@MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml avatar

MyNameIsRichard

@MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml

This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance.

MyNameIsRichard,
@MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml avatar

Another vote for openSUSE Tumbleweed

MyNameIsRichard,
@MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml avatar

Who puts an exclamation mark in their name? Aside from Yahoo! I suppose.

And Westward Ho!

MyNameIsRichard,
@MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml avatar

Clementine

Is it actually dangerous to run Firefox as root?

I have a few Linux servers at home that I regularly remote into in order to manage, usually logged into KDE Plasma as root. Usually they just have several command line windows and a file manager open (I personally just find it more convenient to use the command line from a remote desktop instead of directly SSH-ing into the...

MyNameIsRichard,
@MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml avatar

It’s not about someone sniffing your passwords, it’s about reducing your attack surface. If you use su then the entire session has root privileges and any piece of software you run could do system level damage if it has a bug. Using sudo limits the privilege escalation to just one command.

MyNameIsRichard,
@MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml avatar

Not true. While you won’t always have to enter your password, not every command will have elevated rights.

MyNameIsRichard, (edited )
@MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml avatar

Wayland has been working perfectly for years now.

Not for every one. For example, I still get random black screens with only mouse trails, windows disappearing, and videos not playing properly. Why yes, I do have an Nvidia card, thank you for asking.

MyNameIsRichard,
@MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml avatar

Are you using the proprietary drivers and KDE?

MyNameIsRichard,
@MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml avatar

I recently found out it was Nvidia’s fault for not following the standard every one else agreed on.

MyNameIsRichard,
@MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml avatar

Normally you’d just run sudo apt install … but in this case you are adding a new repository so you have to follow the extra steps of adding the signing key and so on first.

MyNameIsRichard,
@MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml avatar

if Linux requires users to understand how to do things manually in the terminal

It doesn’t require it but it is often easier. It’s also alien when you’re new.

MyNameIsRichard,
@MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml avatar

Fedora Core. It had so many problems updating. That would have been in the mid 2000s so it may have improved since then.

MyNameIsRichard,
@MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml avatar

Are there any programs that can animate a cat to chase my mouse across the desktop?

oneko

MyNameIsRichard,
@MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml avatar

I agree with everything you say but it’s there for those who are interested.

MyNameIsRichard,
@MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml avatar

I’m looking forward to Plasma 6

MyNameIsRichard, (edited )
@MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml avatar
MyNameIsRichard,
@MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml avatar

Have you tried running themald?

MyNameIsRichard, (edited )
@MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml avatar

It wasn’t on Linux on but on a Vax Unix machine in the early 90s. We were an IBM shop but the accounts department got a Vax to run their new software. Obviously we were expected to look after this little box with no training. Things went quite well until it started to to run out of space. I found a huge file called vmuniz iirc and couldn’t see anything using using it. The file was deleted and the job was done. Until we rebooted.

  • All
  • Subscribed
  • Moderated
  • Favorites
  • •
  • localhost
  • All magazines
    •
    Loading…
    Loading the web debug toolbar…
    Attempt #