The other day my PC randomly threw an error saying my hard drive was full. I quickly deleted some games so it wouldn't freeze and then went to look wtf happened to see the xorg.log file was over 200 gigs!! I deleted it and rebooted and was fine. ...
So...I'm installing KDE for my gf. She needs to be able to use Acrobat Pro in order to edit PDFs which is something she commonly does. So...I managed to install it. In Lutris. It does open, and from the 'open file' menu, I can actually open PDFs to edit them. ...
have a brother laser printer. works well from windows. trying to print some 4x6 shipping labels. from firefox/ebay if that matters. default ubuntu. anyone one doing this reliably? setup?
A review of the most recent release of Manjaro. I primarily use Debian distros like Mint and MX but the overall ease and user friendliness of this Arch based distro definitely makes me want to give it a go.
TL;DR: As Mozilla moves to make Firefox an AI browser, people are looking at other options. Some people are rediscovering Waterfox, a browser that has been around for a decade from independent developer BrowserWorks. In this post, I interview the founder of Waterfox - Alex Kontos, and we discuss Waterfox’s history and look ...
Unfortunately couldnt make Hi P2P Client working, but at least the laptop is usable now: it took several seconds switching between tabs or copying text under mouse when it was running on windoze. Laptop is very low end specs (4Gb ram and some i3 cpu)
I've been using Debian-based distros most of my adult Linux life, but I read recently that KDE has a better experience on Fedora than Kubuntu, so I want to try it out. ...
That doesn't smell good at all. It smells like conflict of interest, it's the kind of initiative, and speech, that we have got too many times already, that ends up to be used to reduce our freedom. ...
Good time-of-day, Linux users! I hope you will take kindly^1^ to coming here to tell you about Konform Browser and what it is. And also ask you to try it out in case this is your cup of tea :) ...
Ubuntu 24.04.4 (Noble Numbat) available ( releases.ubuntu.com )
/var/xorg.log file got HUGEE
The other day my PC randomly threw an error saying my hard drive was full. I quickly deleted some games so it wouldn't freeze and then went to look wtf happened to see the xorg.log file was over 200 gigs!! I deleted it and rebooted and was fine. ...
Mesa 26.0 Released With Much Better Radeon Ray-Tracing, Many Vulkan Driver Improvements ( www.phoronix.com )
[SOLVED] New ISO-based KB layout?
for anyone with knowledge and experience with Linux KB layouts, is it possible to create a layout based on ISO characters? ...
Help with a bit of a...messy attempt to integrate Adobe Acrobat
So...I'm installing KDE for my gf. She needs to be able to use Acrobat Pro in order to edit PDFs which is something she commonly does. So...I managed to install it. In Lutris. It does open, and from the 'open file' menu, I can actually open PDFs to edit them. ...
Linus Torvalds Confirms The Next Kernel Is Linux 7.0 ( www.phoronix.com )
Vote on the Ubuntu 26.04 Wallpaper Competition! ( discourse.ubuntu.com )
Recommend putting in your vote on the next Ubuntu wallpapers (requires an Ubuntu account). There are plenty of good ones this year!
4x6 label print question
have a brother laser printer. works well from windows. trying to print some 4x6 shipping labels. from firefox/ebay if that matters. default ubuntu. anyone one doing this reliably? setup?
DistroWatch Weekly Review - Manjaro Linux 26.0 ( distrowatch.com )
A review of the most recent release of Manjaro. I primarily use Debian distros like Mint and MX but the overall ease and user friendliness of this Arch based distro definitely makes me want to give it a go.
Supac - a declarative package manager for Linux scriptable in nushell ( codeberg.org )
cross-posted from: ...
Mix and match login managers and desktop environments
Hi, I think I've run out of keywords to hit Google with, so it's time to ask for help. ...
Fifteen Years of Waterfox: Alex Kontos on Independence, AI, and the Future of Browsers ( www.quippd.com )
TL;DR: As Mozilla moves to make Firefox an AI browser, people are looking at other options. Some people are rediscovering Waterfox, a browser that has been around for a decade from independent developer BrowserWorks. In this post, I interview the founder of Waterfox - Alex Kontos, and we discuss Waterfox’s history and look ...
Switched mom's laptop to latest Fedora
Unfortunately couldnt make Hi P2P Client working, but at least the laptop is usable now: it took several seconds switching between tabs or copying text under mouse when it was running on windoze. Laptop is very low end specs (4Gb ram and some i3 cpu)
Minor WTF: `librust-winapi-dev` wins the prize for the length of its "Provides" line under Debian's `apt`
Borderline sh-tpost here. ...
Phosh Mobile Phone UI Making Progress On GTK4 Port ( www.phoronix.com )
Calibre 9.0 E-Book Manager Released With New Bookshelf View ( linuxiac.com )
The popular open-source e-book management tool, Calibre, has just released version 9.0, featuring a noticeable visual refresh. ...
What should I expect switching to Fedora?
I've been using Debian-based distros most of my adult Linux life, but I read recently that KDE has a better experience on Fedora than Kubuntu, so I want to try it out. ...
Well this is unexpected. Can anyone explain this?
cross-posted from: ...
websites, in your TERMINAL ( www.youtube.com )
Native Linux VST plugin directory ( linuxmusic.rocks )
From Microsoft to Microslop to Linux: Why I Made the Switch ( www.himthe.dev )
This post is more detailed than most that I've seen on the topic, so I thought others would find it interesting. I am not the author.
Lennart Poettering, Christian Brauner founded a new company ( amutable.com )
That doesn't smell good at all. It smells like conflict of interest, it's the kind of initiative, and speech, that we have got too many times already, that ends up to be used to reduce our freedom. ...
Xfwl4 - The roadmap for a Xfce Wayland Compositor ( alexxcons.github.io )
Konform Browser - Taking privacy, security and freedom to the next level ( codeberg.org )
Good time-of-day, Linux users! I hope you will take kindly^1^ to coming here to tell you about Konform Browser and what it is. And also ask you to try it out in case this is your cup of tea :) ...
Writing a basic Linux device driver when you know nothing about Linux drivers or USB ( crescentro.se )