Took a while, as we was waiting for this since the launch of the Steam Deck. Now the floodgate is open.

The obligatory The Year Of Linux. :D

Well, you was not wrong though. Because it is both. I just forgot it, so you schooled me too. :-) We can have it all! :D

In Bash echo is a builtin command. The external indipendent /usr/bin/echo is only used by non Bash shells.

The generation that grows up with Ai won’t know what real is. For them, the Ai look is the one they are comfortable with, and the real videos are the odd looking ones. Man I wanted to make a joke, but this is scary as hell. Hope I’m wrong with the future…

doesn’t work for me (using fish) and is apparantly only available in bash; would you call that then a command?

Right, the ^search^replace is a Bash feature. It is a builtin command, like echo or cd in example. Just because a command is not available to any other shell or if its not an independent program, does not make it not a command (in my opinion).

However I agree its a little bit out of place here. A note that its a builtin and not universally available to every shell would have been nice in such a listing.

These lists are always nice. But how does following even fit into the topic of this post at all? These are not underrated hidden gems and most who use the terminal used it already:

23. > file.txt Command – Overwrite a File

Routing the stdout to a file is one of the most common used “commands” in Linux. And one to learn at the very beginning.

30. ping -i 60 -a IP_address Command – Ping with a Custom Interval

Probably not that useful in day to day usage, but I assume this is one of the most basic commands lot of people used it in the past to test if they have internet access. ping google.com is common, or so I thought.

Otherwise there are some nice listings, such as at (I really should use that one too), du (actually not that hidden, but its probably underrated and people install lot of tools doing same instead) or yes (useful for certain automation, where you know the answer is to proceed). A solid list, but a little bit short and with a few questionable entries.

Valve Time. Finally.

Direct link to release notes: https://docs.mesa3d.org/relnotes/25.1.0.html

Unless you actually interact with the developer. Such cases are in example when you do a bug report and discuss this. Or in social media. But its not only about the interaction, but the toxicity of the person towards other people and projects. Also if I am interested and using a tool, then I will probably read blog posts, update notes and so on too.

Even if I don’t interact with someone, I don’t have to support bad behavior. I also don’t have much faith into the project with a human I dislike how the person treats others. If you don’t care and are unaffected by it, its your decision to do what you want and accept.

If you like programming Python, then Qtile is a good option. Qtile is written itself in Python, but more importantly, the configuration file of it is a Qtile Python program. Meaning you can use all programming skills like functions and loops and other stuff in your configuration file directly. It works in Wayland and in X11.

I would have use it, if the Hyprland developer wasn’t toxic.

alias vim='nvim'

Vim is a different way to think.

The anonymous pipes are neat. I am building a project (need to go back to it) which runs an external application. I remember getting stdout and stderr was a bit complicated. These pipes could simplify things a lot.

For what? It’s just Linux Kernel. If you speak about a specific operating system or distribution, then you can call it by name. Otherwise I’ve recently taken to calling it “Linux based operating system”, when I try to avoid to call it by name (EndeavourOS).

1. Don’t use the same password on Steam that you use from other services.
2. Use a long password, with random characters and numbers.
3. Use a password manager.
4. Do not click on links in emails, unless you are 100% sure its from Valve. Better yet, visit Steam in your browser or the Steam app and search for the page there directly. Do not login on random websites requiring you to login to Steam.
5. Do not click on links in chat from people you don’t know or added recently to your friends list.
6. Set your Steam profile to private, or enable it for friends only at best. Especially if you have lot of skins.
7. Ultimate weapon: Use official 2FA (2 factor authentication) with Steam app on your phone. Do not lose your phone, as you cannot login to Steam otherwise.

No security is perfect, but following these basic rules will help you to secure your account. And there shouldn’t be any need to reset the password often. If you feel better, reset it once per year or so. I don’t.

I’m not new to Rust, but still a novice. And already loving the first point you make. This article is great (so far).

Oh its not enabled for Linux?

Chris Peterson [:cpeterson] Comment 19 • 7 days ago • Edited

For 138.0.3, next week’s dot release, we want ToS to be enabled for the following percentages of new users:

Windows = 100% Update: stay at 50%
macOS = 25%
Linux = 0%

For 139.0, next major release, we want ToS to be enabled for the following percentages of new users:

Windows = 100%
macOS = 100%
Linux = 0%

Source: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1959542 (Scroll down, as I don’t know how to link to this specific reply)

I just got the 138.0.3 update and restarted Firefox. No such dialog to click through, I have not clicked to agree yet. I am on Linux, where distribution maintainer created the package to install and download. Did they disable this? Or maybe I did not got this dialog as I already opted out from data collection, through the settings in Firefox.

I’m confused.

I mean lot of stuff is written in forums and social media, where people hallucinate. Or even in real life if you talk to one. Its normal for a human to pick up something in their life, later talk about it as a fact, regardless of where they learned it (tv, forum, videogame, school). Hallucinations are part of our brain.

Sometimes being aware of the hallucination issue is still a hallucination. Sometimes we are also aware of the hallucination an Ai makes, because its obvious or we can check it. And also there are Ai chatbots who “talk” and phrase in a more human natural sounding way. Not all of them sound obvious robotic.

Just for the record, I’m skeptical of Ai technology… not biggest fan. Please don’t fork me. :D