GNU Guile 3.0.0 released (adds JIT compilation)
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2020-01/msg00003.html

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[linux.conf.au 2020] "What UNIX Cost Us" – Benno Rice
https://archive.org/details/lca2020-What_UNIX_Cost_Us

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The kernel on Debian Buster hasn't been updated in over two months

Debian Buster is running kernel 4.19.67-2+deb10u2, it was released on 2019-11-11, over two months ago. According to Debian's own tracker, the kernel is vulnerable to several issues.

[https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/linux](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/linux)

Overall, updates have been pretty sparse over the past few months, last time my machine received an update was on December 20, almost one month ago, I believe that other packages might be lacking security patches. At this point Debian Buster can no longer be considered secure.

I'm just trying to raise awareness towards the issue, as I haven't seen anyone else talking about this, hopefully a developer can chime in and explain what's happening.

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Access all of your favorite Office 365 apps from Linux : unofficial-webapp-office
https://github.com/sirredbeard/unofficial-webapp-office

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What's going on with 4.19 LTS? Support ending 2020?

According to [kernel.org](https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html), the LTS kernel 4.19 has a projected EOL of [December 2020](https://imgur.com/a/G2wny1N), the end of this year. What's up with that? Shouldn't any LTS kernel be supported for many years?

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Help (G)oogle out on KDE Kirigami page!!
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elementary OS 2019 in Review and future plans
https://blog.elementary.io/our-2019-in-review/

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Xfce to use Client Side Decorations by default in v4.16
https://simon.shimmerproject.org/2020/01/14/xfce-4-14-maintenance-and-4-15-updates/

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What distro should I install?

Recently bought a new hp laptop and it's giving me a hard time installing Linux. Mainly because of its Nvidia card, some distros won't even boot, like kde neon or mint. The few that do install properly encounter other problems like bugs or wifi driver related. Is there any distro reccomended for very modern laptops that I could look into?

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Weird text help 𛀁𪘀

hello I am trying to read/use a program that is in another language but these weird characters show up

example: 𑑝𑑛𑑋𑐲

and I do not now how to fix it. I am looking through them in the Character map and it seems to be happen in multiple languages (Chinese, Japanese, Hebrew)

I have a feeling that is might have something to do with the Unicode but I'm not sure.

if anybody know what the problem is could you please help me out.

​

thank you.

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A comment said "anyone dares to crosspost this on r/linux?", well of course I know who would, it's me.
https://ulsoy.org/blog/experiencing-wsl-as-a-linux-veteran-part-1/

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When valentine day is coming
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x-Post to WSL: Experiencing WSL as a Linux Veteran - Part 1
https://www.reddit.com/r/bashonubuntuonwindows/comments/eptto5/experiencing_wsl_as_a_linux_veteran_part_1/

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Xed plugin to restore session?

I have Xed open 24/7, often with 20-30 different files.

Occasionally I need to restart my machine and its a pain in the ass to remember all the files i need to open for my day to day work.

The recent files option from the file menu only shows the last 5 files.

Is there a plugin I can add to Xed that will restore my previous session and open all the files I previously had open before I restarted my machine?

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Weekend Fluff / Linux in the Wild Thread - January 17, 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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My review of the Pinebook Pro - a $200 Linux ARM laptop
https://www.jeremymorgan.com/blog/linux/pine64-pro-laptop-review/

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nftables rules management noscript

Hi!

I used to use ufw as firewall management, but after struggling with Docker firewall rules, I moved to a custom nftables setup, which ufw couldn't manage([https://www.reddit.com/r/docker/comments/c25rns/docker\_macvlan\_ebtables/](https://www.reddit.com/r/docker/comments/c25rns/docker_macvlan_ebtables/)).

So I created a noscript to provide basic ufw rules with a custom nft ruleset.

Currently, IPv6 needs some work, but IPv4 works great. This weekend I'll add pre/post hooks, so you can run some noscripts before and after applying ruleset.

Comments are greatly appreciated.

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cryptsetup defaulting to argon2i

Since the [internet draft](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-irtf-cfrg-argon2/) recommends using the argon2id key derivation ("hybrid" mode, having resistance to both GPU cracking attacks and side-channel attacks), I was wondering why cryptsetup, used for LUKS and other disk encryption modes, defaults to argon2i (resistant to side-channel attacks only).

I couldn't find an answer anywhere so I though I'd ask here...

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I want learn a bit Linux everyday till I master it!!

Hello, firstly sorry for my bad English!

Many times in my life tried Linux, but it makes me very tired every time, I got stuck in a simple trouble for a lot of time, so that's makes me to go back to windows.

This time I'm serious, I want to learn it well, especially about the terminal, but I'm very busy and only have little time daily to do that like 15-20 minutes. However, through this time I want learn something till I will be comfortable with it.

Are there any good websites, applications, books or tips that's useful with this kind of learning?

note: I'm a computer science student

Thanks Linux community <3

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NextCloud Hub (v18) announced!!!
https://nextcloud.com/hub/

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New Updates for a New Decade | Solus
https://getsol.us/2020/01/17/new-updates-for-a-new-decade/

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