NASA Lander to Test Vacuum Cleaner on Moon for Sample Collection - NASA
Lunar Planet Vac, or LPV, is one of 10 payloads set to be carried to the Moon by the Blue Ghost 1 lunar lander in 2025.Beth Ridgeway (NASA)
Astronaut Set to Patch NASA’s X-ray Telescope Aboard Space Station - NASA Science
NASA astronaut Nick Hague will install patches to the agency’s NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer) X-ray telescope on the International Space Station as part of a spacewalk scheduled for Jan. 16.science.nasa.gov
2025’s here, and these 6 Linux distros are ones you’ll want to keep on your radar! 💻👀
news.itsfoss.com/linux-distros…
6 Linux Distros to Watch Out for in 2025
Some great Linux distributions are expected to be released in 2025. Here's what you should keep an eye out for.Ankush Das (It's FOSS News)
I think with Arch Linux deserves to be on the list:
1) Being in collab with Valve.
2) RFC for non-x86 architecture aka Arch Linux Ports: rfc.archlinux.page/0032-arch-l…
3) Being used more and more as a base. Example KDE Linux, SteamOS and more.
Arch Linux RFCs
Arch Linux Ports Date proposed: 2024-03-11 RFC MR: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/rfcs/-/merge_requests/32 Summary Introduce "Arch Linux Ports" as testbed for unofficial architectures until they are integrated in the main Arch Linux repositor…Arch Linux RFCs
NASA Joins Telescope, Instruments to Roman Spacecraft - NASA
Technicians have successfully integrated NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s payload – the telescope, instrument carrier, and two instruments – to theAshley Balzer (NASA)
NASA's 2024 International Space Station Achievements - NASA
For more than 24 years, NASA has supported a continuous U.S. human presence aboard the International Space Station, advancing scientific knowledge and makingChristian M. Getteau (NASA)
OrangePi Neo gaming handheld with Manjaro Linux now due out in Q1 2025 gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/oran…
#HandheldGaming #ManjaroLinux #Linux #OrangePiNeo #LinuxGaming
OrangePi Neo gaming handheld with Manjaro Linux now due out in Q1 2025
While announcements on the OrangePi Neo gaming handheld that will ship with Manjaro Linux have been a bit quiet lately, it's still coming and they've updated their launch plan for it to be available in Q1 2025.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Funded in 5 minutes - the open source modular mini computer 'Pilet' is on Kickstarter gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/fund…
#Pilet #Hardware #OpenSource #RPi
Funded in 5 minutes - the open source modular mini computer 'Pilet' is on Kickstarter
Funded within 5 minutes, soulscircuit are clearly onto a winner here with their upcoming Pilet open source modular mini computers powered by the Raspberry Pi 5.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
@mlekar it's hardware, releasing everything before they've even had a chance to produce it themselves would be idiotic
they're a business
For the library folks out there: Word from Marshall Breeding is that SirsiDynix has been acquired by a group of businesses that also own BiblioCommons and EnvisionWare.
Deadlock from Valve drops fixed two-week update cycle to move onto larger updates gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/dead…
Deadlock from Valve drops fixed two-week update cycle to move onto larger updates
While developers at Valve continue building up the invite-only Deadlock, their next-generation MOBA, they're changing up how they do updates for the game.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Wait another year and they "get" the Heavy Update 😬
Edit: added quotation marks around get. We haven't gotten the Heavy Update yet. #tf2 #teamfortress2
SteamOS is quickly becoming a great choice for handhelds!
news.itsfoss.com/steamos-rolli…
SteamOS is Finally Rolling Out to the Wild
There's a good reason to be excited this time!Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)
Heroes of Might and Magic II open source game engine fheroes2 v1.1.5 released gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/hero…
#HeroesofMightandMagicII #OpenSource #HoMM #RetroGaming
Heroes of Might and Magic II open source game engine fheroes2 v1.1.5 released
Dear supporters of the fheroes2 project and fans of Heroes of Might and Magic II! We are excited to announce the release of the latest version of the fheroes2 engine - 1.1.5!fheroes2 (GamingOnLinux)
Monster Hunter Wilds will have two more open Beta test dates in February gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/mons…
#MonsterHunterWilds #SteamDeck #LinuxGaming #PCGaming
Monster Hunter Wilds will have two more open Beta test dates in February
Giving you a chance to see how well Monster Hunter Wilds will run on your Steam Deck or Desktop Linux system, there's going to be two more open Beta tests during February.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
SMITE 2 gets a free to play launch date for January gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/smit…
#SMITE2 #MOBA #LinuxGaming #SteamDeck
SMITE 2 gets a free to play launch date for January
Titan Forge Games have announced that SMITE 2 is going free to play on January 14, after their paid-for Early Access period comes to a close.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
ZOMG--I'm crying! 🤣
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Challenging Chess-like roguelike Passant will have full Steam Deck support gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/chal…
#SteamDeck #IndieGame #Chess #Roguelike
Challenging Chess-like roguelike Passant will have full Steam Deck support
Passant: A Chess Roguelike is an upcoming Chess-like roguelike that will challenge your brain, and it's going to have full Steam Deck support at release.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Horse Runner DX is a wholesome endless-runner where you play as a herd of different horses gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/hors…
#IndieGame #CasualGaming #PCGaming #LinuxGaming #SteamDeck
Horse Runner DX is a wholesome endless-runner where you play as a herd of different horses
Taking elements from the likes of Alto's Adventure, BIT.TRIP RUNNER, Dino Run, Canabalt and others we have a new wholesome looking endless-runner with a twist in Horse Runner DX.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
APOD: 2025 January 8 – Supernova Remnants Big and Small
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
Use the “free” command to gain valuable insights into system memory usage.
Free Command Examples in Linux
The free command in Linux helps you gain insights on system memory usage (RAM), and more. Here's how to make good use of it.Sagar Sharma (It's FOSS)
We're hoping to organize a hopeful virtual event to get us to think our possible technological futures, and have a creative workshop. Maybe in the spring. Stay tuned. In the mean time, read our Possible Futures Series. If you have thoughts on what you'd like to see from the event, comment below.
▶️ Nobody Owns Our Techno-Future: dair-institute.org/blog/techno…
▶️ A Bus Model For Global, Human-Centered Education: dair-institute.org/blog/educat…
▶️ An Internet for Our Elders: dair-institute.org/blog/elders…
(continued)
Nobody Owns The Technofuture
The Distributed AI Research Institute is a space for independent, community-rooted AI research, free from Big Tech’s pervasive influence.www.dair-institute.org
▶️ Closure for Families of the Missing: dair-institute.org/blog/eritre…
▶️ Decentralized, Locally-Tailored Technology: dair-institute.org/blog/decent…
Closure for Families of the Missing
The Distributed AI Research Institute is a space for independent, community-rooted AI research, free from Big Tech’s pervasive influence.www.dair-institute.org
Sols 4416-4417: New Year, New Clouds - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Monday, Jan. 6, 2025 After our marathon holiday plan, we’re easing back into the new year with a standard two-sol plan.science.nasa.gov
Fascinating and disturbing. This interactive site really makes its point!
like this
Huh. 🤔
I wonder if the President-elect knows that the Gulf's “dead zone” (an area of low or no oxygen that kills marine life) is currently close to 7,000 square miles (over 4 million acres of habitat) potentially unavailable to fish and bottom species.
"Dead zone" doesn't really have a beautiful ring no matter which nation it's named for.
Nextcloud, this is kind of assholey. No, I don't "value low cost over root access to the machine." I value my time and my data. I don't have the knowledge to manage security threats to my own machine (therefore pretty much all of my family's data), opened to the Big Wide Internet, and I enjoy the fact that the environment (e.g., SQL+nginx etc.) is set up and managed by my host, so I don't have to become a sysadmin to have a low-budget, self-hosted dropbox.
*Edit*: Nextcloud has been great and also a huge hassle. Upgrading is always (ALWAYS) a multi-hour or multi-day process for me, and there are constant headaches with little things that don't work (e.g., authentication with my mobile sync app, for some reason). I'm already considering paying #proton for some stuff, so I think in about February, if I can't get my major NC hassles fixed, I'll just ditch it once and for all and use Proton Drive, which seems secure and easy to use, even though it's not #FOSS. I really don't have time to go get a second degree in systems administration right now.
#nothelpful #nextcloud #selfhosted
@nextcloud That's actually really nice to know. I thought that was Nextcloud's official position on helping anyone with shared-hosting installs. I appreciate this.
BTW I had to dig to find your comment because apparently... (see image)
Best of 2024: Reestablished NASA Art Program Begins with Mural in New York City - NASA
The New York-based artist team Geraluz, left, and WERC, right, pose in front of their mural “To the Moon, and Back” with their son Amaru, 5. The communityNASA
Thin Section of the Northwest Africa (NWA) 12774 Meteorite.
Solar Anamnesis, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via Flickr: flic.kr/p/2jF8qYx
NWA 12774 Meteorite Thin Section - Gigapixel
Angrite Cross Polarized Light Zoom: 4x/0.25 Objective Nikon Z6 LMScope Zerene Stacker GIMP Picture Window Pro Image Magick digiCamControl krpano Gigapixel Panorama Viewer Gigapan Gigapixel Panorama ViewerFlickr
Our article on SteamOS for more devices was updated, to note a small tweak Valve did to the announcement text: gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/valv…
Valve confirms a public beta of SteamOS is coming as 'SteamOS expands beyond Steam Deck'
With the announcement of the Lenovo Legion Go S as the first third-party SteamOS device, Valve have now officially announced that SteamOS Linux is expanding beyond the Steam Deck.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
NASA eClips Educator Receives 2024 VAST Science Educator Specialist Award - NASA Science
On November 14, 2024, NASA eClips team member, Betsy McAllister, was recognized with the prestigious Virginia Association of Science Teachers (VAST) Science Educator Specialist Award at the 2024 VAST Annual Professional Development Institute.science.nasa.gov
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🔭 Pentax M 50mm/1.7
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Threads prototypes custom display names and cover images for profiles | TechCrunch
Threads is developing new features that would bring its user experience more in line with that of X (formerly Twitter) and Bluesky.Aisha Malik (TechCrunch)
JAXA’s First Wooden Satellite Deploys from Space Station - NASA
In December 2024, five CubeSats deployed into Earth’s orbit from the International Space Station. Among them was LignoSat, a wooden satellite from JAXANASA
Valve confirms a public beta of SteamOS is coming as 'SteamOS expands beyond Steam Deck' gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/valv…
#SteamOS #Linux #Steam #Valve #PCGaming
Valve confirms a public beta of SteamOS is coming as 'SteamOS expands beyond Steam Deck'
With the announcement of the Lenovo Legion Go S as the first third-party SteamOS device, Valve have now officially announced that SteamOS Linux is expanding beyond the Steam Deck.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
"...hopefully one that's not locked to the Deck, so all SteamOS installs can make proper use of it (GeForce now app)."
Well it would be awesome if they just threw it on flathub and maintained it there
NASA to Explore Two Landing Options for Returning Samples from Mars - NASA
To maximize chances of successfully bringing the first Martian rock and sediment samples to Earth for the benefit of humanity, NASA announced Tuesday a newNASA
2023 Entrepreneurs Challenge Winner Skyline Nav AI: Revolutionizing GPS-Independent Navigation with Computer Vision - NASA Science
NASA sponsored Entrepreneurs Challenge events in 2020, 2021, and 2023 to identify innovative ideas and technologies from small business start-ups with the potential to advance the agency’s science goals.science.nasa.gov
NASA's AI Use Cases: Advancing Space Exploration with Responsibility - NASA
NASA's 2024 AI Use Case inventory highlights the agency’s commitment to integrating artificial intelligence in its space missions and operations. The agency’sKate Halloran (NASA)
Cosmic Librarian
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