Built a full OpenVPN3 GUI for Linux (tested on COSMIC) — live graph, tray icon, auto-reconnect
https://redd.it/1ple1ob
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New Linux patch confirms: Rust experiment is done, Rust is here to stay
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Rust-To-Stay-Linux-Kernel

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Jens Axboe (creator of io_uring) runs KDE Plasma
https://redd.it/1plfpde
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Just curious, How many of you are still booting Windows 11 (or 10 even) with Linux?

This is more of a question than discussion but I'd also love to know why you're dual booting. I'm asking because I know there's a good portion of you guys who still need Windows for like gaming and stuff like that.

When I switched to Linux in 2018, I dropped Windows like a hot potato. I had zero use for it and it would have just unnecessarily eaten up a lot of disk space. I was pretty much done with Windows in 2018 because Windows 10 was slower than molasses on a perfectly running machine. I saw no point in upgrading the system I had just so I could run Windows 10. I was tired of doing that.

I've still got my old Windows 95 system, Old XP system and I think another one. I used my Windows 7 system with Linux after Windows 10 came out. Ran it 4 more years before things started dying on it. That was a first. Allowing the system to slow down and die on me was a first. Usually, the machine lasted up until I needed to upgrade Windows. And half the time it wouldn't run on the older system where the previous version ran great. Well, I was pretty much done shelving a perfectly good system just to replace an OS. And I'm kinda glad I did that. Windows 10 & 11 I'm reading have been giving people the most problems. I think they just made it too secure now.

So, I've been done with Windows since 2018. I'm interested to know the overall feeling of dual booting Linux and Windows. I did do this myself back in 2007-2008 for about 6 months. I did a hard drive swap between Windows and Linux. Worked really well but I noticed, I spent 80% of my time in Linux while the other 20% was me editing photos in Windows. There wasn't really a good RAW file editor in Linux at the time so I kinda had to rely on Photoshop and Lightroom for that kind of stuff. The rest of the time, I spent in Linux. Ubuntu mainly.

So, I'm just wondering how many people are dual booting Windows 10 or 11 with a Linux distro. ANY Linux distro really. And why do you still use Windows? I'm expecting a lot of gaming reasons which I totally get.

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GPU-VIEWER 3.23 Release
https://redd.it/1plj49r
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Linux desktop environments from the Dungeons & Dragons perspective

A typical aging geek's weekend chatter. Nothing to see here.

Gnome: Lawful Evil. It's their way or the highway. Extensions should be checked for heresy on every major update.
KDE: Chaotic Neutral. It spreads in all the directions at once driven purely by the urge of reproduction. Different parts contradict each other all the time.
Cinnamon: Lawful Neutral. A limited but thoughtfully chosen set of no-frills tools for your daily life. As square as it gets.
Xfce, LXQt: Lawful Good. They preserve the old ways for those who still need them; no plans to take over the world.

And while we are at it,

Windows: Neutral Evil. Milks the unpretentious mass market for no other reason but profit. No agenda; features are added and changed depending on what sells better and costs less.
MacOS: Chaotic Evil, hubris marketed as freedom. Bring us all your money to stay better than thy neighbor, in his face.

P. S. Trust me I know that Windows and MacOS are not desktop environments in the strict sense. (Nor are they Linux.) Yet, both have unique and easy recognizable desktop paradigms.

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ReBAR code cleaned up for Linux 6.19 along with a few new PCIe controller drivers
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-PCI

https://redd.it/1pll6ib
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Opengl on linux
https://redd.it/1pln34l
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This Week in Plasma: Wayland screen mirroring and custom modes
https://blogs.kde.org/2025/12/13/this-week-in-plasma-wayland-screen-mirroring-and-custom-modes/

https://redd.it/1pll89j
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The state of the kernel Rust experiment
https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1050174/63aa7da43214c3ce/

https://redd.it/1plszs4
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Linux dominating will benefit everyone.
https://redd.it/1plug3a
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I miss how old elementaryOS (2018) used to look so I made a libadw theme that mimics it

https://preview.redd.it/s8nk66hno07g1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=53cec61672fa2ecf52797ba03636b1017a0b2336

Super incomplete (the only things that are themed right now are sidebars and headerbars) and a tiny bit of buttons!

This theme will probably never be released but I thought I'd show it lol

https://redd.it/1plsrg2
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Are we stuck with the same Desktop UX forever?

Are we stuck with the same Desktop UX forever?

This talk focuses on that evil little term “UX/UI,” which is responsible for so much confusion and tension in open-source projects. Not only does it unnecessarily pit programmers against designers, but it also limits our vision of what we could be doing. In this talk, Scott Jenson gives examples of how focusing on UX -- instead of UI -- frees us to think bigger. This is especially true for the desktop, where the user experience has so much potential to grow well beyond its current interaction models. The desktop UX is certainly not dead, and this talk suggests some future directions we could take.

About Scott Scott Jenson has been a leader in UX design and strategic planning for over 35 years. He was the first member of Apple’s Human Interface group in the late '80s, and has since held key roles at several major tech companies. He served as Director of Product Design for Symbian in London, managed Mobile UX design at Google, and was Creative Director at frog design in San Francisco. He returned to Google to do UX research for Android and is now a UX strategist in the open-source community for Mastodon and Home Assistant.


Edit: One reddit user send me this part of another video. And say:

Your last post in r/linux makes me thing of the "GUI should be better" video by Ross Scott, specifically this part:

https://youtu.be/AItTqnTsVjA?t=2061

This is also a good video.

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With Linux generating mainstream support, would it be helpful to launch an initiative similar to Ubuntu's "One Hundred Papercuts" mission?
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After two decades of fighting forced updates and uninstalling bloatware, I finally ditched Windows. Now fully Linux.

Started from windows xp then loved windows 7 then when MS forced windows 10 it was hard to move from windows 7 but slowly embraced because had no options because at that time I was not tech savy but now windows 11 is loaded with AI bloatware, need to have online account, TPM chip and heared there is no privacy as it takes random screenshots. On top of that they are trying to copy mac os for UI. After installing Ubuntu desktop and my all applications are now setup and very happy with freedom.

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Heads up: systemd v258 suspend/resume regression (tracked upstream)

If your Linux system suspends, then immediately re‑suspends after resume, you’re not alone.

This is a confirmed upstream regression introduced in systemd v258.



Symptom: after resume, logind re‑triggers suspend almost immediately (double suspend loop).

Confirmed by bisect: last good release was v257, regression introduced at v258.



Upstream bug report: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/40078



Workaround: downgrade to systemd 257.x until the fix lands (expected in v259).



Posting here so people don’t waste time chasing distro‑specific fixes — it’s upstream.



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Portal Doctor - Find and fix Wayland screensharing issues
https://redd.it/1pm7765
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What distro do you use and why?

Personally, I use Arch for its customization, but I want to know what yall are rocking in your setups. If you could include why you like your preferred distro, that would also be great! I look forward to your submissions!

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A terminal text editor you can just use. Instant response, minimal footprint.
https://sinelaw.github.io/fresh/

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does anyone have the knoppix 5.1.1 dvd iso file on hand? It is an old linux distro from like 2006-2007, I think. I can find the cd version but not the dvd version. I have looked everywhere, but dead ends at every turn.

based on what I can find, the linux distro "knoppix" for the version and type I want has the file name "KNOPPIX_V5.1.1DVD-2007-01-04-EN.iso, a size of a little over 4 GB, and was released around 2007. everywhere I look is either just the CD or broken links/mirrors. I have found old torrent files, but the likelihood of those still being active is next to nothing. not even teh internet archive has it. does anyone happen to have this old linux iso file? if you happen to have it, I will put it on the internet archive so that it won't be lost to time.

https://redd.it/1pm73b0
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Where to start with low level programming?

I know electronics and I'm a developer. I want to learn low level programming.

Be it firmware, drivers, wrappers, compatibility layers, emulation and so on.

Where do I start and which kind of projects are suitable for a beginner?

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