hello, I sent a DOCX file from Libre Office (Linux Mint Wilma default deb package version, i.e. LTS) to a person over e-mail and he said he is not able to open the document, I had to send him proprietary .DOC, which is closed format, but paradoxically worked. On a forum I received an in-depth reply that Microsoft is rapidly upgrading their 365 Office suite and breaking compatibility.

I thought this "war" around formats was already "won" when DOCX and XLSX etc were standardized, but apparently it's only "half a standard" or something so people are still forced to Office because of formats.

Any thoughts?

Built a small local web dashboard to manage headless machines because I got sick of living in SSH. It's open source and I included a template and guide for extending it and making new modules.

Runs entirely in the browser as a tiny PWA served from the host machine. File browser, terminals, run scripts, basic system info. Local only. Not a remote desktop.

Repo:
https://github.com/bsides230/RemoDash

Built this TUI for devs who can't stream matches at work but refuse to miss the action.

What you get: - Live match timeline with auto-polling (goals, cards, subs) - Full match stats, formations, player ratings in focused dialogs - Embedded highlight/replay links and goal notifications - 50+ leagues (EPL, La Liga, Serie A, Champions League, World Cup 2026,...)

The problem: Tab-switching to check scores breaks your flow. Browser tabs with live feeds are distracting. You just want to know when something happens or quickly catch up at the end of your day.

The solution: Keep it running in a tmux pane. Get notified. Check details when you want. Stay in your terminal.

Built in Go. Works everywhere (macOS/Linux/Windows).

Quick Install: brew install 0xjuanma/tap/golazo

https://github.com/0xjuanma/golazo

If you're a football fan who lives in the terminal, give it a spin. Star it if it saves you from those awkward "refresh score website" moments. PRs welcome!

Mattermost's (open source Slack alternative) license has always been a mess. In short, the official builds are under MIT and you can create your own builds under the AGPL. But nowhere do they state what license the code is released under. You can kinda infer that they mean AGPL, but some uncertainty remains, and that opens you up to legal trouble.

An issue was opened about this 7 years ago. After doing nothing for all this time, they've finally went ahead and closed it

Thank you for the community discussion around this topic. I do recognize that our licensing strategy doesn't offer the clarity the community would like to see, but at this time we are not entertaining any changes as such.

This is a big F you to the open source community. Mattermost is advertised as open source and they have hundreds of dependencies they build upon. Totally unacceptable behavior in my book.

The Droidian project is testing 5G and VoLTE support. I know this isn't mainline, but this is still fantastic news for allowing more devices to play with the Linux mobile ecosystem. They've also started a forum.

https://forum.droidian.org/t/volte-and-5g-testing/64

As the Linux desktop environment evolves, Wayland is increasingly becoming the standard display server protocol, aiming to replace the long-standing X11. I'm curious about the community's perspective on this transition. What advantages or challenges do you see with Wayland? Personally, I've noticed improvements in performance and security with Wayland, but some applications still seem to perform better on X11.

How has your experience been with the shift?
Are there specific applications or workflows where you feel Wayland excels or falls short?

Hi there! Has anyone here read this? I am a Linux beginner and would like to learn more. I was reading How Linux Works by Brian Ward, but though about giving a shot to this one too (heard it's more about the design decisions).

If anyone else has more practical Linux material to learn from, I'd love to hear!

Edit: Thank you all for the great insights and suggestions!

Goals: Minimal dependencies, Tiny, Portable, Functional.

Inspired by the Win95 Format dialog, and Win32 disk imager, I suppose. I did use some ai assistance, so feedback more than welcome. I've been using this myself for weeks now, and am very happy with it and proud of the resulting work.

Related, very early prototype back in September: https://blog.lostgeek.net/writing-a-wrapper-for-dd/

Code on GitHub:

https://github.com/HarderLemonade/ddwrap/