Proton Has Brought About 6000 Games to Linux So Far
https://boilingsteam.com/proton-brought-about-6000-games-to-linux-so-far/

https://redd.it/g4s03y
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Linux - Transcendent Delight

I'm here to share my absolute delight and elation regarding Linux in particular and OSS in general. Although I have been using Linux at home for over a decade now, I have never felt as elated and happy about its functioning and performance as recently.

1. I have a relatively beefy rig, and started using KVM - VFIO passthrough solutions a few months back, to pass-through my Nvidia GPU to setup a new Windows VM. I run Manjaro KDE on the host. I got into this setup, as I wanted to start playing some games on Windows and setup some gaming for my kid. I didn't want to dual boot because that's so last decade. Had to learn about VFIO, QEMU and stuff like that a bit, but the Linux kernel with its build in KVM is an absolute fantastic piece of software. The optimizations that can be put in to achieve near identical performance on a VM close to bare metal is phenomenal. After some iterations of which configuration to use for my Windows VM, I finally settled on something I'm really happy about. I also use this VM to game stream all my games to any computer or TV in the house or play VR. During all this reconfiguration and reinstall of the VM's, the host Manjaro OS (could be any other distro) has been rock solid, amazing and performing like a champ. Getting a keyboard-mouse sharing tool like Barrier to work between host and VM is an icing on the cake and a sublime experience.
2. All other machines at home(excluding work laptops), including desktops and laptops at home for other family run Linux. My Media server, VPN server, adblocking server, file sharing servers all run Linux. My entire computing platform right now is Linux.

I wish to do many more projects to improve my quality of life in the future. But as someone who likes to get geeky interacting with computers and computing in general, Linux has been a game changer and offers unrivaled potential. Thanks to various communities around Linux and OSS around the interwebs that have helped umpteen of us in the past and would support us in the future.

P.S. Although I do play a few games on Linux using Steam and Proton, I haven't explored Linux's gaming potential fully yet. Something to do in the near future :)

https://redd.it/g4tt43
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first time using linux today :)

and I loved it! I kept on breaking my head over how to get discord installed, I had the .deb but was trying to run the setup, after an hour a friend told me it's already installed and there's no setup ur anything ts just 1 click and it's installed and I'm like WHAT THIS IS SO EASY

not yet ready to completely switch to Linux yet as I have files to back up and want to get some more experience first, but I absolutely love it!

https://redd.it/g4wk8v
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Basemark GPU now with linux support and a flatpak!

Basemark GPU is a professional evaluation tool to evaluate and compare graphics performance across mobile and desktop platforms. Uniquely, it supports all major graphics APIs and operating systems.

[https://www.basemark.com/benchmarks/basemark-gpu/](https://www.basemark.com/benchmarks/basemark-gpu/)

https://redd.it/g4wm72
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Hacking: Networking and Security (2 Books in 1: Hacking with Kali Linux & Networking for Beginners)
https://ethical-hack1.blogspot.com/2020/04/hacking-networking-and-security-2-books.html?m=1

https://redd.it/g4yxu5
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ZFS Guide

Hey,

I have a server with 16GB of ram, 256GB SSD, 1TB HDD, i5 6400. I want to use it as Plex server where everything is stored on GDrive.
I want to have the SSD as cache for the HDD, speed is important. I wanted to use an Linux alternative to primocache but basically found myself in a maze. I found bcache and ZFS as the main options but couldn't find how to install ZFS as ssd cache etc.

I'm quite the Linux noob and don't have much experience with storage.

Thanks for all your help in advance!

https://redd.it/g50f06
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Getting Into Linux

I'm planning on getting a new computer within the next 2 months or so and plan to get Linux because I've heard it is very very secure and has lots of options compared to other operating systems. Is there anything I should know that would maybe turn me off of the OS before I get it? I'm no computer genius but I know quite a lot about technology and how computers work so I'd assume setup (coupled with Youtube tutorials and friends who have experience) wouldn't be an issue.

tl;dr even though it wasn't long

I wanna get Linux on my new PC, should I know anything first that would make me not want to do this?

https://redd.it/g509k1
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Linux Basics for Hackers: Getting Started with Networking, Scripting, and Security in Kali
https://ethical-hack1.blogspot.com/2020/04/linux-basics-for-hackers-getting.html?m=1

https://redd.it/g52mhx
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This came through my FB feed.
https://redd.it/g53ntf
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Global hotkeys to control mute/unmute state of Zoom for Xorg

Using this app a lot in these COVID-19 times, and since I have a mechanical keyboard, for the sake of others I'm usually muted. But I often forget that and speak up, only to recall later that I have to switch to the Zoom window and hit unmute :/

So I wrote this tiny noscript, bundle it with a global hotkey you can set using xbindkeys and voila! You can mute/unmute Zoom regardless of your current window.

I thought it will be useful for others, since my friends and colleagues suffer from the same problem...

(Works on Xorg)

[https://github.com/Jongy/zoom\_unmuter](https://github.com/Jongy/zoom_unmuter)

https://redd.it/g52igv
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Why the MIT license is much more used then GPL-3?
https://medium.com/@gustavopinto/why-the-mit-license-is-much-more-used-then-gpl-3-2b3fa4271d6b

https://redd.it/g55t4t
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Thoughts / Suggestions on my desktop layout?
https://redd.it/g56a9a
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Here's some go I wrote to "replicate" vim/iterm/screens split behavior in tmux
https://redd.it/g59pdr
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When will systemd-homed come to a distro near you?

Hey guys any idea when systemd-homed will be implemented into distros? Perhaps Ubuntu 20.10?

I think the way in which our home folders will now be encrypted on suspend rather than a full hibernation and portable home directories are a ludicrously genius solution.

I am not technical to implement it on my own, so I'd like to have it as an out-of-a-box support.

https://redd.it/g5aj83
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Your Opinion - What if Linux and GNU Switched To CC0

Creative Commons 0 (CC0) is a license that essentially releases to the work into public domain in countries where the concept of public domain exists and gives a public-domain-like permissive license in countries where there is no public domain or rights can't be waived.

I am a strong believer in the idea of CC0 over GPL because I think we as a society should be able to benefit off of each other's work without restriction. Bare in mind, I am also heavily against profiteering off of such work and am aware of the pitfalls in what would be redistribution for a fee or in other words, preying on ignorance.

I am trying to see what the general Linux community thinks regarding CC0, its benefits, its cons, and whether they think it would be an overall gain to society if GNU, Linux, and more were to switch to this model of release. What would be the long term effects, how would society improve or fall apart as a result of this cataclysmic shift? haha

In my opinion CC0 code is "true" open source if there was such thing.

https://redd.it/g59odr
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NixOS 20.03 Markhor has been released
https://nixos.org/nixos/manual/release-notes.html#sec-release-20.03

https://redd.it/g5cndo
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Webdav and FBX files?

So I just set up my workstation, all configured, so time to work, right?

Wrong.

For some reason I can't read fbx off of my davfs2 mounted NAS. Every other file type (including .zip with copies of all those FBX files) is working perfectly fine. JPGs, PNGs, you mention it. All good. But not FBX for some reason. Of course I tried googling it (DDG, but still), but no results.

That of course blocks my work, cause if I can't copy/read/import FBXs, I'm unable to perform.

Anyone had similar problems? Maybe solution?

https://redd.it/g5cvez
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Minimal Gentoo on Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion 15 Notebook PC/1970, BIOS F.07 07/03/2013 with Custom Kernel Optimized for Low Ram Usage (This is the best i can do for now. Suggestions?)
https://redd.it/g5dq55
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This LINUX News 2020 YouTube stream looks a bit dubious
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FdfwdjygRA

https://redd.it/g5f5i2
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Installing Linux on an old thin client

Hello! I happen to own an old WYSE thin client. Currently it runs Windows XP (and does so quite well).

I was wondering if it's possible to install a modern Linux distro onto it (preferably Ubuntu or Fedora flavours), to make it a somewhat up-to-date computer. Problem is it only has 4 gigabyte IDE flash for storage and i cant upgrade it.

Here are some other specs:

* CPU: Sempron 210U (Single-core, 64bit)
* RAM: 2 gigabytes
* GPU: ATI X1200 series
* Storage: 4 gigabyte IDE flash

P.S.: I can install server version, but configuring it for the desktop use is utterly painful, so i dont wanna do that.

https://redd.it/g5f61n
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"Linux" Youtube channel making scams

I found this on my feed today from a channel simply named "Linux", its a scam and should be reported if you look at the other videos they are nothing related, besides any "BTC giveaway" is pretty much scam nobody is going to give you money out of nowhere.

https://preview.redd.it/p74uamfrr6u41.png?width=1267&format=png&auto=webp&s=6d6fdf5611507f3cda0e509bcffb18de20b4f2b7

https://redd.it/g5gtui
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