I distro hopped for a bit before finally settling in Debian (because Debian was always mentioned as a distro good for servers, or stable machines that are ok with outdated software) ...
Soft 98 is an Iranian software distribution site, that has stood up after sanction had crippled the ability of the normal people and businesses in Iran from getting access to important software from the outside world. ...
Many of us on platforms like this are introverts, or autistic, or have social anxiety, or for whatever reason, have trouble meeting new people or engaging with strangers. If someone wanted to engage you in conversation, what topic would you be happiest to talk about?
I'm looking for a distro to contribute to finally make 'year of Linux desktop, to happen. For me, I see that as full UI/UX behaviour that behaves almost identical to Windows/Mac (eg no middle click to paste). ...
I've been using Debian-based distros most of my adult Linux life, but I read recently that KDE has a better experience on Fedora than Kubuntu, so I want to try it out. ...
You may find that some multimedia format doesn't play properly out of the box. If you're into pirated movies, you should know that HEVC (H265) as well as EAC3 are affected.
There are workarounds, but would need some manual steps.
So, I've had the same computer for about 12 years now. Nothing special. A Dell Inspiron 3847. Bought it in 2014, and it's not a gaming PC by any means. No graphics card, just the onboard chip. ...
Look, we all knew it was coming, but now it's official. Microsoft just handed middle managers the ultimate weapon. Their new update for Microsoft 365 allows companies to track exactly where you are, and the days of pretending to be at your desk are over.
As a sort of follow up to the post I made on my alt account, would I need to do to anything to Grub to continue using Linux Mint after removing Windows or would I still be able to boot into Linux Mint without having to do anything? As stated in the previous post, Windows is installed onto an SSD and I want run games from that ...
You're already booting your Linux Mint just fine with the GRUB, right? Assuming you won't be changing your drives, all you'd need to do is nuke the Windows partition and update your GRUB. You can then reuse that partition for something else. Merging that partition would be time consuming and the devs have said to be risky, but it can be done with a LiveUSB, and I haven't had any problem myself aside having to wait some time.
Recently I got really interested in debloating and hardening my operating systems, cause I'm heavily inspired by Unix and "worse is better" philosophy. As I heard bash is heavy and we have much more lightweight and faster alternatives like these mentioned in title. They must be great alternative for scripting and interpreting ...
You do not want to use dash interactively! It is created solely for scripting and not for creature comfort. This means all the stuff you're probably used to such as line editing and command history will not be available.
At some point, you'd want to ask yourself how heavy is "heavy" and how much stuff are you willing to shed? Do you not need tools such as web browser, media player, or office suite? Are you willing to get rid of desktop environment?
In the extreme, you can remove all the documentations, all the manpages to save space. You can even remove all the localization files, without which stuff would look weird, but would still run.
Further than that, you can even customize your kernel, opting out all the drivers you don't need, or even some that you could use (e.g. wifi, audio, hardware monitoring). Next, some kernel features that are less essential such as statistics, logging, and debugging, as well as the handling for some network protocols. If you wanna go crazy, you can enable the expert/embedded options and with that you can disable stuff that can be critical (e.g. error reporting, certain IPC feature).
Can I entertain you with some minimalistic distros? Alpine is the first thing that comes to mind.
It uses busybox which is some kind of minimalistic all-in-one program that includes everything you need to run an OS such as init system and core utilities. And yes, you guessed it, it includes a shell that is a stripped down version of bash. Even the libc is stripped down here, with musl instead of glibc.
Speaking of busybox and musl, there's also another distro that centers around compiling tiny embedded rootfs image. With this you can configure what (not) to include in the kernel. You can also do the same with busybox, where you can choose to include or exclude utilities.
But honestly, to have something lean while being able to keep up with modern computing, I'd choose Gentoo where you can choose what (not) to put in your programs at compile time.
on the other company (B), you create demand for that product (i.e. for its operation)
thus, under your control, you make company A and B enter a trade agreement
as someone who brokered that deal, you get rewarded (e.g. from brokerage fee, or commision)
sometimes, by having a massive increase in sales, the stock for company A would increase, thus you can sell a little bit of it, which you can later buy back after the stock price goes back down
profit
Some facts:
even though they're your companies, you are a separate entity from them, and they are each its own entity
the money comes from the investors as well as profit, remember that they are separate
no, you cannot just take all the companies' money, since even though they're yours, there are corporate structures and other people at stake preventing that
So you basically come up with some excuse for moving stuff around, then you come up with some excuse to siphon off some of that good stuff.
Linux community have been solving problems together since the dawn of time, despite the bazillion different standards they endorse on their own, they collaborate with each other.
Take a look at KDE & GNOME. They are opposed to each other on the surface level, but they both share countless amount of work. Also MATE, which is a fork of GNOME that is created basically from disagreement of modern GNOME's direction, still uses a lot of GNOME's library.
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Privacy respecting Discord alternative I forgot the name of. Name maybe started with "F" ("Flow"?) and got mentioned on the comments of a c/privacy post.
In defence of child labour ( www.telegraph.co.uk )
It is sadly not a satire article and comment section there has taken it quite seriously as well. ...
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VirtualBox upstream now supports KVM as a (still experimental) backend on Linux. ( www.phoronix.com )
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What's the most globally impactful book ever written? EXCLUDING RELIGIOUS BOOKS.
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Why is Debian always left out of the distro recommendations?
I distro hopped for a bit before finally settling in Debian (because Debian was always mentioned as a distro good for servers, or stable machines that are ok with outdated software) ...
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Software Library of Alexandria - A fragile software haven likely to be wiped from the internet ( soft98.ir )
Soft 98 is an Iranian software distribution site, that has stood up after sanction had crippled the ability of the normal people and businesses in Iran from getting access to important software from the outside world. ...
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Lynx vs Links vs Elinks vs w3m - what are differences between them?
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Which distro is closest to 'GUI/UX for everything, absolutely no CLI' approach like Windows or Mac + and just works (ie passes LTT Linux test)
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The TV industry finally concedes that the future may not be in 8K ( arstechnica.com )
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I've been using Debian-based distros most of my adult Linux life, but I read recently that KDE has a better experience on Fedora than Kubuntu, so I want to try it out. ...
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Question regarding power supply
So, I've had the same computer for about 12 years now. Nothing special. A Dell Inspiron 3847. Bought it in 2014, and it's not a gaming PC by any means. No graphics card, just the onboard chip. ...
Microsoft Just Killed the "Cover for Me" Excuse: Microsoft 365 Now Tracks You in Real-Time ( ztechtalk.com )
Look, we all knew it was coming, but now it's official. Microsoft just handed middle managers the ultimate weapon. Their new update for Microsoft 365 allows companies to track exactly where you are, and the days of pretending to be at your desk are over.
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Kremlin says Russia has invited Ukraine's Zelenskiy to come to Moscow for peace talks ( www.reuters.com )
Microsoft is working to rebuild trust in Windows ( www.theverge.com )
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I currently have a dual boot between Windows and Linux but I'm thinking about removing Windows. Would I need to do anything to Grub in order to continue use Linux Mint?
As a sort of follow up to the post I made on my alt account, would I need to do to anything to Grub to continue using Linux Mint after removing Windows or would I still be able to boot into Linux Mint without having to do anything? As stated in the previous post, Windows is installed onto an SSD and I want run games from that ...
Using dash or ksh as default shell
Recently I got really interested in debloating and hardening my operating systems, cause I'm heavily inspired by Unix and "worse is better" philosophy. As I heard bash is heavy and we have much more lightweight and faster alternatives like these mentioned in title. They must be great alternative for scripting and interpreting ...
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Poor Lonnie. May he cry himself to sleep on his MyPillow tonight.
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A good reminder to put your family first
Mason initiation well in Sintra, Portugal
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