What are some compelling arguments AGAINST using Linux for personal/professional use?



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Weekly Questions and Hardware Thread - January 08, 2020

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

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Whatever Happened To news.gmane.org? (Or: Latest updates on Gmane)
https://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/2020/01/06/whatever-happened-to-news-gmane-org/

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Reproducible Builds Update for December
https://reproducible-builds.org/reports/2019-12/

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Windows 7 will stop receiving updates next Tuesday, 14th of January. KDE calls on the community to help Windows users upgrade to Plasma desktop.
https://dot.kde.org/2020/01/08/plasma-safe-haven-windows-7-refugees

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Push Notifications for SSH Logins

Hi,

For anyone that is interested I decided to create a quick noscript to get a push notification whenever a successful login to my SSH server occurs. I thought I would share it with anyone that is interested, at the moment it is very basic and requires a bit of manual installation but it does what I need.

If you have any questions or concerns let me know.

[https://github.com/nabsayeed/sshmonitor](https://github.com/nabsayeed/sshmonitor)

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Jellyfin (free software media system and alternative to proprietary Plex and Emby) in 2019
https://jellyfin.org/posts/jellyfin-in-2019/

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Next Generation Machine Learning Kernel Security

Hi guys ! We are working on a embedded security project . We actualy relased our first versione targeting some webserver process in an OpenWRT on ARM32, in the following weeks we will relase MIPS and ARM64 version too.

Github here : [https://github.com/Exeinspa/exein-openwrt-public](https://github.com/Exeinspa/exein-openwrt-public)

Hope you like and please give us suggestions

Happy New Year!

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Building responsive apps for Linux Smartphones with GTK and libhandy, Part 1
https://tuxphones.com/tutorial-developing-responsive-linux-smartphone-apps-libhandy-gtk-part-1/

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Sensible World of Soccer 2020

This awesome old game is now for PC / MAC / LINUX. Up to 4k resolution.

Also Freeware!

[https://youtu.be/U-hEVRHqZWQ](https://youtu.be/U-hEVRHqZWQ)

How to install: [https://www.sensiblesoccer.de/forum/swos-2020/27062-tutorial-linux](https://www.sensiblesoccer.de/forum/swos-2020/27062-tutorial-linux)

Download: [https://www.sensiblesoccer.de/swos-2020](https://www.sensiblesoccer.de/swos-2020)

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2019 Year in Review: Librem 5 Software and Kernel
https://puri.sm/posts/2019-year-in-review-librem-5-software-and-kernel/

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Free Software’s Radical Past
http://www.ocsmag.com/2019/02/27/free-softwares-radical-past/

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Huawei's Linux Distro openEuler has been released. What do you guys think and has anyone tried?
https://openeuler.org/en/

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People should realize that comparing a FREE software to a proprietary one , doesn't mean they should be on the same quality level , it's not even logical !

Comparing a free software you didn't pay for with a premium one that's predicted to deliver a quality service and making negative reviews of the former because it's not on the same grounds with the latter doesn't make any sense imo.

If you didn't pay a single buck for it , why did you expect it to be packed with the same features like the proprietary ?!

I mean people who bash FOSS to be lacking quality (*Not bad quality because they tried it for free*) should calm their rant down and just dual-boot to their second-favourite proprietary platform and pay the monthly subnoscription for their favourite software there ....... Problem solved.

Being nit-picky about quality/features is not really beneficial considering that FOSS can offer most features (*If not all*) of the proprietary one and for FREE , then people just complain about it for different (*And sometimes stupid*) reasons like: "*It's GUI is not familiar , THAT'S TERRIBLE*" or "*It's confusing to use !*" ........

It's just these people either were having over-the-top ambitions or didn't even pay for the proprietary software at all .... That's why they jump for the verdict directly without looking at the biggest premise , the price tag !

If devs. giving their effort for free to you with acceptable quality is not fulfilling ...... then the real problem wasn't the lack of features from the beginning.

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Dell showing off XPS Developer Edition at CES - Linux hit the mainstream
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/01/dell-updates-xps-13-laptop-with-1610-aspect-ratio-screen-ir-camera/

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Linux mobile, daily driver reality check.
https://mariogrip.com/2020/01/08/linux-mobile-reality-check/

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Lightning talk: "Exciting developments around Linux on Phones" (timestamp)
https://media.ccc.de/v/36c3-10524-lightning_talks_day_2#t=4909

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what does it mean to attribute and modify a file from one file path to the next, specifically Next, locate the DocumentRoot attribute and modify it from /var/www/html to /var/www/html/wordpress.



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Fedora 33 To Finally Kill Off Python 2.6 Support
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/RetirePython26

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Xtra PC - Got a YouTube ad for this product today

[https://www.xtra-pc.com/how-it-works-1](https://www.xtra-pc.com/how-it-works-1)

(if someone wants just the vid on the page)

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzKQGGzZdGY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzKQGGzZdGY)

So, the product is a USB with some custom distro installed on it, looks vaguely LXDE-ish. The selling points they claim are that: It works on almost any PC from 2004 and newer. It doesn't need a functional hard drive. It's faster than a bloated Windows XP/Vista/7 install.

It's a live USB, so yes, it will definitely will be able do that. I'v seen some live distros boot with surprising speeds even on USB 2.0. At the very least, it's gonna be more effective than using one of those "fix your PC" USBs people waste money on. I find it particularly curious because I'v not heard of any company trying to market such a specific product before. I could definitely see people who might be tired of their old computer wanting a quick fix purchasing something like this. I don't think they'd be unhappy either, if all they do is edit documents, play media and browse the web. They might not understand they can't use Windows programs without a bit of initial setup, as it's not mentioned in the ad. I'm actually not sure how I feel about this product, granted I don't have one to test.

As far as the price of the product goes, it's a little high if you think of it as just a USB stick (16G: $35, 32G: $60, 64G: $80). However, some people might not be able to make their own live USB and want something they can buy and just plug in. There's cheaper alternatives, but I guess a choice is a choice, and if it works and the user is happy, that's cool I guess. As far as I know charging a distribution fee for the medium it's on, even a decently high one like they are, is permissible under the GPL. Correct me if I'm wrong.

It could spread awareness of Linux to more people, given that I saw an ad for it on YouTube, I'm sure at least a few other people checked out the website like I did. This product has only been mentioned on here once in the past 2 years ago, and the thread is archived. I was messaging someone about this as I wrote the post, and they mentioned LinusTechTips did a video on it. I haven't watched it yet but link is here:

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S46Fby3qOGg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S46Fby3qOGg)

What is this community's thoughts and opinions on Xtra PC?

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unable to get into bootloader

Hi there, we have an old ubuntu machine at work that we need something off, but obviously, 8 years on and we dont'know the password. We are trying to get into the bootloader so we can reset the password from recovery mode, but it is being bypassed perhaps with a noscript. Is there a way round this or is this computer now a doorstop?

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