Unix recap for week 18/2025

From 28/4/2025 to 4/5/2025

Articles #

• Redis is Open Source again 1075 comments in 5 discussions

• The Quest for Netflix on Asahi Linux (2023) 380 comments in 4 discussions

• Germany committing to ODF and open document standards (switching by 2027) 258 comments in 4 discussions

• I used to think the Arch community on here was toxic ! RTFM 246 comments in 19 discussions

• There's a campaign to upcycle old Windows 10 computers to linux since Microsoft is ending support in October 232 comments in 2 discussions

• Proton 10 Beta was released! 212 comments in 1 discussion

• Firefox 138.0 Released 187 comments in 2 discussions

• Why Flatpak apps use so much disk space on Linux 138 comments in 1 discussion

• [Baldur's Gate 3] Low fps, low cpu and gpu usage on Arch 122 comments in 9 discussions

• Path Isn't Real on Linux 108 comments in 1 discussion

• Ubuntu 25.04 Plucky Puffin 83 comments in 2 discussions

• Linux Kernel Exploitation: CVE-2025-21756 80 comments in 1 discussion

• We get our data from here :( 75 comments in 2 discussions

• Dropbox will require App Indicator support on Linux 69 comments in 1 discussion

• [RUMOUR] Valve accidentally pushed a SteamVR beta tonight It confirmed that SteamVR Link streaming from Linux PCs is coming soon™️. 13,824 lines of driver code 61 comments in 1 discussion

Releases #

• OpenBSD 7.7 42 comments in 3 discussions

Projects #

• Gorgeous-GRUB: collection of decent community-made GRUB themes 185 comments in 5 discussions

• Making the switch from Windows 11 to Linux 79 comments in 4 discussions

• Linux in Excel 72 comments in 2 discussions

• Bring back FPU emulation for i486SX CPU on NetBSD 46 comments in 3 discussions

• Easy Wi-Fi control from terminal for Linux 30 comments in 3 discussions

• My approach to building portable Linux binaries (without Docker or static linking) 15 comments in 1 discussion

• EZ-Monitor - An SSH based Linux monitoring tool 11 comments in 2 discussions

• 26 lines of Bash to edit notes with server syncing and encryption 11 comments in 1 discussion

• Any way to get mouse battery level (Logi MX Master 3S) 11 comments in 1 discussion

• Mount any linux filesystem on a Mac 9 comments in 2 discussions

Videos #

• PewDiePie - I installed Linux (so should you) 240 comments in 5 discussions

• The one thing I really miss on Linux - Search for all tools in the application menus 46 comments in 1 discussion

• Fedora 42 System Audit 2025 21 comments in 1 discussion

• Free RHCSA Exam Prep Playlist – Covers All Objectives + Real-World Linux Skills 18 comments in 2 discussions

• Linux vs Windows Benchmark World of Tanks 10 comments in 2 discussions

• I've created a video tutorial for anyone encountering issues with the BattleNet launcher on linux recently 8 comments in 1 discussion

• In way over my head, ./systemd/src/boot/boot.c:2556@image_start: Error preparing initrd: Not found 7 comments in 1 discussion