Giving a glance at #linux Next ....

#linuxkernel #opensourcedevelopment #operatingsystem

Here is this week's #Linux & #OpenSource News video!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM7kafmrlm8

I think, it is high time for Lenovo to make X series Alumunium body.

I am sure, there is a "Stupid business decision" holding it back for no gain...

#laptop #computer #lenovo #linux

They are toe-to-toe with half eaten fruit company's INSANE pricing policy to...amazing.

But, every BAD thing has a silver lining, they allow to use Linux without much hassle, which other platform are prohibiting(their last few years' offering)....meh

Just moved to Fosstodon! #introduction

Dad and husband in #Pennsylvania. I teach #biochemistry, #molecularbiology, and #microbiology (and #humanities) in #highered.

Daily #Emacs user since the late 80s, #GNU #Linux on and off since the 90s. Strictly #FreeSoftware since 2010s. #Debian, #GrapheneOS, #OrgMode and #Emacs for teaching and research.

#Japanese #日本語, #francais, y #espanol roto. #DnD and #books. Love #camping #hiking #walking #cycling #coding #elisp

I hear this is a rite of passage. I made it 4 weeks before I rekt all my shit (it was nvidia related). Where do I claim my sticker?

In all seriousness, now that I understand better these commands that I’ve been haphazardly throwing around, Id like to do a clean install. God knows what else Ive done to it. Can i just reinstall to my root partition and have my home partition work as expected?

Well, a cup of hot coffee ☕ and Bob Dylan's number

🎶 Blowin In The Wind 🎶

#life #coffee #music #linux #research

.....and some rudimentary ritual ...

#linuxkernel #opensourcedevelopment #operatingsystem

Yocto, RockPi and SBOMs: Building modern embedded Linux images

Link: https://vpetersson.com/2025/02/21/yocto-rockpi-and-sboms.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43131902

#linux

I mean I feel stupid typing it now, but I’ve been using Windows since I was 5 years old, and Linux for about 30 days. It was not apparent to me that many of my folders were actually shortcuts to stuff in my user directory, and now that I know to look out for them the location of my applications make sooo much more sense. I just sorta jumped into linux and googled problems as they arose, but now I’m thinking I need to read a book on this or something lol

Well, a cup of hot coffee ☕ and some Blues 🎶🎶🎶🎶

#life #coffee #music #linux #research

......and some ordinary ritual ...

#linuxkernel #opensourcedevelopment #operatingsystem

Everything is a file in #linux
But what is a file?
protocol followed by url
For torrent its protocol://url+hash
In a repo dir its git://path
....
Wait wtf

This library contains a database of MIME types that maps filename extensions into MIME types suitable for use in many Internet protocols such as HTTP or e-mail. It is generated from the mime.types file found in Unix systems, but has no dependency on a filesystem since it includes the contents of the database as an ML datastructure.
#mirageos
https://github.com/mirage/ocaml-magic-mime

I mainly use trillium and want to import my notes. Unsure how to do it without windows. Even with windows the instructions seem unclear

Well, a cup of hot coffee ☕ and Mozart!

#life #coffee #music #linux #research

While sipping hot lemon tea 🍋🫖 and a quick glance .... #linux #kernel language breakdowns....

#linuxkernel #opensourcedevelopment #operatingsystem

Well, a cup of hot coffee ☕ and some Blues 🎶🎶🎶

#life #coffee #music #linux #research

....and some rudimentary ritual ....

#linuxkernel #opensourcedevelopment #operatingsystem

This will be used in CLI mode to do some tiny programming and text file note-taking. Having WiFi would be nice. The price has got to be CHEAP. ARM is ok.

Hi all. Today I was messing around with replacing icons in Debian 12 and I was having a heck of a time. I finally figured it out and wanted to share my solution. Below is a .sh script that will automate creating and replacing existing icons.

How it works

The script takes a path to an .svg file as an input argument. It then searches the /usr/share/icons/hicolor folder’s subdirectories for .pngs of a matching name, notes their resolutions, and utilizes InkScape to convert the .svg to .pngs and replace the icons.

To utilize, save the script below as an .sh file and provide it an input .svg as follows:

sudo ./icons.sh /home/USERNAME/icon.svg

Script

#!/bin/bash

# Ensure the script is run as root to modify files in /usr/share/icons/hicolor
if [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]; then
    echo "This script must be run with root privileges to access the icons folder."
    exit 1
fi

# Check if Inkscape is installed
if ! command -v inkscape &> /dev/null; then
    echo "Inkscape is not installed. Please install it and try again. (sudo apt install inkscape)"
    exit 1
fi

# Input SVG file filepath
INPUT_SVG="$1"
if [ -z "$INPUT_SVG" ]; then
    echo "Usage: $0 /path/to/input.svg"
    exit 1
fi

# Validate that the input SVG file exists
if [ ! -f "$INPUT_SVG" ]; then
    echo "Input SVG file does not exist."
    exit 1
fi

# Define the base directory where icons are located
BASE_DIR="/usr/share/icons/hicolor"

# Loop through all subdirectories (resolutions) in the /usr/share/icons/hicolor folder
for resolution_dir in "$BASE_DIR"/*x*; do
    # Check if this subdirectory is a valid resolution folder and contains an 'apps' folder
    if [ -d "$resolution_dir/apps" ]; then
        echo "Found apps folder in $resolution_dir"

        # Extract the resolution size
        resolution=$(basename "$resolution_dir")

        # Get the name of the input SVG file
        base_name=$(basename "$INPUT_SVG" .svg)

        # Define the target PNG file path in the current resolution folder
        target_png="$resolution_dir/apps/$base_name.png"

        # Check if a .png file already exists with the same name
        if [ -f "$target_png" ]; then
            echo "Found existing $target_png. Replacing it."
        else
            echo "No existing $target_png found. Creating a new one."
        fi

        # Use Inkscape to convert the SVG to PNG at the correct resolution
        inkscape "$INPUT_SVG" --export-type=png --export-filename="$target_png" --export-width="${resolution%x*}" --export-height="${resolution#*x}"

        # Confirm creation
        if [ -f "$target_png" ]; then
            echo "Successfully created $target_png"
        else
            echo "Failed to create $target_png"
        fi
    fi
done

echo "Icon update process complete!"

Context:

Reproducible builds ensure software can be rebuilt in an identical, bit-for-bit manner anywhere at any time using the same tools. This means that someone rebuilding the software from the same source code will get exactly the same results.

Why is this important? Because it’s a crucial aspect for supply-chain security.

Source: news.opensuse.org/…/rbos-project-hits-milestone/

Linux’s Sole Wireless/WiFi Driver Maintainer Is Stepping Down

Link: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Wireless-Maintainer-2025
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43088486

#linux