How to install mx linux18 & add mate desktop
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Qit3yn3fbDI&app=desktop

https://redd.it/cons34
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How To Install Linux Mint 19.2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RChbthrhrZw

https://redd.it/coiga4
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I think that I might want to replace the crouton chroot on my chromebook with an actual install of an operating system.



https://redd.it/cor6hy
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Best apps for college student

I am running the latest ubuntu. I have found open office as a solid replacement for office. What other applications do you recommend for a college student?

https://redd.it/coraee
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Submit your first Linux kernel patch in 6 minutes

I've recently looked into getting more into kernel development and found a lot of the information and guides out there quite verbose and confusing. I *hopefully* made a developer friendly article on how to hit the ground running on sending a kernel patch.

[https://medium.com/@adamzerella/how-to-become-a-linux-kernel-developer-20774c72ab07](https://medium.com/@adamzerella/how-to-become-a-linux-kernel-developer-20774c72ab07)

Let me know if anybody finds this type of content useful!

https://redd.it/cosb0x
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KDE Usability & Productivity: Week 83
http://pointieststick.com/2019/08/10/kde-usability-productivity-week-83/

https://redd.it/cossrg
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Is it bad that i use kali linux?

Like i wanted to learn cyber security and since i used debian in the past kali looked good but now eveybody calls me an idiot 12 year old try hard. Is kali linux bad or something???

https://redd.it/cosipu
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Adwaita & Yaru
https://twitter.com/gnome/status/1159892619733790721

https://redd.it/cotlcj
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Stuck on step 1

I am complete Linux noob but I decided to dual boot on Windows 7 laptop (msi cx500 - intel/ati radeon).

MX live USB gives me a fatal error: no block device found

Ubuntu, Mint and Manjaro Live freeze to a black screen after what initially seems a successful boot.

I used two different sticks, etcher and rufus (btw rufus could not download its additional files). However all those run fine on my Windows 8.1 laptop (intel/nvidia).

Finally Xubuntu booted correctly, I created ext4 partition, installed and... Grub doesn't appear, Windows starts right away.

WTF? What could I be doing wrong? Is this some hardware problem? Should I try yet another distro or what. I am stuck.

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Redhat was offering a proprietary office suite for linux in 1996 for $495

I had completely forgotten about this. I was telling someone the other day that none of the early office suites/word processors were free. I had to pay for Wordperfect in 1990 to get through college classes. It came with a keyboard overlay to help you learn the keybindings.

Microsoft Word and Wordstar were also paid programs. StarWriter/StarOffice was also a paid office suite which was later included as a proprietary part of Caldera Openlinux. It was later bought and became OpenOffice.

But, I complete forgot [about Redhat and Applixware](https://web.archive.org/web/19961226192012/http://www.redhat.com/news/infoworld-apx.html)

Of course, even the kernel contained the OSS/Free drivers and, if you wanted the full functionality/compatibility that was available, you [had to pay $20 to get the proprietary kernel modules](https://web.archive.org/web/19981205020952/http://www.opensound.com/linux.html)

So, things were very different in the early days of linux, but I thought I'd provide these links as a look back on the bygone days. (BTW, [you had to pay for SuSE Linux in the earliest days. You couldn't get the entire thing for free](https://web.archive.org/web/19970709042628/https://www.suse.com/)

https://redd.it/couekf
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Where can I find info on the snap store? How is it different to ubuntu software store?

says wickr snap not found but the snap is on the snap list?

Can't install?

https://redd.it/cov6og
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Goodbye, Green Recorder · foss-project/green-recorder@5fc594b · Dev gives up on making it work on wayland.
https://github.com/foss-project/green-recorder/commit/5fc594b44f76b7a1469a893d8502ca3f1fb89312

https://redd.it/cov672
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A Box From The Past..

While this wasn't my first Linux distro, - that award goes to Mandrake, SuSE was the first version I stuck with and took seriously. I still have the box on my shelf.

Firefox v1.0, OpenOffice 2.0, Gnome 2.10, KDE 3.4. The manual inside is a good couple of inches thick. I miss having physical reference manuals, but times have indeed changed. I thought you'd like to reminesce a little with me, enjoy!

​

[SuSE 9.3](https://i.redd.it/flw950c02tf31.jpg)

​

[Gnome 2.1 KDE 3.4 Kernel 2.6.11](https://i.redd.it/5jkp5kc52tf31.jpg)

https://redd.it/covogw
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when you find abandoned page of program you use every day
https://redd.it/cowjbj
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Twenty years ago, Cowsay was released by Tony Monroe. Today I released the Flatpak version

Get it from Flatpak while it’s still hot:

https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.gnome.gitlab.Cowsay

You’re not dreaming. Cowsay is still amongst us and it’s now ready for the 21st century. It features all the latest modern functionality: It’s an Electron app, it fully integrates with IMAP, and it has a monthly subnoscription so you can export your cows to all the formats you like; .docx, .swf and .ai

Not really of cause. It’s essentially everything you’ve already grown familiar with. It comes pre-packaged with all cows and you can just type in the textbox to have the cow dynamically say your inspirational words. It even has partial support for emojis, although I did discover that emojis don’t work very well with mono-space fonts.

There are some obvious omissions in the first version, like thoughts, but I do intend to publish updates over time to implement such precious features. Another thing I want to try eventually, is to start with a quote of the day from WikiQuote, but that’s still a bit tricky as of now.

**About the process**

In the beginning of this year, I got more and more interested in Linux software development, and the ecosystem behind it. As such, I picked a humble goal and I started to work towards that. I was inspired by Lollypop, an app for which I occasionally log bug reports. The collaborative nature pulled me in, and since then working on Cowsay has become a nice side project.

The app is written in Vala, on top of the GNOME framework. For all the heat that GNOME gets, I found that the system is surprisingly intuitive once set up, and I like the strong stylistic consistency. Vala is also a joy to work with. It harbours great power, but it’s easier then C. The way how you can use Flatpak, Glade, and Builder together, and how they create a complete package of build tools, is really nice.

Some hurdles I did encounter. Save the inevitable challenges of learning a new language, there were challenges unique to working in a larger ecosystem like github.gnome.org As a software developer, I’ve never worked in a company larger then 50 people, and even of the companies that size, none were as professionally organised at the GNOME project: AppData.xml, desktop files, meson build noscripts… those did give me a healthy challenge.

On the other hand, I did gladly look at the code of Geary, (email client in Vala) and that helped me more then once. The amount of high quality production code that is suddenly openly available, is a real source of value in the Linux ecosystem. This is in sharp contrast with enterprise development behind closed doors, where you can only look at your own code or that of your colleagues, which is not healthy in the long run.

In the grand scheme of things, I’ve been a user and supporter of Linux for few years now, and this does feel like a natural step forward for myself as a software developer. At this point, I feel confident in working on Cowsay. I won’t make any time commitment, but I’m optimistic.

https://redd.it/cox6jn
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Tasks of a Linux Administrator

I have a question regarding a homework assignment because I am learning about Linux. What are some key administrative tasks important to the effective operation of the Linux operating system?

https://redd.it/coxyq2
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First modern Coreboot server platform (Supermicro X11SSH-TF)
https://9esec.io/blog/first-modern-coreboot-server-platform/

https://redd.it/coychi
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I made a (static) site generator/manager. Would love for people to test it out, all feedback welcome!
https://snapcraft.io/nsm

https://redd.it/coz7h1
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Samsung NU6950 43" UHD TV works great as a Monitor!

So I was at Costco and on a whim I bought the Samsung UHD NU6950 43" TV for $280 USD. Costco has a great return policy, so my thinking was I would try to use the TV as a monitor for my PC and if it didn't work out, I'd just return it.

To my delight, I plugged it up to my Nvidia GTX1070 via an HDMI 2.0a rated cable and everything worked flawlessly. It runs at the standard 3840x2160 @60hz in both Fedora 30 and Windows 10 (yeah, I still have to dual boot Windows for my VR stuff).

Despite having a beefy system, I still use/like XFCE4 and it was a breeze to setup the TV with the appropriate resolution and with a sane default font scaling. Small text is crisp/clear, and the colors are quite vibrant. 10/10 would buy this TV for use as a monitor again in a heartbeat!

https://redd.it/coyjsi
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proxychains and dynamic port forwarding

Hi all,

So I am not sure what is wrong with my syntax, but I can't seem to communicate with a host through proxychains and dynamic port forwarding.

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Remote server ip: [10.10.10.3](https://10.10.10.3)

ssh -f -N -D 8080 [root@10.10.10.3](mailto:root@10.10.10.3)

The remote server has an interface connected to the [172.16.1.0/24](https://172.16.1.0/24) network

I have double checked to make sure that the ssh session is established.

Nothing I send through proxychains seems to work.

​

I've tired:

proxychains ping [172.16.1.24](https://172.16.1.24)

proxychains nmap [172.16.1.0/24](https://172.16.1.0/24)

I just can't seem to connect to anything from my host through the remote server.

Here's my proxychains config:

\# proxychains.conf VER 3.1

\#

\# HTTP, SOCKS4, SOCKS5 tunneling proxifier with DNS.

\#

​

\# The option below identifies how the ProxyList is treated.

\# only one option should be uncommented at time,

\# otherwise the last appearing option will be accepted

\#

dynamic\_chain

\#

\# Dynamic - Each connection will be done via chained proxies

\# all proxies chained in the order as they appear in the list

\# at least one proxy must be online to play in chain

\# (dead proxies are skipped)

\# otherwise EINTR is returned to the app

\#

\#strict\_chain

\#

\# Strict - Each connection will be done via chained proxies

\# all proxies chained in the order as they appear in the list

\# all proxies must be online to play in chain

\# otherwise EINTR is returned to the app

\#

\#random\_chain

\#

\# Random - Each connection will be done via random proxy

\# (or proxy chain, see chain\_len) from the list.

\# this option is good to test your IDS :)

​

\# Make sense only if random\_chain

\#chain\_len = 2

​

\# Quiet mode (no output from library)

\#quiet\_mode

​

\# Proxy DNS requests - no leak for DNS data

proxy\_dns

​

\# Some timeouts in milliseconds

tcp\_read\_time\_out 15000

tcp\_connect\_time\_out 8000

​

\# ProxyList format

\# type host port \[user pass\]

\# (values separated by 'tab' or 'blank')

\#

\#

\# Examples:

\#

\# socks5 [192.168.67.78](https://192.168.67.78) 1080 lamer secret

\# http [192.168.89.3](https://192.168.89.3) 8080 justu hidden

\# socks4 [192.168.1.49](https://192.168.1.49) 1080

\# http [192.168.39.93](https://192.168.39.93) 8080

\#

\#

\# proxy types: http, socks4, socks5

\# ( auth types supported: "basic"-http "user/pass"-socks )

\#

\[ProxyList\]

\# add proxy here ...

\# meanwile

\# defaults set to "tor"

socks4 [127.0.0.1](https://127.0.0.1) 8080

socks5 [127.0.0.1](https://127.0.0.1) 8080

Any ideas?

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Interested in installing Linux for longtime Windows user

Hello, I have a couple of questions about installing Linux on my PC:
1. Is Linux Mint good for privacy?
2. I know that for dual booting Linux and Windows 10, I would have to set a amount of usable space for Linux but would I be able to increase or decrease that amount if I wish?
3. How long does Linux installation take using a USB 2.0 Flash Drive on an SSD?

https://redd.it/cp1shc
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