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• Jupiter Garage SWAG
• AppleTalk 1985-2026 Memorial Sticker
• Sorry, I only open regular files Sticker
• Longtime Linux CIFS/SMB3 Maintainer Passes Away
• Linux 7.2 Kernel Newbies
• Cache Aware Scheduling Merged For Linux 7.2 For Boosting Modern Intel & AMD CPUs
• Linux 7.2 To Revert Back To The FIFO DRM Scheduler Policy Due To "Fair" Regressions
• [REGRESSION] drm/sched: FAIR policy causes serious performance degradation at max GPU load on 9070XT
• reduce pipe->mutex contention by pre-allocating outside the lock — While profiling Meta's caching code, I found pipe->mutex contention on the hot path. anon_pipe_write() currently calls alloc_page() once per page while holding pipe->mutex. The allocation can sleep doing direct reclaim and runs memcg charging, which extends the critical section and stalls any concurrent reader on the same mutex.
• Linux Finally Eliminates The strncpy API After Six Years Of Work, 360+ Patches
• Specially Crafted NTFS File-System Image Allows Root Access On Linux With NTFS3 Driver
• The beginning of the 7.3 merge window
• Linux 7.3 SMP Improvement To Help Reduce Latency, Improve Real-Time Performance
• Linux 7.3 Expected To "Flatten The Pick" For Better Scheduling While Gaming & More
• Linux 7.3 x86/mm Lands Patches To Greatly Improve Latency-Sensitive Workloads
• Sched_ext's Sub-Scheduler Support Now "Feature Complete" With Linux 7.3
• Btrfs Ready With More Performance Improvements For Linux 7.3: Some ~3x To ~5x Wins
• Linux 7.3 binfmt_misc To Allow BPF Programs To Dynamically Choose Execution Environments
• Linux 7.3 drops support for two ancient file systems
• Linux 7.3 Network Changes Merged But Developers "Completely Overwhelmed" Due To AI/LLMs
• Two Very Exciting Memory Management Optimizations Going Into Linux 7.3
• Syncthing — Syncthing is a continuous file synchronization program. It synchronizes files between two or more computers in real time, safely protected from prying eyes
• Syncthing GitHub
• Rclone — Feature-rich alternative to cloud storage vendors' web storage interfaces.
• LocalComet — A private, local-first Windows AI assistant built and validated with Codex.
• A look at the Quickshell desktop-component toolkit
• MCP-NixOS - Model Context Protocol for NixOS — Because your AI shouldn't hallucinate package names.
• dataiku/kiji-proxy — Privacy proxy for your OpenAI requests
• Rockbox - Free Music Player Firmware
• Pick: ssh-clipboard — copy/paste, everywhere — Peer-to-peer clipboard sync over SSH. Copy anything on one machine, paste on another. Open source, and Written in Rust ackchyually.

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• Nebula: Meet Managed Nebula from Defined Networking. A decentralized VPN built on the open-source Nebula platform that we love.
• 1Password Extended Access Management: Secure every sign-in for every app on every device.
• Unraid: A powerful, easy operating system for servers and storage. Maximize your hardware with unmatched flexibility.

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• Pinchflat — Your next YouTube media manager
• ErsatzTV — ErsatzTV lets you transform your media library into a personalized, live TV experience—complete with EPG, channel scheduling, and seamless streaming to all your devices.
• Wes' ErsatzTV Flake — A Nix package and NixOS module for ErsatzTV
• Karakeep — Quickly save links, notes, and images and karakeep will automatically tag them for you using AI for faster retrieval. Built for the data hoarders out there!
• lup-0631 NixOS Config
• Home Assistant — Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first. Powered by a worldwide community of tinkerers and DIY enthusiasts.
• Immich — Self-hosted photo and video management solution
• Jellyfin — The Free Software Media System
• audiobookshelf — Self-hosted audiobook and podcast server
• Paperless-ngx — Paperless-ngx is a community-supported open-source document management system that transforms your physical documents into a searchable online archive so you can keep, well, less paper.
• Paperless
• Paperless-ng
• Brother ADS-1800W
• Genius Scan
• QuickScan iOS scanner with OCR
• swift-paperless
• paperless-ai — An automated document analyzer for Paperless-ngx using OpenAI API, Ollama, Deepseek-r1, Azure and all OpenAI API compatible Services to automatically analyze and tag your documents.
• iPod parts from Elite Obsolete Electronics
• Pick: Rustnet — A high-performance, cross-platform network monitoring tool built with Rust. RustNet provides real-time visibility into network connections with enhanced state display, intelligent connection lifecycle management, deep packet inspection capabilities, and a responsive terminal user interface.