In all honesty, you should decide between Debian and Fedora. If you're new to this, stay away from Arch Linux, Gentoo, or Manjaro. Simplicity is key. The two systems I mentioned are known for their reliability, so you should be fine with either one.
Indeed, I use VSCodium on my Fedora system every day, but since the question was about VSCode, I provided information specifically related to VSCode.
Debian rigorously tests its packages over an extended period before they are released in the official version, ensuring a very stable system. This approach means the software is generally older, but it's been thoroughly vetted. Fedora, on the other hand, provides newer software while still maintaining a good level of stability.
On the other hand, Arch Linux — and its sub-distributions like Manjaro and Gentoo — releases software much more quickly, sometimes almost immediately which can kill your system during updates. I'd go so far as to say that Arch Linux is less stable than Windows.
TL;DR: If you don't want to find out five minutes before an online meeting that your system won't boot — avoid Arch Linux.
I use Proton. But I continue to run into more and more websites and services that detect my VPN and refuse my connection, or just run literally 40 captchas in a row until I just give up....
Hi! For the ones of you that use Trello, I made a simple to use and host alternative in PHP. It's not a complete alternative like other projects, and I mainly made it to be able to host it on free PHP web servers while having control over data/attachments. It also support a basic importer for Trello JSON exports....
I have a dumb work related chrome thing, i'd like to make it so that when a certain notification sound plays in chromium, my computer does a few things automatically for me...
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It looks like they have no better way to monetize their site than to flood people with ads. So sad.
This post is in part a response to an aspect of Nate’s post “Does Wayland really break everything?“, but also my reflection on discussing Wayland protocol additions, a unique pleasure that I have been involved with for the past months....
Most of the applications worked out of the box. For some I had to manually change the settings and/or environment variables to make them work on Wayland.. And single ones did not work at all.
If it weren't for the fact of these "single ones" I would have stayed on Wayland.
However, as long as I can't use my system fully functionally, I remain on XOrg.
Can you recommend me a tool compatible with GNOME and Wayland, that allows taking screenshots with on-the-fly editing features like drawing or blurring?...
That's what I've been doing since flameshot stopped working for me. I ask about the built-in solution, because pasting the image into GIMP and blurring specific parts drastically increases the time to prepare such a screenshot
Meta just announced that they are trying to integrate Threads with ActivityPub (Mastodon, Lemmy, etc.). We need to defederate them if we want to avoid them pushing their crap into fediverse....
I am really struggling to replace facebook messenger / whatsapp for a few casual conversations. My friends and I are all wanting to move away. We are not heavy users of this but need it to work. I think the requirements are:...
Hi, I have an AI backend ready to go, so I’m looking for an Android app that will be the implementation of the Android voice assistant and be able to convert my speech to text and send that text via HTTP request to a specific URL (my backend). Then read the response text, convert it to speech and say it....
So there is this app claiming on-device iMessage functionality on Android. Seems cool but only has subscription based pricing. Does anyone know of a way to circumvent this?...
Windows is hell, i need to do something
Yo linux team, i would love some advice....
Swiss public broadcasters withdraw from X/Twitter ( www.swissinfo.ch )
What VPN are you using?
I use Proton. But I continue to run into more and more websites and services that detect my VPN and refuse my connection, or just run literally 40 captchas in a row until I just give up....
it is what it is ( lemmy.world )
Linux Mint 22 Will Include Preinstalled App for Matrix ( www.omgubuntu.co.uk )
tl;dr :...
The Immich core team goes full-time | Immich ( immich.app )
Immich is joining FUTO!
Quad9 censoring DNS requests?
I noticed that Quad 9 is not able to respond to the spy.pet query:...
Tarallo - selfhostable FOSS Trello alternative ( feddit.it )
Hi! For the ones of you that use Trello, I made a simple to use and host alternative in PHP. It's not a complete alternative like other projects, and I mainly made it to be able to host it on free PHP web servers while having control over data/attachments. It also support a basic importer for Trello JSON exports....
Does anyone know how to execute a script when a certain sound plays?
I have a dumb work related chrome thing, i'd like to make it so that when a certain notification sound plays in chromium, my computer does a few things automatically for me...
Vim prank: alias vim='vim -y' ( learnbyexample.github.io )
Did you know that Vim has an Easy mode? It's the hardest mode for those already familiar with Vim 🙃
backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to ssh server compromise ( www.openwall.com )
[Question/Issue] In Game and Discord randomly no Audio
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13466519...
We're building a search engine to compete with DuckDuckGo. No JS, no WASM, no spying. Just a statically generated results page.
We're (a group of friends) building a search engine from scratch to compete with DuckDuckGo. It still needs a name and logo....
[Solved] Self Hosted Calendar
Hi, everyone!...
What are some good FOSS fitness/weight/health apps?
From my initial search, I saw a few that look promising:...
Forgejo or Radicle - Which do you prefer? ( github.com )
Just finished writing out a lengthy comment,...
Android 15 may require edge to edge mode ( www.androidpolice.com )
How to make Firefox's WebAuthn prompt look more like the Windows one?
So, instead of this:...
Recommend me some Quality of Life Android applications
the title says it all 😀
Data Removal Services
Disclaimer: I'm not affiliated with any of these companies, just a guy trying to get his data removed online....
Why is Fedora called Fedora?
Is there any story or reason behind the name? Or is it just simply a random choice of word? Does it mean anything outside being a hat haha....
Periodic reports, Linux and User Agents
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/10615572...
Periodic reports, Linux and User Agents
Hello,...
Wayland really breaks things… Just for now? ( blog.tenstral.net )
This post is in part a response to an aspect of Nate’s post “Does Wayland really break everything?“, but also my reflection on discussing Wayland protocol additions, a unique pleasure that I have been involved with for the past months....
Screenshot tool for GNOME + Wayland
Can you recommend me a tool compatible with GNOME and Wayland, that allows taking screenshots with on-the-fly editing features like drawing or blurring?...
Planning build: Power efficient headless steam machine, and later upgrade for AI tasks
Background...
Dear server admins, please defederate threads.net. Dear users, ask your server admin to defederate threads.net. ( mstdn.social )
Meta just announced that they are trying to integrate Threads with ActivityPub (Mastodon, Lemmy, etc.). We need to defederate them if we want to avoid them pushing their crap into fediverse....
cross platform chat alternative to facebook messenger?
I am really struggling to replace facebook messenger / whatsapp for a few casual conversations. My friends and I are all wanting to move away. We are not heavy users of this but need it to work. I think the requirements are:...
Voice Assistant HTTP gate
Hi, I have an AI backend ready to go, so I’m looking for an Android app that will be the implementation of the Android voice assistant and be able to convert my speech to text and send that text via HTTP request to a specific URL (my backend). Then read the response text, convert it to speech and say it....
Beeper Mini ( play.google.com )
So there is this app claiming on-device iMessage functionality on Android. Seems cool but only has subscription based pricing. Does anyone know of a way to circumvent this?...