Moving from Mac with purchased ITunes content.. What did you do?

I'm wondering for those who moved from Mac to a Linux machine, how did you handle purchased ITunes content after you switched. I've been contemplating this dilemma (and have regrets ever buying stuff on there - but that was 8+ years ago). My thought was just getting a iPod touch, but wondered what you have done.

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Mutt current account label

Is there a way to have mutt (neomutt) show a label for what account I'm on? I only use 3 accounts, so it's not crazy, but it would be nice if I could have "WORK 1" and "WORK 2" or something. Or a different color scheme per account maybe. How do you guys differentiate your accounts?

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Linux Experiences/Rants or Education/Certifications thread - April 27, 2020

Welcome to r/linux rants and experiences! This megathread is also to hear opinions from anyone just starting out with Linux or those that have used Linux (GNU or otherwise) for a long time.

Let us know what's annoying you, whats making you happy, or something that you want to get out to r/linux but didn't make the cut into a full post of it's own.

For those looking for certifications please use this megathread to ask about how to get certified whether it's for the business world or for your own satisfaction. Be sure to check out r/linuxadmin for more discussion in the SysAdmin world!

_Please keep questions in r/linuxquestions, r/linux4noobs, or the Wednesday automod thread._

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LibreOffice 7.0 drops Adobe Flash support
https://www.ghacks.net/2020/04/27/libreoffice-7-0-drops-adobe-flash-support/

https://redd.it/g8wsrl
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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Software Store can't install Flatpak apps anymore, here is how to restore the ability
https://jatan.blog/2020/04/25/how-to-install-flatpak-apps-on-ubuntu-20-04-lts/

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Manjaro 20.0 Lysia released
https://forum.manjaro.org/t/manjaro-20-0-lysia-released/138633

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Linux++ (April 26, 2020) - Front Page Linux
https://frontpagelinux.com/news/linux-april-26-2020/

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connmap - X11 desktop widget that shows location of your current network peers on a world map
https://github.com/jafarlihi/connmap

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Linux terminal chess with source
https://bigleftfooty.itch.io/winlinux-terminal-chess-with-source

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Any recommended Lunar Calendar for Linux?

I'm looking for a Lunar calendar with some kind of GUI. Something that has a panel applet or something would be awesome, but I would even love to see one that is text and terminal only.
I running Debian based distros; Debian 10, Ubuntu 18, and Linux Mint 19.


Does anyone have a recommendation for this sort of thing? I'm currently learning Python and BASH noscripting, however, I'm pretty far away from making something like this.
Right now I can draw some strange turtle pen art, but that's about it.


Thanks for your time :)

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First impressions of a $200 Linux laptop / Boing Boing
https://boingboing.net/2020/04/27/first-impressions-of-a-200-li.html

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Is there a Kernel advise call to request physical memory allocation?

Regarding the question I saw on r/Rust: [https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/g8o113/do\_vec0\_n\_and\_vecwith\_capacityn\_sometimes\_not/](https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/g8o113/do_vec0_n_and_vecwith_capacityn_sometimes_not/)

Boiling down to the crudest C, when it does malloc Linux will not allocate the memory until it's used. This is known to me and looks good. But a reasonable use would be for real-time applications to allocate memory when they know they can spare the time to do so. Having random glitches of few microseconds would not be acceptable for those purposes (Assume no swap or more than enough memory).

I know from PostgreSQL that there are calls to the kernel to "Advise" certain memory usage patterns. So my question is:

Is there any advise call to tell the kernel to "please allocate this memory if possible"?

It seems to me that this would make sense. The kernel doesn't have to do any promises or guarantees, it even might return instantly (or block). But it would seem so convenient! I would like to learn if there's something like that.

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Is there a list of applications which run on Wayland somewhere? Any alternatives to OneNote or any drawing apps?

Just got Wayland and Linux overall to work well on my surface pro 2, with an external magic trackpad 2 for cursor support. (mostly needed to turn off turbo boost and lower the graphics clocks.)

But I wanna try and use the Wacom pen a bit, but are there any drawing or note taking applications like a simpler GIMP or an alternative to OneNote?

When searching for things like this there is only posts about drawing windows and technical conversations about the Wayland protocol.

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Custom widgets in GTK 4 – Layout
https://blog.gtk.org/2020/04/27/custom-widgets-in-gtk-4-layout/

https://redd.it/g99n16
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Alpine Linux reset everytime I reboot

Hi everyone, Im playing with my raspberry pi 3.

I installed Alpine linux but every time I shut down or reboot the system deletes all the config and files. It is like reseting all the system.

I don't know what is happening. Anyone can give me a hand?

I tried with ARMv7 and ARMHF systems

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Which Desktop Environments can compete in sophistication with Windows or MacOS?

Among all Desktop Environments, few little can compete in sophistication (and good looking) against Windows or MacOS environments. Honestly, I can only think in Plasma and maybe Deepin as competitors. Any other feels something cheap. Is there any other DE you can consider a good looking enviroment with many customization options and GUI system configurations as Windows or MacOS?

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A couple of questions about Lubuntu

Installed Lubuntu on a PC trying to revive an old laptop from 2006, mostly having it as a streaming station to watch TV with. Couple of questions:

1. What is the best browser for streaming online videos, such as Twitch or any other browser based streams? I prefer lightweight over features, my laptop barely streams choppily, drops frame rate and takes forever to start loading those videos on Firefox. I'm unable to install Chrome because my laptop is 32 bit and not 64 bit.
2. What is the best way to connect to a Chromecast, for both online stream or playing a .avi or .mkv file off a USB drive?

Thanks everyone.

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Problems in Linux not related to popularity?

I've come to realize that many of the problems GNU+Linux faces are at least partly due to its relative lack of popularity in consumer OSes. For example, they say that they use Windows because they like to game or Mac because it requires little technical skill. People poke fun at GNU+Linux because at times one must compile a piece of software from source. Another argument is that drivers are sometimes not as available/reliable on GNU+Linux as Windows.

These things generally hark back to Linux's popularity. Software developers don't want to bother to develop for Linux if not many people will use it. Hardware manufacturers may not find it in their interest to release drivers for Linux for the same reasons.

So I guess my question is this: what are some problems with GNU+Linux that are not necessarily related to its relative lack of popularity in the consumer realm?

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Software/Driver Licensing Question

If I'm a software company that wants to distribute a closed-source driver, what would be the correct license to get the driver producer to agree to? No exchange of money here, we just need to make sure the license allows us to distribute their driver (which unfortunately is closed-source but it's all we have to work with).

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this is prolly everyday for you vets...

...but this foxxo sucessfully:
- logged into a server
- moved a folder over ~~(i may or may not have mounted said server as a drive, didnt wanna ftp)~~
- and sucessfully edited, saved, and exited a file in vim :D

https://redd.it/g9fer6
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Linux File System 101
https://medium.com/@smohajer85/linux-file-system-101-894141449257

https://redd.it/g8n92z
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