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Neustradamus :xmpp: :linux:<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> 14.3 Beta 1 has been released (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/386BSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>386BSD</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BSD</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Unix</span></a>) <a href="https://freebsd.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">freebsd.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
the roamer<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@robpike" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>robpike</span></a></span> </p><p>Tipping my hat, Sir.</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/RobPike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RobPike</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/BellLabs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BellLabs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unix</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Plan9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Plan9</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/achievement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>achievement</span></a></p>
Unix Weekly<p>[RUMOUR] Valve accidentally pushed a SteamVR beta tonight It confirmed that SteamVR Link streaming from Linux PCs is coming soon™️. 13,824 lines of driver code</p><p><a href="https://xcancel.com/SadlyItsBradley/status/1918820041312678099" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">xcancel.com/SadlyItsBradley/st</span><span class="invisible">atus/1918820041312678099</span></a></p><p>Discussions: <a href="https://discu.eu/q/https://xcancel.com/SadlyItsBradley/status/1918820041312678099" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">discu.eu/q/https://xcancel.com</span><span class="invisible">/SadlyItsBradley/status/1918820041312678099</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unix</span></a></p>
Unix Weekly<p>Infinity Nikki on Steam works on Steam Deck but the situation is odd and anti-cheat blocks Desktop Linux</p><p><a href="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/infinity-nikki-on-steam-works-on-steam-deck-but-the-situation-is-odd-and-anti-cheat-blocks-desktop-linux/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/infi</span><span class="invisible">nity-nikki-on-steam-works-on-steam-deck-but-the-situation-is-odd-and-anti-cheat-blocks-desktop-linux/</span></a></p><p>Discussions: <a href="https://discu.eu/q/https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/infinity-nikki-on-steam-works-on-steam-deck-but-the-situation-is-odd-and-anti-cheat-blocks-desktop-linux/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">discu.eu/q/https://www.gamingo</span><span class="invisible">nlinux.com/2025/04/infinity-nikki-on-steam-works-on-steam-deck-but-the-situation-is-odd-and-anti-cheat-blocks-desktop-linux/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unix</span></a></p>
R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: 🍵<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.decentralised.social/@wezm" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wezm</span></a></span></p><p>I'm intrigued! <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/clockworkpi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClockWorkPi</span></a>'s shipping is legendarily slow, but it seems you got yours kinda quickly.</p><p>How's the keyboard experience? Mushy? Clicky? Too small for it to matter either way?</p><p>The page lists some kind of <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UNIX</span></a> that can run on it, but there's no details on the page. Any idea what kind of OS it can run? I'm curious how any Unix could run on a MCU like the <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/pico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pico</span></a></p>
Unix Weekly<p>Bytedance Proposes Faster Linux Inter-Process Communication With "Run Process As Library"</p><p><a href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/Bytedance-Faster-Linux-IPC-RPAL" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">phoronix.com/news/Bytedance-Fa</span><span class="invisible">ster-Linux-IPC-RPAL</span></a></p><p>Discussions: <a href="https://discu.eu/q/https://www.phoronix.com/news/Bytedance-Faster-Linux-IPC-RPAL" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">discu.eu/q/https://www.phoroni</span><span class="invisible">x.com/news/Bytedance-Faster-Linux-IPC-RPAL</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unix</span></a></p>
Tionisla<p>Currently listening to "ZauberwalD.mod" by slash/atd/rpsg from the revision Demoscene party 2025 and had the compulsion on working on/optimizing my Amiga music file (mod, ahx, prt, tfmx fc14... etc) -&gt; UADE -&gt; FLAC -&gt; NAS shell script...</p><p>Not really happy with kdialog/dbus interface on FreeBSD, maybe I should look into other script UI dialogs. Anything other than yad or zenity , which could be used instead? Need a yes/no box and a progressbar. Any hint into the right direction more than welcome.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/shell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shell</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/script" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>script</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unix</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/BSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BSD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/UI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/UADE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UADE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Amiga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amiga</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/conversion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conversion</span></a></p>
Soldier of FORTRAN :ReBoot:​<p>Im sorry, Unix owes it's history to Space Travel? </p><p>"As a part of porting the game to the PDP-7, Thompson developed his own operating system, which later formed the core of the Unix operating system."</p><p><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Travel_(video_game)" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_</span><span class="invisible">Travel_(video_game)</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unix</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/retrocomputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputer</span></a></p>
Unix Weekly<p>Short Linux experience survey</p><p><a href="https://forms.gle/duthJwiDLUdu1Qc46" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">forms.gle/duthJwiDLUdu1Qc46</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Discussions: <a href="https://discu.eu/q/https://forms.gle/duthJwiDLUdu1Qc46" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">discu.eu/q/https://forms.gle/d</span><span class="invisible">uthJwiDLUdu1Qc46</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linux4noobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux4noobs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linuxquestions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linuxquestions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unix</span></a></p>
Unix Weekly<p>Felix86: Run x86-64 programs on RISC-V Linux</p><p><a href="https://felix86.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">felix86.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Discussions: <a href="https://discu.eu/q/https://felix86.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">discu.eu/q/https://felix86.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unix</span></a></p>
Unix Weekly<p>We get our data from here :(</p><p><a href="https://www.howtogeek.com/open-source-project-funding-oregon-state-university/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">howtogeek.com/open-source-proj</span><span class="invisible">ect-funding-oregon-state-university/</span></a></p><p>Discussions: <a href="https://discu.eu/q/https://www.howtogeek.com/open-source-project-funding-oregon-state-university/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">discu.eu/q/https://www.howtoge</span><span class="invisible">ek.com/open-source-project-funding-oregon-state-university/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unix</span></a></p>
Unix Weekly<p>Owen Le Blanc: creator of the first Linux distribution</p><p><a href="https://lwn.net/Articles/1017846/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lwn.net/Articles/1017846/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Discussions: <a href="https://discu.eu/q/https://lwn.net/Articles/1017846/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">discu.eu/q/https://lwn.net/Art</span><span class="invisible">icles/1017846/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unix</span></a></p>
Unix Weekly<p>Nexus Mods app adds Cyberpunk 2077 as a supported game, improves Stardew Valley modding (their newer app that has proper Linux support)</p><p><a href="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/nexus-mods-app-adds-cyberpunk-2077-as-a-supported-game-improves-stardew-valley-modding/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/nexu</span><span class="invisible">s-mods-app-adds-cyberpunk-2077-as-a-supported-game-improves-stardew-valley-modding/</span></a></p><p>Discussions: <a href="https://discu.eu/q/https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/nexus-mods-app-adds-cyberpunk-2077-as-a-supported-game-improves-stardew-valley-modding/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">discu.eu/q/https://www.gamingo</span><span class="invisible">nlinux.com/2025/04/nexus-mods-app-adds-cyberpunk-2077-as-a-supported-game-improves-stardew-valley-modding/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unix</span></a></p>
nixCraft 🐧<p>welp</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unix</span></a></p>
Unix Weekly<p>WhatsApp Web could soon let you make individual and group video and voice calls, benefitting Linux users lacking an official client.</p><p><a href="https://www.androidpolice.com/whatsapp-web-to-gain-audio-video-call-support/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">androidpolice.com/whatsapp-web</span><span class="invisible">-to-gain-audio-video-call-support/</span></a></p><p>Discussions: <a href="https://discu.eu/q/https://www.androidpolice.com/whatsapp-web-to-gain-audio-video-call-support/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">discu.eu/q/https://www.android</span><span class="invisible">police.com/whatsapp-web-to-gain-audio-video-call-support/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fedora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fedora</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unix</span></a></p>
Unix Weekly<p>Redis is Open Source again</p><p><a href="https://antirez.com/news/151" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">antirez.com/news/151</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Discussions: <a href="https://discu.eu/q/https://antirez.com/news/151" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">discu.eu/q/https://antirez.com</span><span class="invisible">/news/151</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unix</span></a></p>
Unix Weekly<p>Has anyone been invited to the ARC Raiders playtest, and does it work on Linux?</p><p><a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/1808500/ARC_Raiders/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">store.steampowered.com/app/180</span><span class="invisible">8500/ARC_Raiders/</span></a></p><p>Discussions: <a href="https://discu.eu/q/https://store.steampowered.com/app/1808500/ARC_Raiders/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">discu.eu/q/https://store.steam</span><span class="invisible">powered.com/app/1808500/ARC_Raiders/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unix</span></a></p>
Unix Weekly<p>Dropbox will require App Indicator support on Linux</p><p><a href="https://help.dropbox.com/installs/dropbox-desktop-app-for-linux" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">help.dropbox.com/installs/drop</span><span class="invisible">box-desktop-app-for-linux</span></a></p><p>Discussions: <a href="https://discu.eu/q/https://help.dropbox.com/installs/dropbox-desktop-app-for-linux" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">discu.eu/q/https://help.dropbo</span><span class="invisible">x.com/installs/dropbox-desktop-app-for-linux</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unix</span></a></p>
Unix Weekly<p>Firefox 138.0 Released</p><p><a href="https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/138.0/releasenotes/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/138.</span><span class="invisible">0/releasenotes/</span></a></p><p>Discussions: <a href="https://discu.eu/q/https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/138.0/releasenotes/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">discu.eu/q/https://www.mozilla</span><span class="invisible">.org/en-US/firefox/138.0/releasenotes/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firefox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unix</span></a></p>
nixCraft 🐧<p>Here is a pro tip: Process substitution allows you to treat the output of a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Unix</span></a> command as if it were a file, or write output as if you were writing to a file, but have it piped into another command's input. It's handled by the shell like Bash or Zsh. Syntax:<br>&lt;(command)<br> command1 &lt;(command2)</p><p>Where you would normally put an input filename for a command, you can instead put &lt;(some_other_command2)</p>