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sic_semper_tyrannis, to linux in Linux Mint 21.2 "EDGE" ISO Released with Linux Kernel 6.2, Secure Boot Support

Pretty sweet. Now add Wayland and it’ll be a homerun

Ascend-910, to linux in Linux Mint Debian Edition 6 "Faye" Is Now Available for Public Beta Testing
@Ascend-910@kbin.social avatar

yay I love LMDE :D

lord_ryvan,

This is the first time I’ll try a distro upgrade, let’s see if it’s as easy as Ubuntu-Mint!

true_blue, to linux in GNU Linux-Libre 6.5 Kernel Released for Those Seeking 100% Freedom for Their PCs
@true_blue@lemmy.comfysnug.space avatar

For a 100% libre kernel, I feel like this is the more sensible option than Hurd, just to take advantage of all the effort that goes into the Linux kernel. I’m not knowledgeable on kernels in the first place though, so maybe a micro-kernel really is the best way to go once you figure out the proper architecture.

1984, to opensource in Thunderbird 115.1 Improves Flatpak Support, Hides Quick Filter Bar by Default
@1984@lemmy.today avatar

I started using it again with version 115 and it’s so fast and easy to search mails, I spend a couple of hours deleting, archiving and cleaning up my inbox. Who knew that could be kind of fun. :)

words_number,

I’ve been using it forever and I actually don’t think that much has changed. It has finally gotten some necessary builtin features that previously needed plugins (carddav, caldav) and the UI has been cleaned up a bit, but generally there are no game changers here. So why didn’t you use it before 115?

1984,
@1984@lemmy.today avatar

Ugly user interface, to be honest. I don’t mean to offend but I just didn’t like how it looked.

words_number,

Out of curiosity, what did you use instead?

1984,
@1984@lemmy.today avatar

I have been using web interfaces to email for over 15 years now in think. I’ve been on Fastmail for the last 5 or so.

Before the web interfaces were popular, I was using email clients on the desktop, and I think I was using Thunderbird back then, but don’t really remember exactly…

nix, to opensource in Firefox 116 Is Now Available for Download, This Is What's New
@nix@merv.news avatar

I just want a sidebar like pulsebrowser.app and floorp.app have (both are firefox forks)

Scio,
@Scio@kbin.social avatar

@nix Aren't sidebars a stock Firefox feature?

I only just switched back to Firefox after many years, and have one open with my bookmarks and tabs all the time now! Although I do use Simple Tab Groups for the latter

manned_meatball,
@manned_meatball@lemmy.ml avatar
pkulak,

Care to hook me up with that css?

manned_meatball,
@manned_meatball@lemmy.ml avatar

it’s based on this gist - follow the instructions at the top: you’ll need to set the right Sidebery preface to make it work, it’ll let you toggle it on and off easily.

pkulak,

Thanks!

nix,
@nix@merv.news avatar

But floorp and pulsebrowser let me have vertical tabs button on the same bar as the sideberry bookmarks which is really nice.

Sidenote: Doesn’t having it collapse when the mouse leaves the area kind of defeat the purpose a bit?

pathief, to linux in Open Source NVIDIA Vulkan Driver NVK Reaches Vulkan 1.0 Conformance
@pathief@lemmy.world avatar

Congrats to the devs!

lud, to linux in Blender 4.0 Released with Support for AMD RDNA2 and RDNA3 APUs, Node Tools

Official featured changes with fancy graphics: www.blender.org/download/releases/4-0/

tyftler, to linux in OBS Studio 30 Released with Support for Intel QSV H264, HEVC, and AV1 on Linux

Didn’t HEVC work by default for Years now?

kugmo,
@kugmo@sh.itjust.works avatar

Last time I tried it, HEVC was not on the mainline Linux builds, you had to build it from source with it enabled or use a plugin for it.

footox, to linux in Mozilla Firefox 119 is Now Available for Download, Here's What's New

I didn’t realize Firefox let you add text to PDFs already!

Gutless2615, to linux in LibreOffice 7.6.1 Is Now Available for Download with More Than 120 Fixes

Can you self host libreoffice for a google docs alternative?

breakcore, (edited )

No, Libre Office is offline only.

You need to look at something like Only Office, a free/open source web based office suite, which supports collaboration.

onlyoffice.com/…/self-hosted-onlyoffice-docspace

BautAufWasEuchAufbaut,
@BautAufWasEuchAufbaut@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Is the one on nextcloud also onlyoffice?

maeries,

On nextcloud out can run only office and collabora if I remember correctly

breakcore,

I stand corrected, there is a web-version of libre office, although they don’t support it directly, they do provide builds etc.

Read more here : www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-online/

CCatMan,

Yeah also the site doesn’t seem to bring up the the keyboard on mobile. Which kills this as am alternative to google services… For now

CCatMan,

I see how to do it from the viewer, but not a great experience.

immuredanchorite,

I have been looking into cryptpad, but I don’t know if it is really secure/private, but it appears to be a privacy-oriented, self-host able google doc alternative: cryptpad.org

marv99,

please see this comment above

undrwater,

Yes. Collabora is the maintainer for the online version (as well as the Android). Easiest way to host is via nextcloud.

authed, to linux in Happy 32nd Birthday, Linux!

I think I started using Linux around 1995 with Slackware on a bunch of floppies… Used to compile my own kernel back then… But haven’t been doing that in a long time.

Happy bday Linux and thanks Linus

Back then my computer was barely fast enough to play mp3s…

Spectacle8011, to linux in New Steam Client Stable Update Fixes UI Issues on Linux for Intel/AMD Users
@Spectacle8011@lemmy.comfysnug.space avatar

Yay. It’s fixed for my NVIDIA computer, too. All of the bizarre scaling issues and other nonsense is fixed.

Evoke3626,

Oh thank fuck FINALLY

Raphael, to linux in GNOME 45 Alpha Is Now Available for Public Testing
@Raphael@lemmy.world avatar

What did they remove this time?

greybeard,

Sarcasm: You can no longer see your running applications. But fear not, they plan to give you a menu of running applications in the next release so you can close them if they ever get minimized.

d3Xt3r, to linux in PipeWire 1.0 "El Presidente" Officially Released, This Is What's New

improved resume from suspend in ALSA

YES! Hopefully this means no more needing to restart the pipewire service after resume.

Potatos_are_not_friends, to linux in EndeavourOS Ditches Xfce for KDE Plasma with the Galileo Release

There’s a lot of words that I have no idea what they mean in that sentence.

And I’m a Linux user.

guywithoutaname,

Galileo seems to be what they are calling the environment the USB boots to. This environment is moving from the XFCE desktop environment to the different KDE plasma desktop environment. These environments can both be customized, but they are very different under the hood. I imagine that you can still choose XFCE and other desktop environments from the installer.

cygnus,
@cygnus@lemmy.ca avatar

Galileo is the name of the “release”, which while somewhat of a misnomer for a rolling-release distro, is something EndeavourOS has done since the beginning. The current release is called Cassini Nova.

LeFantome,

You are correct that EndeavourOS is a rolling release. In that sense, you never have to ( and never really do ) “upgrade” to these new “releases” since you are essentially always using the latest software.

The releases do two things:

1 - they provide updated install media that are closer to the current repo contents so that upgrading after install is a smaller and more reliable operation.

2 - they provide an opportunity to change the system defaults. For example, the move to dracut. If you installed a couple of years ago, you can upgrade all your packages but you will still not be using dracut ( unless you make that change yourself ). Everybody that installs EOS now will use dracut by default. That is true of other things, like this change to KDE for the offline install.

LeFantome,

You can only choose the other DE options if you use the “online” installer. By default, you will get KDE now.

Dudewitbow,

Not a current user(but will be soon) but i read it as

Some Linux distro switches from one desktop environment to another. thr names are just 2 DE, and the name of the Distro version like how Apple names OSX after mountains.

CalicoJack,

And for a bit of extra clarity, they’re only changing the default DE. EndeavourOS gives you several DE options during install, KDE will just be on top of the list now (and used on the live media)

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