My first time answering a question!

As a beginner in GNU/Linux command line and Python, it felt nice to post my first ever answer on a community like stack overflow compared to being the one asking a question.
I even got my first upvote!
Am I a CoNtRiBuToR now?

https://stackoverflow.com/a/65532196/14923390

https://redd.it/koi2v2
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Linux on a Nexus 5X (bullhead) phone

Hello,

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Does anyone know know of any Linux distro that works on a Nexus 5X?

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I've searched quite a lot but I wasn't able to find one, except for Plasma Mobile which I did manage to successfully install (after making quite a few fixes in the installation noscript) but I found out that support for the bullhead was discontinued and the repos for it were not available anymore.

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I don't have any kind of use for this phone anymore but I would very much like to bring some life into it and make it interesting and fun again (so that rules out Android).

https://redd.it/kojlzx
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Gdu - fast disk usage analyzer

Hello,
I would like to introduce you a new project, which I have started last year.

It's called Gdu - Disk Usage Analyzer written in Go - https://github.com/dundee/gdu

Why to start a new project when there is ncdu, du...etc? Well I really like the user interface of ncdu, but I thought that maybe it could be a bit faster and more portable. So I tried to implement some basic funcionality of ncdu in Go, which I thought could be very good match for this type of project. And it looks like it works well - see the benchmarks!

Anyway, since I am quite new to running open-source project and developing in Go, I will be very glad for any feedback. Thanks!

https://redd.it/kokhoc
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Running Linux faster , misc. issues, and game dev stuff

I dual boot Fedora on my computer (Dell G7 15). I quite like Fedora but there are some issues I'm running into that I'd like help with.

1) I can't install the newest version of Fedora, I keep getting a message saying Linux can't be updated. Might this be because of low disk space where Linux is installed?

2) Fedora is installed on my HDD and so it's quite slow to start up. Usually after that it's fine, but if I'm running a few things at a time it can get a bit laggy.

My SSD is 256GB and Windows and a couple of programs are on there.

I want Fedora to run faster. Should I save up for a new hard drive and a higher spec computer, delete some of my files and move Fedora to Windows, or just keep it on the HDD? There's a way to have programs install on the HDD and have Fedora's main files on the SDD, correct?

3) I'm willing to put effort into getting programs to work, but sometimes I spend an hour or two looking up how to get stuff like Lutris and Unity to actually work, trying different things, and nothing works. Should I be looking on different places when I research? Could someone help me with a couple of things that might be more "basic"?

tl:dr; I'd like help with more basic/intermediate Linux stuff, in addition to tips on gettig Fedora to run faster, and I'm looking for help or where to go to for help.

https://redd.it/komsxh
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Read HDD temperature without interrupting spindown timeout

I want to record my harddisk temperature as long as it is in operation, but I don't want the spindown timeout to be interrupted (the harddisk should automatically go into 'standby' after 30 minutes) I have already tried it with smartctl but it interrupts the timeout and hddtemp supposedly does not recognize any temperature sensors does anyone know any other programs with which I can read the temperature?

https://redd.it/kolnhr
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Linux Time

Downloading my first Linux operating system (Ubuntu) on a Japanese computer. I know my keyboard is already not going to match up... A learning adventure begins. Any favorite tools I should add to this new computer? I would like to learn coding with this machine if I can figure out how to use it.

https://redd.it/kopikf
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Linux Newbie

Hi All, I’m an old bloke who has been messing around with computers for years. I have an old laptop that has a stuffed battery but is still in reasonable condition which I have installed Ubuntu on. Is this the right forum to seek answers and assistance with learning the OS and to get help with anything that doesn’t work the way I expect it to? So far from what I’ve seen it awesome, I don’t know why the world doesn’t run Ubuntu.

https://redd.it/kokmjo
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Docker container apache doesnt want to execute CGI perl noscript

I have a docker container set up with a working apache server and a noscript in /usr/local/apache2/cgi-bin. When i go to `ip_adress:8080/cgi-bin/shipping.pl` i get the source code of the perl noscript. I have made it in httpd.conf so that noscripts should be executed. Any help is greatly appreciated

httpd.conf

<Directory "/usr/local/apache2/cgi-bin">
AllowOverride None
Options +ExecCGI
AddHandler cgi-noscript .cgi .pl
Require all granted
</Directory>

perl noscript

#!/usr/bin/perl

# load module
use DBI;

# connect
my $dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:Pg:dbname=shipping;host=192.168.56.3", "postgres", "Snuffie101", {'RaiseError' => 1});

# execute SELECT query
my $sth = $dbh->prepare("SELECT * FROM surnames");
$sth->execute();

# iterate through resultset
# print values
while(my $ref = $sth->fetchrow_hashref()) {
print "Content-Type: text/html\n\n";
print "<h1>Welkom $ref->{'surname'}<h1>";
}

# clean up
$dbh->disconnect();

Dockerfile

FROM httpd:2.4
RUN apt-get update
RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND="noninteractive" apt-get install --yes apache2
RUN apt-get install --yes perl
RUN perl -MCPAN -e "install DBI"
RUN perl -MCPAN -e "install DBD::Pg"
RUN a2enmod cgid
COPY shipping.pl /usr/local/apache2/cgi-bin/
RUN chmod 755 /usr/local/apache2/cgi-bin/shipping.pl
COPY httpd.conf /usr/local/apache2/conf/httpd.conf

https://redd.it/koh9tc
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Different CPU Times: Linux operating systems ‘top’

CPU consumption in Linux operating systems is studied using eight different metrics: User CPU time, System CPU time, nice CPU time, Idle CPU time, Waiting CPU time, Hardware Interrupt CPU time, Software Interrupt CPU time, Stolen CPU time. Let’s review each of the CPU time in this article. https://dzone.com/articles/different-cpu-times-unixlinux-top

https://redd.it/korqye
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Steam Hardware Survey for December 2020

First off i would like to say happy new year that I hope you guys are as crazy as I am about the long awaited sequel to 2020, 2020-II:Electric Boogaloo.

If you happen to be greek i hope you won this year's Vasilopita :)

Now let's get on with the survey:

Link: [https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Software-Survey-Welcome-to-Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Software-Survey-Welcome-to-Steam)

Interesting things happened in the OS and Language space, It seems like the chinese Steam client launched because people who use the language of Simplified Chinese are up, and now it seems people in china have taken the top spot.


|Simplified Chinese|47.18%|\+30.22%|
|:-|:-|:-|
|English|25.63%|\-16.23%|

With that we got a crazy user increase on Windows... **7 ?!**

|Windows 10 64 bit|69.40%|\-19.88%|
|:-|:-|:-|
|Windows 7 64 bit|26.74%|\+22.35%|

Of course that means that linux percentage got down considerably.

|Linux|0.57%|\-0.33%|
|:-|:-|:-|
|Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS 64 bit|0.14%|\-0.07%|
|"Arch Linux" 64 bit|0.06%|\-0.04%|
|"Manjaro Linux" 64 bit|0.06%|\-0.04%|

Does that mean that over all less people are playing on linux? Probably not, however it is interesting to see the affect china has had on the store. Maybe there isn't a Chinese client available for Deepin Linux or linux users of china in general.

Steam does not seem to provide the raw numbers and instead provides just percentages.

**More in depth linux stuff**

Link: [https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Software-Survey-Welcome-to-Steam?platform=linux](https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Software-Survey-Welcome-to-Steam?platform=linux)

* There are more Arch users using Steam than Manjaro users using Steam
* Most popular distro for steam users is \*drum roll\* "other" with 53.23% using it.
* AMD is slowly overtaking Intel though honestly that is global.
* 1920x1080p is still on top and will stay on top ~~even though 1920x1200p and 16:10 is frankly better.~~
* Radeon RX480 is on top but going down. I cant see what is on the second entry because it seems to be broken.
* Networking speed and Microphones seem to be broken(Globally). And Valve should fix that.
* Users of Simplified Chinese are at 0.82%. So either chinese users do not use linux, OR there is no readily available chinese client.

https://redd.it/kotsn5
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[Repost] One bash command to search file in system with fzf/dmenu/rofi and get share link on fly using CURL. (Look first comment for complete text explanation)

https://redd.it/kosz4h
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Trying to port Ubuntu Touch

I'm planning to port Ubuntu Touch to a device not already ported by UB ports. As this is my first adventure into trying such porting, I want to know what minimum system configuration I could use to comfortably do this.

I have a laptop with 16GM ram, 1TB HDD, i5 processor. When I checked the documentation it just said more ram and faster processor are better. Can any one throw some light on it ?

https://redd.it/kourqt
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Looking for a time scheduling / task management program, geared more towards Home & Personal life rather than solely work-oriented. I feel like there's gotta be something decent out there, but I just can't find it.

So I'm in the early stages of getting over an addiction, and to help myself stay clean, I want to follow the classic suggestion of planning each day in a super detailed manner, to keep practically every minute minute accounted for. Idle hands are the devils plaything and all, y'know. So I'm looking for a program that'll let me nicely schedule out my entire day with everything from chores to grooming/skincare routine to exercise and hobbies, making music, programming projects (whether just for fun, or whenever I get a job again [hopefully soon\] ), school (I'm talking online classes towards a data science masters), etc. I've found a couple of neat programs with a lot of features, but they all seem VERY focused on ONLY Work stuff, not home/personal stuff. Am I SOL and gonna have to do it in windows or old fashioned in a journal with pen and ink? I'd appreciate anyone heading me in the right direction, I suppose if one doesn't exist, that could potentially just be another possible project and item to put on my resume in the future.

https://redd.it/kovz5a
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This is a one page quick reference cheat sheet to the GNU awk

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https://preview.redd.it/3t163ggbtt861.png?width=2276&format=png&auto=webp&s=351346d5cf08049050286b2bab452e78e13a0a41

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Which covers commonly used awk expressions and commands, it's good for beginners. https://quickref.me/awk

https://redd.it/koodep
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Distro recomendation

Hey guys, Happy New Year to all!

Found my first laptop (from 2005 or 2007 if I'm not mistaken) and thinking about refurbishing it to make it reusable again.

Specs aren't that great:
Sony Vaio VGN-N365E - Intel Core2Duo T2450 with 1GB RAM.

I've tried to boot it and got a "no OS found" message which led me to open the laptop and realize that past me had already snagged the HD for another purpose (I have got a spare 120GB SATA II SSD which will do fine).

That been said, looking for a lightweight Linux Distro to revamp this machine and make it usable again. It has a Windows Vista license which I've never made use of due to the fact that it was Windows Vista (🤡)
(at the time I was forced to downgrade to Windows XP due to the low RAM specs and that won't fly nowadays).

Here are some pics just because

http://imgur.com/gallery/f2NRVU4

https://redd.it/kox0gt
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How to monitor CPU utilization in Linux
https://dev.to/shaikh/how-to-monitor-cpu-utilization-in-linux-5aeb

https://redd.it/konppo
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Open Source Distributed Systems?

Hi there and happy NY!

I continue learning distributed systems. I've just read [1\] and I'm planning to implement something working for edicational purposes (using Linux as an underlying layer - so that's why I'm here).

My problem is that I haven't found enough well-designed things (except [2\] and [3\]) related to this subject.

Could you point me to any open source solutions you think I should pay attention to?

Any help is appreciated.

[1\] Steen M. van and Tanenbaum A. Distributed Systems.

[2\] Stenman E. The Erlang Runtime System.

[3\] Open MPI documentation.

https://redd.it/knwalb
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This week in KDE: Happy new year!
https://pointieststick.com/2021/01/02/this-week-in-kde-happy-new-year/

https://redd.it/kozuqk
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Problems with microphone

A microphone I bought arrived today, I plugged it in, and after some time it worked (although it was too low and has some echo, but it happens in Windows too).

When I unplugged it, it caused some screeching loud noise. I don't know why but I just restart pulseaudio and moved on.

Now my sound input appears to be broken because that happens with my internal microphone (it worked fine before).

Please, someone help. I already tried removing the '~/.config/pulse' folder and fiddling with settings in pavucontrol. I don't know what else to try!

https://redd.it/kp11ei
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Looking for people that know Linux

So we opened a discord server about programming the server is mostly international with English speakers mainly from India and West Africa , and my friend made this section about Operating systems but we do lack the ability and need someone to look at it and possibly be a mod eventually.also a person is posting links to Linux and we can't figure out if they are legit.

https://redd.it/kp09zk
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Clang based OpenMandriva Lx 4.2 RC (Release Candidate) released with Kernel 5.10, PHP 8.0.0 and better support for aarch64 (pinebook pro, pinephone or raspberry pi)
https://www.openmandriva.org/en/news/article/openmandriva-lx-4-2-rc-available-for-testing

https://redd.it/kp4qkb
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