A fresh batch of builds and nuanced updates landed this week, perfect for a weekend of test installs, terminal tinkering, and a little rice polish.
New in Showcase
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Yetty (yetty.dev) terminal emulator by @zokrezyl
A next‑gen terminal that doubles as an ecosystem with VNC, mp4 recording, crisp msdf font rendering, and a bundled browser that can render remotely to your terminal for low‑bandwidth sessions; statically linked for fewer host library headaches. -
Odyssey Linux — a Void‑based distro trying to make no‑systemd approachable (with a verifiable supply chain) by @n0bod1
Void with runit made installer‑simple via Calamares, multiple desktops and WMs, a graphical Control Center for AppArmor, firewall and services, plus dual‑signed packages logged to Sigstore and verifiable with odyssey‑challenge; Beta 4 is out with 1.0 planned for July 27. -
Built a few small CLI tools using free APIs (IP lookup, currency, WHOIS): sharing in case it’s useful for practice by @Furqan_Ashraf
Three bite‑size Bash utilities using curl and jq to query live geolocation, currency, and WHOIS data under a single API key, great for practicing error handling, rate limits, and auth headers against real endpoints.
Active & Updated
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Tired of GDebi crashing? I built a lightweight, visual wrapper for local .deb installs! — v1.1.5 drops custom CSS to fully inherit your system theme, adds smart already‑installed detection with reinstall or purge prompts, preflight dependency simulation, and cleaner desktop integration. -
Brow6el - full web browser entirely in your terminal — in‑thread comparison note from the Yetty author highlights Yetty’s ybrowser, which renders with msdf fonts and supports JavaScript and CSS while optimizing remote sessions for minimal bandwidth.
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[Go] cert-checker — a feature idea proposes flagging domain expiration alongside cert expiry, with a simple WHOIS API hook to extend reports.
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Peakload benchmarks for operating systems — the author answers scale questions, confirms the largest benchmark launches 8,192 child processes, and links prior MCU, FPGA, GPU VM, and ASIC work that informs the approach.
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Distro Fighter: Find your Linux distro & desktop — maintainer notes the earlier reported issues were fixed.
Desktops, Rices & Setups
- @DenalB shared their setup — Fedora with Kitty and a Fastfetch config that swaps the ASCII logo for a custom image logo.
New Member of the Month
- Congratulations to our newest recipients, and thanks for making the forum warmer and wiser each day. See the honorees here: LinuxCommunity.io
If you built or tuned something you are proud of, drop it in Showcase or share your rice in the desktop threads so folks can try it before next Saturday’s update.
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