How often do you hop distros?
Just curious to see what people are up to. I’ve been using Nixos for a while. It’s fabulous and I have absolutely no reason to switch, but part of me is itching to hop to Debian or maybe OpenSUSE. How about you?
Shower thought: Linux would be more popular if we could all agree on a distro
Linux is super fragmented (and generally has been historically)....
what caused you to get into Linux?
cross-posted from: lemm.ee/post/16098493...
What would you use to remotely support a computer with "LAN" access?
I have a few family members that I help support. For instance, I installed Linux Mint on my grandmother’s PC. She doesn’t know any different and my young cousin doesn’t understand it so he finally stopped giving it viruses. I used to use TeamViewer to take over her PC when she needed support but I got my account banned...
Which hardware do you use and why?
There exist a few linux hardware vendors (laptops, pcs, phones) out there. Is the community using them?...
Linux has higher share than MacOS among software developers (www.jetbrains.com)
Source: JetBrains’ “The State of Developer Ecosystem in 2023” survey
After 30 Years, Linux Finally Hits 3% Market Share (linuxiac.com)
Discord is Now Officially Verified on Flathub (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
I personally wouldn’t touch Discord with a 10 foot pole but figured any privacy-focused people who use it may want to know this.
is Cinnamon sort of a shitshow?
let me land, i started working in this place and they asked me to maintain the internal linux distro as well. fine, sure....
Recommend me a stable Linux distro for gaming
So I’ve been running Windows on my gaming system and Linux on my laptop for Uni for a while. I chose this to discourage working instead of relaxing, or gaming instead of working. However, I am finding that I often get the opportunity to work from home and I find it easier to just use my laptop on the go (I have a dual monitor...
Linux Terminal Emulators Have The Potential Of Being Much Faster (www.phoronix.com)
Me: Linux isn't that bad! Also me: (programming.dev)
The technical merits of Wayland are mostly irrelevant (utcc.utoronto.ca)
Recommended distro for 2011 MacBook Pro
Does anyone have a recommendation for distros that would work well on a 2011 MacBook Pro? It’s in decent shape and as far as I know there’s nothing wrong with it. I figured I could use this as both a learning opportunity for myself and a way to give the laptop a second life. I’ve done some research the past few months and...
Favorite Linux Prompts?
I was curious as to what prompts people find are the best for development? I’m looking for a change from the generic debian:...
I have selected Fish to be my login shell, I'm afraid to log out :(
Something tells me Fish is not a capable login shell? It was in /etc/shells, but that does not mean it’s a login shell right? Would any shell with job control be a login shell? I’m really scared to logout! Any help is appreciated....
bcachefs?
I was wondering if anyone here has attempted the new “COW filesystem for Linux that won’t eat your data”....
Vim Wayland users: how do you bind CAPSLOCK to Escape?
Everything I read says it’s a feature enabled in what ever compositor you choose, if your compositor supports it. Why isn’t there a general purpose keybinding program like setxkbmap? Does it just not exist yet or must it be built into the compositor?...
New Glibc Flaw Grants Attackers Root Access on Major Linux Distros (thehackernews.com)
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How to add calculator to GNOME search?
GNOME search can’t calculate stuff. krunner on KDE is increadibly powerful. Is there anything I can do to make GNOME’s search a bit more like krunner? at least do basic math …
SUSE Preserves Choice in Enterprise Linux by Forking RHEL with a $10+ Million Investment | SUSE (www.suse.com)
SUSE, the global leader in enterprise open source solutions, has announced a significant investment of over $10 million to fork the publicly available Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and develop a RHEL-compatible distribution that will be freely available without restrictions. This move is aimed at preserving choice and...
I need to generate moe anime girls (it's related to Linux I promise!)
Hey. Just for fun, I wanna make a Tumblr blog where I introduce every POSIX utility listed in IEEE 1003.1 XCU. I know about the reputation of Tumblr and I think it is a neat thing to do, some kid may stumble upon the blog and know what POSIX is....
How many packages is too many packages?
I have about 3000+ packages installed in my system (nix-system) right now. As I search for neofetch on the internet, it seems people only have about