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  • How I use virtual desktops

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  • In a broad sense tags are like workspaces but one can toggle to view multiple of those at the same time. One can do much more but that is the gist of it.

  • How I use virtual desktops

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  • friendship ended with workspaces/virtual-deskltops, now tags are my best friend

  • How I use virtual desktops

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  • Benefits:

    • Fast context switch (browsing, editing, documentation, etc).
    • Fast grouping(again browsing and all).
    • Automatic grouping (one can set rules were opens were)
    • It is even more useful on single monitors, the little space one has means that usually on can split the screen no more than 2 times, this means that swtiching quickly between groups of windows save you a load of time.
    • On the long run one gets used to the workflow and the cognitive effort of moving around windows becomes super low.

    Cons:

    • Might take some cognitive effort getting used to the workflow/keybinds. (usually worth it in the long run)
    • Moving around windows or workspaces can be difficult if not setup up correctly.

    One step further

    Tags (as opposed of workspaces/virtual-desktops) are a system used by the likes of dwm, dwl, river, mangowc to choose what windows get displayed on the screen. This would allow you to toggle and view different groups of windows on the same screen(like viewing multiple virtual-desktops at the same time). This would allow one to do that super fast context switching at a more complex level if needed. For instance you could toggle the "tag 2" while viewing "tag 1" effectively merging the two tags into the same screen instead of switching back and forth with workspaces. This method requires a little of more focus and remembering the state of the windows/tags.

    Quick mention of my Window Managers if anyone is interested in the topic.

  • An enigma.

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  • Some time ago I answered this question on a post that seems have been deleted but got some good feedback:

    The most important decision as a new Linux user is the desktop environment, the most similar desktop environment to the Windows desktop are KDE Plasma and Cinnamon. This means your best options are:

    • Linux Mint (Cinnamon): They are the creators of the Cinnamon desktop environment and will be the default on installation.
    • Kubuntu (KDE Plasma): This is Ubuntu's official KDE Plasma flavour, it comes with everything as usual just different desktop.
    • Fedora (KDE Edition): Same story as Ubuntu here, only that with Fedora's own packages and environment.

    First I would check if the hardware is compatible (99% of the time is). Then I would check what software you need and/or want and check if it is available at these distros, and get familiar on how to install the software packages (either with their respective app stores or in the command line).

    There is a lot to learn but with these distros you can just install, forget and simply keep using them for eternity.

    The last and more important tip I have is to not to worry about the sea of options out there, you will not be missing anything huge by picking one or the other. Which is how most of new users feel (I did in my time).

    Hope you have a great Linux journey mate!

  • what's your ringtone?

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  • I have the GTA San Andreas message sound for notifications, my friends always chuckle when I get a message.

  • RAM

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  • relax mate

  • RAM

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  • Damn, how low can one even go?

  • RAM

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  • The fact that one can use a wm/compositor to make the desktop lighter is sick. I was using 350MB idle with Alpine + River, it is so damn snappy.

    I came to Linux for freedom and stayed for the performance.

  • What community would you like to see more active on Lemmy?

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  • Winblows

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  • I think this is the other way around, Windows Updates always fuck up the user.

    Space Force Meme

  • dances in debian

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  • 8 happy feet

  • Truth

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  • As much as I hate MacOS I love their interface aesthetic.

  • SAMTIME Linux advertisement

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  • That guy is hilarious

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    Whats a good Linux distro to dip my toe in with in a laptop running Windows 11? Is there a decent longer form guide to doing it successfully?

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  • The most important decision as a new Linux user is the desktop environment, the most similar desktop environment to the Windows desktop are KDE Plasma and Cinnamon. This means your best options are:

    • Linux Mint (Cinnamon): They are the creators of the Cinnamon desktop environment and will be the default on installation.
    • Kubuntu (KDE Plasma): This is Ubuntu's official KDE Plasma flavour, it comes with everything as usual just different desktop.
    • Fedora (KDE Edition): Same story as Ubuntu here, only that with Fedora's own packages and environment.

    First I would check if the hardware is compatible (99% of the time is). Then I would check what software you need and/or want and check if it is available at these distros, and get familiar on how to install the software packages (either with their respective app stores or in the command line).

    There is a lot to learn but with these distros you can just install, forget and simply keep using them for eternity.

    The last and more important tip I have is to not to worry about the sea of options out there, you will not be missing anything huge by picking one or the other. Which is how most of new users feel (I did in my time).

    Hope you have a great Linux journey mate!

  • Clearly Inappropriate

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  • Yeah, I know this meme wasn't going to be too funny, but I thought to post it anyway. I have a meme stash and now I'm scraping the bottom of the barrel.

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    Clearly Inappropriate

  • What's the Holy Grail item in your hobby?

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  • They can hear the moves in algebraic notation, and then they play their move(either someone plays them physically for them or they have invisible pieces in the computer interface).

    They have to remember the whole board position though, which is what makes it harder.

  • What's the Holy Grail item in your hobby?

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  • Getting a novel technique is impossible, there is less and less new theory, and they know all the tricks, but the only way one can possible gain an advantage on a Grandmaster is baiting them into an opening line they they do not know well and you know very well, which again is very unlikely considering they study the game for life and even then, converting said advantage would be very difficult.

    The difference between International Masters and Grandmasters is big enough, but the difference between Grandmasters and amateurs is abysmal. You can see this with the Elo System (rating system), players under 200 Elo points their rival are expected to win almost never.

    They can even beat amateurs with their eyes blinded, and this is not a joke, one can just see the many videos of Grandmasters giving opponents odds like this.

  • What's the Holy Grail item in your hobby?

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  • My hobby is Chess, and to me it would be to beat a Grandmaster(impossible under normal context). I have beaten only once a National Master in a simul, to put things in perspective.

  • What are your thoughts or predictions for society in the next 5 to 10 years? (serious)

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  • I feel like people need to to wake up, just today I saw a 2-3 year old with a mobile phone scrolling what it seemed like TikTok, not to mention all the grown adults doing the same.

    Regular people do not seem to know, care or believe how modern tech practices are destroying our lives, countless times I've been given the looks when commenting the topic, even when themselves admit how they hate how creepy and weird is that Instagram hears eveything they say and display and ad of their private conversation.

    I think that first it has to get much worse for people living inside this bubble for other countries to start addopting european laws on digital rights and so on.

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    Dirty Talk

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    Desktop PTSD

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    What are your favorite and least favorite pure chance and pure strategy games? And why?

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    Email Clients That Allows Composing in Markdown?

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    What hobbies do you practice that is other people's professions?

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    Why are h1 headings smaller than h2 when inside and article tag?

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    I'm Guilty as Charged

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    Jumping Steps