Windows market share in Germany drops to 69.78%, down nearly 10 points in a year 📉

Meanwhile, macOS rises to 19.59%, driven by user demand for privacy & seamless integration 🍏

Linux more than doubles to 5.49%, reflecting growing interest in open-source, secure, and flexible systems 🐧

#Linux#Desktop#FOSS#Privacy#Security#OpenSource#Microsoft#Windows#TechNews#CyberSecurity#UserFreedom#Freedom#Tech#Technology#AI#OS#MacOS

New 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗕𝗦𝗗 𝗣𝗞𝗚𝗕𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗽𝗸𝗴𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗳𝘆(𝟴) 𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗹 [FreeBSD PKGBASE pkgbasify(8) Tool] article on vermaden.wordpress.com blog.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/07/20/freebsd-pkgbase-pkgbasify-tool/

#verblog #convert #desktop #freebsd #laptop #pkg #pkgbasify #server #update #upgrade

"This Week in Plasma" brings you windows with rounded corners (which can be made square again if you wish), adjustable sidebars for Discover and System Monitor, and the work in progress to improve KRunner's search results:

https://blogs.kde.org/2025/07/19/this-week-in-plasma-rounded-bottom-corners/

#Plasma6#opensource#freesoftware #desktop

💾 4am AMD Xorg/Kernel Debugging 💾

Ongoing fun ongoes, so much so. This iteration receives triple output: tty video (Display Port), COM1 redirect via DB9 to laptop running minicom, COM2 to the usual BMC SoL terminal watched from ipmitool on adjacent laptop.

Coming up, rebooting into GENERIC-DEBUG kernel rebuilt with remote GDM (kgdb) access via the COM1 link to laptop.

#freebsd #epyc #desktop #debugging #4amlife #thinkpad