Upstream Graphics: Too Little, Too Late
https://blog.ffwll.ch/2019/12/upstream-too-little-too-late.html

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RAM-Disk

I first heard about RAM-Disk some days ago and it sounds very exciting. I already set it up on my Kubuntu, but I don‘t have any plan how i can use it really.
Do you have some examples how you use it or what is possible to do with this speed up?
Or / And things I have to keep in mind using it?
I use my PC just for Gaming, Surfing, Coding and editing photos, if you just have an example for any of this categories.
Cheers!

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Microsoft Teams is now available on Linux
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Microsoft-Teams-Blog/Microsoft-Teams-is-now-available-on-Linux/ba-p/1056267

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Customize your Linux desktop with FVWM
https://opensource.com/article/19/12/fvwm-linux-desktop

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Linux users identify with their OS more often than Mac, Windows users
https://www.patreon.com/posts/32226964

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DPDK 19.11 is out! Why you should update and how to do so
https://medium.com/@lhamthomas45/dpdk-19-11-is-out-why-you-should-update-and-how-to-do-so-7395810f71e

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The Linux Foundation's Sound Open Firmware project has been supplying open firmware for the audio DSPs in recent Intel x86_64 platforms since Linux kernel 5.2.
https://thesofproject.github.io/latest/platforms/

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Weekly Questions and Hardware Thread - December 11, 2019

Welcome to r/linux! If you're new to Linux or trying to get started this thread is for you. Get help here or as always, check out r/linuxquestions or r/linux4noobs

This megathread is for all your question needs. As we don't allow questions on r/linux outside of this megathread, please consider using r/linuxquestions or r/linux4noobs for the best solution to your problem.

Ask your hardware requests here too or try r/linuxhardware!

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DXVK in dire straits?
https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/pull/1264#issuecomment-564253190

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xs:code - Monetization for Open Source Projects
https://xscode.com/

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PSA: linux 5.3+ [except 5.3.14+] and 5.4+ have issues with intel iGPU, your OS will randomly freeze. Using 5.3.14+ or linux-lts for now for intel iGPU users.



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List-based tiling WM with tags and proper dual screen support?

Is there a list-based (like dwm) tiling wm with tags (instead of workspaces, also like dwm) with proper dual screen support (common tagset)?

I'm getting tired of i3's manual split management, so I tried switching to dwm. I love the list (instead of tree) based layouting with predetermined layouts. Tags are also quite superior to workspaces.

But dwm has totally shitty support for dual screens. The single-tagset patch is for a pretty old version, and doesn't even work (I haven't tried the two even older versions).

I tried qtile, but it's not tag based so it's not good enough.

Is there an existing solution to my problem or do I have to do it myself? I'd hate to do so since the 'suckless' code style is really bad and it'll take me a long time to fix dwm to a somewhat usable state.

Also, to rant a bit on suckless:

It seems quite insane to me to have a project which relies on patches for extensions, and not have a machine-enforced code style (something like mandatory clang-format and clang-tidy styles). I get that they get off on minimalism, but dwm would make way more sense if it was split into a dozen or more compilation units and organized better. I also kind of understand the animosity towards bloated compilers and tooling of gcc and clang/llvm, but not using modern tools to enforce some standards is plainly worse than the alternative.

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Crossover 19 released with python3 support on Linux (and 32-bit windows exe support on 64-bit only mac)

I got this email from codeweavers:

Hello all,

I am happy to announce that we have just released CrossOver 19.0.0 for both macOS and Linux!

The capstone of CrossOver 19 is our new ability to run 32 bit Windows applications within a 64 bit process. This enables us to support 32 bit Windows applications on the new macOS release, Catalina, which removed all support for 32 bit applications in October.

This has been a remarkably difficult challenge, and I appreciate everyone's patience with us as we strove to make this happen. I particularly want to call out and celebrate the work of Ken Thomases, the senior developer here at CodeWeavers who has worked tirelessly on this for the past year and a half.

In addition to that change, CrossOver’s core technology Wine has been updated to bring much of the developments of the past year to all of our users on both Mac and Linux. These changes include over 5,000 individual improvements, all of which will act together to improve the end user experience with CrossOver.

We have improved installation compatibility with recent Linux distributions and also taken the step of upgrading CrossOver to rely on Python 3.

Mac customers with active support ennoscriptments will be upgraded to CrossOver 19 the next time they launch CrossOver. Linux users can download the latest version from https://www.codeweavers.com/account/downloads .

If CrossOver asks for registration, use your codeweavers.com email address & password to register and unlock CrossOver. Email info@codeweavers.com if you need more help.

Thank you all for your support. We hope you enjoy CrossOver 19!

Cheers,

Jeremy

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Multiboot for external drive. 2 win / 4 Linux.

I have a question. After reading and looking at alot of guides I'm stuck. Here is what I'm trying to do.

I'm starting Software software development and want to setup test environments. What I'm trying to do is this.

Windows 7 and 10 on main driver (internal) 256gb ssd
3 - 4 Linux distros on External 500 gb ssd
Boot menu for when external is plugged in.

Is this possible? I can't figure out how to get the external drive setup (partition table) so I can have more than 1 distro installed.

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Breaking Linux files into pieces with the split command
https://www.networkworld.com/article/3489256/breaking-linux-files-into-pieces-with-the-split-command.html

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Big Tux compiled at home.
https://redd.it/e9e5eu
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Linux tools: examining hardware in the terminal with dmidecode
https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/linux-tools-dmidecode

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what is the most badass Linux terminal command name?



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What are some things that make Linux better than Windows and macOS?

Just looking for opinions.

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Introducing offlinemsmtp

Hello everyone, I wrote a program called [`offlinemsmtp`](https://gitlab.com/sumner/offlinemsmtp) which wraps [`msmtp`](https://marlam.de/msmtp/) (an SMTP client) so that you can use it offline. (For those who are unfamiliar with `msmtp`, it is a commonly used program for sending mail in many terminal email clients such as mutt and mu4e.)

You can read my blog post about it here: [sumnerevans.com/2019/introducing-offlinemsmtp.html](https://sumnerevans.com/2019/introducing-offlinemsmtp.html).

The project is on GitLab: [gitlab.com/sumner/offlinemsmtp](https://gitlab.com/sumner/offlinemsmtp).

Version `0.3.5` is available on [PyPi](https://pypi.org/project/offlinemsmtp/) and the [AUR](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/offlinemsmtp/).

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OPINION: Zorin OS's marketing as a Linux based system isn't acceptable

ZorinOS, ([https://zorinos.com](https://zorinos.com)), is a Linux distribution that in my opinion takes on some questionable marketing and design layout for their OS releases. The problem for me starts as soon as you click on the Download page: the first, and only thing you see when you scroll down, is the Zorin Ultimate Edition (for only $39). This edition touts slightly more features, but the three that matter here are as follows: "Premium desktop layouts," "Over 20 Games," and "The Best Business and Media Apps"

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Let's start with what, is in my opinion, the least upsetting of these: the premium desktop layouts. The system runs GNOME, and so proper themes do actually require some sort of effort from the developer. Still, though, it seems a bit harsh to be charging for this inside of the system.

The main issue I have though are the "Best Business and Media Apps" and "over 20 games." For the media applications, these are not listed anywhere on the download page, and presumably are just free and open source software preinstalled on the computer. The next one, more obvious, is the "over 20 games." In their promotional, they show games such as Tux Kart Racer, and it openly states that these games are open source.

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This all normally wouldn't be too big of an issue, but we have to keep in mind that Zorin OS is a distribution heavily targeted towards new users. In my eyes, I feel that is a serious issue that Zorin OS sets up their web page and marketing in such a way to offer their "ultimate" edition as a better piece of software, when it is infact just a standard install with some applications preinstalled. The difference between something like this and Ubuntu Pro or Red Hat Enterprise is that Zorin isn't offering much besides basic installation support according to their website, and charging these new users who don't realize how vast the options are $39 just for preinstalling some extra software. It'd be the equivalent of Ubuntu removing it's preinstalled office applications and such, and then slapping a price tag on it. It's just unfair, and seems like a scam targeted at new users. For this reason, I find that the marketing that Zorin OS uses to be quite disturbing in all honesty. I'm surprised that I haven't heard much more about it, this seems like something that we shouldn't just ignore.

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I'm willing to admit that people say the operating system is fluid and such, but they should really be improving their marketing if they wish to try and charge for "features" as stated above.

Thanks.

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EDIT:
Just found this under their website in a "Why it costs" button:

>which is why we created [Zorin OS Ultimate](https://zorinos.com/ultimate). It brings together the most advanced Open Source software so you can unleash the full potential of your computer, out of the box.

So, if my point wasn't made before, they literally state here that the Ultimate edition is just bundling some extra software for $39.

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