Linux Experiences/Rants or Education/Certifications thread - February 03, 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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how come the only mainstream talk show i've ever seen Linus on is Charlie Rose?



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Manjaro with KDE on a MacBook Pro
https://cullmann.io/posts/manjaro-with-kde-on-a-macbook-pro.md/

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So I ran rm -rf / on Ubuntu bash for Windows...

[https://youtu.be/KEdV9e1Z3hg](https://youtu.be/KEdV9e1Z3hg)

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how much storage are you using?

via

df -h /

how much storage are you using? i be at 993M rn

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LPT: units is a unit conversion and calculation program for the command line. It even does currency conversions — an accompanying command, units_cur, updates exchange rates.

Both DuckDuckGo and Google have the same functionality, but `units` lets you do it without having to open the browser.

It does simple conversions:

You have: 30km
You want: mile
* 18.641136
/ 0.0536448

tells you definitions:

You have: watt
You want:
Definition: J/s = 1 kg m^2 / s^3

and even does calculations: at 2.5 MiB/s, how much time would it take to download 70 GiB of data?

You have: 70 GiB / (2.5 MiB / second)
You want: hours
* 7.9644444
/ 0.12555804

The `*` lines are answers to what's asked for (30 km = 18.64 miles); the `/` lines are the inverse of that, useful when there is an integer relationship between the two units.

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What is the purpose of GNOME's desktop screen now it it doesn't support desktop icons?

I don't understand why it hasn't been removed. Surely it would make more sense for the screen with all the applications to be the new default/desktop screen, and have the "opened windows screen" come up when you press the super key. That way you could simplify stuff and get rid of the desktop screen altogether?

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Wine-wayland - DX9/DX11 and Vulkan games via pure wayland and Wine/DXVK.
https://github.com/varmd/wine-wayland

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Running NixOS on a consumer NAS
https://www.codedbearder.com/posts/nixos-terramaster-f2-221/

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Server built from remote location

I do not have hand on experience on linux but i wonder how physical server built is done if the data center is in remote place..can anyone help me on this??
I know about ESXi host and VMs

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Difference between sudo -i and su root

Hi friends :)

I try to understand the following:

What is the difference between **sudo -i** and **su root**?

For example:

If I run **sudo -i** followed by **service postgresql start** -> The command runs

If I run **su root** followed by **service postgresql start** -> The comman doesn't run and I have to use **sudo service postgresql start** instead.

This is what I fail to understand. I am, at least according to my console, using the root user for both commands, but for one I need sudo and for the other not.

Thanks a bunch!

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Why are almost all the linux distros, have shitty sizing of icons, taskbar and fonts?

I found so many feature-full distros but I just can't work with it. Fractional resizing does not exist and if it does, it messes up all the other apps. The only distro that has normal humame sizing of the desktop is deepin but it is laggy and buggy, out of date in comparison to other distros. I need help. I have tried all flavours of Ubuntu, Manjaro and so many more. I need Logisim app but can't get it running on Deepin, and other distros just mess up the logisim app.

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Discovering "Screen" is the best thing in linux
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Capturing commands sent via ssh

Hey guys. I am wanting to see if anybody has a noscript that logs commands entered via ssh?

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Basically I need a way to document all my commands I use through ssh along with timestamps.

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The Missing Semester of Your CS Education (MIT course)
https://missing.csail.mit.edu

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My software for Linux "muCLIar" is a YouTube Automator that plays your music right from your Command-Line so that your development flow is not interrupted. Link: github.com/aayush1205/muCLIar
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Godot Engine was awarded an Epic Megagrant
https://godotengine.org/article/godot-engine-was-awarded-epic-megagrant

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FOSDEM 2020: The Linux Kernel: We have to finish this thing one day ;)
https://fosdem.org/2020/schedule/event/linux_kernel/

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Not actually about Linux but somewhat related and important. Lobbyists try to censor guy who advocates for Right to Repair legislation
https://invidio.us/watch?v=3GCsXL_prYw

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At last, the fix no one asked for: Portable home directories merged into systemd
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/02/03/major_change_to_linux_home_directories_merged_into_systemd/

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Ubuntu Cristian Edition
https://en.terminalroot.com.br/ubuntu-christian-an-ubuntu-linux-for-christians/

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