If you want a Linux distro with simple rollbacks and stable updates, ObsidianOS is worth a look.
itsfoss.com/obsidianos-review/
ObsidianOS Review: A New, Innovative Linux Distro Built Around A/B Partitioning
The idea to rollback via two root partitions is interesting. This is certainly not your regular rethemed Arch distro.Neville Ondara (It's FOSS)
"Television Delivers People" by Richard Serra and Carlota Fay Schoolman (1973) – a single-channel video artwork about centralised media and advertising.
'You are the end product delivered en masse to the advertiser'
Usenet was where conversations took place before social media came about.
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Remembering Usenet - The OG Social Network that Existed Even Before the World Wide Web
Before Facebook, before MySpace and even before the Word Wide Web, there existed Usenet. From LOL to Linux, we owe a lot to Usenet.Bill Dyer (It's FOSS)
The secret behind Tux the Penguin! 🐧✨
Source: Pat Gelsinger and Linus Torvalds talk Linux
"rdcl::tools" · An initiative for the devel. of new tools against #digital authoritarianism, surveillance capitalism, and platform power.
👉🏻 rdcl.tools/
rdcl::tools | Launching 2026
An initiative for the development of new tools against digital authoritarianism, surveillance capitalism, and platform power.rdcl.tools
These anti-Semitic accounts hide behind the excuse of solidarity with Gazans to spread hatred against Jews. And they discredit the entire feed.
Can you do something?
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Viewing topic Weekend Players' Club 2026-01-09 | GamingOnLinux
20:00 on Friday is drawing near here in Germany, so I'll start a - Forum post on GamingOnLinux.comGamingOnLinux
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Canonical call for testing their Steam gaming Snap for Arm Linux gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/cano…
Canonical call for testing their Steam gaming Snap for Arm Linux
Doing something similar to what Valve will do for the Steam Frame, Canonical have announced a Steam gaming Snap package for Arm.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Amazon Clarion Call: Pandemics Emerging in the Rainforest
The Amazon’s diverse ecosystem is under threat from rampant deforestation, degradation, a biodiversity crisis, and the climate crisis – jeopardising its ability to act as a carbon sink. This degrad…Palm Oil Detectives
Bonobo mothers meddle in their sons’ sex lives – making them three times more likely to father children
New research shows that for #bonobos, sex really is often a family affair. What’s more, rather than being an embarrassing hindrance, motherly presence greatly benefits bonobo sons during the deed. …Palm Oil Detectives
Andean condor Vultur gryphus
The Andean condor Vultur gryphus is one of the largest flying #birds in the world, with a wingspan of up to 3.3 metres and a body weight of up to 15 kilograms. These amazing birds are able to soar …Palm Oil Detectives
I love mesh networks, and love the 1999 WAP standard. After I started thinkering with MeshCore I realised text is fun but what about the internet? WAP 1.x was built to be sent over SMS... this might work. Taking my WAP-over-SMS project and two ESP32s and voila!
WAP internet (all you actually need) over a fully decentralized network!
In the Spring of 2025, I taught a course about interactive programming environments to a small group of students. For various reasons, I have to take down the official web page for that site, which includes slides that may be of interest to people who care about these things. I have therefore chosen to publish those slides on Lost Bits under a Creative Commons License.
lostbits.net/blog/interactive-…
If you are interested in such things, check it out!
#lisp #smalltalk #squeak #forth #emacs
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In Brazil, Agribusiness Giants Hire Celebrity Influencers to Win Hearts and Minds - DeSmog
Doctors and models extol the virtues of meat as climate impacts of industrial farming face scrutiny at COP30 — the global climate summit.Clare Carlile (DeSmog)
Protect Nature to Avoid Future Pandemics
Research from University of Queensland and published in The Lancet: Planetary Health finds that the COVID-19 pandemic is linked to the decline of ecosystems and biodiversity, creating a cycle that …Palm Oil Detectives
Steam Frame and Steam Machine will be another good boost for Flatpaks and desktop Linux overall too gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/stea…
#SteamFrame #SteamMachine #Steam #Valve #OpenSource
Steam Frame and Steam Machine will be another good boost for Flatpaks and desktop Linux overall too
With the Steam Frame and Steam Machine launching with SteamOS Linux this year, we're going to again see a nice boost for Flatpaks and desktop Linux overall.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
City-builder Nova Roma from the devs of Kingdoms and Castles delayed until March gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/city…
#NovaRoma #IndieGames #PCGaming #Linux #LinuxGaming #Unity
City-builder Nova Roma from the devs of Kingdoms and Castles delayed until March
Kingdoms and Castles was great, and Nova Roma is shaping up to be a great city-builder but the developers at Lion Shield need more time to get it right.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Developer of popular drug-dealing sim Schedule I expands thanks to the success gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/deve…
#ScheduleI #IndieGames #PCGaming #Gaming
Developer of popular drug-dealing sim Schedule I expands thanks to the success
Always nice to see an indie success story, with Schedule I developer TVGS expanding the team as work goes on towards mod support.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Actinomycete genomes are a rich source of unexplored phosphonate natural products. By mining 940 genome sequenced strains, researchers found 54 candidate producers and confirmed phosphonate production in 21 strains, including Kitasatospora fiedleri with a unique, LuxR regulated gene cluster. This strategy paves the way for new bioactive phosphonates with pharma and biotech potential.
Learn more: tinyurl.com/y43tk58n
#Phosphonate #NaturalProducts #Microbiology
Bosslords and Architect of Ruin from Hooded Horse look great as they refuse to sign AI "art" gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/boss…
#Gaming #PCGaming #IndieGames #HoodedHorse
Bosslords and Architect of Ruin from Hooded Horse look great as they refuse to sign AI "art"
Game publisher Hooded Horse have recently revealed another two titles with Bosslords and Architect of Ruin that looks awesome, as they fight against AI "art".Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Minecraft is getting a cute overhaul of baby mobs gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/mine…
Minecraft is getting a cute overhaul of baby mobs
Minecraft has a new testing build out that ups the cute factor by a lot, with an overhaul of various baby mobs and you get pet nametags now too.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Steam Client Beta adds a revamped interface for opting into game Betas and other changes gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/stea…
#Steam #SteamBeta #PCGaming #Gaming #Beta
Steam Client Beta adds a revamped interface for opting into game Betas and other changes
On top of SteamOS 3.7.20 Beta and improvements to the Steam Workshop so mods can support multiple game versions, we have a Beta UI overhaul for Steam games.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
SteamOS 3.7.20 adds the ntsync driver to help improve some game performance gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/stea…
#Linux #SteamOS #LinuxGaming #SteamDeck #OpenSource
SteamOS 3.7.20 adds the ntsync driver to help improve some game performance
Valve have released SteamOS 3.7.20 Beta coming with just two changes, and one of them is very interesting to see arrive on SteamOS.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Finally my first video is out, I know it's not perfect, and I'm new to this camera thing 😭 but they say "fake it till you make it" ☺️
Do your thing Fedizens! Provide feedback, suggestions, likes, subscribe, boost, or whatever you think is right.
I'm going to post weekly (it's a lot of work, much more than I initially thought) so any feedback to get better is much appreciated 👍
Bonus: edited using open source tools!
“A company subject to the extraterritorial laws of the United States cannot be considered sovereign for Europe.“
Discover more about the issues with the US CLOUD Act and the chances of Europe to break free from #TechDependency, in The Register’s new story 👇
theregister.com/2025/12/22/eur…
Europe gets serious about cutting digital umbilical cord with Uncle Sam's big tech
Feature: Public bodies migrate in the bloc as hyperscalers claim sovereigntyKim Loohuis (The Register)
palmoildetectives.com/2022/03/…
19 Lost Episodes of ‘Star Trek’: The Adventures of Captain Kirk and the Enterprise You’ve Never Seen
This is such a fun read! And on Woman's World of all things!
19 Lost 'Star Trek' Episodes From the Unproduced 'Phase II' Series | Woman's World
Before 'The Motion Picture,' 'Star Trek' planned a full TV return. Explore 19 unfilmed 'Phase II' stories written for Kirk and the Enterprise.Ed Gross (Woman's World)
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'Star Trek' and the Actor Who Nearly Replaced Mr. Spock in the 1970s | Woman's World
He was cast as the new Vulcan for the 'Star Trek' unmade 'Phase II' series—then everything changed. Meet and get to know the man who almost replaced Spock.Ed Gross (Woman's World)
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Blech!
Yes, I recall seeing articles about his absence (and some of the others), but if I saw this it may or may not have meant anything to me. Not like I should really get exercised over whether this or that actor was a prima donna, or ambitious, whatever.
Thanks, quite right, that was the last time I really paid attention, around the release of this movie, and then into the talk of the re-birthed movies and series.
I got busy late 80s, bigly! But "what have they done to Spock?" Caught my attention. Cannot recall if/how I reacted other than that. Anyway, I appreciate anything new of old (but authentic) beloved series, be it Star Trek or Twilight Zone (my infancy days?!) or for that matter, Bugs Bunny! I guess I stick with original. 😀
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Bose SoundTouch users should read this.
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Bose SoundTouch End of Life Gets Less Painful With Public API Release
The API documentation opens the door for developers to build their own control apps (hopefully open source ones).Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS)
That's not real open-sourcing something. That's only giving people some sort of documentation for the api. Nothing more.
Same thing people already have for a long time only by analyzing network traffic from/to the device. So.. Bose can take their "open-boohoo-sourcing" and stick right up into their corpo butts.
Deforestation comes ‘roaring back’ despite 140-country vow to end destruction
A new report has found that demand for #meat, #soy, #palmoil and nickel #mining is hindering efforts to halt #deforestation by 2030, a global report finds. The destruction of global forests increas…Palm Oil Detectives
You want a solid glimmer of hope?
Watch this!
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Brazilian three-banded armadillo Tolypeutes tricinctus
The Brazilian three-banded #armadillo Tolypeutes tricinctus, known as “tatu-bola” in Portuguese, is a rare and unique species native to #Brazil. With the ability to roll into a near-imp…Palm Oil Detectives
Linux kernel has many bugs that go undetected...
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Linux Kernel Bugs Hide for 2+ Years on Average
Study of 20 years of kernel history finds bugs hide for 2+ years on average, some for decades.Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS)
That will likely change as the Rust code expands and replaces C code. Pretty much the only time Rust has major bugs is when blocks are run unsafe for C interop.
uprootnutrition.com/journal/ru…
upRootNutrition
upRootNutrition is an open source project, created by Nick Hiebert, designed to elevate the quality of nutrition science communication in online discourse.uprootnutrition.com
Moving away from Microsoft & Google is easy!
Join the Nextcloud Special Event, including the release of #NextcloudHub 26 Winter, and see for yourself how migration can be done in a snap. 🫰
🗓 Feb 18, 2PM (CET)
📍 Live online, worldwide
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Nextcloud Special Event Winter 2026 edition
Be the first to experience the new must-watch Nextcloud Hub 26 Winter launch keynote, press conference and businesses-oriented key updates.Nextcloud
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