Ubuntu Maker Canonical Generated Nearly $300M In Revenue Last Year
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Canonical-2024-Annual-Report

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PewDiePie self-hosting on his Steam Deck
https://redd.it/1llbzy1
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Pewdiepie picks a fight against Google, installs GrapheneOS to his phone, he even installs Archlinux into his Steam Deck to host a Linux app
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I continue to be impressed at the machines that Linux can make usable
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Long time Gnome fanboy. But KDE rocks!

I've used gnome exclusively since a few years ago when I switched to Linux. I had never been interested in KDE Plasma DE mostly because it looks like Windows shell.

I decided to switch to Fedora Kinoite a few days ago for a fresh experience. And OMG, KDE Plasma keeps impressing me every hour I play/tinker with it!!!

Can't believe I've missed it for so long. It's simply in another league. Not comparable to Gnome or Windows shell or macOS. It's so polished and has some smart features.

One problem that I could never solve on Gnome was connecting my console to the laptop via an Ethernet cable and sharing the VPN connection with the console (some games can't be played in my area due to geo blocking, etc).
Well, KDE has straight forward options in the settings app for that kind of configure. And it was so simple and seamless!

I'm probably staying on KDE for a long time.

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sudo pacman -S lots-of-food
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Adding a trash can to Linux with trash-cli
https://ittavern.com/adding-a-trash-can-to-linux-with-trash-cli/

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Using the Internet without IPv4 connectivity (with Wireguard and Network Namespaces)
https://jamesmcm.github.io/blog/no-ipv4/

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Up and running
https://redd.it/1lltyjf
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Perl terminal
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Finally Switched to Linux Mint After Watching PewDiePie's Video – Sharing My Beginner Journey, Learning Curve & Why I’m Sticking With It

So I watched PewDiePie's video where he installed Linux Mint on his PC and Arch Linux on his laptop and ever since then, I’ve been kind of fascinated by the idea of trying Linux myself.

I’ve been a lifelong Windows user, so I was definitely hesitant at first. But the more I learned about why people switch to Linux, the more it started to make sense — the control, the community, the freedom.

After a lot of overthinking, backing up data, and double-checking everything, I finally took the plunge and installed Linux Mint on my PC.

Now, I won’t lie — it was definitely a learning curve to get everything installed and up and running. I used YouTube tutorials and I still rely on ChatGPT to help me tweak things and make sure Mint runs smoothly.

One thing I’ve come to love is the freedom to customize things exactly how I want — not based on how someone else says it “should” be. That’s powerful, even if I’m still figuring it all out through trial and error.

For example, one of the first things I missed from my HP laptop was three-finger and two-finger touchpad gestures. Out of the box, they didn’t work — but I managed to set up a three-finger swipe to switch between tabs/windows, and when it finally worked, the sense of achievement was unreal.

That said… I’m still struggling with two-finger swipe gestures — specifically, the ability to go back and forward in browsers (like when you're clicking through links and want to swipe to go back a page). I’ve tried setting it up the same way I did the three-finger gesture, but for some reason, it just won’t work. Even ChatGPT couldn’t fully help me with this one — maybe I’m just dumb with terminal stuff. So I’m hoping some kind Redditors can guide me on how to set this up properly.

Another concern I had was: Can I actually use Linux for work? I wasn’t sure, especially since Linux can’t run Microsoft Office or Microsoft 365 natively. But luckily, my company uses Google Workspace instead of Teams or Microsoft apps. And let me tell you — every Google app, every tab I open just feels faster on Linux. I love that.

I just hope my next job sticks with Google Workspace too

And you know what? Linux has kind of made me feel like a kid again. I’m exploring. I’m breaking things. I’m fixing them. With my small victories, I tried to show off Linux & explaining this to some friends, and they just looked at me weirdly....
“Why leave the comfort of Windows? Why use the terminal for things that are already automated?”
But for me, as much as I love my convenience — it’s about choice.
Linux gives me the freedom to decide what to do and what not to do. And if it expects me to learn something in order to make things work the way I want — I’m okay with that. I’m ready to use YouTube tutorials, subreddits, ChatGPT — whatever it takes. Because I’m doing it for me, not just because “it’s right there” like on Windows.

If I need something, I’ll install it. If I don’t, I won’t. That’s the kind of freedom I want from my system.

I know it’s going to be a big learning curve. Linux Mint is just the beginning. But honestly? It’s a great place to start. And hopefully down the line, I’ll be exploring other distros too. ..

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Bills Gates Linus Torvalds Friendship
https://redd.it/1llzdm3
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Vulnerability Alert! Easy Root on Most Linux Distros (SUSE, Alma, RHEL…) via CVE-2025-6018 + CVE-2025-6019

Heads-up to all my fellow Linux folks. A new 2-part exploit chain just dropped, combining CVE-2025-6018 and CVE-2025-6019 to achieve **full root** on default-configured systems.

Here’s the short version:

* **CVE-2025-6018** (PAM flaw in SUSE): Lets an unprivileged SSH user gain *“allow\_active”* Polkit context — i.e., trick the system into thinking they’re physically present.
* **CVE-2025-6019** (udisks2 via libblockdev): Mounts an XFS image and bypasses nosuid,nodev flags to get a root shell — but only works *if* the user has *allow\_active* (see above).

Together? **Any SSH user can get root.**

Affected: SUSE, AlmaLinux, RHEL, Fedora, Debian, Amazon Linux, more.

**Mitigation:**

* Patch both CVEs ASAP.
* Adjust Polkit rule: change org.freedesktop.udisks2.modify-device from allow\_active to auth\_admin.
* Disable or reorder PAM modules as per vendor guidance.

Sources:

* Help Net Security: [https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/06/18/chaining-two-lpes-to-get-root-most-linux-distros-vulnerable-cve-2025-6018-cve-2025-6019/](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/06/18/chaining-two-lpes-to-get-root-most-linux-distros-vulnerable-cve-2025-6018-cve-2025-6019/)
* CVE details on NVD & Qualys blog.

If you’re running Alma, CentOS, or SUSE-based servers in prod — it’s time to patch your...stuff!

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Manpage cards
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I made a CPU stability testing tool - Threadstepper

Hello all.

I enjoy overclocking, and moved onto using Linux for my desktop about a year ago.

I made this tool, Threadstepper, to basically test each core/thread under different/variable loads. This is particularly helpful for testing Ryzen CO and undervolting.

It has been helpful in my own testing, as OCCT core cycling doesn't actually seem to work at all on Linux (doesn't isolate load to individual cores). Corecycler, which I used on windows, doesn't appear to exist on Linux.

It is just a personal project I thought might help others, so feel free to do what you like with it!

Hopefully it helps others.

https://github.com/gazpitchy92/threadstepper

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Linux Ransomware
https://youtu.be/fNWPODkEHSA

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Donate Less – The Everyone Environment
https://blogs.gnome.org/steven/2025/06/26/donate-less/

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Linus on bcachefs: "I think we'll be parting ways in the 6.17 merge window"

lore.kernel.org message from Linus

>I have pulled this, but also as per that discussion, I think we'll be parting ways in the 6.17 merge window.
>You made it very clear that I can't even question any bug-fixes and I should just pull anything and everything.
>Honestly, at that point, I don't really feel comfortable being involved at all, and the only thing we both seemed to really fundamentally agree on in that discussion was "we're done".

lore.kernel.org message from Kent

>Linus, I'm not trying to say you can't have any say in bcachefs. Not at all.
>I positively enjoy working with you - when you're not being a dick, but you can be genuinely impossible sometimes. A lot of times...
>When bcachefs was getting merged, I got comments from another filesystem maintainer that were pretty much "great! we finally have a filesystem maintainer who can stand up to Linus!".
>And having been on the receiving end of a lot of venting from them about what was going on... And more that I won't get into...
>I don't want to be in that position.
>I'm just not going to have any sense of humour where user data integrity is concerned or making sure users have the bugfixes they need.
>Like I said - all I've been wanting is for you to tone it down and stop holding pull requests over my head as THE place to have that discussion.
>You have genuinely good ideas, and you're bloody sharp. It is FUN getting shit done with you when we're not battling.
>But you have to understand the constraints people are under. Not just myself.

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I don't understand people who distrohop when their distro makes a slightly bad decision

There is someone else i know who dropped Linux Mint in 2017-2018 for Kubuntu because they dropped KDE(Perfectly fine decision).


Then in 2021, he went on this Ubuntu bashing trend(He said canonical is outdated, typical excuse to distrohop), and went to Fedora and started annoyingly pedaling it online even when the discussion wasn't about Ubuntu or related to it.


Now, in 2025, he's complaining that every KDE and Linux update is bloated and that he's now switching to BSD. He accused Linux of trying to be like Microsoft.


He will probably hop to BSD, complain that his drivers don't work and move to something else(You guessed, something like Temple OS).


Honestly, if you're the type of person that doesn't even think of the OS when doing your work, don't distrohop like mad. Don't switch because of trends. Because you will be setting yourself up for disappointment.

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This Week in Plasma: inertial scrolling, RDP clipboard syncing, and more session restore
https://blogs.kde.org/2025/06/28/this-week-in-plasma-inertial-scrolling-rdp-clipboard-syncing-and-more-session-restore/

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To all EU citizens plz sign the consumer Initiative 'Stop Killing Games' + ping your friends
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