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Metatronz, in Starlite?

Sounds freaking sweet!

tmat256, in Testing packaging which targets multiple distributions?

If it were me and I was intending to automate this I would probably do the following. Set up each test distro as a VirtualBox image and take a snapshot so I could easily roll back. Then I would write a script for each distro that downloaded the package, installed and launched the app. I would then probably query the window system to make sure the gui showed up, wait a period of time if I had to and take a screenshot.

This can probably all be done as a set of bash scripts.

GamesRevolution, in Testing packaging which targets multiple distributions?
@GamesRevolution@programming.dev avatar

I think there would be a way to test it with docker, you could find a image that has systemd installed and use something like distrobox to test it with the GUI.

infeeeee,

Docker doesn’t like systemd for some reason, podman is the way in this case: …redhat.com/…/how-to-run-systemd-in-a-container#

Botzo,

Podman + distrobox might be the fastest way to get up and running.

github.com/89luca89/distrobox/…/useful_tips.md#us…

signofzeta, in Minimal, debloated, configured Windows 11 QEMU image for software support

Instead of sharing the image, why not share the scripts or steps used to make it? Other people raised some fine points, but for me, my German is very poor.

Guenther_Amanita, (edited ) in Minimal, debloated, configured Windows 11 QEMU image for software support

I find that really cool, BUT, you should delete that link.

First, installing a tweaked Windows version from somebody else is risky. It’s hard to check if you included malware for example. I mean, I trust you that you didn’t do that, but it’s still risky. That alone isn’t the reason you should delete it. If I install a malware-version, it’s my fault, who cares.

The real reason you should delete that immediately is because it’s illegal! The licence doesn’t allow you to share Windows. With scripts on your own install its a grey area, but sharing installs or isos is definitely not allowed and everyone here could report you for that to MS, the police, the admins, whoever.

Anzeige ist raus! (Jk)

Herbstzeitlose, in 6 LibreOffice Alternatives for Linux

Another day, another shitty itsfoss list that didn’t need to be an article.

plague_sapiens, (edited ) in Minimal, debloated, configured Windows 11 QEMU image for software support
@plague_sapiens@lemmy.world avatar

Not a good idea, to share copyrighted material with your university account. Especially in DE. Archive.org would suit better!

Nevertheless thanks for your work and I would recommend to include Dism++ and maybe use an Enterprise version of Win11. But yeah, versions can be easily changed with Massgravel’s activator.

Pantherina,

What makes Enterprise Windows different? But that tool sounds cool!

plague_sapiens,
@plague_sapiens@lemmy.world avatar

Usually less bloat ootb and less/no feature updates, longer update support. But actually I haven’t compared those Win11 versions by myself. I use Enterprise versions since Win7, with Win10 Iot Enterprise LTSC being the best version of all (at least currently) and it has support till 2032 :)

Pantherina,

Okay thats crazy! I think Win10 is unusable and Win11 us a bit better and also worse, like an Explorer with Tabs wtf how long did that take? But the apps seem very bloated too, using bad libraries or something, its just slow. But I am quite happy with my setup currently, will switch the VM to Win11 enterprise if Win12 is even worse

Pantherina,

I dont really want to make them trouble? But some solution like this would be best, maybe a personal onionshare but thats slow AF.

heeplr, in Minimal, debloated, configured Windows 11 QEMU image for software support

that’d be an awesome way to spread malware with some VM evasion.

not sure if any 3rd-party windows install should ever be trusted. no matter what usecase.

Pantherina,

I mean… just check the code? Oh, anyways…

Windows sucks.

heeplr, (edited )

You could do some automated/scripted installation VM-image builder thingy and release that. Would probably also save some manual work for you. (bash script fetching install image & run qemu, autounattend.xml, etc. all nicely released on github.) And it’d be auditable.

plague_sapiens,
@plague_sapiens@lemmy.world avatar

Windows should never be trusted in the first place. Fuck proprietary software…

llothar, in Starlite?

I ordered one. First units should be shipped early December. Right now they seem to be some out - just few days ago you could order with 7-8 weeks delivery, now it’s just ‘notify when available’.

desmosthenes, in Starlite?
@desmosthenes@lemmy.world avatar

didn’t know about this till just now; very interesting

helenslunch, in Starlite?
@helenslunch@feddit.nl avatar

I don’t really like tablets in the first place. Don’t understand what they’re for that laptops can’t already do.

But aside from that, the problem is not hardware, it’s the OS. Android, iOS and iPad OS are all distinctly very different from their desktop counterparts, with respect to how you interact with the device. Linux needs the same.

Jumuta,

gnome

randomname01,

They’re more portable, lighter and arguably perfect for media consumption on the go. Add a decent detachable keyboard and it’s all the computer quite a few people will ever need.

Just depends on how you use your pc.

helenslunch,
@helenslunch@feddit.nl avatar

They’re more portable, lighter

Sure, but is that so important that it’s worth spending hundreds of dollars on an entirely separate device that you still have to carry and manage?

tristan,

You’re assuming that everybody that buys a tablet like this also wants/has a laptop. Many people ONLY want the tablet as a portable computer while having a more powerful desktop in their home or office

In my case I have a tablet and a laptop, but my laptop ends up staying at home 99% of the time docked and acting as a desktop. When it comes time to replace it, I’ll just get a desktop and keep the tablet

helenslunch,
@helenslunch@feddit.nl avatar

I see. I guess everyone I know that has a tablet also has a laptop, and carries both of them around. Makes more sense as a laptop replacement, I suppose.

interceder270, in Introducing graphics offload – GTK Development Blog

Funny how much more complexity compositors add just so users can have stupid effects on their desktop.

conciselyverbose,

Imagine anyone having a need for a video stream in the modern era.

Or any other canvas with complexity .

gnumdk,
@gnumdk@lemmy.ml avatar

How is this article about desktop effects?

LeFantome, (edited )

I thought this was an article talking about how Wayland makes it possible to perform deeply low-level optimizations to improve the performance of things like high-resolution video playback. Thank you for clearing it up for me.

Sentau, (edited )

This is Top tier sarcasm!

TCB13, (edited ) in 6 LibreOffice Alternatives for Linux
@TCB13@lemmy.world avatar

This is the definition of clickbait, bullshit articles… they didn’t even bother to take their own screenshots of the suggested alternatives. I also don’t really know what’s the point of this article, Linux users know what’s out there and although I dislike LibreOffice and have strong thoughts about it it is vastly superior to the other alternatives suggested to the point said alternatives aren’t really alternatives.

Also, Cryptpad? Fucks sake.

Vincent, (edited ) in toolbox vs distrobox. Which one to use?

I stuck with Toolbox for a long time because it was default, but then I wanted to be able to easily recreate my *boxes with the same set of packages when e.g. they broke for some reason, or because the distro they were built on released a new major version. Distrobox supports that with its assemble command, so I switched. Otherwise it's not too different really, for a casual user like me, and if I hadn't needed assemble, Toolbox would've been just fine.

(Except that I keep forgetting whether Toolbox or Toolbx is the correct spelling now.)

Pantherina,

Damn that toolbx spelling is horrible

Guenther_Amanita, in toolbox vs distrobox. Which one to use?

I use Distrobox on Fedora Silverblue.
More precisely, uBlue. It came pre-installed there and I quite like it.

Toolbx is more of a “use it to install command line dnf-packages on SB”, while Distrobox is way more capable.

I can have any distro I want as container and export graphical apps and binarys.

alt,

The link for uBlue didn’t work for me. For those interested: uBlue

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