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imgel, in PipeWire 1.0 Released For Managing Audio/Video Steams On The Linux Desktop

lets go

zv0n, in A Todo App with Caldav and countdown timer support?

I use Vikunja, but you have to self host it, it’s not an app you can just start on your PC

TCB13, in My first year using Linux: My experience
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Recommending our religion Linux to others

Yes… tadeubento.com/…/linux-desktop-a-collective-delus…

itsraining, (edited )

I don’t support Linux fanatics who insist that Linux is for everyone and anyone. It is vastly different (IMO in a good way) than your typical Windows OS but once you spend some time figuring it out, following “cumbersome” installation instructions might take no more than 5 minutes.

This article is on the other side of the spectrum. Presenting the Linux desktop as a “collective delusion” is, at least, disrespect to all the people who struggle to make it real.

I know people who switched to Linux as their main OS and claim to be more productive than they were on Windows because they can adapt the desktop experience to their workflow and there are no unnecessary distractions like popups and ads that Microsoft likes to overuse in their latest OS versions.

LibreOffice is just good enough for most paperwork with good MS-Office compatibility (neither I nor anybody I know ever had a single problem in years).

Of course there are drawbacks, but most of what the article mentions are purely over-generalisations, distribution-specific quirks or “I can’t be bothered to spend 5 minutes to learn something new” type of arguments. In Linux, the time you spend learning something new is a good investment.

Finally, I myself am a computer geek who likes to meddle in programming. For me, using anything else than a *nix-based POSIX-compatible system (except, perhaps, for Haiku) would be a nightmare.

Linux is not a religion. It’s a tool, and you should always pick a tool based on whether it can perform the needed tasks and whether you are comfortable with it, without fanaticism. And Linux is objectively better than Windows in some respects, and vice versa. So, if I were to follow the author’s logic, the Windows desktop would be as much a collective delusion in my eyes.

TCB13,
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LibreOffice is just good enough for most paperwork with good MS-Office compatibility (neither I nor anybody I know ever had a single problem in years).

Are you sure, it can’t even handle simple typing and bullet points consistently…

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/b291841a-26c1-4f51-819b-ec64836973b5.jpeg

cygnus,
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FWIW I like LibreOffice for presentations, but for text documents I prefer OnlyOffice (which looks and behaves exactly like Word)

itsraining,

OnlyOffice is indeed a good choice for the best MS compatibility. Also Google Docs is amazing for collaboration in teams (yes, I know it’s not FOSS, but hey, it works). NextCloud is nice but it doesn’t offer collaborative editing of Office documents AFAIK.

For presentations I have been lately preferring Inkscape. It has multi-page support since some versions ago and can export to PDF, clickable links and everything. I don’t use animations or anything too fancy in my presentation and I like the flexibility that a vector editor can offer me, so Inkscape works well for my case.

kariboka,

My small brother (12) can.

sailingbythelee,

Linux has found its niche on the server side and among tech enthusiasts and counter-culture types, and that’s okay! I, for one, like it that way. Having Linux at home is a nice change from using Windows at work all day, but I might not feel the same way if I used Linux at work.

I don’t consider myself a Linux fanatic by any means, but I do think that something like Linux Mint is viable for pretty much anyone as their home desktop OS, in the much the same way that Android is viable for anyone as their mobile OS. As others have said, the main thing where Linux needs to improve for home users is game support, and that has already come a long, long way. If all my games worked perfectly on Linux, I would ditch Windows at home altogether. Fortunately, Steam is pushing for more Linux support.

TCB13, in What are the major components of any Linux distribution?
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Systemd.

lautan, in What are people daily driving these days?

Popos on the Framework laptop. It’s pretty good so far.

Adonnen,

Never omit the space

MiddledAgedGuy, in My first year using Linux: My experience

I think most of us FOSS folks will agree that GIMP is pretty unintuitive.

Interstellar_1,
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Yeah, I just use Krita for the basic things.

kzhe,

Yeah, switched to Photopea

Crabhands,
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I’ve been using gimp for years as a Photoshop alternative. Tons of tutorials, and I’ve always been able to do what I needed.

Its great that there are alternatives for those who want them!

averagedrunk,

That’s why way back in the day they had GIMPshop and why there’s PhotoGIMP now.

furycd001,
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For me GIMP is easier to use than krita, pinta, or any other photo editor on Linux…

Cwilliams,

But how long did it take you to get there? I think the point he was trying to make is that GIMP has a steeper learning curve. If you’ve never used krita/pinta/etc, but you gave a lot experience with GIMP, then yes, GIMP will be easier

furycd001,
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I’d never used anything & I tried them all. GIMP was by far the easiest for me to learn & I don’t know why. The rest are not in any way bad, I just found GIMP the easiest for whatever reason…

Communist,
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I think a lot of people have already learned some things about it when they try gimp, and then when gimp is completely different, it is rather unintuitive to them, but if you started with gimp, you don’t have that problem

PlexSheep, (edited )

For me, vim is easier to use than vscode and nano. Our experiences don’t reflect that of the majority.

furycd001,
@furycd001@lemmy.ml avatar

Agreed…

AlexanderKing, in A Todo App with Caldav and countdown timer support?

super-productivity.com

It’s all Electron though, so the Android widget sucks (won’t update way too often). But otherwise should be a perfect fit for you.

Pantherina,

Android has no Electron?

AlexanderKing,

It just means it isn’t built using technologies native to Android, but it will run on every Android phone. I can’t speak of the performance of the newest releases, I use an iPhone now. YMMV.

Reverendender, in My first year using Linux: My experience

Hi! What made you switch and what are your hardware specs? Also, what are KDE Plasma and Gnome? Thanks!

magic_lobster_party,

KDE Plasma and Gnome are different desktop environments. Kind of like the GUI of the desktop.

Which is best is a matter of taste. I prefer KDE because of its customization options and better virtual desktop support.

ndsvw, (edited )
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I’m a software developer (my background), I was always kind of interested in it, but primarily the fact that Apple stopped giving my 2015 MacBook Pro OS updates, including security updates, which forced me to do something.

And yeah, Plasma or GNOME is pretty much how the OS looks like.

Knusper,

Pictures are probably better than a thousand words here:

Reverendender,
Potajito, in What are people daily driving these days?

Another one for the endevour os team. Not looking to distro hop anytime soon.

worldofgeese, (edited ) in What are people daily driving these days?
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I run Guix System on my personal laptop and Project Bluefin on my work machine.

Guix is even easier to get started with now thanks to the Guix Packager , a web UI for writing Guix package definitions.

Project Bluefin auto-updates thanks to its use of container images deliver system updates. It’s also just a great platform to get started writing containerized apps, since it ships with rootless Podman by default and you can easily add new developer tools using just commands.

authed, (edited ) in Broke a partition. Is there any way of saving it?

Did you delete the partition? Or quick format?

bbbhltz, in A Todo App with Caldav and countdown timer support?
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I use Tasks.org on Android which does sync with DavX⁵.

There is no “countdown” but it shows due dates in he widget and has notifications.

heygooberman, (edited ) in My first year using Linux: My experience
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I made the switch to Linux about 1.5 years ago. Never looked back. I started with Linux Mint and have been happy with it ever since. Now, I’m learning about Arch Linux and trying to make that my primary driver.

FYI, you don’t have to get a Steam Deck to try out gaming. I’m sure your current distro would support that quite well. But, if you’re looking for something that is portable, then I definitely recommend the Steam Deck. Now is a good time to get one, since they released a refresh with an OLED screen. Also, the Steam Deck runs on Arch Linux, so if you’re ever interested in checking that out, then definitely get a Steam Deck.

0x4E4F,

Try Void. I was aiming at Arch as well, but then I stumbled upon Void… never made the switch to Arch.

jameskirk,
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What’s good about Void?

0x4E4F, (edited )
  • It doesn’t use systemd, it uses runit.
  • The repo is full of any software you might need, including proprietary (through xbps-src).
  • Everything just works, if it doesn’t it’s probably your fault.
  • It’s a rolling release distro, yet focused on stability and usabilty, so you won’t get the latest and greates, but instead builds that are known to be solid. For example the kernel, it’s not the latest, as is with Arch, but it’s maybe one or two minor versions behin. The same applies to software, they’re known to jump versions if the current build proves to be unstable.
  • Lightning fast boot up. It’s also the fastest distro there is, apart from the *BSDs.
  • Compiling and testing is a breeze thanks to xbps-src.
  • A lot of tools and scripts that make building templates for software not in the repo very easy.
  • Supports a lot of architectures. NetBSD is the only other POSIX OS that supports more architectures than Void.

There are other things, I’m sure, but these are the ones I can think of ATM.

vrighter,

it’s pretty much just arch without systemd then. which is enough of a dealbreaker for me, as I think that systemd is the best thing to happen to linux since sliced bread.

MonkderZweite,

it’s pretty much just arch without systemd then.

No, that’s Artix.

0x4E4F,

No, it’s not Arch without systemd. Arch breaks a lot more than Void does. Ask Void users when was the last time a Void update broke their system. I use it as a daily driver, plus for a lot of other things (at work and home) that are considered mission critical. I would never use Arch for that. Also, it’s faster than Arch, it supports A LOT more architectures than Arch does… or any other Linux distro for that matter (LFS excluded).

Cwilliams,

Personally, I’ve never had an Arch update break my system. But it’s probably only a matter of time

MonkderZweite, (edited )

Everything just works, if it doesn’t it’s probably your fault.

Not even console locale did on my notebook, have to fix that setup sometime. And the installer is pretty barebones and a bit buggy.

Supports a lot of architectures. NetBSD is the only other POSIX OS that supports more architectures than Void.

Nononono, there are only two POSIX certified linux distros: K-UX and Huawey’s EulerOS.

0x4E4F,

Not even console locale did on my notebook, have to fix that setup sometime.

What exactly did you do that you couldn’t change your locale? You do know that you have to reconfigure glibc-locales afterwards.

And the installer is pretty barebones and a bit buggy.

What exactly is buggy about the installer?

Nononono, there are only two POSIX certified linux distros: K-UX and Huawey’s EulerOS.

POSIX certification costs money. There are a lot of distros and OSes that are POSIX compatibe, just not certified.

MonkderZweite,

You do know that you have to reconfigure glibc-locales afterwards.

Oh, i did? Thanks anyways!

What exactly is buggy about the installer?

I had to work around it so that it doesn’t send me to (disk? network? not sure anymore) setup again and again.

0x4E4F,

I had to work around it so that it doesn’t send me to (disk? network? not sure anymore) setup again and again.

Never happened to me. How long ago was this?

MonkderZweite,

A month or so. Maybe i should reflash again.

0x4E4F, (edited )

You should also probably try and see if the same thing happens in a VM. The flash drive might be failing and I don’t think Void does CRC checks of files when copying them… definitely not when funning them, like the installer for example.

EDIT: I remember the installer bringing me back to the partitioning setup, but that’s because I partition manually, not through the Void installer, so the installer thinks that that step is skipped. No worries though, just go to the end of the installer setup and continue with the provided settings. If an adequate target partition has been set, it will install Void.

uis,
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Supports a lot of architectures.

I can only see x86 and ARM though. Where MIPS? PPC32BE? And I’m not even asking for some obscure architectures like SuperH.

0x4E4F, (edited )

Do you know any other distro that’s not LFS or Gentoo that still supports x86? I said a lot, not everything. Most distros don’t support anything below 64-bits.

A fork supported PPC up until a while ago. That project halted though. There was a new spin on it, can’t remember the distro’s name though.

xbps-src can cross compile for MIPS. There are no packages in the repo for MIPS though.

uis, (edited )
@uis@lemmy.world avatar

Do you know any other distro that’s not LFS or Gentoo that still supports x86?

You guessed it:

https://derpicdn.net/img/view/2020/9/24/2451747.png

But also OpenWRT.

Most distros don’t support anything below 64-bits.

How to they even support early raspis?

0x4E4F,

But also OpenWRT.

Oh, come on 🤦.

uis,
@uis@lemmy.world avatar

What? I have it on my MIPS router.

0x4E4F,

I meant as in a real OS, not a stripped down version meant to run as firmware.

uis,
@uis@lemmy.world avatar

Not that stripped down. AFAIK you can even install X server and GUI on it.

0x4E4F,

Damn, you’re more persitent than me hagling 😂.

nexussapphire,

Especially since MacBook don’t come with Nvidia cards. Still frustrated with dual booting windows whenever the drivers brake for gaming.

captain_aggravated, in What are people daily driving these days?
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I’m a Mint Cinnamon guy.

heygooberman, in What are people daily driving these days?
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Linux Mint with a secondary partition running EndeavourOS

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