Linux future and trends from ordinar users point of view

Hi, Linux community!

I've switched to Linux from Windows for a week and mostly impressed by these things:

1. Hardware compatibility with my laptop. I didn't have any problems with drivers so far.
2. Almost all apps from Windows I use have Linux versions. I do not need to change my workflow.
3. Linux Mint UI is very similar to what I used to have on Windows. So it is not a problem to find Firewall settings, or monitor processes, for example.
4. All network interfaces work efficiently and fast. I tried SMB, NFS, FTP without any issues.

It looks so appealing, so I got this feeling that Linux will take away 10-20% of Windows auditory soon. And because I believe it is the wrong impression of a new user, who doesn't have any ruined expectations from Linux, I want to know more mature users' opinions.

If you have been using Linux for several years, can you share with me your thoughts about Linux's future as a desktop OS for ordinary users? Do you like the development path, or do you have some questions?

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Review of KDE-based JingOS: iPad looks on Linux?
https://write.as/niccolove/review-of-kde-based-jingos-0-8

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Haruna Video Player 0.6.0 released

Download https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.georgefb.haruna

Git repo https://github.com/g-fb/haruna

New in 0.6.0:

Added support for youtube playlists.
Added MPRIS2 support.
Settings open in separate window and reorganize some settings.
Playlist can overlay video or push it, Settings > Playlist > Overlay video.
Playlist has another, more compact style, Settings > Playlist > Playlist style.
When playlist toggle with mouse is disabled, a playlist toggle button will be added to the footer.
Added option to select any installed GUI style.
Added action to toggle deinterlacing (d key).
Replaced the open url controls with a message when youtube-dl is not found.
Can load ass, ssa and srt subnoscripts by drag and drop.
Added option to control the saving of the playing file's position, Settings > Playback > Remember time position (click on the help button for more information).
Changed default screenshots folder to `\~/Pictures/Haruna screenshots`.
Added loading indicator for videos.
Fixed playlist closing when hovering space between items.
Fixed crash when it can't read file metadata.
Fixed menubar height being to small.

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eOVPN - OpenVPN configuration Manager gained support for NetworkManager (i.e Better Integration with desktop)

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Introducing Libadwaita
https://aplazas.pages.gitlab.gnome.org/blog/blog/2021/03/31/introducing-libadwaita.html

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Android's new Bluetooth stack rewrite (Gabeldorsh) is written with Rust
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/bt/+/master/gd/rust/

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Happy BackUp day! How often do you make full backups of your system?
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postmarketOS // Second Beta Release: v21.03
https://postmarketos.org/blog/2021/03/31/v21.03-release/

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Deepin release 20.2
https://www.deepin.org/en/2021/03/31/deepin-20-2-beautiful-and-wonderful/

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Announcing Ubuntu on Windows Community Preview – WSL 2
https://ubuntu.com//blog/announcing-ubuntu-on-windows-community-preview-wsl-2

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No laptop is too slow fo linux
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Show Reddit: chezmoi dotfile manager version 2 released
https://github.com/twpayne/chezmoi/blob/master/docs/CHANGES.md

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Created a daily crossword downloader from my favorite site, thought you might appreciate it!

I wrote this today, and I can't wait to build up a huge backlog of crosswords. I love [this site](https://www.onlinecrosswords.net/printable-daily-crosswords.php), but I forget to check it and download them every day. I wrote this noscript so it will do it for me! If you have any questions feel free to ask.

It downloads the daily 7 straight to created directories for the purpose, renames them shorter with the date, then packs them all into one PDF for easy printing!

I made this run automatically with Cron, but you don't have to.

@reboot sleep 15 && ./crosswords_downloader.sh

Here is the code... I know I can shorten this with a for loop, but I am new to Bash noscripting so I haven't messed with it yet.

#!/bin/bash

mkdir ~/crosswords
mkdir ~/crosswords/$(date +%m)-$(date +%d)

wget -P ~/crosswords/$(date +%m)-$(date +%d) https://www.onlinecrosswords.net/printable-daily-crosswords-{1,2,3,4,5,6,7}.pdf

cd ~/crosswords/$(date +%m)-$(date +%d)

mv printable-daily-crosswords-1.pdf puzz#1_$(date +%m)-$(date +%d).pdf
mv printable-daily-crosswords-2.pdf puzz#2_$(date +%m)-$(date +%d).pdf
mv printable-daily-crosswords-3.pdf puzz#3_$(date +%m)-$(date +%d).pdf
mv printable-daily-crosswords-4.pdf puzz#4_$(date +%m)-$(date +%d).pdf
mv printable-daily-crosswords-5.pdf puzz#5_$(date +%m)-$(date +%d).pdf
mv printable-daily-crosswords-6.pdf puzz#6_$(date +%m)-$(date +%d).pdf
mv printable-daily-crosswords-7.pdf puzz#7_$(date +%m)-$(date +%d).pdf
pdfunite puzz#* puzz_pack-$(date +%m)-$(date +%d).pdf

Note: It will begin overwriting folders after a year has passed, so don't wait too long.

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Cheers to 10 Years
https://blog.elementary.io/ten-years/

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National backup day? I saw some posts and made a meme.
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User Research for an Open Source App

Hi everybody! I am the main developer of Super Productivity an open source app for linux. Recently Stian a UX/UI Designer reached out to offer his help, which is great. He is very meticulous about the whole project and wants to underpin his suggestions with research data which I really like. In order to make it work he would need several people to volunteer for an interview. All necessary information can be found here: https://github.com/johannesjo/super-productivity/discussions/1011

Help would be very much appreciated!

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Install bb via apt install, then run it and hit 8, you won't regret it

Install bb though the command line using sudo apt install bb, then run it and hit 8. You'll immediately get hit with a matrix style ASCII art, then it will go crazy with the ASCII art!

You won't regret it!

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Command Line Fu - The best UNIX commands on the Web
https://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/browse/sort-by-votes

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Bash Tab Completion Completer

I wish there were an easy way to generate the completions for a command line that would be generated if I were entering it and manually hitting tab. Like if I type ln --<Tab> I get a list of long options to the ln command. I'd like to be able to say, like, generate-completions-for 'ln --' and get out the same list. But there are environment variables that have to be set in order for compgen to work.

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Patching – BigBulls Game
https://blog.opstree.com/2021/03/30/patching-bigbulls-game/

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Latest Linux 5.11 on an 100 MHz "486" – AMD 5x85 "486" w/ 32MB RAM!

With some optimizations, improvements and fixes, I got latest t2/linux w/ kernel 5.11 running in a 486-class AMD 5x86 and later Cyrix Instead 5x86 (w/o cupid!). It is swapping a bit to death, guess I need to find more and larger memory DIMMs ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯ Mostly to test pata_legacy; and obviously optimizations ;-)

https://youtu.be/KAYgCE0wFE4

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