PSA: If you buy a Lenovo laptop you are forced to accept the Microsoft EULA before you can install Linux instead

I bought a new laptop that seems nice: Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen7. I'm currently working on setting up Ubuntu on it. However, even after extensive trying I was not able to circumvent the Windows activation on it. As if wasting time on a unnecessary Windows installation wasn't bad enough, during the Windows installation you have to accept the Microsoft EULA. Without installing Windows there is no way to access the UEFI BIOS and to change the boot medium to a memory stick.

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Help/sponsors needed - further development of open source software

I'm the author of Polynimbus, open source multi-cloud infrastructure inventory and management tool (https://github.com/polynimbus). Development of Polynimbus started in 2015 and until today it supports 13 vendors of cloud services.

Unfortunately some of these vendor drivers have bad code quality, and functional limitations. Mainly:

1. Alibaba Cloud driver doesn't allow to create compute instances, and the rest of the code is untested, written only after documentation - since Alibaba Cloud company didn't accept my verification documents, which are required to activate their account and launch any resources (even outside China).

2. Rackspace Cloud (regarding their OpenStack-based cloud offer: https://www.rackspace.com/openstack/public/pricing) driver is also read-only, since Rackspace closed my account some time ago, and wants $50/month (apart of resource usage costs) for "management".

additionally:

3. Google Cloud Platform driver allow full compute instance management, but enumeration of other types of resources is incomplete. I have some fully working GCP accounts, but for further development and testing, I need read-only access to accounts with some bigger setup, not just 1 compute instance per account.

4. Exactly the same for Microsoft Azure - I have my customers' accounts, but with very simple setup, and I need access to accounts with more complicated setup (as above, read-only access is perfectly fine).

5. It would be great to write drivers for even more vendors. If you represent a cloud vendor, that could be interested in any type of integration, please let me know.

**If you want yourself (or your company) to be shown in Polynimbus Sponsors page (I'm about to create it) - or if you simply want to do something good for cloud services users - and you can help with the above problems, please just contact me** - we'll discuss the details. Note I can sign Non-Disclosure Agreements, if required.

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SHA-1 is now fully broken
https://threatpost.com/exploit-fully-breaks-sha-1/151697/

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cron.weekly issue #117: TCP, Dtail, Parsr, Pssh, Bash & more
https://ma.ttias.be/cronweekly/issue-117/

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How To Fix Missing Buttons with PlayStation 1/2 USB Controller Adapter l
https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-games-33/playstation2-controller-with-usb-adapter-need-help-getting-additional-buttons-to-work-4175643583/#post6058782

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How well does PROTON actually work?

I'm eyeballing switching to Ubuntu, but I want to know how solid PROTON is, since I do enjoy gaming. How well does it work currently?

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Upgrading the family

Yesterday, my daughter brought me her computer and ask for Linux. I installed Linux Mint on her Mac Mini.
Today, my wife asked for some Linux too. Asked and answered.


May the Linux community smile upon my pure Linux family.

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is there any ppa for KDE desktop versions before KDE 5

i hate KDE 5 and flat design. i need a ppa for versions of KDE 4 3 2 and 1. pls i need one

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Clear current line - command prompt

Hitting up arrow cycles through past commands. Sometimes, I accidentally hit up arrow and if I hit the down arrow right after it will go back to the blank line. But sometimes it doesn't, and the last command just stays there. If it's a long command, it's a pain to have to delete it. Any way to clear the whole line quickly?

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Jstock linux under gpl v2

please do note the android version is proprietary software

[https://jstock.org/help\_install\_upgrade.html#upgrade-linux](https://jstock.org/help_install_upgrade.html#upgrade-linux)

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Nervous about finally making the move to Linux

Hey folks, I hope this post is alright! I've been flirting with switching to Linux for my personal computer for a while: been running a dual boot of Ubuntu for machine learning, trying to get used to working with the shell, and figuring out how to get my software and games to function. I think I'm finally ready to switch to a full Linux boot for my personal laptop (deciding between a maxed out "System 76" Oryx Pro running Pop and a Lambda Labs Tensorbook running Ubuntu [any advice between these two options would of course be appreciated!]).

But I'm a nervous type guy, just waiting for this all to fall apart and learn that I'm not as capable of living beyond the safety net/stranglehold of Windows 10. So let me ask: what was the single biggest issue you had when you first switched to Linux, and how did you get past it? Looking for some stories to inspire confidence in me this week!

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Review of Zorin OS, a good replacement for Windows refugees
https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20200120#zorin

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Hi Linux! I'm new to this community and OS... Can you recommend me a decent Video editor Tool for light 1080p footage?

I said light video editing footage because I will be using my Chromebook Pixelbook go (8th gen Intel core i5, 8gm ram) with LinuxBeta enable on it...

So I think like daVinci is out of question (or I'm wrong?)

So, reading a lot of you guys recommend Kdenlive.. but I also Read is super unstable.
Olive maybe?

If you can share with me any advice I'll appreciate it!

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The Definitive (and Painless) Linux Video Production Guide - The Passthrough POST
https://passthroughpo.st/the-definitive-and-painless-linux-video-production-guide-part-1/

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Linux Experiences/Rants or Education/Certifications thread - January 20, 2020

Welcome to r/linux rants and experiences! This megathread is also to hear opinions from anyone just starting out with Linux or those that have used Linux (GNU or otherwise) for a long time.

Let us know what's annoying you, whats making you happy, or something that you want to get out to r/linux but didn't make the cut into a full post of it's own.

For those looking for certifications please use this megathread to ask about how to get certified whether it's for the business world or for your own satisfaction. Be sure to check out r/linuxadmin for more discussion in the SysAdmin world!

_Please keep questions in r/linuxquestions, r/linux4noobs, or the Wednesday automod thread._

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I wrote a youtube-dl wrapper to easily download and manage youtube audio(s) (with added features)

Hi all,

I wrote a simple youtube-dl wrapper program _(with added features)_ in python that helps in easy management of youtube audio(s)/playlists - **yt-audio**

It is cross-platform (Windows/Linux/MacOS) (Not tested on MacOS since I do not have Mac hardware - But it should work).

The code is available on [github](https://github.com/pseudoroot/yt-audio). Users can download yt-audio using [pip](https://pypi.org/project/yt-audio/). Arch Linux users can use [AUR](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/yt-audio/) as well.

$ [sudo] pip3 install --upgrade yt-audio


**Denoscription and Features**

yt-audio is a command-line program that is used download and manage audio from youtube.com. It is a youtube-dl wrapper program, which means it uses youtube-dl as backend for downloading audio. yt-audio tries to make audio/playlist management easy for users. It is cross-platform (Windows/Linux/MacOS).

**Features**

- **Configure/Setup your own command-line arguments** for managing noscripts/playlists
- Ability to save each audio/playlist to a different directory (directory specified in argument).
- Option to keep track of already-downloaded playlist noscripts **with or without archive file.**.
- Manage single/playlist audio(s)

Usage example (more info in documentation) -


# Synchronizes/downloads --custom1 and --custom2 custom argument URLs and download specified URL as well.

$ yt-audio --custom1 --custom2 https://youtube.com/playlist?list=abcxyz


# Saves playlist to /my/path/p1/<PlaylistName>/ and single audio to /some/another/path

$ yt-audio https://youtube.com/playlist?list=abcxyz::/my/path/p1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abcxyz::/some/another/path

**Important Note:** yt-audio uses configuration file to store custom arguments and other user settings. The config file is _not_ installed/copied during installation. The user has to copy the config file manually. Please read [config file setup instructions](https://github.com/pseudoroot/yt-audio#custom-arguments) for details.

More details about the project are available on [github](https://github.com/pseudoroot/yt-audio).

I am open to suggestions. Please [raise an issue](https://github.com/pseudoroot/yt-audio/issues) if you found a bug or have a feature request :)

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GitHub: https://github.com/pseudoroot/yt-audio

Arch User Repository (AUR): https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/yt-audio/

pip (pypi): https://pypi.org/project/yt-audio/

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[Firefox] Implement ffmpeg/VAAPI video playback on Wayland
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1610199

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Search and print certain lines after a Grep search

I am working on certain log file and there a particular ID I searching for example lets say that 'XYZ' and now i am printing 5 lines before the term and 20 lines after the term.



Using command :-

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grep -A 20 -B 5 "xyz" filename.txt

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but i would like to minimize my search. I want to print -B5 but i dont want to print -A20 because i need only 2 lines after the term "XYZ". The problem is: these 2 lines appear randomly after the term XYZ in no particular order. lets say both of them are Line X, Line Y. Now Line X might appear on the 5th line after xyz and Line Y might appear on the 15th line, so there in no way to pin point there line number after each grep search. Therefore i was printing the whole 20 lines.

I would really like to print only the 5 lines before Xyz and then the term Xzy follow by these two lines.

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Required output eg:

line 1

line 2

line 3

line 4

line 5

XYZ

LINE X

LINE Y

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Any tips for a first time linux user?

Hello, I am a lifelong windows user and I have recently decided to dual boot Ubuntu Linux on a laptop I own (not on my main PC). My past Linux experience is completely contained in carefully following instructions to installing retro pie a couple times. What should I know?

EDIT: To be more specific I'll take anything that's different from windows, ie I know how to copy and paste, I don't know how the terminal works.

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Ubuntu spotted within an anime
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Fedora CoreOS out of preview
https://fedoramagazine.org/fedora-coreos-out-of-preview/

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