How did you start your “Linux Journey”?

Hello, dear UN-MICROSOFTED dudes,

I am making a little book (Umm we can say some notes) about Linux so I wonder how people started their “Linux Journey”. So here are some questions: why did you choose Linux? (Lightweight, open-source, secure or something else) What’s happened something big while you use Linux? Why did you stop using Linux if you did? That’s all. If you add something, please add in comments. Thanks :) (Sorry for poor English :/)

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7-Zip 21.0 alpha introduces native Linux support
https://www.ghacks.net/2021/03/11/7-zip-21-0-alpha-introduces-native-linux-support/

https://redd.it/m2w42d
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What OpenSSH sshd logs when a session disconnects (on Linux)
https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/OpenSSHDisconnectLogging

https://redd.it/m2v752
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Makedeb - Make PKGBUILDs work on Debian-based Distros
https://github.com/hwittenborn/makedeb

https://redd.it/m2ndhr
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Linux Load Averages: Solving the Mystery (2017)
http://www.brendangregg.com/blog/2017-08-08/linux-load-averages.html

https://redd.it/m3067p
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MNT Reform March 2021 Production Update
https://mntre.com/media/reform_md/2021-03-07-reform-production-update-mar-2021.html

https://redd.it/m007zh
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Removing windows for Ubuntu

Hi all! I bought an used dell XPS 13 from a buddy and I’m going to wipe out windows and replace with Ubuntu. Here’s the thing. I’m a developer , I use VS code , node, php , Mamp, MongoDB, Mysql, slack, GitHub, gitlab , discord daily. I have Macs, ssh into everything, and most of the server-less stuff I work on are Ubuntu servers. I’m assuming I should just be fine on Linux. If anyone has any advice on pitfalls with Linux and running any of these I’d love the warnings. Any apps or programs that are a must need for Linux would be fantastic. Thanks and all the best!

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Android Linux?

Hi, I'm not trying to start an argument, just some food for thought: if people say it's called Linux because the kernel is the OS, 1) why was the term kernel invented? 2) why are other operating systems called by the userspace and not kernel?
For example Android is called Android, only a few people say it's a Linux distro.

MacOS has a kernel called XNU but nobody calls it that, the userspace is called MacOS because all the userspace utilities are named "Mac" or something similar.

Windows kernel is NT but nobody calls it that, the userspace is called Windows because all the utilities are named "Windows" (Windows Defender, etc.)

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I killed a brother


The pop OS usb just paused in the middle of booting with the message "ext4 signature detected in partition 4" and it stayed there for like a solid minute

It genuinely felt like the usb was looking for what happened to the last Linux install

It was the most anxiety inducing feeling ever

It felt like I killed his brother

How do I say sorry in linux

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German software company SUSE targets pre-summer IPO
https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN2B12AD

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passwd or ldappasswd sync to smbpasswd

Hi guys can anyone help me, I have a project for my client he needs a File Server. I have configured a Ubuntu 20.04 server as an LDAP + Samba combo. My question is how will the users can change their passwords without me involve? I also installed Mail role (Postfix+Dovecot) on this box and installed SquirrelMail with change_pass plugin.

The SquirrelMail change_pass plugin is able to change the ldap password and shadow password but when I try to browse shared folders in Samba, it will ask me the for password it only accept the last password that was change using smbpasswd. I cannot find any help at google right now.

How can I sync changes from passwd or ldappasswd to smbpasswd?

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Where i can find some good user made themes for kde?

So i want to install a user made theme for my kde DE.

I saw on varius sites some really good one, also in unixporn i found some really nice ones.
The problem is that as im kinda new to this i dont really know how to do this. Is there a site or a way to find users made theme for KDE?

https://redd.it/m3eqao
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GNOME 40 Resource Usage?

How is it compared to GNOME 3? On GNOME 3 I was getting 1.5GB used at idle, which is on par with Windows. Does GNOME 40 fix a lot of those issues?

I really like GNOME, but even KDE has been able to address thesr type of problems much more effectively.

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Audio output normalization. Any ideas?

I have a folder of music videos which I play at random via noscript. Some of them have low audio volume and others a lot higher. I would like to normalize audio output somehow.

By doing some research, this was the closest thing I could find but it's still not quite what I need or want. I think I need some sort of equalizer that boosts volume if it's below X and nerfs it if its above the X, X being the threshold of output loudness.

https://redd.it/m3hvvk
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ARMs Race: Ampere Altra takes on the AWS Graviton2
https://blog.cloudflare.com/arms-race-ampere-altra-takes-on-aws-graviton2/

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Has anyone actually used Garuda Linux?

I wonder how it would run on a old HDD. Does it really run better than vanilla Arch?

https://garudalinux.org/ states that

Our goal is to provide a distro that focuses only on performance while making it beautiful. Thats(sic) why we made some (sane) performance tweaks.

1. Improved I/O performance.

2. CPU scheduler set to performance - optional: install powersaving tweaks.

3. ZRAM enabled by default.

4. Nohang, an OOM prevention daemon.

5. As well as Ananicy, which automatically sets nice levels on your system.

Does any of this have a difference?

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I tried making a Gnome install with flatpaks apps exclusively
https://www.reddit.com/gallery/m3lr52

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Streaming platforms vs. Linux

I tried Netflix, Hulu, Showtime, HBO, Amazon Prime Video and none of these platforms stream 1080p or greater to linux. For some time I've been using a few workarounds, but they either don't work anymore -- like the Netflix 1080p extension for Chrome; or they're inconvenient and potentially dangerous -- like Kodi + add-ons from unknown sources.

Are any of you using a legal alternative for this? I'm considering hoisting the black flag at this point.

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M.2 on a Raspberry Pi - the TOFU CM4 Carrier Board
https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2021/m2-on-raspberry-pi-tofu-compute-module-4-carrier-board

https://redd.it/m3n508
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The security scanner that cried wolf
https://pythonspeed.com/articles/docker-security-scanner/

https://redd.it/m3mjeg
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System cleaning tool for Fedora and other distro that uses DNF

Hi, I want to reach out all Fedora 33 Linux users there. As well as other distros that uses DNF package manager.

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I want first to introduce myself. I'm a high school student and novice programmer, who is fascinated by computers since my childhood, and I want to learn more about it. I'm also a Fedora 33 Linux user. I want to support Linux to be best I can, the Free software foundation, as well as the users/community of it.

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I make a python package name sysclean, it is in PyPIand GitLab. This program can be installed through pip package manager

pip install sysclean

This program is a system cleaner designed for Fedora 33 Linux (It will be developed to support other linux distros in the future, since for now Fedora is the only distro that is in my reach.) This program will run post-update clean up noscripts from DNF System Upgrade documentation by Fedora, and other recommended clean up commands by the Fedora Community.

https://gitlab.com/jamesaaron97248/system-cleaner-sesc191y

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https://pypi.org/project/sysclean/

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Thank you for your time!

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** There's no contributing, I want to take all the development since I want to learn more and its fun haha. But the code will remain open and can always be inspected. Cheers and Hooray!

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