#Rpm

2026-02-01

Also, here's a recording of the demo showing a successful #PQC signature: youtu.be/svtu1yJpfEg

#FOSDEM #fosdem2026 #distributions #RPM #Sequoia #SequoiaPGP #PKCS11

2026-01-31

๐Ÿ•น๏ธ Title: ChessX
๐ŸฆŠ๏ธ What's: A fork of Scid & a libre DB & an interface to study chess
๐Ÿก๏ธ chessx.sourceforge.io/
๐Ÿฃ๏ธ sourceforge.net/projects/chess
๐Ÿ”– #LinuxGaming #ELearning #ChessGUI
๐Ÿ“ฆ๏ธ #Libre #Arch #RPM #Deb #Flatpak
๐Ÿ“•๏ธ lebottinlinux.vps.a-lec.org/LO

๐Ÿฅ๏ธ Update: 1.6.8
โš—๏ธ Signific. vers. ๐Ÿฆ๏ธ
๐Ÿ“Œ๏ธ Changes: github.com/Isarhamster/chessx/
๐Ÿฆฃ๏ธ From: ๐Ÿ›œ๏ธ sourceforge.net/projects/chess

๐Ÿ•ต๏ธ[fr] youtube.com/embed/-_IuRiNQ6ho
๐Ÿงyoutube.com/embed/mTuBCNZwQIA
๐ŸŽฒ๏ธ[fr] youtube.com/embed/i5MG9DHHQtQ
๐ŸŽฒ๏ธ[fr] youtube.com/embed/dV0JcHzfzn4

๐Ÿ•ถ๏ธ A view of its UI (v.1.6.0) during a game on my PC, showing on the main board the game with its suggestion system (in red, 2 white pawns threatened one by the black rook and the other the black knight, while it is strongly suggested to move my bishop to D6 - threatened by the black Queen in A5). On the left, the online help and below the control and analysis of the Stockfish engine, and on the right, the moves played and various display areas. At the top are the menus with various command shortcuts.

๐Ÿ“š๏ธ ChessX is a fork of Scid & a a libre and multi-platform database and an interface, allowing to study the game of chess. This very powerful tool allows to consult from its interface similar games played by grandmasters (it can use several databases simultaneously), but also to analyze the current game and perform many operations (training mode, support of Nalimov and Syzgy databases, ...). It is intended for learning chess via the analysis of chess databases or an AI, so the game is solo (IAs to be installed separately) or possibly two players in hotseat (but this is not its vocation). It supports the CECP & UCI protocols.
2026-01-31

๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Title: GOverlay
๐ŸฆŠ๏ธ What's: A libre GUI for MangoHud configuration (a libre tool for monitoring FPS, temp., CPU/GPU load, ...)
๐Ÿก๏ธ -
๐Ÿฃ๏ธ github.com/benjamimgois/goverl
๐Ÿ”– #LinuxTool #Flagship #GUI #Monitoring
๐Ÿ“ฆ๏ธ #Libre #Bin #Arch #RPM #Deb #AppIm #Flatpak
๐Ÿ“•๏ธ lebottinlinux.vps.a-lec.org/LO

๐Ÿฅ๏ธ Update: 1.7.2/3
โš—๏ธ Huge vers. ๐Ÿฆฌ๏ธ
๐Ÿ“Œ๏ธ Changes: github.com/flightlessmango/Man
๐Ÿฆฃ๏ธ From: mastodon.social/@holarse/11599

๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธyoutube.com/embed/m-PHWxkdra8
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ[fr] youtube.com/embed/bKjvGJpWrps
๐ŸŽฎ๏ธ youtube.com/embed/avz8gmh9lhU
๐ŸŽฎ๏ธ youtube.com/embed/PqwIAd6zmyc

๐Ÿ•ถ๏ธ A view of Goverlay's interface (superb, on a dark theme) showing on the left the vertical MangoHud settings tab (the Vulkan and OpenGL overlay for monitoring game-related system parameters), while the main part shows 5 tabs (Presets, Visual, Performance, Metrics, Extras), with the โ€œPresetโ€ tab selected. On the latter, 1 โ€œLayoutsโ€ area with 5 buttons (Full, Basic, Basic Horizontal, FPS only, Custom) for selecting the physical aspect of the overlay, and 1 โ€œColor Themeโ€ area (Mangohud stock, Goverlay, Simple White, Old afterburner) for selecting a color theme. Further down, a โ€œBlacklisted Appsโ€ button, a โ€œGlobal Enableโ€ selector, a sandwich button and a green โ€œSaveโ€ button.

๐Ÿ“š๏ธ MangoHud is a libre tool adding a graphical overlay (OpenGL and Vulkan support) allowing to monitor the system load (CPU/GPU load, framerate, temperatures, memory usage, and more). 
GOverlay is another complementary libre project delivering an interface to set up MangoHud, to choose what information will be displayed.
2026-01-31

๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Title: GDevelop
๐ŸฆŠ๏ธ What's: A libre/fremium game engine w/ a low learning curve
๐Ÿก๏ธ gdevelop-app.com
๐Ÿฃ๏ธ github.com/4ian/GDevelop
๐Ÿฆ‰๏ธ mastodon.gamedev.place/@gdevel
๐Ÿ”– #LinuxGameDev #LibreEngine #EasyToUse
๐Ÿ“ฆ๏ธ #Arch #RPM #Flatpak #AppIm
๐Ÿ“•๏ธ lebottinlinux.vps.a-lec.org/LO

๐Ÿฅ๏ธ Update: 5.6.253/4
โš—๏ธ Huge vers. ๐Ÿฆฌ๏ธ
๐Ÿ“Œ๏ธ Changes: github.com/4ian/GDevelop/relea
๐Ÿฆฃ๏ธ From: mastodon.social/@holarse/11599

๐Ÿ๏ธ youtube.com/embed/BLMIwuAiaXE
๐Ÿฆ‰๏ธ youtube.com/embed/va9GqIbK_SA
๐ŸŽฎ๏ธ youtube.com/embed/p8c8k1JETKA
๐ŸŽฎ๏ธ youtube.com/embed/QC4L2oeXYRs

๐Ÿ•ถ๏ธ A view of its user interface (v.5.6.249, on a dark theme, taken from the website) with the game scene in the center of the screen (2/3 of the screen, representing a water recreation area with a predominance of blue) and the settings menus on either side, with the main icons, buttons, and tabs above.

๐Ÿ“š๏ธ GDevelop is a libre (with additional paid features), multi-platform, mature, game engine & IDE, dedicated to the creation of multi-platform and/or HTML5 2D (and even 3D) games without programming knowledge, via an intuitive and powerful event-based system. The games created are royalty-free and license-free. In addition to its event-based system, it implements the JavaScript language to allow advanced users to extend its possibilities. It offers a resource manager (images, sounds, fonts, and access to a resource pack store), a scene editor (to position objects), an object editor (object creation), a layer editor (display layers), and an event editor (conditions & actions).
2026-01-31

๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Title: Game Backup Monitor
๐ŸฆŠ๏ธ What's: A libre tool for backing up game save files
๐Ÿก๏ธ mikemaximus.github.io/gbm-web
๐Ÿฃ๏ธ github.com/MikeMaximus/gbm
๐Ÿ”– #LinuxTool #Backup
๐Ÿ“ฆ๏ธ #Libre #Bin #Arch #RPM #Deb
๐Ÿ“•๏ธ lebottinlinux.vps.a-lec.org/LO

๐Ÿฅ๏ธ Update: 1.4.4
โš—๏ธ Signific. vers. ๐Ÿฆ๏ธ
๐Ÿ“Œ๏ธ Changes: github.com/MikeMaximus/gbm/rel
๐Ÿฆฃ๏ธ From: mastodon.social/@holarse/11599

๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธyoutube.com/embed/6vEGrwSr2RU

๐Ÿ•ถ๏ธ A view of its user interface used with tons of selected games. It presents 4 buttons (Edit, Backup, Restore, Play), a menu (File, Setup, Tools, Help), and various control displays (the path of the game, a duration, the date and time of the last save, ...). A large window also shows the status of the current saves (changelog).

๐Ÿ“š๏ธ Game Backup Monitor is a libre, multi-platform tool for managing/backing up the user's video game backup data (or for monitoring any application on the player's PC). It detects the launch of supported games, then once the game is finished, it automatically backup and compress (in 7-Zip format) the saved games. It also supports DOSBox, ScummVM and Wine. It can be used on a single computer or multiple computers to effectively add cloud support to any game or application. It can also automatically launch other software when a monitored game is detected, track the number of hours and number of sessions of a game.
2026-01-31

๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Title: Stockfish
๐ŸฆŠ๏ธ What's: One of the world strongest chess engine (and it's libre!)
๐Ÿก๏ธ stockfishchess.com
๐Ÿฃ๏ธ github.com/official-stockfish
๐Ÿ”– #LinuxGaming #Flagship #ChessEngine
๐Ÿ“ฆ๏ธ #LibreEngine #Bin #Arch #RPM #Deb
๐Ÿ“•๏ธ lebottinlinux.vps.a-lec.org/LO

๐Ÿฅ๏ธ Update: 18
โš—๏ธ Major release(Stable)๐ŸŽ๏ธ
๐Ÿ“Œ๏ธ Changes: stockfishchess.org/blog/
๐Ÿฆฃ๏ธ From: mastodon.social/@holarse/11599

๐ŸŽฒ๏ธ youtube.com/embed/UZDyozLUXzs
๐ŸŽฒ๏ธ youtube.com/embed/6JBrIefHJBU

๐Ÿ•ถ๏ธ The logo of this libre chess engine, a fish on a marble floor

๐Ÿ“š๏ธ Stockfish is a libre, multi-platform chess AI (an AI specialized in this type of game), derived from Glaurung 2.1. It is ranked among the best in the world (estimated power of 4039 Elo for v.16, ranked 1st out of 106 candidates in the "CCRL 40/2 - All engines (best versions only)" of February 28, 2024), communicating with the UCI protocol (the most common protocols are CECP aka Winboard/Xboard, and UCI). Its algorithm is "alpha-beta pruning". Another superb gift to the Open Source community!
2026-01-31

๐Ÿ•น๏ธ Title: Open Surge
๐ŸฆŠ๏ธ What's: A libre game & engine inspired by Sonic
๐Ÿก๏ธ opensurge2d.org
๐Ÿฃ๏ธ github.com/alemart/opensurge
๐Ÿ”– #LinuxGaming #LinuxGameDev #Platformer #Sonic
๐Ÿ“ฆ๏ธ #Libre #Arch #RPM #Flatpak #Snap
๐Ÿ“•๏ธ lebottinlinux.vps.a-lec.org/LO

๐Ÿฅ๏ธ Update: 0.6.1.3
โš—๏ธ Major release (Unst.)๐Ÿ๏ธ
๐Ÿ“Œ๏ธ Changes: github.com/alemart/opensurge/r
๐Ÿฆฃ๏ธ From: mastodon.social/@holarse/11599

๐Ÿ๏ธ youtube.com/embed/LQMQEft2gRM
๐Ÿ๏ธ youtube.com/embed/gJgCVMUwEt4
๐Ÿฆ‰๏ธ youtube.com/embed/nCH7xeZp2hQ
๐ŸŽฒ๏ธ youtube.com/embed/d0sUjm4ZpA0
๐ŸŽฒ๏ธ youtube.com/embed/?list=PLh4Se

๐Ÿ•ถ๏ธ A view of its UI on my PC (version 0.5.1.1) at the start of the game, with Surge the rabbit avoiding a wolf by jumping over it, near a waterfall. The graphics are very colorful (predominantly orange).

๐Ÿ“š๏ธ Open Surge is a libre and multi-platform platform game and engine, inspired by Sonic the Hedgehog. It is derived from the Open Sonic project (same authors). The content has been replaced by its libre equivalent (the rights on Sonic and its environment are held by SEGA). It allows not only to play but also to create games via its integrated editor and its scripting engine. It also offers 11 great levels with a varied bestiary, language support, several soundtracks, full screen and windowed in different sizes and gamepad support.
2026-01-31

๐Ÿ•น๏ธ Title: Chris Sawyer's Locomotion (with OpenLoco engine)
๐ŸฆŠ๏ธ What's: A transport business sim game & a libre engine
๐Ÿก๏ธ openloco.io
๐Ÿฃ๏ธ github.com/OpenLoco/OpenLoco
๐Ÿ”– #LinuxGaming #Management #Transportation
๐Ÿ“ฆ๏ธ #LibreEngine #CommercialAssets #Arch #RPM #Snap
๐Ÿ“•๏ธ lebottinlinux.vps.a-lec.org/LO

๐Ÿฅ๏ธ Update: 26.01
โš—๏ธ Signific. vers. ๐Ÿฆ๏ธ
๐Ÿ“Œ๏ธ Changes: openloco.io/news/
๐Ÿฆฃ๏ธ From: mastodon.social/@holarse/11599

๐ŸŽฒ๏ธ youtube.com/embed/JxYXBL1nilc
๐ŸŽฒ๏ธ youtube.com/embed/ZrdPkyLpopg
๐Ÿงyoutube.com/embed/OsJEefZ1WFg

๐Ÿ•ถ๏ธ An aerial view of a station located near a factory and a town, with its trains carrying tankers and passengers respectively. Its ballasted rails describe real curves.

๐Ÿ“š๏ธ Chris Sawyer's Locomotion is a 2.5D construction and management simulation game in various times (from 1900 to 2006) and places (North America, the United Kingdom and the Alps). The player tries to make his transport company (trains, trams, buses, trucks, ships and planes) prosper against other competitors (IAs) with different secondary objectives depending on the scenarios, in a changing world. OpenLoco is a libre & multi-platform, single-player / multi-player, C++ re-implementation (the original mixed x86 assembly code with the RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 engine) of its engine, derived from that of OpenRCT2.
2026-01-31

๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Title: dhewm3
๐ŸฆŠ๏ธ What's: A libre & improved engine for Doom 3 & its mods
๐Ÿก๏ธ dhewm3.org
๐Ÿฃ๏ธ github.com/dhewm
๐Ÿ”– #LinuxGameDev #Flagship #LibreEngine #Doom
๐Ÿ“ฆ๏ธ #Bin #Arch #RPM #Deb #Flatpak
๐Ÿ“•๏ธ lebottinlinux.vps.a-lec.org/LO

๐Ÿฅ๏ธ Update: 1.5.5 RC2
โš—๏ธ Signific. vers. ๐Ÿฆ๏ธ
๐Ÿ“Œ๏ธ Changes: github.com/dhewm/dhewm3/releas
๐Ÿฆฃ๏ธ From: mastodon.social/@holarse/11599

๐Ÿ๏ธ youtube.com/embed/j8NaZZa54cs
๐ŸŽฒ๏ธ๐Ÿ‘ค๏ธ youtube.com/embed/8A3g4FuV5-M?
๐ŸŽฒ๏ธ๐Ÿ‘ฅ๏ธ youtube.com/embed/tpTeh6PmvEc
๐ŸŽฎ๏ธ youtube.com/embed/Lnr5wbzFBOU

๐Ÿ•ถ๏ธ An FPS view of the DOOM 3 game running on the dhewm3 engine (v. 1.5.2 RC1, on my Linux PC). The player advances armed with a rifle through a messy, blood-stained futuristic hall, firing at a monster that is half base guard - half monster with one arm reduced to a tentacle. A 'Settings' window has been opened in the foreground, with the 'Video Options' tab activated, giving access to a number of graphical settings.

๐Ÿ“š๏ธ dhewm3 is a libre, multi-platform, and improved engine for Doom 3 (his engine - named id Tech 4, was freed by id Software / John Carmack on November 22, 2011), its Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil DLC and other compatible Mods. It brings notably bug fixes, support for 64-bit processors, SDL and OpenGL graphics, OpenAL and OpenAL EFX audio (for reverb effects), High DPI screens (and exotic resolutions), and the gamepad.
2026-01-31

๐Ÿ•น๏ธ Title: C-Dogs SDL
๐ŸฆŠ๏ธ What's: A libre run-and-gun game
๐Ÿก๏ธ cxong.github.io/cdogs-sdl
๐Ÿฃ๏ธ github.com/cxong/cdogs-sdl
๐Ÿฆ‰๏ธ mastodon.gamedev.place/@congus
๐Ÿ”– #LinuxGaming #RunAndGun
๐Ÿ“ฆ๏ธ #Libre #Bin #Arch #RPM #Deb #Flatpak
๐Ÿ“•๏ธ lebottinlinux.vps.a-lec.org/LO

๐Ÿฅ๏ธ Update: 2.4.0
โš—๏ธ Signific. vers. ๐Ÿฆ๏ธ
๐Ÿ“Œ๏ธ Changes: cxong.github.io/cdogs-sdl/
๐Ÿฆฃ๏ธ From: mastodon.social/@holarse/11599

๐Ÿ๏ธ youtube.com/embed/hgX3jz_HajE
๐Ÿฆ‰๏ธ youtube.com/embed/RQCwcDWJZ5c
๐ŸŽฒ๏ธ youtube.com/embed/0C6ilPg6HT4
๐ŸŽฎ๏ธ youtube.com/embed/RENohNw6_m0
๐ŸŽฎ๏ธ youtube.com/embed/?list=PLZOK8

๐Ÿ•ถ๏ธ Its GUI with at the top of the screen, on the left the name of the player then a large orange bar representing his health status, on the right a number giving the number of ammunition remaining for the selected weapon, underneath a mini-map allows to locate oneself. The rest of the screen is the game area with a bird's eye view of the area where the player is, and a fog of war of other areas. The player (me, the "Bruce Willis" in the center of the room) is in a room armed with a machine gun, with a guard at the top who has just exploded in a spray of flame while another wonders what is going on (?) and a dangerous colored madman on the right is about to act, 2 medikits will allow to restore his health.

๐Ÿ“š๏ธ The liberated & multi-platform suite of Cyberdogs (DOS, Pascal), and a solo (IA, deathmatch / co-op) / multiplayer (up to 4 in hotseat / LAN, in deathmatch / co- op) run-and-gun game. After being fully freed by its author (Ronny Wester), the game was ported to C & SDL and greatly improved. It offers in particular 11 weapons (primary & secondary), dozens of campaigns, deathmatch and co-op with or without AI, support for modern PCs with large screens, split screen, joystick with force feedback, spatial sound and an editor. Awesome!
2026-01-31

๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Title: ScummVM
๐ŸฆŠ๏ธ What's: A libre re-implementation of point&click engines from the 80's to 2k
๐Ÿก๏ธ scummvm.org
๐Ÿฃ๏ธ github.com/scummvm
๐Ÿฆ‰๏ธ manitu.social/@scummvm
๐Ÿ”– #LinuxEmulation #Flagship #Scummvm #PointAndClick
๐Ÿ“ฆ๏ธ #LibreEngine #Arch #RPM #Deb #Flatpak #Snap
๐Ÿ“•๏ธ lebottinlinux.vps.a-lec.org/LO

๐Ÿฅ๏ธ Update: 2026.1.0
โš—๏ธ Major release(Stable)๐ŸŽ๏ธ
๐Ÿ“Œ๏ธ Changes: scummvm.org/news/20260131/
๐Ÿฆฃ๏ธ From: manitu.social/@scummvm/1159899

๐Ÿน๏ธ youtube.com/embed/3iy5ZWfUpuQ
๐ŸŽฒ๏ธ youtube.com/embed/nKbLd9JRPsk
๐ŸŽฒ๏ธ youtube.com/embed/z5EeZbe029w

๐Ÿ•ถ๏ธ A view of its UI (v.2.7.0, in French in my case) with a list of some installed games. A long list of games is supported by this tool (via several point-and-click engines in 2D and 3D). Just double-click on the line to launch the game (it will work with the specific engine supported by the ScummVM project). On the right side the interface menu (Start, Load..., Add..., Game Options..., Delete, Global Options, About, Quit).

๐Ÿ“š๏ธ ScummVM is a libre, multi-platform re-implementation of point-and-click engines from the 80's to 2000, allowing to play old flagship titles on recent hardware and on different platforms - reusing their data. It is compatible with the engines SCUMM & GrimE (2D & 3D, LucasArts), AGI & SCI (2D, Sierra On-Line), and a hundred others. Among these titles are Day of the Tentacle, Indiana Jones, Monkey Island, King's Quest 1-6, Space Quest 1-5, Gobliiins 1-3, The Legend of Kyrandia 1-3, Simon the Sorcerer 1 & 2, but also more recent titles developed specifically for this engine.

"Star Wars (Main Title)" is a #musicalTheme composed and conducted by #JohnWilliams. The 1977 #LondonSymphonyOrchestra recording peaked at number ten on #Billboard #Hot100 and number thirteen in Canada #RPM Top Singles. #Meco's #disco version of "#StarWarsThemeCantinaBand" from his album #StarWarsAndOtherGalacticFunk was a global hit in the same year.
youtube.com/watch?v=54hoKbTWon4

2026-01-30

๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Title: M.A.M.E.
๐ŸฆŠ๏ธ What's: A libre emulator of video game arcade cabinet, consoles, ..
๐Ÿก๏ธ mamedev.org
๐Ÿฃ๏ธ github.com/mamedev/mame
๐Ÿ”– #LinuxEmulation #Flagship #ArcadeCabinet
๐Ÿ“ฆ๏ธ #Libre #Arch #RPM #Deb #Flatpak #Snap
๐Ÿ“•๏ธ lebottinlinux.vps.a-lec.org/LO

๐Ÿฅ๏ธ Update: 0.285
โš—๏ธ Major release (Unst.)๐Ÿ๏ธ
๐Ÿ“Œ๏ธ Changes: mamedev.org/
๐Ÿฆฃ๏ธ From: youtube.com/embed/5jHt1MOLG5M?

๐Ÿน๏ธ youtube.com/embed/JJef1ZK23MY
๐ŸŽฎ๏ธ youtube.com/embed/7pkx19m02x4
๐ŸŽฎ๏ธ youtube.com/embed/a1Rh3n0pL1Y

๐Ÿ•ถ๏ธ A view of its built-in UI in version 0. 246 with a simplified menu (favorites, save, search, information and exit) at the top of the screen, underneath on the left a pre-defined ROMs ranking (Favorites is selected), in the center a scrolling list of found ROMs (the one of the game Metal Slug Super Vehicle is selected), on the right the screenshot of the selected game (Metal Slug Super Vehicle), at the bottom of the UI the result of the test (by the UI) of the selected ROM (date, function: Overall, Graphics, Sound).

๐Ÿ“š๏ธ M.A.M.E. (for "Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator") is a libre and multi-platform emulator, single-player / multi-player (up to 10 in hotseat, with several gamepads), of arcades machines and of a large number of game consoles, microcomputers and other calculators (since the absorption of its sister project called M.E.S.S., for "Multi Emulator Super System"). The objective is to faithfully reproduce the functioning of arcade games and systems in order to preserve the history of video games and thus avoid that certain titles sink into oblivion. It has a graphical interface and can work in command line. The content is huge (several tens of thousands of games) and of very high quality. Most of them are commercial and require the ROM of the game + the ROM of the emulated game machine (e.g.: neogeo).
2026-01-30

๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Title: Azahar
๐ŸฆŠ๏ธ What's: A libre Nintendo 3DS emulator
๐Ÿก๏ธ azahar-emu.org/
๐Ÿฃ๏ธ github.com/azahar-emu
๐Ÿ”– #LinuxEmulation #Nintendo #3ds
๐Ÿ“ฆ๏ธ #Libre #Arch #RPM #Flatpak #AppIm
๐Ÿ“•๏ธ lebottinlinux.vps.a-lec.org/LO

๐Ÿฅ๏ธ Update: 2124.3
โš—๏ธ Signific. vers. ๐Ÿฆ๏ธ
๐Ÿ“Œ๏ธ Changes: github.com/azahar-emu/azahar/r
๐Ÿฆฃ๏ธ From: youtube.com/embed/SmyMZMDHcno?

๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธyoutube.com/embed/yHWmPJhRNOo
๐ŸŽฎ๏ธ youtube.com/embed/yZMRqrZDwUo

๐Ÿ•ถ๏ธ The project icon

๐Ÿ“š๏ธ Azahar is a libre, multi-platform single player/multiplayer (local or online) Nintendo 3DS console emulator in development. It is the result of a merger of the Lime3DS project and the Citra fork of PabloMK7 (which have now been abandoned in favor of this project).
Andreas Schneidercryptomilk
2026-01-28

Say hello to rpmbash!

I'm working on tree-sitter-rpmspec and spec files have scriptlet sections which are bash/shell by default. To highlight these sections nicely you want to use the tree-sitter-bash parser. However that parser doesn't understand RPM macros. Well, I created a rpmbash grammar with bash as the base grammar and some nastry tricks and got it working. See the design document for the ugly details ๐Ÿ™‚

gitlab.com/cryptomilk/tree-sit

2026-01-28

๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Title: Krita
๐ŸฆŠ๏ธ What's: A libre raster graphics editor
๐Ÿก๏ธ krita.org
๐Ÿฃ๏ธ invent.kde.org/graphics/krita
๐Ÿฆ‰๏ธ mastodon.art/@krita
๐Ÿ”– #LinuxGameDev #Flagship #GraphicsEditor
๐Ÿ“ฆ๏ธ #Libre #Arch #RPM #Deb #Flatpak #AppIm #Snap
๐Ÿ“•๏ธ lebottinlinux.vps.a-lec.org/LO

๐Ÿฅ๏ธ Update: 5.2.15
โš—๏ธ Signific. vers. ๐Ÿฆ๏ธ
๐Ÿ“Œ๏ธ Changes: krita.org/en/posts/2026/krita-
๐Ÿฆฃ๏ธ From: mastodon.art/@Krita/1159725845

๐Ÿ๏ธ(5.0) youtube.com/embed/fga5f3ixmVo
๐Ÿน๏ธ(5.0) youtube.com/embed/jE02xGd2CCY
๐Ÿ’Ž(5.2.2) youtube.com/embed/t81PkQwf7NM

๐Ÿ•ถ๏ธ Its user interface (v. 5.2.11) on a dark theme, showing a drawing (a collage I made on Krita's user interface) created on Krita by artist jimplex (Jim McNeill). The work is titled โ€œYoung Escherstein!โ€ (https://krita-artists.org/t/young-escherstein/142098). This is a fusion tribute to Young Frankenstein and M.C. Escher's work Relativity, showing different scenes from films from different perspectives in a house with numerous staircases that alter the viewing perspective (based on his work โ€œHouse with Staircasesโ€).

๐Ÿ“š๏ธ Krita is a libre, and multi-platform raster graphics editor for photo editing, freehand image creation, vector drawing and animation. In particular, it supports graphics tablets (handling pressure, tilt and rate), CMYK colors, HDR painting, color mixing and image deformation. It has a perspective grid, pluggable brush engines (simulating real brushes) and can use external brushes resources (those of Gimp for example)or community-designed textures. Its other major strength is that it combines power and ease of use.

"Philadelphia Freedom" is a song by British musician Elton John and lyricist #BernieTaupin, and performed by John. It was released as a single on 28 February 1975, credited to the #EltonJohnBand. The song was the fourth of John's six number-one singles in the US during the early and mid-1970s, which saw his recordings dominating the charts. In Canada it was his eighth single to hit the top of the #RPM national singles chart. The song was written by John.
youtube.com/watch?v=sOF6_kHBkyg

2026-01-27

๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Title: FreeDOS
๐ŸฆŠ๏ธ What's: A libre OS compatible with MS-DOS
๐Ÿก๏ธ freedos.org/
๐Ÿฃ๏ธ github.com/FDOS
๐Ÿฆ‰๏ธ fosstodon.org/@freedosproject
๐Ÿ”– #LinuxTool #OperatingSystem #Microsoft
๐Ÿ“ฆ๏ธ #Libre #Bin #Arch #RPM
๐Ÿ“•๏ธ lebottinlinux.vps.a-lec.org/LO

๐Ÿฅ๏ธ Update (kernel): 2044 (2.44)
โš—๏ธ Patch release(Stable)๐ŸŽ๏ธ
๐Ÿ“Œ๏ธ Changes: github.com/FDOS/kernel/releases
๐Ÿฆฃ๏ธ From: ๐Ÿ›œ๏ธ github.com/FDOS/kernel/release

๐Ÿฆ‰๏ธ youtube.com/embed/_peIYEAM9pk
๐Ÿน๏ธ youtube.com/embed/3f6LgkbDqRI
๐Ÿ•ต๏ธ(1.3) youtube.com/embed/SNeq-F84Lx4
๐ŸŽฎ๏ธ youtube.com/embed/q9iyo5HA0ns
๐ŸŽฎ๏ธ youtube.com/embed/qYraCxssydY

๐Ÿ•ถ๏ธ A view of FreeDOS, so in command line, launched from VirtualBOX

๐Ÿ“š๏ธ FreeDOS is a libre operating system compatible with MS-DOS. Just about any program that runs under MS-DOS will run under FreeDOS, even on a network, with few limitations (the '386' mode of Windows for Workgroups 3.11 does not work). It allows you to play classic DOS games, run old software (to recover data from an old company program for example) or develop embedded systems (or maintain old embedded systems).
2026-01-27

๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Title: Qt Creator
๐ŸฆŠ๏ธ What's: A libre IDE for designing apps using Qt
๐Ÿก๏ธ wiki.qt.io/Qt_Creator
๐Ÿฃ๏ธ code.qt.io/cgit/qt-creator/qt-
๐Ÿฃ๏ธ github.com/qt-creator
๐Ÿ”– #LinuxGameDev #IDE #C++
๐Ÿ“ฆ๏ธ #Libre #Bin #Arch #RPM #Deb #Flatpak #Snap
๐Ÿ“•๏ธ lebottinlinux.vps.a-lec.org/LO

๐Ÿฅ๏ธ Update: 18.0.1/2
โš—๏ธ Signific. vers. ๐Ÿฆ๏ธ
๐Ÿ“Œ๏ธ Changes: github.com/qt-creator/qt-creat
๐Ÿฆฃ๏ธ From: ๐Ÿ›œ๏ธ github.com/qt-creator/qt-creat

๐Ÿฆ‰๏ธ youtube.com/embed/zAqSiIGdj8M
๐Ÿน๏ธ youtube.com/embed/gTyRskMrp0k
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธyoutube.com/embed/H2ud-ATLIdI
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ[fr] youtube.com/embed/?list=PL8ThI

๐Ÿ•ถ๏ธ A view of its UI (launched from my PC) with its menus on either side of the screen, and in the center, other menus (Create project, Open project, ...), with examples of applications that the user can examine at leisure.

๐Ÿ“š๏ธ Qt Creator is a libre, multi-platform IDE (Integrated Development Environment) for developing applications based on the Qt framework (a framework for designing multi-platform graphical user interfaces). It supports C++, QML and ECMAscript, and includes among other things an editor (with navigation tools, syntax highlighting, auto-completion, code checking, context-sensitive help, code folding and parenthesis mapping), a debugger (with breakpoints, call stack and variable display), and a GUI creation tool.
2026-01-27

๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Title: PCSX2
๐ŸฆŠ๏ธ What's: A libre SONY PlayStation 2 emulator
๐Ÿก๏ธ pcsx2.net/
๐Ÿฃ๏ธ github.com/PCSX2
๐Ÿฆ‰๏ธ mastodon.social/@PCSX2
๐Ÿ”– #LinuxEmulation #Flagship #Sony
๐Ÿ“ฆ๏ธ #Libre #Arch #RPM #Deb #Flatpak #AppIm #Snap
๐Ÿ“•๏ธ lebottinlinux.vps.a-lec.org/LO

๐Ÿฅ๏ธ Update: 2.7.59โžœ2.7.65
โš—๏ธ Speed gains ๐ŸŽ๏ธ
๐Ÿ“Œ๏ธ Changes: github.com/PCSX2/pcsx2/releases
๐Ÿฆฃ๏ธ From: ๐Ÿ“ฐ youtube.com/embed/ccHC0ZxAGNc?

๐Ÿ•ต๏ธ youtube.com/embed/YyjUAtQdkig
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธyoutube.com/embed/492aVvEvwIU
๐ŸŽฎ๏ธ youtube.com/embed/CZpe20J5VEU
๐ŸŽฎ๏ธ youtube.com/embed/J-vGD6_Na-Y

๐Ÿ•ถ๏ธ A view of its user interface (labeled v.2.3, taken from the website) illustrating the custom background addition feature in v2.5.168, showing the list of games recognized on the hard drive with various details (play time, date of last play, game size, game region, emulator compatibility rated from 1 to 5 stars), and a beautiful sunset as the wallpaper.

๐Ÿ“š๏ธ PCSX2 is a libre, multi-platform and mature SONY PlayStation 2 game console emulator supporting a large part of the original PS2 library. In addition to fully emulating the original PS2 library, it offers support for custom resolutions and upscaling, state saving (to pause and resume a game at any time), virtual and shareable memory cards, a patching system, an internal recorder for lossless quality at full speed, and more. It requires the original BIOS (no HLE BIOS yet). A great tool.

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