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Cleaning Day.
Painting - Gouache On Paper.
Cleaning Day is a gouache painting showing different containers used for cleaning, a red bucket with a white cloth, plastic bottles and containers in blue, yellow, semitransparent, showing cleaning liquids inside.
[ Prints : https://james-mccormack.pixels.com/featured/cleaning-day-james-mccormack.html ]
Have a few days of downtime after vacation but before I go back to work, so I decided to try making a small #BG3 mod (my first!).
Of course I play in #linux, under #wine, using the #GOG version, and the GNOME #bottles frontend... aka, modding on hard mode.
..the BG3 toolkit doesn't load. It got all the way to "Starting Services.." and then hung. Apparently its a problem with .NET versions. It needs dotnet48, I had Mono installed. Now it won't load at all. Hours of debugging await me. Sigh.
This week's Linux and FOSS news:
LINUX NEWS
openSUSE considering to drop 32-bit ARM support, announced a survey to ask users whether they still rely on 32-bit ARM hardware support:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/openSUSE-Deciding-32-bit-ARM
(I think it's a good thing that at least they ask their users directly, and don't just drop the proposal if there's a strong pushback like what Fedora did.)
KDE Frameworks 6.16 released with improved recognition of the most powerful GPU, support for showing the newest files first in open/save dialogs, inertial scrolling (a.k.a. kinetic scrolling) for all scrollable views in all QtQuick-based KDE applications when scrolled using a touchpad, etc.:
https://9to5linux.com/kde-frameworks-6-16-improves-plasmas-ability-to-detect-the-most-powerful-gpu
Ubuntu 24.10 reaches EOL, upgrading to 25.04 is recommended:
https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-24-10-oracular-oriole-reached-end-of-life-upgrade-to-ubuntu-25-04
Ubuntu 25.10 will ship with a fully functional desktop session on RISC-V:
https://9to5linux.com/canonical-plans-for-a-fully-functional-desktop-session-on-risc-v-with-ubuntu-25-10
Ubuntu changes boot process on Raspberry Pi, to improve system recovery and reliability:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/ubuntu-raspberry-pi-boot-process-change
Fedora proposal raised to include Zstd-compressed Initrd by default for space savings and faster boot:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-43-Initrd-Zstd-Compress
Parrot OS 6.4 released with Linux kernel 6.12 LTS, new Goshs and ConvoC2 tools, updated hacking tools, Firefox 140 ESR, etc.:
https://9to5linux.com/ethical-hacking-distro-parrot-os-6-4-is-out-with-linux-kernel-6-12-lts-new-tools
Rhino Linux 2025.3 released with RPK2 package manager, new UBXI KDE Desktop package based on Plasma 6:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/7/rhino-linux-2025-3-debuts-rpk2-package-manager-and-kde-plasma-6-option/
Bottles project faces funding issues, asks for donations:
https://news.itsfoss.com/bottles-need-support/
Phosh 0.48.0 released with new lockscreen plugin to interact with all running media players that use the MPRIS protocol, Cell Broadcast dialogs enabled by default, bug fixes, GTK4 preps, etc.:
https://phosh.mobi/releases/rel-0.48.0/
(more Linux and FOSS news in comments)
New pallet stack of 375 ml bottles arrived from Hawkes Bay WineWorks. Pelting done with rain. Now for some more bottling. Oak barrel matured Kingston Black will soon be undergoing secondary fermentation. Glass is the best container #cider #bottles #GlassBottles #KenelmDigby www.teepeecider.co.nz
WTF!!! #DHS Tells #Police That Common #Protest Activities Are ‘Violent Tactics’
DHS is urging law enforcement to treat even #skateboarding and #livestreaming as signs of violent intent during a protest, turning everyday behavior into a pretext for police action.
By Dell Cameron, Jul 10, 202
"The #DepartmentOfHomelandSecurity is urging local police to consider a wide range of protest activity as violent tactics, including mundane acts like riding a #bike or livestreaming a police encounter, WIRED has learned.
"WIRED has made this article free for all to read because it is primarily based on reporting from Freedom of Information Act requests [#FOIA]. Please consider subscribing to support our journalism.
"Threat bulletins issued during last month’s '#NoKings' #protests warn that the US government’s aggressive immigration raids are almost certain to accelerate domestic unrest, with DHS saying there’s a 'high likeliness' more Americans will soon turn against the agency, which could trigger #confrontations near federal sites.
"Blaming intense media coverage and backlash to the US military deployment in #LosAngeles, DHS expects the #demonstrations to 'continue and grow across the nation' as #protesters focused on other issues shift to #immigration, following a broad 'embracement of #AntiICE messaging.'
"The bulletins—first obtained by the national security nonprofit #PropertyOfThePeople through public records requests—warn that officers could face assaults with fireworks and improvised weapons: #paint-filled fire extinguishers, smoke grenades, and projectiles like #bottles and #rocks.
"At the same time, the guidance urges officers to consider a range of #nonviolent behavior and common #ProtestGear—like #masks, #flashlights, and #cameras—as potential precursors to violence, telling officers to prepare 'from the point of view of an adversary.'
"Protesters on #bicycles, #skateboards, or even 'on foot' are framed as potential 'scouts' conducting reconnaissance or searching for 'items to be used as weapons.' #Livestreaming is listed alongside '#doxxing' as a 'tactic' for 'threatening' police. Online posters are cast as ideological #recruiters—or as participants in 'surveillance sharing.'
"One list of 'violent tactics' shared by the Los Angeles–based Joint Regional Intelligence Center—part of a post-9/11 fusion network—includes both protesters’ attempts to avoid identification and efforts to identify police. The memo also alleges that face recognition, normally a tool of law enforcement, was used against officers.
"Vera Eidelman, a senior staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union [#ACLU], says the government has no business treating #constitutionally protected activities—like #observing or #documenting police—as threats.
"#DHS did not respond to a request for comment."
Read more:
https://www.wired.com/story/dhs-tells-police-that-common-protest-activities-are-violent-tactics/
Aufruf zur Unterstützung!
Das Bottles-Team braucht dringend Finanzierung, um die Entwicklung weiterzuführen.
Trotz großer Beliebtheit gibt es finanzielle Engpässe. Hilf mit, die Zukunft von Bottles mitzugestalten! 
https://linuxiac.com/bottles-team-needs-funding-to-sustain-development/
The team behind bottles is putting out a call for funding support.
Despite the program itself being incredibly popular, the team faces increased hosting costs & such, much like many Open Source projects that become popular, currently they average a mere $100/monthly in donations
For an app with over 300-million downloads on flathub alone, that's pretty slim.
Despite massive adoption, Bottles, a software that lets you run Windows apps and games on Linux easily, faces funding shortages. The team shares its reality and asks users to help shape the project’s future.
https://linuxiac.com/bottles-team-needs-funding-to-sustain-development/
And no, 40 year old Coke doesn't taste good.
How one man’s daughter inspired a world-beating Argentinian wine https://www.diningandcooking.com/2170908/how-one-mans-daughter-inspired-a-world-beating-argentinian-wine/ #Argentina #ArgentineWine #ArgentinianWine #Bottles #Wine #WinesFromArgentina #WinesOfArgentina
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Beer Bottles, green, brown and blue, in watercolour.
[ Prints : https://james-mccormack.pixels.com/featured/beer-bottles-james-mccormack.html ]
@redjives But it kinda became simpler. Programs which historically were difficult to install via #deb, #rpm or others, because they needed a list of other stuff to be present in the system, moved to #Flatpak where they are prebundled with everything they need ensuring they work properly. Like #EasyEffects and #Bottles. And in the end there is one application store where you find both debs and flatpaks and arguably you don't need to care what the distro maintainers choose to give you by default.
Finally got round to removing the "Rasbperry Pi Blog" by-line from my Blog logo LOL.
I love how simple #Gimp made this!
Now I am finally shackle free from limiting myself to #RaspberryPi posting LOL.
Next up to blog about - How I decided to use #Bottles to manage my non #Steam PC Games and PC applications.
containers, not particularly functional
#Bottles #Containers #Surreal #Fantasy #Glass #Colorful #Impractical #Iridescent #WatercolorStyle #Pastel #Whimsical
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion
want? have: https://aieris.art/featured/containers-not-particularly-functional-eris-and-ai.html
5 best water bottles to hit your hydration goals
There are lots of great water bottles that not only keep us on track when it comes to hydration but can also help motivate us through the day too.
#hydration #water #bottles #TheCurator #healthfitnesscurated
https://globalnews.ca/the-curator/10308293/water-bottles/