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  1. #lazymastodon #lazyweb #linux #wayland #android
    Okay, who can tell me how to run android apps on my linux desktop in 2026 without making me move my desktop to wayland?

    I'll give 10 points to whoever answers this first with a pointer to a practical method.

  2. #cow #fvwm #wayland

    I've just merged a PR to cow which adds the ability to define aliases for commands/scripts in cow. For example:

    alias terminal exec xterm
    bind L+return terminal

    Or something more exotic:

    alias tidy-desktop script {
    winops -F 'self.current_desk and self.iconified' -I
    focus -n -w
    }

    menu-add RootMenu "Tidy desktop" tidy-desktop

    Enjoy! This should cut down on duplication even more.

  3. Just got my first reason to switch to Wayland and it's Waydroid. This way, I can use my stupid fitness trainer's training app without a smart device.

  4. @ArtHarg Thanks for affirming my current experience. Also it would be total fine for me if thats really the case, I was just wondering because between the last time I dabbled with and now I got the impression can be considered as real desktop alternative. Even integration was mentioned, if I didn't mix up things.

  5. I know that the #KiCAD team have been "working on it" for a number of years, the problem is that Wayland is now the default for most Linux distributions.
    So i'm faced with a choice, keep using KiCAD in an old (and soon unsupprted) version of linux, or ditch KiCAD.
    Given that other apps I use work fine under #Wayland, I find myself being pushed towards ditching KiCAD for something else.
    Which I really do not want to do.
    But equally I can't run an unsupported OS with security vulnerabilities

  6. Un file manager pensato per chi vuole lavorare velocemente senza dipendere dal mouse. Panefile porta più directory nella stessa finestra e punta tutto su tastiera, prestazioni e configurazione. #Linux #Panefile #FileManager #Qt6 #Wayland #OpenSource linuxeasy.org/panefile-il-file

  7. #umbriel mal testen. Wer so ne tolle Shell wie #noctalia baut, macht vielleicht auch nen großartigen #waylandcompositor

    Aber Vorsicht, noch junges Produkt - trotzdem schon mächtig.
    Vielleicht die richtige Mischung zwischen #niri (scrolling) und #mangowm (scrolling + tiling)
    Zumindest hat es die selbe Workspace Übersicht von niri. Top!

    github.com/noctalia-dev/umbriel

    #waylandcompositor #wayland #windowtilingmanager

  8. (more Linux news in previous posts)

    LightDM returns from the dark with first release in 4 years:
    omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/lightd

    Mango Wayland Compositor Hits 0.16.0 with Native Touch Support and XWayland Fixes:
    linuxcompatible.org/story/mang

    DebConf27 Debian Developers Conference to Be Held in Asahikawa, Japan:
    9to5linux.com/debconf27-debian

    Debian Developers Begin Voting Over LLM Usage Within The Project:
    phoronix.com/news/Debian-Votes

    Fedora CoreOS To Enable systemd-oomd & zRAM Swap By Default:
    phoronix.com/news/Fedora-CoreO

    ChatGPT desktop app is now available for Linux (in preview):
    omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/chatgp

    RustConn 0.20 Continues Further Polishing This GTK4/libadwaita-Based Connection Manager:
    phoronix.com/news/RustConn-0.2

    Make sure your Flatpak is up to date due to security issues:
    gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/make

    Mesa 26.1.7 Lands as a Targeted Bugfix Drop for the Stable Branch:
    linuxcompatible.org/story/mesa

    Mesa 26.3 Intel Driver Code Enables Large GRF Mode For Newer GPUs:
    phoronix.com/news/Intel-Large-

    Open-Source exFAT Programs 1.4.3 Improves Fsck & Mkfs:
    phoronix.com/news/exfatprogs-1

    Linux Patches Enable Apple M4 NVMe Support:
    phoronix.com/news/Linux-Apple-

    Liquorix Kernel 7.1-11 Brings a Single Targeted Patch to Your Gaming and Streaming Setup:
    linuxcompatible.org/story/liqu

    Liquorix Drops Kernel 7.1-12 With Heavy Project-C Scheduler Tweaks:
    linuxcompatible.org/story/liqu

    Samba 4.25.0rc1 Released: Persistent Handles, Cluster Functional Levels, and AES-Only Domain Encryption:
    linuxcompatible.org/story/samb
    (Am I the only one who starts hearing the Samba De Janeiro song in my head every time I read about Samba? lol)

    (FOSS news in comments)

    #WeeklyNews #News #Linux #LinuxNews #LightDM #Wayland #WaylandCompositor #DebConf #DebConf27 #Debian #Fedora #FedoraCoreOS #ChatGPT #RustConn #Flatpak #Mesa #exFAT #LinuxKernel #Liquorix #Samba #FosseryTech

  9. #fvwm #cow #wayland

    More from me!

    This time, icons...

    With this change, icons are now more of a first-class citizen in CoW.

    It's possible to assign icons (either SVG or PNG) to windows, via the `decor` command.

    The cow(!) man page has a dedicated icon section so you can see how to do that.

    By default, cow ships with an icon which mimics what MWM has.

    Icons can now be moved around the desktop, and windows remember their icon position.

    The new icon-reset command will put icons back to their default position, which is managed by cow. This is similar to the `PlaceAgain icon` command from #fvwm and #fvwm3

    Enjoy!

  10. #cow #fvwm #wayland

    CoW has now gained a new "module" -- cowident.

    The image below shows what it does. When you run it, it will force you to select a window to then report properties on.

    It's analogous to FvwmIdent from #fvwm3

    Not the sexiest thing in the world, I know, but maybe useful both for those tweaking their config, and for diagnostic purposes.

    That's why #FvwmIdent was created -- to allow for diagnostics.

  11. #fvwm #fvwm3 #wayland

    Let's play spot the difference!

    One, both, or none of two screenshots are from fvwm3.

    Can you guess which?

    If not, could you maybe guess is one of the screenshots is based on wayland? ;)

    In all seriousness, I'm trying to emulate the fvwm/mwm look in #hikari -- and I think the results are impressive, especially if you can't tell which image is from which #wm.

  12. Throwing this out there, I guess: anyone have a suggestion for a Fvwm3 replacement in Wayland? I’m having trouble finding a comparatively minimal Wayland compositor with the same kind of low-level flexibility—and, as stupid as it is, the capability to look like a hybrid between CDE and Window Maker. #fvwm #fvwm3 #wayland #linux

  13. So far my main desktop running on is highly unstable under . There were always glitches under Bookworm but things are less stable than before. I suspect that the box which started life on may have reached the end of the upgrade cycle. Just too many old things lying about, and a clean install and fresh user profile may be in order.

    Systems started Bookworm and hardly used upgraded perfectly.

    I will be buying a new desktop next year anyway...

  14. I’m sick of fighting just to get even simple automated window geometries to work consistently and sanely with #Wayland.

    So I went back to the roots and discovered there is actually an #FVWM3 now!

    Perfect geometries. Everything under control. Lightning fast and light. And even sound is way better directly through ALSA.

    Funny how it feels amazing for my computer to work for me again, instead of me trying in vain to work with it.

    #linux