Is it just me or fonts really look better on GNOME and other (gtk DEs)? With the same font smoothing/anti-aliasing settings, text in GNOME is smoother and more similar to MacOS fonts....
I recently tried to enable system-wide DNS over https on Fedora. To do so I had to to some research and found out how comfusing it is for the average user (and even experienced users) to change the settings. In fact there are multiple backends messing with system DNS at the same time....
Some of you might have heard about rclone. It's an open source app that you can use to mount pretty much any cloud storage provider that you have to your native file system. Like you would plug a USB flash drive for example....
Is it possible to make money using your Linux knowledge if you’re not a developer? I know I can become a professional devops or sysadmin if I take some courses and master advanced networking. But is there something I can do now as an average, moderately experienced linux user?
Hey fellow Linux enthusiasts! I’m curious to know if any of you use a less popular, obscure or exotic Linux distribution. What motivated you to choose that distribution over the more mainstream ones? I’d love to hear about your experiences and any unique features or benefits that drew you to your chosen distribution.
I remember in older Android releases I could enable high priority banner mode for my work emails. They would stay on top of the screen as persistent banners until I manually dismissed them. Is that still a thing?...
In case you don’t know Multi-Gen LRU is an alternative LRU implementation that optimizes page reclaim and improves performance under memory pressure. Page reclaim decides the kernel’s caching policy and ability to overcommit memory. It directly impacts the kswapd CPU usage and RAM efficiency....
Pretty sure most of you already know this but for those who don’t: you have two clipboards in Linux. One is the traditional clipboard where you copy with control c and paste with control v. The other one is when you highlight text and use the mouse middle click to paste text....
Kwrite. I write a lot of text at work and I hate using word processors. I use this app for its excellent autocomplete feature. You type a word for next instances you can use tab to auto-complete. Very convenient.
LMDE 6 has been officially released. The big deal about this is that it’s based on the recently released Debian 12 and also that being based on Debian LMDE is 100% community based....
Recently, I’ve been wanting to make a custom live iso with a couple of tools that I need but I really don’t know where to start or what to do… any help?...
are there any pixel/stock like launchers currently in development? went from motorola to oneplus and missing stock launcher, nova launcher isn’t developed since 2021, lawnchair haven’t seen any release since 2018-2019, ruthless can’t be officialy installed because it’s ‘made for older devices’, hyperion is weird with...
I used Plex for my home media for almost a year, then it stopped playing nice for reasons I gave up on diagnosing. While looking at alternatives, I found Jellyfin which is much more responsive, IMO, and the UI is much nicer as well....
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...
If you’re not familiar with Tailscale it’s a very user-friendly “overlay network” that lets you securely connect all your devices no matter where they are over the internet....
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...
Except it doesn’t always work. I’ve seen it stuck and loading updates forever a few times, while a simple flatpak update command did the job with zero issues.
Even on Fedora the average user is presented with many flatpak results when they use the GUI software manager. Not everyone is technically adept enough to check the origin of the app. So it’s kind of being forced on users.
What you say is true when this is explicitly stated by the OS. When the average user uses the Software app they are presented with many Flatpak results. Flatpaks are presented as offerings by the distro, not something “outside of the distro’s package manager.” Should the average user be supposed to check the origin of every app and know about Flatpaks?
Plus if you use the most popular distro it already comes with default snap apps.
There was a time when using the update button of Software Center was exactly equal to running “sup apt dist-upgrade”. Everything was simple and straightforward.
The official software manager on my Fedora system (Discover) presents me with Flatpaks. If I use Discover for updating ,the Flatpaks will update too. But when I use the official CLI tool to upgrade the system only RPM packages are updated. The other package managers on the system are not affected (Flatpaks, Snap, Cargo, PIP). I think there should be no discrepancy between CLI and GUI interfaces for system updates. The fact that I should “remember” how to update stuff shows that something is wrong or is not perfect.
Font rendering on GNOME vs KDE
Is it just me or fonts really look better on GNOME and other (gtk DEs)? With the same font smoothing/anti-aliasing settings, text in GNOME is smoother and more similar to MacOS fonts....
Linux DNS settings is a total mess
I recently tried to enable system-wide DNS over https on Fedora. To do so I had to to some research and found out how comfusing it is for the average user (and even experienced users) to change the settings. In fact there are multiple backends messing with system DNS at the same time....
Just discovered RSAF. It's pretty much the only cloud drive app I ever need (github.com) Romanian
Some of you might have heard about rclone. It's an open source app that you can use to mount pretty much any cloud storage provider that you have to your native file system. Like you would plug a USB flash drive for example....
Finally found the perfect (kinda) todo app
ToDark is a simple, polished and elegant todo list/task management app with integrated calendar....
How to make money with Linux (non coder)
Is it possible to make money using your Linux knowledge if you’re not a developer? I know I can become a professional devops or sysadmin if I take some courses and master advanced networking. But is there something I can do now as an average, moderately experienced linux user?
Who here uses a less popular Linux distribution? What made you choose it?
Hey fellow Linux enthusiasts! I’m curious to know if any of you use a less popular, obscure or exotic Linux distribution. What motivated you to choose that distribution over the more mainstream ones? I’d love to hear about your experiences and any unique features or benefits that drew you to your chosen distribution.
Persistent banner notifications?
I remember in older Android releases I could enable high priority banner mode for my work emails. They would stay on top of the screen as persistent banners until I manually dismissed them. Is that still a thing?...
Any real benefit to enabling Multi-Gen LRU?
In case you don’t know Multi-Gen LRU is an alternative LRU implementation that optimizes page reclaim and improves performance under memory pressure. Page reclaim decides the kernel’s caching policy and ability to overcommit memory. It directly impacts the kswapd CPU usage and RAM efficiency....
Linux is amazing on my old Thinkpad
I have an old ThinkPad SL-400 with a Core 2 Duo processor and 4 gigabytes of RAM....
Ubuntu 23.10 is out (ubuntu.com)
Release notes:...
Motorola just launched a new Android phone to take on the Pixel 8 (www-digitaltrends-com.cdn.ampproject.org)
Sync bash aliases and ssh keys across devices
How do you guys quickly sync your settings (especially bash aliases and ssh keys) across your machines?...
Google Pixel 8a Exclusive: First Look at the Upcoming Mid-Range Powerhouse with Google Tensor G3 Chip (www.smartprix.com)
TIL GNU/linux has 2 clipboards
Pretty sure most of you already know this but for those who don’t: you have two clipboards in Linux. One is the traditional clipboard where you copy with control c and paste with control v. The other one is when you highlight text and use the mouse middle click to paste text....
Need an easy voice calling solution
I need a self-hosted securevoice call server that’s easy to deply and uses less than 1 gb of ram....
Celeste: GUI file synchronization client that can sync with any cloud provider (github.com)
Celeste is a GUI file synchronization client that can connect to virtually any cloud provider....
Create a live version of your MX Linux system with this handy app (www.dedoimedo.com)
Create a live version of your MX Linux system with this handy app
Video Editing with Kdenlive — Creative Freedom Summit (youtu.be)
What less popular text editors do you like or should have a shout out more often? What stuff do you do with it?
Linux Mint Debian Edition officially released (blog.linuxmint.com)
LMDE 6 has been officially released. The big deal about this is that it’s based on the recently released Debian 12 and also that being based on Debian LMDE is 100% community based....
Making a custom live iso, then flashing it with persistent storage
Recently, I’ve been wanting to make a custom live iso with a couple of tools that I need but I really don’t know where to start or what to do… any help?...
what's with custom launchers nowadays?
are there any pixel/stock like launchers currently in development? went from motorola to oneplus and missing stock launcher, nova launcher isn’t developed since 2021, lawnchair haven’t seen any release since 2018-2019, ruthless can’t be officialy installed because it’s ‘made for older devices’, hyperion is weird with...
What are some FOSS programs that you think are a far better user experience than their counterparts? (sh.itjust.works)
I used Plex for my home media for almost a year, then it stopped playing nice for reasons I gave up on diagnosing. While looking at alternatives, I found Jellyfin which is much more responsive, IMO, and the UI is much nicer as well....
FOSS Image editor
Funtions I look for:...
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...
Trayscale, a nice little GUI for Tailscale (github.com)
If you’re not familiar with Tailscale it’s a very user-friendly “overlay network” that lets you securely connect all your devices no matter where they are over the internet....
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...
What feature/utility/app are you surprised is not installed by default in Linux distributions?
Free up precious disk space with this GUI tool
From the project’s github page: Czkawka is a simple, fast and free app to remove unnecessary files from your computer....