OpenOffice still being recommended – despite year-old unfixed security issues
https://fosstodon.org/@libreoffice/114457065586781781

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Idea for a weird distro / mod

Hi. I was recently watching some video about Baldurs Gate 3. Now I know nothing about DnD but a funny idea popped into my head. A distro which makes you roll a dice on everything. Do let me know if this already exists!

But you roll a dice and if you fail - no go. Like you are trying to install an app and fail a roll you can't ever install it again. Or you try to boot a game and you need to roll a 2 on d20 and you roll 1 - bad luck, no more booting that game.

See how far you could go on your PC. Gamify your day to day PC use. I would definately install it on a secondary PC for kicks and giggles but some lunatics for sure would daily drive it. Right?

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Ah,small and interesting thread.....Modernize memset() functions
https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-=whvLzKeEvw3W0NTJp97jgr0qK=0WGDMgCgvdrbroWq61A@mail.gmail.com/

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Is XodoSign the best for e-signature on Linux?

I've been trying out Xodo Sign lately for signing PDFs on Linux, and honestly, it's been pretty smooth. It's web-based, so no native app, but it works well in Firefox and Chromium for basic e-signatures, names, dates, initials, and even some form-filling.
While it's not open source, the UI is clean, fast, and convenient for occasional signing tasks. Might be a good option if you want something quick without installing heavy tools.


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Is KDE getting more popular or am I reading too much into things?

KDE seems to be gaining in popularity
I feel it might actually catch up to Gnome one of these days.

What I mean by that, is for the longest time, most flagship distros have been gnome primary.

But now some very popular distros are giving me more love.

Take Bazzite for example.
And Fedora KDE being an official Edition now, not just a side spin.
Granted opensuse has always been so.

Is this holding true in other smaller distros also?
What's behind the increase in KDE visibility?

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Canonical is adopting sudo-rs by default in Ubuntu 25.10
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/adopting-sudo-rs-by-default-in-ubuntu-25-10/60583/1

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Distrowatch Back in 2004
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Found some of my Dad's old CDs
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HAProxy: the state of SSL stacks
https://www.haproxy.com/blog/state-of-ssl-stacks

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Removal of Deepin Desktop from openSUSE due to Packaging Policy Violation
https://security.opensuse.org/2025/05/07/deepin-desktop-removal.html

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Made my first big oops in the terminal yesterday.

I’ve got a home lab setup running Ubuntu server so I can learn terminal commands, practice configuring services like Apache, Samba, etc. Mostly just enjoying the freedom of Linux, because it does exactly what I tell it to do.

Yesterday I was practicing moving files from one directory to another and unfortunately, Linux did exactly what I told it to do. I was in the source directory of the files I wanted to move, so I ran the following command “sudo mv / /targetdirectory -v” thinking the / part would use the current directory…imagine my surprise when I was met with a wall of text saying /boot /bin /etc were all being copied and removed. Thankfully I was quick enough with ctrl+c to prevent too much damage.

I spent the better half of an hour undoing all the moves. Thankfully, I was able to save my install (so far? It rebooted without any errors and I haven’t had any issues so far) but man did it give me a good scare and a good laugh. Hopefully it’ll give you guys one too!

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Gnome Foundation Names Steven Deobald as New Executive Director
https://blogs.gnome.org/steven/2025/05/06/introducing-myself/

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"Clocc". A simple, straightforward and minimal analog clock right in your CLI.
https://redd.it/1kh8f8c
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Great find on goodwill
https://redd.it/1khbq49
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Fwupd 2.0.9 Released With Firmware Updating Support For Intel Arc Battlemage
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fwupd-2.0.9-Released

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I'm new on linux, and i want to know about Antivirus and linux

so i\\ve been using bitdefender in windows 11, and now i switched to linux, i had enough of windows, it's killing the laptop and always make things slow, while now i feel refreshing on how fast thing could be .

now the thing i'm concerned about viruses , cuz it seems there isn't antivirus like bitdefender,kaspersky etc....

and yeah i dont know much about it, in my browser i've extension like ublock,privacy badger,Cookie AutoDelete and Decentraleyes. so i should be safe online ig ? i'm also usually using either waterfox or brave .

Thanks in advance for advice :)

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steam not running

hello , for some reason steam don't run after installing it (and i mean i press the icon and the process doesn't even start ) i had tried several solutions that involved using terminal but didn't work as well

i use linux mint

(i don't know if that's relevant ;one of the solutions was making me use (sudo apt get-update) which showed me an error at the end saying that something doesn't support architecture i38 (it was several things that showed that message ))

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Linux 6.16 Bringing A Fix For Old Intel Haswell Graphics
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.16-Intel-Haswell-iGPU

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How does macchanger work?

Could someone explain how macchanger works internally and how it changes the MAC address? I couldn't find much about it online. I asked ChatGPT, and it mentioned system calls interacting with the network card's driver, but I wasn't able to verify that.

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I have Updated my CC:BY Wallpaper GitHub

# Spring has arrived in all its glory

So why not adorn your desktop with a floral background?

Over the past few months, I haven’t had any significant amount of time to either sit in Blender and create or engage in other creative pursuits for that matter. But the other day, when the sun was shining and the bumblebees were gently buzzing around the garden, I got the idea to photograph some of the flowers that had blossomed. When I later looked at these creations, it felt only natural to add them to my Wallpaper git-repo.

For full transparency; I am not a photographer and these pictures were taken with a mobile phone.

https://preview.redd.it/w2qw2lrtrkze1.png?width=3840&format=png&auto=webp&s=bdc4a11efcac04ed3a767e915c52489a548bc80c

https://preview.redd.it/3tbsxucvrkze1.png?width=3840&format=png&auto=webp&s=f66e2f860f0dff4fb48bd629690c1234d0b04f0f

https://preview.redd.it/yfh5ivxwrkze1.png?width=3840&format=png&auto=webp&s=0de6a8f977b538039980e6e1f880c731b7699bb7

https://preview.redd.it/0o5vyp2zrkze1.png?width=3840&format=png&auto=webp&s=6038b328ccb4c4cd6485012ba81628ec9013549c

These images are some of those found in the "Nature" folder. All wallpapers in the entire repo are CC:BY — free to use, share, and modify as long as the creator, in this case me, is attributed.

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Is there a reason or benefit to install linux?

Before you reply, I want to clarify that I mean it as an educational benefits or experience. Like are there any benefits for people like me who are a student (undertaking Computer Science) installing Linux?

Are there learning benefits that I miss if I did not install it?

This is my first time posting here. I'm sorry if I am not clear, english is not my first language.

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