Brodie Robertson | Linux Tips & Tricks on Odysee

Debian is a very important project in the world of Linux but they're going through a bit of a crisis of being Debian, having old systems that people don't want to get involved in and a slow drain of maintainers

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Debian Linux Bugs: https://www.debian.org/Bugs/
Bug Tracker News: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-Bug-Tracker-2026-Woes
25 Year Old Report: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=78526
Call For Volunteers: https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2026/01/msg00001.html
Maintainers: https://www.debian.org/intro/organization#data-protection
Quitting Maintainers: https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2026/02/msg00000.html

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#Debian #Linux #LinuxDistro #OpenSource #FOSS

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A few months back we saw the release of COSMIC Epoch 1 the first full release of the COSMIC Desktop and now we have the roadmap for the upcoming COSMIC Epochs 2 and 3.

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COSMIC Roadmap: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1r20y35/mitchell_hashimoto_releases_vouch_to_solve_the/

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#Linux #Wayland #LinuxDesktop #OpenSource #FOSS

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Linux From Scatch is a project that every Linux user should try at least once but recently they had to make the controversial change of dropping the SysV or System V book in favour of just Systemd due to increased workload and lack of maintainers.

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==========Resources==========
Phoronix Article: https://www.phoronix.com/news/LFS-Dropping-SysVinit
LFS OpenRC: https://linuxfromscratch.org/~zeckma/lfs-openrc/
Announcement: https://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/sympa/arc/lfs-dev/2026-02/msg00002.html
Second Thread: https://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/sympa/arc/blfs-dev/2026-02/msg00001.html
SysvLFS Project: https://github.com/MymeType/sysvlfs

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#LinuxFromScratch #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #LinuxDesktop

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2 and half years and almost 1000 interactions later we finally see the window positioning protocol now going by xx-zones has finally been merge but what does this actually mean for Wayland

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==========Resources==========
Historical Protocol: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland-protocols/-/issues/72
Protocol 1: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland-protocols/-/merge_requests/247
Protocol 2: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland-protocols/-/merge_requests/249
Current Protocol: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland-protocols/-/merge_requests/264

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#Wayland #Linux #OpenSource #LinuxDesktop #FOSS

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We've had a lot positive coverage of Linux as of late so why not have something a little bit more on the negative side, recently The Verge put out this piece on Linux and it has been making the rounds.

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Verge Article: https://archive.is/eQJnd

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#Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #LinuxDesktop #LinuxDistro

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Rather than constantly breaking your Linux system and treating it like a lab or a test bench, there's probably a better way to do things.

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How To Geek Article: https://www.howtogeek.com/please-stop-screwing-with-your-daily-driver-linux-pc/

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It's been a work in progress for a year now and it's stable enough as well as there being packages for the KDE 1 revival project, called MiDE powered by a Qt 2 fork called Osiris.

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==========Resources==========
Year Old Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1htnhwq/software_left_in_nostalgialand_dead_software/
Recent Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1q17svp/midesktop_kde1_fork_development_preview_release/
MiDE: https://libranext.com/midesktop/

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#KDE #Linux #Qt #OpenSource #FOSS

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A few months back Duckstation's developer Stenzek decided to pull support for the Arch Linux package and now we're seeing a new check and the same thing being done to NixOS

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Blocking Arch: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/1mcofl4/duckstation_author_now_actively_blocking_arch/
Duckstation Git AUR: https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/PKGBUILD?h=duckstation-git
Polyform Licence: https://polyformproject.org/licenses/strict/1.0.0/
CC BY-NC-ND: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.en
Duckstation New Change: https://github.com/stenzek/duckstation/commit/64d13882479e5598a1276e273d231c95a094158c
Nix Issue 1: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/341915
Nix Issue 2: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/342570
Comment 1: https://www.reddit.com/r/EmulationOnAndroid/comments/1e5337f/comment/ldkttbj/?share_id=-ZppjwRdTcRrJDhRl6hh5&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_source=share&utm_term=1
Comment 2: https://www.reddit.com/r/EmulationOnAndroid/comments/152nduz/comment/jskkkl7/?share_id=GK1l1osSFPxMuKHLWvP49&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_source=share&utm_term=1

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#Linux #Duckstation #OpenSource #FOSS #ArchLinux #Linux

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Recently Bazzite announced the Open Gaming Collective, and normally this would be cause for celebration but this was also tied up in a big drama with a core project maintainer also being removed.

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==========Resources==========
WINE Announcement: https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/releases/wine-11.0
Nexus Mods: https://www.nexusmods.com/news/15433
GOG Galaxy: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/1qnu1i4/gog_is_seeking_a_senior_software_engineer_with_c/
OGC Announcement: https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/a-brighter-future-for-bazzite/11575?ref=gardinerbryant.com
HHD: https://github.com/hhd-dev/hhd
The Comments: https://x.com/SapphoSys/status/2000870028057698761
GPD Win First: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/gpd-win-5-highlights-support-for-running-bazzite-linux/
Official Announcement: https://videocardz.com/newz/gpd-win-5-to-become-the-first-amd-strix-halo-handheld-to-get-official-bazzite-os-support
Kyle Correction: https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/correction-regarding-gpd-win5-support-for-bazzite/11574
GPD Statement: https://www.reddit.com/r/gpdwin/comments/1qqup52/there_really_have_been_a_lot_of_dramatic/
Antheas Statement: https://ba.antheas.dev/bazzite-postmortem.html
NonSteamLaunchers: https://github.com/moraroy/NonSteamLaunchers-On-Steam-Deck/issues/393
CachyOS Comments: https://www.reddit.com/r/cachyos/comments/1qq0dxr/open_gaming_collective_ogc_formed_to_push_linux/
Final Bazzite Statement: https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/upholding-our-values-our-final-update-on-gpd/11594

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#Bazzite #LinuxGaming #GamingOnLinux #FOSS #OpenSource

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Recently it was announced that there was a massive attack on the Notepad++ infrastructure, if you are using this then you need to make sure you update ASAP, better yet, you should update yesterday

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==========Resources==========
Notepad++ 8.8.9 Update: https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/v889-released/
Notepad++ Security Announcement: https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/hijacked-incident-info-update/
Rapid7 Writeup: https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/tr-chrysalis-backdoor-dive-into-lotus-blossoms-toolkit/
Securelist Writeup: https://securelist.com/notepad-supply-chain-attack/118708/

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#Windows #Developer #Programming #Malware #FOSS #OpenSource

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