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1 • Wine Curmudgeon (by rufo on 2023-05-01 00:23:58 GMT from United States)
Imagine my surprise when I clicked the link to Jeff Siegel’s wine site when I discovered it was about…wine. Not the Windows emulator, but the fermented grape juice.
2 • Wine and Windows (by Wedge009 on 2023-05-01 01:29:44 GMT from Australia)
Yeah, I made that same mistake a previous time the Wine Curmudgeon site was promoted.
I recognise that for the majority of people outside of DistroWatch readership, desktop computing is 'dead', and even laptops are nowhere near as favoured as mobile phones and other touch-based devices. But I had a feeling Microsoft was heading in a bad direction with Windows since 8, 10, and now 11.
If only laptop hardware didn't depend so much on Windows-specific drivers, I could ditch Windows for just about everything. As it stands I've already running Linux on nearly all my desktops since Window 7 was killed off.
3 • Installing portable linux apps (by Ivan on 2023-05-01 02:09:43 GMT from Italy)
My goal was to provide a home for the portable linux apps (AppImage packages in particular, being there no centralized repository), so I've developed two utilities in bash that can install, remove, update, backup, restore and manage more than 1500 portable applications (more of them are AppImage packages, but there are also standalone applications like Firefox, Blender and Google Chrome). The main one is "AM", it installs everything in /opt (according with the Linux Standard Base), the second one is "AppMan", i.e. a copy of "AM" that allows you to choose where to install all your applications in your home directory and without root prvileges. Each program is installed into its own directory, containing the application itself, a script (named AM-updater) needed to update the application (note that many AppImage packages cannot use the standard tools to be updated, do the script can compare the installed version with the new one from the source), the icon and a text file containing the version of the installed app (this is used by the AM-script I've talked previously). To see the code, videos and more details about "AM", just click my name or visit my repository on github, I'm the user Ivan-HC. I hope you enjoy my project, I'e worked alone on it for two years but I'm looking for cooperators to convert this into a community project.
4 • Screenshots of Xubuntu in Review (by Foss-is Great on 2023-05-01 06:07:55 GMT from Germany)
About 2 weeks ago i did a review on Xubuntu 23.4 here. I wrote :"Well, and there is the look and feel - strictly speaking - no look and feel. Thus, Xubuntu is really only an offer for users who always customize the desktop according to their own taste anyway, or who don't care about the appearance. I guess they could get much more users, if they would spend much more time on a good looking look and feel - there is still a lot possible."
Today i saw the Screenshots in Jeff's review - light theme, transparent panel, also better costomized than the default Xubuntu. So i put the 23.4 iso on a thumbdrive to test it. But the costomizing of the desktop was the same like always, not like the screenshots in Jeff's review.
So let me ask: are the screenshots original from the actually lifesystem or are the from a costomized version?
5 • Crunchbang (by Foss-is-great on 2023-05-01 06:44:55 GMT from Germany)
A legend is back. I going to try it, as soon as I find the time to do it. Main question: what a differents to bunsenlabs. I am really enjoinging the feather lightwight side of the linux world.
6 • where software is installed (by Dr.J on 2023-05-01 06:56:56 GMT from Germany)
I think we have to differentiate here. I couldn't care less where software installs itself. However, this only applies to the actual program files. Something completely different are the configuration files and - of course - the data files. For both, I usually and if necessary, adjust the paths so that they are placed in the directories (such as /home/user) that are regularly backed up.
7 • Fidget Flie Manager (by Trihexagonal on 2023-05-01 07:11:01 GMT from United States)
I'm going to lump changing standard locations of where files are installed in my "Not Leaving Well Enough Alone" category of worst mistakes new people make.
Whether it be ports, pkg, apt or apt-get I stay with the default paths for program builds.
8 • Xubuntu is more a Midwight Distro now (by Foss-is-great on 2023-05-01 08:15:10 GMT from Germany)
Where are the good old times when a Xubuntu iso had a size of 1.3 GB ? Today the Iso got a size of 3 GB! Twice much than in former days! So today Xubuntu must be seen as a Midwight distro.
I am really thinking of lxqt. But there is one big point for xfce - its the whiskersmenu - that is really great!
9 • Crunchbang++ vs Bunsenlabs (by NameyDude on 2023-05-01 08:38:49 GMT from Sweden)
Bunsenlabs is the community continuation. Crunchbang ++ is more of a one-person-thing if I remember correctly. I mean that not at all in a bad way though
10 • Xubuntu is heavy (by Alex on 2023-05-01 13:37:17 GMT from United States)
Xubuntu always seems to use up about 100-200 MB more ram than Debian-based XFCE distros. I don't know what makes it heavier...maybe Snap? These days I find myself on Pardus, PeppermintOS, or Spiral Linux.
11 • Default locations (by Friar Tux on 2023-05-01 14:35:42 GMT from Canada)
@7 (Trihexagonal) I'm with you on leaving well enough alone. And, yes, I've messed up many an OS trying to put stuff where I wanted it to be. I now use the default locations for everything. EXCEPT AppImages... I have a folder in my Home directory for those, to make it easier to back up and restore if need be.
As for Xubuntu, or even just XFCE, I find both to be about the same size as Mint/Cinnamon. I think it's because of the desktop Applets/Widgets. I use these a lot so I prefer a desktop that offers them. Since XFCE started offering them I've noticed a steady climb in size. (The bigger the pipe, the more water it holds.)
12 • Xubuntu size (by AloofBrit on 2023-05-01 21:01:22 GMT from United States)
@8 the 23.04 Minimal is 1.7GB, which doesn't seem too bad for a usable DE
13 • Xbntu Min (by eight.bit.al on 2023-05-01 23:54:23 GMT from United States)
Xubuntu Minimal. Nice, clean slate to build on.
https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/daily-minimal/current/
14 • Installing manually (by fenglengshun on 2023-05-02 05:28:53 GMT from Indonesia)
If I install stuff manually, and I can't 'hide' it inside Conty, Distrobox, Nix home-manager, or Flatpak, then I just put it in ~/.local/bin or /opt, mostly the former. You do need to add it to PATH, but I think that should be done automatically by most distro when it detects ~/.local/bin exists. But I still sometimes install stuff at ~/Applications, following AppImageLauncher convention, as a convenient *visible* place to put some random apps in.
Though, for games, following old Lutris convention, I put them in ~/Games, which might just be linked to another folder. I didn't know /usr/games is a thing though, I was surprised when I saw gamescope from a ppa I installed was located in /usr/games.
15 • Xubuntu 23.04 (by Carlos Felipe on 2023-05-02 14:00:07 GMT from Brazil)
"Finally, I had tremendous difficulty getting the ISO to load successfully onto a USB key. I used both Balena Etcher and the GNOME Startup Disk tool and got kernel panics five or six times."
I used Fedora Media Writer (all 23.04 family) to create a live usb, for the first time didn't work well.
16 • Install ISO (by vmclark on 2023-05-02 16:17:52 GMT from United States)
For getting ISO's installed, use Ventoy. Works every time.
17 • Burn an ISO (by Marco on 2023-05-03 00:40:44 GMT from United States)
sudo dd bs=4M if=/path/to/some.iso of=/dev/sdb conv=fsync oflag=direct status=progress
has never failed me. Ever. Just make sure /dev/sdb is your USB thumb drive. Really sure.
18 • Crunch me (by Cruncher on 2023-05-03 04:34:56 GMT from Germany)
@5:
No one is preventing you from installing Openbox and/or Fluxbox window managers in most Linux distributions. Crunchbang was interesting, but one can easily whip up something similar in a short time.
19 • Crunchbang++ vs. BunsenLabs (by ICHwersonst on 2023-05-03 18:12:49 GMT from Germany)
biggest difference: BunsenLabs has a lot of additional software pre-installed, which one may not use at all. So if you like it light, choose Crunchbang++.
20 • Thunar 2-panel (by F3-help on 2023-05-04 03:25:45 GMT from New Zealand)
Have to agree - mindblow, Thunar arrives at Midnight Commander level. This (previously missing feature) was setting my impression of the whole DE as "amateurish". This is an encouraging step forward.
21 • @5 Crunchbang++ (by vmclark on 2023-05-04 17:26:13 GMT from United States)
Works very well, but as there is only one author, developer, is a concern. Yet, its debian, so no issue, just use debian repositories, regardless what happens.
22 • Use Ventoy (by Mr.Sahay on 2023-05-05 06:49:57 GMT from India)
@15 I am using ventoy with multiple distro in it just need to set it up once only that's it. all you need to do is copy paste the iso and delete the one not needed.
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| • Issue 1100 (2024-12-09): Oreon 9.3, differences in speed, IPFire's new appliance, Fedora Asahi Remix gets new video drivers, openSUSE Leap Micro updated, Redox OS running Redox OS |
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| • Issue 1098 (2024-11-25): Linux Lite 7.2, backing up specific folders, Murena and Fairphone partner in fair trade deal, Arch installer gets new text interface, Ubuntu security tool patched |
| • Issue 1097 (2024-11-18): Chimera Linux vs Chimera OS, choosing between AlmaLinux and Debian, Fedora elevates KDE spin to an edition, Fedora previews new installer, KDE testing its own distro, Qubes-style isolation coming to FreeBSD |
| • Issue 1096 (2024-11-11): Bazzite 40, Playtron OS Alpha 1, Tucana Linux 3.1, detecting Screen sessions, Redox imports COSMIC software centre, FreeBSD booting on the PinePhone Pro, LXQt supports Wayland window managers |
| • Issue 1095 (2024-11-04): Fedora 41 Kinoite, transferring applications between computers, openSUSE Tumbleweed receives multiple upgrades, Ubuntu testing compiler optimizations, Mint partners with Framework |
| • Issue 1094 (2024-10-28): DebLight OS 1, backing up crontab, AlmaLinux introduces Litten branch, openSUSE unveils refreshed look, Ubuntu turns 20
| | • Issue 1093 (2024-10-21): Kubuntu 24.10, atomic vs immutable distributions, Debian upgrading Perl packages, UBports adding VoLTE support, Android to gain native GNU/Linux application support |
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| • Issue 1089 (2024-09-23): Expirion 6.0, openKylin 2.0, managing configuration files, the future of Linux development, fixing bugs in Haiku, Slackware packages dracut |
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| • Issue 1086 (2024-09-02): Vanilla OS 2, command line tips for simple tasks, FreeBSD receives investment from STF, openSUSE Tumbleweed update can break network connections, Debian refreshes media |
| • Issue 1085 (2024-08-26): Nobara 40, OpenMandriva 24.07 "ROME", distros which include source code, FreeBSD publishes quarterly report, Microsoft updates breaks Linux in dual-boot environments |
| • Issue 1084 (2024-08-19): Liya 2.0, dual boot with encryption, Haiku introduces performance improvements, Gentoo dropping IA-64, Redcore merges major upgrade |
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| • Issue 1080 (2024-07-22): Running GNU/Linux on Android with Andronix, protecting network services, Solus dropping AppArmor and Snap, openSUSE Aeon Desktop gaining full disk encryption, SUSE asks openSUSE to change its branding |
| • Issue 1079 (2024-07-15): Ubuntu Core 24, hiding files on Linux, Fedora dropping X11 packages on Workstation, Red Hat phasing out GRUB, new OpenSSH vulnerability, FreeBSD speeds up release cycle, UBports testing new first-run wizard |
| • Issue 1078 (2024-07-08): Changing init software, server machines running desktop environments, OpenSSH vulnerability patched, Peppermint launches new edition, HardenedBSD updates ports |
| • Issue 1077 (2024-07-01): The Unity and Lomiri interfaces, different distros for different tasks, Ubuntu plans to run Wayland on NVIDIA cards, openSUSE updates Leap Micro, Debian releases refreshed media, UBports gaining contact synchronisation, FreeDOS celebrates its 30th anniversary |
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| • Issue 1075 (2024-06-17): Redox OS, X11 and Wayland on the BSDs, AlmaLinux releases Pi build, Canonical announces RISC-V laptop with Ubuntu, key changes in systemd |
| • Issue 1074 (2024-06-10): Endless OS 6.0.0, distros with init diversity, Mint to filter unverified Flatpaks, Debian adds systemd-boot options, Redox adopts COSMIC desktop, OpenSSH gains new security features |
| • Issue 1073 (2024-06-03): LXQt 2.0.0, an overview of Linux desktop environments, Canonical partners with Milk-V, openSUSE introduces new features in Aeon Desktop, Fedora mirrors see rise in traffic, Wayland adds OpenBSD support |
| • Issue 1072 (2024-05-27): Manjaro 24.0, comparing init software, OpenBSD ports Plasma 6, Arch community debates mirror requirements, ThinOS to upgrade its FreeBSD core |
| • Issue 1071 (2024-05-20): Archcraft 2024.04.06, common command line mistakes, ReactOS imports WINE improvements, Haiku makes adjusting themes easier, NetBSD takes a stand against code generated by chatbots |
| • Issue 1070 (2024-05-13): Damn Small Linux 2024, hiding kernel messages during boot, Red Hat offers AI edition, new web browser for UBports, Fedora Asahi Remix 40 released, Qubes extends support for version 4.1 |
| • Issue 1069 (2024-05-06): Ubuntu 24.04, installing packages in alternative locations, systemd creates sudo alternative, Mint encourages XApps collaboration, FreeBSD publishes quarterly update |
| • Issue 1068 (2024-04-29): Fedora 40, transforming one distro into another, Debian elects new Project Leader, Red Hat extends support cycle, Emmabuntus adds accessibility features, Canonical's new security features |
| • Issue 1067 (2024-04-22): LocalSend for transferring files, detecting supported CPU architecure levels, new visual design for APT, Fedora and openSUSE working on reproducible builds, LXQt released, AlmaLinux re-adds hardware support |
| • Issue 1066 (2024-04-15): Fun projects to do with the Raspberry Pi and PinePhone, installing new software on fixed-release distributions, improving GNOME Terminal performance, Mint testing new repository mirrors, Gentoo becomes a Software In the Public Interest project |
| • Issue 1065 (2024-04-08): Dr.Parted Live 24.03, answering questions about the xz exploit, Linux Mint to ship HWE kernel, AlmaLinux patches flaw ahead of upstream Red Hat, Calculate changes release model |
| • Issue 1064 (2024-04-01): NixOS 23.11, the status of Hurd, liblzma compromised upstream, FreeBSD Foundation focuses on improving wireless networking, Ubuntu Pro offers 12 years of support |
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| • Issue 1062 (2024-03-18): KDE neon 20240304, changing file permissions, Canonical turns 20, Pop!_OS creates new software centre, openSUSE packages Plasma 6 |
| • Issue 1061 (2024-03-11): Using a PinePhone as a workstation, restarting background services on a schedule, NixBSD ports Nix to FreeBSD, Fedora packaging COSMIC, postmarketOS to adopt systemd, Linux Mint replacing HexChat |
| • Issue 1060 (2024-03-04): AV Linux MX-23.1, bootstrapping a network connection, key OpenBSD features, Qubes certifies new hardware, LXQt and Plasma migrate to Qt 6 |
| • Issue 1059 (2024-02-26): Warp Terminal, navigating manual pages, malware found in the Snap store, Red Hat considering CPU requirement update, UBports organizes ongoing work |
| • Issue 1058 (2024-02-19): Drauger OS 7.6, how much disk space to allocate, System76 prepares to launch COSMIC desktop, UBports changes its version scheme, TrueNAS to offer faster deduplication |
| • Issue 1057 (2024-02-12): Adelie Linux 1.0 Beta, rolling release vs fixed for a smoother experience, Debian working on 2038 bug, elementary OS to split applications from base system updates, Fedora announces Atomic Desktops |
| • Issue 1056 (2024-02-05): wattOS R13, the various write speeds of ISO writing tools, DSL returns, Mint faces Wayland challenges, HardenedBSD blocks foreign USB devices, Gentoo publishes new repository, Linux distros patch glibc flaw |
| • Issue 1055 (2024-01-29): CNIX OS 231204, distributions patching packages the most, Gentoo team presents ongoing work, UBports introduces connectivity and battery improvements, interview with Haiku developer |
| • Issue 1054 (2024-01-22): Solus 4.5, comparing dd and cp when writing ISO files, openSUSE plans new major Leap version, XeroLinux shutting down, HardenedBSD changes its build schedule |
| • Issue 1053 (2024-01-15): Linux AI voice assistants, some distributions running hotter than others, UBports talks about coming changes, Qubes certifies StarBook laptops, Asahi Linux improves energy savings |
| • Issue 1052 (2024-01-08): OpenMandriva Lx 5.0, keeping shell commands running when theterminal closes, Mint upgrades Edge kernel, Vanilla OS plans big changes, Canonical working to make Snap more cross-platform |
| • Issue 1051 (2024-01-01): Favourite distros of 2023, reloading shell settings, Asahi Linux releases Fedora remix, Gentoo offers binary packages, openSUSE provides full disk encryption |
| • Issue 1050 (2023-12-18): rlxos 2023.11, renaming files and opening terminal windows in specific directories, TrueNAS publishes ZFS fixes, Debian publishes delayed install media, Haiku polishes desktop experience |
| • Issue 1049 (2023-12-11): Lernstick 12, alternatives to WINE, openSUSE updates its branding, Mint unveils new features, Lubuntu team plans for 24.04 |
| • Issue 1048 (2023-12-04): openSUSE MicroOS, the transition from X11 to Wayland, Red Hat phasing out X11 packages, UBports making mobile development easier |
| • Issue 1047 (2023-11-27): GhostBSD 23.10.1, Why Linux uses swap when memory is free, Ubuntu Budgie may benefit from Wayland work in Xfce, early issues with FreeBSD 14.0 |
| • Issue 1046 (2023-11-20): Slackel 7.7 "Openbox", restricting CPU usage, Haiku improves font handling and software centre performance, Canonical launches MicroCloud |
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