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Per the very first reply on their thread discussing it in their forums, which I linked directly to for the post title: We’ll NEVER require any verification or identification from the user. However, what’s gonna happen should the attempts to age-gate the XDG portal screw over alt-init distros like Artix too? My guess is maybe they start blocking regions which force age gating like Arch Linux 32 is doing.

Windows File Explorer is the best in terms of features, most Linux File managers lack basic functionality. If someone dares to point that on redit they get “Then go use windows” (Linux is not a religion). or it’s opensource go do it yourself. Is there a File Manager project that would like to implement features, there are many projects that allow feature request but don’t act on it. I got many ideas.

Not strictly Linux… But after reading about SystemD I realised that TempleOS would fall under the laws but there’s no way in hell that’s getting updated. There’s gotta be some amazing way to troll the lawmakers with this.

Hi guys, I wanted to share a project I’ve been working on called xSpa. It’s an implementation of Single Packet Authorization that works at the XDP level. I built this because I wanted something faster and more DDoS-resilient than traditional port-knocking or SPA tools that rely on userspace processing or iptables. Here, the “drop-all” logic happens right at the driver level. Key bits: L1 verification (SipHash) in kernel space. L2 (ChaCha20-Poly1305) in Go userspace. It uses the eBPF ring buffer for communication. This is my first Go project and my first shot at Open Source. I’m still a bit of a noob when it comes to kernel-level programming, so I’d love to get some feedback on the architecture and security. If anyone has time to check the code, I’d love to hear your thoughts on how to make it better.

My desktop could not update to Win11. I bought it with Win7 on it. Will it support the fancy Distros? Anduin, Cachy, or Zorn? #linux I like #linux_mint but want to see what else it s out there.

Fork time? Maybe all the anti-systemd zealots were right all along… Edit: To address whether it is likely that this change will affect users: Gnome is planning a stronger dependence on userdb, the part of systemd where this change is being implemented. blogs.gnome.org/…/gnome-systemd-dependencies/

personally think it will be like iphone soon and not with new machine but with firmware update because is new capitalist trend like chinese companies hard locking bootloaders on phones like on iphone and more i personally use mbp14 on NixOS and its awesomeeee soo much and yes i deleted macos ignoring asahi team “you will dont get firmware updates”(for what? to get a brick because apple make new rules? to get slower machine because tim wants to you buy new M963773 Pro Max Ultra Plus) etc etc “how you will repair if something broke” (recoveryOS terminal just exist) my next laptop will be framework if macbook die linux works many times better than tim bloatware

i tried to pirate games and software on it it was hard to get anything to run. i think that would make linux not so popular in regions where people depend on piracy. i want hear your opinions about my point

Could you recommend some trusted Linux-related forums? For troubleshooting assitance, discussion and what-not. Obviously, a good place to start would be your distro’s user forum, such as those of Debian, Mint, etc.; as well as your DE’s, such as that of KDE. Also, I trust this one here on Lemmy as well. But, searching on the web, I also came across some generally-focused Linux forums that I wasn’t sure were as trustworthy. I mean, perhaps they were, but, being a newbie to this world, I’d rather hear from you guys what places you go when having an issue with your system or things of the like. Thank you and have a nice Tuesday!

Hi everyone! In the next year or so, my project is to rip all my blurays and put them on a 4tb external USB hard drive. I’ve already done it for all my DVDs, but I still have to buy an external bluray player in order to finish the job. My budget for the bluray player is CHF 75.- used, so around 75$. All this is done through MakeMKV. Then, I’d want to have a small Linux PC that I’d use as a media center. My budget is under CHF 100.-, so around 100$. I’ve noticed that you can get 2014 MacMinis with i5 or i7 for that budget, but I’m open to any other brand. What I’d want the PC to do: -Play all my movies stored on my external USB drive. I don’t think I have 4k movies, but I can’t exclude that some of my Blurays will be 4k in the future -Display my family pictures and videos stored on kDrive (a cloud by Infomaniak) through Firefox and WebDav -Play my music on my Yamaha Amplifier through Firefox and Tidal -Use the wifi for updates, browser based stuff, etc… The PC would probably not be used for anything else for now, but it needs to be able to become a desktop PC again in the future if needed. I’d want to operate the PC with a bluetooth mouse and only have to use a keyboard from time to time. I’ve heard about Jellyfin, Libelec, Kodi and other stuff but I don’t really know what they are. Thanks in advance for your advice!

"Syncthing is an open source tool that synchronises files continuously across multiple devices. It transfers data between two or more of your computers, without uploading any information to the cloud." https://edafe.de/2026/02/install-syncthing-2-x-for-continuous-file-synchronisation-on-debian-or-ubuntu-or-raspberry-pi-os/ #android #cloud #debian #diday #digitalsovereignty #howto #ios #iphone #linux #linuxmint #macos #obsidianmd #opensource #privacy #raspberrypi #raspi #rpi #selfhosting #syncthing #synctrain #ubuntu #windows

Big moves in Linux filesystems as new bcachefs lands and KDE adds support for Apple's APFS. #Linux #Freesoftware #Opensource https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/17/bcachefs_and_apfs_news/?td=keepreading

Good day, folks! I hope you won’t mind helping me with some troubleshooting. I currently run Debian 13 Stable with KDE Plasma (Wayland). I have an Asus laptop with an AMD Vega integrated GPU and an Nvidia 2060 Mobile dedicated GPU. Error shown in the attached GIF. Had to shorten it, but the flickering repeats non stop. First of all, I’m sorry I can’t provide you with a video; I tried attaching it to the post but won’t let me attach any other than photos. This issue shows up at random: when closing the lid and thus leaving the system suspended, I later open it up to continue using it and the bug manifests. The screen brightness ‘flashes’ and increasing or decreasing brightness manually doesn’t solve it. Most times, it suffices with closing the lid and opening it up again for the issue to disappear and, for the times it doesn’t work, a reboot is needed. Now, one might think that this is an Nvidia driver-related issue. While I currently haven’t installed the proprietary driver and, thus, I suppose the open source Nouveau driver is in place instead, what makes me discard that possibility is that, prior to Debian, I tried Ubuntu and Mint (based on the former), in both of which I did install such Nvidia drivers, and the exact same issue occurred. As far as I know, the AMD drivers are included with the Linux kernel, so that shouldn’t be the issue (?) It doesn’t seem to be a Wayland issue either, since I’ve tried both X11 and Wayland, the issue showing up on both. Finally, if it’s worth mentioning, this issue didn’t happen back on Windows. Not that I am planning on going back, rest assured. I am thus out of ideas as to what might be causing this or what else try to do. I appreciate any clues you could provide me with. Thank you in advance :)

Hi everyone! I’ve been enjoying Gnome for the last 5 years, mainly in Fedora Workstation. Lately, I’ve been feeling a scratch to try something else after a few annoyances with notifications or the file manager. I’ve also been using KDE in Steam OS on my Steam Deck, but something doesn’t feel right even if I managed to reproduce my Gnome workflow in it. I thought that Cosmic could be the perfect middle ground and I wanted to dual boot it alongside Fedora Workstation on my second computer, an upgraded Mac Book Pro from 2012. As I enjoy Fedora, I downloaded the Fedora Cosmic Atomic version. On this computer, you normally have to enable RPM fusion to get the broadcom drivers for the wifi. I followed the instructions related to os-tree based systems with no luck. Then I thought, let’s just download the normal Fedora Cosmic as I don’t need an immutable distro and the commands should be the same as for Workstation. Despite, managing to get the Broadcom drivers, I never managed to get the wifi working in Fedora Cosmic. I might be stupid, but I don’t understand why as it’s the same distro and just a different DE. Doe’s anyone have an explanation? It might be a sign that I should just live with the minor annoyances I get in Gnome, but some things looked really good in Cosmic and I’d love to dual boot it for a while…

Hey everyone, I’m running into a frustrating issue and could use some guidance on how to pinpoint the faulty component. My system completely locks up every few hours. It’s not just a DE crash; the entire machine becomes unresponsive. The mouse and keyboard are completely dead (no cursor movement, Caps Lock key doesn’t toggle). I’ve tried waiting 10-15 minutes to see if it recovers, but it never does. REISUB does not work. Holding Alt + SysRq and pressing the keys in order does nothing. The only way out is a hard reset using the case button. The last time this happened, I ended up buying components for a new computer and replaced them one by one until I found the faulty one. I’d rather try a more targeted approach this time. Though if it takes too much effort, I do have another computer I can fall back on. Any advice on how to diagnose this efficiently? Logs to check, stress tests to run, or hardware to suspect first? Thanks in advance!