Async shell

I have a very poor connection and I am using mosh for the time being, which is a life-saver, but I was wondering if I could use something asynchronous, possibly web based.

Basically I would write a command and the reply would be a future, in a web interface it could be a div or anything holding the future answer when available and I would be able to type new commands asynchronously and queue them for execution, with their future replies becoming visible when available. I know it is far from ideal and arguably uncomfortable, but with my current connection, this is the lesser evil.

Currently, I am using mosh and a Jupyter notebook running by a user with very limited privileges, and thinking that there has to be a better way.

Do you know of any?

Thank you

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Hey guys, I'm planning to create a variant of the Solus OS for professional pentester.

Hey guys, I'm Gabriel, and I'm a web developer, trained in analysis and systems development and I'm planning to create a variant of Solus OS for pentester, as well as black arch or kali, because I believe that this system will grow a lot if become an option with more performance. As this would be a fork of the solus I think I can be redundant, I don't know, what is your opinion about it?

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What are the benefits of a rolling release with a delay? (i.e. Manjaro, Solus)

I've been thinking of switching to a rolling release distro from Pop!OS because I want updates quicker in particular Gnome 3.36.

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What I don't understand, is if there's any point to this for a rolling release distro that delays packages by 2 weeks anyways. I already have a slight delay for updates (Firefox usually takes a few days), my kernel I update just fine with the UKUU fork "Mainline", and my Mesa drivers I use a PPA for. Is there anything I'm missing?? How would a delayed rolling release distro be an advantage?

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Command to list sourced functions?

Is there a command that can list all commands and functions that are "sourced" to the current shell and display the original noscript they come from?
I have many functions in the shell of one of my system but I can difficultly find where the noscript they originated from without greping the whole system.
Is there a builtin command to get this information?

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Is it possible to create Wine but for MacOS?

I'm a Linux noob, so it might be a stupid question but, wouldn't it be easier to run macOS apps on Linux than running MS Windows softwares? After all both Linux and macOS have more in common than what they have with MS Windows. I think it would be a great advantage for Linux to be able to run macOS apps, specially that now even Microsoft Office supports macOS, plus obviously the whole Adobe ecosystem.

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Combo Apt/Dnf

You know what would rock? A combination of Apt and Dnf.

So I started my Linux journey like most on Ubuntu. Dabbled a bit in Solus but landed on Fedora. I think what got me was just how dang clean dnf looks. It's what got me more comfortable in the terminal. I mean when I run sudo dnf update the format of the output is so clean with lines and column headers. I'm able to actually understand the information I see. Apt always seemed messy looking.

But I'm on a system76 machine and needed to do a firmware update and when I popped in my live boot of Pop! OS I fell in love with it's beauty. It is themed so we'll. So I installed to my hard drive and am just impressed at it's speed, so much faster than Fedora. But apt. Sure it's easy, just as easy as dnf but man I'd love it if it looked as clean as dnf during updates.

That is all

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Weekly Questions and Hardware Thread - March 11, 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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Open Source Initiative bans co-founder, Eric S Raymond
https://lbry.tv/@Lunduke:e/open-source-initiative-bans-co-founder:5

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What is the easiest way to use ssh to connect to my windows desktop from my Linux laptop?

I am currently studying the Google IT specialist certification and I am learning about the ssh. There are a lot of guides on windows to Linux ssh using puTTy but not the other way around. My question is what is the easiest way to connect via ssh to my windows desktop by using my Linux laptop?

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Can I run Linux bootable USB on a Windows PC and not loose my data?

First let me say, sorry for the obvious question, but I want to experiment with Linux and I'm really new with all of it.

Second, as, as I said, I'm pretty new, can someone explain to me with detail what is a bootable USB?

Now on to the content:

I want to make a bootable Linux USB on a Windows machine. My concern is formatting my current M.2 with Windows and precious info on it. I then wanted to make a Linux USB since I saw this concept in an LTT video. Can I then use a USB as a drive for using Linux on basically any device? If so, what changes do I have to make to my bios, etc...?\]

Thank you very much for your help :)

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Rememberry analog for firefox

Hello!

After a long time of Chromium using, I decided to try Firefox. It works well, eats lesser memory. I've found all add-ons here except the one. There is a wonderful Chromium's add-on called **Rememberry**. This is a translator add-on and has killer-feature - exporting personal cards (personal dictionary) into CSV format for importing with Anki. Does the Firefox have a similar add-on?

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Linux Training in Nagpur- By PSK Technologies PVT.LTD.
https://www.pskitservices.com/linux-classes-in-nagpur/

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The Reg produces exhibit A1: A UK court IT system running Windows XP
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/03/11/windows_xp_ministry_justice_vpn_workaround/

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Linux comps on auction sites

I am seeing many computers loaded with Linux (mostly Mint) on auction websites and especially at Goodwill. Do refurbers put Linux on because they have to nuke and pave the drive? Or are that many people using Mint these days? I’m looking to pick up a cheap computer for ripping.

TLDR: I am looking to pick up an cheap ($100 or less) smallish computer online to use for ripping flac from CDs and work as a music player. I am seeing lots of 7-10 year old Dells with Linux on them.

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TRRespass - DDR4 is susceptible to a Rowhammer-style attack that it was thought to be immune to.
https://www.vusec.net/projects/trrespass/

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Linux Server Security: How to harden your Linux Server
https://medium.com/@Justin_Parsons/linux-server-security-fc9667ccbe0d

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Advise for non-programmers: use Python as calculator

Even if you are not a programmer, you can use Python as a handy calculator. I find it easier to use than all those skeuomorphic calc apps. It comes preinstalled with almost any Linux out there.

Open command line and type `python`, then type your equation and press enter:

```
>>> 2*2
4
>>> 55/3
18.333333333333332
>>> 55//3
18
>>> (22*3)*0.75 + 12 +18*(7/2)
124.5
>>> 3**2 # This is 3^2
9
>>> 16**-2
0.00390625
>>> 16**0.5 # This is square root
4.0
```

To close it, press Ctrl+D or type `exit()`

Actually, it is so powerful that I know some folks who switched from MatLab to Python. It can do matrixes, draw plots, solve equations... For you, the math heads, start reading [here](https://www.tutorialspoint.com/python/python_numbers.htm)

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Just moved to Linux (Pop!_OS doesn't like screenfetch)
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It's time for desktop distributions to adopt a responsive CPU scheduler

I understand keeping CFS in a server setting for maximum throughput, enterprise-level stability, or whatever you want to justify it with. But it's time desktop distributions started shipping a scheduler that keeps the desktop responsive. Arch packages [Linux-zen](https://liquorix.net/) and it is a much better out-of-the-box experience than the default kernel. I've also been testing [these PKGBUILDs](https://github.com/Tk-Glitch/PKGBUILDS) to sample PDS, MuQSS, and BMQ each for a week at a time, and here's my anecdotal experience:

* PDS, MuQSS, and BMQ keep a desktop GUI very responsive at 100% CPU load. For example, I could open Firefox and watch a YouTube video while doing a kernel compilation. Conversely, desktop GUIs becomes virtually unusable with the default CFS. This could affect normal users when, say, a resource-intensive game hangs, but it is near-impossible to escape to the GUI and kill it.
* MuQSS and BMQ kept my 3700x fed at 100% load, and offered comparable compile times to CFS. I don't have exact numbers for this, but kernel compilation takes me about 20 minutes on CFS, MuQSS, and BMQ. PDS was not maintaining a constant 100% load, and took about 1h 30m.
* PDS, MuQSS, and BMQ had comparable gaming performance to CFS. [FlightlessMango has done several videos on this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phA-M1biogE), and again it seems the takeaway is that performance is very similar, rarely differing by more than a few %. However, it is often the alternative schedulers that are performing slightly better.

Thus, I'd like to see other desktop-oriented distributions (say, Pop\_OS!) start shipping MuQSS or BMQ. They are actively maintained and keep the desktop GUI responsive at all times, while performance is practically identical. I think this is a logical step to improve the out-of-the-box experience of the Linux desktop. Do you have any additional thoughts on why they should or should not be adopted?

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Gnome 3.36 Released
https://www.gnome.org/news/2020/03/gnome-3-36-released/

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switching to linux; picking a distro

Hello everyone,


I have been trying to switch to linux for a while, but some windows-only programmes kept getting in the way. now that that is all done with, i can finally make the switch.
I am looking for a distro that is primarily privacy minded and secure, but remains usable as a daily driver for my laptop(so no tails/whonix etc.) . I don't like bloatware and much rather install everything i need myself. I am not familiar with linux, but a learning curve is fine. I will simply force myself to make the switch and will have to get used to new things, searching for whatever i need to now, and possibly pestering the good folk on reddit for help. If you guys have any suggestions/ sources to dive a little deeper that would be great.

looking forward to finally switching.

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