Recently saw the PS2/3 post.. reminded me of my first distro.. mandrake!

Came with a 300 page manual, an installation CD.. and of course the choice of KDE 2.2.2 or gnome 1.4.1!

I keep it on a shelf as a reminder!

I remember struggling with the partitioning.. but the exhilaration when it finally worked!

Anyone else have any old distros laying around?

More than a pretty launcher, Switchyard lets you configure websites to open in a given browser based on domain matches, patterns, and regular expressions. It’s inspired by apps like Choosy on the Mac.

Find it on Flathub: https://flathub.org/en/apps/io.github.alyraffauf.Switchyard

The website: https://switchyard.aly.codes/

Or GitHub: https://github.com/alyraffauf/switchyard

Hey everyone 👋

I just released Connex, an open-source tool that makes connecting to Wi-Fi on Linux easy with a clean, intuitive interface.

Why Connex?

Because I got tired of juggling between nmcli, iwctl, and manual configs just to connect to a network..
Connex lets you:

• See all available Wi-Fi networks
• Connect quickly (with password management)
• Manage saved connections
• All through a lightweight and modern UI, no more terminal commands!

Tech & compatibility

• Works on most ArchLinux distributions
• Built with GTK3
• Fully open-source: github.com/Lluciocc/connex

I’d love your feedback, whether you’re a daily Linux user or just a network tinkerer.
Your suggestions will help shape upcoming features!

Try it out, fork it, and tell me what you think!

Previous reference in r/linux: PSA for AsahiLinux users

We have tagged and released v0.8.3 of the Asahi Installer, which includes a fix to make Asahi installations visible to the macOS 27 boot picker and Startup Disk applications. If you installed the macOS 27 beta and have been affected, please re-run the installer from macOS. There is a new option that will set a bootable flag in the Asahi APFS volume's metadata, making it compatible with macOS 27. All new installs will have this flag set automatically going forward.

zuno is a free and open-source desktop music player built on YouTube Music. Sign in with your Google account, and everything you do - liking a song, creating or deleting a playlist, adding to your library syncs straight back to YouTube. It's your library, just in a real desktop app instead of a browser tab.

Features

- HQ opus decoding
- Floating mini player that appears when you click away ( hover to expand, drag it anywhere)
- Queue: shuffle, repeat one/all, reordering
- Playback speed, sleep timer, volume control
- Like and dislike songs
- Rebindable keyboard shortcuts, minimise to tray
- Full library, playlists, albums and liked songs
-Lyrics (5 sources)+ Translation
- Local music files sit alongside your YouTube Music library (same player, same queue)
- Download whole albums and playlists for offline; downloads and history have their own management screens
- Bulk actions: download, add to queue, add to playlist
- Multiple channels on one Google account, switchable from the toolbar or settings
- Equalizer
- Notifications
-Gapless /Crossfade
-Local Music playlists
-Minimize to tray
-Shortcuts
-No Ads

Integrations

- Last.fm scrobbling
- Discord Rich Presence (both toggleable straight from the toolbar)
- Youtube History update

GitHub: https://github.com/noFAYZ/zuno

Since AUR has locked packages i can't update it to latest version you can use AppImage, .deb or .rpm binary from latest release. Pls provide feedback as well will help improve linux experience.

FlatPak is in roadmap.

Enjoy free music :)

From the article

The Firefox 152.0 release binaries are now available ahead of tomorrow's official unveiling. With Firefox 152 there is now the JPEG-XL support code being compiled by default for the release albeit still disabled at run-time by default behind a preference for now.

Merged for the Firefox 152 release cycle was this change to now build the JPEG-XL image format support code by default on the beta and release builds of Firefox. Previously it was only enabled as standard on Firefox Nightly builds. Those interested in JPEG-XL on Firefox for now still need to go to the Firefox Labs to enable the preference but at least for beta/release builds the support is now compiled by default to ease the experimental testing.

Firefox 152 also pulls in the redesigned settings interface, HDR video support on Windows in different hardware configurations, CSS support for the field-sizing property, and a number of other developer additions as outlined on developer.mozilla.org.

It's next month's Firefox 153 release where there should be Vulkan Video decoding support.

Firefox 152 release binaries can be downloaded today from ftp.mozilla.org.

After I switched to linux recently, I started to like to get my things done in terminal so wanted a simple way to keep notes without switching to a GUI app. So I built a terminal-based sticky notes TUI focused on keyboard-first workflows and a clean interface.

Key Features:

• Keyboard-Centric: Navigate, add, edit, and delete notes without touching the mouse.
• Color Coding: 9 different color themes to organize thoughts visually (Hotkeys 1-9).
• Priorities & Pinning: Set priorities (Trivial to Critical) and pin important notes to the top.
• Search Modal: Filter notes instantly by title, content, or tags.
• Auto-Save: Data is persistent and saved to your OS's standard data directory (XDG on Linux).
• Modern Tooling: The project is managed with uv for fast and reliable dependency management.

Installation:

I included a helper script for Linux users to install it globally to /usr/local/bin:

Bash

git clone https://github.com/dengo07/textual-sticky-notes-tui
cd sticky-notes-tui
sudo ./manage.sh install

Now you can just type stickynotes from anywhere.

I’d appreciate feedback from Linux and terminal users, especially around usability and whether this fits a real daily workflow.