Why Linux is better than Windows or macOS for security (www.computerworld.com)
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How do I introduce Linux to my mom?
My mom has a business and mostly uses Windows and Mac OS X; I mentioned Linux because it could help save money....
Ads may be coming to KDE, the popular Linux desktop (www.neowin.net)
QT Press Announce...
A quote about Linux
Using Linux is more than just using an operating system. It’s something bigger. Using Linux means fighting the evil big companies like Microsoft that operate in our over-commercialized world. Using Linux is like raising your voice for a noble utopia. Using Linux is freedom.
Brickadia game for Linux (brickadia.com)
Red Hat donates $10,000 to OBS Studio, Flatpak to be official for Linux (opencollective.com)
It seems they’re going to be moving their official Linux packages over to Flatpak rather than a PPA for Ubuntu.
nVidia GeForce 495.46 AArch64, Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris
Added support for the GBM API. This adds the new symlink nvidia-drm_gbm.so pointing to the file libnvidia-allocator.so.VERSION to implement a GBM backend driver usable with the GBM loader from the Mesa project version 21.2 and above, as well as the files libnvidia-egl-gbm.so.1.1.0 and 15_nvidia_gbm.json, which implement EGL...
Gentoo SPEEDRUN (ANY%) (KERNEL SKIP) (FEMBOY EDITION) - YouTube (www.youtube.com)
System76 creating their own desktop environment written in Rust (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Darling is like Wine for Windows on Linux, but runs macOS software (ostechnix.com)
Darling is a translation layer that allows us to run macOS applications on Linux. It emulates a complete Darwin environment, including Mach, dyld, launchd and everything you’d expect. It lets you to instantly switch to a Bash shell and start running the applications built for macOS in your Linux system....
Reasons to consider NOT switching to Linux (corn.codeberg.page)
My intention linking this is not to provoke someone or hurt feelings, moreover to show what we as community or maintainer need to fix....
Have you ever tried using the terminal exclusively for your day-to-day usage for any amount of time?
How was it? What programs did you use?...
Linux (In)security - Article arguing that Linux isn't as secure as people claim. Thoughts? (madaidans-insecurities.github.io)
how did you guys land your first job?
sigh...
Danielle Fore, CEO and Co-founder of Elementary OS, comes out as transgender (twitter.com)
Gnu Guix System Review (thekernalblog.github.io)
(Linux Mint) Automating Audio Input Preferences?
It’s REALLY annoying that I gotta remember to switch from HDMI to Headphones. Is there a good “fix” to this that it will automate between the two?...
Incredibly racist comments on this r/linux thread on Chinese Academy of Sciences creating a RISC-V processor that runs Linux. (www.reddit.com)
Valve's ACTUALLY working on a Steam CONSOLE! (open.lbry.com)
I’m really excited by this. I sold my nintendo switch a while ago and I miss handheld gaming while going on trips. and also the fact that alot of games will probably be ported to linux because of this. what do you all think?
The best GNOME shell extensions (dev.to)
I made an article listing the best Gnome shell extensions. Hopefully you’ll find something new. Let me know if there’s a good extension I missed.
Cosmic, a Gnome based DE developed by System76 for Pop!_OS 21.04 (blog.system76.com)
Thinking about switching back to Linux
I made switch back to Windows some time ago, but I notice I use open-source programs anyways and I do not enjoy modern video games which is why I think about switching back to Linux. Below is two issues holding me back from switching right away;...
What are your thoughts on Homebrew for Linux?
Do you use it? Do you like it? Dislike it? How do you think it compares to the native package manager, or other cross-distro package managers like Snap or Flatpak?
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In an effort to promote the use of open and FOSS platforms rather than proprietary and locked down ones, as postmarketOS we created our own community on Lemmy (lemmy.ml)
!postmarketos , please join and help it make more awesome and bigger than the Reddit one :winking face:...
