Newbie tips

Hey all! I am fairly new to Linux. I started on a wsl Ubuntu install on my laptop, and then had a vm Ubuntu install and started messing around with my Raspberry pi with Raspbian and Ubuntu on that. I am looking for tips or tutorials that you have liked or good next steps to start really learning more about Linux and what it can really do.

https://redd.it/lxabyx
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EtherBlob Explorer: Search and extract blob files on the Ethereum network

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https://preview.redd.it/ouutoj3iywk61.png?width=1098&format=png&auto=webp&s=755b435d1682894eb7e41e5926ad7e1da59ff8af

Hey guys, this is my first time posting here, just wanted to share a tool I released yesterday that I think some of you could find useful for things like OSINT, data analysis, CTFs or even just out of curiosity/boredom. Good blocks to make a trial run can be found on this experiment made on 2017 by Raúl Kripalani. Python3.8>= and an etherscan.io API key are required.

Feedback and new features requests are kindly accepted, or if you want to do it yourself, contributions are accepted too!

More info about how it works and all the available features are inside the repo.

https://github.com/litneet64/etherblob-explorer

https://redd.it/lx8s57
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Samba share limit at 2Go

Hello,

I have a samba share on my server and I would like to transfert some file or directory > 2Go but is not working.

I mount the share on a Mac and my disk is in EXT4...

Have you got some tricks to by pass this problem ?

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Thanks for your help !

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A python noscript for mapping keys on Huion tablets on Linux
https://github.com/erjiang/huion-keys

https://redd.it/lwq96o
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This won't be the decade of Linux being at the top or Windows's arch nemisis, but this decade has a lot in share for Linux as a whole.

A while back, I made a post asking the subreddit if they think Linux will grow this decade and if so, by how much. It was divisive at the very least. I've seen many say that it won't or it will stay the same, and I've also seen many say that Linux will grow or hope to grow this decade. I thought it's time for me to give my opinion as a whole.

The tldr: I feel that this decade holds a lot in share for Linux as a whole.

What I think would be the big thing for Linux this decade is compatibility. Specifically, advancements in WINE, the Kernel, Proton(for the gamers, will be talking about y'all definitely), and the creation and advancement of Darling(WINE but for running MacOS programs instead).

First, recently, we got Kernel 5.11. It was supposed to help out with certain normal compat issues with AMD CPUs and some others but another thing was that now POSIX calls from Win applications running in WINE that were being sent straight to the Linux kernel are now being redirected towards WINE which should help with getting more Windows programs to work with WINE aswell as helping gamers get a better time out of Linux. If more stuff comes out in both WINE and the kernel, then the compatibility between Windows programs will increase and I suspect that this will happen even more this decade.

Second, with the creation of Proton last decade, gaming has gotten far easier on Linux and far less of a hastle. Your remaining issues now are primarily anticheat related which with steam being the developer of Proton, I expect steam games being run through Proton throughout this decade will have less issues with anticheat and less issues. Not to forget OpenGL which if you aren't using Nvidia on windows, good luck with any good performance with OpenGL, compared to Linux which has good OpenGL performance no matter what. Add all that in and I see gaming through out this decade on Linux becoming far less of a hastle and even maybe by the end of the decade, a better option than gaming on Windows(especially for non-Nvidia users).

Finally, with Darling and with its advancements, I see compatibility on Linux becoming even far less of a worry. If the Windows installer exe for Adobe Creative Cloud or HitFilm express has issues or they won't start after installation, then maybe download and install the Mac version though Darling. Darling when it advances enough will be an absolute blessing later this decade.

Now, growth. Linux as a whole(anything that uses the Kernel so your usual GNU/Linux distro and the other Linux distros that the community likes to fight over rather if they are distros or not like the two Google made such as Android and ChromeOS/Chromium OS), counting all computers(ALL TYPES, not just desktops), you could argue that the Linux kernel is the most widely used in the world. Though, here, I'm talking about usage of your normal GNU/Linux distros on both Desktop and now even Smartphones(yeah, the Pinephone). There are multiple outlets for growth this decade and I'd say we got 3 primary ones to look at.

First, Gaming and Compatibility. Like I mentioned above, gaming and compatibility will improve heavily throughout this decade on Linux as it had last decade. This I believe will contribute to some growth on Linux though not by a lot as the final reason I'll discuss a little. In games that are ported to Linux and even a lot of games that aren't but can be run through wine or Proton, they either work normally or even faster. Minecraft is an example and it runs really well on Linux compared to windows for AMD and Intel GPU users. Can't be forgetting other examples. I see performance being a driving factor though certain gaming hardware more than likely are going to have issues as of the lack of drivers.

Second, Security. With compatibility increasing by a lot, I feel many more may move to Linux this decade because of the combination of Compatibility and Security because who wouldn't if they just heard

of Linux in 2025 or 2030 and they heard that security was awesome over here and they could run all their usual Windows or MacOS programs on Linux with Wine, Proton, and Darling. But that overall depends on how the word gets out and the popularity of Linux and Pro-FOSS Influencers.

Finally, I feel as of some of the recent events and many recent things done by the tech giants could cause Linux to grow and possibly Proprietary software to even decline a bit. I'm going to be honest here, a group of people that some of yall may dislike are probably going to be contributing to Linux's growth throughout this decade. I'm sure many of y'all can infer to who I'm talking about but I'm not going to make any full on mentions as I still don't want the comment section to become a charcoal grill in of itself. Though, if what is going on with big tech is enough to pose any alarm to anyone(not spying but alagations of censorship), I wouldn't be surprised if many people in the above mentioned group leave Windows and MacOS or at the very least, many proprietary programs for FOSS/GNU equivalents. No matter if you like it or not, if you agree with them or not, they could potentially cause us to grow by a lot this decade. Tbh though, I don't know what a mass exodus of that group would do to Linux on the outside.

At the end of the day, I feel this decade is when Linux will grow and improve heavily. Linux is getting more and more comfortable by the year and even now, Linux is comfortable for many.

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Infrastructure modernization remains the biggest use case for enterprise open source
https://www.silicon-mirror.com/infrastructure-modernization-remains-the-biggest-use-case-for-enterprise-open-source/

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Strange mouse bug in Lubuntu 20.04

So I recently installed Lubuntu 20.04 LTS on my machine and the installation went smoothly (It is a 2 in 1 laptop with touchscreen) However upon starting I noticed that my mouse had a strange bug that;
(A) the mouse cursor direction was inverted, so scrolling down will make the cursor go up and
(B) the mouse CLICKS were also inverted (so if I clicked on the top right corner of the screen, it would click the icon on the bottom left corner of the screen) also the mouse cursor itself is upside down.

It may be important to note that the touchscreen itself worked perfectly fine.

I then spent HOURS trying to fix this issue.

I ran "sudo apt-get update" and "sudo apt-get upgrade".

I removed the sensor of the screen rotation with
"sudo apt-get remove iio-sensor-proxy"

I constantly rebooted my machine.

I messed around with xrandr and nothing, then I changed the mouse settings on xinput, while I did manage to fix the mouse SCROLLING, the CLICKS were still inverted. So now the mouse cursor can go in any direction I want, but clicking was still inverted.

I managed to find a quick "fix" by booting from recovery mode. However this is somewhat time consuming and inconvenience.

Is there a more permanent solution to this problem?

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Best Programming language for making GUI or desktop application in Linux

I use openSUSE and I'd like to develop some software to use as a desktop software. But, I'm unsure what language or framework to use.

I moved not too long ago to linux and i know that for developing Windows applications you mainly use c++. Can you use c++ to develop GUI desktop apps in Linux??

Any insight or suggestions are welcome.

EDIT: Sorry, reddit glitched and posted my post twice

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Suggest Linux distro for a relatively old laptop

Hey everyone,

I got hold of an old laptop I had given away, and I was hoping for a stable linux distro to be used on it instead of Windows.

Laptop Model: [Dell Inspiron 15R 5520](https://downloads.dell.com/manuals/all-products/esuprt_laptop/esuprt_inspiron_laptop/inspiron-15r-5520_reference%20guide_en-us.pdf)
RAM: 4GB
Processor: i5 3rd Gen 2.3GHz
500GB HDD

I mostly intent to use it to take typed notes (Obsidian), read books(pdfs), watch videos and take meetings (Google Meet). Also, I intended to have sync capabilities to GitHub and GDrive for my files. I am aware that all these are pretty much available on almost every distro out there, I was wondering which one should I go for? I am looking for:

Smooth operations
Light Weight
Secure and Private
Easy to move out from - and to salvage all my data in case any f any major error.
Good GUI - I don't intend to use much of th command line :)

The major confusions I ran into were the 'base' of the distro as in Arch, Debian etc. Which one Should I go for? Also, there are different modes of installation of apps - flatpak etc. What is best for my use case?

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Please suggest a suitable Distro for me.

I looked into:

Manjaro
Mint
Elementary OS
POP OS
Zorin

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Usb webcam not working

hi i have a usb webcam plugged in but computer does not see it and i cant find drivers for it,

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`System: Kernel: 5.11.1-zen1-1-zen x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1`

`parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen root=UUID=1aaa9182-8f71-47d7-bd74-23f166adeac2 rw`

`rootflags=subvol=@ quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0`

`systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=1 loglevel=3`

`Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.21.1 tk: Qt 5.15.2 info: latte-dock wm: kwin_x11 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux`

`Machine: Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: A320M-S2H v: N/A serial: <filter>`

`Mobo: Gigabyte model: A320M-S2H-CF v: x.x serial: <filter> UEFI [Legacy]: American Megatrends v: F1`

`date: 09/30/2020`

`CPU: Info: 8-Core model: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen+ family: 17 (23) model-id: 8 stepping: 2`

`microcode: 800820D L2 cache: 4 MiB`

`flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm bogomips: 118162`

`Speed: 3196 MHz min/max: 2200/3700 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 1: 3196 2: 4099 3: 4082 4: 4105 5: 4013`

`6: 4027 7: 3781 8: 3859 9: 4062 10: 4000 11: 3933 12: 4035 13: 4047 14: 3866 15: 3872 16: 4066`

`Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected`

`Type: l1tf status: Not affected`

`Type: mds status: Not affected`

`Type: meltdown status: Not affected`

`Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp`

`Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization`

`Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full AMD retpoline, IBPB: conditional, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling`

`Type: srbds status: Not affected`

`Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected`

`Graphics: Device-1: AMD Baffin [Radeon RX 460/560D / Pro 450/455/460/555/555X/560/560X] vendor: Hightech Information System`

`driver: amdgpu v: kernel bus ID: 08:00.0 chip ID: 1002:67ef class ID: 0300`

`Device-2: Generic HD camera type: USB driver: N/A bus ID: 1-2:31 chip ID: 1903:8328 class ID: 0e02`

`Display: x11 server:` [`X.Org`](https://X.Org) `1.20.10 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: loaded: amdgpu,ati unloaded: modesetting`

`alternate: fbdev,vesa display ID: :0 screens: 1`

`Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1024x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 270x203mm (10.6x8.0") s-diag: 338mm (13.3")`

`Monitor-1: HDMI-A-0 res: 1024x768 hz: 60 dpi: 102 size: 256x192mm (10.1x7.6") diag: 320mm (12.6")`

`OpenGL: renderer: AMD Radeon RX 460 Graphics (POLARIS11 DRM 3.40.0 5.11.1-zen1-1-zen LLVM 11.1.0)`

`v: 4.6 Mesa 20.3.4 direct render: Yes`

`Audio: Device-1: AMD Baffin HDMI/DP Audio [Radeon RX 550 640SP / RX 560/560X] vendor: Hightech Information System`

`driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 08:00.1 chip ID: 1002:aae0 class ID: 0403`

`Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 17h HD Audio vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel`

`bus ID: 0a:00.3 chip ID: 1022:1457 class ID: 0403`

`Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.11.1-zen1-1-zen`

`Network: Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169 v: kernel`

`port: f000 bus ID: 07:00.0 chip ID: 10ec:8168 class ID: 0200`

`IF: enp7s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>`

`Bluetooth: Device-1: Cambridge Silicon Radio Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode) type: USB driver: N/A bus ID: 1-8:9`

`chip ID: 0a12:0001 class ID: e001`

`Message: Required tool hciconfig not installed. Check --recommends`

`Drives: Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 34.1 GiB (14.3%)`

`SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.`

`ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 model: PCIe SSD size: 238.47 GiB block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B`

`speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 rotation: SSD serial: <filter> rev: EDFM00.5 temp: 44.9 C scheme: MBR`

`Partition: ID-1: / raw size: 238.47 GiB size: 238.47 GiB (100.00%) used: 34.1 GiB (14.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1`

`maj-min: 259:1`

`ID-2: /home raw size: 238.47 GiB size: 238.47 GiB (100.00%) used: 34.1 GiB (14.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1`

`maj-min:

259:1`

`ID-3: /var/log raw size: 238.47 GiB size: 238.47 GiB (100.00%) used: 34.1 GiB (14.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1`

`maj-min: 259:1`

`ID-4: /var/tmp raw size: 238.47 GiB size: 238.47 GiB (100.00%) used: 34.1 GiB (14.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1`

`maj-min: 259:1`

`Swap: Kernel: swappiness: 10 (default 60) cache pressure: 75 (default 100)`

`ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 1000.7 MiB used: 5.6 MiB (0.6%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram0`

`ID-2: swap-2 type: zram size: 1000.7 MiB used: 5.5 MiB (0.6%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram1`

`ID-3: swap-3 type: zram size: 1000.7 MiB used: 5.3 MiB (0.5%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram2`

`ID-4: swap-4 type: zram size: 1000.7 MiB used: 3.7 MiB (0.4%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram3`

`ID-5: swap-5 type: zram size: 1000.7 MiB used: 4 MiB (0.4%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram4`

`ID-6: swap-6 type: zram size: 1000.7 MiB used: 3.9 MiB (0.4%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram5`

`ID-7: swap-7 type: zram size: 1000.7 MiB used: 4.1 MiB (0.4%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram6`

`ID-8: swap-8 type: zram size: 1000.7 MiB used: 4 MiB (0.4%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram7`

`ID-9: swap-9 type: zram size: 1000.7 MiB used: 4.1 MiB (0.4%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram8`

`ID-10: swap-10 type: zram size: 1000.7 MiB used: 4 MiB (0.4%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram9`

`ID-11: swap-11 type: zram size: 1000.7 MiB used: 4 MiB (0.4%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram10`

`ID-12: swap-12 type: zram size: 1000.7 MiB used: 3.6 MiB (0.4%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram11`

`ID-13: swap-13 type: zram size: 1000.7 MiB used: 3.7 MiB (0.4%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram12`

`ID-14: swap-14 type: zram size: 1000.7 MiB used: 3.8 MiB (0.4%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram13`

`ID-15: swap-15 type: zram size: 1000.7 MiB used: 3.8 MiB (0.4%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram14`

`ID-16: swap-16 type: zram size: 1000.7 MiB used: 3.6 MiB (0.4%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram15`

`Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 47.6 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 36.0 C`

`Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 1050`

`Info: Processes: 422 Uptime: 2d 3h 37m wakeups: 14 Memory: 15.64 GiB used: 8.44 GiB (54.0%) Init: systemd v: 247`

`Compilers: gcc: 10.2.0 clang: 11.1.0 Packages: pacman: 1610 lib: 469 Shell: fish v: 3.1.2 running in: alacritty`

`inxi: 3.3.01`

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grandchild/linux_installer: Linux GUI installer for audiences that are used to Windows installers. Imitates the look-and-feel of NSIS/Wizard97.
https://github.com/grandchild/linux_installer

https://redd.it/lvzvgw
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Fan control for GIGABYTE AORUS 15G WB-7DE2130SD

Hi,

I'm running my GIGABYTE AORUS 15G WB-7DE2130SD Laptop with Kubuntu 20.10 and would like to control the fans. The fans are always on and every smal activity pushes them up. So senseless.

No specific settings in the BIOS. In the Gigabyte ControlCenter under Windows I chose the quiet mode (which is not really quiet, but better than nothing), but he forgets that, when I start Linux and does what he wants.

I installed already the fancontrol, but it doesn't recognize the fans. The program NoteBook FanControl also doesn't function. Is there any possibility or selling and buying a quiet laptop?

https://redd.it/lxke6y
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(Manjaro) Installation Failed

I tried installing Manjaro on Dell Inspiron 5520, it failed with an error Attached below.

Also, the touchpad didn’t work while trying it out. Please suggest a fix.


I trying to install XFCE version.

The error.

https://redd.it/lxkzry
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Has there been any effort of porting "memtest86+" to UEFI and DDR4?

If you don't know memtest86+ is the memory testing utility. (to find bad memory sectors) Last version came out in 2013. There is no support for UEFI or DDR4 making it incompatable with modern systems. (UEFI issue can be mitigated by switching to BIOS emulation mode but no working around DDR4)

Don't confuse with memtest86 which is proprietary. memtest86 has full UEFI support.

I am thinking about doing the port but I wanted to probe the interest. Maybe someone already worked on porting?

https://redd.it/lxmjqz
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Conntrack turns a blind eye to dropped SYNs
https://blog.cloudflare.com/conntrack-turns-a-blind-eye-to-dropped-syns/

https://redd.it/lxnezw
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Do you also think that currently desktop Linux experience is discouraging?

I'm Linux user for more than 20 years, but some time ago I'm thinking more often to leave it and only use it for command-line purposes. UI Performance is sluggish on every distro, every environment, every hardware (AMD, Intel, Nvidia, it doesn't matter, on every driver).

Worst of all is that ALL browsers work slower than on Windows (I mean time between link click and full page load) and it's my primary tool. Why nobody is talking about that? You can force enable hardware acceleration and it still is bad. Finally, the fastest browser on Linux is made by Microsoft. Never thought that it could happen.

Gaming, despite the involvement and great work of Valve, still is like kicking a horse. Trying to run things like PlayOnLinux finally ended messed up dependencies in apt.

My favorite years with Linux were about 2010-2015 when very much of everything worked. So what went wrong?

I don't want to sound like bullying Linux. I Love the os, and I mark everywhere the importance of open source, but the current desktop experience is discouraging. Now, I'm trying to work on something that I named "Frankenstein OS". So I'm using Windows 10 as my "desktop environment", bash, and beneath all features of virtualized Linux bound to second physical disk with shared profile directory, etc.

What are your thoughts?


EDIT: Problems list much longer than mine only:
https://itvision.altervista.org/why.linux.is.not.ready.for.the.desktop.current.html

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Linux Is Just More Efficient

So over the past couple of days, I've been reminded yet again of my primary motivation for switching to Linux 10 years ago and why most of the people I've switched over have continued to use it without much complaint.

For the record, I don't consider myself much of a Linux evangelist. I fall more in the camp of "if it works for you, just use it". That being said, my socioeconomic background lends itself to myself and people around me having laptops that are just basic work tools and not overly powerful. My primary device for instance is a used Thinkpad T430 with the base level I5 dual-core processor which I use as a desktop replacement in a dual monitor setup with the aid of an old docking station (very handy for such an old device).

Against that backdrop, I recently accepted some additional data entry work mostly done via Teamviewer into a dedicated work Desktop. Now to the point of this post and why I just can't go back to Windows for a primary OS. The desktop PC in question is a 2019 machine with 8GB RAM and a 6 Core i5-9500 processor (2019 model). Just for a basic workflow of a few word documents, a couple of excel worksheets, one database program, outlook, teams and some PDFs, the desktop was constantly pegged at around 90% RAM usage and upwards of 40-60% CPU usage. All this while the host machine I used to Teamviewer in (the aforementioned T430) runs a relatively bloated setup of Plasma 5.21 with multiple chat apps going, irc client, c few spreadsheets of my own, news feed reader in the background, email app, file sync app and of course a browser with multiple tabs including at least 2 youtube tabs at any given time and RAM usage with all this tops out at a cool 4.2 GB (4.3GB if I pause to play some GBA games occasionally) and CPU usage hovers around 3 - 16% and occasionally jumps up to 40-60% if I'm streaming vids at 1080p60 while doing light gaming WHILE the teamviewer instance is running.

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I know this is a lengthy one but occasionally, I just like to take note of these things and remember why I switched in the first place. Windows 10 with basic usage has the potential to bring a 2019 6-core Desktop to it's knees in under 7 hours of uptime with a standard workflow while linux allows for a significantly heavier workflow on a now 9 year old laptop acting like a desktop and punching far above it's weight class despite a current uptime of 2 and a half days (because I rebooted after making some modifications to new plasma install). Linux rocks!!!

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