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/

https://redd.it/fgwk30
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Linux Server Security: How to harden your Linux Server
https://medium.com/@Justin_Parsons/linux-server-security-fc9667ccbe0d

https://redd.it/fgx96y
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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)
https://redd.it/fgzc02
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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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Should there be a standard go to Linux distro to increase appeal? (Including mobile)

First of all I apologize if this question has been asked before, it’s just a question that was on my mind and just wanted to know what everyone thought about this particular topic. I just thought I’d explain myself a bit on how my experience with Linux has been like so far and why I’m asking this.

I’m actually pretty much a Linux noob, I’ve only been using it for about 5 months now and I have to say I’m enjoying it quite a bit. First started out with Xubuntu now using Arch+XFCE. The reason I’m enjoying Linux is cause it really feels like you own the machine. It adapts to the user rather than the user adapting to it. Which was a frustration I’ve had with Windows 10.

So my question here is should Linux have a standard go to or default distro? Reason I’m asking this is cause a lot of people are only using Windows cause it just happens to be pre-installed on every laptop. With rare exceptions being Dell and Lenovo allowing you to opt to have Ubuntu instead of Windows. So I’m wondering if there was a standard Linux distro that all vendors would pre-install on their machines, would this increase the appeal of the OS and therefore maybe allow others to develop for the platform and maybe hopefully reduce fragmentation? And with the Librem 5 and hopefully more Linux based phones I wonder if there should be a standard go to distro design specifically for mobile phones.

Also just a little thing on the side here I’m wondering if Linux having a greater appeal would mean having to sacrifice certain aspects of its openness. I’m more thinking of how the average consumer is more used to running/installing programs from your typical EXE or DMG files rather than using the terminal.

These are just some questions. I’m sure it’s annoying seeing this from a noob but I really needed to ask this. Looking forward to your responses!

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Today is the day Rocket League dropped its linux (and mac) support.
https://redd.it/fh5kac
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Kubuntu Linux 19.10 for a digital painting workstation: Reasons and Install guide.
https://www.davidrevoy.com/article761/kubuntu-linux-19-10-for-a-digital-painting-workstation-reasons-and-install-guide

https://redd.it/fh68hg
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Wondering what the best way is to switch from Windows 10 to Linux

Hello everyone, first time posting to r/linux but a huge fan. I've have been considering switching my main system over to a linux distro from windows 10. I have experience using raspian and linux servers at my university, but I want to switch my main system to it. I was wondering if anyone knew the best way to do that without losing data?

For the distro I am considering Manjaro linux but haven't made a decision there yet. I want a distro that is very customizable and also decent for programming so if anyone can make suggestions that would be very appreciated.

https://redd.it/fh763z
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Navi -- An interactive cheatsheet tool for the command-line
https://github.com/denisidoro/navi

https://redd.it/fh7kpd
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Introducing GNOME 3.36: "Gresik"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae2D4aWTsXM

https://redd.it/fh6tl3
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Best modern software for distributed computing on Linux?

Are there any alternatives to BOINC? It's such an **outdated** piece of software, I don't know how to add GPU projects and it's very... ugly to use. Currently managed to get it working with CPU-only Rosetta@Home.

​

I have a Ryzen 3900x, and a Vega 56 that I really want to put to work. Honestly, I'd ideally like to be part of a blender render farm if anyone knows of a modern distributed computing project for that, to help out struggling artists.

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A Look Back at Manufacturing Linux Hardware
https://blog.system76.com/post/612315972866637824/a-look-back-at-manufacturing#_=_

https://redd.it/fhamua
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If you were to join a Linux/Unix/Tech Facebook group what would make you want to join?

If you were to join a Linux/Unix/Tech Facebook group what would make you want to join? Would it be because it was helpful, fun, no BS, moderated well, lots of content? what? yeah we all know about facebook but what would do the job?

https://redd.it/fha9w0
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rm -rf *
https://redd.it/fhbg8j
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GNOME Web browser gets PDF support, Dark mode fixes and more in v3.36
https://blogs.gnome.org/mcatanzaro/2020/03/11/epiphany-3-36-and-webkitgtk-2-28/

https://redd.it/fhc3tn
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NymphCast, an open-source alternative to Chromecast you can run on a Raspberry Pi
https://github.com/MayaPosch/NymphCast/

https://redd.it/fhdnav
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