Fedora with KDE is a Pain, and GNOME is simply underpowered a lot.
Installing GrapheneOS or programming a microcontroller just didnt work. I have no idea of udev rules and these things should work better. (Tbh I will try to fix the packages)
Also processes crashing just often freeze my entire everything. No seperation, no ctrl+alt+del task manager which nearly always works. The task manager is a normal app, and it just doesnt start if the desktop is down.
Virt-manager has not enough RAM? Yeah, Plasma crashes and I need a hard reboot. Yay.
Meanwhile Windows sucks, but it works. Also it is better for
collaborative normie documents
office: easy presentations (again, collaboration), excel: easy graphs with a UI that makes sense
arcgis: qgis is better on surface, but all the underground transformation tools are so messed up.
Many things in Uni make me get insane on Linux. Being the only one literally learning another program, while learning a bit of that proprietary license garbage too, is burnout and I will probably fail in the “recognize this button in arcGis and explain how to do x” exam.
Gaming is not important if you do video editing. Hardware doesnt need to be very powerful if you dont do 4K or something, which tbh is not needed.
I would say look for a Clevo NV41 laptop as they are supported with Coreboot by 3mdeb, Novacustom, System76, Nitrokey etc. But flashing coreboot requires some knowledge and a hardware programmer.
I cant recommend other brands really. Thinkpads are just a name, good Linux support but their support is nonexistent if you dont pay, and the software updates are not long.
You may want AMD graphics, but I have had bad experience with amd mobile CPUs.
You will want to use
tlp
system76-scheduler (or this power management thing)
autocpufreq
Either one of these.
As a Distro I highly recommend ublue.it they are supporting many models with custom setups like Razer etc, but also main (intel, amd, no extras) or nvidia (proprietary drivers).
Especially if you go with an NVIDIA card, which has advantages, I recommend the system76 tool for switching between internal GPU and dedicated one. And I also recommend only ublue’s *-nvidia images, as you can rollback if an update with the drivers breaks something.
True, M1 and even M2 macs have superb battery life. Fedora Asahi remix will still be pretty hacky though and have more problems. But a lot works now, it has opengl support, a FOSS rust driver for the GPU and more.
So much stability and reliability, while modern packages. Just using Debian or Mint (Ubuntu LTS with an outdated Desktop and opinionated theming) is not a solution for a good experience, as you need updates.
Btw I broke every other Distro before, so I ended up on Fedora Kinoite
I just inherited a handful of Samsung Series 7 Slate PCs that I’d like to rebuild to be as “tablet-like” as possible for a few non-technical friends and family. They power up but arrived with non-functional Windows 7 installs. They’re Intel Core i5s with 4G RAM and 128G SSDs, so they should run pretty well under any...
Automatic updates, they install Software as Flatpaks, GNOME is good for Tablets.
As the RAM is very low, maybe regular Fedora Workstation though. Or you layer all the Packages as RPMs, which is also totally possible.
Depends entirely on how many things these tablets should do.
webbrowser: Brave or Firefox
drm video: available in both
social media: easy as webapps with chromium/brave
youtube: freetube
signal, other messengers: flatpak best
In general Flatpak apps are often working better, on Ubuntu and Fedora base for me. Arch may be something different, but no way unless its controlled like on steamOS. Immutable Arch with tested updates would be great.
For those that were interested in the openSUSE logo contest, the voting wrapped up on Tuesday and the results of this logo contest for new openSUSE branding have been selected.
Playing an unsupported file (lemmy.ml)
Image Alt Text: “After downloading a 2.5GB movie...
Firefox needs a 180° turn to full privacy out of the box. (connect.mozilla.org)
Its the only thing making is a good choice, while people choose Brave, TorBrowser or Librewolf instead....
I'm Done With Windows, Are you? (youtu.be)
Which pill do you choose? (i.imgur.com)
Linux in the corporate space
I made this post because I am really curious if Linux is used in offices and educational centres like schools....
New laptop
Hi everyone!...
When Windows 10 dies, I am going to jump ship over to Linux. Which version would you recommend for someone with zero prior experience with Linux? **Edit: Linux Mint it shall be.**
Whom also likes to game every now and then ;)...
Looking for a good tablet PC distro
I just inherited a handful of Samsung Series 7 Slate PCs that I’d like to rebuild to be as “tablet-like” as possible for a few non-technical friends and family. They power up but arrived with non-functional Windows 7 installs. They’re Intel Core i5s with 4G RAM and 128G SSDs, so they should run pretty well under any...
There is no such thing as too many fans... (sh.itjust.works)
How do you use your tiling window manager?
Tiling window manager users: how exactly do you use yours?...
Security advise collection - what do you recommend?
I use Linux for quite a while and would like to gather some security advice, well known and lesser known....
But Windows 11 is so good!!11!1! (feddit.de)
stolen from linux memes at Deltachat
Best daily use Tips for Desktop Linux, that make life easier but are not well known? (itsfoss.com)
There are many Distros out there, but what they all do is make useful and modern systems....
Just install EndeavorOS lol (feddit.de)
stolen from linux memes at Deltachat
openSUSE Logo Contest Concludes With Winners Selected (www.phoronix.com)
For those that were interested in the openSUSE logo contest, the voting wrapped up on Tuesday and the results of this logo contest for new openSUSE branding have been selected.