A fresh crop of tools and desktops landed this week, perfect for a little tinkering between coffee refills and late-night terminal sessions.
New in Showcase
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My sosreport analysis tool project. Looking for feedback by @linuxjedi
A collaborative web and self-hostable analyzer for Linux sosreports that indexes logs, configs, and command outputs at scale; currently Docker-based and Linux-first with encrypted LUKS-backed storage and a shared “case” workflow to speed triage. -
Use your NVIDIA GPU’s VRAM as swap space on Linux shared by @hydn
nbd-vram exposes NVIDIA VRAM as a block device so you can experiment with ultra-fast swap for memory-bound workloads, a fun weekend hack if you have spare VRAM to play with. -
A free Linux adaptation of NETworkManager shared by @hydn
nmlinux ports the popular BornToBeRoot NETworkManager toolbox to Linux using Python 3 and PySide6, bundling ping, traceroute, port scans, and more into a tidy desktop utility. -
Full Circle Magazine #229 shared by @ericmarceau
The new issue covers Ubuntu 26.04 LTS and Kubuntu 26.04 LTS with details like GNOME 50’s Wayland-only direction and the removal of Google Drive integration in Files, a concise read if you are eyeing a fresh LTS.
Active & Updated
- Rainbow moth (color picker) — the author published the project’s source code on GitHub, so you can audit, fork, or package it alongside your theming toolkit.
Desktops, Rices & Setups
- @MarcelStevano shared their setup — stock Ubuntu GNOME with the Noble theme and Crown wallpaper, clean and unmodified.
- @MarcelStevano shared their setup — Arch with GNOME dressed in Yaru for an “Archbuntu” vibe.
- @hydn shared their setup — Ubuntu LTS terminal view with ESM enabled on a home server.
Have something you built or a desktop you tuned this week? Drop it in Showcase or the desktop threads and it might be featured before next Saturday.
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