Big fat snowflakes outside. Inside its a mug of hot chocolate and a manual, minimal install of Arch Linux. Its been a few years since the last install. Too long! ❄️ 
Big fat snowflakes outside. Inside its a mug of hot chocolate and a manual, minimal install of Arch Linux. Its been a few years since the last install. Too long! ❄️
A Year of Work on the Arch Linux Package Management (ALPM) Project
https://devblog.archlinux.page/2026/a-year-of-work-on-the-alpm-project/
#HackerNews #ArchLinux #ALPM #PackageManagement #OpenSource #Development #TechNews
PSA: Do not install the ktextaddons 1.9.0 update on #Archlinux if you use KMail & friends, everything will crash because of undefined symbols. I've pinged the Arch maintainer in Matrix/IRC so i expect a quick solution :)
Why rent computers when you can build the cloud at home? Say no to big tech and seize the means of computing the future :3
#SelfHosting #HomeLab #Linux #ArchLinux #Proxmox #SysAdmin #OpenSource #FOSS #Jellyfin #FishShell #Tech
Dropping anchor at cyberplace.social.
Migrating my digital footprint to bare metal. Currently hosting my node on a Raspberry Pi, punching through with a Cloudflare Tunnel, and managing the chaos via tut and elk.zone on Arch.
Here for the infosec deep-dives, hardware gore, and the tech anarchy. Ready to build bridges, not walled gardens.
#Introduction #CyberSecurity #Infosec #SelfHosted #ArchLinux #GoToSocial #RaspberryPi
Why rent computers when you can build the cloud at home? Say no to big tech and seize the means of computing the future :3
#SelfHosting #HomeLab #Linux #ArchLinux #Proxmox #SysAdmin #OpenSource #FOSS #Jellyfin #FishShell #Tech
PSA: Do not install the ktextaddons 1.9.0 update on #Archlinux if you use KMail & friends, everything will crash because of undefined symbols. I've pinged the Arch maintainer in Matrix/IRC so i expect a quick solution :)
It's great that you already are comfortable with the commandline! almost anything can be run and configured from there.
- Cmdline switches/params are prefixed with "-" or even "--" instead of "/".
- Many commands allow long and short forms and combinations of switches, e.g. "ls -ad" instead of "ls --all --directory"
- The commands' help ("manual"/"man) pages are usually quite helpful, call them with "man <command>". A more concise version is often available with "<command> ---help". You can have several "registers" of manpages (e.g. for configuration file syntax vs commandline switches) that can be referred to as numbers in calling the manpage, so when you miss some information in the default manpage, check if the command has a manpage in another "register". At the bottom manpages usually have examples and references to related manpages. And "apropos keyword" lists manpages related to keyword.
- see @b0rk 's mega terminal cheat sheet: https://wizardzines.com/terminal-cheat-sheet-one-page.pdf
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- unfreeze commandline with ctrl-q (I keep forgetting that. When you accidentally hit ctrl-s in a terminal window, you suspend the window and need to unfreeze it like this.)
Helpful web resources:
- For all kinds of configuration (peripherals!), the #Archlinux online docs and wiki are really excellent, and in many cases apply to other distributions just as well. (The arch community can be a bit "rtfm" but you can consult the docs without exposing yourself to that. And insofar as the docs are really good, they do often have a point there.) The distro itself might be a bit too technical for beginners as it requires you to learn and control many technicalities from the outset.
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Time for a new #introduction post after the move!
I'm Sar, a 50yr old nerdy guy from Northern Ireland. I love IT, and am into tech and all things computing.
My hobbies include playing #WorldOfWarcraft, reading about World Of #Warcraft and thinking about #WoW
Seriously though, my *other* hobbies also include:
#Astronomy
#Linux (alternating between #Bazzite & #ArchLinux)
#Gaming on #Steam, #PS5 & #Switch (mainly on PC though, see above!)
#SciFi such as #StarWars, #Startrek, #Babylon5, #Marvel & #DC etc
Also a screenshot junkie #VirtualPhotography
I'm also awaiting the results of my #Autism diagnosis as I write this, and am also fairly confident I have #ADHD as well, giving me the #AuDHD super-deluxe wombo-combo 😂
I decided to make the jump to this self-hosted instance at the end of 2025 after many happy years on masto.ai/@sar, and have no regrets.
Yet.
Time for a new #introduction post after the move!
I'm Sar, a 50yr old nerdy guy from Northern Ireland. I love IT, and am into tech and all things computing.
My hobbies include playing #WorldOfWarcraft, reading about World Of #Warcraft and thinking about #WoW
Seriously though, my *other* hobbies also include:
#Astronomy
#Linux (alternating between #Bazzite & #ArchLinux)
#Gaming on #Steam, #PS5 & #Switch (mainly on PC though, see above!)
#SciFi such as #StarWars, #Startrek, #Babylon5, #Marvel & #DC etc
Also a screenshot junkie #VirtualPhotography
I'm also awaiting the results of my #Autism diagnosis as I write this, and am also fairly confident I have #ADHD as well, giving me the #AuDHD super-deluxe wombo-combo 😂
I decided to make the jump to this self-hosted instance at the end of 2025 after many happy years on masto.ai/@sar, and have no regrets.
Yet.
🎅 Arch Linux has confirmed an active DDoS attack during Christmas, with IPv4 access to its website unavailable.
https://linuxiac.com/arch-linux-website-hit-by-ddos-and-temporarily-limited-to-ipv6/
⚙️ Which Desktop Environment Do Arch Linux Users Prefer
｢ KDE Plasma dominates Arch Linux installations by a wide margin. The latest pkgstats results place the KDE Plasma desktop at 38.36%, nearly doubling the share of GNOME, which sits at 19.84%. This gap has widened steadily over the past three years, marking Plasma’s strongest position in the dataset’s history. ｣
https://linuxiac.com/which-desktop-environment-do-arch-linux-users-prefer/
@jbz
GNOME users don't have to reinstall so often i guess 😇
⚙️ Which Desktop Environment Do Arch Linux Users Prefer
｢ KDE Plasma dominates Arch Linux installations by a wide margin. The latest pkgstats results place the KDE Plasma desktop at 38.36%, nearly doubling the share of GNOME, which sits at 19.84%. This gap has widened steadily over the past three years, marking Plasma’s strongest position in the dataset’s history. ｣
https://linuxiac.com/which-desktop-environment-do-arch-linux-users-prefer/
⚙️ Which Desktop Environment Do Arch Linux Users Prefer
｢ KDE Plasma dominates Arch Linux installations by a wide margin. The latest pkgstats results place the KDE Plasma desktop at 38.36%, nearly doubling the share of GNOME, which sits at 19.84%. This gap has widened steadily over the past three years, marking Plasma’s strongest position in the dataset’s history. ｣
https://linuxiac.com/which-desktop-environment-do-arch-linux-users-prefer/
In 2026, I want to change my OS. I'm hesitating between
Things to consider:
Main purpose would be to learn Linux, Web, writing MarkDown and Org, zettlekasten organisation, etc...1: complex ≠ complicated
Today I finally release #PKGMGR 1.0.0 🎉
A multi-distro workflow & package manager built on #Python + #Nix. It unifies repo management, builds & releases and now stabilizes and future-proofs @infinito development and deployment.
More: https://s.veen.world/pkgmgr
#Linux #DevTools #Nix #FOSS #Automation #MultiDistro #ArchLinux #Debian #Ubuntu #Fedora #CentOS #DevOps #CI #OpenSource #InfinitoNexus #NixOS #Arch #ArchLinux
Visto che per il momento non posso dormire, girovago e per gli appassionati di #linux propongo questo....... chissà se qualcuno ci si rispecchia
https://kerberos.archathome.eu/perche-sul-mio-pc-di-casa-gira-arch-si-uso-arch-btw/
#opensource #gnulinux #archlinux
Ok so...
I have a vps ovh with arch installed on it. Problem is : systemd freeze at startup and so the boot sequence fails. I can however still boot in rescue mode and try and fix things up.
I already installed linux-lts and I'm currently booting on it.
I can't find recent logs. Does anybody have a few pointer to help me fix this?
My best guess is the problem is somehow linked to systemd or a missing firmware package, but since I can't find the startup logs I don't know what to try.
