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Anson Mount (‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’): ‘We’re feeling even more emboldened’ to take ‘even bigger swings’ (www.goldderby.com)
[HELP NEEDED] Parole media player on Wayland
Straight forward question, there is no Wayland output option in display output configuration in parole so how to get it working on wayland either by having Wayland output or simulating X....
Nostalgic Distros?
I tired Linux a few times in the past, but didn’t really start using seriously until 2019. I love poking around old OSs and distros, and I want to spin a few up in some VMs my next free evening....
Glory to you and your House music (i.postimg.cc)
I blatantly stole this from a bsky thread my friend reposted, though I’m sure its history is longer and full of more tales of honor than that.
Star Trek: Prodigy Season 2 Beams to Netflix on July 1 (blog.trekcore.com)
No word yet on what this means for Canada, where CTV still has the rights.
What are some underrated episodes from each series?
Just curious as I want to rewatch some overlooked episodes from each of the series out so far.
Jonathan Frakes keeps asking you to take things (www.youtube.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/16049154...
[SOLVED] cannot play audio on a fresh installed debian 12 xfce
I don’t know if I didn’t install non free firmware. Pavucontrol is installed. If I type alsa on a terminal it returns: bash: alsa: command not found....
Any advice for a long-time Linux user, first-time Linux *desktop* user?
I’m a regular user of Linux systems but apart from a couple of test Ubuntu installs many years ago they’ve always been containers or VMs with no DE which I can throw away when I break them. The Steam Deck showcasing how far Wine/Proton has come combined with Windows being Windows has given me the push; I’ve made a Mint...
Why this feels recent? (startrek.website)
VLC Player
VLC is the supreme of all open source projects, you used it in school, college, work and home....
what OS should I use instead of xubuntu?
I found out that xubuntu spams users including me, which to me is a no go....
Phone and messages replacement
Hi all,...
KDE's Amarok 3.0 Music Player Released After Six Year Hiatus - Now Ported To Qt5 (www.phoronix.com)
Released back in March of 2018 was the Amarok 2.9 music player for this KDE project. Shipping today is finally Amarok 3.0 as the first major release in six years and now ported to Qt5 and KDE Frameworks 5.
Good DAWS and VSTs for linux
Hi everyone,...
Question: How does one open source their stuff?
Hey there....
How being FOSS fan/advocate annoy you at work/school?
Started my first job, it’s a helpdesk. It looks that I get tickets and try to help people on the other side, have build some PCs and am at first week....
Are there still any versions of Linux sold in a box like in the 90s / 2000s?
I’ve tried to find them to no avail. I’m guessing the box sets just aren’t made anymore, but I figured it’s worth asking in case there’s some obscure one out there somewhere....
Stable, consistent workstation recommendations?
First, thanks for reading and commenting....
*Best* video for explaining the Fediverse to a total noob?
Suggestions?
Preview ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Episode 507 With New Images And Clip From “Erigah” (trekmovie.com)
Neofetch is Dead! Here are 7 Alternatives for Your Linux System (itsfoss.com)
Anyone migrate from PlayerPro to a FOSS alternative? (play.google.com)
Looking for a music player that will do a good job of loading album art. It all looks great in PlayerPro, but I tried Auxio and Aplayer but they didn’t do a great job of pulling in the album art. Tracks were also incorrectly lumped together with mixed albums/artists....
What're some of the dumbest things you've done to yourself in Linux?
I’m working on a some materials for a class wherein I’ll be teaching some young, wide-eyed Windows nerds about Linux and we’re including a section we’re calling “foot guns”. Basically it’s ways you might shoot yourself in the foot while meddling with your newfound Linux powers....
Need explanations about compiling
Hello, I’m a bit new to advanced linux and programming stuffs… Can someone explain me why compiling exists and what this process does and how to do it in the principals situations (I’ve heard that you can use the “makepkg” command). Thx to everyone who replied.
Preview ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Episode 504 With New Images And Clip From “Face The Strange” (trekmovie.com)
Orbital - The Moebius (unofficial video with Star Trek: TNG clips) (epilepsy warning) (www.youtube.com)
UPDATE! Any reason not to use Elementary OS?
Update: I chose mint. I can trust Mint to update the backend....
Please recommend me some blogs about Linux or FOSS or similar that you follow through RSS.
Hi. I have a category Little Tech Blogs in my rss reader where I put those cool niche blogs mostly about Linux, FOSS, programming, etc… Many of them I found by articles linked in this community, so I was wondering if you guys know about more blogs like that. By little I mean it’s run by one person or a small group of people,...
HDMI Forum Rejects Open-Source HDMI 2.1 Driver Support Sought By AMD - Phoronix (www.phoronix.com)
For three years there has been a bug report around 4K@120Hz being unavailable via HDMI 2.1 on the AMD Linux driver....
Neat factor
I’ve messed around with Linux before, mostly in VMs, but I’m looking to switch over from Windows permanently on my laptop because I think Linux is cool. Most people in this community talk about pros and cons of this distro or this other distro, but I’d like to hear your opinions based on entirely subjective factors....
Questions about Linux-Linux dualboot
So I’ve had enough from partitioning my HDD between Linux and Windows, and I want to go full Linux, my laptop is low end and I tend to keep some development services alive when I work on stuff (like MariaDB’s) so I decided to split my HDD into three partitions, a distro (Arch) for my dev stuff, a distro (Pop OS) for gaming,...
Former distrohoppers, where did you settle down?
Which one(s) and why?
KDE Ships Frameworks 5.115.0 (kde.org)