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8 Best Window Managers for Linux A window manager should be helpful if you dabble with multiple active windows on your system and want to make the most out of the available screen space. Sure, you can re-size and reposition your windows to organize them to some extent. https://itsfoss.com/best-window-managers/ ———- Fwupd 1.8.10 Released With New Hardware Support, Faster Startup On ChromeOS Fwupd 1.8.10 is out this morning to kickoff a new week and continuing to enhance the open-source firmware updating support on Linux systems. Fwupd 1.8. https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fwupd-1.8.10-Released ———- Home The Linux Vendor Firmware Service is a secure portal which allows hardware vendors to upload firmware updates. This site is used by all major Linux distributions to provide metadata for clients such as fwupdmgr and GNOME Software. https://fwupd.org/ ———- fast, lightweight and functional Linux Desktop rolling-release, Manjaro based with Openbox Window Manager Mabox uses Openbox WM and lightweight apps, which makes it minimal and fast. It only takes ~300Mb of memory. Quick access to the latest packages available. https://maboxlinux.org/ ———- You should change your password manager’s clipboard settings now PSA: Password managers are probably the safest way to establish and manage secure passwords, but they aren’t bulletproof. One security setting in particular is perhaps a bit too lax in some managers, which could give attackers a way to grab users’ passwords in certain situations. https://www.techspot.com/news/97320-you-change-password-manager-clipboard-settings-now.html ———- Linux command: lsof (List Open Files) The lsof command stands for List Open Files and shows open files and which process uses them. In Linux, everything is in the form of files. https://medium.com/geekculture/linux-command-lsof-list-open-files-b36b756dc8f ———- CLI tools you won’t be able to live without As developers, we spend a lot of our time in the terminal. There’s a lot of helpful CLI tools, which can make your life in the command line easier, faster and generally more fun. This post outlines my top 50 must-have CLI tools, which I’ve come to rely on. https://dev.to/lissy93/cli-tools-you-cant-live-without-57f6

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Ikey Doherty’s Serpent OS Spins Its First ISO After two years of work, the Serpent OS Linux distribution has released its first public image for this innovative and original open-source operating system. https://www.phoronix.com/news/Serpent-OS-First-Release ———- Termwind Termwind allows you to build unique and beautiful PHP command-line applications, using the Tailwind CSS API. In short, it’s like Tailwind CSS, but for the PHP command-line applications. The style() function may be used to add own custom syles and also update colors. https://github.com/nunomaduro/termwind ———- Should open source sniff the geopolitical wind and ban itself in China and Russia? Opinion In 2022, information technology collided with geopolitics like never before. After Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, many nations decided that Vladimir Putin’s regime and populace should be denied access to technology and even to services from the companies that make and wield it. https://www.theregister.com/2023/01/01/foss_and_geopolitics/ ———- EasyEffects Audio effects for PipeWire applications. This application used to be called PulseEffects but it was renamed to EasyEffects after we started to use GTK4 and replaced GStreamer by native PipeWire filters. https://github.com/wwmm/easyeffects

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First Look at the Upcoming Fedora Web-Based Installer Fedora announced the first public preview of the new web-based Anaconda Installer, significantly simplifying the installation process. https://linuxiac.com/first-look-at-the-upcoming-fedora-web-based-installer/ ———- Pay Phones Are Coming Back in Philadelphia Thanks to Linux, No Quarters Required Readers like you help support MUO. When you make a purchase using links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Read More. As payphones have largely been superseded by cellphones, many cities have begun to remove them. https://www.makeuseof.com/payphones-are-coming-back-in-philadelphia-thanks-to-linux/

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Trust in Musk or go federated with Nextcloud Social!
Earlier in the year, when Elon Musk first talked about taking over Twitter, Nextcloud founder Frank Karlitschek already tweeted that Nextcloud would work on an alternative.

https://nextcloud.com/blog/no-need-to-trust-musk-we-go-federated-with-nextcloud-social/
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trinib/Linux-Bash-Commands
Bash is the Unix command-line interface (CLI). You’ll also see it called the terminal, the command line, or the shell. It’s a command language that allows us to work with files on our computers in a way that’s far more efficient and powerful than using a GUI (graphical user interface)

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chubin/cheat.sh
Unified access to the best community driven cheat sheets repositories of the world. Let’s imagine for a moment that there is such a thing as an ideal cheat sheet. What should it look like? What features should it have?

https://github.com/chubin/cheat.sh
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Steam Deck pushed Linux to the highest share on Steam in years
A fresh month, which means a new Steam Hardware & Software Survey is out. Looking over the October 2022 data, it appears we’ve hit a fresh high point. At the end of October, Linux hit 1.28% on Steam against 2.23% on macOS and 96.50% on Windows.

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Apt++? Nala is Like Apt in Ubuntu but Better
For decades Debian and Ubuntu users used apt-get commands. When its simpler form apt was released, people liked how it showed a progress bar while installing packages. Irrespective of the progress bar, the packages get installed the same with apt-get and apt commands.

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A Linux distribution based on Arch Linux Our goal is to provide you better speed, security and ease of use.

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Laugh all you want. There will be a year of the Linux desktop
Opinion It has become a running joke. “20xx will be the year of the Linux desktop.” The punchline is, of course, it will never happen. But the real jape is that there will soon be a year of the Linux desktop. It’s just not going to happen the way Linux fanboi have believed it will.

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Distrobox
Use any Linux distribution inside your terminal. Distrobox uses podman or docker to create containers using the Linux distribution of your choice.

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Navigating Digital Information:

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Advertising Makes Us unhappy: https://hbr.org/2020/01/advertising-makes-us-unhappy

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Flameshot

PreviewIndexFeatures Usage CLI configuration Config file Keyboard Shortcuts Local Global Considerations Installation Prebuilt Packages Packages from Repository Compilation Dependencies Build Install License Privacy Policy Code Signing Policy Contribute Acknowledgment Features Customizable appear

https://github.com/flameshot-org/flameshot

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Ad Blocker Test

How does it work? You will not see any ads and no trackers will be activated When you load this website, it will try to establishes connections in pure Javascript with different urls (advertising, analytics, and social ads services) from a list.

https://d3ward.github.io/toolz/src/adblock.html

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Test Your BASH Skills By Playing Command Line Games

We tend to learn and remember Linux commands more effectively if we use them regularly in a live scenario. You may forget the Linux commands over a period of time, unless you use them often. Whether you’re newbie, intermediate user, there are always some exciting methods to test your BASH skills.

https://www.ostechnix.com/test-your-bash-skills-by-playing-command-line-games/

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Open Source Initiative board election results scrapped after security hole found, exploited to rig outcome

The Open Source Initiative (OSI) on Friday said it will redo its recent Board Election after uncovering a voting irregularity that affected the results. The Register asked OSI whether anyone could provide further details about what went wrong.

https://www.theregister.com/2021/03/22/osi_vote_vulnerability/

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Richard M. Stallman returns to the Free Software Foundation Board of Directors

In the aftermath of the Me Too movement and his defense of the behavior of the late Marvin Minsky, AI pioneer and associate of notorious billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Richard M.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/richard-m-stallman-returns-to-the-free-software-foundation-board-of-directors/

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Ultimate Linux Cheat sheet

*Do you want to become ethical hacker and want to know how hackers hack in Real World. Join the telegram group and be a part of us * Telegram = https://t.

https://dev.to/kiransethu46/ultimate-linux-cheat-sheet-4h3o

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Microsoft open sources tool to use AI in simulated attacks

Join GamesBeat Summit 2021 this April 28-29. Register for a free or VIP pass today.

https://venturebeat.com/2021/04/09/microsoft-open-sources-tool-to-use-ai-in-simulated-attacks/

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Open source goes to Mars

This morning, we watched in awe as the first Mars Helicopter, Ingenuity, took flight in the thin Martian atmosphere. This is an incredible achievement for the teams at NASA and the Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL).

https://github.blog/2021-04-19-open-source-goes-to-mars/

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Tetris-OS Is an ‘OS’ That Only Plays Tetris

As a former Tetris fanatic, the idea of an operating system that only runs Tetris, over and over again forever, is fairly compelling. First, my workday would be completely different. Gone are Zoom meetings, mid-morning Slack standups, and endless writing.

https://gizmodo.com/tetris-os-is-an-os-that-only-plays-tetris-1846733368

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Windows 10 now lets you seamlessly run Linux GUI apps

Windows 10 now lets you run Linux GUI apps (X11 and Wayland) without using a virtual machine after Microsoft added GUI support to the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL).

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-10-now-lets-you-seamlessly-run-linux-gui-apps/

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WinApps for Linux

Run Windows apps such as Microsoft Office in Linux (Ubuntu) and GNOME as if they were a part of the native OS, including Nautilus integration for right clicking on files of specific mime types to open them.

https://github.com/Fmstrat/winapps

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ISPConfig: The Perfect Multiserver Setup on Ubuntu 20.04 and Debian 10

This tutorial will take you through installing your own ISPConfig 3 multiserver setup with dedicated servers for the panel, web, DNS, mail, and webmail using the new ISPConfig auto-installer. This tutorial is compatible with Debian 10 and Ubuntu 20.04.

https://www.linuxtoday.com/developer/ispconfig-perfect-multiserver-setup-on-ubuntu-20.04-and-debian-10-210329085002.html

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ISPConfig Hosting Control Panel

Manage Your Servers Directly Through Your Browser More than 40,000 downloads per month.

https://www.ispconfig.org/

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What3Words sends legal threat to a security researcher for sharing an open-source alternative

Aaron Toponce, a systems administrator at XMission, received a letter on Thursday from a law firm representing What3Words, requesting that he delete tweets related to the open-source alternative, WhatFreeWords.

https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/30/what3words-legal-threat-whatfreewords/

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First Look at Fedora Linux’s New i3 Spin: Heaven for Tiling WM Fans

Fedora Linux and tiling WM fans rejoice, there’s an upcoming Fedora Linux spin featuring the i3 tiling window manager by default, and in this article I’m giving you a first look at this new heaven for tiling WM fans.

https://9to5linux.com/first-look-at-fedora-linuxs-new-i3-spin-heaven-for-tiling-wm-fans

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Noti Sends to Your Desktop or Phone when a Long-Running Command Has Finished

Noti is a command line tool for Linux that monitors a process / command, and triggers a notification on your desktop or phone when it has finished running. macOS and WIndows are supported as well.

https://www.linuxtoday.com/developer/get-notifications-on-your-desktop-or-phone-when-a-long-running-command-has-finished-with-noti-210225061505.html

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The RNR File Manager (RNR’s Not Ranger)

The RNR File Manager (RNR’s Not Ranger) is a text based file manager that combines the best features of Midnight Commander and Ranger. Its main goal is to be the most robust file copier in existence.

https://pypi.org/project/rnr/

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7-Zip 21.0 alpha introduces native Linux support

Each year, the free archiver 7-Zip gets updated to a new version. The developer of the application has released two alpha previews of this year’s 7-Zip 21 version.

https://www.ghacks.net/2021/03/11/7-zip-21-0-alpha-introduces-native-linux-support/

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Sponsor MiSTer-devel/Main_MiSTer

Main MiSTer binary and Wiki. Contribute to MiSTer-devel/Main_MiSTer development by creating an account on GitHub.

https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Main_MiSTer

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It is the World’s FIRST Consumer-level Linux Tablet.

It is the World’s FIRST Linux Tablet with a 2K+ Display. It is the World’s FIRST Linux Tablet with 5G/4G support.

https://en.jingos.com/jingpad-a1/

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Garuda Linux KDE version usurps Deepin Linux as the most beautiful Linux desktop

The world of Linux has some beautiful desktops, but to date, one of the most beautiful has been Deepin Linux. The Deepin desktop is elegant, simple to use, and as reliable a desktop as you’ll find on a PC. For the longest time, I was certain no Linux distribution could best the beauty of Deepin.

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/garuda-linux-kde-version-usurps-deepin-linux-as-the-most-beautiful-linux-desktop/

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Introducing ‘innernet’

For the past year, all of the infrastructure at tonari — our installations, our laptops, our tools — have run on a single WireGuard network that’s organized by an opinionated network manager we’ve been writing called innernet. Today we’re happy to be open sourcing it.

https://blog.tonari.no/introducing-innernet

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20 ways to be more productive and respect yourself

The need to be productive is ingrained in who we are as human beings on some level. We oftentimes have to do yoga and meditate and breathe deeply in order to consciously slow down our minds and bodies, but when we do it helps us focus and be more productive when the time comes.

https://opensource.com/article/21/4/productivity-roundup

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Make a Linux App

Desktop and mobile Linux users have a healthy appetite for new software. Linux app stores and repositories lack applications compared to their proprietary counterparts. Technical enthusiasts are encouraged to direct their passion and creativity towards creating fresh apps for Linux users.

https://makealinux.app/#/

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New Nextcloud health app doesn’t sell your data – Nextcloud

There is a whole wave of new apps becoming available that can store your electronic health records from hospitals or doctors. As health data is easy to monetize, these apps tend to be “free” for users – insurance companies are happy to pay for it.

https://nextcloud.com/blog/new-nextcloud-health-app-doesnt-sell-your-data

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Top 10 Extensions for GNOME 40 Desktop

We give you a list of GNOME 40 extensions that would make your desktop experience even better. Have a look. GNOME 40 was released a while back with revamped activities, workspace, and app grid view.

https://www.debugpoint.com/2021/04/gnome-40-extensions/

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Nextcloud

No default passwords: For security reasons there are no default passwords. All passwords are set at system initialization time.

https://www.turnkeylinux.org/nextcloud

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JingOS tablet-friendly Linux distro picks up OTA updates, app store, and more in version 0.8

JingOS is a Linux distribution designed for tablets, with a touch-friendly user interface designed to resemble iPadOS or Android.

https://liliputing.com/2021/03/jingos-tablet-friendly-linux-distro-picks-up-ota-updates-app-store-and-more-in-version-0-8.html

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OpenTreatments Foundation: Democratizing and Decentralizing Drug Development

Sanath Kumar Ramesh is the Founder & CEO of the OpenTreatments Foundation, which was announced today at the Linux Foundation. Ramesh created the foundation as he looked at medical solutions to help his son suffering from an ultra-rare genetic disease called SSMD (curegpx4.org).

https://www.linux.com/audience/developers/opentreatments-foundation-democratizing-and-decentralizing-drug-development/

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SniperPhish: An all-in-one open-source phishing toolkit

SniperPhish is an all-in-one open-source phishing toolkit that pentesters and other security professionals can use for setting up and executing email and web-based spear phishing campaigns

https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2021/04/26/sniperphish-phishing-toolkit/

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Amazon releases DeepRacer software in open source

Join Transform 2021 this July 12-16. Register for the AI event of the year. In November 2018, Amazon launched AWS DeepRacer, a car about the size of a shoebox that runs on AI models trained in a virtual environment with reinforcement learning techniques.

https://venturebeat.com/2021/04/27/amazon-makes-deepracer-software-available-in-open-source/

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Guix
Guix comes with thousands of packages which include applications, system tools, documentation, fonts, and other digital goods readily available for installing with the GNU Guix package manager. Read some stories about how people are using GNU Guix in their daily lives.

https://guix.gnu.org/
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The Worst Form of Government
‘Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.…’

https://www.winstonchurchill.org/resources/quotes/the-worst-form-of-government/%20
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DietPi – Lightweight justice for your SBC
DietPi is extremely lightweight at its core, our images start at 400MB in size (3x lighter than ‘Raspbian Lite’). With features of low process/memory footprint and DietPi-RAMlog installed by default, DietPi allows you to get the maximum performance from your device.

http://dietpi.com/
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A morality cabal of Debian users tried to knife Torvalds
The documents show a group of Linux developers who were so shocked that Torvalds swore at a conference they were attempting to use the Debian code-of-conduct to get him ostracised from the Linux mother church.

https://www.fudzilla.com/news/51489-a-morality-cabal-of-debian-users-tried-to-knife-torvalds
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“Linusgate” Leaked: Over 250 Messages About Code of Conduct Complaints Against Linus Torvalds
Debian ‘canceling’ the founder of Linux is no “small potatoes”; and considering the reason (or what this is done for; an expression of an opinion) we probably should be alarmed about ramifications for free speech Original story by techrights.org. Published 2020-09-03.

https://linuxreviews.org/%22Linusgate%22_Leaked:_Over_250_Messages_About_Code_of_Conduct_Complaints_Against_Linus_Torvalds
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Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth makes peace with Ubuntu Linux community
Of the three major Linux companies, Canonical, Red Hat, and SUSE, two have separate community Linux distros: Red Hat with Fedora, and SUSE with openSUSE.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/canonical-ceo-mark-shuttleworth-makes-peace-with-ubuntu-linux-community/
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MS Office Online Server as document editor in Nextcloud – Nextcloud
With today’s release of the Office Online Integration app, enterprises can use a self-hosted Microsoft Office Online Server to view and edit documents from within Nextcloud.

https://nextcloud.com/blog/ms-office-online-server-as-document-editor-in-nextcloud
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A New Open-Source Tool for Tracking Disinformation
The conversations that trend on internet platforms shape our world in consequential ways, from who we vote for, to what news we read, to how we respond to a pandemic.

https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/blog/new-open-source-tool-tracking-disinformation/
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Android AOSP Can Boot Off Mainline Linux 5.9 With Just One Patch
The Android open-source project “AOSP” with its latest code is very close to being able to boot off the mainline Linux kernel when assuming the device drivers are all upstream.

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Android-AOSP-Close-Linux-5.9
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Lenovo Launches Fedora-Powered X1 Carbon With Linux In The Spotlight
Lenovo began teasing its new Linux initiative several months ago (refresh your memory here and here). Just in time to meet its “Summer 2020” promise, the first wave of Fedora-powered ThinkPads are now up for sale on Lenovo’s webshop. But it’s not merely this expected launch that has me excited; it’s how refreshingly visible they’re making the Linux option.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2020/08/30/lenovo-just-launched-the-linux-powered-thinkpad-x1-carbon-gen-8/
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Google Is Still Striving To Upstream Incremental FS In Linux
After originally publishing the Incremental FS patches back in May of 2019, Google’s Android kernel team is still working to upstream this virtual file-system into the mainline Linux kernel and at this week’s Linux Plumbers Conference was working to drum up support for it.

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Google-2020-Incremental-FS
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ddgr – A Command Line Tool To Search DuckDuckGo From The Terminal
Bash tricks are really awesome in Linux that makes everything is possible in Linux. It really works well for developers or system admins because they are spending most of the time with terminal. Did you know why they are preferring this tricks?

https://www.2daygeek.com/ddgr-duckduckgo-search-from-the-command-line-in-linux/
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Start page – collectd – The system statistics collection daemon
collectd gathers metrics from various sources, e.g. the operating system, applications, logfiles and external devices, and stores this information or makes it available over the network. Those statistics can be used to monitor systems, find performance bottlenecks (i.e.

http://collectd.org/
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Monitoring your own infrastructure using Grafana, InfluxDB, and CollectD
For some companies, infrastructure is the heart of its business. Specifically, I am referring to those companies which need to manage data and applications located on more than one server.

https://serhack.me/articles/monitoring-infrastructure-grafana-influxdb-connectd/
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Red Hat And Lenovo Want To ‘Evolve Linux’ As A Laptop OS
The first consumer-facing Lenovo laptop shipping with Fedora is available to purchase, with several additional forthcoming featuring Fedora, RHEL and Ubuntu.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2020/09/01/red-hat-and-lenovo-thinkpad-linux-fedora-laptop-os/
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AWS introduces Bottlerocket: A Rust language-oriented Linux for containers
Earlier this year, Linus Torvalds approved of adding drivers and other components in Rust to Linux. Last week, at the virtual Linux Plumbers Conference, developers gave serious thought to using the Rust language for new Linux inline code.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/aws-introduces-bottlerocket-a-rust-language-oriented-linux-for-containers/
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HP Releases Z Series Laptops with Official Ubuntu 20.04 Support
Computer maker HP announced its latest offering Z series of laptops with certified Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Named ZBook Fury G7 15 and 17 – the new HP workstations are for professionals who want to work on ML and AI with a combination of powerful hardware and rock-solid Ubuntu 20.04 LTS base.

https://www.debugpoint.com/2020/09/hp-z-series-linux-laptop/
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Linux Jargon Buster: What is a Linux Distribution? Why is it Called a ‘Distribution’?
In this chapter of the Linux Jargon Buster, let’s discuss something elementary. Let’s discuss what is a Linux distribution, why it is called a distribution (or distro) and how is it different from the Linux kernel.

https://itsfoss.com/what-is-linux-distribution/
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Bottlerocket OS
Welcome to Bottlerocket! Bottlerocket is a free and open-source Linux-based operating system meant for hosting containers. Bottlerocket is currently in a developer preview phase and we’re looking for your feedback.

https://github.com/bottlerocket-os/bottlerocket
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Bringing together audio and video, PipeWire for Linux is really coming along
PipeWire, the next-generation of modern Linux audio and video appears to be coming along nicely and it appears it’s ready for wider testing. Writing in a blog post, Red Hat’s Senior Manager for Desktop, Christian F.K.

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2020/09/bringing-together-audio-and-video-pipewire-for-linux-is-really-coming-along
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Shutdown Taking Too Long? Here’s How to Investigate and Fix Long Shutdown Time in Linux
Your Linux system is taking too long to shut down? Here are the steps you can take to find out what is causing the delayed shutdown and fix the issue. When you shut down your Linux system, it sends the sigterm and politely asks the running processes to stop.

https://itsfoss.com/long-shutdown-linux/
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Open Source VR Headset For $200
We’ve seen homemade VR headsets before, but, often they are dependent on special software or are not really up to par with commercial products. Not so with Relativity, an open source project from [Max Coutte] and [Gabriel Combe]. [Max] says it best: Relativty is not a consumer product.

https://hackaday.com/2020/09/13/open-source-vr-headset-for-200/
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Linux terminal trick: Hack the cd command to remember where you’ve been
I was just on a system that didn’t have this hack, and it reminded me how useful it is, so I thought I’d share it for others. Maybe you all can reply with your own shell tricks. Some of you may know about the pushd and popd commands. pushd is like cd, but keeps track of where you’ve been.

https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/cd-command
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What is LaCrOS for Chromebooks and why does it matter?
Earlier this year, 9to5 Google caught code changes about something called LaCrOS. Work has progressed on this enough to the point where LaCrOS is available in the Canary Channel of Chrome OS 87, appearing as another Chrome browser icon.

https://www.aboutchromebooks.com/news/what-is-lacros-for-chromebooks-and-why-does-it-matter/
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baowenbo/DAIN
We propose the Depth-Aware video frame INterpolation (DAIN) model to explicitly detect the occlusion by exploring the depth cue. We develop a depth-aware flow projection layer to synthesize intermediate flows that preferably sample closer objects than farther ones.

https://github.com/baowenbo/DAIN

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Enough with the Linux security FUD

Like all operating systems, Linux isn’t perfectly secure. Nothing is. As security guru, Bruce Schneider said, “Security is a process, not a product.”  It’s just that, generally speaking, Linux is more secure than its competitors.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/enough-with-the-linux-security-fud/

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Open source tool Infection Monkey allows security pros to test their

network like never before Guardicore unveiled new capabilities for

Infection Monkey, its free, open source breach and attack simulation

(BAS) tool that maps to the MITRE ATT&CK knowledge base and tests

network adherence to the Forrester Zero Trust framework.

https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2020/08/07/open-source-tool-infection-monkey/

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Have I Been Pwned code base is going open source

Since 2013, developer Troy Hunt has been offering an invaluable online

security tool called Have I Been Pwned. Enter your email address, and

the site will let you know if it’s been found in any known security

breaches… giving you a pretty good idea of whether it’s time to change

your password.

https://liliputing.com/2020/08/have-i-been-pwned-code-base-is-going-open-source.html

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Relax-and-Recover

Relax-and-Recover is a setup-and-forget Linux bare metal disaster

recovery solution. It is easy to set up and requires no maintenance so

there is no excuse for not using it.  Or watch a 4-minute complete

backup and restore demo. Real time, no cheating!

http://relax-and-recover.org/

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How to create incremental backups using rsync on Linux

In previous articles, we already talked about how we can perform local

and remote backups using rsync and how to setup the rsync daemon. In

this tutorial we will learn a very useful technique we can use to

perform incremental backups, and schedule them using the good old cron.

https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-create-incremental-backups-using-rsync-on-linux

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Use Mozilla VPN on Linux and Mac OS devices right now

When Mozilla, maker of Firefox, launched Mozilla VPN, it did so only in

select regions and only for devices running Windows, iOS or Android.

Mac and Linux versions were not offered and Mozilla stated that these

would be coming soon.

https://www.ghacks.net/2020/08/20/use-mozilla-vpn-on-linux-and-mac-os-devices-right-now/

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5 Linux network troubleshooting commands

Networking configuration and troubleshooting are crucial tasks that sysadmins need to perform regularly. Some of these tasks can be challenging. However, when dealing with connectivity issues, using the right tools will assist you in achieving the results in a faster and consistent way.

https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/five-network-commands

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KDE neon

More than ever people expect a stable desktop with cutting-edge

features, all in a package which is easy to use and ready to make their

own.

https://neon.kde.org/

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GNU/Linux General Troubleshooting Guide for Beginners

In this guide, our goal is to learn about the tools and environment

provided by a typical GNU/Linux system to be able to start

troubleshooting even on an unknown machine. To do so, we will go

through two simple example issues: we will solve a desktop and server

side problem.

https://linuxconfig.org/gnu-linux-general-troubleshooting-guide-for-beginners

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OnionShare: An Open-Source Tool to Share Files Securely Over Tor Network

Brief: OnionShare is a free and open-source tool that utilizes the Tor

network to share files securely and anonymously. You might have already

come across a lot of online services to share files securely but it may

not be completely anonymous.

https://itsfoss.com/onionshare/

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Using the Linux kernel’s Case-insensitive feature in Ext4

Linux 5.2 was released over one year ago and with it, a new feature was

added to support optimized case-insensitive file name lookups in the

Ext4 filesystem – the first of native Linux filesystems to do it.

https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/blog/2020/08/27/using-the-linux-kernel-case-insensitive-feature-in-ext4/

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Mozilla lays off 250 employees due to the pandemic Mozilla is laying off around 250 employees as part of a corporate restructure caused by the long-term impact of COVID-19. In a blog post, Mozilla chief Mitchell Baker said that the pandemic has “significantly impacted our revenue. https://www.engadget.com/mozilla-firefox-250-employees-layoffs-151324924.html ---------- Google and Mozilla to extend search deal according to reports Reports suggest that Google and Mozilla will extend the search deal that makes Google Search the default search engine of the Firefox web browser in most regions by three years. ZDnet reports that Mozilla and Google will extend the search deal for another three years. https://www.ghacks.net/2020/08/14/google-and-mozilla-to-extend-search-deal-according-to-reports/ ---------- How To Quickly Build Virtual Machine Images With Virt-builder Virt-builder is a command line tool for building variety of virtual machine images for local or cloud use, easily as well as quickly. https://www.linuxtoday.com/it_management/how-to-quickly-build-virtual-machine-images-with-virt-builder-200731070026.html ---------- Almost a Year After Richard Stallman Was ‘Cancelled’, Free Software Foundation has Elected a new President Almost a year after Richard Stallman, the founding president of Free Software Foundation, was forced to resign, FSF board has finally elected a new president. The new president is Geoffrey Knauth. https://itsfoss.com/fsf-new-president/ ---------- yuzu is a open source emulator for the Nintendo Switch, that is currently making about 19k on patreon We really need to revive the flatpak repo of yuzu. PCSX2, RPCS3, Dolphin are all available comfortably from flathub. https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/i1s1n1/yuzu_is_a_open_source_emulator_for_the_nintendo/ ---------- Linux Mastery – Complete Linux Course for Beginners JOIN THE BEST COMPLETE LINUX (SERVER/DESKTOP) OPERATING SYSTEM COURSE FOR NEWBIE LINUX USERS!! Hi. My name is Mustafa and I’m the author of the ‘Linux Mastery’ course. I started working as a network and computer systems administrator since January 2011. https://www.real.discount/offer/linux-mastery-complete-linux-course-for-beginners/ ---------- How to Install Itch on Ubuntu and Other Linux Distributions Itch is a platform for independent digital creators with main focus on indie games. It was actually started as website to host, sell and download indie video games but these days, Itch also provides books, comics, tools, board games, soundtracks and more digital content from indie creators. https://itsfoss.com/install-itch-linux/ ---------- New Open Source Security Foundation wants to improve open source software security The Linux Foundation announced the formation of the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF), a cross-industry collaboration that brings together leaders to improve the security of open source software (OSS) by building a broader community with targeted initiatives and best practices. https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2020/08/03/open-source-security-foundation/ ---------- Cloud Encryption is worthless! Click here to see why... I have spent way too much of my life the last three years in the cloud compliance and cloud security posture monitoring space. One of the biggest issues I’ve struggled with is putting a priority on the issue of re-encrypting cloud existing resources. https://www.chrisfarris.com/post/cloud-encryption/ ---------- Intel's Clear Linux Still Outperforming Other Distributions For Mid-2020 Being well past the half-way point for the year, here is a look at how Intel's performance-optimized Clear Linux distribution is performing compared to its rolling state last December. https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=clear-linux-2020h1&num=1 ---------- Google confirms in-house scheduler open-sourced into Linux Google has confirmed that it plans to contribute some of its in-house scheduling code to the Linux kernel, but hasn’t disclosed whether it has motivations beyond a desire to share. https://www.theregister.com/2020/08/10/google_scheduling_code_reaches_linux/ ---------- The Linux Foundation, Grillo and IBM Announce New Earthquake Early-Warning Open Source Project San Francisco, Calif., Aug. https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press-release/2020/08/the-linux-foundation-grillo-and-ibm-announce-new-earthquake-early-warning-open-source-project/ ---------- juzzlin/Heimer Heimer is a desktop application for creating mind maps. It's written in Qt and targeted for Linux and Windows.  Heimer's source code is licensed under GNU GPLv3. See COPYING for the complete license text. https://github.com/juzzlin/Heimer ---------- Lenovo’s New ThinkPad P53 Is Everything I Want In A Linux Laptop This is not a review of the new Fedora-powered ThinkPad P53 which releases later this month. Rather, it’s a story about being spoiled by hardware. It’s a tale about giving a Linux distribution another chance. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2020/08/10/lenovo-new-thinkpad-p53-fedora-linux-laptop/ ---------- Open Tech Will Save Us Join the live chat now! #open-tech-meetup:matrix.org Open Tech Will Save Us is a virtual meetup, taking the form of a monthly live video stream broadcasting on the second Wednesday of every month at 5pm UTC. https://matrix.org/open-tech-will-save-us/ ---------- How to Use the Hugo Static Site Generator on Linux Static websites are easy to create and blazingly fast to use. If you learn to use Hugo, you can generate theme-based static websites on Linux. Creating websites is fun again! A static site is one that doesn’t create or modify web pages on the fly. https://www.howtogeek.com/683199/how-to-use-the-hugo-static-site-generator-on-linux/ ---------- Moving from docker-compose to Podman pods It feels like forever since I wrote my Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Beta intro to Podman. In fact, it's been quite a while, and a lot has happened since then. https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/compose-podman-pods ---------- Linux Commands frequently used by Linux Sysadmins – Part 1 What are some of the Linux commands used by Sysadmins on a daily basis? In this article, I’ve listed 10 such commands, frequently used. Suggestions and feedback welcome. Some people consider Linux as a being a complicated operating system, geared toward expert users only. https://haydenjames.io/linux-commands-frequently-used-by-linux-sysadmins-part-1/ ---------- Open. Collaborative. Flexible. Microsoft products and services embrace open source to bring choice, technology and community to our customers. https://opensource.microsoft.com/?ranMID=24542&ranEAID=IokOf8qagZo&ranSiteID=IokOf8qagZo-Ke3NoM6AEmaG3eKCVCSfRQ&epi=IokOf8qagZo-Ke3NoM6AEmaG3eKCVCSfRQ&irgwc=1&OCID=AID2000142_aff_7593_1243925&tduid=%28ir__hcj1cath9gkfthbskk0sohznxn2xindx6f9dj3qp00%29%287593%29%281243925%29%28IokOf8qagZo-Ke3NoM6AEmaG3eKCVCSfRQ%29%28%29&irclickid=_hcj1cath9gkfthbskk0sohznxn2xindx6f9dj3qp00 ---------- Code editor awesomeness ...in your browser :: ICEcoder ICEcoder is completely free for you to download and use as you'd like.  Please enter your email address and hit the button to download. We'll send a welcome email and then only email occasionally about big ICEcoder news. http://icecoder.net/ ---------- Projects Using Ace Ace is an embeddable code editor written in JavaScript. It matches the features and performance of native editors such as Sublime, Vim and TextMate. It can be easily embedded in any web page and JavaScript application. ddg, http://ace.c9.io/ ---------- CAELinux 2020 Released: A Linux Distro For Computer-Aided Engineering After almost half and year, Joël Cugnoni has announced the new 2020 version of CAELinux. The latest CAELinux 2020 is based on the long-term Xubuntu 18.04 release, and comes with several new tools and updated CAELinux core packages. https://fossbytes.com/caelinux-2020-released-a-linux-distro-for-computer-aided-engineering/ ---------- August update: getting into a rhythm and not slowing down Open. Friendly. Community Driven. A recent series of events led me to rethink our formal rules of community engagement. https://www.pine64.org/2020/08/15/august-update-getting-into-a-rhythm-and-not-slowing-down/ ---------- An endangered internet species: Firefox I've been using Mozilla's Firefox browser since it was still in beta. In 2004, for a while, it was my favorite web browser. Not because it was open-source, but because it was so much better and more secure than Internet Explorer. That was then. This is now. Firefox is in real danger of dying off. https://www.zdnet.com/article/an-endangered-internet-species-firefox/ ---------- NSA discloses new Russian-made Drovorub malware targeting Linux The National Security Agency is warning about espionage operations from the Russian Intelligence Directorate (GRU) using a previously undisclosed Linux malware toolset called Drovorub. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/nsa-discloses-new-russian-made-drovorub-malware-targeting-linux/ ---------- PyIDM is an open source download manager that can download videos and playlists IDM is the undisputed king of download managers. Many programs try to come close to it, but at the end of the day, they really can't beat it. But for the price of free, you are getting a pretty good download manager such as PyIDM. https://www.ghacks.net/2020/08/13/pyidm-is-an-open-source-download-manager-that-can-download-videos-and-playlists/ ---------- PhotoFlare – Simple but powerful Cross Platform Image Editor This is an effort to bring quick, simple but powerful image editing to the masses. PhotoFlare is inspired by the image editor currently only available on Microsoft Windows – PhotoFiltre. However, it will not be a straight clone. http://photoflare.io/ ---------- Open source tool Infection Monkey allows security pros to test their network like never before Guardicore unveiled new capabilities for Infection Monkey, its free, open source breach and attack simulation (BAS) tool that maps to the MITRE ATT&CK knowledge base and tests network adherence to the Forrester Zero Trust framework. https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2020/08/07/open-source-tool-infection-monkey/ ---------- Have I Been Pwned code base is going open source Since 2013, developer Troy Hunt has been offering an invaluable online security tool called Have I Been Pwned. Enter your email address, and the site will let you know if it’s been found in any known security breaches… giving you a pretty good idea of whether it’s time to change your password. https://liliputing.com/2020/08/have-i-been-pwned-code-base-is-going-open-source.html

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Help Eric Arduini and family
As some of you may know my brother was diagnosed in February of this year with a rare form of primary liver cancer that is unfortunately terminal. All funds will be donated to him and his family for medical bills and other household bills so that his family can spend the rest of his time with him and not have to stress about money as much during this difficult time.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-eric-arduini-and-family
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Zulip 3.0: Threaded Open Source Team Chat We’re excited to announce the release of Zulip Server 3.0, containing hundreds of new features and bug fixes to help distributed and remote teams stay productive and focused. Zulip is the open-source threaded team chat app, used by thousands of teams globally. https://blog.zulip.com/2020/07/16/zulip-3-0-released/ ---------- AutoTux is a Real Distro With a 'No Hands' Linux Installer AutoTux is a fully automated Linux distribution that is literally a hands-off event from start to finish. It goes a long way to adopting Linux a no-brainer for Windows and macOS converts. https://linuxinsider.com/story/autotux-is-a-real-distro-with-a-no-hands-linux-installer-86759.html ---------- Welcome to AutoTux - A Fully Automated Installable Linux System! Welcome to AutoTux - A Fully Automated Installable Linux System! Latest Release: autotux_2.0-190903_amd64 View the Release Announcement Page About AutoTux Warning: The installation is fully automated without any user intervention. The system is automatically installed on the first available disk. https://autotuxlinux.com/ ---------- Zrythm Approaching Beta As An Easy-To-Use, Open-Source Digital Audio Workstation When it comes to open-source audio software, the Ardour digital audio workstation and Audacity audio editor are the two flagship offerings. But Zrythm continues advancing as another promising open-source digital audio workstation project. https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Zrythm-0.8.694-Open-Source-DAW ---------- Screen — Screen sharing for remote teams Work together like you’re in the same room. Supports Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android, Safari, Firefox & Chrome. https://screen.so/ ---------- Manage network connections from the Linux command line with nmcli The nmcli command lets you tap into the power of the NetworkManager tool directly from the Linux command line. It's an integral part of the NetworkManager package that makes use of an application programmer's interface (API) to access NetworkManager's functionality. https://opensource.com/article/20/7/nmcli ---------- Ubuntu Web: A Chrome OS Alternative Linux With Firefox Coming Soon As the world is moving toward cloud-based services, we can perform almost every task using a single Web browser. This is one of the reasons why Chrome OS integrated with the Google Chrome web browser has become the most popular web-centric operating system. https://fossbytes.com/ubuntu-web-a-chrome-os-alternative-linux-with-firefox-coming-soon/ ---------- Plex adds live TV streaming (80 channels and nothin’ on) Plex is continuing its push into streaming. Originally a service that allowed users to organize their personal media collections and stream them from a PC or home server to a phone, TV, or other device, now you can use Plex to watch live TV. https://liliputing.com/2020/07/plex-adds-live-tv-streaming-80-channels-and-nothin-on.html

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