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More than anything, I just want NTFS-style transparent compression on Ext4.
Yes, I know about btrfs, but its compression options incur too much of a performance hit, and overall it’s just not a reliable enough filesystem for daily use, IMO. If it ever gets a proper fsck equivalent, I may start considering it more seriously.
I would possibly upvote this if it were just a GNOME customization guide, and if it didn’t try to insist that “GNOME is good, actually.”
TIL at least one German computer magazine still ships cover discs.
Title is clickbait. All that’s been confirmed so far is FRL.
This script needs serious work. Its KDE support is an afterthought, because you have to edit the launch script in order for it to even run, and when you get to a desktop, there’s no panel, no items in the application menu when you add a panel, and no borders or titlebars on the windows.
I wanted to use KDE instead of XFCE because of its scaling options, since you have to squint to see anything without scaling, though KDE’s scaling only half-works with this script.
There’s also NO option to cleanly uninstall everything without outright nuking your Termux install.
Also, I just saw that Claude is one of the “contributors”, which probably explains a lot. This felt like it was vibe-coded, but I wasn’t sure.
If Mint ever releases a version that allows me to use KDE without installing any other DEs, or XFCE reaches the point where it has mature Wayland support, I may consider it. The Linux world is in dire need of a distro that’s basically “Kubuntu, but good”, IMO.
Mint has both Ubuntu-based and Debian-based editions. IMO, I don’t really see what benefit comes from using Ubuntu as a base, other than compatibility with PPAs or apps that expect Ubuntu-specific versions of libraries.
“This release bumps the suggested alternatives for Windows apps by more than 40 percent to a total of 240 applications. This is one of Zorin OS’s niche features, recommending users tailored alternatives to sideloading their Windows executables.”
That’s a pretty far cry from what the title of the article suggests. Clickbait.
“The beauty of the AUR is that you stop waiting for developers to ‘support’ your OS. If the community wants it to work, it works. Period.”
I take issue with this statement. The AUR can be very useful, but the packages in it are maintained by volunteers, so the onus ultimately falls on those volunteers to make sure those packages keep functioning. It’s not uncommon for packages to fall out of date with upstream, and sometimes packages even end up being abandoned.
Arch is a fast-moving system, so packages for it need to be actively maintained to remain installable and functional. Flatpak packages are often volunteer efforts as well, but Flatpak at least allows packages to use specific versions of different libraries so that they can keep functioning.
I see. I’m generally a fan of Flatpak even though I still think it has some drawbacks. I think it’s good to have alternatives though, because I don’t want to be stuck in its ecosystem if the people behind it decide to take it in a stupid direction.
Right now the only Debian system I have is on Oldstable. If Debian decides to implement age verification/attestation, do you think it’s going to be backported to that version? 🤔
What’s the TL;DR version of this?
This will be interesting as well. Your Linux desktop will be able to remember window positions and sizes across restarts. So if you are meticulous about an organized layout where the terminal is on the left and the browser is on the right, it will be the same even after your system restarts. Note that session survives temporary app closures, too.
It’s about freaking time.
EDIT: I just realized that KWin has already had this for a year. Then again, maybe this means it’ll actually get used now?
Don’t comply in advance, that’s what I say. Unfortunately, that’s what systemd is doing, and what archinstall, xdg-desktop-portal, and Freedesktop.org are on the verge of doing.
For the vast majority of people who don’t live in California, including myself, California law can go fly a kite.
You raise a very good point. systemd isn’t the only thing we should be bringing attention to. Everything in the Linux ecosystem that’s pushing for age verification/attestation should have attention brought to it.
The problem with btrfs subvolumes is that you have to use btrfs. I’m good with Ext4. It’s nice and reliable.
This is one of the beautiful things about open source. If the original devs do something stupid, the community can fork.
why does it need to accommodate compatibility for archaic devices/software?
Because that’s one of Windows’ selling points. It has unusually good backwards compatibility for a mainstream operating system. Compare that to iOS, Android, MacOS, or Linux, where the infrastructure needed to run older binaries often doesn’t exist in the first place.
Linux is a weird case, because thanks to Wine, it actually runs a lot of old games better than Windows, but this doesn’t do anything to help compatibility with older Linux binaries.
I’m pissed that systemd has made a change that paves the way for age verification, and is unwilling to go back on it. The change they added may not do much on its own, but I worry about future consequences.
Since it’s rare for large organizations and projects to go back on things like this, I’m considering moving my systems over to non-systemd distros. At the very least, I hope a fork without the userdb birthDate variable hits the AUR.
GNOME Disks is awesome. It’s the one GNOME app I use regularly, and it amazes me just how good it is given who develops it.