Hiri Mail - Let's not let our community do this kind of thing

I wanted to share something that really bums me out, and I'd really appreciate your guy's/girl's help in getting a bit of a spotlight on this sort of behavior, in the Linux community.

`tldr; At the bottom`

## Intro for context

I have been a linux user for quite a long time now, and I work in the enterprise IT space.

I have been on the hunt for a decent office 365 mail client alternative (my company runs on office 365).

*\*No, web based office 365 is not the same. The experience is just not there yet.*

## Research

I tested a couple of different offerings mail offerings and, for my own reasons, settled on Hiri mail as the mail client of choice. They had a fairly active community of people, interested in features and providing feedback on issues.

So, because I love my linux (*and anyone who supports our community)*, I decided to support these Devs and paid the licence costs (went the full monty and paid for a lifetime subnoscription).

## About a month after that, the Hiri team disappeared off the face of the planet

No comms, no feedback, nothing... Development had apparently stopped (according to the wiki page [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiri\_(email\_client)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiri_(email_client))) in late August 2018.

*Ok, so I get that things happen, and companies fold.*

I also can appreciate that I am paying for work that is already done, not what is yet to be done.

Having said that, I also paid for a **subnoscription**... because I am investing into the idea that the company/product is proposing for the *future*. To me, a subnoscription indicates active forward momentum to a product (for each month I am subscribed, something might evolve).

Like I said though; sometimes companies go under, so I can't complain that the company went bang.

## The shady stuff

What I can complain about is the thing that really bothers me.

I think it is pretty freaking unprofessional to not let your customers know anything is going on. I can't even find a tweet on what's happening

However, what really is insulting, to me at least, is that they continue to advertise for the licence purchase on the website (with huge **BUY NOW/MASSIVE SALE!!!** type banners), without any notes that development on the tech has stopped. In fact, the website seems to be left in an intentionally misleading way. In fact, as of today, if you click on the purchase button, the blurb below both purchase offerings says the following *"INCLUDES ACCESS TO UPDATES AND NEW FEATURES INDEFINITELY"*.

There are several bugs/features that still need to be addressed/added, which now never will be, and there is nothing on the site that indicated that these things ever will be addressed.

As far as I can tell, the site has been updated/modified since the development ended several times as well.

So it seems that the Dev's are happy to take our money for a subnoscription based service, when they know full well that they are not delivering anything new (the reason one subscribes in the first place).

**I dislike it when people take advantage of other people.**

## Why did I wait so long to post

Honestly, I was really hoping that the team were just swamped/too busy to update any social media sites. I didn't want to jump the gun, if they were working hard at delivering something.

My general hope is that people will do the right thing, if you give them a chance.

I have tried reaching out through several comms methods, and have never got anything other than an automated response.

# tldr;

Subscribed to a "linux focused" service (because let's support each other), and the company smoke-bombed, yet is still (imo) running the shady practice of advertising that more to come, taking your money, and not delivering on that promise.

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First bought copy of Linux.
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Things-like GTD app that syncs with Todoist!
https://blog.elementary.io/appcenter-spotlight-planner/

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I wrote a simple noscript. Critiques and suggestions are welcome!

(I really hope this doesn't count as self-promo)

So I've recently been spending some time learning more about Linux than I bothered to before and I've been falling more in love with it lately as well.

One of the things I got into was bash noscripting. A few days ago one of my friends said- "I'd like a tool with which I can cd into directories with their serial number. That'd be fun!".

So I wrote a noscript that lets you do just that and it's recursive so you can glide around your file system if you feel like it. Any suggestions and feedback regarding it is welcome.

I know about POSIX compliance issues and I don't have enough knowledge to make the noscript POSIX compliant yet, but it currently works with Bash and ZSH.

You can check it out here- [https://github.com/AviusX/linux-navigator](https://github.com/AviusX/linux-navigator)

The [README.md](https://README.md) contains all the information you'll need about the tool. It can easily be installed and uninstalled with a single command.

Thanks in advance for checking it out and for any feedback! :D

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Can you translate this R noscript into BASH?
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/60295971/rs-paste-function-equivalent-in-bash

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Linux – how to install it, migration details and little kinks explained
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security things in Linux v5.4
https://outflux.net/blog/archives/2020/02/18/security-things-in-linux-v5-4/

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Got Linux up and running on the desktop in class today, sadly the principle walked in and I got in shit.
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Linux Laptop Recommendations

Looking for an inexpensive laptop that ships blank or with Linux. Recommendations? I am have a lot of Linux experience, but it has been a long time since I have run Linux on anything other than a VM.

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How kernel modules (KVM) and distros work

I would like to use the latest edition of linux mint. But Fedora is tempting me due to their up-to-date KVM/Qemu package.

So my question is: Is there anyway to update linux mint/ ubuntu 18.04 to use the latest KVM and qemu without breaking its stability?

I understand that 18.04 uses an older kernel than fedora 31, and KVM is a kernel module. So does this mean ubuntu automatically has an older KVM?

Any help is appreciated.

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AMD is the best

I had a laptop with nvidia gpu. It was a nightmare. 6000mah battery last me for 2 hours. Only distro that was able to disable it was Ubuntu. And ubuntu is fine, but I like to have the freedom to choose the distro I want to use. After almost 2 years of this nightmare I decided to buy new laptop with AMD gpu. It was beautiful. I installed arch linux and kde plasma, started it and it was just working. I want to recommend every person wanting to use linux on laptop to buy laptop with no discrete gpu or with amd gpu.

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What do you like in GNOME?

Personally I found KDE easier to browse and more relaxing in the eye.

What do you guys like in GNOME?

What customization can I add to it?

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Web query on an "Excel" alternative

Hello!
I'm a personal investing advisor that relies heavily on excel web queries to import stock data from several stock exchanges around the globe (NYSE, NASDAQ, among others from other countries), mainly through yahoo finance. I keep an annual subnoscription of office 365 for that sole purpose, but I think it's time to pull the plug on Microsoft.

Do you guys know of any spreadsheet-like tool I could use that has a similar function?, or maybe a workaround to get the data and just shove it to Libre office through .csv?

Thank you for your time

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ClassiCube is a sandbox block game inspired by minecraft classic , and is playable from the browser
https://www.classicube.net/

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VA-API hardware accelerated video decode lands in Wayland Firefox
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1616680

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Managed to get Nvidia proprietary drivers working properly, this is how

So, I've tried many times in the past and due to my lack of general understanding of these things, I never managed to get it to work. But finally, I've done it. I know that I'm not alone and this is a common problem. So, wanted to share how I did it.

First, my setup (if your setup is different then it might not work for you):

* GeForce GTX 1050
* Arch Linux
* Mine is an Optimus Laptop. [https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NVIDIA\_Optimus](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NVIDIA_Optimus)
* This is for the proprietary drivers, Nouveau (the open source driver) never worked for me.

I must mention that everything I'm about to write here is taken from the Arch Wiki. I recommend that you read it for more related information. The purpose of this post is to give a step by step guide. There is one important bit that was essential but the Arch Wiki doesn't emphasize it, although it does mention it.

## Step 1:

If you do not know what graphics card you have, find out by issuing:

$ lspci -k | grep -A 2 -E "(VGA|3D)"

Take a note of the bus ID for the NVIDIA card. Example:

$ lspci | grep VGA

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G96 [GeForce 9600M GT] (rev a1)

The bus ID here is `1:0:0`.

## Step 2:

Install the following packages:

# pacman -S nvidia nvidia-settings nvidia-prime

## Step 3:

Add `nvidia`, `nvidia_modeset`, `nvidia_uvm` and `nvidia_drm` to the MODULES array of `/etc/mkinitcpio.conf`:

MODULES=(nvidia nvidia_modeset nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm)

## Step 4:

Update initramfs:

# mkinitcpio -p linux

## Step 5:

To avoid the possibility of forgetting to update initramfs after an NVIDIA driver upgrade, you may want to use a pacman hook:

/usr/share/libalpm/hooks/nvidia.hook

[Trigger]
Operation=Install
Operation=Upgrade
Operation=Remove
Type=Package
Target=nvidia
Target=linux
# Change the linux part above and in the Exec line if a different kernel is used

[Action]
Denoscription=Update Nvidia module in initcpio
Depends=mkinitcpio
When=PostTransaction
NeedsTargets
Exec=/bin/sh -c 'while read -r trg; do case $trg in linux) exit 0; esac; done; /usr/bin/mkinitcpio -P'

## Step 6:

Create the following config file:

/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-nvidia.conf

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "layout"
Screen 0 "iGPU"
Option "AllowNVIDIAGPUScreens"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "iGPU"
Driver "modesetting"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "iGPU"
Device "iGPU"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "dGPU"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "<BusID for NVIDIA device here>"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection

**This is the important part.** Replace `<BusID for NVIDIA device here>` with your BusID as obtained in step 1.

## Step 7:

To verify that the Nvidia driver is working correctly:

$ prime-run glxinfo | grep "OpenGL renderer"

NOTE: You probably have to reboot for the driver to start working.

## Step 8:

If things don't work and you decide to not use the driver, just remove the configuration file created in step 6.

To run any application using the GPU, you've to run that program using `prime-run`:

$ prime-run program args

That's it. Hopefully this was helpful.

* [PRIME - Arch Wiki](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PRIME)
* [NVIDIA Documentation](https://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/440.44/README/primerenderoffload.html)

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Tactical tmux: The 10 Most Important Commands | Daniel Miessler
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Is (desktop) Linux getting worse?

**tl;dr:** It seems to me like Linux regressed in term of stability and ease of use in the last few years.
First off, I'm not here to bash on Linux. I have been using Linux as my main OS for nearly 15 years. For at least 10 years, I would tell anyone that would listen that they could make the switch to Linux, that it was just as easy (if not easier) than Windows or Mac. I don't know if I could still say that today and it saddens me.
I've never been a hardcore user of the OS, but I never been afraid on the terminal and always managed to solve the issues I had with a bit of googling. As the years passed, those issues were less and less frequent. We were at a point where things (mostly) just worked.
I started my Linux journey with Ubuntu. I had been exposed to Linux (and Unix) before, but I didn't want to invest time in this weird OS where everything was so complicated (the same stereotype that a lot of people hold today). I remember when Ubuntu came around, they had the slogan of "Linux for human beings". I already liked the idea of free software (as in "freedom") at the time, so, when a friend gave a Ubuntu live CD, I didn't need more to jump right in.
Over the years, I tried different distros. When it was time for an upgrade, I would sometime take a bit of time to see what everybody else was doing. I would usually come back to a version of Ubuntu (Lubuntu was my favourite), for its convenience and simplicity. I mostly stuck with the lightweight versions because I never care about the flashy stuff. I just want something that works and that gets out of the way.
I know Ubuntu gets a lot of hate in the broader Linux community, for all kind of reasons, legitimate and not. I think having this dominating player was a boon overall. When they went full retard with their Unity desktop, it split the community, and now everybody was trying to develop their own thing on their side, and none of it was great. Everybody was chasing the new flashy thing with all kind of windows effects when you move them and new interface that would completely change the way we have done things for 20 years that didn't need changing at all.
Since I mostly stuck to Lubuntu during this time, I wasn't too affected, but a year ago (I think), Lubuntu decided to make the switch to LxQT. Again, a change that wreaked havoc on the stability and usability of the platform. So I switched to LXLE, which seems to work mostly well.
I remember when I didn't have to reboot my computer for months. Everything was running fine. Why would I restart? I wouldn't be able to do that anymore. Now I'll be forced to do a hard reboot too often for my taste. It can because the computer froze when going in suspend, because a driver crashed and brought the whole system with it or because my network doesn't work anymore and rebooting is just the fastest way to, maybe, fix it.
Talking about network problems, this is a big one. The Network manager package has stopped being reliable for me a long time ago. I now manage my Network with WICD. Unfortunately, this one started acting up lately; sometimes, for no apparent reasons, it will just stop detecting connections, or won't be able to connect to one he is seeing. This happens on 3 computers I have here, so probably not a hardware issue. Yes, I can usually fix it after a bit of tinkering, but that is the point of this post, I can longer suggest my mother or my sister adopt Linux.
Then there are features like turning the wifi card of my laptop off when I closed the lid (even if it's plugged) to save power. This feature is turned on by default. I can turn it off by going in the console and all (again, not casual-user friendly), but, once in a while, it will go back on. This feature is so dumb, the dev that thought of it should never be allowed near a computer ever again. You start a download, see its gonna take 10 minutes, close your lid, come back later to see that, in all its brilliance, the computer decided to shut off your wifi. Or you want to listen t

o some music in streaming, press play, shut the lid, and the music stops, because the wifi turns itself off.
So, I guess this post turned out to be a bit of rant.
Do you guys have seen some kind of regression in Linux in recent years? Is it just me going crazy?

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shd - console tool to display drive list with commonly checked smart info

I'm releasing my tiny tool to display HDD/SSD list, with little more pretty output than "lsscsi" has. The output is similar to Solaris "hd" command but with a couple of extra SMART fields.

[https://github.com/alttch/shd](https://github.com/alttch/shd)

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GNOME vs KDE...but objective

I'll start with:

GNOME has an uncomparably bigger userbase mostly uses two workflows(the vanilla workflow and the Ubuntu one) with a big emphasis on the latter meaning basically that there are fewer bugs. GNOME has more corporate backing and focus leading to generally less bugs as well but not any game breaking features. GNOME is also used as the default on most distros which means a surplus of talented developers(For example look at the performance improvements by the Ubuntu developers in 3.32 and 3.34). Wayland has been the focus for quite some time which means basically that Wayland is plainly better on GNOME. As for the workflow itself, GNOME is a lot more keyboard centric but at the expense of being harder to navigate with the mouse, especially since it lacks a default dock. Personally, it gets very hard to switch when you have a lot of windows of just one program active even using the Expose/Mission Control like Activities

KDE has a smaller userbase which use an inestimable number of workflows(For example: Windows XP default, Windows 7/10/Manjaro and macOS-like using Latte dock). Lots of features added around even small releases mainly due to a very BIG number of KDE volunteers who might make it seem like a community project. BUT due to the big number of workflows and number of features there are usually more bugs. Qt is at an advantage due to cross-platform usage. Wayland has only recently been an important focus for the KDE project, so they're lagging behind quite a bit. The default Windows XP like workflow is very mouse centric. A lot of things are impossible without a mouse which isn't actually bad in this GUI centric world.Personal opinion: KDE has two main shortcuts for CTRL+F9(or 10) called Present Windows which is very good for switching a small to medium number of windows like Activities but not good for anything else. And the very lacking CTRL+F8 Desktop Grid which is very hard to use properly even on a low res screen. it seems KDE is very much focused on using the bottom panel/taskbar,very traditional and manageable. I personally prefer the Icon-only Task Manager because it's simply the best for me when managing 30+ windows. Even when choosing between macOS and Windows, I always go for Windows due to the taskbar being very very good for this kind of stuff.

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