Daniel Micay (GrapheneOS Lead Developer) on the security on the Linux Desktop
https://www.reddit.com/r/GrapheneOS/comments/bddq5u/os_security_ios_vs_grapheneos_vs_stock_android/

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Xfce 4.14 released
https://www.xfce.org/about/news/?post=1565568000

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Thoughts on Q4OS running Trinity desktop
https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20190812#q4os

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CLI music player - browse by genre?

Is there a CLI music player that allows you to first browse by genre? My music collection is quite extensive and I like to first sort my music by genre before choosing an album to add to the current running playlist. Right now I am using Lollypop which is a fantastic player, but I was hoping to move to something less RAM intensive with a CLI player. My library is currently stored by Album Artist -> Album and I would prefer not to reorganize this if it can be avoided. Any suggestions?

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Linux Experiences/Rants or Education/Certifications thread - August 12, 2019

Welcome to r/linux rants and experiences! This megathread is also to hear opinions from anyone just starting out with Linux or those that have used Linux (GNU or otherwise) for a long time.

Let us know what's annoying you, whats making you happy, or something that you want to get out to r/linux but didn't make the cut into a full post of it's own.

For those looking for certifications please use this megathread to ask about how to get certified whether it's for the business world or for your own satisfaction. Be sure to check out r/linuxadmin for more discussion in the SysAdmin world!

_Please keep questions in r/linuxquestions, r/linux4noobs, or the Wednesday automod thread._

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So any thoughts on Harmany Os? [Huawei]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmony_OS

My own thoughts is that this will help GNU/Linux in the long run as a open source project. this means that we can get the phone market and PC to use something else then android and ios. but I still hope for a Linux breakthrough in the phone and pc market.

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friendly non contrevisal discussion

Not trying to spark any conterversy but wildows is better than lunux beacuse it is the superior OS for varios reasons

reason 1. most software is supported on windows and NOT linux

reason 2. 90% of steam games wont work on linux

reason 3. a lot more reliable and has better UI design

reason 4. VR is NOT supported al all.

Now i want to hear some of your reasons remeber im not trying to spark ANY conterversy i want to start a discussion and i want to hear all of your opinions.

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Confession: I bought a MacBook Pro 2019. I just returned it.

I am using GNU/Linux based systems for a few years now and for the past 5 years as my daily driver (Fedora). I use a TinkPad. I love free software. I do a fair amount of programming. So why did I buy a MacBook?
1. I am frustrated about Linux compatible hardware offerings (especially newer ThinkPad X1 Carbon, keyboard gets worse, screen is the same not-very-bright one for years. The better panel costs quite a lot! Sleep issues...)
2. Sadly I still depend on dual booting Windows for two pieces of software for now. Office for weird custom Word forms I often need to edit. A VST software for my keyboard.
3. I like Swift.
Buying a MacBook seemed to me like a remedy. It is not.

So I finally got my MacBook. At first it looked very good. Very well engineered. No sharp edges. Sturdy. Then I turned it on and to be totally honest I couldn't believe how bad the user experience was for me at least (coming from Gnome).
*Hardware*:
The Touchbar is not only useless, but really really really annoying. To begin with: there is no physical escape key. No big deal, until you want to do work on the machine. Yes you can map to tab somehow. But that is the whole point. A lot of defaults are just wrong. I often activated Siri by accident because it is in the top right and I am used to resting my fingers there. The keyboard is bad (I knew that before I bought it, but still). The trackpad is way to large and I only used a quarter of the area, since I like to use near maximum sensitivity. The machine gets really hot from basically nothing because Apple does not like fan noise and it is thus uncomfortable on the lap. The touchbar too gets quite hot. Also I observed coil whine, which of course is sadly common place nowadays. I had a MacBook Air 2013 and really liked the machine. But the Pro felt like a downgrade.
*Software/UI*:
This is what surprised me the most. I felt like fighting the OS the whole time. KDE and Gnome for sure feel opinionated but I am fine with that, as long as the workflow is sound. The whole MacOS'ian UI approach just feels off. Sometimes it is was too large, like the alt/tab switcher. Sometimes it is tiny like the window buttons. The dock is IMHO only taking screen space in the default config. MacOS is fluid and fast but window management is broken. In Gnome overview I can directly close a window, which is really handy. In MacOS it takes a lot of time to clean my workspace. And you need an app for everything: Proper tiling with keyboard shortcuts. A menu bar icon hider app, because it gets overloaded very fast because nearly every app plants an icon there. A usable terminal. A better file app. A battery indicator, that lets you see the remaining time. The thing is: nearly everything costs money. And coming from Fedora, the foss community on Mac is relatively small. Maybe the worst thing for me: a good packet manager. Yes there is brew, but compared to apt or dnf it is slow and just does not feel native. Also, in my experience it gets bloated quite fast. All in all it was a huge step back in nearly every aspect coming from my ThinkPad running Fedora. To me at least, MacOS does not feel modern. I really don't know who it is for. In contrast, Fedora with Gnome feels like a very creative, modern and brave approach.

It really amazes me how a community of a few people can create something that suits me that much better than an operating system from one of the richest tech companies. And damn it. I just like to hack the software I use! And I just realised what a treasure this is and I will donate to Gnome and Fedora today! They are amazing and make my life so much better! Just feels like home. Typing from my old Yoga 260 :).


**TLDR:** Made a big mistake and bought a Mac only to regret it and realized how much better Fedora with Gnome is.

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Krita 2019 Sprint report
https://krita.org/en/item/krita-2019-sprint/

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DRM leasing: VR for Wayland
https://drewdevault.com/2019/08/09/DRM-leasing-and-VR-for-Wayland.html

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Linux laptops with decent spec

I'd like to move back to Linux after spending the last couple of years on Windows 10 (if I needed a bash shell I'd just SSH into my AWS instance and I'm away!) But I'm increasingly needing a Linux laptop for some dev and devops work.

The problem is that I'm fussy about my laptop; I spend 10-12 hours a day using it and I want it to be robust, reasonably high spec (though I know this isn't as vital with many distros), have an excellent keyboard, and - most importantly - have a great screen to give some relief to my ageing eyesight! 14 inches with 400nits+ would be great. I'm tempted by a Lenovo - either the T490 (I hear the 500 nits screen is excellent), or the X1, but I also hear that these have some issues with drivers and compatible hardware. I dabbled a while ago with an XPS 13 developer edition but the best screen was madly high res and the scaling was a bit inconsistent with many apps which became a problem.

Has anyone got any advice on a decent, great screen, Linux compatible laptop. What's the best choice at the moment?

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When you call proprietary software "proprietary garbage" it shows nothing but ignorance on your end

Don't come at my throat, because I love FOSS just as much as the next person here, but I find **some** FOSS consumers extremely ennoscriptd, so much so that I find it disturbing.

I am also a FOSS consumer, I prefer FOSS (so much so that I run GNU+Linux on bare metal on a Macbook pro from work), but I have nothing against proprietary licenses because I understand why they exists.

The world would be a much better if everything was FOSS, in fact I bet you most developers (including myself) would love be able to make only FOSS. So why though the "proprietary license" still exists?!

Proprietary software exists, because in MOST cases it's hard, or impossible to generate proper income with FOSS:

1. Selling support is not feasible, for most software categories. Red Hat and a bunch of companies manage to do it because their software is suitable for this business model. But the same cannot be said for the majority of software categories.
2. Humans don't like to buy stuff that they can get for free. For example, something that stuck with me, a few years ago on a reddit dedicated for roguelikes there was a post from a guy who wanted to purchage only 1 game between 2 noscripts, but didn't know wich one. Someone replied to him that 1 of those noscripts was available for free, but without HD textures. So he payed only for the game that had no free option, but he got both. A financially smart decisions, but the thing is, the money went to the developer who gave him fewer options, instead of the developer who actually gave the opportunity to play the game for free. Ethically that kinda sucks, doesn't it?!
3. The majority of the FOSS comunity does not really donate. This is the most sad part, but ask FOSS devs who use the donation model and how much they get. Not much. There was a blog post from teejee tech, the dude behind timeshift, conky manager etc about this, saying that he was getting 50$ a month or so and he wanted to qhiuit, he had a change of heart and the blog post got deleted, but ask around, the donation model does not really work. It works for youtubers because they are constantly begging every video, but you cannot do that with software. If you had popups every time you use a FOSS software asking for donations you would fork it and remove the code. So sad that FOSS consuming youtubers can make money with donations, and the ones that actually put in the work and produce the goods, don't.
4. Distros, GUI Package managers don't really integrate ways to get developers paid. We love to say "free as in speach, not as is in beer", that's cool and all, but anyway to pay the developer from the GUI package manager? With proprietary software, don't worry you are going to pay through whatever "Market" app you are using, but with FOSS we don't even offer that possibility?!
5. A lot of times, FOSS is funded by companies that sell proprietary software/services. For example the Linux kernel, mozzilla firefox (gets money from Google for including the search engine) etc. Most of us who use Firefox do so because we dislike Google in one way of another, but it isn't it ironic that Google pays for a our browser?? I mean how the hell can we say "proprietary garbage" when basically a lot of time they fund our beloved FOSS?!
6. A lot of times, FOSS projects are hobby projects. And how do those devs put food on the table?! By having jobs at proprietary companies. Not everybody can work at Red Hat and there are waaay more companies that develop proprietary software than FOSS, so obviously more devs create proprietary software. So basically a lot of times, proprietary software funds (indirectly) FOSS.

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So IMO, FOSS needs to become a more profitable license, before we discredit other licenses. And only, us the FOSS community can change this. We need ways to motivate people to pay for FOSS, we need easy ways to purchase FOSS (payment integration in GUI Sofware Markets) etc.

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P.S.: Some mention privacy and that I agree with, so tell me t

hen, why is the "shared source" is also considered "proprietary garbage"? It gets developers payed and you have 0 privacy concerns.

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EDIT: I knew this was going to be downvoted, I'm not here to harvest karma, I just wanted to speak my mind, no matter the consequences. I do appologies if I seemed hostile, that was not my intent, english is not my first language.

EDIT2:

This excludes proprietary driver, because hardware manufactures make money selling hardware not software. Although here I am speaking from the perspective of a guy who never done embedded. Would be cool to get the perspective of someone who works for hardware manufacturer and likes FOSS.

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Linux Journal Ceases Publication, again. This time is for real?
https://www.linuxjournal.com/

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KDE's Applications webpage now lists addons so you can find out about Latte Dock, KIO GDrive, KDE Connect and a bunch of other useful plugins we make
https://kde.org/applications

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SysVinit vs Systemd
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DRM leasing: VR for Wayland
https://drewdevault.com//2019/08/09/DRM-leasing-and-VR-for-Wayland.html

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Multiple Line Script

I'm currently using unraid and the CA User Scripts plugin, but trying to figure out if I can combine two in to one. Here are the two noscripts it runs

!/bin/bash

unrar e -r -o- /mnt/user/FTP\ Downloads/Sync/*.rar


!/bin/bash

mv /mnt/user/FTP\ Downloads/Sync/* /mnt/user/FTP\ Downloads/Output/

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Rsync (backup facility)for noobs using Linux (remember "man rsync" to access manual)

Forgive me for posting this - it is aimed at noobs. I only post it because I did not know about it and wish I did - it would have saved me a lot of time and hassle!

OK, here it is noobs: if you are new to the Rsync terminal command (great backup facility in Linux) may I suggest that the first thing you do is open a terminal (Ctrl-T) and then type in "man rsync" immediately after the prompt ($ if using Ubuntu) - this will open up the Rsync manual and supplies comprehensive information on it (Rsync). It really is a great way to backup your data - so fast!

Good luck!

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Steam is not good for Linux and Open Source

Over the past couple of months I've been paying attention to Linux gamers. I could have it wrong, but it seems to me that there is this idea that promoting Steam is good for Linux and good for Open Source.

We all know what [Richard Stallman said]( https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/nonfree-games.en.html). Basically, that lovers of free software will reject steam games and you shouldn't use steam games to promote Linux/open source because they're DRM'd and closed source. He's [also stated]( https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/copyright-versus-community.html) that creative content could be licensed as non-commercial/non-modifiable whereas software should be free. So, the game itself would be open source and the media could be non-commercial/non-modifiable...a dual license as he referenced in his article.

Yes, steam contributes to Linux - in areas that make their products more attractive/better performing. But, Microsoft, Apple, Google, etc. contribute to open source as well. That doesn't excuse their business model or practices.

If someone switches to Linux and immediately fills their installation up with closed source software, it's not a victory for Linux. It's good for them personally, but it's not good for opensource. If they spend all their money on closed source software while using free software without contributing, that doesn't help free software.

Not everyone can chose completely closed source for various reasons. I'm not knocking someone who has to use closed source. What I am knocking is this idea that it's a good thing just because gamers are on Linux. If they're spending $60 a month on Steam games, but nothing on opensource.... that's good for Steam - not opensource. I've also seen Linux gamers slam opensource games as "something out of 2007". As long as people pay for closed source, but not opensource then Steam posts yet another profit, but it doesn't advance Linux at all.

I would really like to see these things become more prevalent among Linux gamers. Spend as much on open source as you do on closed source. Contribute time... Give back to the opensource movement because just getting on Linux and buying from steam does not help linux

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Is RAM divided up into pages, or only the secondary storage?

When i allocate memory less than a page, will it request a page sized block of memory?

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