MPV is the GOAT

I recently filmed the wedding ceremony of a cousin and wanted to see how the videos looked. I'm running Ubuntu 24.04 LTS with KDE and it came with VLC so I transferred the files to disk but the playback was choppy to say the least.

I then installed the ubuntu-restricted-extras package and restarted but nothing changed. I thought the files might be corrupted but then I installed MPV and viola!

Everything runs in smooth, crisp, and beautiful 4K without me doing anything. I'm switching video players now.



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I am a first-time solo developer and my anomaly hunting horror game "HANGAR 8" works on Linux thanks to GODOT 4.3! The r/linux_gaming community was very supportive, and someone suggested I let r/linux know as well :3
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To what extent are packages audited in Debian, RedHat, Arch, or homebrew package repositories?

Some distributions use older package versions for stability, and use automated testing to identify issues, and a lot of work goes into maintaining packages to ensure that they work correctly.

But how much work goes into security reviews of code changes? Is the source code skimmed? Are signed code changes trusted without review? Is the source code scanned for malware? And so on...

Do I understand correctly that enterprise repositories such as RedHat or SUSE are audited, while community repositories like Arch and homebrew are not?
And that Debian is something in between?
I see lots of people using community repos with ubuntu and I've always been shocked by the amount of trust that people have in anonymously-authored packages.

For example, I'd like to use wireguard or qemu on MacOS with homebrew, but I'm not super confident about it. I could download the sources and build it, but that's complicated, time consuming, fragile, and requires a lot of dependencies to be installed. So I end up not doing it. I'm thinking to switch back to a PC laptop. I have the impression that Debian is trusted/audited, but I'm looking for confirmation.

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Fedora 42 Beta Released
https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-linux-42-beta/

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util-linux 2.41 released
https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/blob/master/Documentation/releases/v2.41-ReleaseNotes

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Unofficial Qutebrowser v3.2.0 AppImage

# Unofficial Qutebrowser AppImage

A unofficial portable, self-contained AppImage of qutebrowser, a keyboard-oriented, Vim-like web browser built with QtWebEngine. This project packages qutebrowser v3.2.0 into an AppImage for easy distribution and use on Linux systems, complete with OpenGL rendering and HTTPS support.

## Features
- Portable: Run qutebrowser without installation—just download and execute.
- Vim-like Keybindings: Navigate the web with keyboard efficiency.
- Ad-blocking: Built-in support via the adblock library.
- QtWebEngine: Powered by Chromium’s engine for modern web compatibility.
- FUSE 3: Uses FUSE 3 for AppImage compatibility on newer systems.

## Usage

1. Download the Unofficial Qutebrowser AppImage:
- Grab the latest release from the Releases page.

2. Make it Executable:

   chmod +x qutebrowser-3.2.0-x86_64.AppImage

## Acknowledgments

- qutebrowser - For the fantastic keyboard-driven browser that inspired this project.
- linuxdeployqt & AppImageKit - For the powerful tools that made packaging this AppImage possible.

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Asahi Lina quits Linux graphics development
https://bsky.app/profile/lina.yt/post/3lkny44jr2k2m

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I wrote myself a noscript to track my terminal usage and give out EXP points and achievements. Maybe someone else will enjoy it too.

Hey everyone, I'm a gamer at heart and enjoy the progression that leveling systems in RPGs provide, so as much fun as learning to use the terminal is, I was missing the dopamine boost the occasional level up messages in games provide.


So I took that as an opportunity to learn bash noscripting and wrote myself a silly little noscript that does just that- it tracks my terminal usage, gives out experience points in varying amounts (bonus points for discovering a new command), shows fun little messages on level ups, complete with an increasing rank noscript, and tracks a total of 70 achievements.


It supports bash and zsh shells so far and even works fine on my phone when using termux, and by now I'm not encountering any issues with it and the development slowed down enough to share it with everyone who might enjoy some terminal gamification as well.


Let me know what you think if you try it and I'm happy to hear your thoughts, suggestions and bug reports!


Github link for the download:
https://github.com/Divinux/linux-terminal-gamifier/

https://preview.redd.it/j98iuh7qbipe1.png?width=888&format=png&auto=webp&s=48972462629dc67d5da5eed50df9e60cd4c7f91b



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"4-in-1". Four CLI animations in one command.
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UNIX was initially made because Ken Thompson wanted to play his space game on a PDP-7

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Thompson#Career_and_research

“He also created a video game called Space Travel… In order to go on playing the game, Thompson found an old PDP-7 machine and rewrote Space Travel on it. Eventually, the tools developed by Thompson became the Unix operating system

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Unofficial Emacs 30.1 Appimage

Welcome to the unofficial Emacs AppImage—a portable, terminal-only build of Emacs 30.1, crafted for Debian Sid and beyond. This AppImage is designed to run anywhere on Linux with no sandbox restrictions, no emacsclient, and a full system PATH—making it the most versatile Emacs AppImage available!

## Features
- Portable: Single executable, no installation required—just download and run.
- Terminal-Only: Built with --without-x for a lean, TUI-focused experience.
- No Sandbox: Full system access, no isolation constraints.
- No emacsclient: Client-server functionality disabled for simplicity.
- Full PATH: Preserves system paths (/bin, /usr/bin, etc.) for seamless command access (e.g., dircolors, xdg-user-dir).
- Bundled Utilities: Includes etags, ctags, ebrowse, and more.

## Usage

1. Download the AppImage:
- Grab it from the Releases page.

2. Make it Executable:

   chmod +x emacs-30.1-x86_64.AppImage

## Acknowledgments

- Emacs - The legendary editor that powers this project.
- linuxdeployqt & AppImageKit - Tools that made packaging possible.

- NEW EDIT: Posted too fast. There's an issue. My bad... Will fix!
- New New Edit: Fixed.

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Why was your one reason because of which you decided to switch to Linux?

I am working on a news report about the rising popularity of linux in recent years. What was your primary personal reason to switch? Any reason is great but for the report I am most interested in reasons a member of the general public can understand, so nothing super technical.

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Here's an exercise in extreme masochism:

1. pick any distro and install it.

2. Then, without installing another distro over the top of it, slowly convert it into another distro by replacing package managers, installed packages, and configurations.

System must be usable and fully native to the new distro (all old packages replaced with new ones).

No flatpaks, avoid snaps where physically possible, native packages only.

-----

Easy: pick two similar distros, such as Ubuntu and Debian or Manjaro and Arch and go from the base to the derivative.

Medium: Same as easy but go from the derivative to the base.

Hard: Pick two disparate distros like Debian and Artix and go from one to the other.

Nightmare: Make a self-compiled distro your target.

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Nvidia driver 570.133.07 released

https://www.nvidia.com/en-in/drivers/details/242284/

Fixed a bug that could cause console restoration to fail with soft lockups on some UEFI systems.
Fixed a bug causing clocking issues in games with DLSS frame generation.
Fixed a bug that could prevent RTX 50 series GPUs from enabling HDR on certain HDMI displays, resulting in washed out HDR content.
Fixed a bug preventing certain notebook systems from enabling the ACPI video backlight driver when needed.

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The apparent decline of kernel development in the git log (spoiler: be careful with git based statistics)

Sorry if it's too trivial, but I've seen multiple people fall into this trap (myself included), so I thought I'd share something that needs to be taken into account when making statistics from the Linux kernel's git history.

I was looking at the number of changes on the masterbranch as a function of time, and I was surprised to see this sharp decline since the end of January:

Number of changes merged into the Linux kernel monthly \(master branch, 2025-03-19\)

For reference, the commands that produced these numbers:

git clone 'https://github.com/torvalds/linux.git'

cd linux

git log --format='%cs' | cut -d- -f1,2 | sort | uniq -c

Before jumping into conclusions about what events in January might have disrupted the development of the kernel this hard, it's worth taking a pause to think: how long does it take for a change to be merged?

Is it possible that patches take weeks, months, or even years of testing and review before landing in the official mainline? Indeed it is. Take a look at the same statistics from the git log of the v6.9 releas for example, from 2024 May:

|Month|Number of patches|
|:-|:-|
|2023-06|8800|
|2023-07|6262|
|2023-08|9130|
|2023-09|5907|
|2023-10|11770|
|2023-11|4940|
|2023-12|8726|
|2024-01|5687|
|2024-02|8699|
|2024-03|4353|
|2024-04|1543|
|2024-05|259|

Today I learned.

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Wi-Fi Not Working on Debian 12 (Intel AX211 – Unmanaged by NetworkManager)

System Details:

OS: Debian 12
Wi-Fi Adapter: Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211
Network Manager: nmcli & NetworkManager
Kernel: (Check using uname -r)

# Issue Denoscription:

I recently installed Debian 12, but my Wi-Fi (wlo1) is not working properly. The interface is detected, but NetworkManager shows it as "unmanaged", and I can’t see available networks using nmcli dev wifi list.

Here are some details from my system:

# 1️⃣ rfkill status (Wi-Fi is not blocked):

rfkill list all


Output:

1: asus-wlan: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
2: asus-bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
3: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
4: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no


# 2️⃣ NetworkManager shows Wi-Fi as unmanaged:

nmcli dev status


Output:

DEVICE TYPE STATE CONNECTION
enx022f69116100 ethernet connected Wired connection 1
lo loopback connected (externally) lo
docker0 bridge connected (externally) docker0
wlo1 wifi unmanaged --


# 3️⃣ Wi-Fi interface is detected but DOWN:

ip a | grep wlo1


Output:

5: wlo1: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state DOWN group default qlen 1000


# 4️⃣ Firmware logs show some errors:

sudo dmesg | grep iwlwifi | tail -n 20


Output (Important lines):

4.241121 iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwl-debug-yoyo.bin (-2)
4.241132 iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: loaded firmware version 72.daa05125.0 so-a0-gf-a0-72.ucode opmode iwlmvm
[ 4.343284] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Detected Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6E AX211 160MHz, REV=0x370
[ 73.717345] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: api flags index 2 larger than supported by driver
[ 73.717355] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: TLVFWFSEQVERSION: FSEQ Version: 0.0.2.36


# What I Tried So Far (But Didn’t Work):

✅ Checked rfkill – Wi-Fi is not blocked.
✅ Restarted NetworkManager – sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager.
✅ Tried bringing up the interface manually:

sudo ip link set wlo1 up
sudo nmcli radio wifi on


✅ Updated Intel firmware:

sudo apt update && sudo apt install firmware-iwlwifi


✅ Reloaded the Wi-Fi driver:

sudo modprobe -r iwlwifi && sudo modprobe iwlwifi


✅ Checked NetworkManager.conf for managed mode:

cat /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf


(I changed [ifupdown] managed=false to managed=true and restarted NM.)
✅ Set regulatory domain manually:

sudo iw reg set IN # (I'm in India, changed it to my country)


# Questions I Need Help With:

1️⃣ Why is wlo1 showing as "unmanaged" in NetworkManager?
2️⃣ Why does ip a show wlo1 in state "DOWN" with "NO-CARRIER"?
3️⃣ Does the firmware log indicate an issue with my Intel AX211 driver?
4️⃣ Is there a kernel issue, or do I need a different version of iwlwifi?
5️⃣ Any other debugging steps I should try?

If anyone has encountered this issue before, I'd really appreciate any guidance! 🙏

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Introducing GNOME 48, “Bengaluru”
https://release.gnome.org/48/

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New life for an old Mac Mini
https://redd.it/1jf3x98
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Decrypting Encrypted files from Akira Ransomware (Linux/ESXI variant 2024) using a bunch of GPUs -- "I recently helped a company recover their data from the Akira ransomware without paying the ransom. I’m sharing how I did it, along with the full source code."
https://tinyhack.com/2025/03/13/decrypting-encrypted-files-from-akira-ransomware-linux-esxi-variant-2024-using-a-bunch-of-gpus/

https://redd.it/1jf4upl
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Zellij (a terminal multiplexer) 0.42.0: Stacked Resize, Pinned Floating Panes, New Theme Spec
https://zellij.dev/news/stacked-resize-pinned-panes/

https://redd.it/1jf415a
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Have to took too long time troubleshooting a linux issue until you realized it's not linux issue at first place?

For example

You took 4 hours to run an executeable file in linux but it didnt work as it should and you take a punch of time to fix it until you realize it's acually an issue of the executeable itself

Or running a game that have so much glictches and you tried to fix it but you find out the glitch is in the game itself

https://redd.it/1jfd8wa
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