h stuff on it... On my notebook, I have arch installed. Being a notebook, I care about my limited screens "real-estate" and there it works fine... So I didn't care to much about digging into a solution.

I use this setup daily and my main problem is my default behavior of opening tabs with Ctrl+t when surfing to google for something new. I havn't yet found out how to remap that to new window. So now I sometimes and up with having multiple windows and in some windows multiple tabs... Other then that it works like a charm (well, as much charm as you could expect from a bodge like that)

**Final thoughts**

Is this more efficient? If so, will this ever pay off?You probably already have your favorite xkcd comic at hand. Should you not, here are two possible options for you:

[https://xkcd.com/1205/](https://xkcd.com/1205/)

[https://xkcd.com/1319/](https://xkcd.com/1319/)

The answer is probably: NoBut it should be: No, does it have to be?

I would love to see myself in a long line of craftsman that took pride and joy in their work and tools and put ornaments on them and improved them in small ways, that might never pay of. However, I just bodged together a couple of programs and didn't even debugged a probably minor problem that stopps me from using it everywhere. Nevertheless, I still like my solution. I like whats possible with Linux/arch/debian (maybe its possible with windows & mac, but probably not this easy). I am, again, impressed how much I could change my system by just combining some programs in a certain way (Yeah, I know its the UNIX-philiosophy. But just because it has a name doesn't mean it shouldn't be cherished from time to time) . Of course, this takes a long time learning that these programs exist and one could combine them in that certain way to achieve a certain outcome... But now that its out its easy and it feels good ;)

To end on a philosophical note: Maybe that's something that, among other aspects, drives Linux desktop users: The possibility to bodge your tool into something that fits you and your style. In a far reminiscence of those gone days where we roamed the wild and slugged stones on stones to sometimes even improve our weapons, instead of just making a big pile of dust. Its maybe not about efficiency but feeling good with the tools at your hand and exploring the space of possibilities.

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Is taskwarrior dead/dying?

Taskwarrior is a super cool task manager, but...

There haven't been any posts in the taskwarrior [blogosphere](https://taskwarrior.org/) since early 2018

There hasn't been any significant [Git activity](https://github.com/GothenburgBitFactory/taskwarrior) in the past \~6 months

Their [IRC Channel](https://botbot.me/taskwarrior/) provider has shut down.

Does anyone have any background info about what is up?

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Operating Ststems comparison

Hi there,

I'm looking for a book (or site) that compares Windows 10, Mac OS X and Linux from a technical point of view, do you guys have any suggestions?

Thanks guys

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The US national hall of inventors included the fathers, Ritchie and Thompson, for the invention of UNIX: Awesome short video with Ken
https://vimeo.com/309887752

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Linux Elitist...
https://youtu.be/XK4H5wjfmws

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Thoughts on running Xubuntu and ZFS on root
https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20191028#xubuntu

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Linux Experiences/Rants or Education/Certifications thread - October 28, 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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HTTPDirFS - a filesystem which allows you to mount HTTP directory listings, and servers which support Subsonic API.
https://github.com/fangfufu/httpdirfs/

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Google Snap: a Microkernel Approach to Host Networking
https://ai.google/research/pubs/pub48630/

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Smart Platforms Article
https://pclite.net/manifesto

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GraphQL Foundation Launches Interactive Landscape and Welcomes New Members from Open Source Summit Europe
https://wire.mpelembe.net/graphql-foundation-launches-interactive-landscape-and-welcomes-new-members-from-open-source-summit-europe/

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Sell me on identifying disks based on UUIDS over Labels.

Why on earth would it be best practice to meaningfully identify a disk based on uniquely generated garbage?

Bad practice to use /dev/sda1 etc in fstab as it can change on you without notice so use a UUID?

Okay, why not identify via the label field? Human settable and meaningful data entry and still just as computationally static as a UUID field until manually manipulated. More accessibly changed yes but UUID is not immuteable either so is that really a argument that can stand?

Accidental conflicts are more likely to arise? Not if naming schemes are followed, regardless a malicious user is perfectly capable of changing the UUID on their USB thumb drive aswell so UUID doesnt even remove that risk.

Identifying via label makes certain processes significantly easier to understand by design aswell, migrating disks for example, provided you label correctly the fstab file won't require regeneration.

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How many of your know about "sudo !!"?

I recently took up a teaching job and demonstrated to a class how to setup a security module. I forgot that I was in a user account and when I ran a command it gave out the permission denied message.

I typed "sudo !!" which runs the previous command as root. They were all like, woah! what was that command you did? They've all used Linux before and were quite familiar with it but they were just so amazed that they had not known about that simple command.

I spoke to some other IT teachers afterwards and they too had not known about this command. At this point I was quite surprised. So I thought I'd post here to let you all know about it, in case you weren't aware.

​

EDIT: To clear up any confusion as noted by u/bjrn: The '!!' element is used to refer to the previous command. It can be used in conjunction with anything really. It just saves you typing out the last command. The 'sudo' part is logically placing 'sudo' before '!!' which is the previous command.

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Linux Networking From Go
https://tomdnetto.net/post/linux_networking_from_go_nftables

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Video by a former director explaining the context and importance of fighting off the Rothschild patent troll (even if you don't use GNOME or Shotwell), in terms anyone can understand
https://invidio.us/watch?v=OacaptJDj1I

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How to remove duplicate lines from files with awk without sorting or changing their order
https://opensource.com/article/19/10/remove-duplicate-lines-files-awk

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Humble Book Bundle: Linux & BSD Bookshelf by No Starch Press
https://www.humblebundle.com/books/linux-bsd-bookshelf-2019-books

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A new home for KernelCI
https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/a-new-home-for-kernelci.html

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Unbox Therapy shows off Gnome without realising

[Unboxing Edward Snowden's Favorite Laptop](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVcJgCvFuWo)


Interesting to see someones first impression.

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Is Slackware a good distro for learning Linux ?

I was wondering if Slackware was a good distro for a learning tinkerer that likes to study, change and break stuff, while also being a main workstation.

I believe that such a distro should be :

* Well documented
* Stable, meaning that:
* It doesn't break easily
* It doesn't change all the time, it's not a rolling release
* Has a friendly and experienced userbase

I don't care about being supported or having recent packages, mainly because I only use free software and compiling exist.

So, would Slackware be a wise choice for me ?

And while you're at it, what are your thoughts on Slackware as a whole ?

Thank you for your time and have yourself a nice day :)

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Distributions Devroom Call for Participation - FOSDEM 2020

This isn't a spam. I am not affiliated with the event in any way except that I hope to speak there.

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\# FOSDEM 2020 - Distribution Devroom Call for Participation


The Distributions devroom will take place Sunday 2 February 2020 at
FOSDEM, in Brussels, Belgium at the Université Libre de Bruxelles.


As more and more workloads are being considered for containerization in
the future and are finally landing in virtualized environments today,
distributions remain a critical success factor and are more important
than ever. Containers, like virtual machines, are not magical and
rely on piles of software being assembled in a way that is repeatable,
reliable, and functional. This is at the very heart of the problem that
distributions have always solved.


Each distribution is responsible for building, testing, and releasing
software as well as managing the lifecycle of each application in the
collection. Additionally, distributions do very important work in ensuring
that various versions of upstream software work well together and can
co-exist. Distributions are also, often responsible, for "de-vendoring"
upstream software so that security fixes can be applied more quickly.


We welcome submissions targeted at contributors interested in issues
unique to distributions, especially in the following topics:


\# Topics and Areas of Focus


\## Focus Areas


\- The ways that distribution technologies can be leveraged to allow
  for easier creation of a multi-verse of artifacts from single source
  trees. This includes the increasing move toward self-contained
  applications and providing multiple non-parallel installed versions
  of software.


\- Efforts being made in shared environments around Build/Test/Release
  cycles.


\- Topics related to the delivery problem as it impacts updates in
  terms of both size and rollback/reliability are expected to be featured.


\## Additional Topic Ideas


\- Distribution and Community collaborations, eg: how does code flow from
  developers to end users across communities, ensuring trust and code
  audibility


\- Automating building software for redistribution to minimize human
  involvement, eg: bots that branch and build software, bots that
  participate as team members extending human involvement


\- Cross-distribution collaboration on common issues, eg: content
  distribution, infrastructure, and documentation


\- Growing distribution communities, eg: onboarding new users, helping
  new contributors learn community values and technology,  increasing
  contributor technical skills, recognizing and rewarding contribution


\- Principals of Rolling Releases, Long Term Supported Releases (LTS),
  Feature gated releases, and calendar releases


\- Distribution construction, installation, deployment, packaging and
  content management


\- Balancing new code and active upstreams verus security updates, back
  porting and minimization of user breaking changes


\- Delivering architecture independent software universally across
  architectures within the confines of distribution systems


\- Effectively communicating the difference in experience across
  architectures for developers, packagers, and users


\- Working with vendors and including them in the community


\- The future of distributions, emerging trends and evolving user demands
  from the idea of a platform


Ideal submissions are actionable and opinionated. Submissions may
be in the form of 25 or 50 minute talks, panel sessions, round-table
discussions, or Birds of a Feather (BoF) sessions.


Dates
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Submission Deadline: 01-Dec-2019 @ 2359 GMT
Acceptance Notification: 6-Dec-2019
Final Schedule Posted: 14-Dec-2019


How to submit
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Visit [https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM20](https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM20)


1.) If you do not have an account, create one here
2.) Click 'Create Event'
3.) Ente