today's leftovers
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Curl's resolve Option
Someone at the BruCON conference told me that curl has a better option to handle the issues I talked about in my diary entry "Downloading Samples From Takendown Domains".
It's the --resolve option (more solutions can be found in "Name resolve tricks").
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How to choose the right Linux desktop distribution | ZDNET
But one area the Linux desktop has yet to make much headway in is the desktop. That's not because it's not a viable option, as it very much is. I've been using Linux as my primary desktop operating system for decades and have never had a problem. It runs beautifully and offers me stability and flexibility no other operating system offers.
That being said, why is it that Linux has had such a problem gaining more than a single-digit market share on the desktop?
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The Best USB Bluetooth Dongle for Linux
Bluetooth has evolved since the days of mono ear pieces people paired with their cell phones in the early 2000s. It has earned a place in the workplace, at home, and on the go, whether paired with a PC, tablet, or mobile phone. While it is common to find Bluetooth built-in in most mobile devices, it isn't regularly built-in in desktop PCs, leaving users to purchase a USB dongle or add-in WiFi card that supports Bluetooth.
When KDE Connect was initially announced, I jumped on getting a USB Bluetooth dongle for my workstations at home and at work so I could pair my Android phone with my desktops. Since I now had Bluetooth on my workstations, I tried other Bluetooth-enabled devices over the years such as headphones, mice, and keyboards. I still use a Bluetooth mouse for my daily work, so having a Bluetooth dongle for my workstation has been a necessity.
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Global PC shipments take a big hit during third quarter [Ed: This helps explain why GNU/Linux grows on laptops and desktops]
Global shipments of PCs fell by 18% during the third quarter of 2022 to 69.4 million units, the technology analyst firm Canalys says, attributing this drop to high inflation, rising interest rates and bloated channel inventories.
Another analyst firm, IDC, put the drop at 15%, adding that shipment volumes were above pre-pandemic levels when the drivers were commercial refreshes due to the looming end of support for Windows 7. IDC counts traditional PCs, which include desktops, notebooks, and workstations and do not include tablets or x86 Servers.
Canalys said in a statement notebook shipments were the worst hit, with 54.7 million units shipped, a year-on-year decline of 19%.
Desktop shipments, being less reliant on consumer spending, fell 11% year-on-year, with 14.7 million units being shipped.