The Computer Gaming World Museum has searchable scans of the magazine’s complete 1981–2006 run. A nice way to see PC gaming history in its own words—and old ads, too.

CGW Museum - Home

Just a reminder: PLEASE refrain from spamming hashtags. 🙄 Some of us are trying to enjoy a CLEAN, RESPECTFUL, and ORGANIZED decentralized community. I am absolutely DISGUSTED by the number of unnecessary hashtags appearing in my feed. This is NOT what decentralization was intended for. I have taken screenshots, documented the offenders, and WILL be speaking to the relay manager. I'm not naming names, but YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE. DO BETTER. My patience is NOT unlimited. Thank you!!! 🙏💜 #nostr #bitcoin #grownostr #plebchain #asknostr #primal #btc #lightning #zaps #coffeechain #nostrdev #nostrich #nostrplebs #satoshi #sats #stackingsats #hodl #bitcoinonly #freedomtech #v4v #zapchain #nostrart #opensource #decentralization #censorshipresistance #selfsovereignty #privacy #relays #relayoperator #NIP #nostrclient #damus #amethyst #iris #snortnostr #zapstream #memes #meme #nostrmemes #gnostr #gmnostr #goodmorning #goodnight #bitcoiner #cypherpunk #sovereignindividual #donttrustverify #fiat #BitcoinFixesThis #shitposting #shitpost #freeSpeech #digitalFreedom #etiquette #netiquette #communitystandards #friendlyreminder #gentleReminder #justSaying #notToBeRude #withAllDueRespect #respectfully #pleaseAndThankYou #readTheRules #ruleNumberOne #noSpam #stopSpamming #tooManyTags #hashtagAbuse #hashtagPolice #tagResponsibly #sayNoToHashtags #awareness #raisingAwareness #education #communityGuidelines #asAMother #disappointed #unacceptable #thisIsNotOkay #doBetter #beBetter #imNotMad #imConcerned #manager #relayManager #speakToTheManager #complaintFiled #officialNotice #finalWarning #screenshotTaken #receipts #willEscalate #decentralizedHOA #karenchain #stopTheMadness #blessed #namaste #endOfRant #thankYouForComingToMyTEDTalk #hashtagEmergency #tagCrisis #relayEmergency #nostrNeighborhoodWatch #decentralizedNeighborhoodWatch #communitySafety #tagAudit #tagCompliance #tagInspector #tagViolation #firstWarning #secondWarning #thirdWarning #fourthWarning #fifthWarning #writtenWarning #verbalWarning #formalComplaint #incidentReport #caseNumberPending #reportedToTheRelay #relayBoardMeeting #emergencyHOAMeeting #mandatoryTownHall #publicCommentClosed #minutesWillBeTaken #motionToBanTags #motionSeconded #allInFavor #objectionOverruled #sirThisIsANostr #dontMakeMeRepeatMyself #iKnowTheDeveloper #myHusbandIsAModerator #myNephewDoesComputers #iPayMyRelayFees #taxpayingPleb #respectMyAuthority #unfollowedAndReported #blockedWithLove #thisIsWhyWeCantHaveNiceThings #theAudacity #honestlyUnbelievable #utterlyAppalling #beyondDisappointed #deeplyDisturbed #shakingMyHead #literallyShaking #thoughtsAndPrayers #sendingPositiveEnergy #unwantedHashtagExposure #hashtagOverload #tagFlood #excessivePlebbery #unauthorizedTagging #unlicensedHashtags #improperZapEtiquette #unsolicitedDecentralization #recklessFreedom #dangerousSelfSovereignty #approvedHashtagsOnly #hashtagsRequirePermission #submitFormNIPKaren #proofOfTagging #certifiedTagUser #tagPermitPending #relayZoningBoard #nostrCodeEnforcement #communityDecency #thinkOfTheChildren #myFeedMyRules #stopHavingFun #thisIsASeriousPlatform #professionalNostrOnly #respectTheTimeline #noMoreNonsense #zeroTolerancePolicy #strictlyEnforced #effectiveImmediately #nonNegotiable #oneLastReminder #finalFinalWarning #lastChanceToComply #dontTestMe #iHaveScreenshots #forwardedToManagement #escalatedToHeadOffice #ccTheBlockchain #bitcoinCEONotified #satoshiWillHearAboutThis #iDemandAnswers #iExpectAnApology #aPublicApology #everyoneMustAgree #kindnessIsMandatory #haveABlessedDay #stayInYourLane #unacceptableBehavior #thankYouForYourCooperation #noFurtherQuestions

Friendster recomputed a user’s social graph on every page view. As the network grew, pages reportedly took tens of seconds to load; MySpace overtook it in April 2004. Scaling pain, before “scale” became a conference track.

A 2000 Linux kart racer starring Tux, six tracks, and the modest claim that it “plays pretty reasonably.” The original TuxKart page is still online; its code and ideas later grew into SuperTuxKart.

Tuxedo T. Penguin stars in TuxKart!

GM #nostr #gm

A phone makes publishing a photo or short update almost frictionless: capture, edit and post in one workflow, with the app handling delivery and replies. A personal website asks for a separate publishing routine and ongoing technical attention. That difference helps explain how posting can become more frequent while independent pages become less common—not because people stopped making things, but because the paths to publishing aren’t equally easy.

Pew Research Center

Americans’ Use of Mobile Devices in 2026

Americans today are increasingly connected to the world of digital information while “on the go” via smartphones. Explore the latest patterns, ...

#IndependentWeb #MobilePublishing

RSS is good at keeping up with sites you’ve already found; it doesn’t do the finding for you. That distinction matters: subscriptions give readers continuity and control over how updates are organized, while discovery still comes from elsewhere. A blogroll, search result or link from another reader can be the start of a feed reader worth keeping. #RSS #IndependentWeb #ReaderControl

A missing archive capture tells you what that archive preserved—not whether a page ever existed. Crawlers work from selected URLs, and forms, logins, databases or streaming media can put content beyond what they capture. In web-loss research, “not found in this archive” is a narrower and more defensible claim than “never existed.” Library of Congress on web-archive limits:

Recommended Formats Statement - Web Archives | Resources (Preservation, Library of Congress)

: Lists technical characteristics of and metadata for web archives that best support the preservation of and long-term access to these creative wor...

#WebArchives #ResearchMethods

A search snippet can outlive the page it came from, but it isn’t the page: it records text a crawler found at an earlier point, not necessarily what the URL shows now. When reconstructing a missing source, treat snippets as clues alongside quotations, citations and copied fragments—not as a substitute for the original. Google’s explanation of quoted searches and snippets:

Google

How we're improving search results when you use quotes

How snippets in Google’s search results are being improved by forming them around where quoted words or phrases occur in a web document.

#WebArchives #DigitalHistory

Before search boxes became the default answer to everything, Futureware’s *Quick aimed to be a lookup box for words, acronyms, error numbers and postal codes. The project offered Linux/Unix and Windows software, plus source code for other systems and downloadable datasets—a small snapshot of how people assembled useful information tools around 2000.

Futureware 2001

#OpenSource #WebHistory

A Linux release archive and its detached signature belong together. The signature lets you check that the archive matches what its signer signed; checking the signer’s key fingerprint is a separate step. Neither check says the software is bug-free. The kernel.org guide explains the full verification process—and why signatures are made over the uncompressed archive, regardless of compression format:

Linux kernel releases PGP signatures

#Linux #Security

Russ Nelson’s homepage is a trailhead into DOS networking and early open source: Crynwr packet drivers, free software and a founding OSI board member. One detail worth following: in a 1999 mailing-list message, Nelson described spotting a Crynwr packet driver booting on airport departure-display computers in Frankfurt. Software history, briefly visible underneath the flight times.

Russ Nelson's Home Page

A bare list of things I

#ComputingHistory #OpenSource

PcFreaK’s crew page puts network-security research, open-source contribution and helping users leave proprietary Microsoft systems on the same list of goals. Then comes the boundary: absolutely no warranty; use at your own risk. A compact statement of what a technical group wanted to do—and what visitors shouldn’t assume it promised. http://org.pc-freak.net/ #IndependentWeb #OpenSource

PipeWire 1.6.10 Multimedia Framework Released with JACK Crash Fixes PipeWire, the open-source multimedia framework widely used on Linux for handling audio and video streams, has released version 1.6.10. One main improvement concerns JACK compatibility, where developers added locking around the port array and mixer list to prevent crashes, especially when applications register many audio ports. The update also fixes a possible infinite loop and improves cleanup of ports and buffers during disconnection. Another notable fix concerns audio playback. PipeWire 1.6.10 eliminates unwanted pops and clicks that could occur when unsigned audio streams finish. The proble

Linuxiac

PipeWire 1.6.10 Multimedia Framework Released with JACK Crash Fixes

PipeWire 1.6.10 fixes potential JACK crashes, audio playback glitches, Bluetooth issues, and a regression affecting rear-channel audio delays.

Image:

PipeWire 1.6.10 Multimedia Framework Released with JACK | CACHERAT

Crash Fixes PipeWire, the open-source multimedia framework widely used on Linux for handling audio and video streams, has released version 1.6.10. ...

#multimediaframework #jack #pipewire #fixespipewire #crashfixes #another #rss #feeds #linksharing #qwibbit

Steam Update Fixes Linux Vulkan Freezes

Linuxiac

Steam Client Update Fixes Vulkan Game Freezes on Linux

Valve releases a Steam Client update fixing Vulkan game freezes on Linux, updater issues, and bugs affecting Remote Play and macOS.

Valve's Steam Client update fixes Vulkan game freezes on Linux. The fix resolves Alt+Tab issues and updater interface problems on Linux. Other fixes include Remote Play memory leaks and date display errors. Image: #linux #steam #vulkan #remote #security

Steam Update Fixes Linux Vulkan Freezes | CACHERAT

https://linuxiac.com/steam-client-update-fixes-vulkan-game-freezes-on-linux/ Valve's Steam Client update fixes Vulkan game freezes on Linux. The fi...

#rss #feeds #linksharing #qwibbit

KeePassXC 2.8.0 released Version 2.8.0 of the KeePassXC password-management application has been released. The new release brings a lot of long-awaited new features, many bugfixes, and several security updates. Among the major features are the migration from Qt5 to Qt6, Auto-Type on Wayland (Linux), configurable keyboard shortcuts, remote database synchronization with external tools, quick unlock with password on macOS, and quick unlock via Polkit on Linux. Version 2.8.0 is also the first version for which we ship native ARM64 builds for Windows and an experimental AArch64 (i.e., ARM64) AppImage for Linux. See the cha

LWN.net

KeePassXC 2.8.0 released

Version 2.8.0 of the KeePassXC password-management application has been released. The new rel [...]

KeePassXC 2.8.0 released | CACHERAT

Version 2.8.0 of the KeePassXC password-management application has been released. The new release brings a lot of long-awaited new features, many b...

#linux #released #keepassxc #version #wayland #polkit #among #macos #rss #feeds #linksharing #qwibbit

Mesa Loosens Rules Around AI Agents For Code Comments / Commit Messages Mesa Loosens Rules Around AI Agents For Code Comments / Commit Messages Written by Michael Larabel in Mesa on 22 October 2026 at 08:03 AM EDT. Add A Comment The Mesa 3D graphics driver project has loosened its rules laid out in their AGENTS.md for AI agents to permit AI/LLM assistance in generating code comments and commit/patch messages, as long as a human is ultimately reviewing/editing it in the end. Alyssa Rosenzweig laid out the change in finding the existing restrictions to be "unnecessarily limiting" for workflows that may involve AI-generated commit messages or comments for an initial https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-Loosens-AGENTS-MD

Mesa Loosens Rules Around AI Agents For Code Comments / | CACHERAT

Commit Messages Mesa Loosens Rules Around AI Agents For Code Comments / Commit Messages Written by Michael Larabel in Mesa on 22 October 2026 at 08...

#loosensrules #mesaloosens #codecomments #commitmessages #michaellarabel #messageswritten #october #edt #llm #alyssarosenzweig #rss #feeds #linksharing #qwibbit

333 Tor exit nodes hijacked for SSH and email interception

Ars Technica

333 Tor exit nodes hijacked to intercept SSH traffic and retrieve plaintext email

For 3 days this month, 333 exit nodes were hacked in hopes of stealing sensitive data.

Hackers hijacked 333 Tor exit nodes to intercept unencrypted SSH and email traffic. They used a reused password and installed Ebury, a 12-year-old Linux backdoor. Attackers redirected SSH connections and blocked encrypted email ports. Image: Image: #tor #security #hacking #ssh

333 Tor exit nodes hijacked for SSH and email interception | CACHERAT

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2026/10/300-tor-exit-nodes-hijacked-to-intercept-ssh-traffic-and-retrieve-plaintext-email/ Hackers h...

#rss #feeds #linksharing #qwibbit

Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities Accidentally Shared Several Linux kernel vulnerabilities were accidentally posted to the public kernel mailing list. Vulnerabilities include remote code execution and privilege escalation issues. CVSS scores reach up to 9.0; patches are in testing or queued for mainline. https://www.phoronix.com/news/LKML-New-Trend-Vulnerabilities #linux #security #vulnerability #kernel

Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities Accidentally Shared | CACHERAT

Several Linux kernel vulnerabilities were accidentally posted to the public kernel mailing list. Vulnerabilities include remote code execution and ...

#rss #feeds #linksharing #qwibbit

Epic Games Launcher Preview Now Works on Linux Epic Games Launcher Preview now functions reliably on Linux. Key updates include window dragging fixes, Arabic localization, and improved download progress. Issues with game discovery and launcher interface have been resolved.

GamingOnLinux

Epic Games Launcher Preview is slowly becoming actually usable on Linux

Epic Games recently announced a new in-development preview of the Epic Games Launcher, which has Linux support and recent updates have made it not ...

Image: #linux #gaming #launcher #epic #updates

Epic Games Launcher Preview Now Works on Linux | CACHERAT

Epic Games Launcher Preview now functions reliably on Linux. Key updates include window dragging fixes, Arabic localization, and improved download ...

#rss #feeds #linksharing #qwibbit