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Can someone ELI5 why some apps need to support X11/wayland?

Isn’t this supposed to be a job for the window manager?...

Today I discovered Garuda's BTRFS assistant and it's a total game changer. (github.com)

Was looking at how to set up snapper on Fedora 39 and came across the ever knowledgable Stephens tech talks video. It does balance, setting up snapper, sub-volume management in a really cool GUI tool....

gamescope through the heroic launcher is WAY better than steam (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

the heroic launcher was recently updated to support gamescope (installed it through flatpak by installing org.freedesktop.Platform.VulkanLayer.gamescope 23.08 through the terminal using >flatpak install)....

Reading .mcn files? (lemmy.world)

Hello y’all,...

(help-solved)monitor 1 with workspace 1 and monitor 2 with workspace 2, how pls?

hi everyone, using xfce(main desktop) doesn’t work, tried gnome and cinnamon and same thing. anyway know how to do this pls? thanks for reading....

State of the Nvidia open source driver in late 2023?

Hi all,...

Rewriting nouveau’s Website (drivers for NVIDIA) (tesk.page)

10 YouTube Channels Linux Users Should Explore (itsfoss.com)

Major improvements have been made to the bgammon.org online backgammon service (www.bgammon.org)

bgammon.org is a free and open source online backgammon service without ads or tracking....

Do I actually need to do anything to go from GeForce to Radeon?

My GTX-1080 is getting a little long in the tooth, I’m thinking of going all AMD on my Linux Mint gaming rig here, but…is there anything I need to do or install or uninstall to switch to an AMD card from an Nvidia one?...

Looking for a "couch laptop"

I’m in the market for a Linux friendly ultralight laptop to check web apps and run terminal, nothing fancier then that. Do any cheap systems exits these days? I was looking at a chrome book but apparently the mediatek chip doesn’t play nicely with FOSS....

help me port this simple extension to GNOME 45 (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

For reference: github.com/trflynn89/gnome-shell-volume-scroller

Wine Wayland Driver Lands Improved HiDPI Support (www.phoronix.com)

Framework 13 With AMD Ryzen 7040 Makes For A Great Linux Laptop (Review) (www.phoronix.com)

Finally here

RHEL and Alma Linux 9.3 arrive – one is free, one merely free of charge (www.theregister.com)

Bcache is amazing!: Making HDD way faster!

Okay, I love Linux. But I always surprised that I can love Linux ever more everyday. The possibility is basically endless!...

How to fix? (i.imgur.com)

So I installed Signal messenger and later needed pulse audio and lsp plugins. Now the search in the menu no longer finds Signal in search. :-( I have to go to “Internet -> Signal” to open it....

Is asus rog strix B55-F gaming wifi ll atx am4 a good motherboard for linux? (known problem?)

I use Debian, if that is a useful info.

How to exclude SSH port from VPN so you can remote access while VPN is up

I solved this problem for myself yesterday and couldn’t find the answer anywhere online (clearly stated), so here’s what I did....

Blender 4.0 Released with Support for AMD RDNA2 and RDNA3 APUs, Node Tools (9to5linux.com)

Louvre: C++ library for building Wayland compositors. (lemmy.world)

Hello, yesterday I officially released Louvre v1.0.0, a C++ library designed for building Wayland compositors with a primary focus on ease of development. It provides a default method for handling protocols, input events, and rendering, which you can selectively and progressively override as required, allowing you to see a...

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