Iâm not sure how this is in any way different from android? Android is free software they use to restrict the computing they devices they sell to push more ads and junkware. This is just a different one. Amazon sucks, so I donât see what move they could make that could be seen as positive. Just donât buy their garbage devices.
Arco -B has the widest range of DEs and WMs at install that Iâve seen so far. Almost all of them are modded to have a unified control scheme, but the appearance is usually close to vanilla.
in a terminal, type flatpak remotes. If it lists flathub, youâre good.
Try installing a random app like flatpak install flathub de.haeckerfelix.Shortwave
It shoud work. If it doesnât, post your logs.
I have to type a password in the terminal every time I want to use sudo
This is the intended behavior and should not be changed, itâs a basic security feature. Once youâve finished setting up you system, you shouldnât need sudo everyday anyway, except for updating/upgrading the system.
Iâm used to a desktop interface with a toolbar/start menu that I can pin frequently-used programs to, but with Debian it seems like I need to click âActivitiesâ to do anything. Is there a way to set up the interface so itâs more like Windows in that regard?
Assuming youâre using Gnome, this is easy to solve using Extensions. First if itâs not installed already on Firefox, install Gnome Shell Integration. Itâll let you manage Gnome Extensions directly from extensions.gnome.org
Then, install dash-to-panel for a âwindows-styleâ experience, or dash-to-dock for a âmacos-styleâ experience.
After that, you can go wild on the extensions you want to use ;)
If I need to do a clean install, Iâm thinking of switching to Ubuntu, since Iâm more familiar with the interface.
Donât. Ubuntu will teach you nothing but the Ubuntu way. Debian is as Standard Linux as conceivable. If your only concern is the Ubuntu-style interface, configuring dash to panel to appear on the left side is all you need.
Why did you choose this architecture? Almost all x86 CPU architectures from the last 20 years are 64 bits, you should reinstall using the AMD64 image. This will solve a lot of issues and insure you get the most of your hardware.
I was under the impression that itâs old enough to only work with the 32 bit OS. Iâll double check that and try installing the 64 bit version if I can.
If the 32 bit version is all that will run, am I shit out of luck when it comes to running any modern software?
Itâs an intel core 2 duo t9300, which Iâm pretty sure is 64 bit. I guess I was confused because it was previously running a 32 bit version of windows 7.
Edit: Iâm not sure if itâs amd64 or aarch64 or mips64. I think itâs amd.
Fun fact: AMD started out making licenced products based on of Intelâs x86 architecture, and in the early 2000s the roles were reversed when intel had to licence AMDâs 64 bits extension of this architecture.
aarch64 are for ARM processors like the one in your phone, mips64 are embedded processors most likely found in a car or a router.
Thanks! I did a fresh install of Debian (64 bit) with KDE, and it seems to be working for me, except itâs already frozen up and needed a reboot twice. I might go with a more lightweight DE if that keeps happening.
Iâve just googled Dell XPS M1530 and it seems like it shipped with a Core 2 Duo CPU, which is 64 bit.
For reference, the last mainstream 32 bit desktop processors were launched over 20 years ago. As a rule, if youâre trying to run a 32 bit machine in this day and age it is probably an antique, and running modern software on it would not be all that sensible even if you could.
To solve number 4, I need to know the desktop environment you went with. Is it Gnome? If so, thereâs a tweak (a Gnome extension) that makes the taskbar stay on screen permanently or appear when you hover over it (kinda like MacOS) and then you just right click a program youâre using in there to pin it to the taskbar
I mean in theory someone else might know the answer⊠I donât want to bother the developers with every little problem. They are already busy making the software. I try to treat the developers with respect by reaching out to others for something like this. I do not know if there is a problem with the application. If someone else who uses the software would mention if they have this problem, or a different work style, or make a workaround. Possibly running the text through a script could do it? Maybe it is buried in one of the ambiguously named plugins.
I canât speak for all developers, but personally Iâd rather have a bug report that isnât actually a bug, but rather a user error over nothing at all. Because that means that my expectation of how others might use a feature could be incorrect which is a bug to me - just not a programmatic bug.
Some developers may of course not be as of appreciative of it, but Iâd say so long as you have a cursory look at their issue tracker and no one else has reported it, then Iâd say its worth it.
OK I went to their tracker. Which jogs my memory even further on why I gave up on it and am unmotivated to open issues in this case.
Here is a similar but not exactly the same issue: Tool to Comentent lines fail and can be more elegant · Issue #3554 · geany/geany. I suspect my issue is probably related to theirs. The developer response is:
Since nobody has asked for this formatting before (@osergioabreu you did search for existing open or closed issues before you raised this didnât you? đ) users either donât care because they only use it to temporarily comment out code and will remove it quickly, or they like it like that.
So if âsomebodyâ made a pull request which made the formatting an option it likely would be accepted so both tastes are accommodated.
Or it was put in a plugin (if it isnât in one already?)
If my request is unique they are not interested because if it was important someone would already have posed it. If it isnât unique than it would be a duplicate anyway. Unlike my problem, this issue #3554 is a real bug. The feature simply fails to work even on its own logic because it produces comments in such a way that the application itself does not recognize as comments. So impossible to later uncomment!
They are basically open to PRs rather than suggestions. It isnât just this particular case; it is the project as a a whole. It is a tool with a primary user base of developers so it is expected that many users will have the ability to do this. So-called âdo-ocracyâ Iâve heard described elsewhere. Which, fair enough, it is a FLOSS project and they have no responsibility to cater to me. I always am grateful for FLOSS developers and respect the right to runt heir project as they see fit. However I have no capacity to make a PR.
Like me this dev wonders if it is a plugin. Also like me doesnât have a way of finding out because the plugins are poorly described.
Obviously we do not know each other but I will say that I have opened lots of issues like this in the past and will do so in the future. I donât need a push to do it. That said, I appreciate the encouragement because for a long time I would never open issues and lots of people feel intimidated to do so. As I got more into FLOSS I came to understand that there is a sort of responsibility from users to give useful and constructive feedback to developers. And I have been blown away at how receptive developers are to my feedback, especially knowing that 90% of them are doing it on their own time. It really changes the way I look at commercial software when I have to use it at work. :) Where the relationship is transactional between my employer and the developers, rather than reciprocal between myself and the developers. My expectations are now so high based on FLOSS that commercial software seems so deficient. All that to say I understand what you are getting at.
However I have also learned to evaluate the project prior to engaging with it to determine if my contribution would be welcome. When I am not the target user of the project, I find I am often wasting everyoneâs time. The target user of this project is programmers.
So in this case a forum post is more appropriate because the odds of a solution from the devs are like 1%. Maybe I will make an issue next time Iâm logged in to github idk.
A forum is a good place to learn from other users about undocumented features, or maybe there is a plugin someone knows about. That would actually be helpful.
Thatâs plenty fair enough, and I apologize for not looking into their issues to see what their receptiveness was like - I originally replied while I was at work and my break was unfortunately coming to an end or else I probably wouldâve caught that and not mentioned it, whoops!
In retrospect I shouldâve known, I forgot that Geany is a GNOME project and⊠well, they have a bit of a reputation for uh⊠letâs just say that I myself am always hesitant to submit bug reports myself. Itâs a tough one, because I try to play devilâs advocate on why they tend to be like that and had even commented yesterday on a video about GNOME devs always getting a lot of hostility. On one hand, thereâs certainly a reason why they tend to have that response, but itâs still a bad sign when it starts to color their whole team since I know there are plenty of devs there who donât have that sort of response.
Either way, I apologize if it came off pushy - it was definitely intended to be more on the encouragement side of things rather than a firm âyou must do it!â so I hope thatâs not how it translated to everyone else.
For what itâs worth, I still believe that what youâve run into is a bug based on my own guidelines of âit doesnât have to be a programatic bug and can wholly be a UX/expectation bugâ - it doesnât seem that this dev has the same methodology which donât get me wrong, thatâs plenty fair enough - but they couldâve replied a bit more gracefully because otherwise it causes this exact problem, not only for Geany, but the entire open source world.
Hi that is kind of you to reconsider. No offense taken or intended. :) Itâs just that 3 people commented to tell me to make an issue as though asking a question about linux software was inappropriate. Whereas 0 people commented with anything about my question. I still wonder if I am doing commenting wrong somehow.
I am pretty sure I opened some kind of issue with these folks in the past and it was closed because I couldnât submit a PR. I thought it was some sort of policy but I canât find anything about it; either I am misremembering or whatever I read before is gone.
I really truly do not begrudge any devs for running their FLOSS projects how they feel is best for them. It takes all types to make up the world. I think on the whole it is better for the FLOSS community to be open to feedback even from those who arenât able to provide a solution, in order that the needs of non-developers can be met. But when it comes to a project which is explicitly aimed at developers, idk what can I say? Itâs probably better that people who prefer issues be in the form of PRs be creating tools for other developers rather than normy end users.
Plenty fair enough! I havenât used Geany in a long time, and never actually ended up trying it as a code editor (rather than just the every once in a while one-off-quick-texr-editor) unfortunately, otherwise Iâd have tried to answer your question directly.
I do think that itâs alright to only accept PRs, just so long as itâs made a bit more clear. If I ever ran into a problem with Geany, Iâd be completely unable to do anything as I have very little experience with C, let alone GTK and all of the other libraries along with it. I could learn right to effectively flip a few values or even maybe try to correct a basic logic issue - but thatâs about it.
That all being said, I hope someone is able to answer your question one way or another! Normally Iâd recommend trying to reach out to the projectâs chat since they usually have an IRC channel, Matrix channel, or some other place - but in this specific case after seeing the issues you mentioned Iâd definitely be hesitant to do that sadlyâŠ
The Breeze app style has gotten the visual overhaul youâve all dreamed of: no more frames within frames!
Yeah, it regularly appears in my nightmares /s. Sorry Carl, but Iâm gonna have to patch this out. I hope this will get a config option like the change to the Dolphin details view that made the click area to open a file span the whole row (doesnât look like itâs configurable as of now). I kept patches to undo that for a while as wellâŠ
Spectacle has gained support for rectangular region screen recording!
Oooh, Iâve been waiting for that. Very cool! Now I hopefully donât have to fiddle around with OBS anymore to record a section of the screen.
Its possible using homedir backup etc. Or on Fedora Atomic simply switching desktops. But yeah Desktops are all over the place, having a ~/.kde folder where EVERYTHING is stored would be great.
Oh, I am on Fedora Silverblue with Gnome. If it is easy to switch, I think I will give KDE a try!
I like Gnome, and I definitely need to tweak some behavior I find annoying, but I feel I never gave KDE a proper chance because I seem to mess up the panel whenever I look at it wrong, and have no idea how to get back to default.
Yeeah that panel. The only problem is opening the start menu with âsuperâ though. You can always add a âdefaultâ panel.
Maybe do it like this: create a keyboard shortcut ctrl+alt+t for konsole, whyever it is not default. Then remove all panels and run qdbus org.kde.ksmserver /KSMServer 0 0 1 (alias that to âlogoutâ in your .bashrc, its a horrible command).
Then remove all panels and logout. Log back in, add a default panel and maybe you are already good. Maybe log out again. The only default panel normally always gets the correct start menu. Its a bit messed up.
To switch between silverblue and kinoite you can just rebase, but make sure to backup all your âdotfilesâ (the hidden configs for all the apps) and start plain, as you dont want to mix these.
There is a youtube video on exactly that somewhere.
Ah, thank you for the write up. I will actually do that because KDE something I know I will like and enjoy more than GNOME once I get past some of the weirdness. Mostly, I want to customize it in certain ways, and while GNOME surely is customizable, it is not as easy as KDE.
Yeah, rebasing feels like some scifi future tech and I am ready to play. It is like resleeving ala Altered Carbon.
I am not sure. KDE is very customizable and I like the⊠regular way apps work, trays work, decorations work and all that. Also GNOME is like the anti-poweruser desktop. I like its style, but its like âuse a terminal or nothingâ. Needing extra apps for every small thing and allâŠ
The downside maybe is stability⊠and Gnome does some things well, like quicksettings and all.
I also like that GTK is easier to develop for probably, with Gnome Builder and similar tooling. But at the same time, the UI would be pretty much unusable for complex apps like Dolphin.
I tried Gimp 3.x prerelease and well, GTK3 is weird, its already this step away from the more similar styles.
Well rebasing is pretty nice, its swapping out the foundation while keeping the top intact. For things like Kinoite->Ublue-kinoite-main its just a reboot.
Do you need to pin the last working ostree before rebasing? I guess I want an easy way to switch between working environments without a lot of rebasing.
I have a ThinkPad X12 that supports Linux well. The pen works fairly well with Xournal++. I donât use it that often because I prefer a traditional laptop form factor, but itâs great if you like the Surface style design.
I also have an X12. Ironically one of my issues is that itâs too surface-pro like Iâm terms of form-factor. When I saw it online I thought the keyboard connection was more rigid like a surface book (more lap friendly). In terms of specs though it beat the pants off any of the comparable sproâs at the time
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