Kick off the weekend with a couple of sharp new tools to try and some clean setups to steal ideas from.
New in Showcase
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Flatpak Progress Installer – A Universal GUI Wrapper for Flatpak Installs by @cybermaxpower
A lightweight bash script that intercepts Flatpak’s carriage-return output and feeds it into a smooth Zenity progress dialog, with user or system scope selection and optional Flathub auto-setup for a no-fuss, cross-distro install flow. -
Linux for the Sega MegaDrive shared by @hydn
A working port that boots a real m68k Linux kernel (7.1.0-rc6) via U-Boot on a Sega Mega Drive using a Mega EverDrive cart and USB serial, which is the kind of delightful hardware hack that begs for a weekend tinker.
Active & Updated
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Distro Fighter: Find your Linux distro & desktop — feedback flagged “bleeding edge” answers occasionally recommending Ubuntu, and @hydn confirmed a change is planned to block that path and outlined how the scoring will be tuned.
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Peakload benchmarks for operating systems — the author explains that SVS uses a single kernel thread with check-then-apply passes that yield square time complexity, and invites kernel folks to explore greedy semaphore designs.
Desktops, Rices & Setups
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@Zulan shared their setup — fastfetch card on a dark theme with a tidy, info-first look.
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@mrcn shared their setup — a minimalist desktop plus a server shot, crisp panels and clean terminal outputs.
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@toadie shared their setup — Arch with a fastfetch readout celebrating a 400-day run and a simple terminal aesthetic.
Have something cool to show or a fresh rice to flaunt? Drop your projects in Showcase and your setups in the desktop threads so the community can try them before next Saturday’s update.
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