The Linux Thread - The Autist's OS of Choice

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El Goblina said:
After nearly a decade and a half carrying a smartphone around, I've stopped trying to use it as a portable dev platform. I do all my dev at home at my comfy computer where I have a screen that isn't microscopic.
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It's sad really how gimped smartphone OSes are. Smartphone could be a single computing device for most people. There is no reason to not just be able to connect your smartphone to USB-C dock and have full DE open.
I can see Apple eventually doing it with iPhone docking and offering full Mac experience, especially now that Macs are ARM. While Samsung fanboys will be shitting themselves pointing that Dex exists, even though it's gimped shit.

I fucking hate iOS - Android duopoly. And fact that so many Gov shit is tied to them nowadays. I wish EU will pursue FOSS future, even if just to spite US.
 
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is there something like the windows calculator for linux?
I tried this one but it didn't work 100% like the windows version (it was stuck in wide mode)

im mainly interested in the programmer mode, where i can see all the bases at the same time and i can switch input between any of them at any time (its very convienient)
 
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Rango Dango said:
is there something like the windows calculator for linux?
I tried this one but it didn't work 100% like the windows version (it was stuck in wide mode)

im mainly interested in the programmer mode, where i can see all the bases at the same time and i can switch input between any of them at any time (its very convienient)
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Looks like gnome calculator has this feature. You can install it separately from the rest of gnome.
 
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Rango Dango said:
is there something like the windows calculator for linux?
I tried this one but it didn't work 100% like the windows version (it was stuck in wide mode)

im mainly interested in the programmer mode, where i can see all the bases at the same time and i can switch input between any of them at any time (its very convienient)
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There's also a KDE calculator called kcalc you could try. It has a programmer mode with that feature. Tho the most recent version isn't very aesthetically pleasing.
 
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I would like to use debian but with tilling wm as my main "desktop environment"
Is deselecting DE in the installation process a valid way to do that or is it going to result in some problems down the line?
 
mxte said:
I would like to use debian but with tilling wm as my main "desktop environment"
Is deselecting DE in the installation process a valid way to do that or is it going to result in some problems down the line?
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Try it. The worst that will happen is that you'll have to reinstall
 
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mxte said:
I would like to use debian but with tilling wm as my main "desktop environment"
Is deselecting DE in the installation process a valid way to do that or is it going to result in some problems down the line?
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I'd recommend installing something. Then it's easier to switch.
 
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Alright. I am prepping for linux. However I have some questions. Forgive me if this is super noobish.

I mostly use my desktop for gaming or watching videos. That is the majority of my desktop usage but other more creative hobbies might get some love in the future.

So first off I need a distro. In my research for a distro I found out HDR is still basically not available on linux. I run HDR for everything. Especially games. What are my options for HDR? I know KDE Plasma has HDR but I also hear that Plasma isn't universally supported across distros. What are my options? HDR is not negotiable. I am currently leaning towards OpenSUSE.
More on distros. I am not looking for a windows-like experience. I am prepared to learn something new. I want as little pre-installed as possible, just a clean slate for me to install what I need/want and nothing else.

Second. I need a software for creating profiles for my mouse and swapping profiles depending on activity. I do not need auto switch. I just need the ability to remap buttons and swap profiles. What can I use for this? My current software is not available.

I also would like a software for my keyboard to adjust macros and such. No need for RGB control I guess although that would be nice if it had it. Again my current software is not supported.

What else might I want to have prepared for install? The only thing I have really seen highly suggested for gaming so far is gamescope so I have that on my list. Anything else I might need?

I have a brand new drive specifically for this so I am not at all worried about losing anything while fucking around.
 
El Goblina said:
HDR is, AFAIK, in a rather beta shape, and is only available through Wayland. Don't expect it to work "effortlessly", it is a very new technology to the Linux stack.
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That is unfortunate. I hear games can still use HDR through gamescope even if the desktop can't use it. Do you know if thats true?
 
Another Char Clone said:
For gentoo, it should default to openrc so long as you select any non-systemd profiles. openrc is pretty mature when I was using it, the only annoyance is occasional service crashes like PPP not automatically starting back, but I fault that more with my ISP being a shit than anything. You can write supervised openrc services which uses s6 in the background, you can also run s6 for your user services, it depends how autistic you want to go.
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I was asking more about the comparison of S6 + 66 in relation to opernrc. I'm usually running openrc or BSD init.d, I've never gone back to systemd after the first time I had to deal with it being retarded and soft locking on init boot.
 
The Saltening said:
What are my options for HDR?
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your options are either nothing or nothing. HDR is still being worked on and there's not even a real standard for it in windows land (there are so many HDR standards its not funny.), so it'll be a long time before it'll be even close to ready. valve and redhat are apparently working on their own linux HDR standard but apart from the announcement, there hasn't been much else about it from what I remember.
 
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El Goblina said:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/HDR_monitor_support -- Arch's wiki has the most comprehensive list of HDR implementations and foibles. Your question seems to be true, but I can't confirm. I'm an X guy.
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Thanks! Apparently you can launch steam in hdr mode with gamescope to enable hdr in most games.
TheDataHorder said:
your options are either nothing or nothing. HDR is still being worked on and there's not even a real standard for it in windows land (there are so many HDR standards its not funny.), so it'll be a long time before it'll be even close to ready. valve and redhat are apparently working on their own linux HDR standard but apart from the announcement, there hasn't been much else about it from what I remember.
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There seem to be some workarounds. Just very limited and not streamlined. I have fallen in love with HDR10 and now going back feels like punishment.
 
Rango Dango said:
is there something like the windows calculator for linux?
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I literally just open a Python interpreter whenever I need to do some math. I know most of the Python match functions by heart. You can also use Ruby or whatever your favorite REPL is.

The Saltening said:
. In my research for a distro I found out HDR is still basically not available on linux. I run HDR for everything. Especially games. What are my options for HDR? I know KDE Plasma has HDR but I also hear that Plasma isn't universally supported across distros. What are my options? HDR is not negotiable. I am currently leaning towards OpenSUSE.
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HDR is now fully supported on mpv (with the 0.40.0 release in March) using the dmabuf-wayland video output. I think this just passes metadata straight to your monitor for BT.2020 (HDR colorspace). It's not as fast as gpu-next. Until recently, you had to use the experimental Vulkn HDR layer to do HDR output using gpu-next with mpv. If you have a distro with Mesa 25.1 or higher, you should now be able to do this straight with the Mesa Vulkn HDR layer.

I still use the experimental HDR layer on KDE Neon as it doesn't have mpv 0.40.0 or mesa 25.1 yet. I did have to compile it myself. You can find a bunch of tutorials if you search to see all the dependencies you have to install for it to build, and all the command line options you have to pass to mpv. But I use it to watch TV/movies all the time and it looks just as good as VLC on Windows.
 
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