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title: Wrapping Paper
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<img src="https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/wrapping_paper.png" title="Wow, rude of you to regift literally every gift that you or anyone else has ever received." alt="Wow, rude of you to regift literally every gift that you or anyone else has ever received." />


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title: First Thing
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<img src="https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/first_thing.png" title="Then I'm going to go on a weeks-long somatic hypermutation bender, producing ever-more targeted antibodies, while I continue to remain distanced and follow guidance from public health authorities." alt="Then I'm going to go on a weeks-long somatic hypermutation bender, producing ever-more targeted antibodies, while I continue to remain distanced and follow guidance from public health authorities." />


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title: Flash Gatsby
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<img src="https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/flash_gatsby.png" title="Protip: At midnight your excuse for not having read The Great Gatsby can switch from &quot;I'm worried about violating copyright&quot; to &quot;I think my copy requires Flash.&quot;" alt="Protip: At midnight your excuse for not having read The Great Gatsby can switch from &quot;I'm worried about violating copyright&quot; to &quot;I think my copy requires Flash.&quot;" />


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title: Viral Vector Immunity
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<img src="https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/viral_vector_immunity.png" title="We've secretly replaced this customer's instant coffee with our patented substitute. Let's see what she ... uh oh, I think she spotted us through the window. Now she's getting something from the closet ... oh jeez, she has a sword! Run!!" alt="We've secretly replaced this customer's instant coffee with our patented substitute. Let's see what she ... uh oh, I think she spotted us through the window. Now she's getting something from the closet ... oh jeez, she has a sword! Run!!" />


title: virtualbox-host-modules-arch x86_64
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title: lib32-vulkan-mesa-layers x86_64
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guid: t3_kkj8rg
title: Ibus Anthy issue
author: /u/Radiation16_
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>So! As a japanese student, I really need a japanese input in my computer, currently my arch desktop uses ibus, and works perfectly fine, but in my gentoo install, both english and spanish input work everywhere, but japanese input only works on compiled apps, so it won&#39;t work on discord, spotify and firefox-bin for some reasons, any ideas?</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Radiation16_"> /u/Radiation16_ </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/kkj8rg/ibus_anthy_issue/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/kkj8rg/ibus_anthy_issue/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_kk60cq
title: A Christmas Miracle! Finally got Gentoo on a Raspberry Pi Zero W
author: /u/gentoo-user
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<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/kk60cq/a_christmas_miracle_finally_got_gentoo_on_a/"> <img src="https://b.thumbs.redditmedia.com/6fHMWInzhHWB5W9K_k56nV3Lk5f5x8UMlZ17aD-gwFY.jpg" alt="A Christmas Miracle! Finally got Gentoo on a Raspberry Pi Zero W" title="A Christmas Miracle! Finally got Gentoo on a Raspberry Pi Zero W" /> </a> </td><td> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/gentoo-user"> /u/gentoo-user </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://i.redd.it/upudla26ee761.jpg">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/kk60cq/a_christmas_miracle_finally_got_gentoo_on_a/">[comments]</a></span> </td></tr></table>


guid: t3_kkjdop
title: I want to love Gentoo
author: /u/Nibellius
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I really do, I managed to install it (ethernet support is a sneaky bast***), but emerging software just takes so long.</p> <p>After hopping to arch recently I&#39;ve found more love for local compilation but I can&#39;t wait days for something to install, my older pc didn&#39;t even manage to compile the basic installation stuff in a reasonable (my patience is about 2 evenings) amount of time.</p> <p>I thought I was doing something wrong, but I saw some people talking about it being normal for libreoffice compile times to be over 10 hours. If I&#39;m in a pickle I need some stuff to work fast (ironic saying that about Gentoo).</p> <p>Is this how it is? Or should I push on, learn about it more (which I&#39;ll do anyway, but significantly less if it&#39;s just a side thing) and is there a way to overcome this?</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Nibellius"> /u/Nibellius </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/kkjdop/i_want_to_love_gentoo/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/kkjdop/i_want_to_love_gentoo/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_kkvr9k
title: Lower framerate when using trackpad?
author: /u/fabricio77p
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Hello folks, this might be the wierdest bug i&#39;ve ever faced</p> <p>My config:Dell XPS 13 9300 i7 1065g7 16gb ramGentoo hardened, linux 5.10.2</p> <p>Issue: Screen runs on a lower framerate when using trackpad</p> <p>Its very noticeable when web browsing, scrolling pages with touchpad feels like the screen runs around 30~40 fps. It does feel completely fine if i use a mouse!I have other distros here on this PC and none of them have this problem.</p> <p>This issue is not limited to scrolling, i can notice my mouse cursor moves at a lower framerate when using the trackpad.</p> <p>Where do i even start? I double checked my intel drivers, reemerged xorg-server with the recommended use flags</p> <p>&#x200B;</p> <p>EDIT: It&#39;s not a graphical issue, still needing help to understand this behavior</p> <p>EDIT: Found the issue!</p> <p>When running evhz <a href="https://github.com/ian-kelling/evhz">https://github.com/ian-kelling/evhz</a> i can see my trackpad polling rate.</p> <p>Inside other distros my touchpad is recognized as DLL096D:01 06CB:CDE6 Touchpad: Latest. With average 140hz.</p> <p>While on Gentoo it&#39;s recognized as Synaptics PS2 touchpad, with average 80hz.</p> <p>&#x200B;</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/fabricio77p"> /u/fabricio77p </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/kkvr9k/lower_framerate_when_using_trackpad/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/kkvr9k/lower_framerate_when_using_trackpad/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_kkit7i
title: yet another installation guide with UEFI LUKS Btrfs and systemd
author: /u/amedeos
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Recently I&#39;ve changed my installation from UEFI LUKS+lvm+ext4+systemd to UEFI LUKS+Btrfs+systemd, if you&#39;re interested here the how-to:</p> <p><a href="https://amedeos.github.io/gentoo/2020/12/26/install-gentoo-with-uefi-luks-btrfs-and-systemd.html">https://amedeos.github.io/gentoo/2020/12/26/install-gentoo-with-uefi-luks-btrfs-and-systemd.html</a></p> <p>&#x200B;</p> <p>let me know!</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/amedeos"> /u/amedeos </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/kkit7i/yet_another_installation_guide_with_uefi_luks/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/kkit7i/yet_another_installation_guide_with_uefi_luks/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_kksofk
title: Something broke, I have no idea why and no way to fix it
author: /u/arcctgx
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>This is a kind of &quot;off my chest&quot; post, I&#39;m not asking for help.</p> <p>I&#39;ve had this remote machine running Gentoo for a few years now, and I never had any real issues with it. But today &quot;something&quot; broke. First, I got messages <code>ssh_exchange_identification: read: connection reset by peer</code> when trying to connect to it with SSH. That was after a world update, so I thought it&#39;s because I didn&#39;t notice that OpenSSH was updated, and I lost the ability to connect because of that (I remember reading something about that in the Gentoo news). But if that was the case, simple reboot would&#39;ve fixed things.</p> <p>I called someone who restarted the machine, but then the machine failed to boot correctly. The person who assisted me is not very computer literate, they can follow simple instructions, but I can&#39;t expect them to help me debug stuff. It looks like SSHD doesn&#39;t even start (this time I&#39;m just getting timeouts), and the person who was assisting me read from the screen something about <code>fsck</code> getting SIGTERM and failing.</p> <p><code>fsck</code> issue really seems unexpected, because I never noticed anything that could signal a drive was failing. I&#39;ve had S.M.A.R.T. monitoring set up, and I never got any bad results from the self-tests so far. Yes, I&#39;m aware S.M.A.R.T. can&#39;t warn about every incoming failure. Still, it&#39;s unexpected.</p> <p>So basically that&#39;s it - something broke, I have no idea what, no real way to check that remotely, and I can&#39;t go there myself because of COVID. Shit happens, apparently. It&#39;s really frustrating.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/arcctgx"> /u/arcctgx </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/kksofk/something_broke_i_have_no_idea_why_and_no_way_to/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/kksofk/something_broke_i_have_no_idea_why_and_no_way_to/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_kkz2jz
title: I wrote some instructions on authenticating with your system using a YubiKey
author: /u/xxc3ncoredxx
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&#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/xxc3ncoredxx"> /u/xxc3ncoredxx </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/YubiKey">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/kkz2jz/i_wrote_some_instructions_on_authenticating_with/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_kldb3u
title: How to get a XP-Pen Tablet to work
author: /u/_allo_
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I have a XP-Pen Artist tablet and it works very well with Debian testing and the beta driver from the homepage. Without driver it controls the mouse and with driver it supports all buttons and pressure sensitive drawing. Now I installed Gentoo and it does not work as it should.</p> <p>The UI of the driver shows pressure and coordinates, but the tablet does not control the mouse. The keys seem to work, at least the wheel produces +/- key presses.</p> <p>I guess Debian configures something in the X-Server differently. I addes use-flags &quot;libinput wacom void&quot; to the xserver and tried to activate libinput (instead of evdev, which is the default?) but I am still stuck getting the tablet to work like it worked with Debian.</p> <p>I am using &quot;gentoo-kernel&quot; without custom configuration.</p> <p>Does anyone have such a tablet or knows which configuration parts of the X-Server or kernel may be relevant?</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/_allo_"> /u/_allo_ </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/kldb3u/how_to_get_a_xppen_tablet_to_work/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/kldb3u/how_to_get_a_xppen_tablet_to_work/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_klfsii
title: Noob MAKEOPTS question
author: /u/SnowVril
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>So I have a core i5 quad core system with 4gb of ram, should I use -j4 with no -pipe or -j2 with pipe for max speed compilation?</p> <p>I&#39;m using an SSD btw.</p> <p>I&#39;m sorry for any grammatical mistake :)</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/SnowVril"> /u/SnowVril </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/klfsii/noob_makeopts_question/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/klfsii/noob_makeopts_question/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_klormc
title: Setting up my first server: protips?
author: /u/Q-collective
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I&#39;m not a newcomer to Gentoo, have run it on an off since 2004 on my personal machines. But I&#39;ve just spun up my first server with it on Linode, intended as a PeerTube instance. I just got a $100 credit and thought: why the hell not?</p> <p>I&#39;m used to Debian(-based) distro&#39;s on servers and, as such, the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/UnattendedUpgrades">unattended-upgrades</a> package is very useful in that it automatically installs security fixes. But Gentoo doesn&#39;t have this feature apparently? The best I could find is basically to put &quot;eix-synx &amp;&amp; glsa-check -f affected&quot; in a cronjob and do it that way, which seems strange to me. Am I overlooking something?</p> <p>A second thing I might setup once I do more than one Gentoo server is to setup a <a href="https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Binary_package_guide">binhost</a>. This seems pretty useful, especially since all these server instances are the same.</p> <p>But what strikes me is how little I can find in the way of running Gentoo on a server. Most hits for stuff I&#39;m looking for is over a decade old. Are people still running Gentoo as a server? And if you do, what are your best practices?</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Q-collective"> /u/Q-collective </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/klormc/setting_up_my_first_server_protips/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/klormc/setting_up_my_first_server_protips/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_klvyp5
title: net-wireless/crda compile error
author: /u/_nullOne
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>is there someone else that&#39;s experiencing this error? It&#39;s LibreSSL that&#39;s indirectly causing the problem. I stumbled upon a bug thread that says I should patch a file, but I can&#39;t seem to find what file they&#39;re talking about</p> <p>thread: <a href="https://bugs.gentoo.org/761981">https://bugs.gentoo.org/761981</a></p> <p>patch: <a href="https://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=679892&amp;action=edit">https://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=679892&amp;action=edit</a></p> <p>can someone experienced explain where this file is located? how do i solve problems like these for different programs in the future?</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/_nullOne"> /u/_nullOne </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/klvyp5/netwirelesscrda_compile_error/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/klvyp5/netwirelesscrda_compile_error/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_klq8q6
title: Help me understand Gentoo
author: /u/mkzmch
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I am Artix linux user and I want to try out Gentoo on my main box.</p> <p>I really like some things about Artix and I want to keep them in Gentoo, so I am just wondering whether this is possible and also I want to check whether I understood what gentoo is about well enough.</p> <p>So, first of all, I want to use runit as my init system which from what I read is available on gentoo, but it&#39;s not very common among users. My question is this: is software in the repositories made with runit in mind or will I have to write all service files manually?</p> <p>From my understanding Gentoo is like a set of legos where you can build whatever you want and have the system run your way even up to the point where pacman can be used as a package manager. I want to use libressl instead of openssl is it possible to do so hastle-free or does it involve manual intervention into the way software is built?</p> <p>Lastly, I&#39;d really want to run a kernel with some custom options, however I don&#39;t want to have to set these every time there is a kernel update, does Gentoo remember kernel configuration when updating the kernel?</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/mkzmch"> /u/mkzmch </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/klq8q6/help_me_understand_gentoo/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/klq8q6/help_me_understand_gentoo/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_klxzs3
title: Portage too slow
author: /u/Macnolo0x7D4
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Hello! I am an Arch user, and I am trying out Gentoo. Yesterday I compiled the kernel and made all the stuff. Today, I tried to install vim, but emerge is taking too long while emerging some dependencies. Is it normal, or what can I do? Also, I saw in the Gentoo Wiki how to activate jobs to finish the process a little bit earlier, but it is the same.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Macnolo0x7D4"> /u/Macnolo0x7D4 </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/klxzs3/portage_too_slow/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/klxzs3/portage_too_slow/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_kmfenh
title: Dracut + BTRFS
author: /u/_nullOne
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Does anyone have experience with dracut and btrfs? I&#39;m trying it out with no success. I have btrfs buils in my kernel and my fstab is propperly set up. I tried out dracut --hostonly --kver 5.10.3-gentoo, but when booting it says that it cant recognize btrfs as a filesystem. Any help?</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/_nullOne"> /u/_nullOne </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/kmfenh/dracut_btrfs/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/kmfenh/dracut_btrfs/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_km7obp
title: Why are Haskell packages treated differently?
author: /u/flay-otters
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>That is, why is `haskell-updater` needed? I&#39;m trying to understand what is it about Haskell that complicates things for a source-based distro like Gentoo.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/flay-otters"> /u/flay-otters </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/km7obp/why_are_haskell_packages_treated_differently/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/km7obp/why_are_haskell_packages_treated_differently/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_kmnqxm
title: .config kernel documentation
author: /u/Site_Vegetable
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I recently switched from arch to gentoo and I am trying my best to configure gentoo to my needs and I have trouble finding info about some of the features in kernel what they do so I can determen what to do with them. Is there any manual/documentation where I can read about all kernel features so I can determen what I need becouse in gentoo while edit .config trought make menuconfig I am confused and overwhelmed what should I remove or what sould I leave as baked in or as module. And also is it possible to have amdgpu in gentoo withouth initramfs in other word withouth building amdgpu drivers as modules is it possible to just bake them in kernel?</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Site_Vegetable"> /u/Site_Vegetable </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/kmnqxm/config_kernel_documentation/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/kmnqxm/config_kernel_documentation/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_kmafal
title: I've certainly ascended...?
author: /u/mrturcot
url: https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/kmafal/ive_certainly_ascended/
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<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/kmafal/ive_certainly_ascended/"> <img src="https://b.thumbs.redditmedia.com/JwsIBAy9h7x__6yvUm5ucRFyrRzjBF-l3gNNokTQRMg.jpg" alt="I've certainly ascended...?" title="I've certainly ascended...?" /> </a> </td><td> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/mrturcot"> /u/mrturcot </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://i.redd.it/tkfr5zul63861.png">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/kmafal/ive_certainly_ascended/">[comments]</a></span> </td></tr></table>


guid: t3_kn8yjq
title: Error opening terminal: xterm-termite in chroot.
author: /u/svetly03
url: https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/kn8yjq/error_opening_terminal_xtermtermite_in_chroot/
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I have an Arch install and I&#39;m trying to install gentoo. After updating the @world set (wiki) I follow the next step to configuring the USE variable. I can do that from arch but I can&#39;t open vim/nano etc from chroot.</p> <p>Also after updating it tells me that xterm-termite was not found.</p> <p>Any help?</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/svetly03"> /u/svetly03 </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/kn8yjq/error_opening_terminal_xtermtermite_in_chroot/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/kn8yjq/error_opening_terminal_xtermtermite_in_chroot/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_knbohr
title: Is there a way to keep track of emerge -e --keep-going @world
author: /u/naurias
url: https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/knbohr/is_there_a_way_to_keep_track_of_emerge_e/
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I want to recompile my whole system (since I&#39;m messing with optimizations). So is there a way that i can keep track that what packages have been recompiled so next time portage won&#39;t touch them. Like if i run emerge -e --keep-going @world it will recompile all 10/10 packages but i want to know if i run command it starts recompiling all those 10 packages and lets say 4 are done (the said command will again start with 1st) and i want to continue further ahead of 4 that are already done.</p> <p>&#x200B;</p> <p>Thanks a lot</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/naurias"> /u/naurias </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/knbohr/is_there_a_way_to_keep_track_of_emerge_e/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/knbohr/is_there_a_way_to_keep_track_of_emerge_e/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_knucv3
title: Ranger cant display jpg ueberzug
author: /u/Site_Vegetable
url: https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/knucv3/ranger_cant_display_jpg_ueberzug/
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>So ranger is working fine and I am using ueberzug as image_preview_method and it is working just fine for gif,png...etc but it doesnt display jpg images. I can see all images in my image viewer including jpg and I have imlib2 installed and there is no error showing in ranger. Can someone help me pls?</p> <p>Edit:My ranger version is 1.9.3 and my terminal alacritty is at 0.6.0.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Site_Vegetable"> /u/Site_Vegetable </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/knucv3/ranger_cant_display_jpg_ueberzug/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/knucv3/ranger_cant_display_jpg_ueberzug/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_knmp6e
title: Simplifying Python - a good idea?
author: /u/menschelein
url: https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/knmp6e/simplifying_python_a_good_idea/
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I don&#39;t like the fact that there are several Python-versions simultaneously on my Gentoo-system. It makes managing my world-packages more complicated than it should be.</p> <p>So I thought I&#39;d simplify them by compiling all my packages with the &quot;python_single_target_target_python3_6&quot;-flag enabled, while disabling all the other Python-flags (3.7, 3.8, 3.9).</p> <p>I am using the oldest supported version for stability-reasons.</p> <ol> <li>Do you think that this is a good idea? Or would it degrade my system-performance because I am using a dated Python-version for programs that would run better with a newer version? Does the used Python-version have a significant influence on the performance of a program?</li> <li>I tried to remove the newer Python-versions from my Gentoo-installation by running &quot;emerge --depclean -a&quot;, but they weren&#39;t selected for removal. There are obviously still packages that run on these versions. I checked all the packages &quot;equery h python_single_target_python3_X&quot; spit out via &quot;equery uses (package)&quot;, but none of them used a version newer than 3.6.</li> </ol> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/menschelein"> /u/menschelein </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/knmp6e/simplifying_python_a_good_idea/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/knmp6e/simplifying_python_a_good_idea/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_ko5hej
title: Why is flatpak gone?
author: /u/SoNik2
url: https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/ko5hej/why_is_flatpak_gone/
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>[Solved] Just noticed that flatpak and ostree ( one of the dependency) is missing from Gentoo repository. Why is that? Will it return soon? Edit: The packages are now up in the repository.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/SoNik2"> /u/SoNik2 </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/ko5hej/why_is_flatpak_gone/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/ko5hej/why_is_flatpak_gone/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_knuzae
author: /u/Shelleen
url: https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/knuzae/thinking_of_upgrading_to_gentoo_after_not_using/
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Thinking of upgrading to Gentoo after not using it for years - is there any advantage of using UEFi instead of legacy, when I have the option in BIOS?

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&#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Shelleen"> /u/Shelleen </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/knuzae/thinking_of_upgrading_to_gentoo_after_not_using/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/knuzae/thinking_of_upgrading_to_gentoo_after_not_using/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_knvozp
title: HELP! My overlay needs collaborators (MUST READ)
author: /u/jorgicio
url: https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/knvozp/help_my_overlay_needs_collaborators_must_read/
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Hi!</p> <p>It&#39;s sad for me to say that I had to leave Gentoo (at least, for some undeterminate time). Let me explain:</p> <p>I got a new laptop, a Dell G3 15 3500. Since it has some new hardware, tried and installed Calculate (as well some other Live USBs) and Kubuntu is the only distro that recognizes ALL the hardware, including sound (with no issues) and the Prime, as well as I found it&#39;s a good git for a bit gaming.</p> <p>I&#39;m not planning to leave my overlay, but I won&#39;t maintain it for now. So that&#39;s why I need collaborators.</p> <p>You can add PRs or write me in order to add you as a collaborator.If you have some idea to share, it&#39;ll be welcome.</p> <p>Thank you.</p> <p>&#x200B;</p> <p><a href="https://github.com/jorgicio/jorgicio-gentoo-overlay">This is my overlay.</a></p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/jorgicio"> /u/jorgicio </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/knvozp/help_my_overlay_needs_collaborators_must_read/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/knvozp/help_my_overlay_needs_collaborators_must_read/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_ko7y5u
title: should I switch to Gentoo or Arch ?
author: /u/amalgamsquare
url: https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/ko7y5u/should_i_switch_to_gentoo_or_arch/
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>what&#39;s the fastest distro in terms of using the LEAST amount of RAM, minimally speaking ? Gentoo or Arch ?</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/amalgamsquare"> /u/amalgamsquare </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/ko7y5u/should_i_switch_to_gentoo_or_arch/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/ko7y5u/should_i_switch_to_gentoo_or_arch/">[comments]</a></span>


title: virtualbox-host-modules-arch x86_64
url: https://archlinux.org/packages/community-testing/x86_64/virtualbox-host-modules-arch/
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content: virtualbox-host-modules-arch
guid:
tag:archlinux.org,2020-12-31:/packages/community-testing/x86_64/virtualbox-host-modules-arch/202012310000


title: lib32-vulkan-mesa-layers x86_64
url: https://archlinux.org/packages/multilib-testing/x86_64/lib32-vulkan-mesa-layers/
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tag:archlinux.org,2021-01-01:/packages/multilib-testing/x86_64/lib32-vulkan-mesa-layers/202101010725


guid: t3_kkk5ia
title: helloSystem: Three-layer UX design philosophy for Simplicity and Power
author: /u/grahamperrin
url: https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/kkk5ia/hellosystem_threelayer_ux_design_philosophy_for/
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&#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/grahamperrin"> /u/grahamperrin </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://medium.com/@probonopd/hellosystem-three-layer-ux-design-philosophy-for-simplicity-and-power-37c95bf58398">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/kkk5ia/hellosystem_threelayer_ux_design_philosophy_for/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_kl0cql
author: /u/bsdlinuxnerd
url: https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/kl0cql/older_video_but_shows_what_can_be_done_with_a/
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Older video, but shows what can be done with a FreeBSD desktop with the right hardware and an intelligent user.

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&#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/bsdlinuxnerd"> /u/bsdlinuxnerd </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vQCiSOcYrI">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/kl0cql/older_video_but_shows_what_can_be_done_with_a/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_klhwrz
title: Checking that hardware is compatible
author: /u/duckenthusiast17
url: https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/klhwrz/checking_that_hardware_is_compatible/
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Hello, I am looking to install freebsd on my personal laptop but was wondering if there was a way to check if my hardware is compatible. I tried <a href="https://www.ghostbsd.org/">ghostbsd</a> however I wasn&#39;t able to get Xorg to start. Any advice?</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/duckenthusiast17"> /u/duckenthusiast17 </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/klhwrz/checking_that_hardware_is_compatible/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/klhwrz/checking_that_hardware_is_compatible/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_klpu8a
title: run script on power button press
author: /u/Plasm0duck
url: https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/klpu8a/run_script_on_power_button_press/
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Hey guys, I&#39;ve edited /etc/devd.conf to run a sciript when I press the power button on my laptop. The script gives me a list of options (sleep/reboot/shutdown) in dmenu (x11 selection tool). This is what I have in /etc/devd.conf</p> <p>notify 100 { match &quot;system&quot; &quot;ACPI&quot;; match &quot;subsystem&quot; &quot;Button&quot;; match &quot;rule&quot; &quot;1&quot;; action &quot;/usr/bin/su cjg -c &#39;env DISPLAY=:0.0 /home/cjg/bin/dmenu_shutdown&#39;&quot;;</p> <p>but when I press the button nothing happens so obvously I&#39;m doing this wrong. Any help would be greatly appreciated!</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Plasm0duck"> /u/Plasm0duck </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/klpu8a/run_script_on_power_button_press/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/klpu8a/run_script_on_power_button_press/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_klsmaw
title: 802.11ac WiFi status
author: /u/timsofteng
url: https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/klsmaw/80211ac_wifi_status/
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Hello. I know 802.11ac is developing now. Do somebody know current status? When will it be released?</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/timsofteng"> /u/timsofteng </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/klsmaw/80211ac_wifi_status/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/klsmaw/80211ac_wifi_status/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_km6v8a
title: Konsole not showing tips – /usr/bin/fortune freebsd-tips
author: /u/grahamperrin
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https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/km6v8a/konsole_not_showing_tips_usrbinfortune_freebsdtips/

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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p><code>/usr/bin/fortune freebsd-tips</code></p> <p>I do get tips when logging in a terminal e.g. <code>ttyv5</code> but: </p> <ul> <li>not in KDE Plasma when using Konsole</li> <li>not in KDE Plasma when using KRunner to run <code>xterm</code></li> </ul> <p>Running <code>xterm -ls</code> does show tips. </p> <p>How can I get tips by default in Konsole?</p> <p>From <a href="https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/fortune-teller-on-terminal-konsole.4796/#post-28500">https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/fortune-teller-on-terminal-konsole.4796/#post-28500</a> (2009-06-15): </p> <blockquote> <p>… I have tcsh as a default shell and all console logins, xterms, gnome-terminals, Terminals and whatever print a nice fortune.</p> </blockquote> <p>– and defocusing from FreeBSD, this 2009 discussion did not reach a conclusion: </p> <ul> <li><a href="https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=76771">no fortunes in konsole and yakuake / Applications &amp; Desktop Environments / Arch Linux Forums</a></li> </ul> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/grahamperrin"> /u/grahamperrin </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/km6v8a/konsole_not_showing_tips_usrbinfortune_freebsdtips/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/km6v8a/konsole_not_showing_tips_usrbinfortune_freebsdtips/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_km3n2b
title: Mounting an SMB3 share at boot via fstab?
author: /u/MotoNoY
url: https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/km3n2b/mounting_an_smb3_share_at_boot_via_fstab/
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Is it possible to mount an SMB3 share at boot via an fstab entry? From what I&#39;ve found, mount_smbfs only supports SMB1, and that for SMB2 or SMB3, I need to use Samba.</p> <p>Fair enough, but I&#39;m having trouble finding documentation on specifying that FreeBSD should use Samba for a specific entry in fstab. Is this even possible?</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/MotoNoY"> /u/MotoNoY </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/km3n2b/mounting_an_smb3_share_at_boot_via_fstab/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/km3n2b/mounting_an_smb3_share_at_boot_via_fstab/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_klqt7k
title: Why are people sold on Doas?
author: /u/stiosiris
url: https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/klqt7k/why_are_people_sold_on_doas/
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Hello, relatively new to FreeBSD. I&#39;m a consistent user of sudo for elevated privileges in a system. My machines are generally single user and I heard many good things about doas so I thought I&#39;d give it a try. However, it seems that two features I rely on in sudo - privilege persistence and multiple password attempts - don&#39;t seem to exist in doas.</p> <p>After some digging I learned that password persistence is only available <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/doas.conf.5">in OpenBSD</a>, but I couldn&#39;t find anything about multiple password attempts, and I&#39;m wondering a few things:</p> <ul> <li>do these features exist in doas in FreeBSD? Have I just found no documentation on them?</li> <li>if they do not exist, what might be incentive to use doas over sudo? As mentioned before, I rely on these two features, but I love the simplicity of doas.</li> </ul> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/stiosiris"> /u/stiosiris </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/klqt7k/why_are_people_sold_on_doas/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/klqt7k/why_are_people_sold_on_doas/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_klvrwd
title: BSD users on twitter this week.
author: /u/ph33r
url: https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/klvrwd/bsd_users_on_twitter_this_week/
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&#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/ph33r"> /u/ph33r </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://i.redd.it/glein06bzy761.jpg">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/klvrwd/bsd_users_on_twitter_this_week/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_kmg722
title: FreeBSD in 2020 & Channel Musings
author: /u/RoboNuggie
url: https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/kmg722/freebsd_in_2020_channel_musings/
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&#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/RoboNuggie"> /u/RoboNuggie </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=OsAktLpJM6Y&amp;feature=share">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/kmg722/freebsd_in_2020_channel_musings/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_kmfg8t
title: Keep Your Enemies Close: Bringing FreeBSD and Kubernetes Technologies Together
author: /u/olevole
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p><a href="https://k8s-bhyve.convectix.com">bhyve + k8s</a> : Just finished my first MVP, with an example installation in a Hetzner datacenter. </p> <p>PS: of course, we don&#39;t have to be enemies, each has its own function.<br/> PS2: it seems I am not alone in this integration. Found an interesting blog by Karen Bruner: <a href="https://productionwithscissors.run/2020/12/26/adventures-in-freebernetes-tutorial-build-your-own-bare-vm-k3s-cluster/">https://productionwithscissors.run/2020/12/26/adventures-in-freebernetes-tutorial-build-your-own-bare-vm-k3s-cluster/</a></p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/olevole"> /u/olevole </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/kmfg8t/keep_your_enemies_close_bringing_freebsd_and/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/kmfg8t/keep_your_enemies_close_bringing_freebsd_and/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_km83jq
title: FreeBSD on a Raspberry Pi 4 with 4GB of RAM
author: /u/varsderk
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&#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/varsderk"> /u/varsderk </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://lambdaland.org/posts/2020-12-23_freebsd_rpi4/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/km83jq/freebsd_on_a_raspberry_pi_4_with_4gb_of_ram/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_kme9n7
author: /u/Carltonfsck
url: https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/kme9n7/christmas_gift_to_myself_it_arrived_yesterday_now/
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Christmas gift to myself. It arrived yesterday. Now I can better manage my FreeBSD remote virtual private servers with the aid of this book.

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guid: t3_kmt84r
title: How long should I wait at this screen? LoL
author: /u/overyander
url: https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/kmt84r/how_long_should_i_wait_at_this_screen_lol/
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guid: t3_kn9con
title: Temporarily use a different locale for the user interface of a GUI application
author: /u/grahamperrin
url: https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/kn9con/temporarily_use_a_different_locale_for_the_user/
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I need to temporarily see the menus and menu options of Falkon in German. </p> <p>Re: <a href="https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/using-localization.html">23.2. Using Localization</a> I did this: </p> <pre><code>grahamperrin@mowa219-gjp4-8570p:~ % grep -v \# ~/.login_conf :charset=UTF-8:\ :lang=de_DE.UTF-8: grahamperrin@mowa219-gjp4-8570p:~ % </code></pre> <p>Result: </p> <ul> <li><code>nano</code> in German</li> <li>Falkon still in English</li> </ul> <p>𠄣– so I removed both lines from <code>~/.login_conf</code></p> <p>How can I get what&#39;s required? </p> <p>Discussions such as <a href="https://np.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/fr89ww/new_to_freebsd_how_do_i_set_up_my_locale/">New to FreeBSD how do i set up my locale? : freebsd</a> leave my head spinning …</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/grahamperrin"> /u/grahamperrin </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/kn9con/temporarily_use_a_different_locale_for_the_user/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/kn9con/temporarily_use_a_different_locale_for_the_user/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_knets1
title: How do I install kde5 from packages?
author: /u/ladder_filter
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Hello! I&#39;m new(-ish) to FreeBSD, and I&#39;m trying to install KDE. The <a href="https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/x11-wm.html">Handbook</a> says I can issue <code>pkg install x11/kde5</code>, but there&#39;s no package by that name, and searching for the kde5 or kde package doesn&#39;t bring up anything.</p> <p>Is the only way to install KDE by using the port? I&#39;m not interested in compiling, so if using the port is the only way to go I&#39;ll find some other alternative.</p> <p>Thank you!!!</p> <p>EDIT: apparently it&#39;s because I changed my package repo to point to latest instead of quarterly. is there a way to get kde5 without changing repos?</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/ladder_filter"> /u/ladder_filter </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/knets1/how_do_i_install_kde5_from_packages/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/knets1/how_do_i_install_kde5_from_packages/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_kn50ay
title: Virtualize Your Network on FreeBSD with VNET
author: /u/speckz
url: https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/kn50ay/virtualize_your_network_on_freebsd_with_vnet/
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&#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/speckz"> /u/speckz </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://klarasystems.com/articles/virtualize-your-network-on-freebsd-with-vnet/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/kn50ay/virtualize_your_network_on_freebsd_with_vnet/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_knj21h
title: Desktop background for newcomers to FreeBSD
author: /u/grahamperrin
url: https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/knj21h/desktop_background_for_newcomers_to_freebsd/
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&#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/grahamperrin"> /u/grahamperrin </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://i.redd.it/zd91b5g1cg861.png">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/knj21h/desktop_background_for_newcomers_to_freebsd/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_knrz09
title: Hacking the list of installed packages in FreeBSD
author: /u/cromedome
url: https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/knrz09/hacking_the_list_of_installed_packages_in_freebsd/
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&#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/cromedome"> /u/cromedome </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://cromedome.net/blog/hacking-the-list-of-installed-packages-in-freebsd/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/knrz09/hacking_the_list_of_installed_packages_in_freebsd/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_knqhl7
title: Bluetooth keyboard pairing issue
author: /u/crispygraph
url: https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/knqhl7/bluetooth_keyboard_pairing_issue/
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Hi everyone,</p> <p>I am trying to pair my bluetooth keyboard, so far I have read the freebsd handbook and <a href="https://www.tspi.at/2020/02/18/fbsdbtmouse.html">this</a> article (although is more suited for mouses but it shouldn&#39;t be that different (I believe)).</p> <p>-&gt; I have added device information gathered from <code>bthidcontrol -a &lt;BT_ADDR&gt;</code> to <code>/etc/bluetooth/bthidd.conf</code></p> <p>-&gt; I have ran <code>bluetooth-config scan</code>, it asks me for the pin, but usually with BT keyboards the pin is always different and requires to be prompted from the actual keyboard you&#39;re pairing, This didn&#39;t work, so I tried to put <strong>0000</strong> as the pin, the dialog proceeds and prints the following:</p> <p><code>This device provides human interface device services.</code></p> <p><code>Set it up? [yes]:</code></p> <p>I said yes and got: <code>Notice: Device 34:88:5d:66:4f:3b already known to bthidd</code> ...then the program terminates.</p> <p>Looking into <code>/etc/bluetooth/hcsecd.conf</code> I see that some information has been written:</p> <p><code>device {</code></p> <p><code>bdaddr 34:88:5d:66:4f:3b;</code></p> <p><code>name &quot;Keyboard K480&quot;;</code></p> <p><code>key nokey;</code></p> <p><code>pin &quot;0000&quot;;</code></p> <p><code>}</code></p> <p>I restarted <code>hcsecs</code> and <code>bthidd</code>, but the keyboard still doesn&#39;t connect.</p> <p>I think the problem is the pin, but I don&#39;t know how to proceed.</p> <p>Thanks in advance and happy new year!</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/crispygraph"> /u/crispygraph </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/knqhl7/bluetooth_keyboard_pairing_issue/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/knqhl7/bluetooth_keyboard_pairing_issue/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_ko28s1
title: VGA display issues during early boot (RPI-B) See comment.
author: /u/MX37_YT
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&#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/MX37_YT"> /u/MX37_YT </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://i.redd.it/2w45tb0hgm861.jpg">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/ko28s1/vga_display_issues_during_early_boot_rpib_see/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_koc18o
title: Freebsd with custom packages?
author: /u/el3ctro0yte
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I know that you can build the release images from source code(that comes included in freebsd) but how do i add custom packages and files? Like packages i would install via pkg?</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/el3ctro0yte"> /u/el3ctro0yte </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/koc18o/freebsd_with_custom_packages/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/koc18o/freebsd_with_custom_packages/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_ko5e9d
title: FreeBSD source code: seeking and finding commits at cgit.freebsd.org
author: /u/grahamperrin
url: https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/ko5e9d/freebsd_source_code_seeking_and_finding_commits/
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>To find a single commit, given its reference:</p> <ol> <li><a href="https://cgit.freebsd.org/">https://cgit.freebsd.org/</a></li> <li>click the repository that you want to search</li> <li>change the search menu from <strong>log msg</strong> to <strong>range</strong></li> <li>enter all or part of the commit reference</li> <li>click the uppermost search result.</li> </ol> <p>For partial entries, aim to include at least the first twelve characters of the reference. For example: </p> <p><a href="https://preview.redd.it/lvcddf0tin861.png?width=1920&amp;format=png&amp;auto=webp&amp;s=537ffc3bf05d45743cc36f1d193401e3cf12c91e">Screenshot: preparing to seek a partial commit reference</a></p> <p><a href="https://preview.redd.it/olz4nb1xin861.png?width=1444&amp;format=png&amp;auto=webp&amp;s=c204a2613d57315c805b040c53a0da65c77f3eb1">Screenshot: a list of commits found by seeking a single commit</a></p> <p>Credit: <a href="http://document-foundation-mail-archive.969070.n3.nabble.com/cgit-query-help-syntax-for-entering-a-range-of-commits-td4063504.html">QA - cgit query help - syntax for entering a range of commits</a> (2013) – </p> <blockquote> <p>… a single commit value positions the log <em>…</em></p> </blockquote> <p>The <strong>cgit</strong> web site answers <a href="https://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/about/faq">only three frequently asked questions</a>. </p> <p><a href="https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2020-December/077949.html">https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2020-December/077949.html</a> discusses abbreviation to twelve characters for FreeBSD <code>src</code>.</p> <p>If you like, seek <strong>5ef5f51d2bef</strong></p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/grahamperrin"> /u/grahamperrin </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/ko5e9d/freebsd_source_code_seeking_and_finding_commits/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/ko5e9d/freebsd_source_code_seeking_and_finding_commits/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_kog1p0
title: keyboard access on splash screen
author: /u/cmic37
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>FreeBSD-12-RELEASE<br/> When I boot my server, I can&#39;t access the menu on the FreeBSD splash screen either with Return key or a bold letter (like B to boot, etc.)<br/> What should I do solve this ??<br/> TYA</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/cmic37"> /u/cmic37 </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/kog1p0/keyboard_access_on_splash_screen/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/kog1p0/keyboard_access_on_splash_screen/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_koao1u
title: [modwm] "...It's dwm on steroids" + FreeBSD
author: /u/Plasm0duck
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&#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Plasm0duck"> /u/Plasm0duck </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://i.redd.it/72b2wr9knh861.png">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/koao1u/modwm_its_dwm_on_steroids_freebsd/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_knuj47
title: Potential DKMS compile errors with Kernel 5.10
author: /u/Kminardo
url: https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/knuj47/potential_dkms_compile_errors_with_kernel_510/
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Just a friendly reminder to keep backups :)</p> <p><a href="https://lwn.net/Articles/832121/">Functions set_fs() and get_fs() are removed</a> in kernel 5.10 and have been around forever. Some drivers (for me, specifically aircrack-ng/rtl8814au) are not updated to the replacement calls yet causing it to fail. Keep an eye on the dkms build steps while upgrading!</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Kminardo"> /u/Kminardo </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/knuj47/potential_dkms_compile_errors_with_kernel_510/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/knuj47/potential_dkms_compile_errors_with_kernel_510/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_knyfpo
title: How to play local files with Spotify
author: /u/m4rkuscha
url: https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/knyfpo/how_to_play_local_files_with_spotify/
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I haven&#39;t really seen any clear solutions so i&#39;m posting one here.</p> <p>I&#39;ve seen many people having problems trying to add a local folder inside the Spotify settings. So i&#39;ll tackle that first. The solution i found for that was to get an older version of Spotify and adding a local folder in that. After tinkering around it seems that getting a .deb file of an older spotify version (1.1.10.546) and using debtap on it seems to work.</p> <p><code>wget packages.linuxmint.com/pool/import/s/spotify-client/spotify-client_1.1.10.546.ge08ef575-19_amd64.deb</code></p> <p><code>debtap spotify-client_1.1.10.546.ge08ef575-19_amd64.deb</code></p> <p>It dosen&#39;t matter what you enter inside the Packager name and Packager license. Unpack the file that debtap has created, you may encounter an error that it cant connect to something, renaming the file into something else will fix it.</p> <p><code>mv spotify-client-1\:1.1.10.546.ge08ef575-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst spotifyclient.tar.zst</code></p> <p><code>tar -xf spotifyclient.tar.zst</code></p> <p>I wonder whats going on there, i would appreciate an explanation!</p> <p>Make sure your normal spotify is not running (since they are accessing the same files) and launch the one we just got.</p> <p><code>usr/bin/spotify</code></p> <p>It may still crash once when trying to add a local folder, but at the second attempt it worked.</p> <p>Congratulations! You now have added a local folder to spotify!</p> <p>But what&#39;s this? You get an error when trying to play it?</p> <p>According to the Arch Linux Wiki, you just need to install ffmpeg-compat-57, and that is right, however it will probably fail to build (libopenjpeg not found) since the package actually requires openjpeg and not openjpeg2. So install openjpeg first.</p> <p><code>yay -S openjpeg</code></p> <p>After that you can now install ffmpeg-compat-57, it may take a while.</p> <p><code>yay -S ffmpeg-compat-57</code></p> <p>Once thats done, congratulations! You now have a working spotify install that can play local files, if you want to add another folder later i recommend keeping the older version.</p> <p>If you encounter a problem i will try my best to assist you, however i&#39;m still pretty new to Arch Linux so i may not be able to solve any problems you might get!</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/m4rkuscha"> /u/m4rkuscha </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/knyfpo/how_to_play_local_files_with_spotify/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/knyfpo/how_to_play_local_files_with_spotify/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_knzvkf
title: Combine two ports for simultaneous audio output
author: /u/javierriera97
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Hello everybody, hope you have a happy new year!</p> <p>&#x200B;</p> <p>I am trying to set up a way for my headphones (connected to the front audio panel) and my speakers (connected to the back audio panel) to output the same audio simultaneously, ideally combining them as a same output source.</p> <p>&#x200B;</p> <p>However, I have not found a way to do so, and I think it is because <code>pulseaudio</code> finds both outputs as different ports of the same sound card, like <a href="https://imgur.com/a/1wwjdZV">this</a>.</p> <p>Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks!</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/javierriera97"> /u/javierriera97 </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/knzvkf/combine_two_ports_for_simultaneous_audio_output/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/knzvkf/combine_two_ports_for_simultaneous_audio_output/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_knzwhx
title: Laptop compatibility with arch
author: /u/WhoKnowsBTW
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I&#39;m gonna buy a laptop with an i5-10300H and gtx 1050 and I don&#39;t know how many headaches this combination could give me or is it perfectly compatible?</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/WhoKnowsBTW"> /u/WhoKnowsBTW </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/knzwhx/laptop_compatibility_with_arch/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/knzwhx/laptop_compatibility_with_arch/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_knszly
title: No more space in SSD, advice needed
author: /u/MaximZotov
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I installed arch when i had only one ssd (120G). Now i have hdd and want to move everything except /boot to hdd to have quick boot and as much space as i can. What is the best way to do it and which folders should remain on ssd?</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/MaximZotov"> /u/MaximZotov </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/knszly/no_more_space_in_ssd_advice_needed/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/knszly/no_more_space_in_ssd_advice_needed/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_knxn0s
title: Whats going on with pipewire AUR packages?
author: /u/kleinph
url: https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/knxn0s/whats_going_on_with_pipewire_aur_packages/
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Since the last (or last two) upstream versions pipewire can act as an replacement for pulseaudio. There is also ongoing effort to improve the bluetooth audio situation, which can be tested in pre-release versions. The Arch Wiki suggested to use the <code>pipewire-nightly</code> AUR package for this, which got deleted today.</p> <p>There is another package <code>pipewire-git</code>, with the main difference being gstreamer support disabled. Users have complained about the missing gstreamer support and a few deletion/orphan requests were filed which all got rejected.</p> <p>So my questions are:<br/> - Do I need the gstreamer support (for a Gnome DE)? - Why isn&#39;t it enabled? - Is there a going to be a replacement for <code>pipewire-nightly</code>?</p> <p>Thanks from a confused user who just wants decent bluetooth audio</p> <p>PS: There is also a <code>pipewire-gstfree</code> package which confuses me even more.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/kleinph"> /u/kleinph </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/knxn0s/whats_going_on_with_pipewire_aur_packages/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/knxn0s/whats_going_on_with_pipewire_aur_packages/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_ko3qdq
title: [HELP] Arch Linux with Gnome install Freezing
author: /u/Jiolino
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Hello guys, need some help here.</p> <p>Arch linux with Gnome installed always freeze upon downloading large files to an external disk.</p> <p>Minimal amounts of extensions installed and alt f2 does not work</p> <p>After switching tty, eg from tty2 back to tty1, the system logs me out of the user</p> <p>Back to the gdm screen and all work is lost</p> <p>What are your thoughts on this?</p> <p>``` I use Nvidia 980TI</p> <p>i7 6700k stock</p> <p>ROG Maximus Ranger viii</p> <p>Latest Kernel Update, and happens on both 5.10.3 and 5.4.86-1-lts</p> <p>Please let me know what log you need. ```</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Jiolino"> /u/Jiolino </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/ko3qdq/help_arch_linux_with_gnome_install_freezing/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/ko3qdq/help_arch_linux_with_gnome_install_freezing/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_kobupb
title: Old issue
author: /u/llllnnn
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>This issue has not been resolved yet. When will it be possible to boot without the kernel command line?<br/> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/gdxln8/high_cpu_load_on_a_single_thread/">https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/gdxln8/high_cpu_load_on_a_single_thread/</a><br/> Does anyone have the same core i5 8265u?<br/> my kernel ver is 5.10.x-zen, linux-lts Or should I use an older kernel?<br/> Please let me know if there is a kernel version that works fine</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/llllnnn"> /u/llllnnn </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/kobupb/old_issue/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/kobupb/old_issue/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_kocau6
title: What are you using to check Arch news prior to updating?
author: /u/kevdogger
url: https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/kocau6/what_are_you_using_to_check_arch_news_prior_to/
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Just curious what everyone might or might not be using to check Arch news prior to updating? I&#39;ve seen the AUR pkg known as informant. Any other alternatives? I&#39;m looking for something from the command line as I get lazy since I don&#39;t always visit the website.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/kevdogger"> /u/kevdogger </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/kocau6/what_are_you_using_to_check_arch_news_prior_to/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/kocau6/what_are_you_using_to_check_arch_news_prior_to/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_knovja
title: First time on Linux— with Arch!
author: /u/SMTG_18
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I’ve been on the other two operating system (W10 and macOS) and recently decided to switch to Linux! (in a VM because I still need W10 for school related reasons) I had heard a lot of things about Arch (and that it was a pretty good Distro but “hard” to install). So I wanted to give it a try myself! Installed the base and the basic DE and GUI in about 2 tries each (I messed up the configs in the base install and didn’t know what GUI elements I needed to install) but after that it was a huge success! Didn’t find the installation hard at all (lucky?). Anyways, I love the concept of OpenSource and Linux so I am excited to be on this community! :)</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/SMTG_18"> /u/SMTG_18 </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/knovja/first_time_on_linux_with_arch/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/knovja/first_time_on_linux_with_arch/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_koa4ud
title: im kinda screwed
author: /u/idontknowcomputers20
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>i have archlinux installed with KDE. i need to make a bootable usb drive on my pc. i would use balena etcher and then policykit would ask for password, problem is policykit expects an entirely different password and i dont know how to change it, so im basically stuck. is there anyway to change policykit pass, i can log into root fine</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/idontknowcomputers20"> /u/idontknowcomputers20 </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/koa4ud/im_kinda_screwed/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/koa4ud/im_kinda_screwed/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_koa7mt
title: Nvme not recognized as bootable after fresh install
author: /u/Doomer1999
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I have been using arch for several months on an old ssd and recently wanted to upgrade to an nvme. I installed on my motherboard and the nvme shows up in the bios, however, when I finish the install and reboot I get sent back to the motherboard bios as there are no &quot;bootable drives.&quot; I&#39;m not sure what is causing this? I configured grub with no errors just as I had done several times on an SSD but it still won&#39;t work.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Doomer1999"> /u/Doomer1999 </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/koa7mt/nvme_not_recognized_as_bootable_after_fresh/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/koa7mt/nvme_not_recognized_as_bootable_after_fresh/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_kodrbh
title: Why Wifi connection, Disconnecting all the time?
author: /u/Zbikasso
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Why my Arch lose all the time WiFi connection, I tried reinstall network manager but it won’t helped, I put 3 times Arch and every time is still same problem what I’m doing wrong, perhaps it’s fold of Laptop, (HP Omen 15, gaming laptop) but on Windows I don’t have any problems.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Zbikasso"> /u/Zbikasso </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/kodrbh/why_wifi_connection_disconnecting_all_the_time/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/kodrbh/why_wifi_connection_disconnecting_all_the_time/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_ko5usx
author: /u/SirBlobfis
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Would it be a good idea to first configure Arch in a virtual machine before installing it on my computer?

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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I am currently using Both Windows 10 and MacOS on my computers, and would like to eventually switch over to Arch on both computers. I was wondering if it would be possible (or even a good idea) to first configure everything in a virtual machine before copying it over to my computer&#39;s drives (I also have no idea how this would be done). </p> <p>The main reason would be so that if I screw it up I can just restart and don&#39;t have to worry about my computer being out of commission while I fix it.</p> <p>Sorry if this is a stupid question.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/SirBlobfis"> /u/SirBlobfis </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/ko5usx/would_it_be_a_good_idea_to_first_configure_arch/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/ko5usx/would_it_be_a_good_idea_to_first_configure_arch/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_ko8nw7
title: Touchpad doesn't work
author: /u/niceloaf
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Hello, I only recently experienced this issue of my touchpad not working. I think it stopped working after an update. The more stranger thing is using xinput it shows me that my touchpad is detected.</p> <p><code> Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)] ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)] ↳ Genius Wireless Device id=9 [slave pointer (2)] ↳ Genius Wireless Device Consumer Control id=11 [slave pointer (2)] ↳ ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad id=15 [slave pointer (2)] Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)] ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Video Bus id=6 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Power Button id=7 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Sleep Button id=8 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Genius Wireless Device System Control id=10 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Genius Wireless Device id=12 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ VGA Webcam: VGA Webcam id=13 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=14 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Acer WMI hotkeys id=16 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Genius Wireless Device Consumer Control id=17 [slave keyboard (3)] </code></p> <p>Using the lts kernel doesn&#39;t help either, I don&#39;t know why, but I need to test it more to see if it is a kernel problem.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/niceloaf"> /u/niceloaf </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/ko8nw7/touchpad_doesnt_work/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/ko8nw7/touchpad_doesnt_work/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_koetbq
title: Devices freezes after sometime on 5.10.3
author: /u/addicted_a1
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I have recently updated to 5.10.3.arch1-1 from 5.9.*. </p> <p>window manager: DWM, old Intel graphics</p> <p>Keyboard(no light on lock keys) ,mouse(red light as usual) , pendrive shows no light on plugin ,no response.</p> <p>Shutdown sequence works from power key but stucks on Session 1 user job /1min 30,/3 min . </p> <p>apps opened &gt;firefox ,vscodium ,discord, ranger fileM.</p> <p>back on lts ,maybe xorg issue .</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/addicted_a1"> /u/addicted_a1 </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/koetbq/devices_freezes_after_sometime_on_5103/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/koetbq/devices_freezes_after_sometime_on_5103/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_kobf8e
title: Can you help me troubleshoot my integrated video card driver problem?
author: /u/swordsnake89
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Hello all,</p> <p>I am pretty new to linux and especially dealing with drivers, but something is definitely wrong with my setup. I get frame drops with MPV playing a 1080p video. This is what MPV is telling me:</p> <pre><code>Audio/Video desynchronisation detected! Possible reasons include too slow hardware, temporary CPU spikes, broken drivers, and broken files. Audio position will not match to the video (see A-V status field). </code></pre> <p>My system is a Thinkpad T490 with the integrated Intel UHD Graphics 620. I have this driver installed:</p> <pre><code>extra/mesa 20.3.1-1 [installed] An open-source implementation of the OpenGL specification </code></pre> <p>Now in the wiki, it says to install the <code>vulkan-intel</code> driver but the last time I did this, X wouldn&#39;t start anymore and I don&#39;t remember what fixed it (probably uninstalled and reinstalled the <code>mesa</code> drivers).</p> <p>I am sorry if this looks really noob because it is. Please let me know what other info you need.</p> <p>Thanks a lot for your support!</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/swordsnake89"> /u/swordsnake89 </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/kobf8e/can_you_help_me_troubleshoot_my_integrated_video/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/kobf8e/can_you_help_me_troubleshoot_my_integrated_video/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_kofi0m
title: Undervolting settings keep on resetting
author: /u/dondiato
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I don&#39;t know why the settings don&#39;t persist at all. As soon as I reboot or shutdown, the changes are reverted even though the config file is still the same.</p> <p>&#x200B;</p> <p>systemctl status intel-undervolt.service<br/> ● intel-undervolt.service - Intel Undervolt Service<br/> Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/intel-undervolt.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)<br/> Active: inactive (dead) since Fri 2021-01-01 18:39:09 CET; 3min 43s ago<br/> Main PID: 354 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) </p> <p>Jan 01 18:39:09 dd systemd[1]: Starting Intel Undervolt Service...<br/> Jan 01 18:39:09 dd intel-undervolt[354]: CPU (0): -120.12 mV<br/> Jan 01 18:39:09 dd intel-undervolt[354]: GPU (1): -49.80 mV<br/> Jan 01 18:39:09 dd intel-undervolt[354]: CPU Cache (2): -120.12 mV<br/> Jan 01 18:39:09 dd intel-undervolt[354]: System Agent (3): -0.00 mV<br/> Jan 01 18:39:09 dd intel-undervolt[354]: Analog I/O (4): -0.00 mV<br/> Jan 01 18:39:09 dd systemd[1]: intel-undervolt.service: Succeeded.<br/> Jan 01 18:39:09 dd systemd[1]: Finished Intel Undervolt Service.</p> <p>&#x200B;</p> <p>Any idea on what could have gone wrong here?</p> <p>&#x200B;</p> <p>What I&#39;ve tried so far:</p> <p>intel-undervolt read into intel-undervolt apply (after having changed the config file)</p> <p>enabled intel-undervolt.service and checked the status</p> <p>&#x200B;</p> <p>Thank you for any information!</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/dondiato"> /u/dondiato </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/kofi0m/undervolting_settings_keep_on_resetting/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/kofi0m/undervolting_settings_keep_on_resetting/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_knx4ej
author: /u/ContinuousEscalation
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It's that time of the kernel again. AMDGPU seems to *always* have at least something every time a new major kernel version releases. This time, it's fan control.

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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I&#39;ve started searching around and so far I&#39;ve found this <a href="https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=201539">bug report</a> here, but it has been going on for literally years.</p> <p>So for me, I had a feeling this was coming because I had experienced it in mainline prior to 5.10 coming out. </p> <p>Hardware: Asus ROG STRIX RX 5700xt</p> <p>Software: radeon-profile-git and radeon-profile-daemon-git</p> <p>Prior to 5.10, I had fan control through radeon profile. I <strong><em>don&#39;t</em></strong> like the zero fan quiet mode for the GPU that has it idling at 60 - 62c. I run a custom fan curve that keeps it at 40c with very minimal noise. </p> <p>Now, with 5.10, that custom fan curve doesn&#39;t work initially. In fact, if I leave it on that curve after resuming from suspend or rebooting and go open a game, the fans won&#39;t spin up and it will reach critical temps. The <em>only</em> method that I can reproduce 100% of the time to get my custom fan curve to work is to let the card get over 60c, flip the fan to <code>auto</code> and then after that, I can select fan curves.</p> <p>An odd byproduct of this is that after doing this, it is the only time I will <em>ever</em> see my fan&#39;s RPM. For the past year I&#39;ve just been going off of temperature. So do any of you know where this has already been reported or have any of you been experiencing this as well that already know of a fix? The last issue I had was the flickering screen/refusal of X to start and for probably a month or more I didn&#39;t know about setting my resolution as a kernel parameter because somewhere in the wiki I read that it shouldn&#39;t be done. So I figured I&#39;d just ask straight away this time to see where people are going for this one and if anyone has any tips.</p> <p>Thanks.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/ContinuousEscalation"> /u/ContinuousEscalation </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/knx4ej/its_that_time_of_the_kernel_again_amdgpu_seems_to/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/knx4ej/its_that_time_of_the_kernel_again_amdgpu_seems_to/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_kofsyp
title: How do I extend a non-root ext4 partition?
author: /u/jsalas1
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I have a second disk attached to an Arch VM for data storage. I have allocated an extra 50GB on the hypervisor which is reflected by <code>lsblk</code> but can&#39;t figure out how to actually extend the partition. Here&#39;s what I tried unsuccessfully. </p> <pre><code>[jon@Server ~]$ lsblk NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT sda 8:0 0 20G 0 disk ├─sda1 8:1 0 1G 0 part [SWAP] └─sda2 8:2 0 18.1G 0 part / sdb 8:16 0 150G 0 disk └─sdb1 8:17 0 100G 0 part sr0 11:0 1 1024M 0 rom [jon@Server ~]$ sudo parted /dev/sdb GNU Parted 3.3 Using /dev/sdb Welcome to GNU Parted! Type &#39;help&#39; to view a list of commands. (parted) print Model: QEMU QEMU HARDDISK (scsi) Disk /dev/sdb: 161GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: msdos Disk Flags: Number Start End Size Type File system Flags 1 1049kB 107GB 107GB primary ext4 (parted) resizepart Partition number? 1 End? [107GB]? free(): invalid pointer Aborted </code></pre> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/jsalas1"> /u/jsalas1 </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/kofsyp/how_do_i_extend_a_nonroot_ext4_partition/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/kofsyp/how_do_i_extend_a_nonroot_ext4_partition/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_kofzok
title: STILL cannot get pcscd and gpg scdaemon to play nicely
author: /u/syscll
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Recently posted about an issue I can&#39;t for the life of me solve <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/kb6rzs/cannot_get_pcscd_and_gpg_scdaemon_to_play_nicely/">here</a>.</p> <p>Since then, I stumbled upon <a href="https://ludovicrousseau.blogspot.com/2019/06/gnupg-and-pcsc-conflicts.html">this</a> &quot;fix&quot; which recommends disabling the integrated support for CCID compliant readers by adding the following config to <code>~/.gnupg/scdaemon.conf</code>:</p> <pre><code>disable-ccid </code></pre> <p>This partially fixes the issues, which works 25% of the time with me still needing to hotplug my YubiKey.</p> <p>However, I noticed that if I run any gpg commands with sudo, they ALWAYS work. For example:</p> <pre><code>$ gpg --card-status gpg: selecting card failed: No such device gpg: OpenPGP card not available: No such device $ sudo gpg --card-status Reader ...........: 1050:0407:X:0 Application ID ...: XXXX Application type .: OpenPGP Version ..........: 2.1 Manufacturer .....: Yubico Serial number ....: XXXX ... </code></pre> <p>This leads me to believe I have a permissions issue somewhere?</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/syscll"> /u/syscll </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/kofzok/still_cannot_get_pcscd_and_gpg_scdaemon_to_play/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/kofzok/still_cannot_get_pcscd_and_gpg_scdaemon_to_play/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_kocg49
title: Odd scaling behavior on secondary screen with Gnome/Wayland
author: /u/htesligte
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I&#39;m seeing some weird behavior when I move windows between my main screen (laptop) and a secondary monitor. The primary monitor is set to scale 200% (HiDPI). The secondary monitor is just using 100%. When I move windows to the secondary screen, some apps rescale to 100%, but some don&#39;t. </p> <p>For example, see this: <a href="https://imgur.com/a/Fayw8Ny">https://imgur.com/a/Fayw8Ny</a>. The settings window behind Firefox has properly re-scaled to 100%, but Firefox itself is still on 200%. </p> <p>When I close the lid, everything updates on the secondary monitor: <a href="https://imgur.com/a/HhdVjF7">https://imgur.com/a/HhdVjF7</a>. </p> <p>&#x200B;</p> <p>How can I enforce rescaling when I move any window to the second screen?</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/htesligte"> /u/htesligte </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/kocg49/odd_scaling_behavior_on_secondary_screen_with/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/kocg49/odd_scaling_behavior_on_secondary_screen_with/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_knzfcs
title: Helping Arch development process
author: /u/cartesius23
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Hello, I&#39;m quite experienced C/C++ developer (15+ years), system POSIX stuff, databases etc. Due to COVID-19 I work from home and have more time. After a year on Arch I find this distribution to be great and albeit rolling it&#39;s almost super-stable. So my question, if one wanted to help any of the core Arch stuff and help the &quot;free world&quot; (no, I don&#39;t mean kernel itself) somehow, what would be a good stuff/projects to investigate? Any tips?</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/cartesius23"> /u/cartesius23 </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/knzfcs/helping_arch_development_process/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/knzfcs/helping_arch_development_process/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_kny4mu
title: Celebrating my one year of Arch
author: /u/amoohesam
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Last year at 2020.1.1, I just installed Arch and now after a year I think I&#39;m learning a whole lot of things everyday from Arch and the community! In my opinion being simple (bare?, minimal?) and almost not tied up to any special software, is the main reason that Arch is lovely. I should say a big thank you to Arch maintainers and community! I learned a lot from you and I&#39;m enjoying this great distro!</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/amoohesam"> /u/amoohesam </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/kny4mu/celebrating_my_one_year_of_arch/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/kny4mu/celebrating_my_one_year_of_arch/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_ko3x7t
title: git-completion 1.3 released
author: /u/felipec
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guid: t3_k08ysk
title: Package request thread, 3rd edition (Read before suggesting)
author: /u/Foxboron
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>1st Edition: <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/dhf377/package_request_thread/">https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/dhf377/package_request_thread/</a></p> <p>2nd Edition: <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/euoz4f/package_request_thread_2nd_edition/">https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/euoz4f/package_request_thread_2nd_edition/</a></p> <p>Yo!</p> <p>Thought it would be fun to have a thread where people can requests AUR packages, or repository packages. This is a nice way to get aspiring AUR packagers motivated to create some packages, and might give package maintainers in the official repos some reason to maintain more packages.</p> <p>No guarantees, obviously.</p> <p><strong>Clearly state if they are a AUR request or repository request.</strong></p> <h1>Notes for repository requests</h1> <ul> <li>They should already be packaged in the AUR</li> <li>If they are below 10 votes on the AUR, a proper argument should be needed as to <em>why</em> it should go into the repos.</li> </ul> <h1>Rules</h1> <ul> <li>Do not post/complain about outdated AUR and/or repository packages.</li> <li>Check if the package is mentioned in the thread.</li> <li>Check if the software have been packaged.</li> <li>No AUR helpers.</li> </ul> <h1>Things to keep in mind</h1> <ul> <li>Check licenses and ToS. A lot of packages can&#39;t be added because of licensing and Terms of Use.</li> <li>Active upstream? If it&#39;s a dead upstream maintainers might be hesitant of adopting the package.</li> </ul> <h1>I want to start packaging!</h1> <p>Great! There are multiple resources!</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://github.com/archclassroom/past-classes/blob/master/classlogs/2017-06-04-the_beginners_guide_to_arch_linux_package_management.txt">Arch Linux class room with an introduction to packaging</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_package_guidelines">Arch packaging standards</a>.</li> </ul> <p>You can also visit the <code>#archlinux-aur</code> and get help, but please ask <a href="http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html">smart questions</a>.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Foxboron"> /u/Foxboron </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/k08ysk/package_request_thread_3rd_edition_read_before/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/k08ysk/package_request_thread_3rd_edition_read_before/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_8w5rb0
title: FAQ - Read before posting
author: /u/Foxboron
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p><a href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Frequently_asked_questions">First read the Arch Linux FAQ from the wiki</a></p> <p><a href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Code_of_conduct">Code of conduct</a></p> <h1>How do I ask a proper question?</h1> <p><a href="http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html">Smart Questions</a><br/> <a href="https://mywiki.wooledge.org/XyProblem">XYProblem</a><br/> <a href="http://www.co.kerr.tx.us/it/howtoreport.html">Please follow the standard list when giving a problem report. </a> </p> <h1>What AUR helper should I use?</h1> <p>There are no recommended AUR helpers. <a href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AUR_helpers">Please read over the wiki entry on AUR helpers</a>. If you have a question, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/search?q=AUR+helper&amp;restrict_sr=on">please search the subreddit for previous questions</a>.</p> <p>If your AUR helper breaks know how to use makepkg manually.</p> <h1>I need help with $derivativeDistribution</h1> <p>Use the appropriate support channel for your distribution. Arch is DIY distribution and we expect you to guide us through your system when providing support. Using an installer defeats this expectation.</p> <h1>Why was the beginners guide removed?</h1> <p>It carried a lot of maintenance on the wiki admin as it duplicated a lot of information, and everyone wanted their addition included. It was scrapped for a compact model that largely referenced the main wiki pages.</p> <h1>Why Arch Linux?</h1> <p><a href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_compared_to_other_distributions">Arch compared to other distributions</a></p> <h1>Follow the wiki. Random videos are unsupported.</h1> <h1><a href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Getting_involved">&lt;plug&gt;Consider getting involved in Arch Linux!&lt;/plug&gt;</a></h1> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Foxboron"> /u/Foxboron </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/8w5rb0/faq_read_before_posting/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/8w5rb0/faq_read_before_posting/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_kn90rn
title: Intel Iris Plus 655 iGPU crashing often (i915 driver)
author: /u/bgravato
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I have more than one system with Intel CPU/iGPU running Debian, but this is the first that is giving me trouble...</p> <p>I&#39;m getting kind of random crashes (usually only X crashes) and the logs suggest it&#39;s related to i915 driver.</p> <p>I&#39;m running Debian Bullseye on an Intel NUC8i5BEH (i5-8259U CPU with iGPU Iris Plus 655).</p> <p>I&#39;ve tried both intel and modesetting xorg driver (on XFCE, LXQt/Openbox and i3wm). I&#39;ve tried wayland (GNOME) too. Same result in all cases.</p> <p>I&#39;ve tried different kernel versions (5.9.x version from debian official repos and at least two 5.10.x from sparky repo).</p> <p>There are a lot of reports over the web reporting similar problems with multiple possible solutions, including trying different kernel version ranging from 4.19 to quite a few 5.x versions. I also saw suggestions for switching from xorg intel driver to modesetting, but didn&#39;t work for me. I&#39;ve tried with and without compositor, same results. There were some reports related to font anti-aliasing, etc...</p> <p>I&#39;ve found some posts suggesting enabling/disabling certain kernel options on boot. These are some of the flags I&#39;ve seen mentioned in different places and in different combinations:</p> <ul> <li>intel_idle.max_cstate=1</li> <li>i915.enable_dc=0</li> <li>consoleblank=0 i915.disable_power_well=0</li> <li>i915.enable_fbc=0</li> <li>i915.enable_guc=3</li> <li>i915.enable_psr=0</li> <li>i915.fastboot=1</li> <li>i915.modeset=1</li> </ul> <p>I haven&#39;t tried any of these yet, but for each person that said some of those options worked for them, there&#39;s at least two other saying it didn&#39;t work for them...</p> <p>The way it crashes can be different, with different results and different error messages, but &quot;i915&quot; usually pops up. Below I present at least 3 scenarios that happened to me so far.</p> <p>I have intel va driver and non-free firmware installed. I also have mesa drivers installed.</p> <p>Any tips?</p> <p>&#x200B;</p> <p><strong>Scenario 1:</strong></p> <p>Just browsing the internet with Firefox ESR. Usually only happens after a few hours of use.</p> <p>Result: screen (kind of) frozen, keyboard non-responsive, but mouse pointer still moves (clicking does nothing), I can&#39;t switch to console, but I can ssh from another machine, restarting X hangs, I need to reboot to get the system back.</p> <p>System logs:</p> <pre><code>dez 28 15:32:04 kutia kernel: INFO: task kworker/1:1H:200 blocked for more than 120 seconds. dez 28 15:32:04 kutia kernel: Not tainted 5.10.3-sparky-amd64 #1 dez 28 15:32:04 kutia kernel: &quot;echo 0 &gt; /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs&quot; disables this message. dez 28 15:32:04 kutia kernel: task:kworker/1:1H state:D stack: 0 pid: 200 ppid: 2 flags:0x00004000 dez 28 15:32:04 kutia kernel: Workqueue: events_highpri intel_atomic_cleanup_work [i915] dez 28 15:32:04 kutia kernel: Call Trace: dez 28 15:32:04 kutia kernel: __schedule+0x27b/0x840 dez 28 15:32:04 kutia kernel: schedule+0x4f/0xc0 dez 28 15:32:04 kutia kernel: schedule_preempt_disabled+0xe/0x10 dez 28 15:32:04 kutia kernel: __ww_mutex_lock.constprop.0+0x207/0x730 dez 28 15:32:04 kutia kernel: __ww_mutex_lock_slowpath+0x16/0x20 dez 28 15:32:04 kutia kernel: ww_mutex_lock+0x83/0x90 dez 28 15:32:04 kutia kernel: intel_unpin_fb_vma+0x29/0xb0 [i915] dez 28 15:32:04 kutia kernel: intel_cleanup_plane_fb+0x5a/0x80 [i915] dez 28 15:32:04 kutia kernel: drm_atomic_helper_cleanup_planes+0x58/0x70 [drm_kms_helper] dez 28 15:32:04 kutia kernel: intel_atomic_cleanup_work+0x69/0x110 [i915] dez 28 15:32:04 kutia kernel: process_one_work+0x1b7/0x350 dez 28 15:32:04 kutia kernel: worker_thread+0x56/0x3e0 dez 28 15:32:04 kutia kernel: kthread+0x12f/0x150 dez 28 15:32:04 kutia kernel: ? process_one_work+0x350/0x350 dez 28 15:32:04 kutia kernel: ? __kthread_bind_mask+0x70/0x70 dez 28 15:32:04 kutia kernel: ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30 </code></pre> <p>&#x200B;</p> <p><strong>Scenario 2:</strong></p> <p>Playing AstroMenace in full screen. Usually happens after a few minutes only</p> <p>Result: screen freezes, but I can still switch to terminal with Ctrl-Alt-F1 and restart X.</p> <p>System logs:</p> <pre><code>dez 30 15:59:15 kutia kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] Resetting rcs0 for preemption time out dez 30 15:59:15 kutia kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] AstroMenace[1797] context reset due to GPU hang dez 30 15:59:15 kutia kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] GPU HANG: ecode 9:1:87c8fff6, in AstroMenace [1797] dez 30 15:59:15 kutia kernel: GPU hangs can indicate a bug anywhere in the entire gfx stack, including userspace. dez 30 15:59:15 kutia kernel: Please file a _new_ bug report at https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/intel/issues/new. dez 30 15:59:15 kutia kernel: Please see https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/intel/-/wikis/How-to-file-i915-bugs for det&gt; dez 30 15:59:15 kutia kernel: drm/i915 developers can then reassign to the right component if it&#39;s not a kernel issue. dez 30 15:59:15 kutia kernel: The GPU crash dump is required to analyze GPU hangs, so please always attach it. dez 30 15:59:15 kutia kernel: GPU crash dump saved to /sys/class/drm/card0/error </code></pre> <p>&#x200B;</p> <p><strong>Scenario 3</strong> (only happened once):</p> <p>Screen saver got activated while I was AFK</p> <p>Result: when I returned the whole system was frozen (frozen image from the screensaver on the screen), not even responding to pings, I had to hard reboot</p> <p>System logs: there was nothing relevant in the logs before the crash</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/bgravato"> /u/bgravato </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/kn90rn/intel_iris_plus_655_igpu_crashing_often_i915/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/kn90rn/intel_iris_plus_655_igpu_crashing_often_i915/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_kndhvs
title: Best half mini PCI-E wireless card that doesn't require a non free driver?
author: /u/throwaway4531860212
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>The Debian Wiki suggests Atheros but are their wireless cards good?</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/throwaway4531860212"> /u/throwaway4531860212 </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/kndhvs/best_half_mini_pcie_wireless_card_that_doesnt/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/kndhvs/best_half_mini_pcie_wireless_card_that_doesnt/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_knn6gr
title: my keyboard layout is all messed up, what do I do ?
author: /u/amalgamsquare
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guid: t3_knannp
title: Transition to Testing from Stable
author: /u/balltang
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>This is my first time installing a Debian. Install worked properly, but when I attempt to launch my GUI, I get a framebuffer error. I figured out that neither my dGPU (rx 5500 xt) or my iGPU (UHD 630) are natively supported in stable. Bullseye supposedly natively supports my hardware with linux 5.5.</p> <p>This question is simply to save time and effort if I can, because I am installing Debian on a second NVMe on a hackintosh machine, I have to practically disassemble my build to complete a new install (else the installer overwrites the EFI on my macOS drive). Having to remove that m.2 stick is a headache.</p> <p>Are you able to describe the steps I would take to transition to Bullseye exclusively in the shell?</p> <p>I acknowledge that instructions for this process are outlined on Debian&#39;s website, but those instructions assume I have a little more knowledge of modifying files than I do in reality.</p> <p>Thanks for any help you can provide.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/balltang"> /u/balltang </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/knannp/transition_to_testing_from_stable/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/knannp/transition_to_testing_from_stable/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_knlss5
title: Differences between new and old installer.
author: /u/throwaway4531860212
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Why doesn&#39;t Debian <a href="https://duckduckgo.com/?q=debian+10+logo+boot&amp;t=fpas&amp;iar=images&amp;iax=images&amp;ia=images&amp;iai=https%3A%2F%2Fpc-freak.net%2Fimages%2Fplymouth-debian-graphical-boot-services.jpg">boot and shut down with its logo</a> after an installation with the <a href="https://images.techhive.com/images/article/2015/04/debian-installer-desktop-environment-100581398-orig.png">old installer</a>? If I select the live option and complete the installation with the <a href="https://duckduckgo.com/?q=debian+new+installer&amp;t=fpas&amp;iar=images&amp;iax=images&amp;ia=images&amp;iai=https%3A%2F%2Flinuxove.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2020%2F10%2F1602070854_maxresdefault.jpg">new installer</a>, this doesn&#39;t happen.</p> <p>Another thing I noticed, with the old installer it lets me attach a device to install a non free firmware and recognize a wifi network. This option doesn&#39;t seem to be available with the new installer.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/throwaway4531860212"> /u/throwaway4531860212 </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/knlss5/differences_between_new_and_old_installer/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/knlss5/differences_between_new_and_old_installer/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_kmx7ni
title: Wanted to reinstall Debian and saw this site. And they make a really good job
author: /u/W1ngless_Castiel_s15
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guid: t3_knos8m
title: Plasma bug and color green bug
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I use Debian testing, after update recently I can&#39;t open plasma and I the letter in system were white and turned to green and the screen became greenish, why? How can I discover more information to fix it?</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/jpsouzamatos"> /u/jpsouzamatos </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/knos8m/plasma_bug_and_color_green_bug/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/knos8m/plasma_bug_and_color_green_bug/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_kniupk
title: Lxpanel broke theme after Update
author: /u/AzCorpAdmin
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I&#39;m running raspbian on rpi4 and had edited my icons to custom versions. I edited the original icon files to replace the raspberry with my own logo in all instances I could find it.</p> <p>I just added the kali repositories to my install, key signed them, then apt update and upgraded them, then rebooted.</p> <p>On my fresh reboot I found that lxsession no longer opens properly (boots to terminal, log in to autostart running lx stuff) and my lxpanel theme is now replaced with what looks like the debian default theme, including the little swirl for the menu icon, and replacing all my dark default backgrounds with white ones.</p> <p>Ive checked my lxpanel and lxsession configs and nothing seems to be changed. My icon layout on the panel is still the same.</p> <p>Does anyone know how I can go back to the &#39;default&#39; raspbian panel, that uses my custom icons? </p> <p>Any help is much appreciated.</p> <p>Edit: for the future of the internet, thread closed, with no solution. Reflashed my os and started from scratch with better config management.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/AzCorpAdmin"> /u/AzCorpAdmin </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/kniupk/lxpanel_broke_theme_after_update/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/kniupk/lxpanel_broke_theme_after_update/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_knq1wz
title: Help with backup permissions?
author: /u/thewismit
url: https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/knq1wz/help_with_backup_permissions/
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Hi everyone,</p> <p>I posted this over on Ubuntu and haven&#39;t had any offers yet. I&#39;m hoping to find someone that can at least give me a few tips. Here goes...</p> <p>I&#39;m humbly asking for someone to help walk me through this issue I&#39;m having. I&quot;m willing to provide any information that you need to help me learn how to do this, I just need someone to be patient with me.</p> <p>I&#39;m trying to backup my Ubuntu server&#39;s root drive, with the exception of maybe a few directories that shouldn&#39;t be backed up. I&#39;ve tried Borg, Restic and rsync, all to no avail.</p> <p>I think the issue I&#39;m running into is permissions based, in that I always get access denied when attempting to access files, even if running as an account using sudo. But, the issue could also be my lack of smarts when it comes to connecting cross-machine using ssh sessions and keys.</p> <p>Other than maybe providing the cat of my /etc/ssh/sshd_config file, I don&#39;t know where to start. Also, I feel like if I can learn this, I will finally be on my way to understanding how to run my Linux server, as I&#39;ve recently been working with docker and nginx, mostly with success.</p> <p>Is anyone willing to help me out? Let me know what you need from me, please and thank you!</p> <hr/> <p>Here&#39;s what I&#39;ve done so far with output</p> <h4>server-side</h4> <p><code> user@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo chown nobody:nogroup /mnt/data/ [sudo] password for user: user@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo chmod 777 /mnt/data user@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo vi /etc/exports user@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo nano /etc/exports user@raspberrypi:~ $ mkdir -v -p /mnt/data/backup/repos/clowncar mkdir: created directory &#39;/mnt/data/backup/repos/clowncar&#39; user@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo exportfs -a user@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo systemctl restart nfs-kernel-server </code></p> <h4>client-side</h4> <p><code> user@clowncar:~$ mkdir -v -p /mnt/raspinfs mkdir: created directory &#39;/mnt/raspinfs&#39; user@clowncar:~$ sudo mount 192.168.0.172:/mnt/data /mnt/raspinfs [sudo] password for user: user@clowncar:~$ ls /mnt/raspinfs backup user@clowncar:~$ ls /mnt/raspinfs/backup/repos/ clowncar user@clowncar:~$ ls -la /mnt/raspinfs/backup/repos/ total 12 drwxr-xr-x 3 1001 1001 4096 Dec 31 16:33 . drwxr-xr-x 3 1001 1001 4096 Dec 31 16:24 .. drwxr-xr-x 2 1001 1001 4096 Dec 31 16:33 clowncar user@clowncar:~$ # 1001 is the ID of user on raspi </code></p> <p>restic will now fail</p> <p><code> user@clowncar:~$ restic init --repo /mnt/raspinfs/backup/repos/clowncar/ Fatal: create repository at /mnt/raspinfs/backup/repos/clowncar/ failed: MkdirAll: mkdir /mnt/raspinfs/backup/repos/clowncar/data: permission denied </code></p> <p>restic fails again, with sudo</p> <p><code> user@clowncar:~$ sudo restic init --repo /mnt/raspinfs/backup/repos/clowncar/ Fatal: create repository at /mnt/raspinfs/backup/repos/clowncar/ failed: MkdirAll: mkdir /mnt/raspinfs/backup/repos/clowncar/data: permission denied </code></p> <p>also fails using the sftp protocol with my user key installed on both machines</p> <p>``` user@clowncar:~$ restic -r sftp:<a href="mailto:user@192.168.0.172">user@192.168.0.172</a>:/mnt/data/backup/repos/clowncar init The authenticity of host &#39;192.168.0.172 (192.168.0.172)&#39; can&#39;t be established. ECDSA key fingerprint is SHA256:4PMq+wOdf1245hJbxo1sIxOZUKB7U6Fu6sfnORGuVY4. Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no/[fingerprint])? yes subprocess ssh: Warning: Permanently added &#39;192.168.0.172&#39; (ECDSA) to the list of known hosts. subprocess ssh: @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ subprocess ssh: @ WARNING: UNPROTECTED PRIVATE KEY FILE! @ subprocess ssh: @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ <a href="mailto:user@192.168.0.172">user@192.168.0.172</a>&#39;s password: subprocess ssh: Permissions 0644 for &#39;/home/user/.ssh/id_rsa&#39; are too open. subprocess ssh: It is required that your private key files are NOT accessible by others. subprocess ssh: This private key will be ignored. subprocess ssh: Load key &quot;/home/user/.ssh/id_rsa&quot;: bad permissions</p> <p>Fatal: create repository at sftp:<a href="mailto:user@192.168.0.172">user@192.168.0.172</a>:/mnt/data/backup/repos/clowncar failed: unable to start the sftp session, error: EOF</p> <p>user@clowncar:~$ exit ```</p> <p>This is the moment where I realized, I had to attempt the same sftp connection on the other server in order to have the authorized_hosts file updated on the correct machine.</p> <p>I did that and restic was able to create the repo</p> <p>``` user@clowncar:~$ sudo restic -r sftp:<a href="mailto:user@192.168.0.172">user@192.168.0.172</a>:/mnt/data/backup/repos/clowncar init The authenticity of host &#39;192.168.0.172 (192.168.0.172)&#39; can&#39;t be established. ECDSA key fingerprint is SHA256:4PMq+wOdf1245hJbxo1sIxOZUKB7U6Fu6sfnORGuVY4. Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no/[fingerprint])? yes subprocess ssh: Warning: Permanently added &#39;192.168.0.172&#39; (ECDSA) to the list of known hosts. <a href="mailto:user@192.168.0.172">user@192.168.0.172</a>&#39;s password: enter password for new repository: enter password again: created restic repository b0e25c451b at sftp:<a href="mailto:user@192.168.0.172">user@192.168.0.172</a>:/mnt/data/backup/repos/clowncar</p> <p>Please note that knowledge of your password is required to access the repository. Losing your password means that your data is irrecoverably lost. ```</p> <p>Well, the backup is working now and I&quot;m not positive, but I think the only difference is that instead of using OMV to manage permissions, I used the NFS packages on both machines to configure the share and connect to it.</p> <p>I wish I knew what exactly the issue was and I&#39;m also not sure about that message above stating UNPROTECTED PRIVATE KEY FILE. What can I do to fix that? I followed an article to set those permissions but apparently it&#39;s not right!</p> <p>Edit: I tried but failed to make those last, two code blocks format properly. If you know why, please let me know!</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/thewismit"> /u/thewismit </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/knq1wz/help_with_backup_permissions/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/knq1wz/help_with_backup_permissions/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_knfe18
title: Can't run GUI programs as root
author: /u/fedelanza03
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I installed debian with GNOME, i just added the usual things in sources.list then i installed my intel wireless driver and then i &quot;enabled the sudo command&quot; to my normal user in this way <code>/sbin/usermod -aG sudo personal</code> and it works but i can&#39;t run GUI programs as root. I searched for many solution but nothing actually worked. I tried to create an .Xauthority file by my own (<code>touch ~/home/.Xauthority</code>) because before when i tried to run <code>xauth</code> it printed something like <code>xauth ~/.Xauthority Does not exist.</code> then i followed this guide (<a href="https://qastack.it/superuser/806637/xauth-not-creating-xauthority-file">https://qastack.it/superuser/806637/xauth-not-creating-xauthority-file</a>). <strong>The error that i&#39;m getting</strong> when i try to run programs as root is still this:</p> <p><code>root@debian:/home/personal# bleachbit</code></p> <p><code>No protocol specified</code></p> <p><code>/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py:57: GtkWarning: could not open display</code></p> <p><code>warnings.warn(str(e), _gtk.Warning)</code></p> <p><code>Could not open X display</code></p> <p>It&#39;s been hours that i&#39;m trying to fix this</p> <p><strong>EDIT</strong>: I&#39;m really dumb i discovered that i&#39;m running Wayland, i was sure that debian tasksel&#39;s gnome option was going to install gnome with xorg and not with wayland. </p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/fedelanza03"> /u/fedelanza03 </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/knfe18/cant_run_gui_programs_as_root/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/knfe18/cant_run_gui_programs_as_root/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_kns20i
title: How to update my system in multiple steps?
author: /u/Benaxle
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Or how can I pause some package&#39;s update?</p> <p>I currently cannot upgrade my system because it downloads around 3gb every time, and it runs out of memory before it finishes.</p> <p>It is mainly the latex/texlives packages that are very big. Is there a way to exclude them? Or do all the small updates only for example?</p> <p>I just thought of one way : upgrade texlive first, but it&#39;s still a bit annoying and I&#39;m not sure it will solve everything. Yes I didn&#39;t allocate enough room in my root partition..</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Benaxle"> /u/Benaxle </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/kns20i/how_to_update_my_system_in_multiple_steps/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/kns20i/how_to_update_my_system_in_multiple_steps/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_knoroi
title: xrandr detects second display (listprovider) but monitor shuts off not getting signal
author: /u/CapitalisticGoldberg
url: https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/knoroi/xrandr_detects_second_display_listprovider_but/
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I&#39;m really accustomed to a monitor being automatically connected and displayed upon attaching an HDMI cable. I didn&#39;t had to do anything on Fedora, worked out of the box. It was gnome with wayland. Now I am using Debian with Xorg. Is there something I&#39;m missing here?</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/CapitalisticGoldberg"> /u/CapitalisticGoldberg </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/knoroi/xrandr_detects_second_display_listprovider_but/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/knoroi/xrandr_detects_second_display_listprovider_but/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_knujze
title: XFCE missing window scaling factor
author: /u/Z4RX
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Today I installed debian from latest live xfce iso on my old macbook pro. First of all my system didn&#39;t recognized touchpad, so I had to install <code>xserver-xorg-input-synaptics</code> package to solve this issue. (GNOME and KDE worked out of the box).</p> <p>2nd main problem is HIDPI monitor. I found this solution:</p> <pre><code>xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Gdk/WindowScalingFactor -s 2 xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/theme -s Default-xhdpi </code></pre> <p>But there is no window scalling factor in settings. (On MX linux everything was ok.) Probably I am missing some necessary package?</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Z4RX"> /u/Z4RX </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/knujze/xfce_missing_window_scaling_factor/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/knujze/xfce_missing_window_scaling_factor/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_knyunu
title: debian cant find yabar package
author: /u/sandman240240
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>when i run apt-get install yabar it says the package cant be found even though its supposed to be in the official repository.</p> <p>this is my sources file</p> <p>deb <a href="http://deb.debian.org/debian">http://deb.debian.org/debian</a> buster main contrib non-free deb-src <a href="http://deb.debian.org/debian">http://deb.debian.org/debian</a> buster main contrib non-free deb <a href="http://deb.debian.org/debian-security/">http://deb.debian.org/debian-security/</a> buster/updates main contrib non-free deb-src <a href="http://deb.debian.org/debian-security/">http://deb.debian.org/debian-security/</a> buster/updates main contrib non-free deb <a href="http://deb.debian.org/debian">http://deb.debian.org/debian</a> buster-updates main contrib non-free deb-src <a href="http://deb.debian.org/debian">http://deb.debian.org/debian</a> buster-updates main contrib non-free</p> <p>&#x200B;</p> <p>anyone know how to add this package?</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/sandman240240"> /u/sandman240240 </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/knyunu/debian_cant_find_yabar_package/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/knyunu/debian_cant_find_yabar_package/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_knv9dj
title: Wrong resolution XFCE
author: /u/balltang
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I managed to get everything installed and in working order. The only problem that I am dealing with now is that XFCE has default resolution set to 1024x768.</p> <p>The display settings app does not allow me to change it.</p> <p>The settings editor app does not allow me to update it (setting gets reverted when reopening display settings app)</p> <p>Attempting to add via xrandr results in &quot;failed to get size of gamma for output&quot; error</p> <p>System does not have an xorg.conf file, and when I create one, it prevents other auto-detected drivers to work properly.</p> <p>Does anybody have a solution to this problem?</p> <p>I use two 1680x1050 displays.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/balltang"> /u/balltang </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/knv9dj/wrong_resolution_xfce/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/knv9dj/wrong_resolution_xfce/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_knnj6a
author: /u/Debiankrau
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Debian Buster - On Xfce, how do you make the default terminal "remember" it's previous position on the screen?

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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Like the title says, I&#39;d like to have the xfce terminal showing up at the middle, all the time, including after rebooting the system or shutting it down. Is there a way to do it?</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Debiankrau"> /u/Debiankrau </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/knnj6a/debian_buster_on_xfce_how_do_you_make_the_default/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/knnj6a/debian_buster_on_xfce_how_do_you_make_the_default/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_ko3mff
title: How to configure and connect to openvpn from Windows?
author: /u/goldendinnerplate
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I followed the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/OpenVPN">official debian guide</a> to install and configure openvpn. The server started and I&#39;m unable to connect. That guide doesn&#39;t go through connecting from Windows.</p> <p>So I went to <a href="https://openvpn.net/vpn-server-resources/installation-guide-for-openvpn-connect-client-on-windows/">openvpn.net&#39;s guide</a> and it says to install the client from the server, but the server doesn&#39;t seem to be running any web site to download a client from. I tried <code>https://[IPaddress]:943/</code> as well as port 1194 and the page doesn&#39;t load.</p> <p>Then I tried downloading the Windows client from the openvpn download page and used the config from the debian guide and put it in <code>C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\config</code>. The static.key is present on both client and server. I don&#39;t see a connect option on the OpenVPN client. I have no idea how to connect with it.</p> <p>I tried creating a connection in Windows control panel by adding a new VPN connection, but it can&#39;t connect to the server. I haven&#39;t done this before so I&#39;m looking for help connecting/configuring. Where am I going wrong? </p> <p>Here is the config on the server</p> <pre><code>dev tun0 ifconfig [server static IP] 10.9.8.2 secret /etc/openvpn/static.key </code></pre> <p>Config on the client</p> <pre><code>remote [name] dev tun0 ifconfig [server static IP] 10.9.8.1 secret C:\Users\[user]\Documents\static.key </code></pre> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/goldendinnerplate"> /u/goldendinnerplate </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/ko3mff/how_to_configure_and_connect_to_openvpn_from/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/ko3mff/how_to_configure_and_connect_to_openvpn_from/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_ko699v
title: IPTables trouble - Installed, but not recognized...?
author: /u/LeBigMartinH
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>So, I am trying to follow <a href="https://debian.org">debian.org</a>&#39;s guide on creating a samba file share using the latest release (10.7), and everything was going great up until I got to the point where I was supposed to manipulate the ip table entries. (labelled &quot;Add firewall rules&quot; here: <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SambaServerSimple">https://wiki.debian.org/SambaServerSimple</a>)</p> <p>...Which is when I was informd that the command &quot;iptables&quot; is invalid, even though iptables is apparently the most up-to-date version already. Am I missing something glaringly obvious?</p> <p>For reference, this is a fresh install of buster 10.7 (just today) using the default sources.list file.</p> <p>Edit: this is the net-install .iso, if that helps.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/LeBigMartinH"> /u/LeBigMartinH </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/ko699v/iptables_trouble_installed_but_not_recognized/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/ko699v/iptables_trouble_installed_but_not_recognized/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_knr3lv
title: No , finding other isos is not hard on Debian anymore
author: /u/W1ngless_Castiel_s15
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guid: t3_kod0ei
title: How to load kernal from Netinst USB in GRUB?
author: /u/Yachimovich
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I&#39;m trying to install Debian 10.7.0 onto a new computer with a fresh SSD. I&#39;m using the latest net install (debian-10.7.0-amd64-netinst.iso) and when I boot up, I get a GRUB command line. Trying: </p> <pre><code>grub&gt; boot </code></pre> <p>returns: </p> <pre><code>error: you need to load the kernel first. </code></pre> <p>I&#39;ve never run into this before, so I figured I might have just gotten a bad iso. I wiped the iso I had and downloaded it again, then wrote the &quot;fresh&quot; iso to my USB stick. Same thing. Is there a way to point GRUB in the command line to the kernel on the live USB to kickstart the install?</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Yachimovich"> /u/Yachimovich </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/kod0ei/how_to_load_kernal_from_netinst_usb_in_grub/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/kod0ei/how_to_load_kernal_from_netinst_usb_in_grub/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_koa3lz
title: Disable dad on ipv4 interface
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I have an issue where some kasa smart devices temporarily claim the ip of my DHCP server. Per the syslog, this is causing a dad event which results in the deletion of the default route. Which takes down my DHCP/dns server.</p> <p>The root cause is on the kasa devices, but getting them to acknowledge and fix it will take a VERY long time.</p> <p>In the interim, I&#39;d like to disable duplicate address detection on my DHCP server (running debian 10). I know this is less than ideal, but will hopefully only be a temporary fix.</p> <p>Are there any suggestions on how to disable dad (duplicate address detection) for an ipv4 interface?</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/goku2k"> /u/goku2k </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/koa3lz/disable_dad_on_ipv4_interface/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/koa3lz/disable_dad_on_ipv4_interface/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_kodd9x
title: Acer Chromebook C714 - How do I get pulse audio to see an a google CRAS alsa configuration?
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Hello-</p> <p>I have been trying to run debian buster on a new chromebook. I used the mrchromebox.tech legacy_rw firmware to set up a dual boot with chromeos. Booting into debian gives no sound cards in pavucontrol. Checking dmesg I notice that there were topology and firmware upload errors for the kabylake dsp. I have tried to use chromeos firmware by perform the following steps:</p> <p>blacklist snd_hda_intel in /etc/modprobe.d</p> <p>Copy over dsp_lib_ghw_spt_release.bin from ChromeOS recovery image to /lib/firmware</p> <p>Copy over all the firmware files in /lib/firmware/intel (ChrOs) to /lib/firmware/intel</p> <p>Copy over 9d71-GOOGLE-NAMIMAX-0-tplg.bin from ChromeOS recovery image to /lib/firmware</p> <p>I then created /usr/share/alsa/ucm2/kblda7219max.ekko directory and created kblda7219max.ekko.conf</p> <pre><code>Comment &quot;Ekko internal card&quot; SectionUseCase.&quot;HiFi&quot; { File &quot;HiFi.conf&quot; Comment &quot;Default&quot; } </code></pre> <p>I also created HiFi.conf using the chromeos version but using the ucm2 syntax:</p> <pre><code>SectionVerb { Value { OutputDspName &quot;speaker_eq&quot; FullySpecifiedUCM &quot;1&quot; } EnableSequence [ cdev &quot;hw:kblda7219max&quot; cset &quot;name=&#39;codec1_out mo media0_in mi Switch&#39; off&quot; cset &quot;name=&#39;codec0_out mo media0_in mi Switch&#39; off&quot; cset &quot;name=&#39;Playback Digital Volume&#39; 111&quot; cset &quot;name=&#39;Playback Digital Switch&#39; 1&quot; cset &quot;name=&#39;Out DACL Mux&#39; DAIL&quot; cset &quot;name=&#39;Out DACR Mux&#39; DAIR&quot; cset &quot;name=&#39;Mixer Out FilterL DACL Switch&#39; 1&quot; cset &quot;name=&#39;Mixer Out FilterR DACR Switch&#39; 1&quot; cset &quot;name=&#39;ST Mixer Out FilterL Out FilterL Switch&#39; 1&quot; cset &quot;name=&#39;ST Mixer Out FilterR Out FilterR Switch&#39; 1&quot; cset &quot;name=&#39;Headphone Jack Switch&#39; off&quot; cset &quot;name=&#39;Headset Mic Switch&#39; off&quot; cset &quot;name=&#39;Mic Volume&#39; 5&quot; cset &quot;name=&#39;Capture Digital Volume&#39; 111&quot; cset &quot;name=&#39;Capture Digital Switch&#39; 1&quot; cset &quot;name=&#39;Mixin Volume&#39; 10&quot; cset &quot;name=&#39;Mixin Switch&#39; 1&quot; cset &quot;name=&#39;Mixer In Mic Switch&#39; 1&quot; cset &quot;name=&#39;Out DAIL Mux&#39; ADC&quot; cset &quot;name=&#39;Out DAIR Mux&#39; ADC&quot; cset &quot;name=&#39;media0_out mo codec0_in mi Switch&#39; off&quot; cset &quot;name=&#39;media0_out mo dmic01_hifi_in mi Switch&#39; off&quot; cset &quot;name=&#39;Pin5-Port0 Mux&#39; 1&quot; cset &quot;name=&#39;Pin6-Port0 Mux&#39; 2&quot; cset &quot;name=&#39;Pin7-Port0 Mux&#39; 3&quot; cset &quot;name=&#39;Gain Ramp Rate&#39; 1&quot; ] DisableSequence [ ] } SectionDevice.&quot;Speaker&quot;.0 { Value { PlaybackPCM &quot;hw:kblda7219max,0&quot; } EnableSequence [ cdev &quot;hw:kblda7219max&quot; cset &quot;name=&#39;codec0_out mo media0_in mi Switch&#39; on&quot; cset &quot;name=&#39;Spk Switch&#39; on&quot; ] DisableSequence [ cdev &quot;hw:kblda7219max&quot; cset &quot;name=&#39;codec0_out mo media0_in mi Switch&#39; off&quot; cset &quot;name=&#39;Spk Switch&#39; off&quot; ] } SectionDevice.&quot;Headphone&quot;.0 { Value { PlaybackPCM &quot;hw:kblda7219max,0&quot; MixerName &quot;Headphone&quot; JackName &quot;kblda7219max Headset Jack&quot; JackType &quot;gpio&quot; JackSwitch &quot;2&quot; OutputDspName &quot;&quot; } EnableSequence [ cdev &quot;hw:kblda7219max&quot; cset &quot;name=&#39;codec1_out mo media0_in mi Switch&#39; on&quot; cset &quot;name=&#39;Headphone Jack Switch&#39; on&quot; cset &quot;name=&#39;Headphone Switch&#39; 1&quot; ] DisableSequence [ cdev &quot;hw:kblda7219max&quot; cset &quot;name=&#39;codec1_out mo media0_in mi Switch&#39; off&quot; cset &quot;name=&#39;Headphone Jack Switch&#39; off&quot; cset &quot;name=&#39;Headphone Switch&#39; 0&quot; ] } SectionDevice.&quot;Line Out&quot;.0 { Value { PlaybackPCM &quot;hw:kblda7219max,0&quot; MixerName &quot;Headphone&quot; JackName &quot;kblda7219max Headset Jack&quot; JackType &quot;gpio&quot; JackSwitch &quot;6&quot; OutputDspName &quot;&quot; } EnableSequence [ cdev &quot;hw:kblda7219max&quot; cset &quot;name=&#39;codec1_out mo media0_in mi Switch&#39; on&quot; cset &quot;name=&#39;Headphone Jack Switch&#39; on&quot; cset &quot;name=&#39;Headphone Switch&#39; 1&quot; ] DisableSequence [ cdev &quot;hw:kblda7219max&quot; cset &quot;name=&#39;codec1_out mo media0_in mi Switch&#39; off&quot; cset &quot;name=&#39;Headphone Jack Switch&#39; off&quot; cset &quot;name=&#39;Headphone Switch&#39; 0&quot; ] } SectionDevice.&quot;Internal Mic&quot;.0 { Value { CapturePCM &quot;hw:kblda7219max,3&quot; CaptureChannelMap &quot;0 1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1&quot; MaxSoftwareGain &quot;2000&quot; } EnableSequence [ cdev &quot;hw:kblda7219max&quot; cset &quot;name=&#39;media0_out mo dmic01_hifi_in mi Switch&#39; on&quot; ] DisableSequence [ cdev &quot;hw:kblda7219max&quot; cset &quot;name=&#39;media0_out mo dmic01_hifi_in mi Switch&#39; off&quot; ] } SectionDevice.&quot;Mic&quot;.0 { Value { CapturePCM &quot;hw:kblda7219max,1&quot; MixerName &quot;Headset Mic&quot; JackName &quot;kblda7219max Headset Jack&quot; JackType &quot;gpio&quot; } EnableSequence [ cdev &quot;hw:kblda7219max&quot; cset &quot;name=&#39;Headset Mic Switch&#39; on&quot; cset &quot;name=&#39;media0_out mo codec0_in mi Switch&#39; on&quot; cset &quot;name=&#39;Mic Switch&#39; on&quot; ] DisableSequence [ cdev &quot;hw:kblda7219max&quot; cset &quot;name=&#39;Headset Mic Switch&#39; off&quot; cset &quot;name=&#39;media0_out mo codec0_in mi Switch&#39; off&quot; cset &quot;name=&#39;Mic Switch&#39; off&quot; ] } SectionDevice.&quot;HDMI1&quot;.0 { Value { PlaybackPCM &quot;hw:kblda7219max,4&quot; JackName &quot;kblda7219max HDMI/DP, pcm=4 Jack&quot; JackType &quot;gpio&quot; OutputDspName &quot;&quot; } EnableSequence [ ] DisableSequence [ ] } SectionDevice.&quot;HDMI2&quot;.0 { Value { PlaybackPCM &quot;hw:kblda7219max,5&quot; JackName &quot;kblda7219max HDMI/DP, pcm=5 Jack&quot; JackType &quot;gpio&quot; OutputDspName &quot;&quot; } EnableSequence [ ] DisableSequence [ ] } SectionDevice.&quot;HDMI3&quot;.0 { Value { PlaybackPCM &quot;hw:kblda7219max,6&quot; JackName &quot;kblda7219max HDMI/DP, pcm=6 Jack&quot; JackType &quot;gpio&quot; OutputDspName &quot;&quot; } EnableSequence [ ] DisableSequence [ ] } </code></pre> <p>Upon rebooting the errors is dmesg regarding firmware are gone and it appears as if alsa has been configured. However nothing shows up in pavucontrol. I think that the chromeos files have set up alsa to use CRAS instead of pulseaudio. Is there any way to configure pulse audio to link to the CRAS configured alsa?</p> <p>Here is the result of sudo lspci -nnk | grep -P audio|snd|sound|skl|codec</p> <pre><code>Kernel driver in use: skl_uncore 00:1f.3 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio [8086:9d71] (rev 21) Kernel driver in use: snd_soc_skl Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel, snd_soc_skl </code></pre> <p>Here is the result of sudo dmesg | grep -P audio|snd|sound|skl|codec</p> <pre><code>[ 6.603011] snd_soc_skl 0000:00:1f.3: bound 0000:00:02.0 (ops i915_audio_component_bind_ops [i915]) [ 6.628695] HDMI HDA Codec ehdaudio0D2: Max dais supported: 3 [ 6.662131] snd_soc_skl 0000:00:1f.3: firmware: direct-loading firmware 9d71-GOOGLE-NAMIMAX-0-tplg.bin [ 6.662135] snd_soc_skl 0000:00:1f.3: ASoC: old version of manifest [ 6.662266] snd_soc_skl 0000:00:1f.3: ASoC: Parent card not yet available, widget card binding deferred [ 6.683064] snd_soc_skl 0000:00:1f.3: firmware: direct-loading firmware intel/dsp_fw_kbl.bin [ 6.697658] snd_soc_skl 0000:00:1f.3: firmware: direct-loading firmware dsp_lib_ghw_spt_release.bin [ 6.708818] snd_soc_skl 0000:00:1f.3: skl_tplg_add_moduleid_in_bind_params: invalid kpb post bind params [ 6.713384] HDMI HDA Codec ehdaudio0D2: hdac_hdmi_present_sense: disconnect for pin:port 5:0 [ 6.713669] HDMI HDA Codec ehdaudio0D2: hdac_hdmi_present_sense: disconnect for pin:port 6:0 [ 6.715542] HDMI HDA Codec ehdaudio0D2: hdac_hdmi_present_sense: disconnect for pin:port 7:0 [ 6.717192] kbl_da7219_max98357a kbl_da7219_max98357a: Linked as a consumer to ehdaudio0D2 [ 6.717627] kbl_da7219_max98357a kbl_da7219_max98357a: snd-soc-dummy-dai &lt;-&gt; System Pin mapping ok [ 6.717793] kbl_da7219_max98357a kbl_da7219_max98357a: snd-soc-dummy-dai &lt;-&gt; System Pin mapping ok [ 6.717942] kbl_da7219_max98357a kbl_da7219_max98357a: snd-soc-dummy-dai &lt;-&gt; DMIC Pin mapping ok [ 6.718117] kbl_da7219_max98357a kbl_da7219_max98357a: snd-soc-dummy-dai &lt;-&gt; HDMI1 Pin mapping ok [ 6.718291] kbl_da7219_max98357a kbl_da7219_max98357a: snd-soc-dummy-dai &lt;-&gt; HDMI2 Pin mapping ok [ 6.718447] kbl_da7219_max98357a kbl_da7219_max98357a: snd-soc-dummy-dai &lt;-&gt; HDMI3 Pin mapping ok [ 6.725564] input: kblda7219max Headset Jack as /devices/platform/kbl_da7219_max98357a/sound/card0/input7 [ 6.725603] input: kblda7219max HDMI/DP, pcm=3 Jack as /devices/platform/kbl_da7219_max98357a/sound/card0/input8 [ 6.725635] input: kblda7219max HDMI/DP, pcm=4 Jack as /devices/platform/kbl_da7219_max98357a/sound/card0/input9 [ 6.725667] input: kblda7219max HDMI/DP, pcm=5 Jack as /devices/platform/kbl_da7219_max98357a/sound/card0/input10 </code></pre> <p>Here is the result of aplay -L</p> <pre><code>default Playback/recording through the PulseAudio sound server null Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture) jack JACK Audio Connection Kit pulse PulseAudio Sound Server sysdefault:CARD=kblda7219max kblda7219max, Default Audio Device dmix:CARD=kblda7219max,DEV=0 kblda7219max, Direct sample mixing device dmix:CARD=kblda7219max,DEV=3 kblda7219max, Direct sample mixing device dmix:CARD=kblda7219max,DEV=4 kblda7219max, Direct sample mixing device dmix:CARD=kblda7219max,DEV=5 kblda7219max, Direct sample mixing device dsnoop:CARD=kblda7219max,DEV=0 kblda7219max, Direct sample snooping device dsnoop:CARD=kblda7219max,DEV=3 kblda7219max, Direct sample snooping device dsnoop:CARD=kblda7219max,DEV=4 kblda7219max, Direct sample snooping device dsnoop:CARD=kblda7219max,DEV=5 kblda7219max, Direct sample snooping device hw:CARD=kblda7219max,DEV=0 kblda7219max, Direct hardware device without any conversions hw:CARD=kblda7219max,DEV=3 kblda7219max, Direct hardware device without any conversions hw:CARD=kblda7219max,DEV=4 kblda7219max, Direct hardware device without any conversions hw:CARD=kblda7219max,DEV=5 kblda7219max, Direct hardware device without any conversions plughw:CARD=kblda7219max,DEV=0 kblda7219max, Hardware device with all software conversions plughw:CARD=kblda7219max,DEV=3 kblda7219max, Hardware device with all software conversions plughw:CARD=kblda7219max,DEV=4 kblda7219max, Hardware device with all software conversions plughw:CARD=kblda7219max,DEV=5 kblda7219max, Hardware device with all software conversions usbstream:CARD=kblda7219max kblda7219max USB Stream Output </code></pre> <p>These outputs seem very similar to what is reported in chromeos so I think that alsa is configured similarly to chromeos. However, pulseaudio is not integrating with this alsa configuration. Does anyone have any suggestions how to configure pulseaudio to use it?</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/kommisar6"> /u/kommisar6 </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/kodd9x/acer_chromebook_c714_how_do_i_get_pulse_audio_to/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/kodd9x/acer_chromebook_c714_how_do_i_get_pulse_audio_to/">[comments]</a></span>


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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>So this sounds weird buut, I have a plan to make a distro with the sole purpose of just playing Minecraft, I was wondering if anyone had any ideas on what the minimum resources the computer would need to just run Minecraft. I know you need like java and a desktop environment, but I want to cut all the fluff. I was also wondering how I might customize a distro like Debian to have my requirements, and possibly distribute this Distro. Any help would be appreciated!!</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Imaginary-Ad-3853"> /u/Imaginary-Ad-3853 </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/kmsexo/pure_minecraft_distro/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/kmsexo/pure_minecraft_distro/">[comments]</a></span>


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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>It&#39;s a totally very fresh release and maybe you&#39;ll like it, faster switching speed between normal mode and insert mode, and better response, and other extra functionality, bring you to real life, anyway welcome to be the early adopter, please upvote by commenting this post, many thanks for you (vimers). 😀 Happy new year everyone!</p> <p><a href="https://github.com/jeffreytse/zsh-vi-mode">https://github.com/jeffreytse/zsh-vi-mode</a></p> <h2>Features</h2> <ul> <li>Cursor movement (Navigation).</li> <li>Insert &amp; Replace (Insert mode).</li> <li>Text Objects.</li> <li>Searching text.</li> <li>Undo, Redo, Cut, Copy, Paste, and Delete.</li> <li>Surrounds (Add, Replace, Delete, and Move Around, Highlight).</li> <li>Switch keywords (Increase/Decrease Number, Boolean, etc. In progress).</li> <li>...</li> </ul> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/jeffrey-tse"> /u/jeffrey-tse </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/knmahb/hey_just_created_a_new_zshvimode_plugin_dont_you/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/knmahb/hey_just_created_a_new_zshvimode_plugin_dont_you/">[comments]</a></span>


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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Hello!</p> <p><a href="https://vircadia.com/">Vircadia</a> is an Open Source 3D/VR shared space with native Linux support. I&#39;ve introduced it in an <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/j84ent/introducing_vircadia_an_open_source_desktop_and/">earlier post</a> you can check out for more details.</p> <p>We&#39;ve been working hard on fixing bugs and improving the functionality throughout this year, and are going to throw a party to celebrate the new year in-world. The party will feature DJ Chica Musica and is scheduled for 23:00 UTC 31th December until 03:00 UTC 1th January, right after one of our regular developer meetings (which everyone is also welcome to attend). The event is listed on <a href="https://vircadia.com/events/">our calendar</a>, which automatically takes care of timezone conversions.</p> <p>You&#39;ll need to install the <a href="https://vircadia.com/download-vircadia/#linux">client</a> to attend. If you have any trouble, we&#39;ll be answering questions here and at our usual Discord server. An invite can be found at our <a href="https://vircadia.com/">home page</a>.</p> <p><a href="https://i.imgur.com/FEzo8iw.jpg">Announcement</a></p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/dale_glass"> /u/dale_glass </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/kne8gv/vircadia_is_celebrating_the_new_year_inworld/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/kne8gv/vircadia_is_celebrating_the_new_year_inworld/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_knwouj
title: Kill frozen/any programs with dmenu/rofi/fzf with just one command.
author: /u/bugswriter
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guid: t3_kn8bz4
title: A message from the FSF president for the year-end
author: /u/zoefzootje
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guid: t3_kn4ym3
title: Linux Hardening Guide | Madaidan's Insecurities
author: /u/speckz
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&#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/speckz"> /u/speckz </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://madaidans-insecurities.github.io/guides/linux-hardening.html">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/kn4ym3/linux_hardening_guide_madaidans_insecurities/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_kn90l7
title: ZombieTrackerGPS 1.05
author: /u/ztgpsld
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Version 1.05 of ZombieTrackerGPS (<em>Winterbike Edition</em>) has been released, with several new features based on user requests and feedback.</p> <p>ZTGPS is a Linux+KDE native PIM application satisfying the same purpose as Garmin&#39;s &quot;BaseCamp&quot; software, which does not run on Linux. ZTGPS provides sophisticated query and sorting capabilities for GPS tracks. It is targeted at cyclists, runners, hikers, light vehicle use, and anyone collecting GPS tracks from handheld units, particularly if you prefer data storage on your own computer to cloud based storage. A feature description and FAQ is available on the web site below. Binary packages for several popular distros are available under the Downloads tab.</p> <p>Recent additions include live capture from the Linux <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gpsd">GPS daemon</a>, support for GPX waypoint import, export, and management with auto-symbol selection from the US National Park Service map symbol set, localization support, and a more efficient internal point storage for 35-40% smaller memory and disk footprint for the same data. Other recent changes are below.</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.zombietrackergps.net/ztgps/">ZombieTrackerGPS web site</a></li> <li><a href="https://gitlab.com/ldutils-projects/zombietrackergps">gitlab source repo</a></li> <li><a href="https://gitlab.com/ldutils-projects/zombietrackergps/-/wikis/uploads/6cda0b4d4771e11e052726a1c55b6097/ZTGPS-Full-Dark.jpg">Large size screenshot in dark theme</a></li> </ul> <p><em>Version 1.05</em></p> <ul> <li>Support for waypoints. There is a new Waypoint Pane, and they can be imported from and exported to GPX files. If the waypoint supplies a symbol, ZTGPS will attempt to find a matching waypoint icon from its builtin set. Otherwise, this can be done manually with the &quot;Set Icon...&quot; context menu. See the in-program documentation page for the Waypoint Pane for details.</li> <li>The &quot;Export All Tracks&quot; option in the export dialog is fixed.</li> <li>The program crash on exit if a secondary window had UI focus is fixed.</li> <li>The US National Park Sevice (USNPS) map symbols, and some in similar style, are now available for waypoints, view preset icons, or other purposes.</li> <li>If autosave on exit fails, the exit is aborted, to allow a chance to manually save to another path.</li> <li>Numbered backup files are now saved at most once per session, rather than once per save.</li> <li>Internal track point storage is more memory efficient by 40%, and on-disk track files are about 30% smaller.</li> <li>Added Cache tag icon for tracks related to geocaching.</li> <li>Sessions are now locked to prevent accidental conflicts with another running ZTGPS.</li> <li>Previous .png point icons are replaced by .svg&#39;s, which scale better. Old saves will be autoconverted on load.</li> <li>Secondary window title can now be customized from their tab bar&#39;s context menu. This is useful with KDE&#39;s task bar.</li> <li>WinterBike transport category added, with higher rolling resistance than other types of bicycles. There is more per-tire-model variance here, so the exact values can be adjusted for your situation in the Tags tab of the Settings dialog.</li> <li>Quoted strings in queries now work correctly.</li> <li>Fixed crash in the KML format importer on some files.</li> <li>&quot;~&quot; is now a synonym for the regex operator &#39;=~&#39; in queries, &quot;&amp;&amp;&quot; for &quot;&amp;&quot;, and &quot;||&quot; for &quot;|&quot;.</li> <li>Application focus is no longer stolen upon program launch.</li> <li>Added --private-session command line option to disable saves. Useful for temporary sessions along with --conf.</li> <li>Undoing a UI change (e.g, adding or removing a tab) no longer clears the undo stack, and is available for redo.</li> <li>The project structure has changed. If you build from source, it&#39;s best to use a fresh tree. See updated BUILDING.</li> </ul> <p><em>Version 1.04</em></p> <ul> <li>Added live capture support from GPSD. See the new section in the &quot;Importing GPS Data / Live Capture (GPSD)&quot; section of the in-program documentation for details.</li> <li>Added boundary data for the states of India. Indian states do not have flags per se, but state emblems will be displayed in lieu thereof.</li> <li>Tracks without elevations attached to points are now visible in Map Panes.</li> <li>Changing the font size with ctrl+/ctrl- or the program menu will now update any secondary windows.</li> <li>Added new tags: Snowshoe and Paddleboard.</li> <li>The people database (Settings/Configure.../People) now has columns for age and maximum heart rate.</li> <li>There are new track columns for min/avg/max heart rate as a % of maximum, if set as above. This information will also be displayed in track tooltips.</li> <li>Upon track import, the selected active person will now be applied to the track, so person-specific power, energy, and HR data will be displayed. Previously this required a restart or re-selection of the active person.</li> <li>External links in the in-program documentation browser will now open in your desktop&#39;s defined external browser. For example, Perl-style regular expressions now link to online Perl documentation.</li> <li>Documentation browser improvements: forward and back buttons, and hover-text for external URLs.</li> <li>On-disk geopolitical data now uses a custom binary format to remove the Arch build warnings about deprecated Qt APIs. This is also faster to parse.</li> <li>There are now translation files for 19 languages in the &#39;translations&#39; directory of the source tree. These can be used with Qt&#39;s &quot;linguist&quot; tool for localizations.</li> <li>Added batch tile download dialog, with limited tile count. Please respect server bandwidth.</li> </ul> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/ztgpsld"> /u/ztgpsld </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/kn90l7/zombietrackergps_105/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/kn90l7/zombietrackergps_105/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_knd604
title: This week in matrix brings a new GroupMe bridge, a native KDE client, and more
author: /u/ognarb1
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&#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/ognarb1"> /u/ognarb1 </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://matrix.org/blog/2020/12/30/this-week-in-matrix-2020-12-30/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/knd604/this_week_in_matrix_brings_a_new_groupme_bridge_a/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_knfjts
title: An update on the future of i3
author: /u/FermatsLastAccount
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guid: t3_knalkt
title: Happy Linux user
author: /u/Murky_Schedule_2570
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Because I have seen many &quot;Goodbye Linux I am back to Windows&quot; posts, I felt an urge to counteract, and post a positive review.</p> <p>I have been using Linux since 2016 when I got my last laptop, because I hated Windows 8. I haven&#39;t use Windows since then, even at work (back-end developer), after changed employer twice. My current distro is Debian, because I couldn&#39;t continue using Linux Mint and sound professional :) Our servers are all Debian so it works perfectly for me. I do need to manually compile/install fresh software sometimes.</p> <p>I know some people might be wondering whether they would need to log back and forth to Windows: well not for me: all tools I need (VPN, IDEs, remote desktop clients, databases, packages...). Obviously I often I use web clients instead of desktop applications (internal messaging, video call software etc..), so this alleviates the need to manually install anything even further. It also happened to me that some of libraries we used (optical character recognition) were only available under Linux, so my less lucky colleagues had to docker/VMs.</p> <p>I hear people saying that using Linux implies a learning curve: true, but not only everything I learnt is directly related to my work, but I also enjoy it. ACTUALLY owning my laptop, and being THE admin is the way.</p> <p>Some people say that Linux is &quot;only for nerds/ developers&quot;. This is not true, I actually have a business background (but that time is over).</p> <p>Being able to use Linux is kinda a privilege, and I am happy to be privileged :)</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Murky_Schedule_2570"> /u/Murky_Schedule_2570 </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/knalkt/happy_linux_user/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/knalkt/happy_linux_user/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_knnlgg
title: Linux Foundation Public Health?
author: /u/Meatmops
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I was unaware until now that the Linux Foundation has teamed up with IBM, Cisco and Tencent (among others) to make vaccination verification software under a new banner. Some refer to this as a &#39;covid passport&#39;</p> <p>Do developers at large have any apprehension about this? IBM/RedHat just cancelled the most widely used enterprise linux Distro (CentOS) and now they are creating software limitations for physical travel with China&#39;s primary telecom.</p> <p>Thoughts? Though it may be called open source, it&#39;s implementation will most definitely not advocate freedom.</p> <p>See: <a href="https://www.lfph.io/2020/07/20/tech-leaders-and-health-authorities-from-around-the-globe-collaborate-to-combat-covid-19/">https://www.lfph.io/2020/07/20/tech-leaders-and-health-authorities-from-around-the-globe-collaborate-to-combat-covid-19/</a></p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Meatmops"> /u/Meatmops </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/knnlgg/linux_foundation_public_health/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/knnlgg/linux_foundation_public_health/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_knxxx6
title: Budget software recommendations?
author: /u/detroitmatt
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Right now I use Mint on my phone, but I find that it doesn&#39;t have the reports I want, so I&#39;m looking for a better solution, and where better to look than FOSS? I&#39;ve tried Skrooge and Homebank, but they seem to need you to add every transaction/operation manually, whereas Mint automatically syncs the transactions of all linked accounts. Does anyone have a recommendation for software that also can automatically sync transaction history with the accounts you link?</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/detroitmatt"> /u/detroitmatt </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/knxxx6/budget_software_recommendations/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/knxxx6/budget_software_recommendations/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_knjzf2
title: Security by sandboxing: Firejail vs bubblewrap vs other alternatives
author: /u/Rusty-Swashplate
url: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/knjzf2/security_by_sandboxing_firejail_vs_bubblewrap_vs/
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Did you ever do &quot;npm install&quot; or &quot;pip install&quot; and having a slightly bad feeling about executing the resulting code? What if there is malware hiding in one of the packages?</p> <p>Most programs a user starts run with the full permission of the user. While it&#39;s good that this is not root, all the <em>important</em> <em>and</em> <em>irreplaceable</em> files you own <em>are</em> accessible. A backup is nice, but what if a library you downloaded copies your ssh keys or your password manager files?</p> <p>That&#39;s where sandboxing comes into play: Deno does it out-of-the-box, but what if you use something else? Node.js or Python?</p> <p>So I searched for possibilities: something sufficiently secure, but still convenient enough to be used.</p> <p><a href="https://hkubota.wordpress.com/2020/12/31/comparing-sandboxing-tools/">This</a> is a short summary about what I found incl. a short test-example of bubblewrap and firejail.</p> <p>TL;DR: I use firejail to run untrustworthy code. It&#39;s reasonably secure, simple to use and allows me to easily limit what programs can access (files and network mainly). bubblewrap works too, but it&#39;s less convenient for my taste.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Rusty-Swashplate"> /u/Rusty-Swashplate </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/knjzf2/security_by_sandboxing_firejail_vs_bubblewrap_vs/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/knjzf2/security_by_sandboxing_firejail_vs_bubblewrap_vs/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_kofal3
title: Default Root
author: /u/9Ninety7Seven
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Hi all, I hope you are well, I’m new to this community so if this post is not allowed please delete,</p> <p>I wanted to get back into Linux, and my go to distro was Backtrack/Kali, I recently re-downloaded it and saw that it is Non-Root, which kind of annoyed me because being root by default allows you too take short cuts even though you are putting the system at risk, i was wondering if there are any Linux distros out there with root at default instead of creating a standard user, I’ve seen little work arounds to gain root but it’s not the same as before. I really liked the default root that Kali. I’ve also seen people with the same problem coming from the Oldskool gen of Kali.</p> <p>Many thanks for your help in advance.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/9Ninety7Seven"> /u/9Ninety7Seven </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/kofal3/default_root/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/kofal3/default_root/">[comments]</a></span>


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author: /u/Bro666
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Volker Krause looks back at the evolution of KDE Itinerary through 2020 and how KDE's travel assistant is growing to cover, not only public transport, but also accessibility info, opening hours of facilities at train and bus stations, and much more

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&#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Bro666"> /u/Bro666 </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.volkerkrause.eu/2020/12/26/kde-wrapping-up-2020.html">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/knpjq8/volker_krause_looks_back_at_the_evolution_of_kde/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_knulob
title: FOSS and Linux 2020 accomplishments and major events.
author: /u/Paul_Aiton
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>2020 was a crazy year, but I wanted to see what everyone thinks about Linux and FOSS in general in 2020.</p> <p>Overall I have the perception that not a lot of major stuff happened, which is great news. Everything iteratively improved, but was pretty stable all around.</p> <p>One call out I&#39;d make is that the AMD launches this year were solid. Normally there is an unstable period between hardware release and when it&#39;s running well, but the RX 6000 series gpus and ryzen 5000 series cpus were pretty much without issue from everything I read (it&#39;d be nice to actually get my hands on a new GPU at msrp ..... ).</p> <p>What do you all think about the last year?</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Paul_Aiton"> /u/Paul_Aiton </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/knulob/foss_and_linux_2020_accomplishments_and_major/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/knulob/foss_and_linux_2020_accomplishments_and_major/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_kn5l64
title: [OC] Market share of different operating systems between 2003 and 2020
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&#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/PieChartPirate"> /u/PieChartPirate </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://v.redd.it/5vuzekkprc861">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/kn5l64/oc_market_share_of_different_operating_systems/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_knouhm
title: First time on Linux— with Arch!
author: /u/SMTG_18
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I’ve been on the other two operating system (W10 and macOS) and recently decided to switch to Linux! (in a VM because I still need W10 for school related reasons) I had heard a lot of things about Arch (and that it was a pretty good Distro but “hard” to install). So I wanted to give it a try myself! Installed the base and the basic DE and GUI in about 2 tries each (I messed up the configs in the base install and didn’t know what GUI elements I needed to install) but after that it was a huge success! Didn’t find the installation hard at all (lucky?). Anyways, I love the concept of OpenSource and Linux so I am excited to be on this community! :)</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/SMTG_18"> /u/SMTG_18 </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/knouhm/first_time_on_linux_with_arch/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/knouhm/first_time_on_linux_with_arch/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_knnij0
title: What do people like Richard stallman do on the internet?
author: /u/afterburners_engaged
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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>So Richard stallman doesn’t use a lot of stuff because they run proprietary stuff and because of privacy concerns. He has articles detailing why he won’t use Amazon , Google and Microsoft and a lot of other companies. </p> <p>So how does he use the internet. Sure you can host your own email and that’s probably what he does but the rest of the internet runs off of AWS, GCP and azure. So that’s off limits for him. He doesn’t even run non free JavaScript code. So I doubt he’d use these large cloud platforms. I mean even alternative search engines run off of AWS or GCP or something. So does he not search the web or something? Like what can you do when you restrict yourself this much?</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/afterburners_engaged"> /u/afterburners_engaged </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/knnij0/what_do_people_like_richard_stallman_do_on_the/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/knnij0/what_do_people_like_richard_stallman_do_on_the/">[comments]</a></span>


guid: t3_knqajs
title: The Kate Text Editor in 2020
author: /u/ChristophCullmann
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PHP 7.4.0beta1 Released, HypriotOS 1.11.0 Now Available, ALA Asks LinkedIn Learning to Change Terms of Service that Jeopardize Privacy Rights, Red Hat Announces RHEL 8.1 Beta and The Forbidden Arts Coming to Linux

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<p><a href="https://www.php.net/index.php#id2019-07-25-1">PHP 7.4.0beta1 has
been released</a>, marking the first beta of PHP 7.4. Go <a href="https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/php-7.4.0beta1/NEWS">here</a> to
see the list of changes, and go <a href="https://downloads.php.net/~derick/">here</a> to download. Note that
this is an early test version and not intended for use in production. The
next release, Beta 2, is scheduled for August 8th.
</p>

<p>
<a href="https://blog.hypriot.com/post/releasing-HypriotOS-1-11/">HypriotOS
1.11.0, "the fastest way to get Docker up and running on any Raspberry Pi", is now available</a>. This release features the latest Docker 19.03.0
Community Edition, is up to date with Raspbian Lite Buster and includes
support for the entire Raspberry Pi family and more. See the <a href="https://github.com/hypriot/image-builder-rpi/releases/tag/v1.11.0">release
notes</a> for further details.
</p>

<p>
The American Library Association urges LinkedIn Learning to change terms of
service that impact user privacy rights. From the <a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2019/07/ala-urges-linkedin-learning-reconsider-changes-terms-service-impair-library">press
release</a>: "LinkedIn
Learning—formerly Lynda.com, a platform used by libraries to provide
online learning opportunities to library users—plans to make
substantial changes to its terms of service that would significantly impair
library users' privacy rights.
Under LinkedIn Learning's new terms of service, a library cardholder
will need to create a LinkedIn profile in order to access LinkedIn Learning.
In addition to providing their library card number and PIN, users will have
to disclose their full name and email address to create a new LinkedIn
profile or connect to their existing profile. New users will have their
LinkedIn profile set to public by default, allowing their full name to be
searched on Google and LinkedIn."
</p>

<p>
<a href="https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-enterprise-linux-81-beta-now-available">Red
Hat announces the availability of Red Hat Enterprise 8.1 beta</a>. This
release "improves manageability, adds new security enhancements and enables
greater developer productivity. This release also includes updated drivers
that deliver new features and bug fixes for supported hardware platforms."
</p>

<p>
<em>The Forbidden Arts</em> an action adventure platformer is coming to
Linux. <a href="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/action-adventure-platformer-the-forbidden-arts-is-planning-to-support-linux.14640?module=articles_full&title=action-adventure-platformer-the-forbidden-arts-is-planning-to-support-linux&aid=14640">GamingOnLinux
reports</a> that the game is in Early Access on <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/735060/The_Forbidden_Arts/">Steam</a>
with a release planned for Windows next month. The estimated release date
for Linux is Q4 2019. The GamingOnLinux post notes that this game is
interesting in that it combines 2D and 3D gameplay in one game: "As you
explore dungeons you get the 2D platforming, while the world map has you run
around in a 3D world."
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Icinga 2 Version 2.11 Release Candidate Announced, Pinebook Pro Available for Pre-Order, Sailfish OS 3.1 Seitseminen Released, VirtualBox 6.0.10 Is Out, and It's National Sysadmin Day

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<p>The Icinga team announces a release candidate for Icinga 2 version 2.11.
Main improvements in Icinga 2.11 include a rewritten network stack, improved
cluster sync, self-healing and debugging docs, and much more. See the <a href="https://icinga.com/2019/07/25/icinga-2-11-release-candidate/">Icinga
blog</a> for more details.
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The Pinebook Pro is now available for pre-order. <a href="https://itsfoss.com/pinebook-pro/">It's FOSS reports</a> that "The new
Pinebook Pro is capable of playing 4K videos and performs as a decent
low-end desktop computer like Raspberry Pi 4." It comes with Debian as the
default OS, and Chromium OS and Android 9 also are available. It costs
$199.99, and you can pre-order from <a href="https://store.pine64.org/?product=14-pinebook-pro-linux-laptop">here</a>.
Pine64 notes that "When fulfilling the purchase, please bear in mind that we
are offering the Pinebook Pro at this price as a community service to
PINE64, Linux and BSD communities. We make no profit from selling these
units."
</p>

<p>
<a href="https://blog.jolla.com/seitseminen/">Sailfish OS Seitseminen is now
available</a>. Sailfish OS 3.1 is the biggest update since the launch of
Sailfish 3 a year ago, and it's named after Seitseminen National Park.
This version "brings redesigns to core apps such as People,
Phone, Messages and Clock. Other areas that have been improved include;
Document viewers, Email, Calendar, Dual SIM Card viewer information and
Gallery gestures which have been improved." Security improvements include
filesystem encryption support, "fingerprint authentication support for XA2
devices, updates to VPN to increase the security of your traffic from the
first moment you use your phone and added protection to many system APIs and
functionalities."
</p>

<p>VirtualBox 6.0.10 was released recently. According to <a href="https://news.softpedia.com/news/virtualbox-6-0-10-adds-uefi-secure-boot-driver-signing-support-on-ubuntu-debian-526817.shtml">Softpedia
News</a>,
this version fixes various issues and includes "some notable changes for
Linux-based operating systems, especially Ubuntu and Debian GNU/Linux hosts,
which received support for UEFI Secure Boot driver signing. Additionally,
Linux hosts got better support for various kernels on Debian GNU/Linux and
Fedora systems." Go <a href="https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads">here</a> to download.
</p>

<p>Last but not least, <a href="https://sysadminday.com">Happy SysAdmin Day!</a></p></div>
      
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Kernel 5.3-rc2 Is Out, Latte Doc v0.9 Officially Available, GitHub Blocking Developers from Certain Countries, the Khronos Group Announces the Public Release of OpenXR 1.0, and Netflix Joins the Academy Software Foundation

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<p>Linux kernel 5.3-rc2 is out. <a href="https://www.lkml.org/lkml/2019/7/28/214">Linus Torvalds writes</a>,
"There are fixes all over, I don't think there's much of a pattern
here. The three areas that do stand out are Documentation (more rst
conversions), arch updates (mainly because of the netx arm platform
removal) and misc driver fixes (gpu, iommu, net, nvdimm, sound ..).
But there's a smattering of fixes all over (core kernel, netfilter,
filesystems, you name it). I don't think anything stands out as
particularly damning."
</p>

<p>
<a href="https://psifidotos.blogspot.com/2019/07/latte-dock-v09-world-to-discover.html">Latte
Dock v0.9 stable is now officially available</a> after a full year of
development. This version includes many improvements and enhancements, such
as new colors painting, new indicators, multiple layouts, flexible settings
and more. You can get Latte Dock from <a href="https://download.kde.org/stable/latte-dock/latte-dock-0.9.0.tar.xz.mirrorlist">download.kde.org</a>
or from <a href="https://store.kde.org/p/1169519/">store.kde.org</a>.
</p>

<p>
GitHub confirms that it has blocked developers from certain countries in
compliance with US export law. <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/29/github-ban-sanctioned-countries/">TechCrunch
reports</a> that "GitHub,  the world's largest host of source code, is
preventing users in Iran, Syria, Crimea and potentially other sanctioned
nations from accessing portions of the service, chief executive of the
Microsoft-owned firm said." The article also quotes a tweet from Nat
Friedman over the weekend: "It is painful for me to hear how trade
restrictions have hurt people. We have gone to great lengths to do no more
than what is required by the law, but of course people are still affected.
GitHub is subject to US trade law, just like any company that does business
in the US."
</p>

<p><a href="https://www.khronos.org/news/press/khronos-releases-openxr-1.0-specification-establishing-a-foundation-for-the-ar-and-vr-ecosystem">The
Khronos Group today announced</a> "the ratification and public release of
the OpenXR 1.0 specification together with publicly available
implementations and substantial ecosystem momentum. OpenXR is a unifying,
royalty-free, open standard that provides high-performance, cross-platform
access to virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR)—collectively
known as XR—platforms and devices." You can get the specification at
<a href="https://www.khronos.org/openxr">Khronos.org</a> or via <a href="https://github.com/KhronosGroup/OpenXR-Registry">GitHub</a>.
</p>

<p>
Netflix has joined the <a href="https://www.aswf.io">Academy Software
Foundation</a>. According to the <a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/netflix-joins-the-academy-software-foundation-300892122.html">press
release</a>, Netflix has joined the ASWF—"a neutral forum for open
source software development in the motion picture and media
industries"—as a member. In addition, <a href="https://www.aswf.io/opentimelineio-joins-aswf/">OpenTimelineIO</a> has been accepted
as a hosted project, and it's one of the first projects Netflix will
contribute to. From the press release: "OpenTimelineIO (OTIO) is an Open
Source API and interchange format that facilitates collaboration and
communication of editorial data and timeline information between a studio's
Story, Editorial, and Production departments all the way through
Post-Production."
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Linux Ending Support for the Floppy Drive, Unity 2019.2 Launches Today, Purism Unveils Final Librem 5 Smartphone Specs, First Kernel Security Update for Debian 10 "Buster" Is Out, and Twitter Is Switching from Mesos to Kubernetes

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<p>
Linux won't support the floppy drive much longer. <a href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/linus-torvalds-prepares-to-wave-goodbye-to-linux-floppy-drives/">ZDNet
reports</a> that Linus Torvalds has <a href="https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/47d6a7607443ea43dbc4d0f371bf773540a8f8f4">"declared the floppy drive project
'orphaned'"</a>. The article quotes Linus: "Actual working physical floppy
hardware is getting hard to find, and while Willy was able to test this, I
think the driver can be considered pretty much dead from an actual hardware
standpoint.  The hardware that is still sold seems to be mainly USB-based,
which doesn't use this legacy driver at all."
</p>

<p>
Unity 2019.2 launches today. From the <a href="https://blogs.unity3d.com/2019/07/30/heres-whats-in-the-brand-new-unity-2019-2/">Unity
blog</a>: "We have over 1000 developers dedicated to extending and improving
Unity for you. In this release, you get more than 170 new features and
enhancements for artists, designers, and programmers. We've updated
ProBuilder, Shader Graph, 2D Animation, Burst Compiler, UI Elements, and
many more." See this <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoERAtLGq-8">video</a> for more
details on all the new features, and go <a href="https://unity3d.com/get-unity/download">here</a> to download.
</p>

<p>
<a href="https://puri.sm/posts/librem-5-smartphone-final-specs-announced/">Purism
has unveiled the final specs for the Librem 5 Smartphone</a>, which should
begin shipping in Q3 2019 (Display: 5.7" IPS TFT screen @ 720x1440;
Processor: i.MX8M Quad Core max. 1.5GHz;
Memory: 3GB;
Storage: 32GB eMMC internal storage—see the post for the rest). If you <a href="https://shop.puri.sm/shop/librem-5/">pre-order</a> before July 31st, you'll get the
early-bird discount price of $649.
</p>

<p>The first kernel security update for Debian GNU/Linux 10 "Buster" is now
available. According to <a href="https://news.softpedia.com/news/debian-outs-new-linux-kernel-security-update-for-debian-gnu-linux-9-stretch-526871.shtml">Softpedia
News</a>, the update addresses security flaw <a href="https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-13272">CVE-2019-13272</a>.
Jann Horn of Google Project Zero "discovered that the ptrace subsystem in
the Linux kernel mishandles the management of the credentials of a process
that wants to create a ptrace relationship, allowing a local user to obtain
root privileges under certain scenarios". The issue affects older versions
of Debian as well, so all users should update now.
</p>

<p>
Twitter is switching from Mesos to Kubernetes. Zhang Lei, Senior Technical
Expert on Alibaba Cloud Container Platform and Co-maintainer of Kubernetes
Project, writes "with the popularity of cloud
computing and the rise of cloud-based containerized infrastructure projects
like Kubernetes, this traditional Internet infrastructure starts to show its
age—being a much less efficient solution compared with that of
Kubernetes". See Zhang's <a href="https://www.alibabacloud.com/blog/twitter-announced-switch-from-mesos-to-kubernetes_595156">post</a>
for some background history and more details on the move.
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Collabora Announces xrdesktop, Blender 2.8 Released, Arduino Selects Auth0 as Its Identity Management Platform of Choice, Microway Showcasing Its Data Science WhisperStation at PEARC19 and KDE Plasma Maintenance Update

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<p>
<a href="https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/moving-the-linux-desktop-to-another-reality.html">Collabora
yesterday announced xrdesktop</a>. This new open-source project
"enables interaction with traditional desktop
environments, such as GNOME and KDE, in VR. Sponsored by Valve, xrdesktop
makes window managers aware of VR and is able to use VR runtimes to render
desktop windows in 3D space, with the ability of manipulating them with VR
controllers and generating mouse and keyboard input from VR." See the <a href="https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xrdesktop/xrdesktop/wikis/howto">wiki</a>
for instructions on how to install xrdesktop.
</p>

<p>
<a href="https://www.blender.org/download/releases/2-80/">Blender 2.80 has
been released</a>. This new version "features a redesigned user
interface that puts the focus on the artwork that you create. A new dark
theme and modern icon set were introduced. Keyboard, mouse and tablet
interaction got a refresh with left click select as the new default. Quick
Favorites menus provide rapid access to often-used tools." See the <a href="https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/Reference/Release_Notes/2.80/UI">Release
Notes</a> for details.
</p>

<p><a href="https://auth0.com/blog/arduino-selects-auth0-as-standardized-login-for-open-source-ecosystem/">Auth0 announces Arduino has selected Auth0 as its identity management
platform of choice</a>. Auth0 will be replacing Arduino's own Single Sign On
solution for all of its public-facing web properties. From the announcment:
"Arduino discovered its homegrown authentication solution would not scale to
meet the rapidly developing needs of its growing global community, and
reached out to Auth0. In addition to Single Sign On, Arduino will take
advantage of Auth0's new Universal Login, which enables developers to
completely customise their branded authentication experiences quickly, and
Device Flow for browserless or input-constrained devices."
</p>

<p>Microway is showcasing its Data Science WhisperStation, a Unique
Ultra-Quiet NVIDIA Data Science Workstation, at PEARC19 in Chicago this week
(ending on August 1st). From the press release: "Up to 10 times faster than
CPU solutions from data preparation to result, the Data Science
WhisperStation helps data scientists, analysts, and engineers transform
massive datasets into insights in less time." You can learn more about PEARC
<a href="https://www.pearc19.pearc.org/">here</a>, and more about the Data
Science WhispterStation <a href="http://www.microway.com/preconfiguredsystems/data-science-whisperstation-nvidia-data-science-workstation/">here</a>.
</p>

<p><a href="https://kde.org/announcements/plasma-5.16.4.php">KDE released the fourth maintenance update to the latest KDE Plasma 5.16
desktop environment</a>. The release adds three weeks' worth of new
translations and a few bug fixes, which are small but important. See the <a href="https://kde.org/announcements/plasma-5.16.3-5.16.4-changelog.php">full
changelog</a> for details.
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author: Jill Franklin
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title:
Canonical Announces the Availability of Xibo as a Snap, Chrome 76 Released, Viruses Discovered in LibreOffice, Pop!_OS 18.10 Reaches End of Life, and Dutch Ministry of Justice and Security Warns of Microsoft Office Online Privacy Risks

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<p>
<a href="https://ubuntu.com/blog/digital-signage-platform-xibo-launches-as-a-snap">Canonical
yesterday announced the availability of the Xibo open-source digital signage
platform as a snap</a>. From the announcement: "Xibo provides a
comprehensive suite of digital signage products, with its Content Management
System (CMS) at the heart of this experience-led offering. Xibo for Linux is
completely free and natively built for the Xibo CMS, which can be installed
on servers or combined with Xibo cloud hosting."
You can download the Xibo snap <a href="https://snapcraft.io/xibo-player">here</a>.
</p>

<p><a href="https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_30.html">The Chrome team has promoted Chrome 76 to the stable channel for Windows,
Mac and Linux</a>. According to <a href="https://news.softpedia.com/news/google-chrome-76-released-for-linux-windows-and-mac-with-43-security-fixes-526892.shtml">Softpedia
News</a>, "Highlights of the Chrome 76 release
include Flash plugin blocked by default, Dark Mode support for websites,
more improvements to the Payments API to allow merchant websites or web apps
to respond when a user changes payment instruments, better support for PWAs
(Progressive Web Apps), and the ability to control the 'Add to Home' screen
mini-infobar."
</p>

<p>Silent macro viruses have been discovered in LibreOffice. <a href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/07/30/libreoffice_macro_virus/">The
Register reports</a> that there's an "issue where documents can be
configured to run macros silently on opening". The vulnerability was
<a href="https://insinuator.net/2019/07/libreoffice-a-python-interpreter-code-execution-vulnerability-cve-2019-9848/">reported</a> by Nils Emmerich and assigned
CVE-2019-9848. According to The Register, "It appears
that the supposedly fixed 6.2.5 is still vulnerable—confirmed by us."
There is an <a href="https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/12147">updated bug
report here</a>. To fix it, "disable LibreLogo immediately if it is present and enabled in your build of LibreOffice."
</p>

<p><a href="https://blog.system76.com/post/186378823053/popos-1810-will-no-longer-receive-security">System76
announces that Pop!_OS 18.10 has reached end of life</a> and will no longer
receive security updates. To keep your system secure and up to date, upgrade
your OS to version 19.04.
</p>

<p>Due to security and privacy risks, the Dutch Ministry of Justice and Security is warning government
institutions not to use Microsoft Office online or mobile apps. According to
<a href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/07/30/dutch_office_online_mobile/">The
Register</a>, "A report from <a href="https://www.privacycompany.eu/en/new-dpia-on-microsoft-office-and-windows-software-still-privacy-risks-remaining-long-blog/">Privacy
Company</a>, which was commissioned by the
ministry, found that Office Online and the Office mobile apps should be
banned from government work. The report found the apps were not in
compliance with a set of privacy measures Redmond has agreed to with the
Dutch government."
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author: Jill Franklin
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title:
Linux Mint 19.2 "Tina" Cinnamon Now Available, IBM Has Transformed Its Software to Be Cloud-Native and Run on Any Cloud with Red Hat OpenShift, Icinga Web 2.7.0 Released, Google Rolling Out Android Auto Design Updates and Kernel 5.1 Reaches End of Life

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<p>
<a href="https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=3786">Linux Mint 19.2 "Tina" Cinnamon
was officially released today</a>. This is a long-term support release that 
will be supported until 2023, and it brings updated software and many 
improvements. Go <a href="https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_tina_cinnamon_whatsnew.php">here</a> to
read about all the new features. 
</p>
<p><a href="https://newsroom.ibm.com/2019-08-01-IBM-Transforms-Its-Software-to-Run-on-Any-Cloud-with-Red-Hat">IBM yesterday announced it has transformed its software to be cloud-native
and run on any cloud with Red Hat OpenShift</a>. From the announcement:
"Enterprises can now build mission-critical applications once and run them
on all leading public clouds, including AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud
Platform, Alibaba and IBM Cloud and on private clouds.
The new cloud-native capabilities will be delivered as pre-integrated
solutions called IBM Cloud Paks." IBM also announced <a href="https://www.ibm.com/cloud/blog/red-hat-openshift-on-ibm-cloud">Red Hat OpenShift on
IBM Cloud</a>, <a href="https://www.ibm.com/blogs/systems/announcing-our-direction-for-red-hat-openshift-for-ibm-z-and-linuxone/">Red
Hat OpenShift on IBM Z and LinuxOne</a>, and consulting and
technology services for Red Hat.
</p>

<p>
<a href="https://icinga.com/2019/07/30/icinga-web-2-7-0/">Icinga Web 2.7.0
was released this week</a>. Improvements include Japanese and
Ukranian language support, bonus functionality for Modules, an enhanced UI
and much more. You can get the official packages from <a href="https://packages.icinga.com/">packages.icinga.com</a>.
</p>

<p>Google begins rolling out new Android Auto design updates. <a href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/googles-big-android-auto-update-starts-rollout-heres-what-you-get/">ZDNet
reports</a> that "the new Android Auto starts playing media and Google Maps
as soon as the car starts. Maps will also show suggested locations. If a
route has already been planned on a phone, Android Auto automatically adds
the directions and displays routing information....Android Auto now also can
use widescreen displays to give extra space for step-by-step navigation,
media playback, and call controls. Changes to improve visibility include
easier-to-read fonts and a new dark mode.
Overall, the design changes are meant to get users on the road faster and
allow easier management of apps with fewer taps."
</p>

<p>
<a href="https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/7/28/19">Greg Kroah-Hartman recently
announced that Linux kernel 5.1 has reached end
of life</a>: "Everyone should be
moved to the 5.2.y kernel at this point in time. 5.1.y is now
end-of-life."
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guid: 1340793 at https://www.linuxjournal.com
author: George Whittaker
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title:
Newest IPFire Release Includes Security Fixes and Additional Hardware Support (IPFire 2.25 - Core Update 147)

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            <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Michael Tremer, maintainer of the IPFire project, announced <a href="https://blog.ipfire.org/post/ipfire-2-25-core-update-147-released">IPFire 2.25 Core Update 147 today</a>. This is the newest IPFire release since Core Update 146 on June 29th.</p>

<p>IPFire 2.25 Core Update 147 includes some important security updates including a newer version of Squid web proxy that has <a href="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2020-15049">patched recent vulnerabilities</a>.</p>

<p>Beyond security updates, IPFire 2.25 Core Update 147 adds support for additional hardware, as well as enhancing support for existing hardware because the new release ships with version 20200519 of the Linux firmware package.</p>

<p>IPFire 2.25 Core Update 147 also rectified a recurring issue relating to forwarding GRE connections.</p>

<p>In addition, the update improved IPFire on AWS configurations.</p>

<p>IPFire 2.25 Core Update 147 includes these updated packages: bind 9.11.20, dhcpcd 9.1.2, GnuTLS 3.6.14, gmp 6.2.0, iproute2 5.7.0, libassuan 2.5.3, libgcrypt 1.8.5, libgpg-error 1.38, OpenSSH 8.3p1, squidguard 1.6.0.</p>

<p>You can download IPFire 2.25 Core Update 147 <a href="https://downloads.ipfire.org/releases/ipfire-2.x/2.25-core147/ipfire-2.25.x86_64-full-core147.iso">here</a>.</p></div>
      
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guid: 1340797 at https://www.linuxjournal.com
title: Linux Mint 20.1 “Ulyssa” Will Arrive In Mid-December With Chromium, WebApp Manager
author: Sarvottam Kumar
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            <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>As the Linux Mint team is progressing to release the first point version of Linux Mint 20 series, its founder and project leader Clement Lefebvre has finally <a href="https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=3969">revealed</a> the codename for Linux Mint 20.1 as “Ulyssa”. He has also announced that Mint 20.1 will most probably arrive in mid-December (just before Christmas).</p>

<p>Until you wait for its beta release to test Linux Mint 20.1, Clement has also shared some great news regarding the new updates and features that you’ll get in Mint 20.1.</p>

<p>First, packaging of open source Chromium web browser and its updates directly through the official Mint repositories. As the team noticed delays between the official release and the version available in Linux distros, it has now decided to set up their own packaging and build Chromium package based on upstream code, along with some patches from Debian and Ubuntu as well.</p>

<p>As a result, the first test build of Chromium is available to download from <a href="https://linuxmint.com/tmp/blog/3969/chromium_85.0.4183.121~linuxmint1_amd64.deb">here</a>.</p>

<p>In last month's <a href="https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=3960">blog</a>, the Mint team introduced a new WebApp Manager, inspired by Peppermint OS and its SSB (Site Specific Browser) application manager, <a href="https://github.com/peppermintos/ice">ICE</a>. It is a WebApp management system that will debut in Linux Mint 20.1 to turn a website into a standalone desktop application.</p>

<p>However, the <a href="https://linuxmint.com/tmp/blog/3969/webapp-manager_1.0.5_all.deb">Debian package</a> of WebApp Manager v1.0.5 is now available to download, which comes with UI improvements, bug fixes and better translations for languages.</p>

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<img alt="Web App Manager" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="a84f6492-5063-4f8b-ab59-a9a5212f6379" src="https://www.linuxjournal.com/sites/default/files/inline-images/web-app-manager.png" class="align-center" /><p> </p>

<p>Another feature that you’ll be thrilled to see in Linux Mint 20.1 is the hardware video acceleration enabled by default in the Celluloid video player. Obviously, hardware-accelerated players will bring smoother playback, better performance and reduced CPU usage.</p>

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<p>Besides the confirmed features, the Linux Mint team is also looking for feedback on a side-project by Stephen Collins, “<a href="https://github.com/collinss/sticky">Sticky notes</a>.” It is a note-taking app, which is still in Alpha stage. But if all goes well, who knows, you’ll see Sticky notes app in the upcoming Linux Mint.</p>

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<p>The Linux Mint team has also asked for opinion on IPTV (Internet Protocol Television). If you use M3U IPTV on your phone, tablet or smart TV, you can let them know. The team seems interested to develop an IPTV solution for Linux desktop as a side project if the audience is small or turn it into an official Linux Mint project, if demand is good enough.</p></div>
      
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title: Ubuntu 20.10 “Groovy Gorilla” Arrives With Linux 5.8, GNOME 3.38, Raspberry Pi 4 Support
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            <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Just two days ago, Ubuntu marked the 16th anniversary of its first ever <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2004-October/000003.html">release</a>, Ubuntu 4.10 “Warty Warthog,” which showed Linux could be a more user friendly operating system.</p>

<p>Back to now, after the six months of development cycle and the release of the current long-term <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FocalFossa/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu 20.04</a> “Focal Fossa,” Canonical has announced a new version called Ubuntu 20.10 “Groovy Gorilla” along with its seven official flavor: Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu Kylin, Xubuntu, Ubuntu Budgie, and Ubuntu Studio.</p>

<p>Ubuntu 20.10 is a short term or non-LTS release, which means it will be supported for 9 months until July 2021. Though v20.10 does not seem a major release, it does come with a lot of exciting and new features. So, let’s see what Ubuntu 20.10 “Groovy Gorilla” has to offer:</p>

<h2>New Features in Ubuntu 20.10 “Groovy Gorilla”</h2>

<p><img alt="Groovy Gorilla" class="image-max_1300x1300" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="insert-max_1300x1300-54d46eb4-3f55-42e7-a032-e2b65f761a97" height="422" src="https://www.linuxjournal.com/sites/default/files/u%5Buid%5D/Ubuntu%2020.10%20_Groovy%20Gorilla_.jpg" width="750" /></p>

<h2>Ubuntu desktop for Raspberry Pi 4</h2>

<p>Starting with one of the most important enhancements, Ubuntu 20.10 has become the first Ubuntu release to feature desktop images for the Raspberry Pi 4. Yes, you can now <a href="https://ubuntu.com/raspberry-pi/desktop">download</a> and run Ubuntu 20.10 desktop on your Raspberry Pi models with at least 4GB of RAM.</p>

<p>Even both Server and Desktop images also support the new Raspberry Pi <a href="https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-compute-module-4/">Compute Module 4</a>. The 20.10 images may still boot on earlier models, but new Desktop images only built for the arm64 architecture and officially only support the Pi 4 variant with 4GB or 8GB RAM.</p>

<h2>Linux Kernel 5.8</h2>

<p><img alt="Linux Kernel 5.8" class="image-max_1300x1300" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="insert-max_1300x1300-54d46eb4-3f55-42e7-a032-e2b65f761a97" height="161" src="https://www.linuxjournal.com/sites/default/files/u%5Buid%5D/Linux%20kernel%205.8.png" width="730" /></p>

<p>Upgrading the previous Linux kernel 5.4, the latest Ubuntu 20.10 ships the new Linux kernel 5.8, which is <a href="https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=whfuea587g8rh2DeLFFGYxiVuh-bzq22osJwz3q4SOfmA@mail.gmail.com/">dubbed</a> “the biggest release of all time” by Linus Torvalds as it contains the highest number of over 17595 commits.</p>

<p>So it’s obvious that Linux 5.8 brings numerous updates, new features, and hardware support. For instance, Kernel Event Notification Mechanism, Intel Tiger Lake Thunderbolt support, extended IPv6 Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) support, Inline Encryption hardware support, Thunderbolt support for Intel Tiger Lake and non-x86 systems, and initial support for booting POWER10 processors.</p>

<h2>GNOME 3.38 Desktop Environment</h2>

<p><img alt="Gnome 3.38 Desktop Environment" class="image-max_1300x1300" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="insert-max_1300x1300-54d46eb4-3f55-42e7-a032-e2b65f761a97" height="422" src="https://www.linuxjournal.com/sites/default/files/u%5Buid%5D/GNOME%203.38%20App%20Grid.jpg" width="750" /></p>

<p>Another key change that Ubuntu 20.10 includes is the latest version of GNOME desktop environment, which enhances the visual appearance, performance, and user experience of Ubuntu.</p>

<p>One of my favorite features that <a href="https://www.gnome.org/news/2020/09/gnome-3-38-released/">GNOME 3.38</a> introduces is a much-needed separate “Restart” button in the System menu.</p>

<p><strong><img height="221" src="https://www.linuxjournal.com/sites/default/files/u%5Buid%5D/menu.png" width="199" /><img height="222" src="https://www.linuxjournal.com/sites/default/files/u%5Buid%5D/restart.png" width="395" /></strong></p>

<p>Among other enhancements, GNOME 3.38 also includes:</p>

<ul><li>Better multi-monitor support</li>
	<li>Revamped GNOME Screenshot app</li>
	<li>Customizable App Grid with no “Frequent Apps” tab</li>
	<li>Battery percentage indicator</li>
	<li>New Welcome Tour app written in Rust</li>
	<li>Core GNOME apps improvements</li>
</ul><h2>Share Wi-Fi hotspot Via QR Code</h2>

<p><strong><img height="435" src="https://www.linuxjournal.com/sites/default/files/u%5Buid%5D/Wi-Fi%20Hotspot%20QR%20Code.jpg" width="565" /></strong></p>

<p>If you’re the person who wants to share the system’s Internet with other devices wirelessly, this feature of sharing Wi-Fi hotspot through QR code will definitely please you.</p>

<p>Thanks to GNOME 3.38, you can now turn your Linux system into a portable Wi-Fi hotspot by sharing QR code with the devices like laptops, tablets, and mobiles.</p>

<h2>Add events in GNOME Calendar app</h2>

<p><strong><img height="202" src="https://www.linuxjournal.com/sites/default/files/u%5Buid%5D/calendar1.png" width="276" /><img height="185" src="https://www.linuxjournal.com/sites/default/files/u%5Buid%5D/calendar2.png" width="329" /></strong></p>

<p>Forget to remember the events? A pre-installed GNOME Calendar app now lets you add new events (birthday, meetings, reminders, releases), which displays in the message tray. Instead of adding new events manually, you can also sync your events from Google, Microsoft, or Nextcloud calendars after adding online accounts from the settings.</p>

<h2>Active Directory Support</h2>

<p><strong><img height="449" src="https://www.linuxjournal.com/sites/default/files/u%5Buid%5D/active-directory.png" width="624" /></strong></p>

<p>In the Ubiquity installer, Ubuntu 20.10 has also added an optional feature to enable Active Directory (AD) integration. If you check the option, you’ll be directed to configure the AD by giving information about the domain, administrator, and password.</p>

<p><strong><img height="451" src="https://www.linuxjournal.com/sites/default/files/u%5Buid%5D/Configure%20Active%20Directory.png" width="624" /></strong></p>

<h2>Tools and Software upgrade</h2>

<p><strong><img height="351" src="https://www.linuxjournal.com/sites/default/files/u%5Buid%5D/LibreOffice%207.0.jpg" width="624" /></strong></p>

<p>Ubuntu 20.10 also features the updated tools, software, and subsystems to their new versions. This includes:</p>

<ul><li>glibc 2.32, GCC 10, LLVM 11</li>
	<li>OpenJDK 11</li>
	<li>rustc 1.41</li>
	<li>Python 3.8.6, Ruby 2.7.0, PHP 7.4.9</li>
	<li>perl 5.30</li>
	<li>golang 1.13</li>
	<li>Firefox 81</li>
	<li>LibreOffice 7.0.2</li>
	<li>Thunderbird 78.3.2</li>
	<li>BlueZ 5.55</li>
	<li>NetworkManager 1.26.2</li>
</ul><h3>Other enhancements to Ubuntu 20.10:</h3>

<ul><li>Nftables replaces iptables as default backend for the firewall</li>
	<li>Better support for fingerprint login</li>
	<li>Cloud images with KVM kernels boot without an initramfs by default</li>
	<li>Snap pre-seeding optimizations for boot time improvements</li>
</ul><p>A full release notes of Ubuntu 20.10 is also available to read right from <a href="https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/groovy-gorilla-release-notes/15533">here</a>.</p>

<h2>How To Download Or Upgrade To Ubuntu 20.10</h2>

<p>If you’re looking for a fresh installation of Ubuntu 20.10, <a href="https://ubuntu.com/download">download</a> the ISO image available for several platforms such as Desktop, Server, Cloud, and IoT.</p>

<p>But if you’re already using the previous version of Ubuntu, you can also easily upgrade your system to the Ubuntu 20.10. For upgrading, you must be using Ubuntu 20.04 LTS as you cannot directly reach 20.10 from 19.10, 19.04, 18.10, 18.04, 17.04, or 16.04. You should first hop on to v20.04 and then to the latest v20.10.</p>

<p>As Ubuntu 20.10 is a non-LTS version and by design, Ubuntu only notifies a new LTS release, you need to upgrade manually by either choosing a GUI method using the built-in Software Updater tool or a command line method using the terminal.</p>

<p>For command line method, open terminal and run the following commands:</p>

<p><code>sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade</code></p>

<p><code>sudo do-release-upgrade -d -m desktop</code></p>

<p>Or else, if you’re not a terminal-centric person, <a href="https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/upgrading-ubuntu-desktop#1-before-you-start">here’s</a> an official upgrade guide using a GUI Software Updater.</p>

<p>Enjoy Groovy Gorilla!</p></div>
      
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<p>One of the reasons <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://itsfoss.com/why-arch-linux/" data-type="post" data-id="81272" target="_blank">why people use Arch Linux</a> is that it is a bleeding edge <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://itsfoss.com/rolling-release/" data-type="post" data-id="83063" target="_blank">rolling release</a>. You get most software and the Linux kernel before users of other distributions.</p>



<p>But this doesn&#8217;t mean that you have to always use the latest mainline kernel. There are several kernel options available, and I am going to show you switch kernels in Arch Linux.</p>



<h2>Different types of kernels available for Arch Linux</h2>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-attachment-id="84097" data-permalink="https://itsfoss.com/switch-kernels-arch-linux/arch-linux-kernels/" data-orig-file="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/arch-linux-kernels.png?fit=800%2C450&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="800,450" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="arch-linux-kernels" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/arch-linux-kernels.png?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/arch-linux-kernels.png?fit=800%2C450&amp;ssl=1" loading="lazy" width="800" height="450" src="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/arch-linux-kernels.png?resize=800%2C450&#038;ssl=1" alt="Arch Linux Kernels" class="wp-image-84097" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/arch-linux-kernels.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/arch-linux-kernels.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/arch-linux-kernels.png?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/arch-linux-kernels.png?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></figure></div>



<p>First, let me tell you about different kinds of Linux kernels available to you as an Arch user.</p>



<h3>Mainline kernel (package name: linux)</h3>



<p>This is the latest stable Linux kernel. Most people use this kernel for the reason that it is the latest available kernel version.</p>



<h3>LTS kernel (package name: linux-lts)</h3>



<p>The <code>linux-lts</code> package gives you the latest long term support Linux kernel. There is no predefined life cycle for a LTS kernel but you can be assured to enjoy the same kernel version for a much longer period.</p>



<p>Kernel patches normally don&#8217;t break anything but a breakage is not impossible to happen. If your hardware isn&#8217;t the newest the market can offer, you can enjoy the bleeding edge software with increased stability by installing the slightly older LTS kernel.</p>



<h3>Hardened kernel (package name: linux-hardened)</h3>



<p>For the security concerned users, there is a <a href="https://security.archlinux.org/package/linux-hardened" data-type="URL" data-id="https://security.archlinux.org/package/linux-hardened" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">hardened version of the latest stable kernel</a>. Do note that several packages will not work when using this kernel.</p>



<h3>Performance-tuned kernel (package name: linux-zen)</h3>



<p>If you want to get the most out of your system, you can use the &#8220;Zen&#8221; kernel which is basically a fork from the latest kernel and provides tunes at the cost of throughput and power usage.</p>



<h2>How to switch kernels on Arch Linux</h2>



<p>Now that you are aware of various kernel choices, let&#8217;s see how to change kernel in Arch Linux.</p>



<p>It is a two step process:</p>



<ol><li>Install the Linux kernel of your choice</li><li>Tweak the grub config file to add the newly installed kernel</li></ol>



<p>Don&#8217;t worry, I am going to show you the steps in details.</p>



<p><a href="https://itsfoss.com/find-which-kernel-version-is-running-in-ubuntu/" data-type="post" data-id="622" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Check the kernel version</a> in arch Linux using this command:</p>



<pre class="wp-block-code"><code>uname -r</code></pre>



<p>If it shows only a number</p>



<p>To switch kernels on Arch, can be simply done by installing the kernel that you want to use and tweak the grub configuration file.</p>



<h3><strong>Step 1: Install the kernel</strong> of your choice</h3>



<p>You can <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://itsfoss.com/pacman-command/" data-type="post" data-id="76242" target="_blank">use the pacman command to install</a> the Linux kernel of your choice. You just need to know the package name. </p>



<p>You may also install more than one type of Linux kernels at the same time in the system. You can choose which kernel to use from the grub menu.</p>



<p>For the latest stable kernel:</p>



<pre class="wp-block-code"><code>sudo pacman -S linux</code></pre>



<p>For the latest LTS kernel:</p>



<pre class="wp-block-code"><code>sudo pacman -S linux-lts</code></pre>



<p>For latest stable kernel with hardened patches:</p>



<pre class="wp-block-code"><code>sudo pacman -S linux-hardened</code></pre>



<p>To get the Zen kernel:</p>



<pre class="wp-block-code"><code>sudo pacman -S linux-zen</code></pre>



<h3>Step 2: Tweak the grub configuration file to add more kernel options</h3>



<p>By default, Arch Linux uses the latest kernel version as the default. Additional kernel versions are available from under the advanced options:</p>



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<p>However, I prefer to do things a bit different and a bit better (in my opinion). Here&#8217;s what I do:</p>



<ul><li>Disable grub submenu so that all the available kernel versions are shown on the main screen (instead of under Advanced Options).</li><li>Configure grub to recall the last kernel entry you booted and use it as the default entry to boot from the next time.</li></ul>



<p>Sounds a lot better already, does it not?</p>



<p>To do this you need to edit the GRUB configuration file. All the configuration files in general are located at the <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://linuxhandbook.com/linux-directory-structure/#-etc-configuration-files" target="_blank">/etc directory</a>.</p>



<p>Open your terminal and edit the config file in your favorite <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://itsfoss.com/command-line-text-editors-linux/" data-type="post" data-id="11229" target="_blank">terminal-based text editor</a>. I am <a href="https://itsfoss.com/nano-editor-guide/" data-type="post" data-id="77997" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">using Nano editor</a>:</p>



<pre class="wp-block-code"><code>sudo nano /etc/default/grub</code></pre>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-attachment-id="84033" data-permalink="https://itsfoss.com/switch-kernels-arch-linux/grub-config-arch/" data-orig-file="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/grub-config-arch.png?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="800,600" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="grub-config-arch" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/grub-config-arch.png?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/grub-config-arch.png?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1" loading="lazy" width="800" height="600" src="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/grub-config-arch.png?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1" alt="Grub Config Arch" class="wp-image-84033" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/grub-config-arch.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/grub-config-arch.png?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/grub-config-arch.png?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/grub-config-arch.png?resize=150%2C113&amp;ssl=1 150w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></figure></div>



<p>As you may notice I have changed the value that I mentioned but I have added another 2 lines so the final result should look like this:</p>



<pre class="wp-block-code"><code>GRUB_DISABLE_SUBMENU=y
GRUB_DEFAULT=saved
GRUB_SAVEDEFAULT=true</code></pre>



<p>The first and optional line is used to <strong>disable the GRUB submenu</strong>. I find it easier when instantly I can see all my kernels on the GRUB screen without having to enter the advanced options submenu. </p>



<p>The second line is used to <strong>save the last kernel entry</strong>.</p>



<p>Lastly you need to ensure that GRUB will use as a <strong>default the last saved entry</strong>.</p>



<p>Save the configuration file and exit.</p>



<h3>Step 3: Re-generate the GRUB configuration file</h3>



<p>To make the changes effective you need to re-generate the configuration file. To do so, open the terminal and run the following command:</p>



<pre class="wp-block-code"><code>$ sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg</code></pre>



<p>If it looks familiar to you, you have used this command during the <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://itsfoss.com/install-arch-linux/" target="_blank">Arch Linux installation process</a>.</p>



<p><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://linuxhandbook.com/command-rebooting-linux/" data-type="URL" data-id="https://linuxhandbook.com/command-rebooting-linux/" target="_blank">Reboot your Linux system</a> and select the kernel you want to use!</p>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-attachment-id="84145" data-permalink="https://itsfoss.com/switch-kernels-arch-linux/multiple-kernels-arch-linux/" data-orig-file="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/multiple-kernels-arch-linux.png?fit=630%2C229&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="630,229" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="multiple-kernels-arch-linux" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/multiple-kernels-arch-linux.png?fit=300%2C109&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/multiple-kernels-arch-linux.png?fit=630%2C229&amp;ssl=1" loading="lazy" width="630" height="229" src="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/multiple-kernels-arch-linux.png?resize=630%2C229&#038;ssl=1" alt="Multiple Kernels Arch Linux" class="wp-image-84145" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/multiple-kernels-arch-linux.png?w=630&amp;ssl=1 630w, https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/multiple-kernels-arch-linux.png?resize=300%2C109&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/multiple-kernels-arch-linux.png?resize=150%2C55&amp;ssl=1 150w" sizes="(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></figure></div>



<h3>Conclusion</h3>



<p>You don&#8217;t need to worry about updating the kernel in Arch Linux. If there are updates to your choice of kernel, it will be installed with the system updates. I guess you already know <a href="https://itsfoss.com/update-arch-linux/" data-type="post" data-id="74635" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">how to update Arch Linux system</a>.</p>



<p>Switching kernels on Arch Linux is an easy to do process with several options tailored to your needs. I find the above method the safest and easiest as you don&#8217;t need to remove a kernel from your system. If you choose to run the latest kernel, it&#8217;s good to have installed the LTS kernel in case of a kernel panic. </p>



<p>I hope you liked this Arch Linux tip. Stay subscribed to It&#8217;s FOSS for more tips and tutorials.</p>
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Linux Jargon Buster: What is Flatpak? Everything Important You Need to Know About This Universal Packaging System

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<p>While reading the installation instructions of an application, you&#8217;ll often come across terms like “<strong>Flatpak”</strong>, “<strong>Snap</strong>”, and “<strong>AppImage</strong>”.</p>



<p>You might have already used some of them on Linux — but might not really know they are. Flatpak, Snap and <a href="https://itsfoss.com/use-appimage-linux/" data-type="post" data-id="17439" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">AppImage</a> they are &#8216;universal packaging systems&#8217;. </p>



<p>In an earlier article in the Linux Jargon Buster, you have learned about the <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://itsfoss.com/package-manager/" target="_blank">package manager in Linux</a>. So I won&#8217;t bother you with packaging anymore. I&#8217;ll highlight what is Flatpak and how it tries to solve problem as a universal packaging system.</p>



<h2>What is Flatpak? </h2>



<p><a href="https://www.flatpak.org/" data-type="URL" data-id="https://www.flatpak.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Flatpak</a> is a package management utility that lets you distribute, install and manage software without needing to worry about dependencies, runtime, or the Linux distribution. Since you can install software without any issues irrespective on the Linux distribution (be it a Debian-based distro or an Arch-based distro), Flatpak is called universal package.</p>



<p>In case you&#8217;re curious, <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://github.com/alexlarsson" target="_blank">Alexander Larsson</a> is the one responsible to create Flatpak and the history to Flatpak dates back to the summer of 2007. You can read more about his work and Flatpak&#8217;s history on his <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://blogs.gnome.org/alexl/2018/06/20/flatpak-a-history/" target="_blank">blog post</a>.</p>



<p>It&#8217;s impressive to know what it is and how it came in to existence, but why was it created and how does it work?</p>



<h2>What problem Flatpak solves?</h2>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-attachment-id="84115" data-permalink="https://itsfoss.com/what-is-flatpak/what-is-flatpak-2/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/what-is-flatpak.png?fit=800%2C450&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="800,450" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="what-is-flatpak" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/what-is-flatpak.png?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/what-is-flatpak.png?fit=800%2C450&amp;ssl=1" loading="lazy" width="800" height="450" src="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/what-is-flatpak.png?resize=800%2C450&#038;ssl=1" alt="What Is Flatpak" class="wp-image-84115" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/what-is-flatpak.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/what-is-flatpak.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/what-is-flatpak.png?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/what-is-flatpak.png?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></figure></div>



<p>With <a href="https://itsfoss.com/what-is-linux/" data-type="post" data-id="72224" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">so many Linux distributions</a> out there, managing &amp; installing  software is one of the most important aspects of managing a Linux system.</p>



<p>If you are an experienced Linux user, you can surely figure out the best way to do it. But, for beginners or for users who don&#8217;t want a learning curve to manage packages, these are some issues when using the traditional package formats (deb/rpm):</p>



<ul><li>Need to resolve dependencies issues (dependencies refers to other packages that a program depends on to work)</li><li>Find required <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_%28computing%29" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">libraries</a> to make the software work</li><li>Adapt to new <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Package_manager" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">package managers</a> when switching Linux distributions</li><li>Not the most secure way of installing/managing software</li></ul>



<p>In other words, with traditional package management systems there are some potential issues that you might encounter in order to make the software work for your system. And, not everyone has the time to troubleshoot!</p>



<p>That&#8217;s when something like Flatpak comes in to play.</p>



<p>Flatpak is one such open-source utility that helps you to distribute, manage/install packages without thinking about the Linux distribution you&#8217;re using or the dependencies/libraries that the program requires to run.</p>



<p>Now that you have an idea on what it is all about, let&#8217;s dive in deeper to know what Flatpak is, how it works, and some background on it.</p>



<h2>How does Flatpak work?</h2>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-attachment-id="81471" data-permalink="https://itsfoss.com/what-is-flatpak/flatpak-working/" data-orig-file="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/flatpak-working.png?fit=800%2C558&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="800,558" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="flatpak-working" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/flatpak-working.png?fit=300%2C209&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/flatpak-working.png?fit=800%2C558&amp;ssl=1" loading="lazy" width="800" height="558" src="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/flatpak-working.png?resize=800%2C558&#038;ssl=1" alt="Flatpak Working" class="wp-image-81471" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/flatpak-working.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/flatpak-working.png?resize=300%2C209&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/flatpak-working.png?resize=768%2C536&amp;ssl=1 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-recalc-dims="1" /><figcaption>Image Credits: Flatpak Documentation</figcaption></figure></div>



<p>Flatpak apps run in an isolated environment (often referred as a <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandbox_(computer_security)" target="_blank">sandbox</a>). This sandbox contains everything that&#8217;s needed to run that specific program. </p>



<p>Basically, the sandbox includes the runtime and bundled libraries to fulfill the requirements of a program to run. You can learn more about the technical details in their <a href="https://docs.flatpak.org/en/latest/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">official documentation.</a></p>



<p>Also, just because Flatpak apps are isolated, it cannot make any changes to your system without explicit permission from the host (you). So, Flatpak offers enhanced security to your system by keeping the applications isolated.</p>



<h2>Where do you get Flatpak apps?</h2>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-attachment-id="81472" data-permalink="https://itsfoss.com/what-is-flatpak/flathub-screenshot/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/flathub-screenshot.jpg?fit=800%2C404&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="800,404" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="flathub-screenshot" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/flathub-screenshot.jpg?fit=300%2C152&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/flathub-screenshot.jpg?fit=800%2C404&amp;ssl=1" loading="lazy" width="800" height="404" src="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/flathub-screenshot.jpg?resize=800%2C404&#038;ssl=1" alt="Flathub Screenshot" class="wp-image-81472" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/flathub-screenshot.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/flathub-screenshot.jpg?resize=300%2C152&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/flathub-screenshot.jpg?resize=768%2C388&amp;ssl=1 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-recalc-dims="1" /><figcaption>Flathub</figcaption></figure></div>



<p>Please keep in mind that in order to use Flatpak packages, your Linux distributions must have Flatpak support. Some distributions like Fedora, Solus etc come with Flatpak support by default whereas you need to <a href="https://itsfoss.com/flatpak-guide/" data-type="post" data-id="26973" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">manually install Flatpak support</a> in distributions like Ubuntu.</p>



<p>Even though Flatpak technology allows you to not rely on a centralized source for getting software, you will find using <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://flathub.org/home" target="_blank">Flathub</a> (built by Flatpak team) to distribute and manage software.</p>



<p>There could be other existing Flatpak repositories but none that I&#8217;m aware for my personal use-case.</p>



<h2>Flatpak: Pros and Cons</h2>



<p>No wonder that Flatpak is something impressive — it comes with its fair share of advantages and disadvantages. Here, I&#8217;ll list some of them:</p>



<h3>Advantages of using Flatpak</h3>



<ul><li>Flatpak apps can run on any Linux distribution</li><li>They offer forward-compatibility, meaning — you don&#8217;t need to worry about the apps not working if you upgrade your Linux distro to a bleeding-edge version that&#8217;s not officially supported by the application.</li><li>You don&#8217;t need to rely on dependencies.</li><li>In some cases, you will find the latest and greatest version of a program for Flatpak.</li><li>Flatpak app distribution does not depend on a centralized server, meaning — you don&#8217;t get locked-in to one vendor.</li><li>Enhanced security for your system using sandboxed applications</li><li>Offers easy integration with an existing software center on your Linux distribution</li></ul>



<h3>Disadvantages of using Flatpak</h3>



<ul><li>It does not have server support yet. It&#8217;s only available for desktop Linux as of now.</li><li>Flatpak apps consume more disk space than you&#8217;d usually have when using deb/rpm files. And, you&#8217;d need to find ways to <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://itsfoss.com/free-up-space-ubuntu-linux/" target="_blank">free up disk space</a> eventually.</li><li>Just because it runs on an isolated environment, you may miss a couple of functionalities for some programs. For instance, Flatpak apps may not support your custom <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://itsfoss.com/best-gtk-themes/" target="_blank">GTK theme</a>.</li></ul>



<p class="has-larger-font-size"><strong>Wrapping Up</strong></p>



<p>I hope that now you have a good idea on what Flatpak is all about. If you want to explore more on installing and using Flatpak, I&#8217;d recommend you to read our <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://itsfoss.com/flatpak-guide/" target="_blank">Flatpak guide</a> to get started.</p>



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title: Got Kids? Limit Computer Usage Per Account in Linux With Timekpr-nExt
author: Abhishek Prakash
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<p><strong><em>Open source software highlight of this week is Timekpr-nExt. It is a GUI application to limit the computer usage for certain accounts on a Linux system. This is a handy utility for parents who do not want children to spend excessive time on the computer.</em></strong></p>



<h2>Use Timekpr-nExt to limit computer usage on Linux</h2>



<p>If you have young children at home who spend too much time on computer, you may want to put some sort of restriction on the usage.</p>



<p>Timekpr-nExt enables you to limit computer usage for certain accounts based on the time of day, number of hours a day, week or month. You may also set time interval to force the account user to take break.</p>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-large"><img data-attachment-id="84130" data-permalink="https://itsfoss.com/timekpr-next/timekpr-next-ubuntu/" data-orig-file="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/timekpr-next-ubuntu.png?fit=814%2C623&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="814,623" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="timekpr-next-ubuntu" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/timekpr-next-ubuntu.png?fit=300%2C230&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/timekpr-next-ubuntu.png?fit=800%2C612&amp;ssl=1" loading="lazy" width="800" height="612" src="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/timekpr-next-ubuntu.png?resize=800%2C612&#038;ssl=1" alt="Timekpr Next Ubuntu" class="wp-image-84130" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/timekpr-next-ubuntu.png?resize=800%2C612&amp;ssl=1 800w, https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/timekpr-next-ubuntu.png?resize=300%2C230&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/timekpr-next-ubuntu.png?resize=768%2C588&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/timekpr-next-ubuntu.png?resize=150%2C115&amp;ssl=1 150w, https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/timekpr-next-ubuntu.png?w=814&amp;ssl=1 814w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></figure></div>



<p>After the given time expires, the user is automatically logged out and cannot log back in until the restriction conditions are satisfied.</p>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-attachment-id="84131" data-permalink="https://itsfoss.com/timekpr-next/timekpr-next-icon-system-notification-area/" data-orig-file="https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/timekpr-next-icon-system-notification-area.png?fit=640%2C94&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="640,94" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="timekpr-next-icon-system-notification-area" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/timekpr-next-icon-system-notification-area.png?fit=300%2C44&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/timekpr-next-icon-system-notification-area.png?fit=640%2C94&amp;ssl=1" loading="lazy" width="640" height="94" src="https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/timekpr-next-icon-system-notification-area.png?resize=640%2C94&#038;ssl=1" alt="Timekpr Next Icon System Notification Area" class="wp-image-84131" srcset="https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/timekpr-next-icon-system-notification-area.png?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/timekpr-next-icon-system-notification-area.png?resize=300%2C44&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/timekpr-next-icon-system-notification-area.png?resize=150%2C22&amp;ssl=1 150w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></figure></div>



<p>Of course, this means that you need to have separate non-admin (no sudo access) accounts for the children. If the kids accounts also have admin access, they can change the settings easily. Kids are smart, you know.</p>



<h2>Features of Timekpr-nExt</h2>



<p>Apart from an annoyingly stylized name, Timekpr-nExt has the following features:</p>



<ul><li>Limit system usage as day wise limit, daily limit, weekly or monthly limit</li><li>You can also set access restrictions based on time and hour</li><li>Users can be shown notification about how much time they have left</li><li>Set the lockout action (terminate session, shutdown, suspend or lock screen)</li><li>Track the time usage of the accounts</li></ul>



<p>Keep the following things in mind:</p>



<ul><li>Check carefully which account you are configuring. <strong><em>Do not lock yourself out</em></strong>.</li><li>Hit the apply or set button for each configuration changes otherwise the changes won&#8217;t be set.</li><li>Children accounts should not have admin action otherwise they can overwrite the settings.</li></ul>



<p>Read the <a href="https://mjasnik.gitlab.io/timekpr-next/" data-type="URL" data-id="https://mjasnik.gitlab.io/timekpr-next/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">documents about more information on using Timekpr-nExt</a>.</p>



<h2>Installing Timekpr-nExt on Linux</h2>



<p>For Ubuntu-based Linux distributions (like Mint, Linux Lite etc), there is an <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://launchpad.net/~mjasnik/+archive/ubuntu/ppa" data-type="URL" data-id="https://launchpad.net/~mjasnik/+archive/ubuntu/ppa" target="_blank">official PPA available</a>. You can install it by using the following commands one by one:</p>



<pre class="wp-block-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mjasnik/ppa
sudo apt update
sudo apt install timekpr-next</code></pre>



<p>Arch Linux users can <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/timekpr-next/" data-type="URL" data-id="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/timekpr-next/" target="_blank">find it in AUR</a>. For others, please check your distribution&#8217;s repository. If there is no such package, you may try using the source code.</p>



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<div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link" href="https://launchpad.net/timekpr-next" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Timekpr-nExt Source Code</a></div>
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<p><strong><em>Again, do not use Timekpr-nExt for your own main account. You may lock yourself out.</em></strong></p>



<p>You&#8217;ll see two instances of the application. Use the one with (SU) at the beginning.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img data-attachment-id="84137" data-permalink="https://itsfoss.com/timekpr-next/timekeeper-next/" data-orig-file="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/timekeeper-next.jpg?fit=799%2C250&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="799,250" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="timekeeper-next" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/timekeeper-next.jpg?fit=300%2C94&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/timekeeper-next.jpg?fit=799%2C250&amp;ssl=1" loading="lazy" width="799" height="250" src="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/timekeeper-next.jpg?resize=799%2C250&#038;ssl=1" alt="Timekeeper Next" class="wp-image-84137" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/timekeeper-next.jpg?w=799&amp;ssl=1 799w, https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/timekeeper-next.jpg?resize=300%2C94&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/timekeeper-next.jpg?resize=768%2C240&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/timekeeper-next.jpg?resize=150%2C47&amp;ssl=1 150w" sizes="(max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></figure>



<h3>Removing Timekpr-nExt</h3>



<p>I cannot say for certain if removing Timekpr-nExt will also remove the restrictions you put in place for the users. It will be a good idea to manually restore them (putting 24 hr interval a day). There is no reset button here.</p>



<p>To remove this application (if you used PPA to install it), use the following command:</p>



<pre class="wp-block-code"><code>sudo apt-get remove --purge timekpr-next</code></pre>



<p>Delete the PPA repository as well:</p>



<pre class="wp-block-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository -r ppa:mjasnik/ppa</code></pre>



<p>Like <a href="https://itsfoss.com/how-to-block-porn-by-content-filtering-on-ubuntu/" data-type="post" data-id="992" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">blocking adult content on Linux</a>, this application is also children specific. Not everyone would find it useful but people with young children at home may use it if they feel the need.</p>



<p>Do you use some other application to monitor/restrict children from accessing computer?</p>
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<p>I&#8217;m guessing that you are probably using Firefox or a Chrome-based browser like <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://itsfoss.com/brave-web-browser/" target="_blank">Brave</a> to read this article. Or, maybe, Google Chrome or <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://itsfoss.com/install-chromium-ubuntu/" target="_blank">Chromium</a>. </p>



<p>In other words, you are utilizing a GUI-based approach to browse the web. However, back in the days, people used the terminal to fetch resources and browse the web because everything was mostly text-based information.</p>



<p>Even though you cannot get every information from a terminal now, you can still try the command line browsers for some text-based information and open a web page from the Linux terminal. </p>



<p>Not just limited to that, but if you are accessing a remote server or stuck in a terminal without a GUI, a terminal web browser can prove to be useful as well.</p>



<p>So, in this article, I will be mentioning some terminal based web browsers that you can try on Linux.</p>



<h2>Best Terminal-based Web Browsers for Linux Users</h2>



<p><em><strong>Note:</strong> The list is in no particular order of ranking.</em></p>



<h3>1. W3M</h3>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-attachment-id="84153" data-permalink="https://itsfoss.com/terminal-web-browsers/w3m-google/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/w3m-google.jpg?fit=800%2C463&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="800,463" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="w3m-google" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/w3m-google.jpg?fit=300%2C174&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/w3m-google.jpg?fit=800%2C463&amp;ssl=1" loading="lazy" width="800" height="463" src="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/w3m-google.jpg?resize=800%2C463&#038;ssl=1" alt="W3m Google" class="wp-image-84153" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/w3m-google.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/w3m-google.jpg?resize=300%2C174&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/w3m-google.jpg?resize=768%2C444&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/w3m-google.jpg?resize=150%2C87&amp;ssl=1 150w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></figure></div>



<p>w3m is a popular open-source text-based web browser for the terminal. Even though the original project is no longer active, an active version of it is being maintained by a different developer Tatsuya Kinoshita.</p>



<p>w3m is quite simple, supports SSL connections, colors, and in-line images as well. Of course, depending on what resource you are trying to access, things might look different on your end. As per my quick test, it didn&#8217;t seem to load up <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://duckduckgo.com/" target="_blank" data-type="URL" data-id="https://duckduckgo.com/">DuckDuckGo</a> but I could <a href="https://itsfoss.com/review-googler-linux/" data-type="post" data-id="12113" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">use Google in terminal</a> just fine.</p>



<p>You can simply type <strong>w3m</strong> in the terminal to get help after installation. If you&#8217;re curious, you can also check out the repository at <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://github.com/tats/w3m" target="_blank">GitHub</a>.</p>



<h4>How to install and use w3m?</h4>



<p>W3M is available on most of the default repositories for any Debian-based Linux distribution. If you have an Arch-based distro, you might want to check <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://itsfoss.com/aur-arch-linux/" target="_blank">AUR</a> if it&#8217;s not available directly.</p>



<p>For Ubuntu, you can install it by typing in:</p>



<pre class="wp-block-code"><code>sudo apt install w3m w3m-img</code></pre>



<p>Here, we are installing the w3m package along with image extension for in-line image support. Next, to get started, you have to simply follow the command below:</p>



<pre class="wp-block-code"><code>w3m xyz.com</code></pre>



<p>Of course, you need to replace xyz.com to any website that you want to browse/test. Finally, you should know that you can use the keyboard arrow keys to navigate and press enter when you want to take an action. </p>



<p>To quit, you can press <strong>SHIFT+Q</strong>, and to go back to the previous page — <strong>SHIFT+B</strong>. Additional shortcuts include <strong>SHIFT + T</strong> to open a new tab and <strong>SHIFT + U</strong> to open a new URL.<br><br>You can explore more about it by heading to its man page as well.</p>



<h3>2. Lynx</h3>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-attachment-id="84154" data-permalink="https://itsfoss.com/terminal-web-browsers/lynx-terminal/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/lynx-terminal.jpg?fit=800%2C497&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="800,497" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="lynx-terminal" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/lynx-terminal.jpg?fit=300%2C186&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/lynx-terminal.jpg?fit=800%2C497&amp;ssl=1" loading="lazy" width="800" height="497" src="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/lynx-terminal.jpg?resize=800%2C497&#038;ssl=1" alt="Lynx Terminal" class="wp-image-84154" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/lynx-terminal.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/lynx-terminal.jpg?resize=300%2C186&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/lynx-terminal.jpg?resize=768%2C477&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/lynx-terminal.jpg?resize=150%2C93&amp;ssl=1 150w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></figure></div>



<p>Lynx is yet another open source command line browser which you can try. Fortunately, more websites tend to work when using Lynx, so I&#8217;d say it is definitely better in that aspect. I was able to load up DuckDuckGo and make it work.</p>



<p>In addition to that, I also noticed that it lets you accept/deny cookies when visiting various web resources. You can set it to always accept or deny as well. So, that&#8217;s a good thing.</p>



<p>On the other hand, the window does not re-size well while using it from the terminal. I haven&#8217;t looked for any solutions to that, so if you&#8217;re trying this out, you might want to do that. In either case, it works great and you get all the instructions for the keyboard shortcuts right when you launch it in the terminal.</p>



<p>Note that it does not match the system terminal theme, so it will look different no matter how your terminal looks like.</p>



<h4>How to install Lynx?</h4>



<p>Unlike w3m, you do get some Win32 installers if you&#8217;re interested to try. But, on Linux, it is available on the most of the default repositories.</p>



<p>For Ubuntu, you just need to type in:</p>



<pre class="wp-block-code"><code>sudo apt install lynx</code></pre>



<p>To get started, you just have to follow the command below:</p>



<pre class="wp-block-code"><code>lynx examplewebsite.com</code></pre>



<p>Here, you just need to replace the example website with the resource you want to visit.</p>



<p>If you want to explore the packages for other Linux distros, you can check out their <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://lynx.invisible-island.net/lynx-resources.html" target="_blank">official website resources</a>. </p>



<h3>3. Links2</h3>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-attachment-id="84155" data-permalink="https://itsfoss.com/terminal-web-browsers/links2-terminal/" data-orig-file="https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/links2-terminal.jpg?fit=800%2C472&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="800,472" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="links2-terminal" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/links2-terminal.jpg?fit=300%2C177&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/links2-terminal.jpg?fit=800%2C472&amp;ssl=1" loading="lazy" width="800" height="472" src="https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/links2-terminal.jpg?resize=800%2C472&#038;ssl=1" alt="Links2 Terminal" class="wp-image-84155" srcset="https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/links2-terminal.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/links2-terminal.jpg?resize=300%2C177&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/links2-terminal.jpg?resize=768%2C453&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/links2-terminal.jpg?resize=150%2C89&amp;ssl=1 150w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></figure></div>



<p>Links2 is an interesting text-based browser that you can easily utilize on your terminal with a good user experience. It gives you a nice interface to type in the URL and then proceed as soon as you launch it.</p>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-attachment-id="84156" data-permalink="https://itsfoss.com/terminal-web-browsers/links2-terminal-welcome/" data-orig-file="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/links2-terminal-welcome.jpg?fit=800%2C541&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="800,541" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="links2-terminal-welcome" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/links2-terminal-welcome.jpg?fit=300%2C203&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/links2-terminal-welcome.jpg?fit=800%2C541&amp;ssl=1" loading="lazy" width="800" height="541" src="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/links2-terminal-welcome.jpg?resize=800%2C541&#038;ssl=1" alt="Links2 Terminal Welcome" class="wp-image-84156" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/links2-terminal-welcome.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/links2-terminal-welcome.jpg?resize=300%2C203&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/links2-terminal-welcome.jpg?resize=768%2C519&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/links2-terminal-welcome.jpg?resize=150%2C101&amp;ssl=1 150w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></figure></div>



<p>It is worth noting that the theme will depend on your terminal settings, I have it set as &#8220;black-green&#8221;,  hence this is what you see. Once you launch it as a command line browser, you just need to press any key to bring the URL prompt or Q to quit it. It works good enough and renders text from most of the sites. </p>



<p>Unlike Lynx, you do not get the ability to accept/reject cookies. Other than that, it seems to work just fine.</p>



<h4>How to install Links2?</h4>



<p>As you&#8217;d expect, you will find it available in the most of the default repositories. For Ubuntu, you can install it by typing the following command in the terminal:</p>



<pre class="wp-block-code"><code>sudo apt install links2</code></pre>



<p>You can refer to its <a href="http://links.twibright.com/download.php">official</a><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://links.twibright.com/download.php" target="_blank"> </a><a href="http://links.twibright.com/download.php">website</a> for packages or documentations if you want to install it on any other Linux distribution.</p>



<h3>4. eLinks</h3>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-attachment-id="84158" data-permalink="https://itsfoss.com/terminal-web-browsers/elinks-terminal/" data-orig-file="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/elinks-terminal.jpg?fit=800%2C465&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="800,465" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="elinks-terminal" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/elinks-terminal.jpg?fit=300%2C174&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/elinks-terminal.jpg?fit=800%2C465&amp;ssl=1" loading="lazy" width="800" height="465" src="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/elinks-terminal.jpg?resize=800%2C465&#038;ssl=1" alt="Elinks Terminal" class="wp-image-84158" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/elinks-terminal.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/elinks-terminal.jpg?resize=300%2C174&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/elinks-terminal.jpg?resize=768%2C446&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/elinks-terminal.jpg?resize=150%2C87&amp;ssl=1 150w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></figure></div>



<p>eLinks is similar to Links2 — but it is no longer maintained. You will still find it in the default repositories of various distributions, hence, I kept it in this list.</p>



<p>It does not blend in with your system terminal theme. So, this may not be a pretty experience as a text-based browser without a &#8220;dark&#8221; mode if you needed that.</p>



<h4>How to install eLinks?</h4>



<p>On Ubuntu, it is easy to install it. You just have to type in the following in the terminal:</p>



<pre class="wp-block-code"><code>sudo apt install elinks</code></pre>



<p>For other Linux distributions, you should find it available on the standard repositories. But,  you can refer to the <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://elinks.or.cz/documentation/installation.html" target="_blank">official installation instructions</a> if you do not find it in the repository.</p>



<h2>Wrapping Up</h2>



<p>It&#8217;s no surprise that there aren&#8217;t a lot of text-based web browsers to run on the terminal. Some projects like <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.brow.sh/" target="_blank">Browsh</a> have tried to present a modern Linux command-line browser but it did not work in my case. </p>



<p>While tools like curl and wget allow you to <a href="https://itsfoss.com/download-files-from-linux-terminal/" data-type="post" data-id="83966" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">download files from the Linux command line</a>, these terminal-based web browsers provide additional features.</p>



<p>In addition to command-line browsers, you may also like to try some <a href="https://itsfoss.com/best-command-line-games-linux/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">command line games for Linux</a>, if you want to play around in the terminal.</p>



<p>What do you think about the text-based web browsers for Linux terminal? Feel free to let me know your thoughts in the comments below.</p>
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<p>Ubuntu 20.10 releases today. An Ubuntu fan may get excited about the new features it brings.</p>



<p>Ubuntu 20.10 codenamed Groovy Gorilla is a non-LTS release with nine months of life cycle. You cannot expect drastic changes between subsequent releases.</p>



<p>It doesn&#8217;t mean you won&#8217;t find new things in Ubuntu 20.10. There are some performance improvements, new Linux kernel and visual changes thanks to the latest release of GNOME 3.38 (and <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://itsfoss.com/best-linux-desktop-environments/" data-type="post" data-id="10323" target="_blank">other desktop environments</a> in various <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://itsfoss.com/which-ubuntu-install/" data-type="post" data-id="10142" target="_blank">other Ubuntu flavors</a>).</p>



<p>Let&#8217;s see what new features Ubuntu 20.10 brings.</p>



<h2>New features in Ubuntu 20.10 Groovy Gorilla</h2>



<p>I am listing the features in the default GNOME edition of Ubuntu 20.10. You&#8217;ll find the same visual changes that you have already seen in the <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://itsfoss.com/gnome-3-38-release/" data-type="post" data-id="82981" target="_blank">GNOME version 3.38 release</a>.</p>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-large"><img data-attachment-id="84276" data-permalink="https://itsfoss.com/ubuntu-20-10-features/ubuntu-20-10-wallpaper/" data-orig-file="https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ubuntu-20-10-wallpaper.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="1200,675" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="ubuntu-20-10-wallpaper" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ubuntu-20-10-wallpaper.jpg?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ubuntu-20-10-wallpaper.jpg?fit=800%2C450&amp;ssl=1" loading="lazy" width="800" height="450" src="https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ubuntu-20-10-wallpaper.jpg?resize=800%2C450&#038;ssl=1" alt="Ubuntu 20.10 Wallpaper" class="wp-image-84276" srcset="https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ubuntu-20-10-wallpaper.jpg?resize=800%2C450&amp;ssl=1 800w, https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ubuntu-20-10-wallpaper.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ubuntu-20-10-wallpaper.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ubuntu-20-10-wallpaper.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w, https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ubuntu-20-10-wallpaper.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-recalc-dims="1" /><figcaption>Default Ubuntu 20.10 Wallpaper</figcaption></figure></div>



<p>Ubuntu 20.10 has the purple shade Groovy Gorilla theme default wallpaper. However, I took a liking for the yellow wallpaper of an old camera roll (nostalgia perhaps). I have used the same wallpaper in most of the screenshots here.</p>


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<h3>1. Calendar events in the message tray</h3>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-attachment-id="84262" data-permalink="https://itsfoss.com/ubuntu-20-10-features/ubuntu-20-10-calendar-events/" data-orig-file="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Ubuntu-20-10-calendar-events.jpg?fit=800%2C450&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="800,450" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="Ubuntu-20-10-calendar-events" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Ubuntu-20-10-calendar-events.jpg?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Ubuntu-20-10-calendar-events.jpg?fit=800%2C450&amp;ssl=1" loading="lazy" width="800" height="450" src="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Ubuntu-20-10-calendar-events.jpg?resize=800%2C450&#038;ssl=1" alt="Ubuntu 20 10 Calendar Events" class="wp-image-84262" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Ubuntu-20-10-calendar-events.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Ubuntu-20-10-calendar-events.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Ubuntu-20-10-calendar-events.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Ubuntu-20-10-calendar-events.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></figure></div>



<p>One of my favorite features in this release. Want to see all the tasks and events (birthdays, meetings, reminders) due today? It&#8217;s right there in the message tray.</p>



<p>To use this feature, you should have added some events in the GNOME calendar app that comes preinstalled on Ubuntu.</p>



<p>Don&#8217;t worry. You don&#8217;t necessarily need to create the events, reminders manually in GNOME calendar. If you add online accounts from the settings, you can sync your Google, Microsoft or Nextcloud calendars without any efforts.</p>



<h3>2. Battery percentage indicator</h3>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-attachment-id="84273" data-permalink="https://itsfoss.com/ubuntu-20-10-features/battery-percentage-indicator-ubuntu-20-10/" data-orig-file="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/battery-percentage-indicator-ubuntu-20-10.jpg?fit=753%2C275&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="753,275" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="battery-percentage-indicator-ubuntu-20-10" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/battery-percentage-indicator-ubuntu-20-10.jpg?fit=300%2C110&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/battery-percentage-indicator-ubuntu-20-10.jpg?fit=753%2C275&amp;ssl=1" loading="lazy" width="753" height="275" src="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/battery-percentage-indicator-ubuntu-20-10.jpg?resize=753%2C275&#038;ssl=1" alt="Battery Percentage Indicator Ubuntu 20 10" class="wp-image-84273" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/battery-percentage-indicator-ubuntu-20-10.jpg?w=753&amp;ssl=1 753w, https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/battery-percentage-indicator-ubuntu-20-10.jpg?resize=300%2C110&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/battery-percentage-indicator-ubuntu-20-10.jpg?resize=150%2C55&amp;ssl=1 150w" sizes="(max-width: 753px) 100vw, 753px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></figure></div>



<p>Not a path-breaking stuff but you don&#8217;t need to <a href="https://itsfoss.com/gnome-tweak-tool/" data-type="post" data-id="67410" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">install GNOME Tweaks</a> just for displaying battery percentage on the top panel. This option is now available in Power settings.</p>



<h3>3. QR Code WiFi sharing</h3>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-attachment-id="84272" data-permalink="https://itsfoss.com/ubuntu-20-10-features/wifi-hotspot-qr-code/" data-orig-file="https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/wifi-hotspot-qr-code.jpg?fit=730%2C428&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="730,428" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="wifi-hotspot-qr-code" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/wifi-hotspot-qr-code.jpg?fit=300%2C176&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/wifi-hotspot-qr-code.jpg?fit=730%2C428&amp;ssl=1" loading="lazy" width="730" height="428" src="https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/wifi-hotspot-qr-code.jpg?resize=730%2C428&#038;ssl=1" alt="Wifi Hotspot Qr Code" class="wp-image-84272" srcset="https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/wifi-hotspot-qr-code.jpg?w=730&amp;ssl=1 730w, https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/wifi-hotspot-qr-code.jpg?resize=300%2C176&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/wifi-hotspot-qr-code.jpg?resize=150%2C88&amp;ssl=1 150w" sizes="(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></figure></div>



<p>Ubuntu 20.10 makes it a bit easier to share the Wired Network through hotspot. Instead of sharing the WiFi hotspot with a password, you can now generate a QR code that can be accessed by mobile devices and connect to the hotspot.</p>



<h3>4. Muted mic indicator</h3>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-attachment-id="84274" data-permalink="https://itsfoss.com/ubuntu-20-10-features/mic-indicator/" data-orig-file="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/mic-indicator.jpg?fit=755%2C254&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="755,254" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="mic-indicator" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/mic-indicator.jpg?fit=300%2C101&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/mic-indicator.jpg?fit=755%2C254&amp;ssl=1" loading="lazy" width="755" height="254" src="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/mic-indicator.jpg?resize=755%2C254&#038;ssl=1" alt="Mic Indicator" class="wp-image-84274" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/mic-indicator.jpg?w=755&amp;ssl=1 755w, https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/mic-indicator.jpg?resize=300%2C101&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/mic-indicator.jpg?resize=150%2C50&amp;ssl=1 150w" sizes="(max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></figure>



<p>Small but useful. You can now see a muted mic icon on the top panel if your microphone is muted during an audio/video call or while recording audio.</p>



<p>Handy feature, isn&#8217;t it? I think we should also have a similar feature for the webcam so that is easier to ascertain that the camera is off or on during videoconferencing. </p>



<p>P.S. The mic icon didn&#8217;t turn to mute when I used the mute switch on my Sennheiser USB headset.</p>



<h3>5. Restart option in Power Off menu</h3>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-attachment-id="84263" data-permalink="https://itsfoss.com/ubuntu-20-10-features/ubuntu-20-10-restart-option/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Ubuntu-20-10-restart-option.jpg?fit=800%2C450&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="800,450" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="Ubuntu-20-10-restart-option" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Ubuntu-20-10-restart-option.jpg?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Ubuntu-20-10-restart-option.jpg?fit=800%2C450&amp;ssl=1" loading="lazy" width="800" height="450" src="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Ubuntu-20-10-restart-option.jpg?resize=800%2C450&#038;ssl=1" alt="Ubuntu 20 10 Restart Option" class="wp-image-84263" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Ubuntu-20-10-restart-option.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Ubuntu-20-10-restart-option.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Ubuntu-20-10-restart-option.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Ubuntu-20-10-restart-option.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></figure></div>



<p>A tiny change again. It is now easier to restart Ubuntu with one less mouse click as you can see the restart option under the Power Off in the status menu.</p>



<h3>6. Improved fingerprint login support</h3>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-large"><img data-attachment-id="84246" data-permalink="https://itsfoss.com/ubuntu-20-10-features/fingerprint-login-support-ubuntu/" data-orig-file="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/fingerprint-login-support-ubuntu.jpg?fit=800%2C588&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="800,588" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="fingerprint-login-support-ubuntu" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/fingerprint-login-support-ubuntu.jpg?fit=300%2C221&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/fingerprint-login-support-ubuntu.jpg?fit=800%2C588&amp;ssl=1" loading="lazy" width="800" height="588" src="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/fingerprint-login-support-ubuntu.jpg?resize=800%2C588&#038;ssl=1" alt="Fingerprint Login Support Ubuntu" class="wp-image-84246" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/fingerprint-login-support-ubuntu.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/fingerprint-login-support-ubuntu.jpg?resize=300%2C221&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/fingerprint-login-support-ubuntu.jpg?resize=768%2C564&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/fingerprint-login-support-ubuntu.jpg?resize=150%2C110&amp;ssl=1 150w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-recalc-dims="1" /><figcaption>Image Credit: OMG! Ubuntu</figcaption></figure></div>



<p>If you have a new laptop with fingerprint reader, you&#8217;re in for a treat. Ubuntu 20.10 has better support for fingerprint login.</p>



<p>BTW, if you like such newer methods of authentication, you probably would like to know about setting up <a href="https://itsfoss.com/face-unlock-ubuntu/" data-type="post" data-id="82515" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">face unlock in Ubuntu</a> with some extra effort.</p>



<h3>7. App reorder and organizing</h3>



<p>You could already drag and drop applications in the menu to group them. This is improved a bit as you can now position the icons as per your preference in the application group.</p>



<p>Also, the group will only display some icons at one moment. Additional icons are displayed on the next page.</p>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-attachment-id="84264" data-permalink="https://itsfoss.com/ubuntu-20-10-features/ubuntu-20-10-app-menu/" data-orig-file="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Ubuntu-20-10-app-menu.jpg?fit=800%2C450&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="800,450" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="Ubuntu-20-10-app-menu" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Ubuntu-20-10-app-menu.jpg?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Ubuntu-20-10-app-menu.jpg?fit=800%2C450&amp;ssl=1" loading="lazy" width="800" height="450" src="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Ubuntu-20-10-app-menu.jpg?resize=800%2C450&#038;ssl=1" alt="Ubuntu 20 10 App Menu" class="wp-image-84264" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Ubuntu-20-10-app-menu.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Ubuntu-20-10-app-menu.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Ubuntu-20-10-app-menu.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Ubuntu-20-10-app-menu.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></figure></div>



<h3>8. Raspberry Pi 4 support</h3>



<p>Ubuntu finally now has <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://itsfoss.com/raspberry-pi-4/" data-type="post" data-id="60144" target="_blank">Raspberry Pi</a> support with a few ifs and buts. You can use Ubuntu 20.10 arm64 image on a Raspberry Pi 4 with at least 4 GB of RAM. The micro SD card should be at least 16 GB in size.</p>



<h3>9. Kernel 5.8 brings USB 4 (Thunderbolt port 3) support and more under the hood changes</h3>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-attachment-id="84261" data-permalink="https://itsfoss.com/ubuntu-20-10-features/ubuntu-20-10-kernel/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ubuntu-20-10-kernel.png?fit=777%2C515&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="777,515" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="ubuntu-20-10-kernel" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ubuntu-20-10-kernel.png?fit=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ubuntu-20-10-kernel.png?fit=777%2C515&amp;ssl=1" loading="lazy" width="777" height="515" src="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ubuntu-20-10-kernel.png?resize=777%2C515&#038;ssl=1" alt="Ubuntu 20 10 Kernel" class="wp-image-84261" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ubuntu-20-10-kernel.png?w=777&amp;ssl=1 777w, https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ubuntu-20-10-kernel.png?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ubuntu-20-10-kernel.png?resize=768%2C509&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ubuntu-20-10-kernel.png?resize=150%2C99&amp;ssl=1 150w" sizes="(max-width: 777px) 100vw, 777px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></figure></div>



<p>Ubuntu 20.10 has <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://itsfoss.com/find-which-kernel-version-is-running-in-ubuntu/" data-type="post" data-id="622" target="_blank">Linux kernel version</a> 5.8 and it has several hardware support improvements. You have USB 4 (Thunderbolt port 3) support, Airtime Queue limits for better WiFi connection quality, Intel Gen11 (Ice Lake) and Gen12 (Tiger Lake) graphics support among many other changes.</p>



<p>You&#8217;ll also get high precision touchpad scrolling.</p>



<h3>10. nftables replaces iptables</h3>



<p>In Ubuntu 20.10, nftables is now the default backend for firewall. The legacy iptables tool is being replaced.</p>



<p>If you are not aware, <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://linuxhandbook.com/iptables-vs-nftables/" data-type="URL" data-id="https://linuxhandbook.com/iptables-vs-nftables/" target="_blank">iptables and nftables</a> are CLI tool for creating, managing firewall rules on Linux. Both tools are developed by the same organization. The newer nftables tries to streamline the complicated command structure of iptables.</p>



<h3>11. Revamped screenshot tool</h3>



<p>There are plenty of <a href="https://itsfoss.com/take-screenshot-linux/" data-type="post" data-id="30620" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">screenshot tools available for Ubuntu</a>. Tools like <a href="https://itsfoss.com/flameshot/" data-type="post" data-id="68432" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Flameshot</a> are rich in features but nothing beats the default GNOME screenshot tool in the simplicity.</p>



<p>The GNOME screenshot tool has been revamped and it has a clean new look now but no new features as far as I see.</p>



<p>You can compare the looks of the screenshot tool in the image below. Just move the pointer let or right.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-jetpack-image-compare"><div class="juxtapose" data-mode="horizontal"><img loading="lazy" id="84256" src="https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/GNOME-screenshot-old.png?ssl=1" alt="Gnome Screenshot Old" width="475" height="377" class="image-compare__image-before"/><img loading="lazy" id="84257" src="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/gnome-screenshot-new.png?resize=460%2C391&#038;ssl=1" alt="Gnome Screenshot New" width="460" height="391" class="image-compare__image-after" data-recalc-dims="1"/></div></figure>



<h3>As always&#8230;Newer version of popular software</h3>



<p>You can always make some effort to install the newer version of a software but it is a lot more convenient when it is available from Ubuntu&#8217;s repositories.</p>



<p>A new release provides newer version of the popular open source software like LibreOffice, Inkscape, GIMP etc.</p>



<p>LibreOffice has a smoother new look in Ubuntu 20.10 thanks to version 7.</p>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-large"><img data-attachment-id="84260" data-permalink="https://itsfoss.com/ubuntu-20-10-features/libre-office-7-ubuntu-20-10/" data-orig-file="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/libre-office-7-ubuntu-20-10.png?fit=819%2C500&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="819,500" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="libre-office-7-ubuntu-20-10" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/libre-office-7-ubuntu-20-10.png?fit=300%2C183&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/libre-office-7-ubuntu-20-10.png?fit=800%2C488&amp;ssl=1" loading="lazy" width="800" height="488" src="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/libre-office-7-ubuntu-20-10.png?resize=800%2C488&#038;ssl=1" alt="Libre Office 7 in Ubuntu 20.10" class="wp-image-84260" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/libre-office-7-ubuntu-20-10.png?resize=800%2C488&amp;ssl=1 800w, https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/libre-office-7-ubuntu-20-10.png?resize=300%2C183&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/libre-office-7-ubuntu-20-10.png?resize=768%2C469&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/libre-office-7-ubuntu-20-10.png?resize=150%2C92&amp;ssl=1 150w, https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/libre-office-7-ubuntu-20-10.png?w=819&amp;ssl=1 819w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></figure></div>



<p>Thunderbird email client now has integrated calendar and PGP encryption support with version 78.3.</p>



<p>We are working on a video to show you Ubuntu 20.10 features in action. Here&#8217;s the raw footage. I&#8217;ll replace it with a more polished version in some hours.</p>



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<h2>Is it worth upgrading to 20.10?</h2>



<p>It depends on you. If you like to have the latest features and do not mind taking the trouble of upgrading Ubuntu version, you can upgrade to Ubuntu 20.10 or do a fresh installation.</p>



<p>Here are a few things that you might or might not be aware of but good to know anyway:</p>



<ul><li>Ubuntu 20.10 will reach <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://itsfoss.com/end-of-life-ubuntu/" data-type="post" data-id="80471" target="_blank">end of life</a> in July 2021. You&#8217;ll be forced to upgrade to Ubuntu 21.04 then.</li><li>You can upgrade to Ubuntu 20.10 from Ubuntu 20.04 but not from earlier versions like 18.04 and 19.10.</li><li>If you upgrade to Ubuntu 20.10, you cannot downgrade to 20.04. You&#8217;ll have to <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://itsfoss.com/install-ubuntu/" data-type="post" data-id="72599" target="_blank">install Ubuntu 20.04 afresh</a>.</li><li>Ubuntu 20.04 is <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://itsfoss.com/long-term-support-lts/" data-type="post" data-id="81359" target="_blank">LTS release</a> and it will be supported till 2025. But it may not get new features like latest GNOME or latest version of popular open source software.</li></ul>



<h2>Download or upgrade to Ubuntu 20.10</h2>



<p>Ubuntu 20.10 is available to download from Ubuntu&#8217;s official website. You can find the download links on the page below:</p>



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<div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link" href="https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Download Ubuntu 20.10</a></div>
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<p>If you are using Ubuntu 20.04 and you want to <a href="https://itsfoss.com/upgrade-ubuntu-version/" data-type="post" data-id="27561" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">upgrade to Ubuntu 20.10</a>, you should set the notification for any new version in the Software &amp; Updates tool.</p>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-large"><img data-attachment-id="84249" data-permalink="https://itsfoss.com/ubuntu-20-10-features/ubuntu-upgrade-notification/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ubuntu-upgrade-notification.png?fit=1017%2C497&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="1017,497" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="ubuntu-upgrade-notification" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ubuntu-upgrade-notification.png?fit=300%2C147&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ubuntu-upgrade-notification.png?fit=800%2C391&amp;ssl=1" loading="lazy" width="800" height="391" src="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ubuntu-upgrade-notification.png?resize=800%2C391&#038;ssl=1" alt="Ubuntu Upgrade Notification" class="wp-image-84249" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ubuntu-upgrade-notification.png?resize=800%2C391&amp;ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ubuntu-upgrade-notification.png?resize=300%2C147&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ubuntu-upgrade-notification.png?resize=768%2C375&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ubuntu-upgrade-notification.png?resize=150%2C73&amp;ssl=1 150w, https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ubuntu-upgrade-notification.png?w=1017&amp;ssl=1 1017w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></figure></div>



<p>What do you think of the features in Ubuntu 20.10? Do you think it is good enough to make you jump to 20.10? What features you would have liked to see here? Please share your opinion in the comments section.</p>
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<p>When you find two Linux distributions based on <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://ubuntu.com/" target="_blank">Ubuntu</a> and powered up by <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://kde.org/" target="_blank">KDE</a>, which one do you choose?</p>



<ul><li><a href="https://kubuntu.org" data-type="URL" data-id="https://kubuntu.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Kubuntu</a> is the official KDE flavor from Ubuntu.</li><li><a href="https://neon.kde.org" data-type="URL" data-id="https://neon.kde.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">KDE Neon</a> is the Ubuntu-based distribution by KDE itself.</li></ul>



<p>I know it is often confusing especially if you have never used either of them but got them as recommendations for usage. Hence, to help you make a decision, I thought of compiling a list of differences (and similarities) between KDE Neon and Kubuntu.</p>



<p>Let&#8217;s start with getting to know the similarities and then proceed with the differences.</p>



<p><strong>Note:</strong> <em>Depending on your system, your experience with the distributions might differ. So, take this article as a reference and not a &#8220;what&#8217;s better&#8221; comparison.</em></p>



<h2>KDE Neon vs Kubuntu: Feature wise comparison</h2>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-attachment-id="84318" data-permalink="https://itsfoss.com/kde-neon-vs-kubuntu/kde-neon-vs-kubuntu-2/" data-orig-file="https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/kde-neon-vs-kubuntu.png?fit=800%2C450&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="800,450" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="kde-neon-vs-kubuntu" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/kde-neon-vs-kubuntu.png?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/kde-neon-vs-kubuntu.png?fit=800%2C450&amp;ssl=1" loading="lazy" width="800" height="450" src="https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/kde-neon-vs-kubuntu.png?resize=800%2C450&#038;ssl=1" alt="Kde Neon Vs Kubuntu" class="wp-image-84318" srcset="https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/kde-neon-vs-kubuntu.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/kde-neon-vs-kubuntu.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/kde-neon-vs-kubuntu.png?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/kde-neon-vs-kubuntu.png?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></figure></div>



<p>It&#8217;s always good to compare distribution based on their similarities. So, theoretically, I&#8217;ve tried to put down the most important differences.</p>



<p>However, it is worth noting that the compatibility, performance, and the stability of the distros will vary depending on your hardware and hence, that has not been accounted here.</p>



<h3>Ubuntu as the Base</h3>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-large"><img data-attachment-id="72804" data-permalink="https://itsfoss.com/install-ubuntu/install_ubuntu_8/" data-orig-file="https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/install_ubuntu_8.jpg?fit=796%2C611&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="796,611" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="install_ubuntu_8" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/install_ubuntu_8.jpg?fit=300%2C230&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/install_ubuntu_8.jpg?fit=796%2C611&amp;ssl=1" loading="lazy" width="796" height="611" src="https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/install_ubuntu_8.jpg?resize=796%2C611&#038;ssl=1" alt="Install Ubuntu 8" class="wp-image-72804" srcset="https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/install_ubuntu_8.jpg?w=796&amp;ssl=1 796w, https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/install_ubuntu_8.jpg?resize=300%2C230&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/install_ubuntu_8.jpg?resize=768%2C590&amp;ssl=1 768w" sizes="(max-width: 796px) 100vw, 796px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></figure></div>



<p>Yes, both the Linux distributions are based on Ubuntu. However, KDE Neon is based only on the latest Ubuntu LTS release while Kubuntu offers an Ubuntu LTS based edition and a non-LTS edition as well.</p>



<p>So, with KDE Neon, you would expect to get your hands on the latest Ubuntu features right after a few months of the next Ubuntu LTS release (2 years). But, with Kubuntu, you have got the option to opt for a non-LTS release and try on the latest Ubuntu releases with 6 months of software updates.</p>



<p>KDE Neon does offer testing editions and developer editions but those are meant to test pre-release KDE software.</p>



<h3>KDE Plasma Desktop</h3>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-attachment-id="83734" data-permalink="https://itsfoss.com/kde-plasma-5-20/kde-plasma-5-20-feat/" data-orig-file="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/kde-plasma-5-20-feat.png?fit=800%2C394&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="800,394" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="kde-plasma-5-20-feat" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/kde-plasma-5-20-feat.png?fit=300%2C148&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/kde-plasma-5-20-feat.png?fit=800%2C394&amp;ssl=1" loading="lazy" width="800" height="394" src="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/kde-plasma-5-20-feat.png?resize=800%2C394&#038;ssl=1" alt="Kde Plasma 5 20 Feat" class="wp-image-83734" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/kde-plasma-5-20-feat.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/kde-plasma-5-20-feat.png?resize=300%2C148&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/kde-plasma-5-20-feat.png?resize=768%2C378&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/kde-plasma-5-20-feat.png?resize=150%2C74&amp;ssl=1 150w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></figure></div>



<p>Even though both of the distros feature KDE plasma desktop and you can get the same level of customization, KDE Neon gets the latest KDE Plasma desktop release first.</p>



<p>If you did not know already, KDE Neon is developed by the official KDE team and was announced by Jonathan Riddell (Founder of Kubuntu) after he was <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://lwn.net/Articles/645973/" target="_blank">forced out of Kubuntu by Canonical</a>.</p>



<p>So, not just limited to the latest Plasma desktop, but if you want the latest and greatest of KDE as soon as possible, KDE Neon is the perfect choice for that.</p>



<p>Kubuntu will eventually get the update for newer KDE software — but it will take time. If you&#8217;re not too sure about the latest KDE software/desktop and all you need is a stable KDE-powered system, you should go with Kubuntu LTS releases.</p>



<h3>Pre-installed Software </h3>



<p>Out of the box, you will find Kubuntu to have several essential tools and applications pre-installed. But, with KDE Neon, you would need to find and install several applications and tools.</p>



<p>To give you some perspective, KDE Neon might turn out to be a lightweight distro when compared to Kubuntu. However, for new Linux users, they might find Kubuntu as an easy-to-use experience with more essential software and tools pre-installed.</p>



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<h3>Software Updates</h3>



<p>If you are not using a metered connection, this may not matter at all. But, just for the sake of it, I should mention that KDE Neon gets more software updates considering the regular Ubuntu LTS fixes/updates along with KDE software updates.</p>



<p>With Kubuntu, you just get the Ubuntu LTS updates (unless you&#8217;re using the non-LTS edition). So, technically, you can expect less number of updates.</p>



<h3>Ubuntu with KDE vs Plasma Experience</h3>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-large"><img data-attachment-id="72989" data-permalink="https://itsfoss.com/kubuntu-kde/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/kubuntu-kde.jpg?fit=800%2C450&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="800,450" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="kubuntu-kde" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/kubuntu-kde.jpg?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/kubuntu-kde.jpg?fit=800%2C450&amp;ssl=1" loading="lazy" width="800" height="450" src="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/kubuntu-kde.jpg?resize=800%2C450&#038;ssl=1" alt="Kubuntu Kde" class="wp-image-72989" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/kubuntu-kde.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/kubuntu-kde.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/kubuntu-kde.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></figure></div>



<p>I know if you haven&#8217;t tried both of them, you might think of them as pretty similar. But, Kubuntu is an official flavour of Ubuntu that focused more on the experience with Ubuntu on a KDE desktop environment.</p>



<p>While KDE Neon is technically the same thing, but it is all about getting the best-in-class Plasma desktop experience with the latest stuff on board.</p>



<p>Even though both the distributions work amazing out of the box, they have a different vision and the development proceeds on both them accordingly. You just have to decide what you want for yourself and choose one of them.</p>



<h3>Hardware Compatibility</h3>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-large"><img data-attachment-id="73187" data-permalink="https://itsfoss.com/kubuntu-focus/kubuntu-focus-laptop/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/kubuntu-focus-laptop.jpg?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="800,600" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.7&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ONEPLUS A6003&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1576592666&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.25&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.03030303030303&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="kubuntu-focus-laptop" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/kubuntu-focus-laptop.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/kubuntu-focus-laptop.jpg?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1" loading="lazy" width="800" height="600" src="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/kubuntu-focus-laptop.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1" alt="Kubuntu Focus Laptop" class="wp-image-73187" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/kubuntu-focus-laptop.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/kubuntu-focus-laptop.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/kubuntu-focus-laptop.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-recalc-dims="1" /><figcaption>Kubuntu Focus Laptop</figcaption></figure></div>



<p>As I mentioned earlier, this is not a fact-based point here. But, as per my quick look on the feedback or experiences shared by the users online, it seems that Kubuntu works with a wide range of old hardware along with new hardware (potentially dating back to 2012) while KDE Neon may not.</p>



<p>It&#8217;s just a thing to keep in mind if you try KDE Neon and it doesn&#8217;t work for some reason. You know what to do.</p>



<p class="has-larger-font-size"><strong>Wrapping Up</strong></p>



<p>So, what would it be? KDE Neon or Kubuntu? That&#8217;s really is your choice. </p>



<p>Both are good choices for a <a href="https://itsfoss.com/best-linux-beginners/" data-type="post" data-id="14330" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">beginner-friendly Linux distribution</a> but if you want the latest KDE Plasma desktop, KDE Neon gets the edge here. You can read more about it in our <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://itsfoss.com/kde-neon-review/" data-type="post" data-id="82151" target="_blank">review of KDE Neon</a>.</p>



<p>Feel free to let me know your thoughts in the comments down below and what do you find good/bad on either of them.</p>
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title: Microsoft Disables GitHub Repository of Open Source Project youtube-dl
author: Abhishek Prakash
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<p><strong>Update</strong>: GitHub has restored <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl" target="_blank">youtube-dl</a> after <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/11/github-reinstates-youtube-dl-after-riaas-abuse-dmca" target="_blank">EFF took a stand</a> against the takedown. Now, the DMCA takedown has been reversed while <a href="https://github.blog/2020-11-16-standing-up-for-developers-youtube-dl-is-back/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">announcing a $1M defense fund</a> for projects to help prevent similar pointless take downs in the future.</p>



<p>The open source project <a href="https://itsfoss.com/download-youtube-linux/" data-type="post" data-id="8624" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">youtube-dl is one of the best tools to download videos</a> from YouTube and many other video hosting websites.</p>



<p>But the existence of this project was under threat for sometime. Recording Industry Association of America, Inc. (RIAA) sent a notice to GitHub against youtube-dl and its forked repositories on 23 Oct 2020.</p>



<p>Microsoft owned GitHub complied immediately and within 24 hours, the official youtube-dl and its forked repository were disabled as DMCA takedown.</p>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-attachment-id="84349" data-permalink="https://itsfoss.com/youtube-dl-github-takedown/youtube-dl-dmca/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/youtube-dl-dmca.jpg?fit=740%2C375&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="740,375" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="youtube-dl-dmca" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/youtube-dl-dmca.jpg?fit=300%2C152&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/youtube-dl-dmca.jpg?fit=740%2C375&amp;ssl=1" loading="lazy" width="740" height="375" src="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/youtube-dl-dmca.jpg?resize=740%2C375&#038;ssl=1" alt="YouTube-dl DMCA notice" class="wp-image-84349" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/youtube-dl-dmca.jpg?w=740&amp;ssl=1 740w, https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/youtube-dl-dmca.jpg?resize=300%2C152&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/youtube-dl-dmca.jpg?resize=150%2C76&amp;ssl=1 150w" sizes="(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></figure></div>



<h2>What is a DMCA takedown?</h2>



<p><a href="https://www.dmca.com/FAQ/What-is-DMCA" data-type="URL" data-id="https://www.dmca.com/FAQ/What-is-DMCA" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">DMCA</a> (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) is a US copyright law regarding copyright and the internet.</p>



<p>If the rightful owner of content (video, audio, text) believes that a certain webpage is using (or enabling others to use) the content without authorization (infringing upon the rights of the content owner), the owner can send a DMCA takedown notice to the hosting service.</p>



<p>Upon receiving the DMCA takedown notice, the hosting service may disable/delete the webpage (or entire website).</p>



<p>There is also a provision of counter notice where the other party can challenge the takedown.</p>



<h2>RIAA&#8217;s letter against youtube-dl</h2>



<p>As per the <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/10/2020-10-23-RIAA.md" data-type="URL" data-id="https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/10/2020-10-23-RIAA.md" target="_blank">letter sent by RIAA</a>, it accused youtube-dl of infringing upon the rights of its members. It accused youtube-dl as follows:</p>



<blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><p>&#8220;The clear purpose of this source code is to (i) circumvent the technological protection measures used by authorized streaming services such as YouTube, and (ii) reproduce and distribute music videos and sound recordings owned by our member companies without authorization for such use. We note that the source code is described on GitHub as “a command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com and a few more sites.”&#8221;</p></blockquote>



<p>The letter mentioned how the GitHub repository of youtube-dl mentions that it is a program for downloading videos from the YouTube.</p>



<p>The README of youtube-dl had mentioned downloading videos of Justin Timberlake, Taylor Swift etc in the command usage examples. That has also been used in the notice to make a case against youtube-dl.</p>



<p>Microsoft&#8217;s GitHub considered/converted the letter into a DMCA notice and disabled youtube-dl and seventeen other repositories mentioned in the letter.</p>



<p>John Bergmayer, Legal Director at Public Knowledge, said that it was not an assertion that youtube-dl is an infringing work but the RIAA claim is that it&#8217;s illegal.</p>



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<h2>What lies ahead for youtube-dl?</h2>



<p>The youtube-dl team should have surely filed a counter appeal because they were not serving copyright content to the users directly.</p>



<p>But they should ensure a couple of things in my opinion:</p>



<ul><li>Consider changing their name and remove youtube from it so that they are safe from copyright notice from Google (owner of YouTube) in the future.</li><li>They should not mention any examples in their repository that demonstrates downloading of a copyrighted video from YouTube.</li><li>Put up a notice that onus of downloading videos lies on the user and discourage them from downloading copyrighted videos. This is something <a href="https://itsfoss.com/best-torrent-ubuntu/" data-type="post" data-id="8123" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Linux torrent clients</a> like Transmission already do.</li></ul>



<h2>Projects like youtube-dl need to live</h2>



<p>youtube-dl is used by many other tools and websites to provide the ability to download videos from YouTube and other video hosting websites.</p>



<p>This may sound like piracy but that might not be the case all the time. Some video creators make their videos available under Creative Common license so that others can use this work.</p>



<p>Downloading such copyright-free videos through youtube-dl should not be a problem.</p>



<p>Many people across the globe have limited internet connectivity. Downloading educational videos so that they can refer to it later without spending bandwidth is a genuine use of such a tool.</p>



<p>Not just limited to that, sometimes video content creators download their own videos for archival purpose.</p>



<h2>Was it fair to takedown youtbe-dl? </h2>



<p>I am surprised at the swift action taken by Microsoft GitHub in this case. They chickened out so easily.</p>



<p>Imagine a bunch of DMCA trolls start sending takedown notices to other projects on the pretext of copyright. This is a possibility. Remember how a <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://itsfoss.com/shotwell-lawsuit/" data-type="post" data-id="66209" target="_blank">patent troll tried to extort money from GNOME&#8217;s Shotwell</a> image viewer program.</p>



<p>Fortunately, <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://github.blog/2020-11-16-standing-up-for-developers-youtube-dl-is-back/" target="_blank">GitHub has made an announcement</a> to prevent sudden DMCA takedowns and giving the developers a chance to clarify or take action as needed to reverse the takedown request.</p>



<p>I know that it is an open source project and its code can be hosted on a <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://itsfoss.com/github-alternatives/" data-type="post" data-id="29274" target="_blank">GitHub alternative website like GitLab</a>. However, RIAA is a powerful organization, and they can pressure other code hosting websites to remove youtube-dl repositories as well. The repeated takedowns may also demoralize the developers into abandoning the project.</p>



<p>I have always wondered why YouTube doesn&#8217;t allow the video creators to have the ability to make their videos available for download either for free or for a fee.</p>



<p>What do you think of the entire episode? Do you think the takedown was right? Do express your views.</p>
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title: Map Your Gamepad Buttons With Keyboard, Mouse, or Macros/Scripts Using AntiMicroX in Linux
author: Ankush Das
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<p><strong><em>Brief: AntiMicroX is a GUI tool to map your gamepad with your keyboard, mouse, or custom macros/scripts in Linux. Let&#8217;s take a closer look at it.</em></strong></p>



<p>Gaming peripherals on Linux do not have a great reputation, but we do have some interesting open source tools that can make things easier for you. For instance, I&#8217;ve previously covered a tool <a href="https://itsfoss.com/piper-configure-gaming-mouse-linux/" data-type="post" data-id="78992" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Piper which lets you configure your gaming mouse</a>.</p>



<p>This time, let me introduce you to an exciting open source tool that lets you utilize your game pad by mapping it to your keyboard, mouse, scripts, or macros.</p>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-attachment-id="84381" data-permalink="https://itsfoss.com/antimicrox/antimicrox-mapping/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/antimicrox-mapping.png?fit=800%2C557&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="800,557" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="antimicrox-mapping" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/antimicrox-mapping.png?fit=300%2C209&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/antimicrox-mapping.png?fit=800%2C557&amp;ssl=1" loading="lazy" width="800" height="557" src="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/antimicrox-mapping.png?resize=800%2C557&#038;ssl=1" alt="Antimicrox Mapping" class="wp-image-84381" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/antimicrox-mapping.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/antimicrox-mapping.png?resize=300%2C209&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/antimicrox-mapping.png?resize=768%2C535&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/antimicrox-mapping.png?resize=150%2C104&amp;ssl=1 150w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></figure></div>



<p>In this article, I&#8217;ll mention why you might need it and its key features to help you know more about it.</p>



<h2>AntiMicroX: An open source tool to map your gamepad</h2>



<p>Of course, this isn&#8217;t for everyone but an open source GUI tool for something useful, why not?</p>



<p>Maybe you have a system that you utilize for media consumption (or as a <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://itsfoss.com/best-linux-media-server/" target="_blank">media server on Linux</a>). Or, maybe you want to use a desktop application using your gamepad. </p>



<p>Also, you may want to use it to play a game that does not offer gamepad support.</p>



<p>For such cases, AntiMicroX is a tool that you would want to explore (even if that&#8217;s just for fun).</p>



<h2>Features of AntiMicroX</h2>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-attachment-id="84379" data-permalink="https://itsfoss.com/antimicrox/antimicrox-gamepad/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/antimicrox-gamepad.jpg?fit=800%2C631&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="800,631" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="antimicrox-gamepad" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/antimicrox-gamepad.jpg?fit=300%2C237&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/antimicrox-gamepad.jpg?fit=800%2C631&amp;ssl=1" loading="lazy" width="800" height="631" src="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/antimicrox-gamepad.jpg?resize=800%2C631&#038;ssl=1" alt="Antimicrox Gamepad" class="wp-image-84379" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/antimicrox-gamepad.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/antimicrox-gamepad.jpg?resize=300%2C237&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/antimicrox-gamepad.jpg?resize=768%2C606&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/antimicrox-gamepad.jpg?resize=150%2C118&amp;ssl=1 150w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></figure></div>



<ul><li>Map with keyboard buttons</li><li>Controller mapping to make sure the host detects the correct triggers</li><li>Multiple controller profile</li><li>Ability to launch an executable using the gamepad</li><li>Map with mouse buttons</li><li>Gamepad calibration option</li><li>Tweak Gamepad poll rate (if needed)</li><li>Auto profile support</li></ul>



<h2>Installing AntiMicroX on Linux</h2>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-attachment-id="84380" data-permalink="https://itsfoss.com/antimicrox/antimicrox-calibration/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/antimicrox-calibration.jpg?fit=800%2C637&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="800,637" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="antimicrox-calibration" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/antimicrox-calibration.jpg?fit=300%2C239&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/antimicrox-calibration.jpg?fit=800%2C637&amp;ssl=1" loading="lazy" width="800" height="637" src="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/antimicrox-calibration.jpg?resize=800%2C637&#038;ssl=1" alt="Antimicrox Calibration" class="wp-image-84380" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/antimicrox-calibration.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/antimicrox-calibration.jpg?resize=300%2C239&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/antimicrox-calibration.jpg?resize=768%2C612&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/antimicrox-calibration.jpg?resize=150%2C119&amp;ssl=1 150w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></figure></div>



<p>AntiMicroX offers a wide range of options to get it installed on a Linux distribution. You will find a DEB package, <a href="https://itsfoss.com/what-is-flatpak/" data-type="post" data-id="81443" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Flatpak package</a>, and an AppImage file.</p>



<p>It is easy to <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://itsfoss.com/install-deb-files-ubuntu/" target="_blank">install it using the deb package</a>. In addition to that, you may refer to our <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://itsfoss.com/flatpak-guide/" target="_blank">Flatpak guide</a> or <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://itsfoss.com/use-appimage-linux/" target="_blank">AppImage guide</a> to get started installing AntiMicroX as well.</p>



<p>You can also build it from source if needed. Nevertheless, you should find all the necessary instructions in its <a href="https://github.com/AntiMicroX/antimicrox" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">GitHub page</a> along with the packages in its <a href="https://github.com/AntiMicroX/antimicrox/releases" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">releases section</a>.</p>



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<h2>My Thoughts on Using AntiMicroX on Linux</h2>



<p>Surprisingly, mapping the game pad buttons was easier than you would expect. I was able to map the buttons with my keyboard and assign custom macros/scripts as well.</p>



<p>Mapping the buttons with the mouse isn&#8217;t that simple and may not work well if you already have the mouse buttons assigned for different macros (like in my case). For gaming, it would be nice to calibrate and map the gamepad buttons properly before pairing it up with the keyboard buttons.</p>



<p>It worked just fine with my generic controller. You can definitely try it out. </p>



<p>Did you know about this? Have you tried it yet? Now that we&#8217;re looking for interesting open-source tools, do you know about anything else similar to this for <a href="https://itsfoss.com/linux-gaming-guide/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">gaming on Linux</a>?</p>



<p> Let me know your thoughts in the comments below.</p>
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title: How to Clear Terminal Screen in Ubuntu and Other Linux Distributions [Beginner’s Tip]
author: Abhishek Prakash
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<p>When you are working in the terminal, often you&#8217;ll find that your terminal screen is filled up with too many commands and their outputs.</p>



<p>You may want to clear the terminal to declutter the screen and focus on the next task you are going to perform. Clearing the Linux terminal screen helps a lot, trust me. </p>



<h2>Clear Linux terminal with clear command</h2>



<p>So, how do you clear terminal in Linux? The simplest and the most common way is to use the clear command:</p>



<pre class="wp-block-code"><code>clear</code></pre>



<p>You need no option with the clear command. It&#8217;s that simple but there are some additional things you need to know about it.</p>



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<p><strong><em>The clear command and other methods of clearing screen may depend on the terminal emulator you are using. </em></strong>Terminal emulator is the terminal application that you use for accessing the Linux shell (command line).</p>



<p>If you use clear command on Ubuntu with GNOME Terminal, it will clear the screen and you won&#8217;t be able to see what else you had on the screen previously.</p>



<p>In many other terminal emulators or Putty, it may just clear the screen for one page. If you scroll with mouse or PageUp and PageDown keys, you can still access the old screen outputs.</p>



<p>Frankly, it depends on your need. If you suddenly realize that you need to refer to the output of a previously run command, perhaps having that option available will be helpful.</p>



<h2>Other ways to clear terminal screen in Linux</h2>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-attachment-id="84431" data-permalink="https://itsfoss.com/clear-terminal-ubuntu/clear-terminal-screen-linux/" data-orig-file="https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/clear-terminal-screen-linux.png?fit=800%2C450&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="800,450" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="clear-terminal-screen-linux" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/clear-terminal-screen-linux.png?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/clear-terminal-screen-linux.png?fit=800%2C450&amp;ssl=1" loading="lazy" width="800" height="450" src="https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/clear-terminal-screen-linux.png?resize=800%2C450&#038;ssl=1" alt="Clear Terminal Screen Linux" class="wp-image-84431" srcset="https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/clear-terminal-screen-linux.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/clear-terminal-screen-linux.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/clear-terminal-screen-linux.png?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/clear-terminal-screen-linux.png?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></figure></div>



<p>Clear command is not the only way to clear the terminal screen.</p>



<p>You can use Ctrl+L <a href="https://linuxhandbook.com/linux-shortcuts/" data-type="URL" data-id="https://linuxhandbook.com/linux-shortcuts/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">keyboard shortcut in Linux</a> to clear the screen. It works in most terminal emulators.</p>



<pre class="wp-block-code"><code>Ctrl+L</code></pre>



<p>If you use Ctrl+L and clear command in GNOME terminal (default in Ubuntu), you&#8217;ll notice the difference between their impact. Ctrl+L moves the screen one page down giving the illusion of a clean screen but you can still access the command output history by scrolling up.</p>



<p><strong>Some other terminal emulators have this keyboard shortcut set at Ctrl+Shift+K.</strong></p>



<p>You can also use reset command for clearing the terminal screen. Actually, this command performs a complete terminal re-initialization. It could take a bit longer than clear command, though.</p>



<pre class="wp-block-code"><code>reset</code></pre>



<p>There are a couple of other complicated ways to clear the screen when you want to clear the screen completely. But since the command is a bit complicated, it&#8217;s better to use it as <a href="https://linuxhandbook.com/linux-alias-command/" data-type="URL" data-id="https://linuxhandbook.com/linux-alias-command/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">alias in Linux</a>:</p>



<pre class="wp-block-code"><code>alias cls='printf "\033c"'</code></pre>



<p>You can add this alias to your bash profile so that it is available as command.</p>



<p>I know this was a pretty basic topic and most Linux users probably already knew it but it doesn&#8217;t harm in covering the elementary topics for the new Linux users. Isn&#8217;t it?</p>



<p>Got some secretive tip on clearing terminal screen? Why not share it with us? </p>
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title: Linux Kernel 5.10 Will be the Next LTS Release and it has Some Exciting Improvements Lined Up
author: Ankush Das
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<p><strong><em>Development for Linux Kernel 5.10 is in progress. It&#8217;s been confirmed to be a long term support release and it will be bringing newer hardware support among other promised features.</em></strong></p>



<h2>Linux Kernel 5.10 will be Long Term Support Release</h2>



<p><strong>Greg Kroah-Hartman</strong>, the key stable kernel maintainer, addressed an &#8220;Ask the Expert&#8221; session at Linux Foundation&#8217;s Open-Source Summit Europe and confirmed that Linux 5.10 will be the next LTS release.</p>



<p>Even though there were some early speculations of 5.9 being the LTS release, Greg clarified that the last kernel release of the year will always be an LTS release. </p>



<p>As of now, <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://itsfoss.com/linux-kernel-5-4/" target="_blank">Linux Kernel 5.4</a> series happens to be the latest LTS version out there which added a lot of improvements and hardware support. Also, considering the development progress with Linux <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://itsfoss.com/kernel-5-8-release/" target="_blank">Kernel 5.8</a> being the biggest release so far and Linux 5.10&#8217;s first release candidate being close to it, there&#8217;s a lot of things going on under the hood.</p>



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<p>Let&#8217;s take a look at some of the features and improvements that you can expect with Linux Kernel 5.10.</p>



<h2>Linux kernel 5.10 features</h2>



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<p><strong>Note:</strong> <em>Linux Kernel 5.10 is still in early development. So, we will be updating the article regularly for the latest additions/feature updates.</em></p>



<h3>AMD Zen 3 Processor Support</h3>



<p>The new <a href="https://www.tomsguide.com/news/amd-ryzen-5000-revealed-what-it-means-for-pc-gaming" data-type="URL" data-id="https://www.tomsguide.com/news/amd-ryzen-5000-revealed-what-it-means-for-pc-gaming" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Ryzen 5000</a> lineup is one of the biggest buzzes of 2020. So, with Linux Kernel 5.10 release candidate version, various additions are being made for Zen 3 processors.</p>



<h3>Intel Rocket Lake Support</h3>



<p>I do not hope for a lot with Intel&#8217;s Rocket Lake chipsets arriving Q1 next year (2021). But, considering that Intel&#8217;s constantly squeezing everything out of that 14&nbsp;nm process, it is definitely a good thing to see work done for Intel Rocket Lake on Linux Kernel 5.10</p>



<h3>Open Source Driver for Radeon RX 6000 series</h3>



<p>Even though we&#8217;re covering this a day before the Big Navi reveal, the Radeon RX 6000 series is definitely going to be something impressive to compete with NVIDIA RTX 3000 series.</p>



<p>Of course, unless it suffers from the same issues the Vega series or the 5000 series met with.</p>



<p>It&#8217;s good to see work being already done for an open source driver to support the next-gen Radeon GPUs on Linux Kernel 5.10.</p>



<h3>File System Optimizations and Storage Improvements</h3>



<p><a href="https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&amp;item=linux-510-features&amp;num=1">Phoronix</a> reports on file-system optimizations and storage improvements with 5.10 as well. So, judging by that, we should see some performance improvements.</p>



<h3>Other Improvements</h3>



<p>Undoubtedly, you should expect a great deal of driver updates and hardware supports with the new kernel. </p>



<p>For now, the support for SoundBlaster AE-7, early support for NVIDIA Orin (AI processor), and Tiger Lake GPU improvements seem to be the key highlights.</p>



<p>A stable release for Linux Kernel 5.10 should be expected around the mid-December timeline. It will be supported for at least 2 years but you could end up with security/bug fix updates till 2026. So, we will have to stay tuned to the development for anything exciting on the next Linux Kernel 5.10 LTS release.</p>



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<p>What do you think about the upcoming Linux Kernel 5.10 release? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.</p>
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title: How to Use apt-cache Command in Debian, Ubuntu and Other Linux Distributions
author: Abhishek Prakash
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<p><strong><em>With apt-cache command, you can search for package details in the local APT cache. Learn to use apt-cache command in this tutorial.</em></strong></p>



<h2>What is apt-cache command used for?</h2>



<p>The <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Apt" data-type="URL" data-id="https://wiki.debian.org/Apt" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">apt</a> <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://itsfoss.com/package-manager/" data-type="post" data-id="83687" target="_blank">package manager</a> works on a local cache of package metadata. The metadata usually consists information like package name, version, description, dependencies, its repository and developers. With the apt-cache command, you can query this local APT cache and get relevant information.</p>



<p>You can search for the availability of a package, its version number, its dependencies among other things. I&#8217;ll show you how to use the apt-cache command with examples.</p>



<p>The <strong>location of APT cache</strong> is /var/lib/apt/lists/ directory. Which repository metadata to cache depends on the repositories added in your source list in the /etc/apt/sources.list file and additional repository files located in ls /etc/apt/sources.list.d directory.</p>



<p>Surprisingly, apt-cache doesn&#8217;t clear the APT cache. For that you&#8217;ll have to <a href="https://itsfoss.com/clear-apt-cache/" data-type="post" data-id="83693" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">use the apt-get clean command</a>.</p>



<p>Needless to say, the APT packaging system is used on Debian and Debian-based Linux distributions like Ubuntu, Linux Mint, elementary OS etc. You cannot use it on Arch or Fedora.</p>



<h2>Using apt-cache command</h2>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-attachment-id="84461" data-permalink="https://itsfoss.com/apt-cache-command/apt-cache-command-2/" data-orig-file="https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-command.png?fit=800%2C450&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="800,450" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="apt-cache-command" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-command.png?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-command.png?fit=800%2C450&amp;ssl=1" loading="lazy" width="800" height="450" src="https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-command.png?resize=800%2C450&#038;ssl=1" alt="Apt Cache Command" class="wp-image-84461" srcset="https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-command.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-command.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-command.png?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-command.png?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></figure></div>



<p>Like any other Linux command, there are several options available with apt-cache and you can always refer to its man page to read about them.</p>



<p>However, you probably won&#8217;t need to use all of them. This is why I am going to show you only the most common and useful examples of the apt-cache command in this tutorial.</p>



<div style="color:#32373c;background-color:#00d1b2" class="wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-notice gb-font-size-18 gb-block-notice" data-id="eacbef"><div class="gb-notice-title" style="color:#fff"><p>Always update</p></div><div class="gb-notice-text" style="border-color:#00d1b2"><p>It is always a good idea to update the local APT cache to sync it with the remote repositories. How do you do that? You use the command:</p><p><strong>sudo apt update</strong></p></div></div>



<h3>Search for packages</h3>



<p>The most common use of apt-cache command is for finding package. You can use a regex pattern to search for a package in the local APT cache.</p>



<pre class="wp-block-code"><code>apt-cache search package_name</code></pre>



<p>By default, it looks for the search term in both the name and description of the package. It shows the matching package along with its short description in alphabetical order.</p>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-attachment-id="84455" data-permalink="https://itsfoss.com/apt-cache-command/apt-cache-search/" data-orig-file="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-search.png?fit=759%2C437&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="759,437" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="apt-cache-search" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-search.png?fit=300%2C173&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-search.png?fit=759%2C437&amp;ssl=1" loading="lazy" width="759" height="437" src="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-search.png?resize=759%2C437&#038;ssl=1" alt="Apt Cache Search" class="wp-image-84455" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-search.png?w=759&amp;ssl=1 759w, https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-search.png?resize=300%2C173&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-search.png?resize=150%2C86&amp;ssl=1 150w" sizes="(max-width: 759px) 100vw, 759px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></figure></div>



<p>You can narrow down your search to look for the search term in package names only.</p>



<pre class="wp-block-code"><code>apt-cache search --names-only package_name</code></pre>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-attachment-id="84456" data-permalink="https://itsfoss.com/apt-cache-command/apt-cache-search-names-only/" data-orig-file="https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-search-names-only.png?fit=759%2C209&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="759,209" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="apt-cache-search-names-only" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-search-names-only.png?fit=300%2C83&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-search-names-only.png?fit=759%2C209&amp;ssl=1" loading="lazy" width="759" height="209" src="https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-search-names-only.png?resize=759%2C209&#038;ssl=1" alt="Apt Cache Search Names Only" class="wp-image-84456" srcset="https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-search-names-only.png?w=759&amp;ssl=1 759w, https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-search-names-only.png?resize=300%2C83&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-search-names-only.png?resize=150%2C41&amp;ssl=1 150w" sizes="(max-width: 759px) 100vw, 759px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></figure></div>



<p>If you want complete details of all the matched packages, you may use the <code>--full</code> flag. It can also be used with <code>--names-only</code> flag.</p>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-attachment-id="84457" data-permalink="https://itsfoss.com/apt-cache-command/apt-cache-show-full/" data-orig-file="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-show-full.png?fit=759%2C722&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="759,722" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="apt-cache-show-full" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-show-full.png?fit=300%2C285&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-show-full.png?fit=759%2C722&amp;ssl=1" loading="lazy" width="759" height="722" src="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-show-full.png?resize=759%2C722&#038;ssl=1" alt="Apt Cache Show Full" class="wp-image-84457" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-show-full.png?w=759&amp;ssl=1 759w, https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-show-full.png?resize=300%2C285&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-show-full.png?resize=150%2C143&amp;ssl=1 150w" sizes="(max-width: 759px) 100vw, 759px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></figure></div>



<h3>Get detailed package information</h3>



<p>If you know the exact package name (or if you have manged to find it with the search), you can get the detailed metadata information on the package.</p>



<pre class="wp-block-code"><code>apt-cache show package_name</code></pre>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-large"><img data-attachment-id="84447" data-permalink="https://itsfoss.com/apt-cache-command/apt-cache-show-pkgname/" data-orig-file="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-show-pkgname.png?fit=822%2C817&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="822,817" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="apt-cache-show-pkgname" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-show-pkgname.png?fit=300%2C298&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-show-pkgname.png?fit=800%2C795&amp;ssl=1" loading="lazy" width="800" height="795" src="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-show-pkgname.png?resize=800%2C795&#038;ssl=1" alt="Apt Cache Show Pkgname" class="wp-image-84447" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-show-pkgname.png?resize=800%2C795&amp;ssl=1 800w, https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-show-pkgname.png?resize=300%2C298&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-show-pkgname.png?resize=150%2C149&amp;ssl=1 150w, https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-show-pkgname.png?resize=768%2C763&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-show-pkgname.png?resize=75%2C75&amp;ssl=1 75w, https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-show-pkgname.png?resize=96%2C96&amp;ssl=1 96w, https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-show-pkgname.png?w=822&amp;ssl=1 822w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></figure></div>



<p>You can see all kind of details in the package metadata like name, version, developer, maintainer, repository, short and long description, package size and even checksum.</p>



<p>There is another option showpkg that displays information about the package name, version and its forward and reverse dependencies.</p>



<pre class="wp-block-code"><code>apt-cache showpkg package_name</code></pre>



<h3>apt-cache policy</h3>



<p>This is one of the rarely used option of apt-cache command. The policy options helps you debug the issue related to the <a href="https://debian-handbook.info/browse/stable/sect.apt-get.html#sect.apt.priorities" data-type="URL" data-id="https://debian-handbook.info/browse/stable/sect.apt-get.html#sect.apt.priorities" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">preference file</a>. </p>



<p>If you specify the package name, it will show whether the package is installed, which version is available from which repository and its priority.</p>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-attachment-id="84451" data-permalink="https://itsfoss.com/apt-cache-command/apt-cache-policy/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-policy.png?fit=795%2C456&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="795,456" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="apt-cache-policy" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-policy.png?fit=300%2C172&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-policy.png?fit=795%2C456&amp;ssl=1" loading="lazy" width="795" height="456" src="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-policy.png?resize=795%2C456&#038;ssl=1" alt="Apt Cache Policy" class="wp-image-84451" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-policy.png?w=795&amp;ssl=1 795w, https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-policy.png?resize=300%2C172&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-policy.png?resize=768%2C441&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-policy.png?resize=150%2C86&amp;ssl=1 150w" sizes="(max-width: 795px) 100vw, 795px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></figure></div>



<p>By default, each installed package version has a priority of 100 and a non-installed package has a priority of 500. The same package may have more than one version with a different priority. APT installs the version with higher priority unless the installed version is newer. </p>



<p>If this doesn&#8217;t make sense, it&#8217;s okay. It will be extremely rare for a regular Linux user to dwell this deep into package management.</p>



<h3>Check dependencies and reverse dependencies of a package</h3>



<p>You can <a href="https://itsfoss.com/check-dependencies-package-ubuntu/" data-type="post" data-id="82355" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">check the dependencies of a package</a> before (or even after) installing it. It also shows all the possible packages that can fulfill the dependency.</p>



<pre class="wp-block-code"><code>apt-cache depends package</code></pre>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-attachment-id="84452" data-permalink="https://itsfoss.com/apt-cache-command/apt-cache-dependency-check/" data-orig-file="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-dependency-check.png?fit=768%2C304&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="768,304" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="apt-cache-dependency-check" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-dependency-check.png?fit=300%2C119&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-dependency-check.png?fit=768%2C304&amp;ssl=1" loading="lazy" width="768" height="304" src="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-dependency-check.png?resize=768%2C304&#038;ssl=1" alt="Apt-Cache Dependency Check" class="wp-image-84452" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-dependency-check.png?w=768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-dependency-check.png?resize=300%2C119&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-dependency-check.png?resize=150%2C59&amp;ssl=1 150w" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></figure></div>



<p>You may also check which packages are dependent on a certain package by checking the reverse dependencies with apt-cahce.</p>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-attachment-id="84453" data-permalink="https://itsfoss.com/apt-cache-command/apt-cache-reverse-dependency/" data-orig-file="https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-reverse-dependency.png?fit=768%2C304&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="768,304" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="apt-cache-reverse-dependency" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-reverse-dependency.png?fit=300%2C119&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-reverse-dependency.png?fit=768%2C304&amp;ssl=1" loading="lazy" width="768" height="304" src="https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-reverse-dependency.png?resize=768%2C304&#038;ssl=1" alt="Apt Cache Reverse Dependency" class="wp-image-84453" srcset="https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-reverse-dependency.png?w=768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-reverse-dependency.png?resize=300%2C119&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-reverse-dependency.png?resize=150%2C59&amp;ssl=1 150w" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></figure></div>



<p>Frankly, I was also surprised to see that a DevOps tool like Ansible has a dependency on a <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://itsfoss.com/funny-linux-commands/" data-type="post" data-id="75663" target="_blank">funny Linux command like Cowsay</a>. I think it&#8217;s perhaps because after <a href="https://linuxhandbook.com/install-ansible-linux/" data-type="URL" data-id="https://linuxhandbook.com/install-ansible-linux/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">installing Ansible</a>, it displays some message on the nodes.</p>



<h3>Check unmet dependencies</h3>



<p>You may get troubled with <a href="https://itsfoss.com/held-broken-packages-error/" data-type="post" data-id="81864" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">unmet dependencies issue in Ubuntu</a> or other Linux. The apt-cache command provides option to check all the unmet dependencies of various available packages  on your system.</p>



<pre class="wp-block-code"><code>apt-cache unmet</code></pre>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img data-attachment-id="84458" data-permalink="https://itsfoss.com/apt-cache-command/apt-cache-unmet/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-unmet.png?fit=759%2C399&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="759,399" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="apt-cache-unmet" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-unmet.png?fit=300%2C158&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-unmet.png?fit=759%2C399&amp;ssl=1" loading="lazy" width="759" height="399" src="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-unmet.png?resize=759%2C399&#038;ssl=1" alt="Apt Cache Unmet" class="wp-image-84458" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-unmet.png?w=759&amp;ssl=1 759w, https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-unmet.png?resize=300%2C158&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/apt-cache-unmet.png?resize=150%2C79&amp;ssl=1 150w" sizes="(max-width: 759px) 100vw, 759px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></figure>



<p class="has-larger-font-size"><strong>Conclusion</strong></p>



<p>You can list all available packages with the apt-cache command. The output would be huge, so I suggest combining it with <a href="https://linuxhandbook.com/wc-command/" data-type="URL" data-id="https://linuxhandbook.com/wc-command/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">wc command</a> to get a total number of available packages like this:</p>



<pre class="wp-block-code"><code>apt-cache pkgnames | wc -l</code></pre>



<p>Did you notice that you don&#8217;t need to be <a href="https://itsfoss.com/root-user-ubuntu/" data-type="post" data-id="72871" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">root user</a> for using apt-cache command?</p>



<p>The newer <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://itsfoss.com/apt-command-guide/" data-type="post" data-id="16797" target="_blank">apt command</a> has a few options available to match the features of apt-cache command. Since apt is new, apt-get and its associated commands like apt-cache are still preferred to be used in scripts.</p>



<p>I hope you find this tutorial helpful. If you have questions about any point discussed above or suggestion to improve it, please let me know in the comments.</p>
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