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Konsave lets you save, apply and share Linux desktop theme customisations (lemmy.ml)
KDE, especially, is known for its amazing themes and theme customisations. With that can come lots of tweaking, and then forgetting how to get back to what you really liked. Or maybe you want to share that fantastic theme combination that you got right with friends....
This XDA Reporter replaced their monitors with XREAL smart glasses for a full week (lemmy.ml)
Not made by Meta = Tick. The price though is almost the cost of three monitors…...
Linux holds a market share of approximately 14% in India. (programming.dev)
I’m not sure how accurate StatCounter is, given that most Linux users use adblockers. However, according to it, Linux has almost a 14% desktop share in India.
what E-Mail provider do you use and why
I’m currently still using gmail unfortunately...
Which one is yours? (kerala.party)
What do you eat and drink every day?
Are you cancelling streaming services?
With the simultaneous rollout of restrictions on account sharing and price increases/addition of advertising, I’m cutting back severely on streaming services....
What tricks do you use to make sure you eat your daily fruits and vegetables?
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.
How do you deal with being broke?
I’m in my 30s so I should be used to this by now, but this shit is getting so stressful guys. I have no savings, my checking account is drained every month with rent, and if there’s ever a serious emergency I have no safety net, I’m legitimately fucked. I’m one unplanned expense away from absolute ruin. Those in the same...
The technical merits of Wayland are mostly irrelevant (utcc.utoronto.ca)
In response to Wayland Breaks Your Bad Software...
Threads' New Terms and Conditions Affects the Fediverse (wedistribute.org)
Has anyone else noticed a sudden lack of reading comprehension skills?
Just as the title asks I’ve noticed a very sharp increase in people just straight up not comprehending what they’re reading....
What is a hobby you enjoy, but seems too quirky or obscure to bring up in most conversations?
Mine would be creating pen and paper ciphers for my made up secret communication needs.
Telegram's "Privacy" is Bullshit (Video) (monero.town)
Many in the crypto and privacy community mistakenly trust Telegram because it’s “end to end encrypted”, but there are huge issues including not hiding the metadata, censorship, centralization, and phone numbers....
Is it worth switching to BTRFS for the average user?
I’m having trouble understanding all the benefits of BTRFS and how they’ll apply to me....
No More Windows! Indian Defence Services are Switching to Linux: Indian Govt offices to use Linux distribution, replacing Microsoft Windows (gadgeteer.co.za)
Based on Ubuntu. Interface and functionality like Windows, users will not feel much difference. BRICS countries committed to their own Linux distributions. South Africa has been the exception.
Do you pay with cash or card?
Does your choice depends on somehing? And from what country are you?
New Fork of the Linux Streamdeck-UI app for Elgato Stream Deck (github.com)
Many of us Linux users may have been using Timothy Crosley’s excellent app for Linux. But with the Pillow library causing a problem after it was updated, we realised Timothy seems to have disappeared. Within a week or so of that realisation, the project was now forked to github.com/…/streamdeck-linux-gui and even the AUR...
Do you still watch YouTube? Who do you follow?
It seems that everything turned into scams, aggressive self marketing and just click bait irrelevant content. I liked finance videos, but every creator sounds like “the world will end soon” or “my secret method to make 1 million per week day trading stocks/forex/crypto.”...
ABC shuts down official Twitter accounts due to 'toxic interactions' (www.theguardian.com)
What are some good RSS feeds to subscribe to?
Yeah, I know. Throwback! But people still do use RSS feed readers (like myself)
Zoom terms of service now require you to allow AI to train on ALL your data (nitter.net)
Be careful with Zoom guys....
Does using proton make a difference if im forwarding from gmail?
Will these emails be more secure?
What are the benefits to the US Electoral College system?
So I’m a New Zealander and I have a pretty good idea on how the electoral college system works but it honestly sounds like something that can be easily corrupted and it feels like it renders the popular vote absolutely useless unless I’m totally missing something obvious?...
August Plasma 6 great progress update (pointieststick.com)
What is your internet service plan? (kbin.social)
How much do you pay? How fast are your your real world speeds? Where are you located?
What is your go-to Linux distro and why?
I’d like to settle on a distro, but none of them seem to click for me. I want stability more than anything, but I also value having the latest updates (I know, kind of incompatible)....
Those who tried Linux and went back to Windows, what caused you to go back to Windows?
Additionally, what changes are necessary for you to be able to use Linux full time?
My categorised list with hundreds of open source alternatives to proprietary software has been updated with even more options (gadgeteer.co.za)
My list is separated into 30 separate categories to help find your area of interest whether it is networking, security, messengers, video editing, education, etc. It is also backed up to the Wayback Machine for future reference....
Free Cross-Platform Sweet Home 3D Software For DIY Interior Home Design Visualisation (youtu.be)
This open source software allows you to fairly easily model your home (or other buildings) to help you visualise interior home design changes and to export to both photorealistic stills and videos. I’ve used it twice for alterations to our house and I show how I’ve used it....