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TCB13 , 9 months ago to linux in Wine-wayland part 8: More window management Merged

File manager / Nautilus isn’t a practical solution to access remote stuff. It lags way more than WinSCP isn’t as quickly customizable nor does it support SFTP, FTP, SCP, WebDAV and S3. And don’t let me even start with Cyberduck because that one supports A LOT of stuff. Both WinSCP and Cyberduck are very good apps, you install them and get a TON of flexibility with a few clicks and things work as expected. With Nautilus is plugin hell “create shortcuts to mount your remote storage” and “now the session if somehow hanging because the network glitched and the thing can’t deal with it without a remount”.

TCB13 , 9 months ago to linux in Wine-wayland part 8: More window management Merged

It isn’t better than WinSCP, is it way worse as Nautilus is way less flexible and has less features. And it isn’t as practical, at all. And not everything is SSH either.

TCB13 , 9 months ago to linux in Wine-wayland part 8: More window management Merged

I need MS Office and Open/Libre/OnlyOffice won’t cut it. If ones lives in a bubble and doesn’t have to collaborate with others, then native Linux apps might work and you might even get a decent workflow but once you’ve to collaborate with others who use Windows/Mac it’s game over. The “alternatives” aren’t just up to it.

Anyone who want a simple Virtual Machine and have to go thought cumbersome installation procedures like this one just to reach the end and have error messages saying virtualization isn’t enable when, in fact, it is… or trying to use GNOME Boxes and have a sub-par virtualization experience.

Even finding a decent and working FTP/SFTP/FTPS desktop client (similar WinSCP or Cyberduck) is an impossible task as there a few, but they all fail even at basic stuff like dragging and dropping a file.

Linux desktop is great, I love it but I don’t sugar coat. Windows licenses are cheap and you get things working out of the box. Software runs fine, all vendors support whatever you’re trying to do and you’ll be productive from day zero. There are annoyances from time to time, sure, but they’re way fewer and simpler to deal with than the hoops you’ve to go through to get a minimal and viable/productive Linux desktop experience.

It all comes down to a question of how much time (days? months?) you want spend fixing things on Linux that simply work out of the box under Windows for a minimal fee. Buy a Windows license and spend the time you would’ve spent dealing with Linux issues doing your actual job and you’ll, most likely, get a better ROI.

TCB13 , 9 months ago to linux in Wine-wayland part 8: More window management Merged

I just hope to one day be able to install MS Office 2021 and use older software under Wine without having to spend days patching and installing stuff. Is it too much to ask? Apparently it is.

TCB13 , 9 months ago to linux in What's the point of terminal file managers (mc, ranger, nnn, etc)?

Well… WinSCP or something like that is even better.

TCB13 , 9 months ago to piracy in Pirated game on Linux?

I wasn’t saying it can be done, thing is the time and effort to make it work is way too much… and the end result tends to be poor. A Windows license costs close to nothing to most people (comes with computers, can be bought for 10$ in some places, pirated etc) and things work out of the box as expected, better ROI. Even if you’ve to virtualize and/or dual boot still easier.

TCB13 , 9 months ago to technology in Qualcomm will try to have its Apple Silicon moment in PCs with “Snapdragon X”

The Linux community is known for blindly buying into a platform without apps :P Android is great from an App POV however it is a privacy nightmare… and sometimes a upgrade nightmare in the future.

TCB13 , 9 months ago to selfhosted in ISPmail guide for Debian 12 "Bookworm" on workaround.org is out!

“Once upon a time there were people who were capable of RTFM and configuring UNIX services without using overly bloated container based solutions that are harder to manage and configure then they should be. Around the same time there were also many mail servers on the internet. If your organisation wanted to receive and send emails then you would have your system” > Introduction fixed :)

Now this a very recommended and very great guide.

TCB13 , 9 months ago to technology in Qualcomm will try to have its Apple Silicon moment in PCs with “Snapdragon X”

So it boils down to pointless ARM devices.

TCB13 , 9 months ago to technology in Qualcomm will try to have its Apple Silicon moment in PCs with “Snapdragon X”

How come nobody wants them? Particularly the tablets how come the Linux community isn’t all over those things, low power, cheaper than Intel, uses ARM? I’ve never seen those devices for sale anywhere not even ads.

TCB13 , 9 months ago to technology in Qualcomm will try to have its Apple Silicon moment in PCs with “Snapdragon X”

They do? Never saw them…

TCB13 , 9 months ago to technology in Qualcomm will try to have its Apple Silicon moment in PCs with “Snapdragon X”

Can you buy licenses? Why haven’t all manufacturers making and selling ARM tablets / laptops with Windows ARM then? I believe they’re trying to hold it as a competitive advantage to sell more Surface machines.

TCB13 , 9 months ago to technology in Qualcomm will try to have its Apple Silicon moment in PCs with “Snapdragon X”

Yes it does but Microsoft doesn’t seem to be licensing it to anyone. You can’t buy licenses and last time I checked only the Surface got it, I believe they’re trying to hold it from themselfs in order to push the Surface as the only option if you want a very light / portable Window ARM computer.

TCB13 , 9 months ago to technology in Qualcomm will try to have its Apple Silicon moment in PCs with “Snapdragon X”

Unless they can convince MS to release Windows for ARM this wont amount to anything. What holds back PC ARM is the fact that Microsoft isn’t selling licenses of Windows for ARM.

TCB13 , 9 months ago to linux in Calling all Linux enthusiasts! Help us create a comprehensive guide to Linux firewalls and security!

No need: wiki.nftables.org/…/Quick_reference-nftables_in_1… :D

Now seriously, good project.