Saturday Showcase: Built & Shared by Members This Week

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Cool weather, fresh ISOs, and a bunch of new scripts and tools to tinker with make this a good weekend to brew a drink, open a terminal, and try something new.

:new_button: New in Showcase

  • A restore script for Debian delivering bespoke desktop kung-fu by @machiner
    DORiS is a two-part Bash restore script for Debian net-installs that builds a lean Openbox based workstation with Alacritty, themed GTK apps, keybind-heavy workflows, and opinionated configs, ideal if you want a fast, keyboard focused desktop without assembling everything by hand.

  • George: a silly thing that nobody wanted that is awesome by @machiner
    George is a Jetsons-inspired TUI command center written with urwid and tmux that runs in Alacritty and wires together scratch notes, events, RSS, a terminal, and one key random TV or music launches (including Nina Simone and Leave It to Beaver), perfect if you like living inside a playful yet practical terminal dashboard.

:wrench: Active & Updated

  • FerrumPix: bringing photo management, RAW editing and image editing together on Linux by @Bitpainter75
    Version 0.9.65 focuses on RAW processing fixes, expanded lens correction support, faster detail sliders, a new blur control, and much more efficient handling of large TIFF and DNG scans on network drives, with follow up testing from @jmarkus on big mixed film-scan folders and catalog workflows.

  • A TUI music player written in Go by @goatherd
    The player now uses TrueColor rather than 256-color mode and gets a refreshed, simpler look driven by a small TrueColor helper, which gives the interface a cleaner and richer palette in compatible terminals.

  • Peakload benchmarks for operating systems by @Dima
    Dima shares a conference talk and preprint on modeling a PVZ machine as a formal system built on Unix/Linux fork() and semop(), along with a note that a new version of the SNCtools benchmarking toolkit is on the way.

  • Backup solutions for desktop Linux shared by @machiner
    A compact rsync --link-dest script called dumpit shows how to build space efficient, snapshot style home-directory dumps to an external drive with logs and desktop notifications, followed by a contrasting dual USB3 backup script from @tkn that uses parallel cp -auP jobs.

  • Just asking for a little feedback on what I can do better by @Itachixkurosaki
    The thread picks up again with discussion of homelab incident reports, learning by breaking things, and ongoing efforts to land a first help-desk role while working toward CCNA and A+ certifications.

  • Quick tips: Getting the most out of Debian (add yours) shared by @machiner
    A fresh tip thread entry argues for embracing Debian Stable as a deliberately conservative base, using the expert installer to start from a minimal tools-only system, and avoiding so called FrankenDebian setups in favor of building exactly what you need on top.

  • Quick tips: Getting the most out of Fedora (add yours) with contributions from @NothingConspicous
    The discussion digs into using bootc for container style OS images, including the tradeoffs of building on Debian, hand compiling bootc, and the ongoing work required to keep kernels and tooling tested as the base evolves.

  • ArtCraft Legality started by @shybry747
    Members explore whether vibe coded Adobe and Office clones cross from clean room implementation into trade dress trouble, referencing Lindows, cereal knock-offs, and the wider implications of AI accelerated reverse engineering on proprietary software business models.

  • Vibe coded clones of Adobe apps for Linux, Mac and PC shared by @shybry747
    After early excitement, testers report that many of these AI generated Adobe style apps feel structurally rough once you push beyond the initial UI, with bugs and quirks that make them better weekend experiments than production tools for now.

  • So first Linux kernel panic in a decade by @hydn
    A detailed writeup of a DRM panic on a ThinkPad T14s running Kali shows how to pull the QR encoded kernel log and traces the crash to an intermittent ath11k Wi-Fi resume issue, which is useful reference for anyone chasing similar WCN6855 wake-from-sleep failures.

  • Interested: Which version? Debian or Debian-derived distro? with input from @machiner and @Brian_Masinick
    The latest posts compare running straight Debian with DORiS layered on top versus friendlier derivatives, and highlight how DORiS handles config backups (including .bashrc) plus a quick fix to pick up the system timezone from /etc/timezone or /etc/localtime.

  • George: a silly thing that nobody wanted that is awesome by @machiner
    Beyond the intro, the thread unpacks how George uses urwid and tmux as a drop-in TTY dashboard with shortcuts for radio, timers, note taking, and scripted launchers, giving long time terminal users an example of gluing everyday tasks into one playful interface.

:desktop_computer: Desktops, Rices & Setups

As you explore these projects and setups, consider posting your own scripts, tools, and desktop rices in the Showcase and desktop threads so they can be featured before next Saturday.

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