New workstation: Does this combination make sense for Linux?

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Thanks for the information. Do you know which chipset your board uses? I had hoped the newest chipset doesn't have issues with higher RAM speeds.

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TL'DR:
I plan to use these components:

• AM4 Socket X570 WiFi ATX mainboard
• 650 watts powersupply
• 2x32 GB DDR4 CL16 3200, expandable to 4x32

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I don't understand why they keep patching holes on Intel CPUs. As long as you don't kill Intel Management Engine IME, you are actually exposed as a naked...

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That's because Michael linked to the document for packagers, not for users. A changelog will be added for the 19.04 release. You can find a raw list of...

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Thumbnailers run in a separate "thumbnail.so" process. You could use AppArmor (or similar) to lock down permissions of that process.

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As long as Intel Management Engine is enabled, trying to make your system secure is impossible.

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Anything missing from http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qmetaobject.html ?...

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Why a library? I would have expected a header file, which has needed inline functions with asm syscall, e.g.

static inline long sys_write(unsigned...

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This myth was being discussed everywhere. What Martin said he won't add features to X11 unless the feature also works on Wayland. He did it for two reasons:...

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Note that DRM here means Direct Rendering Manager, a kernel graphics API, not related to Digital Rights Management....

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Minor correction: Nathaniel's blog summaries the work of various developers, not "his work" in particular. To be more specific, the Plasma boot...

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Sorry to burst your bubble, but Linux simply does not support file creation time. It is supported on BSDs, though.

EDIT: It looks like it...

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Regarding applications that are part of the KDE Applications release cycle, please also see our coordination page at https://community.kde.org/Applic...

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kdesvn has been ported to KF5. Maybe use a distribution that does not ship outdated software?

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Then why doesn't the emulation code use this "proper CPU rendering"?...