Today, lovely Windows 11 installed an update. And since then I don't have internet access because Microslop Wincrap 11 can somehow magically no longer connect to the DNS server - to any DNS server. No other device in my network has the same issue. I've been bugfixing for over an hour and haven't found a solution. setting the DNS manually, resetting the network adapter, flushed all DNS entries (I used the commandline tool on Windows!). nothing works.

I don't have ANY more patience with W11!

I already tried Linux. I'm using Ubuntu Server for hosting Nextcloud and Fedora just to play around.

Do you prefer Fedora or Ubuntu? I have an old Thinkpad...

(And no, I will not go down the rabbit hole of Arch ;-) At least not for now.)

Links:

Another German state moves to open source
https://www.regierung-mv.de/Aktuell/?id=221531&processor=processor.sa.pressemitteilung

Windows drops below 60% market share
https://linuxiac.com/windows-drops-under-60-in-global-desktop-os-share-for-the-first-time-in-years/
https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/worldwide/

OpenMandriva victim of sabotage from former contributor
https://forum.openmandriva.org/t/statement-regarding-attempted-distribution-sabotage/8997

GNOME 51 has its first alpha
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-51-Alpha
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Mutter-Background-Blur

FSF makes progress on LibrePhone project
https://www.fsf.org/bulletin/2026/summer/ensuring-freedom-one-blob-at-a-time

Ubuntu outlines their work on ARM
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-on-arm-summer-26-update/84872

More performance improvements for AMD on Linux
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Marek-Double-VRS-RADV-Perf

Tuxedo OS moves to Debian Testing
https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/A-new-foundation-for-TUXEDO-OS-Switching-to-Debian.tuxedo

Mint 23 will have a full Wayland session
https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=5046

Valve published Windows drivers for Steam machine
https://www.techradar.com/computing/gaming-pcs/lies-about-driver-support-valve-now-lets-you-install-windows-11-on-a-steam-machine-but-many-people-dont-want-to-be-fooled-twice

Proton 11 released
https://linuxiac.com/proton-11-0-released-with-big-compatibility-boost-for-linux-gaming/

I recently had to change to icevpn. Unfortunately they have no Linux client but you can manually configure it with openvpn. It works fine, however I cannot get it to auto start when I boot the PC or wake from sleep. I edited the config for opnvpn in /etc to uncomment AUTOSTART which did nothing.

Linux Mint

I appreciate any help! Other than this, icevpn has been great.

Windows just had its worst month on record. StatCounter’s newly published numbers for June 2026 put worldwide desktop market share for Windows at 56.61%, the first time it has ever fallen below 60% in the history of the dataset. Linux closed the same month at 4.36%, its highest number in a year. The r/linux crowd found the chart within hours, and the thread that followed was half celebration, half cross examination.

Here’s what the data actually says, what it probably doesn’t say, and why the comments didn’t believe it for a second.

Looking for advice on what I suspect is a driver issue with Zorin Linux.

For a few months, I've had issues with suspend, where the computer will wake, but the screen remains black. This happens both when the computer suspends on its own and when I suspend it manually.

Worse, when I force reboot the computer:

1. only one of my monitors lights up
2. my keyboard is unresponsive.
3. Mouse still works.
4. Internet also dies.

Both monitors are connected to an Nvidia GTX 1070 GPU. The keyboard and mouse are connected via USB.

What I've tired

• I've used the Accessibility Keyboard (screen keyboard) to log in after a restart and revert to a previous state using Timeshift. This will get the keyboard, Internet and screen to work, but the moment I suspend, the problem returns.

• I did notice this issue started once I updated my GPU drivers to Nvidia ones (I've tried a couple).

I tried reverting to the Nouveau driver, but the problem returned.

I should probably note that when I orginally tried to install Zorin with Nvidia drivers, the install failed.

Advice

I'm looking for ideas on how to proceed.

At this point, I could start over completely with a fresh install of Zorin.

I could revert to the earliest Timeshift image I have, which would put me back to a fresh install.

I could abandon Zorin for another distro.

Thanks!

Is this, like, incredibly novel, common, or somewhere in between? I've never heard of this apart from WLS...

Not really sure what happened. More amused than anything.

Two days ago, I had two browser windows, steam, and two other applications open across the two monitors on my machine.

While interacting with one browser, everything else vanished. Steam wouldn't respond via the panel, but I could launch games in the recent list. Alt-tab only had the browser, nothing else.

Nothing that vanished was on other workspaces. (I thought I'd somehow managed to switch the active browser to a new workspace, but maybe not?)

Today, two reboots later (I shut my computer down at night) about an hour after I booted up, the browser that disappeared came back. Same pages and even paused where the video had been at disappearance, which hey great, but still weird.

My computer is a Bermuda triangle.

Software used - https://www.geekbench.com/

I've tried different Linux distros on my old hp laptop.

• CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5500U (4) @ 3.00 GHz
• GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 940M [Discrete]
• GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics 5500 @ 0.95 GHz [Integrated]
• Memory: 8GiB

EndeavourOS

Linux Mint

Special guest - Windows 10 (Fresh install - debloated)

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/48767902

Summary

• The Linux Foundation, joined by leading organizations, today announced Akrites, a coordinated effort to remediate and disclose vulnerabilities in critical open source software.
• Akrites establishes a shared Security Incident Response Team (SIRT) and a single, standardized Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure (CVD) process, built on confidentiality-first principles and industry-standard tooling.
• Founding members commit engineering talent, security expertise and funding to harden the shared open source software that banks, hospitals, power grids, telecoms, governments, and AI labs depend on.
• Organizations that contribute engineering resources or funding to the security of critical open source are invited to participate and can learn more at https://akrites.org/.

Hello good people.

Is no one afraid of Bazzites auto updating nature (in regard to privacy/malware)?

I am myself worried about the potential for well timed supply chain attacks from wherever they build their OS images, which somehow build malicious images or just gets itself into the normal image builds and we auto update to.

Is this an unfounded worry? Does anyone know of the security measures in place to prevent attacks?

Auto update just feels weird to me, especially for something like my OS. I'm asking because I went and installed it and realised auto updating seems to be their philosophy... which is scary?

p.s. i couldnt find anyone online discussing this

Thonks

I have and old laptop with some good screen but awful audio. What i want is to stream the audio on my decent tablet to use it as a speaker. This is not a server cloud or anything similar, just a pc with some linux distro installed.

Brodie Robertson highlights key feature updates in the latest Plasma desktop environment. This walkthrough covers improved virtual workspace management, refined accessibility tools, enhanced remote desktop security, and various UI adjustments aimed at streamlining the user experience.