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banazir

@ banazir @lemmy.ml

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  • Which distro would you install on a celeron 2gb ram laptop for a lay person to use?

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  • With low specs like that, the experience will never be great, but with a very light desktop you can make it work. Debian is fine, but with some set up, Alpine could be one option. It's a really light distro.

  • Carburetor, TOR GUI for linux phones/desktop

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  • Turns out this is also available in Alpine repositories, so I went ahead and installed it on my phone. Could come in handy when browsing from public Wi-Fi or such. Thanks for the tip.

  • How long has your PC been on for?

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  • I turn it off every night or if I'm away for many hours, so about 10 minutes right now.

    I do have a Raspberry Pi that's been up 12 weeks, 5 days, 19 hours, 59 minutes. I believe there was a planned power outage when it was lasted turned off.

  • We are not the same

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  • Is it though? Is it? Though?

  • With all this ghostty talk. Am I out of touch for still using terminator all these years?

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  • Yup, Konsole is good enough.

  • Widelands is a free, open source real-time strategy game.

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  • Edit: Never mind, I misunderstood something. From what I remember, this post is more or less an accurate description of what to expect.

  • Widelands is a free, open source real-time strategy game.

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  • It's a really good game. Check it out!

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  • KDE Plasma. It makes sense to me and everything functions more or less how I prefer it to. If I need something, it's usually easy enough to find. Plasma being flexible is a plus, but I rarely need to do any modifications.

    I loathe GNOME. Any time I use it it's like pulling teeth. On a touch surface I can maybe get it, but on desktop I honestly think it has some serious usability problems cooked in. And since GNOME extensions can break at any time, trying to "fix" GNOME is a losing battle. If I had to use GNOME, I'd install GNOME Classic which is ok. Or better yet, use XFCE or MATE. GNOME is highly opinionated and that's fair enough, they can do their thing and people seem to like what they offer, but boy is it not for me.

  • Don't fall for the trap

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  • Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes

    Edsger W. Dijkstra

  • Bcachefs Changes Rejected Reportedly Due To CoC, Kernel Future "Uncertain"

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  • What distro do you use and why?

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  • After quite a bit of agonizing, I eventually landed on openSUSE Tumbleweed. I chose a rolling release distro because on my desktop I want to be up-to-date. Having used Gentoo a long time ago, I didn't want a distro that takes effort to install and set up. openSUSE is somewhat popular with an active community and decent documentation in case I run in to issues. I also considered the fact it's based in Germany, because EU has at least some decent privacy laws. I was put off by the fact its backed by SUSE, but that's a two-edged sword.

    Right now I'm content with Tumbleweed, but I'm keeping an eye on OpenMandriva Lx if I feel like switching.

  • What Linux distro without opt-out telemetry would you recommend a Manjaro user?

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  • openSUSE Tumbleweed has served me well for some time now. Maybe give it a look-see?

  • Linux is easy!

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  • Looks great! Where can I download this theme?

  • Best Email Client

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  • The interface is a bit bare bones and 90's but I like it that way. It's a good and reliable client.

  • Who ever thought it sounded good this way? I think it's because headphones weren't widely used back then.

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  • Who ever thought it sounded good this way? I think it's because headphones weren't widely used back then.

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  • I'd be perfectly fine if everything was just mixed mono. I see little value in stereo. I'm weird like that.

  • Anybody know how to get lossless audio on linux?

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  • Can't help you there, I buy CDs and lossless copies from Bandcamp and Qobuz. Those work for me.

  • Why do you care about privacy?

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  • I'm sorry, but that's private.

  • Gentoo vs any other distro

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  • "Install Gentoo" is a meme, not life advice. With Gentoo, the installation process gives you good insight in to the internals of Linux systems and compiling (almost) everything from source is interesting, but won't produce noticeable benefits for average users. Especially since updates take some time, what with compiling the programs again. Gentoo is a great distro with a fantastic package manager, but unless you're an enthusiast or a serious hobbyist, Don't Install Gentoo.