Telegram Desktop file sharing from command line
https://medium.com/@konchunas/telegram-file-sharing-from-command-line-9a3f593bcf4e?sk=e3392685eae064d55a5a027766d3042f

https://redd.it/cfp2lf
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Red Hat CTO Chris Wright to host online AMA on Reddit
https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-cto-chris-wright-host-online-qa?sc_cid=701f2000000tyN6AAI

https://redd.it/cfrfh7
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Poppins version 0.4 released

Poppins is a command line backup utility for Linux, written in PHP. It is based on rsync and handles backup rotation based on hardlinks or BTRFS/ZFS snapshots. For a full list of features, go to the website.

See [https://poppinsbackups.wordpress.com/2019/07/19/poppins-0-4-released/](https://poppinsbackups.wordpress.com/2019/07/19/poppins-0-4-released/)

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Is it normal that those supposed-to-be simple Linux distributions like Ubuntu, Fedora or Mint fail to be simple?

I'm used to do everything by myself. My current favorite distribution is Void (https://voidlinux.org), before that I used Arch and long long time ago Slackware. So somehow, although I'm used to some manual labor to make everything work, I expected those user friendly distributions to work at least without much knowledge out of the box. But I always got disappointed. Last experiment was Fedora 30. Nice, colorful installer, yes. But even that one failed at simple things like package selection (error: one of the package dependencies is not satisfied). How can that happen with a preselected selection of packages? Then the popup offered to change the selection or cancel and cancel just killed the whole installer. I had more problems like automatic reboot that failes because the system never actually shuts down but everything is hidden behind a pretty spinner. That's not only Fedora btw, I had more problems with KDE Neon and Linux Mint.

So, is it only me? Do I expect too much?

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Powered by Plasma: ALBA Synchrotron in Barcelona, Spain
https://dot.kde.org/2019/07/19/powered-plasma-alba-synchrotron-barcelona-spain

https://redd.it/cfjtl2
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I actually run Multiple Distros, but I still found this funny, it's just to esoteric for /r/funny
https://redd.it/cfubh3
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Writing on Linux (stories and such).

I love Linux. I also love writing. If there are any authors who use linux what do you use to write your stories? Do you use vim or neovim? Or is there something else that you use. I am looking for something that is not in the way and will stay out of the way when I write which is why i dont use libre-office. I would like something that has a file explorer if possible so I can dig through my notes on the fly. Thank you in advance.

Edit: words and things

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The Unix Haters' Handbook (Take it with many grains of salt)
https://homes.cs.washington.edu/~weise/unix-haters.html

https://redd.it/cfuexd
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Kinetic scrolling in Firefox Wayland makes scrolling feel better than on other Windows or Linux browsers (except GNOME Web)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1213601#c112

https://redd.it/cfvh7u
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Love Using Reddit mobile so installed it on my linux system
https://redd.it/cfvz91
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Linux Wine

Hi, I am using MX linux and I installed wine64 1.8.7-2... It works for Cemu (Wii u emulator) and note++ but there are some softwares such as "send to kindle" don't work...

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I googled for solution and realized that many tutorial install a version called WineHQ, current stable version is 4.0.1

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are they different? which one are you using?

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thanks

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File System real on-disk usage.

I was wondering what file system I could shove (without compression) the most data into. So...

Criteria:

* Gentoo Linux x64, Kernel 5.2.1
* Emtec 256GiB USB 3.0 flash drive.
* Latest tools for tested file systems, as well as latest GParted (which was used in formatting the partitions)
* Must be mountable, regular access similar to ext4, and able to support a 16GiB file system anywhere on a 256 GiB drive.
* Must be in kernel (can be compiled in)

The following file systems were eligible: ext4, f2fs, ntfs, fat32, hfsplus, resiser3, jfs, xfs, btrfs, udf

Exceptions to the list:

* extfat: Nobody's made tools for it for supporting it. Microsoft's "insistence."
* minux: Requires all blocks to be under 65536.
* fat16: Max size 4 GiB.
* xiafs: No support in latest kernel.

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[The results.](https://i.redd.it/nj4y5bq3okb31.png)

Meta usage was calculated by subtracting the reported capacity from 1677216 (16 GiB in KiB). Real Used percentage calculated by taking the reported free and dividing it by 1677216.

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x86_64 Photoshop CC 2018 Working Perfectly on Arch Using Crossover (Headless)!

[https://sick.codes/arch-linux-photoshop-cc-2018-2019-working/](https://sick.codes/arch-linux-photoshop-cc-2018-2019-working/)

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Ability to use AMD Radeon Graphics Acceleration too!

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Death to anchor software!

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https://i.redd.it/23i8ok326mb31.png

https://redd.it/cfwqw0
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How are Android variants (e.g. TouchWiz) closed source?

Android is built on Linux so it's opensource.

But Android variants aren't opensource?

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Discussion, Freedesktop.org Standards & Specifications & Linux Distribution Compatibility

Standards and specifications are a very important topic when it comes to the web, and largely responsible for the growth and maturity of the modern web into what it is today. Web standards are decided upon by the W3C, and web browsers are held responsible for maintaining as much compatibility with those standards as possible, while being free to also implement additional functionality/features if they wish as long as doing so does not break compatibility with those standards.

For Linux desktop distributions and desktop environments, as far as I can tell *(and I implore readers to correct me if I am wrong)*, the nearest equivalent of the W3C for Linux desktop is [Freedesktop.org](https://Freedesktop.org), who act as a central point of cooperation between Linux desktops for creating and maintaining standards, for important things such as how .desktop launchers should work, how menus should be organised, conventions for storing icons, and so on. [Freedesktop.org](https://Freedesktop.org) themselves say, they are not a formal standards body and do not offer compliance certification, regardless they appear to the nearest equivalent so I have picked them for this post.

For web browsers, we have useful websites such as [https://caniuse.com/](https://caniuse.com/) and [https://html5test.com/](https://html5test.com/) to assess how well web browsers adhere to standards and to aid in making decisions regarding which web browser to use, and to aid web developers to know what standards they can rely upon when creating web applications.

I am not aware of any similar resources for Linux desktops. Does anyone know if there is an equivalent to these websites for Linux desktops that compiles information about how well Linux desktops adhere to [Freedesktop.org](https://Freedesktop.org) standards and specifications. If something like that does not exist, what is everyone's thoughts on the idea of establishing a resource like that, that compiles information on standards created by [Freedesktop.org](https://Freedesktop.org), and the level of compatibility that each popular Linux distribution has with those standards.

The benefit in my view is that compiling that information together and making it more visible, will encourage more movement towards Linux distributions implementing and adhering to open standards to become more broadly compatible with each other, and even encourage the creation of more standards for areas that need them, in addition to helping users decide which distro to use, and helping developers decide on what standards they can expect to be supported across Linux desktops.

I also feel that in absence of any community lead effort to establish, nail down, promote and adopt standards and specifications, that Linux desktop leaves itself open to large and powerful corporate entities to try doing so themselves, by using their market power to achieve the same result. If there's a void to be filled, it will be filled, either the Linux desktop FOSS community steps in and fills it, or a large commercial entity does so, and their motivations might not align with everyone else's.

I'm eager to hear everyone's thoughts on this subject and hope this sparks a healthy debate!

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Help me bash file noscript.

~ $ du path: // cdrom

Enter du to know the size.

If you get this and have a capacity of 750462, run "cp a b".

For 650329, run 'cp b c'

For 570362, run 'cp c d'

Otherwise, run 'cp d e'

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I want to make this noscript Bash file.
Help me.

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Parrotsec.org down

sorry if this is the wrong subreddit, but could anyone share the Parrot OS 4.6/4.7 ISO with me. As stated in the noscript the official website, and thus the download, is not available.

https://redd.it/cfzj2y
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Modern text rendering with Linux: Part 1
https://mrandri19.github.io/2019/07/18/modern-text-rendering-linux-ep1.html

https://redd.it/cg0222
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Found an old screenshot from my 2004 Suse 9.2 desktop....includes a MySpace folder....oof
https://redd.it/cg0cqf
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Programming on DSL

So I’ve been looking into a portable way to do lisp programming. I have a old windows 8 table that I believe either has a atom processor or something really basic. It was never powerful enough to run windows but Linux??

Being looking into damn small Linux and was wondering if anyone has any experience using this OS for programming?

https://redd.it/cg1c0e
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Better mode extension support: status sync and disabling
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/merge_requests/1

https://redd.it/cg1yym
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