ramcq, 1 month ago to random

Thanks to everyone in the community who has engaged in discussions and shared their concerns around the financial status of the @gnome Foundation! Based on feedback I've added some more detail to the Discourse thread. https://discourse.gnome.org/t/update-from-the-board/20653/5

gamingonlinux, 1 month ago to random

Pro marketing tip: if you’re going to email me to see if I’m interested in covering your game - put a very clear link to the game in the email. More than once.

You wouldn’t believe the amount of emails I get that make it hard to see the link. Or don’t even include one at all! 🤦‍♂️

EposVox, 1 month ago to random

One day I will accept that I don't have enough years on this planet left to finish my backlog of video games, nevertheless any additional ones I might buy.
This was not a strong concern when I was a teenager.

fedora, 1 month ago to fedora

Fedora Linux 40 is HERE! Check out all our latest variants for desktop, server, and more.

New features include:

• @kde Plasma 6
• @gnome 46
• Fedora Atomic Desktops (rebrand for Silverblue et al)
• PyTorch / ROCm
• And more!

Learn more and try Fedora 40 today! https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-linux-40/

#Fedora #Linux #OpenSource #Gnome #KDE

sigmasternchen, 1 month ago to random

That’s one great advice!

"It’s not worth your time to just hate someone. Don’t let another person live rent-free in your head."

• @BrodieOnLinux

c, 2 months ago to random

did you wake up this morning and realize “oh no, i can only communicate via cropped brodie robertson thumbnails”? you didn’t? well if you ever do, have i got the signal sticker pack for you

the Brodetic Alphabertson pack starring the likeness of @BrodieOnLinux

now available at https://signal.art/addstickers/#pack_id=762bf74e2d1da52c9e2654d5dd3b4d6a&pack_key=b38198b563f162c066e2fe99818d0e44465274744e5eb44cc4480c957f01127e

cappy, 2 months ago to random

Please be reminded that anything I boost does not mean I endorse the post. It just means that I find it entertaining and I think you would too.

So if I boost some sussy, unhinged shit, that does NOT mean I agree with OP

i.e lolicons being down bad, shit takes, etc.

I genuinely cannot believe I have to post this.

mathieucomandon, 2 months ago to random

Linux users writing fanfics on Reddit about Heroic, Bottles, and Lutris competing against one another: 😡😡😡😡

Heroic, Bottles, and Lutris devs reading the fanfics on the private Discord we hang out in: 😂😂😂😂

box464, 2 months ago to fediverse

The Podcast Index has an ActivityPub implementation, and now I can follow some of my more irreverent non-techie podcasts directly on the fediverse. So cool! Hopefully they'll add a Follow button soon...but in the meantime:

1. Find your podcast on the site
2. Grab the numeric value at the end of the url
3. Search for the podcast with this name {numericValue}@ap.podcastindex.org

https://podcastindex.org/

#ActivityPub #podcast

UNHhhh podcast, available through ActivityPub as an actor I can follow!

fallenvalkyrie, 2 months ago to random

Stop calling it "Sideloading" and start calling it what it is "Installing a program"

Sideloading is a term made up to make users afraid of having choice...

89luca89, 2 months ago to Podcast

@TechOverTeaShow @BrodieOnLinux

Thanks a lot for having me in your podcast! It was a blast :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o36e7pBFCJI

#techovertea #podcast #linux #distrobox #containers

gfxstrand, 2 months ago to random

I seriously don't know how anyone reads the C spec. I write specs for a living and I can't parse that thing.

BrodieOnLinux, 2 months ago to random

I'll probably dump it in both issue trackers but what do you guys think, pipewire crashes when I'm capturing my display with the kde portal and I change the output of my monitor, then try to change my volume level

Is it a pipewire bug or a kde bug?

mobbsy, 2 months ago to random

It's 2030 -- the vast majority of Free software is being surreptitiously maintained by intelligence agencies, quietly and efficiently adding unglamorous features and maintenance while biding their time for an opportunity to deploy an undetectable backdoor.

They're all aware that other agencies are doing the same, so put significant effort into guarding against those attacks.

As a result, we are in a golden age of robust, secure, publicly funded free software...

Conan_Kudo, 2 months ago to random

All this talk about #xzorcist over the weekend, I want to also point out that it's important to remember that the "software supply chain" largely does not exist in regards to open source, because most people have no real relationship other than parasitic consumption with the project.

@Di4na's great blog post on this topic explains it quite well: https://www.softwaremaxims.com/blog/not-a-supplier

thelinuxEXP, 2 months ago to random

Hey everyone!

I'm working on a video to see what the Linux community (or at least people who follow me) actually use.

So, I created a little form, hosted on my Nextcloud (hopefully it's up to the task...)

It's only up for 2 days, so don't hesitate to share it around, it will help me "touch grass" and see if my preconceived notions are confirmed, or invalidated!

https://nextcloud.thelinuxexp.com/index.php/apps/forms/s/XQRzMrs8QTtCjDfSyP4koA9o

Of course, it's all anonymous, no personal data, it's just for the purposes of creating the video.

gordonmessmer, 2 months ago to random

The least surprising thing about the xz vulnerability is that it happened to a widely used project after a maintainer hand-off. We've seen exactly the same thing repeatedly in npm, pypi, browser extensions, and other code marketplaces.

Humans don't last forever. Hand-off is inevitable. And I've long held that because that is true, the size of the group of maintainers is an important security characteristic.

Small projects create big risks.

Sustainability is a security concern.

Conan_Kudo, 2 months ago to random

#Waycheck 1.2.0 released today. Time to ship it everywhere for your #Wayland checking needs! 😉

@fedora

• F40: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-d7d46c2fac
• F39: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-833d4eaca2
• F38: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-15e2c215c7

Fedora EPEL for @centos and RHEL

• EPEL9: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2024-13d03d0d5c

@opensuse

• openSUSE Tumbleweed: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/1163742
• openSUSE Leap 15.6: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/1163743

This is made possible by my sponsors! If you like this kind of stuff, please consider chipping in!

https://github.com/sponsors/Conan-Kudo

astrid, 2 months ago to random

timothyjchambers, 2 months ago to random

Putting all of my federated Threads accounts into a Mastodon list. And just like that, one of the benefits of Threads supporting the Fediverse is happening in real-time.

I now can view them all in one Mastodon list view TODAY, or add them to multiple lists TODAY, even while lists are a feature not yet here on Threads.

Fediverse Threads support for the win.

popey, 2 months ago to random

[Blog] Hey! Remember a month ago I mentioned there was a scam BitCoin wallet in the Snap Store. There's another one. This time I took it apart to see how it works.

Edit: It's worse - they published ten scam apps under different wallet brand names. :(

https://popey.com/blog/2024/03/exodus-wallet-part-three/

sara, 2 months ago to random

Ok I’m doin the thread I said I wanted to do last week. (feel free to mute unless you enjoy a little second-hand drama as a Monday morning treat)

Attn #devrel people! Are you job hunting? Does this pic of search results look familiar? Have you ever seen a bunch of job postings like this from Canonical and thought “gee I should apply to one of these”?

I’m here to tell you:

IT’S A TRAP! 🧵

ErikUden, 2 months ago to random

In around 13 hours Mastodon is projected to have 15.000.000 Users!

https://mastodon.social/@mastodonusercount/112110208856842868

Another million, steadily growing :mastodance:

ErikUden, 2 months ago to random

STOP USING LOREM IPSUM!

• TEXT WAS NEVER SUPPOSED TO BE MEANINGLESS
• YEARS OF WRITING PASSED yet NO REAL-WORLD USE FOUND FOR “dolor sit amet”
• Yes please give me “consectetur adipiscing elit, sed”, I'd love to have one “aute irure dolor in reprehenderit” — statements dreamed up by the utterly deranged.

LOOK AT what DESIGNERS have been demanding your RESPECT for all this time:

(this is REAL TEXT written by REAL DESIGNERS)

• Hipster Ipsum: Brunch raclette vexillologist post-ironic glossier ennui XOXO mlkshk godard pour-over blog tumblr humblebrag.

• Cat Ipsum: Chase ball of string eat plants, meow, and throw up because I ate plants going to catch the red dot today

• Pirate Ipsum: Swab black jack ahoy Brethren of the Coast schooner poop deck main sheet topmast furl marooned.

“Hello I would like Ut enim ad money please”

They have played us for absolute fools

airlied, 3 months ago to random

someone either stupidly or pointedly griefing my email by signing up to things that don't do validity checks. Jokes on them, my email inbox is already a wasteland of insufferable shit, they aren't making it much worse.