How does one go about measuring the battery drain of a Wayland compositor? Are there any reasonably simple tests to at least roughly check for regressions in this area?

#wayland #linux

So I was browsing the Internet today, and so I found some weird script someone made for Linux which takes a screenshot and describes it with Gemini. As usual, read the script before running it and all that, I obviously wasn't the one who created it because I don't code, so I cannot answer any questions about it or make new features or anything like that. But yeah I mean it's also AI, so don't use it, and Linux will obviously be filled with slop because of this awful person who added A11yAI to Linux, but yeah here it is:

dropbox.com/scl/fi/qy49ewvvj0g…

#ai #blind #linux

Looking for a new laptop that runs Linux out of the box? Get a ThinkPad!

Lenovo has been offering ThinkPads with Fedora and @ubuntu preinstalled for a few years now. The more people who shop for these devices, the more attention they can give to this business!

Here's an article of someone discovering Lenovo's Linux program: news.itsfoss.com/lenovo-cuts-w…

#Fedora #Lenovo #ThinkPad #Linux #OpenSource

Lenovo Cuts the Windows Tax and offers Cheaper Laptops with Linux Pre-installed

Lenovo is doing something that many aren't.

^{Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)}

Want to make your own custom image of Fedora Atomic Desktops? Use bootc and have at it. :)

Learn more: fedoramagazine.org/building-yo…

#Fedora #FedoraAtomic #Linux #OpenSource

Building your own Atomic (bootc) Desktop - Fedora Magazine

Bootc and associated tools provide the basis for building a personalised desktop. This article will describe the process to build your own custom installation.

^{Daniel Mendizabal (Fedora Project)}

I have a PC that came preloaded with 10.

It is over 5 years old now. It still has not seen Linux yet, but that is because it has not seen power.

Just for spite, I wiil wait until after the 10 EOL before I install Debian.

#Linux #Debian

Da sitzt man nichts ahnend im Zug, daddelt ein wenig auf seinem ubuntu #Linux Laptop, und der junge Mann nebenan sagt, dass er von Windows frustriert sei, ubuntu schon ausprobiert habe, aber noch Fragen hätte, wie man Programme installiert.

Tja, steigt man dann ab in das RabbitHole, #deb, #Flatpack, #Snap, #AppImage oder wie?

As part of our volunteer-driven accessibility initiative in GNOME Calendar, and for the first time in the 10+ years of Calendar's existence, we finally completed and merged the first step needed to have a working calendar app for people who rely on keyboard navigation. This merge request in particular makes the event widgets focusable with navigation keys (arrow left/up/right/down) and activatable with space/enter. This will be available in GNOME 49.

Most of GNOME Calendar's layout and widgets consist of custom widgets and complex calculations, both independently and according to other factors (window size, height and width of each cell, number of events, positioning, etc.), so these widgets need to be minimal to have as little overhead as possible. This means that these widgets also need to have the necessary accessibility features reimplemented or even rethought, including and starting with the event widgets.

We also hope to get other parts of GNOME Calendar accessible before GNOME 49, but I can't promise anything at the moment. We did start working with making the month view accessible: gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-c…

#GNOME #Calendar #GNOMECalendar #GTK4 #GTK #Libadwaita #Accessibility #a11y #Linux

Make the event widget accessible (!559) · Merge requests · GNOME / gnome-calendar · GitLab

This implements button functionality to make it able to focus and activate it. This also sets the appropriate accessibility role and labels/descriptions. Related:

^GitLab

🗓️ The Embedded Recipes 2025 schedule is now live!

⭐ I’m excited to be among the speakers this year, giving a talk titled “PipeWire and Bluetooth: the road to LE Audio.” I’ll be sharing some background on Bluetooth audio, diving into the new LE Audio standard, and discussing developments in PipeWire’s Bluetooth integration — the leading Bluetooth audio implementation on Linux!

🔗 embedded-recipes.org/2025/sche…

#er2025 #Linux #PipeWire #BlueZ #Bluetooth #LEAudio #BLE #OpenSource #TechTalk

I'm honoured to contribute monthly to this project, and would encourage anyone to consider a contribution.

#GNOME #OpenSource #Linux

Zkouším TriliumNext Notes na @oscloud a nemá to chybu!
Fork původního Trilium Notes, kde se vývoj pozastavil, ale pokračuje dál. Hierarchické poznámky, databázové úložiště, super rychlé vyhledávání a navíc běží krásně i ve webu

Repo: github.com/TriliumNext/triliumnext
Více info: triliumnext.com

#Oscloud #SelfHosting #TriliumNext #OpenSource #PKM #Notes #linux

Wow, Orca can't keep focus right in Fedora 42. I'm not even sure how to describe this well enough. On Enafore, Mastodon client, arrow through your timeline. You'll get stuck in a loop of going down a few posts, then you'll be brought back to a previous one, and you'll be stuck around that post unless you arrow down fast enough or something. Wow I might just move back to Windows now on this computer at least.

#accessibility #orca #linux #foss #blind

I wrote a book on Linux Memory Management, published by @nostarch - it's a comprehensive 1300 page exploration of Linux 6.0's memory management code, depth-first, diving into the code and REALLY explaining how things work.

The idea is to avoid hand waving as much as possible and literally explore what the kernel _actually_ does.

It's full of diagrams and careful explanations of logic including a ton of stuff you just can't find anywhere else.

It's currently available in its entirety in draft form via early access when you pre-order.

It's available at nostarch.com/linux-memory-mana…

:)

#linux #kernel #mm

Linux communities beware of #PewDiePie fans

Regardless of PewDiePie’s personal #politics (which clearly, at the very least are problematic), it is fairly well known by anyone who has been following him for any number of years that the vast majority of his fan base are enthusiastic fascists.

Now #PewDiePie , who’s content centers around PC gaming and Windows, has decided to switch to #Linux and published a video encouraging his followers to do the same. This means a very large number of his #fascist fan base is going to be switching to Linux.

Now many Linux communities are going to be forced to more explicitly choose their politics. Like the parable of the Nazi bar, if the community remains politically neutral, it will become fascist in short order.

A few things to be wary of:

• People asking you not to be “too political” or to “focus on the technology, not the politics” is a classic and highly effective fascist ruse to get moderators to lighten up on fascist elements posting in their community.
• People complaining about free speech rights. The #Internet and the #Fediverse is already a domain where people can speak freely about their politics by running their own server and building their own community with few to no government constraints. You don’t need to compromise on whether fascists have the right to free speech in your community.
• Arguments over your code of conduct (CC) and “safe spaces.” Keep them up-to-date. Research other people’s CCs, learn about the history of why these CCs came to be, learn about what the function of each clause of the code is included and phrased the way it is. These were usually designed to make explicit the fact that a community wants to be a safe space where underprivileged people can feel comfortable expressing themselves, and it is very easy to make people afraid to express themselves. Fascists understand these CCs and the concept of “safe spaces” were explicitly designed to exclude them, and often attack these ideas.

Bartender explains why he swiftly kicks out Nazis even if they're 'not bothering anyone'

Would you want to drink with a Nazi?

^{Tod Perry (Upworthy)}

We love #Linux ! 😍

That's why we offer FREE desktop clients for all major distros🧑‍💻👉 tuta.com/blog/desktop-clients-…

What's your favorite distro? If it isn't listed below, let us know in the comments!🐧

Free secure desktop email client for Linux, Windows and macOS | Tuta

Why the Tutanota desktop client is best for productivity and security.

^Tuta

• Ubuntu (25%, 137 votes)
• Debian (26%, 142 votes)
• Arch (23%, 125 votes)
• Fedora (24%, 131 votes)

This is the kind of thing that should be banned. It is time to realize that indiscriminate data collection and profiling is harming our society.
techcrunch.com/2025/04/24/perp…

#Vivaldi #Browser #Spyware #surveillance #SurveillanceCapitalism #AI #Windows #Macos #Linux

Perplexity CEO says its browser will track everything users do online to sell 'hyper personalized' ads | TechCrunch

Perplexity is building its own browser is to collect data on everything users do outside of its own app to sell ads.

^{Julie Bort (TechCrunch)}

END OF 10

"Support for Windows 10 ends on October 14, 2025.

Microsoft wants you to buy a new computer.

But what if you could make your current one fast and secure again?

If you bought your computer after 2010, there's most likely no reason to throw it out. By just installing an up-to-date GNU/Linux operating system you can keep using it for years to come.

Installing an OS may sound difficult, but you don't have to go it alone! With any luck, there are people in your area ready to help!"

endof10.org/

#Microsoft #Windows #Windows10 #Windows11 #Linux #FOSS

Edited with a lot more resources and ways to get involved if you actually wanna get involved.

Hey non-disabled #Linux folk, sure would be fantastic if everyone pitched in on helping the blind and sighted allies making Linux more accessible to disabled users rather than warning us about the end of Windows 10, like we don't already know. Telling us something we already know doesn't help us switch to Linux because while you're lecturing us, Linux still has accessibility issues in the underlying infrastructures.

To start, Here’s a small, impactful thing you can do for now. There are bigger needs but making a fully accessible place one can research and compare distros would be a start. This website is linked to a lot. It’s inaccessible to screen magnifier users because the test is coded in such a way where elements appear behind other elements. All the links in the navigation area are empty and need labels. Making the quiz screen reader friendly by having regular web elements for questions such as radio buttons and other HTML elements without enabling an accessibility mode would be a fantastic start. distrochooser.de/

Here's some background on the recent state of Linux accessibility, and a project you can contribute to.

blogs.gnome.org/a11y/2023/10/2…

You can help the Fedora team make their KDE spin more accessible than it already is. fedoraproject.org/kde/

You can join their core accessibility group, discussion.fedoraproject.org/t…

Learn about the state of modern Linux accessibility. Video. youtube.com/watch?v=w9psDfEFf9…

Make more repositories, wiki's, websites, like Linux Access ORG, of accessible mainstream distros and other flavors/spins. Make accessibility guides. Do what big tech does for accessibility but do it better than them.

Help contribute to sites like linuxaccess.org/

Gnome's accessibility breakdown... ish. It's old but still valid for most. blogs.gnome.org/a11y/2023/10/2…

and contribute to projects such as Access Kit. accesskit.dev/

Lastly, there are a ton of blind mailing lists out there for linux. Read what they have to say. Here's just one of them, this thread provides more. inbox.the-brannons.com/blinux/…

#dei-team topics

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Team

^{Fedora Discussion}

Hi Robert, good question & one I don't know offhand (if anyone does, please share!) Looking on reactos.org/faq/#can-i-install… I found "Can I install ReactOS and run any software compatible with Windows on it?
Probably yes. However we highly recommend to check first if your favourite app runs in ReactOS. ReactOS is still an on-going project and not all the apps and drivers runs perfect on it."

Are any of our #FOSS / #Linux friends involved in #ReactOS able to share experiences please?

FAQ

ReactOS is a free, opensource reimplementation of windows

^reactos.org

Ich habe jetzt mal die #App von #Thunderbird für #Android getestet.

Übernahme aller #Konten und #Mailadressen aus dem Thunderbird am #Linux Rechner per (in meinem Fall 4) #QRCode klappt super.

Dann allerdings fangen bei etlichen #Mailkonten, denen jeweils mehrere #Mailadressen zugeordnet sind, die Probleme an:

Vom Kontoname werden in einem farbigen Punkt nur die ersten 2 Buchstaben angezeigt. Zwar kann man die Farbe wählen, aber das reicht zur Unterscheidung nicht aus.

#Signaturen werden nicht übernommen, zumindest, wenn diese im Thunderbird am PC aus einer Textdatei eingebunden sind.

Wenn man unterhalb des #Posteingang (#Inbox) Unterordner hat, werden diese nicht wie beim Thunderbird am PC als Unterordner des Posteingang samt Hierarchie angezeigt, sondern jeder Unterordner in flacher Hierarchie in der Form "INBOX.Ordnername" aufgeführt.

Man kann immer nur einer einem Postfach zugeordneten Mailadresse einen #PGP Schlüssel zuweisen.

Der Ansatz für eine #Thunderbirdapp ist vielversprechend, aber noch ist gewaltig Luft nach oben.

Ich bleibe deshalb bis auf weiteres erst mal bei #FairEmail", das ich wärmsten empfehlen kann.

Valkey to replace Redis in the [extra] Repository

archlinux.org/news/valkey-to-r…

#ArchLinux #Redis #Valkey #Linux

Ubuntu 25.04 arrives today, filled with fresh new features, essential updates and other welcome improvements. Will you be trying it?

#Ubuntu #OpenSource #Linux

Certain models of Lenovo laptops now ship with Fedora and Ubuntu Linux. This is done to keep costs low and cater to developers or IT professionals who heavily rely on Linux. Another reason could be the increased unpopularity of Windows 11 in recent times due unwanted features like "AI" or "Recall", but that is just my own wild guess ;) LOL. Would you buy it?

#linux #fedora #ubuntu #opensource

Emmanuele Bassi explains how portals tie everything together in modern Linux app development at #LAS2025. #gnome #kde #opensource #linux

Program: buff.ly/7MmXKp3

Dear Linux Ecosystem,

Stop. Relying. On. The. United. States.

#Linux #Foss #OpenSource

We're looking for an experienced open source developer and designer to support our team in building a platform-native web browser for Linux, using GTK and libadwaita: kagi.peopleforce.io/careers/v/…

Here's why you might enjoy working at Kagi: help.kagi.com/kagi/company/hir…

#Kagi #FediHire #Remote #Linux

Join Kagi | Kagi's Docs

Kagi Search Help

^{help.kagi.com}

Righto!

#commandline #UNIX #linux #productivity #opensource #tool

Nimm #pipewire, haben sie gesagt. Damit wird alles einfacher, haben sie gesagt.

Naja, man ist da sicher auf einem guten Weg. Aber das Jonglieren mit config Dateien und Einstellungen erinnert mich doch etwas daran, wie es vor reichlich zehn Jahren war, wenn man #jack und #pulseaudio zusammenbringen wollte.

Zwar muss jetzt nicht soo viel konfiguriert werden, aber man muss schon ein wenig herumsuchen...

Mit meinem install #Script für das #Audio Zeug hab ich es nun ohne jack versucht. Mal sehen ob es sich mit #ubuntu 24 #Linux bewährt:
codeberg.org/cExplorer/install…
Dankbar bin ich für Ideen dazu und für Hinweise auf Fehler.

#Ardour #DAW #LinuxAudio

install-audio-libs-ubuntu

^Codeberg.org

On a fun LWDW #Linux show this week!
😂❤️🐧🐧🐧

Final ARM test for streaming,
Penguins & pics! #UbuntuSummit #ubuntu
@communiteatime
@martin
@till ,
Thundermail & Thunderbird Pro
@thunderbird ,
Blue95 retro Fedora spin,
Firefox 13
@FirefoxPerf ,
Falling for April Fools’ tech articles
@itsfoss

youtu.be/DIxumYP_cNA