Jesus fucking Christ, I'd forgotten how genuinely awful open source graphics and design apps are at, well everything, but specifically text design. Undo, redo, copy, and paste regularly broken.
Then when you decide to do things manually you get this shit
Retro arcade-style rally racer Parking Garage Rally Circuit gets a DX edition with a lot more content gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/retrā¦
#ParkingGarageRallyCircuit #Gaming #PCGaming #RetroGames
Retro arcade-style rally racer Parking Garage Rally Circuit gets a DX edition with a lot more content
Parking Garage Rally Circuit DX has been revealed today, greatly expanding the content of this popular retro arcade-style rally racer.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
The incredibly complex sci-fi grand strategy game Terra Invicta has a release date gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/the-ā¦
#TerraInvicta #Gaming #PCGaming
The incredibly complex sci-fi grand strategy game Terra Invicta has a release date
From the team that created the Long War mod for XCOM, the rather complex grand strategy game Terra Invicta now has a full release date.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor gets mid-game saves and CPU optimizations gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/deepā¦
#DeepRockGalacticSurvivor #Gaming #SteamDeck #BulletHeaven
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor gets mid-game saves and CPU optimizations
The excellent bullet heaven Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor has Patch 3 out now which includes the much requested mid-game saving system.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Beyond Cute: All Animals Can Become Social Media Sensations
In the age of cutesy #mammal sensations like pygmy hippo #MooDeng the chubby, pink-cheeked pygmy #hippo baby ā many people believe that social media shares are correlated to cuteness. They arā¦Palm Oil Detectives
@mrgrumpymonkey @Irisherself
I see #TheOracle #TheStoic #TheArcher
Are there more #archetype s in #wrapstodon2025 ?
@Irisherself @WestLawns @mrgrumpymonkey There are 5:
- The Oracle (you post a lot)
- The Butterfly (you reply a lot)
- The Stoic (you don't post much)
- The Archer (you boost a lot)
- The Wonderer (you post a lot of polls)
Rob Reiner and his Wife Dead...
People Magazine Sources say that they were Killed By His Son?
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From Ruins ā A Detective Adventure looks worth keeping an eye on gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/fromā¦
#Gaming #PCGaming #IndieGames #AdventureGames
From Ruins ā A Detective Adventure looks worth keeping an eye on
From Ruins ā A Detective Adventure caught my eye recently with it's interesting premise and some pretty slick looking pixel-art for point and click fans.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Reptiles Facing Extinction: How to Help
#Reptiles are fascinating creatures who are sadly feared, misunderstood and persecuted by humans. It is high time that we stand up for #lizards, #snakes, #terrapins, #crocodiles, caimans, #turtles ā¦Palm Oil Detectives
The results are in - Bullet Heaven moves forward to be an official genre gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/the-ā¦
#BulletHeaven #Steam #PCGaming #IndieGames #Gaming
The results are in - Bullet Heaven moves forward to be an official genre
The results are in, game developers look to move forward to create Bullet Heaven as an official genre spawned from Vampire Survivors.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
The popular Megabonk gets a mega update with new content gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/the-ā¦
#Megabonk #IndieGames #Gaming #PCGaming #Linux #SteamDeck
The popular Megabonk gets a mega update with new content
New content for Megabonk? As if I needed more reasons to load it up. The absolute indie gem survivor-like bullet heaven just got even bigger.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Free 3-16 player party shooter of teamwork and betrayal, Klaus Veen's Treason added Linux support gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/freeā¦
#FPS #PartyGame #KlausVeensTreason #Linux #PCGaming
Free 3-16 player party shooter of teamwork and betrayal, Klaus Veen's Treason added Linux support
Ready for the holiday period, Klaus Veen's Treason is a fun looking 3-16 player party shooter of teamwork and betrayal that now has Native Linux support.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
If you need a new retro boomer shooter check out Ctesiphon gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/if-yā¦
#Ctesiphon #FPS #BoomerShooter
If you need a new retro boomer shooter check out Ctesiphon
Released in November, Ctesiphon puts you in the role of a Galactic Bounty Hunter extraordinaire in a fresh retro styled futuristic boomer shooter.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Not everyone enjoys Linux, and thatās okay. This explains why.
itsfoss.com/signs-linux-is-notā¦
15 Signs Linux Is Not For You
If you recognized yourself in a few of these points, that doesnāt mean Linux isnāt for you. In fact, you can count it as an invitation. It just means youāve spent a long time in an ecosystem that treats you more like a product than a participant.Roland Taylor (It's FOSS)
The problems of Linux are the lack of the proprietary software most people use and that are incompatible with the alternatives (such as MS Office or Adobe products) and less stability in terms of OS and drivers (Nvidia being of the problems). Also, some tools are more complicated on Linux, like LM Studio.
Although modern distros offer fancy GUIs and installers, sometimes you have to use the terminal.
NVIDIA have discontinued Quake II RTX gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/nvidā¦
#QuakeIIRTX #NVIDIA #FPS #QuakeII
NVIDIA have discontinued Quake II RTX
Quake II RTX released back in 2019, with NVIDIA using it to show off more ray tracing effects for their RTX GPUs but now they're done with it.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
I got the The Oracle archetype!
mastodon.social/@gamingonlinuxā¦
Wrapstodon 2025 for Liam @ GamingOnLinux š§š®
See how Liam @ GamingOnLinux š§š® used Mastodon this year!Mastodon
Linux NTFS support might finally be getting better with NTFSPlusā¦
What is NTFSPlus and Why Does It Matter for Linux Users?
NTFSPlus is a fresh implementation of the classic in-kernel ntfs driver. Can it end the current NTFS woes for Linux users?Roland Taylor (It's FOSS)
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#RunnersOfMastodon, now is the time to support the *many* runners who are close to reaching their goals for 2026 and can use some last-minute encouragment.
A few examples:
- @pfernandes, who is two HMs away from #52weeks52halfmarathons
- @steveroyle, who just needs 117k more
- @sebastianhahn, who aims at a crazy 10,000k and has a good shot at actually succeeding
There are many more of you out there. (Who did I miss?) #Running, you are all winning!
See you on the next starting lines.
That is a terrific goal!
One of my own 2026 goals is a sub-4:07 marathon, so you're way ahead of me already. You can do it!
"The race is long, and in the end itās only with yourself."
Good luck š¤
It's a bit of a stretch for me, my current Marathon PR is 3:30 so I need to shave a staggering 30 minutes off.
Palm Oil Free Soap
Here are some palm oil free soaps that do not contain rainforest-destroying palm oil. If you are ever in doubt look for the prefixes: LAUR, STEAR, GYLC and PALM in the ingredients list on packagingā¦Palm Oil Detectives
This is a story that needs sharing: Adorable albino wallabies who are a bit naughty.
Bennettās wallabies get high on poppy seeds
Bennett's wallabies get high on poppy seeds - Australian Geographic
Bennett's wallabies are special for two reasons: their white coat, and their penchant for poppies.AG Staff (Australian Geographic)
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GNOME has said no to AI-generated shell extensions.
itsfoss.com/news/no-ai-extensiā¦
No AI Slops! GNOME Now Forbids Vibe Coded Extensions
New policy targets low-quality AI-generated code while still allowing AI as a learning tool.Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS)
Ist schon ein paar Tage her, aber analoge Fotografie braucht eben ein bisschen Geduld: erster Schnee am Morgen des 24. November.
#ersterSchnee #neuschnee #schnee #snow #freshsnow #analogfotografie #analogphotography #35mm #ishootfilm #shootfilm #nikonf4s #afnikkor50mmf18d #kodakektar100 #kodakfilm
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YouTube's AI-powered moderation system needs to be held accountable.
itsfoss.com/news/youtubes-ai-mā¦
#youtube #ai #enshittification
YouTubeās AI is Breaking the Creator Ecosystem
A moderation system that leans on automation just knocked legitimate tech tutorials and even entire channels offline. The appeals felt automated, too.Theena Kumaragurunathan (It's FOSS)
Did you know that gold kills indigenous people and rare animals?
Gold mining kills indigenous peoples throughout the world like the Yanomami people of Brazil and Papuans in West Papua. The bloody, violent and greedy landgrabbing that goes on for gold forces indiā¦Palm Oil Detectives
I made a joke a while back about buying enough shares of Meta to cover WhatsApp, and donating them to the Signal foundation.
But seeing this buyTwitter thing makes it seem more serious.
Would it be possible to raise enough money to do that?
We can democratize Twitter
We are users and shareholders telling Twitter to study an exit from Wall Street to democratic ownership. Join us!buytwitter.org
Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS delivers a great desktop experience!
itsfoss.com/news/pop-os-24-04-ā¦
Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS Review: Is This the Linux Distro of the Year 2025?
After years of development, System76's Rust-based desktop delivers.Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS)
...and another one, and another one.
Please could we have a distro that, at least, simplifies the task of porting or reinstalling dozens of applications every time you distro-hop?
A couple of my troubles:
Even plain Ubuntu let me down with the appimage of the free version of the bibliographic system Mendeley (vital for some of us). Mint doesn't like Snap, and I won't even mention Flatpak.
Ubuntu offers full LaTeX, but it isn't full, missing some Tikz bits. You have to go to tug.org, which installs then tells you you have to set your own paths. Look up how to do that & find 100s of geek discussions on which obscure config files not to modify.
"De Baetyliis" by Franz Ludwig Bƶsigk (1854).
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De Baetyliis : Franz Ludwig Bƶsigk : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
De Baetyliis.Dissertatio InauguralisQuam Consensu et AuctoritateAmplissimi Philosophorum OrdinisIn Alma Litterarum UniversitateFriderica GuilelmaAd Summos in...Internet Archive
Album of AI Generated Content
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Literally nobody has ever seen one of these in real life
This is interesting to me. I grew up and and live in the US. Honey is most often acquired at a supermarket in a plastic container shaped like a bear.
You _squeeze_ the container to dispense the honey.
No spoons, no wands. Just honey.
So... The wand seems _amazingly_ superfluous to me. I literally don't understand the appeal.
This might sound snotty or obtuse, I don't mean it to, I understand the appeal of fresh honey (it's my preference) but I still can't quite grok the utensils... What's the advantage of the wand over say... A spoon or just pouring from the jar and wiping the lip of the jar when finished?
I feel like I'm genuinely _missing_ something.
Sure, I understand the concepts of traditional tools/utensils etc. I don't especially adapt to them. It's more the utility that I was curious about.
Thanks for the reply!
Netflix who? Meet your personal streaming service. š
itsfoss.com/media-server-softwā¦
What is a Media Server Software? Why You Should Care About it?
Kodi, Jellyfin, Plex, Emby! You might have heard and wondered what those are and why people are crazy about them. Let me explain in this article.Abhishek Prakash (It's FOSS)
the guardian (the newspaper) recipe, i'm pretty sure
225g unsalted butter, softened, plus extra to grease
340g soft brown sugar
1 egg
340g plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
Ā½ tsp salt
1Ā½ tsp grated nutmeg
1Ā½ tsp ground cloves
2 tsp ground cinnamon
3 tsp ground ginger
75g crystallised ginger or dried apricots, finely chopped
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in reply to Baldur Bjarnason • • •Baldur Bjarnason
in reply to Torb • • •Yeah, the last couple of times I switched entirely from desktop Linux to Macs was because of design and photography apps as well.
If I end up doing more design work next year, I think I might have to just bite the bullet and buy a Mac Mini
Moha
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Baldur Bjarnason
in reply to Moha • • •Moha
in reply to Baldur Bjarnason • • •Baldur Bjarnason
in reply to Moha • • •You came into my mentions and spoke to me specifically and directly. That's a major difference
Open source design and photography software are notoriously resistant to feedback about design, usability, and bugs, even to the point of responding with outright hostility. I've been burned several times before
There's plenty of great open source software that pays attention to UX and listens to end users. But there is something specifically dysfunctional in design and photography OSS
Baldur Bjarnason
in reply to Baldur Bjarnason • • •Moha
in reply to Baldur Bjarnason • • •Moha
in reply to Baldur Bjarnason • • •I understand, it's not like I didn't ever have my struggles with oss. But also the community matters, maybe there is a reason some oss got better eg. Blender or Kdenlive and some not much.
Regardless, it's always fair to point out the issues or complain about them but devaluing the work of 10s or 100s of developers is not fair IMHO.