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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Unlocking the Future of User Management - Fedora Magazine (fedoramagazine.org)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

Sounds amazing !! 🤩

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

quit gossiping about me! lol

i'm leaving my cushy, fat-paychecked developer job for another one that doesn't leave me so conflicted with my leftists values and the content of this article is PRECISELY at the core of what i'll be doing most weekdays for the next 3-5 years.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Great, gonna need to work on retro compatibility with NixOS home-manager now

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

Some good ideas, looking to try homed out. I really hope it becomes easier to ssh into a host when your home directory is mounted from a NAS.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I hope you won't mind my beginner question: would that have any advantage for a single home user like myself? I mean would it help to do backup easier (I backup my home folder already) and accelerate a restore in case I have to reinstall Linux? Or is it just a seemingly great tool for sysadmins, for some specific use cases?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

One important benefit will be, that it discards the key when locking the screen (when integrated in the DE). So the drive is protected when you are not at your machine. The old mechanism only discards the key when restarting the computer. But who shuts his/hers laptop down...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Thx for the clarification.

I'm one of those persons that (tries to) shut their computer off every time they're not using it — waste less energy, you know, stuff like that ;)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

May s.b. will steal your laptop, when you are at lunch 😀

In general I'm with, but the standby current is really low, especially when writing the memory to disk...

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 days ago

I knew without looking it was more of Lennart's cancer.