tl;dr In a recent thread on Mastodon, it was revealed that Ubuntu 23.04 users can’t install the Steam deb package from the Ubuntu archive without jumping through some technical hoops. It turns out this was a mistake, a bug was filed, and future builds shouldn’t have this problem....
Accent colors provide a way for users to personalize their desktop in a simple, developer-friendly, and effective way. Throughout the community there has been a general interest in the inclusion of accent colors within apps and desktop environments. This proposal aims to standardize an accent color key on the Settings portal....
I feel it’s way easier and more rewarding to understand projects at their inceptions before it gets too complicated that only experts could understand.
Don’t get me wrong. Apple removing audio jack was the biggest facepalm in smartphone history. And you can thank it for not being able to make an upgrade without sacrificing audio jack (and SD card too :/). But USB-C is getting standardized everywhere now (laptops, smartphones, etc.). What makes USB-C earphones not worth the...
In the past, several SSD manufacturers had bugs in their firmwares. So to be sure that I can fix such issues with a newly bought SSD, I need some secure (and somewhat easy) way of updating the firmware....
I am currently using Linux Mint (after a long stint of using MX Linux) after learning it handles Nvidia graphics cards flawlessly, which I am grateful for. Whatever grief I have given Ubuntu in the past, I take it back because when they make something work, it is solid....
Yeah, that’s why Arch is almost the only distro that keeps everything installed natively. All other distros either have a troublesome workaround or only support flatpaks.
Rolling release just keeps everyone on the same pace. Yes, they break sometimes, but on the long run it just works.
Piracy, in today’s context of unauthorized sharing of digital content, is wrongly condemned as immoral theft. However, it is not piracy itself that is immoral. Rather, it is the greed-driven laws and practices that censor knowledge and creative works to maximize profits. At its core, piracy is about sharing information and...
Yes. I’m all for sharing knowledge but to be honest most of piracy nowadays is porn and entertainment. So I wonder if the article argument cover them too.
Thanks for this. Used to get a browser extension just for this. Some people on youtube talk reaaally slow that x2.0 sounds like their normal talking speed
Personally, I'd be more willing to share diagnostics if it's possible to preview them before sending. This is especially true for FOSS since it has a large user space interested in privacy....
It’s hard to see examples of FOSS being used widely between people. This could be the 2nd time after Mastodon that a FOSS project receives massive attention....
Yin Yang cats ( lemmy.world )
Dropbox is sharing users' files with OpenAI, here's how to opt out ( boingboing.net )
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Xfce appreciation post
There is a place for graphically gorgeous distro’s, but when it comes to ease and speed, Xfce is just the best for me....
What is the best for privacy among the worst companies?
If your employer forced you to either use Google or Microsoft or some other tech company (Apple, Samsung, etc.) what would be a better choice?...
Making something for everyone is so much more work than making something just for yourself
I’m not complaining, but I didn’t realize how much work it was. It makes me really respect the people who do it on a regular basis....
Share your latest blog post!
I wanna get into self-hosting and looking for inspiration.
Why the Steam deb from Canonical has been broken since 23.04 ( popey.com )
tl;dr In a recent thread on Mastodon, it was revealed that Ubuntu 23.04 users can’t install the Steam deb package from the Ubuntu archive without jumping through some technical hoops. It turns out this was a mistake, a bug was filed, and future builds shouldn’t have this problem....
Accent colors are now a standard preference for Linux ( github.com )
Accent colors provide a way for users to personalize their desktop in a simple, developer-friendly, and effective way. Throughout the community there has been a general interest in the inclusion of accent colors within apps and desktop environments. This proposal aims to standardize an accent color key on the Settings portal....
How do you shell expand your variables and why? ( lemmy.world )
List of eminent accounts that moved to the Fediverse
Subreddits sorted by their size...
Exploring the internals of Linux v0.01 ( seiya.me )
Piracy-based Linux distros
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/2651646...
Piracy-based Linux distros
Is this a thing? i.e: a FOSS Linux system but with pre-configured pirated apps....
What FOSS projects in need torrenting?
I read that The Internet Archive is having financial and legal troubles, despite being one of the most important projects on the internet....
People sticking with audio jack phones, why is USB-C earphones not a solution?
Don’t get me wrong. Apple removing audio jack was the biggest facepalm in smartphone history. And you can thank it for not being able to make an upgrade without sacrificing audio jack (and SD card too :/). But USB-C is getting standardized everywhere now (laptops, smartphones, etc.). What makes USB-C earphones not worth the...
Mission Center: A rust clone of the Windows Task Manager ( flathub.org )
Why? I don’t know, maybe someone here will like it.
Which M.2 SSD for Linux?
In the past, several SSD manufacturers had bugs in their firmwares. So to be sure that I can fix such issues with a newly bought SSD, I need some secure (and somewhat easy) way of updating the firmware....
What are some famous open source apps with ads?
Ads and open source. Is it possible to see them together?
Anyone else starting to favor Flatpak over native packages?
I am currently using Linux Mint (after a long stint of using MX Linux) after learning it handles Nvidia graphics cards flawlessly, which I am grateful for. Whatever grief I have given Ubuntu in the past, I take it back because when they make something work, it is solid....
Why are there still no extensions for Chromium on mobile?
I love Chromium on Android, but not having uBlock origin makes me stick with Firefox (or Mull).
What happened to Bromite?
Last update was in Jan 2023
What hostname do you use for server? home.box or home.local?
There are many DNS names options. Which one do you use?
Is Hibernation really useful with SSD?
I was deciding whether to have my swap partition with hibernation and whether it’s worth it or not....
Piracy is Good: The Moral Imperative of Sharing Knowledge ( technomagnus.vercel.app )
Piracy, in today’s context of unauthorized sharing of digital content, is wrongly condemned as immoral theft. However, it is not piracy itself that is immoral. Rather, it is the greed-driven laws and practices that censor knowledge and creative works to maximize profits. At its core, piracy is about sharing information and...
Thought experiment for piracy
Imagine a cinema has a peeping view from the outside. Is it immoral to peek through the view? I.e: is it considered stealing to do that?...
Twitter threatens to sue Meta over Threads app – report ( www.theguardian.com )
YSK: How to get any youtube playback-speed you want! Using a little JS. ( i.imgur.com )
I often set the playback-rate of youtube videos to something like 1.25 or 1.5 to get through a video a little faster without getting bored....
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I'm gonna be honest with you chief, I can't take seriously a "protest" that keeps paying the same people it's protesting against ( media.kbin.social )
People Are Using AI to Automate Responses to Site That Pays Them to Train AI ( futurism.com )
A smart way to encourage users to send diagnostics
Personally, I'd be more willing to share diagnostics if it's possible to preview them before sending. This is especially true for FOSS since it has a large user space interested in privacy....
When was the last time an open source project disappointed you?
I can start:...
It's great to see FOSS going mainstream
It’s hard to see examples of FOSS being used widely between people. This could be the 2nd time after Mastodon that a FOSS project receives massive attention....