh/texttop: A fully interactive X Linux desktop rendered in TTY and streamable over SSH https://github.com/tombh/texttop

Updating Go on Ubuntu/Linux ⌘ Read more…

Linux has become a weird version of Rock-paper-scissors: udev breaks systemd, systemd breaks pulseaudio, pulseaudio breaks dbus, dbus breaks udev

Linux has become a weird version of Rock-paper-scissors: udev breaks systemd, systemd breaks pulseaudio, pulseaudio breaks dbus, dbus breaks udev

https://github.com/sabotage-linux/sabotage looks fun.

https://github.com/sabotage-linux/sabotage looks fun.

@freemor@freemor.homelinux.net Ah, the joy of wlan on linux! And printer!

@freemor@freemor.homelinux.net Ah, the joy of wlan on linux! And printer!

My counter wasn’t incremented because of a seven year old bug … https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8774cf8 #xfs

My counter wasn’t incremented because of a seven year old bug … https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8774cf8 #xfs

NixOS 14.12 released
NixOS 14.12 “Caterpillar” has been released, the third stable
release branch. It brings Linux 3.14, systemd 217, Glibc 2.20,
KDE 4.14.1, and much more. See the release\
 notes
for details. You can get NixOS 14.12 ISOs and VirtualBox
appliances from the download\
 page. For information on how to upgrade from older release
branches to 14.12, check out the [manual section\
 on\
 upgrading](/manual/nixos/stable/ind … ⌘ Read more

NixOS 14.04 released
NixOS 14.04 “Baboon” has been released, the second stable
release branch. It brings Linux 3.12, systemd 212, GCC 4.8,
Glibc 2.19, KDE 4.12, light-weight NixOS containers, and much
more. See the release\
 notes for details. You can get NixOS 14.04 ISOs and
VirtualBox appliances from the download page. For information on
how to upgrade a 13.10 system to 14.04, check out the [manual\
 section on upgrading](/manual/nixos/stable/#sec … ⌘ Read more

FOSDEM talks
Domen Kožar gave a\
 talk at FOSDEM about NixOS ( video).
Also, Ludovic Courtès gave a talk\
 on\
 Guix, the Nix- … ⌘ Read more

Binary Nix tarballs available
Our continuous build system, Hydra, now produces binary\
 tarball distributions of Nix for Mac OS X (Darwin), FreeBSD
and Linux. The tarballs contain all dependencies of Nix, making
it a lot easier to install Nix on those platforms. To install,
download a binary tarball, unpack it in the root directory, then
run nix-finish-install. See the [manual](https://hydra.nixos.org/view/nix/trunk/latest/tarball/download-by-t … ⌘ Read more

Search linux bash history
Have you ever executed something on the linux shell and didn’t remember later how it was done? Well if you remember just part of it you can search for it:      history | grep -i “” ⌘ Read more

NixOS talk at LSM
Ludovic Courtès gave a talk about Nix and NixOS at the Libre Software\
 Meeting
in Bordeaux, entitled “NixOS:\
 The Only Functional GNU/Linux Distribution” ( slides). ⌘ Read more

Driconf: enabling S3 texture compression on Linux: https://www.codemadness.org/driconf-enabling-s3-texture-compression-on-linux.html

Getting the USB-powerline bridge to work on Linux: https://www.codemadness.org/getting-the-usb-powerline-bridge-to-work-on-linux.html

Linux.com article about Nix
There is an article on Linux.com about Nix: “Nix fixes dependency\
 hell on all Linux distributions”. ⌘ Read more

NixOS paper accepted at ICFP!
The paper “NixOS: A Purely Functional Linux Distribution” (by
Eelco Dolstra and Andres Löh) has been accepted
for presentation at the 2008\
International Conference on Functional Programming (ICFP).
It describes NixOS in much greater detail than last year’s
HotOS paper, an … ⌘ Read more

Nix 0.11 released
Nix\
 0.11 has been released. This is a major new release
representing over a year of development. The most important
improvement is secure multi-user support. It also features many
usability enhancements and language extensions, many of them
prompted by NixOS, the purely functional Linux distribution
based on Nix. See the [release\
 notes](https://web.archive.org/web/20140913055323/https://releases.nixos.org … ⌘ Read more

NixOS progress report

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NixOS is now almost usable as a desktop OS ;-). We
have an X server, a bunch of Gnome packages, basic wireless
support, and of course all the applications in Nixpkgs that we
had all along running on other Linux distributions. Here are a
few screenshots:

• X server\
 with Compiz window manager.
  
• [Emacs a … ⌘ Read more