Random Links 7 - 15 September 2026

Distro Hopping in the Jellyfin Era Distros Alpine Linux – An ultra-lightweight, musl/BusyBox-based distribution focused on security, simplicity, and low resource overhead. Void Linux (Wikipedia) – An independent, rolling-release Linux distribution built from scratch, featuring the runit init system and the xbps package manager. Terminals & Shells Ghostty – A fast, GPU-accelerated terminal emulator designed for snappy rendering and native platform integration. Ghostty Ubuntu Build Guide – Community packaging scripts and PPA setup instructions for compiling and running Ghostty smoothly on Ubuntu-based systems. Espanso – A cross-platform, Rust-powered system-wide text expander to eliminate repetitive typing across all terminal and GUI apps. Editors & Development Zed – A high-performance, GPU-accelerated code editor built from scratch in Rust, engineered for lightning-fast latency and collaborative editing. VS Code – Microsoft’s ubiquitous, extensible source-code editor with a vast…