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linux, devops, automation, scripts, sysadmin, servers and anything in between
🇷🇴 living in 🇳🇱
we need to riot to bring transparent devices back
December 27, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Continuing to think about FOSS projects that I like and make life easier. FZF is the core of many bash scripts and an absolutely amazing tool.
You can even make a "UI" for pacman with it!
wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman...

github.com/sponsors/jun...

Here you can donate to the developer.
Sponsor @junegunn on GitHub Sponsors
I develop and maintain open-source projects that boost developer productivity. You may know me from [fzf](https://github.com/junegunn/fzf) and [vim-plug](https://github.com/junegunn/vim-plug).
github.com
December 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
this is amazing!
I have tried using pure are on a server and what broke it was an update where mkinitcpio or dkms failed to rebuild something after a kernel update.

there may be potential for some improvements there? maybe upstream arch can also benefit from these? future is exciting
December 26, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Hope everyone has at least somewhat decent holidays!

I also recommend going to the nearest east-european oriented restaurant and asking for 🇷🇴 sarmale (cabbage rolls). It has been a tough year, you deserve this experience. has to be cabbage leafs, anything else might ruin the experience.
December 25, 2025 at 9:58 PM
damn, the arch infra is down again, probably same type of attacks like last time. people doing this probably just need a friend or some shit.
December 25, 2025 at 11:30 AM
one thing I noticed on KDE and 99% sure gnome is either the DE or the lockscreen make you wait after inputting a wrong password.

Unlocking is instant, if you mess something up, you have to wait. Maybe our lord and savior github.com/KDE/plasma-l... will uhhh.... save us from this.
pls be good
GitHub - KDE/plasma-login-manager: Plasma Login Manager
Plasma Login Manager. Contribute to KDE/plasma-login-manager development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
command I was using to reset winget can sometimes hang so the actual solution seems to be kill winget, reset winget, sleep 5 seconds, run any winget command with accept agreements and disable interactivity flags.

crazy.
all of this would've taken 10 minutes on linux.
resetting winget to refresh its internal db also causes the winget.exe to briefly disappear so if you have don't wait a bit after, your shit will break with "winget is not a command" and i dunno man like...

can we please start acting like a funny-number-money company pls?
managed to do it today. problem was winget was not properly updating its internal sqlite db file 🙂
December 19, 2025 at 11:49 AM
resetting winget to refresh its internal db also causes the winget.exe to briefly disappear so if you have don't wait a bit after, your shit will break with "winget is not a command" and i dunno man like...

can we please start acting like a funny-number-money company pls?
managed to do it today. problem was winget was not properly updating its internal sqlite db file 🙂
today's conclusion is that winget (also) blows, or the devs, but i think it is both unfortunately.
ms has had complete monopoly over desktop PCs for the past 45 years but the second you want to automate any kind of software deployment, good luck.
December 19, 2025 at 9:43 AM
managed to do it today. problem was winget was not properly updating its internal sqlite db file 🙂
today's conclusion is that winget (also) blows, or the devs, but i think it is both unfortunately.
ms has had complete monopoly over desktop PCs for the past 45 years but the second you want to automate any kind of software deployment, good luck.
December 18, 2025 at 9:09 PM
today's conclusion is that winget (also) blows, or the devs, but i think it is both unfortunately.
ms has had complete monopoly over desktop PCs for the past 45 years but the second you want to automate any kind of software deployment, good luck.
December 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
just had to use the Google TV app to paste something into a field on my TV and it has been one of the most blood-boiling experience ever. I refuse to believe any of the google execs actually uses their own products.
December 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Winget is fucking wild bro. The m$ store itself sucks ass cause it is a m$ product, then you have winget.run and winstall.app that appear to just index the ms store but then have conflicting data between them. Software management on Windows just blows.
December 16, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Bro that doggie has a helmet
December 16, 2025 at 7:49 AM
damn, my lungs are probably all gold by now
🔬⚗️👩‍🔬

Science just found rare, medicinal compounds in cannabis.
Most cannabis growers discard the plant’s leaves after harvest but new research suggests they might be throwing away chemical gold that might hold powerful therapeutic potential.

www.cannabissciencetech.com/view/phenoli...
Phenolic Analysis of Cannabis Reveals Rare Flavoalkaloids in Leaves | Cannabis Science and Technology - Cannabis Industry News, Insights
Using an optimized analytical method for this research, the phenolics of cannabis were tested resulting in new findings.
www.cannabissciencetech.com
December 14, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I know cosmic 1 just released, but last time I tried it it messed up some stuff with dolphin and firefox of all things, and in the meantime I just accepted I am 100% a KDE person and will more than likely never change. I have even removed all others! Even the KDE X session. Exciting times!
December 12, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Supergiant were like "Olympus I accept this message" and they got Darren. Absolute legend.
📽️WATCH: Hades II is nominated for Best Music at The Game Awards, thanks to pieces like Mountain of the Gods.🎼

Composer @darrenkorb.bsky.social teamed with @awintory.bsky.social and a huge orchestra at world-famous Abbey Road Studios to create this majestic sound!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZYW...
Hades II - Mountain of the Gods (Music Video)
YouTube video by Supergiant Games
www.youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:11 AM
hello! company sysadmin here. please do not recommend people install shady scripts from random people on the internet on their work devices, thank you.

people please, spare your colleagues and do not run random scripts from random people on your work devices.
"RemoveWindowsAI" is a script created by zoicware, available on GitHub, that does exactly what it says: it remove every AI feature in Windows 11. Do what you wish to do with this information. I'm sharing this because some folks are forced to use Win11 at work or other places for any reasons.
December 10, 2025 at 9:59 AM
btw, making rhel installs kickstart themselves with custom setups and post-scripts and blah blah, that shit can be considered Infrastructure as Code right? if I go to an interview and the person asks can I be like "hmnn, yes, quite 🧐"
one thing that really irks me in the RHEL ecosystem is the fact that neither "htop" not "ncdu" are in the 2 base repos. these two tools should be installed by default on all systems in the year 2025.
December 8, 2025 at 12:30 PM
one thing that really irks me in the RHEL ecosystem is the fact that neither "htop" not "ncdu" are in the 2 base repos. these two tools should be installed by default on all systems in the year 2025.
December 8, 2025 at 11:16 AM
the thing that had me creating a windows vm?
play a game? nah
edit a video? nah
some office stuff? nah

wanted to customize my @steelseries.com mouse. managed to do it tho.
maybe some day...
December 2, 2025 at 11:29 PM
really curious to see @kde.org numbers this year since the adoption of the new version increased this year a lot, and good luck! very happy user here, valve's involvement is important, good things are ahead! www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-Pb...
Donate To An Open Source Project This Holiday Season
YouTube video by Brodie Robertson
www.youtube.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I feel like I should not be allowed to import a gpg key when running dnf versionlock list without sudo.
November 29, 2025 at 2:39 PM
have done a few rhel upgrades at work, from 7 to 8 then from 8 to 9 and one thing that has been constant is me fixing repos after the upgrade and them breaking later when an update appears. that is very not hehe 😥
November 29, 2025 at 1:56 PM
today the AI autocomplete from copilot deleted an important parameter of a command and i am just tired bro
November 28, 2025 at 6:09 PM
it would seem docker changed something dns related in 29.1.0 that made my shit burn up this morning?
November 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM