October 2026 3 posts
Ghostty 1.4: Leaner Linux terminal with drag-and-drop splits
Ghostty 1.4 compresses its scrollback and saves up to 90 percent memory. On Linux, text looks sharper, and you can now move splits with the mouse.
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 …
Samba for Sonos S1: Allowing SMB1 without throwing your whole home network wide open
Older Sonos speakers only play your music collection over SMB1 and NTLMv1. A dedicated user, a read-only share, and a few lines in smb.conf keep the speakers playing without leaving …
August 2026 1 post
Mounting Network Shares Automatically: What Can Go Wrong with the NetworkManager Dispatcher
All my mount script was supposed to do was one thing: mount the Samba share when I'm at home. In the end it broke shutdown, resume and standby for me, …
November 2025 1 post
Spotify on GNOME: How to Fix the Blue Window Border
A blue frame around Spotify on GNOME ruins the look, even though everything still works as it should. On Arch Linux, the fix is easy: either go through Flatpak or …
