As many of you may have already noticed when you try to update your Arch-based distros, you will receive an error mentioning that linux-firmware-nvidia "exists in the filesystem".
To fix this you should run `sudo pacman -Rdd linux-firmware` and then `sudo pacman -Syu linux-firmware`.
https://archlinux.org/news/linux-firmware-2025061312fe085f-5-upgrade-requires-manual-intervention/
💡 It's conference 🎤 season! Impress your audience with a slick QR code using these easy commands on Linux
✅ Add your content to a text file:
printf " Name: Zik Joseph\n Blog: https://zikusooka.com \n" > my_contacts.txt
✅ Convert text file (and contents) into QR code image:
qrencode -o zik.png -r my_contacts.txt
Thats all! Add zik.png to your slides. Easy, classy.
#ZikTIPS #TechTips #LinuxTips #Conference #Linux #FOSS #OpenSource
… as if I needed more reasons to hate Microsoft:
"Microsoft knowingly provides Israel with technology, including artificial intelligence (AI), that is deployed to facilitate grave human rights violations, war crimes, crimes against humanity (including apartheid), as well as genocide."
https://bdsmovement.net/microsoft
That reminds me, support for Windows 10 is ending soon, and there's a movement to replace it with Linux distros:
WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DON'T NEED COMPLICATED #CSS CODE TO MAKE YOUR WEBSITE USE DEVICE SPECIFIC LIGHT OR DARK MODE AND IT'S JUST A FUCKING META TAG IN #HTML !?!?!
I'm working on a pure HTML website for a game that I'm making, so it's nice to know that I can avoid any bloat like plague. Besides some embedded YouTube videos for trailers and progress updates.
How did I discover it? I looked at the source of this website:
https://justfuckingusehtml.com
This changes everything!
In which a gang of reprobates annoy a more responsible person by smiling
#mastoart #pierregilhodes #goblins #woodruff #videogames #cartoonart #fanart #stupidart #gobliins #gobliiins
After 25 years, Issue 329 of the Linux Format magazine will be their very last. While this magazine predates my existence as a human, I have read some of their issues and they were one of the few magazines I genuinely enjoyed reading.
Farwell and thanks for your service.
o7
#linux #linuxformat #magazines #freesoftware #opensource #oss #foss