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What does your todo list / project management / productivity setup look like?
I'm curious about...
What is the most popular Linux distribution on PC?
How are nvidia gpus with wayland nowadays? I read a while ago it was terrible, has it improved?
I'm considering switching from Windows 10 to something either using KDE or the new Cosmic DE that System76 is working on. Right now I've got a 3060TI.
What to include in a backup? (Ubuntu)
Hi! A friend just recommended the backup tool that comes with Ubuntu. I took a look at it and was wondering what you guys include and exclude from the backups....
Why don't people here love SimpleXChat more? ( simplex.chat )
SimpleX Chat is an instant messenger that is decentralized and doesn't depend on any unique identifiers such as phone numbers or usernames. Users of SimpleX Chat can scan a QR code or click an invite link to participate in group conversations....
Tim Berners-Lee: Marking the Web’s 35th Birthday: An Open Letter ( medium.com )
Finally switched to Wayland with KDE+NVIDIA
Just wanted to share for the 10 people like me who has with an Nvidia + dual screen setup on ArchLinux (btw) with KDE Plasma desktop that since the new plasma 6 update I can finally use the Wayland session option!...
Is the Fediverse truly decentralized? Not exactly. ( blog.benjojo.co.uk )
The author examined the distribution of instances in the fediverse. Given that many instances are hidden behind CDNs like Cloudflare or Fastly, the author employed ActivityPub's functionality to discover the actual hosting locations of servers. More than half (51%) of the fediverse is hosted within a single hosting company. The...
Toolbx now offers built-in support for Arch Linux and Ubuntu ( debarshiray.wordpress.com )
Already 110 Lemmy instances updated to 0.19.2! ( fedidb.org )
Seems to have fixed some of the federation issues (some instances still experience some, but that probably needs to be investigated by the local admins)
Where, and when, did you start using Linux? Where are you now?
I started fairly recently (probably somewhere between nine and seven years ago; time isn’t my strong suit, cut me some slack) on Debian. Now I’m on Arch Linux.
Where will all the electric cars be charged? ( www.bbc.co.uk )
Authy Desktop client will be discontinued from August 2024
Twillio just announced they're discontinuing the Desktop version of their popular Two Factor Authentication client. Their proposed solution is for users to move to the mobile app, which of course doesn't fulfill the use case of people who explicitly chose Authy because it had a desktop client....
Which Linux distribution would you recommend? ( kbin.social )
Hi! Since i don't want to get forced into TPM with Win11, and with the great improvements in game compatibility in the last years, i am thinking about switching to Linux....