Distro for Pi with controller and Plex client support for media center?
I have a raspberry Pi 4B that is connected to a CRT TV via Composite and controlled with a PS4 controller. I’d like to use the Pi for Netflix, Plex client, and playing DVDs from an ext drive. What distro would be best for this?...
Alternatives to xfce power manager
I’ve been using i3 for a while now, but the xfce power manager doesn’t work outside the desktop environment, is there any alternative you can recommend? It doesn’t matter if it is a terminal based or graphical interface program, I just need something that can suspend the computer after a certain time or lock it when the...
Building a secure Operating System (Redox OS) with Rust (Interview) (www.youtube.com)
Very interesting and understandable explanations of low level architecture and filesystems, namespaces, userspace, kernel functions, drivers etc....
Distributions intended for hardware diagnosis and other related utilities
Within the GNU/Linux ecosystem there are all kinds of tools to diagnose the system, or rather, to check the state of the hardware, but there are few distributions specifically designed to perform this task, or at least that I know of, because the only distribution I know that is intended to diagnose the computer, (Or at...
NOTE: GIMP 3 users: "arithmetic coding" JPG is not supported by many programs, instead displays blank page
I just had extreme pain with this....
I AM SO DISAPPOINTED WITH UBUNTU 24.04 😡 (news.itsfoss.com)
Linux Mint looks to fork more GNOME Apps because of libAdwaita (blog.linuxmint.com)
find a file containing some text (www.youtube.com)
TL;DW...
(Solved) Signature-Error when updating OpenSuse Tw (discuss.tchncs.de)
Since this evening I have some problems with my OpenSuse Tumbleweed installation. I’m kind of a noob and everything I tried didn’t work out....
NVIDIA 555 Beta Linux Graphics Driver Released with Explicit Sync Support (9to5linux.com)
Good DAWS and VSTs for linux
Hi everyone,...
(Newbie question) Did i handle my system crashing correctly?
Ive just installed Linux (Fedora 40 KDE) on my main PC over the weekend, so im a complete newbie and i apologize if some of my questions are nonsensical 😅. Yesterday evening the system seemed to completely lock up at a certain point while playing Red Dead Redemption 2 for the first time (installed & run via steam using proton...
Linux 6.10 Honors One Last ReiserFS Request Made By Hans Reiser (www.phoronix.com)
Black Python Devs Join the GNOME Foundation Nonprofit Umbrella – The GNOME Foundation (foundation.gnome.org)
How to speed up accessing lots of files on another computer? Some kind of local cache?
Title is TLDR. More info about what I’m trying to do below....
[YT] Overcoming Modern Challenges: Revitalizing coreboot Porting in the Age of BootGuard (www.youtube.com)
(SOLVED) I'm Going Insane. Why Does Mullvad DNS Not Work Underneath My Linux Machine When Every Other DNS Does?
I have wasted the last 2.5 hours trying to see where I went wrong with my configuration and I just can’t....
I've got an HP Chromebook 11 G4 coming to me soon and I want to install Linux on it
I've been reluctant on getting chromebooks because I know how much Google loves to encompass everyone into it's always-online, data farming ecosystem. Well I know that some select Chromebook models allow Linux to be installed on them to the point of telling ChromeOS to fuck off....
[Feature Request] Vote for a Proton VPN App for Ubuntu Touch on ProtonMail’s UserVoice Forum
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/21305656...
Stop Recommending Niche Linux Distros! (youtu.be)
“There are tons of Linux distros, some might say way too many Linux distros and if I’m being honest you shouldn’t be recommending most of those distros, not because they’re bad but because there’s basically no documentation.”
Linux on Microsoft Copilot+ PCs?
Do you think it will be possible to run GNU/Linux operating systems on Microsoft’s brand new “Copilot+ PCs”? The latter ones were unveiled just yesterday, and honestly, the sales pitch is quite impressive! A Verge article on them: Link
Qualcomm goes where Apple won't, readies official Linux support for Snapdragon X Elite | Tom's Hardware (www.tomshardware.com)
Most of the functionality is present but many important bits are still being developed.
[Solved: Theme updated] GNOME 46 grey boxes
cross-posted from: linux.community/post/932225...
ytdl: Simple wrapper to yt-dlp with only a subset of options. (github.com)
ytdl is a small script for Linux as an alternative interface to yt-dlp (which itself is a fork from youtube-dl, to download YouTube videos). My goal is to make some of its functionality a bit more accessible for the daily usage. This includes predefined settings and narrowing it down to options I care most about.