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KISSmyOS, (edited ) to linux in on arch btw.

I’m not familiar with sway or hyprland, but KDE automatically finds and configures any modern scanner and printer in the network, makes all programs use the same theme, saves my passwords and certificates, auto-mounts attached drives, auto-starts programs and services, handles which program opens which file type, has a nice workspace overview, lets me configure the firewall, grub, bootsplash screen, VPN, network settings, monitors, keyboard layout, etc… all with sane defaults out of the box, localized to my language, and easy GUI configuration.

KISSmyOS, to linux in Overheating laptop, should I try a lighweight distro - which one?

A lightweight distro won’t help you since gaming and zoom will still consume the same amount of resources.
Whatever your distro/DE needs to run itself isn’t even a drop in the ocean compared to your browser for example.

KISSmyOS, (edited ) to linux in on arch btw.

No. I need the functionality of a full desktop environment.
And KDE’s workspace overview is awesome. One keypress and I see all open windows, all workspaces and a global search field that switches to a program when it already has an open window and opens a new window if not.
And a tiling WM on top of KDE would be pointless to me since the behavior of a tiling WM can be configured through the GUI in KDE without installing anything extra.

KISSmyOS, (edited ) to linux in on arch btw.

I hate moving windows around.
All windows open maximized without window decorations. Meta+WSAD moves the active window to the upper/lower/left/right half of the screen.
Meta+PgDown minimizes, Meta+PgUp maximizes. Meta+Q tiles windows horizontally, Meta+E vertically. Meta+X closes the window, Meta+Spacebar shows the desktop, Meta alone shows the workspace overview.
Fuck hunting for window borders, clicking and dragging. And fuck configuring all this in a text file.

(I use OpenSUSE with KDE by the way)

KISSmyOS, to asklemmy in Which things have you avoided or embraced on the name alone?

shh, they’re still on season 4. Don’t spoil the ending.

KISSmyOS, to asklemmy in Which things have you avoided or embraced on the name alone?

I actively avoid Fedora Linux.
I feel like that’s the worst name of any brand ever.

KISSmyOS, to linux in I'm trying to run VirtualBox in Linux Mint but I keep getting an error message about Kernel drivers.

reinstall virtualbox-dkms (from your repo), disable secure boot in BIOS and reboot.
If that doesn’t work, I’m out of ideas.

KISSmyOS, to linux in I'm trying to run VirtualBox in Linux Mint but I keep getting an error message about Kernel drivers.

6.1 is the newest version included in your OS. That’s just how Linux works.
Downloading newer versions from somewhere else is sometimes possible, but can lead to a lot of headaches, especially with packages that interact with the kernel.

If you notice you keep running into this issue and using the newest stuff is important to you, consider switching to OpenSUSE Tumbleweed. It’s the most beginner-friendly rolling release distro.

KISSmyOS, (edited ) to linux in I'm trying to run VirtualBox in Linux Mint but I keep getting an error message about Kernel drivers.

And I literally wrote in the comment above yours to install the version in the repo instead, with sudo apt install virtalbox.
NOT sudo apt install virtualbox-7.0

It’s in the Ubuntu repository:
packages.ubuntu.com/jammy/virtualbox

Which Mint 21.2 points to according to the default sources.list:


<span style="color:#323232;">deb http://packages.linuxmint.com victoria main upstream import backport
</span><span style="color:#323232;">deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy main restricted universe multiverse
</span><span style="color:#323232;">deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
</span><span style="color:#323232;">deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
</span><span style="color:#323232;">deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-security main restricted universe multiverse
</span><span style="color:#323232;">deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ jammy partner
</span>

It’s version 6.1, which is better than having no working Virtualbox.

KISSmyOS, (edited ) to linux in I'm trying to run VirtualBox in Linux Mint but I keep getting an error message about Kernel drivers.

I read that you installed a specific version months ago, but now installed it from a .deb file recently.
I’m asking why you don’t just sudo apt install virtualbox now?

KISSmyOS, to linux in Canonical lifts lid on more Ubuntu Core Desktop details

Well, alternatives exist: lmms.io/download#linux

KISSmyOS, to linux in Canonical lifts lid on more Ubuntu Core Desktop details

Open source software would still be available packaged by the distros and as Flatpak, even if the software’s author offered it exclusively as Snap.

KISSmyOS, to linux in Best lesser-known distribution/DE for low-end machines?

Slackware isn’t easy on resources. It needs more space than most and defaults to KDE.

KISSmyOS, to linux in Canonical lifts lid on more Ubuntu Core Desktop details

Then I guess it’s a good thing they don’t control all other Linux distros.

KISSmyOS, to linux in I'm trying to run VirtualBox in Linux Mint but I keep getting an error message about Kernel drivers.

OK, why are you installing it from a deb file and not just from your repo?
Try that first.

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