Finally!

I'm happy to announce the R1OS Forum, a place for everyone interested in free and open source software that wants to discuss about it, get help using it, or simply want to be part of a new community.

https://r1os.com/sites/blog/forum-platform-launched.php

Forum: https://forum.r1os.com

#r1os #linux #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #illumos #opensource #freesoftware

I do have #openbsd as dualboot option together with #linux installed. My only problem with that is that a sysupgrade overwrites my grub and i then have to boot the linux installation once with a live-system to run a grub-install again.

I wonder if it is possible to avoid this annoying little step every 6 months.

History of #Linux Project (HOLP) is an open-source, collaborative effort, and to be cultural association, aimed at illustrating the history of Linux by using a timeline with colorful cards and images. Each card in the diagram represents a core event in history that contributed to the creation of Linux and to what Linux is, today.

Repo https://github.com/MarkGotLasagna/holp?tab=readme-ov-file

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History of Linux which contains a timeline with colorful cards and images.

Linux people!
What are good videos/articles that explain the basics or give an overview how Linux works?
I need a good (and simple!) introduction.

Thanks a lot for your help.
#linux #help #computer #beginner

When I select a VPS how do I know that my data on the server is safe and private? Is trust all I've got?

#SelfHosting #VPS #Linux

Been wasting more time.
#Linux

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A badly edited meme of a ginger cat with various labelled linux commands pointing to parts of the cat's body

So what is a #Linux Distribution?

https://youtu.be/G5lUyt3pM90

This Sunday, Aberdeen Linux User Group (AberLUG) meets.

📅 SUNDAY, 26th Oct 2025
⏰ 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
📍 The Soap Factory, 111 Gallowgate, Aberdeen AB25 1BU

Featured Speaker:
Join us for a fascinating session with Adrees, who will be giving a tour of various Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) tools for privacy, encryption, and digital resistance.

For more information, see: https://aberlug.org.uk/

No need to book, just drop in.

#Linux #OpenSource #AberLUG #FOSS #DigitalPrivacy #CodeTheCity

It seems to be quite convenient that google flags immich.app site as dangerous, since immich is an environment in which you can host your own photographs in a safe manner without Google.

#Immich #app #self #hosting #technology #OpenSource #programming #Linux #photographs #Google #Malicious

https://immich.app/blog/google-flags-immich-as-dangerous

25 Years of Linux Magazine: This week, we go way back to 2012 with a popular article from Michael Kromer: Linux Filesystem Performance Tests
https://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/Features/Filesystems-Benchmarked?utm_source=mlm
#Linux #filesystem #storage #SSD #HDD #openSUSE #Tumbleweed #kernel #XFS #administration

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Sequential reading is the domain of classic hard disks. In a RAID array, they sometimes deliver more than 650 MBps; ext4 won this comparison.

🚨LIVE NOW!🚨 DevOps/SRE Instructor Livestream

On this lovely Thursday, let's chat about #Linux #SystemAdministration, #SelfHosting, or any other topic in the #DevOps and #SRE space you're interested in!

Owncast: https://live.monospacementor.com/

I am now using #OpenBSD and I love it.

https://youtu.be/KV60DzajTAM?si=ATu0n_byLfMYskj9

#BSD #Linux #FreeBSD

Today's Linux course livestream is going to be awkward. And grepward, and even sedward. We'll talk about text processing! If you'd like to strengthen your command line skills, tune in at 5pm UTC on Twitch, YouTube, or my Owncast channel.
https://monospacementor.com/courses/linsys-1/free-livestream/
#Linux #SysAdmin #SystemAdministration

Use `set -euo pipefail` for more robust bash/zsh scripts. Exit on errors (-e), treat undefined variables as errors (-u), catch pipe failures (-o pipefail).

🔗 Learn more in my course: https://monospacementor.com/courses/linsys-1/

#Linux #SystemAdministration

It appears that the @xubuntu site was hacked and briefly served up a malicious ZIP file from its download page
https://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Xubuntu-Site-Possibly-Hacked?utm_source=mlm
#Xubuntu #Linux #malware #AI #hack #crypto #Trojan #security

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CELEBRATING 25 YEARS: LINUX MAGAZINE NEWS

From last week's Linux Update newsletter: Marcin Gastol examines Bcachefs, a next-generation Linux filesystem that merges into the kernel
https://www.linux-magazine.com/Issues/2025/298/bcachefs?utm_source=mlm
#CoW #storage #Linux #filesystem #kernel #performance #bcachefs #encryption

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Super CoW (© Photo by Anand Thakur on Unsplash)

Best NTP daemon?

#FreeBSD #Linux #OpenBSD #Infrastructure #NTP

What are you building this week?

#FreeBSD #Linux #Cloud

Happy birthday, @ubuntu #Linux #OpenSource #Ubuntu #FOSS #distro

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Congratulations on 21 years of Ubuntu! | Linux Magazine | ADMIN | OpenSource JobHub

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱/𝟭𝟬/𝟮𝟬 (Valuable News - 2025/10/20) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/valuable-news-2025-10-20/

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

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

⚠️ ~200,000 Framework Linux laptops shipped with UEFI components that can bypass Secure Boot 🖥️

A signed mm command allows memory edits, disabling signature checks & enabling persistent bootkits 🔐

Not a breach—an oversight. Fixes are rolling out. Users should update firmware or apply mitigations 🔧

@frameworkcomputer

🔗 https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/secure-boot-bypass-risk-on-nearly-200-000-linux-framework-sytems/

#TechNews #Linux #Cybersecurity #Framework #UEFI #SecureBoot #Security #Firmware #Privacy #OpenSource #Vulnerability #Update #Patch #Laptop #Technology

What are the popular/ recommended learning suites / OS /Distros for Kindergarten aged children?

eg:
- GCompris
- TuxPaint / OmniTux / etc
- DouDouLinux
- Sugar
- Qimo4Kids
- ??

I want to set up a a computer / laptop for a kindergartner and only let them have access to educational applications/ activities.

Boosts welcome

#Linux #ChildHoodEducation #Kindergarten #Children #STEM #RaspberryPI #GCompris #TuxPaint #Qimo

We are excited to announce our new Linux Magazine Online Access subscription. Order yours today and unlock every article on https://Linux-Magazine.com
https://shop.linuxnewmedia.com/shop/oalm-linux-magazine-online-access-661?category=15
#Linux #OpenSource #programming #CommandLine #DistroWalk #FOSS

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CELEBRATING 25 YEARS: Linux Magazine Online Access

🎁 Dev Box DPU Upgrade 🎁

More ZFS PoC for vGPU + DOCA blah blah NVMe-oF offloads

Left–to–Right (lotta slots)
- Broadcom CNA 2x10G
- Optane P3608 2x 2TB NVMe AIC
- Nvidia T10 16GB GPU (w/ 90mm blower)
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- Nvidia T10 16GB GPU (w/ 90mm blower)
- Nvidia Bluefield2 DPU 16GB RAM, 2x 25G
- Optane 4x 512GB NVDIMM
- Samsung 4x 32GB ECC Volatile
- Intel Xeon 8370C (Azure) 32C/64T 270W

Chassis cooled by 2x 180mm, 1x 140mm, 1x 120mm. Idles very comfortably below 40dB, wind-tunnel at full rpm is more like whoooooshing than the usual 28K-RPM 40mm axial fan screamers people expect from enterprise hardware. Choose wisely.

#gpu #dpu #ai #dev #llm #nvidia #intel #optane #zfs #linux #freebsd

A #linux application runs inside an LX-branded zone, where the #Illumos kernel (descended from #Solaris) natively implements the Linux kernel ABI. A #VPN connection, terminated in a separate Solaris-style zone, routes the application's traffic to a VPN endpoint on an #OpenBSD system running #Nginx, which serves #HTTPS content on a custom domain.
Life is great!

Advanced Programming the UNIX Environment

Week 1: UNIX History

We cover the early days at Bell Labs, USL vs BSDi, the birth of the BSDs and Linux, and how we got from Ken Thompson playing "Space Travel" on a PDP-7 to Unix running on your phone, fridge, and TV.

https://youtu.be/3H7SQWTR6Dw

Scroll along through it all here: https://www.levenez.com/unix/unix.pdf

#apue #unix #linux #netbsd #freebsd

Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment

Week 2: File Sharing

In this final video lecture segment for our week 2 materials, we take a look at what it means when multiple processes access the same files and what the implications of that are on the syscalls we know. We conclude with a look at /dev/fd on different operating systems, including #NetBSD, #macOS, and #Linux

https://youtu.be/CAbUtc86ULw

#apue #unix #programming

I've updated the Arch Install Guide and added a bootloader section with systemd-boot and GRUB as options.

The next update will be probably a disk encryption section.

https://r1os.com/sites/articles/arch-install-guide.php

#r1os #archlinux #linux

This is #gold for us #unix geeks. I am watching it as a series, 40-50 minutes at a time. Highly, very highly recommended.
#bsd #linux

Oral History of Ken Thompson - YouTube
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wqI7MrtxPnk

🚨LIVE NOW!🚨 DevOps/SRE Instructor Livestream

On this lovely Thursday, let's chat about #Linux #SystemAdministration, #SelfHosting, or any other topic in the #DevOps and #SRE space you're interested in!

Owncast: https://live.monospacementor.com/

Amazon has migrated from Android to the Linux-based Vega OS for its Fire TV
https://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Amazon-Ditches-Android-for-a-Linux-Based-OS?utm_source=mlm
#Amazon #FireTV #Linux #VegaOS #OpenSource #Android #FOSS

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CELEBRATING 25 YEARS: Linux Magazine News

Does anyone know if #elementaryOS offers disk encryption at installation, like #Pop_OS! does? #Linux #encryption #AskMastodon #AskFedi #HiveMind

Lot of fun tonight! #ham short wave listening after I moved to a elevated and isolated place for a better signal reception.

The #trike (3 wheels #recumbent bike) is awesome for this because I was able to use my laptop while sitting comfortably in my seat, water at hand.

I did meet NOBODY while staying at this place for 2 hours :D

I have been able to record radios in the 15, 12 and 10 meters bands and also in the 70cm band using a #sdr on #linux Skywave distro (work out of the box)

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3 wheel bike in the middle of crops

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3 wheel bike with an antenna at the back connected to a laptop thinkpad T400 waiting on the seat for some short wave listening

I launched a brand new QUIZ and I hope you will enjoy it! I invested a lot of thinking into this, and a bit of programming.

Please share and enjoy the pilot episode: https://youtu.be/NAHspgxkep8

#Linux #TheLinuxQuiz

@cmconseils This comic may be funny to somebody, but in the end... why don't you all just use a free OS if you want to be independent from idiots?

Yes, it is a big change. But it's worth it. I did this change in 2009. My Windows XP got a virus and broke. Again. As many times before.

I totally switched. It was a big, challengng change. A good change.

I'm on #Linux since then, and I never want to use any other operating system, especially not from rich men from stupid countries.

Just do it!

The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today announced "Librephone," a new project aimed at achieving complete mobile phone freedom for users from Google and Apple. The initiative will work to reverse engineer obstacles until its goal of a fully free mobile phone environment is realized. Can they be successful where industry leaders like Ubuntu failed previously?

https://www.fsf.org/news/librephone-project

#linux #opensource

Morning tests...

The story behind: a client is considering moving all the new mini PCs in their office to Linux (no BSD is compatible at the moment), since they mainly use web apps and LibreOffice. This client once told me they loved Transport Tycoon, back in the days, so I’m preparing an openSUSE Leap image. I’m sure they’ll be fascinated by this screenshot and the demo installation.

#Linux #openSUSE #PlayOnLinux #OSS #suse

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A screenshot of an OpenSuse Leap desktop environment running inside an Oracle VirtualBox virtual machine. The desktop has a yellow and orange wallpaper. Two application windows are open: 1. On the left, the game "Simutrans" shows a dialog box titled "Select one or more graphics to install". A list of graphics packs, such as "pak64" and "pak128.Britain", is displayed. The "pak32" option is highlighted, and a progress bar below it indicates it is "Downloading...". 2. On the right, the game "OpenTTD" is running. It displays an isometric view of a city in the year 1950. The taskbar at the bottom of the screen shows icons for several applications, including Simutrans and OpenTTD. The system clock on the far right reads "10:04 15/10/25".

HowTo Install Zorin OS 18 - The Complete Guide For Beginners
https://youtu.be/UIsr7-z7uRo

#Linux

Happy 29th birthday to @kde
#OpenSource #Linux #community #Plasma #desktop #FOSS

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY KDE | Linux Magazine | ADMIN | Open Source JobHub

GRENDEL: FRIGHTENING SPECIAL pt1

prev: https://merveilles.town/@prahou/115371694753633066
next: https://merveilles.town/@prahou/115374145637192846

#unix_surrealism #comic #grendel #technomage #cirno #glenda #plan9 #unix #linux #penguin #openbsd #freebsd #netbsd #dragonflybsd #9front

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Fish presents his plan to the other mages. "...with the guards neutralized, we get the goods and escape through the tunnel. Any questions?" The usual mages are quiet. Girl says: "Nope!" Fish notices a weird rabbit he's never seen before in the audience. Fish: "Who the heck is that?" Grendel: "I'm Grendel!"

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Girl: "Yeah! That's Grendel!" Penguin: "He's always been here!" Beastie pretends to have bunny ears with his fingers. Fred: "Grendel is the most awesome plan9 mage!" Daemon: "If I had three wishes, I'd wish for Grendel to be my best friend three times!" Girl: "If you ever died, master, I would want Grendel to adopt me!" someone: "Me too" Grendel: "Aww, you guys!" Fish: "Are you all insane?!" Glenda shakes her head angrily.

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ANALOGNOWHERE PRESENTS: GRENDEL: FRIGHTENING SPECIAL

Is anyone using any #linuxphone as their only phone? Is it usable now?

#Linux

Nice watch you got there.

It'd be a shame if someone installed Linux on it.

(Me, testing out AsteroidOS, on a secondhand TicWatch.)

asteroidos.org/watches/catfish/

#Linux #AsteroidOS #FOSS

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Watch showing the AsteroidOS boot screen

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Watch showing the AsteroidOS logo

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Watch showing a fastboot screen.

#Linux can lock accounts after login failures. For example, edit `/etc/security/faillock.conf` to set `deny=5` (lock after 5 failures) and `unlock_time=900` (15-minute lockout).

🔗 Learn more in my course: https://monospacementor.com/courses/linsys-1/

#SysAdmin #SystemAdministration

What is your local-first terminal mail client preference?

#email #mail #linux

I just installed a two months old bios/firmware on my 2018 #ThinkPad T480. Meanwhile HP DevOne - zero firmware updates since it was released. Good job HP! Excellent example on how you support #Linux users.

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱/𝟭𝟬/𝟭𝟯 (Valuable News - 2025/10/13) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/10/13/valuable-news-2025-10-13/

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

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

New blogpost:

# "How I interact with PDFs using Free software and Linux in 2025"

This blogpost contains some brief thoughts on how I interact with PDFs.

It is not an exhaustive list of Free software PDF tools for Linux. I know that there are other options; some I have tried and some I have not.

https://neilzone.co.uk/2025/10/how-i-interact-with-pdfs-using-free-software-and-linux-in-2025/

#Linux #FOSS #PDF #Debian

The Man of MATA pt1

next: https://merveilles.town/@prahou/115271822786360293

pls consider supporting my work: https://analognowhere.com/support

#unix_surrealism #comic #technomage #openbsd #linux #penguin #mata

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Somewhere in a desert... Girl and Penguin are eating breakfast. Penguin: "Morning, slept well?" Girl: "mhmhmhm" Penguin: "What's today?" Girl checks her school schedule. It's Monday, morning class - history. Girl: "History. Penguin, unenthusiased: "Sounds exciting."

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Classroom. Fish begins the lesson. Fish: "I wanted to call this class mythology, but Purple said history suggests that some of it might actually be true. Nobody remembers how long ago, but as you know, the world ended. While the inheritors of the ravaged land learned to adapt to their predicament, three brothers, successors of those who brought about the end, set out into the destroyed world to ruin it some more." LAST REMAINING MATACORPBUNKER B_73; three brothers "Well, gentlemen, we ate all the women, children and uly. The water purifier is busted and the only person who could fix it was Parkinson." "We ate her last week." "We ate her last week." "Nothing to eat, nothing to drink. So now what?" "I think it's time to do what our great great great grandparents spoke of - Go outside and restart civilization." "Ugh..."

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Penguin and Fish are dressed as the MATA brothers. Penguin: "I have the best ideas." Fish: "You're going to have to help us play the third brother." Girl, ecstatic: "School trip!" analognowhere presents: techno-mage in: Girl, Fish and Penguin stand outside their cave home. Fish: "... they gathered a bunch of thumbdrives with ancient CORPO tech and went on a journey to find people and machines they could poison." Penguin: "It's a good day to fuck shit up. Come on, bros!" Girl: "He's really into it!"

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The three brothers cross the ancient desolate land. "This suuuuuuuuuuuucks." "Shut up."

I found this screenshot again and I still think it's brilliant. The best OS overview I've ever read.
#Linux #FreeBSD

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Screenshot of a Reddit comment saying this: Time for my OS opinion that's guaranteed to be unpopular with someone... Sun Solaris used to be the OS that required overpriced proprietary hardware and still couldn't compete with Linux. That OS is now MacOS. MacOS used to be the colorful and friendly walled garden OS that your non-techie parents would enjoy but was completely useless to you as a power user. That OS is now Windows. Windows used to be the OS that could run a lot of apps, but was a headache to setup and maintain correctly and would sometimes blow up for no reason. That OS is now Linux. Linux used to be the techie and developer oriented command-line OS that was lacking in desktop apps and might not support your hardware, but once you got it going, was rock solid and had no limits. That OS is now FreeBSD.

Codeberg - We stay strong against hate and hatred

https://blog.codeberg.org/we-stay-strong-against-hate-and-hatred.html

Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://blog.codeberg.org/we-stay-strong-against-hate-and-hatred.html

#linux #opensource #unix

UPDATE: I haven't seen Recall in action there. I was just asking the doctor how they'll deal with it.

This morning, I went to the doctor for a scheduled appointment. While she was looking at the results of blood tests from two years ago on the screen (and suggested repeating them for a follow-up), I realized she was using Windows 11. A detail came to mind. The doctor is extremely polite and friendly, so I asked her, "How do you handle the feature called Recall?" The doctor was taken aback and had no idea what I was talking about. I was about to drop the conversation, but she, being a serious professional, immediately called the technicians who manage their PCs to ask for clarification. They downplayed it, saying it's not an issue and that it's a feature "on all PCs, so we can't do anything about it." She started to express that she didn’t like it and wanted it deactivated. No luck: they won’t proceed because, according to them, even deactivating it is "a hack that could compromise future updates." She’s furious and will talk to her colleagues and the decision-makers. She wants secure systems because "there’s patient data involved."

In reality, patient data is stored on servers (which I haven't investigated), but everything that appears on the screen is, in my opinion, at risk.

I’ve offered to help them find a solution—because, if I'm right, all they need is LibreOffice and a browser. In that case, I’ll suggest one of the *BSD or Linux systems and do it for free.

I don’t want to make money off my doctor. I just want patient data to be (sufficiently) secure.

#IT #Recall #Windows #OwnYourData #Security #Privacy #RunBSD #Linux

If you are thinking of moving from Windows to Linux and are not sure where to start, here's the software that I am using day to day:

https://decoded.legal/blog/2024/09/running-a-law-firm-on-free-software-2024-edition/

(Work-focus, as that is where I spend most of my (computing) time, but I am Linux-only for personal computing too.)

And don't forget that many Free software programs have Windows versions too, so you can test before you leap.

Good luck!

#Linux #FOSS