CentOS is just shifted its life cycle position. CentOS is not dead



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Fedоrа  

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Red  Hаt’s  internаl  develорment  рrосess 

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RHEL 

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СentОS  Linux

### Current Development Process:

Fedоrа  

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СentОS  Streаm 

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 RHEL

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A Call To Action For Linux Developers!

Yesterday I made a post asking people what they didn't like or wanted changed about Linux as a whole, this includes everything from the kernel to a specific distro or desktop. In this post I will outline some of the most prevalent problems people came up with, ranked in order of most discussed to least discussed. I am hoping that this post will serve as a call to arms for Linux developers (myself included) to solve this problems so we can improve the Linux experience as a whole.

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Disclaimer: this most is merely a study of the data collected off of my previous post and an outline of what Linux "needs" most. Personally I believe Linux is nowhere near "complete" but these problems are the first step in forever improving it.

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1. Audio and Bluetooth

one of the most common answers I received was people having trouble with Bluetooth or having problems with audio as a whole, I know that PipeWire is becoming more and more advanced and may overtake PulseAudio soon but audio and Bluetooth are definitely both places to focus on especially with many new Bluetooth and wireless audio devices being released.

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2. GPU/Graphics issues

the second most common issue I received was graphics and GPU driver issues, a lot of this is out of our control with proprietary drivers being released and without Linux support. but optimization and perfecting what we do have is the key to a more enjoyable and usable Linux experience with less graphical based issues.

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3. End User Experience and Cosmetic Polish

I understand this issue is mostly solving itself with the release of things like gnome40 and the endless amounts of customization artists and designers but many aspects of Linux can be made easier for the end user while still retaining the benefits their counterparts provide ie. using the terminal is very fast and efficient but very daunting for new users. this problem could mostly be solved through better documentation and support as well as making Linux feel less like a large en devour and more like a simple upgrade.

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4. Accessibility and Hardware support

the final problem that I received commonly was issues related to accessibility and hardware support such as fingerprint readers, ID scanners, and even non external hardware like hard drives and sound chips. one of the most important things we can do to make Linux more common on the desktop would be removing many of the issues that unearth themselves right out of the box (especially in large companies using Linux on many workstation example: hospitals using badge scanners) solving this issue would result in more user friendly and less complicated setup and optimization.

5. Polish
On an important side note I think polishing the Linux experience both visually and with small quality of life updates is very important as it gives Linux a good first impression.


Important Links and Resources:

Linux Wiki how to submit patches how to submit drivers

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Happy Birthday nnn! Celebrating with release v4.0
https://github.com/jarun/nnn

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Is this bad?
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The folks behind Brave Browser slam Google for its new tracking policy
https://www.androidpolice.com/2021/04/13/the-folks-behind-brave-browser-slam-google-for-its-new-tracking-policy/

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Video Endode/Decode coming soon to Vulkan. Thanks to this, we can get AMD AMF support on AMDVLK or RADV.
https://www.khronos.org/blog/an-introduction-to-vulkan-video

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I dual boot Linux and Windows, but for unforeseen reasons

I use Linux for gaming and Windows for development. Yes you read the first sentence right. Setting up my development environment on any Linux distro is a pain. I have 3 python versions pre-installed and none of them have pip if I'm on a debian based distro. If I'm on Arch based distros I have one python with pip but development is still flobsy. Flask doesn't start a server nor Django Rails doesn't want to create a project etc, everything is a headache, but gaming on Linux is just smooth with Vulkan on my full amd setup!

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Practical use of JSON in Bash

There are many blog posts on how to use tools like jq to filter JSON at the command line, but in this article I write about how you can actually use JSON to make your life easier in Bash with different variable assignment and loop techniques.

https://blog.kellybrazil.com/2021/04/12/practical-json-at-the-command-line/

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An easy to use MTP implementation for your next embedded Linux project
https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/blog/2021/04/13/an-easy-mtp-implementation-for-your-next-embedded-linux-project/

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System76 Developing "COSMIC" Desktop Environment For Pop!_OS
https://blog.system76.com/post/648371526931038208/cosmic-to-arrive-in-june-release-of-popos-2104

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Release of Oil 0.8.9
http://www.oilshell.org/blog/2021/04/release-0.8.9.html

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I made a desktop background in blender. Hope you enjoy.
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How to handle secrets in the CLI
https://smallstep.com/blog/command-line-secrets/

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Chromium sync workaround

As you already know, Google cuts off other Chromium-based browsers from its Sync service except for Chrome starting from March 15, 2021.

For those who have encountered this problem on recent installations, here is my little workaround:

1. install Google Chrome and log in;
2. close Google Chrome and enter the \~ /.config folder;
3. rename the "google-chrome" folder to "chromium";
4. start Chromium, if synchronization is still required, close and clean everything with Bleachbit;
5. start Chromium again, sync and ... have fun.

6. OPTIONAL, remove Google Chrome.

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Best ways to support Linux desktop popularity?

Often times, when dealing with Linux incompatibility with hardware and software, there are workarounds, but I've frequently found that the underlying issue is the low percentage of people using Linux over other alternatives. What are some long-term oriented causes I can support, either financially, politically, or with my time, that show real promise of growing the prevelance of Linux desktop users?

Here are some projects I've considered supporting for this reason:

Friendly to new users and out-of-box attractive frontend:

Ubuntu
GNOME
Kubuntu
KDE
Pop!\_OS
Mint
elementary OS

Linux-centric manufacturer which new users might find appealing:

System76

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gkeybind - G-key support for Logitech gaming keyboards
https://github.com/nickbclifford/gkeybind

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GTKKa : work-in-progress Kalem wrapper around GTK3
https://github.com/ferhatgec/gtkka

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[fish] Created two themes for oh my fish based on lambda theme with manjaro and fedora colors.
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FDM (freedownloadmanager) AppImage for linux distros.

Free Download Manager is a download manager for Windows, macOS, Linux and Android. For linux the company only offer a debian binary.

FDM was initially proprietary software, but was free and open-source software between versions 2.5 and 3.9.7. Starting with version 3.0.852 (15 April 2010), the source code was made available in the project's Subversion repository instead of being included with the binary package. This continued until versions 3.9.7 .The source code for version 5.0 and newer is not available and the GNU General Public License agreement has been removed from the app. Due to this, I cannot provide you with releases of FDM AppImages. Instead you could easily build AppImages with the recipe file and instructions on major linux distros.

Tested on :

Ubuntu 16.04 / 18.04 / 20.04 / 20.10
Debian 9 / 10 / 11 / sid (unstable)
Fedora 33-1.2
Arch Linux (Manjaro - 21.0.1)

Checkout: https://github.com/gauthamp10/freedownloadmanager-linux-appimage

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Alice's Datasheets (fiction)
https://niconiconi.neocities.org/posts/alice-datasheet/

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Is RSS Still Relevant in 2021?
https://odysee.com/@parkingthought:d/is-rss-still-relevant-in-2021:f

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