Mine is Strawberry since it has a ton of options and plays a ton of formats. It’s also (distant) fork of Amarok 1.4 and integrates well with KDE Plasma. I’m curious what other people are using these days. What’s your favorite player?
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.
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.
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...
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.
I am looking for programs to put animated wallpapers on Linux, the ones I know for now are: Xwinwrap, paperview and komorebi. If you know of another program that can do this, leave it in the comments so that others can read it and give their opinion about the program.
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.
What's your favorite music player on Linux? (lemmy.ml)
Mine is Strawberry since it has a ton of options and plays a ton of formats. It’s also (distant) fork of Amarok 1.4 and integrates well with KDE Plasma. I’m curious what other people are using these days. What’s your favorite player?
New Linux user here. Is this really how I'm supposed to install apps on Linux?
mullvad.net/en/help/install-mullvad-app-linux...
Thoughts on this? (futurology.today)
What are you most excited when it comes to linux in 2024?
For me it must be kde plasma 6 and the wayland driver for wine....
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...
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.
Linux Distros Evolution - January 2024 Update: Pop!_OS in Decline? (boilingsteam.com)
An interesting trend graph of the most diffused distros and their adoption by users over time.
Live (Animated) wallpapers programs for linux
I am looking for programs to put animated wallpapers on Linux, the ones I know for now are: Xwinwrap, paperview and komorebi. If you know of another program that can do this, leave it in the comments so that others can read it and give their opinion about the program.
This week in KDE: Plasma 6 Alpha approaches (pointieststick.com)
KDE Plasma 5.27.10, Bugfix Release for December (kde.org)
https://redstrate.com/blog/2023/11/my-work-in-kde-for-november-2023/ (redstrate.com)
This week in KDE: DMA fence deadlines and lots of bug-fixing (pointieststick.com)
These past 2 weeks in KDE: Wayland color management, the desktop cube returns, and optional shadows in Spectacle (pointieststick.com)
openSUSE Tumbleweed – Review of the week 2023/45 – Dominique a.k.a. DimStar (Dim*) (dominique.leuenberger.net)
KDE Ships Frameworks 5.113.0 (kde.org)
Kate KF6 Status (kate-editor.org)
openSUSE Tumbleweed – Review of the week 2023/47 – Dominique a.k.a. DimStar (Dim*) (dominique.leuenberger.net)
openSUSE Tumbleweed – Review of the week 2023/51 – Dominique a.k.a. DimStar (Dim*) (dominique.leuenberger.net)
openSUSE Tumbleweed – Review of the week 2024/01 – Dominique a.k.a. DimStar (Dim*) (dominique.leuenberger.net)