UmbraTemporis

@UmbraTemporis@lemmy.dbzer0.com

He/Him

Distro?I always go crawling back to Arch…

In the real world, I love music 🗣️:


<span style="color:#323232;">- Industrial Metal 🔩
</span><span style="color:#323232;">- Aggrotech 😡 
</span><span style="color:#323232;">- Deathcore 💀
</span>

Also…

  • Long walks or hikes 🚕
  • Custom keyboards 🫦
  • Writing 🥶

Student, studying mechatronics.

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UmbraTemporis,

Have you tried changing what the applets do when you click? Most of the time you can set whether it should create a new instance, cycle windows or raise or lower existing ones from the applet settings. See if changing that could help?

I use XFCE/Budgie (flick between the two) so not too familiar with cinnamon.

UmbraTemporis,

Arch installs aren’t too bad, it’s the post-install setup that’ll get you though since a fresh install is guaranteed to detonate if you don’t disarm it.

It doesn’t even have to be complex anymore thanks to archinstall.

UmbraTemporis,

Pretty much everything in the General Recommendations section.

UmbraTemporis,

Satire, the stereotypical “Arch just breaks after some time” trope. I’m saying that trope is correct if you don’t fix it.

UmbraTemporis,

XFCE doesn’t support Wayland yet, however a lot of the components will run under it. They’ve got a tracker on their site.

UmbraTemporis,

To be fair, most users are just gonna go the new user route. Download the Fedora media writer, set it to download and flash Fedora, boot to the stick and install.

I was a decent ways into my Linux experience before I learnt about Ventoy, but I don’t use it as I prefer flashing a whole ISO. There’s no hand-holding once you leave Mac or Windows, so you have to count points of failure yourself, Ventoy wasn’t worth it.

I suggest you take the normal new user path, and after that start trying things. Learn to walk before you try running :)

UmbraTemporis,

Really depends on what you want your system to be, if you want a lightweight system choose a barebones distro like Arch, Gentoo, Void or any server spin such as Fedora Server. Then, during installation you only get what you need. If you are going lightweight you’d probably want something like Sway WM, Hyprland or XFCE.

If you don’t care for minimalism, then choosing a distro focused on a graphical interface such as Fedora Workstation will be much better for you, since that distro will be maintained with the idea of users using whatever DE it is, the distro maintainers probably contribute to upstream of the DE too. Support will also be easier since you’ll find that these distros, while maybe having smaller communities, those communities ask more questions and get more solutions due to the Linux inexperience.

Is there a way to sync todo.txt with Tasks, similar to how GNOME calendar syncs with Google?

I use Google tasks for my todo list. This GNOME extension is nice and minimal and just what I’m looking for, and it uses todo.txt. Is there an easy way to sync my changes with Google, similar to how the GNOME calendar app does?...

UmbraTemporis,

Linux is not a prerequisite nor is it a required side effect of digital privacy, sure the two go hand-in-hand thanks to FOSS but you can have one without the other.

Red Star is a Linux distro, but it’s the embodiment of the antithesis of privacy.

UmbraTemporis, (edited )

I ran SSHFS for a while maybe half a year ago? I quite liked it cause we obviously already use SSH so setup was quick and easy, performance was good too. Then I learnt it’s no longer maintained so switched to NFS.

NFS is good, if you aren’t accessing from Windows I would go for that. Setup is pretty simple too, just change /etc/exports and a few permissions or ownerships (after installing the package obviously) then start the systemd service.

Can’t comment on Kerberos, but considering NFS popularity I can’t imagine it being difficult.

UmbraTemporis,

In my experience, just making sure the directory you’re sharing is owned by nobody:nogroup is enough.

sudo chown -R nobody:nogroup /path/to/nfs

UmbraTemporis,

I think so.

UmbraTemporis,

I’m not an expert with this stuff, I just do whatever works. This works, so I do it and when people ask me or just in general how to do it this is what I tell them. Most of the guides I’ve come across, including one from DigitalOcean, recommends doing this.

UmbraTemporis,

Seriously, I’m not a heavy software developer that partakes in projects of that scale nor complexity but just seeing it from the outside makes me hurt. All these protocols left-right and center, surely just an actual program would be cleaner? Like they just rewrite X from scratch implementing and supporting all modern technology and using a monolithic model.

Then small projects could still survive since making a compositor would almost be trivial, no need to rewrite Wayland from scratch cause we got “Waykit” (fictional name I just thought of for this X rewrite), just import that into your project and use the API.

UmbraTemporis,

What was stopping X just undergoing some gutting? I get it’s old and covered in dust and cobwebs but look, those can be cleaned off.

“Scoop out the tumors, and put some science stuff in ya”, the company that produced that quote went on to develop the most advanced AGI in the world and macro-scale portable on-demand indestructible teleportation.

UmbraTemporis,

How do I link a markdown format that well into a sentence?

UmbraTemporis,

Agree, call me unreasonable or whatever but I just don’t like Rust nor the community behind it. Stop trying to reinvent the wheel! Rust makes everything complicated.

On the other hand… Zig 😘

UmbraTemporis,

Zig!!

UmbraTemporis,

I’ve used it for VR, which is the only thing I keep Windows for. It’s pretty good however I’d say having experience with Linux is a good idea, I definitely wouldn’t treat it as a drop-in silver bullet for Windows minimalism (if such a thing exists).

By the sounds of it you’re inexperienced with OS-hopping, so if you’re going to start looking for things like this just do it properly and give Linux a go. You’ll learn so much more and get a much nicer experience at the end, then if you decide you still need Windows then go and use someone else’s computer to make a USB. I wouldn’t bother trying to make one on Linux, it hardly ever works in my experience.

For clarity, I now just debloat vanilla Windows 11 with Chris Titus’ tool. Still only used for VR and Game Dev.

If you go with Atlas, just know you’re putting your whole system into the hands of a team smaller than most Linux distros that’s doing more work than all of them, so I doubt Atlas is going to be around for much longer. Whereas something like Debian, Mint or Pop! is here to stay.

There’s also far less chance of your system breaking if you go with Linux. Really in this situation there is absolutely zero reason to not go the extra mile and hop to desktop freedom.

UmbraTemporis,

Chris Titus has excellent tutorials/tips on how to keep Windows from being Windows, check out his Youtube (Piped).

UmbraTemporis,

So does this mean paying Proton Unlimited users will get access to StandardNotes too? I’d rather not have to dish out another subscription.

UmbraTemporis,

I will never see mouse cursors the same. Thanks random internet person!

UmbraTemporis,

I had similar behaviour when testing KDE 6, so it’s not just a Gnome/GTK/Libadwaita/I hate that entire project issue.

I solved it by downloading a custom cursor theme, putting it in ~/.local/share/icons and then giving each Flatpak app access to that directory (for some reason, on KDE, they didn’t by default).

You may need to log-out log-in to see the changes.

UmbraTemporis,
  • Easier to setup
  • More control
  • Easier to maintain
  • Dirt cheap
  • Low power
  • Space efficient
  • Zero downtme

Need I go on? This is clearly the future. Friendship ENDED with Network Hardware now PEG is my best friend.

UmbraTemporis,

But the server is still operational, it’s just moved.

  • Resilient
  • Durable
  • Secure
UmbraTemporis,

For now, the integration is a minor gesture, as it’s only a one-way connection from Threads to the Fediverse.

Could someone explain what this means? It it like he can see us but we can’t see him? I didn’t know the Fediverse / ActivityPub could work like that.

UmbraTemporis,

Ah right, thanks :)

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No.

A notification, in the tray and elsewhere across the OS, with a short description like “Updates are crucial to the security of you and your device, they also provide the freshest experience.” would get the point across. What would be even better is if there was a one-click NQA button to initiate the update, perhaps even included on the notification.

UmbraTemporis,

In Windows’ case, this is the truth. But certified corporation momentos are not a required side-effect of this approach to updates.

UmbraTemporis,

This screenshot is from the Flathub website. The only good GUI for Flatpaks…

UmbraTemporis,

First time I’ve heard someone call Gnome Software fast. In my experience that app feels like it’s on it’s last legs; the Flatpak CLI is far better than any desktop GUI.

UmbraTemporis,

For Atomic users, you can rebase to F40 and it’ll run the Beta/Prelease.

UmbraTemporis,

Same, I almost cringe when I see someone using one. I just see an unorganised mess of packages :P

Are there any CPUs that work well with Linux that aren't made by Intel or another company on the BDS list/that supports Israel?

I have a Ryzen 3 1300X at the moment and it’s always had this soft lock freezing bug on Linux. I used to dual-boot Windows on this machine and Windows never had the same problem, so I think it is an issue with the Linux kernel (I’ve also replaced nearly every bit of hardware that I originally built the PC with, except for...

UmbraTemporis, (edited )

Yeah, my 5800X3D works perfectly; absolutely zero issues. I’m guessing it’s making use of the 3DvCache too since I don’t notice any performance degredations compared to Windows.

UmbraTemporis, (edited )

When my DE, Budgie, supports it. I’m not too bothered about using it, with a beast monitor and a high-end PC I hardly notice the X.Org quirks.

I’ll take it as when Budgie is ready to ship a full Wayland-only experience, I’ll be ready to use one.

UmbraTemporis,

Microsoft thinks it’s uninstalling Edge.

UmbraTemporis, (edited )

Like my auto-installed Copilot doesn’t launch?

Oh no!

For some context, I’ve got a Windows install that I primarily keep around for VR gaming which I remove Edge from. That Copilot thing is the only “issue” I’ve noticed.

UmbraTemporis,

Proton Drive though 😭. The Windows app is so nice, wish we could get that for Linux.

I’ve set up an Rclone for the time being, not great but it works well enough for basic bisynchronisation.

UmbraTemporis,

I would too, but after like a week I get bored of maintaining it myself when all the expenses summed together aren’t much cheaper than Proton or likewise. This is what I was doing before submitting my independence to Proton.

Furthermore Nextcloud is just too damn sluggish. The web interface makes it seem like my server’s idea of a CPU is a kid with a calculator and WebDAV isn’t designed for cloud storage. I’ll take new features being slow over my whole experience being even slower any day of the week.

UmbraTemporis,

That’s what I’ve done, using rclone bisync and my crontab. Like I said it works well enough, but far from perfect. Using a beta backend with an experimental operation, according to the rclone website, puts me slightly on-edge.

I did try Celeste, but stopped using it for two reasons:

  • I use Budgie, so Libadwaita apps look incredibly out-of-place. Inconsistency like that makes me physically uncomfortable.
  • Didn’t really work, just too slow.
UmbraTemporis,

In my experience, theming KDE Plasma is an absolute no-go. Not only do the themes themselves just look off, but the desktop feels so much clunkier. Themes also ruin consistency on Plasma, making certain windows look like patchwork.

On the other hand, Breeze (Plasma’s default theme) does grow on you. It’s like Plasma has some weird spell about it, once it even caused me to prefer light mode! Gah :O

Somewhat unrelated, but by the sounds of it gaming is a focus for you considering the DE jump. I’ve had the best gaming experience on a distro called Nobara, I think they started shipping Plasma by default for the same reasons you switched. Could be worth taking a look at, if you aren’t familiar with it. Obviously it’s a perfectly good day-to-day distro too, it’s based off Fedora and follows their release schedule closely.

UmbraTemporis,

I’m gonna guess ByteDance also wants to enter the AI “art” field.

UmbraTemporis,

If you’re frequently distro-hopping, I recommend using a seperate /home partition. I did that before I settled down, I can’t begin to describe how convenient it was (especially if you use Flatpak).

UmbraTemporis, (edited )

Mine, Fedora Atomic Budgie. Materia GTK Theme. Intended to keep the focus on my windows rather than my desktop or theme. https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/856782419787776010/1216180122147749938/Desktop.png?ex=65ff7300&is=65ecfe00&hm=ba557735ad4f9657ad86fa5388ff4e44f26e5927f0ad9aab02a93f37dace5719&=&format=webp&quality=lossless&width=3440&height=1440

UmbraTemporis,

That’s the idea! :D Clean, boring, professional without sacrificing information.

UmbraTemporis,

Accidentally put my comment as a reply to yours, sorry :>

UmbraTemporis, (edited )

XFCE-Terminal. Small, lightweight, Wayland if you use it and plenty of config without cryptic dotfiles.

Plus popularity due to it being the XFCE default and contributed towards by the XFCE team.

UmbraTemporis,

So do I, but I understand why they’re holding off.

The entire Steam Deck user experience is directly correlated to Proton’s stability and reliability, so they’re probably waiting for almost-complete Wayland support. I’d be pretty pissed if I bought a console and my games didn’t launch OOB, even if I know how that console works under-the-hood.

Imagine how someone who doesn’t know Linux would feel.

UmbraTemporis, (edited )

Yeah, the unicode blocks.

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