From d88db4895908bd1a0eb8f144d052862368e23a87 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: lkxed Date: Thu, 19 May 2022 21:45:31 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?[=E6=89=8B=E5=8A=A8=E9=80=89=E9=A2=98][tech]:?= =?UTF-8?q?=2020220519=20How=20To=20Enable=20Activate=20Linux=20Watermark?= =?UTF-8?q?=20Notification=20In=20Linux=20Desktop.md?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- ...Watermark Notification In Linux Desktop.md | 141 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 141 insertions(+) create mode 100644 sources/tech/20220519 How To Enable Activate Linux Watermark Notification In Linux Desktop.md diff --git a/sources/tech/20220519 How To Enable Activate Linux Watermark Notification In Linux Desktop.md b/sources/tech/20220519 How To Enable Activate Linux Watermark Notification In Linux Desktop.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..881e39da59 --- /dev/null +++ b/sources/tech/20220519 How To Enable Activate Linux Watermark Notification In Linux Desktop.md @@ -0,0 +1,141 @@ +[#]: subject: "How To Enable Activate Linux Watermark Notification In Linux Desktop" +[#]: via: "https://ostechnix.com/activate-linux/" +[#]: author: "sk https://ostechnix.com/author/sk/" +[#]: collector: "lkxed" +[#]: translator: " " +[#]: reviewer: " " +[#]: publisher: " " +[#]: url: " " + +How To Enable Activate Linux Watermark Notification In Linux Desktop +====== +The "Activate Windows" Watermark is ported to Linux. + +In an attempt to stop piracy of Windows OS, the Microsoft developer team has come up with an idea to place a watermark in the corner until the users legally purchase a license and activate the Windows OS. + +If you're running a pirated Windows copy in your system, you should have noticed the "Activate Windows" watermark notification in the lower bottom corner as shown in the below screenshot. + +![Activate Windows Notification][1] + +Fortunately, the Linux users will never get such notifications. Because GNU/Linux is an entirely free, open source operating system, released under the GNU General Public License (GPL). + +Anyone can run, study, modify, and redistribute the Linux source code, or even sell copies of their modified code, as long as they do so under the same license. + +Since Linux is open source, there is nothing you can do with Linux really, that you can't do with proprietary operating systems. + +There are a whole of things you can do in Linux. Be it a fun project or an enterprise-grade application, you can build and run *almost* anything under Linux. Even it is possible to add the "Activate Linux" watermark as well. + +### What Is Activate Linux? + +A few days ago I came across a fun project called "Activate Linux". It is very similar to "Activate Windows" notification that you see in a non-licensed Windows OS. + +The developer of Activate Linux has recreated the "Activate Windows" notification watermark for Linux with with Xlib and cairo in C. + +This will show a watermark on your Linux desktop and notify you to go to settings to activate your Linux distribution! Cool, yeah? + +### Enable Activate Linux Watermark + +The activate-linux project became very popular in a short period of time. It has already been packaged for popular Linux distributions such as Arch Linux, openSUSE and Ubuntu within a few days. + +#### Arch Linux + +Activate-linux is available in **[AUR][2]**. So you can install activate-linux app in Arch Linux and its variants EndeavourOS and Manjaro Linux using **[Paru][3]** or **[Yay][4]**. + +``` +$ paru -S activate-linux +``` + +Or, + +``` +$ yay -S activate-linux +``` + +#### openSUSE + +Activate-linux is available in **[OBS][5]**. + +If you use openSUSE Tumbleweed edition, run the following commands one by one to install activate-linux: + +``` +$ sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:WoMspace/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/home:WoMspace.repo +``` + +``` +$ sudo zypper refresh +``` + +``` +$ sudo zypper install activate-linux +``` + +For openSUSE Factory ARM, run the following: + +``` +$ sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:WoMspace/openSUSE_Factory_ARM/home:WoMspace.repo +``` + +``` +$ sudo zypper refresh +``` + +``` +$ sudo zypper install activate-linux +``` + +#### Ubuntu + +Activate-linux has a PPA for Ubuntu and its derivatives like Pop!_OS. + +``` +$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:edd/misc +``` + +``` +$ sudo apt update +``` + +``` +$ sudo apt install activate-linux +``` + +Once installed, simply run it from the Terminal using command: + +``` +$ activate-linux +``` + +You will now see the "Activate Linux" watermark notification in the corner of the desktop just like in a non-licensed Windows copy. + +![Activate Linux Watermark In Desktop][6] + +Don't be alarmed! It is harmless. To get rid of this notification, go back to the terminal and kill the activate-linux command by pressing **CTRL+C**. + +I tested this on Ubuntu 22.04 GNOME edition. It works out of the box in Wayland. + +Activate Linux is a one of the pretty funny as well as useless project ever I have come across in a while. I guess it is going to make every Windows switcher feel so much more comfortable!! + +### Resource + +* [Activate Linux GitHub Repository][7] + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +via: https://ostechnix.com/activate-linux/ + +作者：[sk][a] +选题：[lkxed][b] +译者：[译者ID](https://github.com/译者ID) +校对：[校对者ID](https://github.com/校对者ID) + +本文由 [LCTT](https://github.com/LCTT/TranslateProject) 原创编译，[Linux中国](https://linux.cn/) 荣誉推出 + +[a]: https://ostechnix.com/author/sk/ +[b]: https://github.com/lkxed +[1]: https://ostechnix.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Activate-Windows-Notification.png +[2]: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/activate-linux-git +[3]: https://ostechnix.com/how-to-install-paru-aur-helper-in-arch-linux/ +[4]: https://ostechnix.com/yay-found-yet-another-reliable-aur-helper/ +[5]: https://software.opensuse.org//download.html?project=home%3AWoMspace&package=activate-linux +[6]: https://ostechnix.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Activate-Linux.png +[7]: https://github.com/MrGlockenspiel/activate-linux