Just a moment...EU proposal to scan all private messages gains momentum
https://cointelegraph.com/news/eu-chat-control-plan-gains-support-threatens-encryption

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[Phoronix] Linux Address Space Isolation "ASI" Revived After Lowering 70% Performance Hit To 13%
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-ASI-Lower-Overhead

https://redd.it/1moxoe5
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Chromium 141 will now use Wayland
https://redd.it/1moyx7f
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DEBIAN 13: I could actually use it as my desktop, now!
https://peertube.wtf/w/qE5JMjLDKyDAUGFNZS9a8n

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NVIDIA 580 graphics driver release - improved support for wayland

### Some highlights
- Improved Wayland Support: The driver introduces support for the fifo-v1 Wayland protocol on Vulkan, enhancing compatibility with Wayland environments. A bug that caused GTK 4 applications to crash when using the Vulkan backend on Wayland has also been fixed.

- Low-Latency Display Interrupts: A new feature reduces the time spent in the interrupt top half for low-latency display interrupts by deferring work. This feature is disabled by default but can be enabled with the parameter NVreg_RegistryDwords=RmEnableAggressiveVblank=1.

- Reduced Stutter in VR: The RMIntrLockingMode feature is now enabled by default, which may help reduce stutter, particularly in virtual reality applications. Users can disable this feature using NVreg_RegistryDwords=RMIntrLockingMode=0.

- Updated GPU Clock Reporting: The driver updates GPU clock value reporting in the nvidia-settings panel, NVIDIA Management Library (NVML), and nvidia-smi to show clocks before thermal and idle slowdowns, aligning with functionality on Windows systems.

- OutputBitsPerComponent MetaMode: A new attribute allows control over the number of bits per color component transmitted via a display connector. If unspecified, the driver selects an optimal color format.

- Bug Fixes and Compatibility Improvements: The release addresses multiple bugs to enhance compatibility with Bigscreen Beyond head-mounted displays, HDMI displays, single-buffered GLX applications on Xwayland, pre-Turing GPUs, 32-bit x86 applications, and Vulkan applications.


All highlights etc.: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/details/252613/

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Zorin OS is amazing!

My grandfather's old computer (a very old one that can't even be upgraded to Windows 10) has come back to life with Zorin OS. It runs as smoothly as if it were on the latest hardware. Zorin OS is so user-friendly that even my grandfather and grandmother, who are not very tech-savvy, can use it easily.

https://redd.it/1mp8j6x
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FFmpeg 8.0 merges: OpenAI "Whisper Filter" for automatic speech recognition & Vulkan AV1 Encoding & VP9 Decoding

Source:

[FFmpeg 8.0 Merges OpenAI Whisper Filter For Automatic Speech Recognition - Phoronix](https://www.phoronix.com/news/FFmpeg-Lands-Whisper)
FFmpeg 8.0 Merges Vulkan AV1 Encoding & VP9 Decoding - Phoronix

https://redd.it/1mp7zkx
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In the center of da berlin in wplace
https://redd.it/1mpd4br
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This close to moving my laptop to Linux
https://redd.it/1mpjbek
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Linux in Edmonton on wplace!
https://redd.it/1mpjwkc
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Has anyone used this system?
https://redd.it/1mpqbh8
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I made a utility that finds duplicate files in a specified directory
https://redd.it/1mpvqs3
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Hands-on: We ran full desktop Linux apps on an Android phone! -- "With some light setup, you too can run full desktop Linux apps like GIMP and LibreOffice on a Pixel phone"
https://www.androidauthority.com/run-desktop-linux-apps-on-android-how-to-3586539/

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KDE Gear 25.08 released
https://kde.org/announcements/gear/25.08.0/

https://redd.it/1mpwhaa
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Linux at risk – recent Intel layoffs threaten key projects, experts warn
https://www.techradar.com/pro/linux-at-risk-recent-intel-layoffs-are-putting-key-projects-at-risk-experts-warn

https://redd.it/1mpzflf
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What do you think in this schedule for a beginner who wants to learn linux

I'm a junior software engineer, and since we work in a 100% Windows environment, I’ve never really had the chance to work with Linux, apart from a few modules back in school, which was a long time ago. My Linux knowledge is pretty basic, but I believe every programmer should have a solid level in it. That’s why I decided to start learning. So, I asked my mentor ChatGPT 🤣, and it came up with this schedule to get started. What do you think? Any key improvements you’d suggest, guys?


Phase 1 – Core Foundations

Step 1 – Setup & Navigation

Install Linux (VM, WSL, or Docker container)

Learn the Linux directory structure: /, /home, /etc, /var, /usr, /bin, /tmp

Understand basic commands for navigation and file handling: pwd, ls, cd, touch, mkdir, cp, mv, rm

Viewing files: cat, less, head, tail



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Step 2 – File Permissions & Searching

Reading ls -l output (permissions, owner, group, size, date)

Changing permissions with chmod

Changing ownership with chown

Creating links: ln (hard) and ln -s (symbolic)

Searching files with find and searching text inside files with grep

Using redirection and pipes: >, >>, <, |



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Step 3 – Processes, Networking & Simple Scripting

Viewing processes: ps, top, htop

Killing processes: kill, pkill

Networking basics: ping, curl, wget, ss -tuln, netstat -tuln

Bash noscripting basics: shebang (#!/bin/bash), variables, reading input, outputting data

Making noscripts executable and running them



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Phase 2 – Intermediate Skills

Step 4 – User & Group Management

Viewing user information: whoami, id

Adding/removing users: useradd, userdel

Adding/removing groups: groupadd, groupdel

Adding a user to a group: usermod -aG

Switching users: su, sudo



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Step 5 – Package Management

Installing software packages

Updating software packages

Removing software packages

Searching for software packages
(Example for Debian/Ubuntu: apt install, apt update, apt upgrade, apt remove)



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Step 6 – Disk & Storage Management

Checking disk usage: df -h, du -sh

Mounting and unmounting drives: mount, umount

Creating and extracting compressed archives: tar, gzip, gunzip



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Step 7 – Advanced Bash Scripting

Using loops: for, while

Writing conditionals: if, else, elif

Using arguments in noscripts: $1, $2, $@

Creating and using functions in noscripts

Scheduling jobs with cron



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Step 8 – Service Management & Logs

Managing services with systemctl (start, stop, restart, enable, disable)

Viewing logs with journalctl and in /var/log/



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Step 9 – Advanced Networking

Viewing open ports with ss -tuln

Running a basic HTTP server with Python

Testing connections with telnet or nc

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Is this (still) a good reference book for learning Linux
https://redd.it/1mq6771
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I'm interested in reading this book, but this book was written for a much older kernel. How much of it has changed since 2010?
https://redd.it/1mq70wn
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DE appreciation post

I am fairly new linux user and I started with KDE because with my fast tests I preferred the customization possibilities over Cinnamon and Gnome. After I managed to destroy my Fedora KDE setup few times on my own fault, I thought it is a good time to change and give a fair try to another style of distro and DE. So after a little research and Debian 13 coming out I decided to try slower release distro with Gnome. After 5 days I am starting to get used to the way Gnome works and even though I liked how much I was able to customize KDE I can really appreciate the great job Gnome team has done with their DE. It is hard to decide on which I will stay after I have tested this or if I need some testing periods for other DEs too. So far I think I just have many good choices after Windows slowness and annoying bloat.

https://redd.it/1mq45kb
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Switched from Windows to Ubuntu (Non-Dev, Just Curious) – Thoughts on My Setup?
https://redd.it/1mqeosv
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My first distro.. Mandrake!
https://redd.it/1mqfbbq
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