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

Solus Updates: Week 31 2026 Lots of updates, and yes, another kernel update (7.1.5 / 6.18.40) as well as numerous security updates for packages. Gram has been added to the repo as well this week. #FOSS #Linux #Solus #OpenSource Details: discuss.getsol.us/d/12908-week...

Heya folks! It's sync day, and that means it's time for the weekly Solus roundup! Read all about it on our forums: discuss.getsol.us/d/12893-week... #FOSS #Linux #Solus #OpenSource - Evan

Solus Updates - Week 30, 2026 Ton of system updates, especially security highlighted by the Kernel (7.1.4 / 6.18.39) so make sure to update! #FOSS #Linux #Solus #OpenSource Details: discuss.getsol.us/d/12893-week...

Solus Updates Week 29, 2026 Big updates, inc. Kernel (7.1.3 / 6.18.38), KDE Plasma (6.7.3) & Frameworks (6.28.0), and Nvidia. Plus many others, inc. security. New adds include Drawy, Satty, & Toolbx. #FOSS #Linux #Solus #OpenSource Details: discuss.getsol.us/d/12871-week...

Solus Updates Week 28, 2026 Notable updates include Gnome 50.3, KDE Gear 26.04.3, & DankMaterialShell 1.5 which is a big update. Plus many other updates, including security! New additions are CoolerControl and DankCalendar. #FOSS #Linux #Solus #OpenSource Details: discuss.getsol.us/d/12855-week...

Man, I feel for the OpenMandriva team. No one in the #Linux or #OpenSource world should allow Davide Beatrici near their project after what he did. That is pathetic. forum.openmandriva.org/t/statement-...

Solus Updates Week 26, 2026 Overhaul to the eopkg package manager highlights updates this week that include kernels (7.0.14/6.18.37), KDE Plasma 6.7.2, and more. Plus the normal security updates. #FOSS #Linux #Solus #OpenSource Details: discuss.getsol.us/d/12832-week...

Heya folks! It's sync day, and that means it's time for the weekly Solus roundup! Read all about it on our forums: discuss.getsol.us/d/12814-week... #FOSS #Linux #Solus #OpenSource - Evan

HelixNotes v.1.3.1 is out Truly a solid #OpenSource notes app that is a great option. Works great on #Linux. Active development that listens to the users! www.reddit.com/r/HelixNotes...

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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?

KDE Plasma 6.7 - Released Lots of goodies in this release. Looking forward to checking it out. #Linux #BSD #Desktop #OpenSource #FOSS kde.org/announcement...

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Plasma 6.7 brings powerful new features to KDE’s classic desktop, and refines its user experience to new levels.

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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

Solus Surprise Sync Week 24, 2026 Early sync as we update Python to 3.14 and want more time to test. No sync this Friday! Updates include KDE Gear, Kernels (7.0.12 & 6.18.35) and a lot of security updates. VSCodium added to the repo. #Linux #OpenSource #Solus discuss.getsol.us/d/12782-week...

Solus Updates Week 23 2026 Big updates include Gnome (50.2), Kernels (7.0.11 / 6.18.34 LTS), Krita (6.0.2), & many more, including a boatload of security. #FOSS #Linux #Solus #OpenSource New apps include HelixNotes & 7zip (replacing p7zip). Details: discuss.getsol.us/d/12768-week...

Happy to have found HelixNotes. Local first notes with solid features and stores everything in markdown. Big win is it is not another electron (cr)app. #OpenSource cross-platform and hosted on Codeberg. Not affiliated with them, this is just my take on it. Worth checking out. #Linux helixnotes.com

HelixNotes | Local Markdown Notes

A local markdown note-taking app. Plain .md files on your disk. Sync them your way, or don't.

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Heya folks! It's sync day, and that means it's time for the weekly Solus roundup! Read all about it on our forums: discuss.getsol.us/d/12755-week... #FOSS #Linux #Solus #OpenSource - Evan

Solus Updates Week 22, 2026 Lighter update this week after last week's behemoth list, but still well over 100 updates, including many security. #FOSS #Linux #Solus #OpenSource Full Details: discuss.getsol.us/d/12755-week...

Blog: Solseek Update - It has been a while It has been a while since I put out an update on the progress of Solseek. Pushing out updates, bug fixes, & some minor features. However, I've not been posting much info. #Solus #OpenSource #FOSS #Linux What's new: github.com/clintre/sols...

AlmaLinux 10.2 ships with Linux kernel 6.12, i686 userspace packages, Btrfs boot support, GNOME 49, Linux 6.12, and expanded hardware support. linuxiac.com/almalinux-10... #AlmaLinux #Linux #OpenSource

AlmaLinux 10.2 Released with i686 Packages and Btrfs Boot Support

AlmaLinux 10.2 ships with Linux kernel 6.12, i686 userspace packages, Btrfs boot support, GNOME 49, Linux 6.12, and expanded hardware support.

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Solus Updates Week 21, 2026 PACKED update! Kernels, Plasma, QT, KDE Frameworks/Gear, LLVM, Rust, Ardour, and so on. New stuff: Foot, Syncthing Tray, & Aerion. Plus a ton of security updates, so update!! #Linux #FOSS #OpenSource #Solus Details: discuss.getsol.us/d/12732-week...

Solus Updates Week 20, 2026 More security updates for the kernels! Our package manager eopkg also received optimization updates. Plus many other package and security updates! #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #Solus More Info: discuss.getsol.us/d/12711-week...

Sovereign Tech Fund invests over €1 million in KDE software development Love to see this! KDE does a lot for the foss community. #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS kde.org/announcement...

Sovereign Tech Fund invests over €1 million in KDE software development

Big Tech’s disregard for privacy laws and individuals’ personal data has become a matter of national security. As news of willful mismanagement fill the headlines on an almost daily basis, the world i...

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Heya, folks! We have a new blog post out about the licensing of our package recipes. Check it out! getsol.us/2026/05/clea... #Solus #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS - Evan

45 days and change since I joined the @getsolus.bsky.social team. Do I have any regrets? Absolutely not! It validated my beliefs about Solus. It is not dead, like some seem to think. It is going stronger than ever. No hype, just a great curated rolling #Linux distro & community. #OpenSource

Heya folks! It's sync day, and that means it's time for the weekly Solus roundup! Read all about it on our forums: discuss.getsol.us/d/12687-week... #FOSS #Linux #Solus #OpenSource - Evan

Solus Updates Week 19, 2026 Updates include Kernels (7.0.5/6.18.28) for the DirtyFrag vulnerability & Clear Boot Manager to help with smaller EFI partitions. Plus many others. New additions are LibrePod (AirPods) and VHS. #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS Details: discuss.getsol.us/d/12687-week...

Inkscape release version 1.4.4 "Almost 40 crash & bug fixes, 6 performance improvements, 42 updates on interface and documentation translations... Enjoy !" One of the great #FOSS projects!! inkscape.org/news/2026/05... #Linux #digitalart #OpenSource

Solus Updates Week 18, 2026 Updates include Kernel (7.0.2 & 6.18.25 LTS), NVIDIA (580.142), Niri (26.04), and more. Added DankMaterialShell to the repos for our WM users. Plus many security updates, so update!! #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS Full Detail: discuss.getsol.us/d/12676-week...

Heya folks! It's sync day, and that means it's time for the weekly Solus roundup! Read all about it on our forums: discuss.getsol.us/d/12676-week... #FOSS #Linux #Solus #OpenSource - Evan