The most surprising Unix programs
https://minnie.tuhs.org/pipermail/tuhs/2020-March/020664.html

https://redd.it/fjj6rn
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Flutter for the Linux desktop - early experimentation
https://github.com/flutter/flutter/wiki/Desktop-shells

https://redd.it/fjjovk
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AMD looks to court Linux gamers by making its GPU driver even better
https://www.techradar.com/news/amd-looks-to-court-linux-gamers-by-making-its-gpu-driver-even-better

https://redd.it/fjkrer
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A lot of the links at FLOSSManuals.net are dead

Hi,

Not sure where to post this, but GNU.org recommends [flossmanuals.net](https://www.flossmanuals.net/), and a lot of the links on that site are dead. E.g. both the pdf and epub links for downloading the Firefox guide give 404s.

The site might just be abandoned, I don't know -- it doesn't look like it's been updated anytime recently. I just thought I'd mention the dead links, since it's sponsored by GNU.

https://redd.it/fjk501
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Linux++ (March 15, 2020)
https://medium.com/linux-plus-plus/linux-march-15-2020-16413dde8471

https://redd.it/fjjcc4
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Exclusively Using Terminal Apps

For those of you who almost, if not, exclusively use terminal applications, how have you been finding the experience as opposed to using a DE/GUI? What distro is best to use for this? What are your reasons for doing so?

https://redd.it/fiy30s
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What is fsck up to now?
https://toroid.org/what-is-fsck-up-to-now

https://redd.it/fjnwft
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How NixOS Is Enabling Edge and IoT Projects - Armv8 Collaboration
https://www.worksonarm.com/blog/how-nixos-is-enabling-edge-and-iot-projects

https://redd.it/fjphk9
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What's the closest you can get to "pure" GNU as Stallman intended?

AFAIK all distros include various third-party software: the kernel, systemd, a custom package manager, and so on. Let's say I don't want any of that. https://www.gnu.org/software/software.html says GNU software is available by several different methods, but all of them are either "use a distro that's a mixed bag of GNU and third-party" or "here's a list of packages, download the ones you want."

So I'm seeing 2 options: download every GNU package (including hurd or linux-libre) and assemble my own distro, or download an existing distro and uninstall everything that isn't GNU. My question is, would either of those result in a functional OS?

https://redd.it/fjoozp
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Fedora community and the COVID-19 crisis - Fedora Magazine
https://fedoramagazine.org/fedora-community-and-the-covid-19-crisis/

https://redd.it/fjron2
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Government ist trying to ban encryption again
https://act.eff.org/action/protect-our-speech-and-security-online-reject-the-graham-blumenthal-bill

https://redd.it/fjs43h
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It’s Almost Too Easy to Install Ubuntu on a Raspberry Pi!

The release of an official Raspberry Pi image writer tool means it now easier than ever to install Ubuntu on a Raspberry Pi device.

Ubuntu recently revamped its Raspberry Pi downloads page (and very pretty it looks too)

https://redd.it/fjsbzd
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NewFormattedFile Utility

Hi guys! Just finished the first release of my program `nff`. It creates a new file with contents specified in a config file for that file extension. No more endlessly typing out shebangs and `if __name__ == "__main__":` statements! Documentation on the GitHub repo.

Link: <https://github.com/oliversandli/NewFormattedFile>

Thoughts/improvements/things-I-did-terribly-wrong welcome!

https://redd.it/fjupgg
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How to configure mailx to send mail from

I'm trying to configure a noscript to send mail through [gmx.com](https://gmx.com)

When I run the following settings with a login account of 'uuu' (username matches the email address I'm sending from) it works. When it doesn't match, then I get 550 Sender address is not allowed, because it's trying to use from:username@gmx.com. I've looked through settings but can't find the one that lets you update the account name. Lots of things seem like this, but they trigger the same error (example FromLineOverride=YES and then -r '[uuu@gmx.ccom](mailto:uuu@gmx.ccom)'... triggers the same friggin error. I've tried putting the username into the hostname, the mailhub, etc).

So I can get it to work by just setting up a user account with the same username as the email address, but it seems like there should be a way to.. not do this, and I can't find it in the documentation. Is there any way to do this?

echo Login to server! | mailx -s "Message!" -r [uuu@gmx.com](mailto:uuu@gmx.com) [rrr@mail.com](mailto:rrr@mail.com)

[`root=uuu@gmx.com`](mailto:root=seemslegit@gmx.com)

[`mailhub=mail.gmx.com:587`](https://mailhub=mail.gmx.com:587)

[`rewriteDomain=gmx.com`](https://rewriteDomain=gmx.com)

[`hostname=gmx.com`](https://hostname=gmx.com)

`FromLineOverride=NO`

[`AuthUser=uuu@gmx.com`](mailto:AuthUser=seemslegit@gmx.com)

`AuthPass=xxxxx`

`UseSTARTTLS=YES`

https://redd.it/fjuudg
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Jumpdrive - A utility that help users flashing OS directly to eMMC easier on PinePhone/PineTab.
https://github.com/dreemurrs-embedded/Jumpdrive

https://redd.it/fjwate
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Trying my hand at writing blog posts: Here's my attempt at convincing newbies to switch to Linux.
https://www.andredantas.me/blog/posts/why-linux/

https://redd.it/fjx12a
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PSA: Spread awareness of "EARN IT Act", our privacy is at risk, again.
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2020/03/13/earn-it-act-threatens-end-to-end-encryption/

https://redd.it/fjxxzt
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Librnoscript accepting interns for Summer of Code 2020
https://people.gnome.org/~federico/blog/librnoscript-soc-2020.html?woops=true

https://redd.it/fjxkr2
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[GNOME] How to use Sysprof… Part II
https://blogs.gnome.org/chergert/2020/03/15/how-to-use-sysprof-to-part-ii/

https://redd.it/fjxmhu
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What is the best compatible Linux distribution of the HP Pavilion 15 series?

i don't know it's right place to ask kind of questions or not. but i think i need that to do.

Actually i used many linux distribution and from almost 6 years. till now i have no problem. just some month ago, i started hp pavilion series laptop for just programming. but till now i didn't find right distribution for my laptop.

https://redd.it/fk069s
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The year of Linux Desktop is here!

The moment is nigh my brethren!

I've installed Linux on all the machines I can touch - my gaming rig, my grandparents laptop, my new laptop, my friends laptop, heck, even my school computer!

We're at 5+ new Linux desktops and still counting. It's really starting to have an effect on the Linux desktop market share. Don't believe me? Go look for youself at [netmarketshare.com](https://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx?options=%7B%22filter%22%3A%7B%22%24and%22%3A%5B%7B%22deviceType%22%3A%7B%22%24in%22%3A%5B%22Desktop%2Flaptop%22%5D%7D%7D%5D%7D%2C%22dateLabel%22%3A%22Trend%22%2C%22attributes%22%3A%22share%22%2C%22group%22%3A%22platform%22%2C%22sort%22%3A%7B%22share%22%3A-1%7D%2C%22id%22%3A%22platformsDesktop%22%2C%22dateInterval%22%3A%22Monthly%22%2C%22dateStart%22%3A%222019-03%22%2C%22dateEnd%22%3A%222020-02%22%2C%22segments%22%3A%22-1000%22%7D)

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https://preview.redd.it/lrn68p4gg6n41.png?width=700&format=png&auto=webp&s=b1863b62cea8cb866d9b60930c09d089226f9ecf

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https://redd.it/fk0hmn
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