"colormatrix". A very colored cmatrix close that uses a random array of colors.
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Is void linux in active development, and if so where on that scale?

I used it in the past, and loved it, but I remember reading that the lead or main developer left, I think. I see that it's still technically in active development but does that mean they are just barely keeping up or enough resources to make big advances, or somewhere in between. An example to make my point is Redox OS. It's initial release was 10 years ago. It still seems to be in "active" development, but it has yet to reach an official 1.0 release. Side note, I hope it does before it is surpassed by other projects with more developmental for me and I assume most at this point.

I guess, it's a multipart question or just lots of related questions.

1. Why is it so far down on distrowatch list now?

2. Does it have enough active development resources to not only to keep pace with advancements, but even continue to make some or is too resource to be all but a fringe distro rather than a daily driver without allot of issues popping up that are more natural to developmental, pre-release version?

Please, these are honest questions, that I don't feel I have the answer to. Please keep answers civil, non-defensive/combative. Hoping that people more "in the know" and/or have kept up better, might have a better understanding.




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Donate More by Donating Less (further explanation from Steve Deobald)
https://redd.it/1lnxslo
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Donate More by Donating Less
https://redd.it/1lo0x5p
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Fedora: Proposal for the removal of i686 withdrawn
https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/f44-change-proposal-drop-i686-support-system-wide/156324/400

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My Linux journey so far

I started with Manjaro like 10 years ago and used it for a few months and then switched back to windows, tried ubuntu and a few others and then forgot about linux for many years, at the start if the year i started checking distros out again, i started with mint for nearly a month and it was ok, then i went to arch and i liked it but i don't have that much time to configure a lot of things ( even tho its pretty fun and i do enjoy it but i don't have time to fix things ) so i went to manjaro and yeah i really liked it ( i am biased as it is the one i used many years ago ) it had customization and i didnt find many bugs and i really liked it but then got on reddit and saw everyone hates it and saying endeavour is better and the manjaro team is poopy so i will give it a try starting today ( my favorite one was arch but i found myself breaking it every other day and reinstalling it again and i don't have much time for it, i 100% prefer arch based distros and maybe one day i'll go full arch if i find the time ( or not, depends how endeavour goes )



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Choosing a Linux Distro | Beginner's Guide to Linux
https://peertube.wtf/w/2YMD28yy1aAPGZZmYnmpZ1

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After nine years, Ninja has merged support for the GNU Make jobserver
https://thebrokenrail.com/2025/06/30/ninja-jobserver.html

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Here is My 3D Pool Simulator for Linux
https://github.com/sysrpl/Raylib.4.0.Pascal/blob/master/examples/table/README.md

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a network kill switch based on a user's data usage

i just wanted to know if this idea is even worth making or not .

rough sketch of the final product


let me know what can i add in it as a functionality .

and also about the user interface should it be terminal based or something else , thanks





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Da vinci lag?
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At what age did you guys instal Linux?

Hi guys! A reel I saw on Instagram made me notice that a lot of people installed their first Linux distro when they were 12, I also installed it when I was 12 (Ubuntu 10), so I was generally curious on this, at what age did you install Linux? And why?

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AerynOS: Mid-year update
https://aerynos.com/blog/2025/06/30/mid-year-update/

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DarkDiskz – a simple open-source Linux GUI for disks, RAID, bcache, and SMART (early version, feedback welcome!)

I wanted to share a project I’ve been working on called DarkDiskz.

It’s an open-source Python/GTK4 GUI tool that combines several disk-related utilities in one place. The goal is to make it easier to see drive information and manage storage setups without juggling a bunch of separate commands.

🔹 Features:

View detailed disk information (`lsblk`, `lshw`)
Run SMART health tests
Benchmark disks
Manage RAID (RAID 1/0)
Set up and monitor bcache
Configure fstab entries

⚠️ Important Notice (Please Read):
This is an early project by an amateur coder, so:

Some functions may not work perfectly.
There could be bugs.
You could lose data if you use destructive operations like wiping drives or re configuring RAID.

💡 Please back up all important data before testing or using any of the write/format functions. Use at your own risk.

🎯 About Me:
I’m not much of a programmer—this is my first serious attempt at making something useful for the Linux community. I’m hoping others might try it out, give feedback, report issues, or even contribute improvements. I probably wont change or edit the program any farther maybe the community enjoys this I hope so.

🔗 GitHub Repo:
👉 [https://github.com/dark-ant616/DarkDiskz](https://github.com/dark-ant616/DarkDiskz)

If you’re interested, I’d really appreciate:

Testing on different distros (I did all testing on Linux Mint)
Bug reports and suggestions
Contributions to help make it better and more reliable

Thanks for taking the time to check it out!

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Share your LFS journey

Here is my LFS attempt story:
Back when 8 GB RAM was acceptable, I got an ol... cough vintage laptop with dual core CPU and 1 GB DDR2 RAM for 30$, 32bit only. I wanted to deepen my Linux knowledge without making any changes on my main machine. I am not sure about the version of the book I was following, probably book 9 or 10.

My installation didn't reach to a bootable stage since the HDD in the laptop had issues. I was apparently writing the freshly compiled binaries right onto an HDD with many bad sectors.

Even though it might have been looked like a defeat, my aim was to learn Linux intimately. I learned about following dependencies, appreciating time and effort that goes into building a functional end product, and maybe the most importantly, not being scared of tarballs 😅

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In your opinion, which enterprise Linux has the best subnoscription and / or licensing model?

Been trying to wrap my head around SUSE’s subnoscription per VM per host per cluster ratio and it seems like a mess. Are the other enterprise solutions any better? Or maybe correct me if I’m wrong here and just not seeing how good SUSE actually is. Would love to know what you think.

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Linux managed to save me almost 50 gigs after a windows 11 install managed to somehow take up half my entire SSD.
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Windows User Base Shrinks By 400 Million In Three Years

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/06/30/2123239/windows-user-base-shrinks-by-400-million-in-three-years

Opportunity for Linux on the Desktop.

(https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/06/30/2123239/windows-user-base-shrinks-by-400-million-in-three-years)

What's your take?

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Vulnerability Advisory: Sudo chroot Elevation of Privilege
https://www.stratascale.com/vulnerability-alert-CVE-2025-32463-sudo-chroot

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Sniffnet: a free, open source network monitoring app
https://redd.it/1lp2288
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How to reset Linux on cloud

Sorry if it is too lame to ask this question, i actually have a way that i flush things manually:


sudo deluser --remove-home unwanted_user
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade -y
sudo apt-get autoremove --purge -y
sudo rm -rf /etc/custom_config /var/log/*


But somehow i thing there should be a batter way!

Assume deleting VM/Machine and re-creating is not an option.

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