Prolonged the life of a mac book pro 2011

I installed Ubuntu 18.04 lts. It works great and Bye Mac Os

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This looks beautiful.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2019/06/11/linux-desktop-spotlight-meet-the-distro-with-an-awesome-xfce-experience-right-out-of-the-box/

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Google is in the future.

In year 49 447 552 Google still uses yum. It's sad future.


`Not using downloaded google-cloud-logging/repomd.xml because it is older than what we have:`
  `Current   : Wed Aug 20 19:50:05 49447552`


  `Downloaded: Wed Jun 12 16:18:18 2019`

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Are there any current Linux based real-time operating systems?

Just curious as Linux is used for a lot of industrial equipment, are there currently any still-aupported Linux kernel modules or forks that feature real-time operation? I know there's [RTLinux](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/RTLinux) but it's been discontinued. Hypothetically, if I had a machine that needed to do certain actions immediately and not "when the scheduler feels like it", can I use some version of Linux to control it? Are real-time operating systems even still relevant in the age of fast, multi core processors?

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Can windows peripherals drivers work on whine?

Hi, since Im rethinking to switch again on linux (because last time, I got pissed by compatibility/audio/driver)

I was wondering if the drivers of the peripherals that I use can work on linux using wine, since there is no official supports

peripherals that Im using: Huion kanvas 20 pro; Logitech g910; logitech g502; (for logitech product, I know that there is an unofficial driver, that frankly I dont remember the name, but last time that I installed it, was kinda glitchy/didnt work); epson xp342

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Linux Gaming News Punch - Episode 16
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EC9Bk2hqdQ

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WSL2 dropped today!
https://redd.it/c01b9v
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/u/CordialFetus accurately describes the average Gentoo user
https://old.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/bzyc3f/im_just_going_to_say_it_i_get_excited_when_my/

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What are some ways of preventing a monolithic kernel Linux from crashing entirely if a single component fails?

A big advantage of a microkernel is that if a single software component of kernel or even part of the hardware fails, it will not cause a full crash. This is something that is vital for mission critical or unattended operation, especially if the kernel is controlling something like a robot or machinery. However, could such a feature be implemented in a monolithic kernel like Linux? If so, how, and will it ever get as good as a microkernel?

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How come that Debian Stable has a reputation of not being good for Desktop?

I am wondering why this is happening. When it is setup then run very well unto the next release arrive. I would gladly admit that it is a bit more difficult for new people to setup compared with Ubuntu LTS.

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Manage Photography the UNIX Way
https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2019/06/12/manage-photography-the-unix-way/

https://redd.it/c038j7
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CERN ditches Windows and embraces open source to save cash

[https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3077338/cern-ditches-windows-for-linux](https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3077338/cern-ditches-windows-for-linux)

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Why do some people want the Year of the Linux Desktop?

It's wonderful how Linux is so "spread out". I certainly don't want any big corporation behind it, I don't want any linux distro to be the 99% market share of linux distros and I certainly don't want to see mobile like app stores come to these distros with ads infested. Also it would make Linux a much larger target for viruses and spyware.

​

Isn't it wonderful how we can just sit back and be "behind the scenes", linux runs the world yet it is "stealthed". IMO, it's better as it is now, the world just leave us be and we are happy as the community we are.

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GIMP 2.10.12 Released
https://www.gimp.org/news/2019/06/12/gimp-2-10-12-released/

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Password + Salt

I was reading that linux uses hash fuction in the password and add a salt, my question is, I can verify with part is the password and with one is the radom salt ?

For example this user that I created teste and password teste:

teste:$6$qPtQi2FD$rYtCRoISjMI/z.MGgV85n0.VXHwOdzj4512ROfSYBKGn9BZmzyMIwBuZHrqdR2cHmgxr08cQg5s/MlpuGuGPO.:18060:0:99999:7:::

https://redd.it/c04juo
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"Woefully incomplete" - Yale Privacy Lab's dissemination of librem.one

The guys and gals at Yale Privacy Lab (YPL) have been exploring Purism's set of paid services:

[https://twitter.com/YalePrivacyLab/status/1139039274987327489](https://twitter.com/YalePrivacyLab/status/1139039274987327489)

\> "We've had a lot of questions about [~~@~~**Puri\_sm**](https://twitter.com/Puri_sm) Librem One services, and can't recommend them."

\> "Librem Chat was shipped with obvious and easily recognized trackers, even after [~~@~~**ExodusPrivacy**](https://twitter.com/ExodusPrivacy) analysis"

\> "The service also suffered a severe [~~#~~**0day**](https://twitter.com/hashtag/0day?src=hash) on launch, which was fixed and acknowledged quickly. \*However\*, all communications up to that point should be assumed compromised and the [~~@~~**Puri\_sm**](https://twitter.com/Puri_sm) post brushes the severity under the rug."

\> "Additionally, all Librem One services are hosted on a single Digital Ocean droplet, the privacy policy is woefully incomplete, there's no GDPR compliance, apps suggest dangerous PGP/GPG defaults, and Librem One stats are dodgy (a sign of general sloppiness)."

​

Fairly damning, to say the least.

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r/linux Discusses: Web Browsers and You - How to protect yourself online and bring about a free and open web

Google, who makes their money from Ads, is planning to [remove a key component](https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=896897) that allows adblocking to be effective in Google Chrome standard edition. While there will still be adblockers on the Chrome/Blink platform they will not work as well as other platforms or how they did before on Google Chrome. Additionally, Chrome has a majority browser share that they've been using to push the web to suit Googles needs and have hampered their websites on other browsers (see: YouTube polymer problems as one example).

Please continue reading if either of the above statements are important to you.

# What Can I do?

The easiest thing you can do for your privacy and the open web is install Firefox, especially if you're a Mac or Windows user visiting r/linux. See further below for non-Firefox options.

## Get Firefox

* Linux users: Use your package manager, such as "sudo apt install firefox" or "sudo dnf install firefox" or use the GUI option.
* Mac/Windows/Manual Linux users (also a way to get the latest version as package managers may stick to ESRs. See [here](https://blog.programster.org/debian-9-install-latest-firefox) for one example): Download from here https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/
* Android users: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mozilla.firefox&hl=en_US
* iOS users: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/firefox-private-safe-browser/id989804926?mt=8 _Please note that due to Apple policies you will still be using Webkit and not Gecko._

## Get Firefox Extensions

Firefox by default is great, but there are more things you can do to help enhance your privacy:

* Install uBlock Origin which is currently the best ad blocker. Stay away from Adblock Plus and most others who have [formed partnerships with Google and other ad companies.](https://adblockplus.org/acceptable-ads)
* uBlock Origin link (protip Android users: all Firefox extensions work there too!) https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/

* The extension Decentraleyes: This extension stores content that is usually pulled from a CDN locally - this prevents CDNs from being able to build tracking profiles on you.
* https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/decentraleyes/

* The extension Privacy Badger - Privacy plugin by the EFF
* https://www.eff.org/privacybadger

* AMPT2HTML (this should keep working on Chrome, extension link below). AMP is an effort by Google that claims to speed up mobile web browsing but adds the issue of routing your browsing content through Google as Google is the one delivering the web page. See this [post](https://medium.com/@danbuben/why-amp-is-bad-for-your-site-and-for-the-web-e4d060a4ff31) for more information.
* Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/amp2html/
* Chrome version should work even after manifest v3 changes: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/redirect-amp-to-html/kifkmmpiicbcnkjaliilaoeaojlldonl

* Change some Firefox settings
* Enable enhanced built in cookie tracking protection: Go to your privacy preferences and click on the Custom gear on the right side. Mark the Cookies checkbox and make sure that "Third-party trackers" is selected.
* Turn off Pocket - Perhaps one of the worst parts about Firefox right now is the continued integration of this closed source component which also brings in some ads. Follow this guide to disable Pocket as well as the recommended links: https://help.getpocket.com/article/1025-disabling-save-to-pocket-features-in-firefox

There are further extensions you can do to increase your privacy as well, but by default may break your browsing experience.

* Nonoscript: The most well known javanoscript blocking plugin with sane defaults. Not recommended to be installed alongside uMatrix.
* https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/nonoscript/
* Please be aware that even with default settings your experience on certain websites may not function. Thi

s plugin requires the user to be able to allow noscripts as needed.

* uMatrix - also from uBlock developers, it allows granular control over what javanoscript runs much like Nonoscript. Not recommended to be installed alongside NoScript.
* https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/umatrix/
* Please be aware that even with default settings your experience on certain websites may not function. This plugin requires the user to be able to allow noscripts as needed.

* See even more at [this thread on r/privacy.](https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/byzq4w/megathread_cutting_google_out_of_your_life_2019/)

# And what if I don't want to use Mozilla Firefox?

If you disagree with Mozilla Firefox (as an organization) there are forks that by default remove some of the non-free components. Notably there is [GNU Icecat](https://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/) ran by the GNU Project. There are also Firefox forks that tend to follow the Firefox Extended Support Release code bases. [Palemoon](https://www.palemoon.org/) still somewhat does, and [Waterfox](https://www.waterfox.net/) is almost always based on a Firefox ESR. In particular Windows Intel users should see an improvement with Waterfox. Linux users get less performance benefit over Firefox because your distro package manager version should already be optimized, but that's a decision up to you to determine about your distro's packaging methods. See the different extension links up above to get the plugins installed for these forks as the extensions still work.

# What if I don't want to use Firefox/Gecko at all?

If you disagree with Firefox/Mozilla entirely then there are alternative browser engines, which at this point is basically just Blink and Goanna (a fork of Gecko for use in Palemoon browser linked above). Apple users can still use Webkit but that's not available on other platforms, directly anyway. _Mozilla and Samsung's Servo project has had components integrated into Gecko and currently released Firefox versions - I don't believe Servo itself will launch as it's own platform but continued to merge with Firefox Gecko and maybe Samsung Browser. This may change, but Servo standalone is not useful at this time._

There are different Blink (Chromium) based browsers as well, but using them doesn’t help the situation of Blinks dominance as the target supported platform of the web. As of now there is no known fork of the Chromium that won't implement manifest v3, but some Chromium-based forks have [stated committment](https://vivaldi.com/blog/chromium-ad-blockers-choice/) to attempt to find a way to keep the functionality.

There are Linux specific Blink-based browsers such as [Falkon](https://www.falkon.org/) and GNOME's [Web](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Web). Both browsers as far as I can tell implement their own plugin functionality for adblocking and will likely keep privacy as a first priority basis if they are relying on functionality that will be removed in manifest v3.

There’s a notable Blink-based browser called Brave. Brave has some nice default settings _right now_ but their platform is also based around ads, leading us to a similar situation with Chrome. Brave also has an altcoin which causes users to push it in order to get their investment in the altcoin, meaning a lot of the pro-Brave comments you see are in fact astroturfers. That said, _currently_ the default settings still block ads so one can't complain much, but be warned of the future with Brave!

# Why was this posted?

Here on r/linux we generally allow popular application discussion. This topic in particular had a number of submissions related to it which we didn't consider on-topic However, we would recommend going to a subreddit like r/BrowserWar if you'd like to continue discussing web browser market share. See also r/privacy for more tips on how to browse the web privately, and see [this thread on r/privacy to further de-Google your life.](https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/byzq4w/megathread_cutting_google_out_of_your_life_2019/)

# What if I support content creators / I don't want

to block ads.

Things can't exist without funding; it's just that many would disagree with how ads have evolved over time. We would recommend asking content creators how they would like to be supported, either via a funding platform of their choice, or the old fashioned subnoscription model. If you'd still like to support by allowing ads to be viewed, simply install the default Firefox and go about your day. It's still important that Blink doesn't control how we browse the web!

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Microsoft's built-in Linux kernel for Windows 10 is ready for testing - Engadget
https://www.engadget.com/2019/06/13/windows-10-linux-subsystem/

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Continuous integration testing for the Linux Kernel
https://opensource.com/article/19/6/continuous-kernel-integration-linux

https://redd.it/c08rpo
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