This Week in Plasma: chugging along
https://blogs.kde.org/2025/07/05/this-week-in-plasma-chugging-along/

https://redd.it/1ls33mh
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"Known exploited" vulnerability in Chrome and Chromium. Be sure to update, when you can.
https://redd.it/1ls4bfr
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Turned my old Asus laptop into a Linux server for Docker instead of overloading my MacBook Air

My MacBook only has 8 GB of RAM, and while it’s still great and fast for everyday tasks, it can struggle a bit when I have multiple Docker containers running. So I decided to breathe new life into my old Asus laptop that was just gathering dust and was actually super slow.

I installed Linux (went with Ubuntu Server) and set it up as a home server. It’s headless now, tucked away in a corner, and I SSH into it from my Mac. 

No more maxing out my MacBook’s RAM for my projects. Plus, I’m learning more about Linux, which is a bonus.

Anyone else doing something similar with old hardware?

https://redd.it/1lsbyud
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How many Linux machines are in your menagerie?

I realized that I have an absurdly-large number of Linux machines in my personal fleet... how many do you have? Here's my list:

1. Daily driver: A Linux workstation
2. Laptop: A Lenovo machine running Linux
3. Living room computer
4. Raspberry Pi 4: Mail server, asterisk server, etc.
5. Pi zero #1: KVM access to #4 via serial console
6. Pi zero #2: Bedroom clock (with LED matrix display)
7. Pi 3: Living room weather display
8. Pi 4 #2: Security camera
9. ASUS Tinkerboard: Monitors my basement UPS
10. Pi 4 #3 at my sister's place: Off-site backup
11. Pi zero #3 at my sister's place: KVM access to #10 via serial console
12. Linux KVM instance: Runs my personal web site and is my MX host
13. Linux KVM instance #2: Backup for #12

https://redd.it/1lsc5rf
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Linux Gifts?

Hey folks,

I’m putting together a Linux Beginner Survival Box as a birthday gift for a good friend of mine. She’s relatively new to Linux and will soon be working more independently with it at her job – likely managing some basic sysadmin tasks, working on the CLI, etc.

So I figured: let’s make a fun, slightly silly but also useful gift box to prepare her for the ups and downs of life at the terminal. Here’s what I’ve got so far:



A CLI Cheat Sheet poster

A VIM Cheat Sheet mousepad

The O'Reilly book “Linux in a Nutshell”

A bootable USB stick (Ventoy + various Live ISOs)

An Ubuntu mug + cold brew tea (she's not into coffee)

A plush Tux

A T-shirt that says “Sysadmin – because even developers need heroes”

A pack of candy penguins

And lots of penguin stickers

Now I’d love to hear from you all:
Any ideas for small, funny, practical or nerdy items to add?
Things that helped you early on?
Or just anything that would make a new Linux user smile during a rough day at the terminal?

Thanks in advance!

~#>


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Is windows actually better at never breaking user space?

I remember linus saying there's really only one rule in the kernel, which is "don't break user space", everything else being a "guideline", even "not doing dumb shit". It does frequently happen, however, at least to me, that linux has a bunch of software that gets regularly broke and stops working, e.g. when a braile driver on ubuntu cause arduino ide to malfunction in my machine.

It seems that linux is very temperamental with compatibility issues in general, while Windows is always just "plug in and it works". Does that mean microsoft is better at not breaking user space than linux kernel devs? Or was linus talking about something even more specific about the kernel? And if so, how are the kernel devs better than Microsoft at that?

https://redd.it/1lsf1bn
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Unprecedented Linux Growth in Europe

https://blazetrends.com/unprecedented-linux-growth-in-europe-amid-windows-10-end-of-life/?fsp\_sid=61142

https://redd.it/1lske0x
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A gui for linux-wallpaperengine
https://redd.it/1lskj1x
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I don’t think these will be necessary.
https://redd.it/1lsmrnu
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FixBrowser/FixProxy 0.4 - general solution to Cloudflare challenges and other gatekeepers
https://www.fixbrowser.org/blog/fixbrowser-0.4

https://redd.it/1lskh8n
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Rhino Linux 2025.3 releases, sponsorship with UBports & A call for contributors
https://blog.rhinolinux.org/news-22

https://redd.it/1lskebu
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Linus Torvalds' Master's thesis, "Linux: A Portable Operating System"
https://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/kutvonen/index_files/linus.pdf

https://redd.it/1lsullz
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Made something for the community

hey guys! i am a novice developer...basically a student and i have been itching to contribute to the community but my skills or lack thereof have prevented me from doing so.

Recently i tried raycast and was really impressed by it so i decided to try to replicate it in linux.

took me a while to understand how gui frameworks work but i was able to flesh out a workable build.

https://github.com/Deepanshusharwan/peppy


This is what i could build so far. it is still in its early development stages and i have planned a l have a lot more features planned for it ;)
I would love to get constructive criticism from you all as well as contributions especially in the looks department.
The end goal for this project is to be a feature rich and customizable application launcher for linux.

TLDR: made an application launcher for linux to contribute to the community and would love help and criticism on it

https://redd.it/1lsvpup
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A Linux Car Stereo... From The 90s?? [Empeg Car]
https://youtu.be/hYOhvPoD-yU?si=S5c5Os2ec3PvQ7c-

https://redd.it/1lswylz
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What's the current state of gaming on Linux?

I'm thinking about switching my main PC, currently running Win11, to arch linux with KDE.
However I'm not entirely sure if it's a smart idea, since I've heard that most games do not work on Linux.

Does anyone have any insight on this?
Thanks!

https://redd.it/1lsxlxk
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Tested ubuntu 24.04 accessibility last night. This is what I found. Spoilers: irony ensued

https://youtube.com/shorts/C\_I3TCLvVpU


This is what a screen reader's first experience with the OS would be. I hope we can all agree this ehh ... could use a touch-up 😂


disclaimer: I'm a screen reader user and content creator.

https://redd.it/1lswbos
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DXVK 2.7 Released With Many Improvements & Better Support On Newer Intel GPUs
https://www.phoronix.com/news/DXVK-2.7-Released

https://redd.it/1lsz6ip
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Linux GPU Control Application - This application allows you to control your AMD, Nvidia or Intel GPU on a Linux system
https://github.com/ilya-zlobintsev/LACT

https://redd.it/1lszsjx
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Why is this happening? (CPU time > system uptime)
https://redd.it/1lszie5
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Geany 2.1 Released!

Geany 2.1 was just released today! Always great to see this lightweight and fast IDE getting updates.
If you use Geany, now’s a good time to check out the new release!

Happy coding!

https://github.com/geany/geany/releases/tag/2.1.0

https://redd.it/1lt46on
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What's You personal record running Linux distribution with no reinstall?

There are so many distributions out there You want to try, even after testing on VM, or perhaps You messed up current installation and had to re-install You Linux Distro. Me, personally - could run windows for much loner without reinstall. With Linux - i was getting much shorter time. For the moment - I'm currently slightly over 1 month. How long have You been running Your Linux Distro with no reinstalls?

https://redd.it/1lt5txp
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