Popular 32-BIT desktop flavors?

I have an old Centrino laptop that I'm giving my son to use for writing and the CPU only supports 32-bit. I know Ubuntu no longer supports 32-bit (after 16.04 I believe). I'm looking for a new/supported distro for this older laptop (1GB RAM, 4:3 screen). Thanks.

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Rocket League loses Mac and Linux support
https://www.polygon.com/2020/1/23/21078948/rocket-league-mac-linux-support-final-patch-march-features-online-offline

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I want the Public IP of my AWS Linux machine to work on https prefix

For example currently on browser it works as http://1.2.3.4/login, I want it as https://1.2.3.4/login with that secure lock symbol showing up. Its a Redmine application and web server is Nginx.
PS: Please suggest something that is free of cost and can be done inside the server.

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System-wide aliases

I have my aliases set in my \~/.bash\_aliases, it works like a charm in terminal. Howerver, it doesn't do the same with Application Finder (Alt + F2) or Whisker Menu. Anybody know how to fix this? Thanks.

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I am happy that Richard Stallman in the FOSS community anymore

He do sound like more like a religious leader (like the leader of Iran) that an inspiration for us.

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Install Linux alongside windows option is not available

I want to install Linux Mint 19.3 on my laptop but Install Linux alongside windows option is not available when I try to install Linux Mint. How can I make Install Linux alongside windows option available in the setup? I've also created an NTFS partition on my HDD.

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Volna Wins KDE's Plasma 5.18 Wallpaper Contest
https://dot.kde.org/2020/01/24/volna-wins-plasma-518-wallpaper-contest

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I switched to linux a month back, and i have gotten quite familiar with it. I want to learn more about it, and i was wondering if there are any resources available online?

Hey guys, I was wondering if there is any website/pdf availiable to mastering linux. I am not a beginner as I have some experience using linux.

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I made an easily-hackable CLI audio playlist in bash, dialog and mpv
https://gist.github.com/Microeinstein/0c7ea80aa566a22fc07741a23b046465

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Long awaited NC_1 update
https://necunos.com/news/nc_1-update/

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Librem 5 phone hands on—Open source phone shows the cost of being different (open source hardware and software)
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/01/librem-5-phone-hands-on-a-proof-of-concept-for-the-open-source-smartphone/

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Best way to encrypt a single partition ?

Hi all,

I'm currently dual-booting Debian and Arch on my laptop, and I was wondering what is the best way to achieve this before experimenting stuff and making my partition unusable.

[here's what I found in the Arch Wiki](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dm-crypt/Encrypting_an_entire_system#LUKS_on_a_partition), but I'm not sure it's the right approach.

Any help will be gladly accepted.

EDIT: [LUKSIPC](https://www.johannes-bauer.com/linux/luksipc/) seems to be what I need, any comments on it ?
EDIT2: [cryptsetup-reencrypt](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dm-crypt/Device_encryption#Encrypt_an_unencrypted_filesystem) is apparently more recent, should I prefer this method ?

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How many of you maintain a separate machine exclusively for running PFsense ?

I will be changing ISP soon so I will have to decide if I need a dedicated machine to run PFsense.

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Weekend Fluff / Linux in the Wild Thread - January 24, 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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Script for creating encrypted container

I wanted an easy solution to mount and unmount an encrypted container on my installation. I couldn't find anything so I made a noscript that does it. Posting it here in case it could be of use for anyone else.

On the first run it uses cryptsetup to create a luksFS container and mount path as specified by the user (creates config file in \~/.config/) before verifying that it can mount and unmount it. On subsequent runs it checks for the config file and by menu selection mount or unmounts the volume.

The code is a bit "hacky", but it does what it is supposed to on my arch installation

[https://github.com/henrikeri/container-crypt](https://github.com/henrikeri/container-crypt)

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"The Art of the Linux Desktop" - A look at 20+ years of Linux desktop history
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzfatESGo24

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Refreshing to see 'Linux Support' advertised on the box
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I bit the bullet and swapped to linux. This is crazy!
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Hi guys! My gf made it for me for our 5th anniversary. Opinions are welcomed.
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[radical idea] Open-Source / Open Internet whitelist extension

I had the idea that a great way to promote open source, Linux, and open projects (like Wikipedia) as well as privacy rights would be to create a browser extension that blocks all sites not whitelisted for being part of that community. There are times where I want to browse a "clean" internet, rather than having to worry about being constantly linked or pushed on to the "commercial" internet, with its cancerous web pages, trackers, commercialism, and surveillance capitalistic nastiness in general.

So the extension would act basically like your typical piHole/uMatrix/etc domain blacklist, but as a whitelist for FOSS/privacy instead, and of course could be easily toggled on and off (since we do need the "regular" net sometimes... for now).

Whitelist selection would be up to the end user, and any person or group could create a list and offer it in the extension UI. It would be nice to have a simple UI where clicking its icon (or context menu options) would allow you to turn it on/off and select your "favorites" lists in case you had more than one you wanted on for quick switching *when you just gotta see that link*.

I would suggest one that only included public sites (.govs), open source websites (like Linux distros and the surrounding community eg askubuntu.com, plus FOSS software sites in general), open/non-profit internet sites (wikipedia, activists), and github/etc. Obviously, there would be some "impurities" in there, and ultimately it's up to the end user to choose my "proprietary" whitelist over a more "purist" one, but just to give you an idea of what I had in mind (this whitelist system will be evolutionary, just as the Linux software system is, of course, being designed on the same powerful principles).

The point isn't just for my own personal obsessive ~~dis~~order to be satisfied, but I think it would really help to grow the community. I think for many, myself included, the open internet is just "a nice place to go in the mix of things" and ultimately less valued *in actual use* than more closed sites (like this one). Because we have that "easy fix", we don't really push ourselves to engage with the sometimes messier fix of platforms like Mastodon (I mean, we're all here, aren't we). This keeps the communities even smaller than they could be, and keeps us from really pushing to evolve the open source/NIX software and social media into something more hospitable

(Mastodon/RIOT are not as straightforward as Reddit/Discord I'm afraid, and not only does it put off a lot of non-FOSS people, it legitimately puts off a lot of us as well, if not from joining outright then from partaking more regularly).

And in turn the "impurity" of some lists will create a lot of marginal customers for sites/apps - if they can improve in X way on privacy for instance, they can be added to Y whitelist, increasing page views/users) - that can drive the adoption of better practices throughout digital society via rules of economic demand (hijacking capitalism can be fun as a cherry on top).

I suppose Reddit wouldn't be whitelisted... oh well. I could probably use less time on here anyway :)

^^^^PS ^^^^sorry ^^^^if ^^^^I ^^^^use ^^^^"too ^^^^many" ^^^^bequotationed ^^^^phrases. ^^^^I ^^^^suppose ^^^^that ^^^^could ^^^^annoy ^^^^some ^^^^people.

^^^^Also ^^^^the ^^^^idea ^^^^is ^^^^both ^^^^radical ^^^^in ^^^^the ^^^^political ^^^^sense ^^^^as ^^^^well ^^^^as ^^^^the ^^^^tubular/awesome ^^^^dude ^^^^sense; ^^^^two ^^^^for ^^^^one, ^^^^look ^^^^at ^^^^the ^^^^deal ^^^^you're ^^^^getting ^^^^this ^^^^Friday ^^^^night.

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Time to set the record straight about the PinePhone misconceptions
https://www.pine64.org/2020/01/24/setting-the-record-straight-pinephone-misconceptions/

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