RockyC

RockyC, 1 year ago to linux

My personal Linux desktop environment tier list after two years of #DistroHopping, based on overall friendliness and ease of customization:

1. Cinnamon
2. GNOME
3. Xfce
4. KDE
5. Pantheon

What’s yours?

#Linux #Cinnamon #gnome #kde #xfce #pantheon #TierList

RockyC, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to linux

Hey #Linux peeps, can someone tell me why I get prompted for a username and password on #Github when trying to clone a repository on my brand new headless #Debian installation?

I'm just trying to install #FancyMOTD on my server. I do NOT get any such prompts when I tried it just now on my laptop running Manjaro, or earlier on Ubuntu Server.

Is this a Debian thing?

EDIT: Thanks for all the help, everyone. It was a dang typo.

This is why people like GUIs and clicking on shit, BTW.

RockyC, 1 year ago (edited 1 year ago) to linux

As a macOS user, my #Linux journey began with trying to make my DE look & work like #macOS, but with the added features a Linux DE provides - first #GNOME, then #KDE, finally settling on #Cinnamon as my favorite.

Then @thelinuxEXP released his video about bad UX design where he trashed the concept of a menu to launch apps & demonstrated how GNOME’s approach is superior… 🤔

“You must un-learn what you have learned.“ —Yoda

My (mostly) stock GNOME immersion begins now.

RockyC, 3 months ago to linux

macOS Sonoma is a 13.37GB download.

That’s 15.5 times larger than Arch Linux…

Over 6.5 times larger than EndeavourOS
Over 5 times larger than Garuda, Linux Mint, Feren OS, Pop!_OS, Fedora, & Zorin
Over 3 times larger than Ubuntu, Manjaro & Debian

Over 2.4 times larger than…WINDOWS 11‽

Are you feeling okay, Tim Apple?

#Linux #macOS #Windows #SoftwareBloat

RockyC, 1 year ago to random

Over 25 years in #IT has taught me one thing: the human-computer interface is fundamentally flawed. Our brains don’t process information the way #computers do - leading to wasted time, frustrated users, and people scared of #technology.

I found a really interesting piece by Jason Yuan where he offers one possible solution: a concept he calls #MercuryOS that focuses on INTENTIONS instead of applications.

NGL, it hurts my brain, but it could be the #future.

https://uxdesign.cc/introducing-mercury-os-f4de45a04289

RockyC, 1 year ago (edited 1 year ago) to linux

Question for the #Linux and #OpenSource community:

I started making a few "Powered by" Linux stickers in #Inkscape for the laptops that I own, and it turned into an all-day project with 50 distros represented.

I'd like to share the file for others to use, but I'm concerned about copyright issues, as some of the logos are trademarked, & I'm sure that some of them violate usage guidelines.

EDIT: I posted them: https://github.com/RockyC36/StickerPack

RockyC, 9 months ago to apple

Thanks to #Apple for not allowing me to change the default #iOS notification sound that my dog now associates with someone at the door so she starts barking incessantly…

RockyC, 9 months ago to linux

I am of the opinion that if we keep waiting for the “perfect” #Linux tablet, it will never exist. The specs of the #StarLabs #StarLite are head and shoulders above any other Linux-dedicated #tablet thus far.

I plan on purchasing one once I see a product review, and if it’s as good as I hope it will be, I hope that Linux users will support it with their WALLETS so we get more and better devices like this.

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/08/star-labs-reveal-their-new-starlite-a-surface-like-linux-tablet/

RockyC, 3 months ago to random

The migration from #ZHA to #Zigbee2MQTT is complete!

I was skeptical at first, but Zigbee2MQTT is the superior platform. It was actually easier to set up than I expected it to be, so kudos to the programmers.

It was a lot of work just so I can fully support the new microwave presence sensor I just got, but boy is that thing slick! Definitely grabbing a few more of those!

RockyC, 1 year ago to random

So Microsoft’s AI can go through all of people’s stuff and report back on what it finds…

I know that I am preaching to the choir here on #Fosstodon, but seriously people,
use (almost) ANY other operating system if you care AT ALL about your personal #privacy.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/23/23732454/microsoft-ai-windows-11-copilot-build

RockyC, 1 month ago to linux

Question for my #Linux peeps:

My #ThinkPad A475 has the touchpad/touchpoint device on the PS/2 bus, and whenever the battery dies, my touchpad is no longer recognized in Linux - ANY Linux.

How do I wake up the PS/2 bus in Linux and get my touchpad back?

The only remedy thus far has been to boot to a Windows install ISO.

RockyC, 1 year ago to linux

FOSStastic apps are everywhere! I’ve been highlighting projects I’ve come across during my journey into #Linux and #FOSS. Please SUPPORT your favorite projects!

App Number 19: trash-cli - Move files and folders to the trash from the command line

#Trashcli is a handy little app! Alias rm=trash in your .zshrc / .bashrc and protect yourself from yourself!

#fosstodon

https://github.com/sindresorhus/trash-cli

RockyC, 7 months ago to ai

As much as I despise the idea of #AI enabled #search tools harvesting user data, the ability to just give me a fucking answer instead of directing me to a random website…

That kind of magic is going to be REALLY hard to resist, y’all.

And the scary part is that we will never know what data gets injected into those results.

#privacy

RockyC, 1 year ago to linux

#distrohopping has forced me to keep ALL of my data on my #NAS or cloud storage, and I’ve realized that this is the exact same idea as #IMAP for email, something that I’ve been a fan of since the bad old days of POP.

Now it seems I’m on a quest to carry as close to ZERO data with me as possible when I leave the house so if something is lost or stolen, I’ve only lost an easily replaceable device.

Looking at you, #NextCloud.

#linux #UbuntuServer #DataSecurity

RockyC, 3 months ago to homeassistant

After four days, my Hue outdoor motion sensor is STILL connected to my Sonoff Zigbee dongle with #Zigbee2MQTT.

On ZHA with the Nabu Casa SkyConnect, I would have had to reset it twice by now.

#HomeAssistant #Hue #Sonoff #Zigbee

RockyC, 1 year ago to random

@e33io First impressions after installing #ArcoLinux #Hyprland

HOT:

1. HOLY WOW, this boots fast!
2. Tiling is neat once you get used to it. I could learn to do this.

NOT:

1. Right-click all you want. Nothing will happen.
2. Tooltips are clearly NOT a priority, so we're just guessing as to what those colorful squares do, eh?
3. Calls to open Firefox from other apps is ignored...?
4. Laptop brightness keys don't function. Sunglasses needed.
5. Config files for everything

RockyC, 9 months ago to apple

I’ve been using a pair of #Apple #HomePod minis on wall mounts for bedroom TV duty, and while their sound is adequate, their orientation definitely makes a difference in the #sound. Since the primary driver fires downward, I’ve been experimenting with rotating the minis so their bottom is facing the wall, and I THINK that I hear better midrange and treble.

Any of you HomePod mini owners out there been experimenting with orientation and placement on or near a wall?

RockyC, 1 year ago to random

I need to hear @thelinuxEXP say “barvarder” again… 🫠

RockyC, 7 months ago to Halloween

It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!

My #Halloween signpost. The distances and directions to actual locations were measured on a map. (Yes, I’m a nerd.) So far, I have:

Sleepy Hollow (New York)
Halloween Town (The Nightmare Before Christmas, produced in California)
Robot Hell (#Futurama. Bonus points if you know where it is or can decode the alien writing)
Azkaban Prison & Godric’s Hollow (#HarryPotter, somewhere in the North Sea & Great Britain, respectively)

What should I add next?

The individual signs for my Halloween sign post. They are made of 1x4 pine, distressed by beating, and then painted.

RockyC, 1 year ago (edited 1 year ago) to random

Fives dressed in #Fedora #GNOME. #ShareYourDesktop

THEME: Graphite-Dark-compact.
ICONS: Stormtrooper.
Wallpaper: “Red Light District” - Concept art by Bruno Werneck: https://www.filmpaint.com/starwars1313/

RockyC, 4 months ago to Shelly

I attached a Shelly Plus Plug to my clothes washer, added it to Home Assistant, set up a dead easy automation, and a moment ago I received my first “The laundry cycle is complete” notification and the NERDGASM that I just had…

…hang on, I’m having another one!!

#Shelly #HomeAssistant #HomeAutomation #Nerdgasm

RockyC, 1 year ago (edited 1 year ago) to linux

FOSStastic apps are everywhere! I’ve been highlighting projects I’ve come across during my journey into #Linux and #FOSS. Please SUPPORT your favorite projects!

App #21: Shutter

#Shutter is a feature-rich screenshot program. You can take a screenshot of a specific area, window, your whole screen, or even of a website – apply different effects to it, draw on it to highlight points, and then upload to an image hosting site, all within one window.

#fosstodon

https://shutter-project.org/

RockyC, 1 year ago to random

Why are the GREY beard hairs the most unruly?

RockyC, 2 months ago to KDE

Hardcase just made the distro hop from Manjaro GNOME to Ultramarine KDE, and it just keeps getting better. Wake from sleep is MUCH faster now, and everything feels more smooth and polished.

For people who don’t want to bother with manually adding repos and changing default settings to make Fedora more user-friendly, Ultramarine Linux is a great drop-in replacement. Definitely give it a try.

@ultramarine #UltramarineLinux #KDE #ShareYourDesktop #Linux #Plasma #DistroHopping

RockyC, 11 months ago to random

Y’all 90s and up kids with your fancy 4K displays and RTX 4090s and surround sound with orchestrated music don’t know nothin’ bout this!

#DoomII #SoundBlaster #LANParty

https://music.apple.com/us/album/running-from-evil-from-doom-2/1588124222?i=1588124223