There is a reason why Linux is my main operating system of choice -- and it's not because of the freedom. (lemmy.world)
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A quick question about rsync
I have worked on a file in Directory A. There is a file with the same name in directory B which is an older version of that same file. I rsync everything from B to A....
Time tracking on GNU/Linux
Is there some mature and usable application or tool that would enable tracking desktop activities to aid in time tracking?...
Can you recommend a lightweight matrix chat client to me?
My laptop is getting old and i can’t have Element eat up half of my RAM. There are many more clients out there but which one is good? aka "the best? ;-)...
Returning to Xfce 4.18 after years of Gnome 3/4 (xfce.org)
After years of using Gnome 3/4 with a modified setup on Debian, I returned to Xfce, and am quite impressed by the state of Xfce 4.18....
Touch screens on linux?
I was daily driving Pop_OS before my System76 finally gave it up. I mostly enjoyed the experience, but when my laptop gave it up, I had to run to a big box store and grab a replacement asap. I’m now riding an HP envy touch screen fliptop and (:puke:) windows 11....
Linux on ThinkPad X13s (www.lenovo.com)
After Lenovo released the X13s with Snapdragon ARM CPU, I was wondering how the Linux experience might be so far. Did anyone give it a try already?
The Linux Foundation has become a patent troll (bladerunner.social)
It seems that the Linux Foundation has decided that both “systemd” and “segmentation fault” (lol?) are trademarked by them.
Open source contributions: Just do it (major.io)
A video by The Linux Cast on the debian website and how it needs to be more user friendly. (tilvids.com)
TLDW from ChatGPT:...
Which distro is the right one for me?
Hey guys, I’m an entry-level IT professional and tech enthusiast....
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...
Bismuth is still functional on KDE Plasma Wayland 5.27! (raw.githubusercontent.com)
Bismuth. Making tiling window management easy. On KDE Plasma....
Going to use Arch on a VM, which should I use?
I want to get into Arch Linux, but I don’t have that much experience and I feel like it’ll be easier to set it up in a virtual machine rathen than dual booting, I’ve used Oracle VirtualBox before but it’s very laggy. Are there any other VMs that aren’t as laggy, or do I just have a hardware issue?
Easiest Laptop GPU (NixOS or arch) for NixOS or Arch - 2023
These days I was wondering what laptop GPU would be the easiest to maintain / simplest to configure from a laptop POV?...
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...
Distrobox Adds Support For ChromeOS (www.phoronix.com)
Looking for a distro recommendation
I’m looking for a distro recommendation for development needs....
Assuming that (non-free) GPU drivers perform telemetry, can the GPU surreptitiously access the network (internet) to send the collected data? (www.extremetech.com)
Why should I primary Linux for Home Desktop and which one do you recommend?
I’ve always used Windows and am super comfortable with it. I have set up a dual boot with fedora but don’t use it because I have never identified a need to use it. I see a lot of windows hate, so what does Linux have that I need? What can motivate me to migrate? What is a good Linux to have for a desktop + steam?
Why is bash --login running
I keep getting notifications that...
I would like to try bedrock linux
So, as the title says, I want to try bedrock linux, but I have a couple questions....
Curious and Unknowledgable
Linux is interesting to me, but I’ve never dipped my toes into it because it seems really intimidating (and a lot of loud people act pretty snobbish about it towards non-Linux users, making it seem even more intimidating to get into; I’d rather not be bullied for my choices in software or my ignorance in others)....
Fedora 38: No Icons Loading And Can't Open A Terminal
Hi guys, I was recently using a test build of VirtualBox on my Fedora 38 machine. I wanted to uninstall this test build so I ran a command which, from what I understand, was supposed to uninstall the test build of VirtualBox I had installed:...