superminerJG

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superminerJG,

From a developer’s standpoint, one of the bigger pain points of Wayland is window embedding.

If you want to embed from an external process, the only way to do this is to have your application expose its own Wayland compositor and then have the embedded process use that Wayland compositor. No one has made a library for this as of yet.

If you want to embed from the same process, it shouldn’t be too difficult; you just need a wl_subsurface. However, this doesn’t work too well with most GUI toolkits.

Wayland is just radically different from every other windowing API, and I’m hoping that the GUI toolkits can adapt.

superminerJG,

handling word documents

This is the biggest pitfall of Linux: Microsoft doesn’t make Office for Linux and the compatibility layers we do have don’t work well enough.

There are alternatives like LibreOffice, however, don’t expect them to be perfectly compatible with Office.

Everything else you listed is perfectly fine: Most browsers ship Linux versions, and those can be used for PDF viewing.

I’d recommend familiarizing yourself with the Linux command line, as most advanced system configuration has to be done through the CLI.

In addition, remember to do your research before asking for help. Good resources include the system manual pages, Arch Wiki, and of course, Google.

As for choice of distro, I’ll recommend Fedora, as it’s reasonably up to date with software and has a nice GUI for dealing with updates.

superminerJG,

“It’s just a prank bro” taken way too far, huh?

superminerJG,

someone make a c/unexpectedfactoral

superminerJG,

This one got me

superminerJG,

well, if that’s true I should be allowed to email NVIDIA and ask for their driver code

How do people find good information on the internet these days?

It used to be that you would do a search on a relevant subject and get blog posts, forums posts, and maybe a couple of relevant companies offering the product or service. (And if you wanted more information on said company you could give them a call and actually talk to a real person about said service) You could even trust...

superminerJG,

Really depends on the subject, but for anything programming:

  • GeeksForGeeks for anything deeply CS-related. They give example code.
  • Stack Overflow, toxic as it is, is surprisingly helpful.
superminerJG,

I guess rule 7 (Anon is still able to deliver) applies here

Why the Steam deb from Canonical has been broken since 23.04 (popey.com)

tl;dr In a recent thread on Mastodon, it was revealed that Ubuntu 23.04 users can’t install the Steam deb package from the Ubuntu archive without jumping through some technical hoops. It turns out this was a mistake, a bug was filed, and future builds shouldn’t have this problem....

superminerJG,

well, Wine does support WoW64, but the way it’s implemented requires you to install both 32 and 64 bit Wine.

superminerJG,

Should be “bass singer”, not “bassist”.

“bassist” is for people who play double bass or bass guitar.

superminerJG,

The AUR is always your friend. (No, I don’t use Arch, I use ArcoLinux)

superminerJG,

Some games use kernel-level anticheat. Unfortunately, because there is a kernel driver involved, it must be specifically ported to Linux, and some developers simply don’t want to bother.

examples: Valorant, Roblox, PUBG

superminerJG,

Feels like “the artist formerly known as Prince”

superminerJG,

This gets me wondering: In sign languages, are there different words for “hearing” (i.e. looking someone sign to you) vs “seeing” (i.e. looking at something that isn’t signing?

superminerJG,

Even if it’s Steam Deck, this just goes to show that desktop Linux is totally viable; it just needs more commitment from companies

superminerJG,

commitment from companies

The biggest of big tech refuses to accept Linux as a desktop OS. They need to port their software for Linux to get people over.

superminerJG, (edited )

It works most of the time, but since NVIDIA is the only one fixing your drivers, chances are your bugs won’t be fixed.

superminerJG,

Someone here needs to make federated StackExchange.

superminerJG,
  • Denial: "There is no way Elon would do that to Twitter."
  • Anger: "This is stupid. Why would Elon do this to Twitter? He’s making things so much worse!"
  • Bargaining: "Maybe if I hold out he’ll revert the changes. Maybe Elon has some good left in his heart."
  • Depression: "Why do stupid things like this happen to me?"
  • Acceptance: “Looks like Twitter’s dead in the water, we should move on.”
superminerJG,

blursed cat pic

superminerJG,

Alice and Bob are friends at ${university_name}. At ${date_time} they cross paths.

Alice: Hi, I want to tell you a TCP joke.

Bob: Sure, I’m ready to hear the TCP joke.

Alice: Alright,I am going to tell you the TCP joke.

Alice: Here’s the actual joke. It’s hilarious.

Bob: laughs hysterically

Alice: I’m glad you liked my joke.

Alice: Alright, that was the TCP joke.

Bob: Thanks for telling me about it.

Bob: So, that’s it I guess?

Alice: Yeah, that’s about all I wanted to tell you.

Alice and Bob part ways and run off to their next classes.

superminerJG,

Lawmakers in the US plan to destroy digital privacy. Please updoot posts to raise awareness.

Most uncomplicated Printer that just works™?

Hey, sorry if this isn’t the right place to ask this (feel free to show me the way). I want to get myself a printer that can also scan. Main purpose is to not have endless sheets of paper laying around, but to scan Documents I recieve and then throwing them away so that I only have them digitally and can print stuff out only...

superminerJG,

When I used Ubuntu, I had to install the .debs off of Brother’s site by myself. They provide .deb/.rpm packages.

superminerJG,

The way I see it, a Linux distribution:

  • Boots the Linux kernel
  • Has open-source software at its core
  • Provides an “easy bootstrap” system.
  • Does not outright prevent modification of system software. (This excludes ChromeOS/Android)
    • This does not exclude immutable distros, as system software can still be modded as root).
superminerJG,

once webassembly can directly interface with the DOM I will happily switch to writing my webapps in C++

Why is Linux so frustrating for some people?

Don’t get me wrong. I love Linux and FOSS. I have been using and installing distros on my own since I was 12. Now that I’m working in tech-related positions, after the Reddit migration happened, etc. I recovered my interest in all the Linux environment. I use Ubuntu as my main operating system in my Desktop, but I always end...

superminerJG,

Fingerprint sensor stopped working

File an issue to libfprint, your fingerprint reader probably isn’t supported yet.

superminerJG,

More companies should do like id Software and open-source their games after a set amount of time.

superminerJG,

They want you to buy a Switch and Switch Online to play those games.

superminerJG,

In addition to that, they make nice FOSS apps that are great for any DE (see Krita, Kdenlive)

Also it looks like Windows, and that to me is a huge plus for anyone using my computer.

superminerJG,

And said trusted friend’s tow truck would need to have a display in the window saying “Certified Safe Tow Truck”

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