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People with edge cases where cygwin isn't enough
The Linux Thread - The Autist's OS of Choice
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Yeah, pretty much it's for places that expect you to work on Linux code but are too negrified to provide any kind of actual Linux development environment.
Also, I believe the only way to enable case-sensitivity in NTFS directories on Windows (God help you) is to install WSL.
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Progress on FOSS hopefully getting big government funds.
My pipe-dream is for EU to start carelessly dumping so much money in order to fuck with big established non-EU software brands that it creates a gold rush for good FOSS clones for all the programs I use.
My pipe-dream is for EU to start carelessly dumping so much money in order to fuck with big established non-EU software brands that it creates a gold rush for good FOSS clones for all the programs I use.
I just want wood-grain accents to come back to computer hardware. I think the rainbow LED shit is gay and tranny coded.
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I know this isn't technically the hardware thread but oh well: I'm thinking of giving my X230 to my sister and kinda want something to replace it as a browsing & travel machine. Word on the street is that X280 thinkpads are getting Libreboot support this month. Already used to the form factor and a newer CPU + NVMe sounds pretty enticing, but soldered RAM is really not. Other thing I'm considering is an EliteBook 820 G2 for 32 gigs of non-soldered DDR3, but going from ye olde schizopad to an HP rig doesn't sit right with me.
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I still think the newer thinkpads aren't bad. You won't be able to libreboot them. But you can at least get ddr4 ram that isn't soldered in. And some decent performance for the price. And I generally like the Thinkpad form factor more than other laptops.
Like even the 2018-2020 thinkpads. I would personally prefer. How good they are will depend on the model you get. But you can pay $200 or so and get much more modern hardware. And a decent machine. If you do a bit of looking around on eBay
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I think XFCE (Xubuntu, Linux Mint XFCE, MX Linux and tons of others) also can not use Wayland and no plans to do so and a ton of distros are based on that. LXQT by default uses Openbox (Lubuntu and some others) or XFWM4 (Debian LXQT). LXDE (my favorite) also uses OpenBox.
The only Windows Manager that is more simple than OpenBox in my opinion is JWM (Joe's Windows Manager). Don't use a tiling manager like i3 or Awesome.
I still use Windows on this desktop I am using but all my laptops run debian based linux.
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Well, at least we might end up with a sizable amount of good bases for people that care to fork from.
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Xfce has Wayland support. And so does lxqt.
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Xfce does plan to support Wayland. There is a roadmap page, which shows several missing pieces but nonetheless substantial progress:
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Check eBay for refurbished ThinkPad X1 Carbons as they often have 5 years old ones for really cheap that are still very good, like this one I found after 10 seconds of searching
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I specifically mentioned the X280 cause Rowe mentioned them as being targeted for this month's release on the LBMK git page, along with X1 Carbons up to Gen 6. Speaking of:
That's pretty legit. Could probably find a Gen 6 for even cheaper. Running older hardware doesn't really bother me at all as long, though this time around NVMe support would be nice.
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So you can install Xlibre and finally have a proper compose key, with the bindings in .Xcompose, as God intended.
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I’ll stop hating Wayland when lazy dicklickers stop using Xwayland’s low performance bullshit as a crutch and actually write native
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What SoC? Support varies widely. Maybe Armbian?
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Like he said it varies depending on hardware. If you have Apple silicon, I think the drivers are in other distros, but you'd be best off with Asahi (although you would probably be better off just using MacOS). In general Fedora or Armbian would probably be the best.
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"Printer drivers are deprecated and will stop working in a future version of CUPS"
lol wtf is this?
WHAT DOES CUPS EXIST FOR IF NOT TO USE PRINTER DRIVERS
If I wanted to use HP Smart Web Printing with my local printer I WOULDN'T NEED CUPS
lol wtf is this?
WHAT DOES CUPS EXIST FOR IF NOT TO USE PRINTER DRIVERS
If I wanted to use HP Smart Web Printing with my local printer I WOULDN'T NEED CUPS
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Looks like Apple is helping to Embrace, Extend, Extinguish
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Even better, here's some crap you can use instead, it's in the snap store.
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If your question allows infinity, the answer is yes. Would it be worth it to dedicate the time it would take is the real question. I actually think it would be. I don't want to hate Windows. I want it to be good, because the market leader is what drives everyone else to improve. As it stands, MacOS and Linux are just better experiences for all the purposes I've ever used them for. The only thing carrying Windows right now is inertia, but inertia runs out, no matter how much you started with.