Updated Debian 13: 13.5 released https://www.debian.org/News/2026/20260516 #debian #trixie #05

Updated Debian 12: 12.14 released https://www.debian.org/News/2026/2026051602 #debian #bookworm #05

Yet another really well written critical text regarding #LLM and #GenAI was just submitted as a GDC to the #Guix project. This is something we should be keeping an eye on in #Debian as well. https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2026-05/msg00164.html @civodul

Does anybody managed to use an Wahoo indoor trainer and Zwift while using only a Linux computer ? ( #debian more specifically)

Very curious about the whole setup.

Does anyone know of a ssl-cert template to generate an ECC private key instead of RSA with make-ssl-cert?

https://manpages.debian.org/testing/ssl-cert/make-ssl-cert.8.en.html

#debian #openssl

@rickvanrooijen @mho @parismarx I'll name one example of an American project that is well worth using: @signalapp . The model is sound, they aren't vulnerable to government spying due to strong #E2EE, they're a non-profit and not some money-grubbing megacorp. Yes there are some valid criticisms but it remains the best messenger for a whole family.

I use FLOSS from all over the world. #Debian and #Linux are international efforts, for instance.

Anyhow, appreciate the thoughts!

Petit article sur un sujet que je trouve intéressant dans Debian 14 “Forky” : les reproducible builds et ce que ça apporte côté sécurité.

https://cryptolab.re/posts/2026/debian-14-forky-reproducible-security/

#Debian #Linux

Top Lücke in Nginx die den Server zum Absturz bringen kann und potentiell zur Schadcodeausführung taugt. Und noch kein Patch in Debian ausser Sid. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-42945
#linux #nginx #debian

Turns out 'PClinuxOS Debian' is a modification of Devuan with the PC Linux OS tools.

#PClinuxOS #Debian #Devuan

Reproductibilité obligatoire, tests de paquets binaires et nouvelle architecture https://linuxfr.org/news/reproductibilite-obligatoire-tests-de-paquets-binaires-et-nouvelle-architecture #Debian

When I was a kid, I saw only Toy Story 1. With my kids, we have seen up to Toy Story 3. I see now who's Sid, Buster and Trixie, respectively Debian unstable, 10 and 13. Tonight, we'll see Toy Story 4 starring Forky (14). I still don't see who's Bullseye and Bookworm though.

#debian #toystory

I am not sure what exactly makes it PClinuxOS, if the base is Debian. It does have the extra software tools that usually come with PClinuxOS.

It has a recent 7.0.* Linux kernel. Has xLibre installed by default.

PClinuxOS is a rolling release, but the repositories for this appear to be Debian Trixie... so is this not a rolling release Linux?

SysV init version: 3.14 - so no SystemD

Would be great to chat with someone who knows more about this Distribution.

#Linux #PClinuxOS #xLibre #Debian

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PClinuxOS Debian screenshot

PClinuxOS, Debian edition

https://www.pclosdebian.com/home

I hadn't heard of this before. Anybody familiar with it? Looks like it does PCLinuxOS type things such as systemD-free and rolling release, but with a Debian base.

I downloaded the Cinnamon ISO and will test.

They have forums:

https://pclosdebian.forumgratuit.ro/

#Linux #PClinuxOS #Debian

#Fragnesia has its page on #Debian Security Tracker

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-46300

Monday was the last day of MiniDebConf Hamburg. By now, all debianites have safely arrived back home so it's time to thank everyone who have made the event possible, this includes everyone involved in making it happen, Dock Europe, Cantina and our sponsors! #debian #MiniDebConf #MiniDebConfHamburg2026 #05

#Debian macht ernst: Nur noch reproduzierbare Pakete in „testing“ | iX Magazin https://www.heise.de/news/Debian-14-Reproduzierbare-Builds-werden-zur-Pflicht-11289259.html #Linux #OpenSource

• For Spotify, turning off GPU acceleration in Flatseal

• For Signal, copy the contents of the .desktop file into a new .desktop file in the local directory where those go, and modify the exec line to add --disable-gpu

Note: All of these problems also go away in an X11 session, but that breaks suspend/resume on this iMac, so I'm committed to staying in Wayland.

More details when I do a post on this.

More thoughts on #CachyOS...

• btrfs has some noticeable hesitancy at times, even on a fairly fast (8th gen i5) machine
• if you're (understandably) avoiding the AUR, the proper pacman archives feel a bit slim at times:

rld@prometheus:~$ pacman -Ss |grep "^[^ ]" |cut -f1 -d' ' |cut -f2 -d/ |sort -u |wc -l
16057

-- compare with #Debian (actually RasPiOS, in this case) --

$ for x in {a..z}; do apt-cache search $x; done |cut -f1 -d' ' |sort -u |wc -l
74416

(Not sure if that's accurate, but #DistroWatch says Debian has over 50,000, and Wikipedia says almost 70,000)

• I've had to come up with a couple bespoke "daemons," one to refresh the xrdb every 10 seconds (NO idea why xrdb forgets everything so often on this box), and one to refresh the keyboard brightness (I use symlinks in my home directory for this) every two seconds, so that it retains the setting after resuming from sleep.

UID          PID    PPID  C STIME TTY          TIME CMD
rld         8035       1  0 May11 ?        00:00:00 sh -c while xrdb < ~/.Xdefaults; do sleep 10; done
rld        25572       1  0 04:19 ?        00:00:01 sh -c while grep -om1 [0-9] .kbd_backlight |tr -dc 0-9 > ~/.kbd_backlight-sys; do sleep 2; done

rld@prometheus:~$ file .kbd*
.kbd_backlight:     ASCII text
.kbd_backlight-sys: symbolic link to /sys/class/leds/tpacpi::kbd_backlight/brightness
rld@prometheus:~$ grep . .kbd*
.kbd_backlight:2
.kbd_backlight-sys:2
rld@prometheus:~$ 

@astro_jcm

Speaking of which, how does one tell #Debian 13 to ignore closing the lid when charging? I have a cat; lid closing in the midst of doing work is a frequent occurrence. 😸

@rl_dane @joel @dm @sotolf @thedoctor @pixx @orbitalmartian @adamsdesk @krafter @roguefoam @clayton @giantspacesquid @Twizzay @stfn

Interesting post. I would like to see a more in-depth objective review of package manager comparisons.

Sure, speed is great but highly subjective - what if the nearest mirror is several states away or located in a different country altogether?

Some of the ones I'd like to see are:

1.) Number of available packages a distro offers in its default repos.

2.) Package manager features. Can updates be rolled back (not just removed)? How frequently are packages updated? etc.

3.) Ease of configuring your own local mirror.

A note about #Homebrew:

I use it on my #Mac and it's worked flawlessly there for the past six years. But out of curiosity, when I tried it on #Debian, I had weird persistence issues after rebooting the machine. For example Homebrew itself would require reinstallation after reboots and any packages I installed just *disappeared* and needed to be reinstalled too.

Anyone else having difficulties applying 7.0.4+deb14-amd64 to a testing/forky host with Nvidia CPU?

#Debian #nvidia #Forky #Testing #DebianTesting

New #blog #post: Package Manager Tier List

https://rldane.space/package-manager-tier-list.html

1521 words

Note: this is a very off-the-cuff tier list, using speed as the main qualifier, but the article explains exceptions to that as it goes on.

cc: my wonderful #chorus: @joel @dm @sotolf @thedoctor @pixx @orbitalmartian @adamsdesk @krafter @roguefoam @clayton @giantspacesquid @Twizzay @stfn

(I will happily add/remove you from the chorus upon request! :)

#rlDaneWriting #blost #Linux #BSD #RunBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #Debian #Arch #pacman #AUR #Fedora #homebrew #flatpak #snap #OpenSuSE #RPM

(Edit 2026-07-17: removed stray "DeadLikeMe" hashtag that had been left over from the previous post. Oops! ;)

Some moments from yesterday’s installation.
The clients are Debian Linux, and the server is FreeBSD.

#IT #Debian #Linux #FreeBSD

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Four Lenovo ThinkCentre boxes stacked on the floor in a small office room, with a desk, laptop, backpack, shelves, and blue chairs in the background.

Alt...

Two Lenovo ThinkCentre desktop computers set up on long white desks with monitors, keyboards, mice, and visible cables in a small office room.

More thoughts on #CachyOS...

• btrfs has some noticeable hesitancy at times, even on a fairly fast (8th gen i5) machine
• if you're (understandably) avoiding the AUR, the proper pacman archives feel a bit slim at times:

rld@prometheus:~$ pacman -Ss |grep "^[^ ]" |cut -f1 -d' ' |cut -f2 -d/ |sort -u |wc -l
16057

-- compare with #Debian (actually RasPiOS, in this case) --

$ for x in {a..z}; do apt-cache search $x; done |cut -f1 -d' ' |sort -u |wc -l
74416

(Not sure if that's accurate, but #DistroWatch says Debian has over 50,000, and Wikipedia says almost 70,000)

• I've had to come up with a couple bespoke "daemons," one to refresh the xrdb every 10 seconds (NO idea why xrdb forgets everything so often on this box), and one to refresh the keyboard brightness (I use symlinks in my home directory for this) every two seconds, so that it retains the setting after resuming from sleep.

UID          PID    PPID  C STIME TTY          TIME CMD
rld         8035       1  0 May11 ?        00:00:00 sh -c while xrdb < ~/.Xdefaults; do sleep 10; done
rld        25572       1  0 04:19 ?        00:00:01 sh -c while grep -om1 [0-9] .kbd_backlight |tr -dc 0-9 > ~/.kbd_backlight-sys; do sleep 2; done

rld@prometheus:~$ file .kbd*
.kbd_backlight:     ASCII text
.kbd_backlight-sys: symbolic link to /sys/class/leds/tpacpi::kbd_backlight/brightness
rld@prometheus:~$ grep . .kbd*
.kbd_backlight:2
.kbd_backlight-sys:2
rld@prometheus:~$ 

J'échoue lamentablement à trouver un sponsor #Debian (francophone de préférence) pour https://github.com/sphinx-contrib/sphinx-lint/.

J'ai déjà fait tout le packaging (https://salsa.debian.org/python-team/packages/sphinx-lint) et l'upload, il me manque juste un bocal^Wsponsor.

Quelqu'un ?

[Podcast Projets Libres] Mobian : Debian au fond de ta poche !
https://www.projets-libres.org/podcast/s4-e17-mobian-au-fond-de-ta-poche/
#debian #distributionslinux #smartphone

Debian embraces reproducible builds

Big news from the Debian release team: Debian is going for reproducible package builds.

Aided by the efforts of the Reproducible Builds project, we've decided it's time to say that Debian must ship reproducible packages. Since yesterday, we have enabled our migration software to block migration of new packages that can't be reproduced or existing packages (in te

https://www.osnews.com/story/144925/debian-embraces-reproducible-builds/

#Debian

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@freexian/116555001831661560

It was certainly an interesting cooperation between developers and sysadmin to get rid of the performance issues we faced! debusine.debian.net is becoming a non-trivial deployment where scaling issues can create real usability issues for end-users.
#debian #debusine #freexian

Debian macht Reproducible Builds verbindlich
https://linuxnews.de/debian-macht-reproducible-builds-verbindlich/ #debian #reproducableBuilds #linux #linuxnews

🎥 🇦🇷 ¡DebConf26 ya empieza a sentirse en Argentina!

@martinbayo , parte del equipo de Debian Argentina y organizador local de la próxima DebConf26 en Santa Fe nos comparte esta invitación 🐧

📍 Santa Fe, Argentina
🗓 DebCamp: 13–19 julio 2026
🗓 DebConf26: 20–25 julio 2026

Queremos sumar más voces de la comunidad

Si participás en Debian, colaborás con software libre o simplemente querés invitar al mundo a venir a DebConf26, grabá tu propio video y envialo.

Nos gustaría compartir distintas miradas de la comunidad rumbo a DebConf26 🌎

📩 Podés enviarlo a: martin@debconf.org

#Debian #SoftwareLibre #DebConf26 #DebianAr

#Linux kernel 7.0 just hit the backports channel for #Debian stable.

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A screenshot of my "fastfetch" output, showing I'm running kernel 7.0 on Debian 13.

So the parting Debian Project Leader, Andreas Tille used a slop Machine for his public communication...

That explains a lot

He's currently presenting his reasoning in Hamburg and frankly if you think an LLM allows you to understand differnt cultures I have no fucking hope for you.

Edit: I should mention that imedatleywhen the QA part starte Holger Levsen gave push back on the LLM use.

If I don't forget I'll pust that segement up here as soon as the video hits the archives and I find time to make a clip.

#debian #llm

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Andreas Tille presenting on mini DebConf Hamburg 2026. Talking about his use of LLM in his function as DPL (Debian Project Leader)

All good things come to an end and so is MiniDebConf Hamburg 2026, the "Closure" ceremony starts 17:10 CET in the Seminarroom. Stream available at https://hamburg2026.mini.debconf.org/schedule/venue/1/ #debian #MiniDebConf #MiniDebConfHamburg2026 #05

Missed the "Lightning talks" and don't know what happened? Fear not! We had "Debian Commons", "Four Crucial* Packages* You've Never* Heard About" and "How to disable Salsa notifications when projects are moved" #debian #MiniDebConf #MiniDebConfHamburg2026 #05

🍥 Debian must ship reproducible packages
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2026/05/msg00001.html

#debian #linux #opensource

"Making Things Happen in Debian: Reflections from two DPL terms" starts 16:30 CET in the Seminarroom. Stream available at https://hamburg2026.mini.debconf.org/schedule/venue/1/ #debian #MiniDebConf #MiniDebConfHamburg2026 #05

"Phosh: "Dispelling illusions" edition; or how I learned to Stop Worrying and Love Debian on my mobile device{,s}" starts 16:05 CET in the Seminarroom. Stream available at https://hamburg2026.mini.debconf.org/schedule/venue/1/ #debian #MiniDebConf #MiniDebConfHamburg2026 #05

Today at 16:05 CEST @devrtz  will showcase at #minidebconfhamburg2026 what you can expect when running #Phosh and (close-to) mainline Linux on your mobile phone. There will be a live stream at https://hamburg2026.mini.debconf.org/schedule/venue/1/

#LinuxMobile #Debian #Mobian

"Lightning talks" start 15:45 CET in the Seminarroom. Stream available at https://hamburg2026.mini.debconf.org/schedule/venue/1/ #debian #MiniDebConf #MiniDebConfHamburg2026 #05

Debian will require reproducible builds!This is a huge milestone.
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2026/05/msg00001.html
#Debian #reproduciblebuilds

"ELBE - A Debian rootfilesystem builder" starts 14:45 CET in the Seminarroom. Stream available at https://hamburg2026.mini.debconf.org/schedule/venue/1/ #debian #MiniDebConf #MiniDebConfHamburg2026 #05

We will be back after lunch with "An introduction to immutable OS images" starting at 14:00 CET in the Seminar room. Stream available at https://hamburg2026.mini.debconf.org/schedule/venue/1/ #debian #MiniDebConf #MiniDebConfHamburg2026 #05

"Putting Past Upstream History in Debian Git" starts 11:30 CET in the Seminarroom. Stream available at https://hamburg2026.mini.debconf.org/schedule/venue/1/ #debian #MiniDebConf #MiniDebConfHamburg2026 #05

Live from Seminarroom at #MiniDebConfHamburg2026: "How I reverse-engineered a camera driver for my tablet" https://hamburg2026.mini.debconf.org/schedule/venue/1/ #debian #MiniDebConf #05

And we are back with "SBOMs for Debian" starting 10:00 CET in the Seminarroom. Stream available at https://hamburg2026.mini.debconf.org/schedule/venue/1/ #debian #MiniDebConf #MiniDebConfHamburg2026 #05

We are done for today, but we will be back tomorrow! Same place, same time (10:00 CET ;-) and remember the schedule is the source of the truth(ish): https://hamburg2026.mini.debconf.org/schedule/ #debian #MiniDebConf #MiniDebConfHamburg2026 #05

"Bye-Bye Vlans, Hello Layer 3 Connectivity" starts 17:15 CET in the Seminarroom. Stream available at https://hamburg2026.mini.debconf.org/schedule/venue/1/ #debian #MiniDebConf #MiniDebConfHamburg2026 #05

## TIL about Ian Debian Murdock

### The sad story of legendary Ian Murdock

• Founded Debian in 1993 at age 20, while a Purdue undergrad
• Name "Debian" = Debra (his girlfriend) + Ian — she later became his wife
• Debian became the base for Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Raspberry Pi OS, hundreds of distros, arguably the most influential Linux project ever
• Worked at Sun Microsystems on Solaris
• Became Chief Operating System officer at Docker, right at the peak of container adoption
• Died December 28, 2015, age 42, officially ruled suicide
• His final hours: a series of distressed tweets describing a violent encounter with San Francisco police (claimed they beat him during an arrest), followed by increasingly erratic posts, then silence
• His Twitter account was deleted by the family shortly after; the tweets are preserved in archives

Debian is still going strong, 30+ years later, without him but his contributions can never be forgotten.

>Although Murdock's parents were both from Southern Indiana,[2] he was born in Konstanz, West Germany, on April 28, 1973, where his father was pursuing postdoctoral research. The family returned to the United States in 1975, and Murdock grew up in Lafayette, Indiana, beginning in 1977 when his father became a professor of entomology at Purdue University. Murdock graduated from Harrison High School in 1991,[3] and then earned his bachelor's degree in computer science from Purdue in 1996.

>While a college student, Murdock founded the Debian project in August 1993, and wrote the Debian Manifesto in January 1994. Murdock conceived Debian as a Linux distribution that embraced open design, contributions, and support from the free software community. He named Debian after his then-girlfriend (later wife) Debra Lynn Roundy, and himself.[4] They later married, had three children, and divorced in January 2008.[5]

>In January 2006, Murdock was appointed Chief Technology Officer of the Free Standards Group and elected chair of the Linux Standard Base workgroup.[6] He continued as CTO of the Linux Foundation when the group was formed from the merger of the Free Standards Group and Open Source Development Labs

>Murdock died on December 28, 2015, in San Francisco.[12][13][14] Though initially no cause of death was released,[15][16] in July 2016 it was announced his death had been ruled a suicide.[17][18] The police confirmed that the cause of death was due to asphyxiation caused by hanging himself with a vacuum cleaner electrical cord.[19][20]

>The last tweets from Murdock's Twitter account first announced that he would commit suicide, then said he would not. He reported having been accused of assault on a police officer after having been himself assaulted and sexually humiliated[21] by the police, then declared an intent to devote his life to opposing police abuse. His Twitter account was taken down shortly afterwards.[22][23]

>The San Francisco police confirmed he was detained, saying he matched the description in a reported attempted break-in and that he appeared to be drunk.[24][25] The police stated that he became violent and was ultimately taken to jail on suspicion of four misdemeanor counts. They added that he did not appear to be suicidal and was medically examined prior to release. Later, police returned on reports of a possible suicide. The city medical examiner's office confirmed Murdock was found dead.[26][27]

>The autopsy report noted extensive bruise marks found on Murdock's body, and a medical history of alcohol abuse, psychological disorders and Asperger syndrome.[28][17]

^Z

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Murdock?wprov=sfla1

verified FB link

#programming #OpenSource #Linux #Debian #Founder #Deborah #Ian #tragic #life #death #suicide

"Protecting your websites against bad bots and attackers with Proof of Work using Anubis" starts 16:30 CET in the Seminarroom. Stream available at https://hamburg2026.mini.debconf.org/schedule/venue/1/ #debian #MiniDebConf #MiniDebConfHamburg2026 #05

"A Modern Editor Experience for Debian Packaging" starts 16:00 CET in the Seminarroom. Stream available at https://hamburg2026.mini.debconf.org/schedule/venue/1/ #debian #MiniDebConf #MiniDebConfHamburg2026 #05

"reproduce.debian.net - reproducing what is distributed from ftp.d.o" starts 15:00 CET in the Seminarroom. Stream available at https://hamburg2026.mini.debconf.org/schedule/venue/1/ #debian #MiniDebConf #MiniDebConfHamburg2026 #05

We will be back after lunch with "systemd - a summary" starting at 14:15 CET in the Seminarroom. Stream available at https://hamburg2026.mini.debconf.org/schedule/venue/1/ #debian #MiniDebConf #MiniDebConfHamburg2026 #05

"Meet (and Join ;-) the Publicity Team" starts 11:55 CET in the Seminarroom. Stream available at https://hamburg2026.mini.debconf.org/schedule/venue/1/ #debian #MiniDebConf #MiniDebConfHamburg2026 #05

"Onboarding in Debian: Improving Debian with high visibility, low effort" starts 11:35 CET in the Seminarroom. Stream available at https://hamburg2026.mini.debconf.org/schedule/venue/1/ #debian #MiniDebConf #MiniDebConfHamburg2026 #05

"Chicken, Egg, or go.mod? Solving Go Circular Build-Dependencies in Debian" starts 10:50 CET in the Seminaarrom. Stream available at https://hamburg2026.mini.debconf.org/schedule/venue/1/ #debian #MiniDebConf #MiniDebConfHamburg2026 #05

"WebIDAMd - OpenID Connect and OAuth for Linux system clients" starts now in the Seminaarrom. Stream available at https://hamburg2026.mini.debconf.org/schedule/venue/1/ #debian #MiniDebConf #MiniDebConfHamburg2026 #05

MiniDebConf Hamburg 2026 livestream starts in less than one hour! The "Welcome" session will be live 10:00 CET at https://hamburg2026.mini.debconf.org/schedule/venue/1/ #debian #MiniDebConf #MiniDebConfHamburg2026 #05

When I set up this Debian box with ZFS I tried setting up ZFS swap to see how it worked. There were warnings in the OpenZFS docs but I gave it a go anyway.

The system is configured with two fast NVME connected to the CPU and mirrored for the root pool. Swap was created as part of the rpool.

It's a bad configuration. After a number of hours the load average consistently heads into the high teens or higher. Turning off swap makes it drop immediately to ~1.0 (typical for this box running a desktop and futzing around in browsers and shells).

As far as I can tell it's not possible to resize a ZFS partition in situ so I added the swap partition on the third NVME that is formatted EXT4 (south bridge x4).

Not ideal but it is perfectly serviceable.

NVME drives are so fast, would I really notice a difference by the seat of the pants with the swap on partitions on the north bridge connected mirrored devices? Probably not.

Leaving sleeping dragons for now.

#Linux #Debian #ZFS #OpenZFS

@kkremitzki

They've got the classic debian swirl color, but I don't know of anything else. Of course, #Debian doesn't actually theme anything, a decision I can definitely respect. Still, there's the debian-themed boot screens which are vaguely... bluish?

Funny aside, the original debian swirl logo (and the genie's lamp, a variant that isn't seen often) was created in Adobe Illustrator in the late 90s, using pretty default settings of one of AI's tools. I don't remember where, but I read a write-up on that recently.

It's ironic that a FOSS OS's logo was created with such a proprietary tool, but this would've been in the 90s, and Inkscape wasn't quite a thing yet.

Niggle that is hard to research...

For anyone running Debian Testing (Forky) and using Waterfox, some video will not play due to Waterfox 6.6.12 not being compatible with ffmpeg v8. It is expecting v7 and I guess there are some videos where the video won't start due to switches, params, or whatever.

My use case was an old Youtube video that I snarfed many years ago and had on my Jellyfin server.

[ Stream #0:0[0x1](und): Video: h264 (Main) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p(progressive), 854x480, 1100 kb/s, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 90k tbn (default) ]

Waterfox (v6.6.12) won't play it but Librewolf (150.0.1-1) does. Both are installed from PPA, not flatpak.

Forky currently has: ffmpeg/testing,now 7:8.1-3+b1

New stuff plays fine so I hadn't noticed it since ~Wednesday when this box was re-imaged and moved into.

Apparently the Waterfox flatpak doesn't have this problem (probably has it's own ffmpeg v7 bundled inside or has a flatpak ffmpeg dependency).

I could get into the weeds further to confirm but Librewolf works for now. I'll wait for Waterfox to work through it. 🙂

#Linux #Debian #Testing #Forky #Web #Waterfox @Waterfox #Librewolf #PPA #Flatpak

#Debian security team just released DSA-6253-1 which addresses #dirtyfrag local root escalation which has been issued CVE-2026-43284 and CVE-2026-43500

Disappointed you can't attend the Hamburg MiniDebConf in person? No worries, after MiniDebConf is before MiniDebConf: Another one will happen from 29th to 30th of August in Winterthur, Switzerland! https://ch2026.mini.debconf.org/announce/ #miniDebConfCH #debian #debconf #05

MiniDebConf Hamburg 2026 has already started, debianites have been doing hardwork at the hacklab for a few days now, but tomorrow the livestreamed talks will begin at 10:00 CET. Watch them live in https://hamburg2026.mini.debconf.org/ #debian #MiniDebConf #MiniDebConfHamburg2026 #05

Seit #Windows10 verschwende ich keine unnötige Lebenszeit und Gedanken mit Suspend und Hibernate. Ich sags nur ungern: #Linux hat das noch nicht in den Griff bekommen. #Fedora #Debian

@thomholwerda #Debian. I've been using it for literally 30 years. In all that time, it has remained community-owned, with assets held by a non-profit. Its founding documents say that the priorities are its users and Free Software. I personally have used it for everything from large-scale deployments, Rasberry Pis. Its policy of backporting security fixes means things like automated security patches are much more practical than with rolling releases.

If you're seeing articles about #chrome like https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install/, just be aware that #chromium in #debian (and #UngoogledChromium) removes this garbage (https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium/pull/3676). Stuff like this is why I don't think the answer to "how do I get the latest software in my distribution" is not "Just use a flatpak/snap! Upstream Knows Best!™ "

For those interested in Debian and Free Software: Party with Debian people in
Hamburg, .de, tonight, Wed May 6:
https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEvents/de/2026/MiniDebConfHamburg#Party_.40_Slot
@devrtz
#minidebconfhamburg #debconf #debian #hamburg #slot-hh

Anyone else having issues connecting to the Debian wiki? I get the initial anti AI screen or whatever it is and then it gives me a "Forbidden" page.

Accessing via VPN works but from my normal Bell CGNAT IP does not. It's not a 403, just a text pages saying Forbidden.

Did the Debian admins block Bell Canada residential IP ranges by mistake?

#Linux #Debian #Bell

After a bunch of futzing around the machine is back on Debian (testing) with zfs root.

Sometimes you just have to stop swimming against the current and go with the warm fuzzies. For now.

#Linux #Debian #Distro #DistroHopping

#LMDE #LinuxMint #Debian

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screenshot of upgrading to LMDE 7

Not quite sure what to think of that reply to my #Debian #ZFS package bug report yet... need to let that sink in.
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1135579
It's the first time I'm hearing that an "apt get dist-upgrade" on Debian Sid is supposed to be a "self-created problem". That a user should do x steps first. But maybe the rules for "contrib" packages are different?
Anyway, that makes me even more seriously consider switching from ZFS to #btrfs...

@schenklklopfer I didn't expect periodic, *deliberate* breakage, even on #Debian Sid. Occasional breakages on Debian Sid=unstable, ok, but deliberate ones?

The "PS:" part I wrote would have been a compromise for me, the apt command should fail before it does anything, especially if conflicts are known in advance. Instead of creating a broken system after that command. But maybe I'm missing why that's somehow not possible.

Recently I got asked about my @BoxyBSD@bsd.cafe project, which offers free VPS instances of vary #BSD based systems for learning and educational purposes and I'm happy to share that this projects remains available. Several things could finally be clarified to continue this service to make sure people can learn and practice on real #FreeBSD, #OpenBSD, #NetBSD systems to #RUNBSD. Also, BoxyBSD starts moving over to #Sylve on #bhyve.

But not only that! We could also get some more new resources and locations to scale and this also brings up another new project for #free Linux #VPS instances at https://boxedtux.com (Fedi: @BoxedTux@mastodon.social) where people will be able to learn and practice on different #Linux based distributions (e.g., #Debian, #Ubuntu, #Rocky,...). BoxedTux utilizes #Proxmox clusters as a foundation.

Hope you like this small update... Over & out!

#freeVPS #VPS #VM #Hosting #education #learning #learningplatform #service #opensource #BoxedTux

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BoxyBSD Logo - a free BSD based VPS Service by gyptazy

If you use #Linux and are using a #Debian or #Ubuntu based distro, one thing I would recommend for installing .deb files (ones you download from outside your repos), is to install "gdebi" and use that to open and install your .deb packages instead of your "Software Center". Reason being, "gdebi", before it actually installs anything, lets you browse the contents of the package, read the contents of control files like postinst, etc. to make sure it isn't doing anything shady.

#Security

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A screenshot of gdebi opening one of my personal projects. It's set to the "included files" tab with the "postinst" script highlighted. The contents of postinst are displayed on the right and are just: #!/bin/bash chmod -R 555 /opt/yt-dl-pytk

Copy Fail #Linux Kernel Vulnerability Now Patched in #Debian, #Ubuntu, and Others https://9to5linux.com/copy-fail-linux-kernel-vulnerability-now-patched-in-debian-ubuntu-and-others

#OpenSource

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Copy Fail

Given that "AI" contributions are likely based on stolen code whose provenance cannot be verified, does that mean projects featuring such contributions would no longer be compliant with the DFSG and those packages would need to be removed from #Debian?

Also: background picture used in aforementioned Rice WIP for those who are interested.

#Wallpaper #Debian

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Widescreen Wallpaper composed of a "Hot-colored" blend and a dark Debian Logo in the middle

Also… Bazzite basiert auf RedHat und Cachy auf Arch *seufz*
Beides mag ich nicht im Haus haben - und erst recht nicht auf einem alten Notebook zum Gaming für Teens.

Gibt's auch eine sinnvolle Gaming-Distro auf Debian-Basis?
#Gaming #Linux #Debian

Looks like the Debian backports kernel got the copyfail fix overnight. All public stuff patched up.

#Linux #Debian #copyfail

Un kernel Linux patché est disponible pour Debian 11 (5.10.251-3), Debian 12 (6.1.170-1) et Debian 13 (6.12.85-1) : https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-31431
Pour Debian 9 et 10 il faut suivre les paquets de Freexian : https://deb.freexian.com/extended-lts/tracker/CVE-2026-31431
#CopyFail #Debian

Si vous êtes à Marseille ou proche le vendredi 5 juin, je vous invite à la soirée spéciale Proxmox de @plugfr : https://plugfr.org/reunions/5-juin-2026/
#Proxmox #Debian #Linux #sysadmin

Tails erhält mit 7.6.2 weiteres Notfall-Release
https://linuxnews.de/tails-erhaelt-mit-7-6-2-weiteres-notfall-release/ #tails #debian #linux #linuxnews

Butterbian

Butterbian is a Debian 13 (Trixie) installer built around one idea: your system should be snapshotted before anything breaks it. Most distros leave BTRFS and Timeshift as an exercise for the user. Butterbian does it for you — subvolumes laid out correctly, Timeshift configured, grub-btrfs wired in, so you can roll back from GRUB if it all goes sideways.

Part of the @justaguylinux butter* ecosystem

https://butterbian.org/

#Linux #Debian #Butterbian #btrfs

FWIW, the Debian backports kernel series has NOT been patched for copyfail yet. At least my hosts are not being offered anything new and the vuln still works when run against the host.

#Debian #copyfail #Linux

[Trouvé, merci, il faut utiliser <Super> au lieu de <Alt>]
Je teste #KDE (après un usage intensif de LXDE), mais j'ai problème de fonctionnalité disparue :
Le <Alt>+cliquer-glisser ne fonctionne plus (pour déplacer une fenêtre en l'attrapant par n'importe quel endroit).

Vous savez s'il y a un équivalent ou comment réactiver l'option ?

(Je suis sous #Linux #Debian stable).

🐧 Base solide : Le système passe sur Debian 13.4 (Trixie) avec un Kernel Linux 7.0 et ZFS 2.4.

Une version qui mise sur la flexibilité et la performance pour nos infrastructures !

👉 Tous les détails ici : https://www.proxmox.com/en/about/company-details/press-releases/proxmox-backup-server-4-2

#Proxmox #PBS #Backup #SysAdmin #OpenSource #Linux #Debian #CloudStorage

Un kernel patché est dispo pour #Debian 13 (Trixie security) : https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-31431 #CopyFail

Righty; thank you #debian for that kernel upgrade! There must be quite a bubbling around security.debian.org at the moment.

@rl_dane @anselmschueler

Lemme rephrase that:

I miss the days when distros used the 2.6.x kernel. Maybe someone around here will just call me a cranky old curmudgeon, but things did seem simpler back then.

The opaque undocumented userland sprawl is a problem, with the operative word being "undocumented."

RE: Arch Wiki

Yes, as good as it is it's still not proper HOWTO or understandable, (vetted) documentation. The *one* thing that has me gravitating towards #FreeBSD is documentation is a first class feature. It makes the OS a lot more transparent and understandable. I'm sure that's also the case for #NetBSD and #OpenBSD but I don't use them.

This laptop runs #Ubuntu. While it is a #Debian derivative, it's opaque. While there is more documentation available on Ubuntu's website, it's nowhere near as thorough and empathetic as it needs to be. I shouldn't have to visit another distro's wiki just to research info about a different distro on an OEM laptop. That, to me, is unacceptable.

Productivity focused desktop environment for Debian and Ubuntu Linux

A tailored i3wm experience (and Sway for Wayland)

https://regolith-desktop.com/

#Debian #Regolith #i3wm #Sway

"Ubuntu going all-in on AI slop? Come back to Debian. Well, at least just long enough to then switch to Devuan."

#Ubuntu #Debian #Devuan #systemd #snark

Debian would like to thank particularly its MiniDebConf Hamburg 2026 Partner Sponsor PRESENSE Technologies, its Extended Sponsors Collabora Productivity, Sipgate, Canonical and Siemens, as well its Basic Sponsors B1, Freexian, credativ and DG-i https://hamburg2026.mini.debconf.org/sponsors/ #debian #MiniDebConf #MiniDebConfHamburg2026 #04

MiniDebConf Hamburg 2026 starts in seven days. Full schedule is available here: https://hamburg2026.mini.debconf.org/schedule/ #debian #MiniDebConf #MiniDebConfHamburg2026 #04

MX Linux is a fine debian derivatives with a dev by the name anticapitalista on the core team.

Anticapitalista runs another debian derivative antiX which they brand officially as anti-fascist.

Just saying if your looking for #Debian or #Ubuntu alternatives, or distros where systemd is optional they might be worth checking out.

Recently I switched from Wayland to X11 because some Electron-based apps are having severe graphics issues that X tends to clear up. It's mostly Signal. I gave up on Slack long ago, though I bet running X would fix that, too.

But since logging in with X11, suspend/resume is broken, and I keep this desktop suspended a LOT of the time. I'm now back on Wayland. Let's see if that resolves it.

@jameshowell I never understood why people prefer #ubuntu over #debian. I hear that the installer is still better. This is not #windows, you use the installer ONCE! Even if Debian's should be inferior, you get a system with much less crap forced down your throat.

Speaking as someone who uses several Debian servers, laptops, utility machines for fun and production.

Somebody on YouTube posted “DEBIAN 13: I could actually use it as my desktop, now!”

Heh. I've been using #Debian on desktop since version 1.2. Or maybe 1.1. I forget.

The now-famous #Debian spiral logo came out several years after I started using it. I was quite excited when I saw the announcement of the new logo!

As I recall, the Debian logo when I got started was just “Debian” on top of a grid of black lines.

@sultanovich en UNPAZ (José C. Paz)
(gracias @manielfo )

#DebConf26 #Debian #FLISoL #SoftwareLibre #OpenSource #LatAm #DebianAr #DebianArgentina

@sultanovich en UNLa (Lanús)

#DebConf26 #Debian #FLISoL #SoftwareLibre #OpenSource #LatAm #DebianAr #DebianArgentina

@eamanu en Villa Mercedes (San Luis)

#DebConf26 #Debian #FLISoL #SoftwareLibre #OpenSource #LatAm #DebianAr #DebianArgentina

OPEN SOURCE-BETRIEBSSYSTEM
Wie ein zweifacher Opa aus Wernigerode tausende Entwickler weltweit vernetzt
#Linux #Debian

‚"Schon beim Physikstudium habe ich freie Software benutzt. Das hatte große Vorteile für mich und ich habe gesehen, dass sich Probleme so sehr sinnvoll lösen lassen."

Seit 1996 läuft auf seinem Computer Debian, ein Grundsystem für Computer, vergleichbar mit Windows oder macOS. Seit 1998 arbeitet er an der Software mit. Dabei müssen sich tausende Entwickler auf der ganzen Welt selbst organisieren.

"Wir haben ein technisches Regelwerk. Darin steht, wie ein Softwarepaket aussehen muss. Und wir diskutieren per Mail und Chat."….‘

https://www.mdr.de/nachrichten/sachsen-anhalt/magdeburg/harz/internet-software-ehrenamt-wernigerode-102.html

#OpenSource

Salut tout le monde ! 🚀

Besoin d'un QR code sans fioritures ? Je viens de mettre en ligne #MiniQR, un nouveau service public simple et efficace !

👉 Pour l'utiliser : https://qr.blablalinux.be
🌍 Tous mes services : https://blablalinux.be/mes-services-publics/

🎁 Bonus : Envie de l'héberger vous-même ? Voici la recette : https://bytestash.blablalinux.be/s/213d674ea339b44bf76e73e938e68098

Faites-en bon usage ! 🐧

#Proxmox #LXC #Debian #Docker

Quimper: Permanence Linux Quimper, Le samedi 2 mai 2026 de 16h00 à 18h00. https://www.agendadulibre.org/events/34918 #linux #permanence #gnuLinux #logicielsLibres #linuxQuimper #debian #ubuntu #adieuWindows

Debianites are never tired, we are back for the third day of MiniDebConf Campinas 2026 (Brazil). Today we are sharing the space with FLISoL (Latin American Free Software Install Fest), so check out the livestreams at https://campinas.mini.debconf.org/ #debian #debconf #miniDebConfCampinas #brazil #04

RE: https://framapiaf.org/@Marie_Odile_Morandi/116460988746157797

“Un scandale social, écologique et démocratique” : pour la mise à mort de Windows 10, une veillée funèbre organisée devant le siège de Microsoft France

Des millions de PC sont confrontés à une obsolescence programmé par Microsoft 😡 🤢 🤮

Sachez qu'avec #Linux, il n'y a pas de déchets ☢️ ☣️ 🚯 électronique, pas d'obligation de vous séparer de votre tout nouvel ordinateur et ça fera du bien à l'environnement 🌍 🌳 🐝🌾🌹🦋, au portefeuille 🤑 💶 💰💵💳

Linux il y a moins bien, mais c'est beaucoup plus cher 😉
ALORS, OSEZ LA LIBERTÉ ! 🆓

@Marie_Odile_Morandi

#EndOf10 #BanWindows #BanWindows11 #BanMicrosoft #NoSpy #YesLinux #OpenSource #Debian #Fedora #LinuxMint #Solus #Ubuntu #openSUSE #Gnome #KDE #Xfce #Privacy #RegainPrivacy #FLOSS #Environnement

Teddy / Domingo (🇨🇵/🇬🇧) boosted

Marie_Odile_Morandi » 🌐 2026-04-24
@Marie_Odile_Morandi@framapiaf.org

@maupao
https://www.lesnumeriques.com/ordinateur-portable/un-scandale-social-ecologique-et-democratique-pour-la-mise-a-mort-de-windows-10-une-veillee-funebre-organisee-devant-le-siege-de-microsoft-france-n254822.html
et
https://clpress.fr/videos/2026-04-24-windows-10-manifestation-devant-le-siege-de-microsoft-pour-la-poursuite-des-mises-a-jour

🌎 DebConf ‘26 – Charlas Internacionales #FLISoL

Debian cruza fronteras con nuevas charlas confirmadas:

🗓 Sábado 25 de abril
📍 Ibagué (Colombia) — 11:30hs
🎤 @eamanu
🔗 https://flisol.info/FLISOL2026/Colombia/Ibagu%C3%A9
📺 https://www.youtube.com/live/n8tnMCuL3GY

🗓 Miércoles 29 de abril
📍 Caracas (Venezuela) — (a confirmar)
🎤 @sultanovich
🔗 https://flisol.info/FLISOL2026/Venezuela/Caracas

#DebConf26 #Debian #FLISoL #SoftwareLibre #OpenSource #LatAm #DebianAr #DebianArgentina

Forscher der Deutschen Telekom haben eine kritische #Sicherheitslücke unter #Linux gefunden. Über #PackageKit können Angreifer Root-Zugriff erlangen. Potenziell betroffen sind Distros wie #Ubuntu und #Debian. https://winfuture.de/news,158305.html?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=ManualStatus&utm_campaign=SocialMedia

Weil ich Docker hasse, habe ich eine Anleitung geschrieben, wie man Discourse ohne Docker (und ohne systemd) deployen kann.

Vielleicht kanns ja wer brauchen:

https://codeberg.org/wurzelmann/discourse_without_docker

#Linux #Debian #Discourse #Selfhsoted

DietPi v10.3 bringt neues Image für den Orange Pi 4 LTS
https://linuxnews.de/dietpi-v10-3-bringt-neues-image-fuer-den-orange-pi-4-lts/ #dietpi #debian #linux #linuxnews

MiniDebConf Campinas 2026 (Brazil) is back today at the State University of Campinas for a full day of activities. Check out the livestreams starting at 12:30 UTC: https://campinas.mini.debconf.org/ #debian #debconf #miniDebConfCampinas #brazil #04

@benjamineskola @alienghic as an anarchist #debian developer, that's exactly what i was thinking right then. also, it's interesting that @sunweaver used the term "anarchy" instead of "anarchism" here, which *is* what is on the darn t-shirt. :)

Debian has been releasing every other year since 2005. That is actually quite impressive.

https://www.debian.org/releases/

#Debian

Bon, il va falloir que je change debian pour Fedora. Heureusement, j'avais installé debian en gardant une partition /home séparée, donc a priori j'ai juste une réinstallation à faire, mais je ne suis pas sûr de la configuration des points de montage. Vous pouvez m'aider ?

Edit : est-ce que la configuration en photo 3 est correcte ?

#linux
#fedora
#debian

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configuration actuelle du disque du pc : - 32GB sur nvme0n1p2 pour l'OS fedora - 436GB sur nvme0n1p4 pour /home (+ une partition efi de 1GB sur nvme0n1p1 et un swap de 8GB sur nvme0n1p3 )

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Installation du système Fedora Linux 43, écran configuration manuelle des disques, définition des points de montage. L'écran indique : Point de montage / (requis) reformater ✅ /boot/efi (requis) reformater ❌ /boot (recommandé) reformater ❌ 🗑️ Ajouter un point de montage

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Configuration manuelle des disques, définition des points de montage, configuration envisagée avant de valider. / nvme0n1p2 /boot/efi nvme0n1p1 /home nvme0n1p4

Tails 7.7 erinnert an abgelaufene Secure-Boot-Zertifikate
https://linuxnews.de/tails-7-7-erinnert-an-abgelaufene-secure-boot-zertifikate/ #tails #debian #linux #linuxnews