Since there are a bunch of misconceptions around Flatpak, I decided to make a guide to dispel these, and explain how to do a few things, like theming all applications, using the command line interface to manage them, installing them from your web browser, and more:
I don't understand what is the point of releasing an IDE via #flatpak, when that flatpak doesn't include all the necessary dev tools, and it can't access the ones outside its sandboxing. Honestly. What's the point? I'm looking at you, #Geany.
Personally, I can't stand flatpaks or #snap. #Appimage is nicer just because it's just one delete away from within the file manager and doesn't leave crumbs everywhere. But overall, I prefer #apt, and #dnf.
Steam will soon use the desktop portal file picker.
In practice, it means Steam will use your native desktop method for selecting and saving files, resulting in better user experience and desktop integration.
This is one of many things Flatpak and GNOME pioneered that improves the Linux desktop for everyone.
OK. :: sets down suitcase :: Looks like I've moved over here from mastodon.social.
Seem to have lost my follows, but I think I can rebuild that.
So how about a little introduction post? I'm a woman in her '60s, living in Southeastern Pennsylvania. I have a partner, a 10-year old son, two Schipperkes, and five hens.
The question I ask myself a lot these days is, how do we survive the next century cooperatively? I'm alarmed by the risk of authoritarianism here in the US.
I showed one of my friends linux and he installed it on a old hard drive.... now a few months later he came out as a Bi femboy and he has long programmer socks now.
I am not kidding. Its actually real. I think that is pretty funny. #linux#tech#furry
Anfang des Monats dachte ich mir, gib doch #Manjaro mal wieder eine Chance. Ein Festplatten-Crash hatte mich dazu gezwungen, das #Linux System auf meinem #Mac Mini von 2016 neu aufzusetzen. Anstatt gleich wieder ein pures #Arch Linux zu installieren - diesmal also Manjaro. Schließlich wird…
After installing Awesome for a #Linux window manager, I’ve learned just how dependent I am on a mouse or trackpad. Wow - Very eye opening! Trying to learn a few new keyboard shortcuts each day going forward. 🤞🏼
Any #Linux users using #brew to manage (at least a few of their) packages? Developing on Mac myself and it feels really convenient being able to target both Mac OS and Linux using a single tool, but I have honestly no idea if anyone on Linux is using brew. Are they?
If not, what would be the best way to distribute CLI tools for Linux? My apps are mostly written in Go, so basically just a binary without dependencies.
25 years ago today, Google was founded.
On the same day, I wiped Windows 98 off my computer, believing that Debian Linux (which I had been using for a while but still kept Windows on another partition) could do everything I had been doing with Windows until then.
Since that day, many installations of Linux, *BSD, MacOS have graced my computers, but Windows has remained, on a few occasions, only an occasional (unwelcome) guest.
In the spirit of a typical support group phrase, I can joyfully say:
'Hello, I'm Stefano, and I haven't been using Windows as my primary operating system for 25 years.'
After a full month with my #Steam OS console, I can safely say that it's the best gaming experience I've ever had: start a game on the TV and pick it up later on the #SteamDeck, amazing performance + all the commodities of Steam OS!
And yet, I'd say it's not worth it for most people to build something like this, compared to a #Playstation5 for example.
So, let's see what I picked, the issues I encountered, and the general experience!
A challenge proposed by @jjardon for #GUADEC2024 in Denver: we try to go the whole week using only GNOME for our phones. No iPhone, no Android, just GNOME OS or postmarketOS or whatever with GNOME on top.
Navigate with Maps, wake up with Clocks, share our adventures with Snapshot and Tuba, communicate with Fractal, etc.
Think that sounds impossible today? We have one year to get things into shape before then! 😅
If I were to buy a new laptop with some version of newbie friendly linux preloaded, intending to use it for music and graphics arts (not gaming), social media, and regular LibreOffice type stuff (and affinity, audacity, etc), what laptop would I buy with what version of linux?
3D Design tool for needy kids, the search continues.
We have old laptops to loan out to kids from poor backgrounds. They don't have internet. 2D design we have covered with #inkscape, and the laptops run #linux well (but not Windows). What I need is a 3D design program. Suggestions welcome.
Seriously looking into Linux for my PC because Microsoft and their overzealous approach to AI is making me nervous as heck.
I'm going to settle on Ubuntu as my familiarity with that Linux distro is high enough; I do need to check for any major changes with CLI commands, reworking of OS features, and the like before switching over. I don't want any surprises.
Over the next few days, I will back-up anything I need in the future digitally.
The new Linux phone from Jolla & its benefits? ⛵ :linux:
◉Sailfish OS - the only independent commercial mobile OS
◉Sailfish is NOT 100% closed source - Jolla plans to open the remaining blobs
◉More "Linuxy" than Android; Qt / Wayland / filesystem
◉Free of Google / Apple
◉Use Android compatibility in case an :android: app is needed
◉Jolla is a Finnish company - 🇫🇮 / 🇮🇸 are considered most trustworthy nations in Europe