What has been your experience with Flatpak?
I’ve been involved with Linux for a long time, and Flatpak almost seems too good to be true:...
Wine-wayland part 8: More window management Merged (gitlab.winehq.org)
What has been merged so far. gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/merge_requests?scop…
Overview: How UEFI Secure Boot Works in Linux (tiffybelle.vivaldi.net)
Been down the rabbit hole lately of UEFI Secure Boot issues, and decided to write an overview of how it works out-of-the-box in the excellent Debian-based Linux Mint LMDE 6....
Fedora Sway Gets Sassy (lemmy.ml)
Found this gem in one of the config files for Fedora Sway:...
Never-before-seen Linux backdoor is a Windows malware knockoff (arstechnica.com)
Framework 13 With AMD Ryzen 7040 Makes For A Great Linux Laptop (Review) (www.phoronix.com)
Finally here
Sell Me on Linux
I posted this as a comment in another post but when I got done I realized it would probably just be better as its own post. I’m sure I could find the answers I need myself but frankly I trust the userbase here more than most online articles....
Focalboard: a free alternative to Trello (lemdro.id)
Focalboard is an open source, self-hosted alternative to Trello, Notion, and Asana.
NVIDIA Linux Driver Adds Wayland Bug Fixes and Improvements (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
Snap store from Canonical hit with malicious apps (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Canonical are currently dealing with a security incident with the Snap store, after users noticed multiple fake apps were uploaded so temporary limits have been put in place.
Linux TVs (thomsonhome.in)
Which Linux distro is running in Thomson TVs. What are the capabilties.
Ask Lemmy: Traditional vs natural mouse scrolling; which do you use?
Despite being a heavy cell phone user for more than 25 years, it only recently occurred to me that vertical navigation on most phones is inverted when compared to traditional computers. You swipe down to navigate upward, and up to navigate downward. I recently spent time using a MacBook, which apparently defaults to this...
Purism Announce New 11-Inch Linux Tablet (www.omglinux.com)
[ExplainingComputers] RISC-V Week: 7 days only using RISC-V computers (www.youtube.com)
Bottles Next: A New Chapter ⋅ Bottles (usebottles.com)
10 REASONS why Linux Mint is the desktop OS to beat in 2023 (www.youtube.com)
NixOS Reproducible Builds: minimal installation ISO successfully independently rebuilt (discourse.nixos.org)
Great achievement by the NixOS Developers. Congratulations!
The Paperweight Dilemma: Original Pinephone might lose future kernel updates if devs can't pay down tech debt (blog.mobian.org)
I think I’m reading this blogpost correctly: Mobian devs working on maintaining Linux kernel support for Pinephone painted themselves into a corner with tech debt, and may not be able to continue porting new kernel updates. Pinephone Pro runs a different chipset with wider community support, so it’s not affected....
Ubuntu 23.10 break graphical installer for local deb packages (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
A Guide to Compiling the Linux Kernel All By Yourself (itsfoss.com)
AMD Ryzen Powered Framework Laptop Linux Testing Held Up By BIOS Issue (www.phoronix.com)
Craziest/most "exotic" devices able to run Linux?
Something like a thermostat or a smart fridge – have you seen any? If so, please share with a video or two.
How do y'all deal with programs not supported on Linux?
I’ve been seeing all these posts about Linux lately, and looking at them, I can honestly see the appeal. I’d love having so much autonomy over the OS I use, and customize it however I like, even having so many options to choose from when it comes to distros. The only thing holding me back, however, is incompatibility issues....
Locked and Loaded with new COSMIC DE Updates! (blog.system76.com)
GNU 40th anniversary (www.gnu.org)
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