Folding @ home client for Covid-19.

I downloaded the programs shown and joined the Linux Mint team. I see nothing downloading at the moment and back some years ago, I remember having to go find the download for the assignment. Is this still what I need to do, or will it just automatically download the Assignment as it comes available? I assumed that if there was any current workload, it would have me take a portion. Thanks, y’all.

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Fake UVC loopback device

Hey,

I'm trying to figure out a way how to create a fake UVC device on Linux. I'm learning android app development and I'm using Genymotion as an emulator. Unfortunately Genymotion only accepts UVC webcams as camera input for the emulated device. I tried using OBS-virtualcam but it only creates a dummy one and not UVC.

I've looked into v4l2loopback with uvc-gadget but don't seem to get it to work. My need would be to start a stream of a video file looped and be able to feed that as the camera inside the emulated device. I saw some other related pieces of software like g\_streamer and ViVi(?) but no idea on how to make this work. It is not easy I know but it would help me out greatly.

So something like: ffmpeg->v4l2loopback->????->uvc device.

How could I achieve this? Or is there a good android emulator that can take a virtual webcam or file as video camera input?

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Linux Mint Debian Edition 4 w/Cinnamon Review | Distro Delves S2:Ep15
https://invidio.us/watch?v=8tBTkKv0n7c

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Did you know you can use tab autocomplete for screens?
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What usability/workflow helpers do you use? (e.g. launchers, custom homepages, workspaces, autocompletion)

Describe all those little programs that make you feel like a ninja!

I personally don't use any yet, but I do want to start streamlining my workflow on my fresh install. Hopefully I'll be able to draw inspiration from all of your setups.

If you've shared it before on /r/unixporn or /r/usabilityporn, feel free to link your post.

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[Whonix] Fixing the Desktop Linux Security Model - News
https://forums.whonix.org/t/fixing-the-desktop-linux-security-model/9172

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Fix For F@H / OpenCL on some AMD GPUs (Kernel 5.5/5.6)

So I found that using OpenCL (Folding@Home) alongside my AMD Vega 64 causes crashes on both Linux 5.5 and 5.6rc.

I have submitted a patch to the kernel mailing list here :

https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dri-devel/2020-March/260116.html

You can see my bugzilla thread here :

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=206895


If anyone is having similar issues with OpenCL applications + AMD hardware give the patch set a go.

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This is my current setup on my Thinkpad T430S. That Ubuntu partition is actually Pop!_OS. I want to replace the Manjaro with something to kill time during lockdown. Suggest me something interesting.
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System unstable while trying to install OS

Hi everyone,today I was trying to install a Linux Distro on my old Toshiba Satellite (model U940-11K) but i've encountered a few problems:

First things first, I have no problem booting into BIOS. It's correctly showing devices, ram etc. and everything seems ok.

Firstly I was trying to install Fedora 30 but as soon it boots into the Live USB it gets stuck as if the keyboard was not giving input (which is working since i can navigate into the BIOS).

I tried everything: different USB sticks, different USB port, I also tried to put the installer into the hard drive and then installing into the mSATA SSD but nothing, it still stucks into the "install media or try live fedora etc etc".

After this I tried with another Distro, I picked Elementary OS because I never tried it. Here the story is different: it boots into the installation process and keyboard & trackpad are functioning, but after 10-20 seconds the installation restarts and stops into the Elementary's logo, and after that it shuts down.

I don't think its an hardware issue since I recall of successfully installing and using Linux Mint a few months ago so RAM and CPU should be OK.

I don't really know what else to try and it's really frustrating, any help would be very useful.

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Introducing OpenCL and OpenGL on DirectX
https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/introducing-opencl-and-opengl-on-directx.html

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Firefox launched a new Test Pilot "Firefox for a Better Web, offering privacy and faster access to great content" (A paid subnoscription to tracker + ad free websites run by scroll)
https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2020/03/24/try-our-latest-test-pilot-firefox-for-a-better-web-offering-privacy-and-faster-access-to-great-content/

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Another look at two Linux KASLR patches
https://www.kryptoslogic.com/blog/2020/03/another-look-at-two-linux-kaslr-patches/

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Desktop-version of SmartHoldem wallet is available on Snapcraft.The focus is exclusively on security, usability and functionality of the wallet. One build for all Linux and IoT.
https://snapcraft.io/smartholdem

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Confused by the EARN IT act? Here's a concise breakdown of what it could mean for privacy online
https://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blog/2020/01/earn-it-act-how-ban-end-end-encryption-without-actually-banning-it

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Beowulf Cluster Kernel for Distributed OS (with GUI)?

\* skip to the IDEA if you drgaf \*

Disclaimer: Before you flay me, hear me out, I mostly get why this would normally be a bad idea (i.e. people trying to run a single game distributed on multiple different MBs). I also know enough to be pretty confident that this can be done, though it may be super time consuming and not worth it at all.. but I'm strapped for cash and It'd be nice to have a computer that's better at multitasking than any one of these pieces of sh-... I mean \~2013 ultrabooks..

IDEA:

while individual tasks can't be distributed across machines (because bus length and delay stuff), I think it would be possible to distribute programs as individual real-time jobs and handle each program on a different machine. To speed things up the desktop GUI could be rendered on each node and summed/layered on the head node to form the full OS GUI. I'm sure this would add some overhead but it could be quick enough to be worth it if the headnode isn't too slow.

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I'm hoping there's something like this out there already because I'm pretty sure you could modify an existing kernel to get this going but I also know how difficult that could get... but I'm open to modifying the kernel myself to try to get this going. are there any VMs that can simulate clustered setups? or could this be done by linking multiple parallel instances of VMs....

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Prepping a fresh install

Hello,

Was wondering what everyone does with a new machine or fresh image how does your usual setup go? Do you have a noscript that handles installing all of your tools/software and mounts your network drives? If so can someone share their noscripts would really love to see how everyone does it

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Weekly Questions and Hardware Thread - March 25, 2020

Welcome to r/linux! If you're new to Linux or trying to get started this thread is for you. Get help here or as always, check out r/linuxquestions or r/linux4noobs

This megathread is for all your question needs. As we don't allow questions on r/linux outside of this megathread, please consider using r/linuxquestions or r/linux4noobs for the best solution to your problem.

Ask your hardware requests here too or try r/linuxhardware!

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Can anybody help with procuring linux tablet?

I've been on a seemingly fruitless search for a linux touch screen tablet for web browsing and perhaps light gaming. I've not run into any favorable options that don't seem bogged down by the technical. Suggestions please if anybody can..

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$10k bounty for adding virtual camera/microphone support natively to OBS
https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/issues/2568

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Thinking about ditching Windows 10 and installing Ubuntu 18.04 on my machine! Is there anything I should know before going ahead with the installation?

Been using Windows my whole life. Windows 10's been really pissing me off as of late, so I thought I'd change things up a bit. I've used Ubuntu for a few days now on my other PC and am really enjoying it. Should I go ahead and replace my Windows 10? Or is there some other things I should know?

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Purism's contributions to Linux 5.5 and 5.6
https://puri.sm/posts/purisms-contributions-to-linux-5-5-and-5-6/

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