Can I save two different desktop environment configurations and choose between them before login like two different environments?

I would like to have a light theme desktop for work and a dark theme for private use like gaming. I really like the Cinnamon environment but I don't want to choose between one of the options or change the setting everytime. Can I save a configuration and load it later again, in the best case before login like with two completely different desktop environments?

https://redd.it/kt18we
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Simple Image and Video Server

I'm moderately knowledgeable with Linux, and I have a Debian home server with a ton of pictures and videos, all organized into chronological folders by year-month. To make these images and videos available to family, I am currently running Simple Python Server. Suffice it to say, it's a very ugly interface with no previews.

There are many CMS and software that I could install to display things more beautifully. But my problem is primarily time.

Is there any software for nicely displaying my images/videos + previews, that I can go from install to finish with no experience in a couple hours? Family should be able to browse content from pc and mobile.

https://redd.it/kt1lbp
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I made MATE desktop look like MacOS X

https://redd.it/kqxvpp
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The first fully tested Fedora Firefox package
https://mastransky.wordpress.com/2021/01/08/the-first-fully-tested-fedora-firefox-package/

https://redd.it/kt0wes
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Forced Minesweeper On Login --- CLI Prank

This is a CLI Minesweeper app that I modified to be unable to exit without completing the game.
No \^C, \^Z, etc.
You have to complete it, if you fail the login, it will log everyone else on the server out.
Also, there's a bypass code you can enter "6969420" to get passed it.


Modified it in college when I was Red Teaming for the Cyber Team


https://github.com/OGoodness/Minesweeper-Login

https://redd.it/kt4kle
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Linux Mint 20.1 long-term support release is out
https://www.ghacks.net/2021/01/08/linux-mint-20-1-long-term-support-release-is-out/

https://redd.it/kt6wl2
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Linux is an amazing gift, and like anything, it isn't perfect: note from a new non-techie user.

I have to say I kind of chuckle a bit about how emotional we can be about our operating systems, but it's only human to become attached to things we care about. So, when it comes to Linux, please understand that I'm not out to attack anyone personally or make anyone feel inferior. The tl;dr is this:

Linux has its imperfections like anything else, and it's probably best to be completely up-front and transparent about these issues.

Is it better to try and sweep issues under the rug to avoid scaring away potential users? I don't believe so, it's probably worse for people to learn about issues the hard way after the fact. If we just say "look, there's a million great things about Linux, but here are some things to be aware of", then people can make an informed choice and be prepared for issues they might encounter. I think people will appreciate this, and yes, some may be scared off, but you would probably lose them anyways if they try linux and then encounter frustrating issues. And with issues being more out in the open, there may be more attention brought to finding solutions.

Just had to get that off my chest, thanks. Lol.

https://redd.it/kt7btk
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Greetings

Today I made the jump from Windows 10 to Linux Mint (Cinnamon desktop) and I've gotta say I already really like it. I just have one question. How well does this specific OS run games? I've heard some versions of Linux run games better than others. I did see one comment on Steam saying Mint runs steam games well but I kinda want more opinions.

https://redd.it/kt9les
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Bash downloader for AI generated faces

Title pretty much explains it. Don't know if this is the right tag, but oh well.

https://github.com/CarterSullivan/thispersondoesnotexist-downloader

Enjoy!

https://redd.it/kt7gnn
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Rexuiz is a multiplayer FPS on linux reminiscent of Quake and Unreal Tournament, and people are still playing it. Check it out!
https://redd.it/ktalgv
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Dell 9550 - Sluggish performance on (every?) linux distro

Hi there,

I'd talk of myself as a somewhat experienced Linux user, however, I'm at the point of desperation :-)

I'm using a XPS15 9550 with a TB19WD dock, one 4k Monitor and a vertical 1080p monitor.

Notebook specs: i7 6700hq, 16GB Ram, GTX960, M.2 SSD

I'm having performance issues after having tried virtually any linux distro.

Well, okay, not every distro, but I've tried:

Antergos 19
Fedora 30
Ubuntu 20.10
Pop!_OS 20.04 - my current system. I haven't upgraded to 20.10 as I had issues with monitor disconnecting.

Interestingly enough, I'm having much less issues with Cinnamon than with Gnome and KDE.

I could live with the cinnamon performance, even though it's nothing compared to the smoothness I'm experiencing with the same setup in Windows 10.

However, once I'm setting the scale factor to 2 for my 1080p monitor, everything becomes actually unusable due to lagging and random cursor blinking and vanishing.

Command I'm using for scaling:

xrandr --output DP-1-3 --scale 2x2

Do you have any idea how this is caused? I'm guessing, I shouldn't have these problems with my hardware.

I'm curious about any solutions that might fix the desktop behaviour after scaling the monitor or making Gnome and KDE more performant.

xrandr output

https://redd.it/ktd458
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tmpmail v1.1.5 now supports receiving attachments
https://redd.it/ktbpg2
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Why are Linux and C commands so unintuitive?

Hello,
I recently started studying CS on university and I have a class in C programming, where we also uda Linux. I wonder why Linux commands and C keywords are do undenoscriptive. I have had some experience in Python and C# programming and just by seeing method's/function's name in most cases I can at least predict what will that do. Why has everything in C and Linux have to sound like pwd, ls, malloc, memset, rm etc. I know I know nothing and people behind C and Linux are geniuses but why naming stamdards changed so much over decades?

https://redd.it/ktbifs
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How up to date are your repositories

Repology monitors a huge number of package repositories and other sources comparing packages versions across them and gathering other information. Repology shows you in which repositories a given project is packaged, which version is the latest and which needs updating, who maintains the package, and other related information.

https://repology.org/

https://redd.it/ktglqv
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A command-line timer and other maybe useful stuff
https://github.com/Benni3D/terminal-stuff

https://redd.it/kszq09
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Posing apps that work on Linux

Hello!
My wife is an illustrator and she needs posing software to use as a reference.
Someone recommended Design Doll but Wine HQ says that it's on garbage level.
Posing it seems to work, but I need to try it first.
There is Gllara but I don't know if it's work at all since it's for MAC.

There is also easyPose and artPose on steam but I don't know if they work with proton since I don't have enough info in protonDB


Any suggestion?


TY

https://redd.it/ktj5jk
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Unscientific popularity contest

I started seeding all these torrents the same day. I am surprised to see lubuntu at more than twice the ratio as Ubuntu and LinuxMint also higher than Ubuntu.

I'm wondering if it is because there may be more ubuntu seeders so there is less pressure individually or if lubuntu is really so popular.

Transmission screenshot

https://redd.it/ktkegl
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Linux system image backup solutions with a NAS

This might be a bad question, and probably the wrong place to do it. But I was wondering what you guys would do to accomplish this. So some prelude, I'm running or setting up gentoo atm, and usually stuff ends up breaking when I try to add in other features or tweak things (to the point where it's unbootable). So I was looking into ways of creating backups or restore points of my root and boot partitions, with my NAS (runs open media vault)

What would you guys suggest is the best way of going about this? A cron job + using dd to create a recovery iso? The other motivation for me to do this is to have an easier way to get a fresh base gentoo setup instead of having to go through the reinstall process all over

https://redd.it/ktl6ua
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how do i enable multi finger touch gestures on my dell laptop running ubuntu?

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can someone please tell me how to enable multi finger touch gestures on ubuntu just like windows and mac os. i've just recently started using linux so i would appreciate a a step by step explanation

https://redd.it/ktn17e
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Fed up with Windows

I have 2 laptops. One for personal use (gaming, watching movies, university work, etc.), which is running on Windows 10. The other one is a mac, which I use for iOS development. After I familiarised with macOS, I realised how shitty Windows is, so I decided to swap to linux. Can any of you guys suggest me a good distribution that also allows me to play games?

https://redd.it/ktnxw0
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How to stay logged in while SSHing into a linux VPS?

I login myself via SSH into my VPS running ubuntu, do something on that VPS -> Catch up with some other work on my machine -> Go back to SSH session only to find out am already logged out, this is really irritating, I don't want it to log me out unless I myself explicitly type the command to logout.

I'm using WSL on a windows machine, can someone please tell how to solve this problem of auto log out again and again?

https://redd.it/ktp63m
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