🧠 Nixers Newsletter #311 is out!
Boot processes, reproducible builds, user-mode Linux, FreeBSD sandboxes, and even /dev/null as a database 😄

Plus:
• Fedora KDE pkg mgmt
• Debian vs systemd
• raconn — a smart tool for parallel SSH connections to multiple hostnames/IPs in one ProxyCommand. (https://blog.izissise.net/posts/raconn/)
• UBIOS (China’s UEFI-alt)

Read it 👉 https://newsletter.nixers.net/entries.php#311

“There are no life hacks, only trade-offs.” — James Clear

#Unix #Linux #FreeBSD #FOSS #SysAdmin #ReproducibleBuilds #SSH #Nixers

🧠 Nixers Newsletter #311 is out!
Boot processes, reproducible builds, user-mode Linux, FreeBSD sandboxes, and even /dev/null as a database 😄

Plus:
• Fedora KDE pkg mgmt
• Debian vs systemd
• raconn — a smart tool for parallel SSH connections to multiple hostnames/IPs in one ProxyCommand. (https://blog.izissise.net/posts/raconn/)
• UBIOS (China’s UEFI-alt)

Read it 👉 https://newsletter.nixers.net/entries.php#311

“There are no life hacks, only trade-offs.” — James Clear

#Unix #Linux #FreeBSD #FOSS #SysAdmin #ReproducibleBuilds #SSH #Nixers

The first week in #FDroid (TWIF) was posted 15 years ago:

* We celebrate the community and yes, that means YOU!
* #SoftwareFreedom#Conservancy will have a #BBB tomorrow, free yourself (while you can)
* #ReproducibleBuilds gathering soon
* #Conversations_IM enforces #TLSv1_3
+ 2 new apps
& 186 updates

Get thanked: https://f-droid.org/2025/09/04/twif.html

The first week in #FDroid (TWIF) was posted 15 years ago:

* We celebrate the community and yes, that means YOU!
* #SoftwareFreedom#Conservancy will have a #BBB tomorrow, free yourself (while you can)
* #ReproducibleBuilds gathering soon
* #Conversations_IM enforces #TLSv1_3
+ 2 new apps
& 186 updates

Get thanked: https://f-droid.org/2025/09/04/twif.html

* development build with gcc-14
* building with M2-Planet 1.12.0
* building on x86-linux with M2-Planet 1.13.0
* building bootstrappable-tcc using 1.00.02 <= NYACC <= 2.02.2

<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2025-08/msg00005.html>

Thanks to @ekaitz_zarraga and @stikonas!

#GnuMes
#bootstrappable
#BootstrappableBuilds
#ReproducibleBuilds
@reproducible_builds
@fsf
@fsfe
@gnutools
@nlnet

* development build with gcc-14
* building with M2-Planet 1.12.0
* building on x86-linux with M2-Planet 1.13.0
* building bootstrappable-tcc using 1.00.02 <= NYACC <= 2.02.2

<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2025-08/msg00005.html>

Thanks to @ekaitz_zarraga and @stikonas!

#GnuMes
#bootstrappable
#BootstrappableBuilds
#ReproducibleBuilds
@reproducible_builds
@fsf
@fsfe
@gnutools
@nlnet

For bonus fun, I used the #MNTReform to present!

Slides available:

https://people.debian.org/~vagrant/fossy-2025/Nevermind-the-Checkboxes-heres-Reproducible-Builds.pdf

... as well as a .buildinfo file if you want to try and bit-for-bit reproduce the slides, although I did it using an arm64 machine:

https://people.debian.org/~vagrant/fossy-2025/nevermind-the-checkboxes_2025.08.02+fossy_all.buildinfo.asc

Video should be available in a month or so, hopefully?

For bonus fun, I used the #MNTReform to present!

Slides available:

https://people.debian.org/~vagrant/fossy-2025/Nevermind-the-Checkboxes-heres-Reproducible-Builds.pdf

... as well as a .buildinfo file if you want to try and bit-for-bit reproduce the slides, although I did it using an arm64 machine:

https://people.debian.org/~vagrant/fossy-2025/nevermind-the-checkboxes_2025.08.02+fossy_all.buildinfo.asc

Video should be available in a month or so, hopefully?

So I had some more thoughts about FOSS sustainability. I've had them for some time. But this weeks issues reminded me of them.

So here's a mild spruik for some of the orgs who make my digital spaces for myself and my project and also package @librecast
https://www.onepict.com/20250628-plussustain.html

#FossSustainability#Matrix#ReproducibleBuilds#Outreachy

pop quiz,

how do you know if the apps on your android phone are actually running the reproducible build you think they are,

under the trump admin.

#android #apk #googlerecorder #apksigner #reproduciblebuilds

So I had some more thoughts about FOSS sustainability. I've had them for some time. But this weeks issues reminded me of them.

So here's a mild spruik for some of the orgs who make my digital spaces for myself and my project and also package @librecast
https://www.onepict.com/20250628-plussustain.html

#FossSustainability#Matrix#ReproducibleBuilds#Outreachy

So sad to hear #OSUOSL is in a bit of a pinch...

They support so many free software projects that I work on, including #Debian and #ReproducibleBuilds and probably several more I did not even realize!

Please support those that support so many others if you can and spread the word!

https://osuosl.org/blog/osl-future/