Ubuntu or Ubuntu Studio?

Hello I have some old desktop with core2 duo 3ghz and 2.8gb of RAM, in case the GPU matters, it's Nvidia GT310 , I want to install Linux on it but I don't want to have poor performance, also I'll be using it for light-weight programming and CG, Some I guess I'm looking for some Debian based OS, I've tried both Ubuntu and Ubuntu Studio from USB drive, I felt like Ubuntu Studio is running better, so what do you recommend me? Is there a better version for my potato?

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Survey password managers

Would somebody kindly fill this two minute long survey of attitudes against password managers.
I would really be eternally grateful.
[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdOBShLuaTjW9FYQtbVH6BOYPREwS7cghYdtMhTawV\_SJ2ejA/viewform?usp=sf\_link](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdOBShLuaTjW9FYQtbVH6BOYPREwS7cghYdtMhTawV_SJ2ejA/viewform?usp=sf_link)

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Ubuntu 20.04’s zsys adds ZFS snapshots to package management
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/03/ubuntu-20-04s-zsys-adds-zfs-snapshots-to-package-management/

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Krita Weekly #12 | 4.29 beta released
https://www.hellozee.dev/kw12/

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Interview of Gaël Duval about the /e/ Foundation project to de-googlise our smartphone (in french).
https://numericatous.fr/2020/03/le-monde-du-libre-4/

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I made a port scanner in golang without dependencies
https://github.com/R4yGM/netscanner

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What does it mean? "There is no more need for a pager: you are in the pager!"
https://www.cliki.net/clfswm

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LibreELEC 9.2.1 released with WireGuard Support, Raspberry Pi 4 Improvements
https://libreelec.tv/2020/03/libreelec-leia-9-2-1/

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Block IP address once they access certain pages?

I see a ton of shit in my acccess log about

- /wp-login.php
- /sqladmin/index.php
- /php2MyAdmin/index.php

etc
There's no PHP on my server. I want to outright block people who try to get any pages that has "/wp-" or ".php" in it. How do I do this? I once tried fail2ban but it was complicated and didn't end up working (or I needed to write a noscript for it to work or something)

I was thinking of scanning the log files and automatically adding the IP address to iptables. Is that a good idea? Maybe `iptables -A INPUT -s THEIR_IP -j DROP` but I haven't tested if this is the right command.

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Fastest RDP Server for Linux

Most RDP like xrdp are using alot of traffic, since they send everything as "video".

Is there an Linux alternative to the Windows RDP Service?
(Which is just sending meta data instead of like a Video)

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ProtonMail: Introducing alternative routing to prevent censorship of Proton apps (optional, opt-out feature) -- "alternative routing requires us to use third-party infrastructure and networks we do not control, some of which might belong to companies such as Google"
https://protonmail.com/blog/anti-censorship-alternative-routing/

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The EARN IT Bill Is the Government’s Plan to Scan Every Message Online

[https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/03/earn-it-bill-governments-not-so-secret-plan-scan-every-message-online](https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/03/earn-it-bill-governments-not-so-secret-plan-scan-every-message-online)

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I made a video explaining what dotfiles are and how I manage them. Hope you find it useful!
https://invidio.us/watch?v=GqL6W-ua7uQ

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Gamers who switched from Windows to Linux

Hi everyone
I am really loving linux but i personally find it lacking tons of basic features that need to be added manually which is silly imo.

But my main personal issue is Gaming. Yes proton has improved vastly over 2019 and is becoming better near bi weekly now in 2020.

But if you as a gamer are now on linux , what games do you play? How does performance differ if at all? What gpu,cpu ? Freesync or gsync?

I play AAA noscripts. What distro do you use? I LOVE ubuntus look and feel.

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Linux Kernel Teaching — The Linux Kernel documentation
https://linux-kernel-labs.github.io/refs/heads/master/index.html

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Curve RPG (a game I made with BASH while taking a linux class)

This was a project I had fun making while learning bash last semester. I am by no means a linux expert and I'm sure the coding is very sloppy. This started from boredom in class one day and turned into a decent size project. None the less, it's a fun little RPG you can play in the linux terminal. If this is not the proper place to post something like this please help direct me to a subreddit that might find some enjoyment out of it!

Here is the link to the bash file:

[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1\_tljWGP6U09TDedojfWE4cz6Z-UMb-rK/view?usp=sharing](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_tljWGP6U09TDedojfWE4cz6Z-UMb-rK/view?usp=sharing)

Let me know what you think if you played it at all!

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Notification badges on the dock

I want to see the notification badge for Telegram Dekstop next to the dock icon. Right now it's on the top bar. I've tried gnome-shell-extensions and using the Notification counter extension, but didn't help.

Is there any way to do that?


Here's a pic of where the badge is and where I want it to be:

https://preview.redd.it/ex2qzc0ycfm41.png?width=1918&format=png&auto=webp&s=fe146187c7a88fcc98356faa058d3791d7079c17

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I am trying to find a user friendly-semi user friendly distro and desktop/window manager combo with very little overhead.

I run Linux Mint as my default os no problem. But because I want to emulate the wii u which my computer can do Linux mint is not good for that. The emulation frame rate stays mostly at 30fps. (60fps at more basic parts of the game) Which is normal and how the games should play but sometimes they drop to 15-20 FPS and make the games unplayable so I need an os with little overhead that can support wine.

My specs:

Amd phenom 3ghz cpu 2008

Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 gpu

4gb ddr2 ram (I want as much of it as possible for wii I games.)

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Tux Builder is a Godot re-implementation of SuperTux
https://github.com/Alzter/TuxBuilder

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Backgammony - initial release of a new Linux backgammon client with AI and network play.
https://github.com/jonathanballs/backgammony

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Weekend Fluff / Linux in the Wild Thread - March 13, 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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