[OpenSUSE Tumbleweed] Updates and Dependency Hell
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Video [9:57] Project Bluefin: Quick desktop tour and updates! Homebrew, boxbuddy, and ptyxis! (www.youtube.com)
DBOS revives the Database-Based Operating System approach, wants to compete with linux (m.slashdot.org)
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How to make Ly work on gentoo linux
The Ly display manager doesn’t seem to play very nice with OpenRC on Gentoo linux and will only display for a few seconds before being overtaken by agetty....
Can you tell excel sheets which were created using a pirated version of MS Office?
My friend works for a company which requires her to use Microsoft specific application, she didn’t really want to switch to Win 11 and choose to just use Wine Linux package and install a 2016 version of MS office on her Linux laptop. That’s all well and good, but this company she is working for servers other clients at...
Install Linux Kernel 6.8 on Ubuntu: Step-by-Step Guide (www.infoterkiniviral.com)
The latest stable kernel, Linux 6.8, is now available for installation on Ubuntu systems through Canonical's Ubuntu Mainline Kernel PPA archive. This
Schroedinger's DNS?? Can't resolve host when adding http.. help!
This makes no freakin sense to me, and it’s driving me bonkers. Censored for work purposes obv....
What's the state of the art for KDE Connect Clipboard Sync?
A couple of years ago with my old phone (running if I don’t remember wrong Android Pie) and my old laptop (running Manjaro KDE) I discovered KDEConnect and how it could enable a clipboard sharing feature similar to the one Apple provides between Macs and iPhones. It was great! Now, after having changed both my phone (now...
"Stable distro" meaning Vietnamese
Distributions like RHEL and Debian freeze packages, you will have to use old package when the newer is available. I think these distributions is just for highly mission-critical system, they have to run software smoothly, no breakage. Most personal computer don’t need that stability....
Rant: My recent experience of trying to install windows for gaming and why I'm really thankful for Linux
I thought I’d chuck windows on my gaming laptop an Acer nitro 5 from last year, to see how it’s going do some bits I can’t on Linux VR, certain multiplayer games etc....
KDE Plasma 6: How to *temporarily* disable suspend on closing laptop lid?
In KDE 5, the Activities settings had an option for overriding (among other things) what actions closing the laptop lid did, so temporarily disabling the lid switch was as simple as switching Activities....
OpenSuse Tumbleweed: Update to KDE6 - Throws you back to login screen mid update/upgrade
Halfway through the installation it throws me back to the login screen. When I try to continue the update/upgrade it does it again....
Longtime Arch user, first time Debian enjoyer
As the title says, I’ve been using various flavours of Arch basically since I started with Linux. My very first Linux experience was with Ubuntu, but I quickly switched to Manjaro, then Endeavour, then plain Arch. Recently I’ve done some spring cleaning, reinstalling my OS’s. I have a pretty decent laptop that I got for...
How is NVIDIA on Wayland nowadays?
I have currently a RX 6700XT and I’m quite happy with it when it comes to gaming and regular desktop usage, but was recently doing some local ML stuff and was just made aware of huge gap NVIDIA has over AMD in that space....
Analog Phone Line to SIP
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This week in KDE: Dolphin levels up (pointieststick.com)
In addition to lots and lots of Plasma 6 stability work and the beginning of Plasma 6.1 feature work, Dolphin received large amount of development this week, resulting in some nice improvements. Check it out!
openSUSE Tumbleweed – Review of the week 2024/11 – Dominique a.k.a. DimStar (Dim*) (dominique.leuenberger.net)
Hyprland 0.37.0 + 2 year anniversary! (hyprland.org)
Completing the KDE Frameworks 6 transition (volkerkrause.eu)
Getting the KDE Mega Relase 6 out was a key milestone in the transition to Qt 6 and KDE Frameworks 6, but it doesn’t mean we are done yet. There’s still components to port and scaffolding to remove.
Scanner: Microtek ScanMaker 3880, Chipset SQ113
Any progress on this, or is the 14 year old github repo I’ve been seeing the best thing?
Proton Mail Finally Releases Desktop Apps With a Linux Beta Version (news.itsfoss.com)
Which new laptop under $300 with upgradeable parts should I be looking at?
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Pipewire freezes after initial login or screen blank
For a few months now, Pipewire has been acting in weird ways. Before I upgraded to Plasma 6, after a screen blank (not suspend) no media can be played. For example, YouTube player is in the loading state for a long time, eventually playing without sound, VLC doesn’t start for a few minutes....
Weird ass line in the middle of my screen sometimes (Fedora Linux)
Finally back on a gnome distro that supports GRUB2, and loving it so far. The exception being that every time something moves, there is a weird line in the middle of my monitor that almost “splits” the screen in half, like it’s off by a pixel or something. this isn’t really present in static images though. it’s pretty...