nixCraft
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- Oh no. Can you please think of the poor corporation and its CEO? The negativity you talk about regarding AI is hurting them badly. Now Jensen Huang is begging you to stop being so negative about AI: "[It's] extremely hurtful, frankly, and I think we've done a lot of damage," he said.
- ```/bin/bash``` just turned 38. Happy birthday, bash! To display bash shell version press `Ctrl+x Ctrl+v` #unix #linux #opensource
- This chart shows the total number of Stack Overflow questions asked each month. As you can see, AI summaries in Google and AI coding tools have nearly killed the site. It is only a matter of time before the site shuts down completely. The golden age of independent web is over.
- dwipe is a free and opensource tool for securely and efficiently wipe devices and partitions for Linux operating systems. It comes with TUI and easy to use interface. Give it a try. github.com/joedefen/dwipe
- Linux is good now. The author had enough of Windows and Microsoft shenanigans. I'm brave enough to say it: Linux is good now, and if you want to feel like you actually own your PC, make 2026 the year of Linux on (your) desktop www.pcgamer.com/software/lin...
- OpenWorkers a free and open-source runtime for executing untrusted JavaScript in V8 isolates. It brings the power of edge computing to your own infrastructure. It is a self-hosted Cloudflare Workers in Rust lang. -> repo github.com/openworkers -> project home page openworkers.com
- for i in {10..1}; do echo "${i}..."; sleep 1; done; echo 'Happy New Year 2026! 🥂'
- It doesn't matter who wins the AI race, whether it’s OpenAI/Google/MS or world governments. We will be the collateral damage in this. Energy/water bills, & hardware prices are going to become major talking points in 2026 & beyond. These are just a few things I’ve noticed as 2025 comes to a close
- My next PC or laptop will be 500 to 800 bucks more expensive in 2026, but at least I can make a video of a kitten or baby elephant playing and dancing in my home. Isn't that great? LOL. /s #AISlop
- Is it a good idea for new developers to learn ‘C’ language in 2026?
- User: Hi! I'd like a wake up call. Hotel front desk: The entire modern web infrastructure you rely on is held together by a handful of volunteer run opensource projects, and if one lead maintainer decides to delete their repository today, the global economy would stall by noon.
- It’s a beautiful day until you realize that 64GB of high performance RAM carries the same price tag as a brand new MacBook Air featuring a "generous" 16GB of RAM. How did we get here? Here we call it the “AI” tax 😏 and it is just the beginning of the new era for DIY users.
- CLI for internet speed test via cloudflare github.com/kavehtehrani...
- Rex is a safe and usable Linux kernel extension framework that allows loading and executing Rust kernel extension programs in the place of eBPF. This is useful for sysadmins/IT pros, DevOps engineers and developers who wish to debug complicated server and system or software issues.
- Happy birthday Linus Torvalds, the creator of the Linux kernel and git. 🎂🐧
- Make sure vim terminate itself after 300 seconds. truly evil 😈 ``` alias vim='timeout 300 vim' ``` The timeout command is a simple way to let a command run for a given amount of time. www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-ru...
- 💯 justified outrage
- Do you want to learn how to build a custom OS? There is an interactive guide and project dedicated to developing an operating system from scratch using Rust and Assembly. This is good for those who wish to learn system programming and CS. www.learnix-os.com
- `netstat` on Unix, macOS, and BSD (now replaced by `ss` on Linux) is a standard command for viewing and debugging network connections. There is a newer, more modern tool called snitch, written in Go lang, designed to inspect network connections on Linux and Unix with a cleaner and easy to use TUI
- loong64 is now an official architecture on Debian Linux. lists.debian.org/debian-devel...
- me just using the `apt-get` or `apt` cyberciti.biz/faq/ubuntu-l... but how the world see it:
- Garage is a distributed S3-like storage solution purpose built for self hosters & small teams who need reliable data storage without the complexity of enterprise grade clusters. Many users have migrated from MinIO recently to this. It is a good software for home labs, IT pros & devs
- By age 40, a Linux user stops trying to install Arch on a toaster just to prove they can. They finally settle on Debian Stable or Mint because they realize they no longer have the "mental bandwidth" to spend 6 hours configuring stuff or fix broken systems just to check their email or watch Netflix 😊
- i used to live on the edge. now i just want a desktop environment that doesn't explode when i need it the most 😅
- While most of us use the `clear` command to clear a Linux, macOS, or Unix terminal screen, you can actually do this much faster by pressing `Ctrl + L` keyboard shortcut keys. Try it!
- The new Mozilla CEO says he could block ad blockers in Firefox and estimates that it would bring in another $150 million, but he doesn't want to do that. Lmao. This guy has really lost the plot. Is he issuing threats to the users of an open source project? Boy, what a disaster
- People use ad blockers to protect their computers from scams and malware because Google and other ad companies have failed to do so. They put profit above everything else. I can't believe this guy is on a mission to kill Firefox by the end of this year. Source infosec.press/brunomiguel/...
- Waterfox is a free and opensource browser based on Firefox with all LLM or AI stuff removed. This might be the replacement. Repo github.com/BrowserWorks... Home page www.waterfox.com Blog post www.waterfox.com/blog/no-ai-h...
- LibreWolf is another option. It is a custom version of Firefox, focused on privacy, security and freedom with all bad bits (like LLM/AI, No trackers/telemetry, enhanced privacy etc) removed. * Repo codeberg.org/librewolf * Home page librewolf.net
- Mozilla has a new CEO and he just announced that Firefox will evolve into a modern AI browser. This is a good example of how management doesn’t understand its own user base and why they go out of their way to install Firefox on Windows, Android, iOS and other devices blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/l...
- My co-worker's last name was Null. The HR department had to rename him to "Empty String" just so their monthly report queries would stop breaking 😂
- To delete a line you've written at the Linux, macOS, or Unix command prompt, use "Ctrl-U". Works with password prompts too. No need hit backspace multiple times.
- From top AI coding user globally to completely stop using it because it's so much harder to review AI code than write it myself. And they say all software developers jobs will be replaced by LLM. Life comes fast at you. 🤣
- I asked a bank for a loan. They said, "For a house?" I said, "No, for two sticks of 6000MHz CL30 DDR5 RAM." They hung up
- i think i need to take my chances now ;)
- I am building a new Linux disto called “Apt-get a Life.” It's an ultra lightweight distro that automatically removes all your installed packages & tells you to go outside before wiping out the disk 🤭
- "RemoveWindowsAI" is a script created by zoicware, available on GitHub, that does exactly what it says: it remove every AI feature in Windows 11. Do what you wish to do with this information. I'm sharing this because some folks are forced to use Win11 at work or other places for any reasons.
- repo is here github.com/zoicware/Rem...
- Stupidly small and simple, laughably fast and pretty fetch tool. Written in Rust for speed and ease of maintainability. Runs in a fraction of a millisecond and displays most of the nonsense you see on the internet communities or social media. Aims to replace fastfetch. Haha!
- shouldn’t the cost go down now that they replaced a bunch of paid employees with AI. they are constantly saying AI/LLM will reduce cost for enterprise and business. why are you like this Microsoft? you lie everyday. we are not stupid. MS office new pricing coming soon:
- I found this funny. credit www.threeboy.com
- The simplest path to digital enlightenment? Install an Ad Blocker & rediscover what golden silence sounds like. Digital Zen for all.
- Twelve Days of Shell: Test your shell knowledge by taking the command line challenges. Are you ready? * source code repo to host it locally gitlab.com/jarv/cmdchal... * Or do it online 12days.cmdchallenge.com Good luck, CLI lovers!
- A Linux sysadmin tech interview conducted via Google Meet. The job interviewer now says: Take off your headphones, put on speaker, close your eyes, and tell me what an inode is and when you need it.
- How many of you use open source image editors like GIMP, Krita, Inkscape? Be honest!
- Here we go again. Cloudflare is down worldwide and apps and sites stopped working including my bank app 😅 who pushed code to prod on Friday? 😒 www.cloudflarestatus.com
- Do you want to learn Docker by doing a simple fun and interactive exercises? This is the tool for beginners or developers who never build native Docker apps. Give it a try. github.com/furkan/docke...
- Try VIM Master game if you need to learn Vim! It's a easy to use in-browser game designed with short, focused levels to teach all the essential Vim motions and editing commands. Give it a try. github.com/renzorlive/v...
