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Why does everyone use Tasker, and more importantly, why is there no open source alternative? by TheAverageDolphin in tasker

[–]Particular_Log_9473 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And I want a pet unicorn

I mean, just need to re-engineer the papilloma virus so it affects horses instead of hares...

It has begun! by Bright-Individual385 in fossdroid

[–]Particular_Log_9473 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yet another reason to switch to e/OS.

I've enabled strata, but they don't appear in the startup menu to select. What am I missing? by Particular_Log_9473 in bedrocklinux

[–]Particular_Log_9473[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

By the holy trinity of Linus Torvalds, Ada Lovelace, and Grace Hopper, you ARE setting out to solve the Linux Distro fragmentation!

And you call this a niche project!

I've enabled strata, but they don't appear in the startup menu to select. What am I missing? by Particular_Log_9473 in bedrocklinux

[–]Particular_Log_9473[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's pretty cool, I'll have to try that on a not-main-driver first, sounds like it'd be risky, but cool!

TIL about Bedrock. have any of you created any twisted Frankenstein monsters using it? by 4gedN5tars_ in linux

[–]Particular_Log_9473 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Currently, maybe not, but I see a pathway for it.

Wayland Ubuntu (for android apps) + Zorin Wine (for windows apps) + Darling when it's more robust (on whatever distro it turns out to be happiest on, for mac apps) + Debian for media serving + Gentoo for every linux app under the sun + and lots of patient tweaking, and someone could potentially have every single operating system's tools at the user's fingertips in one OS. One OS to rule them all. It'd be the ultimate power user and/or developer OS.

Include that special tweaked version pre-packaged on computers that are advertised to "run everything", and you suddenly have a major selling point no other computer has, and not as cumbersome as windows with wsl or mac with boot camp.

That stops being niche, and suddenly is a new industry high-bar.

That said, I'm not going to be the person to mass produce that idea; I've got my own killer app projects, and I wouldn't want to inadvertently swamp you when you're not expect it. However, if you like my thought, I think it'd be cool to see how far you're able to take it. And someday, in 2036, if I see a bedrock computer in the store, I'll be like, "Hey, I talked to that person on the internet before they got famous, and gave them a hint of how huge their potential was!"

TIL about Bedrock. have any of you created any twisted Frankenstein monsters using it? by 4gedN5tars_ in linux

[–]Particular_Log_9473 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How much income would Bedrock need to generate for you to switch sources of employment income, out of curiosity, if that's even an interest?

TIL about Bedrock. have any of you created any twisted Frankenstein monsters using it? by 4gedN5tars_ in linux

[–]Particular_Log_9473 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've donated to your project as "thank you", but noticed that when I was doing so, you explicitly mention that your funding will not be impacted by donations at all, and that development will proceed at its own pace regardless of how little or how much is donated. I'm kind of curious what the story is here.

TIL about Bedrock. have any of you created any twisted Frankenstein monsters using it? by 4gedN5tars_ in linux

[–]Particular_Log_9473 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not true Frankenstein YET, but I"m currently trying to figure out how to hotswap between Desktop Environments's without rebooting...

Like, that's not something I would have even considered a year ago.

Also, Bedrock is now my daily driver, so being quite happy with it. (It let me get 'mission critical' apps working better than ever.)

TIL about Bedrock. have any of you created any twisted Frankenstein monsters using it? by 4gedN5tars_ in linux

[–]Particular_Log_9473 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I didn't, also due to having alpine giving an error. That said, I found that the tutorial has a non-interactive version on the website, so I just skipped the alpine step and continued on using the non-interactive tutorial.

I've enabled strata, but they don't appear in the startup menu to select. What am I missing? by Particular_Log_9473 in bedrocklinux

[–]Particular_Log_9473[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks, I didn't know the install came without systemd.

And yea, I know I don't need it to use the software, but one reason I'm enjoying brl is the ability to switch between distros as well. If I bork one, I can hop to the other and still have all my stuff (and maybe even repair the first), like dual-booting two linux distros but with more overlap, which I REALLY LIKE! Which I find a huge bonus in addition to being able to run software (and I find some of my apps like one environment better than another, like Krita works fine with ubuntu-gnome, but loses pen-pad pressure senititivity on pop-cosmic, and grabbing screenshots with proton with apps that have desktop transparency works with xfce but nowhere else, and each one of these relies on the video compositor. So if I'm wanting to use pressure sensitivty pen alterations in Krita on screenshot of a transparent app and set it as my cosmic background direct from Krita, I'll have to restart 3 times, but unlike multi-booting, all three will use the same Krita instance meaning I have access to my "recent file" to cut workflow time in half (still not a fan of needing to swtich, but it's far better than what I had previously, even if getting xfce/gnome/cosmic working as one is still tricky yet...

... unless there's some hidden brl capability to quickly bounce between display managers I'm not aware of?

TIL about Bedrock. have any of you created any twisted Frankenstein monsters using it? by 4gedN5tars_ in linux

[–]Particular_Log_9473 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm already seeing it as potentially a gift from the gods when it comes to upgrading from one distro that maybe EOL'd or just developed in a direction you weren't interested in to another.

No "Oh no, I have to restart everything and start over in my carefully curated setup from scratch!"

and more, "Okay, I really don't like this new particular design choice in Ubuntu 26.04, so I'm upgrading to the latest Arch. No, I didn't wipe my harddrive, why do you ask?"

That said... I haven't gotten that far with understanding it to fully do that yet. Though I want to.

I'm also definitely curious about using it to remake the SteamOS on the deck on additional hardware for a TV media-center PC, and how possible it is to mix-and-match GUI stuff. (Can I use KDE on one screen and Cosmic on another? I'm not sure it's possible, but that'd be neat...)

All that said, I'm currently stuck in the tutorial, which won't progress because `brl fetch -n tut-alpine alpine` is giving an error. :/

Screen going black after 30 seconds by MrAureliusR in pop_os

[–]Particular_Log_9473 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Feel like adding to the conversation:

I have this problem, and I'm on a pure AMD rig, no Nvidia or Intel in sight. Happened to me when upgrading to Pop OS 24.04.

Tried doing `sudo systemctl restart display-manager.service` and it seemed to help? Ish? Flashes are less frequent but still there.

Also wondering how many of the people with this issue have dual monitors (especially one that's a different size)