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BaroqueInMind, in Best lesser-known distribution/DE for low-end machines?
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Just install Arch without a desktop environment.

backhdlp,
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It’s kinda surprising how much you can do in just a tty, the only thing I can’t think of a method for rn is viewing/editing documents.

BaroqueInMind,
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I can’t think of a method for rn is viewing/editing documents

What is the extension of document? I bet you money it's possible in terminal. PDF? docx?

backhdlp,
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I mean any kind of document, so yes, PDF, docx, rtf, etc.

Thinking about it, isn’t lesspipe able to view documents?

BaroqueInMind,
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Literally all the extensions you mentioned can be viewed and edited in terminal by various tools.

backhdlp,
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I don’t know the tools, but that means you can probably do everything* in a tty without ever installing a graphical environment

*I almost forgot spreadsheets and presentations

BaroqueInMind,
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Do you actually want to know the tools for each of the extensions you mentioned or just having a conversation here?

khorovodoved, (edited ) in Best lesser-known distribution/DE for low-end machines?

If you want serious optimizations - then Gentoo is your choice. But seriously, there won’t be any serious difference between distributions. What really matters here are DEs and browsers. I would recommend some kind of lightweight window manager like i3 or dwm. If you do not want to configure everything yourself, then your choice is lxde/lxqt. Also, you can use distros without systemd (void, artix, devuan, gentoo etc), but that does not matter that much.

backhdlp,
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Another alternative to not configuring is using someone else’s rice

Strit, in Screencasting tools with Wayland support
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I know newer versions of Spectacle can do short video recordings. But that’s a Plasma app.

lemmyvore, in Fonts

Noto, Andale, San Francisco Source, Fira etc. There are so many nice fonts out there, no need to stick to Windows fonts.

lemons,
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I know that most people will write off San Francisco because “Apple bad,” but I really do love it. Simple, looks great, and does its job with nothing crazy. Same goes for New York. Credit where it is due: I think Apple makes great fonts.

Teon, (edited ) in Fonts
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I use Open Sans for System and in LibreOffice https://www.opensans.com/ .
And these are good resources as well, https://fontlibrary.org/

cmnybo, in Fonts

I normally use the Deja Vu fonts. I do have the windows fonts installed, but that’s only for some wine programs that need them.

Ghostbusterinthemach, in How to download ALL dependencies for an external .deb package (rescuezilla)?

I’m not at a computer to verify, but dpkg -I package.deb will list dependencies of a deb file, so apt-get download $(dpkg -I rescuezilla_2.4.2-1_all.deb) might work.

iturnedintoanewt, (edited )
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apt-get download $(dpkg -I rescuezilla_2.4.2-1_all.deb)

Thanks a lot! While it wasn’t as simple as that, it did indeed point me onto the right direction. This command did the trick for me:

apt download $(dpkg -I rescuezilla_2.4.2-1_all.deb | grep -oP ‘(?<=Depends: ).*’ | tr -d ‘,’)

The grep goes there to list only what comes after “Depends:”. The -oP enables the python command to remove the string matching itself, so it leaves the whole list after the match… otherwise it also tries to download a package named “Depends:”. And the tr -d ‘,’ is to remove the commas separating each package, otherwise it fails to find them.

redcalcium, (edited ) in X11 forwarding (X server) for Android

This might work:

  • install an x server app in your phone (e.g. XSDL) and start it
  • install Termux from f-droid (the one in play store hasn’t been updated due to changes in play store policy that prevents Termux package manager from working)
  • in Termux, run something like DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0 ssh -Y user@hostname
h3ndrik, in Is an unknown supervisor password for ThinkPad bios an issue if I've already installed linux?

If it’s not an issue, it’s not an issue. If you need to change the settings at some point, you could look up if there is a way to reset the password. Or sometimes there are tools that let you change the EEPROM settings from linux, without needing to open the BIOS. Depends on the hardware.

multicorn, in Custom shell prompt tips and tricks?

If you like customizing your shell, there are really cool things one can do with zsh.

I have mine set up with suggestions to complete the name of the program, or even command line options for it.

wolf,

zsh … it is totally awesome, I saw a lot of crazy autocomplete stuff by people using it. I stick to bash mostly because it is simply installed everywhere and good enough for my needs. (With some help like autojump for bash.)

Pantherina, in New Plasma 6 Default Icon Theme Looks

This is soooo good

fl42v, in The ASUS Eee PC and the netbook revolution (including Linux)

Yeah, I have 701 (?) 2g surf somewhere. It was kinda fun to do programming in vim in tty, and waaay less fun to compile stuff…

flashgnash, in Linux Distribution Timeline

Pssht they don’t even have AmogOS

perishthethought,

A parody OS inspired by Among Us ඞ

Oh, I see. Yes, serious omission

flashgnash,

I can’t believe they’d miss such a cornerstone of Linux history

cerement,
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also missing UwUntu …

perishthethought,

I know I’m not supposed to post comments like this, but:

hahahahahaha

keepcarrot, in The ASUS Eee PC and the netbook revolution (including Linux)

I miss mine. Good battery life. Big hard disk. Chugged a bit on google docs with large documents. Hot processor. Liero

independantiste, (edited ) in Your chosen desktop Linux defaults?
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Gnome with Wayland: I am just too used to the touchpad gestures and sleek looking apps to go back. Even windows looks and behaves janky in comparison

Firefox: plain better than the alternatives, the scrolling is so much better under Wayland too

The auto dark mode GNOME extention: it between dark and light mode depending on the time of day

Rounded window corners GNOME extension: forces all 4 corners of applications to have rounded corners

Separate /home partition, very useful for distro hopping or in case just going the nuclear option and reinstalling everything is the easiest way to deal with a breakage

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