Should I move to Linux?

I heard one of the biggest disadvantages of macos is that it is expensive. I already have a macos, so money isn't a factor. I also heard that macos has better security and driver compatibility. Is there any other reason to swap from macos to linux?

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Ubuntu studio vs ubuntu

N00b here, looking at distros to try out. What is the difference between ubuntu and ubuntu studio?
Is it just that it comes with a suite of preinstalled software? Or is it optimised in some other way for audio/video production?

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Good introductory book to popular build systems (cmake, make, ...)

Hej,

I would like to get a better understanding not of one particular build system, but of several ones. The literature need not go to the deepest levels, I simply want to be able to build packages and be able to understand what to do after reading the README and be able to debug some of the more common failures that are likely to occur.

I hope what I want is clear, otherwise feel free to ask :-)

Thanks in advance, fellows!

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r/kali4noobs

Hey everyone!

In an effort to try to improve the post quality on r/kalilinux, u/letsjambro has made an r/kali4noobs subreddit. If you have any questions about the basics of the Kali OS and pentesting/hacking come check us out! We do our best to help out everyone we can. Hope to see y’all there!

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XScreenSaver version 6 beta 1 - 87% reduced critical code path
https://www.jwz.org/blog/2021/02/xscreensaver-version-6-beta-1/

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Copying a tar file from my linux computer to a remote server

Hello,

I don't know if this is the right place to ask this question, if not please direct me to the right place.

So I have this tar.gz file and I want to send this to a bluewaves server at my school using scp. I don't really know how to do this so I was wondering if you can help me.

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recommendations for hardware & distro for new win10/linux machine?

I am thinking of upgrading my PC. My motherboard does not seem to happily support win10/ubuntu dual booting, I tinkered around a whole weekend and was not able to get it running. Are there certain hardware configurations that support dual booting better than others?

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Debian Packages that Need Lovin'
https://wnpp.debian.net/

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Should automatic updates be "forced" in Linux distros reaching EOL?

I know Microsoft shoving updates down consumers' throat (+ forcefully rebooting) is a very controversial move, and I get it. However, what if distro maintainers put out a prompt to upgrade their system to the next supported version or the latest LTS (if there's an upgrade path for it) once the OS is close to reaching EOL (or a watermark notifying them about it)? That way, the user wouldn't have to worry so much about being secured. They can, of course, opt-out if they wish to, but at least they'll understand what's up.

As a person who works & lives with people that are not tech-literate, updates are the last thing on their minds, and they tend to ignore it. I've got coworkers coming to me just to update their system from Windows 7 to 10 because they've left it alone for so long & only found out about 7 being EOL when I was swapping their computers with one running on Windows 10 & informed them about it.

My dad is probably the most closest example I can think of. He currently uses Ubuntu on his desktop, and I maintain his system from time to time + added Canonical's livepatch. I did teach him how to update his system using the GUI, but there was a time when I left it alone for about 3-5 months (maybe more, I lose track of time) and it racked up a lot of updates.

Linux Mint recently shared a blog post about roughly 5-30% of their users still using version 17, and I'm guessing its because those users are the normies who have updates as the last thing on their minds. My dad would be in the same position if I wasn't there to do it for him.

I'm really curious to hear your thoughts on this.

Edit: I just want to clarify I'm asking this question with the "regular"/"general" user in mind, not the ones who know what they're doing.

Edit 2: this question only apply to consumer desktops, and not the corporate world (thanks /u/high-tech-low-life) + the option to opt-out (thanks /u/tmk).

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Linux Logo (1996)
https://lkml.org/lkml/1996/5/12/136

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spotify-qt: A lightweight Spotify client in Qt/C++
https://github.com/kraxarn/spotify-qt

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I wrote the BIPLAN programming language, on linux looks 1370 times faster than python
https://github.com/gioblu/BIPLAN#code-example

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Is ONLYOFFICE a web-app ?

Hi friends,

I was watching a video from TheLinuxExperiment about ONLYOFFICE and I've heard him say a couple of times that it's actually a web-application rather than a full program. (This video : https://youtu.be/0ixu62598Mk)

This made me think a bit, because I always thought a web-app was just a website designed as an application but was still running within a browser and required internet to work (since you don't really install anything).

But in the case of ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors (and not the one used within a cloud) requires an installation on your machine and actually works offline without a browser. Which makes it more like LibreOffice than Google Docs and Office online (which are from what I know, actual web-apps).

Is there something I didn't understand about web-application ? Or is the person in the video simply making a small mistake about web-applications and programs ?

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r/linuxwifi: A subreddit for WiFi-related GNU/Linux discussion & support

Hi

One of my hobbies is Wireless Networking in Linux, and one of the things that bothers me is that there is no place on reddit for Linux WiFi-related support, and it seems to have been spread across different subreddits such as r/linuxquestions, r/linuxhardware, r/linux4noobs etc.

I have created a new subreddit, r/linuxwifi, in the hopes of organizing a community to support & discuss Linux Wireless Networking and provide support to those who have issues in installation, operation etc.

We have created multiple troubleshooting posts which go through the main troubleshooting steps in debugging a failing network card in Linux, and we plan to create a Wiki. We would also greatly appreciate any of your contributions. I am posting this here to raise awareness of the subreddit in the hopes we can provide greater support for the Linux Wireless community.

Thanks!

r/linuxwifi moderators

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pfs | Parsing the Linux procfs

Finally finished writing the first version of my newest library :)

A C++ library for parsing the Linux procfs: https://github.com/dtrugman/pfs

I thought it might be interesting to write about the decisions I've made while writing it, so I also wrote a short blog about it: https://dtrugman.medium.com/parsing-the-linux-procfs-f7343931d864

Let me know what you think about it, I would love to hear some feedback!

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Writing Bash Scripts that are not only Bash: Checking for Bashisms and testing with Dash

Not every shell is Bash or Zsh. Here is a checklist I use to keep tabs on my own noscript writing. Does my noscript:

1. Avoid double-bracket tests [[ ]] and instead use single-brackets [ ]
2. Use printf instead of echo -e when newlines '\n' need to be printed
3. Use no other read flag other than -r, as in read -r
4. Avoid Bash's convenience redirects: use >myfile 2>&1 to redirect stdout and stderr to a file rather than &>myfile
5. Test accurately with dash shell or posh: Policy-compliant Ordinary SHell
6. Only use standard flags and options with common utilities such as sed, grep, cut, test, and others
7. Avoid issues discovered by checkbashisms
8. Avoid issues discovered by shellcheck

I expound upon the above here

By the way, a convenient way to get a dash sandbox without the painful lack of line editing:

docker run -it debian sh -c 'apt update && apt install -y rlfe && rlfe dash'

(Podman works, too, if you prefer that tool to docker.)

Or the same, but with posh:

docker run -it debian sh -c 'apt update && apt install -y posh rlfe && rlfe posh'

And I can't say enough good about shellcheck. It may be even more useful for testing than a POSIX-compliant shell.

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Linux as a step towards better Online and offline privacy.

Hey all! I hope this post is okay here I know there is linuxquestions but this isn't a troubleshooting post so I thought it might be okay here?

So recently I have become a little more aware of my privacy on the internet, and so over the past few weeks I have been slowly going through the laborious process of deleting all of my accounts on the internet, with reddit and google being the last survivors as I'm still using them.

And I thought the next step would be to make the switch to linux, however I'm not sure if I fully understand what linux has to offer in that respect, it might be that I am over my head a little as I don't know how to code, so I want to make sure linux actually offers what I am looking for if that makes sense.

Obviously the biggest advantage of using linux is that its open source, so no bloatware/spy-were, there is also a huge community (like this one hey!) of people who make free open source software for linux which I would trust much more than some over random company, I can update things exactly when I want to no forced updates, and I know you can set up vpn's that are supposedly better because they communicate directly with the router (or something?) but as you can see that Is about where my knowledge ends, appart from that I don't really know what else linux has too offer in terms of my privacy so if anyone that uses linux for this purpose maybe you can fill in the gaps for me.

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As a bonus if someone could tell me about maintaining my anonymity online that would also be great I know basic things, like if you need an account on a platform use an email that isn't attached to anything else, a good vpn, tor browser, but apart from that I don't know. I know this isn't really the place but I don't really know about any internet privacy subreddits that are bigger than 1k.

Thank you for reading all.

Edit: (that community isn't 1K its 1M my bad... ill post something there.)

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Does it seem like everyone loves KDE Plasma?

Just sort of a passing notice that there is a lot of love for KDE Plasma out there and that a lot of the Linux related stuff i watch and listen to (Youtube and Podcasts) seems to be filled with a lot of Plasma fans and users. Are they a vocal minority or do you all think KDE Plasma is probably the most popular DE?

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Night Theme Switcher GNOME Shell Extension

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Is having Linux and Apple ok?

Hi, I have an iPhone and an iPad which I have a great use already. Banking, content consuming and other stuff.

I have this Windows notebook which isn’t fitting in my routine anymore and became basically a desktop. However, there a few applications which I use sometimes, so I can’t get rid of a major OS yet.

I was wondering replacing it for Mac Mini, but I really love Linux. I used Slackware from 1999 to 2011.

Now my heart wants Linux back, but having two Apple products makes it sound strange.

Can you guys shed some light into it?

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Linux Kernel 5.4 is Rolling Out Via Windows Update

The new WSL 2 kernel based on the 5.4 branch is rolling out. To get the latest WSL 2 kernel updates via Windows Update you need 'Receive updates for other Microsoft products when you update Windows' checked in Windows Update Advanced options.

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