This popped up when I tried installing crouton via the terminal.
https://redd.it/g212ij
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Why don't some websites work on Linux?

I'm not talking about failing to load because of something weird with network configuration, I'm talking about not letting you use the site because of Linux, or constantly telling you to "upgrade to a supported OS"

For example, Xfinity's Stream wouldn't work if you used Linux. It works now, but why didn't it used to work?

Same thing with this site: [https://www.pearsonmylabandmastering.com/](https://www.pearsonmylabandmastering.com/) we use it for math in high school, and when you go there on Linux, a popup comes up that says Linux isn't supported. Why does the OS matter? I can understand popups about outdated browsers, but the OS being the problem doesn't make sense to me.
I feel like just changing your user agent would fix this (I'm yet to test it)

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“Quick, take the guy on the left, I’ve got the...the, damned blue screen again.”
https://redd.it/g21k86
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GitHub slashes prices and makes all its ‘core’ features free
https://www.fastcompany.com/90490727/github-slashes-prices-and-makes-all-its-core-features-free

https://redd.it/g2504x
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Screen brightness AND temperature on oled screen

Hi all. I've recently bought a Dell xps 15 7590 with 4k oled screen, installed arch and was wondering if there is any way I could adjust screen brightness and temperature at the same time. I was always using f.lux back on my mac to make screen warmer so that it's easier on my eyes while also keeping brightness at around 50%. So on linux default brightness controls don't work for oled screens (values in /sys/class/backlight/intel\_backlight/ are changing but make no effect) and I started changing it manually with xrandr, which I'm okay with. The problem is that Night Color (kde) and f.lux are changing it back to 100% once in a while which makes them useless for me. I know that I could change gamma with xrandr but it's suboptimal because white color doesn't get warmer at all, it just makes grey ugly brownish. I didn't find any answer in google so decided to ask you guys. If this is not a proper sub please redirect me. Any info is much appreciated

https://redd.it/g250d2
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Swipe gestures to turn up the volume

I'm recently have installed ubuntu and I miss the swipe four fingers up to turn up volume like it was on my windows trackpad, I followed a tutorial in a video but I can't find a command to do this (the video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArBCfhVsTZw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArBCfhVsTZw)) I already have the gestures app installed.

https://redd.it/g26n4f
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Would you use a Microsoft-created Windows compatibility layer? Why or why not?

I just had this idea in my head that a few years ago I would have thought impossible, but now I'm not so sure. With how much Microsoft seems to be embracing Linux, what would you do if they made an alternative to WINE with near 100% compatibility? Would you use it? What if it was a paid or subnoscription service? Really curious what people would think of this as it doesn't sound as crazy of an idea as it used to. Granted, I still think its highly unlikely, but I just can't imagine it as impossible anymore.

https://redd.it/g27wzd
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Switch To Linux Cheat Sheet - Windows/Mac Exclusive Apps Alternative
https://www.yourtechshow.com/2019/07/switch-to-linux-cheat-sheet-windowsmac.html?m=1

https://redd.it/g27cba
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The KWinFT project - KWin fork
https://subdiff.org/blog/2020/the-k-win-ft-project/

https://redd.it/g24hf3
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I've got a colleague that refuses to use Windows

Hi all, I'm not sure it is the right subreddit.

I work in a company that mainly makes software but we also do some mechanical stuff (I think they use AutoCad). We have some very qualified engineers for that part of the work. We also use some other programs that the Company has paid a lot of money (I can't remember which ones). Unfortunately non of those can work on Linux.

The rest of the work (software development) is done on Linux but our engineers and managers switch on Windows when they want to use those expensive programs. For example, to change things, etc. Now, we have this guy who refuses to use those programs that the company has bought because he hates Windows. Instead, he finds alternatives that work on Linux and sometimes are not compatible in terms of the exported-final files which means the company ends up with bunch of different files that are not compatible between them.

And the rest of the team does not have so much expertise as they do on the other expensive programs. We are talking about licenses here and programs that are on the top lists on well-paid positions in big companies. The company didn't mind to pay at all back then when they started business and they will pay again to continue using those programs. It's all about quality and of course, support. And of course the cooperation between other companies that uses the same programs. It's a standard in the market I guess. And why he does that? Because nobody says anything. Lack of management I think?

I came here to ask, how normal is that behaviour? People who use Linux daily, have you done something similar?

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exfat-utils-1.0.1 initial version released
https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/4/8/1014

https://redd.it/g2c0s7
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Dual boot alternative
https://redd.it/g2crk9
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GNOME Shell UX Plans – GNOME Shell & Mutter
https://blogs.gnome.org/shell-dev/2020/04/15/gnome-shell-ux-plans/

https://redd.it/g2dmc8
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autokernel v0.9.1 released | A tool to autodetect and manage kernel configuration options
https://github.com/oddlama/autokernel

https://redd.it/g2ccjz
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Bountysource campaign to complete the M680x0 backend for LLVM
https://www.bountysource.com/issues/90829856-llvm-complete-the-m68000-backend-so-it-can-be-merged-upstream

https://redd.it/g2ed8y
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Wayland surface fullscreen unredirect support arrives in GNOME's Mutter
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/-/merge_requests/798/commits

https://redd.it/g2g99z
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Debian installer with gnuradio
https://hackaday.com/tag/dragonos/

https://redd.it/g2dotm
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Plasma's unprecedented browser-desktop integration project just got an update!
https://blog.broulik.de/2020/04/plasma-browser-integration-1-7-5/

https://redd.it/g2j0t9
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openSUSE Tumbleweed Is Now Available on AWS Marketplace
https://9to5linux.com/opensuse-tumbleweed-is-now-available-on-aws-marketplace

https://redd.it/g2jz2f
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VirtualBox 6.1.6 released with support for Linux 5.6
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog-6.1#v6

https://redd.it/g2nyal
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What do the developers add to the Linux kernel?

Hello everyone !

I have been using Linux for like a year and a half, and I am definitely never ever switching back to windows unless there is a gun to my head (even then I will think about it :P ) .

Anyway , all jokes aside I don't have all the required knowledge yet, to know the answer to the question :

"What do they improve on the kernel? "

The kernel is still being developed and will be for many years to come for sure.. But in my mind , you develop something up until you get a stable release and eliminate bugs.

So what are they improving? Are they fixing bugs? Ofc bugs could come up and they need to be dealt with , but are they so many in terms of numbers that the kernel keeps going?

Is it ever going to stop being developed?

Cheers :)

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