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logix··on Quickly create and run optimised Windows, macOS and Linux desktop VMs
Amazing!
logix··on Waydroid – Run Android containers on Ubuntu
If on Raspberry Pi OS, install libwidevinecdm0 and those should work.
logix··on Ask HN: What are the best maintained how-to sites for Linux?
https://www.linuxuprising.com/
logix··on YouTube TV removed from Roku channel store amid Google contract dispute
Or, for Youtube (I guess you could use the same device for Netflix, Plex client, etc.), you could get the best of both worlds: Chromecast-like controls for YouTube and an ad blocker (the info from that link can be adapted for a desktop): https://www.linuxuprising.com/2021/04/how-to-cast-youtube-vi...
logix··on YouTube TV removed from Roku channel store amid Google contract dispute
Use a smart tv user agent and it will work on a desktop.
logix··on Raspberry Pi OS Gets Official Widevine Support
It's not installed by default, users need to install it (sudo apt install libwidevinecdm0). Previously it wasn't available at all though, at least not in an official way.

These are some unofficial ways of getting Widevine on a Pi (no longer needed now): https://gist.github.com/ruario/19a28d98d29d34ec9b184c42e5f8b... https://blog.vpetkov.net/2020/03/30/raspberry-pi-netflix-one...

logix··on Raspberry Pi OS Gets Official Widevine Support
It has to be level 3, since Google Chrome on Linux desktops (not sure about other platforms) only supports level 3.

Edit: see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/60833060/why-desktop-chr...

logix··on Show HN: A browser extension to use picture-in-picture with any website
Here's a cross-platform alternative to this: https://github.com/kamranahmedse/pennywise
logix··on Passwordless Logins with Yubikey
This pam_usb fork can be used to set up any USB for authentication: https://www.linuxuprising.com/2021/02/how-to-login-with-usb-...
logix··on Flameshot – Superb Screenshot Tool
Also check out Ksnip: https://github.com/ksnip/ksnip
logix··on Mutt releases version 2.0
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25019901
logix··on Dell enables Linux hardware privacy controls
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24988516
logix··on Bashtop Linux resource monitor – it is great
An apt repository for a Bash script? :-)
logix··on YouTube suspends Google accounts of Markiplier's viewers for minor emote spam
I wish we could ban them too.
logix··on Opera launches as a snap for Linux users
It depends if you want the Chinese or the west spying on you. I'd go with the China.
logix··on Leonardo Da Vinci's to Do List (Circa 1490)
Sounds like some sort of an ancient Google search.
logix··on Bitwarden – Open Source Password Manager
It's full of shills every time there's an article about password managers. I wonder if they come from LastPass or 1Password.