Cooler weather, longer nights and a bunch of members quietly shipping tools and artful setups make this a good weekend to tinker with something new.
New in Showcase
- Droprun.sh - Linux sandboxing that doesn’t get in your way shared by @hydn
A namespace and gVisor based runner that gives each app its own disposable home directory with selective config mounts, so you can try untrusted tools without handing them your real$HOME.
Active & Updated
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FerrumPix: bringing photo management, RAW editing and image editing together on Linux
0.9.56 and 0.9.58 land with faster RAW development, new manual chromatic aberration sliders, better masks and healing, a compact combined adjustments panel, smarter batch “Apply adjustments,” and a gallery/filmstrip that finally respects each photo’s real aspect ratio. -
FerrumPix: bringing photo management, RAW editing and image editing together on Linux
The latest discussion digs into handling VueScan grayscale DNGs, practical film-scan noise reduction, and small UX touches like safer delete confirmations, with confirmation that upcoming 0.9.59 will properly open single channel VueScan DNG files. -
A TUI music player written in Go
goatplayer gains stronger modularization through Go sub-packages and now performs startup checks for terminal size as well as the integrity of its audio metadata file, exiting early with clear messages if something is off. -
RamSleuth - RAM telemetry + memory benchmark for Linux
Version 2.4.12 introduces a one click setup that configures the privileged daemon, access, and driver build (including Secure Boot), extends Intel coverage through Arrow Lake and DDR5, and adds clearer SPD decoding with XMP and EXPO profile details. -
Linux Bash Scripting: Writing Your First Script
Members are picking up the guide to craft practical scripts like rsync based backup helpers and plan to test-drive the examples on real workflows while commuting and between other projects. -
A simple readline in a Linux CLI or TUI
The thread walks through tradeoffs between heavy readline style libraries and lighter custom input handling, touching on stty quirks, backspace behavior, and Go TUI frameworks like Bubble Tea and gocui that may underpin the next round of tools. -
DeLinuxCo on DistroWatch
More feedback rolls in on this Manjaro based spin, with testers reporting smooth live sessions and the maintainer outlining goals around consistent look and feel plus an AppImage centric workflow. -
Self-Hosting Behind CGNAT - Article
A follow-up reply dissects what is really going on in the writeup, clarifying CGNAT vs static NAT, how rented public IPs and VPN tunnels change the picture, and where the “behind CGNAT” framing can mislead. -
Severing old connections? Why not consider “Disroot.org”
Members dig into Disroot’s Dutch foundation roots, green banking via Triodos, and a Nextcloud based stack that stays outside US CLOUD Act reach, comparing it to Proton for privacy conscious hosting.
Desktops, Rices & Setups
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@HonorX7c shared their Debian setup on an IBM ThinkPad T42 from 2004, with a clean classic desktop and fastfetch output that proves just how usable very old hardware can still be.
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@JohnWick shared a Boromir wallpaper desktop that keeps icons to an absolute minimum so the hand drawn Lord of the Rings art from his daughter fills the screen.
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@JohnWick shared a whole gallery of family drawn wallpapers, from TV character portraits to stylized originals, all tuned to work beautifully as uncluttered backgrounds.
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@andreas shared their ThinkPad T480 running Linux, pairing a straightforward desktop layout with a crisp 1080p panel that makes for a very practical workhorse.
Wrap up your week by trying a new tool, poking at a fresh ISO, or posting your own project or rice in Showcase or the desktop threads so it can be featured before next Saturday.
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