nerd7473 @nerd7473@librem.one

A new issue of #ThisWeekInGNOME is now online!

#188 Software Fixes
https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2025/02/twig-188

#GNOME #TWIG

Plasma 6.3.1, the first bugfix update to KDE's latest 6.3 series, addresses crashes, UI glitches, and display issues for a polished experience.
https://linuxiac.com/kde-plasma-6-3-1-desktop-environment-released/

#kde #plasma

Which Free and Open Source Software do you use and/or recommend for podcasting? (OS, DAW, planning, remote recording, transcription, plugins, player…)
👇 Give your answers here 👇

Our nearest decent size town (Pikeville, KY) got hammered with the #flood today. We're fine; our house is a reasonable distance above the creek, but our road got messed up and all the local towns that are built down on the riverbanks got decimated. Somebody just sent me this video in a group message on Signal:

Link: https://www.facebook.com/reel/2028014917698948

#Weather #Kentucky #Pikeville

#Linux 6.14-rc3 is out:

https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-=wg1LBSvozQ03+EyB6j=Pwef1EL0Edu8uRz3fZaoZ0KtuA@mail.gmail.com/ [1]

'"[…] rc3 is actually right in line with normal releases at this point […]

The diffstat is mostly normal […]

[…] all looks pretty small and normal […]

Please do keep testing,

Linus"'

[1] seems @torvalds accidentally sent the announcement only to the linux-btrfs list 😄

@jlw_the_jobber
I am back on Qtile and using Picom as my compositor. How do you prefer to manage all you dot files? just have a seperate git repo for each that you want? Or just a general dots repo? I've been wanting to get more comfortable with git. Such as gitignore and what not. I typically just do a dots repo or a specific repo for the subject/package.

AppArmor out, SELinux in for openSUSE Tumbleweed.

https://news.itsfoss.com/opensuse-ditches-apparmor/

#linux

Very happy to announce my book The Linux Memory Manager is now available to pre-order at

https://nostarch.com/linux-memory-manager

It's a comprehensive 1,300 page exploration of how memory functions in Linux that goes into great depth on the subject, and is the first book of its kind for 20 years :)

How to speed up your phone for free - tested guide, it works!

1. Enable KASAN and other kinds of instrumentation while debugging your phone's kernel.
2. Notice how it makes things slower, but not slow enough to be unusable.
3. Keep using the phone this way.
4. Get used to it and forget that these things are enabled.
5. Many months later, get back to stock kernel config while doing something unrelated and enjoy your newly unlocked extra performance! 😝
#mobilelinux #linux #librem5 #shotonlibrem5

@robot @craftyguy We're at https://matrix.to/#/#phosh-dev:sigxcpu.org in case you do matrix

I always wanted a simple way to put the phone to silent mode when e.g. placing it on the table next to the 🛏️ . Since Biemster got NFC to work on the Oneplus 6/6T (https://github.com/biemster/pmos-openbox-conky/blob/main/nxp_nci_i2c.py) we can leverage that and have feedbackd's profile adjusted when certain RFIDs are seen (https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/feedbackd/-/merge_requests/154). For this to land we want to move the NFC support from a python script to s.th. like nfcd (https://github.com/biemster/pmos-openbox-conky/pull/18#issuecomment-2653920089). Help on this would be appreciated.

#phosh #feedbackd #rfid #LinuxMobile

[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for February 13, 2025 https://lwn.net/Articles/1008279/ #tech #linux

Did you know that in the early 1990s, shortly before the first smart phones dropped, "smart calculators" were poised to become the hubs of our of digital lives?

Here's a photo of one such device from Casio. For more calculator history, check out https://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/blog/calculators/

Build a Mars Rover in your home.

https://itsfoss.com/galaxy-rover/

Tiny Mouse Ring Uses Prox Sensors

https://hackaday.com/2025/02/10/tiny-mouse-ring-uses-prox-sensors/

EndeavourOS Mercury landed with Linux kernel 6.13, Plasma 6.2.5, Xfce 4.20, dark themes by default, and better installer functionality.
https://linuxiac.com/endeavouros-mercury-brings-fixes-dark-themes-and-improved-installer/

#endeavouros #arch #linux

Need some Saturday motivation? Try this #TechTip!

Unix recap for week 6/2025

https://discu.eu/weekly/unix/2025/6/

#unix

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A Rust-for-Linux policy document https://lwn.net/Articles/1008865/ #tech #linux

2/ …exceptionally, for Rust, a subsystem may allow to temporarily break Rust code. The intention is to facilitate friendly adoption of Rust in a subsystem without introducing a burden to existing maintainers who may be working on urgent fixes for the C side. The breakage should nevertheless be fixed as soon as possible, ideally before the breakage reaches Linus.

For instance, this approach was chosen by the block layer […]

We believe this approach is reasonable […]"'