New guide on getnix.io — "What is Nix?"
A beginner-friendly intro to what Nix actually is, how it differs from Docker/Homebrew/Apt/Ansible, and the core concepts you need before diving in. If you've ever wondered why people keep talking about Nix, this one's for you.
https://getnix.io/guides/what-is-nix/
#Nix #NixOS #Linux #macOS #DevOps #ReproducibleBuilds #PackageManagement
How to install libcurl-dev on Ubuntu 22.04 for multilib environment #apt #packagemanagement #32bit #curl
Error message when updating packages with synaptic package manager #packagemanagement #synaptic #opera
Announcing sandogasa (why? it's a Japanese straw hat often associated with post-apocalyptic robots) - a collection of tools and libraries for @fedora packaging workflows.
With emoji support!
Status: 🥱 out of hours
https://michel-slm.name/posts/2026-03-24-announcing-sandogasa-for-fedora-packaging-workflows/
This post is day 33 of my #100DaysToOffload challenge. Visit 100daystooffload.com to get more info, or to get involved.
Caveat lector This post discusses tools reluctantly written with AI assistance. If you don’t entertain using them under any circumstance, and think even reading about them legally compromise your ability to reimplement them yourselves, stop reading now I’ve spent the past few weeks of having to use LLMs to scratch some long-standing itches that, unfortunately, no one in the community has had the time to solve programmatically. fedora-cve-triage It started off with fedora-cve-triage, written to address the issue that a lot of CVE bugs filed against Fedora packages are badly attributed, and there is a lack of automation for handling issues filed against CVEs that have been addressed in a software update but failed to reference said issue.
Learn how to install Flatpak apps on an offline Linux system without Internet. Step-by-step commands for Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, and all major distro.
Step-by-Step Guide here: https://ostechnix.com/install-flatpak-apps-offline-linux/
#Flatpak #Packagemanagement #Linux #Debian #Ubuntu #Fedora #Linuxhowto #Linuxcommands
how did systemd load liblzma? #packagemanagement #systemd #bugreporting #sharedlibrary
Learn how to safely fix "E: Unable to parse package file /var/lib/apt/lists" error in Debian and Ubuntu Linux, without data lose.
Step-by-Step Guide here: https://ostechnix.com/fix-apt-unable-to-parse-package-file-debian-ubuntu/
#Debian #ubuntu #Apt #Linux #Troubleshooting #PackageManagement #Linuxhowto
Software Updater: The package system is broken #apt #packagemanagement #updatemanager
I am trying to download ubuntu linux in my termux but somehow I got stuck at 50% then I try agin with its xfce4 goodie it show me this error #apt #packagemanagement #dpkg #xfce
I was using synaptic package manager to completely remove yt-dlp. I tried most of the ideas on this page. Reboot did not help. Neither did removing lock-frontend. Is there supposed to be this many ...
Alex Oberhauser
Reel Tubes
AskUbuntu
Michel Lind 
OSTechNix
