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/

https://redd.it/cvnpkx
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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/

https://redd.it/cvo3rl
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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/

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

https://redd.it/cvprdx
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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

https://redd.it/cvrvml
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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.

​

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 :-)

​

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

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Is it just me or did they make arch harder to install on purpose?

Used to be able to grab the beginners guide and be done in about half hour just basically copying and pasting commands. Now it's all over the place in a so called installation guide. I don't know why they had to go delete the beginners guide with step by step instructions that were so useful. I've been out of the game for awhile now and the task seems super daunting now

https://redd.it/cvy8zr
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You know you are a Linux user when

You see the word “cat” in class and think of “category” instead of the animal as an English teacher.

https://redd.it/cvycoz
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Asus x205ta, GRUB 2 is installed, but finds nothing but windows to boot

My USB drives are non-functional, to make this harder.

https://redd.it/cvzspu
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[lwn] Hardening the "file" utility for Debian
https://lwn.net/Articles/796108/

https://redd.it/cw085z
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Xfce 4.16 to be released in a year, no Wayland or GTK 4 obviously!
https://simon.shimmerproject.org/2019/08/21/xfce-4-14-released-yeah-like-a-week-ago/

https://redd.it/cw0xq6
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Wrote a small function to transfer files to and from servers to local machine when using a proxy server.
https://github.com/gauravat16/Bash-Scripts/blob/master/tools/PSCP.sh

https://redd.it/cv96hk
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Why chmod 777 is internet advice from hell
https://medium.com/@oliver_66380/why-chmod-777-is-internet-advice-from-hell-2fb4049f1137

https://redd.it/cw1ynp
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What happens when you launch a fresh install of Firefox
https://twitter.com/jonathansampson/status/1165858896176660480

https://redd.it/cw1zmd
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best linux distro for weak hardware

Hello guys, i have a 2g ram and amd processor dual core 1.5ghz and i only need this computer to download files/browser the internet(normal usage like text based web pages), i tried LUBUNTU latest version and it's still very slow... thanks a lot.

https://redd.it/cw2z1z
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