The best measure of what makes distro good is how big the team working on it too

I think that we can all have preferences and that is natural. However, I think the reason that Ubuntu is the best distro is a simple numbers game. Canonical is a big company with hundreds of employees. if we compare that to the other distros and the number of coders working on each one of those distro‘s we will see that at most it is a team of 10 or 15. Clearly the work that will be done by teams of 10 times the magnitude of those smaller teams will be better and more polished. Plus canonical has a brand reputation to keep that actually affects their financial bottom line compared to other distro teams that do this because of other non-financial needs (e.g. side project, fun, etc). I am not saying the other distros are bad I am just saying that Ubuntu will provide the best and most polished experience because of the size of the team that is working on it. Additionally most of the other distros rely on Ubuntu to create their own distro’s and most of the time I noticed that most of the bugs in those distro’s come from the little additions they have on top of the Ununtu base. So you can hate canonical all you want but truly it offers the most stable distro on the market. so please if there anything that I need to know about this and if I’m wrong correct me.

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Introducing Dell XPS 13 10th gen: 32GB RAM, 16:10 display
https://bartongeorge.io/2020/01/01/introducing-the-2020-xps-13-developer-edition-this-one-goes-to-32/

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What to do...

My wife is running Windows 7 on her computer. With the end of support looming soon I'm kind of in a bind. She doesn't like linux at all and her computer will probably not run Windows 10. I'll have to look at her specs again but I'm sure it's not enough to run 10 well. She's on temporary disability until she's completley healed from her 3 joint replacements last year so I'm wondering if I have time to teach her how to use linux or if I should just buy her a new computer with Windows 10 on it.

She is not computer literate at all. She gets frustrated easily with new (to her) technology.

What would you guys do in this scenario?

Divorce, murder, etc. is NOT an option.

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Arch Linux LUKS configuration
https://github.com/mjec/fido2-hmac-secret/wiki/Arch-Linux-LUKS-configuration

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Weekend Fluff / Linux in the Wild Thread - January 03, 2020

Welcome to the weekend! This stickied thread is for you to post pictures of your ubuntu 2006 install disk, slackware floppies, on-topic memes or more.

When it's not the weekend, be sure to check out r/WildLinuxAppears or r/linuxmemes!

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s6/s6-rc vs systemd, or why you probably do not need systemd
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1105854.html

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Google Stadia Port Troubles Blamed on the Linux Kernel Scheduler
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/google-stadia-port-issues-linux-kernel

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Arch 2020 welcomes its little brothers and sisters to the zstd universe
http://sysdfree.wordpress.com/292

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Use VR for multiple desktops while traveling for work?

So... I have had a dream about VR for years now -- To be able to use it for work. I travel a lot for my job, I work on 3 - 5 monitors at home, and when I'm mobile I'm using just the one on my poor laptop.

My laptop isn't bad, it has an RX 560 and it can do a lot of gaming handily for how little I paid for it.

I tried a year ago to get VR on my laptop to work but it wasn't there yet. Combination of drivers, and everything else not quite being ready.

Now I've read about https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xrdesktop/xrdesktop but I've not seen anything concrete on if I can use it for the purpose of multi desktop simulation so I can work in privacy/peace (And turn off primary display of laptop while I am working).

Anyone have any ideas on doing something like this? Also recommend me a VR headset (cheaper the better but I assume has to be 4k to avoid it looking like trash)

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Acer AN515-42 laptop, update the UEFI without windows?

As it says, I'm running Ubuntu Mate 19.10, the tools to make a windows installer don't even work with Microsoft's poorly made official ISOs to be able to update the UEFI.

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This is rogue moderation getting out of hand

You might as well ban me from here all together to "protect the public".
https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/ejn5c5/arch_2020_welcomes_its_little_brothers_and/?ref_source=embed&ref=share

With something as serious as this, as the compression of binaries by some "controversial and questionable" algorithm, in one of the most popular distributions, with arch only contributing a handful of sentences WITHIN THE PAST YEAR, AS WARNING to users, of their change, and r/linux moderation seeks and finds some excuse to claim a rule violation.

This is real crap, there is NO VIOLATION and if there is remove about 80% of the posts here, otherwise you are manufacturing an excuse to silence this and keep users in the dark!

This is an article of a blog that has many followers, it has been around for quite a while, with hundreds of posts, on wordpress server that is free (sorry I don't get paid by IBM or Facebook to write this, it is open and free journalism), r/linux is THE FIRST TIME this article was posted on reddit (and please provide evidence it is a repost - if it is a repost of THIS elsewhere it is none of your business - r/linux was the original post of the link, let alone the article itself)

IF YOU DO FIND MY CLAIM REASONABLE PLEASE REMOVE THE VINDICTIVE MODERATOR FROM LINUX AND REDDIT ALL TOGETHER - HE IS DANGEROUS

IF NOT REMOVE THIS AN ME FROM R/LINUX, I'DON'T NEED THIS

BUT ARCH USERS SHOULD BE WARNED THEIR BINARIES ARE ENCODED AND DECODED BY FACEBOOK'S CREATION BEFORE THEY GET INSTALLED

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Search, Study And Practice Linux Commands On The Fly!
https://www.ostechnix.com/search-study-and-practice-linux-commands-on-the-fly/

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Linux typing password tips
https://twitter.com/chaignc/status/1213412331876732928?s=20

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How to create Bootable USB for iMac?

Well, what Rufus does, does not work for iMac. I tried to find a solution, but they only tell how to do this using the Mac OS. I'd like to install Linux at a old iMac (Power G5)

It looks like this is what I need to do:

* Create Mac OS Extended disk format
* Use GUID partition table
* Convert .ISO to .IMG

So if this is right, what application from Windows or Linux could do this?

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GitHub - auto-cpufreq: Automatic CPU speed & power optimizer for Linux
https://github.com/AdnanHodzic/auto-cpufreq

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Best linux for windows user

So I am looking to switch to Linux since windows is becoming more and more a pain to use.

The thing is that I do a lot of gaming and most games are windows only. Ive read that by using kvm I can get a windows virtual machine with gpu passthrough so that I can game using windows. Is this possible?

What would be the best Linux that gives a Windows feel with enough easy customization?

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"NORMAL" text in deb version of Chrome

Is anybody else seeing this in their Chrome browser?

On the right side the text "NORMAL" is displayed just above the customize menu.

I just reinstalled my O/S (Pop! OS) and noticed it. Tried changing appearance from GTK+ to classic but it's still there. Also, this is the only window that is displaying this.

Thanks for any feedback.

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[screenshot of top right corner Chrome window](https://preview.redd.it/vhsp7s7mws841.png?width=251&format=png&auto=webp&s=484f9185ea5a597debc166a4a7fa2078a84cdd88)

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New episodes on LWN-podcast

Dec-19 articles are available now at [https://anchor.fm/lwn-podcast](https://anchor.fm/lwn-podcast) and Google podcast

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Where to define aliases/functions/variables is the Blink shell on iOS: Is there some .rc file?

Not sure if anyone in this sub uses the Blink Shell iOS app, a Linux command line emulator: https://www.blink.sh

Anywho, I recently started using it for SSHing into remote servers from my iPad. Works perfectly for that.

But when I’m cruising in the Blink shell itself, rather than a remote server, it seems incredibly barebones and user-unfriendly. If I could at least define aliases that persist across shell sessions (e.g., nicknames for my remote servers; custom prompt/`$PS1` variable), it would be much more pleasurable to use.

But unlike e.g., the Bash shell, where there’s typically a `.bashrc` or `.bash_profile` config file for shell customization, I don’t see anything like that in Blink.

Can I just create the file myself? If so, what should it be called? Or is Blink customized in a totally different manner? Or does Blink just suck and can’t be customized at all?

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How do I do this

I’m in the process of downloading Linux for my chromebook and it’s asking me to enter a new UNIX password. Problem is it won’t let me type anything and if I hit enter twice it just asks me again. What should I do?

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Switch to a better wifi network automatically based on signal's strength

Hi,

I wanted to share a bash version of the python noscript that [u/sqrt7744](https://www.reddit.com/user/sqrt7744/) posted here : [https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/bbzm9t/automatically\_switch\_to\_the\_strongest\_wifi\_signal/](https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/bbzm9t/automatically_switch_to_the_strongest_wifi_signal/)

This noscript adds desktop notifications when switching networks.

#!/bin/bash
min_signal_diff_for_switching=12

# Lets do a scan first
sudo /usr/bin/nmcli -t -f ssid,signal,rate,in-use dev wifi rescan

# And get the list of known networks
known_networks_info=$(/usr/bin/nmcli -t -f name connection show | sed -e 's/^Auto //g')

# What's the current network, yet?
current_network_name=$(/usr/bin/nmcli -t -f ssid,signal,rate,in-use dev wifi list | grep ':\*' | cut -d ':' -f1)
current_network_strength=$(/usr/bin/nmcli -t -f ssid,signal,rate,in-use dev wifi list | grep ':\*' | cut -d ':' -f2)

# Now see if we have a better network to switch to. Networks are sorted by signal strength so there's no need to check them all if the first signal's strength is not higher than current network's strength + min_signal_diff_for_switching.
for network in $(/usr/bin/nmcli -t -f ssid,signal,rate,in-use dev wifi list | grep -v $current_network_name | sort -nr -k2 -t':') ; do
network_name=$(echo $network | cut -d ':' -f1)
network_strength=$(echo $network | cut -d ':' -f2)
if [[ "$network_name" == "" ]]; then continue ; fi # MESH hotspots may appear with an non existent SSID so we skip them
if [[ "$known_networks_info" == *"$network_name"* ]]; then
if [ $network_strength -ge $(($current_network_strength + 12)) ]; then
notification="Switching to network $network_name that has a better signal ($network_strength>$(($current_network_strength + 12)))"
echo $notification
notify-send "$notification"
sudo /usr/bin/nmcli device wifi connect $network_name
else
#echo "Network $network_name is well known but its signal's strength is not worth switching."
exit 0
fi
fi
done

You should run the noscript as normal user (to get desktop notifications) and allow this user to run nmcli passwordless in /etc/sudoers:

fred ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/nmcli

You may run the noscript on a time basis by editing your user's crontab with crontab -e

* * * * * for i in 1 2 3 ; do /usr/local/bin/ns ; sleep 20 ; done

Hope you'll like it,

Frédéric.

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