Personally I'm somewhere between 2 and 3 - I'll engage in the distro sectarianism for the bit, sometimes on the side of one that isn't even what I actually use, but I hate being an annoying proselytiser of anything, I hate dealing with the broad tent politics of the FOSS world, and I'm happy to engage with the community...
As a Dane, this has been frightening for years. I hope our government thinks of open source solutions, instead of just a european company over a US one.
It's very nice to not have a dozen different versions of the same distro to parse through and figure out that are simply the same distro with a different DE. Moreover, very few of them offer this many options....
Ho much does the screenshot you posted say, that the screenshots on the Mint download page does not? Other than giving you more options, which can overwhelm new people.
Some distro's really like doing their curated live environment for each environment, so you can test it out before actually installing it.
I'm liking the recent posts about switching to Linux. Some of my home machines run Linux, and I ran it on my main laptop for years (currently on Win10, preparing to return to Linux again)....
I ran Linux at work up until recently where I found out that they are in the process of changing the network setup, so only systems with a valid certificate can access the network. And they have no plan to support Linux in that setup. So I was kind of forced to switch back to Windows, because my work requires that I can access the local network.
Other than that, I used Linux in a Microsoft Entra/Intune environment with Edge, Teams and Office 365 for a couple of years.
So all the talk is that Linux is great for gaming now, and tbf, it has come a long way. But there's a good portion of people like me and my friends who still regularly use windows because we love modding the crap out of all of our favorite games and that's just not feasible on Linux, vortex doesn't work and most modloaders have...
The topic of the Rust experiment was just discussed at the annual Maintainers Summit. The consensus among the assembled developers is that Rust in the kernel is no longer experimental — it is now a core part of the kernel and is here to stay. So the "experimental" tag will be coming off. Congratulations are in order for all of...
I realized I always make a source folder under home and then subfolders named after programming languages to organize projects but then I realized I somehow had my own convention for how to store my source code and I have no idea where I got it from...
So, I have an automation that checks the month and applies a scene accordingly. I could never get it to work quite right though. Every time it was supposed to trigger a specific scene, it would just default to a base scene. I ran it through DDG AI and it found a single line that was causing the "choose" to fail and defaulted to...
Joke answer: get the IINA devs to release a Linux build.
More seriously: MPV is pretty close and might even be able to be configured to what you want. But seriously though. Sounds like you need/want exactly this UI, so you should ask the IINA devs to make a Linux build.
I'm a macbro who's been using the terminal for eight years. I downloaded an Archlinux VM for UTM (macOS Tahoe) and I like it, I just wish the text was bigger. I know you don't get Arch because of its snazzy UI, you do it so you can do....Idk, cool 1337 h4x0r shit? I seriously don't know, you guys, I've only been an Arch user for...
Good point. Yes. Small breakage means it's easier to fix.
Although, the years I've run my rolling release system, I've had it break maybe one of two times. Easily fixed. Both of those was because there was a change that needed a manual intervention, which I did not read about until after, so those were my own fault.
I would love to do something like this, also for a mirror backlight, but my bathroom only has 1 outlet, placed in a cubbard above the sink. I can't get anything from there, unless I want wires all over my bathroom walls and some long ones at that.
I've read that Qnap is often using ZFS as the storage filesystem. If your bazzite does not have the tools installed to work with that, then it will probably show as unallocated or unknown.
Still have a ConBee 2 for zigbee and it works fine in my house. Although I do have a fair amount of smart plugs, that act as repeaters, around the house.
As someone else mentioned, this does not seem to be an issue with the DynDNS itself. But rather the fact that your ISP changes your IP regularly (DHCP, non-static IP).
I would really recommend you get a static IP from your ISP. DNS lookups should never fail after that.
I want a display manager that shows the desktop as the background, instead of a background image or video. I'm thinking of auto-logging in on boot, and adding another startup command to Hyprland to lock the desktop and show the display manger. My searches didn't yield anything. The closest I could find is hyprlock which blurs...
Recently I was locked out of my own Ghost blog platform because they decided they were going to add Email 2FA. I also cannot add any other authors because that requires email verification....
(Required) Ghost does not do user passwords. They use magtic links, which they send out via email when signing in. It's just how they have chosen to do it. You can ask them why they don't want to save passwords.
(Optional) Ghost has a newsletter function. If you enable it, you need to setup a bulk email service, like Mailgun. Even regular SMTP won't really work there. It can send out a newsletter everytime a blog post is published, so the members will get notified.
I recently had to do this email dance with a Ghost instance setup, where most of the email ports are blocked on the network. I know how you feel. I also wanted to just use passwords, but not currently possible with Ghost.
Other services might do the same as Ghost. I do host many services, that does not require email setup though.
The reason this might work is that some shells, like zsh, interpretes the questionmark in the URL as a function of some sort, making the URL invalid to yt-dlp.
Hi guys, basically as the title says. Did any of you guys tried any of the solutions around for this? What is the best fix for this in your opinion?...
We've been having trouble with rodents (I assume squirrels) in the crawl spaces on our second floor. I decided to stick a PIR sensor on the door to see if I could catch any movement, and sure enough, a bunch of movement around 1 AM this morning. (Correction, it was a possum, which makes sense in hindsight as they're nocturnal).
As long as the sensor only picks up stuff that's rat-size or larger then it's fine. If there are something "large" down there, it can be a hazard to the house foundation. I'd say it's better to know. 😉
Was given this little wintel box by a friend fairly recently, but I haven't yet even powered it on. I don't have a power cable for it unfortunately but when I do, what do you think I should do with it? What would you do with it?...
My wife had just switched from windows to the latest Mint (Cinnamon). The one thing she misses from windows is the mouse pointer. It animates so that it's light coloured on dark objects and dark on light objects. It makes it easy for her to find....
The inverted cursor is part of the default Windows mouse cursor themes.
@OP I don't think it's a default on any Linux Desktop Environments though. But you might be able to find a theme that does this.
Perhaps a relevant forum post, that mentioned a keyboard shortcut to quickly locate your cursor.
Honestly, I'm personally not just after a self hosting solution, I'm mostly trying to replace US services and companies. As part of that, I've started using Jellyfin and I think it's great but the book library part is a bit clunky....
I recently got my hands on a Dell Latitude E7470 and installed Fedora Workstation. Even though I enabled two finger scroll (and disabled touchpad edge scroll), the right side of the touchpad still has a dead zone of considerable size. So, when I start a mouse movement too far on the right side, it wont register....
A friend was using a computer with Windows 8.1 (I know lol), and her streaming services stopped working on it. Because she was using an old computer, she couldn't upgrade to Windows 11. So I suggested installing Linux and even doing it for her, but the problem is that most streaming services don't work on Linux. After making...
I watch Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney on my Ubuntu laptop on Firefox all the time. I have a laptop setup in front of my treadmill just to watch shows while I walk.
Are you watching in regular 1080p or above, or the gimped 720p most DRM services impose on the Linux platform?
If it's 1080p+, how?
If it's 720p, that's not really acceptable to most people.
I think the point of OP is that Streaming services don't care about Linux and downright gimps them, so the apps will "look better". Casual users won't know or care about the technical reasons.
Been using tp-link smart plugs for a moment. Not really had any problems with them but i want to move to something such as z-wave or a ZigBee. Something that is totally local and does not require a different app on my phone.
I've used Aqara smart plugs from the start, which are Zigbee, but I have recently started using Nous A1Z ones, because they are smaller and can handle 16A, where the Aqara ones only handle 10A.
Which one are you?
Personally I'm somewhere between 2 and 3 - I'll engage in the distro sectarianism for the bit, sometimes on the side of one that isn't even what I actually use, but I hate being an annoying proselytiser of anything, I hate dealing with the broad tent politics of the FOSS world, and I'm happy to engage with the community...
How many containers are you all running?
There is a post about getting overwhelmed by 15 containers and people not wanting to turn the post into a container measuring contest....
LPIC-1 Notes
I just completed my LPIC-1 journey and reached the certification!...
Inside Denmark’s struggle to break up with Silicon Valley ( www.politico.eu )
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/90954fb0-b52f-4431-bda6-573f364e1f64.png
Why don't more distros use this method? ( www.virtualizationhowto.com )
It's very nice to not have a dozen different versions of the same distro to parse through and figure out that are simply the same distro with a different DE. Moreover, very few of them offer this many options....
Remote desktop, not sharing desktop, how ?! [solved]
Hi,...
So it seems like the Archcraft Discord server has a Nazi problem.
I left the server right after taking the screenshot. I do not have any interest in debating either trolls or fascists....
elementary OS 8.1 Available Now ( blog.elementary.io )
Linux is awesome at home, but aren't y'all forced to use Windows at work?
I'm liking the recent posts about switching to Linux. Some of my home machines run Linux, and I ran it on my main laptop for years (currently on Win10, preparing to return to Linux again)....
How is there not a ubiquitous modding platform for Linux yet?
So all the talk is that Linux is great for gaming now, and tbf, it has come a long way. But there's a good portion of people like me and my friends who still regularly use windows because we love modding the crap out of all of our favorite games and that's just not feasible on Linux, vortex doesn't work and most modloaders have...
The (successful) end of the kernel Rust experiment ( lwn.net )
The topic of the Rust experiment was just discussed at the annual Maintainers Summit. The consensus among the assembled developers is that Rust in the kernel is no longer experimental — it is now a core part of the kernel and is here to stay. So the "experimental" tag will be coming off. Congratulations are in order for all of...
What folders do you make in addition to the default ones ?
I realized I always make a source folder under home and then subfolders named after programming languages to organize projects but then I realized I somehow had my own convention for how to store my source code and I have no idea where I got it from...
I really dislike LLMs/AI but.......
So, I have an automation that checks the month and applies a scene accordingly. I could never get it to work quite right though. Every time it was supposed to trigger a specific scene, it would just default to a base scene. I ran it through DDG AI and it found a single line that was causing the "choose" to fail and defaulted to...
[Answered] Video players that look like IINA, or can?
Edit: I'm now enlightened and use mpv, I really like the ModernZ OSC (on-screen controls), and uses config files....
Does anyone know how to make the Arch text bigger?
I'm a macbro who's been using the terminal for eight years. I downloaded an Archlinux VM for UTM (macOS Tahoe) and I like it, I just wish the text was bigger. I know you don't get Arch because of its snazzy UI, you do it so you can do....Idk, cool 1337 h4x0r shit? I seriously don't know, you guys, I've only been an Arch user for...
Do people with newer pcs prefer rolling release?
What exactly is the point of rolling release? My pc (well, the cpu) is 15 years old, I dont need bleeding edge updates. Or is it for security ?
really happy with my kick plate illumination
I've wanted to illuminate my kick plates for a long time, starting with my master bathroom, and rolling out to my secondary and kitchen...
Awesome-web - Alternative fronted for awesome-selfhosted
Hey there,...
QNAP TR-002 detected, shows as unallocated - guidance on possible resolutions
gday all, looking for some guidance or to be pushed into the right direction....
Wake Up Babe, New Connect ZBT Just Dropped ( www.home-assistant.io )
The new Home Assistant Connect ZBT-2 is here....
[Solved] Own domain for Jellyfin and privacy concerns
Hi everyone,...
[Help] display managers with transparent backgrounds, showing the desktop itself?
I want a display manager that shows the desktop as the background, instead of a background image or video. I'm thinking of auto-logging in on boot, and adding another startup command to Hyprland to lock the desktop and show the display manger. My searches didn't yield anything. The closest I could find is hyprlock which blurs...
Why do so many services require email configuration?
Recently I was locked out of my own Ghost blog platform because they decided they were going to add Email 2FA. I also cannot add any other authors because that requires email verification....
on debian 13.1 I just updated yt-dlp to [email protected] but I still cannot download videos. What am I doing wrong?
debian 13.1, yt-dlp [email protected] from yt-dlp/yt-dlp, updated with yt-dlp -U...
self hosted calendar + events management and booking platform which has embaddable widgets for websites?
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What can we do to make flatpaks follow the GTK theme?
Hi guys, basically as the title says. Did any of you guys tried any of the solutions around for this? What is the best fix for this in your opinion?...
How do I run power to a USB-C powered sensor?
I'm just bought an Airgradient air quality sensor (actually two, an indoor and an outdoor)....
BombShell: The Signed Backdoor Hiding in Plain Sight on Framework Devices - Eclypsium | Supply Chain Security for the Modern Enterprise ( eclypsium.com )
Critters in the crawl space
We've been having trouble with rodents (I assume squirrels) in the crawl spaces on our second floor. I decided to stick a PIR sensor on the door to see if I could catch any movement, and sure enough, a bunch of movement around 1 AM this morning. (Correction, it was a possum, which makes sense in hindsight as they're nocturnal).
What would you do with a device like this
Was given this little wintel box by a friend fairly recently, but I haven't yet even powered it on. I don't have a power cable for it unfortunately but when I do, what do you think I should do with it? What would you do with it?...
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Jellyfin 10.11.0 RC9 ( github.com )
Jellyfin, the open source media server, has released their 9th RC for version 10.11.0....
Inverse mouse pointer
My wife had just switched from windows to the latest Mint (Cinnamon). The one thing she misses from windows is the mouse pointer. It animates so that it's light coloured on dark objects and dark on light objects. It makes it easy for her to find....
Looking for a good ebook library alternative
Honestly, I'm personally not just after a self hosting solution, I'm mostly trying to replace US services and companies. As part of that, I've started using Jellyfin and I think it's great but the book library part is a bit clunky....
Dell Latitude Touchpad Deadzone and Fingerprint
I recently got my hands on a Dell Latitude E7470 and installed Fedora Workstation. Even though I enabled two finger scroll (and disabled touchpad edge scroll), the right side of the touchpad still has a dead zone of considerable size. So, when I start a mouse movement too far on the right side, it wont register....
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The single biggest roadblock for casuals to use Linux
A friend was using a computer with Windows 8.1 (I know lol), and her streaming services stopped working on it. Because she was using an old computer, she couldn't upgrade to Windows 11. So I suggested installing Linux and even doing it for her, but the problem is that most streaming services don't work on Linux. After making...
Whats everyone using for smart plugs?
Been using tp-link smart plugs for a moment. Not really had any problems with them but i want to move to something such as z-wave or a ZigBee. Something that is totally local and does not require a different app on my phone.
flohmarkt a federated alternative to ebay and facebook marketplace ( codeberg.org )