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@distrowatch.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 12, 2026, 11:52 AM

@stefano I recently had someone ask me to set up WordPress for them. I agreed and they asked if I would be using AI to do the work. I assured them no, it is a simple (for me) task which takes just a few minutes.

They then clarified they were asking me to use AI to do the install. They thought […]

@distrowatch.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 12, 2026, 9:11 AM

Peppermint updates its PepVoid branch: https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=showheadline&story=20268

@distrowatch.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 12, 2026, 12:11 AM

DistroWatch Weekly reviews Abora OS, Butterbian, talks about what makes Linux systems break, Rocky launches OpenCourant, NetBSD surpasses its funding goals, a look behind the curtain at Chimera Linux: https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20261012

@tomgauld.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 10:47 AMReposted by @distrowatch.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

My latest @newscientist.com cartoon

Panel 1: a large robot (composed of AI servers, network switches, storage arrays, and power distribution units) and a human are talking.

Professor "You don't want to destroy humanity do you, lLLM-A-9300x?"

Robot "Haha. What a silly question, Professor. I have no desires or feelings of my own whatsoever."

Professor (relieved)"Oh good."

Panel 2: they walk on. The robot continues "I am merely a tool of the company that created me. And that company, being composed of humans, will naturally have humanity's best interests at heart."

Panel 3: The professor is conspicuously quiet.
"Right?" says the Robot.
…
More silence

"Professor?"

@distrowatch.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 9, 2026, 10:54 PM

ZEPHIX 9 got a lot bigger: https://distrowatch.com/12976

@distrowatch.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 8, 2026, 12:02 PM

A look behind the scenes at Chimera Linux: https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=showheadline&story=20267

@distrowatch.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 7, 2026, 4:41 PM

NetBSD has surpassed its funding goal: https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=showheadline&story=20266

@futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy Oct 6, 2026, 11:03 PMReposted by @distrowatch.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

"please don't give root to the text generator" shouldn't need to be on the rules list... but here we are.

@distrowatch.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 5, 2026, 5:02 PM

The signal-to-noise ratio is tipping the wrong way: https://www.patreon.com/distrowatch/posts/information-171512640

@distrowatch.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 5, 2026, 11:38 AM

The team behind Rocky Linux has a new project: https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=showheadline&story=20265

@distrowatch.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 5, 2026, 12:03 AM

DistroWatch Weekly talks about fu11m00n, learning Linux through breaking Linux, the Dutch government creates a NixOS-based distro, GhostBSD working on its own desktop, openSUSE discusses a month of many security fixes: https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20261005

@distrowatch.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 4, 2026, 9:10 PM

Besgnulinux has a new edition which uses Openbox: https://distrowatch.com/12974

@distrowatch.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 3, 2026, 7:05 PM

Parrot 7.4 comes with a new onboarding tool: https://distrowatch.com/12973

@distrowatch.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 3, 2026, 12:12 PM

There is a new security update from Qubes: https://distrowatch.com/12972

@distrowatch.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 2, 2026, 6:47 PM

Mainstream OS has a new release: https://distrowatch.com/12971

@distrowatch.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 2, 2026, 11:29 AM

SME Server, (now with a stranger name): https://distrowatch.com/12970

@distrowatch.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 2, 2026, 11:11 AM

umbrelOS 2.0.0 is available: https://distrowatch.com/12969