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Waxing and Waning {NCC-1703}<p>Rumour has it (I was tasked with sourcing it) that my Birthday present will be a new-to-me ThinkPad with dedicated GPU. </p><p>So hit me with your gaming friendly workhorse Linux Distros. My kids swear by PopOS on their desktop gaming rigs, but I generally prefer to stay away from Ubuntu derivatives. <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/GamingOnLinix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GamingOnLinix</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/LinuxGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxGaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/DistroWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DistroWatch</span></a></p>
Verfassungklage@troet.cafe<p><a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/CachyOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CachyOS</span></a>: <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Arch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arch</span></a>- <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> für <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Einsteiger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Einsteiger</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Arch_Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arch_Linux</span></a> hat immer noch den Ruf, nur für <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Geeks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Geeks</span></a> und <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Nerds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nerds</span></a> geeignet zu sein. Das davon abgeleitete <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/CachyOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CachyOS</span></a> spricht nun auch Ein- und Umsteiger an. </p><p>Auf <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Distrowatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Distrowatch</span></a> gibt es einen neuen <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Shootingstar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shootingstar</span></a>: Das aus Deutschland stammende <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/CachyOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CachyOS</span></a> hat sich an die Spitze der beobachteten <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Linux_Distributionen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux_Distributionen</span></a> gesetzt und führt die Ranking-Liste der Seitenaufrufe an. Grund genug, das flexible Arch-Derivat einmal näher zu betrachten. </p><p><a href="https://www.golem.de/news/cachyos-arch-linux-fuer-einsteiger-2507-198421.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">golem.de/news/cachyos-arch-lin</span><span class="invisible">ux-fuer-einsteiger-2507-198421.html</span></a></p>
Ryan He<p>看了一下 <a href="https://mistyreverie.org/tags/Distrowatch" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Distrowatch</a> 的每日點擊排名,不明白為了 <a href="https://mistyreverie.org/tags/CachyOS" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CachyOS</a> 為什麼這麼熱門,雖然它是有一些獨有的特色,但我怎麼看它就是「另一個Arch Linux的分支」。</p>
hisold<p>Derivatives of <a href="https://toot.io/tags/archlinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archlinux</span></a> are very popular. 3 of the top 10 on <a href="https://toot.io/tags/distrowatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>distrowatch</span></a> are Arch based (which is meaningless anyways). The original Arch is on the 59th Place.</p><p>Are most of the "I use Arch btw" comments written by imposters?</p>
1hitsong<p>I have a <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a> update sitting there waiting for me to click Download &amp; Install.</p><p>I looked it up; it adds <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/recall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>recall</span></a> and <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/copilot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copilot</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> crap to the OS that I will NEVER want.</p><p>I said when I first got this machine that I would give Windows 11 a fair shake since it came preinstalled.</p><p>Needless to say, my visits to <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/DistroWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DistroWatch</span></a> have increased exponentially in the past few weeks.</p><p><a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a></p>
michabbb<p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/CachyOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CachyOS</span></a> takes <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/DistroWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DistroWatch</span></a> top spot with extreme performance optimizations 🚀🏆 Claims #1 ranking on <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/DistroWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DistroWatch</span></a> after rapid climb since 2024 debut ⚡ Ultra-fast package installation: <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Thunderbird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Thunderbird</span></a> in 1 second, <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Blender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blender</span></a> under 20 seconds</p><p>🧵 👇 <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/DevOps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DevOps</span></a></p>
dorkweb<p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CachyOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CachyOS</span></a> is at the top of <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DistroWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DistroWatch</span></a> and most the the Top 20 is falling</p>
Peter "Poly" Paterson<p>I listened to the full uncut version of <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/tuxjam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TuxJam</span></a> episode 121 "Kumander &amp; Keyboard".<br>A full 2 hours, 46 minutes, &amp; 59 seconds of my life.<br>Wonderful banter and discussion by @kevie , @mcnalu, @thelovebug, &amp; @mralc<br>They discussed recently released <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> distros from <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/distrowatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DistroWatch</span></a>, a discussion with Nik the author of <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/pachli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pachli</span></a>, and a review of the <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/refind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rEFInd</span></a> boot manager.<br>The episode contained excellent Creative Commons licensed independent music and permission given music tracks.<br><a href="https://tuxjam.otherside.network/tuxjam-122-refined-refind/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://tuxjam.otherside.network/tuxjam-122-refined-refind/</a><br>@tuxjam</p>
joostruis<p>We're excited to share that MocaccinoOS is now listed on <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@distrowatch" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>distrowatch</span></a></span>!</p><p>We're building an independent, immutable Linux distribution — no corporate backing, no upstream spin-off.<br>From the toolchain to the infrastructure, it’s all built and maintained by us. </p><p>Check it out and help spread the word!<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DistroWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DistroWatch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Immutable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Immutable</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Independent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Independent</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MocaccinoOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MocaccinoOS</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.mocaccino.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">mocaccino.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Radio Azureus<p>Last_OS_Linux, is a nice Linux distribution based on Linux Mint with Cinnamon DE &amp; has great Wine 🍷 all over it, which can run certain win64 programs out of the box</p><p>You should give it a try even if you already have a favorite distro already</p><p>The review is compliments of <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@distrowatch" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>distrowatch</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bash</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/csh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>csh</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ksh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ksh</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/distro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>distro</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GNU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GNU</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/distroWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>distroWatch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/install" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>install</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://distrowatch.com/weekly-mobile.php?issue=20250623#lastos" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">distrowatch.com/weekly-mobile.</span><span class="invisible">php?issue=20250623#lastos</span></a></p>
Lautaro :mastodon: :pixelfed:<p>Cuando entras a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Distrowatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Distrowatch</span></a> para ver si hay distros nuevas, y te encontrás con una que parece interesante hasta que entras a su página y te das cuenta que tiene el Google Chrome instalado y usa los formularios de esa empresa. Además me da a un poco turbia la página.</p>
UmWerker 🕊 ☮️ 🤘<p>Das ist blöd. Bei <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/distrowatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>distrowatch</span></a> funktioniert die Suche nicht mehr, weil dort offenbar die Technik ausgelagert wurde, worauf <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/uBlock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uBlock</span></a> und <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/uMatrix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uMatrix</span></a> jetzt mit sehr vielen roten Blockaden reagieren.</p><p>Schade, noch ein Langzeitbegleiter weniger. <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a></p>
Mauna Linux<p>Pessoal, o Mauna está oficialmente no Distrowatch!<br>...<br>Guys, Mauna is officially on Distrowatch!</p><p><a href="https://distrowatch.com/table-mobile.php?distribution=mauna" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">distrowatch.com/table-mobile.p</span><span class="invisible">hp?distribution=mauna</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mauna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mauna</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MaunaLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaunaLinux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Distrowatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Distrowatch</span></a></p>
Peter "Poly" Paterson<p>I listened to the full uncut version of <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/tuxjam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TuxJam</span></a> episode 121 "Kumander &amp; Keyboard".<br>A full 2 hours, 6 minutes, &amp; 27 seconds of my life.<br>Wonderful banter and discussion by <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/@kevie" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>kevie</span></a></span> , <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/@mcnalu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mcnalu</span></a></span>, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/@thelovebug" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>thelovebug</span></a></span>, &amp; <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/@mralc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mralc</span></a></span><br>They discussed recently released <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> distros from <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/distrowatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DistroWatch</span></a>, reviews of <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/kumander" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kumander</span></a> Linux and the <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/futo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FUTO</span></a> keyboard for Android.<br>The episode contained excellent Creative Commons licensed independent music and permission given music tracks.<br><a href="https://tuxjam.otherside.network/tuxjam-121-kumander-keyboard/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://tuxjam.otherside.network/tuxjam-121-kumander-keyboard/</a><br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://podcasts.social/@tuxjam" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tuxjam</span></a></span></p>
Nothing wrong; just a distraction 🇵🇸 ☮️<p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/DistroWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DistroWatch</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> Anyone have any thoughts about the release of Kicksecure?</p>
openSUSE Linux<p>Thinking about trying a rock-solid <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Linux</span></a> distro? 💻🌍 Check out what people are saying about <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/openSUSE" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>openSUSE</span></a> on <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/DistroWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DistroWatch</span></a>! From <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Leap" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Leap</span></a> to <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Tumbleweed" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Tumbleweed</span></a>, we’ve got speed, stability and style. Leave a review for those newcomers to the space. <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/EndOf10" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EndOf10</span></a>🔗 <a href="https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=opensuse" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">distrowatch.com/table.php?dist</span><span class="invisible">ribution=opensuse</span></a></p>
Thomas Traynor<p>Thirty years of using Linux and not turning back!</p><p>In 1995 I started my Linux journey with SUSE. I had an old Compaq SFF and Windows 95 crawled. There was a Linux magazine with a CD and decided to give it a try and was amazed at the difference is performance.</p><p>I did a backup of my files to a CD and installed it. Faster, no crashes and it just worked. It was a bit of a learning curve using the package manager and where all of the tools were.</p><p>Over the years I moved from SUSE to MANDRIVA to PCLINUX to ANTIX and now MX-Linux. About fifteen years ago my wife wanted to migrate and we went through the migration. She absolutely loves it as it just works and has never crashed on her. I set it up to be as much in look-and-feel to her Windows95 setup. I love it as she doesn't call 1-800-tom-help very often. Most of the times it is asking where a specific tool is and only once!</p><p>Over the decades we purchased only used machines. They worked and much more inexpensive than the latest and greatest shiny computers. Only two machines were new. One was from my prior work, they gave me a bonus and I broke down and bought a tower. The other was a gaming laptop. I do play some games, but I was doing a lot of photo editing of family documents along with a few family videos and needed a machine with enough to handle that.</p><p>The gaming laptop is now on the list to convert to Linux as MS is stopping support for Windows 10. The only thing from stopping me earlier was the tax software was windows only. They now have a web version so that limitation is now gone!</p><p>If you are thinking about migration to Linux check out DistroWatch as they have a great list of distros and you can search for what you are interested in. Create a bootable USB stick and give it a try before migrating.</p><p><a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/mxlinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mxlinux</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/linuxmigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linuxmigration</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/distrowatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>distrowatch</span></a></p><p><a href="https://distrowatch.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">distrowatch.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Alex Palombo 🇧🇷<p>Foi só o <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/pewdiepie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pewdiepie</span></a> mostrar que estava usando <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> , sendo mais preciso, que está usando o <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/linuxmint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linuxmint</span></a> que estourou a bolha e várias pessoas estão buscando conhecer o <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a>, pode ver pelo <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Mint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mint</span></a> alcançando ao top 1 do <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/distrowatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>distrowatch</span></a> (<a href="https://distrowatch.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">distrowatch.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>) <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a></p>
Linnadventure<p>I'm installing <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CachyOs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CachyOs</span></a> on my old <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/laptop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>laptop</span></a> for experiments because I noticed it was in second place on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DistroWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DistroWatch</span></a>. Let's see what it is; they promise a performance boost, and I'll test it on my 12-year-old laptop</p>
Wilfredo 💬<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.au/@Linux" class="u-url mention">@<span>Linux</span></a></span></p><p>According to <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/DistroWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DistroWatch</span></a> website, <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/LinuxMint" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LinuxMint</span></a> is a project based in 🇮🇪 <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ireland</span></a></p><p><a href="https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=mint" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">distrowatch.com/table.php?dist</span><span class="invisible">ribution=mint</span></a></p>