KISSmyOS

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KISSmyOS,

No.

KISSmyOS,

You can’t go wrong with Four Roses Single Barrel.

Linux on a 2in1 for Uni (lemmy.world)

Hello linix@lemmy, I got fixed on the idea of replacing my iPad with a 2in1 like the thibkpad X13 for uni since I use the keyboard with my iPad a lot. The only time I need to take handwritten notes is in chemistry, mathematics and to annotate PDFs. Does anyone here have experience with convertibles running Linux? What would be...

KISSmyOS, (edited )

I have experience with a Fujitsu Lifebook U9310x.
My general advice would be, if you’re going to use Linux on a convertible, install Fedora. It has the best and newest implementation of Gnome, and Gnome has the best support for convertible, touchscreen and on-screen keyboard support.
On Fedora, the experience was almost as good as on Windows, whereas I had issues with Debian not correctly switching modes when I fold the keyboard back, not popping up the onscreen keyboard and not correctly rotating the screen.

Disclaimer: I haven’t tested Ubuntu because I personally dislike it. But if it’s certified for your hardware, that would be the first thing I’d try.

Hardware advice: Don’t get a Fujitsu Lifebook U for writing. The keyboard sucks badly, to the point where about every 50th keystroke simply doesn’t register. There’s a Lifebook E convertible now which is more budget-friendly and has a better keyboard, but it’s too thick and heavy for use as a tablet.
Thinkpads consistently have the best Linux support, so that’s what I’d have bought if I hadn’t got a 60% discount on the Fujitsu from work.

KISSmyOS, (edited )

I’d just like to interject for a moment. What you’re referring to as Linux,
is in fact, systemd/Linux, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, systemd plus Linux.
Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component
of a fully functioning systemd system made useful by the systemd corelibs, shell
utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by IBM.

Many computer users run a modified version of the systemd system every day,
without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of systemd
which is widely used today is often called “Linux”, and many of its users are
not aware that it is basically the systemd system, developed by Lennart Poettering.

There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a
part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system
that allocates the machine’s resources to the other programs that you run.
The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself;
it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is
normally used in combination with the systemd operating system: the whole system
is basically systemd with Linux added, or systemd/Linux. All the so-called “Linux”
distributions are really distributions of systemd/Linux.

KISSmyOS,

It depends. Old Windows games actually work better in Wine than on modern Windows.
Newer games usually work out of the box via Steam and Proton, often with better performance than on Windows. Especially on a pc with ATI graphics.
AAA titles with anticheat often don’t work, but it doesn’t sound like that’s what OP is after.

KISSmyOS, (edited )

How old is your PC? Do you game via Steam?
If it is younger than 10 years, any desktop oriented distro will work equally well.
In that case, I’d recommend Mint, just because it is the best beginner distro overall.
If you have less than 4GB of RAM, Debian with Xfce would run faster.

If it’s older, then there’s a (small, but getting larger with age) chance it is limited to 32bit architecture or 32bit UEFI.
Then your choice of distros becomes slim, but MX Linux would be a good choice.

KISSmyOS,

How was this measured? Just asking cause a lot of PCs are sold with Linux there cause it’s cheaper and the user immediately slaps a pirated Windows on after purchase.

KISSmyOS,

If I have an issue with Linux, I look for a tutorial on Youtube. Most of the time the best result is a video of an Indian kid half my age who explains exactly what I need in a concise easy to understand manner, while typing every word they say into notepad.

KISSmyOS, (edited )

I do. Gnome is a special case because it doesn’t give you a lot of options. It’s take it or leave it, and it doesn’t follow the traditional mouse-centric desktop workflow.
But in my opinion it’s absolutely perfect for a laptop where you use the keyboard and touchpad. With a few key combos and swipe gestures you can fly through the UI and it only ever shows you what’s relevant at the moment.

FOSS alternative to... Sending Spotify links?

This is probably a dumb question but what is a better way to send a link to a song to friends without using Spotify? I don’t use Spotify anymore so I don’t like going back to that website just to copy a song link so people could hear it. I know I could send something like a YouTube link but I’m trying to degoogle so I...

KISSmyOS, (edited )

The degoogled, open source way is to send them a link to your self-hosted media server.

KISSmyOS,

It needs to be running all the time you need its services. If it’s not running it can’t serve you music.
Modern PCs and laptops don’t have an issue with that, even with Windows 10/11.
But a Raspberry Pi with a large HDD (with its own power supply) attached would be perfect IMO.

KISSmyOS,

For private use, you could set it up on any old pc, a router or a Raspberry Pi.
The time to learn is the limiting factor.

My ubuntu installation broke completely

I think that installation was originally 18.04 and I installed it when it was released. A while ago anyways and I’ve been upgrading it as new versions roll out and with the latest upgrade and snapd software it has become more and more annoying to keep the operating system happy and out of my way so I can do whatever I need to...

KISSmyOS,

Ubuntu changes the entire underlying technology too often cause they always try to introduce their own system in place of something that’s already established (Upstart, Unity, Snap, etc.)
My last experiences with Ubuntu were one upgrade that failed to boot after following all the recommended steps, one upgrade where the release notes themselves recommended a fresh install to enable all functionality and a fresh install where the first thing I saw after booting was an error message by Gnome about a crashed service.

I left the distro after that and haven’t looked back. Admittedly, that was quite some time ago. It’s likely they’ve improved since then (but so have all other distros).

KISSmyOS,

Maybe you know if there’s any Debian derivatives which do rolling releases?

No need for derivatives. Just use Debian Unstable. It’s the most stable rolling release distro I’ve used so far.

KISSmyOS,

So I grabbed my ventoy-drive, downloaded latest mint ISO on it and instead of doing something productive I planned to do I’ll spend couple of hours at reinstalling the whole system.

With Mint, you should be able to get to a working system that lets you do your paperwork within less than half an hour.
You can set up all your customizations again when you have more time. But it should also be no issue to just copy your old /home folder to the new system between Mint and Ubuntu. Then the only step after installation would be to install the programs you had before.

KISSmyOS,

There is no problem with using a point release system long term. The problem is using Ubuntu. I’ve never once successfully upgraded it from one release to the next without issues, errors, things breaking or loss of functionality. It’s the main reason why I’ll never use Ubuntu again.

KISSmyOS, (edited )

No. Currently Firefox is the only browser that can run Spotify and Netflix on my machine. Neither Chromium nor Epiphany do that.
Firefox needs to stay functional for “normal” people who consume DRM media, use Google and visit Websites that break if you block their trackers.
Otherwise its market share drops to zero and webdevs will stop testing for its engine, giving Google full control over the web.

There are more than enough options out there for people who want full privacy.

KISSmyOS, (edited )

My next project is to slim down my Gnome desktop installation, but I guess this is quite common in the Debian community.

This is pretty easy on Debian.

  • Uncheck all tasksel entries during initial installation
  • Reboot
    sudo apt install gnome-shell gnome-terminal nautilus
  • Reboot again.

It’ll boot right into a fully functional Gnome desktop and hardly anything else. The only extra software this installs are yelp, gnome-shell-extension-prefs and network-manager-gnome. Uninstall them with sudo apt purge and sudo apt autoremove --purge if you don’t need them. sudo apt install cups if you need printing and remove your wifi device from /etc/network/devices to let network-manager-gnome handle wifi if you use it.

Your system will require 2.8GB of disk space.

KISSmyOS,

Yep, that’s exactly the purpose of this.

KISSmyOS, (edited )

I’ve switched to Gimp 2.99 with GTK3 from Debian Experimental.
Seems stable and bug-free (if a little sluggish) so far.

Edit: Just checked their site. Quote from the release notes of the first 2.99.x release:

The vast majority of the work has already been done. What remains now is the final stroll.

That was 3 years ago.

KISSmyOS,

That’ll be an option you can toggle.

KISSmyOS, (edited )

Technologically, it’s the best DE out there, no contest. (Maybe with the exception of touchscreen integration)
But some design decisions grind my gears so hard I can’t use it.
I get irrationally angry when I see the bouncing cursor animation, or look at a list of my programs and half the names start with “K”.
It feels too sluggish, overloaded and Windows-y in its default configuration and getting rid of everything that nags me takes too long, when Gnome comes out of the box looking simple and stylish.

KISSmyOS,

KDE is the epitome of meh.

KISSmyOS,

packages.debian.org/bookworm/i386/lxqt

KISSmyOS,

I used to play around with an original Eee PC 700 quite a bit.
The most interesting experiment was installing Debian without X and using that as a desktop OS.
I used links2 in framebuffer mode to browse the internet, alpine for mail, cmus for music, fbi to view images, mplayer to watch movies, mc for file management and tmux for multi-tasking. It worked surprisingly well and solved the issue of the tiny storage, anemic processor, low RAM and small screen, but only after you’ve memorized all the keyboard commands.

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