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The next release of the Linux kernel, 6.6 [will] include the KSMBD in-kernel server for the SMB networking protocol, developed by Samsung’s Namjae Jeon....

Now, I really like Wayland, and it’s definitely better than the mess that is X11...

Im using linux for ±3 yrs and im pretty used to it. Im currently running nixos on my laptop. My question is what kind of hardening do i need firejail, apparmor, selinux, … all 3 of them ? none of them ? Thanks for the advice and have a nice day

As a user, the best way to handle applications is a central repository where interoperability is guaranteed. Something like what Debian does with the base repos. I just run an install and it’s all taken care of for me. What’s more, I don’t deal with unnecessary bloat from dozens of different versions of the same library...

Canonical is planning an ‘All Snap’ desktop next year. It will likely be available side-by-side with the traditional deb-based installation we’ve been used to since 2004....

The Wine development release 8.16 is now available....

I’ve already made a post about this, I made the switch from an Nvidia GPU to an AMD one and I was wondering if I needed to install anything extra. I’ve heard the drivers are included inside the kernel but how do I ensure that it’s installed?

installed emacs and use rmail as email client for multiple pop3 email servers with [ gmail, yahoo, etc… ]....

I was spinning up Chrome while trying to move around a Firefox window to my other monitor. Crazy though I haven’t seen issues like this on any OS in at least a decade

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/4972845...

Hi all, I have just built my first PC ever. And having dealt with nvidia the last 5 years on Linux and experiencing the pain first hand, I went all AMD. For now, I only have the AMD Ryzen 7 5700G and this things is a beast (I’m saving up for an AMD GPU). The only thing I do is emulate some old games. I’m still getting some...

Used a Debian Sid Hyper-V VM and aas trying to install Steam, but the ui wasn’t displaying and before that it wasn’t responding. On GNOME, I also had the cursor leave sprites of itself. Planning on using Xorg when I reinstall the VM for these reasons. Also looking to use fractional scaling at 125%. Any advice?

So I’m running Debian Sid on Hyper-V VM and when I tried installing Steam, things didn’t work. Saw that the VM was using Wayland. I also had other issues like the cursor leaving sprites of itself randomly. Planning on using Xorg for these reasons when I reinstall the VM. Will use GNOME as well. Looking to use fractional...

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Recently, I switched from Windows to Linux, tried many distros, and ended up with the Ubuntu rolling-release. Things went well for some days, but I started facing some issues like printer issues, gaming performance issues, and overall Ubuntu performance issues. So, I switched to where it all started, which is Windows 10. Now...

I’d like to make multiple terminal apps to launch in foot terminal, but I can’t figure out how to se it properly....

Any FOSS apps for the Linux CLI that can summarize a large text into short paragraphs or bullet points?

You lovely people have given me a lot of great FOSS apps and I thank you for your suggestions...