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NVIDIA Linux Driver Adds Wayland Bug Fixes and Improvements (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)

Sell Me on Linux

I posted this as a comment in another post but when I got done I realized it would probably just be better as its own post. I’m sure I could find the answers I need myself but frankly I trust the userbase here more than most online articles....

Should I install Linux on my smartphone?

I have a Samsung Galaxy J3 (2018) smartphone which currently has the stock Samsung Android OS installed on it. I wanted to install an Android “distro” that doesn’t spy on me, like Graphene OS, but I couldn’t find a ROM for it. Since I would probably need to compile AOSP from source code anyways, I though, why not install...

Is there an easy way to set up an email client so you get system notifications in GNOME once you receive an e-mail?

As simple as the title sounds I’m having huge trouble getting that working....

Uget download manager; this elderly still works like the best

a whiff of whiffle -- wingolog (wingolog.org)

Wine Wayland Driver Lands Improved HiDPI Support (www.phoronix.com)

Today I discovered Garuda's BTRFS assistant and it's a total game changer. (github.com)

Was looking at how to set up snapper on Fedora 39 and came across the ever knowledgable Stephens tech talks video. It does balance, setting up snapper, sub-volume management in a really cool GUI tool....

wayland is biased towards gnome (github.com)

wayland, not even once (gist.github.com)

Copy this code and paste it in the CLI. And no, it's not a forkbomb.

https://pastebin.com/p6PmeQDm...

change my mind: Ubuntu does the same thing as Android

both Linux operating systems have 1. A friendly user interface, 2. A hidden terminal, and 3. A locked down root user, to avoid dangerous actions!! Why do people seem to dislike Android when Ubuntu is similar to it??

10 YouTube Channels Linux Users Should Explore (itsfoss.com)

LXQt 1.4, Arriving at a Lubuntu Backports PPA Near You (lubuntu.me)

Canonical Microcloud: Simple, free, on-prem Linux clustering (www.theregister.com)

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Major improvements have been made to the bgammon.org online backgammon service (www.bgammon.org)

bgammon.org is a free and open source online backgammon service without ads or tracking....

Is asus rog strix B55-F gaming wifi ll atx am4 a good motherboard for linux? (known problem?)

I use Debian, if that is a useful info.

Looking for a "couch laptop"

I’m in the market for a Linux friendly ultralight laptop to check web apps and run terminal, nothing fancier then that. Do any cheap systems exits these days? I was looking at a chrome book but apparently the mediatek chip doesn’t play nicely with FOSS....

One single partition for Linux versus using a partition table?

Heya folks, some people online told me I was doing partitions wrong, but I’ve been doing it this way for years. Since I’ve been doing it for years, I could be doing it in an outdated way, so I thought I should ask....

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Committing Fully To Netplan For Network Configuration (www.phoronix.com)

The Canonical-developed Netplan has served for Linux network configuration on Ubuntu Server and Cloud versions for years. With the recent Ubuntu 23.10 release, Netplan is now being used by default on the desktop. Canonical is committing to fully leveraging Netplan for network configuration with the upcoming Ubuntu 24.04 LTS...

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