notcurses 0.9.1 released, multimedia-capable TUI library

I've spent the last month working on a TUI library for modern, complex terminal applications, and tonight cut [notcurses v0.9.1](https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses). It's already up in the [Arch AUR](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/notcurses/), and Debian Unstable packages will soon be uploaded to my [APT repository](https://www.dsscaw.com/apt.html). It uses terminfo as included with Thomas E. Dickey's NCURSES (to which it owes a great debt), but goes beyond that library, especially along the bling axis.

I hope to cut 1.0.0 early in January with [a good deal more](https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses/milestone/2) features, but it's already come pretty far in a month if I say so myself. I've got demos [on youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEv2YRyiEVM), but nothing's quite like building it, ensuring you're in a DirectColor-capable terminal, and giving the demo a spin locally. Or over ssh. Or through seven proxies. If nothing else, it's Something New.

Please let me know your thoughts. Apache 2.0. hack on!

[some shots from the 0.4.0 demo](https://preview.redd.it/w44nm931iy541.png?width=1440&format=png&auto=webp&s=9b6bfa5aaf4bdc71302a33b8415cc22e90a131e2)

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Found an easteregg in the libvorbis encoder
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AMD Ryzen Series or Intel/NVIDIA

Hey guys, I am planning to buy a laptop and most of my work is on Linux. What works better in Linux AMD or Intel+NVIDIA?
I do some graphic designing and editing work on windows so I need to consider that as well. What do you think will be a better choice?


FYI I can afford either Ryzen 5 3550 or i5 9th gen.

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Agrep: Based on Levenshtein distances, it's possible to search for words looking alike a word.
https://twitter.com/chaignc/status/1208413293909557248?s=20

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How is the process for a release of a GNU/Linux operating system?

For example, in a distribution like Ubuntu who is responsible for compiling the source code and putting it online?, What control does the community have over that process?.

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It's my first time seeing this on internal Hardware.
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If package managers are such a big advantage to linux, why is the windows store so hated? What is different

Im a relatively new linux user and I do like the concept of package managers, especially when you have some as robust as those found in the arch based distros.


This got me thinking that windows 10 has something similar but I only see people trash it.

What is windows doing wrong that linux does right?

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Binary Debugger and Reverse Engineering Framework (Cross-Platform)
https://cutter.re/

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Linux driver for the Xbox One wireless dongle
https://github.com/medusalix/xow

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Weird problem with rc.local on Raspbian 7

If I edit something like rc.local, change passwd, or similar, the change will not persist after a reboot. Everything reverts to the previous version.

Any ideas? Maybe it has entered some kind of mode mapping the live operating system folders like /etc/ to RAM or something. The command df shows correct mount points, so I'm unsure what is causing this.

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Wallpaper - Christmas Tux 2019
http://klowner.com/wallpaper/christmas_tux_2019/

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Convert Android TV box's OS to Arch Linux ARM?

Is it possible to change Leelbox MXQ mini's OS to Arch Linux ARM? How?

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best gaming linux distro

so i’m new to linux, but i have been having issues with windows (surprise surprise) which version of distro would you recommend for a complete beginner for gaming any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!


also sorry for the grammar i’m on mobile!

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What is the difference between volume and partition ?



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This week in KDE: it’s gonna be amaaaaaaaaaaazing
http://pointieststick.com/2019/12/22/this-week-in-kde-its-gonna-be-amaaaaaaaaaaazing/

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Of developers and snaps: theming

First of all a disclaimer. Please don't turn this post into a "SnAp SuCkS, uSe ApPiMaGe oR fLaTpAk". I believe that different app formats can coexist and as of now they each have their strengths and weaknesses. What I'd like to concentrate on here is the theming of snap applications.

The question is, why do snap applications behave inconsistently in regards to theming? Let's consider to somewhat big programs, GIMP and Firefox. Gimp respects the system theme (those that are supported, I've tested with yaru, adwaita and the elementary theme) while firefox (ubuntu 19.10) doesn't. Why do they behave differently? Well the answer is simple: the gimp snap is connected to gtk-common-themes whereas firefox (and the majority of snap apps) isn't.

So developers, please connect your snap applications to the [gtk-common-themes](https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/how-to-use-the-system-gtk-theme-via-the-gtk-common-themes-snap/6235) package. Your apps will look a lot more consistent with the rest of the desktop and this will lead to a more pleasant user experience.

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Of topic but still : is there an official reddit help community??

I’m sorry this Q is not about Linux but I’m looking for help with Reddit.
Is there an active Reddit community??
Thanks.

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Canonical should push BTRFS instead ZFS out-the-linux-tree ?

Why Canonical no help to push and improve BTRFS ?

Why go to ZFS that is out of the Linux tree?

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i'm missing something or this is again like mir case?

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Canonical should push BTRFS instead ZFS out-the-linux-tree ?

Why Canonical no help to push and improve BTRFS ?

Why go to ZFS that is out of the Linux tree?

i'm missing something or this is again like mir case?

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Killing the elephant in the room - the userspace low memory handler ability to gracefully handle low memory pressure

In the summer, there was a thread about the inability of the kernel to gracefully handle low memory: [https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/cmg48b/lets\_talk\_about\_the\_elephant\_in\_the\_room\_the/](https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/cmg48b/lets_talk_about_the_elephant_in_the_room_the/)

The time has come to demonstrate the elegant solution in user space: [https://youtu.be/G0FYDIKVPYI](https://youtu.be/G0FYDIKVPYI)

The problem: [https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/8/4/15](https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/8/4/15).

The solution: [https://github.com/hakavlad/nohang](https://github.com/hakavlad/nohang).

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More on Flatpak updates
https://blogs.gnome.org/mclasen/2019/12/19/9100/

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