As a weekend project, I'm going to install a fourth Linux distro on my desktop PC to get some gaming going! Batocera is a Linux distro that supports over 220 gaming platforms and consoles, including MS-DOS, PS1-PS4, and various controllers directly.

I've built a couple of custom handheld consoles for retro gaming using RetroArch and EmulationStation, and we have an arcade machine with a JAMMA circuit board at the office, but I haven't tried Batocera before. Let the games begin!
batocera.org

#Linux #Batocera #RetroGaming #RetroGames #Gaming #Games #MSDOS #DOS #Consoles #OpenSource

AerynOS has made it into the @distrowatch Top 40 for the default 6 month average.

We were added less than a year ago and have gradually been rising up the ranks.

For an alpha distro, it's impressive as it shows there is pent up interest in our project and what we are trying to achieve!

#AerynOS #Distrowatch #Linux #Rust

Great review of TROMjaro from ZDnet - zdnet.com/article/tromjaro-is-…

Amongst AI written, ad driven content nowadays, it is nice to see some genuine reviews. Super happy with the fact that the author also talks about the trade-free idea a bit and even mentions VideoNeat.

#linux #opensource #xfce #tromjaro #arch #manjaro #review operatingsytem

I found a Linux distro that pairs a clean, Mac-like UI with a 'trade-free' philosophy - and it's super fast

This Linux distribution can compete with any lightweight OS on the market.

^{Jack Wallen (ZDNET)}

Is there a tool that will rotate files out for you? I'm thinking like log rotation, but not just for logs.

Like... maybe I have a daily cron job creating some file but I'd like to see what yesterday's file looked like before it got overwritten by today's file. Ideally there would be a tool that will rename the file to file.1 (after renaming file.1 to file.2, and so on). logrotated does this, some backup software does this, but I just want a basic primitive function that stands alone, and that I don't have to hack together in a shell script.

Does this exist?

Could I just abuse logrotate?

#sysadmin #Linux

Modern web needs like 100MB just to say "Hello World". I went the other way.

Introducing GASM: A Gopher server in pure i386 Assembly.

💾 Binary: 1.5KB
🧠 RAM: 24KB (Verified with pmap)
🚫 Dependencies: 0 (No libc, pure syscalls)
🦕 Min Spec: Intel 386DX (1985)

Probably runs on the shittiest hardware you can find, or on your Ryzen 9.

github.com/someodd/gasm

#assembly #gopher #lowlevel #linux #retrocomputing #foss

GitHub - someodd/gasm: bare-metal i386 Gopher server for Linux

bare-metal i386 Gopher server for Linux. Contribute to someodd/gasm development by creating an account on GitHub.

^GitHub

At Vivaldi we continue to make choices that are different from our competitors. We have chosen to not integrate AI or crypto, but instead we integrate a wealth of other features, based on the wishes of our users.

We are a European company with most of the team based in Norway and Iceland, a few around Europe and a couple in the US.

Our servers are based in Iceland.

If you want to get away from Big Tech, maybe give us a try? If you are already using Vivaldi, maybe introduce your friends?

Have a nice day!

vivaldi.com

#Vivaldi #Browser #Windows #Macos #Linux #AI #Europa #Technology #EU #UK #Germany #France #Poland #Denmark #Norway #Iceland #Greenland

Vivaldi Browser | Powerful, Personal and Private web browser

It’s a web browser. But fun. It comes with a bunch of clever features built-in. It’s super flexible and does not track you. Get the Vivaldi browser for desktop, mobile, and your car!

^{Vivaldi Technologies}

Do you miss being super excited about contemporary music? I do. That's why I founded kew. kew is a music player for Linux (and macOS/FreeBSD/Android).

I strongly believe that buying and owning music is much better for music (and for you) than renting it.

kew is fully private, offline and open source. It does not have ads or algorithmic manipulation.

It has gapless playback and shows covers.

You can check out kew here:
github.com/ravachol/kew

#music #linux #opensource #thefuture

Kagi has released an early Linux alpha of its Orion web browser, with a beta release due next month. Details on the WebkitGTK app's progress, and what's still to do: omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/orion-…

#Kagi #Orion #Linux

Orion Browser Releases Its First Linux Alpha - OMG! Ubuntu

An alpha release of Orion for Linux, a new Webkit-based web browser from paid search engine Kagi, is out for testing – and early impressions are positive.

^{Joey Sneddon (OMG! Ubuntu!)}

Jeff Bezos is saying the quiet part out loud. They want to kill local computing.

You will own nothing and be happy. You will rent your computing power from the cloud. You pay a subscription for the privilege of using a computer.

AI demand is artificially spiking DRAM prices and Big Tech is pushing "AI PCs," the squeeze is on to force us into a rental model.

Reject this future.

Keep your hardware local.

Run #Linux.

Own your data.

The "cloud" is just a landlord for your data.

#NoAi #FOSS #OpenSource #Privacy #SelfHost #SelfHosting #BigTech #RightToRepair #RAM #Amazon #EatTheRich

windowscentral.com/artificial-…

Nice to see TROMjaro on the front page of DistroWatch :)

tromjaro.com/

#linux #opensource #tromjaro #arch #manjaro #distrowatch #foss #software

The PAM Duress is a module designed to allow users to generate 'duress' passwords that when used in place of their normal password will execute arbitrary scripts.

This functionality could be used to allow someone pressed to give a password under coercion to provide a password that grants access but in the background runs scripts to clean up sensitive data, close connections to other networks to limit lateral movement, and/or to send off a notification or alert (potentially one with detailed information like location, visible wifi hot-spots, a picture from the camera, a link to a stream from the microphone, etc). You could even spawn a process to remove the pam_duress module so the threat actor won't be able to see if the duress module was available.

github.com/nuvious/pam-duress

#security #Linux #Arch #Debian

GitHub - nuvious/pam-duress: A Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) which allows the establishment of alternate passwords that can be used to perform actions to clear sensitive data, notify IT/Security staff, close off sensitive network connections, etc

A Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) which allows the establishment of alternate passwords that can be used to perform actions to clear sensitive data, notify IT/Security staff, close off sensit...

^GitHub

In Ubuntu 24.04, if LibreOffice Writer looks hideous, like a Windows 98 program, do this:

$ sudo apt install libreoffice-gtk3 libreoffice-gtk4

... and upon relaunch the interface will look modern and sleek. Why it's not by default is beyond me.

#ubuntu #LibreOffice #linux

2026 brings something new but also old to TROMjaro: The Unity Layout style is back because we managed to fix an annoying thing with it. forum.tromjaro.com/t/tromjaro-…

#linux #xfce #tromjaro #nocsd #foss #opensource

TROMjaro 2026.01.13 (Unity is back as Default!)

2026 brings something new but also old to TROMjaro: The Unity Layout style is back because we managed to fix an annoying thing with it. Let me explain. When I first discovered Linux I fell in love with Ubuntu’s Unity.

^{TROMjaro Forum}

The open-source universe has been expanding steadily. Our accounting team is growing too:

"It was especially important to me to work mostly digitally and deal with as little paper as possible – and that’s exactly what I found here."

tuxedocomputers.com/en/Welcome…

#team #linux

When I started experimenting with #Linux again in 2024, I was very impressed at how mature everything had become since I last tried it in the mid-00s. The biggest surprise, though, was #GNOME. It had a level of intentionality and clarity of vision that far exceeded my expectations of a FLOSS project. It made me feel welcome and comfortable.

To the developers of @gnome : Thank you for having the audacity to strive for simplicity in the face of continued criticism from the community. It matters.

"No, see, you don't understand, Linux will never catch on, it's just not as intuitive as Windows!"

Meanwhile Windows:

Windows users keep losing files to OneDrive, and many don't know why
techspot.com/news/110848-onedr…

🤡

#Windows #Linux #Microsoft

I worked on a HyperHDR build and wanted to make it a more permanent part of our living room setup. This escalated to setting up a Jellyfin media server and backing up all of our physical media.

HyperHDR Learn Guide: learn.adafruit.com/ambient-vid…
Raspberry Pi NFC Media Player Learn Guide: learn.adafruit.com/nfc-raspber…
Original Raspberry Pi Media Server Model: printables.com/model/269198-ra…
Remixed Raspberry Pi Media Server Model: printables.com/model/1493532-r…

60 Best Free and Open Source Software You Need in 2026

tecmint.com/best-free-open-sou…

#Linux

Wire up various modules to survive in Wireworks - a base-defense roguelike auto-battler gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/wire…

#Wireworks #IndieGames #Linux #PCGaming

Wire up various modules to survive in Wireworks - a base-defense roguelike auto-battler

Wireworks went straight into my wishlist, I couldn't click it fast enough. Love the idea with this base-defense roguelike auto-battler.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Evergreen

#OpenBSD #RunBSD #Linux #Jokes

Distrowars be like:

#linux

A long-standing Linux behavior is under threat as GNOME and Mozilla review a proposal to disable middle-mouse paste.
linuxiac.com/gnome-and-mozilla…

#gnome #mozilla #linux #unix #opensource

I reworked my emoji picker, I think it's kinda neat 😁.

Using a custom Hyprland config with kitty, fsel and bemoji.

#bemoji #fsel #linux #arch #hyprland #screenshot #emojipicker

Contre #Trump on voit bien l’impact limité des #rassemblements et #manifestations… Il est temps de boycotter sérieusement les produits US :
🔸 #CocaCola, #MacDonald : c'est pas un gros effort, ça nous manquera pas !
🔸 #Apple, #Microsoft : go #Linux !
🔸 #Google : degooglisons-internet.org avec l'aide de @Framasoft
🔸 #Whatsapp : go #Matrix !
... liste à compléter ...

#boycott #BoycottUSA #impérialisme #Venezuela #Palestine #BDS

Dégooglisons Internet - Accueil

Les géants du web centralisent nos vies numériques en échange de leurs services Les communautés du logiciel libre offrent des services alternatifs éthiques Le réseau Framasoft souhaite le démontreren les hébergeant

^{degooglisons-internet.org}

OS: daily driving #Linux for ~2 years.

Email: #Proton for ~6 years, #Tuta for ~1 year (recently switched my business to Tuta)

Password Manager: Proton Pass for most things. Self hosted #Bitwarden for my homeland stuff.

Search: Used #DuckDuckGo and #StartPage for a long time but recently moved to a self hosted instance of #SearXNG

Messenger: Using both #WhatsApp & #Signal.

If you're a Linux audio user, it might be worthwhile for you to show up and register your usage on the KVRAudio forum. They're currently running their yearly platform poll:

kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.p…

Boosts appreciated!

#linuxaudio #linux #audio #music #musician #musicproduction #vst #daw

audiojunkie (@ercanbrack) over on KVR asks: "What operating systems (OSes) do you use (or are considering using) for music production?"
kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.p…

With 70 votes so far, Linux makes up for 24%. 😎

Last year's results of the same #poll can be found here: kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.p…

#linuxaudio #musicproduction #linux #marketshare

Any #LinuxAudio code capable people on the line, who can tell me if I can build this for Linux: github.com/robbert-vdh/spectra…

Just discovered Spectral Compressor, which seems very interesting, but I have no idea how I would start using it :)

#Linux #LinuxAudio

GitHub - robbert-vdh/spectral-compressor: Everything can be pink noise if you try hard enough!

Everything can be pink noise if you try hard enough! - robbert-vdh/spectral-compressor

^GitHub

Throwing this out into the void here, probably, but just in case someone else ends up in the same situation I did: discourse.nixos.org/t/realtek-…

If you need Realtek Audio for your sound to work, and it stops working suddenly (or never has worked, I guess), then this might be the solution:

boot.kernelParams = [ "snd-intel-dspcfg.dsp_driver=1" ];

It was the solution in my case, anyway. Whether or not this is even a problem, or if that's the fix, outside of NixOS, I couldn't tell you. I would assume that anything involving kernel parameters is probably gonna be about the same anywhere, though.

#NixOS #Audio #Linux #LinuxKernel #LinuxAudio

Realtek Audio sound card not recognized by pipewire

Solution is to add a kernel param. Depreciated version: boot.kernelParams = [ "snd_hda_intel.dmic_detect=0" ]; Current version: boot.kernelParams = [ "snd-intel-dspcfg.dsp_driver=1" ]; Based on this arch forum post: https://bugs.archlinux.

^{NixOS Discourse}

Please boost this!

The developer of this exciting and powerful ( & beautiful) plugin would like to hear from everyone who is interested in a Linux-native version. The more Linux comments the better. Please post and let the developer know you want a Linux native version!

The synth: Ultra — a wavetable, multisampling, monster using “Ultrawaves”

Site: ultra.audio/

Comment here and say you want Linux-native:

kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.p…

#LinuxAudio #Linux #MusicProduction #Audio #Synth

If you are at #39c3 and are curious about how kernel and firmware use #OpenFirmware device tree to discover hardware and how @barebox (and other bootloaders) use it when booting Linux, come by tomorrow at 13:00 at the open source firmware assembly in Hall 3 Foyer!

If you can't make it and you don't find me near the #barebox demo at the assembly, shoot me a message, I am happy to meet up and chat about all things #embedded #linux, barebox and liberating boot!

events.ccc.de/congress/2025/hu…

[39c3] Workshop: Device Tree Handling and Linux booting with barebox

We'll walk through the barebox bootloader RISC-V webdemo at https://www.barebox.org/demo/ but many concepts apply equally well to ARM as well as booting Linux in general with other bootloaders as well.

^39c3

Given that Linus is using Fedora, there is nothing wrong to have a simpler life. 😂

Tinkering is fun. But it is hard to have work done on a system you constantly mess with.

#Linux

#EU_OS: Which #Linux Distribution fits Europe best?

Read my blog post and let me know your thoughts and questions here.

blog.riemann.cc/digitalisation…

#DigitalSovereignty #Fedora #opensuse #debian #rhel #almalinux #nixos #zorin #EuroStack #DigitalCommons #DPI #DigitalPublicInfrastructure

EU OS: Which Linux Distribution fits Europe best?

This post concerns the requirements of a Linux distribution for Europe in the context of the EU OS project and offers a comparison of Linux distributions.

^{Robert Riemann (~rriemann)}

Good summary of modern desktop Linux approach to CLI tools using homebrew.

ypsidanger.com/homebrew-is-gre…

#linux #homebrew

Homebrew is great on Linux

(Originally from October 2023, updated August 2025) I'm a strong believer in the next generation Linux desktop model - which splits what is typically one monolithic system into different layers.

^{Jorge Castro}