Discover the top 5 Linux essential apps and post-install rituals. Learn about extreme file-system damage coping strategies and Fedora's potential switch to KDE Plasma. Dive into advancements in recovery tools, dictation solutions, and a YouTube alternative app. Explore efficient file syncing, device trust solutions, and upcoming tech events.
FreeTube offers a privacy-focused YouTube experience without tracking or ads.
Speedrunning challenges in the FreeBSD community spark interest in a Linux speedrunning challenge.
Linux community events like self-destructing challenges bring fun and engagement.
Deep dives
Installing FreeTube as an Ad-Free and Tracked-Free YouTube Experience
FreeTube is mentioned as a useful app that allows you to use YouTube without tracking or advertisements. It provides a cleaned-up version of the YouTube experience without JavaScript execution, making it a more privacy-friendly option.
The Efficiency of FreeBSD Zero to Desktop Speedrun Challenge
A blog post highlights the FreeBSD community's speedruns, with one user documenting their challenges in installing a 13-year-old ThinkPad W520 in four minutes and 23 seconds. The challenge involves zero to desktop installations with varying times and approaches.
Proposing a Linux Speedrunning Challenge for the Community
Inspired by the FreeBSD speedrun challenges, the idea of creating a Linux speedrunning challenge within the community is discussed. The challenge would involve manual, unscripted installations from zero to desktop with the fastest times recorded.
Considering a Fest Event for Linux Speedrunning
Exploring the possibility of incorporating a Linux speedrunning challenge as part of a fest event. The challenge would allow participants to compete by completing zero to desktop installations within a specified timeframe, creating a leaderboard of fastest times.
Reflecting on Past Linux Challenges and Meetup Events
Recalling previous Linux challenges and meetup events, including a self-destructing Linux challenge and the potential to recreate similar engaging events in the future. Highlighting the fun and community engagement aspects of such endeavors.
We asked, and you answered: Your top 5 Linux app essentials and post-install rituals. Plus, some news to better cope with "extreme file-system damage."
Berlin with Brent: May Meetup — Brent is back in Berlin! Please join the Jupiter Broadcasting community for an evening together, and bring your friends!
Warp — Warp allows you to securely send files to each other via the internet or local network by exchanging a word-based code.
Bcachefs Repair Code Reaching Complete & Robust Recovery — "This patchset was kindly tested by a user from India who accidentally wiped one drive out of a three drive filesystem with no replication on the family computer - it took a couple weeks but we got everything important back."
Linux 6.9-rc3 Released With Many Bcachefs Patches — "[...] but hey, if you had a corrupted bcachefs filesystem you'd probably want this, and if you thought bcachefs was stable already, I have a bridge to sell you. Special deal only for you, real cheap."
F42 Change Proposal: Fedora Plasma Workstation — Switch the default desktop experience for Workstation to KDE Plasma. The GNOME desktop is moved to a separate spin / edition, retaining release-blocking status.
412linux.io — N100 Media Serving Efficiency with Quick Sync
Pick: FreeTube — FreeTube is an open source desktop YouTube player built with privacy in mind. Use YouTube without advertisements and prevent Google from tracking you with their cookies and JavaScript. Available for Windows, Mac & Linux thanks to Electron.
FreeBSD Speedruns — The zero-to-desktop FreeBSD speedrun category records the time taken from the first boot of a FreeBSD image, through installation, to the display of a desktop environment or window manager.
FreeBSD Zero to Desktop Speedrun Challenge — The operations and commands that needed to be done took me 1:33 and installation of base.txz/kernel.txz datasets took 0:28. Downloading and installing needed pkg(8) packages took 2:22 of time.
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