9 Best Linux Distros for Beginners & Programmers
https://alto-palo.com/blogs/best-linux-distros-for-beginners-programmers/

https://redd.it/mkd10d
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Bash noscript to set wallpapers from your favourite subreddits

Not sure if this is the right place to post this, but I'm guessing this might be useful for some people.

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# This noscript needs imagemagick and feh

SUBREDDITS=$(cat <<-END
earthporn/top
cityporn/top
skyporn/top
beachporn/top
waterporn/top
auroraporn/hot
exposureporn/hot
END
)

SUBREDDIT=$(echo "$SUBREDDITS" | shuf -n 1)

echo "Choosing $SUBREDDIT"
mkdir -p ~/.wallpapers
wallpaperlocation=~/.wallpapers/current-wallpaper.jpg
urls=$(wget -O - -o /dev/null http://www.reddit.com/r/$SUBREDDIT/.rss | grep -oP 'https://i.redd.it/\w{13}\.(jpg|png)')

for url in $urls; do
wget -O $wallpaperlocation $url
islandscape=$(identify -format '%[fx:(w>h)]' $wallpaperlocation)
resolution=$(feh -L "%p" $wallpaperlocation)
ishighres=0;
if [ $resolution -gt 1000000 ]; then
ishighres=1;
fi;
if [[ $islandscape = 1 && $ishighres = 1 ]]; then
feh --bg-scale $wallpaperlocation
break;
fi
done;

https://redd.it/mkf4kt
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crocus: gallium for the gen 4-7 generation
https://airlied.blogspot.com/2021/04/crocus-gallium-for-gen4-7-generation.html

https://redd.it/mkg6ei
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My hospital's TV uses Debian lol
https://redd.it/mkhajk
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Creating a secured terminal paste tool, spaste.online
https://blog.oxagast.org/posts/secure-terminal-paste-spaste/

https://redd.it/mkfxqy
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Challenge to scientists: does your ten-year-old code still run?
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02462-7

https://redd.it/mklg4n
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Supreme Court rules usage of Java SE APIs by Google fair use
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-google-oracle/u-s-supreme-court-sides-with-google-in-major-copyright-dispute-with-oracle-idUSKBN2BS1A9

https://redd.it/mklw2w
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Looking for advice

Hey everyone, I need advice with choosing a distro that would run fairly decent on my late 2008 Macbook Pro. It has a core 2 duo 2.66GHz CPU with 4GB DDR3 memory and an Nvidia Geforce 9600M 256MB GPU.

I don't want to run osX lion anymore and doing a Dosdude1 Sierra causes the mac to overheat severely and I'm not ready to retire the machine yet since it still looks and works perfectly. But my issue is I cannot find a decent OS that I feel comfortable with that doesn't cause performance / overheating issues.

I've tried the following distros:
Ubuntu: Not fond of the desktop environment
Elementary OS - looks similar to mac
OSMint Cinnamon - it runs fairly well but has some performance issues
Pop! OS - runs okay but takes a while to boot and I'm not fond of the distro TBH
Solus Budgie - I like the UI but I'm having weird freeze issues when I connect it to the net.

I'm currently considering Manjaro, Arch or Deepin. What are your suggestions? I want a lightweight and responsive distro, but I do want something that still looks good.

https://redd.it/mkkt57
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dd command linux

If I want to clone one compact disk “A” to compact disk “B”, will the data from “A” be deleted?


If so, how to do it without losing data?


I need to clone very important data and I can’t lose it.

~~filler filler filler filler filler filler filler~~

https://redd.it/mkp0pg
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Google vs Oracle Api Lawsuit
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/05/supreme-court-rules-in-googles-favor-in-copyright-dispute-with-oracle-over-android-software.html

https://redd.it/mkq9on
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KDE e.V. is hiring 2 positions for environmental sustainability project
https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/kde-community/2021q2/006846.html

https://redd.it/mks1mg
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Turkish government using linux on their school computers and smartboards (They made a special distro named pardus)
https://redd.it/mksn5i
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Occasional audio hiccups

I would like to touch a sensitive topic that has plagued my setup for many years, sometimes more frequently, other times less frequently. I think it's an issue that many users might experience here and there.

I use gentoo for many years (more than 10) with this setup lately, which seems to be the best I ever had in terms of low latency/snappy desktop feel even during load:

1. Xanmod Kernel https://github.com/xanmod/linux/releases with custom config, based on default xanmod's config.
2. https://github.com/hamadmarri/cacule-cpu-scheduler scheduler
3. https://github.com/Nefelim4ag/Ananicy to optimize nice values for programs
4. kde with pulseaudio

I experience once or twice per day a hiccup during audio playback, mostly on youtube via firefox. I have ruled out network, since the buffer is full and the hiccups might happen also on strawberry player. The hiccup can happen also during low load average, no cpu/io usage. I don't recall any hiccups, when viewing movies via vlc/mpv.

I have experimented on the past with MuQSS as well.

What is your experience? Do you experience in general, occasional hiccups too? Could it be players' issue?If your setup is flawless, share it!

https://redd.it/mkv0l7
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Interesting thought using CDRs as USB keys

I know this is just nostalgia talking. But it would be like 90s kid cool to use a CDR to log into Linux. Also to remain logged in it would have to re-read the disc periodically, or to check sudo privileges.

My question is would it be just a drop-in replacement or do I need to do some weird things for it work.

Thanks in advance and Linux rules. : ]

https://redd.it/mkqzxn
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Awesome news
https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly90dXhkaWdpdGFsLmNvbS9mZWVkL3RoaXN3ZWVraW5saW51eC1tcDM/episode/aHR0cHM6Ly90dXhkaWdpdGFsLmNvbS8_cD0zMjc0?ep=14

https://redd.it/mktbnr
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Who watches the watchers?

bye linux community. recently published information about pocketchip a device that until two days ago did not interest anyone. Thanks to my post, many discovered it, but WHAT IF SOMEONE CONSIDERS THAT IT IS NOT RELEVANT, WOULD THEY DELETE IT? under what criteria? then in another post I talked about bunsenlabs heir to another distribution called crunchbang #! which for many users is mythical. apparently it was deleted as irrelevant when I see daily other posts with desktop screenshots just for posturing and totally irrelevant. It does not seem correct to me since in these times of economic madness many people are acquiring cheap computers that are useful. What better than a thinkpad considered an armored tank such as the x230 model as well as a Netbook that is technically garbage but thanks to bunsenlabs it would allow many people at least to have a working computer. All these computers allow me to compose music, draw, write, browse, edit photos, and many more functions. it doesn't seem irrelevant to me. for this reason I think it is not worth staying here. I had plans to continue publishing information on things that surely many young users do not know, even preparing a post on how to build a piratebox with pocketchip to share files anywhere anonymously, an important issue in these times of massive surveillance worldwide. but I am not going to endure censorship from strangers. I thought it was a good community but I was wrong. This is why I will delete all my posts in this community. Regards, and thank you very much.

https://redd.it/mknrkw
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I created a noscript that AUTOMATES the installation of ECLIPSE JAVA for Debian / Ubuntu and its derivations

## A very simple noscript that makes the complete installation of Eclipse IDE for Java Developers.
Test and give feedback plz :)
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GitHub
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Download ZIP
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https://redd.it/miykxf
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Stuck in grub bc I accidentally deleted vmlinuz kernel and completely forgot about it!!!

Guys, I am dead.
I rebooted my machine, a remote server (so no live CD option, I can only do idrac) today, but I forgot that I ACCIDENTALLY (yes I am that dumb) deleted the vmlinuz kernel.
It now stuck in grub, I can do a fresh install from an virtual iso downloaded from Ubuntu website. But i want to keep my data!!!
Really frustrating. Anyone has an idea how I can get into the filesystem and grab my data, at least for once??

https://redd.it/ml1pdt
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Wondering if someone can help identify my encryption options

Hello all,

Dedicated Linux user for over 5 years, played with for 15. Recently moved to IT that took my interest in r/homelab from hobby to burning passion. I've played with a couple of encryption modules in the past, but like a lot of MS documentation, what I find is often either outdated or poorly written (sorry team, I'm not the best blog-writer either, and we have the amazing capability of making far too many options to always be practical).

Right now I'm looking for something that can encrypt an operating system like Proxmox or Ubuntu Server, but can let the machine and it's VMs start up; protecting the data stored on it unless you have a lengthy, girthy, master password. I have a few different applications for this, but one of the biggest is that I'd like to offer a trade off to my best friend for NAS storage in return for off-site storage for backups of some important data with some low-power hardware I could leave at his place. I've tried LUKS once but had issues with it, and a few other options that didn't quite meet my requirements, so what would be the best option for my current needs? (If LUKs is the best option, I'd happily try it again).

Thanks team!

https://redd.it/ml3ad4
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Copy root from B to A over ssh

I want to make an entire backup of my iPhone using ssh, I have access jailbroken with OpenSSH but I can’t figure out how to copy the root folder itself. So far I’ve tried:

iPhone:/ root# scp-r root@192.168.0.47:./ /directory/to/destination

iPhone:/ root# scp-r root@192.168.0.47:/ /directory/to/destination

iPhone:/ root# scp-r root@192.168.0.47:. /directory/to/destination

iPhone:/ root# scp-r root@192.168.0.47: /directory/to/destination

I just need to figure out how to copy the entire root folder of the device, how do I do that?

https://redd.it/ml465c
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I created a Bernie Sanders Detector using YOLO

https://redd.it/ml5au7
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