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  • Wayland is a “display server,” which basically means it manages the way GUIs show on the screen. X (most recently X11/Xorg) was the standard for over 30 years, but it was designed for computers 30 years ago. Modern concepts like scaling and high refresh rate displays need extensions to it, but it’s really complicated and hard to work with, so a lot of improvements that need to be made can’t be made. It’s also fundamentally insecure, as every window has access to both the contents and the input of any other window. Wayland is a modern replacement that focuses on security and expandability, and basically everything is working on switching to it. There are growing pains, but it’s constantly improving, and most distros use it by default now.



  • It’s totally valid in most cases. It’s technically only supposed to be used for a question, but language is based on how it’s most commonly used, with those “rules” only applying in extremely formal situations. With the prevalence of informal text-based communication, many people use it to indicate being unsure, like how you used it. I just wanted to continue the chain of grammar corrections (which is why I used the wrong “its”/“it’s” at one point). Also, you were right about the quotes.




  • sethboy66’s response is very good, but I’ll summarize it here in case it helps. In science, the word “theory” basically means “explanation.” Some explanations are proven wrong, but others have a lot of evidence going for them. Quantum mechanics is a theory that’s basically proven, and it’s commonly used all the time, such as in the computer you used to write that comment. String theory is not really proven, but it’s basically an extension to the existing body of quantum mechanics.








  • The battery life is impressive, but I don’t think they edited the article much. For example, this paragraph was left in:

    “Another standout feature of this design is the size and quality of the display. At 16-inches across, this panel is dramatically larger than many of the branded products that are priced similarly, and with a natural resolution of xxx, it allows for more applications to share screen space.”



  • LinuxSBC@lemm.eetoSelfhosted@lemmy.worldAlternative to ClamAV?
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    Behavior-based antivirus is extremely difficult, failure-prone, and almost entirely unnecessary because of how secure Linux is, so they don’t exist to my knowledge. Signature-based antivirus is basically useless because any security holes exploited by a virus are patched upstream rather than waiting for an antivirus to block it. ClamAV focuses on Windows viruses, not Linux ones, so it can be a signature-based antivirus, but not many people run an email server accessed by Windows devices or other similar services that require ClamAV, so not many people use it, and nobody made any alternatives.

    If you’re worried about security, focus on hardening and updates, not antiviruses.