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@furicle I'm not saying people are more or less tribal. However, I think the problems which grow out of this tribalism are likely to become more visible and have more of an impact.
People have often debated rpm/apt, GNOME/KDE, etc, for sure. But those were just different tools to do the same thing. We're increasingly in an area where people are debating locked-in/open, commercial/FOSS. These sorts of debates have greater consequences.
Monthly News – December 2025
https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4976
@eq I definitely notice stuff like this. Though, I suppose the flip side is the phone will do a lot more tasks (and perform them a lot faster) than the C64 would have.
A C64 might take ten minutes to load a word processor while the phone will (once it finally boots) run most apps almost instantly, sync the files on-line automatically, and run multiple programs at once. Several trade offs are on display.
I put my Kitronik buggy robot in a plastic container and added tiny wooden paddles. Now I have a remote controlled boat. The code for piloting it is available in my repository:
https://codeberg.org/thejessesmith/RobotServer
🥳 /e/OS 3.3 is here!
Our team has been working hard on updates and bug fixes.
Update your phone to stay protected, and check out the release notes to discover all the new features and improvements!
@Auster Exactly, the time zones all have their own names anyway. UTC, Eastern Standard, Mountain Time, etc. Or everyone could use UTC. Or use timee.io to specify a time & zone and then just send everyone the link.
Something which drives me crazy in the age of on-line meetings and video conferences is when people across multiple time zones post meeting times, but not the zone for that time. If someone says "Meeting starts at 1:00" is that AM or PM, my time zone, their time zone, UTC, the time zone of the third-party client?
People tend to be bad at explaining _where_ their _when_ is.
CachyOS team plans a server edition: https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=showheadline&story=20112
Canaima GNU/Linux 8.3 has been released. It is based on Debian's Testing branch: https://distrowatch.com/12689
My daughter, who has had a degree in computer science for 25 years, posted this observation about ChatGPT on Facebook. It's the best description I've seen:
@osnews It boggles my mind that anyone would _want_ to use git for anything other than source control. And even then it's one of the less user-friendly options. The headaches that would obviously cause makes my head hurt, even without reading the article for specific cases.
A new release of PorteuX is now available. PorteuX is based on Slackware and offers several desktop editions: https://distrowatch.com/12688
I have updated the LimitCPU/cpulimit code to better align with modern Linux kernels: https://www.patreon.com/posts/146730007
In case you want your Linux distribution to look like macOS, there is Pearl Linux: https://distrowatch.com/12687
@freedosproject This takes me back to the 90s and writing update scripts for DOS programs.
@arstechnica Certainly one of my favourites from that era. There was an open source remake about 20 years ago which did a good job of recreating the experience.
Today's #doscember article is a brief introduction to writing batch files
@rlounsbury Welcome - whatever distro you run.
@furilabs Looks like something we would enjoy reviewing.
FLX1s is in stock and shipping
Great news! The FLX1s and it's accessories (case and screen protector) are in stock. In the last 2 days we have shipped all pre-orders and new orders are being shipped within ~24 hours.
#flx1s #furios #furilabs #FuriPhoneFLX1s #LinuxOnMobile
https://furilabs.com/flx1s-is-in-stock-and-shipping/
