[Discussion] What's going on with Linux community ? :|

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so I recently switched to Linux(should be around 6 months by now): dual boot with sysprep Windows since I hate to be limited by OS to not using/ playing what I want and paid for- earlier I've been trying ubuntu on and off once every few years. I'd probably made a switch fully of list of incompatible stuff for me would work, but here we are.

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Either way, I've joined multiple discord servers and mostly in bigger ones the majority of people are extremely vicious and toxic about everything: Windows features and availability of software(also super toxic about things that can be fixed with like 3 clicks), outraged about non-FOSS software( while they are still using things like steam), raging about developers(of both games and software) going with "don't blame linux, blame developers" which is partially true, but the biggest issue for me- even hate within community- about DE's- mostly gnome totally ignoring part that it's heavily customizable with just few extensions, and calling people stupid about using something instead of things they use, also toxicity towards Distros, and most annoyingly people blindly believing in something, being suspective about every single thing and changing everything just to suit their argument and all around being like edgy teenager, but when they get called on it they just say they "troll about stuff cuz it's part of linux community".

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Like what the hell is that.... did it become so bad because Linux is considered "hackerman system" by everyone outside of the linux ecosystem or because it got better with gaming recently and a lot of dumb community got in or what's the deal about? It feels like playing League of legends all over again but even worse, because they are toxic about pretty much everything and not only the game. It totally breaks the myth of wholesome and helpful community and stuff..

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File manager nnn v2.9 – simpler controls, smarter workflows
https://github.com/jarun/nnn/releases/tag/v2.9

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Where do you post your pictures of your battlestations?

I'm pretty addicted to /r/battlestations for seeing people's set-ups but almost all of them are Windows-based.

I also spend way longer than I should browsing /r/unixporn looking at people's desktops.

So where is the Linux community posting their battle station pictures? I'd love to see some of the hardware set-ups you all have running.

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Old Surface Pro 3 as Linux server

I have a laptop I don't use since the screen is cracked.

I was thinking to use it as server for various applications.

Anyone using similar system?

Which are the settings so that it never goes to sleep and that screen stays off?

Does it all make sense or will be unstable?

Alternatively will use
Windows 10 and on top Docker
Or
Proxmox with on top one or more VM with Ubuntu server (on one Docker on it)
Or
Ubuntu server with Docker on top.

Server will be
Mattermost plus Audio capability
Home Assistant
Maybe Motioneye for some cans.

Thoughs?

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Why you should upgrade Windows 7 to Ubuntu
https://ubuntu.com/blog/why-you-should-upgrade-windows-7-to-ubuntu

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Peppermint OS Project Lead Mark Greaves has passed away
https://forum.peppermintos.com/index.php/topic,9283.0.html

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signal-estimator: Measure characteristics of a looped back signal
https://github.com/gavv/signal-estimator/

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I need help doing this. I did that but prof wants a command instead
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GNU sed 4.8 released

"sed -i" now creates temporary files with correct umask

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Moving from Windows 7 to Plasma? Do it the Easy Way!
https://dot.kde.org/2020/01/15/moving-windows-7-plasma-do-it-easy-way

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Headphones

Hey, im new to Linux, I'm using Kubuntu for my laptop. I setted up everything well and it's working 10/10 except one thing, when i connect my headphones (usb) ir detects them but the sound keeps comming out from the speakers.
what am I doing wrong?

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CentOS 8.1 (1911) is out
https://wiki.centos.org/Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS8.1911

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Vulkan 1.2 Specification Released: Refining For Efficiency & Development Simplicity
https://www.anandtech.com/show/15401/vulkan-12-specification-released

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Someone revived the without-systemd wiki
https://without-systemd.frama.wiki/

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When do you think Wayland will become mainstream?

I have been on Linux for about 2 months now and now I am happy haha, And I have learned a lot about Linux and how it works I also found out about Xorg and Wayland, People have been saying Wayland is the next big thing but my distro (Manjaro kde) Even though Wayland package does exist it isn't a replacement per say, I also know that some distros are actually starting to use Wayland I think Gnome uses it (Not sure), So my question is that, when is Wayland going to fully replace Xorg and why have people/Developers not transitioned to waylaid?

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Please correct me if I got any information wrong I have only been 2 months but I have learned a lot in these months! ;D

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hometown - a light weight fork of Mastodon
https://github.com/hometown-fork/hometown/wiki

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Is 128 SSD enough for dual boot windows?

I wont be playing games or watching movies, just labs for school and projects.

Finances and a bit of an issue and if I can save a few pennies now...

Thanks in advance

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Mozilla lays off 70 people as non-search revenue fails to materialize
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/01/mozilla-lays-off-70-people-as-non-search-revenue-fails-to-materialize/

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With exFat native in 5.4, is seems to now be THE fstype for win/linux shared drives.

As a heavy VM and multi-boot user, it sems like the release of native exFat support in the 5.4 kernel is the holy grail I've been working around all these years. No user space drivers, no ntfs issues, shared seamless native mounts to multiple VM's and multi-boot systems with native drive performance.

I suppose it's somewhat new and may have some growing pains. But I wonder if there are other inherent limitations to exfat that have kept it limited to SD cards and such rather than on real drives. I'm hoping it was just the lack of kernel drivers (might as well bow to windows and use ntfs if you need a userspace driver anyway).

I haven't tried it yet, but hope to this weekend. Hopefully it's as simple as updating the kernel and mounting - I don't know if the distribs have to do something special to expose it.

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File system recommendations for home server

I'm planning on setting up a home server in the next few days and I'm looking for recommendations on setups for storage. Links to articles are very much appreciated

A little background I have run home servers in the past but never ones with large data pools. I'm planning on running almost everything in docker and on Arch Linux. I'm comfortable with experimenting and learning.

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USB flash as primary drive?

Wondering if it's possible to boot up a laptop that has no internal harddrive whatsoever, using a bootable USB flashdrive with something like ubuntu on it, but have the state persist.

I'm not talking about 'trial' sessions, I'm talking about persistant, regular OS setup, where you're installing/customizing everything. But that just happens to be all done from /media/somebody/sandiskcruzer...

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