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knoppix<p>📊 Poll of the Day — Multi-choice! Restarted 🔁<br>You asked for it — now you can pick all the OSes you use daily! 💻📱</p><p>We know Mastodon leans techy... let’s see how that shows up in your OS mix 👀</p><p>Which OS(es), grouped for coverage, do you use daily?💻<br>Reply with why you use it too 👇</p><p>Vote + Boost 🔁 = ❤️</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/Arch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LinuxMint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxMint</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fedora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fedora</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Debian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ubuntu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ubuntu</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Desktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Desktop</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/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Security</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/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CyberSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CyberSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/iOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iOS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MacOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MacOS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OperatingSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OperatingSystem</span></a></p>
ArchiveOS<p>Space (lost in SPACE) – an OS with a protection as multiple layers, rather than the classic kernel-user scheme from the University of Santa Barbara. <a href="https://archiveos.org/space/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archiveos.org/space/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/operatingsystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>operatingsystem</span></a></p>
unixbhaskar<p>Hmm</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/storage" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>storage</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/operatingsystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>operatingsystem</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.thomas-krenn.com/en/wiki/Linux_Storage_Stack_Diagram" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thomas-krenn.com/en/wiki/Linux</span><span class="invisible">_Storage_Stack_Diagram</span></a></p>
unixbhaskar<p>Hmm</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/storage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>storage</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/operatingsystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>operatingsystem</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.thomas-krenn.com/en/wiki/Linux_Storage_Stack_Diagram" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thomas-krenn.com/en/wiki/Linux</span><span class="invisible">_Storage_Stack_Diagram</span></a></p>
unixbhaskar<p>Offloading stuff from the kernel .....initrd(compressed disk image, helps boot initially) is about to be removed.</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/linuxkernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>linuxkernel</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/opensourcedevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>opensourcedevelopment</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/operatingsystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>operatingsystem</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/Initrd-Linux-Try-Removing-2025" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">phoronix.com/news/Initrd-Linux</span><span class="invisible">-Try-Removing-2025</span></a></p>
unixbhaskar<p>Offloading stuff from the kernel .....initrd(compressed disk image, helps boot initially) is about to be removed.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linuxkernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linuxkernel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opensourcedevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensourcedevelopment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/operatingsystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>operatingsystem</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/Initrd-Linux-Try-Removing-2025" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">phoronix.com/news/Initrd-Linux</span><span class="invisible">-Try-Removing-2025</span></a></p>
The Tech Owl<p>I know that I've been throwing shade to their latest product, but I wish a happy <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/30thanniversary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>30thanniversary</span></a> to Microsoft's own <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/windows95" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>windows95</span></a>. This operating system was known for having networking features and being well optimized for performance. As a bonus, here's a tutorial video that they made, including the cast of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/friends" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>friends</span></a>!<br><a href="https://youtu.be/vLlWrt-zmTo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/vLlWrt-zmTo</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/operatingsystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>operatingsystem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>windows</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a></p>
Rad Web Hosting<p>CentOS Stream vs <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AlmaLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlmaLinux</span></a> vs Rocky Linux vs Oracle Linux for VPS Hosting This article provides a detailed comparison of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CentOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CentOS</span></a> Stream vs AlmaLinux vs Rocky Linux vs Oracle Linux for VPS Hosting. We aim to help users choose the best operating system to run on their VPS server.<br>CentOS Stream vs AlmaLinux vs Rocky Linux vs Oracle Linux for VPS Hosting<br>Choosing the ...<br>Continued 👉 <a href="https://blog.radwebhosting.com/centos-stream-vs-almalinux-vs-rocky-linux-vs-oracle-linux-for-vps-hosting/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon.social" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.radwebhosting.com/centos-</span><span class="invisible">stream-vs-almalinux-vs-rocky-linux-vs-oracle-linux-for-vps-hosting/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon.social</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/centosstream" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>centosstream</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rockylinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rockylinux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oraclelinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oraclelinux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/operatingsystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>operatingsystem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/centosstream" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>centosstream</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ostemplates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ostemplates</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vpsguide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vpsguide</span></a></p>
knoppix

📊 Poll of the Day — Multi-choice!
You asked for it — now you can pick all the OSes you use daily! 💻📱

We know Mastodon leans techy... let’s see how that shows up in your OS mix 👀

Which OS(es), grouped for coverage, do you use daily?💻
Feel free to reply with why you use it too 👇

Vote + Boost 🔁 = ❤️

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(more Linux and FOSS news in previous posts of thread)

Git 2.51 released with preparations for hash function change from SHA-1 to SHA-256 (for better prevention of hash collisions), cruft-free multi-pack indexes, new internal stash representation:
phoronix.com/news/Git-2.51-Rel

Proton Lumo 1.1 released with more effective project planning and code generation, better performance, public source code for both web client and mobile apps:
proton.me/blog/lumo-1-1

Podman 5.6 released with new Quadlet management commands, --swap option for `podman machine init` command, updated `podman kube play` command to enhance Kubernetes compatibility, etc.:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/8/

Ventoy 1.1.06 released with TrueNAS Scale support, boot issues fixes:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/8/

Illumos Cafe plans to revive interest in Illumos-based OSes like OpenIndiana, SmartOS, OmnisOS, and Tribblix:
phoronix.com/news/Illumos-Cafe
(The more choice, the better. They probably won't really be suitable as daily drivers anytime soon (not even BSDs are for the majority of people) but maybe will get there once.)

www.phoronix.comGit 2.51 Released With More Changes Preparing For Git 3.0Git 2.51 is out this Monday as the newest milestone for this widely-used, distributed version control system.
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