2 things holding me back from fully switching to linux

I've been dual booting windows 10 and linux mint for a couple weeks, and I've really started to like linux mint a lot more than windows. However, there's 2 things holding me back to fully switching to linux, which I'd like to do. The first is using fl studio. One of my hobbies is making music with fl studio, but it's not supported for linux. I don't think using wine would work for it since I'd also need to install various plugins for fl studio as well. The other thing is device hacking. I like to install hacks and cfw onto various devices such as the switch, 3ds, vita, etc but most of the programs are only for windows, and I don't think using wine would work since I'd also need specific drivers for the devices. If anyone knows any solutions for these 2 things it'd be appreciated, and if not thank you for coming to my ted talk.

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On the subject of .exe setup files and lack thereof on Linux (discussion)

I sometimes hear how people who have looked at Linux and left disappointed, say on the internet that the lack of *setup files* as a means of software distribution is one of the main factors that turn away inexperienced/casual PC users and make Linux less understandable to them. Their reasoning is that .exe and .msi installers that exist on Windows are universal, portable, that they are available for any program, work on any machine and are very easy to use.

The ease of use, of course, is presented as the most important of these advantages, but it is also the one I am most skeptical about. As a tech support, I regularly come across people who have massive difficulties installing software this way. Even finding the actual download link on the program's website can be a problem for them, even when it is not overshadowed by a huge scam banner that says "Download Now". Then they are lucky if their browser just launches the file outright. If not, finding where it got saved can turn into its own fascinating quest. And then, in modern versions of Windows, getting through all the UAC prompts, antivirus warnings and actually remembering the admin's password when it is needed is a whole other challenge.

I think for people at this level of skill using a GUI frontend for a package manager would be way easier. They'd only need to enter their password once and that's it. Compared to this, using setup files feels more "manual" and "low-level".

What do you think? Is this complaint about the lack of universal setup files legitimate, or are these people just rationalizing their Windows habits? Perhaps .exe setup files have other advantages, for example they are typically self-contained, can be used offline, and their distribution is not centralized.

I guess the closest analog on Linux would be the ubiquitous .deb packages (and .rpm to a lesser degree), but they don't work quite the same way: they aren't really self-contained and there will be no automatic updates (since everything relies on online repositories, whereas on Windows every program implements its own self-updates).

P.S. I am especially curious to hear the impressions of Linux newcomers.

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elementary OS updates for October 2019 - Flatpak now enabled out of the box!
https://blog.elementary.io/updates-for-october-2019/

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My first post as a Linux user!

Took the plunge tonight, got a Frankenstein build off of craigslist/Facebook/Amazon and installed Manjaro to bare metal. Windows will never touch this machine.

I am shocked at how "out of the box" everything was. I have an RX580 graphics card and it automatically installed drivers, got me on the Internet and even has working sound through HDMI out of the box.

I was honestly expecting this to be a tinkering rig, but its looking like its going to become my main one.

I have a slight amount of lag when typing, but that may be to due to the old processor or something.

I am stoked right now, looking forward to customizing this setup!

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Running 32 bit programs

Help, I was trying to do a CTF but when downloading the program and trying to run it I got this:

-----@redbart------------:~/Downloads$ ./vuln
bash: ./vuln: Permission denied
-----@redbart------------:~/Downloads$ sudo ./vuln
sudo: ./vuln: command not found
-----@redbart------------:~/Downloads$ file vuln
vuln: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (GNU/Linux), statically linked, for GNU/Linux 3.2.0, BuildID[sha1]=7b65fbf1fba331b6b09a6812a338dbb1118e68e9, not stripped

How do I run the program??

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Chwall, (yet) another wallpaper changer

Hello all, and sorry for interrupting you with personal advertisement 😕

Some time ago (since the Variety hiatus) I began to write for myself a light wallpaper changer. Now it's the day I take the risk to show my creature to the world 😉 I would be grateful for any comments, feature requests or issues: feel free to try it and say what you think of it or ask any question. Thank you!

So, I present to you: [Chwall](https://etienne.depar.is/a-ecrit/chwall-announce/).

If you have time to help me translate it in other languages (it's already available in french and english) I would be sooooo grateful! Translations are made on [my own weblate instance](https://translations.umaneti.net/engage/chwall/).

Mandatory screenshot:

[Chwall main app screenshot](https://preview.redd.it/uq9uhsnpi3w31.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=9942b8d1f6b81f7ae46660691430285ca8f332e6)

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Possible to run Linux distro on an external thunderbolt 3 ssd?

I've got my lovely P43s which I love. While I primary use Windows (note taking, visual studio, games etc), I would love to get some distro on it. I could easily dual boot but I want to leave the internal SSD for Windows due to its size but I don't want to sacrifice performance.
My laptop does have a thunderbolt 3 USBC port so I was wondering if it is possible/any limitations of running a Linux installation on an external drive using thunderbolt.

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Ryzen laptop for linux around 400 USD

I created this post just in case anyone searching on new cheap laptop for linux.

[https://support.hp.com/my-en/document/c06433500](https://support.hp.com/my-en/document/c06433500)

Sold around MYR1700 \~ 410 USD. Pre-installed with 4GB of ram, but removable. Have 2 rams slot. I installed 8 GB as I have it laying around.

[https://i.imgur.com/pQzMine.png](https://i.imgur.com/pQzMine.png)

Almost work out of the box with Manjaro 18.1.2 except wifi, Require separate installation of rtl8812ce package.

With FHD screen, backlight keyboard and ryzen 3500u, I think good enough for this price point.

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Nice one-off one-lineers - one reason I like Linux

Recently, I needed to produce to stdout a bunch of non-empty lines. I didn't care about how long they were, just that they had something on each line, and preferably unique content; bonus was a pattern that differed some but was predictable. So I just wrote:

printf '%s\n' {a..z}{1..10}


If I'd wanted just numbers, I could've just done
Edit: I'd forgotten that `seq` prints newlines, so everything below could be replaced with one command:

seq 260

*everything below here is inefficient*

printf '%s\n' $( seq 260 )

If the `{a..z}{1..n}` had made the command line too long, I could've done something like this (slower) version

seq 20000 | xargs -L1

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PJON 12.0 - Decentralized networking for linux, open-hardware and consumer-electronics made simple
https://github.com/gioblu/PJON

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KItinerary (KDE's travel assistant utility) + Browser Integration = <3
https://blog.broulik.de/2019/11/taking-itinerary-to-the-next-level/

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Ohio LinuxFest Friday Nov. 1st, 2019 (2pm) Speaker Terry Howald - "FreeCAD for Newbies (cuz I'm one too)" talk - Did anyone go to this?
https://ohiolinux.org/speakers/#terryhowald

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Spotted in Columbus Ohio
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The last message of Richard Stallman
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Viral copyright and patent licenses a possible hedge against Trolls

Right now violators can lose the right to use / redistribute that one piece of software. What if there was a license that if you lose the right for one you lose for all. For example a violator might be bared from far more such as browsers, compilers, libriaries and other core system components basically shutting them off legally from a modern digital ecosystem. This could be applied to patent licenses too so if you sue one project such as GNOME is facing you automatically lose all patent rights and copyright rights. Is this a viable protection strategy and can aspects of this trickle into existing projects?

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Intel Core i9 9900KS Linux Performance Benchmarks Review
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=intel-corei9-9900ks&num=1

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Syntax Theme palette creation tool
https://www.syntaxthemer.com/

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skype4pidgin / Skype official client alternative

Thought I'll just leave it here \[I am in no way associated with an awesome author of this work, so thank him, not me\].

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For all of you, who \[like me\] need to use Skype at work:

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[https://github.com/EionRobb/skype4pidgin/releases](https://github.com/EionRobb/skype4pidgin/releases)

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put [https://github.com/EionRobb/skype4pidgin/releases/download/1.5/libskypeweb64.so](https://github.com/EionRobb/skype4pidgin/releases/download/1.5/libskypeweb64.so) in:

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/home/user/.purple/plugins/

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then add your account to Pidgin.

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This is much better than official Skype plugin, which is abomination. You can use all awesome functionalities of Pidgin, like blocking, etc.

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How To List Users and Groups on Linux – devconnected
https://devconnected.com/how-to-list-users-and-groups-on-linux/

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Home server / NAS application

Hiya folks.

I am working on centralizing and unifying all of the devices in my home. I have a server in the garage running Ubuntu 18.04 that I intend to use for the primary file server. I want something that is easy for my wife and kids to use without jumping through a lot of hoops. In the past I have set up all sorts of network shares and mounting them as drives across devices and all that, but as the kids grow and time goes on it is getting more and more complicated and impossible to manage.

I am looking at using either [Amahi](https://www.amahi.org/) or [Open Media Vault](http://www.openmediavault.org/).

Does anyone have relevant experiences with either of those to share and help influence my decision, or have other suggestions even?

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LCM+L PDP-7 Bringing up UNIX for the first time in 45+ years
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5MKwp2uj2k

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