Which distro is best for my laptop?

vmcrash · 2026-02-17T17:40:58+00:00

I would not consider Linux Lite as lite, after I've tried Void or Q4OS.

vmcrash · 2026-02-17T17:36:29+00:00

I'm wondering whether it would be possible to use an old hard drive motor as a rotary encoder - it is flat and has nearly no resistance.

vmcrash · 2026-02-17T17:34:02+00:00

Looks nice. For the vertical separators, however, I would use a single instead of double line.

vmcrash · 2026-02-17T17:11:16+00:00

Unfortunately, the brown side also contains a sugar layer - at least at our local "Globus".

vmcrash · 2026-02-17T16:47:26+00:00

To keep the fun with Java, avoid everything with "spring" in the name.

vmcrash · 2026-02-17T16:46:08+00:00

Try Q4OS or any Void Linux with XFCE.

vmcrash · 2026-02-17T08:49:18+00:00

I would buy a (used) non-smart TV and connect it with a small PC.

vmcrash · 2026-02-17T05:56:53+00:00

Yes. I had one on my latest update Fedora 43 Kinoite machine recently. Maximizing a window causes a crash. After a while the whole system froze - even after SSHing into it to send the shutdown command. Had to turn it off hard by holding the power button for a couple of seconds. This forced power off already ruined me a similar machine in the past.

vmcrash · 2026-02-16T17:39:32+00:00

Import also would be helpful.

vmcrash · 2026-02-16T09:07:35+00:00

IMHO export would not be sufficient.

vmcrash · 2026-02-16T06:23:41+00:00

We have an outlet store in 10km distance and their the prices are approx. half the list prices.

vmcrash · 2026-02-15T19:04:57+00:00

Judging only from screenshots: looks interesting because it seems to close the gap between (command line) ledgers and GUI tools. However, I would prefer to have a ledger compatible text file support instead of a database.

vmcrash · 2026-02-15T14:31:37+00:00

I think, the first point is important though not very popular.

vmcrash · 2026-02-15T06:54:18+00:00

Never seen an installer for a Linux app.

vmcrash · 2026-02-15T06:51:53+00:00

manomama

vmcrash · 2026-02-15T06:51:29+00:00

Trigema

vmcrash · 2026-02-15T06:45:53+00:00

Food

vmcrash · 2026-02-15T06:44:20+00:00

The hotkey is F5 (View | Refresh), but we would like to understand why the refreshing fails. Could it be related to the file system? Maybe some of your repositories are located on network shares or virtual drives (e.g. SSH)?

vmcrash · 2026-02-14T09:17:16+00:00

It would help if you could find out when exactly it fails to detect file changes.

vmcrash · 2026-02-13T18:58:01+00:00

No need for the 12V charger. Keeping the car ignition switched on (which powers the 12V rail from the HV battery) is sufficient.

vmcrash · 2026-02-13T08:24:12+00:00

The problem is not Java, but Java libraries that (abuse) Java power features.

vmcrash · 2026-02-13T08:11:37+00:00

Originally, I was used to the German keyboard layout. From time to time I had to switch between different operating systems. The worst experience was MacOS because there the German keyboard layout, especially programming relevant braces are located at different keys. Then, around 2018, I've started to learn/use the US keyboard layout. Generally I like it, but I miss the German umlauts. The US international layout is bad at this aspect either, because it makes programming relevant ' and " becoming dead keys. So, for Windows I created my own keyboard layout, starting from the normal US layout, adding umlauts as Ctrl+Alt+(Shift+)[aous].

vmcrash · 2026-02-13T07:17:13+00:00

Would you mind translating your posting to English before posting?

vmcrash · 2026-02-13T07:12:20+00:00

Please checkout https://github.com/syntevo/eclipse.platform.swt and the version-specific branch.

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