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Linux Kernel 4.20 Released By Linus Torvalds Just In Time For Christmas

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New features in Linux Kernel 4.20

Here are the major new features added by the 350,000 new lines of code in the Linux kernel 4.20. As you can see the changes are mainly around improving support for Graphics, CPUs and other hardware.

linux-kernel-4-9

The release also removes the controversial Speck algorithm.

  • AMD Picasso & Raven 2 APU support.
  • The AMD Vega 20 7nm workstation GPU support is ready for the graphics card release.
  • VCN JPEG acceleration for Raven Ridge APUs in conjunction with Mesa 18.3 user-space code.
  • GPUVM performance improvements for the AMDGPU kernel driver.
  • Continued work on the Intel Icelake “Gen 11” graphics support.
  • Full PPGTT support for Haswell/Ivy/Valley View hardware.
  • Initial HDMI 2.0 support for the open source NVIDIA Nouveau driver and initial display support for NVIDIA Xavier “Tegra194” SoC.
  • Virtual KMS (VKMS) has the initial cursor and GEM support.
  • Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 SoC support.
  • Linux x86/x86_64 optimizations.
  • Early work on AMD Zen 2 CPU enablement
  • Many other DRM changes.
  • Removes NSA’s Speck crypto algorithm from the Kernel.
  • Continued fixings for the Year 2038 problem
  • USB drivers updates

You can see the detailed list of Linux Kernel 4.20 features at Phoronix.

KDE Neon Now Based on Ubuntu 18.04 ‘Bionic Beaver’

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The wait is over: the KDE Ubuntu 18.04 release is finally here.

Developers behind the KDE-centric Linux distro¹ have announced that they’ve successfully rebased KDE Neon on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS ‘Bionic Beaver’, which was released earlier this year.

With the bump to Bionic KDE Neon users unlock access to newer packages, third-party tools, and hardware drivers. They also benefit from a more recent Linux kernel.

upgrade kde neon to 18.04

KDE Neon 18.04 Upgrade Prompt

Naturally the latest stable KDE Plasma desktop and associated apps are installed by default, with future stable releases pushed out to users as and when they’re available.

This LTS to LTS migration has been in the works since the Ubuntu 18.04 release back in April, and has been undergoing wider testing for several months.

Swapping out the foundation of a distro isn’t an overnight task, and is made harder by the mix of LTS and non-LTS software stacks involved.

But with some hardwork and elbow grease neon devs have pulled it off.

They now plan to put “more developer effort” into using Snap packages, which offer the potential for more frequent third-party app updates than otherwise provided to an LTS release. Lees verder →

Can’t resize GTK 3 windows by clicking in the border KDE KUbuntu KDE Neon

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I think that the problem is in the file /usr/share/themes/Breeze/gtk-3.20/gtk3.css and gtk-dark.css, or the theme you use.

  .solid-csd decoration {
    border-radius: 0;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0px;
    border: none;
    background-color: #556068;
    box-shadow: none; }

If I change “margin: 2; , Remmina and Tilix have borders again,

27 Interesting Facts about Linux

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27 Interesting Facts about Linux

Trivia about the famous open source operating system

In honour of Linux’s birthday here’s a list 27 interesting facts about Linux, its creator Linus Torvalds, and the impact his “hobby” OS has had on the world.

Since its creation back in 1991, the open source Unix-like operating system has gone on to revolutionise the world, empower startups, birth new industries, and help in the creation of new types of gadgets and technologies. Lees verder →

vmware-view:// error open client from browser on linux (Ubuntu 18.04) Workspace ONE

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To add protocol handler vmware-view:// you need to add file vmware-view.desktop to ~/.local/share/applications.

 

It looks like this:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=VMware Horizon Client
Exec=/vmware-view %u
Type=Application
Terminal=false
MimeType=x-scheme-handler/vmware-view;

Exec and MimeType are very important.

Then you need to add line

x-scheme-handler/vmware-view=vmware-view.desktop

to file ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list under [Default Applications]

At the end you will probably need to type command:

update-desktop-database ~/.local/share/applications

For me it was working on all browsers.

 

Mounting Bitlocker Volumes Under Linux

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Driver Installation

The software, which makes this possible, is called Dislocker. It is an opensource driver project maintained on Github by Aorimn. To obtain the source code:

git clone https://github.com/Aorimn/dislocker.git

Or Ubuntu PPA’s
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dislocker
https://launchpad.net/~hermlnx/+archive/ubuntu/dislocker

Before you can build the driver it is necessary to install some dependencies, including the fuse and polarssl headers:

sudo apt-get install gcc cmake make libfuse-dev libpolarssl-dev ruby-dev

Assuming that these are installed correctly you can then build the project and install the driver as follows:

cd dislocker cmake 

make sudo make install

According to Aorimn the current version of the Dislocker driver supports all versions of Bitlocker associated with Windows versions 7, 8, and Windows 10
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