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Spending a few days with Hyprland made me realize how awesome Gnome is

Don’t get me wrong. Hyprland is great. I like it a lot. It looks fresh, it’s easy to configure and the keybindings are super easy to implement, but it’s also very barebones. Most of the functionality expected from a DE come from external software. Be it a top bar, an app launcher, a notification daemon or anything else....

wfh OP ,

True.

wfh OP ,

Exactly. KDE people praise its flexibility and tweakability, but I feel it tries to cater at too many use cases at once, and looks much harder to maintain as it always felt buggy and a bit janky to me.

Gnome devs may have very strong opinions and that seems to anger some people, but their approach is actually the best for small teams: focus on a single use case, make it as polished as possible, and let users develop extensions to cater to their own use cases.

wfh , (edited )

From “too many damn Linux memes” to “look at my heavily modified desktop” in 72h, I’m proud of you my friend :D

Edit: removed racist term unknowingly used.

wfh ,

I wasn’t aware of the racism connotations nor the connections to car culture, as English is not my first language. I thought it was some unixporn inside joke and never questioned that term.

I’m sorry for using that term and have edited my message.

wfh ,

I have almost the same laptop (PS63 8M, without any nVidia dGPU).

One of the issues I had to solve was the touchpad spamming interrupts after waking up from sleep. It would keep one core at 100% indefinitely, keeping CPU frequency (and temps) quite high and burning through the battery.

Here’s the fix: bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1865745#p1865…

This behavior seems fixed on modern kernels since I’ve installed Fedora recently and didn’t have to do this workaround, but you can still check if this still applies to you.

You might also check if you can disable the dGPU in the BIOS (can’t check since I don’t have one), and/or play with power profiles either through Gnome or tlp (lower power profiles will make your laptop very sluggish though).

Maybe check if both your fans are running. I had to replace one of mine that was starting to fail a year ago.

Other than that, I’ve never had any overheating issues with this laptop.

wfh ,

De rien ;)

wfh ,

I’ve been on trips that have been rudely interrupted by screaming executives when I came down out of the mountains into cell range because I was the only bus factor left on certain systems.

Wow, incredible management skills, genius move to treat your one critical employee like a piece of shit.

wfh ,

I call mine “rillettes de thon” or “rillettes de sardines” depending on which canned fish I put in them. Also, I love to twist them with chopped cilantro, chopped shallots and lime juice or smoked paprika (pimientón de la Vera).

Newbie with questions about Debian

I got an old Windows 7 laptop that was going to be thrown out and decided to put Linux on it (see previous thread here). Most people suggested I go with the latest stable version of Debian, so that’s what I installed. I’ve mostly used Windows, but I do have some experience with Ubuntu....

wfh ,

I can’t figure out how to setup flatpak. Everything seems to be working fine until I enter the last line in the terminal:

Assuming you’ve installed flatpak correctly (sudo apt install flatpak gnome-software-plugin-flatpak)

in a terminal, type flatpak remotes. If it lists flathub, you’re good.

Try installing a random app like flatpak install flathub de.haeckerfelix.Shortwave

It shoud work. If it doesn’t, post your logs.

I have to type a password in the terminal every time I want to use sudo

This is the intended behavior and should not be changed, it’s a basic security feature. Once you’ve finished setting up you system, you shouldn’t need sudo everyday anyway, except for updating/upgrading the system.

I’m used to a desktop interface with a toolbar/start menu that I can pin frequently-used programs to, but with Debian it seems like I need to click “Activities” to do anything. Is there a way to set up the interface so it’s more like Windows in that regard?

Assuming you’re using Gnome, this is easy to solve using Extensions. First if it’s not installed already on Firefox, install Gnome Shell Integration. It’ll let you manage Gnome Extensions directly from extensions.gnome.org

Then, install dash-to-panel for a “windows-style” experience, or dash-to-dock for a “macos-style” experience.

After that, you can go wild on the extensions you want to use ;)

If I need to do a clean install, I’m thinking of switching to Ubuntu, since I’m more familiar with the interface.

Don’t. Ubuntu will teach you nothing but the Ubuntu way. Debian is as Standard Linux as conceivable. If your only concern is the Ubuntu-style interface, configuring dash to panel to appear on the left side is all you need.

wfh ,

Oh yes that’s probably it, flathub doesn’t support 32 bits architectures anymore.

Why did you choose this architecture? Almost all x86 CPU architectures from the last 20 years are 64 bits, you should reinstall using the AMD64 image. This will solve a lot of issues and insure you get the most of your hardware.

wfh ,

I’d advise against using flatpaks if you also have the software available in the debian repositories. Always use the package manager instead, when possible.

Please let me disagree on this. Debian + Flatpaks is actually an awesome combo. Rock solid and super stable base, up to date user facing apps.

Debian’s life cycle is awesome for core system stuff, it ensures that once your system runs perfectly, it’ll continue to run perfectly for several years without intervention despite always being up to date.

But for user facing apps, it’s actually really frustrating when you know there is a bug fix or a feature you need that’s been implemented and made available months ago but you’re stuck on a 2-year-old version.

wfh ,

What’s your CPU? 99% sure that w7 era CPUs are all 64 bits.

wfh ,

Yeah it supports amd64 :)

Fun fact: AMD started out making licenced products based on of Intel’s x86 architecture, and in the early 2000s the roles were reversed when intel had to licence AMD’s 64 bits extension of this architecture.

aarch64 are for ARM processors like the one in your phone, mips64 are embedded processors most likely found in a car or a router.

wfh ,

All your points are valid, and I agree with most of them except maybe advising people to use Testing ;)

From a security point of view, Testing is dead last in Debian’s vulnerabilities fix order of priorities after SID and Stable, and fixes in general except when the next release is being freezed. I’ve undergone breaking changes and regressions weekly on Testing, dependency issues that took forever to get fixed, and the year or so I’ve spent on Testing was miserable. Testing definitely has its purposes, but daily driving it on a laptop should not be one of them.

I understand the issues you’ve got concerning Flatpaks and how it goes against a distro’s philosophy, but I think, from a “normie”'s POV, it’s still miles better than the classic “download a random exe from a random website and never bother having to uninstall and reinstall it every week to keep it up-to-date” windows paradigm. Flatpaks are mainly a solution for developers and package maintainers (package once, distribute everywhere), but it benefits the end users. You get to use “the same version as everyone else”, always up-to-date whether you’re on Debian or on Arch, compiled against a known version of all dependencies so bug reports are more consistent and avoid weird distro-specific behaviors.

wfh ,

No chance. Amazon has a long history of using a ton of FOSS code on AWS and contributing fuck-all.

wfh ,

This is corporate-grade stuff. That’s why only Dell, HP and Lenovo bothered certifying their laptops. They hold an oligopoly for fleet laptops.

wfh ,

No chance.

Imagine, you’re in a large company and buying (or more likely, leasing) several thousands laptops each year. This is corporate world, you need to minimize expense, downtime and failing that, someone to blame.

You need to have a supplier with sales, 24/7 support and logistics in your country. Who has stock available at all times is able to replace any broken piece of equipment in less than a business day. Even if you keep a small inventory at hand, this inventory needs to be replaced quickly.

Trust me, corpos never buy from small vendors. They always go to the big brands.

wfh ,

There are more bugs reported. That makes all the difference.

People used to closed source everything are trained to eat shit and find a workaround.

wfh ,

AFAIK there are no OEMs that build AMD dGPU-equipped laptops. Most “small brand” and Linux-first laptop manufacturers actually sell rebadged Tongfang or Clevo laptops, and 99% of their products are Intel anyway. AMD CPUs are often only found in “gaming” laptops with nVidia dGPUs.

That’s why I’ve put a deposit on a Framework 16. Zen 4 CPU, optional RDNA3 dGPU module, upgradable and repairable. They’re not preinstalling Linux like Tuxedo or Slimbook, but they’re at least Linux-friendly.

wfh ,

Yeah depends on where you are but they’re slowly expanding their operations. I think they should ship at least to the whole EU instead of focusing only on the richest markets, and this might be easier since they opened their new fulfillment center in the Netherlands, but having followed closely the SteamDeck’s launch, I also know that logistics are a pain even for a huge company like Valve. It probably doesn’t make sense yet for suck a “small” operation to spread itself too thin too soon.

wfh ,

Same. I basically ended up enjoying only chips drenched in sriracha.

wfh ,

Mayo sear for sous vide cooked steaks.

Thin coating all around, 30s per side including all around. It gives the crustiest of crusts, caramelized af and utterly delicious, while barely reheating the insides. It’s magic.

Disable your smoke alarm. Open your windows.

wfh ,

Salty should definitely not be a taste in coffee, unless you’re tasting the very first few drips of a cup of espresso.

Proper espresso extraction curve looks like this :

  • Salty and very thick (very first drips)
  • Sour and thick (underextraction)
  • Sweet and chocolatey (the sweet spot where extraction should stop)
  • Bitter and suddenly very thin (overextraction)

Properly extracted coffee should let sweetness dominate. Acidity and fruitiness should be still present for pale roasts, but not sourness. Bitterness should not dominate and if so, it’s a flaw. Means you overshot the extraction. Which is very easy to do with shitty burnt coffee as darker roasts are much easier/faster to extract.

Sourness and bitterness present at the same time is a big flaw, means that the extraction was very uneven as part of the coffee was overextracted and part was underextracted.

The thing is tho, great coffee is expensive. Good beans properly roasted by a reputable roaster are expensive. Proper preparation skills needs learning and experience. Proper gear is relatively expensive (even at the lower end of the scale like an Aeropress and a good mid-range burr grinder). Most people don’t want to invest the time and money it needs to get great coffee each day.

wfh ,

From the top of my head, all these work perfectly on my 5yo Intel laptop and are often found on sale or in bundles.

Baba is You: you know that in every game, there are a fixed set of rules (“physics”), and you must use them efficiently in order to win? In this game, you must change the rules to solve puzzles. Super simple gameplay, tricky to master, really fucks your brain as you need to think outside the box.

Hotline Miami (1 and 2): top-down shooter with impeccable gameplay, level design and soundtrack. Super fast paced, die-retry-die-retry game loop, and great story too. Every level is challenging in its own way which makes it not so repetitive.

Nuclear Throne or Enter the Gungeon: procedurally generated top-down shooters, very similar to each other. Fun pixel-art, never replay the same levels although I guess it could be repetitive after a while.

wfh ,

I’m a long time Debian user, and I switched to Fedora when 38 was released because I wanted to try something new and shiny (well, Gnome 44 mostly).

It was kind of disappointing. With Debian, I had to work to get it perfectly functional on my laptop. Fedora just… worked happily out of the box. Almost nothing to tweak.

I don’t know the nature of your problems and solutions, but be assured that the knowledge you gained will still be useful. Nowadays most distros are more similar than they are different. I successfully used Arch Wiki and Arch Forums on Debian issues, because even if they are on the opposite ends of the spectrum, their building blocks are basically the same.

wfh ,

For your screen, try a live ISO of another distro that’s not based on Debian. I struggled for years with my 1440p monitor on Wayland when plugged in to my laptop. Turns out, there’s something wrong with the way Debian’s kernel decodes my monitor’s EDID. On Fedora, it worked out of the box.

About Nobara, I’m not sure it’s better than vanilla Fedora for a beginner. Sure, there are a lot of nice things baked in and rpmfusion enabled by default, but the dual system update thing is… not great. I’m still running my gaming rig on Nobara tho. YMMV.

About nVidia and their drivers… yeah, they suck. And they will continue to suck for the foreseeable future. That’s why I built my system around an AMD GPU from the start. People like to complain about Wayland and that it’s not ready for prime time and that Wayland sucks. Well, nVidia drivers are to blame. I’ve been running Wayland almost exclusively for the past 4 years on Intel iGPUs and AMD GPUs, it’s always been nice and reliable.

wfh ,

Happened to me a few weeks ago. Cut them and freeze them. You can then add them to scrambled eggs (or really anything) in a pinch.

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