The 2020 Open Source Vulnerabilities Report
https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/open-source-vulnerability-management-report/#

https://redd.it/fixjx2
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Its about security so...
https://redd.it/fixv49
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Bored at home because of Corona?

I see plenty of "Bored at home because of Coronavirus" posts all over reddit.

Maybe this is a good time to remind people to invest some of that time in communal efforts like foss?

There's plenty of things even non coders could do while at home: I think about writing documentation, filing bugs, ... Maybe we could assemble a list of things that could be done at home?

https://redd.it/fiy28p
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cron.weekly issue #125: Kernel, Intel, Netscanner, Memcached, APT & more
https://ma.ttias.be/cronweekly/issue-125/

https://redd.it/fiyrua
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Which Linux display managers you are using?
https://thelinuxuser.com/linux-display-managers/

https://redd.it/fiz4gk
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OpenSourceWeekly.org - A weekly pick of the best Free and Open Source projects to contribute to

Hi Reddit,

Some time ago I had really hard time finding interesting Open Source projects, either to contribute to or to replace the proprietary software I use.

This is why I recently started [OpenSourceWeekly.org](https://OpenSourceWeekly.org), a weekly letter about the best Free and Open Source projects to use or to contribute to.

You can subscribe either by Email, RSS or Mastodon here: [https://opensourceweekly.org](https://opensourceweekly.org/)

You can read the latest issue here: [https://opensourceweekly.org/issues/3](https://opensourceweekly.org/issues/3/)

​

Feedback is welcome :)


Sylvain

https://redd.it/fiztpe
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New GNUess mascot created by David Revoy with Krita at LibrePlanet 2020
https://www.davidrevoy.com/article763/gnuess

https://redd.it/fj0i3h
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23 years of building kernels and I just found out what mrproper is
https://redd.it/fiztiq
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LibrePlanet 2020 starts today at 09:30 EDT / UTC -4.
https://libreplanet.org/2020/live/

https://redd.it/fj1887
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Haruna - video player built with qt/qml and libmpv

Been working on this player for \~1 year and it's time to share with others.

Some features that set Haruna apart from others players

* play online videos, through youtube-dl
* toggle playlist with mouse-over, playlist overlays the video
* auto skip chapter containing certain words
* configurable shortcuts and mouse buttons
* quick jump to next chapter by middle click on progress bar

I recommend you install the flatpak version:

flatpak install flathub com.georgefb.haruna
flatpak run com.georgefb.haruna

Submit feature requests and issues on [https://github.com/g-fb/haruna/issues](https://github.com/g-fb/haruna/issues)

[Screenshots](https://github.com/g-fb/haruna/blob/master/Screenshots.md)

Repo: [https://github.com/g-fb/haruna](https://github.com/g-fb/haruna)

https://redd.it/fj1h38
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Will Manjaro support my system?

I have a old PC
Specs:
Radeon HD 5450
Core2Duo
4 GB DDR2 800mhz ram
With this specs Debian xfce wasn't opening with my GPU connected, I had to take out my GPU to support this.
Does Manjaro XFCE will support it?

https://redd.it/fj4uni
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Tired of Win10's crap, trying out linux again. I made Linux Mint Cinnamon look like Windows 10, for easier switching!
https://redd.it/fj5r7k
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MMD-0066-2020 - Linux/Mirai-Fbot - A re-emerged IoT threat
https://blog.malwaremustdie.org/2020/02/mmd-0065-2021-linuxmirai-fbot-re.html

https://redd.it/fj4yph
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Linux: processes core dumps, systemd-coredump and Debian
https://medium.com//linux-processes-core-dumps-systemd-coredump-and-debian-cf2ddb11ef9e?source=friends_link&sk=c005e091325a18895b2560cc79bc6d3a

https://redd.it/fj7lv6
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The character that swallowed a week
http://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-character-that-swallowed-week.html

https://redd.it/fj8s1p
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Life time Windows user switching to Linux

Hello all, I hope I picked the right subreddit to express my thoughts and feelings towards...

I've had been only using Windows for all I can remember, since I was a little baby boy playing old DOS games back when Windows 98 was still relevant. I had this mindset that for PCs it can only be Windows, and there is nothing else.

However I during my teenage hood I did peek into Macs and Mac OS. It's the curiosity and the drive to see something new that pushed me to do some hackintoshing back then. But the amount of issues I faced just straight pushed me back to Windows for another decade.

I'm of the nature that I don't like to stick with the same stuff, that i constantly need or want to see something new. Microsoft did entice me by always bringing a new Windows release; Windows XP - Vista - 7 - 8 and finally 10. I all used them, and I enjoyed seeing the new stuff brought and the constant changes. However Windows 10 is now nearly 5 years old and I've been getting that drive of seeing something new again.

I've been familiar with Linux back before I did the Hackintoshing in the early 10s, but like a typical Windows peasant my feelings towards it was that it was only for the Server and Backend side and all just CLI. I still remember the Bus' "Next Stop"-Announcer display booting up with all the verbose(?) glory with the 2 or 3 Linux penguins on top.

It's only after 2 years ago that I got introduced to Ubuntu from my university. I played around with it on a VM. While I liked it I didn't really think of it being that practical, since I won't be able to play my Steam games and all the compatibility concerns with my daily applications. Plus every guide to whatever I find is CLI which somewhat scarred me off, being used too just GUI solutions.

Fast forward a bit after having seen Linus Tech Tips' video about getting Steam games to run using Proton, and after digging deeper finding about about Lutris, this is where I started to get hooked in! I decided to install Ubuntu on my Laptop first to see how things would work out after using it for some time.

And I gotta say, the experience was decent, if it wasn't for the fact that their AppShop was somewhat useless. For example, I installed Eclipse from there and the app crashes or glitches constantly. I couldn't even compile a simple Hello World program in Java.. I gave up on that, and tried installing whatever I found from the official eclipse website and that worked flawlessly.

This isn't the only, I kept running into issues and bugs and eventually started looking for other distros. Thats where I felt into that rabbit hole of how many distros exist, what they're based off, what Desktop environment they use, etc etc. Eventually I decided for Pop!\_OS, becaue in all honesty I liked the GNOME Desktop and I felt I should stay with Debian because I keep reading it's supposedly a very stable branch. About GNOME I liked it a lot, it was definitely something new and fresh change from the classic Windows I've been used to since Kindergarten.

So I had installed it and seems like all my previous issues have been gone! Their Pop\_Shop proved me to be more useful as the stuff I installed from on my first days worked out of the box. And this what I like, having stuff just work without getting troubled. After trying couple games and having witnessed how easy and with zero effort it runs them perfectly I decided that's it. This operating system will be installed on my main PC. I backed up few files and decided to wipe everything from my main SSD for a fresh new install with Pop!\_OS.

First days of it using the os on my main pc I noticed the terrible screen tearing, since I was on an NVidia Card but luckily I managed to get that fixed quickly. Next thing I noticed is my sound driver somewhat acting weird, like producing a pop noise everytime i start a new sound session. I found a fix for that but after some updates it reappeared again. Though after a while I didn't bother anymore. I was genuinely pleased by the whole presentation, by whole

everything is new and fresh, by the fact I was gone with the annoying ads- and malware filled installers, gone with Cortana and the weird Microsoft trackings.

Off to a good start, even though it was somewhat bumpy with the screen tearing. I started getting more and more used to the entire desktop. Installed a nice new icons pack, tried some themes and Gnome extentions, tried couple new apps and just enjoying the fact that any game I tried running just straight up worked out of the box, thanks to Lutris and Steam's Proton. This is great! I've been running a Linux based OS for nearly half a year now and I've been all but just pleased with the experience, as it provides exactly what I'm looking for. Like I still get to tinker around and explore my curiosity on a new adventure.

Now playing with the thought of hopping to an Arch based distro. I hear that you'll get the most to do date version of anything there.. I still found some very outdated/broken apps on the Pop\_Shop like for example NetBeans, BUT still fixable by installing from Flathub (except I wanna debug C/C++ then it's NOT an option) or from the App's Website.

From my standpoint I believe the people are afraid if something just doesn't work out of the box. Having to to spend hours or even days to try to fix something that shouldn't have been broken in the first place is the first and foremost complaint when it come to people wanting to try a Linux based operating system. That was with my case in Ubuntu, can't count how many problems I kept facing there. Which is sad since that's the most known OS around my circle. The first impression people'll get is that Linux is a buggy mess and just don't bother with it anymore! Don't get me wrong Ubuntu is still great for what it is, I just wished there was someone testing and maintaining the apps before putting them up potentially broken.

I've been using Pop!\_OS on my main PC for about 3 months now, am looking forward what the future will bring! Anyways thank you for reading this far and I'm looking forward to a great new time with Linux.

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GCompris entertains/educates kids stuck at home
https://redd.it/fjad9f
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UBports on a Raspberry Pi, Debian testing package builds with Clang, Ubuntu testing automated ZFS snapshots
https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20200316#news

https://redd.it/fjbicw
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Linux Noob Here : I added the Snap and Flathub repo but I have issues when I try to launch apps.

Is it normal that I have trouble launching Flathub apps? It seems like I can install apps but I can't launch them through shortcuts and the only one I managed to launch took 2 minutes and I needed to go in the terminal.

https://redd.it/fjbyrh
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Manjaro KDE will be factory-default of PinebookPro
https://forum.manjaro.org/t/manjaro-kde-will-be-factory-default-of-pinebookpro/129510

https://redd.it/fjd068
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