what kinds of tech jobs allow workers to choose what OS they use? where I live it seems most tech jobs won’t even let you install you your own software preferences unless its on their approved list, let alone install your own OS. they’re too worried about company security and IT’s ability to manage the hardware
does anyone know how to actually reorganze a grub menu? every time I try to Google it I only get results for some old software that hasnt been updated in over a decade 8 years. its a huge pain to have to select the distro I want every time just because its not first
is there a fork of grub customizer somewhere thats being maintained? that was the software I was talking about in my original comment* and unless im misreading the GitHub page for the project, the last update was 8 years ago.
*I mispoke when I said it was over 10 years out of date, it was updated in 2016.
I’m also not smart enough to understand it completely but I think they meant something strange could be happening with dimensions (think Flatlanders) rather than us being a computer program. anyone with more understanding please elaborate tho
This article was written in the sense of bashing gnome but yet some points seem to be valid. It explains the history of gtk 1 to 4 and the influence of gnome in gtk. I’m not saying gnome is bad here, instead I find this an interesting to read and I’m sharing it.
obtainuim looks really useful for keeping these updated, but is there a reason they aren’t just on f-droid? until now I thought that was considered the norm or standard for open source android apps
I’m at the point where I spend so much time being bitter about Christmas music being played too early that when December finally rolls around things start feeling surreal when I can’t whinge about it anymore.
I know Debian and others can breathe life into older machines. But i wonder if there are any distros with serious optimizations that I haven’t heard of. I’ve already tried MX Linux on an old Thinkpad SL400, and didn’t see any difference from plain Debian....
I was really excited about peppermint so I switched my old laptop from Kubuntu. but peppermint feels more sluggish than KDE and now I’m not sure what I did wrong :(
most flatpaks are awesome, it’s my preferred way to get apps. except for steam and syncthing. for some reason no amount of fuckery in flatseal can get flatpak-steam to correctly recognize my game drive or flatpak-syncthing to actually sync files from certain locations. for everything else tho flatpaks rock
yeah I mentioned I used flatseal lol. Ive tried giving it specific narrow permissions and I’ve tried just enabling everything and giving it full perms but nothing works great the way other versions of syncthing and steam just work
What's your current favorite distro that isn't Arch, Debian or Fedora?
I’m wondering what the current favorite distros are besides the most popular ones like Arch, Debian and Fedora.
Glory to our new overlords! (lemmy.ml)
Linux in the corporate space
I made this post because I am really curious if Linux is used in offices and educational centres like schools....
It happens 🤷 (sh.itjust.works)
This is just cruel (startrek.website)
What's your favorite instrument that really gets through to you?
Mine’s a bit of a strange one…...
What distros have you tried and thought, "Nope, this one's not for me"?
I’ve been using Linux Mint since forever. I’ve never felt a reason to change. But I’m interested in what persuaded others to move.
Chill. They didn't actually tell their family to buy crypto. (lemmy.world)
Sisyphean (lemmy.world)
Both beliefs are fine, but please realize the hypocrisy (sh.itjust.works)
Morbid Curiosity: Content about strange/bizarre/disturbing stuff (kbin.social)
!morbidcuriosity...
Is there any future for the GTK-based Desktop Environments? (ludditus.com)
This article was written in the sense of bashing gnome but yet some points seem to be valid. It explains the history of gtk 1 to 4 and the influence of gnome in gtk. I’m not saying gnome is bad here, instead I find this an interesting to read and I’m sharing it.
The state of open source SMS messagers
With simple messager selling out & qksms no longer being actively worked on. What’s our options for open source sms messagers?...
"Introvert friends" by Sarah Andersen (lemmy.world)
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Japanese chip flavors (startrek.website)
When it starts before Halloween, it's time for a crusade. (sh.itjust.works)
Be a better pirate. (lemmy.world)
Whatever, I'll use it and abuse it. (lazysoci.al)
Best lesser-known distribution/DE for low-end machines?
I know Debian and others can breathe life into older machines. But i wonder if there are any distros with serious optimizations that I haven’t heard of. I’ve already tried MX Linux on an old Thinkpad SL400, and didn’t see any difference from plain Debian....
It's going (startrek.website)
Floppy disks were high-tech weapons once (files.mastodon.social)
What has been your experience with Flatpak?
I’ve been involved with Linux for a long time, and Flatpak almost seems too good to be true:...