The truth is that Ubuntu touch (and arguably luneOS) is the already daily driver ready fully open source gnu/Linux OS, we don’t have any real numbers on how many devices run ubuntu touch (as we don’t track anyone period) but based on the download numbers and people in our telegram channel, we definitely have well over 5000 active daily users![…]
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Sway. A Wayland replacement for the i3 window manager
The latest trends on *nixporn are tiling window managers, gaps between windows and rounded corners. So, the most used rice system to get a lot of ‘likes’ is using i3-gaps, a fork of i3 that provides gaps and, also, rounded corners for window rendering. Tiling window managers are popular lightweight alternatives to full desktop environments like KDE or GNOME, they[…]
Read moreComputer Virology. Scientific papers about computer viruses
Computer viruses are types of a computer program that, when executed, replicates itself by modifying other computer programs and inserting their own code. When this replication succeeds, the affected systems are then said to be infected with a computer virus. Computer viruses currently cause billions of dollars’ worth of economic damage each year, due to causing system failure, wasting computer[…]
Read morePaperWM. GNOME with scrollable tiling of windows
PaperWM is an experimental Gnome Shell extension providing scrollable tiling of windows and per monitor workspaces. It’s inspired by paper notebooks and tiling window managers. The basic idea of PaperWM is: you want to keep using Gnome (because all kinds of things Just Work in Gnome) but you also kinda wish you were using a tiling window manager. It’s a[…]
Read moreLinux Kernel 5.3 has reached the end of life and no longer receive updates
“I’m announcing the release of the 5.3.18 kernel. Note, this is the LAST 5.3.y kernel release. It is now end-of-life. Please move to 5.4.y now. All users of the 5.3 kernel series must upgrade,” said Greg Kroah-Hartman in a mailing list announcement. “The updated 5.3.y git tree can be found at https://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git;a=summary.” Linux Kernel 5.3 Reached End of Life, Users[…]
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