#linux

Slackware 15.0 is often called “outdated,” but the ChangeLog tells a different story.

Since release, 15.0 has received not only security fixes, but also new packages and updates that match or closely track
Slackware-current (glibc-zoneinfo, curl, kernel firmware, and Mozilla ESR/SeaMonkey).

It also maintains supported versions of PHP in its extra directory and updated Rust in testing to support modern software.
What diverges in -current is mostly graphics stacks, toolchains, and desktop layers.

Slackware 15.0 is not frozen -- it is maintained by design.

#slackware #linux #unix #opensource

Imagine the FSF was developing a hypothetical software license under the branding of GPLv4 that dealt with the rise of LLMs. Which of the following copyleft features would appeal? #floss #linux #fsf #FreeSoftware #stochasticParrots #llm #eliza #ai #generativeAI #Programming #copyleft

72% Any LLM trained on GPLv4 code must also be released alongside the training
69% Any code generated by a LLM trained on GPLv4 code is required to be GPLv4.
9% The existing suite of licenses are sufficient.

68 Stimmabgaben, geschlossen

Slackware exists as a moral reference in the Linux ecosystem.
Not to be popular -- but to remind us what matters.

Transparency over abstraction.
Stability over novelty.
Responsibility over convenience.

This video explains why Slackware is loved even when not used daily:
transparent design, stable behavior, no silent changes -- and the honest trade-off of time for control.

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=R-gJ7aJJnqg

#Slackware #Linux #Unix #Philosophy

I tried #TWM #CWM #CTWM #FVWM and #evilWM as well as #IceWM . It appeared iceWM had so many features from background setting, panel/taskbar customization to window decoration styles and placement. Starting to wonder if it should be called a desktop environment #DE instead of window manager #WM .

#FOSS #UNIX #BSD #LINUX

Okay #Linux question...

Is it fast and easy to setup something like #debian with something like #wine to run #PowerPoint and does it play nice with DropBox and Zoom?

I need to use all three of those pieces of software and no I can't switch from PowerPoint or Zoom for the next several months.

And I need it to just work without pain for some important Zoom meetings I have in a few days.

This is all because Dell installed some bad drivers on Windows 10 🙄🙄

FreeBSD 15.0 (almost)-RELEASE, using pkgbase, on my Ryzen 9 MiniPC (and compared to openSUSE Tumbleweed):

- Full disk encryption works beautifully via GELI, as usual.

- Installing KDE is easy and it works perfectly on Wayland.

- All my main apps work. Others will run via the Linuxulator or Wine (Linux browsers, WinBox for MikroTik, etc).

- The fan seems more relaxed.

- The system generally feels snappier.

- Native ZFS. I can autosnapshot every 5 minutes. If I try to do this with btrfs - snapshots of the home directory included and quotas enabled - the system hangs while handling them (which is why Tumbleweed doesn’t snapshot home by default).

- The media keys on my keyboard work, but volume control uses huge steps and 30 percent is already extremely loud. This can be fixed. The monitor brightness setting is also a bit off, but I don't care.

- amdgpu works perfectly.

- The wifi card works. I haven’t tested the speed because I immediately installed the realtek-re-kmod driver to use the 2.5 Gbit ethernet connection.

- Suspend doesn’t work. This is a big problem for me. It’s probably more psychological than technical, but I can’t leave the computer powered for hours when I’m not using it. I already have servers running 24/7 here. I even considered putting my Qotom FreeBSD server in a VM. It would probably work, but next summer it might be an issue because temperatures here aren’t low and spinning disks don’t love heat (and I don’t love their noise).

- It’s stable and reliable. I’ve done almost everything and it just works, as expected.

- Some small glitches remain, mostly due to missing configuration or packages (I didn’t tune anything. I just installed it and started using it).

A much smoother experience than a year ago, when I bought it.

Will I keep using FreeBSD on this minipc?
I’m not sure yet, since Tumbleweed works great and the lack of suspend really influences my choice. I'll contact Aymeric and try to offer some help to improve this.

For now, I’ll keep it on an external SSD and switch from time to time, especially when I know I’ll be using the minipc for hours.

#Linux #FreeBSD #Desktop #openSUSE

I have been using #Firefox also exclusively on all my laptops and lab computers both on #Linux and #Windows. Only make sense I would also use it or its derivatives on my #Android phones too. Yes I am. I use #IceRaven and #Fennec on my phone, both come with browser extension support and are still receiving updates now and then. However still, one small issue bugs me. Although sync work for both browsers after I login my #Mozilla account, meaning I can see all tabs and history and all across devices, sending a tab from one device to another barely works. I remember with my last phone it worked most of time, more then half I suppose, but with the phone I am using now, it never worked for both browsers. I might have to give vanilla firefox a try though, before I am sure.

Finally tried #NetBSD 10.1 RELEASE baremetal on my #ThinkPad #T470s. Good news is most things seem to work out of box: WiFi, touchpad, i915 drived video card. Bad news is, suspend/wakeup (S3) not working. It appears suspend worked well since after issuing sysctl -w hw.acpi.sleep.state=3 the laptop went to sleep with blinking power led, fan stops. However, at wakeup keyboard just stops responding, even swtiching tty with Ctrl-Alt-Fn keys. WiFi usually wakes up just fine since I gain ssh session back shortly after wakeups. I will conclude a major issue for a system if suspend/wakeup won't work for a laptop. I simply cannot imagine having to poweroff a laptop every day before going to bed. It is kinda a sueprise to me since I assume ThinkPad laptops usually get along well with #BSD and #Linux systems.

FYI, S3 suspend/wakeup works flawlessly with #FreeBSD and #OpenBSD on this laptop without any hack.

#BSD #RunBSD #Unix #FOSS

Running sh commands on Android is easy.

You need a terminal ENV which runs unprivileged. You need package management. You need csh zsh ksh bash skills

It's full blown, comes with minimal packages, so you can extend with anything from vim, Yes VIM to htop, neofetch, to c programming, with all the cherry 🍒 on top

I use termux

You may get it on fDroid, the home site, but NOT from playstore

Update:
I was just warned that the Play Store version is horrifically broken please read the post from the contributor

Thank you @traecer

#bash #csh #zsh #ksh #fish #sh #Linux #command #line #termux #programming #OpenSource #POSIX #technology

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