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Fryboyter

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  • KeePassXC 2.7.7 released

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    Hot Take: Stop Recommending Windows-y Linux Distros

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  • That depends on the beginner. We should consider which distribution to recommend depending on the user. Not every Linux newcomer is a typical Windows end user.

    Apart from that, in my opinion, the relevant passage in the article is more about distributions that stand out from others. In my opinion, Arch is therefore only an example in this case and not a direct recommendation.

  • KDE 6 FOR ARCH LINUX IS HEREEEEEEE

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  • Fedora 41 will drop GNOME's X11 session

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  • So basically what KDE has done with Plasma 6 onwards. Wayland is standard, but you can still use X11 if required.

    An understandable decision. At some point you have to start switching to Wayland.

  • KDE Plasma 6.0.1 released

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  • Have you already checked whether xwayland is still installed? And have you tried to start the program using QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb your_program?

  • KDE Plasma 6.0.1 released

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  • KDE Plasma 6.0.1 released

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  • In the meantime, I have installed the update to Plasma 6.0.1 on my notebook. There were no problems and so far everything is working as it should.

  • KDE Plasma 6.0.1 released

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  • On Arch Linux, Plasma 6.0.1 was released a few minutes ago in the testing package sources.

    ~I am curious if this version will reach the official repositories or if there are still reasons to delay an official release.~

    Edit: That went faster than expected. Plasma 6.0.1 has been moved from Testing to Extra.

  • KDE Plasma 6.0.1 released

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    KDE Plasma 6.0.1 released

    kde.org /announcements/changelogs/plasma/6/6.0.0-6.0.1/
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  • Here are the things I’ve gathered are non-cosmetic:

    Based on https://kde.org/de/announcements/megarelease/6/, I think that many more things are not just purely cosmetic changes.

    I must be missing something.

    I would say you simply have the wrong expectation that with a so-called mega release a lot of big changes have to happen that the user has to notice immediately. However, many of the changes in Plasma 6 are probably not huge. But many smaller changes are also many changes.

    And as others have already written, the changeover to QT 6 was probably not an easy task.

    I also see Plasma 6.0 as a basis for things that are planned in Plasma 6.1 or later versions, for example, and are therefore not yet visible to the user. Articles on the development of Plasma are regularly published at https://pointieststick.com, which provide a more detailed insight into the development process.

  • Linux Crosses 4% Market Share Worldwide

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  • As always, such statistics should be treated with caution.

    What methodology is used to calculate Statcounter Global Stats?

    Statcounter is a web analytics service. Our tracking code is installed on more than 1.5 million sites globally.

    Source: https://gs.statcounter.com/faq#methodology

    It is assumed that there are more than one billion websites worldwide. It is therefore not exactly unlikely that a Linux user will not access any of these 1.5 million websites.

    Furthermore, it is quite common for Linux users to use tools such as Pi-Hole that simply block such statistics scripts. This means that these users would not be counted even if they accessed one of these 1.5 million websites. For my part, I also use computers with Linux that I don't use to access websites. Some of these computers don't even have access to the Internet. They are therefore not counted either.

    Finally, let's come to the most important point. Percentage values say not much if you don't know the actual number of users behind them. Let's assume, for example, that 3.5 per cent Linux users were detected in December and only 3 per cent in January. However, if the total number of users was higher in January, it is therefore possible that more users were detected in January.

  • Atuin: ✨ Magical shell history

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  • Having automatic updates as opt-in by default would be better to avoid supply chain attacks.

    I guess the majority of users would prefer automatic data synchronization. The tool therefore offers the option of deactivating automatic synchronization (https://docs.atuin.sh/configuration/config/).

    Also, if the original history file is still there it would be a good feature to be able to diff between the sqlite and the history file to see if commands have been deleted.

    A solution can probably be created with https://docs.atuin.sh/reference/list/ in conjunction with a shell script.

    Are there options to choose what encryption algo is used?

    I suspect that this is not possible. Why do you want to change the type of encryption?

  • Atuin: ✨ Magical shell history

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    Atuin: ✨ Magical shell history

    github.com /atuinsh/atuin
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    SDDM (Simple Desktop Display Manager) 0.21.0 released

    github.com /sddm/sddm/releases/tag/v0.21.0

  • What terminal file manager that you use, if any?

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  • https://vifm.info

    In this case, however, it cannot be said that I am using it as intended. The AUR helper I use, aurutils, uses Vifm to display the respective PKBUILD file during an update, for example.

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    SambaXP 2023 Conference Videos now available

    www.youtube.com /playlist

  • Nvidia Fuck You! (Linus Torvalds) My thoughts exactly

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  • I’m particularly amused by the pro-NVIDIA “it just works” comments. Compared to what exactly?

    Compared to nothing. I have used Nvidia graphics cards under Linux for many years. The last one was a GTX 1070. In order for the cards to work, I had to install the driver once with the command pacman -S nvidia-dkms. So the effort was very small.

    By the way, I am currently using a 6800 XT from AMD. I therefore don't want to defend Nvidia graphics cards across the board.

    Unfortunately, when it comes to Nvidia, many people do not judge objectively. Torvalds' "fuck you", for example, referred to what he saw as Nvidia's lack of cooperation with the kernel developers. And i think he was right. But it was never about how good or bad the graphics cards were usable under Linux. Which, unfortunately, many Linux users claim. Be it out of lack of knowledge or on purpose.

    Since then, some things have changed and Nvidia has contributed code to several projects like Plasma or Mesa to improve the situation regarding Wayland.

  • Thousands of images on Docker Hub leak auth secrets, private keys

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  • How can you be sure it doesn't affect popular images? The probability may be lower, but I don't think you can rule it out.

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    Thousands of images on Docker Hub leak auth secrets, private keys

    www.bleepingcomputer.com /news/security/thousands-of-images-on-docker-hub-leak-auth-secrets-private-keys/

  • Are packages from flathub always safe?

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  • At https://blog.frehi.be/2023/04/23/the-security-risks-of-flathub/ someone has published an article about Flathub in which he addresses a few problems.

    Therefore, the answer is that Flathub is not always safe to use. However, I do not know of any package source that is always safe to use. Is Flathub more insecure than other package sources? I can't answer that because I don't use solutions like Flatpak, AppImage etc. myself.

  • Do you use an antivirus? Why, or why not?

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    • Virus scanners only detect a fraction of the harmful programmes.
    • Virus scanners can often be tricked.
    • Virus scanners often have security vulnerabilities themselves, which are usually quite serious, since such programmes embed themselves quite deeply in the operating system.
    • Virus scanners cause many users to become careless because they rely too much on such tools.

    Therefore, from my point of view, the disadvantages outweigh the advantages. Therefore, I do not have such a tool permanently installed, neither under Linux nor under Windows. However, every 6 months I scan my Windows installation with a USB-bootable virus scanner. No actually harmful programme has been found for years.

    In my opinion, the following things are much more important than any security software.

    • Install updates as soon as possible. Under Windows, you can use tools like Chocolatey for this.
    • Only install software from trustworthy sources.
    • Only install software that you really need.
    • Only use root or administrator rights if you have to. For everything else, the rights of the user account are sufficient.
    • Create backups regularly.
    • Think before you act.

    Especially the last point is a problem for many users. I can't tell you how many times I've witnessed someone receiving an alleged invoice from mobile provider A by email and opening it, even though they had a contract with provider B.

  • Ran into an issue with the latest arch Linux update, how to prevent in the futur

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  • Ran sudo pacman -Syu; sudo pacman -Syy like I do every few days

    Syy forces the package database to be updated even if no updates are available.

    In my opinion, this makes no sense, especially after you have already run pacman -Syu before. Basically, you only generate additional, unnecessary traffic on the mirror you are using. Pacman -Syu is normally always sufficient.

    The journal was really long so I moved past it

    The display of the systemd journal can be easily filtered. For example, with journalctl -p err -b -1, all entries of the last boot process that are marked as error, critical, alarm or emergency are displayed.

    Has anyone else ran into this issue when updating?

    Not me. But other users do. Some of them also use a distribution other than Arch (or a distribution based on it). When I look at the problems, the current kernel is probably quite a minefield as far as problems are concerned.

    Any advice for preventing future crashes or issues like this so I don’t fear updating?

    As other users have already recommended, you could additionally install the LTS kernel. And if you use BTRFS as a file system, create snapshots before an update (https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/snapper#Wrapping_pacman_transactions_in_snapshots).

    And it should be obvious that important data should be backed up on a regular basis.

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    RustDesk (Open source TeamViewer / Citrix alternative) 1.2.0 released

    github.com /rustdesk/rustdesk/releases/tag/1.2.0
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    Helix - A modal text editor

    helix-editor.com
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    KWin - Roadmap to Vulkan

    invent.kde.org /plasma/kwin/-/issues/169
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    Furthering the evolution of CentOS Stream

    www.redhat.com /en/blog/furthering-evolution-centos-stream
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    Introducing the Rust Leadership Council

    blog.rust-lang.org /2023/06/20/introducing-leadership-council.html
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    Celebrating 25 years of The KDE Free Qt Foundation

    dot.kde.org /2023/06/21/celebrating-25-years-kde-free-qt-foundation