So I decided to try LocOS -KDE version on the 2014 mac Mini. It was reponsive but just like the heavier KDE neon at some point it ended locking up the GUI while I was doing updates. I could still exit with ALT+F2.
@lerudd I am really impressed with latest #LocOS + XFCE. Easy to understand , fast, light. Efficient. Good choice of default stuff. 2010 Mini had become very sluggish on MacOS unless you stuck to an outdated version.
Playing 480p YouTube video on this Core 2 Duo with no hiccups using 1.8GB of RAM. This one has 8GB but they sold 2GB versions back then.
@lerudd actually memory usage after reboot & autologin is only 350 mb when obtained from a remote SSH session (no app opened outside desktop + menu apps themselves)
Plop.js is awesome. I wanted it on non-node projects. But I'd need to list node, package.json, package.lock and have node_modules themselves in the project folder, right? Not any more.
Now it's a development shell dependency. Keeping Node itself outside of the project. Just the plopfile, and the templates need to be present.
@jhx Thanks. I have some older stuff here also which I use for #freebsd also. Jails to the rescue. Only Bhyve bites me every time booting so a separate debian box would be better.
@maralorn yeahhh I have git in my prompt and for some queries in nixpkgs it took about a second or so to render which is way longer then my tolerance for prompt latency. I guess you don't have that problem with jj?
There's been so many Windows enshitification moments where people say this is our best opportunity for helping more people get their freedom trough #Linux.
Now we have maybe the best of these moments yet – W11 demanding new PCs, W10 being killed off, and this whole Recall shit.
Yet, after all this, I've never seen any really newbie friendly website explaining why and how to try Linux – with simple text and elegant design.
It seems to me the #Gnome designers would be perfect for making this.
@codemonkeymike Off the top of my head: short & sweet at the front, internal links to longer texts explaining more, no technical lingo, lots of screenshots only of GUI. Needs to cover at least:
Reasons to drop W (mostly inside a link, no reason to expand on the front page b/c most people there are likely interested)
What software can you run and what can you not, inc easy workarounds and who might not be able to switch
How to install. Serious question: Would it be possible to make a USB flasher that runs in the browser, so that you could just tell the person to plug in a memory stick and press this one button, and it flashes the iso for you with no extra steps? If not, make it as simple as possible, perhaps download just a flasher which then dls the correct ISO
Where and how to get support
The best would be if LUGs started meeting up again and it could connect you to your local LUG
Time for this week's #Linux and #OpenSource News! In this one, we have a terrible feature being added to #Windows, we have the # KDE #Plasma 6.1 beta, and a 5 year plan for #GNOME!
@thelinuxEXP can't believe what Microsoft is doing with Windows 11 now tbh. Thought they would want people to move across from 10. If they add stuff like the recall thing to Windows 10, they are screwing themselves over even more
#Linux users, where do you get your wallpapers? Looking for something cool for my new #KDE Neon desktop. You can also share yours! But remember to add ALT or tag with #ALT4Me so others can help if you are out of spoons
@berniethewordsmith Currently have 641 nature/space pictures in a folder, my desktop switches to a new one every 5 minutes. Downloaded them over the years.
Uma das paradas que mais me preocupa em #Linux é ter uma galera cabeçuda demais, às vezes, tentando explicar coisas que não são muito óbvias pra um usuário médio (ou levemente acima da média) de computador. Por isso também eu quis escrever esse tutorial. Passei umas 2hrs tentando achar um lugar na internet que indicasse um caminho de maneira suscinta, direta, sem pular passos demais, sem deixar nada muito implícito. Consegui achar um vídeo que facilitou as coisas, mas escrevi esse passo a passo pra ser mais um suporte a quem se deparar com o mesmo problema que eu
@jhx nice post. Reminded me I first encountered Linux when my friend got a cable modem (maybe 1999) and I only had dial up, and I started to research if he could be my ISP.
@thomholwerda On the flipside, those things are supported by Fedora and there may be other Fedora users with the same problem so you raising the question and getting help might help others out as well and possibly even for those not running Fedora that stumble in from a search engine about your issue. All that to say, you're definitely welcome to ask about it there.
@thomholwerda It's a community distribution and not a commercial one. Think of it less as a support entitlement and more of an opportunity for the community to come together to help one another out and potentially make things better for users of those things in the broader Linux/open source world. Reporting bugs and problems is useful way to contribute, even if your immediate personal goal is just trying to get your laptop to work better with it.
The #Fedora 40 Release Party just ended and it was great as usual to connect with familiar faces and get updates on current and upcoming things for the project. Fedora is alive and well with a thriving global community!