nistration, use a distribution like Gentoo. If you really want a challenge, you can build your very own Linux distribution, with the help of Linux From Scratch.
If you’re looking for a server-only distribution, you will also want to decide if you need a desktop interface, or if you want to do this via command-line only. The Ubuntu Server does not install a GUI interface. This means two things your server won’t be bogged down loading graphics and you’ll need to have a solid understanding of the Linux command line. However, you can install a GUI package on top of the Ubuntu Server with a single command like sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop. System administrators will also want to view a distribution with regards to features. Do you want a server-specific distribution that will offer you, out of the box, everything you need for your server? If so, CentOS might be the best choice. Or, do you want to take a desktop distribution and add the pieces as you need them? If so, Debian or Ubuntu Linux might serve you well.
Installing Linux
For many people, the idea of installing an operating system might seem like a very daunting task. Believe it or not, Linux offers one of the easiest installations of all operating systems. In fact, most versions of Linux offer what is called a Live distribution ? which means you run the operating system from either a CD/DVD or USB flash drive without making any changes to your hard drive. You get the full functionality without having to commit to the installation. Once you’ve tried it out, and decided you wanted to use it, you simply double-click the “Install” icon and walk through the simple installation wizard.
Typically, the installation wizards walk you through the process with the following steps (We’ll illustrate the installation of Ubuntu Linux):
· Preparation: Make sure your machine meets the requirements for installation. This also may ask you if you want to install third-party software (such as plugins for MP3 playback, video codecs, and more).
· Wireless setup (if necessary): If you are using a laptop (or machine with wireless), you’ll need to connect to the network, in order to download third-party software and updates.
· Hard drive allocation (Figure 4): This step allows you to select how you want the operating system to be installed. Are you going to install Linux alongside another operating system (called “dual booting”), use the entire hard drive, upgrade an existing Linux installation, or install over an existing version of Linux.
· Location: Select your location from the map.
· Keyboard layout: Select the keyboard for your system.
· User setup: Set up your username and password.
That’s it. Once the system has completed the installation, reboot and you’re ready to go. For a more in-depth guide to installing Linux, take a look at “How to Install and Try Linux the Absolutely Easiest and Safest Way” or download the Linux Foundation’s PDF guide for Linux installation.
Installing software on Linux
Just as the operating system itself is easy to install, so too are applications. Most modern Linux distributions include what most would consider an app store. This is a centralized location where software can be searched and installed. Ubuntu Linux (and many other distributions) rely on GNOME Software, Elementary OS has the AppCenter, Deepin has the Deepin Software Center, openSUSE has their AppStore, and some distributions rely on Synaptic.
Regardless of the name, each of these tools do the same thing? a central place to search for and install Linux software. Of course, these pieces of software depend upon the presence of a GUI. For GUI-less servers, you will have to depend upon the command-line interface for installation.
Let’s look at two different tools to illustrate how easy even the command line installation can be. Our examples are for Debian-based distributions and Fedora-based distributions. The Debian-based distros will use the apt-get tool for installing software and Fedora-based distros will require the use of the yum tool. Both work very similarly. We’ll illust
If you’re looking for a server-only distribution, you will also want to decide if you need a desktop interface, or if you want to do this via command-line only. The Ubuntu Server does not install a GUI interface. This means two things your server won’t be bogged down loading graphics and you’ll need to have a solid understanding of the Linux command line. However, you can install a GUI package on top of the Ubuntu Server with a single command like sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop. System administrators will also want to view a distribution with regards to features. Do you want a server-specific distribution that will offer you, out of the box, everything you need for your server? If so, CentOS might be the best choice. Or, do you want to take a desktop distribution and add the pieces as you need them? If so, Debian or Ubuntu Linux might serve you well.
Installing Linux
For many people, the idea of installing an operating system might seem like a very daunting task. Believe it or not, Linux offers one of the easiest installations of all operating systems. In fact, most versions of Linux offer what is called a Live distribution ? which means you run the operating system from either a CD/DVD or USB flash drive without making any changes to your hard drive. You get the full functionality without having to commit to the installation. Once you’ve tried it out, and decided you wanted to use it, you simply double-click the “Install” icon and walk through the simple installation wizard.
Typically, the installation wizards walk you through the process with the following steps (We’ll illustrate the installation of Ubuntu Linux):
· Preparation: Make sure your machine meets the requirements for installation. This also may ask you if you want to install third-party software (such as plugins for MP3 playback, video codecs, and more).
· Wireless setup (if necessary): If you are using a laptop (or machine with wireless), you’ll need to connect to the network, in order to download third-party software and updates.
· Hard drive allocation (Figure 4): This step allows you to select how you want the operating system to be installed. Are you going to install Linux alongside another operating system (called “dual booting”), use the entire hard drive, upgrade an existing Linux installation, or install over an existing version of Linux.
· Location: Select your location from the map.
· Keyboard layout: Select the keyboard for your system.
· User setup: Set up your username and password.
That’s it. Once the system has completed the installation, reboot and you’re ready to go. For a more in-depth guide to installing Linux, take a look at “How to Install and Try Linux the Absolutely Easiest and Safest Way” or download the Linux Foundation’s PDF guide for Linux installation.
Installing software on Linux
Just as the operating system itself is easy to install, so too are applications. Most modern Linux distributions include what most would consider an app store. This is a centralized location where software can be searched and installed. Ubuntu Linux (and many other distributions) rely on GNOME Software, Elementary OS has the AppCenter, Deepin has the Deepin Software Center, openSUSE has their AppStore, and some distributions rely on Synaptic.
Regardless of the name, each of these tools do the same thing? a central place to search for and install Linux software. Of course, these pieces of software depend upon the presence of a GUI. For GUI-less servers, you will have to depend upon the command-line interface for installation.
Let’s look at two different tools to illustrate how easy even the command line installation can be. Our examples are for Debian-based distributions and Fedora-based distributions. The Debian-based distros will use the apt-get tool for installing software and Fedora-based distros will require the use of the yum tool. Both work very similarly. We’ll illust
rate using the apt-get command. Let’s say you want to install the wget tool (which is a handy tool used to download files from the command line). To install this using apt-get, the command would like like this:
sudo apt-get install wget?
The sudo command is added because you need super user privileges in order to install software. Similarly, to install the same software on a Fedora-based distribution, you would first su to the super user (literally issue the command su and enter the root password), and issue this command:
yum install wget
That’s all there is to installing software on a Linux machine. It’s not nearly as challenging as you might think. Still in doubt? Recall the Easy Lamp Server Installation from earlier? With a single command:
sudo taskel
You can install a complete LAMP (Linux Apache MySQL PHP) server on either a server or desktop distribution. It really is that easy.
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sudo apt-get install wget?
The sudo command is added because you need super user privileges in order to install software. Similarly, to install the same software on a Fedora-based distribution, you would first su to the super user (literally issue the command su and enter the root password), and issue this command:
yum install wget
That’s all there is to installing software on a Linux machine. It’s not nearly as challenging as you might think. Still in doubt? Recall the Easy Lamp Server Installation from earlier? With a single command:
sudo taskel
You can install a complete LAMP (Linux Apache MySQL PHP) server on either a server or desktop distribution. It really is that easy.
https://redd.it/d3323s
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What is Linux ?
From smartphones to cars, supercomputers and home appliances, home desktops to enterprise servers, the Linux operating system is...
Debian 10: Playing catch-up with the rest of the Linux world (that’s a good thing)
https://arstechnica.com/?post_type=post&p=1562273
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Debian 10: Playing catch-up with the rest of the Linux world (that’s a good thing)
If you skipped the last release, Debian 10 (Buster) should encourage an update into 2019.
KDE Akademy 2019 Talks: Here's What You Missed
https://dot.kde.org/2019/09/10/akademy-2019-talks-heres-what-you-missed
https://redd.it/d2n0xl
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KDE.news
Akademy 2019 Talks: Here's What You Missed
According to the now traditional schedule, Akademy 2019 started with two days of conference talks. Hosted by unixMIB at the University of Milano-Bicocca in Milan, Italy, the central conference of the KDE community attracted more than a hundred attendees during…
How Intel's Clear Linux Team Cut The Kernel Boot Time From 3 Seconds To 300 ms
https://www.linuxplumbersconf.org/event/4/contributions/281/attachments/216/435/LPC_2019_kernel_fastboot_on_the_way.pdf
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5 Ways the Librem 5 Phone Has Impacted Linux Desktops
https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/librem-5-phone-impact-linux-desktops/
https://redd.it/d351rs
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MUO
5 Ways the Librem 5 Phone Has Impacted Linux Desktops
The Librem 5 phone is bringing a number of positive developments to Linux. Here's how Linux is changing thanks to Librem 5.
I really want to switch to Linux, but is there any Distro which has a good DPI scaling? It is unusable on my 1080p laptop & 4K monitor.
I tried DPI scaling in every Distro but it is incosistent. Some fonts are small, some are big. Some elements are standard, some has got bigger a little bit.
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I tried DPI scaling in every Distro but it is incosistent. Some fonts are small, some are big. Some elements are standard, some has got bigger a little bit.
https://redd.it/d35msm
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I really want to switch to Linux, but is there any Distro which...
I tried DPI scaling in every Distro but it is incosistent. Some fonts are small, some are big. Some elements are standard, some has got bigger a...
KDE's Kate text editor got submitted to the Windows Store
https://kate-editor.org/post/2019/2019-09-12-kate-windows-store-submission/
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Kate | Get an Edge in Editing
Kate got submitted to the Windows Store
Since a few years Kate is working well on Windows. You can grab fresh installers since then from our download page.
But the visibility of it was very low for Windows users.
Already last year the plan …
But the visibility of it was very low for Windows users.
Already last year the plan …
Critical software vulnerability found in Exim
https://blog.firosolutions.com/exploits/exim-vulnerability/
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Exim arbitrary code execution
Why don't people use OpenSUSE?
Okay so hear me out. OpenSUSE is a very good distro. It includes business oriented software and is very configurable.
But why is it so overlooked by Linux fans? It is very popular with businesses, but OpenSUSE has, amongst other things:
- the easiest package manager out of all the distros
- the backing of a large and successful company
- a super easy package installer (just find the package on the website and it'll install it for you)
- YaST which makes configuration super easy
- a cute lizard as their mascot (who doesn't like lizards?)
- optional rolling release
- beautiful GUI
- German Engineering™ for your software
- stability without sacrificing new software
- HUGE repos
- super easy installation (as easy as ubuntu)
I literally can't understand why it's so overlooked and why more distros aren't at least based on it.
What are your thoughts?
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Okay so hear me out. OpenSUSE is a very good distro. It includes business oriented software and is very configurable.
But why is it so overlooked by Linux fans? It is very popular with businesses, but OpenSUSE has, amongst other things:
- the easiest package manager out of all the distros
- the backing of a large and successful company
- a super easy package installer (just find the package on the website and it'll install it for you)
- YaST which makes configuration super easy
- a cute lizard as their mascot (who doesn't like lizards?)
- optional rolling release
- beautiful GUI
- German Engineering™ for your software
- stability without sacrificing new software
- HUGE repos
- super easy installation (as easy as ubuntu)
I literally can't understand why it's so overlooked and why more distros aren't at least based on it.
What are your thoughts?
https://redd.it/d36iwa
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reddit
Why don't people use OpenSUSE?
Okay so hear me out. OpenSUSE is a very good distro. It includes business oriented software and is very configurable. But why is it so...
Talking to systemd through dbus with Python
https://medium.com/@trstringer/talking-to-systemd-through-dbus-with-python-53b903ee88b1
https://redd.it/d396em
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Talking to systemd through dbus with Python
As users of systemd, it is a fairly common to use systemctl to interact with the system manager. But what if you’re writing code and you…
The Gnome 3.34 video released
The Gnome 3.34 video is available [Gnome 3.34 video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAjPRr5SGoY)
https://redd.it/d3cakz
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The Gnome 3.34 video is available [Gnome 3.34 video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAjPRr5SGoY)
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YouTube
Introducing GNOME 3.34: “Thessaloniki”
GNOME 3.34 is the latest version of GNOME, featuring changes from hundreds of contributors throughout the world. Have a look at what's new!
See our release notes at https://www.gnome.org/press/2019/09/gnome-3-34-released/
See our release notes at https://www.gnome.org/press/2019/09/gnome-3-34-released/
Wanted to get arguments but too lazy to read manual (I am new to linux, just moving from windows)
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What is the current status of merging Wireguard into the kernel?
Wireguard has been around for a while, and is in use by numerous people (even though it needs some more auditing). Linus showed to be [very enthusiastic](https://lwn.net/ml/linux-kernel/CA+55aFz5EWE9OTbzDoMfsY2ez04Qv9eg0KQhwKfyJY0vFvoD3g@mail.gmail.com/) about it, yet there were some issues concerning how to get it into the kernel, as expressed on [this article on LWN](https://lwn.net/Articles/783973/).
TLDR:
* Wireguard introduces its own crypto algos which is deemed to be easier to use than the kernel's async ones
* This duplicate effort causes doubt on whether the current kernel implementation is worth it
The article furthermore speculates the merge should happen somewhere around now (given the current version of the kernel).
Though, lots of time has passed. Does anyone more involved in kernel development know more about it?
https://redd.it/d342fd
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Wireguard has been around for a while, and is in use by numerous people (even though it needs some more auditing). Linus showed to be [very enthusiastic](https://lwn.net/ml/linux-kernel/CA+55aFz5EWE9OTbzDoMfsY2ez04Qv9eg0KQhwKfyJY0vFvoD3g@mail.gmail.com/) about it, yet there were some issues concerning how to get it into the kernel, as expressed on [this article on LWN](https://lwn.net/Articles/783973/).
TLDR:
* Wireguard introduces its own crypto algos which is deemed to be easier to use than the kernel's async ones
* This duplicate effort causes doubt on whether the current kernel implementation is worth it
The article furthermore speculates the merge should happen somewhere around now (given the current version of the kernel).
Though, lots of time has passed. Does anyone more involved in kernel development know more about it?
https://redd.it/d342fd
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lwn.net
Whither WireGuard?
It has been just over one full year since the WireGuard virtual private
network implementation was reviewed here.
WireGuard has advanced in a number of ways since that article was written;
it has gained many happy users, has been endorsed
by Linus Torvalds…
network implementation was reviewed here.
WireGuard has advanced in a number of ways since that article was written;
it has gained many happy users, has been endorsed
by Linus Torvalds…
Manjaro 18.1.0 released
The new version of Manjaro 18.1.0 is now available for download. The release announcement with all the juicy details is here: https://forum.manjaro.org/t/manjaro-18-1-0-juhraya-finally-released/102668
The DistroWatch summary with direct download links is here: https://distrowatch.com/10667
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The new version of Manjaro 18.1.0 is now available for download. The release announcement with all the juicy details is here: https://forum.manjaro.org/t/manjaro-18-1-0-juhraya-finally-released/102668
The DistroWatch summary with direct download links is here: https://distrowatch.com/10667
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Manjaro 18.1.0 - Juhraya finally released!
After six months of development, version 18.1 of Manjaro Linux is now available. Juhraya offers numerous improvements, especially with regard to Office productivity applications and package management. LibreOffice or FreeOffice: the choice is yours Until…
How to boot recently discovered decade old IDE HDD linux distro on Win 10
Hello r/linux!
this post is in connection with this episode youtube video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NYdRCONwbY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NYdRCONwbY)
(it may be helpful to read this post before watching)
I have a bit of a predicament on my hands at the moment. I recently acquired an IBM Deskstar IDE 40GB IDE HDD, picked from an old PC I purchased at my local thrift store. Although the computer itself failed to turn on, I was happy to get a complete tower for parts at a decent price. Long story short, I found out that it still possesses a nearly decade old Linux distribution called Mandrake v9.2. After a few attempts at booting the HDD from my Win 10 PC, I was faced with multiple errors after choosing to boot as a USB device.
My theory is that the drive is failing to boot because my PC is based off of a UEFI, instead of a BIOS. Instead of tinkering with the drive to the point that it will no longer boot, I decided to seek a second opinion. I do have a few towers laying around my apartment atm but im quite certain they all operate off the UEFI input system as well.
That being said, im hoping that some of you out here could help point me in the right direction so that i may be able to eventually boot the drive and possibly discover a very cool (and possibly unintended) electronic time capsule. Thank you.
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Hello r/linux!
this post is in connection with this episode youtube video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NYdRCONwbY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NYdRCONwbY)
(it may be helpful to read this post before watching)
I have a bit of a predicament on my hands at the moment. I recently acquired an IBM Deskstar IDE 40GB IDE HDD, picked from an old PC I purchased at my local thrift store. Although the computer itself failed to turn on, I was happy to get a complete tower for parts at a decent price. Long story short, I found out that it still possesses a nearly decade old Linux distribution called Mandrake v9.2. After a few attempts at booting the HDD from my Win 10 PC, I was faced with multiple errors after choosing to boot as a USB device.
My theory is that the drive is failing to boot because my PC is based off of a UEFI, instead of a BIOS. Instead of tinkering with the drive to the point that it will no longer boot, I decided to seek a second opinion. I do have a few towers laying around my apartment atm but im quite certain they all operate off the UEFI input system as well.
That being said, im hoping that some of you out here could help point me in the right direction so that i may be able to eventually boot the drive and possibly discover a very cool (and possibly unintended) electronic time capsule. Thank you.
https://redd.it/d3g6z6
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YouTube
RespecTech Episode 1: Mystery HDD
thank you for watching my video i didn't make the windows beat this fine fellow did: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnsGWN7PBKc
.NET core should not SPY on users by default #3093
https://github.com/dotnet/cli/issues/3093
https://redd.it/d3gr4u
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.NET core should not SPY on users by default · Issue #3093 · dotnet/cli
@blackdwarf @piotrMSFT I am very disappointed to discover that .NET core comes with a hidden and enabled spy utility that reports on its users. (Lakshanf/issue2066/telemetry #2145). Apparently, MS ...