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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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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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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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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?

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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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