Thoughts on EndeavourOS, a replacement for Antergos
https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20190826#endeavour

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Help with External Portable Hard Drive for Linux/Windows

I plan on using a WD 4TB Portable External HD. This would just hold files such as movies, documents, etc.

1. Should I use a particular file system? I plan on using NTFS for compatibility between Linux/Windows. What allocation unit size, etc?
2. Does it matter how I format it? Could I just right click it in Windows and use those options? Or should I use Gparted? What's the difference?

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"The GIMP" has been forked by folks who find the name offensive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV1HZU4KFHc

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A personal story of courage, risk and Linux

Some time during 2017, working for a company (I don't want to mention the name), the company I was working for had a rule: not to contribute to open source.

As many people in my circle know me, I don't usually accept such rules.

During my day-to-day work I hit a Linux kernel bug (that affected my work machine), and I used that as a opportunity to fix the bug and contribute back.

I knew I was in front of a unique and risky situation, I also knew I would not stay at this company for a long time, so I took the risk and helped fix the bug.

I did this in my lunch breaks and after work hours (debugging and testing patches), until the bug was found and fixed, a couple of months later I was fired and the experience was one that gave me PTSD, but that one bug I helped fix still brings me joy and satisfaction that I will never forget.

Happy birthday Linux and thank you for allowing me to be part of your history!

[https://i.imgur.com/DYTpMPa.jpg](https://i.imgur.com/DYTpMPa.jpg)

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Linux Experiences/Rants or Education/Certifications thread - August 26, 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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I use nano

Does this make me a bad person?

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linux directory size tips and trick

I use Red Hat at work and i use a few frequent commands when trying to find out the size of folder, so documented some of the most frequent ones i use, if you have any extra let me know.

[https://www.myrandomtips.com/linux/linux-directory-size/](https://www.myrandomtips.com/linux/linux-directory-size/)

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The New Wi-Fi Experience for Linux - Marcel Holtmann, Intel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIqT2obSPDk&feature=youtu.be

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Unix recovery legend
https://www.ee.ryerson.ca/~elf/hack/recovery.html

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28 facts about Linux for its 28th birthday
https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/28-facts-about-linux-its-28th-birthday

https://redd.it/cvkxpa
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Replacing Windows 7 with Slackware?

I want to use Slackware for work, I want a distraction free operating system that allows me to study programming with peace and without distraction.
Is it worth it?
Will I be able to install virtualbox on Slackware?
Is it a good Linux-distro for programming?
Thank you for your time!

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Improper tool selction

Hello everyone!

I am a newbie in the field of development...well actually I am a PM and recently I decided to explore the question of when the wrong tool is selected for the project. Like Redis instead of SQL DB. The main thing is to understand that I am interested in tools for organizing work, and not programming tools - SharedPreferences or ngrok.

I believe it might help me improve my in-field understanding and the overall performance of my team.

So, please if anyone has relevant experience you are welcome to share it.

I would much appreciate any help and piece of experience.

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From Mac to Linux - the setup I've grown to love
https://shooting-unicorns.com/battlestation/from-mac-to-linux-the-setup-ive-grown-to-love/

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An argument for developing on RHEL, by the Red Hat developer team
https://developers.redhat.com/blog/2019/08/21/why-you-should-be-developing-on-red-hat-enterprise-linux/

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Chromebooks in schools and businesses can now use Linux apps
https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/08/26/chromebooks-in-schools-and-businesses-can-now-use-linux-apps/

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Why are people freaking out about Glimpse?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbxvaC9fo4g

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First time I ever look at my history, and it was my 2000th command!
https://redd.it/cvqf4i
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Godot is within $1000 on Patreon of being able to hire their third full time employee.
https://twitter.com/godotengine/status/1165949802175225860

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New stickers came in!
https://redd.it/cvv00i
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[Project 2FA-Auth] Generating 2FA codes in your terminal

Hello, guys!

Nowadays, it's normal to find sites and/or services that use "Two-Factor Authenticator (2FA)" to generate 2FA codes and avoid (or make harder) to people steal your account. Thinking about this, I created a BASH noscript that generates a 2FA code in your terminal.

To do this, you need to install GnuPG2 and OATHTOOL in your system and get 2FA-Auth from GitHub.

Check how to install GnuPG2, OATHTOOL and GIT in your GNU/Linux distribution.

Once these programs are installed, type in a terminal:

$ git clone https://github.com/alencc1986/2FA-Auth.git

>OPTIONAL STEP:
>
>Download 2FA-Auth into "/opt" and link the noscript ***2FA-Auth.sh*** into "/usr/bin/", like this:
>
>`sudo ln -sf /opt/2FA-Auth/2fa-auth.sh /usr/bin/2fa-auth.sh`
>
>Or create an alias into your BASHRC `alias 2fa-auth="bash /path/to/2FA-Auth/2fa-auth.sh"` and `source ~/.bashrc`

Read the file README.txt and access the site/service you want to use 2FA, enable this feature and include it into 2FA-Auth.

In theory, any UNIX-like system running BASH and that have GPG and OATHTOOL could run 2FA-Auth. Try it and let me know.

Well... From now on, you don't need to use your cellphone/tablet to generate 2FA codes. Just run 2FA-Auth in your terminal and you're going to have a 2FA code for your services.

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Have fun!

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The biggest events in Linux's history

This list is a summary from [Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols post @ ZDNet](https://www.zdnet.com/pictures/the-biggest-events-in-linuxs-history/)

NB: The website is broken in my linux mozilla browser and in any case a terse linux vi / terminal feel seems more fitting than a bloated javanoscript website :-)

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[List of key moments in linux's history](https://i.redd.it/c44sja8oivi31.png)

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