Fedora 44 to be released on April 28

Gnome 50, KDE Plasma 6.6, and other changes coming to Fedora 44

Gnome desktop has the best workflow. The competition is not even close

Gnome has a better workflow than every other desktop including Windows, and macOS. I share my experience of why I think Gnome is the best

Firefox is still the best for user choice despite AI aspirations

I explore Mozilla's new CEO's blog post about how Firefox will be "a modern AI browser." I look at some of the criticism being thrown at Mozilla like that they are out-of-touch with their user base and that they are chasing trends. Average Linux

WinBoat is not THE solution to your Linux problem

WinBoat makes a great transition software for you to adopt a Linux native workflow. That will be better in the long run.

How easy is it to run your own AI models?

I explain how easy it is to run your own AI models on Linux using Fedora and Ollama. You can run your own models in five easy steps.

AMD is better on Linux than Nvidia

I just published a new video on how and why AMD is better on Linux than Nvidia

What is the best way to game on Linux?

I deep dive into the way I play games on Linux.

Upcoming changes coming to Fedora 43

What are the upcoming changes coming to Fedora 43?

Fedora 43 switching to only Wayland desktop

With a proposal for switching to Wayland only, Fedora 43 looks to get ahead of Gnome itself dropping support for X11.

How to show MangoHud on every gaming with Steam Flatpak

An easy way to show performance metrics for games running using Steam Flatpak

Fedora Linux gaming

Is gaming on Linux plug-and-play yet?

Fedora 42 is a go. Going live on April 14, 2025

Fedora 42 is a great release with Gnome 48, and multiple new spins. Releasing April 15, 2025

fedora 42

Fedora 42 beta released

First beta for Fedora 42

gnome 48

What is new in Gnome 48 (Updated)

A new well being screen in settings, calendar tweaks, and more

fedora 42 changeset

What is upcoming in Fedora 42

Among the changes includes Gnome 48, updated tools, and a new Cosmic spin

how-to

How to use ESBuild to create a clean, fast building project

Whenever I work on an existing project or start a new one, I try to keep the dependencies minimal. My goal with dependencies is to make sure they are supported, stable, and robust. Trying to keep dependencies minimal on NodeJS project is a challenge. Javascript makes it really easy to

stories

Fedora 41 is a go. Releasing October 29, 2024

Fedora 41 is a go for releasing October 29, 2024

ideas

Updating self hosted Ghost blog using Ansible and Ghost CLI

How to update Ghost install with Ansible and Ghost CLI.

ideas

How to deploy Ghost using Ansible, Terraform, and Ghost CLI

Install Ghost blog instance using Terraform, Ansible, and Ghost CLI.

ideas

How to create a desktop shortcut for an application installed inside a Toolbx container

I provide a simple desktop file that creates a shortcut to the app installed in the container.

thoughts

Tally: A hybrid Plausible wrapper not using Electron, built for Gnome

Tally is a nice hybrid application not using Electron. It enabled low memory footprint and provides most of the features of Plausible in a small sandboxed app.

newsletter

Dev links 7

Octoverse: The state of open source and rise of AI in 2023In this year’s Octoverse report, we study how open source activity around AI, the cloud, and Git are changing the developer experience.The GitHub BlogKyle Daigle, GitHub Staff Frontend Astro 4.0 | AstroAstro 4.0 is here! New

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Interesting links (Newsletter) #6

Frontend Answering Common Questions About Interpreting Page Speed Reports — Smashing MagazineTake a closer look at how various performance tools audit and report on performance metrics, such as core web vitals. Geoff Graham answers a set of common questions that pop up during performance audits.Smashing MagazineGeoff GrahamNaming Variables In CSSSome

thoughts

Migrating from Ubuntu to Fedora server

Trying out Fedora server in place of Ubuntu server. The results are surprising.