Original Syn

Original Syn

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Solus team helping with communications and packaging. 3+decade vet of Linux and FOSS with a passion for helping out. However, strong belief in people using what is best for them.

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We've just done the usual Friday sync. There's not a whole lot to mention, given we just did a sync a couple days ago. #Solus #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS - Evan

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Solus Updates - Emergency Mid-Week Please update asap!

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Heya folks! We're doing an emergency mid-week sync to address the recent ca-certs issue, and the PHP issue. You can probably expect more random updates over the coming days as more affected packages are found and updated. discuss.getsol.us/d/13080-week... #FOSS #Linux #Solus #OpenSource - Evan

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Original Syn
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It has been about 6 months since I joined the #Solus team. I could not ask for a better group of people to work with. It truly has rekindled the fire in me working on open-source and Linux again.

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My thoughts on #KDE Plasma 6.8 and the removal of X11... Sometimes the only way to fix the remaining gaps is for it to be forced by removing the old system. It can be harsh, but nothing makes people find a way to fix things like necessity. #OpenSource #Linux

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One big myth of #OpenSource is that you have to have the ability to code to help. While you need developers, you also often need people who can test, organize, write documentation, help with support, and more.

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I try not to let things get to me, but the fact that they are now openly causing harm to other #OpenSource projects fuck #omarchy and good bye @digitalocean.com which I had used for business and personal needs for over 7 years.

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Open Source projects are facing infrastructure trouble. itsfoss.com/newsletter/f...

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Love to see this. When a corporation doesn't do the right thing and tries to erase its #OpenSource project in favor of its new proprietary project, the strength of the FOSS community wins. Well done, @rockylinux.org

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Brian Clemens, the founder and VP of Rocky Linux and the Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation, launched OpenCourant as a fork of OpenRadioss, basing it on the last publicly known open-source OpenRadioss snapshot: Rocky Linux Developers Create Community Fork Of OpenRadioss buff.ly/xfvaXOe

buff.lyOpenCourant: Rocky Linux Developers Create Community Fork Of OpenRadiossThis week was the surprising and unfortunate decision of Siemens shutting down the OpenRadioss project as the four year old open-source project started by Altair Engineering with their prominent…
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A little sneak peak of Solseek the TUI package manager for #Solus 1.6.1 bringing in UI updates, including themes. #Linux #OpenSource

Original Syn
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I am not an influencer. I follow more than follow me on social media. I don't have a name that will get people to just donate money to #Solus. None of that bothers me. I am who I am, and I enjoy contributing to an #OpenSource #Linux distro that people can use. I don't expect anything in return.

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I think some of us, and I have myself get, caught up on something that may not be deserving of getting an influx of funds and feel like it is not fair. It probably isn't, but many like me never got into this for that. Sure I want funds to go to better projects, but that is not in my hands.

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I enjoy making something for others. That is why I got into open source in the first place and why I am so happy to be back involved with it again. Getting upset and the drama does nothing positive.

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We're excited to announce #Budgie 10.10.3! It adds favorites to Budgie Menu, brings back the Keyboard Layout applet, lets you choose your primary monitor, introduces free placement of desktop icons, improves our labwc integration, and more. buddiesofbudgie.org/blog/budgie-... #OpenSouce #Linux

buddiesofbudgie.orgBudgie 10.10.3 ReleasedBudgie 10.10.3 is our third minor release of the Budgie 10.10 series. This release adds favorites to Budgie Menu, brings back the Keyboard Layout applet, lets you choose your primary monitor, introduc...
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Solus Updates - Week 39 2026 More kernel updates (7.2.7 / 6.18.53), Gnome (50.5), & Suricata (8.0.7), which is now stateless. Our lua package has been optimized, showing a 1.6x boost. Bunch of security updates as well! #FOSS #Linux #Solus #OpenSource Details: discuss.getsol.us/d/13007-week...

Original Syn
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Got to love a government that kills small businesses since they can't really donate to their precious campaign funds just so that the billion-dollar corporations can ink out a few more cents on their bottom line.

Original Syn
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Try reaching out to #Vultr on a question regarding a small instance for our community, trying to replace DigitalOcean. Nothing but crickets. I use them for my business (put that in the request), but I didn't expect a yes. But not responding for over a week is frustrating. Oh well the search goes on

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Solseek - TUI Package Manager for Solus Solseek has moved to Codeberg. GitHub will remain a mirror, but all issues, contributions, and the wiki have moved. I could go into detail on why, but the TLDR is accurate: microsoft. #Solus #OpenSource #Linux #Codeberg codeberg.org/clintre/sols...

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Resiliency is only truly known when the shit actually hits the fan. It is one of the major things that first brought me to use Solus and ultimately join the team. It has gone through the rough seas and come out the other side, proven. I am proud to be working alongside some truly wonderful people.

Original Syn
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Contributing to Linux & open source can be rewarding, but you have to have thick skin at times. Many have no idea the commitment it can take & can often ignore all the good for one issue that they have. But you know what. I still love what I am doing. Not going to let stuff like that get me down.

Original Syn
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It is sad that now when I see the phrase "I built this app" I immediately think that, no, AI built the app. I know that is not always the case, and there are some great devs out there, but I see this so often I've become cynical. Not long ago, I was excited to see that in the open source community

Original Syn
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Heading out on vacation for 10 days. Looking forward to disconnecting a bit and celebrating 30 years with my wife. Who says Linux users don't go out and touch grass?

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Heya folks, On Saturday, June 13, 2026 at 10:00 AM EDT (Eastern Daylight Time), we will begin doing maintenance on the server hosting our forum. This may take a few hours, and the forum may be inaccessible at some points during that time. #Solus #Maintenance - Evan