How is your experience with Fedora as a server?
linux@programming.dev
Louvre: C++ library for building Wayland compositors. (lemmy.world)
Hello, yesterday I officially released Louvre v1.0.0, a C++ library designed for building Wayland compositors with a primary focus on ease of development. It provides a default method for handling protocols, input events, and rendering, which you can selectively and progressively override as required, allowing you to see a...

Yes, Ubuntu Is Withholding Security Patches for Some Software (www.flu0r1ne.net)
[Coreboot] Can I coreboot my laptop? Acer Aspire A515-47
I’m quite interested in putting coreboot onto my laptop, if that’s possible. But first I want to know if it’s reliable as I’ll be using this laptop for school, and if I can even do it in the first place....
Is there an easy way to set up an email client so you get system notifications in GNOME once you receive an e-mail?
As simple as the title sounds I’m having huge trouble getting that working....
Locking + unlocking my PC with a BLE-device?
I like Apple’s feature to unlock a Mac-laptop automatically when the user is wearing their Apple Watch....
on arch btw. (i.imgflip.com)

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Committing Fully To Netplan For Network Configuration (www.phoronix.com)
The Canonical-developed Netplan has served for Linux network configuration on Ubuntu Server and Cloud versions for years. With the recent Ubuntu 23.10 release, Netplan is now being used by default on the desktop. Canonical is committing to fully leveraging Netplan for network configuration with the upcoming Ubuntu 24.04 LTS...

Linux Mint - Screenshot annoyance
When trying to capture an area of the screen; specifically a Firefox extension; the context menu disappears when I press Ctrl-Shift-PrintScreen...
Overheating laptop, should I try a lighweight distro - which one?
Hello Penguins,...
How a kernel developer made my styluses work again on newer kernels! (www.davidrevoy.com)
This blog-post is a follow-up post of “How a kernel update broke my stylus… Need help!” published 10 days ago. Please read it if you want to know more about the problem I had with the stylus....

The Linux kernel has been accidentally hardcoded to a maximum of 8 cores for nearly 20 years (thehftguy.com)
I’m not smart enough to verify the accuracy of this claim, nor exactly what the implications are, but it seems like it might improve performance if fixed.

Help. Various games stopped working and i have no idea how to diagnose the issues
What stopped working:...
these are the same gnome devs who complain about getting harassed (sh.itjust.works)

What happens when Linus dies/retires?
Will we all be fucked or is there a Linus 2?
I created a shitty Python script to manage multiple SSH connections because I couldnt find a decent one (git.ohaa.xyz)

Should I install Linux on my smartphone?
I have a Samsung Galaxy J3 (2018) smartphone which currently has the stock Samsung Android OS installed on it. I wanted to install an Android “distro” that doesn’t spy on me, like Graphene OS, but I couldn’t find a ROM for it. Since I would probably need to compile AOSP from source code anyways, I though, why not install...
Wayland is a cancer to the Linux desktop. (gist.github.com)

AMD+Wayland+dual monitor = Screen flickering
So…I have an…interesting behavior I’ve never had before with an Nvidia or integrated intel chipsets…I have now my AMD card plugged both to a normal HDMI monitor, and then to another HDMI TV. Both work well. However, when I turn the TV off… The monitor will start flickering. About three flickers every minute or so....
Firefox (finally) enables Wayland by default on their builds (phabricator.services.mozilla.com)
An Untold History of Thunderbird (blog.thunderbird.net)

cheapest new computer running linux <$500
just need something to do light development (docker, python, rust, with an ide). something i can upgrade (ram, ssd minimum). laptop would best, but desktop works too...
One single partition for Linux versus using a partition table?
Heya folks, some people online told me I was doing partitions wrong, but I’ve been doing it this way for years. Since I’ve been doing it for years, I could be doing it in an outdated way, so I thought I should ask....