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  • What was Linux like in the 90s

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  • Why do you use the distro you use?

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  • I agree, only release schedule really matters, package managers are easy to learn.. I don't think the AUR is that special either, I've always found everything I needed no matter the distro, but maybe I don't have exotic requirements.

    I'm fine with most distros, though I don't bother with the fast rolling ones anymore, I did for a few years but I don't see the point for me. I'm happy with Fedora or an Ubuntu derivative and major updates are one command which is trouble free unless you've changed something in a non-standard way.

    Now using Pop 24.04 as it's on a stable base and I code COSMIC stuff, oh and they update kernel/nvidia/mesa on a regular basis (I use hybrid Gfx, Intel iGPU and NV offload). I'll probably stick with PopOS or Fedora COSMIC spin/copr moving forward.

    Use case for me is coding and gaming.

  • openSUSE’s Agama Installer Lands with Enhanced Web UI

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  • Assumptions are assumptions. The server is written in Rust, the idea is to be flexible with control and the optional UI. It has a big focus on Enterprise and things that were difficult with YAST are easier with Agama, such as unattended installation and using Ansible. For a simpler use case you can boot it up on your headless server and connect to https://agama.local/ in a web browser and continue the installation.

  • Notes on coreutils in Rust

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  • Relying on is perhaps too strong, but I enjoy operations like sort getting faster and I don't know how they've written cp but there's a cp alternative using async IO with io_uring that's almost twice as fast, I'm sure it'd interest people if such optimizations made it into coreutils.

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  • Streaming, the new cable - but worse.

  • EU OS: A Fedora-based distro 'for the public sector'

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  • No. It's one dude.

  • A friend of mine looking to download episodes of a show available on Amazon Prime video to store on his Jellyfin server for preservation. Is there a guide for this anywhere that they can reference?

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  • limetorrents.lol or TPB search for "top gear complete"

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    Rant: Isn't windows supposed to "just work"?

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  • All Operating systems get more complex release by release, including the applications and all the different hardware platforms and peripherals. So there will be problems.

    The "It just works" catchphrase came from Steve Jobs back in 2003. It didn't exactly mean things were perfect but that regular people/non experts should not have to struggle with technical mumbo jumbo to use a computer.

  • CachyOs vs PopOs vs others?

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  • While I like tinkering, I do want it to be relatively stable, not suprising me with issues when I need it.

    I would suggest avoidig pure rolling distros then. Also bear in mind that usually the performance difference between distros is not really big enough to make a difference for most things.

    I would consider something like Mint. But what I did on my new laptop was that I installed PopOS 24.04 Alpha and used gnome-session ("sudo apt install gnome-session") on it, though I've switched over to COSMIC now as I'm writing apps for it and it works for my games. It'll get regular kernel+mesa updates but the base os will remain "LTS stable".

    You could also go the Fedora (KDE or GNOME spins) route, it has a regular update schedule, this might be a great option for you.

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    GIMP 3.0 RC3 Released

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  • They have shape tools on the roadmap for this free image manipulation app, until then we'll have to use the two-step method of stroking a circular selection or use a more dedicated drawing app.

    In any case GIMP 3.0 is a huge rewrite under the hood and seems to be attracting more contributors now, which is a good sign.

  • Anybody here use Asahi Linux?

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  • but the work hasn’t began for it yet.

    This is completely untrue. The work has not only begun but the microphone driver is now working in development. Before it can be enabled they need to tweak various userland parameters and configurations that are different between each mac model.

  • Anybody here use Asahi Linux?

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  • He didn't step down from Asahi, just from the Linux kernel maintainers. Another person took over the Linux kernel Maintainer role for Asahi. It gives Hector one thing less to worry about.

    EDIT: As of Feb 13th he has resigned from Asahi. No mention of his alter ego Asahi Lina, she's still listed as a member? As Hector is an incredibly talented and productive individual it'll be a big blow to the project.

  • Reassessing Wayland

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  • Yeah as far as I understand, it's available with the xdg-desktop-portal Global Shortcuts for any application to implement. It's available for both sandboxed and regular applications to implement.

  • New machine: Which distro?

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  • I've been using Linux since the nineties and I've been through the rolling distros and agree with you that usually it's not a big hassle, just keep an eye on the process and .pacsave/.pacnew (or .rpm-ditto) - but I just don't bother at all anymore, I only game and code some Rust and I prefer a LTS distro that keeps the kernel up to date, for me that's the best of both worlds.

    I'd also say that running a major upgrade on my stable distros (both on servers and laptop) takes less than an hour, not a weekend and I never have issues with it. Issues when upgrading either rolling (every update) or LTS releases usually comes from the admin having made incompat/bad changes to the system on their own.

  • Which new Protocol or Standard are you most excited about?

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  • I just distro hopped after using a distro almost a year. Is it normal?

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  • Well, I settled on a Ubuntu derivative so I guess it's in the family. It could just as easily have been Fedora though.

  • Would you consider pirated games really safe?

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  • How long has your PC been on for?

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  • My laptop gets shut down every night, booted every morning. If I suspend it sometimes spontaneously wakes later, but boot is so fast anyway so it’s fine.

    My server gets updated and rebooted weekly. I don’t bother checking CVE bulletins, I just upgrade weekly.