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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families of Linux

I saw this periodic table of Linux on the distro watch website
https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=family-tree

and I just wanted to hear from some people about which families of Linux you like the most and why...
I use Mint now.. I like it because it is easy, well kept up, quite a bit of software and it runs pretty good on my older laptops I see from the table it is in the Debian family

https://redd.it/kp5b2h
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I wrote a simple bash noscript which web scrape 1337x and give me torrents in dmenu/fzf/rofi. So I simply start downloading anything with just clicks.

https://redd.it/kp63eg
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KDE roadmap for 2021 – Adventures in Linux and KDE
https://pointieststick.com/2021/01/01/kde-roadmap-for-2021/

https://redd.it/kohzw9
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Help with Ubuntu

I have a Acer Chromebook 315 running Bobba and an Intel Processor. I installed crouton and Ubuntu but it is just the desktop. I can pull up the settings but can't close it afterwards. I can also make folders but nothing else. What did I do wrong?

https://redd.it/kp8wuk
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Running Debian on a 32 MiB RAM Single Core ARM SBC (Lichee Nano Pi)
https://blog.jmdawson.co.uk/lichee-nano-pi-will-it-run-debian/

https://redd.it/kocf94
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KIO FUSE 5.0.0 Released
https://feverfew.home.blog/2020/12/31/kio-fuse-5-0-0-released/

https://redd.it/knwnxa
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Making Bash compliant with the XDG Base Directory specification
http://hiphish.github.io/blog/2020/12/27/making-bash-xdg-compliant/

https://redd.it/kmzddt
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ddcbc-gtk - A GTK interface for ddc brightness control

I use multiple external monitors, and was tried of fiddling around with the monitor buttons to try to adjust my brightness. Thankfully, I discovered ddcutil, which was helpful, but I wanted an interface to do this. I also tried ddcui, however it was rather slow because it took the time to read all of the provided features each monitor had. So I created my own application to specifically adjust the brightness on each of my monitors. I hope to turn this into extensions for some of the desktop environments to better integrate this into the desktop. Feel free to create issues/pull requests as needed - this is my first open source project (as trivial as it is) so go easy on me haha.

https://github.com/ahshabbir/ddcbc-gtk

https://redd.it/kpb9uf
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PineTime: An Open Source Smartwatch
https://www.pine64.org/pinetime/

https://redd.it/kpcjb8
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A pretty cool Linux related gift from the wife. Been wanting a copy of it for years.
https://redd.it/kl89uh
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Do you care about Linux desktop marketshare? (Do you want Linux to become popular/mainstream?)

Honestly, I thought more people would say yes to the above, but every time I see/go into a discussion regarding packaging or fragmentation (and why it hampers Linux adoption), there's always someone who'd inevitably bring up the "Why do you want it to be mainstream anyway? I think it's fine where it is".

I ask because I went into Linux as someone who wasn't okay with the lack of privacy on Windows. I didn't really have an issue with Windows beyond that. I guess I just hope that one day we'll reach the level of "just works" on Windows, where you can play a game or use a program without having to worry about if it's compatible or if there's an alternative that exists. I don't really know if that's the popular "take" on Linux though.

https://redd.it/kpfo1n
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Poem for linux and open source modified version of rabindranath tagore's poem.

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high;

Where knowledge is free;

Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow propriety software walls;

Where words come out from the depth of truth;

Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection in the open-source projects;

Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the dreary desert sand of windows and its updates;

Where the mind is led forward by open-source into ever-widening thought and action

Into that heaven of freedom of linux, my Father, let my country awake.

https://redd.it/kpgslw
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Ansible First Playbook

The blog on creating a simple Ansible playbook structure, how to understand the YAML file, write the first playbook, and execute it. This blog is for beginners.

https://smarttechfunda.com/ansible-first-playbook/

https://redd.it/kph5oj
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I am searching for a simple mail-archive software.

Hello Dear Linux Community.

I am looking for (either for a Debian or an Ubuntu system) a mail archive client that allows to archive one (or more) IMap accounts, means each mail is copied and archived on receipt.

It would be nice if the archive is automatically compressed and optionally encrypted with PGP.

Is there a software, console is enough, which meets this requirement?

https://redd.it/kph705
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Total noob. (Doing this for the first time) Upgrading laptop to 1 TB nvme SSD with dual boot (windows 10 and ubuntu). How to connect and the new ssd to the laptop for data migration and how to migrate data.

First, My laptop doesn't have 2 nvme ports, will an external USB to nvme enclosure work for connecting the new SSD to the laptop for migrating data from my old SSD to the new SSD?

Second, Google search tells me that I can clone my old SSD using Clonezilla or dd on Linux but since I got a Samsung 970 Evo, I also have the option to use their software Samsung magic, but it's only for windows. I am confused which should I use?

Third, will cloning the ssd preserve both the operating systems?


Fourth, after cloning, can I just replace my old ssd with the new one and it'll work, or is there something else I have to do.


Thanks in advance!!

https://redd.it/kphooe
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Code Shelter: collective to help maintain popular OSS whose authors need a hand or don't have the time any more
https://www.codeshelter.co/

https://redd.it/kpk2hf
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Using Linux on an old Acer Laptop



I have an old Acer 4530 running Windows 7. The OS is extremely laggy and with the end of support from Microsoft, I was thinking of trying out Linux. Mostly to see if it performs better and also because it is free.

Unfortunately, I have no clue how to do it. My concerns are getting the drivers needed. I am not entirely sure where to look for it. I have not experince using or installing linux on a computer. Have been a Windows user all along. Thought this might be a good opportunity to dip my toes in linux.

FYI, i would like to be using microsoft office on the computer. If it can run office 365, either online or offline, that would be great.

Any help, suggestions or direction on the above would be greatly appreciated.

https://redd.it/kpl3b0
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