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velox_vulnus, (edited ) in Easiest way to switch distros

Use Nix or Guix if there’s a lot of stuff that you want to move. What you’re doing is just pointless overkill.

faethon, in Easiest way to switch distros
@faethon@lemmy.world avatar

you can automate a lot of the basc profile stuff in your dotfiles with some automation such as github.com/anishathalye/dotbot to bootstrap a new install. it makes your new distro right at home, and if you combine this with github to store your dotfiles, you’ll also have a backup of your environment.

x3i, (edited ) in Alright, I'm gonna "take one for the team" -- what is with the "downvote-happy" users lately?

“Do folks in here are really that needy of self-validation, even if it means seeking such from something completely insignificant like internet points?”

But… is that not exactly the description of somebody who complains about downvotes?? As said by others; they should be considered exactly as valid as upvotes. If you feel like they prohibit you from voicing an opinion, I personally feel like that is a you-problem. Ask yourself of the content you posted is crap, if you feel it is not, simply ignore the downvotes and move on, they are just pixels.

Edit: I checked your posts, most downvoted ones seem to be clickbaity or images that you posted to the linux community. This is not something that vibes with that type of community, I would have downvoted that too. The ones on your technical questions seem unjustified however. Posting a code snippet asking people to execute it… I think that crap should even have been deleted by mods.

the_q, in Easiest way to switch distros

If you like trying to take something simple and make it super complex for no real reason then might I suggest you don’t?

bizdelnick, in OpenSUSE Leap 15.5 -> Tumbleweed conversion

While transition to Thumbleweed can go smooth if you are lucky enugh, switch from Thumbleweed to Slowroll can be problematic. It will envolve downgrading packages that is usually not tested at all. Better switch from Leap to Slowroll directly.

blakeus12,
@blakeus12@hexbear.net avatar

👍🐂🌿

freijon, in Easiest way to switch distros

You COULD probably do it like this if you want to gain experience with ansible. Otherwise it’s total overkill. Just write down a list of must-have apps that you currently use and install them manually in the new system. It’s always a nice opportunity to start fresh and clean.

art, in Video editor for Linux?
@art@lemmy.world avatar

I’ve used Kdenlive for my personal projects and in a professional setting. It’s easier to install than Divinci Resolve and almost as powerful.

Rockslide0482, in The Unity Desktop Environment an Underrated Masterpiece

I miss Unity. It never got the love it deserved from a praise nor development standpoint. My typical Gnome desktop typically ends up being a quasi-Unity layout. I need to spin up the latest Ubuntu Unity spin for nostalgia’s sake.

LeFantome,

Why not use Unity then? You still can.

ElderWendigo, in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Dropping The X.Org Server Except For XWayland

Wayland will reach feature parity by the right? … Right?

KISSmyOS,

Wayland is just a protocol. The WMs, compositors and applications need to implement the features the X server used to provide.
Those that don’t will become useless when X is gone.

ElderWendigo,

Right so I guess I should have over specified that I hope ALL the other bits that actually make it function the same will also catch up and for example something as basic as forwarding GUI programs will simply work without jumping through a bunch of tedious flaming hoops with pitfalls on either side. It doesn’t really matter to me that Wayland has decided it’s somebody else problem.

LeFantome,

“Forwarding GUI programs” already works. Check out Waypipe.

LeFantome,

For many uses, Wayland has feature parity now or is even the superior option. That is how it can be the default on so many systems ( including RHEL9 as per the article ).

Compositors that do not provide the features that uses want will fail to compete ( what you mean by become useless I assume ).

That said, different users will want different things and, unlike X, Wayland allows competing compositors to address different communities. Some compositors will lack features some users want while offering features that other users need. A composite targeting embedded use cases may not need multi-monitor or fractional scaling features for example. A security focussed option may think that global hot-keys and external lock-screens are anti-features. I think the Wayland world could be quite interesting.

ScottE,

X11 is also just a protocol, and will live on with or without Xorg.

possiblylinux127,

Its pretty close and is so much better in terms of stability and reliability

Hairyblue, in What's the best way to remote into a linux machine?
@Hairyblue@kbin.social avatar

If you were looking for a Remote Desktop program to help a customer or other user, TeamViewer worked for me on Ubuntu. It was a great way to fix an issue remotely with a Windows user.

But you may not be looking for this type of connection.

Pantherina,

RustDesk is a great alternative, FOSS and in Rust. Both only support X11

registeredusername, (edited ) in Ipod problems
@registeredusername@lemmy.world avatar

I use VLC to download music to my ifruit. It’s access via a (browser) ip address and upload/download from there.

That’s once you enable sharing in the VLC app on your iPod, iPad or iphone

Bitrot,
@Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

Think this model predates apps on the iPod.

radioactiveradio, in Easiest way to switch distros

Nix os has a thing like that. Personally I use an arch distrobox. I have a backup of the distrobox image container that I can put on any computer and have all the apps and settings available.

darkfiremp3, in CentOS Stream for a private KDE Desktop?

I would avoid centos stream like the plague. It seems a half supported thing that most of the industry has left.

sbv, in The Unity Desktop Environment an Underrated Masterpiece

I used Unity for five or six years. It was undeniably fine. I had no complaints.

Mohamad20ZX,

But isn’t the new version great

sbv,

Probably? I switched employers and I’m running osx now. I prefer Unity, but osx works too.

Flaky,
@Flaky@iusearchlinux.fyi avatar

I used it at university. I don’t think anyone there complained about it, and these people were not Linux users…

toomanyjoints69,

That might be why tbh. Unity seems very intuitive as long as someone has an open mind similar to the expectation that a mac will be different than wibdows.

sbv,

That’s good! It should be usable and intuitive for everybody.

Pantherina, in The Unity Desktop Environment an Underrated Masterpiece

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Those are some punctiation characters you for sure missed. Please use multiple scentences, that was a hell of a read

Mohamad20ZX,

Ok sorry for being inconsistent

Pantherina,

Its fine, but really improves readability :D imagine yourself breathing. Every scentence has a beginning, climax (point of most tension) and an end.

Shortening it to many shorter scentences helps

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