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PropaGandalf, in Fish rewrite-it-in Rust progress: 100%

Now we have nu and fish. Great!

infinitevalence, in Edit: Flatpak (possibly regression) issue caused by either xdg-desktop-portal-gtk and/or xdg-desktop-portal-gnome
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How long ago did you delete everything?

SSD’s dont work like old HD’s depending on the generation of tech it might be storing multiple values per cell which means when you “filled” the SSD you put a charge into every single storage cell on the drive.

Garbage collection and TRIM will slowly over time clear out all the cells flagged as deleted but if one bit is still valid in a cell that was holding 3-4 other bits it cant overwrite that, or relocate it.

That means that your files/videos and such stay fragmented and may never get put back together sequentially or in a way that the controller can optimize again for speed.

The only fix, may be running a factory wipe from the Drive MFG’s tool set, that should fully blank each cell and let you re-install and make it feel fresh again.

Be warned though, you have already done a full drive write once at least, this would be another. You can expect some dead cells and while there is over provisioning that should provide replacements you could see a loss in usable space sooner than later.

jackpot,
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i deleted everything ywsterday, and i trimmed today. i was unaware of the dead cell issue. is there a way to disk defragment an ssd?

infinitevalence,
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in theory time, it should slowly rewrite everything to consolidate it. If you dont have time, then factory format and reinstall.

jackpot, in Edit: Flatpak (possibly regression) issue caused by either xdg-desktop-portal-gtk and/or xdg-desktop-portal-gnome
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alright edit: I have a Flatpak issue, not an SSD issue. does anyone have any thoughts? this could be due to the new linux mint update. my pc is a samsung galaxy s2 (750XED P13CFG)

jackpot,
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the linux mint discussion forum has a post about my model not being great but last update my system worked just fine. i actually think having a full ssd broke flatpak. otherwise ive hit a horrible regression issue github.com/orgs/linuxmint/discussions/277

danielfgom,
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Backup and install a fresh Linux Mint.

MRLimcon, in Edit: Flatpak (possibly regression) issue caused by either xdg-desktop-portal-gtk and/or xdg-desktop-portal-gnome
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I had this problem with flatpaks, I changed the dbus implementation to dbus-broker (in endeavouros) and it fixed the issue. It may be the same problem.

jackpot,
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how do yoy do that

MRLimcon,
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I installed dbus-broker and the package manager checked the dependencies and removed the unnecessary stuff. After that I applied the dbus-broker services:

systemctl enable dbus-broker.service

sudo systemctl --global enable dbus-broker.service

And then restarted.

Idk if it might break things in mint, so I would be cautious.

jackpot,
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by any chance does this have to do with gtk3?

MRLimcon, (edited )
@MRLimcon@lemmy.ml avatar

Yes, I remember reading about a gtk thing that interacts with flatpak, they said it should not give this error in April, but it seems to still be happening, idk.

Edit: I just saw that you deleted the gtk portal and it worked! So no need to install another dbus daemon.

Fizz, in On the Road to Plasma 6, Vol. 5 – Kai Uwe's Blog
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I’m going to need to get a better monitor to really appreciate the polish and work that’s been put into fractional scaling

1984,
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4k monitors are awesome, you will never go back. Icons are sharp and looks almost as good as on mac OS.

2xsaiko, (edited ) in I'm an idiot (arm)
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the answer for “what can unpack this archive” is pretty much always: bsdtar from libarchive

edit: sorry, I can’t read. libarchive unfortunately can’t write RAR archives.

excitingburp, in Desktop icons not loading

Try running your file manager or something else that displays icons from the terminal, it may log error messages.

bazsy, in Edit: Flatpak (possibly regression) issue caused by either xdg-desktop-portal-gtk and/or xdg-desktop-portal-gnome

What filesystem are you using? Is it encrypted?

Could you run a benchmark to verify if reads and writes are both affected? KDiskMark is like crystaldiskmark or Gnome Disks has a built in benchmark.

jackpot,
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not encyrpted. i tried running a write test in gnome disks but i get 'error unmounting /dev/nvme0n1p2: target is busy (udisks-error-quark, 14)

orac, in [SOLVED] How to customize dead keys under Wayland / Electron apps?

Not an answer to you actual question, but: I stopped using dead keys long ago because I found it irritating to have to hit space whenever I needed to break out. Instead I mapped my CapsLock to be a Compose-key which lets me make almost any symbol I ever need in a very intuitive wsy. It works everywhere (incl. Wayland).

pathief, (edited )
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I rarely had to hit space, honestly. My keyboard doesn’t have a key specifically for caps lock, a control key is there instead. I quite like it.

I’ve been trying to make a switch for the compose key but it’s hard to kick decades-old muscle memory heh

southsamurai, in Display blacks out while opening and closing applications on Wayland KDE.
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Since you got the answer already, I’m no longer unwilling to ask where the hell that wallpaper came from.

Gotta hook me up!

Namstel,
southsamurai,
@southsamurai@sh.itjust.works avatar

Much appreciated!

Sarcasmo220, in Yubikey on Linux?

usually when I have problems with YubiKey being detected it is because the pcscd service has not been started, or I forgot to enable it so it would start automatically on boot.

You can follow the instructions here on how to do so: linuxhandbook.com/systemd-start-service-boot/

kzhe, in [Resolved - now using Onboard] Any recommendations for an on-screen keyboard like the one that Windows has. The one that comes with Gnome is annoying to use...
mmababes,

Looks good but I’m using X11

devfuuu, in On the Road to Plasma 6, Vol. 5 – Kai Uwe's Blog

Scaling fixes really warmy heart.

danielfgom, in Gnome completely different and buggy after update (Debian)
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Backup your data. Download the correct Debian and burn to usb. Do a fresh install. Make sure to format the disk first.

Unless you’re dual booting in which case only format the Linux partition

danielfgom, in Desktop icons not loading
@danielfgom@lemmy.world avatar

Backup and do a fresh install

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