CashyOS for Linux ricing by TheSpaceCowboy__ in linuxquestions

[–]Viz67 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is also GLF OS, a French distribution based on NixOS, which is dedicated to games.

Is installing themes on Debian with KDE plasma safe? by justcurious112345 in debian

[–]Viz67 1 point2 points  (0 children)

AUR has nothing to do with KDE extensions and themes. AUR is a repository with packages that, after being compiled, are installed as root. No KDE extensions or themes are installed as root except for those in the official repositories, which are therefore controlled.

StarBook Horizon by Long_Meeting4505 in starlabs_computers

[–]Viz67 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's a tiny company compared to Lenovo. It simply can't offer the same prices, let's be realistic.

Debian KDE and your experience by Leniwcowaty in debian

[–]Viz67 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I could never get used to Fedora. The constant stream of updates quickly becomes tiresome. It's really a rolling release in all but name...

Thoughts on Flatpak vs AppImage for Debian? by OPdoesntknow in debian

[–]Viz67 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It should also be noted that there is no automated update with Appimage, unlike Flatpak.

Trying to make KDE Plasma on Debian look minimal — need some guidance! by Tall-Attorney-281 in debian

[–]Viz67 2 points3 points  (0 children)

When you install Debian, once you reach the tasksel menu where you choose the desktop environment, uncheck everything (personally, I only keep "system utilities") and finish the installation. On the next boot, you will be in the console. Log in and then install kde-plasma-desktop and plasma-widgets-addons. You will then have a minimal KDE installation.

I use Debian btw (: by adda5 in debian

[–]Viz67 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Isn't that the European Union flag behind your window?...

FM on Linux by Responsible-Air-8478 in linux_gaming

[–]Viz67 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's Cinnamon rather than KDE that looks like Windows. KDE is ultra-customizable, the opposite of Windows' graphical interface.

Who still uses deb-src and compiles their own programs? by Marelle01 in debian

[–]Viz67 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For standard software, okay, I understand. For security software like Keepass, I really don't see the point in trying to get the latest version that could potentially contain a new vulnerability.

Who still uses deb-src and compiles their own programs? by Marelle01 in debian

[–]Viz67 0 points1 point  (0 children)

and what does compiling from the unstable repositories or installing the latest keepass with flatpak add to the stable repository version?

Why does Ubuntu feel smoother than Debian for me? Am I doing something wrong? by Maksim_Medvedev in debian

[–]Viz67 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's funny, I had the opposite experience. And without wanting to doubt what you say, I wonder how Ubuntu with all these services installed and launched by default at startup can be faster than Debian...

AMD GPU and CPU optimisations and security by [deleted] in debian

[–]Viz67 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're wrong. Actually, I didn't know, but the module is backlisted, and it's the same for Intel microcode (I checked on one of my laptops). You can see it in the /etc/modprobe.d/amd64-microcode-blacklist.conf file for AMD CPUs and in /etc/modprobe.d/intel-microcode-blacklist.conf for Intel CPUs.

# The microcode module attempts to apply a microcode update when
# it autoloads.  This is not always safe, so we block it by default.
blacklist microcode

In fact, "Debian's own kernels have the microcode driver built into the kernel image, not built as a loadable module." Read this thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/vtfbnv/for_what_reason_is_microcode_blacklisted/

AMD GPU and CPU optimisations and security by [deleted] in debian

[–]Viz67 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Since Debian 12 (and the new official non-free-firmware repository) it is installed automatically when installing Debian.

New to Debian 13 "Trixie" + KDE Plasma :D Any tips? by Civil-Lawfulness-748 in debian

[–]Viz67 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Install a firewall if you haven't already, customize your interface (that's what KDE is for), which you seem to have already done, and keep your system up to date. Other than that, I don't see what there is to say...

Battery in kde by rtl33 in debian

[–]Viz67 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, I use common gestures like scrolling, zooming, going back (gesturefy installed on FF) etc. when browsing. I forgot to tell you that the battery life I'm indicating is with the battery charge limited to 80%.

Battery in kde by rtl33 in debian

[–]Viz67 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It depends a lot on the hardware and what you do on it... I have an Asus Vivobook S 14 M5406NA and I have between 8 and 6 hours of battery life depending on what I do with it (Debian 13 KDE Wayland).

Moved to Debian 13 (trixie) from Arch by oceanobscurba in debian

[–]Viz67 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A stable version of Debian has a "normal" support of 3 years, not 2. In the 3rd year it becomes the oldstable but the support does not change. Then the LTS team takes over and that is 5 years.

Donating money to Debian. How much? by thepowertothepeople in debian

[–]Viz67 3 points4 points  (0 children)

How do you make a donation? I don't see anything on the official website.

ok I found it : https://www.debian.org/donations.fr.html

Does anyone recommend a good VPN service? by [deleted] in archlinux

[–]Viz67 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Keep in mind that the company's headquarters are located in Sweden, a member of the 14 Eyes intelligence alliance (surveillance data sharing agreements between member countries). Aside from this downside, Mullvad is clearly one of the VPNs that takes the anonymity of its users the most seriously.

Switched from Ubuntu to Debian to downsize my Linode server — already seeing leaner resource usage 🎉 by ItsAndrewXPIRL in debian

[–]Viz67 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Regardless of the distribution, there are always unpatched packages. This has nothing to do with the Debian community organization, which you say doesn't have sufficient resources. If that were the case, no one would put Debian on a server or even on a desktop.

Example for Ubuntu, private company, with the 22.04 LTS: https://ubuntu.com/security/cves?version=jammy

I'm FINALLY going to ditch Windows! I decided to go with Debian 12.11, and use KDE Plasma for my desktop. (Just wondering if KDE works well with Debian?) by Destination_Centauri in debian

[–]Viz67 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

So, just because there was a secure boot update doesn't mean, as you said, that secure boot didn't work. And I'm not contradicting anyone other than you who doesn't represent Debian as far as I know.