A fresh weekend is here to tinker, tile, and try a few new tools from fellow members.
New in Showcase
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Kubernetes Homelab by @toadie
A Raspberry Pi k3s cluster on Raspberry Pi OS with Prometheus, Grafana, Uptime-Kuma, and Ansible-driven ops that makes it easy to spin up apps per-namespace then promote or tear down cleanly. -
Plaid - A new tiling window manager extension for Gnome 50+ by @Plyply
A Wayland-first GNOME 50 tiling extension with per-workspace layouts plus flair like blur, rounded corners, animated borders, a drop-down terminal, and video backgrounds for a polished tiling workflow inside GNOME. -
Free security training web site shared by @tmick
HackOSquad is a free-to-browse course hub with roughly 100 videos that range from Linux basics to SQL injection, handy if you are building a security foundation without a paywall. -
Typosquat scanner (browser tool, built on WhoisFreaks API), pairs with an article on detecting fake domains by @Furqan_Ashraf
A single‑page, MIT‑licensed web app that enumerates brand lookalike domains via WhoisFreaks’ Typosquats API and then scores them with the Reputation API, with a tiny serverless proxy included to avoid CORS hassles.
Active & Updated
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Distro Fighter: Find your Linux distro & desktop — discussion picked up around adding Linux From Scratch to the roster.
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My sosreport analysis tool project. Looking for feedback — sos‑vault is now open source and available for desktop use, packaged to run with Docker.
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Tired of GDebi crashing? I built a lightweight, visual wrapper for local .deb installs! — v1.1.6 adds non‑interactive safeguards so installs do not hang on background prompts.
Desktops, Rices & Setups
- @andreas shared their setup — Debian Xfce with a classic panel layout for a calm, stable daily driver.
- @ImInYourWalls shared their setup — Arch with Hyprland’s Scrolling layout for a minimalist, out‑of‑the‑way workspace.
- @anon7765229 shared their setup — Fedora 44 KDE Plasma with a tidy panel and cohesive blue theme.
Share your own builds in Showcase and drop your rices in the desktop threads so we can feature them before next Saturday’s update.
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