New year resolution: Consider donating to your favorite open source projects
To kick off 2026, I decided to give back to open source projects that have made my life easier in the past year.
Some of the projects I donated to are KDE, Syncthing, Ankidroid, and a few others that have been invaluable for me.
What FOSS projects would you consider supporting? Are there any FOSS projects that are flying under the radar and could use more support? Even small donations help cover some costs and shows developers that their work matters.
Happy new year to you all! Enjoy!
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To kick off 2026, I decided to give back to open source projects that have made my life easier in the past year.
Some of the projects I donated to are KDE, Syncthing, Ankidroid, and a few others that have been invaluable for me.
What FOSS projects would you consider supporting? Are there any FOSS projects that are flying under the radar and could use more support? Even small donations help cover some costs and shows developers that their work matters.
Happy new year to you all! Enjoy!
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If he had accepted.. we wouldn’t be here today. I'm in an existential crisis, guys!
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Windows like "Task manager" called Mission Center
Checking if you guys have heard of the application. Of course htop and atop are my go to. but I did find this cool gui app called Mission center. you can find more info about it here https://missioncenter.io/
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Checking if you guys have heard of the application. Of course htop and atop are my go to. but I did find this cool gui app called Mission center. you can find more info about it here https://missioncenter.io/
https://preview.redd.it/yql9wf12gvag1.png?width=1918&format=png&auto=webp&s=06a2bab3b051de227740bf1a93da5ef0a9c98da9
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The EU prepares ground for wider data retention – and VPN providers are among the targets
https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/the-eu-prepares-ground-for-wider-data-retention-and-vpn-providers-are-among-the-targets
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TechRadar
The EU prepares ground for wider data retention – and VPN providers are among the targets
With the Chat Control bill entering its final stage, the EU Council has been busy thinking about what a new data retention framework could look like.
Linux professional certification
Hello fellas,
Freshly graduated Control & Automation Eng here! Looking for free, vendor-neutral Linux certs focused on embedded/industrial use, to improve my resume. Any tips on where to learn and/or how the exams work? Thanks for the help!
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Hello fellas,
Freshly graduated Control & Automation Eng here! Looking for free, vendor-neutral Linux certs focused on embedded/industrial use, to improve my resume. Any tips on where to learn and/or how the exams work? Thanks for the help!
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Need Distro advice.
So my work sells their old laptops.
I bought a Dell Latitude 7400, with an i7 Intel, and 16gb of RAM.
It has windows on it already, but I want to switch it to Linux, was thinking either Mint or Unbuntu for it, but wanted to get other people's options on a different distro for it.
I know that not all distros are the same, but this is my first time putting Linux on an Intel CPU and just wanted to make sure I'm using one that isn't going to cause problems.
Any advice would be appreciated!
Thank you!
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So my work sells their old laptops.
I bought a Dell Latitude 7400, with an i7 Intel, and 16gb of RAM.
It has windows on it already, but I want to switch it to Linux, was thinking either Mint or Unbuntu for it, but wanted to get other people's options on a different distro for it.
I know that not all distros are the same, but this is my first time putting Linux on an Intel CPU and just wanted to make sure I'm using one that isn't going to cause problems.
Any advice would be appreciated!
Thank you!
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MenuetOS running some simple Linux X11 applications.
https://www.reddit.com/r/osdev/comments/1pccgx4/menuetos_running_some_simple_linux_mint_x11/
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Making a better help command
Bash has an impressively bad help command (Completely useless to those who'd actually need it, I don't think I need to elaborate) and zsh doesn't have any. Idk about the others. So I thought of getting the community together to talk about what information should be in it, so that it's a good enough command that it can be universal to standard shells and could realistically be shown to a new user to put them on their way, instead of dumping several dozen commands that may or may not ever be useful to them.
To me, a good one would be:
No more than like 30-ish lines of text containing no more than two non-list paragraphs, to avoid overwhelming users
Explains the basic command structure (Command arg filepath)
Listing under 10 or 12 commands that everyone will use
Under 5 keybindings
Enough guidance and dropping enough googleable verbs (One of the most important parts of learning new skills, for me) for users to find their way on more complex tasks (Apropos, man)
Maybe one or two subsections with more advanced, but still often used topics (Piping and redirects is what comes to mind, because if users are still new and in the copypaste command stage they'll see them) that can be brought up with help piping.
Additionally, we could have a handful (Less than five) commands to help users find documentation without having to leave the terminal and that are recommended to be included with the base install of any OS including this help. I already mentioned apropos and man, and after having it pointed out a little ago tldr seems like a pretty great tool to find one's bearings too.
I drafted a help text here, though it's at nearly twice of the length I'd consider ideal to avoid overwhelming people.
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Bash has an impressively bad help command (Completely useless to those who'd actually need it, I don't think I need to elaborate) and zsh doesn't have any. Idk about the others. So I thought of getting the community together to talk about what information should be in it, so that it's a good enough command that it can be universal to standard shells and could realistically be shown to a new user to put them on their way, instead of dumping several dozen commands that may or may not ever be useful to them.
To me, a good one would be:
No more than like 30-ish lines of text containing no more than two non-list paragraphs, to avoid overwhelming users
Explains the basic command structure (Command arg filepath)
Listing under 10 or 12 commands that everyone will use
Under 5 keybindings
Enough guidance and dropping enough googleable verbs (One of the most important parts of learning new skills, for me) for users to find their way on more complex tasks (Apropos, man)
Maybe one or two subsections with more advanced, but still often used topics (Piping and redirects is what comes to mind, because if users are still new and in the copypaste command stage they'll see them) that can be brought up with help piping.
Additionally, we could have a handful (Less than five) commands to help users find documentation without having to leave the terminal and that are recommended to be included with the base install of any OS including this help. I already mentioned apropos and man, and after having it pointed out a little ago tldr seems like a pretty great tool to find one's bearings too.
I drafted a help text here, though it's at nearly twice of the length I'd consider ideal to avoid overwhelming people.
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Programs that only work with certain distros
hey, does anyone ever run into software that only works on certain distros?
my work, a VFx company, wants us to use HP teridichi Remote Desktop software, but it will only run on Ubuntu LTS. Not even any other versions of Ubuntu, just the LTS. I’m currently using fedora
when I try installing it with distrobox, I’m unable to middle click. acording to ChatGPT, this is because using the distrobox forces x11 and my desktop is Wayland.
has anyone run into any issues like this?
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hey, does anyone ever run into software that only works on certain distros?
my work, a VFx company, wants us to use HP teridichi Remote Desktop software, but it will only run on Ubuntu LTS. Not even any other versions of Ubuntu, just the LTS. I’m currently using fedora
when I try installing it with distrobox, I’m unable to middle click. acording to ChatGPT, this is because using the distrobox forces x11 and my desktop is Wayland.
has anyone run into any issues like this?
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New Linux Patches Allow More Easily Changing The Tux Kernel Boot Logo
https://www.phoronix.com/news/LInux-Kconfig-Tux-Boot-Logo
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New Linux Patches Allow More Easily Changing The Tux Kernel Boot Logo
A new patch series that was posted this week allow for users to more easily replace the default kernel boot logo
Achieve Windows Freedom on openSUSE with WinBoat Integration
https://cubiclenate.com/2026/01/02/seamless-windows-apps-on-opensuse-with-winboat/
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Achieve Windows Freedom on openSUSE with WinBoat Integration
Discover how to seamlessly run Windows applications on openSUSE Tumbleweed using WinBoat, achieving near-native performance on Linux.
Linux Kernel Security Work by Greg Kroah-Hartman
http://www.kroah.com/log/blog/2026/01/02/linux-kernel-security-work/
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Linux Kernel Monkey Log
Linux kernel security work
Lots of the CVE world seems to focus on “security bugs” but I’ve found that it
is not all that well known exactly how the Linux kernel security process works.
I gave a
talk about …
is not all that well known exactly how the Linux kernel security process works.
I gave a
talk about …
UKI boot
Hello people!
I heard that there's a way to boot Linux without a bootloader, just by itself using UKI (Unified Kernel Image). I did some research on that but I couldn't find anything relevant.
I use KISS Linux daily, which means I have to configure my own kernel.
Please, do not recommend using a preconfigured kernel or using another distro. I just want resources about how I can setup UKI in my environment please!
Btw I am on a x86_64 machine.
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Hello people!
I heard that there's a way to boot Linux without a bootloader, just by itself using UKI (Unified Kernel Image). I did some research on that but I couldn't find anything relevant.
I use KISS Linux daily, which means I have to configure my own kernel.
Please, do not recommend using a preconfigured kernel or using another distro. I just want resources about how I can setup UKI in my environment please!
Btw I am on a x86_64 machine.
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I noticed Linux distros have more comfortable UI than Windows 10
I'm pleasantly surprised since I used KDE and GNOME UIs. They are very comfortable and it's so easy to set up settings. I used Manjaro KDE and it has elegant options menu. On Windows 10 settings are looking rough and comfortable. And on Windows you're kinda forced to solve problems via registry, command lines (uncomfortable Terminal) and etc.
I'm right? I also liked Manjaro more.
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I'm pleasantly surprised since I used KDE and GNOME UIs. They are very comfortable and it's so easy to set up settings. I used Manjaro KDE and it has elegant options menu. On Windows 10 settings are looking rough and comfortable. And on Windows you're kinda forced to solve problems via registry, command lines (uncomfortable Terminal) and etc.
I'm right? I also liked Manjaro more.
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