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smileyhead , 7 months ago to linux in Ending support for Windows 10 could send 240 million computers to the landfill. Why not install Linux on them?

Use whatever is popular and has a cool logo. Distro is basically a software library, preinstalled programs and default settings. You can transform any distro to behave like the other one.

KDE, Gnome, XFCE…? Which is looking better for you or which one was default. Init system? Which was the default. X11/Wayland? Wayland. Go with X11 only if Wayland is having problems with your graphics card.

smileyhead , 7 months ago to linux in Ending support for Windows 10 could send 240 million computers to the landfill. Why not install Linux on them?

There are many many outdated patterns how to do things in Windows that are cemented in public knowledge. Running random executable installers from the web giving them superuser permissions is I thing the most popular one.

How to share all user settings between system installations? How to change the logo in the desktop bar? How to add a directory to an applications bar? How to change system build-in keyboard shortcut? How to reinstall just the system keeping the programs? How to make a file run on a shortcut? Those are things I use daily, that are impossible or need some hacky programs to work on anything other than Linux, I would die if I had to switch back now.

smileyhead , 7 months ago to linux in Ending support for Windows 10 could send 240 million computers to the landfill. Why not install Linux on them?

Your DAW and audio interface doesn’t support Linux.* Yeah, it’s a bummer, but you are in a small portion of effected computer users, still others can benefit from longer support.

smileyhead , 7 months ago to linux in Ending support for Windows 10 could send 240 million computers to the landfill. Why not install Linux on them?

Marketing is monopolized with Google and Facebook. Manufacturers and Microsoft won’t make one-click installs happen. Tech support would be chicken and egg problem. Ugh…

smileyhead , 7 months ago to linux in Ending support for Windows 10 could send 240 million computers to the landfill. Why not install Linux on them?

But a ton of people can open a PDF and will be able to select an USB stick from menu and click next, next, next… It’s not completely different, you still use a mouse, a keyboard, you click on things, you get some feedback from it… When a new kind of mobile app arrive, I can see someone using no more than 5 apps in life having problems, but this doesn’t mean only them exists, we do not talk about switching everyone here. People change houses, how are they figuring out where is the toilet if doors have different color and are in different positions?

Also a reason why any software like Microsoft Windows or Office should be banned from public education, especially primary schools.

smileyhead , 7 months ago to linux in Poll: GUI framework for widgets/apps in Wayland

FIREFOX!

smileyhead , 7 months ago to linux_gaming in HDR support for KDE Plasma 6 seems to be shaping up nicely

Ori 😍

smileyhead , 7 months ago to linux in KDE Plasma Mobile 6 Porting Underway

But it won’t integrate that much. You won’t get exactly the same app on mobile and desktop in environment mixed like that.

smileyhead , 7 months ago to linux in KDE Plasma Mobile 6 Porting Underway

I believe (and this just a believe) that one Linux-first phone with actually working hardware could tip the nonstopping swing. Not for “average” user anytime in maybe even next decade, but there are a lot of people bored with current smartphones, tinkers or just wanting more privacy above than unverificable and unproven promises from Apple and Google.

smileyhead , 7 months ago to linux in openSUSE Logo Contest Concludes With Winners Selected

I am glad logo on which we knows what animal is on it won.

smileyhead , 7 months ago to linux in Mobile App, redesign, new dev, promotion… let’s build a bright future for PeerTube!

It uses just the same as other video sites plus some upload bandwidth that is usually unused anyway. Also there is an option to download the video purely by HTTP without torrenting if someone wants to.

smileyhead , 7 months ago to technology in Epic win: Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fight

They invest in open source

Where? Like, no. Maybe they somewhat support software they have in the chain of usage like any other company and that’s it. Yes for taking the challenge, but like Spotify, complaining about roadblock of another company, does not make them good.

But not to say this should be the place to trash on Epic.

smileyhead , 7 months ago to linux in Mobile App, redesign, new dev, promotion… let’s build a bright future for PeerTube!

It is part od the Fediverse, so commenting, likes, following, etc. should regarless of what ActivityPub-enabled service you use for interactions (for example can comment from Mastodon account).

The “Peer” part of “PeerTube” means that the video player itself is based on torrent technology. It is not saved on your device (unless you decide to), just when you watch you also send the video to cut off some of the server’s bandwidth. Videos are not shared between servers, only the information that they exists, only on uploader’s server and between user’s devices.

It is not to preserve videos online, for that we have other tools like proper torrents, this is ment to be alternative to YouTube. TLDR Here ActivityPub is for statuses, Torrent is for helping the servers.

smileyhead , 7 months ago to linux in Make a Linux App

Can completely agree. On Apple systems I can find a ton of productivity and editing software, but no luck doing things like file operations or automating. On Linux I can find absolutely anything related to processing data, customization, science or protocol clients, but no luck finding good note taking tool.

smileyhead , 7 months ago to linux in Make a Linux App

No wonder when installing anything on Windows have so much friction compared to Linux and MacOS. Every program have it’s own installer and updater, bundling dependencies with no deduplication making simpliest program heavy. Like, when writing a Python program you are supposed to bundle Python or user would need to install it manually.

GNOME created awesome app ecosystem recently. I have hundreds of them installed, no slowdowns or problems with space, all updated in single menu with quick search which one I want. Apps on desktops have even more sense than on mobile, as they can benefit from less isolation and more integration with rich filesystem and system functions.