#TrueNAS 25.10.3 has been released!

https://forums.truenas.com/t/truenas-25-10-3-is-now-available/65226

#HexOS gave me the 1.0 update this morning and it feels like I am opening Christmas presents! Yep I am a nerd!

#truenas #nas #selfhosted

This week's Linux and FOSS news:

LINUX NEWS

Manjaro lead dev plans to implement age verification, other team members don't:
https://forum.manjaro.org/t/will-manjaro-implement-age-verification/186816
(Aragorn for Manjaro lead! lol)

Solus says they don't have plans to implement anything, but aren't sure if the laws affect them, they are monitoring the situation:
https://getsol.us/2026/04/solus-and-age-verification/

Vipnix (a Gentoo > Funtoo > Macaroni-based, Systemd-free distro) rejects implementing age verification, excludes Brazil (their own country!) and California:
https://vipnix.com.br/site/livecd-vipnix/
https://github.com/BryanLunduke/DoesItAgeVerify/pull/73
(They are pretty brave that despite being a Brazilian company, they decided not to comply, respect to them. Idk if I would personally trust them though, because they include some Google and Cloudflare stuff in their website, but their stance is respectable regardless)

Mobian will do whatever upstream Debian does:
https://social.linux.pizza/@fosserytech/116370129667947301

I made an age attestation/verification tracker to track which FOSS OSes (Linux, BSD, others) comply with the laws, which oppose:
https://odysee.com/@fossery-tech:4/Linux-BSD-age-attestation-verification-tracker:7

Debian's APT 3.2 Released with History, Undo, Redo, and Rollback Support:
https://9to5linux.com/debians-apt-3-2-released-with-history-undo-redo-and-rollback-support

You can now enable Ubuntu Pro from the OS setup tool:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/ubuntu-pro-initial-setup-tool

Bazzite Linux gets some major upgrades for the April 2026 Update:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/bazzite-linux-gets-some-major-upgrades-for-the-april-2026-update/

Trisquel GNU/Linux 12.0 LTS Released with GNU Linux-Libre 6.8 Kernel, MATE 1.26:
https://9to5linux.com/trisquel-gnu-linux-12-0-lts-released-with-gnu-linux-libre-6-8-kernel-mate-1-26

Deepin 25.1 launches with Linux 6.18, UOS AI upgrades, and new immutable system features:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/4/deepin-25-1-launches-with-linux-6-18-uos-ai-upgrades-and-new-immutable-system-features/

TrueNAS 26 Beta Brings Linux 6.18 LTS + OpenZFS 2.4 Combination For NAS Devices:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/TrueNAS-26-Beta

GParted Live 1.8.1-3 Released with Linux Kernel 6.19.10 and GParted 1.8.1:
https://9to5linux.com/gparted-live-1-8-1-3-released-with-linux-kernel-6-19-10-and-gparted-1-8-1

(more Linux and FOSS news in comments)

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Anyone know an automated way to keep your #truenas based docker apps updated? The OCD in me goes bonkers when I see out of date apps when I wake up the next morning.

#docker #selfhost

Well, I just got my first "auction server" bill from @hetzner for my "Auction Server" I'm using as a #truenas #zfs backup destination.

My hopes that the "hourly cost" would mean the bill would come in below the advertised maximum did not work out. The bill is for $32.

I'm NOT complaining about Hetzner's rates here, but close to $400/year to run a rmeote server that's basically acting as a host for a pair og 4TB disks is a LOT of money for a homelabber working in academia like me.

So I may need to give up on the magic of ZFS replication and cave to using something like S3 with Glacier cold storage (I'll look into other cheaper vendors for this - I have no problem with paying my former employer but if I can save money I'm gonna do it :)

Unlike the zfs replica it's not as guaranteed but given that my off site backups are really a DR thing, I'm honestly not sure how much that should matter to me.

I thought about the zfs.rent situation - but with HDD prices SO insane right now, my wife would be VERY rightt to balk at my wanting to spend another $700 on top of the close to $3K I spent for NAS and drives.

le sigh :) The best laid plans of mice and men.

Update: My thought that S3 storage might be cheaper was WAY out of line.

Backblaze B2, which I used to use to back up my Synology #NAS, is $6 per TB per month.

So it would be $24 to back up what I have now, and if I ever store more in my NAS (which has 40TB usable) it'll become cost p;rohibitive REALLY quick.

The backup thingie the Synology had, Hyperbackup, used to do a crazy amount of compression on the data.

Not sure what I'm gonna do about this.

I should probably submit a ticket t o @hetzner support to see how much adding extra disk would cost.

💾 The #TrueNAS team announced the initial beta for TrueNAS 26 yesterday, following TrueNAS 25.10 this past October. It's a major release for the Ubuntu-based distro intended as an operating system for NAS devices.

https://www.newinlinux.com/truenas-26-beta-is-here/
#Linux #Linuxnews

TrueNAS 26 beta arrives with OpenZFS 2.4 and Linux kernel 6.18

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://nerds.xyz/2026/04/truenas-26-beta-openzfs-linux/

TIL: #TrueNAS, the NAS OS for networked storage, doesn't store the pictures for apps locally (did I mention this is an OS for storage). So the ~32x32 pixel image for Localai is created by downloading a 1024x1024 800KB image every time you access your app management page, unless the client has cached it.

This seems bad and inefficient, not to mention the [hopefully benign] metrics this could be used to collect.

https://forums.truenas.com/t/all-apps-and-catalog-icons-replaced-by-image-preloader-svg/64927