Linux For The Rest Of Us #245 – After a Bit Of A Break

Treeline
Do you have lots of sticky notes lying around with various useful
information jotted down? Or many lists of books, movies, website
logins, personal contacts, or things to do? Can you find them when you
need them? Well, I often couldn't. So here's my answer.

http://treeline.bellz.org/index.html

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What makes Jami unique
Like Jit.si

https://jami.net/

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Netherlands commits to Free Software by default
In an open letter to the Parliament, the Dutch minister for internal
affairs Raymond Knops commits to a "Free Software by default" policy
and underlines its benefits for society. Current market regulations
shall be reworded to allow publishing Free Software by the government.

https://fsfe.org/news/2020/news-20200424-01.html

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Ubuntu 20.04 set up WireGuard VPN server
How can I install and set up WireGuard VPN server on an Ubuntu 20.4 LTS
Linux server? How do I configure Ubuntu 20.04 as the WireGuard VPN
server? WireGuard is an open-source, free, modern, and fast VPN with
state-of-the-art cryptography. It is quicker and simpler as compared to
IPSec and OpenVPN.

https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/ubuntu-20-04-set-up-wireguard-vpn-server/

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FSArchiver - Filesystem Archiver for Linux
FSArchiver is a system tool that allows you to save the contents of a
file-system to a compressed archive file. The file-system can be
restored on a partition which has a different size and it can be
restored on a different file-system.

http://www.fsarchiver.org/

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Learn Bash with this book of puzzles
Computers are both my hobby and my profession. I have about 10 of them
scattered around my apartment, all running Linux (including my Macs).
Since I enjoy upgrading my computers and my computer skills, when I
came across Bash it out by Sylvain Leroux, I jumped on the chance to
buy it.

https://opensource.com/article/20/4/bash-it-out-book

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Voyager 20.04 LTS développement
Wallpaper par défaut XFCE. Voyager Wall dans la Box Voyager avec
nouveaux walls. Ici Green Landscape

https://voyagerlive.org/voyager-xe-20-04-lts/

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aristocratos/bashtop
Resource monitor that shows usage and stats for processor, memory,
disks, network and processes. Bashtop now has theme support and a
function to download missing local themes from repository.

https://github.com/aristocratos/bashtop

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Gnome Connection Manager - A GUI for Remote Management
Remote activity is something that usually done by a system
administrator. The remote protocol that might be used is SSH and/or
telnet. When he has a lot of remote screen to manage, then it is very
likely that the screens will piled each other.

https://linoxide.com/tools/gnome-gui-remote-management/

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jbarlow83/OCRmyPDF
OCRmyPDF adds an OCR text layer to scanned PDF files, allowing them to
be searched or copy-pasted. See the release notes for details on the
latest changes.

https://github.com/jbarlow83/OCRmyPDF

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HP ThinPro Go is a USB stick that turns any PC into a thin client
HP is introducing two new Thin Client solutions that will be available
in the coming months. The HP mt22 Mobile Thin Client looks like a
laptop, but it’s designed to let enterprise customers connect to a
remote server.

https://liliputing.com/2020/05/hp-thinpro-go-is-a-usb-stick-that-turns-any-pc-into-a-thin-client.html

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Open Source vector graphics editor Inkscape 1.0 is out
The developers of the open source cross-platform vector graphics editor
Inkscape have released Inkscape 1.0 to the public this week.

https://www.ghacks.net/2020/05/06/open-source-vector-graphics-editor-inkscape-1-0-is-out/

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Lsyncd - Live Syncing (Mirror) Daemon
Lsyncd watches a local directory trees event monitor interface (inotify
or fsevents). It aggregates and combines events for a few seconds and
then spawns one (or more) process(es) to synchronize the changes. By
default this is rsync.

https://axkibe.github.io/lsyncd

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How to check for weak passwords on your Linux systems with John the
Ripper Are you certain your users are working with strong passwords on
your Linux servers? Let John the Ripper show you who is and who isn't.
The security of your Linux servers is only as strong as the passwords
used by your end users.

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-check-for-weak-passwords-on-your-linux-systems-with-john-the-ripper/

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Cloud Foundry Tutorials
In this guide we'll explore how Cloud Foundry and Kubernetes relate to
each other, how they work together, and help you decide which workloads
to run on which technology. The easiest way to try Cloud Foundry - from
the comfort of your web browser.

https://tutorials.cloudfoundry.org

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2020 Open Source Conferences That Have Moved Online
This hasn't been a particularly good time to be in the business of
staging tech events.

https://www.itprotoday.com/devops-and-software-development/2020-open-source-conferences-have-moved-online

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At Command in Linux
at is a command-line utility that allows you to schedule commands to be
executed at a particular time. Jobs created with at are executed only
once.

https://linuxize.com/post/at-command-in-linux/

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Windows by the numbers: Windows share shrinks, Linux surges ... wait,
Linux? Windows' share of all operating systems took a tumble in April,
the first full month that corporate and government officials urged
people to stay at home and work there if possible, as the coronavirus
pandemic surged. According to analytics company Net Applications,
Windows accounted for 86.

https://www.computerworld.com/article/3199373/windows-by-the-numbers-windows-share-shrinks-linux-surges-wait-linux.html

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Most popular operating systems of 2020: The more things change...
What's really the most popular operating system? That depends on how
you look at them and who's doing the looking. For example, Net
Applications shows Windows on top of the desktop operating system
mountain with 88.14 percent of the market.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/whats-2020s-most-popular-operating-systems/

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MNT Reform Open Source Hardware Laptop Launched for $999 and Up
(Crowdfunding) MNT Reform DIY Arm Linux laptop has been in the works at
least since 2017. The open source hardware laptop is also fully modular
with Boundary Devices Nitrogen8M SoM featuring NXP i.MX 8M quad-core
Cortex-A53 processor and 4GB RAM, M.2 NVMe SSD storage, and standard,
replaceable 18650 batteries.

https://www.cnx-software.com/2020/05/09/mnt-reform-open-source-hardware-laptop/

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How to install Adminer on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
How do I install Adminer on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS for database management
over the web? Adminer (formerly known as phpMinAdmin) is an open-source
and free web-based database management tool. It is written in PHP.

https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/how-to-install-adminer-on-ubuntu-20-04-lts/

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xrdesktop continues expanding the Linux desktop into Virtual Reality
with work sponsored by Valve Today the hackers over at Collabora
announced the release of xrdesktop 0.14, a Valve Software sponsored
effort to bring Linux desktops into the VR world.

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/xrdesktop-continues-expanding-the-linux-desktop-into-virtual-reality-with-work-sponsored-by-valve.16621

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Linux is Most Used OS in Microsoft Azure – over 50 percent of VM cores
For the last few years, Microsoft has stated during event keynotes and
in other places that Linux is a rapidly growing operating system (OS)
being used within Microsoft Azure. They had proudly stated that 50% of
new VMs running in Azure were running Linux.

https://build5nines.com/linux-is-most-used-os-in-microsoft-azure-over-50-percent-fo-vm-cores/

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Scan your Linux security with Lynis
Have you ever thought about how secure your Linux machine really is?
There are numerous Linux distros, each with its own default settings,
on which you run dozens of software packages with different version
numbers, and numerous services running in the background, which we
hardly know or care about.

https://opensource.com/article/20/5/linux-security-lynis

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Hubs Cloud
Hubs Cloud creates and manages all of the AWS resources needed to host
your own immersive spaces from your company or organization’s own
account. Bring your own domain or use Route53 to create a new site,
running on a single EC2 instance or scaled up to multiple servers for
greater system-wide concurrency. Easily customize your platform with
your own branding, upload your own 3D content, or select from the vast
array of avatars and scenes licensed under Creative Commons for the
Hubs platform.

https://hubs.mozilla.com/cloud

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End of support
Now that your Chromebook is getting up there in years, its ability to
take advantage of the latest features is coming to an end. The latest
software requires the latest hardware to work properly.

https://www.google.com/chromebook/older/

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Linux not Windows: Why Munich is shifting back from Microsoft to open
source – again In a notable U-turn for the city, newly elected
politicians in Munich have decided that its administration needs to use
open-source software, instead of proprietary products like Microsoft
Office. The agreement was finalized Sunday and the parties will be in
power until 2026.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-not-windows-why-munich-is-shifting-back-from-microsoft-to-open-source-again/

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Anvil - Drag and Drop Python Web App Builder
Web apps made simple. Design with our visual designer Build with
nothing but Python Publish Instant hosting in the cloud or on-site Try
it now 7 times faster than traditional tools.

https://anvil.works/#page-top

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