I’ve used most available services, but discontinued one after another along with promises that a better user experience will be provided with reduced content and removed functionality with the slight price hike. YouTube was my first and last video service I paid for, only Spotify remains on the borderline.
edit: hey guys, 60+ comments, can’t reply from now on, but know that I am grateful for your comments, keep the convo going. Thank you to the y’all people who gave unbiased answers and thanks also to those who told me about Waydroid and Docker...
Use the command line to do everything instead of using mouse clicks for everything. It’s so annoying how much mousing you have to do on Windows even for stuff only admins/programmers would touch.
Wayland. It comes up a lot: “Bug X fixed in the Plasma Wayland session.” “The Plasma Wayland session has now gained support for feature Y.” And it’s in the news quite …
Great article. I’m currently still on X because Plasma 5 doesn’t handle fractional scaling well. As soon as that changes (Plasma 6?) I’ll be jumping over to Wayland.
A few years ago we were able to upgrade everything (OS and Apps) using a single command. I remember this was something we boasted about when talking to Windows and Mac fans. It was such an amazing feature. Something that users of proprietary systems hadn’t even heard about. We had this on desktops before things like Apple’s...
Most of the time I can’t even send a message with it - I’ll type the message out, click send and… nothing. No indication of error, no indication of success. There’s also an issue with loading the message history right after launch. A lot of times it doesn’t work or only works partially. App on the phone has full permissions, set to unrestricted battery, etc.
I am looking for a solution to receive WhatsApp messages on my phone. I don’t want to install the WhatsApp app on my personal phone, but it is on my work phone and its mandatory for my job. I held out for a long time but it is necessary that I answer messages on there....
I was expecting him to actually have something cool and technical That’s what I thought when I first started reading the (long) article. “Oh, how is he gonna connect that camera up to the iPad over USB? Must be some cool, custom interface.” Nope, just a bunch of off the shelf hardware connected together. Meh.
Please don’t flame me too bad, I understand that although privacy and libre software are important to many in the Linux community, my opinions may be outside the scope of consideration for some and I respect that....
One of the reasons I prefer KDE or MATE. Too many extensions needed to make it usable. I also don’t like the fact that they’re installed through their website instead of your local package manager.
I used to be in the laptop repair biz. The most common failure mode we saw was the barrel connector. Even ones that were detached from the motherboard like the IBM Thinkpads had.
So I am currently running stacer, tbh idk if its working good or not lol. Sometimes my computer still flares up randomly with high CPU usage and the fan going, but I try to use htop to pinpoint, but that tool is probably way more in depth than I know. I’d rather have like maybe a daemon? Or always on app that automatically...
Hello, everybody! I want to have a little mini-PC for gaming that operates like a console. I don’t want to have a big, clunky case in the back or front of the TV. Furthermore, I don’t play many AAA titles from recent years, so the hardware doesn’t need to be high-end. It would be nice if I could run Scarlet Nexus, Nier:...
Today at the grocery store a sweet older lady approached me and asked if I knew anything about computers. I said yes I do, and she produced a mouse saying that her son set up Linux mint for her and she was wondering if the mouse was compatible. It needed kernel version 2.6 or newer so I said that the mouse should work, guessing...
For context, LDAC is one of the few wireless audio codecs stamped Hi-Res by the Japan Audio Society and its encoder is open source since Android 8, so you can see just how long Windows is sleeping on this. I’m excited about the incoming next gen called LC3plus, my next pair is definitely gonna have that.
So long... I'll not be returning (lemmy.ml)
I’ve used most available services, but discontinued one after another along with promises that a better user experience will be provided with reduced content and removed functionality with the slight price hike. YouTube was my first and last video service I paid for, only Spotify remains on the borderline.
Valve Is A Wonderful Upstream Contributor To Linux & The Open-Source Community (www.phoronix.com)
Elon Musk’s Neuralink begins accepting human patients for trials of its brain implant (venturebeat.com)
Linux 6.6 Looks To Be Very Lucrative For AMD Server Performance (www.phoronix.com)
Just the basics (startrek.website)
Why do you use firefox? (upload.wikimedia.org)
cross-posted from: feddit.uk/post/2514293
Meet the Guy Preserving the New History of PC Games, One Linux Port at a Time (www.404media.co)
Elon Musk says Twitter, now X, could charge all users subscription fees (www.theguardian.com)
Fedora 39 Beta Released With Faster DNF, GNOME 45 Desktop - Phoronix (www.phoronix.com)
Google Domains halts registrations as it waits for the Google Grim Reaper (arstechnica.com)
What can you do on Linux that you can't do on Windows?
edit: hey guys, 60+ comments, can’t reply from now on, but know that I am grateful for your comments, keep the convo going. Thank you to the y’all people who gave unbiased answers and thanks also to those who told me about Waydroid and Docker...
What are the pros and cons of the different immutable distros?
So let’s talk about this Wayland thing (pointieststick.com)
Wayland. It comes up a lot: “Bug X fixed in the Plasma Wayland session.” “The Plasma Wayland session has now gained support for feature Y.” And it’s in the news quite …
Did we kill Linux's killer feature?
A few years ago we were able to upgrade everything (OS and Apps) using a single command. I remember this was something we boasted about when talking to Windows and Mac fans. It was such an amazing feature. Something that users of proprietary systems hadn’t even heard about. We had this on desktops before things like Apple’s...
She went beyond socialism to being a full communist and thinking that anyone rich is evil. Elon Musk reveals Twitter takeover driven by 'woke mind virus' that infected his trans daughter. (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Linux Mint Debian Edition 6 "Faye" Is Now Available for Public Beta Testing (9to5linux.com)
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Can someone please explain why not to use Brave browser ? (privacytests.org)
privacytests.org rate Brave as the best browser.
Excluding KDEConnect, how do you send and receive SMS on your system?
What do you use to send and receive SMS on your computer? I’ve tried KDE Connect but found it too buggy to use daily.
Beeper.com - how does it rank in terms of privacy?
I am looking for a solution to receive WhatsApp messages on my phone. I don’t want to install the WhatsApp app on my personal phone, but it is on my work phone and its mandatory for my job. I held out for a long time but it is necessary that I answer messages on there....
Our Computer (infosec.pub)
OC for you.
UK owners of smart home devices being asked for swathes of personal data (www.theguardian.com)
From the article:...
I Used a Game Boy Camera for FaceTime Video Calls in iPadOS 17 and It Was Glorious (www.macstories.net)
This is magnificent.
System76 values and ethics (Opinion)
Please don’t flame me too bad, I understand that although privacy and libre software are important to many in the Linux community, my opinions may be outside the scope of consideration for some and I respect that....
If you work remotely, your bosses are probably using software to track you. Here's how they'll catch you slacking off. (www.businessinsider.com)
Extensions in GNOME 45 - New import system is not backwards compatible (blogs.gnome.org)
By now it is probably no longer news to many: GNOME Shell moved from GJS’ own custom imports system to standard JavaScript modules (ESM)....
Injured person reportedly dies after Cruise cars block first responders (www.sfgate.com)
I'd like to interject for a moment... (lemmy.ml)
Taken from the CompTIA IT Fundamentals Exam Guide book (2nd edition, published 2021). I’m not sure if they fixed this in newer versions, if at all.
First proper look on Star Labs' upcoming StarFighter laptop (www.youtube.com)
The StarFighter is an exquisitely crafted,
If I'm trying to have a software program to help optimize my computers overall health and performance what should I be looking into?
So I am currently running stacer, tbh idk if its working good or not lol. Sometimes my computer still flares up randomly with high CPU usage and the fan going, but I try to use htop to pinpoint, but that tool is probably way more in depth than I know. I’d rather have like maybe a daemon? Or always on app that automatically...
Build a Linux Virtual Machine for Windows Apps (www.binwang.me)
Linux Desktop Market share keeps increasing, 3.19% now. +0.07% for August (gs.statcounter.com)
Chrome OS saw a good raise too. OS X(Mac) saw a decrease.
Microsoft accused of malware-like tactics, again, in attempt to push users onto Bing (www.techspot.com)
Cheap and good mini-PCs for gaming?
Hello, everybody! I want to have a little mini-PC for gaming that operates like a console. I don’t want to have a big, clunky case in the back or front of the TV. Furthermore, I don’t play many AAA titles from recent years, so the hardware doesn’t need to be high-end. It would be nice if I could run Scarlet Nexus, Nier:...
Open Source Hardware Recommendations
Does anyone have strong opinions on open source hardware? I’m finally at a point where I need to upgrade my laptop....
Met a nice lady at the grocery store
Today at the grocery store a sweet older lady approached me and asked if I knew anything about computers. I said yes I do, and she produced a mouse saying that her son set up Linux mint for her and she was wondering if the mouse was compatible. It needed kernel version 2.6 or newer so I said that the mouse should work, guessing...
thank you Linux for giving a damn about Bluetooth headphones (feddit.de)
For context, LDAC is one of the few wireless audio codecs stamped Hi-Res by the Japan Audio Society and its encoder is open source since Android 8, so you can see just how long Windows is sleeping on this. I’m excited about the incoming next gen called LC3plus, my next pair is definitely gonna have that.