Playtron has just released a stable version of their Linux-based GameOS. Have you ever tried it either now or while it was in beta?
Cheers to the Guardians of the Terminal – Happy SysAdmin Day!
https://linuxiac.com/cheers-to-the-guardians-of-the-terminal-happy-sysadmin-day/
#gnu #Linux
#SysAdminDay
Introducing KDE Linux!
Recently, an immutable Linux distribution that was made by the makers of the KDE desktop environment has been released! The distribution has the same name as the desktop environment, called KDE Linux, that showcases the latest and the greatest development versions of KDE Plasma desktop and its applications. It’s a volunteer-run project that aims to solve problems related to experiencing the latest and the greatest version.
Currently, it’s available only in the Testing version, but other editions that are more suitable for the general public should be available soon. You can download KDE Linux here.
Download KDE LinuxThis immutable Linux distribution allows you to try out the latest and the greatest version of KDE Plasma and its applications. It uses immutability to ensure that no core OS files will be modifiable, thus making your system safer. It offers reliable system updates and takes a snapshot before every single update so that your system can be restored in case a faulty update caused problems.
KDE Linux gets its flexibility from the KDE Plasma desktop, with high customization to let you show off your style. The operating system is also intuitive, because KDE Plasma offers panels, icons, and menus in places where you expect them to be. Additionally, it offers a rich library of high-quality software that are free to get.
Based on Arch Linux, KDE Linux is an immutable operating system that provides atomic updates and snapshots to give you ability to restore the system to how it was before the update. For software that is not available through Discover, you can install them using Distrobox, Toolbox, and Homebrew. You can also use AppImage files to install more software.
For developers, KDE Linux makes life easier by reducing the need of rebuilding the entire set of dependencies, saving both disk space and electricity. It also provides more deterministic builds, ensuring that your app gets built exactly the same way as you want it to be; no more inconsistent functionality or appearance!
To learn more about KDE Linux, visit the site below.
Visit KDE LinuxWelcome on Board!
Elen is part of our back office team. She is mainly responsible for order processing and regularly communicates with our customers in writing. She ensures that everything runs smoothly.
https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/Welcome-on-Board-TUXEDO-Part-43.tuxedo
Euphonica is a Rust-Powered MPD Client Heavy on Bling
MPD (Music Player Daemon) is a server-client audio player long popular with Linux users. The headless daemon runs as a background service, typically on a remote audio server. Music is then accessed via a GUI client frontend, which connects to the MPD server to stream content.
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/euphonica-linux-mpd-music-player
[Testing Update] 2025-07-26 - Portmaster, Plymouth, Pipewire, Thunderbird
#Manjaro #distro #linux
https://forum.manjaro.org/t/testing-update-2025-07-26-portmaster-plymouth-pipewire-thunderbird/180241
Bundle a vast collection of scrolls into a package you can easily carry to a distant caravanserai. #Linux #OpenSource https://cromwell-intl.com/open-source/rpm-creation.html?s=mc
Ah, #Linux does in fact have a tool for checking battery health, and it turns out that my 2012 MacBook's battery has only about 55% of its design capacity after 1139 charge cycles.
https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/check-see-laptop-battery-health-in-linux-command/
No wonder I'm only getting a little over 2 hours on battery with light usage.
Euphonica is a Rust-Powered MPD Client Heavy on Bling
Linux 6.17 will be able to reboot Silicon Macs
One of the most important hiccups, alongside the Apple graphics card drivers support for the mainline Linux kernel, was that Linux wasn’t able to reboot the M2/M1 Silicon Macs, because the necessary Apple System Management Controller (SMC) driver was missing in the mainline Linux kernel, and that only the Asahi Linux kernel provided such driver.
Starting from Linux 6.17, Silicon Macs, such as the latest MacBooks, can now reboot the system, which is one of the most important functions that every computer has to implement when building an operating system. This is because Linux 6.17 has provided the Apple SMC driver that not only handles system reboot, but also handles temperature sensors, voltage and power meters, and more.
The work needed to be done is finally done on this patch that adds the macsmc
driver to the MFD driver section. The commit message explains how this driver works:
The System Management Controller (SMC) on Apple Silicon machines is a piece of hardware that exposes various functionalities such as temperature sensors, voltage/power meters, shutdown/reboot handling, GPIOs and more.
Communication happens via a shared mailbox using the RTKit protocol which is also used for other co-processors. The SMC protocol then allows reading and writing many different keys which implement the various features. The MFD core device handles this protocol and exposes it to the sub-devices.
Some of the sub-devices are potentially also useful on pre-M1 Apple machines and support for SMCs on these machines can be added at a later time.
To be more specific, another patch is introduced that adds reboot bindings to the device tree definition, which is required as the new Silicon Macs talk to SMC and write to NVMEM cells. Writing to those cells will use the below properties:
In the Treehouse Mastodon instance, Asahi Linux developer Sven Peter has confirmed that the Apple SMC driver has just made it to the Linux 6.17 merge window, and that it’s now finally possible to reboot the Silicon Macs normally. Further Apple drivers will be merged to the mainstream Linux kernel later.
The only thing remaining is that Linux distros will have to update to Linux 6.17 before the Silicon Macs will gain ability to reboot from Linux, which will take time, depending on the kernel update policy. It may take from the matter of days in rolling distros, such as Arch Linux, to weeks or months in non-rolling distros.
Ubuntu 25.10 Questing Quokka will use Linux 6.17 as the final kernel release, which means that this version of Ubuntu will be the first version that supports rebooting the Silicon Macs.
Playtron's Linux-based GameOS Hits the Road with 1.0: https://boilingsteam.com/playtrons-linux-based-game-os-hits-the-road-with-1-0/
#linux #linuxgaming #update #release #foss #gaming #steamdeck #gameos #playtron #pcgaming #handheld
Even mechanisms from the time before the oceans drowned Atlantis may be resurrected, although one must carefully consider the consequences. #Linux #OpenSource https://cromwell-intl.com/open-source/linux-alpha-kernel.html?s=mc
Playtron's GameOS, based on Linux and making use of Proton, has reached 1.0: https://www.playtron.one/release-note/gameos-1-0
#linux #linuxgaming #update #release #foss #gaming #proton #playtron #gameos
I suddenly feel like a bad #mastoadmin parent to #footiMac
Account pruning is STILL GOING. I think it's about 70% through?
I've been a bad bad man... not keeping #footiMac as lean and mean as she should be!
Well, crap. I somehow managed to remove myself from the sudoers group on my primary laptop. Ugh. That's a problem. Time to backup my homedir and then try to fix this.
Linux tip: don't do that.
I wonder if #btrfs will ever have per-subvolume profiles.
This would, among other things, allow one to have a swap file on a RAID array. Just add a subvolume with a non-RAID profile, and you can put a swap file on it.