I'm putting together a persistent USB installation of Linux Mint for a friend who wants to switch to Linux. It has both a tweaked Cinnamon in it, and an XFce that looks like MacOSX. Lots of apps & games pre-installed too. He'll love it, I'm sure.
Switching people to Linux, one by one.
A #reboot is a solution to many tech problems. But if you are on #Linux, did you know you need to reboot only if your kernel has changed? Otherwise you can do a "soft reboot" and get the same thing. You need to kill the init process and make it respawn. It varies from distro to distro but on #systemd ones, you can do systemctl soft-reboot and it'll do the job for you.
Also if you have problem with your graphical shell, you can simply restart your graphical stuff. Not even a soft reboot is needed. For instance if your display manager is lightdm like me, simply do systemctl restart lightdm.
I think this applies to other #unixlike operating systems with the similar kernel and system architecture as Linux. Maybe #BSD people can share their experience?
13 Common Linux Myths Debunked (With Real Facts) #linux #myths #misconceptions #facts #os #operatingsystem #opensource
https://ostechnix.com/linux-myths/
My first operating system was CP/M. An operating system created in 1974 by Gary Kildall, the founder of Digital Research. Few people knows who was Gary Kildall (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Kildall) and his CPM (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CP/M).
Apple and Microsoft have taken the history for them..
Ubuntu 25.10 "Questing Quokka" will introduce a new default terminal emulator, Ptyxis, and a modern image viewer, Loupe.
Ptyxis focuses on container integration, while Loupe replaces Eye of GNOME with GPU-accelerated rendering.
This release is expected in October 2025 and will enhance support for RISC-V architecture and improve Wayland on NVIDIA GPUs.
https://news.itsfoss.com/ubuntu-25-10-default-terminal-image-viewer/
#DebianEdu 12.11 "#Bookworm" has been released (#Skolelinux / #Debian / #DebianBookworm / #Linux / #OperatingSystem / #APT / #AdvancedPackageTool / #Skole / #School / #Edu / #Education) https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/
Deep thought from last night's @madpy bookclub on Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces
"The Cloud is just somebody else's computer. CompareAndSwap is just somebody else's lock."
What #unixlike operating systems do you know which are easy to port? Something like #NetBSD. I wonder if there is anything written in #commonlisp or #rust
There are some options but I'm not sure how much easy are they to port. I've heard many positive comments about bare metal development using Rust. I wonder how is common lisp in this regard.
I have extensive programming experience but not on bare metal or kernel programming.
Boosts for wider participation in the discussion are welcome.
I've been running #GnomeTerminal for years, but now it may bet time for a change. What #Terminal emulators are you using on your #Linux systems and why?
Brave open sources Cookiecrumbler, an AI-powered tool to automatically detect and block cookie consent banners, currently running on Brave servers, with plans to move it to the browser:
https://betanews.com/2025/04/27/brave-cookiecrumbler-open-source-cookie-notice-blocker/
Kdenlive 25.04 released with AI-powered background removal plugin, OpenTimelineIO import/export, refactored audio thumbnail system, ability to change the duration of multiple adjacent clips in a single action and more:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/4/kdenlive-25-04-is-out-with-background-removal-opentimelineio-import-export-and-much-more/
(That background removal tool is actually a pretty good use of AI, and it runs locally, so no need to give Kdenlive Internet access.)
(The ability to change duration of multiple clips at once is also pretty useful, I might attempt to update Kdenlive to get that feature, and hope it doesn't break lol.)
Joplin 3.3 released with various accessibility improvements (keyboard navigation, screen reader support, higher contrast UI elements etc.), option to collapse or expand all notebook hierarchies with a single button, run multiple independent instances for better workspace management on desktop, new search dialog for quick linking of notes, Markdown auto-replacement in Rich Text Editor, improved focus handling in modals on mobile, support for attaching audio recordings to notes and enhanced voice typing on Android, redesigned "New Note" menu:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/4/joplin-3-3-brings-rich-text-updates-audio-recording-attachments-ui-improvements-and-more/
AdGuard's CLI adblocker for Linux reached version 1.0, includes app exclusion feature, differential filter updating, interactive setup wizard:
https://betanews.com/2025/04/29/how-to-install-adguard-v1-0-stable-on-linux/
OpenBSD 7.7 released with performance boosts, expanded hardware support, support for Scalable Vector Extension (SVE) and enabling PAC on hardware with the new QARMA3 cipher, improved support for running the system in QEMU, kernel improvements etc.:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/4/openbsd-7-7-released-with-performance-boosts-expanded-hardware-support-and-much-more/
(more FOSS news in comment)
Such an impressive demo of BeOS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsVydyC8ZGQ
I feed sad that I never had it back days.
Introducing RetrOS-32: A x86 32-bit Hobby OS For Old Computers #retros32 #Operatingsystem #x86 #32bit #Opensource
https://ostechnix.com/retros-32-hobby-os-for-old-computers/
Friend of mine in the #Arikoto #OSDev #Discord server just asked me:
“CPU hotplugging support when?”
We don’t even have userspace yet nor does paging work properly.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN CPU HOTPLUGGING SUPPORT WHEN???
(btw, you should totally join the server: https://discord.gg/UczSZb7s7B)
Another year until the LTS!
Ubuntu 25.04 'Plucky Puffin' is out now
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/ubuntu-25-04-plucky-puffin-is-out-now/
Time to go update some servers!
Fedora Linux 42 is out now with KDE Plasma Desktop promoted and x86 programs on ARM
Ubuntu 25.04 Plucky Puffin released!
After 6 months of development of the Plucky Puffin version, especially bug fixes, performance improvements, and feature additions, Ubuntu’s Release Team has released this version! Not only is it released in the original distribution, but also in Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Xubuntu, and all other official flavors.
To upgrade your system to 25.04, either open the terminal and run do-release-upgrade as root, or open Software Updates and start the upgrade. Make sure that your packages are upgraded first and that you’ve enabled non-LTS upgrades.
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Updated my GNU/Linux Beginners Guide (https://libadwaita.neocities.org/linux_guide_square_zero) with instructions for the new installer in #Fedora42
SantaOS 
and Pink Floyd's number 
Another Brick In The Wall 
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