Quoting: lucifertdarkI'd say GOL should stick to reporting & reviewing gaming & games, BUT on those odd occasions when something really big that affects Linux users pops up, like this particular story, then have at it.

I want to sign this. This U-Turn of Ubuntu is important for the Linux world (it turned up half a dozen times in a single day in a low profile Facebook Linux group I attend). This is important to know and discuss. For most ordinary Linux stuff I'd go elsewhere if I would want to know.

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Quoting: nitroflowJust want to point out that there is such a thing as virtual credit cards that you can create at will for online shopping without the need to even own a credit card(a debit card will suffice in my country). Not only can you do that but you can create single-use and multi-use credit cards. I realize this is not available in every part of the world though.

Do you mean like Paypal? Do you have example providers of such services to look at?

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Quoting: KetilSailfishOS is decent enough, with android 4.1 app support and you can even install google play unofficially. That being said I think the community is kind of bad/silent and I don't see many of the improvements that I want. I have never tried whatsapp so I have no idea if that works or not.

I guess the best bet nowadays is Cyanogen/LineageOS. I went with Android (Moto G4) and deinstalling/deconfiguring lots of Google stuff, though.

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Quoting: EikeI'm sad that this puts the end to a possible alternative for mobile phones.

SailfishOS and Tizen is still around.

I didn't say there's no alternative, but let me do so: I don't think there's an alternative for smartphones that's viable for me. I bought my first smartphone just some months ago because some people seem to have forgotten how to communicate if you don't have WhatsApp.(*) So a smartphone to be useful to me needs to be a) available in Germany, b) have a decent amounts of Apps, including c) WhatsApp. What's left then?

(*) Yes, this is sad.

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Quoting: liamdaweHave they actually confirmed this anywhere? Mir wasn't mentioned in the initial post from Mark.

Ars Technica says that Canonical Community Manager Michael Hall confirmed it to them:
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/04/ubuntu-unity-is-dead-desktop-will-switch-back-to-gnome-next-year/ [External Link]

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Quoting: Alm888Used this method exactly once (so called "wired transfer" via "SWIFT" inter-bank relay system). Man, was it atrocious! On top of 40% commission I had to fill in a lot of papers in English, in the bank where the majority of the employees did not know English and (on top of that) was not trained in SWIFT transactions (they were just pointing towards each other). It took 2 hours and required a trip to adjacent town (in the so called "Main Office", which turned out just an ordinary office but with slightly more experienced workers). Never again!

Wow! Which country is this?

We used to have free bank accounts and free transfers (using forms way back in time), nowadays with low interest rates I pay I think 2 € per month and can have as many transfers as I want. I do them at my own computer. Really convenient and safe.

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Question: Is there any interest in me doing a separate site to cover general Linux news?

I wouldn't be interested, but I think this news is so important that it's rightfully on GoL.

About the news:
I'm sad that this puts the end to a possible alternative for mobile phones.

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Quoting: cprnIt's our laziness and ignorance that made those frauds possible.

I'm just not owning a credit card, I'm paying cash or via bank transfer. (Had to make an exception for Feral, using my wife's card.) I wonder if this would be possible in other countries, though. Germany seems to be more cash-friendly than others.

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Quoting: HyperdriveDumb question: How do I make my Ubuntu 16.04 run with Vulkan instead of OpenGL and is there a negative impact to this?

There's no "instead" (fortunately), you just need to get the right (modern) drivers to support Vulkan.
Which ones depends on your GPU.

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Quoting: edddeduck_feralOlliC was talking about the workaround we had to add to the game to avoid issues with the governor on Linux when using Vulkan. Liam mentioned it in the article. We spin the main thread when waiting on the GPU to avoid the governor power saving and causing stalls and pulse/stutters. This is similar to the issue that Serious Sam has.

If I may be curious: Are you in contact with other developers like Croteam?

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