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First for "it just works"

>>105912868
Can't speak for recent versions but I fell for this meme years ago and it somehow broke more often than Arch.

My computer has been running stable for awhile now and I have no real issues with anything that I'm running but I'm getting the urge to distrohop and using a random wm again because I'm a piece of shit. Do I do it? Really it would make no difference at all to my life I'm just bored like always. Will this groundhog day ever end?

>>105912945
I've been running Ubuntu for over a year now and I don't think it has ever broken on me. I've had some small issues when installing alternative desktop environments (I wanted to try out a few) but I imagine similar problems would happen on any distro, if I installed multiple DEs.

About to try Linux for the first time & retarded
Which of these should it be?

>>105913003
bluefin.

Is there any way I can fix reshade loading loop without reinstalling it on Linux if I installed it on my windows system game first?

>>105912868
now lets plug my printer there

>>105913012
Why and can I change the DE to KDE on bluefin? I saw it comes with GNOME shit which reminds me of nigger macos

>>105913046
*clueless*

>>105913047
idk i dont use bluefin i just felt like saying it. if you want to use kde then use arch i hear it works best on arch

>>105913061
that cat is LARGE

>>105913003
I daily drive Mint, but if you decide to try out Arch, I recommend practicing in a virtual machine first

>>105913003
Out of those, if you're a beginner, Mint is probably the best. Ubuntu has wide software support and there are lots of resources on the internet for fixing issues on Ubuntu (should you have any issues).

>>105913047
I haven't used Mint in a while but I would assume you can change your DE on Mint (you can on other distros). So if you were to install Mint with Cinnamon then you could just install KDE Plasma if you wanted to (something like `sudo apt install kde-plasma-desktop`). Then you might have to do some stuff to make Plasma the default DE, or you might be able to select Plasma from the log in screen. But if you're new to Linux it might just be easiest to use Cinnamon initially, it's a pretty serviceable DE. Up to you really.

need a QRD on Nobara and GloriousEggroll

>>105913061
My life force is chinese tiktok cats

>>105913122
>>105913129
I went with Arch because mint is a lame name. Booted it with gently and my computer is now FUCKED after smashing enter on grub2.

Sick, I love Finnish people

>>105913243
That's hilarious. Should have just used ventoy on a flash drive and then copy/pasted all those .iso files over

>>105913344
I rebooted my pc 6 times and think I got it working? Matrix letter are appearing now… I’m intrigued

wtf are people meaning about arch being hard to install? Somehow I got it to work although I wasn’t able to set a partition for /home whatever the fuck that is.

>>105913506
Memeing*

>>105913506
It's not hard if you can read

>>105913506
>hard to install
No, even a monkey can follow instructions. The issue is not accidentally making it sudoku because its package manager is a bit retarded and its users are not very bright on average since retards are drawn to it thanks to its reputation

>>105913462
>>105913506
Did you use archinstall?

>>105912987
>year
See what happens when you try upgrading it from 24 to 26. Or from whatever non-LTS version to the next non-LTS version.
Canonical abandoned desktop Linux years ago and they're only focusing on servers. And servers never upgrade their OS - they do regular updates and when needed do a clean install and redeploy of the next OS version. So Canonical doesn't test if system upgrades even work since 99% of machines running Ubuntu aren't upgrading it. Hence why you often see headlines "Ubuntu bricks users devices after a major upgrade" or "I upgraded Ubuntu to the next version, why are some things broken".

>>105913003
Aurora is the easiest one for beginners and probably the best one if you're not into excessive ricing and customization.

>>105913243
>went with Arch
>first time Linux user
Don't be retarded.

>>105913674
Yeah, I did. I’m guessing installing arch was a lot more difficult before the devs released this script.


I wasn’t able to designate a partition for /home but I don’t think I need one if I have multiple drives

>>105913745
I got arch working and I’ll fuck around with it tomorrow. Maybe I’ll swap to Aurora since I have no idea what I’m doing

>>105913764
You should have been if you interacted with the partitioning bit of the script.

>>105913639
>and its users are not very bright on average since retards are drawn to it thanks to its reputation
I think you might be projecting there.

>>105913764
>Yeah, I did. I’m guessing installing arch was a lot more difficult before the devs released this script.
It actually had an installer back in the day

>>105913785
Arch is made for specific power users, not for people who want an OS that "just works out of the box".
If you want a usable OS just use Aurora or Mint.

>>105913787
I did but wasn’t paying attention and said fuck it, I got two drives so I don’t need to partition it.
>>105913814
So it was never difficult and it’s been a rouse this entire time, the mad lads.
>>105913829
What the fuck is a power user? I saw NixOS but it seemed more orientated to programmers

>>105913853
>What the fuck is a power user?
Anyone who spends time configuring or tinkering with their OS for an unnecessary reason. Be it optimizing, ricing or manually scripting some functionality.
A normal user is a person who uses their OS as a platform to install and use apps.

If you're not using a GUI to do tasks and/or if you're setting up your OS manually (ie Arch, Gentoo, Nix), you're a power user.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_user

>>105913919
Hmm well then I’d consider myself a normie user as I’m too old to rice the OS up, never see the shit anyways when the browser covers it. I’ll check out Aurora tomorrow, thanks for the info frend.

I hope SteamOS comes out soon, I’d love to try that.

>>105913978
>I hope SteamOS comes out soon, I’d love to try that.
You can always just use Bazzite. It's literally a better SteamOS.

>>105913745
>I upgraded Ubuntu to the next version, why are some things broken
Easy solution: back up your home directory then do a fresh install

>>105914070
That's exactly why using Ubuntu as a desktop is retarded.

>>105914070
>>105914092
Isn’t Ubuntu supposed to be one of the more unbreakable, stable distros…

Is there a way to pipe CLI output so it goes directly to my (X.org) clipboard?

>>105914092
You should have your important files backed up in a couple different places anyway. So I think my suggestion makes sense. Anyway, I haven't encountered this problem yet because I haven't tried upgrading to a new Ubuntu version yet.

>>105914106
It just works for me, but I haven't tried upgrading (I'm still on 22.04 LTS) so I don't know if that would break my install.

>>105914106
If you start inputting commands into the terminal, nothing is unbreakable

>>105914106
No? In the dev/server/sysadmin/IoT world "stable" doesn't mean the same thing as in desktop/end-user world.

Stable = the system libraries don't change at all, no new features are added, no features are removed; therefore, you don't (as a developer or sysadmin) need to update your own code or scripts, nor do you need to re-compile your code as often.
Stability means the lack of change, not the lack of bugs or user-facing issues.

>>105914106
stability refers to a particular version being consistent throughout its own lifetime. it has nothing to do with upgrading from one version to another.

dunno where else to ask but
say i download a large file from mega, in windows there's a cache file that persists in the Appdata Folder for the browser that im using
question is, is there such an equivalent in linux? i just want to repoint it elsewhere so it doesnt use up SSD write cycles

>>105912653 (OP)
Has anyone ever tried using something like nix or guix on-top of debian?
Is it possible to use them in user mode without needing superuser privileges?
What are the limitations? Could i potentially install and run a wm from user-mode package installed with guix?
Or is this all stupid and should just use guix os directly?

I'm a Windows refugee, and I want to permanently mount my two extra disc drives on my system. I'm learning about the FHS and how important is too keep an organized file system. My question is: May I mount my drives inside my home folder, or should I do it in /mnt?

>>105912974
Just distrohop in a vm instead
I know its not the same thing

I guess yt-dlp is used to download videos off many sites? How do i use it? I was looking at this article here and couldnt get it to work.
https://www.spacebar.news/yt-dlp-best-way-to-download-videos-audio/

What would the command be to download something like this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69ZF6kt0J_M

Typing this into the terminal
yt-dlp "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69ZF6kt0J_M"

just gives me the errer
unable to download video data: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden

>>105914382
Is your version of yt-dlp outdated?
Whats the output of
yt-dlp --version

>>105914378
>May I mount my drives inside my home folder
You can mount them wherever you want

>>105914378
Its better to mount them in /mnt but theres nothing stopping you from mounting them inside your home folder if you REALLY want to.
A better idea would be to mount the drives in /mnt and then symlink them to your home folder

>>105914350
Probably somewhere in ~/.cache

>>105914390
>Is your version of yt-dlp outdated?
probably im just using whatever came with this raspberry pi I just got.

>yt-dlp --version
this is what i get when typing that command
2023.03.04
So how would I update this thing if possible?

>>105914394
>>105914401
Could I have any problems with SELinux?

>>105914432
>2023
Your version of yt-dlp is 2 years old
>probably im just using whatever came with this raspberry pi I just got.
If that means you're on debian you could see if theres a newer version through backports.
Otherwise you can just install pipx with apt and install it through pipx instead

>>105914422
it's not there
tried /var/cache
~/.cache
~/.librewolf

>>105914459
>backports
>apt
>pipx
why fuck around with any of that when you can just grab the latest executable straight off github

>>105914432
sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -y; sudo apt-get autopurge -y

>>105914490
NTA. The Debian package never takes longer than a week to update, usually it's the same day. Just pin that package to unstable if you're running something else as base and you almost always have the most recent version.

What's the best way to run a browser on another machine locally?
>x11forwarding
>VNC/XRDP
>Container + NoVNC/XRDP
>KASM workspace browser?

>>105914713
running a virtual machine and using virt-viewer or virt-manager
Or using that linuxserver.io kasmvnc docker image but you would have to run a browser to run another browser through kasmvnc which at that point might just be too retarded

>>105914739
>at that point might just be too retarded
You'd be right, but I wouldn't need to use this if modern web pages weren't a retarded mess.
>VM
why? isn't this too much overhead compared to container?
>kasmvnc docker image
How it's different than container + XRDP?
Like https://github.com/hectorm/docker-xubuntu
Also I thought linuxserver.io and kasmvnc are two separate projects?
Really the reason I'm doing this is fucked up modern web that can't be rendered on old hardware.
Youtube lag on this old machine, and other social media is even worse.

>>105914448
Usually you mount stuff to your home directory to avoid problems with SELinux.

>>105914432
Don't install yt-dlp through apt, you'll get an outdated version

>>105914490
Yes just follow the instructions on GitHub, that's what I did. Get it from there and add it to somewhere on your path (I put it in ~/.local/bin which I've made sure is in my path). Then when you want to update yt-dlp you can just run `yt-dlp -U`.

>>105914839
>why? isn't this too much overhead compared to container?
Not really if the host you're running it on has better specs
I should've mentioned that you would be running the VM on the other machine and not the local machine
Spice is also really efficient
>How it's different than container + XRDP?
I dont really know. I've never used that docker image before but the kasmvnc one is decently good

>>105914839
>Also I thought linuxserver.io and kasmvnc are two separate projects?
Forgot to mention that linuxserver.io are the people who made their own kasmvnc docker image

>>105914947
>I should've mentioned that you would be running the VM on the other machine and not the local machine
>Spice is also really efficient
I got that.
But even with minimal and low resource I've still be using more aren't I?
>kasmvnc one is decently good
Thanks man, well this goes without saying is but how Private/secure this image?
>>105915003
So what's the difference?

>>105914847
Great, thanks!

>>105911803
yt-dlp -x --embed-metadata but why not just use soulseek

>>105915062
>But even with minimal and low resource I've still be using more aren't I?
VMs dont really need that many resources to just browse the web on a decenly modern cpu, i do it all the time.
Videos might lag a little
>Thanks man, well this goes without saying is but how Private/secure this image?
I dont know. Its just a docker image.
>So what's the difference?
One group made the software, the other group just made the docker image to use that software in

>>105912653 (OP)
lmao I can't believe a forgot how shit linux was...again
well that's an afternoon gone

>>105916096
Works on my machine. Maybe you're just too dumb to figure it out.

>>105916179
yeah that must be it
I just don't have the intellect to use dogshit software

>>105916211
You don't have the intellect to use decent software. Fixed that for you.

>>105916250
i do i will go back to windows

What if this is the year of the Linux desktop?
If M$ can't sell their OS won't PC sales go up?

>>105916340
Exactly as I said: you don't have the intellect to use decent software, which is why you're turning to Windows.

>>105916362
>sales
prices* dammit

>>105916377
I hope lots of people will show up at your gender reveal party

>>105916503
You're going back to Windows like a woman, only males are autistic enough to figure out Linux

I noticed that my laptops suddenly have an "extended dynamic range" option under the display settings but my computer monitor does not. Wtf does it do and how does it work? I know it supposedly fucks around with the backlight to extend the dynamic range on non-HDR screens but why are only some monitors supported? I thought it was sorta a drop in solution.

Why does Dolphin/KDE not distinguish between an empty folder and a folder with subfolders like Windows does? Is there any way to make the icon reflect this?

>>105916362
That's a generalization that includes smartTV, cellphone and gaming devices.

>>105916853
They say desktop, they mean desktop. Android/Chrome doesn't identify as Linux. Smart devices which advertise themselves as Linux are a tiny minority of hobbywank stuff.

Luv me xubuntu

>>105916853
False.
1. Smartphones are calculated separately.
2. TVs are usually not calculated since most of these market share statistics websites, such as statcounter, use web browser tracking. People who use TVs almost never use them to search the web directly, they just watch TV stations or at most open up Youtube, Netflix or an App Store.
3. "gaming devices" are also rarely used for web browsing. And most of the gaming handhelds are Android-based.

>>105916867
>Smart devices which advertise themselves as Linux are a tiny minority of hobbywank stuff.
TizenOS, WebOS and RokuOS are Linux-based and I'm 99% sure they use Linux as a part of their user agent. It's just that almost nobody uses a web browser on them. And they're easy to fingerprint so they'd be excluded from a "desktop" listing.

>>105916362
Wtf Finland?

>>105917905
wow, their linux use percentage is almost as autistic as someone who cares about linux use percentages. get a job

>>105917922
>complaining about autism
>while writing the most autistic message in the thread

>>105917905
That's based although it's probably just an anomaly based on a small sample size

If you look at their stats over time, Linux is usually pretty low, and MacOS is usually much higher

https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/finland/#monthly-200901-202506

i want to go back to an ugly ass retro desktop
what are my options?
i figured xfce for a starting point but couldn't find any skins.
advice?

>>105918063
Xfce with DesktopPal97 or Doormaker theme

>>105918063
go outside and make some friends

>>105918063
Use some shitty old version of a linux distro

What would be considered the Mint of Arch?

>>105918107
Manjaro maybe? Although /g/ seems to hate Manjaro

>>105918063
you can install KDE2
https://github.com/heliocastro/kde2

>>105918107
Manjaro. Not just because it's a ready-to-use desktop OS, but it's also green and starts with "M".

>>105918045
>anomaly based on a small sample size
Wouldn't an anomaly only last 1-3 months at most?

>>105918063
IceWM, WindowMaker, E16, NsCDE
>pic
I think Trinity has that KDE theme, for modern KDE phob1an has some cool recreations

I forgot, for Xfce check these out, not sure if they're still compatible
https://github.com/Distrotech/xfwm4-themes

>>105918393
>I think Trinity has that KDE theme, for modern KDE phob1an has some cool recreations
it has a similar theme, demoed in picrel

>>105913745
>See what happens when you try upgrading it
It will... work just fine? It's almost as if this were the default way of switching to a new Ubuntu release, or something.

>>105918564
>the default way of switching to a new Ubuntu release
It's not. The default is to do a clean install.

>>105912868
I’ve been using Ubuntu since 12.04 and I’ve only had to one fresh install (for some reason my usb drivers started breaking after updating to 18.10). I use every new release and I’ve pretty much never had issues other than obvious user error, like the time I nuked my desktop trying to install fuze and just mashing Y. Would I recommend Ubuntu to a new user? I don’t see why not, it has the longest running community support base and it has the most feature complete ootb experience. As long as you aren’t just installing random packages you can’t really break it, though I do wish it had flatpak installed by default. Is it the best distro ever? Definitely not, but at the same time I don’t think there’s such a thing as the “best distro” because it’s all about usecase.

>>105918583
Nah, you get a prompt when a new Ubuntu release comes out and it’ll just update your computer.

>>105918671
Nice. That seems like a balanced view. Maybe it would be nice if Flatpak was set up by default but it's not very hard to install it.

>>105918583
lol, I guess everyone just ignores the upgrade notification when it pops up in their face after every boot.

>>105918756
You do realize "update" and "upgrade" mean two completely different things, right?

>>105918819
You do realize that you're the only one confused about this, right?
Watch a YouTube video or something, shit's been this way for at least a decade and a half.
The release upgrade notification pops up, the user clicks Upgrade, and in a few minutes their computer restarts into the new release.
On servers there's no popup, you're informed that a new release is available and that `do-release-upgrade` is the command to upgrade.

>>105918671
>>105912868
Did they ever fix the software center not being able to update itself without having to kill the process manually?

linux chads, am I supposed to do any other initial setups after installing arch? I used the scriptinstaller which I'm guessing packages the essentials.
No clue what I'm doing but I managed somehow in konsole to add the pacman/flathub into Discover so I can access those apps now.
Discover makes it easy as fuck to install stuff, so instead I experimented with konsole, I felt like I was in the matrix with all these lines appearing after getting Yay and building a pkg for Librewolf browser.

I need a desktop environment that lets me autohide the taskbar/panel but doesn't show a 1 pixel line when its hidden. xfce, lxqt, cinammon, mate and enlightenment are out of the question because they show the stupid 1 pixel line. kde is the only one ive used that actually hides it but kde runs poorly on my thinkpad

if all else fails ill have to ditch desktop environmemts and use openbox or labwx and find a panel that hides properly

>>105919382
I will never find peace thanks to the 1 pixel line suffering. Thank you OLED paranoia

>>105919962
I don't intend to be mean but the cause of your suffering is quite funny.

>>105920098
I fell for the OLED meme

why is wine file explorer so ugly

>>105920178
I haven't bothered with it but I think it supports msstyles xp themes

When I open home on my root drive/SSD, is it supposed to redirect me to the 2nd drive/HDD?
Just wanted to know if I set it up correctly, trying to add /home to a separate partition.

where should i mount my other drives to? subdirs in /mnt?

>>105920379
I think that's what most people do.

Any distro made for gaming? Or is there not a difference?

>>105914114
xclip

>>105921134
In terms of performance - I'm guessing a less demanding distro would allow more headroom for intense games but they all are light on hardware compared to windows, so the difference is negligible.

If you want something specifically made for games, right out of the box with as little maintenance and input as possible, the correct distro for that would be Bazzite as it's just a reskinned SteamOS.

>>105921134
There's Nobara, but it's made to address very specific gaming cases which may not concern you. You're probably better off with Arch or Fedora to avoid hardware support issues if you have a recent Windows PC.

>>105921134
Not real differences, you just want one that uses a relatively recent kernel and drivers.
There are some that come with pre-installed stuff though which might or might not appeal to you. Personally I prefer the vanilla ones instead of dealing with a middle man.

>>105921134
Ive tried gayming kernels and schedulers and I don't really notice any difference, you might though. Cachyos is better than Nobara/Bazzite by a mile if ur looking for one

>>105921134
THE POWER OF GAYMING ARCH SAAAAAAAR

>>105918063
>>105918393
>>105918527
I'm actually starting to think about ditching Cinnamon for either XFCE or KDE, so I could get the old Windows, Mac, or just a general low-res look. Shit, even the pics look neat. Any good resources for UI, icons, and text?

I have a mp3 player I want to put songs on. How do I mount it so that a normal user can read/write on it?
I do sudo mount /dev/sdb/ -rw and when trying to copy files to it I need to be root. How do I mount it so that it can be used by my normal user?

>>105921395
edit sudo to give permissions to the normal user - /etcsudoers
add some retarded line like 'user ALL=ALL ALL' I can't recall the correct spelling, google it fren, the Arch Wiki surely has the correct answer

>>105921426
This just seems wrong. How does for example ubuntu do it? In ubuntu when you plug in a usb it is automatically detected and mounted and you as a user can read and write from usb. I am on void linux btw

>>105921395
>>105921478
>gvfs
>give the mounted folder other rw permission
or
>change owner of mounted folder to user

>>105921540
Found it out. Apparently you have to use udisks. So udisksctl -b /mount/sdb did the trick.

>>105921564
**udisksctl mount -b /dev/sda1

I'm trying to convince myself I need a system tray just so I write one but I'm failing
All that crap on bottom/top of your screen is just taking up useful space from the applications you are actually using

>>105921608
Systray allows you to swap wegs quicker
Gooner brains are highly advanced, you're welcome

>>105912653 (OP)
Is that Lain?

>>105921395
Do you specifically want to do it manually like that? Create an fstab entry and add "user" option.
man mount
I assume it's a VFAT so scroll down to filesystem-specific options for extra info.
>>105920379
Yes.
>>105920480
A lot of people are complete retards and use /media.
>>105919257
>building a pkg for Librewolf browser
Compilations look the same on all distros btw. And installing software like that is a bit snowflakey.

>>105922005
>A lot of people are complete retards and use /media
That's usually reserved for automounters, but it kind of doesn't matter. As long as you're not mounting drives in obviously wrong places like /usr/bin you're unlikely to have problems.

>>105922005
>a bit snowflakey
Wdym?

>>105918990
>the user clicks Upgrade, and in a few minutes their computer restarts into the new release.
with a ton of bugs and issues because upgrades aren't tested properly*
>you're informed that a new release is available and that `do-release-upgrade` is the command to upgrade.
Nobody sane does this. Servers just pull the latest image and do a clean install.

>>105921395
chown $USER:$USER on the mounted folder.

>>105921134
There's no noticeable difference in performance between a regular distro and a gaming distro. It's just a matter of how set-up a distro is by default when it comes to software and such.

Bazzite is probably your best bet. The second best being Nobara.
There's also Garuda Linux, but I have never personally used it so I can't say how it compares with the other two.

>>105922005
>automount
Is that specific to that exact device? Or can I make an fstab entry that will automount any usb storage device I connect?

How do I get graphical environment to work properly in virtualbox? I have successfully managed to install openbsd and alpine wm. It works fine, but whenever I try to startx I just get error "no screens found". Everything is done correctly in the wm so it must be something on my actual machine. Some driver or something that is not working.

>>105921395
So you can't just plug in an mp3 player and then drag your files on it in Linux in the year of the Lord 2025?

>>105923508
I can do that on my machine. Of course you're a moron which is why you don't understand that there are many possible Linux set ups. That guy seems to just be trying to do it with the command line instead of with a GUI, which is fair enough.

>>105923508
You can, but some distros are retarded and don't mount drives correctly.

>>105923565
>That guy seems to just be trying to do it with the command line instead of with a GUI, which is fair enough.
No, he's using a GUI. It's just that the GUI doesn't allow him to do anything because the drive isn't mounted with write permissions for his user. This is a well known issue in many distros.

>>105923361
>virtualbox
Why aren't you using virt-manager?

>>105923361
i always install the vesa drive in addition to the one for the graphics card you have. the idea being the vesa one should always work, so it's a good fallback. for some vm uses it's all you need

Does anyone know how to install rocm in fedora properly? The quick setup from the AMD page doesn't work

>>105923876
find instructions specifically for fedora. the ones on amd's site are probably either generic or for very specific supported distros like probably rhel and ubuntu
i have it setup in both arch and gentoo, but i haven't used fedora since like 2007

>>105923251
It's hard to transfer my experience to you, but I can assure you that you're wrong on all accounts. The real world is more than your assumptions, and if you ever hit some exotic bug in the upgrade process then please report it so everyone can have a better experience.
As it stands, the upgrade process is rock solid for me on both desktop (Kubuntu, btw) and servers.

>>105923656
>well known issue in many distros
Those must be stupid distros because I've never heard of such issues in 17 years of using Linux and I happen to avoid stupid distros.

>>105923669
Because I haven't heard of it. Next time try "You should try virt-manager instead". Makes you seem much less passive aggressive.

>>105924034
It commonly happens in Ubuntu and Mint, for example.
>inb4 those are stupid distros
Sure, but at least 17% of Linux users use those two.

>>105924055
>being this much of a tone policing crybaby
Kill yourself

>>105924057
>commonly happens in Ubuntu
Funny you should say that, because it's not true.

>>105921168
Thanks. I've found echo "Hello World!" | xsel -b also does what I want. Without the -b option it goes to primary buffer, which pastes on a middle-click.

>>105924055
not him but i was wondering the same thing. i fully understand not being aware of something, but also consider that it may be surprising to someone that you haven't heard of something.
basically, it's the reverse problem, i was thinking you had a specific reason to be using virtualbox over virt-manager/qemu, and he probably thought something similar.

>>105924075
>never happened to me therefore it's not true
I suppose sexual intercourse doesn't exist because you're not having any?

>>105924085
cool cool, i don't have xsel installed, so i learned there's another tool for this, too
i've basically only used xclip for making a keyboard shortcut to open clipboarded (is that a word?) links with mpv

>>105924075
>>105924034
This is just from a one minute web search, most of these are Ubuntu related:

https://askubuntu.com/questions/826425/cannot-copy-to-usb-every-usb-stick-is-read-only-16-04
>no real solution or explanation

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1021375
>13 year old bug, last comment 4 years ago explaining the bug is still there

https://www.reddit.com/r/linux4noobs/comments/ruzn2n/cant_move_files_to_usb_on_ubuntu_2110/
>I believe what's happening is that the USB is being mounted read-only. The mount is owned by root with "Others" (that's you) has "access files" - read only.
>Just simply change permissions in terminal.
>Or you could copy the file with sudo

https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxquestions/comments/6g23ku/on_ubuntu_cant_copy_files_to_any_connected_usb/
>If you used gparted to format the USB with filesystem other than FAT32 or NTFS, the USB will be owned by root and your user will have no right to write to it. You will have to use chown
>You probably have to mount the USB as read/write. The default is likely read only.

https://www.quora.com/For-some-reason-I-cant-copy-paste-files-to-and-from-my-USB-stick-on-Linux-Mint-I-tried-to-find-a-solution-online-but-havent-found-anything-useful-Any-opinion-suggestions
>2 years ago

https://forum.manjaro.org/t/cant-copy-files-to-a-usb-stick/49147
>When you repurpose any disk device using a linux filesystem - it will be with root permissions only.

This is not how disk formatters should behave by default.
I think this only recently changed (as in, some time this year) in KDE Partition Manager specifically, where you're given the option of selecting the owner of the device between "user" and "root". So, Ubuntu and probably even Kubuntu are still affected by this bug.

>>105923656
>No, he's using a GUI. It's just that the GUI doesn't allow him to do anything because the drive isn't mounted with write permissions for his user. This is a well known issue in many distros.
Use Ubuntu my nigga. It literally just works.

>>105924223
see >>105924057 >>105924192
Ubuntu has stopped being a "just works" distro half a decade ago.

>>105924239
I'm using Ubuntu right now, and I also have a USB MP3 player. When I plug it in it just works. I can drag and drop files onto the MP3 player's internal storage.

I'm having trouble retaining cursor changes on X, I'm using openbox.

I installed a cursor theme through the AUR. Tried using lxappearance, but it only changes it for the current session. Also tried the openbox autostart file by specifying the cursor through xsetroot.

>>105921395
Just use xfce

>>105924192
Ubuntu users aren't the smartest people.
Ubuntu is good linux distro despite what many people want to say.

>>105915750
>Videos might lag a little
Which is what make most social media content
>One group made the software, the other group just made the docker image to use that software in
Really?
But docker hub has both.

How to get sunshine/moonlight to start bottles in it's own microcompositor (gamescope) without starting the whole desktop session?

>>105924280
But did you format the USB on your Ubuntu machine? That's the root cause of all this it seems. The fact that most disk formatting software on Linux flags the formatted devices with read only for everyone except the root user. So the only way to access the USB is to open your file manager as root, or use sudo to change read/write permissions.

>>105921395
sudo chmod 777 -R /dev/sdb

What's the point of limiting the trash to a certain file size? By default it's limited to 10%, why would you want to limit it? Are there any risks/downsides of removing the limit?

>>105925059
Disk speeds decrease the fuller they get; That's the only reason I can think of. I just perma delete everything personally.

>>105925059
Because the trash is generally there for you to recover deleted files in cases where you accidentally delete them or change your mind. It's not meant to be a directory where you throw unimportant files.

The limit exists because almost nobody wants more than 10% of their disk space used by garbage they no longer want anyway. It's just a quality of life setting.

You can remove the limit if you want. But in that case I'd enable "Cleanup" (Delete files after a certain period, preferably after 7 days).
And honestly, the cleanup setting should be enabled by default. Telling the user "you can't delete files anymore because your trash is full" is nonsensical.

Is it just me or mounting NFS share with mount directly is faster than using gvfs?

>>105925110
gvfs is userspace vs kernel space when you use mount. The latter is much faster.

>>105919227
no

>>105913745
>Don't be retarded.
arch is easy unless you're illiterate

>>105925037
I'm not sure if I formatted the MP3 player using Linux, but I have another USB flash drive which I think I did format using either Ubuntu or Debian, using GNOME Disks. And that flash drive works fine with Ubuntu without me having to be root.

>>105925234
Arch is very easy if you install the correct version (either Manjaro or Endeavour)

>>105925348
I've never used either of those but I've heard manjaro is garbage.
Those distros only really help with installation and setup, which is literally just paste lines from the wiki or archinstall. Beyond that you're only getting a less supported distro.

>>105925094
So it's essentially there for people that delete stuff but don't immediately clean the trash can
>>105925101
I was mostly thinking about it bc of large files/folders but you just get a popup asking you to permanently delete it just like on Windows so it's fine. I never keep shit in the trash can and almost always clean it up immediately. I'll most likely keep the limit unless I find it annoying in the future.

Why can't I delete files with long filenames? I get an error that it's too long for the trash and it fucks up the window size and the panel on the left instead of just asking me if I would like to permanently delete the file like how Windows handles it.

>>105925484
>Those distros only really help with installation and setup
Which is good. Most end users don't want to install shit using a terminal
>which is literally just paste lines from the wiki or archinstall.
Which is a worse user experience
>Beyond that you're only getting a less supported distro.
This is effectively incorrect in the case of EndeavourOS. It's literally Arch with a GUI installer and some software pre-installed. So it is as supported as Arch.
As for Manjaro, again, it's still technically Arch just with delayed package releases. Which historically did prevent update fuckups.

I have this weird issue in debian, I haven't tested another distro though.
When the connected monitor is off (like when Power is off, the the PC is running on the UPS), the keyboard and mouse don't work.
Is this normal?

>>105925189
Why?
Isn't modern hardware strong enough to do those with next to no latency?

>>105925543
>Arch just with delayed package releases
the whole point of arch is bleeding edge, whether that's a good thing or not.

>worse user experience
it can help with understanding how the system works and being able to fix stuff when it inevitably breaks (because it's arch). Regardless, my point is it's not hard to use.

>>105925040
>>105925344
chmod 777 will let all users/groups read/write/view the contents of the disk.

>>105925555
Keystrokes and mouse events are handled independently of the display output. Unless your display has a built-in dock where you're plugging your input devices into (as in, your mouse and keyboard are plugged into your monitor). In which case it depends on how your display's USB dock is configured in relation to the display output.

>>105925602
>the whole point of arch is bleeding edge, whether that's a good thing or not.
I mean, Manjaro only holds packages for a week or two. So it's still bleeding edge.

>>105925639
>Keystrokes and mouse events are handled independently of the display output.
Not in my case.
It's normal monitor connected to PC over DP and mouse and keyboard are connected to PC over USB.
When there are no monitor connected mouse/keyboard are not being detected, including the default action of power button on the case.
Only when the monitor is connected and has power, not necessary to be on though.

Looking to switch terminal emulators? What should I go for? Trying something other than st, for a change.

>>105925909
ghostty

Just added bazzite KDE to my windows 11 framework 16, the migration begins - I'm already not hating the os, KDE connect is beautiful software. When it comes to gpu and cpu control, is there something anon would recommend? I have the dGPU and while I know CLI control is available I would like something that gives the at hand functionality of amd adrenaline, things like frame limiting a game that doesn't bother putting that functionality in - I've seen people mention CoreCTRL online but was curious for anons anecdotes.

>>105923041
You know, using a binary distro but compiling extra software instead of installing it thru your usual package repositories.
>>105922145
>reserved for automounters
Exactly, that's why you shouldn't manually mount anything under it.
>>105923342
>Is that specific to that exact device?
Not sure what you mean. Usually you identify filesystems based on their filesystem UUID.
>Or can I make an fstab entry that will automount any usb storage device I connect?
Doesn't work like that. There's no way to identify "any USB storage device".
>automount
More like mount-on-boot. Automounter is the thing that mounts stuff under /media when you click icons on your file manager.

is there a way to make firefox use the kde file picker?

Genuinely what do I do if I don't want to use Windows 11, but I don't want to learn about technology.


Like pretend I'm your grandma (unless she's somehow good with technology) but am somehow also obsessed with modding single player games, should I use Linux? If yes which one

>>105926753
>should I use Linux
Yes.
>which one
Nobara

>>105926343
I would have thought it would use whatever is the default for your current DE. Although if you're using the Snap or Flathub version then that might change the file picker.

>>105926753
Maybe the easiest options for a beginner would be either Linux Mint (based on Ubuntu, a widely-supported distro) or Bazzite (based on Fedora, also a widely-supported distro). I've not used Bazzite but it's meant to be easy for gamers to use. I think it has some stuff already installed for gaming. I watched a video by JayzTwoCents about Bazzite the other day, you could look at that if you're interested.

There are probably other YouTube videos talking about different distro choices. You could watch those and then decide for yourself which distro you think looks best for you.

>>105926753
>Modding single player games
Idk how well you'll be able to do that on Linux desu; My uncle is almost 60 and I have him setup on Linux Mint. He mostly just browses the web though.

>>105926753
>modding single player games
If the mod is file replacement you're 100% good, mod managers eeeeh hit or miss, some work some don't

>>105926343
XDG Desktop Portals KDE, install that package.
Also, there's an option in about:config to change it.
Google those things.

>>105926996
NTA, But I tried, and it didn't work.
on xfce

>>105927012
then you fucked it up. try again with less stupid

>>105927012
picrel. on kde (cachyos) though.

>>105927056
How did i fuck it up?
I followed the guides exactly.
Show me yours, aislop poster

just installed linux for the first time and everything worked out of the box, including graphics drivers and extra screens on my cooked setup, miles ahead what it was 10 years ago, why did it take me so long?

what else should i setup? do i use flatpak? i tried installing vs code through flatpak and didnt understand how to use system commands, fucking piece of shit so i just do apt install everything (ubuntu)

there's also some annoying stuff i dont like, like not having a time on my dock (not the top bar)

>>105921134
There is no meaningful difference. The preinstalled software you can just install yourself, and you can also use any kernel you think is better in any distro. Gaming distros are just bloat.
That said, I use the CachyOS kernel for the very specific reason that it makes the CPU logic errors I get since installing my rx9070 less likely.

>>105925562
No. Syscall latency is basically constant regardless of processing speed.

>>105926343
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/XDG_Desktop_Portal#Configuration
Do that but with org.freedesktop.impl.portal.FileChooser=kde

>>105927911
i did this instead: >>105927231

thanks anyway.

>>105927426
I think the best way to install VS Code on Ubuntu is to use the deb package from Microsoft:

https://code.visualstudio.com/

Click the .deb download button (Ubuntu uses .deb packages). Once it's downloaded I think you just have to double click it, and it will prompt you to install it.

The VS Code Flatpak isn't official so personally I wouldn't use it. You can get an official version as a Snap, but Snaps take a bit longer to open than .deb packages. So I think getting the .deb from the website is the better option.

>there's also some annoying stuff i dont like, like not having a time on my dock (not the top bar)
You could try installing a different DE from Ubuntu's repos. I think Ubuntu's login screen allows you to choose between different DEs installed on your system, although I'm not completely sure about that. Some Linux login screens do allow that (e.g. SDDM).

>>105927426
>vs code
I'd use VSCodium instead
>didn't understand how to use system commands
I assume you already did this
https://flathub.org/setup/Ubuntu
Then you run this
flatpak install flathub com.vscodium.codium
flatpak run com.vscodium.codium
>not having a time on my dock
What DE?

>>105928097
would that fuck up my stuff? i think im using gnome wayland now, and everything works it's just that its not very costumizable.. and yeah i didnt install the .deb, just did apt install which is snap i guess? still dont know what those things are i just understood they are like small vm's? so like a python virtual environment?

other stuff i should install? one thing i already dont like about gnome is that it doesnt remember the window positions after shutdown, have to resize and drag them over each time

>>105928136
Yeah the foot is not the most theme friendly DE

death to the foot

>>105927426
>dock
Mac SAAR detected

>>105928367
in the help pages that's what they called it, i moved from spydows

>>105928136
>would that fuck up my stuff?
Hopefully not... I have a few DEs installed on my Ubuntu system but sometimes I have to run some commands to get things working on a new DE. I usually just google the problem or ask ChatGPT.
>still dont know what those things are i just understood they are like small vm's? so like a python virtual environment?
Snaps are apps, but I think they're within a SquashFS filesystem, so they're compressed a bit. So when you open them they have to decompress.
>one thing i already dont like about gnome is that it doesnt remember the window positions after shutdown, have to resize and drag them over each time
I think you can set it so that windows always open in the centre, if you want that. That's what I've done in the past. This has info for how to do that:

https://askubuntu.com/questions/1465620/centering-the-gnome-terminal-or-console-window-on-start-up

>>105924648
Any input on this?

Why do most distros have so many packages installed by default and what do they even do? A fresh install of Arch or CachyOS with the full KDE DE is <1000 packages whereas Kubuntu, Fedora and other distros with the same bundled software are usually like 2500 packages for a fresh install. What the hell are these thousands of additional packages because at surface level you seem to be getting basically the same software and features…

>>105928535
probably every language pack in the repos

>>105913919
You clearly never used arch, i am a complete codeless retard who cant do fucking anything and i can use arch without any trouble.

>>105928526
I am not sure but you can try copying the default.index to /usr/share/icons/default/

Just take the cursor theme and put the folder of the actual theme in /usr/share/icons/ and with that default set it should work if your WM follows these rules

>>105925977
CoreCtrl is generally used on AMD I think. But I don't recall it having frame limiting. I think it's just used for overclocking, underclocking and fan control.
If you want to limit frames you should probably look into Gamescope. It's a compositor within which you can launch games at a specified frame rate, resolution, etc. I think it's pre-installed on your distro.

>>105926753
Bazzite.
Don't go for Nobara, it's not as stable when updating. It's not terrible by any means, but if you want a system which requires the least amount of maintenance then Bazzite is by far the best option currently.

>>105927426
I suggest using VSCode as an appimage instead of Flatpak, unless you're comfortable bypassing the flatpak quirks (fixing the issue with the shell, giving it access to your system libraries, etc.).
But for the rest of your GUI applications you should just use flatpak.
Just keep in mind that flatpak is basically like using an Android app, as in it has permissions you have to manage in your system settings or with Flatseal. Most apps don't have access to all files in your user directory, for example, so simple drag-drop won't work in some cases. If you want the laziest fix for this, go into Flatseal and toggle "Filesystem"->"All user files".

>>105928535
You can print out the list of installed packages into a text file and sort it. Do the same for each distro. Then just do a "git diff" between them to see what additional packages are installed. At that point you can just search for those package names and figure out what they do.
I assume it's just a bunch of additional dependencies which are useful to some people.

>>105928748
Alright, I'll give it a shot. Though the weird thing is that it works if I hover over firefox.

>>105928748
>>105928526
>>105924648
Here is what I meant

>>105928846
if it works in firefox then you need to restart your session you launched firefox after this change and it reads the new changes, just restart X or if you want just reboot and it should work for everything

>>105928861
Thanks!
>>105928872
I thought killing X and logging back in would suffice, but I'll try rebooting.

Anyone know the name of the software that opensuse uses to provide gui configuration of infrastructure services? It's basically webmin but some other software suse took from upstream and rebranded.

>>105912653 (OP)
I don't get it. Lain?

>>105928885
Well if it doesn't work, check the screenshot, this is an example for some pokemon cursor I got and if you want I can upload you my theme to compare and see if you have the same general structure of it and the index.theme is important to be set to your theme folder name in /usr/share/icons/ that's what dictates the cursor used.

Aha, I can see that indeed mine is set to Adwaita. I wonder if lxappearance will overwrite it? Also, just to be clear I've not run lxappearance as a root so it shouldn't even be able to modify the file.

>>105928951
well that's your problem, lxappearance should overwrite it but in case it can't you can always modify it yourself, just put the name of the folder of the theme you got

does anyone have any experience profiling or doing test coverage analysis in freestanding environments with GCC/Gcov? gccint docs are scant. there's a section on this very topic in the GCC manuals but it's also shit: it recommends using -fprofile-info-section and making some linker script adjustments, but I've had no success with that.

by default, libgcov does C standard I/O, which I can't do because my target device has no filesystem. I've got several options here: make a small library that provides stubs for all the C library routines libgcov pulls in and link against that before linking with libgcov, using something like newlib to provide freedstanding implementations of C I/O, or reimplementing libgcov altogether. I might just go with the latter, as the final elf needs to be as lean as possible (memory for both code and data on the target device is 1.5MiB), but I'd appreciate advice.

Hello gentoomen, looking for a distro to code and game that plays well with KDE Plasma

>>105929151
arch

>>105929062
Thanks a bunch, it worked!

>>105912653 (OP)
>Be me
>Working on cryptography course from uni
>MAC (message authentication code) exercise
>Generate the MAC
>Compare with solution given by prof
>Solution path is correct
>Solution is incorrect, my computer spits out a different MAC
>Try different symbols, " ' ' `, etc.
>Cannot find the issue
>Copy paste message from pdf into .txt file
>Still different hash
>Copy paste command from the solution into terminal
>Still different hash
>Getting spooked
Uhm ... could someone here do me a solid and tell me what the generated MAC looks like with the following message and key?

>Text-message:
”Hi Bob, let’s meet tomorrow at noon at the train station.”

>openssl command:
$ openssl mac -in message.txt -digest SHA1 -macopt key:youKnowMe544 HMAC

I hope it's just a normal OSI L8 problem.

>>105929151
I too would recommend arch, at least for me it works very well. I write C and python and game a lot. Take a week off and learn around arch and get familiar with it and you will love it in a month. I would recommend checking a yt tutorial how to install it, it's the easiest to get started if you don't know how.

>>105929217
you're adding newline character

>>105929151
cant think of any non meme distro that wouldnt fit the description

>>105929328
Where? In the txt? I've made sure to delete it with multiple text editors. Am I missing something?

>>105914070
Except some of the breakages come from the configs in your homedir not being compatible with the newer versions.

>>105929355
yes, or your editor is throwing in some metadata.

>>105929355
not him but text editors create a new line at the end of the file for a reason i cant remember
vi(and neovim too i think) dont add it, try with that

>>105929419
>>105929442
Alright, learned something new. All code editors said "there's no newline" but saving the file again with VI gave me the right hash. Thanks lads!

Why is modern software so homosexual? Why are codeeditors gaslighting people?

>>105929217
if this is gatekeeping you, consider switching course.

>>105929151
Bazzite, Aurora, Nobara

does anyone know that distro a schizo was shilling on /g/ a few years ago, it had root immutability in the sense that you could rm rf root and still recover?
everything besides the base kernel was a "plugin" that was built at boot

>>105929498
Its not, it was just a small technicality. Didn't know texteditors were psychopaths who just insert an invisible char at the end of the text.

>>105929483
Then your prof added the new line with hash calculation.
>Why is modern software so homosexual? Why are codeeditors gaslighting people?
I'm not sure, because text editors work in different way to text entered for hash calculations?
I had this issue when trying to do MD5 hash, and couldn't figure out why copying "hello" didn't work but typing it would.
There was this mode in nano that would show "invisible characters" like space and new line and windows new line.
This issue mostly the difference between how linux and windows handle the new lines.
Mostly that pdf was made on windows.

>>105929217
don't forget you have other tools like sha256sum and base64 that you can use for sanity checks

>>105929217
It's
REDACTED
ahhh shut up spam detection

>>105929535
Yes, but I don't have a reference point because my prof only gave the solution for SHA1.
>>105929528
Nano also inserted an invisible char at the end of the file. I originally created it with nano, then edited with gedit, then vsc, but VI worked at the end.
>>105929544
Checked. That's the MAC I was getting before trying VI.
Thanks man!

>>105929563
Just do echo "bla bla bla" > message.txt

>>105929519
VanillaOS + ABRoot ?

>>105929579
wasn't vanillaOS I remember that vividly, it was some schizoid shilling it here back in 2022 - 23

>>105929573
I thought about doing that before I created the file with nano, but something inside me said "nah".
Didn't bother to check, cause I'm running on fumes I guess.

>>105929573
that's wrong, you use echo -n "bla". Just echo adds a newline.

>>105929590
Huh, I have no idea. I wasn't here for the past 3 years. Try using some 4chan archiving website and searching for the message contents you remember.

>>105929483
I think it's something about POSIX compliance but don't quote me on that. I recall there are some discussions about this topic and vi specifically not adding the new line.
As a fun fact, vscodium me a warning when there isn't a new line at the end.

>>105929732
I have checked desu, don't remember the keywords

>>105929519
distros can entirely live in ram, but what's the point?

>>105929802
The only meme distro I can think of that was shilled here is this https://eltaninos.org/docs/intro
Some other anon was looking for it a few months ago, so I bookmarked it to check it out. But I'm pretty sure that's not what you're looking for.

>>105929787
>As a fun fact, vscodium me a warning when there isn't a new line at the end.
VSC used to do that too a few years ago.
Fucked up my RS485 communication project good.

Is there anything like SimpleWall for Linux?

>>105929892
opensnitch. Almost certainly better off using network namespaces for this kind of thing.

>>105929151
Kubuntu chads rise up

does gtk-hint-font-metrics=1 not work anymore? i can't get it to work not even with gtk-font-rendering=manual

>>105929442
It does

Has anyone successfully ran Linux and xorg on a Droid without root? Using droidmaster's termux tutorial I can get it to launch xorg and install applications, then it crashes with
>Xlib: extension "DPMS" missing on display ":0"

I'm thinking more and more about installing Arch or Gentoo on a separate drive to see if I like it. I haven't used Linux for 10-15 years, and used Arch back then. Only need two Windows specific programs and 1 game, so not much to worry about compatibility wise with bottles/wine/whateverthefuckisbest.

>>105929890
>Fucked up my RS485 communication project good
do share how it had such an effect, i know nothing about communications though

>>105930286
if the installer has the option to delete your drive then go with that. i did this in 2008 and never looked back.

Question: My main monitor is 32" 2560x1440, no scaling applied (100%). I also have two 27" 1440p monitors on either side, those are set to 115% scaling.

For some reason all of my vidya games (main monitor) see my native resolution as 2944x1656. If I drop it down to 1440p there's a noticeable loss in quality - Or if I run the game in windowed mode and set 1440p, it doesn't take up the whole screen.
Any idea why the games are seeing a higher internal resolution than what I actually have? Just weird.

>>105930372
No, I'd install to a separate drive first. I'm not just rushing into it, plus I'd like to test out a few DEs first, see if those Windows specific programs work well, etc.

>>105930383
Superscaling in the game settings?

>>105930357
I was working in an escape room where the rooms communicate via RS485 and send codes.
I was testing what each code was doing and saved the codes inside a file.
The return at the end soft-bricked the rooms because the russian dickwads who programmed the rooms never anticipated modernization.

Hello, I'd like to ask a question.
It's not about me, as I'm already very experienced with various Linux distributions and computers in general. I ask this question because as death of Windows 10 approaches us, my dad's computer, which is running it, started to perform worse and slower than usual, to the point when it even started showing BSOD every once in a few minutes. Due to this, my dad decided to upgrade to Windows 11 near the end of this year, but that is another problem, as it requires also fully upgrading his motherboard, CPU and memory cards, possibly even graphics card, which is very expensive for us and, speaking honestly, useless, given that Windows 11 is objectively worse in every metric compared to Windows 10, even in it's current state. So I ask you:
Do I need to convince my dad to switch to Ubuntu, Debian or any other stable and easy to use distribution, or do I help him basically buy a whole new computer? The problem with switching is that we have important family files saved on his PC in NTFS file system, which may compatible with Linux system.
Sorry for bad English, it's not my foremost tongue.

>>105930489
>we have important family files saved on his PC
and your backups, right?

>>105930400
Even in CS 1.6 and Source?

It's not creating a problem I'm just curious as to what's going on, everything looks and runs fine if I leave it at 2944x1656.
I'm guessing it has something to do with the scaling applied on my other monitors? 115% of 2560x1440 is 2944x1656 so probably something with that. On KDE.

Again no problem I'm just curious as to how computer work.

>>105930641
Yes because it's set in proton settings. I open l4d2 on a fresh install running on proton, and it sets the default res to like 5000x2300.

>>105930176
if you are using vim +7
add :set noeol to ~.vimrc

>>105930451
that sounds pretty funny to be honest

I'm dealing with this retardation: https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/issues/14271
I think, at least. I might not be dealing with a plaintext srt - I extracted the text track from the mkv (to load externally as a possible solution) and got a 14MB file. Before I start digging into the documentation, can I expect it to be fairly straightforward to write an mpv lua script that will strip excess newlines and NOT skip text? Or am I dealing with some other problem - mpv skipping every other line of image-based subs somehow?

>>105931418
It was. Met my first GF at that establishment. Hope she's doing well wherever she is.

>>105913039
Anyone?

>>105931560
i dunno what that is. i don't play games since i'm an adult.

>>105931545
Oh, I missed the codec detail. It's PGS. Can I assume that issue doesn't apply? What else could cause missing lines of subtitle then? Alignment is off and the second line is off-screen?

>>105928903
Low res whomp comic

>>105930489
Windows 10 IoT LTSC is supported until 2032 and will run on your hardware

>want to get experience with debian
>will mostly just be using it for coding/web browsing
bookworm or trixie? is there anything really sorely missing from stable w.r.t. software dev?

Moved over from Windows a month ago, all going great apart from one nagging issue. Inconsistency with sleep/hibernate is driving me mad, energy is expensive here and i'd like to keep my workflow of sleeping/hibernating the machine in the evening and picking up the next day.

Tracing back the black screens after resuming and every crash looks to be NVIDIA related, googling seems to pretty much point to 'things are getting bett>>105930489
er but its a closed driver'. I'm due an update graphics card wise, will jumping to AMD solve these issues?

>>Don't like the default GNOME 48.3 font, too chunky
>>Play around, find Cantarell. Its lovely
>>Discover this is the old default font and isn't being maintained

Any suggestions or just keep using Cantarell, i assume shit its going to explode down the line?

>>105932067
good luck manually solving dependencies if you intend to compile any software made in the last decade

>>105932145
Its a font. What could actually go wrong?

>>105932166
on stable you mean?

>>105929882
thanks for trying to help anyways anon, will check this one out as it seems interesting, as an exercise

I installed Mint many years ago, and at this point I have a decent understanding of how to manage a system (I run arch on my main machine, and it's gone pretty well). Is there any actual value to mint as a distro? It feels like I might as well just install Cinnamon on Debian if I want outdated packages, or just install it somewhere else if I actually want up-to-date programs.

>>105932205
Sounds like you should just install arch on this machine, unless something is holding your back.

Something to be said for having the same setup across machines you use, by now you probably have a handle on your config/dot files.

>>105932177
I know right, felt a bit dumb asking the question, but here we are!

>>105932205
if you're running arch there's very little point in installing baby shit like mint, you will just piss yourself off when you cant find packages
If you want something that provides a different experience, try immutable distros like Fedora or declarative like Nixos.

How do I change my cursor to this one in Pop OS?
https://odang.fanbox.cc/posts/10196638

>>105932219
That's exactly what I've been thinking about doing. I couldn't really think of a good reason not to move on.

>>105932205
On Mint you get the Ubuntu ecosystem so there's that.
>>105932225
>you will just piss yourself off when you cant find packages
>cant find packages
Wait what Ubuntu's repos weren't the biggest?
>>105932091
>sleeping/hibernating
Which one? The two are completely different monkeys.

>>105932356
Suspend (sleep) sorry.

Error looks to be:

NVRM: nvAssertFailedNoLog: Assertion failed...
NVRM: Failed to unmap VA Range...
NVRM: can't alloc VA space for mapping.

Latest drivers (575.64.03), all other packages updated.

>>105932286
you'll have to convert it to an X11 cursor set (or whatever wayland uses if you use that)

I claim this thread for Ubuntu, and the global love consciousness.

Any tool to limit the battery charging?

>>105928820
>If you want to limit frames you should probably look into Gamescope.
Fanks anon, I'll have a look - the framework is all amd components anyway regardless

>>105932205
>Is there any actual value to mint as a distro?
It's a decent introduction to Linux and the name is cool, that's about it

>>105932091
are you able to save the session and turn off?

New thread >>105932867

Does anyone have that older comic where Gates and Jobs are sitting together, saying something about Stallman's weight, and the next panel is Stallman on the ground with the caption "curse you slight incline"?

Google is failing me.