gaming pads for linux

Hello, I need to find a gaming pad that works like the old razer nostromo. but that works on linux where i can program macros into the device itself and not depend on an application on the system

i used to use the app to program the nostromo in a windows VM and then use it on any machine, which I found to be very convenient. anyone know of such a device?

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Hera Updates for March 2020 — elementary blog
https://blog.elementary.io/hera-updates-for-march-2020/

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Remnants of the Precursors public beta and open source release is 6 days away (Easter)

Hello all. I've been on here a few times before but I want to let everyone know the public beta for Remnants of the Precursors, a game under development for about 5 years, is imminent.

This game is written completely in Java and all of the code is going to be open-sourced under a copyleft GPL. There will be different licenses for different media types (code, art, writing and sound) since each of these creators has different wishes about distribution. The game will obviously run in Linux, and I've tuned it so that it will run on a Raspberry Pi.

Remnants of the Precursors is a very polished modernization of the original "Master of Orion" from 1993. Although the beta is not yet available for download, you will be able to get it from itch.io: [https://rayfowler.itch.io/remnants-of-the-precursors](https://rayfowler.itch.io/remnants-of-the-precursors)

That page also gives a decent idea of the art quality from that page although the game is a bit more polished now. The Explorminate gaming website has been streaming the game quite a bit recently as the beta approaches, so there are VODs available if you want to see the gameplay: [https://www.twitch.tv/explorminate/videos](https://www.twitch.tv/explorminate/videos)

If you have an interest in game development or simply want to see what a serious game developed in Java looks like (trust me, I've had a lot of doubters), then you should check out the public beta on Easter. Although I try to centralize all of the discussion about the game to the /r/rotp subreddit, I will respond to any questions about it here as well.

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Can't load new fonts in programs, but they are there in fonts. (ubuntu)

I've downloaded a font from Google fonts, extracted it and installed it, using fonts. The font is there, when i look in the fonts app, but when i open Gimp, it doesn't list it.

To check this, i also opened libre office writter, and i couldn't find the font there either. Am i doing something wrong?

I'm using ubuntu and ElementalOS

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Kaidan, KDE's multiplatform instant messaging app for Jabber and other XMPP services, reaches version 0.5. New features include recording and sending audio and video and searching for contacts and messages.
https://www.kaidan.im/2020/04/06/kaidan-0.5.0/

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Roadmap for Carbs [blog]
https://carbslinux.org/blog/20200406.html

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Firefox stable releases now available on Flathub
https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.mozilla.firefox

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Intel ports AMD compiler code for a 10% performance boost in Linux gaming
https://www.pcgamer.com/intel-ports-amd-compiler-code-for-a-10-performance-boost-in-linux-gaming/

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The end of an Era - changing every single instance of a 32-bit time_t in Linux
https://www.linaro.org/blog/the-end-of-an-era/

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Apache Performance: Disable .htaccess here's why
https://haydenjames.io/disable-htaccess-apache-performance/

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My story of transitioning from Mac to Linux
https://opensource.com/article/20/4/mac-to-linux

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Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead is a turn-based survival/RPG game set in a post-apocalyptic world
https://cataclysmdda.org/

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io_uring By Example: An Article Series
https://unixism.net/2020/04/io-uring-by-example-article-series/

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Create a bootable Windows USB stick using Linux, commandline only!
https://gitlab.com/vaared/wintousblinux/

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Window Maker releases version 0.95.9 with several fixes and a few new features
http://www.windowmaker.org/

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What note taking app do you use (if any)?

I've managed to live without a note taking app for so long, but my brain is failing me more and more often, and I sometimes see interesting commands or tips I'd like to remember (for instance to help debugging an issue on Linux).

I've done some research. [Joplin](https://joplinapp.org/) looks nice, but I couldn't install it: the install noscript downloads an AppImage from Github, and I guess it was throttled because I'm downloading at 10 kb/s... and the AppImage is so big I never managed to complete the download. (plus it's an Electron app)

Ideally, I'd like something that can be easily shared between devices (Joplin seems to do that easily using your NAS or a third party service like Dropbox), since I'd be sharing these "notebooks" between my home desktop and my work laptop.

Thanks for your recommendations!

P.S.: I thought about just using text files, but the ability to add metadata to notes (tags) as well as other information (images) can be quite useful.

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Maui project news - convergence
https://nxos.org/weekly-summaries/maui-weekly-report/

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Looking to buy this shirt. Pretty sure I first saw it here.
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Maui apps with testing CSD support
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Plasma Xwayland is outperforming native Wayland and native Xorg in Xonotic

I took some benchmarks of Xonotic running under Plasma Xorg, Wayland and XWayland with timedemo of 32 seconds demo of firing all weapons and surprisingly XWayland outperformance native Xorg and Wayland. I threw some Sway benchmarks too just for comparison.

To launch Xonotic for Wayland, use SDL\_VIDEODRIVER=wayland env variable and Xonotic linked against newer version of SDL

They are sorted by the highest score order

W sway
1099 frames 8.0393175 seconds 136.7031465 fps, one-second fps min/avg/max: 98 143 219 (32 seconds)
1099 frames 7.9379667 seconds 138.4485522 fps, one-second fps min/avg/max: 101 145 231 (32 seconds)
1099 frames 7.8705051 seconds 139.6352575 fps, one-second fps min/avg/max: 101 147 225 (32 seconds)

XW plasma
1099 frames 9.6341691 seconds 114.0731488 fps, one-second fps min/avg/max: 82 119 195 (32 seconds)
1099 frames 9.6714972 seconds 113.6328714 fps, one-second fps min/avg/max: 83 118 186 (32 seconds)
1099 frames 9.2620295 seconds 118.6565000 fps, one-second fps min/avg/max: 86 125 200 (32 seconds)

W plasma
1099 frames 11.0201610 seconds 99.7263109 fps, one-second fps min/avg/max: 76 103 161 (32 seconds)
1099 frames 10.2349702 seconds 107.3769613 fps, one-second fps min/avg/max: 79 112 180 (32 seconds)
1099 frames 10.3239201 seconds 106.4518117 fps, one-second fps min/avg/max: 80 111 178 (32 seconds)

X plasma
1099 frames 12.2948719 seconds 89.3868605 fps, one-second fps min/avg/max: 70 92 126 (32 seconds)
1099 frames 12.2376714 seconds 89.8046668 fps, one-second fps min/avg/max: 70 93 139 (32 seconds)
1099 frames 12.3729273 seconds 88.8229581 fps, one-second fps min/avg/max: 67 92 144 (32 seconds)

XW sway
1099 frames 18.2966133 seconds 60.0657610 fps, one-second fps min/avg/max: 58 60 62 (32 seconds)
1099 frames 18.2826612 seconds 60.1115991 fps, one-second fps min/avg/max: 60 60 62 (32 seconds)
1099 frames 18.3155127 seconds 60.0037801 fps, one-second fps min/avg/max: 60 60 60 (32 seconds)

It's not surprising that XWayland outperformance native Xorg as XWayland is part of Wayland WM itself instead of the separate entity but what is surprising is XWayland for sway is at the bottom and XWayland is outperforming the native Wayland.

System Info:-

**OS**: Arch Linux x86\_64

**Kernel**: 5.6.2-zen1-2-zen

**Resolution**: 1920x1080

**CPU**: Intel i7-8565U (8) @ 4.600GHz

i**GPU**: Intel UHD Graphics 620

d**GPU**: AMD Radeon 520 Mobile (not used for this test cause its basically useless)

**Memory**: 19882MiB

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module probe and module init

I am trying to make a Loadable Kernel Module for a Zynq7k SoC that should create a character device
I am an absolute beginner in this field with 0 experience. I just need to know what the structure of the module should look like.
Other than the:
1- module\_init
2- module\_exit
3- fops
What are the other functions that should be there in my module. the skeleton that xilinx make when i start adding my own module contains "module\_probe" and "module\_remove" functions.
the probe function gets the interrupt and memory resources for my module and the remove function frees these resources. what is the difference between probe and init .. and between remove and exit..
should I keep them or remove them and add their functionality to init and exit.
I am working on Linux Kernel v4.9 linux-xlnx

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