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  1. TechSpot: Windows 11 can now reinstall itself from the cloud, no USB stick required. “Windows 11 Insider Beta Preview Build 26220.9343 introduces a new reinitialization option that downloads a factory version of the OS from the cloud. The new feature lets users and IT administrators reset a device without needing a USB stick or a custom image.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/14/techspot-windows-11-can-now-reinstall-itself-from-the-cloud-no-usb-stick-required/
  2. The Importance of the BSD Operating Systems

    Introduction NetBSD, OpenBSD, and FreeBSD represent more than just operating systems in many cases--in some popular accounts, the three operating systems are associated with legacies and tradition, with open-source software representing the core of the systems. Regardless of the specific operating system, common features include a tty interface and the use of the BSD kernel, with many UNIX-like commands such as cd, ls, cp, rm, mv, echo, and rmdir commonplace in each system. Testing […]

    novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026

  3. We're excited to announce that NetBSD operating system will be officially supported by GNU Health (Health & Hospital Information System 5.2 this Q4 2026).
    Preliminary testing shows unparalleled performance using disklevel encryption even in low resource computers. Amazing ❤️
    #GNUHealth #OpenScience #NetBSD #NoAI #privacy #FreeSoftware #operatingsystems

  4. i now live in a world where i have to accept that if i want an operating system that i can actually use, it WILL have been developed with some amount of AI usage

    do i like that? no, of course not
    but is it true? yes, and to say otherwise is to be wilfully ignorant


    #operating-systems #ai #software
  5. Spotted in my RSS feeds: Defrag98, a Windows 98 defrag simulation. I would be very concerned if my hard drive had ever sounded like this simulation, but I like the defrag part.

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/09/remember-when-you-had-to-defrag-a-hard-drive-defrag98/
  6. MakeUseOf: I stopped memorizing Linux commands and started playing this instead. “There are plenty of Linux terminal commands that can make the shell feel less intimidating, but memorizing them from a list has never worked especially well for me. GameShell gives all of that syntax a place to stick. Instead of memorizing commands in a vacuum, I was climbing a castle tower, building a hut, […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/06/makeuseof-i-stopped-memorizing-linux-commands-and-started-playing-this-instead/
  7. Officially Linux or other strictly open source licensed #operatingsystems are except from os verification laws the u.s. At least in California.

    So as a User of tech you can just use that and never have to age verify at the os level.

    However this doesn't yet get a clear answer for federated mastodon or other #activitypub services. There's still uncertainty.

    But due to the decentralized nature you can as a user can just pick a specific hosted location whether a specific u.s state or a country that might not legally require an age verification.

    #ageverification #linux #opensource #operatingsystem

  8. When you realize a lot of the #ageverification has to do with #operatingsystems, social media and adult content. (And even AI chat bots)

    What does all this have in common? Being connected to the Internet or cellular. What doesn't it effect.

    Offline tech with zero app stores and zero downloadable content in an 'official' means for said hardware.

    By using software on an offline device think DVD players or long pass discontinued devices like the Xbox 360 ps3 or Wii consoles with no official manufacture support or updates.

    You as the user are legally in the clear you aren't responsible for not age verifying if said device is officially offline and unable to have any downloads officially not even let's say Nintendo would be in legal trouble if you were to put any type of app on it via homebrew you as the user wouldn't be either.

    Modding an unsupported device is safer then using a device like a new Android phone if your trying to avoid age verification checks long term.

    Any services you use that are online at at risk at the daily to force users to age verify. Duckduckgo? It's a matter of time.

    Where you might have more leeway with this however is the complexity of Mastodon servers, Misskey servers, not all being centralized. Which can make it harder for the law to keep up with each individual server.

    Android as a platform is liable, iPhone is liable, but if you're modding say an older psp that is better protected from age verification laws just because it's officially discontinued by Sony. Official online services and all.

    #ageverification #homebrew #idverification

  9. We've all been there, but the #NetBSD way is different. Get the architecture right the first time. Why spend years fixing technical debt when you can build a stable, portable foundation from the start?

    Reject automated bloat. RTAM( Read The Awesome Manual). Write code yourself. Run NetBSD.

    #runBSD #UNIX #SoftwareEngineering #Craftsmanship #CodingMeme #OperatingSystems #antiai #noai

  10. ZDNet: How I turned my ancient Windows PC into a Chromebook for free – with FydeOS. “FydeOS is a Linux-based OS that looks and feels just like ChromeOS, down to the Material Me design. It includes background updates (so you don’t have to worry about remembering to update), seamlessly supports web, Android, and Linux apps, boots in 8 seconds, uses read-only access and ‘virus armour’ for hardened […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/28/zdnet-how-i-turned-my-ancient-windows-pc-into-a-chromebook-for-free-with-fydeos/
  11. How-To Geek: How I turned my Linux desktop setup into a portable package I can run on any machine. “I had spent months refining my Linux desktop environment. Every config file had a place, my command line tools were selected for the way I worked, and my desktop shortcuts, panel layout, themes, and custom scripts were configured exactly the way I wanted. I had already automated much of the […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/16/how-to-geek-how-i-turned-my-linux-desktop-setup-into-a-portable-package-i-can-run-on-any-machine/
  12. Японский язык
    учебники словари курсы, аудио, тесты, учебная литература Japanese textbooks dictionaries courses, audio, tests, Японська мова підручники словники курси, аудіо, тести, навчальна література 日本教科書 辞書 コース、オーディオ、テスト、#教科書 🇯🇵
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/777

    Пруст Марсель Marcel Proust
    исследования badania дослідження research recherche 🦯🌂
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/776

    Пруст Марсель Marcel Proust
    тексты Texte des textes texts тексти κείμενα teksty
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/775

    Пруст Марсель Marcel Proust
    аудиокниги аудіокниги audiobooks livres audio Hörbücher
    #Пруст Марсель #Marcel Proust
    #аудиокниги #аудіокниги #audiobooks #livres #audio #Hörbücher
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/774

    Немецкая философия
    книги на немецком языке
    #German philosophy, books in german, Німецька філософія, книги німецькою мовою, #Deutsche Philosophie, Bücher auf deutsch
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/773

    Аудиокниги на немецком языке
    Belletristik auf Deutsch, Hörbücher, fiction in #German, #audiobooks, художня література німецькою, #аудіокниги
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/772

    Литература на немецком языке
    немецкий язык, художественная литература #Література німецькою мовою, німецька мова, художня література, #Literature in #German German language, fiction Literatur in deutscher Sprache #Deutsche Sprache, #Belletristik 🇩🇪
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/771

    Антуан де Сен-Экзюпери - Маленький принц - 1943 (20 языков) 🌹
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/770

    Корейский язык
    Korean Корейську мову 한국인 🇰🇷
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/769

    Литература на финском языке
    #Финляндия, финская литература, финский язык #Literature in Finnish Finland, Finnish literature, #Finnish language Література фінською мовою #Фінляндія, фінська література, фінська мова Suomenkielistä kirjallisuutta Suomi, suomalainen kirjallisuus, suomen kieli 🇫🇮
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/768

    Литература на шведском языке.
    Швеция, шведский язык Література шведською мовою. #Швеція, шведська мова. Literature in Swedish. #Sweden, #Swedish. Litteratur på svenska, #Sverige, svenska. 🇸🇪
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/767

    Литература на японском языке
    японский язык, #Япония, японская художественная литература. Literature in Japanese. #Japanese language, #Japan, Japanese fiction. Література японською мовою. японська мова, #Японія, японська художня література. 日本語の文学。 日本語、日本、日本のフィクション ⛩
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/766

    James Joyce - Finnegans Wake
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/765

    James Joyce - Ulysses
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/764

    James Joyce Джеймс Джойс
    #James Joyce #Джеймс Джойс
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/763

    Нейронные сети, нейросети, нейросетевое программирование
    Neuranets, neural network programming
    Нейронні мережі, нейромережі, нейромережеве програмування 🕸
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/762

    Big Data, Data Mining, Machine Learning
    Большие данные, анализ данных, машинное обучение
    Великі дані, аналіз даних, машинне навчання 👩‍💻
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/761

    D, Dart, Go, Groovy, Rust
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/759

    R статпакет 📊
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/756

    Web, HTML, CSS, XML, JavaScript, PHP, Angular
    #Web, #HTML, #CSS, #XML, #JavaScript, #PHP, #Angular
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/753

    Алгоритмы, Компиляторы, Олимпиадные задачи, Криптография
    Algorithms, Compilers, Olympiad problems, Cryptography
    Алгоритми, Компілятори, Олімпіадні завдання, Криптографія 🫡
    #Алгоритмы, #Компиляторы, #Олимпиадныезадачи, #Криптография
    #Algorithms, #Compilers, #Olympiad problems, #Cryptography
    #Алгоритми, #Компілятори, #Олімпіадні
    завдання, #Криптографія
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/752

    Архитектура ЭВМ, Операционные системы
    Архітектура ЕОМ, Операційні системи Computer architecture, Operating systems 💻
    #АрхитектураЭВМ, #Операционныесистемы
    #АрхітектураЕОМ, #Операційнісистеми #Computer architecture, #Operating systems
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/751

    Игры, Графика, Звук, DirectX, OpenGL, Unity, Lua
    Ігри, Графіка, Звук, Games, Graphics, Sound 👾
    #Игры, #Графика, #Звук, #DirectX, #OpenGL, #Unity, #Lua
    #Ігри, #Графіка, #Звук, #Games, #Graphics, #Sound
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/749

    Микроконтроллеры, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, AVR, PIC, USB
    microcontrollers Мікроконтроллери
    #Микроконтроллеры, #Arduino, #Raspberry #Pi, #AVR, #PIC, #USB
    #microcontrollers #Мікроконтроллери
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/748

    Теория, Проектирование, Качество кода, Паттерны, UML
    Theory, Design, Code Quality, Patterns, UML
    Теорія, Проектування, Якість коду, Паттерни, UML
    #Теория, #Проектирование, #Качествокода, #Паттерны, #UML
    #Theory, #Design, #Code Quality, #Patterns, #UML
    #Теорія, #Проектування, #Якість
    коду, #Паттерни, #UML
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/746

    Технологии, библиотеки, фреймворки
    Технології, бібліотеки, фреймворки
    Technologies, libraries, frameworks
    #Технологии, #библиотеки, #фреймворки
    #Технології, #бібліотеки, #фреймворки
    #Technologies, #libraries, #frameworks
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/745

    Функциональное программирование
    Functional programming
    Функціональне програмування
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/744

    Библиотека программиста
    Бібліотека програміста Programmer's Library
    программирование технологии програмування технології IT technology programming 🧑‍💻
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/743

  13. The Register: Angry bug hunter with Microsoft beef drops new Windows 0-day. “They are angry at Redmond and will have their revenge. Nightmare Eclipse, the prolific bug hunter and possibly disgruntled ex-Microsoft employee, disclosed another zero-day vulnerability just hours after Redmond issued a record-breaking number of CVEs and fixes for June Patch Tuesday.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/11/the-register-angry-bug-hunter-with-microsoft-beef-drops-new-windows-0-day/
  14. Bleeping Computer: Microsoft warns of new Defender zero-days exploited in attacks. “On Wednesday, Microsoft started rolling out security patches for two Defender vulnerabilities that have been exploited in zero-day attacks.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/23/bleeping-computer-microsoft-warns-of-new-defender-zero-days-exploited-in-attacks/
  15. Someone: "Life is easier without the monolithic systemd."

    Linux kernel enters the chat.

    Linux kernel: "What do you mean? I am a monolith as well."

    Me: Oh, if we use "monolith," "monolith," "other software of different principles," "on top of others," that means we are still following the UNIX philosophy, regardless of the monolith parts' presence.

    Thoughts? Feel free to comment.

    #Linux #Systemd #UnixPhilosophy #Monolith #Kernel #OpenSource #SysAdmin #FOSS #TechHumour #OperatingSystems #LinuxKernel #SoftwareArchitecture #CodingLife #TechThoughts #GeekLife

  16. #Anthropic’s #ProjectGlasswing aims to secure #criticalsoftware in the #AIera by utilising #AImodels like #ClaudeMythos Preview to identify and fix #vulnerabilities. #Mythos Preview has already identified thousands of #zeroday vulnerabilities in major #operatingsystems and #webbrowsers, demonstrating its effectiveness in finding and exploiting flaws. anthropic.com/glasswing?eicker #tech #media #news

  17. Lecture: Idris – Reviving an Early Unix Clone
    by Michael Engel @me_
    wiki.dfupdate.se/projekt:updat

    When: 2026-04-11, 19:00 CEST
    Where: Svartbäcksgatan 65, 75333 Uppsala
    Stream: bbb.cryptoparty.se/rooms/upd-0

    The ideas behind #Unix have significant impact on the design of a large number of #operatingsystems. In addition to more recent systems modelled after Unix, such as Minix or Linux, early operating systems inspired by Unix, such as Coherent, Venix, and also the #Idris OS developed by the company Whitesmiths, existed already in the 1970s. For many years, almost the only information available about Idris was a short Wikipedia page. This has changed in 2025 when a #PD68 computer, an Idris-based Motorola 68000 system developed as a project of computer hobbyists in Sweden and Norway, was donated to the computer museum in Dalby. Subsequently, an international cooperation also managed to get hold of and run the #Atari ST port of Idris, which extends the regular Idris system by providing a version of the X10 window system. In this talk, we give details about the recovery of Idris using emulation on different abstraction layers. In addition, we give an introduction to the structure of Idris for Motorola 68k-based systems with a focus on enabling Unix to run on computers lacking virtual memory management.

    See you there!

  18. The Register: Frightful Patch Tuesday gives admins a scare with 175+ Microsoft CVEs, 3 under attack. “Spooky season is in full swing, and this extends to Microsoft’s October Patch Tuesday with security updates for a frightful 175 Microsoft vulnerabilities, plus an additional 21 non-Microsoft CVEs. And even scarier than the sheer number of bugs: three are listed as under attack, with three […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/17/the-register-frightful-patch-tuesday-gives-admins-a-scare-with-175-microsoft-cves-3-under-attack/

  19. MakeUseOf: This free and open-source tool made my USB drives way more useful. “I went tool hunting and found Ventoy. This open-source app installs once, and then you can add as many disk images (ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files) as you want to the drive without needing to reformat. You can also include all your portable diagnostic apps and continue to use the USB as a storage device.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/26/makeuseof-this-free-and-open-source-tool-made-my-usb-drives-way-more-useful/

  20. You’ll be able to install a SteamOS beta on third-party handheld gaming PCs before April

    The Linux-based operating system that powers Valve’s Steam Deck is one of that handheld gaming PC’s key selling points. While there are a growing number of handhelds that have hardware that looks better on paper, so far they all ship with Windows, an operating system that supports a vast number of PC games, but which was designed for keyboard and mouse input. SteamOS was designed for a […]

    #handheldGamingPcs #lenovoLegionGoS #linux #operatingSystems #steamos #Valve

    Read more: liliputing.com/youll-be-able-t

  21. Reading Time: 2 minutes

    Recently I have been sliding between Windows, Linux distributions and MacOS throughout the day. I use a mac for blogging, and Linux to experiment and learn new skills, and windows to watch Netflix and YouTube. I might be over-simplifying but that’s the simplified version.

    Pi and Linux

    I find that I have come to be at ease in all three environments, especially since playing around with Raspberry Pi devices. “Why?”, you may ask. Because with a Pi you can try dedicated images for Nextcloud, for PhotoPrism, for Immich and more. You can also try them for Ph-Hole and others. The advantage is also that you use microSD cards. This means that you slot in card A and try A1, then you slot B and try B1 and finally you try C with C1. In the end you’re trying instances with what could be thirty seconds with your Pi being a PhotoPrism server, before it becomes a NextCloud server, and so on. With enough SD cards if you mess up you can revert to something that you enjoyed using with a minute or two.

    MacOS

    I am using the Mac for blogging for one key reason. The git history for this blog has become too big for a sync in a single go and I need to learn how to sync just the last 10 changes, rather than the entire history, but that requires RTFM. I haven’t taken that time yet. It’s not laziness. It’s about having more interesting projects to work on before reaching this one.

    Windows

    I use the windows machine for media viewing habits because it’s plugged in to external screens and a monitor whereas the other two aren’t. I practiced using Chocolatey and PowerShell, as well as other windows related experiments. I also use it for flashing linux SD cards. It’s good at that because it has an SD card reader built in so I don’t need a dongle.

    And Finally

    In the 80s, as a child I played with the CLI, and norton commander, and DOS, and Windows 3.1. I installed games and chose sound cards and more. I used to see displays that recently I have seen quite regularly. It’s interesting that the CLI interface to NextCloud reminds me of when I was playing with computers as a child in the 80s. For decades I left the CLI behind, but now I’m back. I use it daily at the moment.

    When I first started playing with Linux in the 90s I had to download the ROM, burn a CD or a DVD, and then attempt to install the OS on a computer. I would often succeed, and sometimes fail. Now, you don’t need to burn a DVD. You just flash a microSD card and you’re ready to go. You don’t even need to prepare a USB key, and wait for an install on a desktop. Experimentation is faster now.

    The next step is to install Nextcloud, HomeAssistant, Pi-hole and PhotoPrism to play nicely on a single device.

    https://www.main-vision.com/richard/blog/sliding-between-macos-windows-and-linux-daily/

    #day416 #linux #mac #operatingSystems #slider #sliding #windows