Hardware Accelerated VP9 Support on Linux via VAAPI has Landed on Nightly.
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1619258

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My first time with Linux! - I found a MacBook in my basement and decided to install Linux because I’m not a fan of the MacOS. Still trying it out, but I’m excited to see where Linux takes me!
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ACM 6.0 - lightweight flight simulator (x-post from r/opensourcegames)
https://www.reddit.com/r/opensourcegames/comments/fkdp7o/acm_60_lightweight_flight_simlator/

https://redd.it/fl05c7
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Should I put /home or / on the fastest drive? Should I encrypt both?

/e Sorry, I put this on the wrong subreddit. I'm not going to delete it because it's useful information, at least for me. If it needs to go, any moderator please feel free e/

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I have an NVMe (500gb, PCIe4) and an SSD (1T), and I'm wondering how I should partition my file system on a brand new system. I'll be using Manjaro, and my plan is to have the system and the home folder on separate drives.

What's the recommended setup? Home on the fastest drive, or system on the fastest drive? I would think home, since that has all the user files, but does having the OS on the faster drive improve performance?

I'm also probably going to encrypt the drives. Do I need to encrypt the system, or just my home drive? I'm also curious if encryption will affect performance on the drive. I know there's a delay to encrypt it when booting, but is there a general performance hit when dealing with encrypted media? Is it worth it?

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GitHub launched their official application for Mobile (Android and iOS)
https://innovativebeast.com/github-app-guide/

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Audio renderer error in Linux(Ubuntu).

I'm geting the following error when I try to play a youtube video in my Linux system (Ubuntu 14.04 to be precise)

'Audio renderer error. Please restart your computer.'

If I restart, the error pops up again so that doesn't seem to be a permanent solution.

And the random Google searches only show ways that pertain to a Windows system or a Chromebook.

Anybody else has any idea what should I do?

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Qubes Architecture Next Steps: The GUI Domain
https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2020/03/18/gui-domain/

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How to Encrypt an Azure Linux VM via PowerShell
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/itops-talk-blog/powershell-basics-how-to-encrypt-azure-linux-vms/ba-p/1081517?WT.mc_id=ITOPSTALK-reddit-abartolo

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Gaming Performanec

I installed kubuntu on a crappy laptop and I noticed a considerable decrease in fps from windows 7. I used optifine both times. Is there a distro that would give me better fps in games or did I do something wrong. I got the iso from kubuntu.org

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Linux was first released to the world from here 17.9.1991
http://ftp.funet.fi/

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Linux maintains bugs: The real reason ifconfig on Linux is deprecated
https://blog.farhan.codes/2018/06/25/linux-maintains-bugs-the-real-reason-ifconfig-on-linux-is-deprecated/

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Illustrated jq

Jq is a very versatile tool for working with structured information in json format, the command syntax of jq is also structured by means of a processing pipeline, similar to that of a unix shell, again each processing step acts as a filter/modifier of the input received from the preceding stage. Jq is available on /for linux, Mac and Windows. Again on might look at each of these stages as functions in a functional program. This tutorial tries to explain jq in terms of example pipelines; each example comes with links that show you the intermediate results for each stage of the processing pipeline; this makes it easier to understand each of the building blocks involved. You can click either on any one of the commands to show the command and how it transforms the input json structure into the output json, each pipe symbol is also a link that will show you the information that flows through it. 

[Illustrated jq tutorial](https://mosermichael.github.io/jq-illustrated/dir/content.html)

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Coronavirus: Year of Linux Desktop

This is a shower thought...

Now might be a great time to mobilize volunteers to gather "obsolete" hardware running Windows and re-purpose with Ubuntu and/or Chromium OS for Educational use. There are millions of students sitting at home with only a small cell phone or nothing at all. Indiana just closed all public schools until May.

Like rubber and scrap drives during World War II, people could go business to business to gather the ageing hardware and put it to good use. It needs to be a big and visible effort.

Of course, this requires rigid hygiene, and should not be done in groups. Machines should be cleaned and disinfected on pickup before handling.

I'm starting a new Project in 2 weeks I might be able to cancel, so I might have time for something like this.

Thoughts? Is this idea practical? Is it crazy? Is someone already doing it?

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Userfriendly remote access: Guacamole to the rescue

Given the current situation, some of my clients need remote access to their computers and don't have technical knowledge to install SSH / RDP, etc.

So I have discovered (and set up) [Guacamole](https://guacamole.apache.org/): this gem allows you to create a web proxy to RDP / VNC connexion:

* Guacamole hides the nitty-gritty of connexion setup (in a very simple config file / or a SQL database)
* It uses LAN bandwith for RDP / VNC and then optimizes web content (performance is as good as can be)
* The user connects from a browser to Guacamole (on our server) and access his computer seamlessly.

Maybe this can be useful for others ;)

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How to monitor Linux server in 30 min. or less from scratch with Zabbix

Hello,

I've written a tutorial for those who don't want to have the hassle and just need to quickly set up 100% free monitoring of their Linux servers using Zabbix.

You can install Zabbix on your favorite Linux distribution in less than 10 minutes: [CentOS/RHEL](https://bestmonitoringtools.com/how-to-install-zabbix-server-on-centos-or-rhel/), [Ubuntu](https://bestmonitoringtools.com/how-to-install-zabbix-server-on-ubuntu/), [Debian](https://bestmonitoringtools.com/how-to-install-zabbix-server-on-debian/), [Rasbian](https://bestmonitoringtools.com/how-to-install-zabbix-on-raspberry-pi-raspbian/)

And setup Linux server monitoring in few minutes with this guide:

[https://bestmonitoringtools.com/zabbix-agent-linux-install-on-ubuntu-centos-rhel-debian-rasbian/](https://bestmonitoringtools.com/zabbix-agent-linux-install-on-ubuntu-centos-rhel-debian-rasbian/)

PM me or comment if you need any help with this.

Regards

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EGREP noob question.

Hi. I'm trying to compile a list using egrep. The egrep command is working fine although I want to insert a line (whitespace) after the last search parameter, so the search is more readable.
e.g egrep -i 'name|address|phone_number'

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Two men, one woman in race for Debian project leader's post

Three developers — two male, one female — have thrown their hats into the ring for the post of Debian project leader for 2020-21, with the poll set to be held online from 5 April to 18 April.

[https://www.itwire.com/open-source/two-men,-one-woman-in-race-for-debian-project-leader-s-post.html](https://www.itwire.com/open-source/two-men,-one-woman-in-race-for-debian-project-leader-s-post.html)

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Enjoying the free edX course on Unix Tools (as a mid level engineer)

Course Link: [https://www.edx.org/course/unix-tools-data-software-and-production-engineering](https://www.edx.org/course/unix-tools-data-software-and-production-engineering)

I just finished the first week of this course and I quite enjoyed it! The best part so far was definitely section 1.5. It says it’s about command line arguments but I just learned so much from that one short video.

* unix wildcards are expanded by the shell so all programs get them equally
* What is the difference between $ and ${} ?
* When to use '' vs "" for noscripts?
* Using the output of a command: $(date) vs \`date\`
* What is a [here document](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here_document)?

Most of the stuff I’m familiar with but the videos are so concise and well done I don’t even mind watching them. Also just wanted to say that while I do have a few years experience as a software engineer I still find the course to be quite useful. Videos are so short there's not much to lose if you already know it.

Hope someone finds use from this :)


If this isn't a good subreddit for this please let me where would be better to post

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Announcing Debian Social: they started to host social services on their domain.
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2020/03/msg00008.html

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Making Linux a Deep Fryer for Dopamine Receptors [i3, wal, polybar, compton, st]
https://nicholasfarrow.com/Making-Linux-a-Deep-Fryer-for-Dopamine-Receptors/

https://redd.it/flox15
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Anyone run Linux on their phones? Was interesting to see Ubuntu running on my S9+
https://redd.it/flq6yz
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