It’s great to see to what lengths Microsoft goes to keep backwards compatibility. Compared to how a minor glibc update broke Linux apps without much warning. Without supporting legacy workflows I don’t think Microsoft would’ve had the market share they have today.
I often use Arch in a container, when I need a fhs distro. EndeavourOS is great for desktop use if you don’t want to go through the Arch install process.
DeltaChat is an awesome messenger. It’s federated, quick and simple to use. Also, I didn’t realize DC was on the fediverse for so many years.
And if a copied file is changed, btrfs only stores the difference instead of two complete files. E.g. if the 1GB file1 is copied to file2, they will take 1GB total. If 100MB is appended to file2, the total storage usage is 1,1GB
You’re right, atomic snapshots are a big advantage of CoW fs.
Rsync backups done while the system is running have a chance of being broken, while CoW fs snapshots are instant and seem basically as if the system suddenly lost power.
If the system can’t keep up with the animation of e.g. Gnome’s overview, the fps halfes because of double buffered vsync for a moment. This is perceived as stutter.
With triple buffer vsync the fps only drop a little (e .g 60 fps -> 55 fps), which isn’t as big of drop of fps, so the stutter isn’t as big (if it’s even noticeable).
Yes. Usually the OS installer takes care of creating a root and home subvolume. Except Arch and similar barebones installer have instructions in the wiki.
I have used Linux on and off for 15 years. I consider myself a casual user and stuck to the mainstream DEs (mostly KDE, XFCE and some Cinnamon). Gnome has been a hurdle for me before and after the big version 40 changes, I couldn’t get my head around how they handled the workspaces and workflow. At some point I I tried out an...
I really like compositor/wm/DE which allow for keyboard driven movement of windows between workspaces and workspaces between monitors. Especially the latter requirement is only met by a few wms, e.g. sway/i3, hyprland.
I can’t stand it if switching to the next workspace all workspaces on all monitors change. This makes it annoying to use with a second monitor that mostly display the same windows (e.g. messaging, video, docs).
Bcachefs still misses major features, so it’s possible to expect that performance will change over time. Just because bcachefs is upstreamed to Linux doesn’t mean it’s finished.
WINE The third and final part of the Vulkan enablement code for allowing Vulkan API graphics use within the Wine Wayland driver has been merged to Wine Git....
Finally, I might try disabling XWayland once wine wayland ships in proton. The only remaining apps using X11 on my system are electron apps and wine (oh, I forgot Java).
It’s interesting to finally see all the work on wayland coming together. Only a few years ago I still had to switch back to i3 because sway didn’t work well for gaming (no vrr, dmabuf), and now it’s only a few things missing.
I currently use Windows 10 and I’d like to try out Linux. My plan is to set up a dual boot with OpenSUSE tumbleweed and KDE Plasma. I’ve read so many different opinions about choosing a distro, compatibility with gaming and Nvidia drivers, and personal issues with the ethos of different companies like Canonical. I value...
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed is an awesome distro with up to date packages. KDE is also a great choice, especially with Plasma 6.0 around the corner.
I wouldn’t worry too much about Nvidia drivers, just follow OpenSUSE’s guide [1]. The remaining issues of Nvidia with KDE Wayland are getting fixed over the coming months.
Edit: OpenSUSE can’t ship some codecs by default for legal reasons (like RedHat, Fedora), but makes it simple to enable them (optionally through graphical YaST) [2].
Kernel 6.6.6 is out 😈 (cdn.kernel.org)
This is the update metalhead nerds have been waiting for.
Just install EndeavorOS lol (feddit.de)
stolen from linux memes at Deltachat
What's with all these hip filesystems and how are they different?
You know, ZFS, ButterFS (btrfs…its actually “better” right?), and I’m sure more....
GNOME's Dynamic Triple Buffering "Ready To Merge" (www.phoronix.com)
Vivaldi Is Available on Flathub – Brno Hat (enblog.eischmann.cz)
Fedora 40 Eyes The Ability To Boot Unified Kernel Images Directly (www.phoronix.com)
PipeWire 1.0 - An interview with PipeWire creator Wim Taymans (fedoramagazine.org)
Winewayland.drv: part 11: Mouselook support · Merge requests (gitlab.winehq.org)
systemd 255 Released With A "Blue Screen of Death" For Linux Systems (www.phoronix.com)
100 Million Firmware Updates Supplied By The LVFS (blogs.gnome.org)
Broken Rules Sponsors Krita (krita.org)
Every god damn time! (infosec.pub)
What Tweak, Program, ... changes a Desktop Environment from unusable to great for you?
I have used Linux on and off for 15 years. I consider myself a casual user and stuck to the mainstream DEs (mostly KDE, XFCE and some Cinnamon). Gnome has been a hurdle for me before and after the big version 40 changes, I couldn’t get my head around how they handled the workspaces and workflow. At some point I I tried out an...
Bcachefs Lands Another Round Of Fixes For Linux 6.7 (www.phoronix.com)
Another Look At The Bcachefs Performance on Linux 6.7 Review (www.phoronix.com)
tl;dr...
Wine Wayland Driver's Vulkan Support Is Now Usable (www.phoronix.com)
WINE The third and final part of the Vulkan enablement code for allowing Vulkan API graphics use within the Wine Wayland driver has been merged to Wine Git....
I don't need a declarative operating system for my home server... but it would be fun... (lemmy.world)
New to Linux, have a few questions
I currently use Windows 10 and I’d like to try out Linux. My plan is to set up a dual boot with OpenSUSE tumbleweed and KDE Plasma. I’ve read so many different opinions about choosing a distro, compatibility with gaming and Nvidia drivers, and personal issues with the ethos of different companies like Canonical. I value...