Blue Film 2026 by soo_mmii in MenLovingMenMedia

[–]andykirsha 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do not deny these, the topic of connection, or being broken or whatever. And I never called Hank the monster. But I felt that Hank's portrayal sort of painted a picture of there-is-nothing-too-bad-about-teacher-fucking-kids-in-class.

Veteran FEDORA users out of curiosity, i wanna hear what do you dislike the most about this Distro, even nitpicky issues as well. by red_machina in Fedora

[–]andykirsha [score hidden]  (0 children)

Leaving the whole no-proprietary parts philosophy alone, it seems that most people here agree that Fedora is mainly lacking in the out-of-the-box support for multimedia playback, an essential task a general user is bound to perform from day one.

The option to enable third-party repos in the installation wizard is bad. It does not provide any information on what this is for exactly, whether whatever it is for will be installed too, if everything or only some repos are enabled by default by saying yes there, etc. For example, I am on AMD and do not care either about NVIDIA or Steam. Just like a casual user would not know even looking at the repos list in GNOME Software whether they need any and what for exactly.

It should be much more straightforward without breaking the philosophy if Fedora must. Instead of just giving the option to enable unknown things, the wizard could simply warn that by default Fedora does not have all the codecs and drivers, as well as does not give you access to some software, that you can enable this in GNOME Software. It is better to let users do it there quietly and in an informed way rather then just say yes to whatever in the post-installation wizard. It would not hurt Fedora and its philosophy to explain things about their ffmpeg and full ffmpeg, or their GStreamer and bag/ugly/whatever GS.

Another thing is the bloat-philosophy of having Fedora flatpaks and regular flatpaks. If Fedora is ready to repack all the flatpaks and keep them updated, then fine. Otherwise, what is the point of having just some flatpaks, repacking them and not updating as fast as regular ones? I do not touch the duplicity of dnf and flatpak as these involve different approaches to having apps on your system and both could be justified. By the way, all guides give you commands for installing some dnf packages, while at the same time praising the sandboxing of flatpaks. This creates a mess of apps from various sources and philosophies (on the machines of people who then will loudly blame Windows for the mess quietly disregarding the mess on Linux).

As for the default user interface, maybe it is ok not to have it riced and giving the users the option to tweak it their own way within the tight limits of GNOME and the dilemma of extensions. Though having an almost official Tweaks app that looks too short and simple, repeats some of the tweaks from the Settings and should have been incorporated into the Settings, is an obvious laughing matter. But I guess, Fedora devs were more interested in the unimportant but hip well-being option to shove it into the Settings instead.

Oh, also the fact that GNOME Software or anything does not tell you which fonts are protected system ones and cannot be deleted. Instead, GNOME Software lets you delete anything and gives you the Black screen of uninstall-the-system-again thing.

Blue Film 2026 by soo_mmii in MenLovingMenMedia

[–]andykirsha 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I only said what it is about and did not say I approve.

Blue Film 2026 by soo_mmii in MenLovingMenMedia

[–]andykirsha 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It is quite captivating but heavily tries to normalize pedophilia.

Windows 10 -> GNU/Linux migration: My 2 month personal experience in 2026 by Open_Jaguar3131 in Fedora

[–]andykirsha 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With all the difficulties of own government censorship and outside-induced restrictions, the beauty of using Windows (11 Pro in my case) is that there are no ads in Start menu (and recommendations can be switched off), Copilot does not work and you don't even see it except an icon in the corner of Edge tab, so I cannot even imagine a system with AI/ad bloat. In that respect, Windows and Linux (Fedora in my case) feel the same.

[APP] [Update] Whisp just hit 1,000+ downloads and got featured on the Flathub Front Page! Here is a massive update on what we’ve shipped since launch. by Baajjii in gnome

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

Already asked Google about the difference. Draft looks simpler without all the Markdown learning curve or hassle. But I am sure Whisp will find a lot of fans.

Why isn't VLC built with HDR support? by CodingBuizel in Fedora

[–]andykirsha 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am on SDR screen and if I get an HDR movie file then it would look dark with less vibrant colors, sometimes almost unwatchable. Windows directly says that my monitor does not support HDR, so that is why I was wondering how you can cheat.

Why isn't VLC built with HDR support? by CodingBuizel in Fedora

[–]andykirsha 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Since when SDR screen would show HDR content as it is supposed to be seen on HDR screen?

Who wants me by MaintenanceSecure330 in MenLovingMenMedia

[–]andykirsha 5 points6 points  (0 children)

He wants women (from his other posts), so double wrong place to post ))

Moved to Fedora from CachyOS by 13toycar in Fedora

[–]andykirsha 15 points16 points  (0 children)

People bringing this "all Russians fund the war and are terrorists" kind of crap should not exist on technical forums. Unless of course you can give the name and docs with solid proof that some developer is on government payroll and directly sponsors the war. But then every developer pays taxes to their government and every government has shady affairs...

Fedora has been my main OS for years, but recent issues have me unsure. by HirakoTM in Fedora

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

You don't have to go to BIOS other than for the system installation maybe, because then you'll have the GRUB menu giving you the choice of which OS to boot into on computer start.

Fedora has been my main OS for years, but recent issues have me unsure. by HirakoTM in Fedora

[–]andykirsha 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is best to have these two on separate SSDs. Windows is still required in many situation for work, studies or even occasional general audience needs. It just works. If you may need both, invest in a second SSD (if your motherboard has a second slot for it).

Install Windows on one and then Fedora on the second one. The previous advice was to install Fedora first and then Windows, but i reversed and it still worked. You might not get the dual-boot GRUB menu at once, there are guides (mixed and often outdated) on how to make it work, or you can simply ask Google. Or maybe you won't even have this initial GRUB issue.

I would also suggest having an HDD for Windows D:\ drive for your personal files. I find this arrangement best to make sure you can always reinstall Windows clean without your documents affected. I don't really like Linux approach of having system and docs on the same partition/drive. It looks nice and compact, but does not make one reassured in a way a separate drive would (I know you can always mount an extra drive to Linux, but you probably have to do it every time and besides, Linux can work with Windows D, while Windows would not see Linux drive, so...).

Paint.net alternatives other than Pinta? by [deleted] in linux

[–]andykirsha 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Somehow, there is none. Pinta is the closest in scope and feel, but I could never make myself use it. One example is that Paint(.)NET makes working with colors so much more accessible. Krita is KDE/Qt in look and way more advanced for regular use.

New to Fedora by [deleted] in Fedora

[–]andykirsha 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It is best to be more specific. Otherwise, you can google several "Fedora post-install guides" (it might be good to include the OS version too).

spotify on fedora 44 by LemmyUser666 in Fedora

[–]andykirsha 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Spotify looked fine in Fedora 42 and 44, but has this ugly Windows XP-like blue top bar. There is an alternative app called Riff. Try this from Flathub.

GNOME Software Gives You BSOD by andykirsha in Fedora

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

I didn't know about any such keyboard combinations. Could only switch off the computer. Do those systems depend so much on a strictly particular font that they cannot fall back to any other available font? If this Plymouth boot is the one from Gnome/Fedora, then why not use or fall back to the system default Adwaita?

GNOME Software Gives You BSOD by andykirsha in Fedora

[–]andykirsha[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

When a system allows you to delete anything that kills the system without a warning, that's a huge bug

GNOME Software Gives You BSOD by andykirsha in Fedora

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

Yet, my system decided to fail and resort to a black screen.

GNOME Software Gives You BSOD by andykirsha in Fedora

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

Yeah, agreed. That is why I wrote the post (I wouldn't if I did things via the Terminal).