eugenialoli

eugenialoli, 2 months ago to linux

I don't understand what is the point of releasing an IDE via #flatpak, when that flatpak doesn't include all the necessary dev tools, and it can't access the ones outside its sandboxing. Honestly. What's the point? I'm looking at you, #Geany.

Personally, I can't stand flatpaks or #snap. #Appimage is nicer just because it's just one delete away from within the file manager and doesn't leave crumbs everywhere. But overall, I prefer #apt, and #dnf.

#linux #vala #gtk

eugenialoli, 1 month ago to GNOME

WTF? Is #Tenacity on the #Flatpak store #MALWARE? Apparently it was running in the bg AS IF it was an invincible #Gnome extension so SystemMonitor/htop would NOT see it as a process. But #MissionCenter (also from flatpak store) saw it as it is: an app running on startup! Killing it killed Gnome session! It was also spiking wifi, and was leaking the Gnome gjs service from 4MB RAM to 120MB. Uninstalling fixed the prob

Third party flatpak/snaps should be vetted.

#security #opensource #linux #foss

eugenialoli, 2 months ago to linux

I wish there was a portable, usb-run version of #Asahi #Linux for Silicon Macs. More people would try it out and actually use it that way, if it was easy and risk-free to their #MacOS partition. The current way to do that is two whole pages of arcane commands on a terminal. It needs automation.

#apple #mac #Macintosh #fedora #macbook

eugenialoli, 2 months ago to rust

I looked at the #rust based, #Cosmic #desktop #environment, by #System76. This is branded "alpha" right now, but I'm flabbergasted by the users online, who think that "by summer" that thing will be ready for general use.

News flash, it won't.

It generally takes 2-3 years minimum after the official release for a brand new DE (with a brand new #API & libs) to become truly useful to most people. DEs aren't adopted unless matured. Hamper your expectations, lads.

#cosmicde #linux #foss #opensource

eugenialoli, 2 months ago to linux

With the new version of procfs the memory reading is more accurate, and it shows that #Linux distros are actually using more RAM than previously thought. While it's possible to run them at 2 or 4 GB with quite some success, you will start swapping sooner than later. The minimum these days is 8 GB, and that doesn't make Linux much more efficient than #MacOS or #Windows. Sure, there are distros like DSL for old PCs, but modern desktop versions are as memory hungry as their competition. #opensource

eugenialoli, 9 days ago to windows

The mass exodus from #Windows to #Linux (and #Mac) due to #Windows11 and #AI continues. More and more articles, more and more youtube videos about it, or posts on forums. People are switching. If it continues like that, Linux should have 10% desktop marketshare by the end of the decade (and yes, that's a lot).

#opensource #foss #artificialintelligence #copilot #openai

eugenialoli, 1 month ago to random

@joplinapp I'm using a totally de-googled phone, but I'd like to use joplin as my note app. I can't find an apk to download on either f-droid store, or on github. Please consider adding these, thx!

eugenialoli, 3 months ago to UI

I wish I understood why people use the dark themes on their OSes, apps, and websites. I truly don't get it because my eyes can't process information as fast as they can on a white background with black letters. I don't consider the dark themes to be the natural default for human eyes. Maybe for owls...

#ui #uidesign #dark #linux #gnome

eugenialoli, 2 months ago to GNOME

I dislike how easily #Gnome #extensions break between versions. Their API must freeze and backwards compatibility must be maintained, because objectively, there isn't a single user today who is not using extensions. Because simply, the system is unusable without them.

#linux #gnomeshell

eugenialoli, 1 month ago to debian

On #Debian 11, the whole system along with #XFce was taking 500 MB of RAM. On Debian 12, the system takes 850 MB of RAM. On Trixie/Sid-unstable, it takes 1.3 GB. I honestly don't know what they're shoving in it.

With #Cinnamon and #Gnome, it takes 1.6 GB on idle. Since when Cinnamon, a gnome2/gtk3 fork takes (or should take) as much RAM as Gnome4/gtk4? Something's amiss.

#linux #opensource #foss

eugenialoli, 2 months ago to linux

Just bought a #DELL 3190 laptop, new for $150 (11.6" screen, 64GB eMMC). It's fully supported on #Linux, and even if it has a Celeron N4120 CPU and only 4 GB of RAM, it'll work fine with #Mint, or #XFCE (and #Gnome/ #KDE if you don't mind some minor lag). Not opening too many browser tabs will ensure that the swap file won't get used too often.

If you're on a tight budget this is a good option, as it also has great battery life too at 10 hours with Linux.

#linuxmint #ubuntu #opensource #foss

eugenialoli, 2 months ago to business

I'm looking to start a #business designing and installing #database s for very small businesses. Not full #sql servers, but something like MS Access (local files). Unfortunately, there are no good #foss alternatives for it. #LibreBase leaves a lot to be desired, and #Kexi hasn't updated for some time now. That leaves the online #NocoDB as the best option, but I rather not deal with online stuff because internet is not reliable in my area. Plus that tends to fall into #enshittification over time.

eugenialoli, 2 months ago to linux

When I used to write for @osnews in the early 2000s, I was a proponent of the BSD-like licenses, where a user could decide not to open source back their changes. I still believe in that freedom, but I don't believe in all people anymore: corporations now have reached total #enshittification, so now I'm a believer of the AGPL, the most extreme version of the GPL3. Everything should be as open as possible, and remain so. No exceptions.

#linux #bsd #software #corporatocracy #foss #opensource #xz

eugenialoli, 3 months ago to GNOME

The only #desktop UI that looks and feels really modern to me, is #Gnome 's. More so than #Macos (its market share is going up lately, as many people have had it with #Windows 11).

The rest of the #Linux DEs are trailing I'm afraid, including #KDE. While KDE is very extensible, it's not a clean design at all: massive right click desktop menu, too many confusing settings, and overall, too demanding of the user.

For underpowered machines, I just install #XFce & #Debian. Works just as well.

eugenialoli, 1 month ago to cycling

We totally randomly met two #bicycle riders this morning near our home, apparently they're traveling around #Greece & #Albania with bicycles. They are a #German & #Italian couple. We invited them at my mom's home and we all had lunch together. Apparently they are #PhD candidates in #Austria, one in #chemistry and the other one in #biology. Very interesting young people. It was a good day today.

#travel #tourism #bike #biking

eugenialoli, 2 months ago to VintageOSes

I fell in love with #BeOS the moment I saw a screenshot of it on a magazine in 1998. It took me by a storm, for some fateful reason. A year later I was running BeNews, the main news site for it, and the year after I met and got married to one of its engineers, my beloved @jbqueru, and moved to the US. At its height in 2000, BeOS had ~100k users. I hope its spiritual descendant, the #openSource #Haiku, makes it larger, and proliferates.

BeOS had #soul, it felt alive.

#OS #operatingsystem #foss

eugenialoli, 1 month ago to debian

So I found myself in a weird predicament. I had some older laptops that I converted to #Debian & #XFce with a bunch of added apps and games. I gave some to my family, and the rest I wanted to give them to kids for school. I asked around. Well, no one seems to want them. No one is using computers anymore in #Greece it seems, they only use #smartphones. They barely browse the web too (just some gov sites). They just use #tiktok and few apps, consoles for games. That's it.

#linux #opensource #foss

eugenialoli, 2 months ago to GNOME

I think I've had it with the breakage of #Gnome #extensions, so I decided to only use one to minimize the danger: "App Icons Taskbar". It has an icon to show all apps, and the fav/open apps as well.

The truth is, the vast majority of people want a launch bar. This is evident by the massive amount of downloads for Dash to #Dock and Dash to Panel specifically. The insistence of the Gnome proj to ignore users for 15 years now, and force mobile UIs is a mystery to me.

#opensource #foss #linux #ui

eugenialoli, 2 months ago to GNOME

So, I bought the book to learn #Vala, one of the main #Gnome languages. I kind of feel like writing a game for the Gnome desktop. #linux #gtk

eugenialoli, 1 month ago to linux

After more annoyances that Gnome/RedHat is pulling lately ( https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/adwaita-icon-theme/-/issues/288 ), I just donated to #Linux #Mint, instead of my original intention, #Gnome.

The Gnome Project is a wall-garden, but not of the Apple kind. It's a club of mostly #Redhat programmers & a few select others, and either you're in it, or you're not. Your user needs, your bug reports, your patches, all end up on /dev/null. They listen to no one. Never have, never will.

So, my money went to a fork.

#opensource #foss

eugenialoli, 28 days ago to xfce

Spent the day installing #Mint #XFce to an old Acer #laptop of my sister in law's brother (I've converted everyone to #Linux in the family). Acer's firmware was very buggy, so it took tricks to load grub.

Installed them a few apps, and they will be super happy with their new (old) laptop. Previously, #Windows 10 was dying on that laptop, it was that slow, as it was swapping furiously! Mint loaded in about 1 minute, which is good (considering the very slow hdd).

#linuxmint #opensource #foss

eugenialoli, 29 days ago to debian

The funny part about the removal of networking from the default #keepassxc package on #debian, is that they did it for "security" reasons, without thinking that the MOST INSECURE way to transfer a #password to your #browser is via the CLIPBOARD. Absolutely every running app or service can read the clipboard! And yet, that's the default way they expect users to do it now!

That maintainer didn't think it through at all.

#linux #security #opensource #foss #firefox #passwords

eugenialoli, 14 days ago to windows

In a new podcast, Linus(Tech) said that with the upcoming #Windows #AI bruhaha, a lot of users are going to move to #Chromebooks. But just today #Google announced that AI is coming on their #Chromebook line too. Maybe just a chatbot for now, but eventually, it'll be more integrated. The only option (for those who can't stand #Apple), is #Linux, on their existing, older PC. That's why distros running in low RAM are important.

#opensource #foss #copilot #artificialintelligence #security #privacy