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Playing with WinApps on Fedora Podman.
What's WinApps? "Run Windows apps such as Microsoft Office/Adobe in Linux (Ubuntu/Fedora) and GNOME/KDE as if they were a part of the native OS, including Nautilus integration."
https://github.com/winapps-org/winapps

Can I get a Fedora user to test something on ngscopeclient for me?
Download the latest RPM from GitHub Actions CI (specifically the CI package, not one you've compiled yourself and install it.
Does it report a plausible version number
1) in the package itself
2) in the title bar
3) in the about dialog?
Just fixed a bug causing empty strings to appear instead of version numbers in the Debian CI builds and I'm not sure if Fedora was impacted too. It use…

""[…] it is our pleasure to announce the availability of #Fedora #Linux 43 beta! This release comes packed with the latest version upgrades of existing features, plus a few new ones too. As with every beta release, this is your opportunity to test out the upcoming Fedora Linux release a…

Right, that's my desktop upto #fedora 43 beta.

Mitte Oktober endet der Support für Windows 10. Dass Microsoft seine Kundschaft dazu auffordert, Millionen von funktionierenden Computern wegzuwerfen, ist ein gigantisches Umweltverbrechen.
Wenn Microsoft kein Windows 11 auf deinem Windows-10-Laptop laufen lassen will, dann nutze die Gelegenheit doch, mal Linux auszuprobieren!
Ich freue mich schon auf die Linux-Install-Party m…

Sometimes you want to check how other distributions are packaging something, so you could do it consistently in #Gentoo. The problem is, which distros to check?
At a first thought, you'd start with the few "root" distros. But then, you start asking yourself: does Ubuntu do the same thing as Debian, or does it do its own thing? Is openSUSE like Fedora here, or is it different? Does Exherbo use the Gentoo package, or does it have its own?

What is going on in the land of Fedora Linux?
First, the latest kernel in Fedora 42 recently went from "working" to "broken" with regard to the video screen on Intel(R) Core(TM) Ultra 7 155H on an ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. NUC14RVK-B/NUC14RVBU7
Second, the update repositories now all have invalid checksums. (Update: this is now corrected.)
Fedora is Redhat is IBM - you would think that they could do some regression testing and maybe do a better locking of t…

Mon mirroir local http://ftp.free.fr/pub/Distributions_Linux/Fedora/releases/ ne contient pas la dernière version de ma distro ......
#free

I don't understand why so few people use openSUSE compared to Fedora, Debian, Ububububu, and the meme distros (btw). It's basically perfect. It has every package you could hope for, even Nvidia and Steam, right there in the repo. Tested packages with snapshots for rollback. Doesn't force Wayland (yet?). The sensible defaults on weird hardware work great. Why waste time with anything else? I'm old and grumpy now, I just want a *nix computer, not a hobby.

I'll soon be dancing with the devil again.
As for immutables, not a lot beats rolling your own.
Yes, yes, Obelix Saigon is in the setup phase. KDE, Github, cloud image, Fedora, UniversalBlue, bootc: let's rejoin the baddies!
Obelix is the voluminous one in the comics, so this image will include all the flatpaks I deem necessary. And hiding/removing as much fluff as I can 😆
That'll make the perfect, solid travelling companion. For now 😜

What I have also come to appreciate about my lean Debian stable is that there are no updates every day (or even several times a day) that require a reboot. As is the case with Fedora or Arch. I also find this very pleasant because it doesn't constantly interrupt my work. Yes, comfort comes with age.
#linux

Attention Fedora users: ngscopeclient is now building Fedora packages in GitHub Actions CI (most recent build as of this post at https://github.com/ngscopeclient/scopehal-apps/actions/runs/16252224927).
Can anyone try installing these and verify …

I felt a disturbance in the Force, as if a million Veteran Unix Admins rustled their jimmies in unison
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Unify_bin_and_sbin

Disallow UEFI on MBR (msdos)
for x86 in Anaconda
This is a proposed change for Fedora 43 Linux
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Anaconda_Drop_Support_UEFI_on_MBR

Anyone have experience getting hibernate to work on Fedora 42 with Secure Boot?
Was surprised to find that I can't hibernate fedora without disabling Secure Boot on my dual boot gaming PC. Unfortunately, that's not an option. After doing research, it is wildly complicated to fix.

Why did I trust you Oracle? I installed VirtualBox, it was in the Fedora Repos even. And it promptly trashed all my networking. Why? Im reinstalling Fedora 42 Sway, its just quicker then trying to fix things anymore.

You can already find the #fedora foot gun ricochet, all before any gun was fired.
#bazitte #gamingonlinux

Well, my first conclusion after, well, about two weeks of using Linux Mint: mixed.
If you've been using Fedora Linux for years, it's a noticeable step backwards. What runs smoothly under Fedora, where devices are recognized without any problems, requires a little extra help with Mint - and often more time...
Examples: I have a Brother DCP3515 multifunction laser printer. Under Fedora, it is recognized immediately via WLAN and if you want to print something, it can be done…

Hmm my #Fedora 42 is unhappy with yesterdays 6.15.9-201 - falling back to 8-200 is fine.
Got as far as 'basic target' but no further; it's not hung (caps lock and ctrl-alt-del work). Time to break out some systemd options to get some more debug. Nothing hit the logs on disk.

Another change proposal was submitted to the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee (FESCo) for approval[1]:
Replace the #Xorg #Xserver with the X11Libre Xserver for #Fedora 43-

I’ve been using #Secureblue

from my link log —
KiCad and Wayland.
https://www.kicad.org/blog/2025/06/KiCad-and-Wayland-Support/
saved 2025-06-17

The proposal to "Drop 32-bit multilib support on x86_64 #Fedora Linux and stop building packages for i686"[1] has been withdrawn:
https://

But, what makes me particularly proud and happy - with all the thinking over the last few days about what to do with Linux, returning to Fedora was never an issue! In the end, it was a decision between Debian and Arch, two distributions that couldn't be more different. But I opted for stability over up-to-dateness. Better safe than sorry.
#linux

Kiedy piszesz bibliotekę w #RustLang, bo chcesz bezpiecznego kodu, a zamiast tego dostajesz jakiś paskudny #heisenbug z przekłamaniem danych.
https://…

Gestern habe ich beschlossen, dass sich etwas grundlegendes in meinem Leben ändern muss. Ich bin nach Jahrzehnten auf Ubuntu privat* auf Fedora umgestiegen.
*) Dienstlich weiter ein von der Firma gebautes Ubuntu-Derivat, da kann ich nichts drehen.

Added a graphic showing the dependency tree of the #Linux @kernel-vanilla #Fedora coprs to https://fedoraproject.org/wi…

I've just pushed sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel{,-bin}-6.15.9-r1 with #btrfs backport that addresses potential filesystem breakage on power loss. Thanks to Fedora for rebasing it!
#Gentoo

Does anyone have experience with running docker images of other Linux distros in GitHub Actions CI?
Use case is validating that things build and run under e.g. Fedora or Arch given an outer Ubuntu system. It won't be perfect because you're still running the Ubuntu kernel but should be good enough to find obvious build problems, produce usable nightly builds, etc.

@… To ja mam trochę inne doświadczenie - od instalacji Fedora w rodzinie osobą które mają 0 pojęcie o komputerach, miałem dosłownie od 5 lat jeden telefon i to w związku z dostepem do domowego serwera. Padło UI po aktualizacji i po ssh przynajmniej mogłem sobie wejść i zrobić magię.

W windowsie to niezliczone godziny konfigur…

PSA/TIL #fedora dracut does an fsfreeze on /boot - so do not do something like:
cd /boot
dracut --debug ... > dracut.debug 2>&1
because then the system starts locking up on any access to /boot with unkillable processes.
Discovered the hard way.

Wondering why the aarch64 and ppc64le numbers for my #Linux #kernel vanilla mainline copr (left in the screenshot) for #Fedora are higher than for the mainline-wo-mergew copr; they should be lower,…

#Linux #Penguin

I'm going to give @… a shot at being my default browser these next few days, we'll see how it fares against Firefox.
Only complaints so far: the iOS app doesn't have (yet) a reader view (apparently it's a feature only available in TestFlight at the moment). And on Fedora at least, the integration with ProtonMail is broken (no connection t…

Kevin Kofler withdrew his #Fedora 43 change proposal[1] which proposed switching from the #Xorg Xserver to #X11libre:

I've just fought #fedora 42's into submission on my desktop. I added a 'omit_dracutmodules' to a /etc/dracut.conf.d/99davefix-2025.conf with a whole bunch of unused things and it's booting happily now.
It looks like the problem is that, somewhere about a month ago, as a 42 update, Dracut got bumped, and a lot more devices were added as default in the 'host_only (n…

Yes, I am a very political person. And that's why the unbelievable has happened in the last few days: as an old Linux and Unix user since the 1980s, I've switched from Fedora to Linux Mint... (and I'm still using FreeBSD too)
Technically a step backwards, as Fedora is far more up-to-date and modern, but politically and morally a step forward. Why?
Here in Europe, since the fascist, racist, narcissist, uneducated primitive moron and would-be dictator Trump became presi…

Once again, a #CMake project is breaking compatibility with systems that aren't building its dependencies via CMake (but are using Meson instead). Because why use pkg-config when you can use generated CMake configs instead?
#VcPkg. Surely accidental, but why not bash #Microsoft for breaking Linux packages anyway?
#Fedora #Gentoo #packaging

A change that proposes to drop i686 packages from x86_64 #Fedora 44 was just published:
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archiv…

Does anyone know what happend to #fedora #Anitya

There is a slackbuild for RiverWM, but it's very old. Grabbed the rpm from Fedora y'day and added River to my Slackware-nwg setup. Niri, river, hyprland and sway. For my panels to behave correctly I use nwg-panel (with niri-tasks) on Niri and Waybar on River. Nwg-panel with the hyprland config on Hyprland. Now I'm merging the applications, so keybinds relate to the same applications across the board.
@…

I've been thinking back and forth for a few days now about whether to stick with Linux Mint or bite the moral bullet and switch back to Fedora.
And the winner is..... (drum roll): Linux Mint!
All in all, the more justifiable decision for me. I was able to eliminate a few minor problems, for example by connecting the printer via USB instead of just via WLAN. This means that printouts are made immediately and not minutes later. These “ghost fractals” on the desktop have also st…

So here's the thing. I spend today in the River window manager, on VoidLinux. Time well spend, tweaking and molding everything to my liking. Just as I did on Slackware and Gentoo.
Then I had dinner and a beer, and watched a vid of someone installing Fedora, extensions et al. It all went smoothly and the mildly tweaked system was up and running in no time.
I felt a certain weariness with myself setting in. All that self-inflicted damage 🤣

A while ago, I've followed the example given by #Fedora and unbundled ensurepip wheels from #Python in #Gentoo (just checked — "a while ago" was 3 years ago). This had the important advantage that it enabled us to update these wheels along with the actual pip and setuptools packages, meaning new virtual environments would get fresh versions rather than whatever CPython happened to bundle at the time of release.
I had considered using our system packages to prepare these wheels, but since we were already unbundling dependencies back then, that couldn't work. So I just went with fetching upstream wheels from PyPI. Why not build them from source instead? Well, besides feeling unnecessary (it's not like the PyPI wheels are actually binary packages), we probably didn't have the right kind of eclass support for that at the time.
Inspired by @…, today I've tried preparing new revisions of ensurepip packages that actually do build everything from source. So what changed, and why should building from source matter now? Firstly, as part of the wheel reuse patches, we do have a reasonably clean architecture to grab the wheels created as part of the PEP517 build. Secondly, since we're unbundling dependencies from pip and setuptools, we're effectively testing different packages than these installed as ensurepip wheels — and so it would be meaningful to test both variants. Thirdly, building from source is going to make patching easier, and at the very least enable user patching.
While at it, I've refreshed the test suite runs in all three regular packages (pip, setuptools and wheel — we need an "ensurepip" wheel for the last because of test suites). And of course, I hit some test failures in testing the versions with bundled dependencies, and I've discovered a random bug in #PyPy.
https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/42882 (yes, we haven't moved yet)
https://github.com/pypy/pypy/issues/5306

🏳️‍🌈 Ubuntu couldn’t handle the pride update! 🏳️‍🌈
#Ubuntu #Pride #Linux #LinuxMint

New set of #Gentoo #Linux Distribution Kernels (6.1.143, 6.6.96, 6.12.36, 6.15.5) is out. This set brings some major changes:
• I've backported a bunch of changes from sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel to sys-kernel/vanilla-kernel that were missing — notably wider architecture support.
• I've added default #RISCV configs to 6.12 (in addition to 6.15), since Fedora had them.
• All three packages are based off the baseline kernel tarball upstream patch (vanilla-kernel used to fetch patch-level tarball every time, and gentoo-kernel* used genpatches for patch versions). This should reduce disk space and bandwidth use.
• All three packages now support verify-sig. Rather than verifying the uncompressed tarball signature, we now use upstream `sha256sums.asc` file to verify the compressed tarball and patch.
• sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel* now repackages genpatches. This means patchset that's much leaner and faster to apply (since we just fetch and use the combined upstream patch rather than including point patches). This also means that we are able to release Distribution Kernels before gentoo-sources are done.
The changes still need to be done to 5.15 and 5.10 branches — we're going to do for the next upstream releases of these.
#kernel