Whether we need a properly open source ChromeOS alternative (or maybe we already have loads of them), what to do about bogus AI vulnerability reports, PuTTY’s confusing website confusion, a cool new game, a quick KDE Korner, and more.

https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-345/

My personal #Linux saga: The fail whale continues.

After getting all excited about #Fedora 42 #KDE, finding that the Nouveau driver locks up every few minutes, installing the Nvidia proprietary drivers via rpmforge as everyone suggested...

It worked great! For a few weeks, and then last week, probably after an update (I update regularly for security, RIGHT? :)

Now, my system only ever boots into 800x600 resolution which is, needless to say, unusable.

I checked the Nvidia driver which claims it's installed. System still detects the nvidia card.

Thoughts for things to try? I'm open to anything :)

(Worst case I can drop back to Ubuntu, which I know is supported on this hardware, but I really wanted a KDE distro and I didn't have much luck with Kubuntu when last I tried)

Where can I get an offline dataset of MAME ROMs? I need to know which release of MAME supports what game along with ROM names and ROM hashes.

I'm trying to build a custom tool using just standard Linux tools. #MAME #retrocomputing #linux

It was written in the scrolls. The day prophezised for hundreds of years: the year of the linux desktop.

Steam data reveals PC gamers shifting from Windows to Linux https://www.tweaktown.com/news/106795/steam-data-reveals-pc-gamers-shifting-from-windows-to-linux/index.html

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"The Distrochooser helps you to find the suitable Linux distribution based on your needs!"

Fakt:

Windows 11 ist eine Spionageplattform – selbst bei deaktivierten "Diagnosedaten"!

Beweise:

1.Tastatur- & Maus-Protokollierung (Microsoft Patent WO2023038762) – zeichnet alle Eingaben auf
2. Emotion-Erkennung via Webcam (Support-Dokument KB5025305) – analysiert Mimik in Echtzeit
3. KI-Modell "Recall"(Build 24H2) – macht Screenshots ALLER Aktivitäten alle 5 Sekunden
4. Mandatory Internetverbindung– überträgt Daten auch bei "Offline-Installation" (TheVerge-Test 2023)

Was gesammelt wird:

- Jede geklickte Datei (inkl. lokaler Dokumente)
- Jede Webseite (auch im "Privatmodus")
- Hardware-IDs aller angeschlossenen Geräte

PS: Selbst nach Deinstallation bleiben 73% der Tracking-Dienste aktiv (Heise-Report 12/2023).

Quellen:

- Microsoft-Patente WO2023038762 & US20240028748
- Windows-Build 24H2 Developer Notes
- TheVerge: "Windows 11 Forced Data Transfers" (2023)

It's somewhat disappointing that #Linux can power a Mars Rover, but getting it to suspend properly on my laptop is impossible.

Newelle is a desktop AI assistant for Linux, providing a native GTK front-end to cloud and local LLMs. It features voice chat, long-term memory and extensions.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/newelle-ai-assistant-ubuntu-linux-desktop?v1

Arch Installer just leveled up. 

https://news.itsfoss.com/arch-installer-3-0-9/

#Funfact: Rramdisk.sys with it's 32MB limit was even in #WindowsXP...

But #Linux distros do #Ramdisk|s way better.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NqOjthNlJo

**Fakt 1:**

Jedes MacBook mit T2/M1/M2-Chip protokolliert permanent deine Tastenanschläge. Apples eigene Dokumente bestätigen: Diese Logs bleiben mindestens 90 Tage gespeichert (Apple Platform Security Guide 2023, Seite 112).

**Fakt 2:**

Der TrueDepth-Sensor (Face ID) scannt dein Gesicht bis zu 6x pro Sekunde – auch wenn du es nicht aktiv nutzt (Patent US20230162412A1). Diese Daten werden zur "Verbesserung der KI" an Apple gesendet.

**Fakt 3:**

Selbst bei deaktiviertem WLAN kann dein MacBook über Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) deinen Standort tracken. Forensische Untersuchungen zeigen: Diese Daten werden mit anderen Apple-Geräten in der Umgebung geteilt (Europol Digital Forensics Report 2022).

**Fakt 4**

Der M1/M2-Chip überträgt Metadaten über jede App-Nutzung an Apple – selbst Offline-Programme. Dies wurde durch Reverse-Engineering des Apple Neural Engine Code nachgewiesen (Github-Projekt "M1PrivacyScan").

Release Notes for Debian 13 (trixie)

It's wild.

I never did a dual-boot on my gaming laptop because on my old PC it was buggy as heck.

On my new Acer, I did a dual-boot to test it out, since that would be the easiest way to load Linux.

And it's been almost a week and it's running flawlessly.

WTH.

5 days until Debian 13.

I put Testing (which was really Trixie at that point) on my laptop for all of an hour a few weeks ago, and I wants it.

Ever wondered which SSH keys are lurking on your servers?

Just published a comprehensive Ansible playbook in my gists that audits your entire infrastructure for SSH keys and finds dangerous unprotected private keys!

- Detects unprotected private keys
- Lists all Pubkeys for root and users
- Comprehensive reporting (TXT + CSV)

https://codeberg.org/Larvitz/gists/src/branch/main/2025/20250804-SSHKeyAuditPlaybook.md

Chrome's Ozone backend will auto-detect Wayland on Linux from v140 to run natively. This should fix issues with blurry text and UI elements when fractional scaling is active.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/chrome-140-wayland-auto-detection-linux?v1

Darby Johnston will be showcasing Kdenlive's OpenTimelineIO support at the Academy Software Foundation's Open Source Days. Check it out live tomorrow, 5th of August at 9PM UTC.

https://osd2025vth.sched.com/event/27ctc

#aswf #linuxfoundation #opensourcedays #linux #floss #vfx #otio #opentimelineio #kde #videoediting #kdenlive

@kde

Any #Linux use use a #graphics #tablet (non-screen) for drawing or taking notes? What ones have you found that work well for you?