Ex-technologist, now an artist. My art: www.eugenialoli.comI’m also on PixelFed: mastodon.social/@EugeniaLoli
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Ex-technologist, now an artist. My art: www.eugenialoli.comI’m also on PixelFed: mastodon.social/@EugeniaLoli
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looking for examples of countries whose governments, school system,health system, wjatever, use mostly GNU/Linux
I know 100℅ of the world top 500 supercomputers use linux, and around 65℅ of world servers. I want more info like this to help me campaign towards GNU/Linux use. Thanks.
Posting takes too long?
Starting today, I noticed that posting a comment takes upwards of 2-3 minutes until it’s committed (the “reply” button is turning round and round for a long time). Is there something wrong with the servers or some sort of moderation? Not sure what’s going on or why.
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Trying to ditch windows
I really want to switch to Linux, up to this point there were two things keeping me on Windows, gaming and work....
What do you use Waydroid for?
I tried Waydroid on Arch and its amazing. It runs Android apps flawlessly. And with a touchscreen device, I feel like I have an Android tablet running inside my Linux machine....
Downsides of Signal alternatives compared to Signal?
I’m thinking of the things listed on the Privacy Guides real-time communication section...
Krita FTW (lemmy.ml)
mastodon.online/…/112270427923307005...
Raspberry pi as a streaming box?
I’ve been using Chromecasts and it’s gotten so slow and buggy. I was trying to cast from VLC on my phone to it and I had a ton of trouble getting it to show up and connect and after I finished streaming from my phone I tried to switch to the YouTube app and it just kept on crashing....
What distro should I use on my potato?
I have an HP Stream 11 that I want to use for word processing and some light web browsing - I’m a writer and it’s a lightweight laptop to bring to the library or coffee shop to write on. Right now it’s got Windows and it’s unusable due to lack of hard drive space for updates. Someone had luck with Xubuntu, but it’s...
Microsoft starts testing ads in the Windows 11 Start menu (www.theverge.com)
Microsoft is trying to convince Windows 10 users to upgrade with full-screen prompts (www.theverge.com)
Ubuntu 22.04 has difficulty reading from SSDs
Update: I was wrong about a couple things:...
Help me choose linux's best option for public school lab (distro, desktop, etc.)
I apologize if my english isn’t perfect in how you would say it daily, but I hope it’ll help with Linux popularity and as a reference for future days....
Noob Question Thread: Ask Any Questions About Linux!
I thought I’ll make this thread for all of you out there who have questions but are afraid to ask them. This is your chance!...
Reproducing a Microsoft corporate environment on Linux.
Most companies I’ve worked at where employees had a Microsoft work computers. They were under heavy control, even with admin privileges. I was wondering, for a corporate environment, how employees’Linux desktops could be kept under control in a similar way. What would be an open source or Linux based alternative to the...