Firefox now recommends extensions: These are not paid ads
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/recommended-extensions-program

https://redd.it/cazlh0
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How important is TPM?

I've ordered a laptop that doesn't seem to be equipped with TPM. How important is TPM for securing Linux?

https://redd.it/cazwqp
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[Official]: IBM Closes Landmark Acquisition of Red Hat for $34 Billion; Defines Open, Hybrid Cloud Future
https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/ibm-closes-landmark-acquisition-red-hat-34-billion-defines-open-hybrid-cloud-future

https://redd.it/cb0ftd
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Bash AI ;-)

I have been working on [Bash function 'FuzzyMatch\(\)'](https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/ca70ay/bash_function_fuzzymatch/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x), and I am quite chuffed with the results :-)

This humble bash noscript:

cat guess
#!/bin/bash

# Import functions.
source <(PrintLibraryFunctions FuzzyMatch) || exit $?

Out=""
for W in $@
do
Guess=$(
while read DW
do
echo "$(FuzzyMatch "$DW" "$W") :${DW}"
done </usr/share/dict/words | sort --reverse --general-numeric-sort | head -n 1
)
Out="$Out ${Guess##*:}"
done
echo "$Out"

believe it or not, can turn gibberish into Queen's English. This is its first run:

time ./guess "the fst cnnng fx radd the chkn cg nd fckd th fttest hn"
the fist cunning Fox raided the chicken cog Nd fucked Th fittest Hun

real 25m0.909s
user 20m39.697s
sys 6m38.660s

To run it in your system: copy noscript above, replace lines:

# Import functions.
source <(PrintLibraryFunctions FuzzyMatch) || exit $?

by [function 'FuzzyMatch\(\)'](https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/ca70ay/bash_function_fuzzymatch/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x) code and run:

./guess "string with words"

("string with words" should not contain punctuation marks).

Be ready to wait for a long time (~2 minutes per word). If you get any funny 'guesses', please, post them here.

https://redd.it/cb1be3
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Syncthing 1.2.0 released(adds QUIC protocol with NAT traversal support)
https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing/releases/v1.2.0

https://redd.it/cb2b7t
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What's the best way to optimize a touchpad in 2019? Is it still xinput?

It seems like every few years I find myself installing Ubuntu on a laptop and having to re-learn how to use xinput to get the trackpad usable. There's always something that can't be fixed using the system dialogue - two-finger scroll is too sensitive, palm detection isn't where it should be, general feel etc.

I just finished going through this process again, and on the whole I feel like I have a grip on how it works. I've identified my device, the properties I need to modify, and I have all my commands stored in an .sessionrc file that correctly executes after starting up. I even found a [useful little Python app](https://github.com/IvanFon/xinput-gui/releases/tag/0.1.1) to let me edit everything in a GUI before writing it out to my startup noscript.

The thing is, this trackpad still doesn't feel right and I don't really have the desire or motivation to mess with it this time around. Every time I do this, I end up with 15 tabs open and only a vague idea of what the parameters I'm changing actually are or do. [This](ftp://www.x.org/pub/X11R7.5/doc/man/man4/synaptics.4.html) is the only comprehensive list of these properties that I can find, and even it isn't very denoscriptive. Also, there's something particularly infuriating about not being able to scroll or type correctly while trying to fix all of this. It doesn't feel rewarding at all, I just make things less and less bad until I can tolerate it and move on to what I actually want to work on.

The lack of community resources around xinput touchpad configurations is a little surprising to me, as well. I'm using an older Lenovo ThinkPad Edge, and I know this touchpad is used in a lot of ThinkPad models. You would think there would be a repository of known xinput values for common touchpads, or a wiki that outlines how to correctly adjust these property values since they all impact one another. It seems like once I get one property dialed in I need to adjust another property that I've already adjusted because it's behaving differently.

I'm all for figuring things out myself, and I'm fine with terminal commands and startup noscripts, but I have no desire or interest to get into the weeds of touchpad optimization. I just want a template to follow to make two-finger scrolling usable and palm-detection work so I can actually type on this thing. I want to spend my time doing other things. Am I missing something? Is everyone using some other tool or method that I've somehow overlooked? **I'm trying to make the touchpad on a ThinkPad E520 usable.** Is xinput even the right solution? I always feel out of the loop when I'm adjusting touchpad settings in Linux.

https://redd.it/cb2rkv
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Firefox 68.0 Released
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/68.0/releasenotes/

https://redd.it/cb3avu
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Mini ITX Raspberry Pi server
http://linuxgizmos.com/cluster-platform-supports-seven-raspberry-pi-compute-modules/?utm_source=reddit

https://redd.it/cb2oal
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Want to switch to linux but which one ubuntu or zorin from windows

Windows is too slow even though I have an i5 and 16gb of ram just too much bloat ware.

Is there any advantages to using ubuntu over zorin?

https://redd.it/cb5fnc
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GL Redhat, really hope IBM embraces you like this. Long live open source
https://youtu.be/bABIzGvNPw4

https://redd.it/cb5ei6
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SUDO - order bash to do things by shouting.
https://github.com/jthistle/SUDO

https://redd.it/cb2din
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If Ubuntu is a beginner friendly distro, why does it use vim-tiny despite all the confusion is causes even to regular vim users?

I spend my work day in RHEL/CentOS world. Exiting vim jokes are always funny to me because despite being a vim user(only the basics; search, copy, paste, exit), I'm reminded of my first experience using vim every time I try to use it on Ubuntu. Even a simple task like commenting one line out, I always end up in a maze of confusion, adding characters everywhere and have to `:q!` while hoping nano is installed.

A Google search "vi ubuntu sucks" will produce results going back to 2000's. I'm not buying the smaller size argument as it's less than 30M on CentOS. And just because vi is not for beginners doesn't meant they should make it harder that it already is. Why does Ubuntu still include it as opposed to the full version?

https://redd.it/cb7mfl
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KDE - Plasma + Usability & Productivity Sprint
https://dot.kde.org/2019/07/04/plasma-usability-productivity-sprint-valencia-spain

https://redd.it/cb8ftt
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Explain what Beignet OpenCL does for me like I'm 5 years old

50% of the time I install a new Linux distribution I install Beignet because it shows up in available drivers in the software center, but the other 50% of installs I don't install it because I have no idea what the OpenCL protocol is.

When I went to research it I start seeing articles about OpenCL versions 2.0 and 2.1 and "Intel Neo". It all sounds really interesting but for today, in the words of young Ricky Bobby, "I wanna go fast".

&#x200B;

For the purpose of this, If I were a 5 year old seeking the best graphical performance from my ThinkPad with an i7-5600U vPro processor and integrated graphics, what drivers would I have to install whether its Beignet, this newfound Neo the internet speaks of, or none of the above after a fresh install of ZorinOS 15?

https://redd.it/cb845k
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Is there a way to image a bootable thumbdrive in linux besides CL?
https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-copy-clone-usb-stick-including-partitions/

https://redd.it/cb7t71
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Private Modern Consortium

I have been developing a Social Media Marketing Agency, I decided to make a private discord server where visionaries and entrepreneurs can discuss ideas to become wealthy. Discussions can range from real estate to e commerce. This group of individuals focuses on a common goal which is wealth and education. Send me a PM to join. Only join if your an individual who likes discussions, debates, has general concern for the people in the group. And has an apetite for knowledge. The people can suggest ideas to improve the server and become a strong community.

https://redd.it/cbaomk
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I just tried to revamp Tux, what do you think about the new one?
https://redd.it/cb77ru
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Weekly Questions and Hardware Thread - July 10, 2019

Welcome to r/linux! If you're new to Linux or trying to get started this thread is for you. Get help here or as always, check out r/linuxquestions or r/linux4noobs

This megathread is for all your question needs. As we don't allow questions on r/linux outside of this megathread, please consider using r/linuxquestions or r/linux4noobs for the best solution to your problem.

Ask your hardware requests here too or try r/linuxhardware!

https://redd.it/cbbt9w
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Attention debian/testing without systemd

AFAIK those are antix/mx and devuan based distros and forks.

If they have been running testing, since debian 10 buster became stable today, those testing debian will be on bullseye (debian 11) repository. Since this is an all new repository don't expect antix/devuan testing to be fully compatible with it. So it is best till antix and devuan announce their own next repository, to remain with debian/buster and antix/devuan testing.

Devuan's release name after beowulf will be called Chimaera (an equivalent to Debian Bullseye). Antix uses numbers and I believe that would be considered Antix 21 (17 is Stretch, 19 is Buster).

https://redd.it/ca733v
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Would like to move to Linux.

I’ve been looking in to it for years.. watching videos, reading articles, etc. Would like to do a full install on my old Mac (mid 2010 pro) since it cannot be updated to the current os. I’m curious as to what distro I should go with. I would like something minimal in system requirements, but with sufficient pre loaded software to get me started.
I’m familiar with windows cmd, but by no means am I proficient. I am also unfamiliar with Linux commands and file systems in general. I’ve heard good things about Debian, but am unsure about how “noob-friendly” it is. I know that Ubuntu used to be the go-to, but I’ve been reading things about how it is in a decline.
So uh, yeaaaa. Suggestions are appreciated, and will receive a free upvote from yours truly lmao.

https://redd.it/cbcxy1
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Here's my 2nd revision for Tux with pupils
https://redd.it/cbe708
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