Thinkpads RE: Repairability/upgradability
I need to upgrade my laptop and one of the things I’m looking for is repairability/upgradability. I’ve been told thinkpads are good in this respect, how true is that? In terms of replacing batteries and memory, at least. I’m also looking at the frameworks, but those black friday deals are looking alright at lenovo....
winewayland.drv: part 10.2: Vulkan swapchain support - 2/3 (gitlab.winehq.org)
10.3 will be dropped soon too. ~15-16 parts total.
Ubuntu Linux Squeezes ~20% More Performance Than Windows 11 On New AMD Zen 4 Threadripper Review (www.phoronix.com)
Not that this is a surprise to some of us.
Debian based immutable OSes
prefer KDE. Currently testing Nitrux. Any other options
EndeavourOS encrypted partition
I installed endeavourOS 2 days ago and then, the next day, there was a newnrelease of endeavourOS. It’s supposed to have better encryption. Is it possible to upgrade encryption on Linux? An unrelated question: is it possible to change the password of an encrypted partition? I’m a beginner, so please explain your magical...
easylkb: Easy Linux Kernel Builder (tmpout.sh)
easylkb is a simple script designed to make Linux Kernel Debugging easier and more accessible.
Kubuntu freezes after putting password in login screen
This morning it was working, and while it was turning off it was taking way too long and I forced-shut it off (hold power button), so afterwards when I would turn it on this would happen, I think that has to do with the problem....
Shadow Cast v0.6.1: GPU Accelerated Screen Recorder - Now with Wayland Support (github.com)
This latest version now supports screen recording on Wayland*. This YouTube example was recorded on Gnome 44’s compositor (piped.video link)....
Non-root user that (suddenly) has elevated privileges in a specific command (only). [Have I been hacked?]
Title. Long,short story: creating or editing files with nano as my non-root user gives (the file) elevated privileges, like I have ran it w/ sudo or as root. And the (only) “security hole” that I can think of is a nextdns docker container running as root. That aside, its very “overkill” security-wise (cap_drop=ALL,...
Help, boot doesn't work anymore
I have a laptop eith sata and a nvme drive. I installed a few operating systems and I decided on Mint for Sata. Installed it copied data from Nvme drive since I was using it as primary. I installed Nobara on nvme and it worked flawless until a few moments ago. Reboted and Mint is gone from boot options. Tried to add it but...
Window snapping
Hey guys, I’ve been running Mint on my home computer for a little while now and I’m having a great time, however there’s one behaviour from Windows I’m missing. When you hit win + arrows to snap the currently focussed window to the left or right half of the screen, windows will present a dialogue to select a companion...
Rocky and Oracle Unbreakable Linux join Big Purple at 9.3 (www.theregister.com)
would it be illegal to download Ubuntu on a Chromebook?
what if I, for example, had a job in Google and I liked Linux so much I install Ubuntu on my Chromebook, would that be illegal/send me to prison?? Or, if I had the job, would I be kicked?? I like Chromebooks because they are so smol and nice. But I don’t know if it’s legal to install a Linux distro on it. Thank you!!
How do I get rid of excessive password prompts, with the least amount of lost security?
I understand they are important and are what makes linux relatively secure compared to windows....
Recommend me a graphical text editor that can deal with multiple workspaces (or lets you specify instance)
I use multiple workspaces and I open text files all the time....
Will Linux on Itanium be saved? Absolutely not (www.theregister.com)
ISC DHCP Client and Relay End of Maintenance (www.isc.org)
The Internet Systems Consortium has stopped maintaining their DHCP client, which is standard on a lot of distros....