How easy it is to achieve blurred shell background in GNOME 40
https://www.reddit.com/gallery/muj02k

https://redd.it/muj52g
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Star this Chromium issue: it's our only hope to get hardware acceleration on Linux
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1200559

https://redd.it/muj3xq
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How do I download Ubuntu 18.04 on chrome book.

I have been using Ubuntu 16.04 on my chrome book for a while now but I want to get 18.04 now because it’s got more stuff available. However I have tried following steps online but have had no success. Please help me!!!

https://redd.it/mujkm5
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Bodhi Linux 6.0 beta the lightweight distro for the discerning Linux user, is available now. RC soon to be released!
https://sourceforge.net/projects/bodhidev/files/latest/download

https://redd.it/muldj8
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I was able to install SkyGo app in Anbox, but for some reason it can't download the episodes... How could I know what is the problem? anbox-session does not give any output so I don't know what is the problem.
https://streamable.com/hpy1km

https://redd.it/mumhwu
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IBM employee forced to stop kernel work for using personal email address
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net.git/commit/?id=4acd47644ef1e1c8f8f5bc40b7cf1c5b9bcbbc4e

https://redd.it/mumrle
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The Document Foundation in 2020 (the small non-profit behind LibreOffice)
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2021/04/20/annual-report-the-document-foundation-in-2020/

https://redd.it/mumlur
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Can binaries for Linux work on different architecture or re-compilation is needed?

Linux can run on different platforms, including different ISA's. I was wondering if any binaries are used for x86 Linux, can it then run natively on arm, or Risc-V? Or does that software need to be compiled again for that specific platform?

Thank you so much in advance!

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Zellij: a Rusty terminal multiplexer releases a beta

Hi everyone,

We just released a beta version of a terminal workspace and multiplexer that's been in the works for a few months. This beta release marks it as ready for every day use - so if you spend a lot of time in the terminal and this seems cool to you, we'd like it very much if you gave it a try!

To learn more, here's the official announcement: https://zellij.dev/new/beta/

And here's a direct link to the repository: https://github.com/zellij-org/zellij


Enjoy!

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BlocKit - new WebKitGTK Adblock extension
https://redd.it/muq4kf
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I really don't know why these lines are showing randomly can someone help me with this? I am running Garuda Linux arch based distro.
https://redd.it/musk99
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When you are addicted to noscripts in lfs

I use scratchpkg as a lfs package manager.

Long story short to avoid having to search manually for updates for packages on the internet I wrote a few noscripts to do it for me during a cron job.

https://github.com/voncloft/Voncloft-OS/blob/master/utilities/checkrepository

May be "risky", probably lazy but it works for me lol.

https://redd.it/mutxt7
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4k laptop + Nvidia + Gnome 40 + Gestures support -> possible?

Hello, I really like the way 4K displays precise fonts on laptops. I'm thinking about buying a 4K thinkpad or dell precision, but it seems that to run 4K you'll need a Nvidia dGPU (there is no AMD option for 4K monitors in 15 inches).

I really want to use gnome 40 on Fedora and I was wondering how that would work if I have an Nvidia because apparently they don't support Wayland. I need my laptop to support gestures (something that Wayland supports better apparently) to be as close to my macbook pro as possible for a smooth transition from Mac to Linux.

Thoughts? Should I drop the 4K if I want gestures / Wayland support since 4K needs a dGPU to run well?

https://redd.it/muuhyp
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How a Bug(?) in the Linux CRC-32 Checksum Turned out not to be a Bug
https://danlark.org/2021/03/08/how-a-bug-in-the-linux-crc-32-checksum-turned-out-not-to-be-a-bug/

https://redd.it/muvi1y
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In the trenches with Thomas Gleixner, real-time Linux kernel patch set
https://www.linux.com/featured/in-the-trenches-with-thomas-gleixner-real-time-linux-kernel-patch-set/

https://redd.it/muwno5
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Q&A with Grafana Labs CEO Raj Dutt about our licensing changes
https://grafana.com/blog/2021/04/20/qa-with-our-ceo-on-relicensing/

https://redd.it/mux1gw
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Does anyone know if ubuntu is planned to receive an integrated tiling option ?

I've been using i3 as my main WM and just discovered popOS and how well that works with gnome, I'm not going to change to pop just for this feature but it would be nice if the ubuntu team tried to implement it in the next LTS release as it already works out of the box for gnome.

https://redd.it/mv0t6k
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Greg K-H: "And don't get me started on the inability for "executives" to fund other parts of Linux that they rely on, because they want "other companies" to do it instead. The tragedy-of-the-commons is a real threat to Linux, and always has been..."
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/YH5tAqLr965MNZyW@kroah.com/

https://redd.it/mv1ck6
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My first time installing Gentoo went wrong:')
https://redd.it/mv28ix
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Introducing Jellyfin Media Player with the extensive codec support from MPV and working on Wayland as well.
https://jellyfin.org/posts/client-jmp/

https://redd.it/mv3mx3
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You don't need a bootloader

Back in the day of MBR (Legacy) BIOS systems, to boot the system would execute what was in the master boot record (the first 512 bytes of the disk). Since the Linux kernel is more than 512 bytes, an intermediate program called a bootloader had to be put in the MBR instead. The most common Linux bootloader is GRUB.

Almost any computer made in the last decade now uses the UEFI standard instead of the old legacy MBR one. The UEFI standard looks for certain files in a partition called the ESP, or EFI System Partition. Since this is just a normal FAT32 partition, it can be as large as 2 terabytes. Now that it's large enough to fit the whole kernel and initramfs in, some distros mount the ESP directly to /boot so the kernel and bootloader can be stored in the same partition, making the bootloader's job easier.

Many of the kernels that distros use as their default are compiled with the EFISTUB option enabled, which means that the kernel is capable of being launched directly by the UEFI the same way as a bootloader is. Since kernels can now be launched directly by the UEFI, bootloaders aren't needed anymore since their only job is to launch the kernel and that can now be done directly by the UEFI.

Hence, if your distro kernel has EFISTUB enabled, you can forego the bootloader entirely and set a boot entry in your UEFI to directly load the kernel with a tool called efibootmgr. A good tutorial for this is located here on the arch wiki. Now that this is possible, the only reason to use a bootloader nowdays is if you're using a legacy MBR machine, or if you're using multiple kernels/operating systems and your system's bios is annoying to navigate.

https://redd.it/mv3yz4
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