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As we head into May Paolo has written up the current state of #rust in the #qemu code base: https://lists.gn…

https://rudhar.com/sfreview/siworin/siworin06a.htm
More performance test of my search engine siworin, under Alpine Linux (busybox, musl; slow) and Debian (GNU; faster, especially faster sorting).
But GNU has bugs, still unfixed 4.5 years after reporting them, w…

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.04588 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csSE_…

PVAC: Package Version Activity Categorizer, Leveraging Semantic Versioning in a Heterogeneous System
Context: Modern open-source software ecosystems, such as those managed by GNU/Linux distributions, are composed of numerous packages developed independently by diverse communities. These ecosystems employ package management tools to facilitate software installation and dependency resolution. However, these tools lack robust mechanisms for systematically evaluating the development activity and versioning dynamics within their heterogeneous software environments. Objective: This research aims to …

I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as OpenBSD, is in fact, GNU/OpenBSD, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus OpenBSD. OpenBSD is not an operating system unto itself but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system

'"[…] The default dialect in #GCC 15 is still -std=gnu 17. You can use the -std=c 23 or -std=gnu 23 command-line options to enable C 23 features, and similarly for C 26 and others. […] C 26 features in #GCC15 include pack indexing, attributes for structured bindings, enhanced support for functi…

Who else wants :vim: #vim line editing in `nix repl`?
#nix

GNU-Taler in der Schweiz
https://stohl.de/wordpress/?p=191319

GNU-Taler in der Schweiz
Das GNU-Projekt Taler erreicht die Version 1.0 und kann als Zahlungssystem in der Schweiz eingesetzt werden, wenn sich Geschäfte finden, die es akzeptieren: Halbanonymes Bezahlsystem startet Betrie…

I wanted to replace my home PC with my laptop for my daily tasks, but for some reason the old ViewSonic monitor is incompatible. It doesn't show up on the hdmi connections when I list them with xrandr and, what's worse, it's the same with all other laptops, no matter if they run Windows or GNU/Linux.
In the end, after testing it on 3 laptops and a minipc, it only works connected to my current PC.
Has anyone seen anything similar? 🤨

Très bonne idée cette carte pour recenser des aidants Š l'installation et prise en main de linux : https://aidelinux.gogocarto.fr
Un des repair cafés dont je suis membre est chaud pour ma proposition d'organiser des sessions de découverte et install parties Š l'ancienne, pour toutes…

Parrains et Marraines Linux
Ne jetez pas votre PC sur Windows 10, faites en une bête de course avec le système d'exploitation Gnu/Linux, les parrains / marraines présents sur cette carte peuvent vous aider. Contactez-les !

Wahey! Now, I can completely boot this Krups off a modern host:
krups:~# uname -a
Linux krups 2.4.27 #3 Sun Jun 15 15:25:39 UTC 2025 sparc GNU/Linux
krups:~# cat /proc/mounts
.....
rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0
/dev/root / nfs rw,v3,rsize=4096,wsize=4096,hard,udp,nolock,addr=192.168.69.1 0 0
*v3* !

https://pgcd.bandcamp.com/track/pieno-di-stelle
GNU papŠ

Ciekawostki o Pythonowym "limited API" i "stable ABI".
1. #CPython ma "limited API". Jak się tego używa, to kompilowane rozszerzenia są zgodne ze wskazaną wersją i wersjami nowszymi. Takie rozszerzenia dostają sufiks `.abi3.so` (albo podobny) zamiast np. `.cpython-313-x86_64-linux-gnu.so`.
2. Wsparcie podzielone jest między CPythona i systemy budowania

The chat program is in public domain. This is not the GNU public license.
If it breaks then you get to keep both pieces.
-- Copyright notice for the chat program

Location Information Sharing Using Software Defined Radio in Multi-UAV Systems
Mehmet Kaan Erol, Eyup Emre Ulku
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.17678 https://…

Location Information Sharing Using Software Defined Radio in Multi-UAV Systems
SDR (Software Defined Radio) provides flexible, reproducible, and longer-lasting radio tools for military and civilian wireless communications infrastructure. SDR is a radio communication system whose components are implemented as software. This study aims to establish multi-channel wireless communication with FANET between two SDRs to share location information and examine it in a realistic test environment. We used multi-channel token circulation as a channel access protocol and GNU Radio pla…

@… Yes, compose with existing tech!
GNU Parallel and Make do good job control.

Replaced GNU stow by git bare repo as described https://dev.to/bowmanjd/store-home-directory-config-files-dotfiles-in-git-using-bash-zsh-or-powershell-the-bare-repo-approach-35l3
I never …

The Bare Repo Approach to Storing Home Directory Config Files (Dotfiles) in Git using Bash, Zsh, or Powershell
We can make life easier by using Git to store and version configuration files that reside in a...

In a few days I’ll have a CSV/json of exported Cryptpad answers for some kind of census. Are there any open source softwares out there that make analysing these kind of stuff easier?
Instead of just like opening it on a fucking libreoffice spreadsheet or something.
Ideally it’d give me like the amount of people who selected each option on a question, same for written ones (being able to set aliases like “abcd = ABCD” and “Guix = GNU Guix” bc people can’t be consistent when answering polls), with the ability to understand comma-separated replies to those questions as if they were multiple selections on a checkbox question).
Maybe being able to generate some graphs too, but at least giving me a list with like “question1, reply1, amount” for each so I can easily make graphs myself.

GNU Douglas McCarthy. #EBM lost a great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e99Pv5rOv5Y

"On a normal ascii line, the only safe condition to detect is a 'BREAK'
- everything else having been assigned functions by Gnu EMACS."
(By Tarl Neustaedter)

@emi200@sakurajima.moe GOG is my first platform of choice these days. They suck when it comes to GNU/Linux support, but Heroic with Wine or Proton largely fixes that.
I used to get everything physically, but I'll rarely be doing that going forward (with everything going digital, and even physical carts mandating a download for the game, or updates, or DLC...). As such, there's no longer any point prioritising games on console unless it's a really good exclusive — and even t…

Some fun facts about #Python limited API / stable ABI.
1. #CPython supports "limited API". When you use it, you get extensions that are compatible with the specified CPython version and versions newer than that. To indicate this compatibility, such extensions use `.abi3.so` suffix (or equivalent) rather than the usual `.cpython-313-x86_64-linux-gnu.so` or alike.
2. The actual support is split between CPython itself and #PEP517 build systems. For example, if you use #setuptools and specify `py_limited_api=` argument to the extension, setuptools will pass appropriate C compiler flags and swap extension suffix. There's a similar support in #meson, and probably other build systems.
3. Except that CPython freethreading builds don't support stable ABI right now, so building with "limited API" triggers an explicit error from the headers. Setuptools have opted for building explicit about this: it emits an error if you try to use `py_limited_api` on a freethreading interpreter. Meson currently just gives the compile error. This implies that package authors need to actively special-case freethreading builds and enable "limited API" conditionally.
4. A some future versions of CPython will support "limited API" in freethreading builds. I haven't been following the discussions closely, but I suspect that it will only be possible when you target that version or newer. So I guess people will need to be building two stable ABI wheels for a time — one targeting older Python versions, and one targeting newer versions plus freethreading. On top of that, all these projects will need to update their "no 'limited API' on freethreading" conditions.
5. And then there's #PyPy. PyPy does not feature a stable ABI, but it allows you to build extensions using "limited API". So setuptools and meson just detect that there is no `.abi3.so` on PyPy, and use regular suffix for the extensions built with "limited API".