Internet routers running Tomato with default credentials are under attack by Muhstik botnet
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/01/internet-routers-running-tomato-are-under-attack-by-notorious-crime-gang/

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Educational Resources.

So I want to learn Linux from top to bottom. Desktop and server all everything in between. I threw myself into Arch Linux without a shred of idea what I was doing but I can say I made it out alive. Still learning and loving every moment of it.

Now I see that CompTIA has a Linux+ certificate. I plan on studying and getting this certification by the end of the year. Instead of just throwing myself into another wild fire. Is there any actual decent courses on Udemy or YouTube etc.. That would help prepare me for this cert? Or am I better off learning from trial and error?

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Weekly Questions and Hardware Thread - January 22, 2020

Welcome to r/linux! If you're new to Linux or trying to get started this thread is for you. Get help here or as always, check out r/linuxquestions or r/linux4noobs

This megathread is for all your question needs. As we don't allow questions on r/linux outside of this megathread, please consider using r/linuxquestions or r/linux4noobs for the best solution to your problem.

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

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Migrate From Windows 7 To Linux
https://kevq.uk/migrate-from-windows-7-to-linux/

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Linux Udemy Course Recommendation

Not completely new to Linux. Know some basics (navigating file structure through CLI, creating files, permission, users, cronjobs, okay, basic stuff), and looking for a decent Udemy course. All the ones I find seem to be the same, which all seem to cover basic command line stuff.

Does anyone have any good recommendations?

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Why don't more distros offer a minimal install?

As the noscript asks.

I'm the kind of person who likes a clean slate to build on. I like the fact that KDE Neon is very minimal and I have heard that Ubuntu offers a minimal option, but I'm not sure. My question is, why don't more distributions offer a minimal option? I know you can build something like Arch or Gentoo, but that is a lot more involved when you compare to how easy some other distros are to install. I like the idea of having a minimal base of the Distro/DE of my choice that would be fairly easy to install, and then having the ability to dowload only the applications of my choice (ie: office suite, music player etc., even web browser). Am I alone in this?

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How difficult was the creation of wine?

Wine is an amazing software and it allows us, Linux users, to run old and new Windows software.

How the developers were able to achieve something amazing like that?

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How did nobody think of this one??
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/erzmpz/whats_a_place_easy_to_enter_but_hard_to_exit/ff7r457/

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Would you switch to windows 10 if it become open source?

No telemetry, full source code.

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Dear Linus.

Hi, I'm u0_a199. Please don't be offended, I'm writing you as an old friend. I would like us to remain friends. I've been compiling Gentoo since back when Eminem still could talk on any audio player you could find. Nowadays he just randomly stutters for three full seconds on Spotify in the middle of Speedom. I mean, it's one thing that we're all getting older like that, I'm beginning to lose my Edge too, but this is ridiculous.

Serves me right, right? Supporting the artist like that, how dare I. I've been watching reaction videos too. Eminem stutters everywhere. Nobody even reacts to that. It's simply a fact of life.

How did I wake up in a universe where Eminem stutters?

I'm not compiling my own mpv for Spotify, that's how. I'm not sure how people manage to miss the correct compiler flags on the standard audio player, the hard parts are mostly handwritten assembly.

Oh, right. Nobody told them it's the standard. If you can't find it on your own, fuck you and fuck your users too. And your users' users. Read The Fucking Manual.

Or maybe we could write one intended at the kinds of people who write a Spotify that can't play audio.

mpv is only standard when it runs as a separate process. Nice and unixy. Otherwise you might end up interrupting it with a garbage collector or something. Your pile of shit UI is not qualified to be in the same address space as mpv, Spotify. Don't worry, mpv speaks JSON. Think of it as a backend or something. Full stack as fuck.

Oh, and Linus? This means you too. The kernel is also not qualified to call random functions in mpv's address space, no matter who told you or how.

I have no other way to tell you this. If there is a signalfd open in the process, all signals are routed through there. Why else would you possibly open one? That is the standard. It's not written down anywhere, I've checked. And of course there can only be one, otherwise you'll just end up confusing yourself again.

That's how you make a standard, Linus: you write it down, and people agree. And then we can all agree on at least that much, and start expecting it from each other. And then we can all happily live ever after. Like how Eminem doesn't stutter. Eminem always talks at his native speed, unless the user decided to check if mpv breaks his jaw at 1.77x. Spoiler alert: it does. I bet Pornhub can stream an audio quality that does not produce broken half-syllables at higher resolutions.

They actually can measure user satisfaction, Spotify.

I also bet it won't be FLAC. The quality of an audio CD is slightly outdated when someone like me is listening for the kinds of micro-pauses you only get when someone compiled the standard audio player with a builtin stutterer BY EAR BECAUSE THAT IS THE STANDARD DEBUGGER TO CHECK FOR STUTTERING EMINEMS.

In my next post, I'll explain why the signalfd must also be writable, but actually writing to it means deleting your own executable. Or maybe you could ask sqlite about the number 2.

Thank you for your attention.

Sincerely, u0_a199.

P.S. I can reboot my unrooted phone with SCHED_BATCH.

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Thanks for showing me the way. Will never look back.

2 days ago i moved from windows to ubuntu and i cant see myself going back. I develop using javanoscript and python so moving to linux was a must for me im still learning privileges and groups and general navigation using the shell but there are some things that are mich more intuitive and easier once you get them like using repos and syarting services like ssh and apache. And the os runs much better and is much more intuitive windows is such a mess if you arent using Microsoft's products wich arent open source and behind a paywall.

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Gemini Man (2019)
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[SOLVED] Laptop dedicated GPU temp fix!

I have struggled over the past years to setup bumblebee on my laptop. The Nvidia dedicated card is always on and having nomodeset or bumblebee just seems to make the laptop unbootable. This is because the kernel module cannot unplug the nvidia card from pci. I´ve tried many different OS´s also.

I found a temporary fix!! Can´t believe I didn´t think of this before but just by using

echo 'auto' > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000\:01\:00.0/power/control

I can turn the GPU off without the kernel shouting or crashing at me. Although I wouldn´t recommend having this set perminantly for boot since that causes the same issue to begin with. Once I have my enviroment set I just perform this command and then the graphics card is off. This saves my battery life so much wasted energy, down from 22Wh to 9Wh!!

Btw just make sure the graphics card is on 01:00.0 with \`\`\`lspci\`\`\` command

Edit: spelling

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Venturing out – Kai Uwe's Blog
https://blog.broulik.de/2020/01/venturing-out/

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SQL in the Shell: Relational shell programming
http://matt.might.net/articles/sql-in-the-shell/

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TLDR pages: Simplified, community-driven man pages
https://tldr.sh/

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My last 24 hours with the Pinebook Pro - Review, tips.
https://haydenjames.io/pinebook-pro-my-first-impressions-and-setup-tips/

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distri: 20x faster initramfs (initrd) from scratch
https://michael.stapelberg.ch/posts/2020-01-21-initramfs-from-scratch-golang/

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CASP: Create A Secure Password in bash
https://github.com/GoDzM4TT3O/casp

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Linux Had Some Representation at Washington State Right to Repair Hearings

Obviously the right to repair thing is a huge issue, and us Linuxers generally tend to be very in favor of it. Louis Rossman just testified in Washington, and there were two different Linuxy people on the panel, both in favor of the right to repair bill. One of them was from Rossman Group, he held up a cloud computing device he had just demoed at System 76 (System 76 getting mentioned at state congressional hearings, crazy), and one of the other panelists was a cybersecurity expert and Linux sysadmin. Here's the video if anyone wants to watch it, Louis speaks at 15 minute mark, and the panel with both the Linux people starts at 32:30. The first and third panels are in support, second panel is against: [https://youtu.be/FBR8IvXVwsE](https://youtu.be/FBR8IvXVwsE)

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Learn to read Unix style permissions in about 1 minute.
https://reallyneat.solutions/the-over-simplified-guide-to-reading-linux-permissions-youve-been-looking-for/

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