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Linux, free software, Android and homelab – by Christoph Langner since 2006

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A blog about Linux, free software and homelab, since 2006.

Servus, Christoph here.

Since 2006 I’ve been writing here about GNU/Linux, Android and my homelab, independently and without a paywall. When I miss a tool, these days I build it myself.

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AI Ban on r/opensource: Who Actually Reviews the Code?

r/opensource and r/fossdroid are locking out AI-assisted projects, while the Linux kernel is dropping its label for AI code. Language models are a huge opportunity for free software, but somebody still has to read the code in the end.

8 min read

New on the blog

  1. PlanetFOSS: Linux news that sorts itself
  2. Samba for Sonos S1: Allowing SMB1 without throwing your whole home network wide open
  3. Microsoft Defender for Linux desktops: Finally I can sleep at night again
  4. Wireless mouse lagging? How to fix USB 3.0 interference
  5. 30 Years of KDE: Plasma 6.8 Drops X11, Plus a Birthday Documentary
  6. GNOME Needs Volunteers for the Extensions Team: EGO Reviews Are Drowning in AI Submissions
  7. Gnomos: Control Sonos Speakers from the GNOME Desktop, Even Old Models
  8. MusicBrainz Picard 3.0: Qt6, a New Plugin System and a Setup Wizard
  9. scrcpy 5.0 mirrors Android with hardware decoding – now in Arch Linux

In brief

  1. DDNSS.de: Operator in Talks About a Takeover of the DynDNS Service
  2. Shotwell 0.33: Fast GNOME Photo Manager Finally Moves to GTK4
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Topics

The main topics with their latest articles.

Linux46

Homelab8

Raspberry Pi2

Android4

Workshop

Software and websites I build on the side.

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Readers

What people read and discuss. 2 comments since 2006.

Most read

  1. Adding Custom Locations to GNOME Weather
  2. Kate as a Markdown editor with live preview
  3. Tfm: A modern file manager for the terminal
  4. Spotify on GNOME: How to Fix the Blue Window Border
  5. Checking USB Sticks and SD Cards for Errors

Under discussion

  1. Markus Kiefer on PHP2Shell: How to check your … · 4 days ago

    That was incredibly helpful. Thank's a lot.

  2. Clark on Tfm: A modern file manager … · 7 days ago

    Appreciate the deep dive on my project, If you have free time, I'd be curious on …

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