New Guix System LiveCDs (console + desktop) for manual installation!

Pre-built images are available for x86_64-linux:
https://files.boiledscript.com/livecd/

Configurations and more information for these images are in my dotfiles repository (see the "LiveCDs" section). You can build them on your own!

make update-channels live

Typical steps for the manual installation of Guix System are available in Guix manual.

Quoting the introduction:
> GNU Guix is a package management tool for and distribution of the GNU system. Guix makes it easy for unprivileged users to install, upgrade, or remove software packages, to roll back to a previous package set, to build packages from source, and generally assists with the creation and maintenance of software environments.

The manual covers many interesting topics and Getting Started is a good entry point. Git repository of GNU Guix is hosted on Codeberg, you can reach the community via various communication channels as well.

The LiveCDs includes proprietary firmwares from the Nonguix channel, you can get help for relevant topics from their communication channels 😉

#guix #nonguix #gnulinux #linux

Some days ago my @igalia colleague Tvrtko Ursulin published a super-interesting blog post about his DRM Fair Scheduler work for the #Linux#Kernel. Don't miss it! 👉 https://blogs.igalia.com/tursulin/fair-er-drm-gpu-scheduler/

Posting this from PinePhone running postmarketOS 25.06 with Phosh.

It's unbelievable how smooth of an experience this release is!
I know PP is very underpowered but I just love this hacky little phone and it's just so great to see it keep getting updates that make the experience better and better.

#postmarketos #mobilelinux #linux

How it started: (late 2018)
"You know, I think I'll buy a used ThinkPad and put Linux on it. Just a really basic, distraction-free writing machine! I'll still have my Macbook Air as my main machine."

How it's going:
"OH MY GOODNESS, YES, buy ANOTHER used thinkpad! MOAR LINUX! MOAR COMMAND-LINE!! MAXIMUM DISTRACTEDNESS!!!" (bounces off the walls)

🤦‍♂️

cc: @amin

#ADHD #Linux

UDP Fragmentation now fixed for #IPv6 in today's stable #Linux kernel release, but only in 6.12.y. Still broken in the older stable kernels for now.

✅ 6.12.35
❌ 6.6.95
❌ 6.1.142
❌ 5.15.186
❌ 5.10.239

Ever wondered about something?
Whether it’s how things work at Star Labs, questions about our products, or just some cool Linux tips, we’re all ears.

Drop your thoughts in the comments, we’d love to chat and maybe take a closer look at it in a video.

#linux #developers #opensource #starlabssystems

PewDiePie just now going full anti-BigTech explaining his complete de-googling (except Youtube).

#Linux#Arch, #RaspberryPi, #GrapheneOS, #FOSS and more FOSS. The fellow has seen the light, found a true passion apparently.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_Lxkt50xOg

I woke up to a comment so smug, so perfectly soaked in gatekeeping and faux-righteous posturing, it earned its own blog post.
You want freedom? You want GNU/Linux to mean something?
Then maybe start by not telling disabled users to go fuck themselves with a smile.
This commenter thought they were defending "software freedom." What they were really doing was kicking people out of the room. Dismissing accessibility. Mocking effort. Pretending that cruelty is some kind of rite of passage. They quoted Stallman like it was scripture, ignored real-world experience like it was noise, and wrapped it all in condescension dressed as virtue.
I’ve spent over a decade in this ecosystem. Writing patches. Rebuilding broken stacks. Helping blind users boot systems upstream doesn’t even test. I didn’t "just install Arch and whine about the terminal." I lived in it. I survived it. I held it together when maintainers disappeared and no one else gave a damn.
But apparently, because I didn’t call it GNU/Linux™ and because I dared to talk about how this OS chews people up and spits them out, I’m lazy. I’m weak. I should "get a dog."
So I wrote a response. Line by line. No mercy. No euphemisms.
This isn’t just about one comment. This is about every time someone’s been told they don’t belong because they couldn’t learn fast enough, code well enough, or survive long enough. It’s about everyone who was pushed out while the gatekeepers patted themselves on the back for "preserving the spirit of free software."
You want a free system? Start by making it livable. Because freedom that demands you crawl bleeding through a broken bootloader isn’t freedom. It’s abandonment dressed in ideology.
And if this kind of gatekeeping is your idea of community?
You can keep it.
https://fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/you-dont-own-the-word-freedom-a-full-burn-response-to-the-gnulinux-comment-that-tried-to-gatekeep-me-off-my-own-machine/
#Linux#GNU #FOSS#Accessibility#BlindTech#FreeSoftware#Gatekeeping#DisabilityInTech#OpenSource#Orca #ScreenReaders#ArchLinux#BurnItDown #blogpost

I Want to Love Linux. It Doesn’t Love Me Back: Post 4 – Wayland Is Growing Up. And Now We Don’t Have a Choice

https://fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/i-want-to-love-linux-it-doesnt-love-me-back-post-4-wayland-is-growing-up-and-now-we-dont-have-a-choice/

Great up-to-date post on the state of Linux and Wayland accessibility.

Also read:

https://fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/you-dont-own-the-word-freedom-a-full-burn-response-to-the-gnulinux-comment-that-tried-to-gatekeep-me-off-my-own-machine/

And:

https://ar.al/2024/06/23/fedora-has-been-shipping-with-a-broken-screen-reader-for-nine-years-but-the-real-problem-is-me/

#Linux #accessibility #a11y

My complete setup is currently as follows:

Linux Mint and FreeBSD on all my computers and notebooks
Pixel 9 with Graphene OS (but will be replaced by a new Fairphone 6 with /e/OS from Murena in the future)
Connected via KDE Connect
Office with LibreOffice
My own Nextcloud for files, photos, calendar and contacts
Hardened Firefox with uBlock Origin
Freetube and Newpipe instead of YouTube
Ecosia search instead of Google
Proton Mail and Tutanota Mail
Simple fitness tracker with watch, Pedometer, sleep tracker and calorie counter without Bluetooth and app connection instead of spying smartwatch and "health apps" such as Fitbit, Apple or Samsung Health
Manual recording of my health data such as blood pressure, blood sugar, sleep, steps and more in a LibreOffice Calc spreadsheet, can be easily converted into a PDF for my doctors to evaluate

Am I missing anything? Absolutely not! This setup works just as smoothly and conveniently as previous ecosystem solutions from Apple, Google or Samsung. Only with significantly more privacy, without tracking and surveillance by US Big Tech

#linux #unix #freebsd #linuxmint #opensource #freesoftware #nextcloud #privacy #grapheneos#murena #fairphone #eos #libreoffice #protonmail #tutanota #firefox #kdeconnect #ecosia #google #newpipe #youtube

New Steam Games with Native Linux Clients, including 3Dsen PC - 2025-06-25 Edition: https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-with-native-linux-clients-2025-06-25-edition/
#linux #linuxgaming #update #release #gaming #steam #native #newgames #3dsenpc