Just got a steam deck and immediately checked out the desktop mode, and I was somewhat surprised to see KDE and pacman as opposed to GNOME and apt, I have nothing against the former though a strong preference for the latter, anyone know why Volvo went in this direction?
What was the first ever distro you installed and used? For me, it was Mint as I seemed like the closest thing to Windows minus all the forced updates and chappy changes....
My first was Linux Mint as well because it was more simplistic and cinnamon is really simple to use, good extensions available and stable for the most part, sometimes happened memory leaks but fixed on version 5.8; currently using Debian RC
Devuan - A better installer like Calamares and stop using backports as default on ISO lol it’s a pain to use Ceres from there
Siduction - They should use a bit more ISO’s giving 2/3 instead of 5 options to make available more ISO’s regularly, obsolete ISO that is updated yearly lmao
Linux needs to grow. Stop telling people it’s ‘tech-y’ or acting like you’re more advanced for using it, you are scaring away people. Linux Mint can be used by a senile person perfectly....
Endeavour OS “Galileo Neo” is out with new ISO spins to incorporate the Linux 6.7 kernel. This doesn’t affect existing Endeavour OS users who proactively update their packages but is intended for new users and those deploying new installations that may depend upon newer hardware support found in Linux 6.7, such as for...
Some of the headline features in this release are: the removal of support for the Itanium architecture, the first part of the futex2 API, futex support in io_uring, the BPF exceptions mechanism, the bcachefs filesystem, the TCP authentication option, the kernel samepage merging smart scan mode, and networking support for the...
Well known KDE developer Nate Graham is out with a blog post today outlining his latest Wayland thoughts, how X11 is a bad platform, and the recent topic of “Wayland breaking everything” isn’t really accurate....
LMDE 6 has been officially released. The big deal about this is that it’s based on the recently released Debian 12 and also that being based on Debian LMDE is 100% community based....
XWayland 24.1 Released With Explicit Sync, Better Rootful Experience (www.phoronix.com)
Manjaro 24.0 Wynsdey released (forum.manjaro.org)
Does anyone know why SteamOS is based on arch rather than Debian?
Just got a steam deck and immediately checked out the desktop mode, and I was somewhat surprised to see KDE and pacman as opposed to GNOME and apt, I have nothing against the former though a strong preference for the latter, anyone know why Volvo went in this direction?
Neofetch is Dead! Here are 7 Alternatives for Your Linux System (itsfoss.com)
What would an ENSH*TTIFIED Linux distro look like? [video] (tilvids.com)
Linux Mint 22 Will Include Preinstalled App for Matrix (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
tl;dr :...
Gnome's Adwaita team is breaking icon compatibility (cullmann.io)
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS is so buggy you can't install the OS [video] (www.youtube.com)
HN Discussion...
I AM SO DISAPPOINTED WITH UBUNTU 24.04 😡 (news.itsfoss.com)
Goodbye EndeavourOS ARM (endeavouros.com)
Your first distribution
What was the first ever distro you installed and used? For me, it was Mint as I seemed like the closest thing to Windows minus all the forced updates and chappy changes....
I'm enjoying Plasma 6 (lemmy.ca)
Do you daily drive Wayland, if so since when, if not when will you?
I’ve been on Wayland for the past two years exclusively (Nvidia)....
Tom Murosky & Switched To Linux: Misinformation, Hate, & Sadness (www.youtube.com)
my Valentine, the nightmare
What would you change about your favorite Linux distribution?
Examples could be things like specific configuration defaults or general decision-making in leadership....
Signal usage survey, what versions do you use? Wanted for potential Flatpak adoption (community.signalusers.org)
There are big wishes for Signal to adopt the perfectly working Flatpak....
Stop being elitist, spread Linux!
Linux needs to grow. Stop telling people it’s ‘tech-y’ or acting like you’re more advanced for using it, you are scaring away people. Linux Mint can be used by a senile person perfectly....
Arch-Based Endeavour OS Updates ISO With Linux 6.7 Kernel, Mesa 23.3.3 (www.phoronix.com)
Endeavour OS “Galileo Neo” is out with new ISO spins to incorporate the Linux 6.7 kernel. This doesn’t affect existing Endeavour OS users who proactively update their packages but is intended for new users and those deploying new installations that may depend upon newer hardware support found in Linux 6.7, such as for...
I'm sorry what?!?!? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
The 6.7 kernel has been released (lwn.net)
Some of the headline features in this release are: the removal of support for the Itanium architecture, the first part of the futex2 API, futex support in io_uring, the BPF exceptions mechanism, the bcachefs filesystem, the TCP authentication option, the kernel samepage merging smart scan mode, and networking support for the...
KDE's Nate Graham On X11 Being A Bad Platform & The Wayland Future (www.phoronix.com)
Well known KDE developer Nate Graham is out with a blog post today outlining his latest Wayland thoughts, how X11 is a bad platform, and the recent topic of “Wayland breaking everything” isn’t really accurate....
Linux Mint Debian Edition officially released (blog.linuxmint.com)
LMDE 6 has been officially released. The big deal about this is that it’s based on the recently released Debian 12 and also that being based on Debian LMDE is 100% community based....