Call for help: please help us convince Mozilla to give us back the old address bar behavior in Firefox on Linux!

Hello.

The last version of Firefox (75) made some controversial changes regarding the address bar.

One of those changes was (quoting from their release notes):

>On Linux, the behavior when clicking on the Address Bar and the Search Bar now matches other desktop platforms: a single click selects all without primary selection, a double click selects a word, and a triple click selects all with primary selection

Many users absolutely **hate** this, myself included. Worse yet, they did not only change the default - they also simultaneously made it impossible to go back to the old behavior by removing the pref that controls this.

So now I'd like to ask for help - *if* you also don't like this or you *do* like it but you still think that the users should be able to choose (instead of being forced by Mozilla) then please do the following:

1. Register an account on [Mozilla's bugzilla](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/).
2. Go to [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show\_bug.cgi?id=1621570](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1621570)
3. Do **not** comment; instead click on "Details" (It's above the "Attachments") and then click the button to add your vote. (You'll have to check the checkbox on the next page and apply it.)
4. That's all. Thank you!

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The new changes to the maui project from this week shown here in Nota in Android. To know more about it check the new post on kde planet.
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Using a 1930 Teletype as a Linux Terminal
https://invidio.us/watch?v=2XLZ4Z8LpEE

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Pulseaudio can turn your computer into Bluetooth speakers for your phone

I don't know how many of you knew this, but I certainly didn't and it can come in quite handy during quarantine. It all seems to be automatic on Arch, so I imagine it is on most distros.

If you add the pulseaudio-bluetooth package, then open /etc/pulse/system.pa and add the following two lines:

load-module module-bluetooth-policy
load-module module-bluetooth-discover

then all you have to do is pair your phone to your computer. Then, when you play audio from your phone, it automatically plays on your computer as long as they're connected via bluetooth. It also seems to route call audio through your computer.

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Linux kernel's repo displayed using Onefetch
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Surprised at how flawless mesh generation on gmsh went running inside a linux container on an android phone.
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Linux kernel's repo displayed using Onefetch
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fwupd 1.4.0 released | Linux Vendor Firmware Service
https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd/releases/tag/1.4.0

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[PATCH resend] fat: Improve the readahead for FAT entries
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/87d08e1dlh.fsf@mail.parknet.co.jp/#t

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Linux and redhat influence

Hey there,
in the last years I seen one of the most important contributor of linux and open source, redhat, release many important projects like systemd, Gnome, glusterfs and many other and contribution to other projects/tools (see these list [contribution](https://www.redhat.com/en/about/open-source-program-office/contributions).

Many of this projects now are present in many (if not all) Linux distributions (see systemd) and the influence of redhat is spreading, not only in rhel, centos, fedora and derivates but also in many Linux distribution. The influence of redhat is, in some way, addressing the future of Linux and development direction. Distro that are on the other side, like debian family, Suse family are, in some way, affected by the huge contribution/development of redhat in the open source world.

This is not so bad, because most of this project are very usefull and powerfull but on the other side many users could see this like a bad thing where at the end all distro are affected. In each distro there is a piece of something where redhat give its contribution.

What do you think about it?


It' s a bad or a good thing?

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Linux server side port forwarding?

I know this is not purely a linux question but my server is a DO 18.04.3. my Domain is with Godaddy. I run a couple of things on it. A Sync Server running Resilio-Sync, My Unifi and UNMS controllers. Everything works great. However to access some of my stuff i keep having to type in the port... its kind of a pain....

I have three sub domains:
unifi.mydomain.com
unms.mydomain.com
sync.mydomain.com

However, each one has a different port. so for right now the subdomains are kind of pointless (other than the devices that report back to the server use the subdomains. Anyways..... What can i setup on the server side to recognize the incoming subdomain and forward it to the correct port? I tried searching for something but im pretty sure im just using the wrong keywords.

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The proc filesystem yummy!
https://opensource.com/article/20/4/proc-filesystem

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[Issue] Broadcom BCM43602 N/W after Suspend

Hey guys! Looking for a stable driver for BCM43602 \[14e4:43ba\]

I'm a total linux nub, although I'm definitely enjoying the learning experience. After a few suspends the wifi card just stops working. The network manager is still available (and happily restarts) but down't show any wireless networks. Restarting the NM has no effect. Manually scanning for networks via the terminal doesn't do anything. The only remedy appears to be a full reset of the machine, which you can probably imagine, is very annoying!! Needing some help with this, it is my only niggle with the whole experience. For your info I am running Ubuntu 20.04 with the 5.4.0-21generic kernel on a MacBook Pro 12,1 (early 2015 I think). Hope somebody can come up with a solution, either that or priovide a link to another thread that I may have blindly missed while I trawled through the depths of the net for the last week or so. Cheers!!!

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\-+ssssssssssssssssssyyssss+- OS: Ubuntu Focal Fossa (development

.ossssssssssssssssssdMMMNysssso. Host: MacBookPro12,1 1.0

/ssssssssssshdmmNNmmyNMMMMhssssss/ Kernel: 5.4.0-21-generic

\+ssssssssshmydMMMMMMMNddddyssssssss+ Uptime: 10 mins

/sssssssshNMMMyhhyyyyhmNMMMNhssssssss/ Packages: 2663 (dpkg), 4 (flatpak),

.ssssssssdMMMNhsssssssssshNMMMdssssssss. Shell: bash 5.0.16

\+sssshhhyNMMNyssssssssssssyNMMMysssssss+ Resolution: 1920x1200

ossyNMMMNyMMhsssssssssssssshmmmhssssssso DE: GNOME

ossyNMMMNyMMhsssssssssssssshmmmhssssssso WM: Mutter

\+sssshhhyNMMNyssssssssssssyNMMMysssssss+ WM Theme: Adwaita

.ssssssssdMMMNhsssssssssshNMMMdssssssss. Theme: Yaru-dark \[GTK2/3\]

/sssssssshNMMMyhhyyyyhdNMMMNhssssssss/ Icons: Yaru \[GTK2/3\]

\+sssssssssdmydMMMMMMMMddddyssssssss+ Terminal: gnome-terminal

/ssssssssssshdmNNNNmyNMMMMhssssss/ CPU: Intel i5-5257U (4) @ 3.100GHz

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Linux's consumer market share is about 40%!!

Definitions:

Linux = Linux Kernel

Linux System = Desktop / workstation / laptop running an operating system that uses the Linux Kernel

Consumer market share = non server operating system market share

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Linux now makes up around 40% of all consumer marketshare!!! This is due to Android using the Linux Kernel and an increasing popularity of the Linux System. For reference, Windows (Windows NT) only makes up 34.96% of all consumer market share! This makes Linux the most popular kernel!!

Source: [https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share](https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share) | Number calculated by doing Android market share percentage + Linux market share percentage

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An anonymous secure messaging system built for Linux.
https://github.com/MutexUnlocked/congenial-zephyr

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Boot Debian on a smartphone using fastboot?
https://wiki.debian.org/ChrootOnAndroid

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GitHub is now free for teams
https://github.blog/2020-04-14-github-is-now-free-for-teams/

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Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 Moving into General Availability with Improved Update Process
https://www.infoq.com/news/2020/04/wsl-2-general-availability/

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Looking for a specific tablet.

Hello, bit of a strange request I know but...

I am looking for a linux tablet (with working touch screen) that has a sim card slot or a USB port to use a 4G usb dongle, is there anything like this on the market? TIA.

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The Abstract Applications

Hi everybody! I'm one of the Abstract Developers. We are making two Linux application in Qt: a very simple office suite intended to be familiar of O365 users (O20, [https://flathub.org/apps/details/io.gitlab.o20.word](https://flathub.org/apps/details/io.gitlab.o20.word)); and a suite of abstract, strategy, and arcade games (Abstract Games, [https://snapcraft.io/abstractgames](https://snapcraft.io/abstractgames)). They were specially developed for the KDE desktop, but should work on any linux system. If you're interested, then please install them and tell us what you think. ;)

Full denoscription here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/g1bq1j/the\_abstract\_apps/](https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/g1bq1j/the_abstract_apps/).

I'm sorry if this sounded too much like an ad. This is not supposed to convince you to use our apps, just to introduce myself and gather feedback about them.

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What is your Alacritty.yml file like?

I was wondering how many people use Alacritty and how they have it configured. So, if anyone wants to paste their Alacritty.yml file I’d be interested to see what it looks like. Also, I’m very lazy and don’t want to have to change it.

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