All of the "linux is hard or linux is not beginner friendly" post make me laugh and scratch my head.

So last night I was reading through various linux related subreddits and keep seeing a ton of post of people complain that linux is complicated, or that it is not beginner friendly and all of this other mess. Windows is somehow easier for people. I don't understand how this is the case. You can literally install a lot of distros in like 20 minutes and then after that their is a graphical interface for installing apps, there is a graphical interface for updating it couldn't get more easy.

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I have seen way too many people that don't know how to use a PC very well destroy a windows installation. I have seen it a million times. They fall for the stupid ads on the sketchy web sites they were own so they download some dumb program that makes their pointer have a rainbow unicorn follow it and oh by the way it has malware attached to it, they get sucked into the web sites that claim there is something wrong with their PC and get charged for someone to remote access their computer and do god knows what and so on. You put a linux distro on these peoples PCs and you know what you never hear form them ever again? "my computer is slow, I keep getting all of these random messages popping up all over the place, I got charged for some one to fix my computer and it didn't fix anything" you show them how to use the app center, app store or whatever the distro has as default show them how to update and they are happy as can be. My 70 something year old grandmother uses linux and has been for the past few years and she is the least computer literate person ever.

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Also their seems to be this strange affliction with people that decide to come to linux on their own that feel like they need to start with Manjaro. As a more experienced person none of us should be recommending that for a new user even if you your self like it (which is fine) but the problem is it does take some work to keep it running well bottom line you can't argue with that. We as a community should be pointing them to the distros that they can just update will little chance of it breaking and them having to go search for answers. Manjaro being the new face of linux for what ever reason to me gives new people a bad perception of linux.

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Rant over.

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Uncovering a 24-year-old bug in the Linux Kernel
https://engineering.skroutz.gr/blog/uncovering-a-24-year-old-bug-in-the-linux-kernel/

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User account with ClamAv

I recently upgraded from clamav .100 to .103. In .103 the way on access scanning is implemented has changed. A result of this change requires you to exclude scanning events triggered by the user ID running clam av. Unfortunately the directories being watched contain files owned by root. The userid running clamav is also root. This means none of the files that need scanning are being scanned.

I'm trying to create a new ID for clamav that has the permissions of root. That way it will have the necessary permissions to start and scan the files.

Can someone point me to where I can find the information to do this?
Is there anyone else with experience with ClamAV that can provide a better way?

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Blog Bash variables — Things that you probably don’t know about it

Hey,

Yesterday I wrote this blog exploring the ~~scope of the~~ Bash variables. I'm explaining their differences, how and when to use each one of them. Feel free to give any feedback/suggestion/* :)

See on Medium: https://medium.com/unboxing-the-cloud/bash-variables-things-that-you-probably-dont-know-about-it-8a5470887331?sk=26693ca772a0c54c99d3712303560ed4

See on my Website: https://www.lozanomatheus.com/post/bash-variables-things-that-you-probably-don-t-know-about-it

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Antergos be Damnd... now where?

I tried to stick it out with Antergos even though the have been gone for a while but now I need to jump ship. Should I move on to Endeavour or go back to my "old" hunting grounds of RHE? Or is there a recommendation I have not thought of? I do enjoy the Arch but..

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Beginners' guide to Command Line Interface (UNIX/LINUX) >

I just created a repository -very brief, concise and straight to the point type that cuts down to the chase for starters or advanced developers seeking to dive into to Command Line Interface (UNIX/LINUX) >\ (the kind that I wish I knew about when I started...I might be biased with referenced inspirations and recommendations but sub-redditers and noobs are free to edit, or make pull requests CommandLineInterfaceGitHubRepo

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Terminal based software for banking

So I have been looking online if there is any solution to using banking software via the terminal or a bank that allows some type of ssh. I saw this site which gives some software options for linux but nothing terminal based: https://www.thebalance.com/top-linux-personal-finance-software-solutions-1293777 . Does anyone use the Linux terminal for checking their bank account?

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Linux Touchpad like Macbook Update: Touchpad gestures in Qt, Gimp, Firefox and X server
https://bill.harding.blog/2021/02/11/linux-touchpad-like-a-mac-update-firefox-gesture-support-goes-live/

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Zink Now Supports OpenGL 4.5 Over Vulkan With Mesa 21.1
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/commit/?id=aad3135ec97af1230714cc805eec21013c0f0808

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i feel like im wasting the potential of my pc

this is gonna sound very stupid. I feel like I'm wasting my computer's potential by using ubuntu. I am a very recent user.

Mainly because all of the games I play are no compatible with Linux because of the anti-cheat. How do I get by this feeling?

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Updates to the Oil FAQ
http://www.oilshell.org/blog/2021/02/new-faqs.html

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Running unmodified Linux programs on Fuchsia.
https://fuchsia-review.googlesource.com/c/fuchsia/+/485181

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How may I add a menu entry in btrfs grub of Garuda Linux?

I tried Grub-customizer and editing /etc/grub.d/40_custom, but the menu entry won't show up in the grub after reboot

I was actually trying to dual-boot ChromeOS with Garuda Linux following this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEY9MtznYGU&t=134s

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Is NVIDIA Optimus hardware still problematic for anyone these days? (Personal experience and benchmark)

Countless times, whenever I see people asking for hardware recommendations on /r/linux or other subreddits, I see a sentiment akin to, "get anything except an Optimus laptop, they're the stuff of nightmares that will make you scream in the night, begging for the death of every NVIDIA executive."

And, to be fair, I think that was completely true years ago, I've heard the anecdotes of unusably-bad performance, broken setups, etc., but I just tried it for the first time on Debian 11 by switching my PC over to using onboard Intel graphics and then trying to use my NVIDIA card through the different Optimus techniques, and the results were pretty decent.

The first thing I tried was using the offload functionality that's built into the driver. In this case, there's no special process. If I was on a fresh Debian install, I would just need to install the "nvidia-driver" package like normal. In my case, I already had it installed (and it didn't break my Intel graphics!), so I just set a couple environment variables: https://wiki.debian.org/NVIDIA%20Optimus#UsingNVIDIAPRIMERenderOffload

The second thing I tried was Bumblebee, which is apparently another name that strikes fear into the hearts of men. I installed "bumblebee-nvidia" and "primus-nvidia" as documented for Debian here, I tried running my games with Optirun and Primusrun both, everything worked as expected and the performance was consistently the same as when I used the PRIME Render Offload. I think Optirun and Primusrun are using the same backend though, if I tried to force VirtualGL then it said it was unavailable, so it was Primus in action for both commands.

Vulkan is even simpler since I can just choose the ICD with an envvar and then it uses the corresponding card. Or if I was using Bumblebee, then primusrun is configured to work for Vulkan applications in Debian the same as OpenGL applications. I don't even have to memorize a different command or pay attention to what graphics API a game is using.

Finally, for the big test: I ran Unigine Valley three times on Ultra settings at 1080p. Once with PRIME Offload, once with Primus, and once with just... using the card as my main output, instead of the onboard Intel graphics. I wanted to see if the "Optimus ruins your Linux performance" bogeyman was as bad as they claim.

For Primus, the average FPS was 20.1

For PRIME Render Offload, the average FPS was 21.5

For using it as my main output, the average FPS was 21.8

Okay, yes, that's bad. I have a GTX 750 Ti, I'm not expecting much. But it's consistently bad, there's hardly any degradation between using it regularly and using it like it's part of an Optimus configuration in a laptop. After hearing all the horror stories, seeing such a microscopic difference was baffling. And all of these methods were incredibly straight-forward to use and enable, I didn't run into any weird bugs or noticeable latency. I'm sure there are some catches, but in basic usage, it just seems fine.

Is there still any major reason why a user would want to avoid an Optimus laptop in 2021, as long as they're using a modern distro?

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Ubuntu 20.04.2.0 HotFix Release for 20.04.2

The Ubuntu team have issued a hot fix for the recently released Ubuntu 20.04.2 media. The new fix, called 20.04.2.0, corrects an issue where the Ubiquity system installer could fail to properly install the Linux kernel on a new system. “Shortly after the release of Ubuntu 20.04.2, on Thursday February 4 2021, a regression was discovered[1\] which means that on certain systems and under certain specific conditions the Ubuntu installer can fail to install a Linux kernel. This renders the system unable to boot. After carefully analysing the impact of this regression, the release team took the decision to reissue images of 20.04.2 with a corrected version of the installer[2\]. These images are now available, versioned as 20.04.2.0.” Details on the bug and affected Ubuntu community flavours can be found in

https://itsfoss.net/ubuntu-20-04-2-0-hotfix-release-for-20-04-2/

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Linux From Scratch - great way to learn about linux

Hello,

I am using Linux for 16 years or so. Part of my job has to do with Linux servers.
But I always wanted to finish a LFS-10-systemd and today I did it. Covid and snow gave me the time :-)
My first try was 14 years or so ago and I didn't finish it. But even then, it had teached me a lot.

What is Linux From Scratch? It is a book, not a distro. It describes step by step, how to build a Linux system. If you follow this book and everything goes right, you will have a running Linux in the end.

To my mind, it is a good way to get a feeling for Linux, you get your hands on every package, that is more or less necessary. It can be a bit boring, but if you are completely new to Linux you can learn so much about the core elements. If you get really hooked, you can dive deeper with BLFS, Beyond Linux From Scratch.
If you are not new, it can still teaches you a lot. Most of us use a distro, use some commands and we are good. LFS can give you a new perspective on Linux.
LFS will not become my daily driver, I will stuck to Debian, but I will revisit it from time to time.

To me LFS is a good way for the curious.

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20 years of orange cones: The history of VLC
https://www.protocol.com/vlc-history-open-source

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Linux memory management FAQ
http://landley.net/writing/memory-faq.txt

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Enhancing the appearance of TDE (Trinity Desktop Environment)

HowTo: Enhancing the appearance of TDE (Trinity Desktop Environment)

https://brainstorm-solutions.blogspot.com/2021/01/enhancing-appearance-of-tde-trinity.html

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Visual Studio Code comes to Raspberry Pi
https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/visual-studio-code-comes-to-raspberry-pi/

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Google proposes way to run Linux/Android binaries 'natively' on Fuchsia OS
https://fuchsia.googlesource.com/fuchsia/+/2940d6f300031e852333c3ee0548ecba1d69c961/docs/contribute/governance/rfcs/NNNN_starnix.md#as-she-be-spoke

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