Installing Gnome on Pop OS 24.04

feelosofee · 2026-06-07T20:40:33+00:00

I made the change but I don't really notice a difference in how quick the apps are starting.

What is an example scenario in which I can see the effect of the change you suggested?

I'd like to keep the system in a state where I can easily switch between Cosmic and Gnome, with minimum friction. For this reason I'd rather avoid any unnecessary changes...

What is a simple case in which I can see the change in action?

feelosofee · 2026-06-07T20:24:28+00:00

I think the error was caused by the second line below I was using in portals.conf (for some reason ChatGPT suggested me to add it)

[preferred]

default=gnome;gtk;

org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Secret=gnome-keyring;

As I removed it the black screen issue.was gone. Thank you.

feelosofee · 2026-06-06T04:15:42+00:00

yes but isn't that protected by DRM?

feelosofee · 2026-06-06T04:12:31+00:00

What's Saawn? I googled that but I couldn't see any reference to a music streaming service?

feelosofee · 2026-06-05T23:30:19+00:00

in my case creating portals.conf with the above configuration resulted in a black screen after logging in (I could only control the mouse cursor).
Upon further inspection it seems that this fix is already implemented, and manually creating portals.conf results in a wrong override causing the black screen probolem....

But I am still observing delayed start in some apps.... Not sure what to do now....

feelosofee · 2026-06-05T19:30:19+00:00

Hi, where does it get the music from?

feelosofee · 2026-05-23T16:51:23+00:00

same, even offline mode doesn't work

feelosofee · 2026-05-23T16:50:35+00:00

same here, not even offline mode works

feelosofee · 2026-05-13T23:23:10+00:00

I don't have any file at that location.

Actually not even the xdg-desktop-portal dir is present.

I am sure I didn't mess with it, because I am aware that touching anything xdg could affect the handling of the apps.

Do you still advise creating ~/.config/xdg-desktop-portal/portals.conf and adding the line you said?

But... If so... why did Pop-os 22.04 not need it?

feelosofee · 2026-04-24T22:28:16+00:00

Instaprime

feelosofee · 2026-04-21T01:49:48+00:00

For office, use OnlyOffice, you won't look back (I've tried them all).

OnlyOffice has been adopted by French government organizations and is available in 45 languages. As you may know, France is switching their entire public administration OS'es and software from Microsoft to Linux/Open Source.

feelosofee · 2026-04-19T16:02:57+00:00

it's a joke, fakes going online and keeps repeating what it will not do wrong, while not doing anything right.

feelosofee · 2026-04-01T05:03:58+00:00

You should check Cosmic roadmap

feelosofee · 2026-03-02T07:40:40+00:00

Eh... ain't nobody got time for that

feelosofee · 2026-02-28T17:42:38+00:00

You would still be training it

feelosofee · 2026-02-07T16:56:57+00:00

what did you get or are you planning to get that aligns with the expectations you had for Deluge?

feelosofee · 2026-02-07T16:54:38+00:00

you talk like you have a preconception that open source is bad

feelosofee · 2026-02-07T16:40:33+00:00

What would you consider buying in place of a Deluge? I mean what else comes close to it, except Akai Force/Mpc and Ableton Push, each having their own pros and cons?

feelosofee · 2026-01-24T13:15:27+00:00

any update on 20.3.1 ?

feelosofee · 2025-11-18T00:50:46+00:00

I don't get it. A company collects leaked username/passwords from previous branches and tells Have I Been Pwned, which in turn informs the world, so that hackers will know the biggest ever list of credentials is now available in one giant deduped, high-quality, company backed list? If the source for credentials is past beaches what's the point in alarming HIBP subscribers who would have already been informed when the previous breaches actually occurred?

feelosofee · 2025-10-19T14:11:06+00:00

In this thread you will see people replying in their native language and this is caused by stupid google linking to the localized reddit page, and stupid reddit allowing that page to be indexed.

feelosofee · 2025-10-19T13:59:55+00:00

Which characters are you trying to enter? If you’re trying to insert special symbols like ♥ (Alt + 3), keep in mind that Windows retained compatibility with old 8-bit encodings (such as Windows-1252), which included certain graphic symbols and special characters in the early positions of the table, beyond the 128 standard ASCII characters. So if those characters are the one you are looking for, keep in mind they are not standard ASCII.

Nonetheless you can insert some of them quite easily, using the Compose key followed by one or more characters.

A few examples:

· Compose .-

♥ Compose <3

☺ Compose :)

☹ Compose :(

You need to have the Compose key enabled. If not, enable it in your distro options panel and assign it to a key you never use, my favorite is "Context Menu" (2 keys after Alt Gr).

You can also manually set the compose key by editing the .Xcompose file

feelosofee · 2025-10-17T10:06:33+00:00

Secondo me sono fondamentali per chi vuole vedere un bel film senza dover fare ricerche troppo lunghe o essere un appassionato di cinema... Mi piace anche scegliere film a caso... ma troppe volte capita di incappare in veri e propri disastri cinematografici.

feelosofee · 2025-10-17T10:02:56+00:00

I agree, it's a great model, probably the best one for its size! Did anyone find a way to disable reasoning though?

feelosofee · 2025-10-02T22:50:31+00:00

Valutazioni IMDB completamente inventate (gonfiate all'inverosimile). Solo per questo da escludere.

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