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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word “Linux” in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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  • Has anyone tried WSL on Windows ARM?

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    Yes, I have a Surface Pro 11 for my travel laptop and it works well. No notable differences from my previous Dell XPS 13.
  • Being Forced to Say Goodbye

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    Thanks a bunch. Yeah, hoping to find a good job doing something I like in the coming months.
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    There are some devs that I trust to package sure. But when im downloading apps from the discover store I dont really know or care who packaged it. I just want to download the app with some peace of mind. Not all the apps on flathub are packaged by the devs. In the flathub repo, we trust that flathub checked these packages. In the fedora flatpak repo we trust that fedora checked these packages. Personally I do trust the fedora team to provide me secure packages more than I trust the flathub repo. You dont have to and thats fine. One of the reasons I like the fedora repo is that the check the libs used by packages and try to get them updated when they have security vulnerabilities.
  • An inexpensive 10" laptop to run Linux.

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    Have a miserable year and get lost.
  • Does anyone know how to get "Ninja Remote" working on linux?

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    Funny I just spend a few hours working on this on my workstation. Tested in VM first before deploying out to my main machine. but here are rough steps: You have to use wine and the browser extension "User-Agent Switcher and Manager" I would say first install the browser extension then log into your RMM agent. The button to remote will appear but won't work. Click the remote in button and Download the 32bit agent from the pop up Then run wine not sudo on that exe file. Once installed you need to make a desktop entry [nano ~/.local/share/applications/ninja-remote.desktop] Change the username and verify the path is correct by checking your wine folder##### #Paste this with the correct path and username [Desktop Entry] Name=NinjaOne Remote Exec=bash -c 'wine "/home/<USERNAME>/.wine/drive_c/users/<USERNAME>/AppData/Roaming/NinjaRemote/ncplayer.exe" "%u"' Type=Application Terminal=false MimeType=x-scheme-handler/ninjarmm; Second to last Register the desktop Entry: run: xdg-desktop-menu install ~/.local/share/applications/ninja-remote.desktop run: xdg-mime default ninja-remote.desktop x-scheme-handler/ninjarmm Lastly, Paste this in your firefox extension (The we used to trick sites into thinking we are windows) Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/91.0.4472.124 Safari/537.36 Let me know how it goes. Cheers!
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    Fuck you and your unprompted attack on neurodivergent people, and fuck your "oh I ruffled a few feathers" when you directly and objectively insult and generalize an entire group of people. You sound insufferable, this is is not how you get help nor make friends. Too bad for you, but a large amount of people in tech are neurodivergent, and your post is gonna make sure that all those knowledgeable people now won't want to help you.
  • Planning to switch to Linux for my next PC

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    Oh yeah that’s 100% what I was planning to do, I’m just talking with a few friends who actually know computer stuff so I can have a selection when I consult the Linux wizards once more
  • Benefit of Ventoy/Vhd for Windows vs Dualbooting? or VM

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    Every measure is a deterrent, it may not stop people like you, but it may stop lazier people, or bots.
  • Live (Animated) wallpapers programs for linux

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    I'm surprised nobody has recommended Smart Video Wallpaper Reborn for KDE, but then again, it is an old thread. This is my favorite, it also allows for animated wallaper on the lockscreen.
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    Became reddit has a user base that is 10000x bigger.
  • Plank Reloaded: Still Stupidly Simple

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    Hey thanks for following up. I did see that, and I have it installed
  • Multi-Gen LRU is a game changer on my low memory netbook

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    Yes indeed.
  • Trouble Fixing permissions for SFTP

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    You may be able too ssh in as the media user and not root, so that permission is set properly for that user/group
  • Gnome merges Global Shortcuts

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    Yes, but that amounts to the same thing. The restrictions that prevent you from manually overriding it are there to prevent any app from freely overriding it. There's a way to only explicitly allow you to manually override it, and that's the way that's currently being built and requires ecosystem support.
  • (Solved) Fedora KDE kernel 6.12.15 Hanging at Boot

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  • I have no idea how to use SwayWM

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    See if you can nab someone's dotfiles
  • Looking for a better emoji picker

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    Ohh I didn't realize there's a difference between system and DE keyboard options. I'll look into that, thanks
  • Distro and DE recommendations for my specific use cases?

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    Fedora plus rpm-fusion (rather than stock Fedora). I agree that this works really well for beginners, but the extra step of adding rpm-fusion holds some potential for frustration.
  • AMD vs Nvidia

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    Here is a post with a video that seems to had the same experience I had a few years ago on NVidia GPU running on Linux. Here is the YouTube link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LI-1Zdk-Ys
  • Debootstrap issue

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    Run debootstrap like sh -ex debootstrap to get an execution trace so you can see what's going on.