Recursively converting your png images to lossless webp to free drive space

It took way longer than it should have for me to figure this out. webp images aren't compatible everywhere (Apple is the last holdout, I believe), but it has superior lossless compression compared to some of the other methods.

For those who may be interested, here are the commands I used. The first command recursively converts all png images in a folder and its subfolders into lossless webp images. The second command **recursively deletes** all of the png images in that folder and its subfolders. Be careful how you use that second command.

You'll need to install *imagemagick* to use the *convert* command.

>find . -name '\*.png' -type f -exec bash -c 'convert -quality 100 "$0" "${0%.png}.webp"' {} \\;
>
>find . -type f -name '\*.png' -delete

https://redd.it/c4n13c
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Pi 4: Switching from SD Card to SSD?

Since the Pi 4 has USB 3.0 port, I am wondering if it would be feasible to use an SSD connected [to an USB 3.0](https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-SATA-Drive-Adapter-Cable/dp/B00HJZJI84) as a data storage unit? Would this be faster and more reliable than the SD card? I've had SD card corruption issues in the past.

Also, would it be possible to forgo the SD card entirely and use a USB 3.0 connected SSD as the boot device?

https://redd.it/c4oqmr
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dePAC: transparent Proxy Auto-Config for CLI programs
https://github.com/creaktive/dePAC

https://redd.it/c4oqie
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Canonical's Statement on 32-bit i386 packages for Ubuntu 19.10 and 20.04 LTS
https://ubuntu.com/blog/statement-on-32-bit-i386-packages-for-ubuntu-19-10-and-20-04-lts?reee

https://redd.it/c4rup2
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"The @Raspberry_Pi website is running on a Pi4 server cluster with 72 cores, 72GB of RAM, that consumes less than 100W in 1/2 U of rack space that retails for under $1000"
https://twitter.com/Mythic_Beasts/status/1143045366675312641

https://redd.it/c4swrs
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Zorin OS source code nowhere to be found

ZorinOS is all over the news recently. It looks like a fairly nice distro, particularly for new users.

I was interested in looking at the code changes they made to some of the apps they forked (ie: gnome-control-center) and I've been looking for the source code, but with no success.

The only thing I've found was this GitHub organization but it only contains the source for their themes and GNOME extensions, and they don't even have that link in their website.

I am starting to get concerned. Are they violating the licenses of the stuff they forked? Are they even worth users' trust? Or am I just dumb and I just can't find it?

Also, some other people in various forums and subreddits have asked the same question in the past, with no answers.

https://redd.it/c4u50p
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Linux on the GPD P2 Max
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb71_wiuZ-8

https://redd.it/c4sxi0
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Pop!_OS Official Statement Regarding 32-Bit Support
https://www.reddit.com/r/pop_os/comments/c4so6b/pop_os_official_statement_regarding_32bit_support/

https://redd.it/c4vt0e
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OpenMandriva, Alpine, openSUSE, EndeavourOS, Regolith | This Week in Linux 71
https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/c4s9wg/ubuntu_ex86s_32bit_openmandriva_alpine_opensuse/

https://redd.it/c4sbvo
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Is a desktop Linux distro based on busybox possible?

Are the GNU utilities required in a desktop Linux distribution? Could one build a busybox-based distribution with a working graphical environment? Do most packages build with busybox?

https://redd.it/c4vdmj
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YSK this YouTube channel which shows in a glance new and updated distros.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNnUnr4gwyNmzx_Bbzvt29g

https://redd.it/c4y9cq
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SUSE Linux 7.2 disc.
https://redd.it/c514wb
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Zorin OS 15 Released, Here's What's New
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKgrOCCGHKs

https://redd.it/c52a9s
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Great OS stack improvements coming to Fedora 31
https://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2019/06/24/on-the-road-to-fedora-workstation-31/

https://redd.it/c52xwr
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The push for Linux gaming is a push for spyware on Linux (in the form of anti-cheat)

Anti-cheat is spyware. Any push for games that bring over anti-cheat is a push for spyware to be acceptable on Linux.

Anti-cheat does most or all of the following:

* Runs as root
* Runs even when games are not
* Sends home arbitrary files
* Sends home process lists
* Sends home memory snapshots of arbitrary running process
* Sends home keyboard and mouse logs
* Sends home full desktop screenshots

Somehow anti-cheat has flown under the radar as harmful spyware. It has never been seen as spyware by the courts, skirts GDPR protections, and developers have convinced users that this spyware is harmless.

https://redd.it/c534u4
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Steam is dropping support for Ubuntu, but not Linux entirely
https://www.pcgamer.com/steam-is-dropping-support-for-ubuntu-but-not-linux-entirely/

https://redd.it/c56fyf
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Firebird 2.5.9 sub-release is available
https://firebirdsql.org/en/news/firebird-2-5-9-sub-release-is-available/

https://redd.it/c58d9c
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Shhhh... The children are learning.
https://redd.it/c59g3b
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Deprecating a.out Binaries
https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/deprecating-aout-binaries

https://redd.it/c59ech
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Linus Torvalds Sees Lots of Hardware Headaches Ahead
https://devops.com/linus-torvalds-sees-lots-of-hardware-headaches-ahead/

https://redd.it/c5bd82
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Btrfs vs write caching firmware bugs (tl;dr some hard drives with buggy firmware can corrupt your data if you don't disable write caching)
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-btrfs/20190624052718.GD11831@hungrycats.org/T/#m786147a3293420d47873c5b60a62cd137cd362e9

https://redd.it/c59nry
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