Some questi and updates about Hans Reiser…

Hi,
as the latest mail news about him got published on this subreddit, I’m doing the same as the last person who got in touch. For privacy reasons, I’m not publishing prior mails. but I had some exchange with Hans Reiser where he did mail to me some of his prison work. As I’m not fluent in English orally, I never had the opportunity to discuss over the phone. But my last letter went weird (what I wrote is in blue and everything else happened in the United States) :

Returned to me today

Obviously, it was forwarded to his new mule state creek prison, but yet it was returned : the mail was opened but my letter was relating to the fact his previous mail looked like to have endured a paper shredder (maybe an inmate pursued revenge ?) and thus was mostly unreadable (so my letter wasn’t at all suspicious beside I invited him to leave me a voicemail that I can put automatically in text).

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New GNOME Extension: Display the Current Hijri (Islamic) Date in Your Top Panel

# Check out my new GNOME Shell extension, which brings the Hijri Date directly to your top panel.

# 🌙 Features

Current Hijri Date in the Top Panel.
User-Adjustable Date Offset: Fine-tune the date (±3 days) to match your local moon sighting.
Color Customization: Pick your favorite date color with a built-in color picker.
Location-Based Sunset Calculation: As day begins after sunset
Panel Positioning: Choose to display the date on the left or right side of the top panel.
Automatic Daily Updates: The date updates automatically based on system time and sunset calculations.
Easy Preferences Dialog: Configure everything through a simple graphical interface—no need to edit code!

# 🖥️ Tested On GNOME Shell Versions

Version 5 (Basic, date display only):

GNOME 3.36.8 (Ubuntu 20.04 LTS)
GNOME 3.38.1 (Fedora 33 Workstation)

In Version 5 to adjust according to local moonsighting, go to the extension homepage and change in extension.js - if there is enough need as these are old version of gnome, I will try to develop or atleast try to update the instructions in this post or github.

Version 17 (Full-featured):

GNOME 40.4.0 (Ubuntu Impish Indri dev)
GNOME 41.0 (Fedora 35 Workstation)
GNOME 42.9 (Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS)
GNOME 43.0 (Fedora 37 Workstation)
GNOME 44.0 (Fedora 38 Workstation)

I know that newer gnome versions are not supported, it is because I am not using them and from gnome 45+, I will have to rewrite and release another version. But if there is demand I will try to deliver, insha Allah.

# 🔗 Get the Extension & Learn More

Official gnome extensions website : [https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/5995/hijri-date-extension/](https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/5995/hijri-date-extension/)
GitHub: github.com/Ameen-Sha-Cheerangan/Hijri-Date-Gnome-Extension

Disclaimer : Don't rely for important things like fasting and other religious activities. Date might differ if you haven't adjusted to local moonsighting or if something goes wrong.

If you find this extension helpful, I’d really appreciate it if you gave it a ⭐️ on GitHub or rated it on the GNOME Extensions website. Your feedback and support mean a lot and help others discover the project too!

Your feedback, suggestions, and contributions are always welcome.

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The X server just got forked (announcing XLibre)

Well-known developer Enrico Weigelt just forked the X server from freedesktop.org after getting the boot.

It does look like things are starting to be set up on the new fork, but this is exciting news.

More info here:

- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/merge\_requests/?sort=created\_date&state=closed&first\_page\_size=20

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwaaSatk0pI

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Covert Web-to-App Tracking via Localhost on Android
https://localmess.github.io/

https://redd.it/1l4nm4q
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How can FOSS/Linux alternatives compete now that most proprietary software implemented actually useful AI tools?

My job is photography so I have two things in mind mostly: image manipulation software and RAW processors.

Photoshop, Lightroom and Capture One implemented AI tools like generative fill, AI masking and AI noise reduction which often transform literal hours of work into a quick five second operation. These programs can afford to give their users access to AI solutions because of their business model, you have to pay (expensive) monthly subnoscriptions so they don't actively lose money.

However, Gimp, Krita, DarkTable, RawTherapee and any other FOSS application can't do that. What's the solution then? Running local AI models wouldn't be feasible for most users, and would the developers behind those projects be willing to enable a subnoscription model or per-operation payments in order to access AI tools? What's the general consensus of Linux users (and the developers of those programs) on this topic?

https://redd.it/1l4oqmg
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"OS X has better drivers than Linux on old Macbooks" - any truth in this?

Considering whether to Install Linux on a 2015 Macbook Pro (Intel Broadwell, Iris Graphics 6100).

Is there any truth in the idea that Apple's CPU and GPU drivers for that machine are any better than the latest 2025 Linux drivers? Did they add some "secret sauce" to make them run better?

What about battery life?

Does anyone have any good evidence for this e.g. Geekbench results, or perhaps browser benchmark results?

https://redd.it/1l4pvjf
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Xorg forked (Xlibre), developer promises to release 3000 commits

tldr;

* Developer Enrico Weigelt announces a new fork of Xorg called Xlibre, promises a new release and welcomes contributors
* Xorg had about 3000 unreleased commits and hundreds of open merge requests
* Enrico hints at "corporate interests" in Xorg group's decision to abandon the project and block contributions
* Enrico's account has since been blocked by the FreeDesktop-org team and his merge requests, some going back years, have been mass closed by Red Hat employee and FreeDesktop CoC member Karol Herbst
* Source: The Lunduke Journal
* [https://nitter.net/LundukeJournal/status/1930727192964514137](https://nitter.net/LundukeJournal/status/1930727192964514137)
* [https://nitter.net/LundukeJournal/status/1930772101985935578](https://nitter.net/LundukeJournal/status/1930772101985935578)
* [https://nitter.net/LundukeJournal/status/1930797938705568127](https://nitter.net/LundukeJournal/status/1930797938705568127)
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwaaSatk0pI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwaaSatk0pI)

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[veld] A simple TUI file manager
https://redd.it/1l4rk6r
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Hyprland has been removed from Debian Testing
https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/hyprland

https://redd.it/1l4s8q2
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How bad really are Nvidia drivers still?

I use AMD GPU, and so do my siblings, so I don't think I'll have any issues anytime soon needing to learn the process. As such however, I'd like to know how bad it is installing Nvidia drivers on a new linux install. For instance, if you had to help a friend install linux, how much harder would having an nvidia gpu make the process for you?

https://redd.it/1l4wch8
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Using Linux like it's 2008!
https://redd.it/1l53hh5
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Asahi Linux - Open Collective
https://opencollective.com/asahilinux

https://redd.it/1l55lml
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Lightweight distro for older laptop

Hey everyone,

I'm looking for recommendations for a lightweight linux distro for and older HP laptop. It is the HP 15-bs134wm. You can view the specs here Here\*, but I will also list them. The device was released in 2018 I believe and the hardware installed is

Processor: Intel Pentium 4417U 2.30 GHz

Ram: 4GB DDR4

Disk: 500GB Seagate SATA drive

At some point I may upgrade the RAM and Storage, but not sure.

This device will mainly be used for web-browsing and watching netflix, youtube ect. I'd like an OS that is relatively easy and simple to use/maintain since my non-tech savvy wife will be the main user.

I am planning on using Brave browser as that is what I use on my desktops, but also open to other browser suggestions.

TIA!

https://redd.it/1l57nr0
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Linux Mint Webcam eating up all RAM?

Using Logitech Webcam anywhere (Like GMeet) Keeps increasing Memory usage and after certain duration of camera being on (45mins or so) My laptop needs a restart because all RAM is gone by now. I tried googling but couldn't find solution anywhere.

https://redd.it/1l5airh
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How are email clients so impossibly bad?

So, recently I was trying to clean up my home folder. Setting XDG compatibility as best I can. Some of it went fine. But then... the email client.
Thunderbird: not xdg compliant
Betterbird: not xdg compliant
Claw-mail: Can't use a gmail account
geary: won't let me use my email
sylphsteed: not xdg compliant

Eventually I found evolution seems to work. But basic compatibility here is sorely lacking. Like what the hell is this?

https://redd.it/1l5cl0g
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This Week in Plasma: Plasma 6.4 is nigh
https://blogs.kde.org/2025/06/07/this-week-in-plasma-plasma-6.4-is-nigh/

https://redd.it/1l5evtx
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Why does stop user manager for uuod run for so long?

It says a stop job is running when rebooting, but keeps on for multiple minutes. It started after I set up Dualboot, and for now only in nixOs, but does anyone know why it keeps trying to stop the user manager for the same uuid for multiple minutes without much happening?

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The Ultimate Guide to Ditching Your Mouse

Hello, I wanted to share my workflow in case it helps others looking to use their keyboard more and rely less on the mouse. I use Vim keybindings across my setup to navigate efficiently and stay in flow.

Here’s the article:

https://medium.com/@urx8/the-ultimate-guide-to-ditching-your-mouse-f0d12d4cc80f

https://redd.it/1l5ji9h
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Are there any cloud storage service that supports preserving Linux file attributes?

I am looking for a cloud storage service that supports preserving Linux file attributes (owner, group and permissions). Unfortunately the classic ones (Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, MEGA, etc.) do not support it. I know that I can self-host a server and do some rsync magic, but I would prefer avoiding that option. Is there a cloud storage service out there that can preserve Linux file attributes?

https://redd.it/1l5ppx9
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Intel's Clear Linux Rolls Out Software Packaging Bundle Improvements
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Clear-Linux-swupd-bundle-add

https://redd.it/1l5q9ly
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g2disk: framework to build Linux block devices in userspace
https://github.com/popovicu/g2disk

https://redd.it/1l5r6xx
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