I’m working on a some materials for a class wherein I’ll be teaching some young, wide-eyed Windows nerds about Linux and we’re including a section we’re calling “foot guns”. Basically it’s ways you might shoot yourself in the foot while meddling with your newfound Linux powers....
Yeah, looks to be an instance specific bug I guess. Hopefully it can get addressed soon. I think the thumbnail helps with drawing people’s attention to posts.
I gotta say and it feels weird to but I’m happy Arch are spending a bit longer testing these days. When I used to run it updates just felt rushed into the repo so Arch got it first.
Some time ago I created an account there just to report some bugs, but for some reasons I want to delete my account and being honest the page itself it’s not very clear in how I can do that, maybe is easy but I cannot find how to do it....
I would jump into the KDE Connect Matrix room: go.kde.org/matrix/#/#kdeconnect:kde.org and the KDE Mac room: go.kde.org/matrix/#/#KDE-Mac:kde.org to discuss. Builds are now done on GitLab directly, but it may be the case that nobody has set up the CI builds.
Generally using only a few flatpaks is where it’s generally “bloaty”. Adding more actually balances out the equation ans you have more apps using generally shared runtimes.
Probably JSON. I haven’t been involved in Flatpak for a long time but I’ve never seen XML. JSON is quite close to XML in it’s layout sometimes I find so easily mistaken.
Has anyone purchased a Steam Deck in Australia and had to use the warranty? If so how was it? Who did you buy through, was the warranty easily navigated etc?
The driver installation has got a lot easier over time, still shit that you have to install a driver, still shit support for older cards. The open drivers they’re building are too little too late for me. They didn’t care about my slightly older GPU so I stopped buying their hardware. All AMD/Intel from here on in.
GitHub - uszie/firefox-breeze-theme: A Breeze theme for Firefox🔥 (github.com)
Jolla's Sailfish OS is moving to a subscription model, new phone (and a privacy-focused AI device) coming soon - Liliputing (liliputing.com)
Can anyone recommend a lightweight, stable distro for a thinkpad?
I’m looking to mainly use it for school and was wondering if there’s any recommended distros out there for thinkpads....
What're some of the dumbest things you've done to yourself in Linux?
I’m working on a some materials for a class wherein I’ll be teaching some young, wide-eyed Windows nerds about Linux and we’re including a section we’re calling “foot guns”. Basically it’s ways you might shoot yourself in the foot while meddling with your newfound Linux powers....
An Estimate on the Total Number of Xfce Users (alexxcons.github.io)
This week in KDE: real modifier-only shortcuts and cropping in Spectacle (pointieststick.com)
A screenshot of KDE’s spectacle application showing the reintroduced cropping tool
Who of you guys are on an "Unknown" OS? (gs.statcounter.com)
I’ve been wondering how many Linux users are being listed as unknown by statcounter out of curiosity. There has been a big global bump “Unknown”....
This week in KDE: looking forward towards Plasma 6.1 (pointieststick.com)
Is it just me, or is packaging for Flatpak a nightmare?
I’m trying to package and publish a tool I’ve been working on, but for the life of me, I’m struggling with Flatpak....
Arch celebrating plasma 6 dropping a week after NixOS (i.imgflip.com)
Picture of Skinner from “The Simpsons” with the linux logo on his face and the word “Pathetic” in the bottom center of the picture.
How I can delete my bugs.kde account?
Some time ago I created an account there just to report some bugs, but for some reasons I want to delete my account and being honest the page itself it’s not very clear in how I can do that, maybe is easy but I cannot find how to do it....
KDE connect on MacOS - Where are the binaries now that binary-factory.kde.org is down?
I’ve been looking for a way to update my KDE connect binary on my Mac and realised that the binary-factory.kde.org was gone....
thanks for the transition, Emacs (discuss.tchncs.de)
a meme with two halves....
Is there a downside to Flatpak?
Basically title....
Steam Deck Australia
Has anyone purchased a Steam Deck in Australia and had to use the warranty? If so how was it? Who did you buy through, was the warranty easily navigated etc?
Average NVIDIA driver experience (files.catbox.moe)