Nick @ The Linux Experiment

YouTube content creator and Linux user living in Brest, Brittany. Might post gaming related stuff, especially if it runs on Linux, natively or not !  #fedi22 #linux #opensource #tech #gaming

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2024-08-06 15:43:28

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@npub1hxy…666k Yoire already pretty damn close! With a graphical package manager that lets you install software in a container in one click, transparently, I think you’re basically done!

2024-08-06 15:05:05

It took me a while, but here is my first look at Vanilla OS 2.
I’d say it’s the immutable #linux distro concept pushed to a smooth, user friendly point, with most issues linked to having a read only filesystem paved over with great tooling!
@npub1hxy…666k
https://youtu.be/PuGeR075MkE

2024-07-23 07:54:09

Microsoft now blaming the EU for the crowdstrike issue, because the EU made them open their APIs to third party developers in 2009 is hilarious.
If your APIs had any kind of gracious error handling, this wouldn’t be an issue. Fix your bad code, Microsoft, stop pointing fingers.

2024-07-16 10:47:00

The Boys season 4 isn’t even fantasy or fiction anymore, it’s basically real life with superheroes replacing the nut jobs people actually worship in real life.
Not sure I like this in at all, it’s actually anxiety inducing now 😅
The worst part is, I’m sure some people are watching the show and thinking “man this is some BS, Homelander did nothing wrong, damn Hollywood and its woke leftist writers”

2024-07-13 14:03:28

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@npub1psf…xavl Noted, will change that for the next one

2024-07-13 13:13:38

This week's #Linux and #OpenSource News video is coming early!
In this one, I talk about the #GNOME Foundation's Executive Director leaving after just 10 months, about Fedora 41 dropping X11 from the install media, some Cosmic news and the alpha looking extremely close, plus a big class action lawsuit against #Github Copilot being partly dismissed, with the more important part being allowed to proceed:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzXl6a8iOfw

2024-06-25 15:17:17

We’re all pretty much used to the old desktop metaphor, with windows, menus, panels, launchers, system trays, a desktop and icons, etc.
But these sort of suck, if you really think about it it, so I took a look at these old UI conventions, and tried (and failed) to come up with a better solution for each:
https://youtu.be/r776pFhnxw8

2024-05-31 12:06:18

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@npub1psf…xavl Weird! In my tests, and after using it at work for like 3 years, I felt it was the most compatible option On Linux!

2024-05-26 06:20:57

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@npub1pju…d8rc Yeah, it’s insane

2024-05-26 06:20:49

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@npub1ete…m8m9 They’re getting worse and worse, yeah

2024-05-26 06:09:19

Today, I learned that diversity, equality and inclusivity is apparently a bad thing, and will kill a project? (From the comments under my latest news talking about #GNOME’s 5 year plan).
So, wanting people to feel comfortable contributing to a project is bad and woke now? Serisouly, what do they put in these people’s water? They’re going insane.

2024-05-10 06:12:50

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@npub1nqp…w9sy I live in France, where light bulbs flicker at 50hz. If I record (and when I did) at 60fps, I get some nasty light flickering in the background, which some people didn’t notice, but others really did :)

2024-04-12 18:39:23

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@npub14fd…xpu3 Oh I’m not touching that topic with a 10 foot pole. I’ve learned the hard way to avoid anything remotely controversial on my channel, as it just creates stress and anger for me. Not worth it!

2024-04-08 07:57:09

All it would take for AI to completely collapse is a ruling in the US saying these companies have to licence the content they used to train these tools.
They simply would never reach a sustainable business model if they had to fairly compensate all the people who wrote, drew, edited, sang or just created the content they use.
Simply being forced to respect attribution and licenses would kill them. Will that ruling ever happen? Maybe not. Should it? I think so.

2024-04-03 05:14:07

Yesterday, I spent my entire afternoon visiting badly located, old, and expensive houses.
I not only lost half a day of work (way more than initially agreed upon), failed to publish my daily Patroncast, couldn’t work on a video script, but also did that for nothing, as every single house I saw was absolute overpriced garbage.
A day well spent!

2024-03-18 16:33:31

For this week, our first video will be a handy list of online resources you can use (and that I personally use, or used) to learn more about #Linux
Whether it’s to improve your knowledge of Linux’s architecture, the command line, Linux gaming, general Linux news, or desktops and window managers, here are the resources I recommend:
https://youtu.be/JoaIoctknLk

2024-03-17 08:04:15

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I find that scary, because it means that some people, more and more each year, seem to view any regulation of any company as « meddling » or as a bad thing, which also means some people want MORE unbridled capitalism.
They also seem to link helping people who aren’t as rich, or privileged as something bad, and that inherently implies a worldview where everyone is just out for themselves.

2024-03-17 08:03:48

It always kinda scares me when I read certain comments. They’re not numerous, but I see more of them each year. They say things like « the woke EU », or the « EUssr », or « socialist EU ».
They’re generally there when I talk about the EU regulating big tech, or fighting abuses of dominant position, and I just don’t understand how anyone can link that kind of activity to being « woke » whatever that means today, or being « socialist » (which in these people’s minds probably means « commie »).

2024-02-11 08:05:12

The amount of misogynistic comments on my latest video is just off the charts.
You can doubt the new CEO for her skills, her vision, experience, or the companies she worked at. But saying « another woman CEO, Mozilla is dead » is just… wow.
It’s 2024, people. Seriously. WTF.

2024-01-31 07:19:21

I don’t understand why people who send me emails to promote their software or products expect me to answer them, even just to tell them I’m not interested.
They sent me something, without any invitation. They want to sell me something, or get me to promote their product. Why would they feel I have an obligation to let them know I don’t want to? Just accept that no answer after a few weeks means « no », and stop wasting time and energy on emails.

2024-01-20 18:55:05

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@npub138z…rj3s Yeah, but at some point, they might just want to only have one district to maintain for the same brand name, especially since OpenSUSE already has an enormous number of variants!

2024-01-20 16:32:07

In this week's #Linux and #OpenSource news video, we have:
- #OpenSUSE leap looking to push the immutable distro space forward
- #Ubuntu 's Steam snap becoming a problem for Valve, to the point they recommend you don't use it
- #Google pretty much giving up on their Fuchsia OS
And a lot more stuff!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH5ghaSLVUc

2024-01-18 16:33:47

It’s 2024, which means I’m legally allowed to make my one #Linux distro tier list video for the year.
And a lot of distros have changed since the last one in early 2023, and I’ve tested a lot more as well, so it’s pretty packed!
And as with all tier lists, it’s obviously subjective, and tailored towards my own use case, so don’t get too offended if your favorite distro didn’t land in the spot you wanted it!
https://youtu.be/MuP-9O7gNIc

2024-01-16 16:34:54

Since #LinuxMint 21.3 was released last week, I felt it would be cool to see how their headline feature works: the experimental #Wayland session!
So I tried it on a laptop with Hybrid graphics, using the Intel iGPU, and the dedicated Nvidia GPU, and honestly, it’s really solid!
So, here’s how this session works, and all the other smaller changes to Mint as well:
#Linux #OpenSource
https://youtu.be/9vjVT-Pp4R8

2024-01-13 16:29:09

And here is this week's #Linux and #OpenSource News podcast!
https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com/@tlenewspodcast/episodes/cosmic-alpha-linux-67-more-steamos-devices-and-the-wayland-saga-continues
As always, follow it @npub1l3t…q63p or subscribe to it from any good podcast client!
Also, if you want daily Linux news shows, you can subscribe to the Patreon or become a youtube member, all the links are in the shownotes of the podcast :)

2024-01-11 18:47:04

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@npub1rsp…qgyq @npub1nvp…8fmq We’re talking about Proton as in Proton Mail ;)

2024-01-11 18:29:54

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@npub1nvp…8fmq @npub14m6…rhp5 Yeah, I talked about it in a recent interview with the CEO of Proton, it’s on the channel ;)

2024-01-11 16:34:44

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@npub18y5…02rn Every year is the year of the Linux desktop, because it’s been ready for at least a decade!

2024-01-11 16:33:07

After looking at the state of the #Linux desktop, I think it's time to see what we can expect from Linux in 2024!
There are some big things that will absolutely be coming, and things that will likely not improve, so I decided to get my crystal ball out, and try to analyze and predict what we can expect:
https://youtu.be/msiKpFV8HNY

2023-12-30 18:31:46

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@npub1qmn…vk3l Hahah sorry, I’m French and I tend to repeat things that I hear / read, which makes me employ weird grammar at times!
I’ll try to keep this one in mind :)

2023-12-30 16:44:38

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@npub1qmn…vk3l Can’t link to Peertube when I publish this, as Peertube syncs off of YouTube ;)

2023-12-30 16:00:30

Time for the final #Linux and #OpenSource news video of the year!
In this one, the infamous “Wayland breaks everything” posts gets roasted, alongside with the efforts to basically reimplement #X11 inside #Wayland, we have more #AI regulation efforts, this time in the USA, and we have an interesting look at how to make our #FOSS licenses more relevant in today’s world:
https://youtu.be/Scdi8bcW4Q0

2023-12-24 19:40:40

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@npub13gm…pffz @npub1wjw…ue5t @npub10yz…8mr3 Nice! I’m glad you liked it :)

2023-12-24 08:20:37

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@npub1cnw…lpyc Maybe, I’ll add it to the list!

2023-12-23 17:56:36

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@npub16qp…ycyd @npub1wjw…ue5t @npub10yz…8mr3 It’s probably because I based it all on questions from the community!

2023-12-19 16:42:23

Ok, so I asked you to give me all the questions you had for #Proton. I collected all of that, and asked all I could I fit in an 1h30 hour long interview with Andy Yen, the CEO of Proton.
He talked features, business model, #Linux support, #privacy, security, and everything in between, and here is the full interview:
@npub1wjw…ue5t, @npub10yz…8mr3
https://youtu.be/Dp7ght2fMR4

2023-12-17 07:23:21

« Tucker Carlson joins Rumble » they tell me in an email that openly displays a lack of neutrality on virtually every topic they want me to watch on their platform, criticizing taxes, Joe Biden, « slacktivists » and liberals in 2 « recommended » videos.
So, hmmm, yeah, this makes me want to join your crap even less, Rumble. Do I want my little basic Linux videos side by side with conspiracy theorists that lied for years on TV? No, thank you.

2023-12-16 16:45:01

Here is your fresh episode of the #Linux and #OpenSource News audio podcast!
https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com/@tlenewspodcast/episodes/torvalds-on-linuxs-future-linux-gaming-beats-windows-ubuntu-might-drop-older-cpus
As always, you can follow it from here @npub1l3t…q63p , or subscribe to it on any good podcast platform.
On that note, don't hesitate to leave a review, it helps making the show bigger!

2023-10-04 15:30:40

I decided to look at a few quick ways to improve the security of a #Linux system compared to the baseline most distros provide.
They generally have to strike a balance between usability and security, which means that, depending on your own use case, there are some steps you might want to take to increase how secure your own install is. So, here are a few quick tips I find useful for my own servers and desktops:
https://youtu.be/dSBhMzDkQ24

2023-09-22 16:04:54

If you’re looking for #OpenSource app recommendations, you probably generally land in the usual « LibreOffice / GIMP » space.
But what about other apps, like Obsidian, Notion, VS Code, Teams or Slack?
Well, I have a few recommendations for these as well, if you want to go all open source (and they all run on #Linux, of course):
https://youtu.be/P8accXNcwjs

2023-09-16 06:36:49

I decided to play Starfield even though it looked like Fallout 4 in space (not a good thing, I didn’t enjoy Fallout 4).
And while it isn’t bad, I find myself wishing for the quests and universe of Starfield, with No Man’s Sky engine and freedom of movement.
Seriously Bethesda, change your engine. It’s bad. Really bad.

2023-09-15 16:39:15

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@npub13z6…p8ce @npub1f5d…mw9x The amount of work they’ve done is astonishing, yeah!

2023-09-15 16:04:33

Since macOS was really not my cup of tea, I installed @npub1f5d…mw9x on my M1 MacBook Pro.
While I was expecting it to be alpha quality and very buggy, I was surprised to find a pretty great level of support for the hardware!
So here are my impressions, in video form: everything that works, what doesn’t work yet, and how to get it up and running:
#Linux #Asahi
https://youtu.be/ZFx6R26aRHw

2023-09-14 06:19:36

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@npub1kvp…f9wh I don’t have much experience with ChromeOS, I tried Flex but it kinda sucked even with everything working 😅
It has limited hardware support, I’d recommend a regular Linux distro instead!

2023-09-10 07:36:11

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@npub1zca…fc3a I’m very happy about it as well! It’s always great to have sponsors that embody all the things I like in tech!

2023-09-09 15:48:01

It's this time again: #Linux and #OpenSource news time!
This week, we have #KDE Plasma 6's release date (I'll spoil the video: it's in 5 months), we have the new #Ubuntu App Center, which seems to still not allow users to install anything other than Spans (let's hope this changes), and we have #GNOME 45 breaking all extensions (yes, for real this time).
https://youtu.be/1AmGJb2V0eI

2023-09-07 14:25:36

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@npub1nlk…230r Interesting! I’ll take a look at that when I do my own build!

2023-09-06 15:58:35

Since a lot of people seemed to enjoy the video where I talked about the #OpenSource software I use, here is a video with all the stuff I run on my #NAS, and the things that I still need to set up on it:
https://youtu.be/DekUrSZ58fc

2023-09-05 08:05:17

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@npub1jvz…gwmm A few weeks, from what I’ve heard, before they have devices to ship! I should get a review unit!

2023-09-01 10:27:50

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@npub1h7p…p8c6 Might have been, I never used the Mac version!

2023-09-01 08:19:21

Related to my latest video: people pointed out that Visual Studio is a major IDE missing from Linux, but available on Windows and macOS. Well, macOS is losing it as well, Microsoft just announced they would discontinue it for Apple’s OS.
I guess they won’t bring it to Linux any time soon, then (especially since they would argue that you can use Linux using WSL, and run Visual Studio on Windows at the same time)…

2023-08-30 16:28:04

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@npub19qz…mmn9 I always leave a shorter transcript in the description, but since I only have 5000 characters, it’s pretty trimmed down

2023-08-30 16:08:41

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@npub19qz…mmn9 No, just the video! That’s the main form of content I produce, articles are generally more personal stuff! If there’s enough demand, maybe I’ll add each video as a transcript on the website as well

2023-08-30 15:50:35

A lot of developers reports they use #Linux as their main professional OS (only 47% in 2022 though), so let’s see why a Linux distribution is the best choice for most developers:
(Yes, not ALL developers, there are always exceptions)
https://youtu.be/E_C3pgc1Iho

2023-08-27 17:34:33

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@npub19ah…d8j7 @npub1w46…c9fm So you’re not your own friend then? Too bad, love yourself before talking to anyone else online 😘

2023-08-27 17:33:57

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@npub19ah…d8j7 @npub1w46…c9fm Cool, so you do have arguments. Nice of you to finally present them after a full day of back and forth where you only presented half baked buzzwords and vague notions.
Now, since you nicely decided to start being insulting, like every small ego child that lurks on the internet, you’ve convinced me of precisely one thing: to mute you, and not to go watch any of your « arguments », that I already know about and don’t sustain your viewpoint in the slightest.

2023-08-27 17:26:33

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@npub19ah…d8j7 @npub1w46…c9fm 😂😂 « I have no argument so I’ll just tell you you are ignorant and be done with the conversation ».
Sorry, my friend, I don’t subscribe to your new world order paranoia. What I see with my eyes is a rise in fascism everywhere, and the very unfortunate slow defeat of social programs and safety nets.
If pure factual evidence is ignorance, then I’ll happily stay ignorant, instead of believing in every lunatic conspiracy under the sun.

2023-08-27 16:58:19

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@npub16hv…9lp8 Obtenus légalement bien sûr 😏

2023-08-27 16:08:35

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And here is the audio podcast:
https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com/@tlenewspodcast/episodes/ubuntu-desktop-plans-nvidia-bios-lock-broken-budgie-gets-updates

2023-08-27 16:07:28

Here we go! #Linux and #OpenSource news time! I’m playing Warhammer 40K currently, so you’ll have to watch it to know what it’s about!
https://youtu.be/CdNRsgSc134

2023-08-27 08:30:56

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@npub19ah…d8j7 @npub1w46…c9fm Sorry, but thinking that there is a sort of mental manipulation to push « liberal, leftist ideas » is the most insane thing anyone could ever think, when the world is sinking more and more towards intolerance, conservatism, and religion. If anything, the manipulation goes the other way, by making people fear everything different.
If they’re trying to manipulate people towards « cultural Marxism », they’re doing a really bad job 😂

2023-08-27 08:08:49

@npub1qhp…tkpv and I had a great talk about Plasma 6, what I’d like to see in it, some nice sneak peeks of stuff that’s being worked on, and more!
Go check it out, it’s on his channel: https://youtu.be/yk96267aMSk?si=hc9NX_aBTKAj0-nP

2023-08-27 07:20:47

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@npub1v04…68ev Nice! It’s good to try out other things from time to time! GNOME is still my favorite DE these days, although I’m waiting eagerly for Plasma 6 to see what has changed!

2023-08-27 07:14:20

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@npub19ah…d8j7 @npub1w46…c9fm You do know that there is no proof « Yuri » ever worked for the KGB, that he was mostly interview by conspiracy theorists, and that subscribing to the « cultural Marxism » trope is generally only done by misinformed people who are being manipulated by the far right?
Ironic when people start thinking the other « side » is brainwashed when they themselves base all their decisions on unproven factoids… the world is going to shit.

2023-08-27 06:18:11

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@npub19ah…d8j7 @npub1w46…c9fm Ah yes, everyone is being manipulated by invisible propaganda. What’s more likely:
1- platforms find that advertisers don’t want to spend their dollars somewhere where their brand is side by side with hateful and bigoted stuff, so platforms remove said stuff
2- there’s a planet-wide KGB (doesn’t exist anymore) plot to make everyone a Marxist (Russia isn’t Marxist anymore, probably never really was).
Occam’s razor.

2023-08-27 05:37:17

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@npub1w46…c9fm @npub19ah…d8j7 Cool, I don’t remember asking if you had delusions though.

2023-08-25 15:52:20

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@npub166j…sd72 @npub1tr8…w0wq Isn’t it hidden, like in GNOME? In Nautilus, pressing Control+ L opens the path bar for you to type in, maybe it’s the same there?

2023-08-25 15:32:40

If you find #GNOME too simple, but you like how it looks and it’s app ecosystem (arguable the best #Linux ever had), there are a lot of very powerful extensions that can really transform how you use your desktop.
So here are a bunch of extensions, and tools, to make your GNOME desktop a lot more productive (no it’s not the usual dash2panel or dash2dock 😏)
https://youtu.be/KtjYPMCvQ7Y

2023-08-24 07:35:34

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@npub1gvc…awkf Yeah, NVIDIA and suspend never really worked well together, but it seems there have been solid improvements!

2023-08-24 06:55:34

I don’t know if recent NVIDIA drivers, or a recent update to the Linux kernel did this, but battery life on standby on my laptop (12rh gen intel + RTX3050Ti) has improved significantly!
Usually, if I left it on suspend overnight, it drained about 20% of its battery. Yesterday it lost something like 6%!

2023-08-23 19:30:41

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@npub173m…jet2 @npub1vzv…s5n9 @npub100c…gkwp Just be aware that updates to Firefox might break that look, so you’ll need to either remove it, or wait for an update to the theme that fixes the issue :)

2023-08-15 18:49:48

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@npub19h3…j5my Thanks for watching 😁

2023-08-15 15:58:05

There are many weird myths floating around about online #Privacy and #Security.
I looked at 8 common misconceptions that need to die, in this weeks video:
https://youtu.be/TiLahJp8UEs

2023-08-14 11:37:21

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@npub10zm…zrpx Ok on a déjà sur faire ça par Discord la dernière fois je pense ! Je serais sur mon ordi d’ici 10 minutes si jamais tu veux commencer plus tôt !

2023-08-14 11:18:23

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@npub10zm…zrpx Yes, envoie moi un lien quand tu es prêt !

2023-08-14 09:12:40

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@npub1p8p…82w6 I think they’re really hurt by the fact the current version of PopOS is really outdated in its repos, and the version of GNOME it uses. I hope they’ll be able to release a new one soon with or without Cosmic to alleviate these problems…

2023-08-13 16:28:43

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@npub1qq2…q87j From what I understand, it’s because it’s based on older versions of GTK that other distros can’t really ship easily without creating problems for newer apps, but I might be wrong!

2023-08-13 14:43:03

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@npub1qq2…q87j I don’t think it will be as problematic as Pantheon, since it doesn’t have the same issue: Pantheon depends on older versions of GTK, which is why not many distorts go through the trouble of packaging it.
Cosmic uses their own library so it should be much more portable

2023-08-13 09:00:54

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@npub10kj…73t9 And that’s totally understandable!

2023-08-13 08:36:37

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@npub10kj…73t9 That’s quite an outdated opinion, every release since GNOME 3.32 or something has added new things ;)

2023-08-13 07:53:14

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@npub10kj…73t9 Yeah, at that point, only GNOME doesn’t have it. I really hope they ship that in 45

2023-08-13 07:52:54

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@npub1lk8…ls45 More options is always good!
For me, GNOME and KDE have surpassed what Windows or macOS offer. They’re not issue free, but they’re amazing!

2023-08-13 07:52:18

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@npub16qy…l75q I Hope they don’t use the abysmal color palette of material you though 😂

2023-08-13 06:53:25

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@npub1lk8…ls45 I think our current desktops are already really good, but Cosmic looks pretty cool!

2023-08-13 06:53:03

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@npub1s64…cs6t I think they have that, with libcosmic, they seem to be providing what developers would need to make apps for it!
Whether it’s enough, or a good set of tools, it’s probably too early to tell, but they seem to be « dogfooding » it, which is always a good approach.

2023-08-13 05:33:20

More info about Cosmic!
Gotta like it, just for the accent colors.
https://blog.system76.com/post/customizing-cosmic-theming-and-applications?utm_source=newsletter_pop&utm_medium=email&utm_term=45139&utm_content=cosmic&utm_campaign=cosmic-de-august-updates-blog

2023-08-12 16:15:02

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@npub10zm…zrpx Parfait ! A lundi!

2023-08-12 16:05:09

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@npub10zm…zrpx Hello! Pour un podcast? Lundi après midi (vers 13h heure de Paris) ça peut le faire pour moi!

2023-08-12 15:59:59

Her eis the new episode of the Linux and Open Source podcast:
https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com/@tlenewspodcast/episodes/new-cpu-flaws-will-lower-performance-linux-enterprise-shakeup-kde-wayland-support
You can follow it from the fediverse @npub1l3t…q63p , or from any good podcast client!

2023-08-12 15:57:55

It's time for another #Linux and #OpenSource news video!
In this one, we have some nasty flaws in AMD and Intel CPUs that require performance-reducing mitigation patches (potentially brutal for Intel especially).
We also have some nice features for #KDE Plasma 6 and #GNOME 45, and an alliance between SUSE and Oracle to offer RHEL source code to the community:
https://youtu.be/7qU0ILyX8WQ

2023-08-10 15:17:27

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@npub1f0t…v2qd I hadn’t, but I’ll give it a look!

2023-08-10 10:34:34

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@npub1knh…y0uv Probably because people would have been more mad with the real reason, it makes you feel less in control of what you do on the platform

2023-08-10 10:16:48

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@npub1knh…y0uv Yeah, they could have just, you know, developed them for mobile 😂
I think the real reason they removed them was that it allowed creators to put prominent links that made people leave YouTube to go to other websites

2023-08-10 07:53:53

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@npub1nlk…230r Haha you’re right this wasn’t very understandable, I edited the post to make it more legible!

2023-08-10 06:49:11

Since we can’t add annotations to YouTube videos anymore, I added a more resilient method of using overrides to theme Flatpak apps in a pinned comment under yesterday’s video (using the gtk3 and gtk4 config folders instead of the .themes and the GTK_THEME variable).

2023-08-10 06:12:40

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@npub1c9v…w5x4 Stuff like apps for VPNs that have no flatpak, kvantum for theming, reducing Bluetooth latency in a config file (can’t do it graphically, need to edit a text file), stuff like that. Not things the general public would do, but the general public wouldn’t even use desktop mode at all, I guess.

2023-08-09 21:36:44

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@npub1c9v…w5x4 I think it’s a weird situation on Steam Deck: flatpaks is a cool way to install apps, but the rest of the OS is so locked down you simply can’t escape the remaining limitations of flatpaks.
In a way I feel it makes Flatpak look bad, because it’s a format that’s at its best when used for graphical apps, combined with other formats for CLI and specific apps.
When you only get Flatpak, it forces you to contend with its problems!

2023-08-09 20:07:19

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@npub1663…5sta Yeah totally agree. I don’t understand why they didn’t add that back yet

2023-08-09 19:08:37

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@npub1663…5sta It’s the default Nautilus yeah. You can hit Control + L to access the file path :)

2023-08-09 18:29:14

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@npub1z50…uchn @npub12f7…lkxh Might have been the issue then!