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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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WebKitGTK 2.54: Tiny Star, Massive Memory Leak

While working on PlanetFOSS, I ran into a massive memory leak in WebKitGTK 2.54: a harmless frosted-glass effect via backdrop-filter pushes GNOME Web to as much as 9.8 GB. Firefox and Chrome don't even flinch at the same page.

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New on the blog

  1. Samba for Sonos S1: Allowing SMB1 without throwing your whole home network wide open
  2. Microsoft Defender for Linux desktops: Finally I can sleep at night again
  3. Wireless mouse lagging? How to fix USB 3.0 interference
  4. 30 Years of KDE: Plasma 6.8 Drops X11, Plus a Birthday Documentary
  5. GNOME Needs Volunteers for the Extensions Team: EGO Reviews Are Drowning in AI Submissions
  6. Gnomos: Control Sonos Speakers from the GNOME Desktop, Even Old Models
  7. MusicBrainz Picard 3.0: Qt6, a New Plugin System and a Setup Wizard
  8. scrcpy 5.0 mirrors Android with hardware decoding – now in Arch Linux
  9. Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0 on Linux: Installing, Root Privileges, CLI and Tips

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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Raspberry Pi2

Android4

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Software and websites I build on the side.

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Readers

What people read and discuss. 2 comments since 2006.

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  1. Adding Custom Locations to GNOME Weather
  2. Tfm: A modern file manager for the terminal
  3. Kate as a Markdown editor with live preview
  4. Termsonic: A Subsonic Client for the Terminal
  5. Spotify on GNOME: How to Fix the Blue Window Border

Under discussion

  1. Markus Kiefer on PHP2Shell: How to check your … · 3 days ago

    That was incredibly helpful. Thank's a lot.

  2. Clark on Tfm: A modern file manager … · 5 days ago

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

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