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  1. Ok, the heatwave loses its dynamic. Let's get back to business and discuss #Linux #distros.

  2. 🐧 Oh look, another "revival" #guide for your crusty, geriatric hardware—because nothing screams 2026 like Linux's endless buffet of #distros nobody asked for. 📟 Just in case you didn't know how to search "how to install Debian" for the 47th time, here's a "complete" beginner's guide that makes you wish the search bar had an off switch. 🔍🙄
    fosslinux.com/158206/linux-on- #Linux #Revival #CrustyHardware #BeginnerGuide #Debian #HackerNews #ngated

  3. 🐧 Oh look, another "revival" #guide for your crusty, geriatric hardware—because nothing screams 2026 like Linux's endless buffet of #distros nobody asked for. 📟 Just in case you didn't know how to search "how to install Debian" for the 47th time, here's a "complete" beginner's guide that makes you wish the search bar had an off switch. 🔍🙄
    fosslinux.com/158206/linux-on- #Linux #Revival #CrustyHardware #BeginnerGuide #Debian #HackerNews #ngated

  4. Dearest #Fedora and other miscellaneous #Linux #distros,

    This is ridiculous. For the love of all that is good in the universe, please pick a larger default font for the fbdev console. 🤓

  5. Dearest #Fedora and other miscellaneous #Linux #distros,

    This is ridiculous. For the love of all that is good in the universe, please pick a larger default font for the fbdev console. 🤓

  6. And another one: RAM usage of #Linux #Distros running Sway. The were already optimized, this is as low as you can get. Measured with htop.

  7. And another one: RAM usage of #Linux #Distros running Sway. The were already optimized, this is as low as you can get. Measured with htop.

  8. DistroSea is a Linux resource I didn't know. It lets you try out in a browser combinations of over 80 distros and 500 versions. This article introduces the use of DistroSea.

    reallinuxuser.com/how-to-run-d

    #linux #distros

  9. DIY Fest Groningen

    Orkzbar, Friday, May 1 at 07:00 PM GMT+2

    DIY fest means two days of punk bands, dancing, heated debates, and killer vegan food. Come celebrate autonomous spaces, DIY culture and the people who make it happen.

    Info and tickets at diyfest.nl

    Community, not industry!

    calendar.askapunk.nl/event/diy

  10. DIY Fest Groningen

    Orkzbar, Friday, May 1 at 07:00 PM GMT+2

    DIY fest means two days of punk bands, dancing, heated debates, and killer vegan food. Come celebrate autonomous spaces, DIY culture and the people who make it happen.

    Info and tickets at diyfest.nl

    Community, not industry!

    calendar.askapunk.nl/event/diy

  11. Nach langer Zeit mal wieder einen Blick auf das Angebot an #Distros geworfen... Ich hänge ja schon an #majaro, hätte aber auch wieder mal Lust auf was Neues...

  12. I am getting ready to start my new job, for which I expect to get a work laptop. I can’t decide what distro to use but I’m thinking of going with an immutable one this time around because I don’t want to futz around with system package management.

    #Distros #ImmutableDesktop #Linux

  13. I am getting ready to start my new job, for which I expect to get a work laptop. I can’t decide what distro to use but I’m thinking of going with an immutable one this time around because I don’t want to futz around with system package management.

    #Distros #ImmutableDesktop #Linux

  14. I am getting ready to start my new job, for which I expect to get a work laptop. I can’t decide what distro to use but I’m thinking of going with an immutable one this time around because I don’t want to futz around with system package management.

    #Distros #ImmutableDesktop #Linux

  15. I am getting ready to start my new job, for which I expect to get a work laptop. I can’t decide what distro to use but I’m thinking of going with an immutable one this time around because I don’t want to futz around with system package management.

    #Distros #ImmutableDesktop #Linux

  16. I am getting ready to start my new job, for which I expect to get a work laptop. I can’t decide what distro to use but I’m thinking of going with an immutable one this time around because I don’t want to futz around with system package management.

    #Distros #ImmutableDesktop #Linux

  17. @Linuxkumpel @luederkracke @CachyOS

    Sehe ich auch so. Man muss einfach anfangen, Internetsuche unter "Erfahrungen mit #Linux_xy ". Da werden dann #Anfänger-#Distros aufgelistet mit ihren Vor- u. #Nachteilen.
    Nach Eingewöhnung kommt dann #Appetit_beim_Essen. Wie gesagt, habe ich mehrere #Linuxe installiert und greife #wechselweise auf gemeinsame #Daten zu, z.B. auf #Profile von #Browser und #Mail

    #BTW, kann jemand einen #Proxy & #MailSammler empfehlen, zunächst #lokal, später auf #NAS

  18. Bodhi Linux Shows Off New Theme, Revived Modules

    A ‘fresh new look’ is heading to Bodhi Linux, the Ubuntu-based Linux distribution built around the Moksha desktop, a fork of Enlightenment 17. Noting that the look of recent releases has leaned towards the dark side—no, not that one, Darth—the team has decide to give the next release a lighter visual revamp by making a new theme, called Zenithal, default. “Zenithal, developed by Štefan Uram and based on the Ice theme by Simotek, introduces a polished light aesthetic that brings a fresh energy to Moksha. It also marks a first for Bodhi: windows and dialogs with rounded edges,” they say. Bodhi Linux’s :sys_more_orange:
    #News #Bodhi #Distros #Enlightenment #EyeCandy

    :sys_omgubuntu: omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/03/bodhi-

  19. Bodhi Linux Shows Off New Theme, Revived Modules

    A ‘fresh new look’ is heading to Bodhi Linux, the Ubuntu-based Linux distribution built around the Moksha desktop, a fork of Enlightenment 17. Noting that the look of recent releases has leaned towards the dark side—no, not that one, Darth—the team has decide to give the next release a lighter visual revamp by making a new theme, called Zenithal, default. “Zenithal, developed by Štefan Uram and based on the Ice theme by Simotek, introduces a polished light aesthetic that brings a fresh energy to Moksha. It also marks a first for Bodhi: windows and dialogs with rounded edges,” they say. Bodhi Linux’s :sys_more_orange:
    #News #Bodhi #Distros #Enlightenment #EyeCandy

    :sys_omgubuntu: omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/03/bodhi-

  20. Bodhi Linux Shows Off New Theme, Revived Modules

    A ‘fresh new look’ is heading to Bodhi Linux, the Ubuntu-based Linux distribution built around the Moksha desktop, a fork of Enlightenment 17. Noting that the look of recent releases has leaned towards the dark side—no, not that one, Darth—the team has decide to give the next release a lighter visual revamp by making a new theme, called Zenithal, default. “Zenithal, developed by Štefan Uram and based on the Ice theme by Simotek, introduces a polished light aesthetic that brings a fresh energy to Moksha. It also marks a first for Bodhi: windows and dialogs with rounded edges,” they say. Bodhi Linux’s :sys_more_orange:
    #News #Bodhi #Distros #Enlightenment #EyeCandy

    :sys_omgubuntu: omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/03/bodhi-

  21. Bodhi Linux Shows Off New Theme, Revived Modules

    A ‘fresh new look’ is heading to Bodhi Linux, the Ubuntu-based Linux distribution built around the Moksha desktop, a fork of Enlightenment 17. Noting that the look of recent releases has leaned towards the dark side—no, not that one, Darth—the team has decide to give the next release a lighter visual revamp by making a new theme, called Zenithal, default. “Zenithal, developed by Štefan Uram and based on the Ice theme by Simotek, introduces a polished light aesthetic that brings a fresh energy to Moksha. It also marks a first for Bodhi: windows and dialogs with rounded edges,” they say. Bodhi Linux’s :sys_more_orange:
    #News #Bodhi #Distros #Enlightenment #EyeCandy

    :sys_omgubuntu: omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/03/bodhi-

  22. Bodhi Linux Shows Off New Theme, Revived Modules

    A ‘fresh new look’ is heading to Bodhi Linux, the Ubuntu-based Linux distribution built around the Moksha desktop, a fork of Enlightenment 17. Noting that the look of recent releases has leaned towards the dark side—no, not that one, Darth—the team has decide to give the next release a lighter visual revamp by making a new theme, called Zenithal, default. “Zenithal, developed by Štefan Uram and based on the Ice theme by Simotek, introduces a polished light aesthetic that brings a fresh energy to Moksha. It also marks a first for Bodhi: windows and dialogs with rounded edges,” they say. Bodhi Linux’s :sys_more_orange:
    #News #Bodhi #Distros #Enlightenment #EyeCandy

    :sys_omgubuntu: omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/03/bodhi-

  23. Yes source based distro's have been around since the very beginning - in fact, MCC Interim Linux and #SLS weren't far from that mark, except that they merely tried to make it a bit more convenient by packaging up tarballs to be exploded during installation. And there's always #LFS.

    If you think about Slackpkg - and you consider that you can actually re-install the entire system by compiling every single component of the default (full) install with the evocation of a single command, followed by the customization of your entire system by installing every kind of software imaginable through the use of #sbopkg or some other automated, dependency resolving package manager that uses #SlackBuilds (which are downloaded, then exectuted, and subsequently download the latest release of he software package desired, which is in turn compiled, packaged, and exploded) - you actually have a fully source based distro installed on your box.

    That's right - Slackware is (can be forced to be) an entirely source based distro installed on your device.

    And choosing to convert from a point release to Slackware -current switches you from a point release to a #Rolling_Release distro.

    *Debian Testing, aka at this time, Trixie is a rolling release. #Arch_Linux is a rolling release, SourceMage and Lunar Linux are source based distros based on #Sorcerer_Linux, the original fully source based Linux distro released when Linux was only about 8yrs old in 2000, and the #Gentoo or #Funtoo source based Linux distros.

    SystemD my ass. That has nothing to do with nothing in that conversation - it's completely non-sequitur and truth be told, most source based distros (Arch, Gentoo) support the type of init system that *YOU CHOOSE. For Debiantards such as myself, well..... There's #Devuan - and that's very refreshing to actually have control over your system again with true init scripts. But I rarely use Devuan, even though I've been associated with the initiative since its inception, after leaving the #Mageia team several years ago.

    As I state in almost all of my profiles, I'm a Slacker, since 1993 (Slackware Linux), and I'm also a bit of a #Debiantard. On the BSD side, after leaving #Jolix (386BSD) for Slackware, I've pretty much settled on either #OpenBSD or #Dragonfly_BSD, w/the awesome #HAMMER2 FS. I still have a lot of love for #FreeBSD and of course #NetBSD - where I spend a lot of time in my proper #Korn Shell....

    But what the heck does any of this have to do with a comparison of using Gentoo Linux being akin to using SystemD?

    I don't like SystemD - but if you're a realist, that doesn't mean you forgo using distros that only have that init tooling. You just roll with the punches and keep following the innovations that support you - NO ONE STILL RUNS WINDOWS XP in production - at least, no one outside of state mental hospitals, that's just insane to do in a forward facing business environment.

    But a lot of companies do leverage OpenRC, SysVinit, etc., instead of SystemD - that's not going away, and SystemD itself and Poetering have their own up and coming challengers.

    SystemD is (supposed to be, originally) a way to boot your box. Yes, it's indeed encroached upon other landscapes since, but not all of those constructs are even considered by many mainstream distros - it's not a fact of life. Other init systems thrive in the UNIX world to this day and will continue to do so.

    Likewise, Source based Linux distros are just one among many distros that exist, and may or may not leverage SystemD as their init systems - to really get a good grasp of this, I recommend doing a few Arch Linux installs - with and without SystemD as the base init system. Heck, even Debian still supports your regular, good old #syslog, and at every turn during your updates, reminds you how to keep it enabled since the whole journalctl crap just isn't as elegant, IMO.

    Personally, I think more concurrent options are usually better - space is cheap. Storage no longer costs a dollar a meg. or worse, like it was when I was a kid, a few thousand dollars a meg. That's right... MegaByte - Not TB for penny's!

    Okay so now I'm waiting to hear back from the OP and see just what the heck they meant when I got triggered. In the meantime....

    Enjoy installing and using #Sorcerer_Linux, or the subesquent forks of it's surviving lineage like #SourceMage and #Lunar_Linux - you're now a part of mainstream source-basedLinux History once you do 🤘 💀 🤘

    #tallship #Linux #FOSS #distros #Sorcerer

    ⛵️

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    RE: https://social.sdf.org/users/tallship/statuses/111957857148746923

    @tallship

  24. Fedora Workstation 39 Released with GNOME 45, Linux 6.5 + More

    The Fedora Project has released Fedora Workstation 39, the latest version of its flagship desktop Linux operating system. Fedora Workstation 39 brings a number of new features and improvements, including an updated desktop experience with GNOME 45, better hardware support and performance with the Linux 6.5 kernel, and a set of smaller changes that finesse the overall experience. Many of the new features in Fedora 39 will be familiar to those using Ubuntu 23.10, which also offers GNOME 45 and Linux 6.5. Naturally, Fedora Workstation 39 offers a best-in-class GNOME 45 experience, including the dynamic workspace indicator, keyboard backlight toggle :sys_more_orange:
    #News #Distros #Fedora #Gnome45

    :sys_omgubuntu: omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/11/fedora

  25. ::: DISTROSEA - TEST LINUX OS's RIGHT AWAY @ BROWSER :linux:

    Remember (or aware ever) DistroTest .net? In any case - this is its cool HEIR :thinkergunsunglasses:

    Wanting to move away from Microsoft's clutches and its "Spydows"..? This is a perfect way to start! (No pun)*

    Ubuntu :ubuntu: / Linux Mint :linuxmint: / Fedora Linux :fedora: / Manjaro :manjaro: / Debian :debian: ...All the biggies on roster +many more.

    Find YOUR Linux with ease => distrosea.com

    #Linux #distros #test #DistroTest #DistroSea #browser #Firefox #Chrome #Brave #deleteWindows #PC #desktop #operatingsystems #Ubuntu #Windows #Arch

  26. #Upgraded my system to #Fedora31 overnight. I was thinking of upgrading it this weekend but I’ll need my #laptop at that time. Almost everything looks OK but I suppose I will have to wait until the #Jami #repository becomes available for #F31.

    #GNU #Linux #Fedora #Distros