NVIDIA Snaps, ProtonVPN releases a command line tool, Microsoft launches distros and enterprise Pi is now a thing.
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News:
Roll your own
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/03/microsofts-new-open-source-tool-lets-you-bring-your-own-linux-distro-to-windows/
- Embrace.
- Linux has won the war! Unleash the penguins :-D Microsoft can’t penetrate or change the GNU because it is protected . . .
- Now you too can break your Windows install by installing ARCH!!1! on it.
- WSL-DistroLauncher is aimed at two groups:
- distribution owners (so they can produce a bundle to ship through the Microsoft Store)
- developers (so they can create custom distributions and sideload them onto their development systems).
- Yes, you can sideload.
1.1.1.1
https://blog.cloudflare.com/announcing-1111/
- If you live in a country that blocks some sites, just saying.
- Faster than the Google.
- Cisco uses 1.1.1.1 for their captive portal stuff.
- That should be fun for some unlucky admins.
- Don’t have to use freedns.afraid.org or OpenDNS anymore.
Protonvpn-cli
https://github.com/ProtonVPN/protonvpn-cli
https://protonvpn.com/support/linux-vpn-tool/
- Am I the only person who configures their VPN in the router?
- The thing with that is that most people run the default router their ISP provides.
- I use the GUI client PIA provides, just because lazy.
- It’s nice to see VPN providers offering tools for Linux users.
- For the longest time support == “you can figure it out”
Drivers
http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/132530/en-us
- They install and make /w the working \:D/… kinda
- Still have a blank login screen on the XFCE4.
- Does not sort the Chrome herky-jerk.
- (Does it fix the Vulcan drivers not crashing in the Serious engine? Need to check.)
NVIDIA Snap
https://github.com/snapcore/snapd/releases/tag/2.32.2
- Don’t know if I would trust Snap /w a video driver… yet.
- This would be awesome for the Steam Snap integration that Ikey Doherty is working on :-D
- This is one of the things I always asked how you’d keep the sandbox if the application was asking for LibGL.
- I suppose this is how you do it.
CPU B GONE
https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/4/2/72
- Linux kernel maintainers have taken the decision to go ahead with dropping support for old CPU architectures.
- 4.17 will loose 500K lines of code as a result.
- Blackfin, CRIS, FRV, M32R, Metag, MN10300, Score and Tile are on the nope list.
- Processors for older embedded systems.
- And if you are one of the people running one of these systems, just stick with 4.15 or older.
Linux on MAC in 2020
https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/3/17191986/apple-intel-cpu-processor-design-competition
- First off, Apple has been getting out of the desktop business for some time.
- Second, it will be interesting to see what kind of moon-ARM chip they come up with.
- However, this is going to hurt existing (and future?) X86 MAC desktop sales HARD.
- 3’rd RIP MAC gaming.
- Also, no more Hackintosh.
- Apple is becoming more proprietary again. This will be the death of their higher end workstations. Do you really think that an ARM chip can compete with a XEON?
- Power PC is dead, long live Power PC.
- “The shift would also allow Cupertino, California-based Apple to more quickly bring new features to …”
- Hahahahahahah! The delusion is real.
- Remember when game devs complained about how the PS3 was a nightmare to code for? Or the Sega Saturn before that?
- Remember when Apple moved to X86?
- Good on you, Apple! We haven’t seen such fine foot shooting since Microsoft announced Windows 10 S.
- Again, Apple is getting out of the desktop business and unlike MS they have the in-house talent to build their own ARM doritos.
- POWER9… just saying.
3D of Safe (RTheren)
https://arcan-fe.com/2018/03/29/safespaces-an-open-source-vr-desktop/
- Does this make sense outside of VR?
- Is VR at a place where this is usable?
- Is this spinny Cube 2.0?
- Does anyone remember Sun’s Java based Project Looking Glass 3D Live Cd (LG3D LiveCD)? Circa 2005
Making LGC
https://www.patreon.com/posts/17924729
- If you ever wanted a particularly bad guide on using basic KDENlive functions.
- Making LGC at its finest!
Zoom zoom on a budget
https://www.anandtech.com/show/12600/mushkin-launches-source-ssds-3d-tlc-sata-from-39-to-110
- Not Linux related but worth a mention.
- Cheap High Quality SSDs for the win!
- $0.22/GB for the 500GB is pretty good!
- Thinking about picking on up for the lossless render drive.
- 500GB $109.99 on the Zon as of recording.
Slice of Pi
- Heard the announcement of this at SUSE Expert Days in Los Angeles 2017.
- The initial release had hardware compatibility issues, that I am sure have been resolved.
- Would you like to hate how your Pi works?
- SUSE can now offer 12 x 5 or 24 x 7 support.
- SUSE is also planning to update I/O support so that SLES can be installed on a Raspberry Pi over a network rather than using an SD card image.
Waaaaa
https://opensource.com/article/18/3/build-baby-monitor-raspberry-pi
