Browsed through #Amazon #Books yesterday to see what the current landscape of #Ubuntu books was. Sorting by publication date, I'm pretty sure most if not all of the new books were #AISlop. Digging into some of the "authors", this became even more obvious. OTOH, books by real authors (e.g. “mastering Ubuntu server”) have not been updated since 2022.
Let's support real tech publishers like @mwl https://nostarch.com but also more philosophical authors in our bubble like @pluralistic - otherwise the self-digesting heaps of silicone from moltbook will push us into intellectual slavery.

Full Circle Weekly News 451
https://fullcirclemagazine.org/podcasts/podcast-451/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/38SrqW9LwMewgRlmjJ8DaT?si=xqmyriClQ--mweFnNZaRlA

YouTube: https://youtu.be/CToOcJVDFRo

#ubuntu #linux #tech #news #podcast

Browsed through #Amazon #Books yesterday to see what the current landscape of #Ubuntu books was. Sorting by publication date, I'm pretty sure most if not all of the new books were #AISlop. Digging into some of the "authors", this became even more obvious. OTOH, books by real authors (e.g. “mastering Ubuntu server”) have not been updated since 2022.
Let's support real tech publishers like @mwl https://nostarch.com but also more philosophical authors in our bubble like @pluralistic - otherwise the self-digesting heaps of silicone from moltbook will push us into intellectual slavery.

Full Circle Weekly News 451
https://fullcirclemagazine.org/podcasts/podcast-451/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/38SrqW9LwMewgRlmjJ8DaT?si=xqmyriClQ--mweFnNZaRlA

YouTube: https://youtu.be/CToOcJVDFRo

#ubuntu #linux #tech #news #podcast

Mein "altes" Surface Pro 6 aus dem Jahr 2018 möchte ich gern mit Linux weiterbetreiben.

Das Linux-on-Surface-Projekt ist mir bereits bekannt.

Meine Frage:

Auf meinem ThinkPad läuft derzeit Linux Mint. Cinnamon finde ich aber nicht optimal auf Touchscreen-Bedienung ausgelegt. Welche Distro bzw. welcher Desktop ist in euren Augen gut für klassische Desktop-Arbeit *und* Touch geeignet?

Derzeit tendiere ich zu Ubuntu ...

#Linux #FOSS #Surface #Microsoft #Windows #DiDit #Ubuntu #LinuxMint

I managed to get the right deal and now have a new laptop. I have more or less been exclusively using Ubuntu for the past 12 years or so, but the whole Snap updating system really annoys me. I am considering a change. Years ago, I used Linux Mint (I still use Cinnamon on Ubuntu), but I was wondering how it is now? I remember switching to Ubuntu because of stability problems, but I assume this would be fixed. Anyone have recent experiences with Mint, or have other distro recommendations? I definitely want to move away from Snap.

#Linux #linuxmint #Ubuntu

On today's episode of Tom Is A Big Fat Geek Who Has Too Many Old Macs And A Bit Too Much Free Time On His Hands, I will be repurposing a 2010-era #MacMini with #Ubuntu #Budgie so it can run #Homebridge in place of the 2014-era Mac Mini that is currently running Homebridge under #macOS Monterey (which hasn't been supported in years).

But first: ☕️

On today's episode of Tom Is A Big Fat Geek Who Has Too Many Old Macs And A Bit Too Much Free Time On His Hands, I will be repurposing a 2010-era #MacMini with #Ubuntu #Budgie so it can run #Homebridge in place of the 2014-era Mac Mini that is currently running Homebridge under #macOS Monterey (which hasn't been supported in years).

But first: ☕️

ok that wasn't so bad, there's an issue here with yabridge:
https://github.com/robbert-vdh/yabridge/issues/409

I downloaded the fixed version and ran yabridgectl sync and it was all ok. YMMV

$ wine --version
wine-10.0 (Ubuntu 10.0~repack-11)

#yabridge #linuxaudio #ubuntu #wine10

Hello à la comu #linux c’est quel système d’exploitation le plus adapté à du #gaming et #blender , accessible pour ado de 17 ans habitué à Microsoft? #linuxmint #debian #ubuntu ? Merci ☺️

Hello à la comu #linux c’est quel système d’exploitation le plus adapté à du #gaming et #blender , accessible pour ado de 17 ans habitué à Microsoft? #linuxmint #debian #ubuntu ? Merci ☺️

2026: after having the family chat group migrate from WhatsApp to Signal, I just installed Linux on the last computer of the house with a proprietary OS.

Looks like a good year start on the open-source-karma side of things. I'll take it! \o/

#opensource #ubuntu #signal #macbook #whatsapp

2026: after having the family chat group migrate from WhatsApp to Signal, I just installed Linux on the last computer of the house with a proprietary OS.

Looks like a good year start on the open-source-karma side of things. I'll take it! \o/

#opensource #ubuntu #signal #macbook #whatsapp

Meet ✨️ Questing Quokka ✨️ the pen and paper roleplaying game master (& friends)! Inspired by the #ubuntu release name 25.10! Created with #Krita and #Blender within 93 days.

#art #mastoart #fediart #RPG #fantasy #quokka #wallpaper #digitalart #linux #magic #nature #adventure #books #games #gaming #cute #animals #travel

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/ubuntu-24-04-4-lts-hwe-update-kernel-mesa #Kernel 6.17 coming to #Ubuntu 24.04.4

How to Install Pleroma on Ubuntu VPS (5 Minute Quick-Start Guide) #activitypub #fediverse #letsencrypt #nginx #pleroma #postgresql #selfhosting #selfhosted #ubuntu #vps #Cloud #Guides #VPS

How to Install Pleroma on Ubun...

How to Install Pleroma on Ubuntu VPS (5 Minute Quick-Start Guide) #activitypub #fediverse #letsencrypt #nginx #pleroma #postgresql #selfhosting #selfhosted #ubuntu #vps #Cloud #Guides #VPS

How to Install Pleroma on Ubun...