problems don't make up the entire list, but the rest might be considered small and easily fixable.

​

I think after seeing this list you might have guessed that I didn't have a pleasant experience at all. I spent hours and hours fixing things, and as I said, for most of them I still don't have a solution. The community was a mixed bag, but that's understandable. Sometimes I got help, sometimes I had messages sitting in Discord support channels for multiple hours without a reply.

​

I wish I could keep using Linux, but in its current state it just doesn't work properly for me. There were some things I really liked but overall currently it feels like I am using some sort of unpolished buggy OS. Funnily enough, if it wasn't for these problems I wouldn't have anything against using Linux as a daily driver. The only other thing that makes me not want to use it is the lack of .NET GUI frameworks compatible with Linux (.NET is what I use for creating desktop apps).

I don't know if this was useful or interesting to anyone, but thanks for reading anyway.

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My Linux Programs

These are my main programs. Open to Suggestions.

Also the reason why I don't play many games on linux is that, if I have some games on linux I will play them instead of restarting to my windows os (duel boot) and end up not playing the games I like that are only windows. I've tried but its too buggy and doesn't have enough support yet (mainly anti cheat software).

List of programs to Add

~~gnu image manipulation~~
~~more kde utilites~~
~~libreoffice or simliar programs~~
~~draw.io~~

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UPDATED CHART:

Made in draw.io desktop version

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snap's node distribution is unusable/broken

Not the typical snap hate—or maybe it is, however, I actually like snap, it gives you latest versions + auto-updating—but I just installed node via snap and coc.vim struggles with that install, eg coc.vim is not able to check node`s version.

I found some issues and threads[1\], If anyone from the snap team is reading this, is this intended and if yes, pls ELI5 why. I don't need any svpport, just want to understand snap's intentions.

[1\]
my issue: https://github.com/neoclide/coc.nvim/issues/2870
related issue: https://github.com/nodesource/distributions/issues/843
related deep snap convo, I'd need an ELI5: https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/snapd-2-32-breaks-live-server-installer/4597/9

https://redd.it/lcem80
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Will League of Legends on Windows be able to access my Linux filesystem?

I have windows and Ubuntu dual booted on my computer in separate hard drives, and I want to download LoL on windows however I am not thrilled about their invasive client-side anticheat. My question is will it be able to read my Linux files? Linux can read the windows file system and I often use this to move files between hard drives but windows cannot do the reverse; I have private files on Ubuntu that I would like to keep private. Can Rito's anticheat access those files?

https://redd.it/lcj7jw
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Should I learn the Go programming language?

Hello, sorry if this is not really the place to put this question I am fairly new to this Reddit community.

I am not a professional software developer but I like to make my own tools and have been doing so since I was in my teens. I am a huge fan of Python programming and have been using it for my projects for Engineering School all the time and for personal projects. But I have recently discovered the limitations of Python's speed and the GIL which makes Python unable to take advantage of multiple core processor. Otherwise, I absolutely love the Python syntax and have become very comfortable with the language.

I have an algorithm that calculates some stock market indicators and then helps me make decisions on positions for buying and selling. I wrote this all in Python and depending on the number of stocks that I am looking at in a particular day, can take an hour to run on my i7-7700HQ. I have been running it everyday since August 2020 and have decided I want to speed this up and deploy it on a server that I have put together.

Is it worth learning the GO programming language if I am already comfortable with Python? What advantages/disadvantages can I expect? Is Google watching me if I use Go (kind of a joke, but also not)? Suggested alternatives?

TL;DR: I want to speed my Python program up. Should I learn Go? Or something else?

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Personal success.

I have bean working for this company for 6 years now as Chief systems/network/dba administrator and when I started I was a newcomer technician and at my previous job I was an assistant in the IT department.

After 5 months at the new place the chief sysadmin quid and as there was no one to do his job everyone started to fill in some how. A month later I got a promotion offer (for the same salary). Of course I accepted it. At this time I new that much that Linux is better than Windows 2003 or even Win 2k (our mail server at the time) so I started lerning Linux despite of the fact that all the infrastructure was built on Windows and it seamed like our IT manager was strongly against Linux.

Now 6 years later we have a 2 to 3 linux to Windows server ratio, mail, storage, VPN, webservers, docker, ect... (Windows runs AD and some old medical servers that don't run on Linux)

I'm a little proud that I could show the path of FOSS to the company and even save some money.

P.S. Did not get the FOSS saved money as a bonus. Actually....I think I didn't get some of the promised bonuses....

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Help users in Iran reconnect to Signal
https://signal.org/blog/help-iran-reconnect/

https://redd.it/lcodg6
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Linux in biological sciences and instrumentation

I find it very disconcerting to find Windows XP (and 95 in one case) on computers which are coupled with an instrument like a spectrophotometer.

One of the reasons my laboratory insists on using Windows is because of the software support for equipment. Even new equipment come with software which is exclusively compatible with Windows. Like how drivers are made available to Linux, is there something for scientific equipment? This is one of the reasons why this OS is not being accepted in biological sciences. Every university wants to save money. Unfortunately, the lack of software support locks us in.

https://redd.it/lco51n
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Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS is out now
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FocalFossa/ReleaseNotes/ChangeSummary/20.04.2

https://redd.it/lcp7oo
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Apple M1 SoC platform bring-up
https://lkml.org/lkml/2021/2/4/1177

https://redd.it/lcq2ey
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Geninuely curious, why are there no preinstalled fun music installed by major distributions ?

Hi everyone,

I’m sure some of us remember playing those three songs on Windows 7 that came preinstalled and some of us might remember some older songs that I didn’t even know existed or some I vaguely remember but finally found it after so long. However that got me thinking, why haven’t we seen any major distros out there that preinstalled some dope unknown music from copyright free distributions ? Is it the risk that the artists themselves would make it profitable or something else ?

Honestly I could just download some vaporwave j-pop and call it the Anthem of Fedora but that doesn’t come near close to the classic Kalimba song

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Have you noticed how much better audio sounds on Linux?

I have two computers and dual boot on both of them with Windows, which I only need to use from time to time for Visual Studio and such. I always listen to music when I code or write, and no matter what I do I cannot make Windows' audio quality be as good as on Linux on each of the machines (which use default ALSA configs). While the difference is not huge, on Windows audio sounds somewhat "dull", not as clear as with ALSA, both with Spotify and local music players, and since I'm used to how things sound on Linux it becomes rather bothersome.

This is something I noticed long ago, and I've tried switching music players / outputs / configs thinking that, since the hardware is the same in each case, they should sound identical, but nope.

What do you think?

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I'm a gamer and looking to go to Linux

I'm a gamer and looking to go to Linux as it looks the best one for games but I do not know what one to get can you help so this is a very new and unique experience for me as I have bin on windows 10 but find it to be a bit hight Requirements and performance

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Total War: WARHAMMER III will be coming to Linux
https://www.totalwar.com/blog/total-war-warhammer-iii-faq/

https://redd.it/lcdumz
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Best way to encrypt disk or home folder without additional password (small office setup)

Hi folks,
I manage a small network of 15 linux workstation/laptops. They all run Ubuntu 18.04 LTS on fresh Dell hardware. I would like to increase the security by enforcing at-rest encryption on all machines, but without the hassle of an additional password.

The scenario I am trying to address is basically preventing a thief to access the data of a stolen workstation/laptop.

I have few questions:

* Is it possibile to setup data encryption without the need for the user to enter a dedicated password?
* Can I add a "master" key so that me, as a sysadmin, can recover the data if the original key is lost?
* Do you think Full disk encryption in mandatory or Home folder encryption is enough?

Thanks for any idea!

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LibreOffice project + community activities, January 2021
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2021/02/05/libreoffice-monthly-recap-january-2021/

https://redd.it/ld48ug
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How to schedule cron to run image with docker-compose?

Hi,
I have a dockerised noscript that I need to run once daily (at 8am local time). The image is pushed onto my repo and I have a docker-compose.yml file with the image tag and settings that I need for it to work.

How can I get cron to run docker-compose up in the directory with the docker-compose.yml file in it and log the output of the image to a file?

​

I have already tried:

0 8 * * * cd ~/directory/with/yml && /usr/local/bin/docker-compose up -d > ~/directory/with/log.log 2>&1

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FSF founder Richard Stallman shares his views on 35 years of FSF
https://peertube.qtg.fr/videos/watch/d4aab174-50ca-4455-bb32-ed463982e943

https://redd.it/ld761x
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Worth the effort for performance?

I'm about to purchase a ThinkPad x250 i5 with 8gb ram. I always see that Linux is recommended for older machines as it's lightweight etc.

The only experience I've had with it is on a Chromebook (which just died) so that I could install calibre. Other than that I have no idea.

I'm not going to be doing anything really too taxing on the ThinkPad, some light music production being the hardest it will work. Other than that it will be pretty basic word processing, ebook management, music management etc.

Researching the things I would install, it seems that quite a few have little problems or are difficult to get up and running with the latest versions etc (difficult for somebody with my level of experience that is). For instance, I use Google drive and docs quite a lot, and need things synced with my phone.

Just unsure if it's worth the effort for the performance increase to switch from Windows?

A list of some of the apps I'd want/like to run if possible :

Musicbee,
YouTube music,
Audacity,
Renoise,
Reaper,
Anki,
Google drive,
Google docs,
Google sheets,
Google keep,
Simple note,
Scrivener,

I was looking at mint, kubuntu, and manjaro.

Any advice or guidance would be appreciated.

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MPV open video specific time

I have another app which accepts file:// protocol. But then it only opens the video file with default app.

I want to be able it open at a specific time (let's say 8m 30s). Does mpv have it's own protocol something like mpv:// ?

How can I open the file at specified time in other app?

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LiveBoot New-User Experience, Top 10 DistroWatch Distros

**Intro**

Hi there Linux Subreddit!
I don't use Linux much privately (see some exceptions below) these days but every now and again I check what's going on in the Linux Desktop world.
So, I decided to test the LiveBoot Experience on the Top 10 most popular distros as ranked on https://DistroWatch.com from a "newbie's" (remarks on that below) perspective.
The goal was not to "get the distros to run" but rather check out the Out-of-the-Box experience for a user that might consider switching to Linux and wants to try it out first.
In each case I downloaded the first ISO that was listed / recommended on each distro's home page (as of last weekend, 2021-01-30 to 31).
I know, no one cares about my opinion, but it's fun for me to write up and share my experience.

These are not meant in-depth and long-term reviews of all the Distros and are highly subjective.
User experiences in each case might very well vary. :)
Please don't get offended if I had a bad subjective experience with your favorite distro that runs like a rocket for you and millions of other users.

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**Debian Live 10.7.0 Cinnamon - 0 Stars**

- Starts with two errors (unkown chipset and no HID input somethingsomething)
- then just hangs with a blinking error without further information, doesn't boot

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**ElementaryOS 5.1 Stable - * * * Stars**

- nice verbose boot process
- boot time fast to medium
- pretty good out-of-the-box desktop with most common programs in dock
- Corsair headset was recognized as default sound device
- display drivers / monitor resolution not properly detected

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**EndeavourOS 20.09.20 - 0 Stars**

- starts with nouveau error (unkown chipset)
- completely freezes after that, even Ctrl+Alt+Del doesn't work
- utter fail, would give -1 stars if I could.

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**Fedora Workstation Live 33-1.2 - * * Stars**

- nice verbose boot but starts with an apparently non-critical error about being unable to extract intramfs
- quite fast boot time
- Corsair headset recognized as default sound device
- display drivers / monitor not properly detected
- desktop is barren with no welcome message etc., could be confusing for new users

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**Linux Mint 20.1 Cinnamon - * * * (*) Stars (would be 4 with proprietary display drivers at boot)**

- nice verbose boot process
- super fast boot - the fastest of the bunch
- Corsair headset recognized as default sound device
- Helpful icons on Desktop and taskbar layout intuitive
- display drivers / monitor resolution not properly detected (but in theory proprietary driver switching easy via helper app)
- impressive bonus: Network printer automatically recognized and added

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**Manjaro 20.2.1 Xfce Edition - * * * * Stars**

- option to boot with foss drivers or proprietary (way to go!)
- nice verbose boot
- some waits / hangups in the boot process but with proper indicators and timers
- nice welcome screen and clean, stylish desktop background
- helpful icons and helpful taskbar layout
- absolutely every single piece of hardware, including GPU, was properly recognized, resolution set correctly
- minor gripe: Corsair headset was not selected as default output device, but then again I have several options

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**MX 19.3 ahs - 0 Stars**

- nice initial boot screen with option to see verbose boot via Alt+F1...
- ...then just a black screen, no boot and even Ctrl+Alt+Del isn't working...

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**Pop_OS! 20.10 NVIDIA Edition - * * * (*) Stars (would be 4 with better post-boot experience)**

- welcome screen at boot nice addition
- nice verbose boot BUT with several weird resolution changes during the process (looks buggy)
- the desktop is very barren and you only get a welcome screen encouraging you to install the OS - almost a chore to get into "demo" mode
- all hardware, including GPU, properly recognized, resolution set correctly

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**Solus 4.1 Budgie - 0 Stars**

- nouveau error in the beginning (unknown chipset)
- hangs at error "iwlwifi bios contains WGDS but no WRDS"
- at least Ctrl+Alt+Del works
- Update: Checked out Solus 4.2 in the meantime. Same