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I own several external 2.5’’ HDDs on the 1 TB range where I save my data. Samsung has worked well for me, but now I need more space....

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I only just switched to Linux last month that time I don’t know what Wayland or X11 is and I just use Linux like normal without knowing I’m using Wayland (KDE), now since I’m already configured my KDE desktop on Wayland and I don’t wanna do it again, so I’m looking for a remote desktop that work under Wayland not...

VLC is the supreme of all open source projects, you used it in school, college, work and home....

I understand that nvidia support for wayland is lacking, but I know it’s possible....

Hey folks! Hope your day’s going good....

I’m bored and want to practice my Rust skills. I am the creator of open-tv. If you have any idea for a linux desktop app, even if it seems quite complex, I will take it.

I came from Arch to Void just today and after installing KDE and enabling dbus, I enabled SDDM, I type in my password and it says login failed, I tried lightdm, I couldn’t login neither in my user account nor root, I setup plasma to run with xinit, plasma did launch successfully, but sudo NEVER worked inside plasma, it always...

I think it would be great to have a archive so that the various documentation, comments and hacks / workarounds could be searched....

I bought a laptop yesterday, it came pre-installed with Windows 11. I hate win 11 so I switched it down to Windows 10, but then started considering using Linux for total control over the laptop, but here’s the thing: I keep seeing memes about how complicated or fucky wucky Linux is to install and run. I love the idea of open...

On Cinnamon and LxQt, the trash is in ~/.local/share/Trash. Is it the same for all desktop environments?

In every ubuntu derivative, if I open a terminal and type an unrecognized command I always get suggestions....

upgrading xubuntu to 24.04, fresh install, but I’d like to copy the output of both dpkg -l and history to a usb stick....

When I first started using Linux 15 years ago (Ubuntu) , if there was some software you wanted that wasn’t in the distro’s repos you can probably bet that there was a PPA you could add to your system in order to get it....

Pondering upon (the illusion of) different distros and its consequences - Thoughts?...

I’m trying to open a port for transmission but before I get to know either of the 2 options I’d like to know what you recommend and why....

I’ve used distrobox more and more and am at the point where I need to start saving and integrating history differently. Or like, when I’m installing and building something complicated, I need to start saving that specific session’s history. I am curious what others might be doing and looking for simple advice and ideas.

I’m looking for alternatives to wii backup manager, what do you recommend?

Trying to discover new/unheard Linux desktop programs (Sorry for the confusion)....

os: xubuntu 24.04...

Isn’t it enough to just enter your password once to login, then receive a warning whenever you’re about to do something potentially dangerous?...

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Fellas, I’m at my wit’s end with this one. I’m trying to set a general rule for window opacity in sway, and then have a few programs excepted from it....

I’ve been using arch for a while now and I always used Flatpaks for proprietary software that might do some creepy shit because Flatpaks are supposed to be sandboxed (e.g. Steam). And Flatpaks always worked flawlessly OOTB for me. AUR for things I trust. I’ve read on the internet how people prefer AUR over Flatpaks. Why? And...