The Iron Sysadmin

The Ironsysadmin News Recap for 10/17/2025


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F-Droid facing developer identification issues after google’s software verification announcement.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/f-droid-project-threatened-by-googles-new-dev-registration-rules/

More NPM supply chain attacks, this time from North Korea

https://currently.att.yahoo.com/att/north-korean-hackers-target-crypto-221509651.html

Doom Dark Ages gets performance improvements and steam deck verified

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/doom-the-dark-ages-gets-a-major-performance-upgrade-for-handhelds-now-steam-deck-verified/

Gaming on linux has come a long way

https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/1o50o79/gaming_on_linux_keeps_getting_better_especially/
Gonna be honest, i had trouble watching the video, but he made some good points. Linux gaming has in fact come a long way, and i love seeing folks who are not already linux users giving it a try.

Mastodon is working on a new “packs” feature.

https://www.theverge.com/news/794988/mastodon-bluesky-starter-packs-fediverse
Meant to help user onboarding, by helping them find people to follow
I love this alternate approach to a curated outrage algorithm
It sounds like packs are meant to be groups of people based on topics. So a topic based on Linux, might include folks like linux influencers, users, developers, folks who you might want to follow.
You are notified when you are added to a pack, and can remove yourself if youd like.

The open internet is dead..

https://www.techpolicy.press/the-open-internet-is-dead-what-comes-next/
The open internet has been hollowed out by big tech and corporate monopolies.

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