Pipewire vs PulseAudio, general question
What are the main differences between pipewire and pulseaudio? Which one is better? What are other alternative popular sound servers besides these two?
Secure distro for daily use
Hi, Im searching for a secure distro for normal daily use for my laptop. Currently Im running arch linux with full disk encryption, secure boot, linux hardened, firewalld and most apps as flatpaks (with some disabled permissions using flatseal). I think its pretty secure laptop but it could be more secure....
What's up with all these immutable distributions? What are the benefits and disadvantages of them?
For once I feel a little out of touch after I took a bit of a break from following the news to focus on studying, and suddenly everyone is talking about immutable distributions. What are they exactly? What are the benefits and the disadvantages of immutable systems?
Switch 2 - launch games?
Switch 2 is rumoured for 2024, but what could be launch titles? Metroid prime 4 would be a candidate, but might not a be a system seller....
[What is the best movie you watched last week?] 26 August
What does kbin mean? Why is kbin.social called that?
Is it just random letters arrived to by keyboard mashing like a lot of federated websites seem, or is there any thought behind it?
The Linux experice
About a week ago I setup Ubuntu as my primary OS on an old machine. It is my first time trying a unix based OS (previously windows). It has been ok, but it seems like every time I try to install something I run into problems. The app has the wrong permissions or I don’t have the right packages or I need to change port settings...
I will stop using Linux / PC for 10 months. What do you think will happen in that period?
Long story short, this year is my exam preparation year and due to my nature I will take extreme measures to prevent distraction and focus on studying. I will decommision my PC, stop browsing Linux & tech related websites and leave this beautiful place called Lemmy. To make things clear, I am not influenced by anyone for doing...
Why is there so much hate against children here?
It was the same on Reddit, people openly say disturbing things against children. What prompted me to post this is someone saying that babies should be put in overhead bins inside airplanes. Even if they’re joking, this is a disgusting thing to say. I won’t say that about anything else....
Question for software developers: how do you organize your To Do list at work?
I’m asking because I’m wondering if there’s a more efficient way for me to handle my notes at work. Currently I just use a txt file in Notepad++. I use this file to track all of the stuff I have to do, such as tasks for stories I’m working on, next steps for projects, discussions I need to follow up on, questions and...
Was Disney's Fox purchase a huge waste of money?
70 billion dollars and what really do they have to show for it?...
ADMIN, isn't it time to move from lemmy.world?
Every time I try to access this community, ther’s some kind of problem with the server. If you have a look at the status page, it’s almost all orange/red. The problem aren’t DDoS attack since the server is behind Cloudflare protection. Admin/mods, why don’t you move this community to a different server instance? I’m...
Self-hosted GitHub alternative?
Folks,...
Anybody else notice the change in sentiment as Lemmy grows?
The platform seems to be converging on a Reddit-like culture complete with arguments, rage bait and trolling as the normies pour in.
What is your deepest desire right now?
Why is “Now I Am Become Death” phrased so awkwardly in English?
Now I Am Become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds — J. Robert Oppenheimer...
How do you find media to watch?
I’ve seen many people have insane setups to download things automatically and NAS’ with tens of terabytes of capacity, which i don’t understand at all....
Why is serveral instances down simultaneously? Is it just me?
Can’t post images because they’re too big so here’s imgur: imgur.com/a/Fm52ZTB...
We should start calling u/spez by his real name. Because most people won’t know who he is if he shows up somewhere else in future.
Linux and being speedy
After doing some google-fu, I’ve been puzzled further as to how the finnish man has done it....
Weekly active communities promotion thread
Hello,...