EXT4 For Linux 6.16 Brings A Change Yielding "Really Stupendous Performance"
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.16-EXT4-Performance

https://redd.it/1kx83ue
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Troubles while installing Linux (Ubuntu and Mint)
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1MWvhecEi5-EbjB1ai_sKJbbAZiZN0oeU

https://redd.it/1kxd2jq
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The End (of Windows 10) is nigh! KDE and many other free software communities kick off "End of 10" campaign

On 14 October, #Microsoft will end support for #Win10.

This will turn hundreds of millions of computers that cannot upgrade to #Win11 into security risks and #eWaste.

Yours may be one of them!

But what if you could make your current one fast and secure again?

Learn more: https://endof10.org/press

Saved a device from the bin? Tell the world with the hashtag: #EndOf10

https://redd.it/1kxe4jl
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Escaping US Tech Giants Leads European YouTuber To Open Source
https://hackaday.com/2025/05/17/escaping-us-tech-giants-leads-european-youtuber-to-open-source/

https://redd.it/1kxen0r
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Intel Releases Updated Battlemage Driver Preview Support For Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-24.04-Intel-Preview-1.1

https://redd.it/1kxeewj
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TIL that I have the same niche hobby crossover as the penguin god himself

So I am a software developer & systems administrator by profession, which I suspect is true for many people around here. Stereotypically, we are not exactly the group known for outdoor activities (insert touch grass joke), so I've always thought of my particular combination of hobbies as pretty niche.

I've been a swimmer for as long as I can remember, and in general I'm just very comfortable in the water. Being submerged feels both liberating and calming, because you gain an extra dimension of movement and it's an environment free of babbling people. So it's only natural for me to become hopelessly infatuated with scuba diving once I tried it.

Now. In scuba diving it's a common practise to log your dives. Basically, you note down the conditions of your dive including location, temperature, dive profile (your depth variation with time basically), gas mix, etc etc. It's something you need to present for certain advanced certifications, but perhaps more importantly, it's useful for your own future reference. You can use a tried-and-trusted physical logbook, but frankly and obviously I'm not doing that.

Understanding that the crossover between the scuba diving world and FOSS world is very niche (if at all), I have already implicitly resigned any expectation of finding a decent FOSS logbook application. I was mentally ready to use a close-source solution. If it costs a fortune, so be it; if it only runs on Windows, so be it.

To my great surprise, quick Google search turned up this post, which nominated Subsurface with high praises. A quick visit to their website, and words cannot describe my absolute astonishment and disbelief when I scrolled to the bottom of the page:

> In fall of 2011, when a forced lull in kernel development gave him a chance to start a new project, Linux creator Linus Torvalds decided to tackle his frustration with the lack of decent divelog software on Linux.

> Linus worked with a team of developers, and Subsurface is the result. It now supports Linux, Windows and MacOS and allows data import from many dive computers and several existing divelog programs. It provides a quick and easy way to see the key information provided by a modern dive computer and lets users track a wide variety of data about their dives. In fall of 2012 Dirk Hohndel took over as Subsurface maintainer.

So you're telling me, that not only did this guy create Linux and Git, arguably the two most universally used pieces of software in the development world, he also preceeded me in this very unlikely hobby and just casually created an excellent application for it as well??? Is it my birthday? No it is not, but it sure feels like it.

Apparently, Linus is not just some casual recreational diver. He has divemaster and tech certification (to translate for all the non-diving folks: tech diving is to scuba what racing is to driving), and there are videos on Youtube of him diving in an aquarium after a Linux convention. Coincidentally, these certifications are also exactly the direction I would like to go in my scuba diving journey. I mean, just incredible.

So basically, I am beyond incredulous at this moment. I will be trying out Subsurface momentarily, after I'm done writing this and have contained my excitement. All hail the glorious penguin god.

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SteamOS destroys Windows
https://pointieststick.com/2025/05/27/steamos-destroys-windows

https://redd.it/1kxilfu
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i have built a tool that builds git repos from source for distros like alpine void etc
https://redd.it/1kxm7w9
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PumaBot hunts Linux devices
https://redd.it/1kxpms1
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my linux mint desktop
https://redd.it/1kxq07l
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I just released a system wide PS3 DS4 and PS5 to xbox360 automatic mapping tool based on xboxdrv
https://github.com/niku200/ds4to360xboxdrv

https://redd.it/1ky2p89
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What are some must know shell/terminal tricks?

Recently been getting more into shell noscripting after chickening out with python noscripts for most of my life. There are some pretty cool commands and even some coreutils have shocked me with how useful they are. I was wondering what are some tricks you guys use in the terminal or when noscripting?

https://redd.it/1ky3s3e
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Fooyin: The Foobar2000 of Linux, and Even Better.
https://redd.it/1ky5nib
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What/which is your favourite Desktop Environment, and why?

Personally, I like XFCE because it reminds me of the Vista and Win7 machines I grew up using. It's also relatively resource-light.

What about you? Are there any sentimental reasons for your choice, or are you more concerned about the included features?

https://redd.it/1ky6ue7
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OpenAI’s o3 AI Found a Zero-Day Vulnerability in the Linux Kernel, Official Patch Released
https://beebom.com/openai-o3-ai-found-zero-day-linux-kernel-vulnerability/

https://redd.it/1ky83u3
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CentOS stream as a workstation

for lots of people fedora is the goto workstation and I can see why being a ex-fedora user myself. has anyone tried running centos stream as a workstation? it's not a RHEL downstream where updated hardly come around and it feels outdated to use and it's not bleeding edge like fedora where an updated could (most times not) mess the system. feels like the sweet spot.
I'm a CS student and today I live booted into the gnome variant and it felt pretty solid to potentially daily drive.
what are your thoughts?

https://redd.it/1kybxlb
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How does Linux show if a Drive (SSD/HDD) is bound to fail?

I know that smartctl -a does show the status of disk devices, but how can I see if some error rate goes up or temps rise to an unhealthy level?

My guess is to use dmesg -T and scan for errors or tail journalctl, use lmsensors for temps, but this would involve to manualy run these commands.

Is there any way to get a notification based on thresholds? Preferably in a DE?

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Just Switched again, I can finally daily drive Linux!
https://redd.it/1kylobr
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Do you frequently update your kernel? Want to easily know what changed?
https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxadmin/comments/1hcrge3/kernel_patch_changelog_summary/

https://redd.it/1kyoyqj
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The reddit PPA no longer exists. You can't self host reddit anymore.
https://redd.it/1kyqm46
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The Audio Stack Is a Crime Scene
https://fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/i-want-to-love-linux-it-doesnt-love-me-back-post-2-the-audio-stack-is-a-crime-scene

https://redd.it/1kyrjro
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