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Vous maîtrisez l'implémentation OpenStack sur le bout des doigts ou vous avez toutes les compétences pour en faire votre spécialité sans appréhension ?
La DGFIP recrute son ou sa responsable d’infrastructures pour son Cloud Interministériel (celui que nous utilisons au quotidien) : 🔗 https://www.passerelles.economie.gouv.fr/offre-de-emploi/emploi-ip-ap-si3-responsable-de-l-equipe-infrastructures-cloud-h-f_26954.aspx
Vous serez sous la responsabilité de Renaud, une personne top et engagé dans l’open source depuis de nombreuses années.
🛡️ Riseup VPN en Debian, es un servicio fácil, rápido y seguro 🔐. Envía todo tu tráfico por una conexión cifrada a riseup.net, ayudándote a eludir censura, anonimizar tu ubicación y proteger tu privacidad 🌐.
Instálala con:
sudo apt install riseup-vpn
y activa la VPN desde su entorno gráfico sin complicaciones 💻.
Riseup es parte de una comunidad de activistas que promueven la libertad y seguridad digital 🚀.
#Debian #VPN #Tecnikan #Argentina
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Riseup-Vpn ... navega mas seguro.
Debian Version of APT to Depends on Rust
https://debugpointnews.com/debian-rust-apt/
#debian #linux #rust #opensource
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Debian
Emmabuntüs Debian Edition 6 Is Now Available Based on #Debian 13 “Trixie” https://9to5linux.com/emmabuntus-debian-edition-6-is-now-available-based-on-debian-13-trixie
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Screenshot of Emmabuntüs Debian Edition 6 with the Xfce desktop environment.
I installed from scratch, instead of upgrading, a #Debian #Trixie at my office computer as my '/'harddisk decided to die unexpectely..
Everything went all right but a device (actually a #meshtastic dev) I used trough serial usb was not creating the coresponging #ttyUSB0 device file. It seems the braille display pack.,which is now installed by defualt,was avoiding the file to be created. So I just removed the brltty package as suggested in https://askubuntu.com/questions/1403705/dev-ttyusb0-not-present-in-ubuntu-22-04 and everything's working again
I checked in on my #Debian 13 system today. Everything is working nicely. Hard to go wrong with Stable.
SparkyLinux 2025.12 “Tiamat” Released with #Debian Forky Base, #Linux Kernel 6.17, and More https://9to5linux.com/sparkylinux-2025-12-tiamat-released-with-debian-forky-base-linux-kernel-6-17
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Screenshot of SparkyLinux 2025.12 with the LXQt desktop environment showing the application menu.
Moribundo Insurgente
Compilando Lagrange en Debian Sid.
gemini://z3r0.maverick-hq.org/gemlog/2025/2025-12-14-compilando-lagrange-en-debian-sid.gmi
I keep thinking I'm going to return to Debian Stable after a long, long time away, but Aeon (and by extension OpenSUSE Tumbleweed) is so good, it's becoming harder and harder to do it.
I'm going to do a series of blog posts after the #Vizio trial is over about my upgrade to my #NovaCustom laptop & a much newer #Debian & all the stuff I went through to make it happen.
I'm starting this thread simply to have a place to keep all my ideas about those posts publicly, in case they are immediately useful.
I suspect I won't have time to engage in replying on this thread until circa 2026-02-15, which is when I plan to start the blog posts.
TL;DR: it's going pretty good.
Filebrowser is open for public registration & more testing on the navidrome/jellyfin instances. Drop-in music/media and and watch it populate!
https://upload.gnulinux.studio
https://upload.gnulinux.media
Create an account & test away. Post issues here as replies or DM me. Main site:
https://gnulinux.studio
https://gnulinux.media
User: pubglug
Pass: musicisawesome
Pass: moviesareawesome
#music #opensource #freesoftware #demo #jellyfin #navidrome #debian #sysadmin
Library gets nuked every Monday at 3am.
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screenshot of filebrowser project page
#MiniDebConf Navi Mumbai
#Debian #FreeSoftware #OpenSource
Some photos from the event ( adding alt text with tuba seems broken )
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A wide shot shows a large room filled with people seated at red-clothed tables. The room appears to be a conference or meeting hall, with dark wood paneling along the walls and a large, white, blank projection screen at the front. Most of the people are facing forward, presumably toward a speaker or presentation, and many are looking at laptops or taking notes. Water bottles are visible on each table, along with some papers and other small items. The room is brightly lit by overhead fluorescent lights, and a large pillar is visible on the left side of the frame.
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A wide-shot indoor photograph depicts a presentation or meeting in progress within a conference room. A projection screen displays the word "Debian" in large white font, with a red circular logo to the left. Two people are standing near the screen, facing a group of seated attendees. The attendees are gathered around several round tables covered with red tablecloths. The room features wood-paneled walls and a drop ceiling with recessed lighting, and a dark rug is visible on the floor.
The text on the screen reads: "Debian". People are seated at tables with visible cups and plates. Several individuals are wearing collared shirts, and one person is wearing a bright green shirt. The room appears to be dimly lit, with the projection screen providing the primary source of illumination.
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A group of people are gathered in a room for a presentation or lecture. A person stands in front of a screen, seemingly speaking to the audience. The audience members are seated in rows of chairs facing the speaker, with several tables in front of them. Most people are looking toward the speaker.
The room has brown walls with vertical panels. There are bottles of water on the tables. A small portion of code is visible on the screen reading "text: 'This is just a test sentence'". The people in the audience are dressed casually and some have bags next to them.
#Grml 2025.12 Linux Distro for Sysadmins Is Out Now Based on #Debian Forky and #Linux Kernel 6.17 https://9to5linux.com/grml-2025-12-linux-distro-is-out-based-on-debian-forky-and-linux-kernel-6-17
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Screenshot of Grml 2025.12 with the Fluxbox window manager showing the main menu.
Free Software that I rely on. One per day.
Day 9:
YunoHost
This is technically more of a distribution than an individual software. There's a portal, and a large volunteer packaging effort to create apps for it. And a large catalog of applications already packaged.
I definitely rely on it. So I'm counting it.
YunoHost is how I have Wordpress (which I've already mentioned) installed -- along with other software I haven't got to yet.
It is based on Debian Linux: a particular install with applications already configured to work on it, pretty close to "plug and play". It's like the packaging systems for Linux desktop systems -- but for the Internet.
It makes managing a web application site SO much easier. I decided to adopt it as the basis of my "virtual studio" instead of trying to write something new.
#FreeSoftwareAdvent #YunoHost #Debian #FreeSoftware #OpenSource
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YunoHost through-web management interface, with access to "Users", "Groups and Permissions", "Domains", "Applications", "Updates", "Tools", "Diagnosis", and "Backup".
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YunoHost "applications" interface, showing "Pixelfed", "Misskey", "PeerTube", "Wordpress" applications installed, along with a customized static site and a couple of utility applications.
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Regular logged-in portal interface for YunoHost, showing five apps: Misskey, Peertube, Pixelfed, Wordpress, and a custom website app.
The two-day MiniDebConf Navi Mumbai 2025, organized by the Debian India community in collaboration with Mumbai Foss community, will take place on 13 and 14 December. On Saturday, a dozen talks will be presented, followed the next day by two workshops. You can find the schedule here: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEvents/in/2025/MiniDebConfNaviMumbai #debian #miniDebConfMumbai #DebianIndia #12
Demo'ing Navidrome and Jellyfin for our Public GNU/Linux Club:
User: pubglug
Pass: musicisawesome
Pass: moviesareawesome
https://gnulinux.studio [music]
https://gnulinux.media [videos]
#music #opensource #freesoftware #demo #jellyfin #navidrome #debian #sysadmin
Come join the fun: https://matrix.to/#/#introductions:gnulinux.club
Each of these instances has an associated filebrowser instance: https://tech.haacksnetworking.org/2025/12/09/setting-up-a-secure-public-facing-filebrowser-instance/
Making uploading, editing, removing, etc., music easy. DMs to test Filebrowser!
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cover of brand new day by lime, on navidrome instance
Muy interesante entrevista de la chica de sistemas a gunnarwolf (#debian developer)
¿DEBCONF 26 en Argentina?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wGMu2y0GMU
#IRC irc.libera.chat #lachicadesistemas
Windows 11's hardware requirements sent millions of perfectly functional CPUs to the landfill. Linux extended their lifespan by a decade. From an e-waste perspective alone, installing a lightweight distro is an act of environmental conservation.
#Linux #Sustainability #RightToRepair #ThinkPad #EWaste #fedora #arch #linuxmint #debian #ubuntu #alpine #windows #privacy
Window Maker Live 13.2 brings 32-bit life to #Debian #Linux 13
https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/09/microsoft_windows_maker_live_132/
surfing #gopher in #dillo on #windowmaker + #debian
Parrot 7.0 Ethical Hacking Distro Switches from MATE to #KDE Plasma as Default Desktop, Based on #Debian 13 https://9to5linux.com/parrot-7-0-beta-ethical-hacking-distro-switches-to-kde-plasma-as-default-desktop
@parrotsec #Linux #OpenSource #security
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Screenshot of Parrot 7.0 beta with the KDE Plasma desktop environment showing the System Settings app.
just looking at my archive of postgresql backups over the past 2 years of my mastodon instance.
In December 2023 just shy of 1 year since spinning it up, the compressed gz file of the database was 600MB.
By Aug 2024 it was 988MB
In April 2025 it was 1500MB
Today it is 1800MB.
That is a 2 user instance. Not small!
#selfhost #footiMac #Debian #mastodon #fediverse #upgrade
What's the current thinking?
Calamares installer or traditional installer for #debian?
The year didn't even end and we have some great news for 2026! MiniDebConf Hamburg will be held from May 4th 2026 to May 11th 2026 at dock europe, the Call For Proposals and registrations are already open: https://lists.debian.org/debconf-mini-hamburg/2025/12/msg00000.html #debian #debconf #miniDebConfHamburg #12
My new SATA SSD arrives today. Time to start some new OS tests.
I'll probably start with Debian 13. I'm already running it on a desktop, but I need to check in with it on this laptop.
🍵 
LOOK EVERYBODY,
It's a #sassy #hellthread that I took NO PART IN!
IT HAPPENS!!! SOMETIMES!?!?
https://mastodon.social/@murena/115656237852149287
P.S., slightly tempted to jump in, but now I can't because I wrote this. lol
#deltachat #xmpp #murena #debian #freebsd #SassyGrumpyPeople #NotMyFault
Latest #RaspberryPi OS Release Lets You Safely Eject HDD and NVMe Drives Connected via USB https://9to5linux.com/raspberry-pi-os-now-lets-you-safely-eject-hdd-and-nvme-drives-connected-via-usb
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Screenshot of Raspberry Pi OS showing the application menu.
#FreeSoftware versions of Vagrant is no longer maintained. Vagrant was one of the methods we suggested when people are learning #debian #packaging. I liked the way of sharing a Vagrantfile when doing a workshop for many people.
As I was preparing for another packaging workshop for #MiniDebConf at Navi Mumbai, I gave Incant a try. It is a replacement for Vagrantfile like declaration of machines and uses #Incus as its backend.
https://wiki.debian.org/Packaging/Pre-Requisites/Virtual-Machine#Incant
Join us at https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEvents/in/2025/MiniDebConfNaviMumbai
Red is Dead, 4K Anniversary Remaster Director's Cut
https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/176437648
(consider supporting my work pls https://analognowhere.com/support )
#unix_surrealism #analognowhere #redisdead #penguin #linux #arch #debian
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Red is Dead poster featuring 3 penguins with weapons and computers in a trench during the Corpo-Foss war.
#BoxyBSD chat is now also available in #irc!
People asked for old school possibilities to take part on the BoxyBSD chat and here we go! Finally, you can also simply join #BoxyBSD on Libera (next to your #FreeBSD channels)! This bridge was written by @gyptazy to support additional chat communications.
Important: This IRC channel is bridged between #Discord and #Matrix to have a unified communications flow without splitting the community. If you don't like Discord, please don't join this channel!
Infos about how to connect by IRC to Libera IRC:
- https://libera.chat/guides/connect
#FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #DragonflyBSD #MidnightBSD #OpenSolaris #Debian #FreeVPS #VPS #FreeVM #VirtualMachines #OpenSource #BSD #RUNBSD
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BoxyBSD now also on Libera IRC
The #Debian installer appears to be just as buggy as it was when I last did a from-scratch install on new hardware 10 years ago.
Still no way to tell the partition manager: "Start everything from scratch, I screwed up", so you have to drop into expert mode and do sfdisk --delete to get installer to not screw up royally if you need a second try.
And I never did get the network going during the installer. Can't find firmwares that are clearly there.🤷
#Armbian 25.11 Is Out with Support for Radxa ROCK 4D, NanoPi M5, #Debian Forky, and More https://9to5linux.com/armbian-25-11-is-out-with-support-for-radxa-rock-4d-nanopi-m5-and-debian-forky
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Armbian 25.11
#Gnu #linux #curso #devuan #debian
📌 No te quedes afuera.
El curso es ideal para novatos
Vas aprendiendo a tu ritmo y lo mas importante la Cuota Mensual la fijas Vos🫵
Ademas contás con una canal de chat para consultas, soporte, cada clase se graba y la vez cuantas veces quieras!
Inscripción solo por email, en el asunto nombre, en el detalle desde donde escribes.
Se Agradece la difusión📣
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#Gnu #linux #curso #devuan #debian
📌 No te quedes afuera.
El curso es ideal para novatos
Vas aprendiendo a tu ritmo y lo mas importante la Cuota Mensual la fijas Vos🫵
Ademas contás con una canal de chat para consultas, soporte, cada clase se graba y la vez cuantas veces quieras!
Inscripción solo por email, en el asunto nombre, en el detalle desde donde escribes.
Se Agradece la difusión📣
So, my #NovaCustom laptop arrived last week. I sadly have not had time to do the install until today. I'm going to work on it today and I'll post on this thread in case anyone is bored on a Sunday and wants to watch me struggle to install #Debian — having not installed it from scratch in nearly a decade.
This might be fun — if for no other reason than the lolz of an aging technologist struggling with installing a #Linux-based system.
You have my permission to laugh. Follow along today here.
Hey, at least I still remeber to verify the sha256sum of an image before doing an install…
I appear to have exchanged keys with Neil McGovern and Steve McIntyre, both of whom I trust to have not signed this #Debian CD/USB install key without being sure, so I think I can use this image.
Reminds me I gotta generate a new GPG key.
Cc: @debian
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On an old laptop, bkühn in a shell downloads the Debian CD/USB image sha256sums and checks it against the sha256sum of downloaded file.
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On an old laptop, bkühn in a shell downloads the Debian CD/USB image signing key and adds it to his keyring.
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On an old laptop, bkühn in a shell looks at the signatures on the Debian CD/USB keyring.
The only two keys bkühn had were Steve McIntyre & Neil McGovern.
Behind my Back Door there is the next #Debian version growing in the wild.
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A field where a sign stands with the Text "Debian"
getting some kind of #gradle error when trying to build #helloworld #cordova #android #app in #proot #debian in #termux 😐
why???
![[...]
FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:processDebugResources'.
> Could not resolve all files for configuration ':app:debugRuntimeClasspath'.
> Failed to transform appcompat-1.7.0.aar (androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.7.0) to match attributes {artifactType=android-compiled-dependencies-resources, org.gradle.category=library, org.gradle.dependency.bundling=external, org.gradle.libraryelements=aar, org.gradle.status=release, org.gradle.usage=java-runtime}.
> Execution failed for AarResourcesCompilerTransform: /root/.gradle/caches/8.13/transforms/459cb14f885dfe9984b3b738a7946fbf/transformed/appcompat-1.7.0.
> AAPT2 aapt2-8.7.3-12006047-linux Daemon #1: Daemon startup failed
This should not happen under normal circumstances, please file an issue if it does.
[...]
Deprecated Gradle features were used in this build, making it incompatible with Gradle 9.0.
You can use '--warning-mode all' to show the individual deprecation warnings and determine if they come from your own scripts or plugins.
For more on this, please refer to https://docs.gradle.org/8.13/userguide/command_line_interface.html#sec:command_line_warnings in the Gradle documentation.
BUILD FAILED in 1m 32s
27 actionable tasks: 27 executed
Command failed with exit code 1: /root/hello/platforms/android/tools/gradlew cdvBuildDebug](https://sfo3.digitaloceanspaces.com/veganism-space/media_attachments/files/115/622/655/452/040/485/original/24aa17f80de6ccc3.png "[...]
FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:processDebugResources'.
> Could not resolve all files for configuration ':app:debugRuntimeClasspath'.
> Failed to transform appcompat-1.7.0.aar (androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.7.0) to match attributes {artifactType=android-compiled-dependencies-resources, org.gradle.category=library, org.gradle.dependency.bundling=external, org.gradle.libraryelements=aar, org.gradle.status=release, org.gradle.usage=java-runtime}.
> Execution failed for AarResourcesCompilerTransform: /root/.gradle/caches/8.13/transforms/459cb14f885dfe9984b3b738a7946fbf/transformed/appcompat-1.7.0.
> AAPT2 aapt2-8.7.3-12006047-linux Daemon #1: Daemon startup failed
This should not happen under normal circumstances, please file an issue if it does.
[...]
Deprecated Gradle features were used in this build, making it incompatible with Gradle 9.0.
You can use '--warning-mode all' to show the individual deprecation warnings and determine if they come from your own scripts or plugins.
For more on this, please refer to https://docs.gradle.org/8.13/userguide/command_line_interface.html#sec:command_line_warnings in the Gradle documentation.
BUILD FAILED in 1m 32s
27 actionable tasks: 27 executed
Command failed with exit code 1: /root/hello/platforms/android/tools/gradlew cdvBuildDebug")
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FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:processDebugResources'.
> Could not resolve all files for configuration ':app:debugRuntimeClasspath'.
> Failed to transform appcompat-1.7.0.aar (androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.7.0) to match attributes {artifactType=android-compiled-dependencies-resources, org.gradle.category=library, org.gradle.dependency.bundling=external, org.gradle.libraryelements=aar, org.gradle.status=release, org.gradle.usage=java-runtime}.
> Execution failed for AarResourcesCompilerTransform: /root/.gradle/caches/8.13/transforms/459cb14f885dfe9984b3b738a7946fbf/transformed/appcompat-1.7.0.
> AAPT2 aapt2-8.7.3-12006047-linux Daemon #1: Daemon startup failed
This should not happen under normal circumstances, please file an issue if it does.
[...]
Deprecated Gradle features were used in this build, making it incompatible with Gradle 9.0.
You can use '--warning-mode all' to show the individual deprecation warnings and determine if they come from your own scripts or plugins.
For more on this, please refer to https://docs.gradle.org/8.13/userguide/command_line_interface.html#sec:command_line_warnings in the Gradle documentation.
BUILD FAILED in 1m 32s
27 actionable tasks: 27 executed
Command failed with exit code 1: /root/hello/platforms/android/tools/gradlew cdvBuildDebug
Just dropped a new blog post, classic bridging with ifupdown. Hope some folks find it helpful or intriguing: https://tech.haacksnetworking.org/2025/11/27/classic-bridging-w-ifupdown/ If you have questions, hop over to Matrix https://matrix.to/#/@haacksnetworking:gnulinux.club and hit me up! #floss #freesoftware #opensource #debian #ifupdown #bridging #networking #virtualization
This is the kind of thing that you have to expect in a rolling distro like Tumbleweed (and by extension Aeon).
I was seeing issues like this in #Fedora #Silverblue, and that's one of the factors that prompted me to move to Aeon.
At times like these, #Debian starts to look good.
Proxmox Backup Server 4.1 released with user-based traffic limiting, configurable parallelism for verify jobs, bandwidth rate limiting for S3 endpoints
https://proxmox.com/en/about/company-details/press-releases/proxmox-backup-server-4-1
When bugs begin creeping into my workflow, I start looking at moving back to #Debian. It's a friendly port in a storm. (Apologies for the mixed metaphor)
@contrapunctus @badri@scholar.social @badri@snipetteville.in @bodil @ravi @sahil RMS originally did not recommend #Debian because non-free section was provided on official repos even though it was not installed by default. Recently we started including non-free-firmware ( a subset of non-free section) on official installation media too. Firmware is run on the external device and not your main CPU, this how firmware is differentiated from software.
I am wondering if it is only #Debian or #KDE or that things have deteriorated so much in #Mozilla #Firefox to the point that I can barely use it:
from time to time can't move tabs, clicks in the top bar stop working completely until I restart it
sometimes the text cursor disappear or appears in wrong position different from where the text is actually inserted in textarea/input
this makes it really stressful and unpractical to use, even if it has been the browser I use my whole life
#rant ?
#Linux Weekly Roundup for November 23rd, 2025: #Blender 5.0, #KDE Plasma 6.5.3, #Debian Libre Live Images, #PHP 8.5, #GIMP 3.2 Release Candidate, #AlmaLinux OS 9.7, VKD3D-Proton 3.0, #openSUSE's Agama 18 installer, KDE #Slimbook VII laptop, Finnix 251, #Budgie 10.10 Developer Preview, #Calibre 8.15, #Git 2.52, #Wireshark 4.6.1, #NetworkManager 1.54.2, #OpenVPN 2.6.16, HPLIP 3.25.8, and more https://9to5linux.com/9to5linux-weekly-roundup-november-23rd-2025
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9to5Linux Weekly Roundup - November 23rd, 2025
MiniDebConf Busan 2025 talks start soon. You are not in Busan, don't worry, you can follow the talks online. You can find the schedule here: https://busan2025.mini.debconf.org/schedule/ #debian #miniDebConfBusan #11
After some months in which i was stressed with some "university promotion exam" (which ended well btw). Finally, i've started updating the computers I use to #Debian 13 #Trixie.
Everything perfect with firsts.
Minir updates i needed KDE removed my single click preference hehehe and i restored it and some strange minot thing going on with accents "keyed" too slow in emacs (if somebuddy has it tell me and i link/write the fix) related with previous kde5 config)
The Debian Libre Live project releases its first free-only amd64 live ISOs, removing all non-free components from the installation media.
https://linuxiac.com/debian-libre-live-images-debut-for-fully-free-debian-installations/
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The Debian Libre Live project releases its first free-only amd64 live ISOs, removing all non-free components from the installation media.
Proxmox VE 9.1 released with support for OCI container images, TPM state support in qcow2 format, enhanced control for nested virtualization in specialized VMs, better SDN status reporting
https://proxmox.com/en/about/company-details/press-releases/proxmox-virtual-environment-9-1
#proxmox #proxmoxve #debian #linux #virtualization #hypervisor #qemu
Number of files in #Debian 13 /etc: 2727
Number of files in #ChimeraLinux live environment /etc/: 289
Yeah, I think we're gonna get along. 😂
#Debian Libre Live Images Released for Software Freedom Lovers https://9to5linux.com/debian-libre-live-images-released-for-software-freedom-lovers
#Linux #FreeSoftware #OpenSource
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Debian Libre
#Debian-Based Finnix 251 #Linux Distro for Sysadmins Is Out Now with Official OCI Container Images https://9to5linux.com/finnix-251-linux-distro-for-sysadmins-introduces-official-oci-container-images
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Screenshot of the boot menu of the Finnix 251 distribution
#Linux friends!
My goal is to have CasaOS running in my home
I was told Ubuntu was the 'best' distro for this (??)
I'm loading it on my old SkullCanyon NUC
Apparently 24.04 LTS seems to have an incompatibility with video drivers
I can't get the GPU to work (at all)
What other distro should I try? #Debian? #Fedora? #Mint (Debian Edition?)
Keep in mind I don't really care which distro I use. #CasaOS is my only goal so I'm looking for the one that is most compatible with my 7. year old Intel NUC.
If you're using #Debian 13 and you're wondering why the `ping` command has stopped working for non-root users... `apt install linux-sysctl-defaults` will fix that for you.
#Linux Weekly Roundup for November 16th, 2025: #Steam Machines, #Mesa 25.3, #Debian 13.2, #Proton 10, #Firefox 145, #Nitrux 5.0, #KDE Plasma 6.4.6, #GStreamer 1.26.8, #Tails 7.2, #LibreOffice 25.8.3, #Thunderbird 145, #qBittorrent 5.1.3, KDE Frameworks 6.20, #openSUSE Tumbleweed defaulting to GRUB2-BLS, and more https://9to5linux.com/9to5linux-weekly-roundup-november-16th-2025
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9to5Linux Weekly Roundup - November 16th, 2025
Debian 13.2 is out. As always with a bunch of security and bug fixes.
@stefano This is indeed a great post. Refreshing to read - the author didn't distro-bash but instead highlighted how needs were met.
I have been leaning toward #FreeBSD after 20 years on #Debian, which has a special place in my heart. However, FreeBSD's *consistency*, elegant design, and better documentation are driving factors and I just can't look away.
Over these two decades, Linux has definitely changed. It's no longer what it once was: a #Unix clone. It's evolved into its own thing. Software does that and that's OK. But a lot of the changes or "improvements" have been needlessly reinventing the wheel with a worsening user experience and convoluted results. The audio subsystems (ALSA -> PulseAudio -> Pipewire and of course the mess that is/was JACK) and #SystemD are two big examples.
On SystemD, I don't disagree that Linux needed a modern init system. SystemD is faster, but from a human perspective it's worse. I am now typing *more* characters to manage services. Is there a reason why it couldn't be designed to manage services like:
> $SERVICE start/stop/restart
Instead, we are left with:
> systemctl $SERVICE start/stop/restart
But I digress.
#TBT I fell in love with FreeBSD when I first started my Linux journey in the mid-2000s, but only dabbled in it as it was never in any production environment I managed.
I have a FreeBSD VM sitting in my lab somewhere but due to other factors rarely do I get to it. I'm thinking it's time I grab a spare laptop, load it up, and use it as a daily driver to really force myself to learn it.
I'm trying an in-place upgrade on the Raspberry Pi 4 Model B from Bookworm to Trixie using this guide. There's nothing too critical on this Pi if it blows up https://pimylifeup.com/raspberry-pi-os-bookworm-to-trixie/
After Debian archive was updated to 13.2 (yes, it's the second point release already!), the Debian CD team did the hard work of preparing and testing our installation medias to make sure everything is working correctly. Their work is now complete and the images are available at https://www.debian.org/distrib/ #debian #trixie #11
Updated Debian 13: 13.2 released https://www.debian.org/News/2025/20251115 #debian #trixie #11
#Debian 13.2 “Trixie” Released with 123 Bug Fixes and 55 Security Updates https://9to5linux.com/debian-13-2-trixie-released-with-123-bug-fixes-and-55-security-updates
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Debian 13 banner image
Got #WebP to load in #Inkscape!
I thought for a long time that Inkscape simply doesn't support WebP, but that isn't true. The problem, rather, was that the gdk-pixbuf loader for WebP was not installed on my system.
People using #Debian or another distro based on it need to install the package named “webp-pixbuf-loader”. That's all you need to do; merely installing the package will enable WebP support in Inkscape.
This should also enable WebP thumbnails in #Nautilus, if you use #Gnome.
Debian is present at Capitole du Libre 2025! Visit us at our booth during this weekend, https://capitoledulibre.org/ #debian #11
@stefano Great post! I've been using #Linux #FreeBSD for about two decades and want to share my experiences. For context, Linux became my daily driver and I dabbled in FreeBSD on the side.
As a newcomer to both the #technology and #culture of #Linux and the BSDs, *back then* there was more toxicity. And by toxicity I mean abrasive and unhelpful responses ("RTFM!") or some kind of "l337" attitudes in various mailing lists and forums. This, of course, was before YouTube and Reddit, where the former mediums were more prevalent.
Some Linux distros were friendlier than others. In those days, the #Debian mailing lists and forums were a rough place for newcomers and it drove a lot of people away. I left the forums because of that. I rarely post to the mailing lists but for other reasons.
At some point, there was considerable effort to improve the etiquette in said mediums, particularly the mailing lists. Sure, some fiery disagreements can take place but overall people are friendly and welcoming.
FreeBSD, on the other hand, has been a more positive experience. Yes, there are people who are vocal about their contempt for Linux, but they aren't disrespectful to other people.
Having witnessed both communities grow and change over the years, there's definitely less toxicity and FreeBSD is still a more welcoming community.
Want to share something cool about Debian? Maybe it's something that is brand new and will help inspire other distros, or maybe something that is in Debian for a long time but people don't know or tend to forget, or maybe something in between?! The FOSDEM's Call For Proposals for the distros devroom is now open: https://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2025/11/msg00004.html #debian #distros #FOSDEM #11
#Debian-Based #Tails 7.2 #Linux Distro Is Out Now with Latest #Tor Browser 15 #Anonymous Web Browser https://9to5linux.com/debian-based-tails-7-2-released-with-tor-browser-15-anonymous-web-browser
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Screenshot of Tails 7.2 with the GNOME desktop environment showing the Tor Connection assistant and the About Tails dialog.
MX Linux 25 "Infinity" released, based on Debian 13 "Trixie", with Xfce 4.20, KDE Plasma 6.3.6, Fluxbox 1.3.7, new mx-updater tool, Secure Boot support, new features in MX Cleanup
In case you missed it, here are some of the recent announcements on the FreedomBox forum:
Tiny Tiny RSS app is no longer available, please migrate
https://discuss.freedombox.org/t/tiny-tiny-rss-app-is-no-longer-available-please-migrate/3986
Debian 13 Trixie release information for FreedomBox
https://discuss.freedombox.org/t/debian-13-trixie-release-information-for-freedombox/3987
New, powerful FreedomBox hardware available for purchase!
https://discuss.freedombox.org/t/new-powerful-freedombox-hardware-available-for-purchase/3969
FreedomBox 25.15 released
https://discuss.freedombox.org/t/freedombox-25-15-released/3993
Ooh! DJB seems to be impressed (enough) by #FilC to try it out extensively 🧐:
“Notes By djb On Using Fil-C”, DJ Bernstein (https://cr.yp.to/2025/fil-c.html).
On HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45788040
On Lobsters: https://lobste.rs/s/zc73xh/notes_by_djb_on_using_fil_c
Like It Or Not, #Rust Is Coming To #Debian's #APT Package Manager
MX Linux 25 “Infinity” Distribution Is Now Available for Download with SysVInit and systems Flavors, Based on #Debian 13 “Trixie” https://9to5linux.com/mx-linux-25-infinity-is-now-available-for-download-based-on-debian-13-trixie
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Screenshot of MX Linux 25 with the Xfce desktop environment showing the Welcome app.
Trinity Desktop Environment R14.1.5 Released with Support for #Debian Trixie, #Ubuntu 25.10, and #openSUSE Leap 16 https://9to5linux.com/trinity-desktop-environment-r14-1-5-released-with-support-for-debian-trixie
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Screenshot of Trinity Desktop Environment R14.1.5 showing the application menu, control center, and About TDE dialog.
Three years ago, I experimented with introducing automated build testing for RISC-V in Linux GPU drivers. Back then, it was a bit hacky due to the older Debian version used in CI [ https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/19917 ]
Recently, Mesa3D CI was upgraded to Debian 13, which supports RISC-V out of the box — and we’ve already been testing basic RISC-V builds for the past two days!
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/37445
Hopefully, Imagination will start testing on real hardware soon!
#Mesa3D #GPU #RISC-V #Linux #Debian
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Devuan 6 “Excalibur,” based on Debian 13 “Trixie,” is now out with a mandatory /usr merge and PipeWire audio support.
https://linuxiac.com/devuan-6-excalibur-arrives-with-debian-13-trixie-base/
#devuan #debian #gnu #linux #opensource
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Devuan 6 “Excalibur,” based on Debian 13 “Trixie,” is now out with a mandatory /usr merge and PipeWire audio support.
Morgen ist noch wieder Debiantreff im Da Pizi. So ab 18:00 Uhr -> https://www.dapizi2017.ch/ #Debian #Linux #Mampf #Zürich
🚀 Devuan 6.0 Released For Debian 13 Without systemd - Phoronix
｢ Devuan 6.0 "Excalibur" is now available as the fork of Debian GNU/Linux without the use of systemd. Devuan 6.0 is Debian 13 but for "init freedom" lets you use either SysVinit, OpenRC, or Runit as the init system ｣
Systemd-Free #Devuan GNU/Linux 6.0 Distro Is Out Based on #Debian 13 “Trixie” https://9to5linux.com/systemd-free-devuan-gnu-linux-6-0-distro-is-out-based-on-debian-13-trixie
#Linux #OpenSource #FreeSoftware
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Screenshot of Devuan GNU/Linux 6.0 with the Xfce desktop environment,.
Debian to add hard Rust dependency to APT
It seems like a number of Debian ports are going to face difficult times over the coming months. Debian developer Julian Andres Klode has sent a message to the Debian mailing lists that APT will very soon start requiring Rust.
I plan to introduce hard Rust dependencies and Rust code into APT, no earlier than May 2026. This extends at first to the Rus
https://www.osnews.com/story/143696/debian-to-add-hard-rust-dependency-to-apt/
01.11.2025 phoronix: Debian's APT Will Soon Begin Requiring Rust: Debian Ports Need To Adapt Or Be Sunset – https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-APT-Will-Require-Rust
(via #Devuan channel on libera.chat)
I'm running some tests on my old and trusted Raspberry Pi A+.
I've installed Raspbian - latest release, lite version. At the prompt, it's using 92 MB of RAM, mainly due to systemd and NetworkManager. As soon as you use it (even just for apt), it starts swapping and becomes almost unusable. It took 5 minutes just to install Python.
I tried NetBSD (on the same memory card): 35 MB of RAM used (including Postfix!) and it's totally usable.
Upgraded @linuxmint #LMDE on my daily business machine for the second time. Without a problem, almost perfectly organized process.
Either I've written a lot of articles over the years, or I'm getting old. Or, you know, both.
I went looking for an article I wrote this or last year that touched on the #Debian FTP Master team and instead turned up one from 2010 that I'd completely forgotten about. I have no recollection at all of writing this one for @lwn ...