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buckykat, in are tiling WM good only for terminal?

Tiling is handy for lots of things, especially combined with workspaces. People just like showing off terminals in their flex screenshots

Potajito, (edited ) in Just moved to linux

If you are in the fedora mood, try nobara os. It’s fedora but with a spin on gaming, patches and some gui tools also. You can also try an inmutable distro like bazzite, which is also fedora and also focused on gaming. My advise would be to try a couple of things now that your system is clean and stick with whatever you like best.

kingaloo,

I tried nebora after I effed up my kunutnu install. I was doing some super weird stuff. (Tried to remove snap)

Nebora for me was the worst experience out of every distro I’ve tried. I went back to kubuntu and manually applied what nebora did with much better results. (This time around I removed snap before doing anything else).

Kububtu with snap removed has been perfect so far.

S410,
@S410@kbin.social avatar

To be honest, most things in Nobra can be installed/done to regular Fedora. And, unlike Nobra, Fedora has more than 1 maintainer: goof for the bus factor.

Aatube,
@Aatube@kbin.social avatar

They use fedora repos so it shouldn't have much impact.

Fizz,
@Fizz@lemmy.nz avatar

The nobara tweaks and configuration can be done on fedora but op is unlikely to know what they are or how to do them. If I remember correctly there’s quite a few important gaming things that fedora doesn’t ship with but I don’t know what they are cause I loaded fedora then switched to nobara after a few hours.

Maybe pop os is a good choice since it’s a mix of gaming related and beginner friendly.

Corr,

TBH, I don’t really super feel like moving around since I now have something that works. While I do like setting up an environment, I can’t say I wouldn’t rather use it than set it up :P

MrPhibb,
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Could always triple boot, use the third to play around to see if’n something else is even better than what you have, or use a container to test run different linuxes… linii? Personally I’m enjoying LMDE, and don’t like Gnome either, but that’s the great thing about Linux, so many different options.

Corr,

I may at some point consider. I’m gonna rock out with this for the time being though, and later down the road if I feel like exploring I can set up a third boot partition. I appreciate the suggstions!

Jumuta,

based

kevincox,
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For sure. Lots of people here are enthusiasts that like trying out different things and different distros. Most people will just find something they like and stick with it for years. Don’t get me wrong, it can be fun to jump around, but don’t feel compelled to. Fedora will likely serve you well for many years.

possiblylinux127,

Honestly just use Fedora or Linux mint. Nobara has a very small community so if you run into issues we may not be able to help you.

jws_shadotak,

I tried Nobara recently and had awful difficulties with it, probably because I have a NVIDIA GPU.

My GPU (3080 Ti) is compatible with the drivers it specified but it would get stuck on a blank screen.

jbloggs777, in How do I get virtual sorround sound working?

I took …freedesktop.org/…/sink-virtual-surround-7.1-hesu…, and replaced hrir_hesuvi/hrir.wav with the full path to atmos.wav, which I downloaded from airtable.com/…/tbloLjoZKWJDnLtTc

Here seems to be a walkthrough of it: forum.endeavouros.com/t/…/24958

I also tried jconvolver in the past, but often hit issues when combined with pipewire. Pipewire’s native virtual surround support just works when configured correctly.

You can change the default sink to go to the virtual surround device this way:


<span style="color:#323232;">pactl list short sinks    # get sink name
</span><span style="color:#323232;">pactl set-default-sink <set default sink>
</span>

There will be a way to set the default in the pipewire config files (~/.config/pipewire/pipewire.conf.d/*), too.

I use “catia” when I want to do manual audio routing, and I guess similar is possible with pavucontrol.

UnRelatedBurner, (edited )

Lots of links and names. I think I know how I’m spending my afternoon. Thanks!

Patch, in openSUSE Logo Contest Concludes With Winners Selected

I’m not enormously bothered by the designs themselves; the new logos look fine, although I preferred the old logo.

But what really bothers me is that they’ve gone with a whole disjointed mess of different designs for each of their sub-projects. Why on earth wouldn’t you take this opportunity to design a coherent family of logos? Bizarre missed opportunity.

WeAreAllOne, in Firefox Sidebar Addon like Brave or Vivaldi?

You might be wanna check out Floorp web browser. A fork of Firefox which implements sidebars and other interesting elements. Plus it’s super fast!

Pantherina, (edited )

Ok will see if I can copy those elements to normal Firefox. No way I am using some strange 3rd Party firefox mod XD

sandayle,
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Floorp is not bad but I think it delays in receiving updates. I get “no ad blockers allowed” warnings on YouTube.

WeAreAllOne,

It’s based on ESR so it receives the security updates normally but features at a later stage.

And who still uses YouTube when there are alternatives like invidius and Piped??

sandayle,
@sandayle@iusearchlinux.fyi avatar

I didn’t know that. Thank you.

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

Floorp dev recently stated that workspaces are not going to be supported anymore/will be removed.

Source : github.com/Floorp-Projects/Floorp/issues/618#issu…

VITecNet,

In my experience, Firefox and forks are never super fast. Installed Floorp Lightning and the speed is the same as Firefox.

Hiro8811, in How many of you run a Linux phone (Pine64, Librem etc) as your daily driver?

Why not try lineageo OS? I’ve been daily driving it for one year now and it’s reliably if you don’t throw magisk modules at it for fun.

MigratingtoLemmy,

Which recent devices other than the Pixels are supported?

Hiro8811,

A lot? They have a pretty big list and for all I know all are stable. wiki.lineageos.org/devices/

chitak166,

So fucking dumb how we have to look for specific models just to get support for smartphones.

Can you image if Linux only ran on HP and dell laptops?

bitwolf,

Hopefully when RISCv gets there it won’t be so bad.

Now that manufacturers are getting called out for it they tend to follow the support cycle upstream. Now, much of it falls on the chip makers, Qualcomm specifically supports chips for 5 years iirc (and 8 years for their industrial chips).

If the manufacturers can achieve vertical integration, like Apple has, with RISCv I think we’ll see a lot more mainlined support from them.

Hiro8811,

Unfortunately that’s moistly on maufacters. If they don’t release the kernel LOS can’t do anything. Also depending on the phone it might take a while till someone picks the phone and decides to support it. Laptops do have compatibility options. But I get what your saying, it is annoying but what did you expect from such organization?

EddoWagt,

It would be awesome if we could just install whatever like we can on pcs. On phones you still need a developer to make a specific rom for that device, we were close with Generic System Images (GSIs), but I don’t think they really went anywhere

Hiro8811,

I think you can but I’m not sure. There’s Ubuntu Touch that works on some phones but it’s really buggy

unionagainstdhmo,
@unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone avatar

It’s just the shit design of Android: no bios and firmware must be bundled in the rom

s38b35M5,
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I second the recommendation for lineage OS. I’ve been using it since 2011 with my Nexus S (when it was Cyanogen). Works, defaults to de-googled, but easy to install gapps at the same time (follow instructions because it needs to be done before first boot).

I’ll never run a stock ROM again if I can help it, and so far…

ultra,

I threw magisk modules at it for fun and it’s still reliable.

Hiro8811,

If you have bootlop saver you can throw whatever. I have like six of them

ultra,

I don’t have it, thanks for telling me about it

Hiro8811,

No problems. It’ll automatically disable all scripts so youll have to manually enable them in case of bootfail.

ultra,

Doesn’t safe mode do that as well?

Hiro8811,

As far as I know no. You probably could use adb to remove the scripts tho

electro1,
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  • Hiro8811,

    No. To root you need to extract boot.img, patch it in the app then flash it while in bootloader.

    ardent_abysm, in What is a small .EPUB reader that is easy to install for my small Puppy remaster?
    @ardent_abysm@lemm.ee avatar

    Assuming you have a Firefox derived browser installed, you could just add an EPUB extension to the browser.

    atlasraven31, in How many of you run a Linux phone (Pine64, Librem etc) as your daily driver?

    Nope. I would like to but as long as android does an okay job I will stick with that.

    Waluigis_Talking_Buttplug,

    Yeah Linux phone is a pipedream as long as Android works well at all.

    The fact that you can use Termux kind of makes Linux phones moot, especially since you need a very specific set of hardware

    lemmy_user_838586, (edited )

    Disclaimer: I’m an android user and would love to switch to a Linux phone.

    Problem with android is updates being locked by carriers or Google themselves. To get updates after 2-3 years you basically have to buy a phone that has unlockable bootloader and supports LineageOS, AND you have to have the technical skills to Install and set up LineageOS, I do, but no one else I know does, they just happily buy a new phone because app X,Y,Z stopped working on their old phone, which is perfectly usable. And if you have a phone where bootloader is locked (I’m looking at you, Verizon, EVERY PHONE THEY SELL THEY LOCK), oops there’s an expensive paperweight, can never be running anything other than Android 8 or whatever it came with.

    MigratingtoLemmy,

    My problem is the lack of availability of custom ROMs on new devices like the newest OnePlus and ASUS. Not the fault of the maintainers but it is what it is. I don’t want to be locked to Pixel hardware because come what may I will never trust Google on a single thing

    Waluigis_Talking_Buttplug,

    Show me a linux phone that isn’t an expensive paperweight after 2 years.

    MigratingtoLemmy,

    What inconveniences have you faced from the software?

    Copying my edit here: I am willing to watch content and use banking apps from the browser. Do you think it’ll be fit for me?

    Mambert, in Looking to switch to Linux in the somewhat distant future

    I’d start with Ubuntu. If there’s any niche software, it will probably run on Ubuntu/debian distros.

    loops,

    Second for Ubuntu. I’ve never felt a need to switch.

    avidamoeba,
    @avidamoeba@lemmy.ca avatar

    For 17 years now… Main machine hasn’t been reinstalled since 2014…

    loops,
    CrabAndBroom, in openSUSE Logo Contest Concludes With Winners Selected

    I think the A031 Tumbleweed logo is actually my favourite there. But the winner’s not bad either.

    cashews_best_nut,

    It’s cute!!!

    dillydogg,

    I think that one is the only logo with any soul to it. The rest are so flat! I like the old opensuse logo, but I get that it doesn’t fit with the rest.

    drwankingstein, (edited ) in Flatpak can look daunting...

    Flatlack is weird. Sometimes it’s really good, but then other times depending on what you install it really bloons up.

    magikmw,

    One gotcha is installing both as user and root, getting two sets of dependencies. I only found out after a year or so of consciously using flatpak.

    I’m now taking care to make sure I only use flatpak as root. Maybe not the most secure.

    Pantherina,

    Those are unmaintained apps and you probably shouldnt use them. Poorly this is not as obvious and cant be enforced.

    drwankingstein, in An EEVDF CPU scheduler for Linux [LWN.net]

    EEVDF has been an insane improvement for the desktop, I can compile programs while listening to music and watching videos without any issues since the update, the responsiveness when my computer is maxed out is amazing, and the perf hasn’t lessened any noticeable amount

    Syudagye, in What are you most excited when it comes to linux in 2024?
    @Syudagye@pawb.social avatar

    native wine under wayland ! :D

    Fizz, in Optimising Ubuntu performance on amd64 architecture
    @Fizz@lemmy.nz avatar

    I cant put my finger on it but linux does not feel as snappy as windows. I use Linux 100% now but when I am fixing something on a windows machine I notice a certain smoothness that I don’t notice on linux.

    Pantherina,

    Windows preloads the entire desktop it seems, before logging in. That is pretty great. Apps starting is the same, just more bloat often. Flatpaks make it more equal though. Firefox does some nice UI-preloading too, and FF on Windows is actually more secure than on Linux ironically.

    So there are things to fix, but comparing breaking windows updates to never breaking and way faster immutable rpm-ostree updates, while you use the system normally, its worlds.

    Bulletdust,

    I find the opposite running KDE Neon. In fact File Explorer ‘lag’ is a widely expressed issue regarding Windows 11.

    Fizz,
    @Fizz@lemmy.nz avatar

    Windows file explorer is such a piece of shit. It crashes and lags so often. Linux definitely is smoother in that department.

    Cycloprolene,

    Smoothness is mildly better on gnome than windows on my set up, though windows generally wins with apps start up times. Not sure why.

    sebsch,

    I guess that’s your DE you’ll hardly every feel any snappyness from your kernel.

    Linux distributions are not the same. A Suse with KDE looks and feels 100% different than a gnome Ubuntu.

    people_are_cute,
    @people_are_cute@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

    It’s the UI setup. All DE/WM combinations are, and have been, factually inferior to Windows Explorer in terms of optimization, clarity and animation.

    Which may or may not be because of their excessively modular structure and fractured development. Each layer has its own opinionated dev team unlike in Microsoft or Apple, where it’s all synchronised and everyone across the board have (at least at the time of development) a clear vision of the product they want to make.

    Fizz,
    @Fizz@lemmy.nz avatar

    I think windows may win in the little animations but clarity fuck no. Windows is a mess. Opening the start menu on windows feels like a popup ad. Apple though does have good animations and ui clarity so I can’t knock them.

    lemmy_user_838586,

    Interesting because I’ve had the opposite problem historically. Windows always seemed to be doing random shit in the background, doing what? I can’t tell you but it always seemed to be using the disk or CPU to do some background process, and it always happened, every day at random times oops disk churn. You’ll notice it the most with a regular hard drive because it’s slow and makes noise when its being accessed (vs. an ssd which is silent)

    Fizz,
    @Fizz@lemmy.nz avatar

    Windows 10 used 10-30% of my pc’s resources and linux uses around 1%. There is plenty more ram/cpu/gpu if linux wants it.

    d3Xt3r, (edited )

    I’d wager that it’s your scheduler. Prior to the latest kernel release (v6.6), Linux used the CFS scheduler which is outdated and not really optimal for desktop usage. As a result, many third-party alternate schedulers were developed to fix this issue, with the most recent popular ones being the System76 scheduler (used in Pop!_OS), and BORE (used in CachyOS). But this issue has been solved officially now, with the EEVDF scheduler (earliest eligible virtual deadline first scheduling), which has finally replaced CFS.

    So if you’re not on 6.6, upgrade to it, or use the System76 scheduler. Also switch to Wayland if you haven’t already and you’ll notice your Linux desktop just as smooth, if not smoother, than Windows.

    I have an M1 MacBook Air and a Thinkpad Z13 G1 (running Bazzite KDE with kernel 6.6.3 + System76 scheduler), and comparing the touchpad gestures and window animations side-by-side - especially the gestures and animation to switch workspaces - it’s just as smooth as macOS (at least to my eyes), and that’s quite the feat given that macOS has been the king of smooth animations and responsiveness for a long time.

    SapphironZA,

    I found a lot of the same. For me I resolved this by changing a few things.

    1. Abandon KDE plasma and Gnome.
    2. Avoid Snaps like the plague.

    Linux mint Cinnamon draws 5w on idle only laptop. Ubuntu stock draws 8w. Manjaro plasma uses around 7w.

    Fizz,
    @Fizz@lemmy.nz avatar

    I cant abandon KDE because I like it way to much. I have a powerful computer and I feel like linux is to optimized. Sometimes I just want programs to use as much resources as they need to run perfectly.

    I think once I move over to wayland I will feel that snappiness.

    people_are_cute,
    @people_are_cute@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

    Isn’t vanilla KDE Plasma faster and less resource-intensive than Cinnamon?

    The Mint devs present the XFCE option as a “more lightweight” alternative to the Cinnamon option, and Plasma has been more efficient than XFCE for over three years now.

    blandfordforever,

    I’m going to reply with an anecdotal no.

    On my hardware, cinnamon “feels” faster than plasma.

    SapphironZA,

    I suspect that packaging has a lot to do with it. I also value power draw as a better metric for determining efficiency compared to RAM usage.

    savvywolf, in What are you most excited when it comes to linux in 2024?
    @savvywolf@pawb.social avatar

    Now that they’re working on it, I’m interested in seeing how well Wayland in Cinnamon works. Hopefully it can fix some tearing and stuttering issues in my mixed refresh rate multimonitor setup.

    Will also be interesting to see how the landscape with Windows goes, especially considering I’m picking up traces of discontent in their ranks. I think Valve’s actions will probably cause them to sit up and pay attention.

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