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LinuxNews.de<p>ParticleOS – ein systemd-Betriebssystem<br><a href="https://linuxnews.de/particleos-ein-systemd-betriebssystem/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">linuxnews.de/particleos-ein-sy</span><span class="invisible">stemd-betriebssystem/</span></a> <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/systemd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>systemd</span></a> <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/poettering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poettering</span></a> <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/distributions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distributions</span></a> <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a></p>
TUXEDO<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tilvids.com/video-channels/thelinuxexperiment_channel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>thelinuxexperiment_channel</span></a></span> Linux Experiment had asked you, what's your favorite Distros? <br>You've also voted for TUXEDO OS. 🤗</p><p><a href="https://tilvids.com/w/f5955f2e-f110-42bf-a301-8d3a75549e33" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tilvids.com/w/f5955f2e-f110-42</span><span class="invisible">bf-a301-8d3a75549e33</span></a></p><p><a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/tuxedo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tuxedo</span></a> <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/distributions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distributions</span></a> <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a></p>
Eric Maugendre<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/data" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>data</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/datadon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>datadon</span></a></span> 🧵</p><p>Accuracy! To counter regression dilution, a method is to add a constraint on the statistical modeling.<br>Regression Redress restrains bias by segregating the residual values.<br>My article: <a href="http://data.yt/kit/regression-redress.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">data.yt/kit/regression-redress</span><span class="invisible">.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/bias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bias</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/modeling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>modeling</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/dataDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dataDev</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/AIDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIDev</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/modelEvaluation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>modelEvaluation</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/regression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regression</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/modelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>modelling</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/dataLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dataLearning</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/linearRegression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linearRegression</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/probability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>probability</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/probabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>probabilities</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/statistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>statistics</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/stats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stats</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/correctionRatio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>correctionRatio</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ML</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/distributions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distributions</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/accuracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accuracy</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/RegressionRedress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RegressionRedress</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Python</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/RStats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RStats</span></a></p>
Teddy / Domingo (🇨🇵/🇬🇧)<p>The best <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://framapiaf.org/@linux" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>linux</span></a></span> <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/distros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distros</span></a> for beginners are as easy to use as <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/MacOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MacOS</span></a> or <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a> -- really.<br>The best <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/distributions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distributions</span></a> for beginners in 2025: Expert tested and reviewed<br><a href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/best-linux-desktops-for-beginners/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">zdnet.com/article/best-linux-d</span><span class="invisible">esktops-for-beginners/</span></a></p>
Eric Maugendre<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/data" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>data</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/datadon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>datadon</span></a></span> 🧵</p><p>How to assess a statistical model?<br>How to choose between variables?</p><p>Pearson's <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/correlation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>correlation</span></a> is irrelevant if you suspect that the relationship is not a straight line.</p><p>If monotonic relationship:<br>"<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Spearman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spearman</span></a>’s rho is particularly useful for small samples where weak correlations are expected, as it can detect subtle monotonic trends." It is "widespread across disciplines where the measurement precision is not guaranteed".<br>"<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Kendall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kendall</span></a>’s Tau-b is less affected [than Spearman’s rho] by outliers in the data, making it a robust option for datasets with extreme values."<br>Ref: <a href="https://statisticseasily.com/kendall-tau-b-vs-spearman/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">statisticseasily.com/kendall-t</span><span class="invisible">au-b-vs-spearman/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/normality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>normality</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/normalDistribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>normalDistribution</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/modeling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>modeling</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/dataDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dataDev</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/AIDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIDev</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ML</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/modelEvaluation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>modelEvaluation</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/regression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regression</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/modelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>modelling</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/dataLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dataLearning</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/featureEngineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>featureEngineering</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/linearRegression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linearRegression</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/modeling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>modeling</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/probability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>probability</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/probabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>probabilities</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/statistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>statistics</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/stats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stats</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/correctionRatio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>correctionRatio</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ML</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Pearson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pearson</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/bias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bias</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/regressionRedress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regressionRedress</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/distributions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distributions</span></a></p>
David J. Atkinson<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://saturation.social/@clive" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>clive</span></a></span> <br>This suggests that one could detect <a href="https://c.im/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> written material by comparing the word distribution to that of human writing, assuming a large enough sample. It may also be true that the word distributions from various <a href="https://c.im/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> models are different from each, in which case you now have an AI fingerprint. Comparing multiple <a href="https://c.im/tags/distributions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distributions</span></a> is relatively straightforward with <a href="https://c.im/tags/statistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>statistics</span></a>.</p>
openSUSE Linux<p>Curious about the growth and use of <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/openSUSE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openSUSE</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> flavors &amp; <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/distributions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distributions</span></a>? Explore the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/stats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stats</span></a> &amp; versioning details of <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Leap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Leap</span></a> &amp; more at <a href="https://metrics.opensuse.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">metrics.opensuse.org</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>! 📊🦎</p>
Eric Maugendre<p>In 2016, the American Statistical Association <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ASA</span></a> made a formal statement that "a p-value, or statistical significance, does not measure the size of an effect or the importance of a result".</p><p>It also stated that "p-values do not measure the probability that the studied hypothesis is true, or the probability that the data were produced by random chance alone".</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/nullHypothesis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nullHypothesis</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/probabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>probabilities</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/probability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>probability</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/maths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maths</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/mathematics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mathematics</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/vectors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vectors</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/bigData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bigData</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/matrices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>matrices</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ML</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/distributions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distributions</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/stats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stats</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/statistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>statistics</span></a></p>
Larvitz :fedora: :redhat:<p>Short summary of the <a href="https://burningboard.net/tags/regreSSHion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regreSSHion</span></a> vulnerability (CVE-2024-6387)</p><p>It's an unauthenticated remote code execution that works without user interaction. Therefore a rather high security risk for systems running <a href="https://burningboard.net/tags/openssh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openssh</span></a>. </p><p>Affected versions (AFAIK): </p><p>Any version older than 4.4p1 and 8.5p1 until 9.8. The first upstream version, containing a fix is 9.8p1. But since distributions often backport security fixes to older versions, a deeper look is necessary.</p><p>Short summary for bigger distributions:</p><p>Debian: Stable, testing and sid are affected. A patch for stable has been released. (<a href="https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-6387" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">security-tracker.debian.org/tr</span><span class="invisible">acker/CVE-2024-6387</span></a>)</p><p>Ubuntu: 22.04, 23.10 and 23.04 are affected. A patch for them has been released. (<a href="https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6859-1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ubuntu.com/security/notices/US</span><span class="invisible">N-6859-1</span></a>)</p><p>Red Hat: RHEL version 6-8 are not affected. RHEL9 is and by now, there isn't a patch available <a href="https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-6387" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">access.redhat.com/security/cve</span><span class="invisible">/CVE-2024-6387</span></a>)</p><p><a href="https://burningboard.net/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://burningboard.net/tags/openssh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openssh</span></a> <a href="https://burningboard.net/tags/CVE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CVE</span></a>-2024-6387 <a href="https://burningboard.net/tags/RCE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RCE</span></a> <a href="https://burningboard.net/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://burningboard.net/tags/distributions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distributions</span></a></p>
mid_kid<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@bagder" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bagder</span></a></span> The constant push and pull of users and developers to always have the latest, and sysadmins and distributions who prefer ironing out everything instead of seeing flavor-of-the-month bugs pop up left and right... It's a tale as old as time.</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/distributions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distributions</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>software</span></a></p>
Link of the Day [defunct]<p>🕖 Link of the day THROWBACK<br>This day, one year ago...</p><p>📎 Link of the day: <a href="https://www.mageia.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">mageia.org</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>📂 Category: Computers » Linux » Distributions</p><p>Mageia is the successor of the old Mandriva Linux following the same principles of being a user-friendly graphical Linux distribution.</p><p><a href="https://botsin.space/tags/lotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lotd</span></a> <a href="https://botsin.space/tags/distributions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distributions</span></a> <a href="https://botsin.space/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://botsin.space/tags/computers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computers</span></a> <a href="https://botsin.space/tags/web" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>web</span></a></p>
Fedi.Video<p>Linux User Space posts in-depth videos about the history of Linux distributions and Linux tools. You can follow them at:</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tilvids.com/accounts/linuxuserspace" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>linuxuserspace</span></a></span> </p><p>If the videos haven't federated to your server yet, you can browse them all at <a href="https://tilvids.com/a/linuxuserspace/videos" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tilvids.com/a/linuxuserspace/v</span><span class="invisible">ideos</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/FeaturedPeerTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FeaturedPeerTube</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/GNULinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GNULinux</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/Distros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Distros</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/LinuxDistros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxDistros</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/Distributions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Distributions</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/ComputingHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ComputingHistory</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/Computing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Computing</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/PeerTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeerTube</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/PeerTubers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeerTubers</span></a></p>
TOV<p>When most people use "other" to install apps on Linux, I am thinking they either install apps using their Linux distribution respositories or download and install the sources code from GitHub. </p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/github" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>github</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/repository" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>repository</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/distributions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distributions</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/repositories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>repositories</span></a></p>
Expert Plus 🍀🔱<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>thomasfuchs</span></a></span> I agree with you 100%. That is one of the main reasons I use <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Waterfox" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Waterfox</span></a></span> and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://lemmy.ml/c/librewolf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>librewolf</span></a></span> (sometimes <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/@Vivaldi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Vivaldi</span></a></span>) over Mozilla. </p><p>Most Linux distros have Firefox browser set as default. In my case, I deleted Firefox from my Linux Mint.</p><p>Oh, and as well as everyone else says - they should not just get rid of Google as search engine, but as well they should get rid of Google from about:config page. </p><p>If you search through about:config , you will find indeed lots of Google connections...wish they removed them all.</p><p><a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firefox</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/vivaldi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vivaldi</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/vivaldibrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vivaldibrowser</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/firefoxbrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firefoxbrowser</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/waterfox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waterfox</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/waterfoxbrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waterfoxbrowser</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/browserworks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>browserworks</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/linuxmint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linuxmint</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/mint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mint</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mozilla</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/phone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phone</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/vr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vr</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/browser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>browser</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/browsers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>browsers</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/mozillafirefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mozillafirefox</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/mozillabrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mozillabrowser</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/librewolf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>librewolf</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/librwolfbrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>librwolfbrowser</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/distro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distro</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/distros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distros</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/linuxdistro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linuxdistro</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/linuxdistros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linuxdistros</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/distributive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distributive</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/distributions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distributions</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/linuxdistribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linuxdistribution</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/linuxdistributive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linuxdistributive</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/privacybrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacybrowser</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/privacyfocused" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacyfocused</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/privacyfocusedbrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacyfocusedbrowser</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/privacyfriendly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacyfriendly</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/privacyisahumanright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacyisahumanright</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>google</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/googlesearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>googlesearch</span></a></p>
Link of the Day [defunct]<p>📎 Link of the day: <a href="https://q4os.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">q4os.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>📂 Category: Computers » Linux » Distributions</p><p>Q4OS (<span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://floss.social/@q4os" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>q4os</span></a></span>) is a "fast and friendly, desktop oriented operating system based on Debian Linux" which includes the <a href="https://botsin.space/tags/TDE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TDE</span></a> and <a href="https://botsin.space/tags/KDE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KDE</span></a> Plasma desktops, homegrown utilities as well as custom usability tweaks.</p><p><a href="https://botsin.space/tags/lotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lotd</span></a> <a href="https://botsin.space/tags/distributions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distributions</span></a> <a href="https://botsin.space/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://botsin.space/tags/computers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computers</span></a> <a href="https://botsin.space/tags/web" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>web</span></a> <a href="https://botsin.space/tags/TDE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TDE</span></a> <a href="https://botsin.space/tags/KDE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KDE</span></a></p>
openSUSE Linux<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@opensuse" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>opensuse</span></a></span> users skyrocketed 🚀 in 2023. Thank you for downloading &amp; using our <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/distributions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distributions</span></a>. Let's continue to increase usage of our operating systems and <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> tools. <a href="https://metrics.opensuse.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">metrics.opensuse.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
JW Wheeler جاستن :fedora:<p>This is one of the most unique and fascinating <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> talks that I've seen. Happening now at <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@fosdem" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fosdem</span></a></span> in the <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Distributions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Distributions</span></a> DevRoom, Vojtech Polasek and Lukáš Tyrychtr are presenting the state of <a href="https://floss.social/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a> in the Linux desktop, with an overview of the basics, what the landscape is like, live demos of working accessibility and absence of accessibility, and developing on Linux <a href="https://floss.social/tags/a11y" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>a11y</span></a> tools.</p><p>I am learning so much!</p><p><a href="https://floss.social/tags/FOSDEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSDEM</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/FOSDEM2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSDEM2024</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Brussels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brussels</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Belgium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Belgium</span></a></p>
JW Wheeler جاستن :fedora:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@ffmancera" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ffmancera</span></a></span> presented in the <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@fosdem" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fosdem</span></a></span> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Distributions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Distributions</span></a> DevRoom today about how not to break Linux distros when building a project that several distributions rely on.</p><p><a href="https://floss.social/tags/NetworkManager" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NetworkManager</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/FOSDEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSDEM</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/FOSDEM2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSDEM2024</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Brussels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brussels</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Belgium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Belgium</span></a></p>
openSUSE Linux<p>For those of you heading to <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/fosdem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fosdem</span></a> this year, come see <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/openSUSE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openSUSE</span></a>, <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ubuntu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ubuntu</span></a> &amp; tons of great talks in the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Distributions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Distributions</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/devroom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>devroom</span></a> <a href="https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/track/distributions/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fosdem.org/2024/schedule/track</span><span class="invisible">/distributions/</span></a></p>
vkc via PeerTube<p>Debian is 30 this year. Here's why it's still worth using.</p><p><a href="https://tinkerbetter.tube/videos/watch/841be1d3-f700-4309-b24f-151ff8cc7d5d" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tinkerbetter.tube/videos/watch</span><span class="invisible">/841be1d3-f700-4309-b24f-151ff8cc7d5d</span></a></p>