What is the state of webcam driver support on Linux ?

Hi all ! Having time to spare in this self isolating situation, I was trying to read up on webcam drivers and it seems this is mainly provided by the [UVC project](http://www.ideasonboard.org/uvc/). Looking at the [git repo](https://git.linuxtv.org/pinchartl/uvcvideo.git/) however it doesn't seem to be updated recently (I might be looking at the wrong repo). Does this mean that UVC no longer has any active maintainers ?

How come there have been to updates to the [USB UVC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_video_device_class) specification since 2012 ? Are things moving to a new direction ?

Thanks !

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How is the Linux kernel tested?
https://embeddedbits.org/how-is-the-linux-kernel-tested/

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Static analysis in GCC 10
https://developers.redhat.com/blog/2020/03/26/static-analysis-in-gcc-10/

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Reducing memory consumption in librnoscript, part 4: compact representation for Bézier paths
https://people.gnome.org/~federico/blog/reducing-memory-consumption-in-librnoscript-4.html

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Librem Mini funding reached 20k$ of 50k$
https://puri.sm/products/librem-mini/

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AppCenter For Everyone Remote Sprint — elementary blog
https://blog.elementary.io/appcenter-for-everyone-remote-sprint/

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Bridging the anti-cheat gap

Hello! Most Linux gamers know we can use Wine to run Windows programs on Linux. But so far we are mainly limited by the games usage of anti-cheat.

From what I understand, Wine somehow 'translates' the Windows system calls (like to User32.dll?) into the equivalent Linux system call. This is also why Wine can't handle Windows drivers as they need to be running in a full-blown environment. This is the brick wall stopping a lot of AAA multiplayer games from running on Linux.

I know most popular anti-cheats like EasyAntiCheat and BattleEye have native Linux versions, but Wine has no way of using these. I want to try bridging the gap by translating a games anti-cheat driver calls to the native Linux driver. Fingers crossed that's enough to make these games work🤞

It sounds easy enough, but I have little experience doing this kind of stuff 😂

Please post whatever you think will help! This could prove useful for the next guy even if I'm unsuccessful.

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Ubuntu Podcast is back, for a new season: "S13E01 – Thirteen"
https://ubuntupodcast.org/2020/03/28/s13e01-thirteen/

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cron.weekly issue #127: darling, panther, bashible, pgsync & more
https://ma.ttias.be/cronweekly/issue-127/

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This week in KDE: The calm before the storm (of new features)
https://pointieststick.com/2020/03/28/this-week-in-kde-the-calm-before-the-storm-of-new-features/

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How hard is it do decrypt Wifi traffic if password is known?

Howdy,

I've got a question about security in household Wifis. I've seen people offering WPA2 encrypted Wifi with SSID such as "The password is internet" to provide free internet access. They argue that it is better to have the WPA2 encryption between clients and APs than to offer Wifi without encryption?

How hard would it be to decrypt the traffic using wireshark?

Is their argument valid?

thanks for answering :)

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Best WMI Equivalent for Linux and MAC

Hey Guys,

I am sorry if this questions is coming as a repeat but I did try finding it here with no help. I wanted to ask if you guys know what would be the best WMI Equivalent for Linux and MAC. This is in reference to any RMM that wants to build equally strong RMM agents for Win, MAC and Linux.

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Whatever happened to Spatry (Spatry's Cup of Linux)?

The recovered alcoholic and passionate Linux user that ultimately convinced me to switch to Kubuntu Linux from Windows 8 at the time has not made any videos in over 10 months. Now, he is under no obligation to continue his videos. That said, I have said to him in person that I appreciate his hard work and effort.

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What more can you say to someone who has influenced your computing life such as helping you consider switching to Linux? Also, someone speculated that Spatry may have schizophrenia or bipolar. Do not know if that is true. Any comments or closure on that?

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deb.sury.org now requires systemd
https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=3331

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My headless Minecraft server has been going strong for 122 days!
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Best resource to understand ext4?

I have some free time and one thing I'd like to do is understand as completely as possible how modern filesystems work. I'm looking for a resoruce to explain how ext4 works from top to bottom, with no prior filesystem knowledge. I do have CS knowledge though, so I already know popular data structures, algorithms and complexity considerations.

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Battery life on a Laptop

I've been trying to stick with linux as I have fallen in love with it. But the battery life is troubling me a lot. Even after trying power top and tlp separately (and together), the most I get is 4 Hrs. Using windows I manage to get around 7-8 Hrs on similar usage. It is just me doing something wrong or there is an inherent issue in linux?
PS: I've tried various distros and still the same result.

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What gui toolkit should I use to make linux desktop apps with python?

I mostly stick to command line programs under linux, but there are definitely some things I think would work better as a GUI app. What options exist today, and what are the advantages/disadvantages of each?

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Ubuntu — How to use Intel Optane Memory for SSD Caching
https://medium.com//ubuntu-how-to-use-intel-optane-memory-for-ssd-caching-42839b9ab3b9?source=friends_link&sk=c71f2f9215fde866edfc4d6333f88070

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Kin: run other distros without a VM (using docker)

Hello!

I have built a program that uses docker to create and run containers, I was inspired by the windows subsystem for Linux, because there is nothing on Linux like it! the project is still in early stages but gets the concept across. Since the project is so young the only two distros that have been implemented are Arch Linux and Ubuntu, but I would like to keep expanding them!


Here is the github link :

[https://github.com/jacobmealey/kin](https://github.com/jacobmealey/kin)

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Linux virtual machine running macOS?

Idk if i used the right flair but hey yall, im kinda new to pretty much all things pc (first build was completed about 4 months ago) — i have VERY GENERAL knowledge about computers, but im also smart enough to figure out most of what i want/need to do using google. Ive seen a lot of mixed information online about this though and i was wondering if someone could clear it up for me!

I use windows 10 x64 right now. Before i built this pc i did all my work on a macbook pro. Windows is great but i personally am more comfortable with the look and basic software that macOS offers + logic pro x. As we know, you cant run macOS on a windows pc without building a hackintosh that probably wont work after the next mac software update. Ive seen people say that linux can run a fully functioning VM of macOS. Is there truth to this? Anyone able to explain how or link me a video? Lots of conflicting info has me confused

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