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DietPi released a new version v10.7
DietPi is a lightweight Debian based Linux distribution for SBCs and server systems, with the option to install desktop environments, too. It ships as minimal image but allows to install complete and ready-to-use software stacks with a set of console based shell dialogs and scripts.The source code is hosted on GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi The main website can be found at: https://dietpi.com/ Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki&
Show HN: I Built a CLI for Proton Mail, Drive, Calendar, Pass and Contacts
I made a command line tool for Proton. It covers Mail, Drive, Calendar, Pass and Contacts. It is one static binary for Linux, macOS and Windows.Proton doesn't have a CLI for all their web interfaces. There is one for Drive and one for Pass, but the other ones are not really there. There's no Mail CLI, Contacts or other CLIs. I wanted to have everything in one.It does logins the way the Proton apps do, with SRP. It decrypts and encrypts on your machine with Proton's own Go librarie
Show HN: Simpleboot and Easyboot
These are FLOSS boot loaders and disk utilities which follow the suckless philosophy (https://suckless.org/philosophy/). Despite being totally dependency-free, they come with a fully featured single command to create bootable disk images out of a directory (utility is available on Windows, Linux and other POSIX systems). Usage is as simple as it gets.There are two repositories, depending on the desired use case:Simpleboot is the little brother, an embeddable boot loader: http
Show HN: I made a tiny MoE/Engram viz tool
As part of a ML study group I've been building tools to experiment with ML concepts. I use AI Coding agents to develop software, mostly cloud-based but I keep trying local LLMs on 12G, 16G, and 24G VRAM GPUs. Freetoken has made it possible to run larger MoE models on smaller GPUs.This inspired me to use my ML tools to build a tiny MoE model from scratch so I can experiment with different agent optimizations and things like Engram, recursive models, hierarchical modeles, KV Cache compressi
Show HN: Below the Root (1984 game) ported to JavaScript
As a kid, I loved this relatively unknown game, Below the Root. The world-building of the original trilogy of novels from the 1970s, is lovingly carried through into this side-scrolling "platform-adventure".You can play the IBM PC port of this game online fairly easily, but the quality of the C64 version is much better (non-dithered graphics, better colors, polyphonic sound). However I found there was a lot of friction to just play the C64 version. So back in 2013, I tried restoring
4 Linux distros I'd trust with my gaming PC before SteamOS
Bazzite is one of the most-recommended Linux distros for gaming, and it's what I'd point to if someone wanted the SteamOS ...
Linux Mint unveils Clockenstein and Xepub native apps
Scheduled for a Christmas rollout, Linux Mint 23 brings independent daemons for remote sync, custom sidebar grouping for ...
I moved away from Windows 11, but I didn't go to Linux
In recent months, I've talked a whole lot about moving away from Windows 11 and how much I prefer Linux. And yes, I've used ...
Linux 7.3 Hardware Support Adds Apple M3 and AMD GPUs
Linux 7.3 upgrades kernel performance with a massive 3-5x speed boost for ButterFS. Read our review of the new hardware and ...
PC gaming’s anti-cheat problem is getting ridiculous and Linux players are paying the price
Collateral damage.
The future of TAMS - our research project's next chapter with the Linux Foundation
What began as a BBC R&D exploration into cloud-fit production has grown into an industry-wide initiative. The TAMS specification is becoming a Linux Foundation Community Project, continuing to enable open, interoperable, software-defined media workflows.
A Void Linux maintainer orphaned over 100 packages because of an AI usage ban
People are beginning to take sides.
Where Was Linux Written?
NERD TRIVIA: In which country was Linux written?
Can Omarchy Really Bring More People to Linux?
tony-btw and @DistroTube discuss why more attention on Linux can be valuable while questioning whether Omarchy is the right ...
Omarchy Linux Review: Hyprland, Arch & AI Agents Built In
Meet Omarchy, an opinionated Arch-based Linux distro designed for developers and power users who want a polished Hyprland ...
Show HN: Toolcraft – open-source AI harness and starter for building design apps
MIT-licensed, 100% free starter kit, UI library, and AI harness for building your own design apps. Works with Codex, Claude, Cursor, or any other agents.I’ve always been passionate about pushing the boundaries of design software, spending years with tools like Figma, Blender, After Effects, Photoshop, and Illustrator. But some design tasks need different software — tailored exactly to your needs and creative vision. Apps that aren’t vendor-locked. Apps you can freely modify to make your workflow
Show HN: Mutt-like mail client with terminal HTML+img, MCP, CRM & scheduled mail
For the past few weeks I've been working on my mail client which is behaviorally based on neomutt, but it has a unified inbox/archive/etc. which is based on a notmuch backend. neomutt was a big pain for me to use with tag based email handling, and it's really hard to get it setup and working mail moving, when using a tag based workflow. I still found a bug in maildir flag handling by two days ago, so it turns out I underestimated all the corner cases that exist, but it should
Show HN: Hopera, a free musical soothing rhythmic game
I built this small musical game in Lua, with the LÖVE 2d engine. I initially tried building it in Unity but it was more complicated than expected. I use LÖVE because it allowed to draw every pixel as I wanted. It's free to play on iOS, Android, and even the web.
Show HN: Caffenol, a darkroom simulation photo editing toy
Caffenol is a darkroom toy, built on film development and darkroom craft. You load a photo and develop it into a negative in a simulated tank. Then you print that negative under a timed enlarger exposure. You shape the light by hand with cut cards that you wave over the paper.Under the hood, it's a WebGPU-powered film and paper sim, with chaos from each run producing a unique, organic result. It's built to encourage experimentation and there are few guardrails.I built this because dark