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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Committing Fully To Netplan For Network Configuration (www.phoronix.com)

The Canonical-developed Netplan has served for Linux network configuration on Ubuntu Server and Cloud versions for years. With the recent Ubuntu 23.10 release, Netplan is now being used by default on the desktop. Canonical is committing to fully leveraging Netplan for network configuration with the upcoming Ubuntu 24.04 LTS...

Overheating laptop, should I try a lighweight distro - which one?

Hello Penguins,...

on arch btw. (i.imgflip.com)

Help. Various games stopped working and i have no idea how to diagnose the issues

What stopped working:...

[Coreboot] Can I coreboot my laptop? Acer Aspire A515-47

I’m quite interested in putting coreboot onto my laptop, if that’s possible. But first I want to know if it’s reliable as I’ll be using this laptop for school, and if I can even do it in the first place....

Yes, Ubuntu Is Withholding Security Patches for Some Software (www.flu0r1ne.net)

A new pilot will investigate the use of Forgejo (A non profit FOSS alternative to github and gitea) in german schools (blog.codeberg.org)

An Untold History of Thunderbird (blog.thunderbird.net)

Locking + unlocking my PC with a BLE-device?

I like Apple’s feature to unlock a Mac-laptop automatically when the user is wearing their Apple Watch....

AMD+Wayland+dual monitor = Screen flickering

So…I have an…interesting behavior I’ve never had before with an Nvidia or integrated intel chipsets…I have now my AMD card plugged both to a normal HDMI monitor, and then to another HDMI TV. Both work well. However, when I turn the TV off… The monitor will start flickering. About three flickers every minute or so....

Should I install Linux on my smartphone?

I have a Samsung Galaxy J3 (2018) smartphone which currently has the stock Samsung Android OS installed on it. I wanted to install an Android “distro” that doesn’t spy on me, like Graphene OS, but I couldn’t find a ROM for it. Since I would probably need to compile AOSP from source code anyways, I though, why not install...

What happens when Linus dies/retires?

Will we all be fucked or is there a Linus 2?

HyperbolaBSD (lemmy.ml)

How is your experience with Fedora as a server?

linux@programming.dev

Linux Mint - Screenshot annoyance

When trying to capture an area of the screen; specifically a Firefox extension; the context menu disappears when I press Ctrl-Shift-PrintScreen...

I created a shitty Python script to manage multiple SSH connections because I couldnt find a decent one (git.ohaa.xyz)

Firefox (finally) enables Wayland by default on their builds (phabricator.services.mozilla.com)

cheapest new computer running linux <$500

just need something to do light development (docker, python, rust, with an ide). something i can upgrade (ram, ssd minimum). laptop would best, but desktop works too...

How a kernel developer made my styluses work again on newer kernels! (www.davidrevoy.com)

This blog-post is a follow-up post of “How a kernel update broke my stylus… Need help!” published 10 days ago. Please read it if you want to know more about the problem I had with the stylus....

Wayland is a cancer to the Linux desktop. (gist.github.com)

One single partition for Linux versus using a partition table?

Heya folks, some people online told me I was doing partitions wrong, but I’ve been doing it this way for years. Since I’ve been doing it for years, I could be doing it in an outdated way, so I thought I should ask....