Linux

I know we all enjoy being nerds and using commands (H4ckerman). But now that everything is either a gui or web based, is there really any use to terminal commands?

For example, on windows I never used powershell or cmd hardly ever. I realize now I probably could have. But Linux just drives me to use it more, which i like anyway (because let's be honest, it makes us feel superior)

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/38389020

With the recent false banning of tech channels, such as Enderman, I really want to find alternative platforms to watch tech content. I know a few YouTubers who have channels on Odysee, PeerTube, etc. However, I would rather watch them in a desktop app as opposed to a web browser.

Is there any desktop QT applications for Linux (ideally Arch BTW) that allow me to watch videos from a decentralized video platform, such as PeerTube? Ideally, it would use QT as I'm using KDE Plasma, but if they're aren't many, then GTK is fine too.

As a bonus: Something similar to FreeTube, which is what I use for YouTube. If it's something similar, it doesn't have to be QT as I know FreeTube isn't.

I - a complete Linux-illiterate - have spent the last seven months trying and mostly failing to get Linux to work on my desktop.

What went wrong? Well, you name it!

Main site at https://seagl.org/ and they are on fediverse @SeaGL@mastodon.social

A number of talks and expo hall. All are welcome; please help re-share so people can know about it and attend. Lots of the talks will be on streaming as well for remote participation. They also have Matrix chats https://seagl.org/meet

Hello fine gentlemen, gentlewomen and gentleothers.

I have a Ukrainian keyboard where 2 keys don't match with the Ukrainian layout and, unfortunately, I can't exactly swap them nor edit the firmware or anything of the sort. This is a problem for me because I can't touch type on my own layout let alone a layout I'm still learning where everything is.

Does anyone know a program where I can edit a keyboard layout, preferably graphically (I love CLI and TUIs but this task would be easier graphically for me), on KDE Plasma with wayland?

Thanks in advance

This vulnerability, hidden within the netfilter: nf_tables component, allows local attackers to escalate their privileges and potentially deploy ransomware, which could severely disrupt enterprise systems worldwide.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/52160866

Wine 10.18 is now available for capping off the month of October and working toward the code freeze for Wine 11.0 beginning in early December.

Wine 10.18 brings more improvements to the WoW64 mode for allowing 32-bit Windows programs to run on 64-bit Linux systems via emulating the native Windows WoW64 subsystem. The WoW64 mode in Wine 10.18 includes now supporting OpenGL memory mappings using Vulkan as well as SCSI pass-through support.

Is there anything wrong with taking my ssd with mint out of my desktop and slapping it in an old laptop? I actually tried it and it seems to have booted up perfectly. How does it know what drivers to use automatically? Its pretty sweet that it works this easily.

Id like to take my old windows laptop drive and image it so I can still use it in virtual box. For reference its a win 7 install on the drive.

Can I do this only using dd, and making the image an iso, and it will boot? Seems too easy!

I have read about so many issues regarding Bluetooth and Linux its ridiculous. Usually its random disconnecting, not auto reconnecting, not disconnecting properly, basically every issue possible. And ive had them too. I would really love it if i could just have my ps4 controller hook up right when I turn it on for example. Or have my shared speaker system actually disconnect when I turn off blnluetooth (it doesnt).

I've mostly only used mint with Bluetooth. Some popos but it had the same issues ofc. Only really used desktops, but also have issues on an atari vcs with mint and Bluetooth, exact same issues my desktop has.

Anyone know some real fixes? This is one of those things that makes it very hard to get people to switch when windows handles bluetooth devices perfectly (in my experience) and linux has just sucked so bad on that front.

There is a flashing underscore beneath this, so it’s not completely frozen. What should I do? Is it safe to just force a reboot?

This is my one deal killer for Linux on the Desktop. I have a stack of laptops with Linux installed (mostly Fedora). They are all Dell Latitudes. My main two are a Gen 12 i7 and a Gen 8 i5. I'd rather use the Gen 12 i7 (it also has more RAM and storage). However, the i7 doesn't have S2 sleep, only S0ix. When I shut the lid, it will lose about 40%-50% battery over an 8 hour period. The Gen 8 i5 does have S2 and sleeps okay with it. I only get a 10% drop in battery over the same period.

I hear that this is some Microsoft-Dell shenanigans to "better" support Win10/11. But is there a lightweight 14" or 15" laptop out there that will run Linux well and sleep without draining the battery so much? Would and AMD system work better than Intel?

I see all the complaints about sleep but there has to be something better than 40%-50% drop on the nightly that would require me to keep it on power just to have a fresh laptop when I need it.

Let me preface by saying I despise corpo llm use and slop creation. I hate it.

However, it does seem like it could be an interesting helpful tool if ran locally in the cli. I've seen quite a few people doing this. Again, it personally makes me feel like a lazy asshole when I use it, but its not much different from web searching commands every minute (other than that the data used in training it is obtained by pure theft).

Have any of you tried this out?

I am looking to set up a computer for someone switching from win10 that wants to remain dual boot for a couple niche apps.

I want to set them up on something that is debian based, and likely semi-annual release schedule so it's frequent updates but not rolling release bleeding edge. My initial thought was kubuntu. I can disable snap or educate them about package management, so the snap ecosystem controversy isn't too concerning to me.

They will be using this system for "normal" computer stuff... libre office, web browsing, instant messengers, and some gaming (mostly Steam). Currently using an nvidia RTX 2060... but this could change in the future. They've tried live usb of several WM's and want to try KDE (plus they have a steam deck and want to learn how the desktop mode functions better).

My questions are these:

1. Are there other distros to consider that would fit the description that might be better than *buntu these days that meet the above requirements?

2. The plan was to have two separate SSD with their own EFI on each and using the uefi interface to be the boot loader. I have heard that some debian based systems, particularly *buntu, have a bad habit of trying to grab whatever it thinks is the primary EFI and write to that regardless of what you tell it to do during install or on updates. Definitely want to avoid that because rebuilding GRUB or fixing boot issues is just barely in my wheelhouse and definitely outside their wheelhouse. Is this still an issue? Are there fixes to prevent this? Looking at other distros was partly because of this but I don't know how pervasive a problem it is.

Thanks in advance. :)

cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/20773013

Only for reading, easily available in EU, low budget: which e-ink device/distro?

I'm looking for something to read books on, copied over from a local collection (mostly .epub). Networking is not desired, a fast USB connection is. A good battery or exchangeable battery would be nice.

Not too large - maximum DIN A5 for the whole device.

I remember from years ago that some devices were deemed unhackable, some much more suitable to install Linux on.

I'd prefer to buy used, so something that was sold a lot in Europe is preferable.

I will not spend much more than €100.

In other words, some old commercial e-reader that was known for being hackable, I guess.

Please do not recommend the new PineNote, it's (slightly) too large and way too expensive and I don't think I need that much computing power.

Thanks in advance.

My distro of choice is Debian (I like their philosophy and it works great on my laptop) but I have an nVidia card in my desktop PC, and driver management was kind of annoying. Decided to try Kubuntu, which worked ok, but I didn't really love, and then I didn't update for a bit too long and had some repo issues trying to install updates. I didn't bother digging into what the fix would be, since I had been considering Bazzite for a while, as it has been talked about a lot for gaming.

Knowing literally nothing other than "Bazzite works out of the box with nVidia" I figured I'd give it a go. First off, I was surprised at the size of the image, and how long the install took. I did some reading about atomic distros and began to understand why things were set up that way. Seems pretty cool! I still don't love that as soon as I logged in on my fresh install, Steam opened up and asked for a log in, but that is what I signed up for with Bazzite, I guess. The nVidia drivers out of the box worked fantastic, as advertised, and I love a good KDE desktop, so it's not all bad.

Initially I was frustrated that some things weren't working in the flatpak versions of the app (couldn't get to my 3d printer using the .local address from the browser because flatpak has a bug with mDNS) and layering a package with rpm-ostree seems like overkill and not a good experience. Then I watched some videos on distrobox.

I can just distrobox create --image debian:latest debian-box and then use apt install for whatever packages I want, export them and use them as if they were natively installed on Bazzite??? And this works on any distro??? I have been using Linux exclusively for a few years (and on and off for more years), but I have been totally out of the loop with distrobox and atomic distros. This feels like the same level of magic I felt when I first dual booted Ubuntu back in the Windows Vista days. This seems like it will fix 99% of the issues I run into on Linux.

I know distrobox isn't exclusive to atomic distros, but I wouldn't have discovered it if not for Bazzite.

Anyway, none of this is really new info, but I just wanted to nerd out about it for a bit with people who will know what I'm talking about.

cross-posted from: https://crazypeople.online/post/9879527

cross-posted from: https://crazypeople.online/post/9879376

cross-posted from: https://crazypeople.online/post/9879332

cross-posted from: https://crazypeople.online/post/9879331

I wish to create an f1 game on open typer, klavaro or GNU typist for kids, which would become an engaging practice for kids in speed typing. Can anyone help me with this ??

Hi there,

I'm a long time Windows user looking to switch to Linux. One of my most used apps is Phone Link, which I use to make/receive calls and texts through my desktop. It's a lot easier on my hands, which have limited endurance, and typing is a lot easier on my keyboard than my phone.

With my limited research, I saw that KDE Connect almost fits the bill, except it doesn't sync phone calls.

Is there a Linux app with all the functionality of Windows Phone Link?