Interesting features unique to linux operating system

I need to write a short piece about an interesting feature within the linux operating system, can anyone recommend some features that are interesting about linux? Preferably one that is not as well known but can still be able to write a good bit about. (3-4 paragraphs)

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Pacman package manager taking untrusted input as root
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2020/q2/45

https://redd.it/g8lpam
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Snaps are neat

I like the ideea of having a stable system and certain packages up to date. In fact I need this to do my job.

As a dev I like the concept that I can distribute my product to multiple distros with just snaps. No matter the licence I chosen!

As a Linux desktop user, I like the fact we are trying new things. We are not always stuck in our comfort zone. I want the Linux Desktop to become more popular and that is never going to happen with "sudo apt install".
Dont want things to change?! Fine, but I do. Choose a more traditional distro, like Debian.

As a dev having personal projects I would like to sell my software and I think with snaps I would be able to do that in the future. But not with apt etc.

I also understand that snaps are still WIP, so we need to have some patience and appreciate that progress is made.


edit: I guess hating anything canonical does is still cool.

https://redd.it/g8q2l9
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Copyleft and the Cloud - a talk on the nature of FLOSS licensing in the Cloud-based world.
https://archive.org/details/copyleftconf2020-allison

https://redd.it/gakc3i
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Why isn't Ubuntu touch as successful as Android if both are based on linux?

As far as I know, the projects like Pinephone are still struggling with a lot of problems such as getting camera working etc, while Android had all of these essential functionalities even back in 10 years ago. What is the reason?

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Surprisingly, Ubuntu suggests installing missing firmware from Debian
https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/installation-guide/amd64/ch06s04.html

https://redd.it/g8bijo
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HELP!!! why is home symlink to /System/Volumes/Data/home ????
https://redd.it/gany40
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How to play MIDI files on Linux with Timidity or VLC (Spanish)
https://invidio.us/watch?v=7k6d2RnpRak

https://redd.it/g78sxk
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Moving to Linux Phone

Hi Everyone

Im at a bit of a crossroads at the moment.

I cant choose whice OS to use, whice then determines what phone i also buy.

My brain as a cyber student has already chosen but my heart is not in to the 1st choice mainly because it's a google phone and I cant find any information about back doors within the hardware?

so here goes my list. if anyone can persuade me to make a decision base on their experience would be great. I'm looking to run a linux phone as my daily. I have already been through all information and know what apps I need and dont. I'll be using it for Phone calls, SMS, internet base apps. Pretty much getting away from google services, and any tracking that can be done.

1st choice. GrapheneOS with Pixal 3 or 3a

2nd Choice. /e/ (eelo) with Galaxy S9 or oneplus7 or xiomi or maybe nexus 6 or moto g4

3rd Choice. Pinephone

4th choice. LineageOS

Any help would be much appreciated.

Cheers

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AMD or Nvidia GPU for Linux

TL;DR: How does Nvidia perform on Linux in 2020?

2 years ago I bought a Vega 56 and sold my GTX 1070 because no matter what I did, I only had problems with Nvidia on Linux like screen tearing and sluggish DE performance. I am dual booting with Windows because I use Windows only programs professionally and my favorite games don't run in Linux. The Vega 56 does a formidable job on both operating systems but now it's time for an upgrade, so I was thinking about getting a Sapphire Nitro+ RX 5700 XT. However, I hear bad things about the Windows driver, black screens, game and system crashes. So my question is if Nvidia has improved on Linux and if a 2070 Super would be an alternative. Thanks for your help!

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Krusader, KDE's powerful file manager, is 20 years old today. Krusader is ideal for power users, offering advanced searches, total control via keyboard and root mode. The newest version also incorporates inbuilt panel filtering/searching.
https://krusader.org/

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Finally! Realtek 8723de wireless adapter works in Ubuntu 20.04
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1780590

https://redd.it/gasqt0
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Gamma Text Editor - overview (Beta 0.0.2) - Progress update

[https://gitlab.com/hamadmarri/gamma-text-editor](https://gitlab.com/hamadmarri/gamma-text-editor)

Gamma (Γ) is a lightweight text editor. It is meant to be an alternative to Gedit or Notepad++. Although the current implementation is tested on linux under Gnome desktop environment, Gamma can run on Linux, Windows, and Mac if dependencies are installed (see Dependencies section below). Gamma uses GTK3 (cross-platform GUI toolkit) and PyGObject which is a Python package that provides bindings for GObject based libraries such as GTK, GStreamer, WebKitGTK, GLib, GIO and many more.

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Release Notes:

[https://gitlab.com/hamadmarri/gamma-text-editor/-/releases/v0.0.2](https://gitlab.com/hamadmarri/gamma-text-editor/-/releases/v0.0.2)

* Save as file
* Flatpak
* Show welcome page when run the first time
* typing assistant enhancement
* Scroll the text by pressing CTRL+Arrow-Keys
* Abstract way to communicate with other plugins
* Bottom panel
* Output plugin
* Open more than one window
* Files listing visibility able to be toggled
* Help pages
* Welcome page

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Your thoughts please

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Custom widgets in GTK 4 – Input
https://blog.gtk.org/2020/04/29/custom-widgets-in-gtk-4-input/

https://redd.it/gaopc3
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KSOS - an OS by ACM IIT Roorkee to help in learning OS Development

For the past several months, the members of IIT Roorkee ACM Student Chapter were busy building their very own OS from scratch.

They have released v1.0.0 of KSOS, as well as open-sourced it to encourage external collaborations and learning of OS development!

Check out the code on GitHub:
[https://github.com/acmiitr/KSOS](https://github.com/acmiitr/KSOS).

Read about their OS Development journey:
[https://medium.com/@acmiitr/journey-to-the-core-of-the-computer-df40421acb1c](https://medium.com/@acmiitr/journey-to-the-core-of-the-computer-df40421acb1c)

https://redd.it/gava24
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Security on User-Space file systems

I had a quick question about user-space file systems. How is the security of a system affected on a user-space file system?

I understand what a user space file system does, but I'm not too sure how that makes a system more secure. This is just a guess, but is it because it only allows the user to be able to access the files or something like that?

https://redd.it/gaw29a
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The Monado OpenXR runtime now has an out of process compositor
https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/service-process-and-out-of-process-compositing-in-monado.html

https://redd.it/gawvfz
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I created Tux pixelart and I public it on CC-0 license.

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https://preview.redd.it/tcdonqxw4yv41.png?width=250&format=png&auto=webp&s=c98a37db63251c8ecee3db95775048006a13c6d7

So this is my Tux pixelart. You can do with it anything you want. :)

[Repo](https://github.com/samedamci/linux_tech_tips/blob/master/assets/img/tux_icon.png) with license and original resolution.I use this art on this simple [page](https://linuxtechtips.netlify.app/) placeholder. In future in this place I want to public some tips for Linux beginners.

https://redd.it/gauc7n
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Cartesi Layer 2 Blockchain X Linux - Forges Partnership with Matic Network
https://medium.com/cartesi/cartesi-partners-with-matic-for-testnet-integration-and-r-d-7372ecbbc262

https://redd.it/gb025s
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googler v4.1 is released! Google from the terminal!
https://github.com/jarun/googler/releases/tag/v4.1

https://redd.it/gayf4i
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Is there any way to install the (one of the oldest) Kornshell 88 version?

So I have Windows 10 installed on my job PC.

The project we are working on uses kornshell noscripts to do some export and file handling in production environments. The thing is, to migrate all the noscripts to some newer version or completely re-write them in some other noscript language would be very very costly (nearly impossible).

So I installed on my Windows machine WSL (Windows subsystem for Linux / Ubuntu distro) and inside it installed ksh.I did this to at least be able to test the noscript changes somehow. But the negative thing is the earliest version for this Ubuntu Kornshell is 93 and the one they use on their production machines is ksh 88. There are a lot of syntax differences between the two versions.

I assume it would also be costly to migrate to the newest Kornshell version. Since the flow for the noscript changes to reach the production environments is quite lengthy the best way is to somehow find a way to install ksh88 on my local machine for testing.

So back to the actual question is there any repository or some installation on the internet from where I can install the 88 version of Kornshell?

Or is it possible for example to install some Unix distro (as a VM) that would come with that version of Kornshell already installed?

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