gifcast: Convert asciinema to animated GIF in the browser
https://dstein64.github.io/gifcast/

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Librem 5 Pre Release Thoughts
https://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?a=Ao0VI1bFa7Q&u=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DuOrImtS8Ma4%26feature%3Dshare

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Is it safe to assume atomic-upgrade/rollback OSes are the future of Linux?

With Fedora’s Silverblue gaining popularity and NixOS not far behind I can’t help but wonder if every release will eventually adopt that format given all the advantages they offer.

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Alienware m17

Morning all, a friend of mine has an Alienware 17 with the 2080 graphics card which does not play nicely with Ubuntu. On windows it will power up fully, adjust for battery only etc just fine. On Ubuntu 18.04 LTS he only gets the low power mode on the graphics card.

The bios is up to date, he’s used a few kernel versions in case it’s a new hardware/kernel issue, and nothing.

Anyone care to brainstorm some ideas?

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NFtables alternative to beloved Shorewall or should I try pfSense ?

Debian user for more than twenty years, nothing but Debian on our network and I love how Shorewall reliably made easy managing a bunch of interfaces, VLAN and tunnels with both IPv4 and IPv6.

Alas, IPtables will slowly sunset and NFtables is the future - so it is the end of the road for Shorewall, whose main developer has well-deservedly retired anyway... Time to look for alternatives.

Is there an obvious Shorewall alternative that supports NFtables ? Should I learn raw NFtables ? Or should I break out of Linux monoculture and consider pfSense as a router OS ?

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Is there a way to calibrate/adjust the mouse cursor offset? The cursor is slightly off visually from where it actually registers.

I have tried searching for mouse/cursor/pointer position, offset, adjustment, calibration, etc but have yet to find anything aside from touchpad info. Does anyone know of any way to adjust where the pointer is visually vs where the hit registers both for hovering and actual click activation?

It is off by just a few pixels and has been for quite some time, ever since I started using Pop_OS several months ago but it is off by just a few pixels. For normal everyday use, it was not much of a problem minus trying to highlight some text and it is off by half a character but I recently started getting back into using some applications in which accuracy would make things much less frustrating when trying to grab small and precise handles and such.

Thanks!

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Ok...I got myself a laptop 5 months ago...I dont use it a lot but every time I do I feel its too slow...here are the specs...which, do you think is the best linux distos for my system?
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bash tricks by Julia Evans
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unix permissions by Julia Evans
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Enhancing our ZFS support on Ubuntu 19.10 – an introduction | Ubuntu
https://ubuntu.com/blog/enhancing-our-zfs-support-on-ubuntu-19-10-an-introduction

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Technical vision for Qt 6
https://blog.qt.io/blog/2019/08/07/technical-vision-qt-6/

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ZTGPS version 0.9 released (Linux GPS software for Qt)

ZombieTrackerGPS version 0.9 is released. ZTGPS is a Linux GPS tracker tailored to outdoor sports and recreation such as hiking, cycling, sailing, and so on.

[Wiki with binary installers](https://gitlab.com/ldutils-projects/zombietrackergps/wikis/home)

[Source repo on gitlab](https://gitlab.com/ldutils-projects/zombietrackergps/tree/master)

Major changes in 0.9:

* FIT format support, which is used by many newer Garmin devices such as GPS watches. Thanks to some helpful people on gitlab for testing the FIT support and making suggestions: much appreciated.
* Improved device sync to support more Garmin devices.
* The application now compiles on Arch, and some other newer distros: removed deprecated Qt APIs and Debian-specifics from the build process.
* New activity icons for surfing, nordic ski, soccer, hang gliding, and horseback riding.
* Several bug fixes.
* In-app direct link to the OpenStreetMap donation page.

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NVIDIA has released public, freely available (MIT licensed) documentation of portions of its GPU hardware interface.
https://github.com/nvidia/open-gpu-doc

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Blender 2.80, Linux Mint, VR Desktop, System76, Librem 5, Manjaro, Proton | This Week in Linux 77
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJxQYi75Vf4&feature=youtu.be

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OSDisc.com is no longer in business

Pop up message at the site:

​

>[OSDisc.com](https://OSDisc.com) Has Closed
>
>Hi Everyone,
>
>After over 16 years, [OSDisc.com](https://OSDisc.com) has closed. If you've ordered from us, help is still available by emailing [support@osdisc.com](mailto:support@osdisc.com)
>
>I started OSDisc to spread Linux and help new users get started. But providing DVDs today has little effect on the spread of Linux. I regularly see small distros that provide tens of thousands of downloads, but few if any DVDs are provided by OSDisc. The vast majority of Linux users are downloading Linux themselves. And that's a great thing to see.
>
>What we've accomplished:
>
>Shipped over 300,000 discs and USB drives
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>Helped over 110,000 users get started with Linux
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>Answered over 25,000 tech support tickets
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>Given back over $200,000 to the open source community
>
>Thank you to everyone for making OSDisc possible for the past 16 years.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Ramsey Brenner
>
>[OSDisc.com](https://OSDisc.com) Founder

​

I've been a customer for 15 years so a sad day for me. :-( They just fulfilled an order for me a few weeks ago; I will treasure my last DVD's!

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Why do major Linux programs struggle to adapt to modern UI trends?



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NVIDIA Starts Publishing GPU Hardware Documentation To Help Open-Source Drivers (no benchmarks)
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NVIDIA-Open-GPU-Docs

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Google releases final beta for Android Q and changes the back gesture yet again
http://www.viralbor.com/2019/08/google-releases-final-beta-for-android.html

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first day using linux

today i got frustrated with trying to install moonnoscript on windows , i got enough and i decided to migrate to linux. i first downloaded lubuntu , ubuntu ,popos amd linux mx . i tried them out and decided to stick with lubuntu. i have been using it for hours and im not having any trouble. i figured out how to install software by copy pasting a wall of text from the developer's website to the terminal. hopefully i will set up my development environment tomorrow.

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Linux Journal shutting down...again?

So this email just hit my inbox:

>IMPORTANT NOTICE FROM LINUX JOURNAL, LLC:
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>On August 7, 2019 Linux Journal shut its doors for good. All staff were laid >off and the company is left with no operating funds to continue in any >capacity. The web site will continue to stay up for the next few weeks, >hopefully longer for archival purposes if we can make it happen.
>
>–Linux Journal, LLC

There was a longer letter from the editor attached, but I assume it will be posted online somewhere. As of right now not even [the website](https://www.linuxjournal.com/) seems to reflect this.

Has anyone else received this? I'm incredibly sad to see it go, if so--I've been a subscriber for less than a year and was looking forward to digging into the August issue soon.

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Linux Journal Ceases Publication: An Awkward Goodbye
https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/linux-journal-ceases-publication-awkward-goodbye

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