Gambal 1.0 : A tiny transparent window that provides an overview of network, CPU and memory usages

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Trying to understand how I just kinda accidentally installed an app via chrome browser and snapcraft

My primary browser is Firefox. I installed chromium just to play Youtube music, for reasons I won't get in to here. Anyway, as I was listening to music in the chromium browser, a popup offered to install an app, said something about snapcraft (which is an Ubuntu package type, I think), and in an uncharacteristically trusting move, I said "OK". My music was uninterrupted as my playback was moved to a new window. I somehow installed an app without going through my package manager (my system is manjaro, so that'd be pacman or yay or whatever) by simply clicking "OK" in a browser window. WTH?

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This app shows up as a "Chromium app" under KDE's app menu. What have I done? Do I need to update this app from time to time? How dangerous is this? Is this just a special instance of Chromium, and therefore not really a big deal? This method of app installation probably seems normal to Windows users, but it's very foreign to me, a long time Linux user.

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Why there is to 2 exams to get LPIC2?

Having to pass 2 exams to get lpic1 certification is something I cant understand. I took CCNA few months ago, which I believe much harder and thourough and there is only one exam. Would someone please explain to me, why there 2 instead of one exam to get the lpic1?

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Audio problem Ubuntu

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I have made a website & Zapier Integration that allows you to check for website/service status automatically - What you think?

Hi guys,

Lately, I've created a service that allows you to check for a website (or service) status.

To make it even cooler and more useful, I've also created an integration with Zapier to allow different automation - such as monitoring every minute and other different connections.

The website can be found here: https://mallabe.com/websites/status

The Zapier Integration can be found here: https://zapier.com/apps/mallabe-websites/integrations

https://redd.it/l7qo6g
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Searching for a everday Smartphone which can use Ubuntu touch

Hi everyone ...
I have eben in iOS(1.4-1.8 I think) Android (2.1-10 including Coustome Roms) Fire os (Amazons own Thing in the firephone) bb10 os (Blackberrys own os) .
I really want to give Ubuntu touch a try or Plasma Mobile...

Now my question:
I cant programm and havent compiled a OS my self...
So i am searching for a Phone which can Support it "Out of the box"
I first tought maybe the Nexus 5 since the WiFi Card can be put into mon mode which I would Like...
But the battery seems a bit to small...
What do you think maybe the pine phone?
My budget is roughly 150€ and I would try to buy second hand:)

And excuse my spelling I am fighting with my autocorrection in German xD

https://redd.it/l7rotx
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Simpler Linux Sistem

I would like to know wich is the "rawest" sistem that is usable for someone who dosent have experience with any hacking/moding. I am a physics student and I pretend to learn more about the core sistem, the things I would like ths sistem to have is just the basic to download software from the internet

https://redd.it/l7tog5
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Announcing LibreOffice New Generation: Getting younger people into LO and FOSS
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2021/01/29/announcing-libreoffice-new-generation/

https://redd.it/l7uy4b
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Achieving 11M IOPS & 66 GB/s IO on a Single ThreadRipper Workstation
https://tanelpoder.com/posts/11m-iops-with-10-ssds-on-amd-threadripper-pro-workstation/

https://redd.it/l7vm13
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An applet to show your next meetings from google calendar on your desktop.
https://github.com/chmouel/gnome-next-meeting-applet

https://redd.it/l7rs70
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Mindustry: a FOSS sandbox tower defense game
https://github.com/Anuken/Mindustry

https://redd.it/l7tg4j
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Nq – A simple Unix job queue system
https://github.com/leahneukirchen/nq

https://redd.it/l7x6i6
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Guide: Install microsoft office 365 via crossover/wine


I’ve seen people asking how to install windows office 365 using wine. The easiest way I’ve found is to use crossover which is a wine based paid application with a free trial that is made by wine developers. I wrote up a guide if it’s helpful for anyone.

The overall steps are to install crossover, and then install office using the 365 .exe installer from microsoft. Again this is the full featured windows version of office. My impression of it is it works but it can be finicky here and there and there is no real guarantee it will work perfectly unless microsoft endorses it.

Crossover is highly recommend since it automated a lot of the annoying configuration and setup with wine. It is a paid solution (but you can fully use it to see if it works with a free trial). With pure wine it may be a lot of work for little gain.

This guide is written for subnoscription based microsoft office 365. However, you may have luck with other versions, and the instructions should still work (just replace office 365 with your version whenever this guide says it).

In short:

1. Download crossover 20 from codeweavers. You need to enter some contact info, but you could use an alias.
2. Download the office 365 .exe installer using a valid office 365 subnoscription (get it from office.com, you will need an browser extension to switch your user agent to windows otherwise the download button won’t be there at all). You could also try one of the annual versions (eg office 2016) but I haven’t tried that myself, if you do the remaining steps it should still be similar.
3. In crossover 20 search for office 365 and follow the steps, all you need to manually do is give it the .exe you got earlier.
4. Agree to whatever is prompted and then finish off the installation
5. Start word/excel/powerpoint up (at this point they should all appear along with your other apps just like you’d expect). You can also start it from crossover itself.
6. Try to sign in to office with your licensed account so word/excel/powerpoint doesn’t lock you out after a few days. It can be finicky, if it doesn’t work try restarting the app and trying again. Do make sure your password is being entered properly, I found copy paste to not be working in that field correctly.

If anyone has any corrections or improvements for this guide feel free to comment and I’ll edit the post.

Edit: Onedrive integration and signing into accounts is unfortunately not perfect and can be a source of lots of errors. For me the applications work perfectly it’s just the syncing that’s broken.

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Interview with Shuah Khan, Kernel Maintainer & Linux Fellow
https://www.linuxfoundation.org/en/blog/interview-with-shuah-khan-kernel-maintainer-linux-fellow/

https://redd.it/l827oi
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KDE Kate Text Editor - Search In Files & Multi-Threading
https://kate-editor.org/post/2021/2021-01-29-search-in-files-multi-threading/

https://redd.it/l84kbh
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Linux Books Recommendations?

Hi guys, I finished to read my first linux book: "Linux Pocket Guide". I was considering some other lectures, worth mentioning I have like 2 years using linux, but I'd like to deep into it.


Searching on amazon, found Linux Command Line and Linux Bible, both of them seems very interesting to me, also I've taken "Linux Essentials" course on Cisco Netacad, so idk if any of those books are some redundant. I'm open to suggestions.

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[Security fix] Libgcrypt 1.9.1 relased
https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2021q1/000456.html

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Systemctl job for django server

I want to use systemctl to run a service which triggers Django webserver but the problem is django has to create a debug.log file but its not doing it when i run it from systemctl but on a local trigger as

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```

python manage.py runserver

```

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i'm able to see django creates debug.log file, could someone help me with the permissions of systemctl

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Sharing the systemctl process which i used

```

[Unit\]

Denoscription= django_server

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After=syslog.target network-online.target

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[Service\]

Type=simple

ExecStart=/home/pi/miniconda3/bin/python /home/pi/github/Bitcope/manage.py runserver

Restart=on-failure

RestartSec=5

​

[Install\]

WantedBy=multi-user.target

```

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Windows Weirded Me Out

I've been using Linux Mint for over a month now. I've been wanting to make the switch to Linux for a long time, mostly because Windows is a beta OS with spyware built in, virtually no control over what you can limit the OS to do, and so full of vulnerabilities you could drive a dump truck full of viruses right through it. The only thing that was really keeping me on it was my college requiring Visual Studio for programming, and most of the games I play aren't available on Linux.

Now that I no longer need Visual Studio (I'm looking into learning how to do programming on Linux), am able to play my Windows games through Wine, and most of my web browsing and online stuff could always be done on Linux, I made the switch full time.

The other day, I was looking for a media player that had the same functions as the Nexus Media Player that comes with the Nexus Dock. It basically holds a playlist and when you click on the icon the music starts playing without having to open any programs. It just kind of runs in the background playing your music until you click it again to stop the music. I didn't know what the name of it was, so I switched over to Windows in order to get more info about it, and see if there was an alternative I could find on Linux.

As soon as it loaded to the desktop, I got this weird feeling. As I was looking at it, I started feeling gross, like I was being infected with some kind of weird disease just sitting in front of it. It was kind of like watching some kind of gross reality TV show, and you can't look away, but you can only wince and go, "Ew...yuck." I found the information I was looking for, and quickly switched back over to Linux. Afterwards, I sat for a few moments, feeling this...disgust...like getting drunk out of your mind and waking up the next morning and wondering what the hell that thing is snoring in the bed next to you. I almost had to go take a shower just to make sure none of it got on me.

The thing is, I use Windows at work all day long, every day, and never had an issue with it. But this...it was a just very bizarre experience. I know it's only Windows and all, but it just...weirded me out. This ever happen to anyone else?

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not sure if this was already posted here

https://www.reddit.com/r/unix/comments/l0ab3a/just\_realized\_this\_dennis\_ritchie\_is\_the\_true/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3

https://redd.it/l8d044
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Fingerprint scanner driver for Lenovo C940? If not, how to make one?

I've looked in quite a few places but can't find a driver for my Lenovo C940's fingerprint scanner. I'm running Ubuntu 20.04 and am fairly new to the whole linux ecosystem. If someone could point me towards one that would be great.

If not, I'm fairly experienced with programming and wouldn't mind delving into the low-level stuff and trying to code a driver so I can contribute if someone could just point me in the right direction that would be great!

I'm pretty sure I tried to the driver here https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/eeoyhi/the\_fingerprint\_reader\_finally\_works\_on\_the/ but to no evail

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