Unix recap for week 50/2024

From 9/12/2024 to 15/12/2024

Articles #

• Why am I writing a Rust compiler in C? 561 comments in 6 discussions

• itch.io has been taken down by Funko Pop because they use some trash "AI Powered" Brand Protection Software 557 comments in 3 discussions

• Making memcpy(NULL, NULL, 0) well-defined 288 comments in 3 discussions

• NonStop discussion around adding Rust to Git [LWN.net] 276 comments in 4 discussions

• Rancher Desktop by SUSE (Open source alternative to Docker Desktop) 238 comments in 4 discussions

• "Rules" that terminal programs follow 223 comments in 3 discussions

• Lenovo might soon announce a SteamOS handheld 165 comments in 2 discussions

• Compromising OpenWrt Supply Chain via Truncated SHA-256 Collision and Command Injection 140 comments in 4 discussions

• Silicon Valley Tea Party a.k.a. the great 1998 Linux revolt take II 136 comments in 1 discussion

• HiFive Premier P550 Development Boards with Ubuntu Now Available 103 comments in 3 discussions

• Proton 9.0-4 is out now bringing big compatibility improvements for Steam Deck / Linux 98 comments in 2 discussions

• Debian install stuck on "Welcome to GRUB!" 87 comments in 7 discussions

• KDE Plasma 6.3 Delivers Much Better Fractional Scaling, Clipboard Using SQLite 81 comments in 1 discussion

• Ptyxis Becomes Ubuntu's Recommended Replacement to Gnome Terminal 72 comments in 1 discussion

• XFCE 4.20 Released with Experimental Wayland Support 71 comments in 4 discussions

Releases #

• The Shepherd 1.0.0 released: the init system written in Scheme 110 comments in 4 discussions

• Transmission 4.1.0-beta.1 has been released with major code changes and is looking for new C++ contributors 63 comments in 1 discussion

Projects #

• Fedora update addiction 83 comments in 2 discussions

• television: now supports user-defined cable channels 47 comments in 5 discussions

• Looking for a ShadowPlay Replacement 24 comments in 1 discussion

• Faugus Launcher now has a new UI option bois! I hope you like it :) 22 comments in 2 discussions

• gtk3-classic: Patches to bring back a traditional experience for GTK+3 17 comments in 1 discussion

• Open source implementation of classic Windows Minesweeper 17 comments in 1 discussion

• Introducing BootSelector, GUI utility to set grub default boot entry 13 comments in 1 discussion

• BlueTui - TUI for managing bluetooth on Linux. 13 comments in 3 discussions

• Setting up SSO with Microsoft Entra ID on Debian servers 5 comments in 1 discussion

• SonneWebApp, an app that transform web site into app 3 comments in 1 discussion

Videos #

• Pat Gelsinger and Linus Torvalds talk Linux, open source, technology and more [video] 44 comments in 4 discussions

• Frame drops and low GPU Utilization SPECIFICALLY when panning camera in games 25 comments in 1 discussion

• The best Linux Distro for your First Gaming PC | CachyOS | Test 18 comments in 1 discussion

• RX 480 Linux Benchmarks 12 comments in 1 discussion

• RPCS3 now running on arm64 Linux with Raspberry Pi 5 11 comments in 1 discussion

• Space Marine 2 Arch Optimization Counter-intuitive to Youtube recommendations 6 comments in 1 discussion

• I just showed my Linux Command Line Game at a Convention for the First Time. Here's How It Went. 4 comments in 2 discussions