LibreOffice 24.2.4 Community available for download - The Document Foundation Blog (blog.documentfoundation.org)
Zed on Linux is out! (zed.dev)
Zed is a modern open-source code editor, built from the ground up in Rust with a GPU-accelerated renderer.
State of Text Rendering 2024 (behdad.org)
[The author assumes] a high-level understanding of how text rendering works, for example, what shaping is. If that does not sound familiar to you, you might want to review State of Text Rendering (2009), and Modern text rendering with Linux: Overview (2019).
Is the RHCSA worth it?
See title; I’m considering it, but the courses bundles are expensive
Is there a better way to browse man pages?
For many, many years now when I want to browse a man page about something I’ll type man X into my terminal, substituting X for whatever it is I wish to learn about. Depending on the manual, it’s short and therefore easy to find what I want, or I am deep in the woods because I’m trying to find a specific flag that appears...
Distro for n100
I’m trying to decide on a distro for my n100 mini pc. It’ll be for watching content, browsing the web, using discord And playing music. I have Garuda running in it right now just as a tester to see how it did at emulation and honestly it ran 3DS games pretty swell lol. But it feels very bogged down overall. Anything really...
Linux for iPod?
I found my 7th gen iPod Touch running 15.8.2. This device is no longer supported by Apple so I can’t Sign in with Apple ID to do anything useful. Any ideas of how I can save this device from becoming e-waste? I was trying to add Delta emulator to use it for roms but no luck....
GNOME 47's New Font (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
Before your change to Linux
What was the last version of Windows you used before hopping on over? This includes the Linux greybeards too....
How Long Should Hardware/Software Support Last?
A while back there was some debate about the Linux kernel dropping support for some very old GPUs. (I can’t remember the exact models, but they were roughly from the late 90’s)...
Developing GUI app on Immutable Distros
So I’m looking at trying am Immutable Linux Desktop (uBlue Aurora probably). One thing I’m not clear on is how to run GUI apps during development. From what I understand I should create a container with distrobox, install my toolchains in it and start developing. I’m used to containers for CLI and server work, but I’m...
Howdy face recognition on 24.04 LTS?
cross-posted from: feddit.it/post/9251429...
Is there a linux distro (or just a DE) that can be used like a Smart TV
I don’t want to use Osmc or LibreELEC. What I’m going for is something like Android TV (tried using LineageOS but that didn’t work out for me)....
Possible to use Linux for Wi-Fi drivers on Windows?
Sorry if this is slightly off topic, I searched for communities about tech support on here and couldn’t find anything that wasn’t dead in the water. Basically I want to use WPA3 on my Network, however my Windows partition doesn’t support WPA3 for some reason. I only keep that piece of trash around for school work. My...
Suggestion of distro for TV/server combo?
I have a server that is also plugged into my TV. It’s running Ubuntu server, but then I installed the DE when I started trying to use it with the TV as well....
OpenSUSE is the best
Hear me out, the mascot is a freaking chameleon, that’s cool as shit man....
Question: If windows is required, what distro do you recommend?
So, at school we use the whole Office 365 suite for a myriad of tasks....
BUSTING some packaging format MYTHS! App verification, sandbox, package maintainers... (www.youtube.com)
System insights with command-line tools: dmidecode and lspci (fedoramagazine.org)
Another related article about System insights with command-line tools: lscpu and lsusb
On Open Source and the Sustainability of the Commons (ploum.net)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/18408267...
Not really sure I get Wayland
I switched to Linux about 1.5 years ago now when replacing my old Macbook Pro with a Tuxedo Infinity Book. I am super happy with the transition, and for the most part my digital life has severely improved as a result of it. There’s one thing in particular though that I haven’t fully grasped or understood despite all the talk...
Question: Just got a Surface Go; want to install linux (use case details in post)
Hello, all. I just got handed down a Surface Go (1st gen, 4gb ram), and I want to use it as a note taking machine, document reader, and secondary display for my primary laptop (Framework intel 12th gen running Fedora GNOME)....
This Patch Boosts Linux Gaming Performance By 50%+ (And other programs) (news.itsfoss.com)
Problem with File transfer
Hello Everybody I’ve been encountering a recent occurred Problem with my installation of Debian 12. When I plug in my Phone (Fairphone 4) to transfer some large files, it won’t get recognized, which is odd because I do this every few Weeks and since a couple of months this keeps happening. It will something like:...