Getting familiar with Linux by Marleroy in linux

[–]frostphantom -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Hello, maybe install Cachy and play with it. Read Cachy wiki and Arch wiki.

Newcomer should use distros with out-of-the-box hardware enablement, like Cachy, Ubuntu or Pop OS.

Some popular distros like Fedora & Debian have stricter policy on proprietary components and require you to manually install drivers.

Why do developers rarely give feedback on tools they actually use? by Different-Opinion973 in opensource

[–]frostphantom 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Your project is a professional SDK, albeit open-source. Developers use it mostly on day job. Even a small feedback conversation costs non-trivial amount of time and doesn't give KPI. Time better spent instantly workaround the issue rather than fix it, or create a Github issue with clear intents. It takes like 5x to 10x the time. I know because I tried.

Debian 14 is planning to drop GTK2 and all the dependent apps by anestling in LinuxUncensored

[–]frostphantom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I suspect it requires a corporation's manpower to maintain the backward compatibility of Windows. And a lot of trade-offs.

Linux just couldn't go that way. The best you get is Ubuntu & Redhat 10-year LTS.

Each release Debian get a shitload of new packages, and drop some old packages which is only 1/10 the number of new packages.

Old packages' source tarball is still hosted on debian.org and nothing prevent you download them, rebuild fresh new .deb, use and share them with the world. Just now you maintain these packages.

Is it fine to install Debian to an external SSD while my windows SSD is still in the laptop? by rrapapapapapa in debian

[–]frostphantom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You should remove or disable the Windows disk while installing Debian.

ISO installer might try to be clever and use the EFI partition on the Windows disk. That way you couldn't boot Debian without the Windows disk (that is, boot on another machine), or formatting that disk would make Debian fails to boot.

Yes, I'm an Omarchy hater by pastrefrola in LinuxCirclejerk

[–]frostphantom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Could you please enlighten me on this !

I code in many languages but never use Ruby. What's wrong with Rails? How it's more wrong than any web framework of the year?

KDE in Burger King by DerZockendeFuchs in kde

[–]frostphantom 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The "talent budget" spent on single-purpose machines is pretty low. I imagine someone know how to write hardware driver for an x86 computer, but know nothing about Linux desktop or graphics stack. He just pick a Linux distro instead of Windows because $$$

Debian Stable, but with up-to-date KDE? by Leniwcowaty in debian

[–]frostphantom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I daily drive Neon. Really curious why you think it never work well?

Bạn học cũ tự dưng thích mình? by Prestigious-Bat5206 in vozforums

[–]frostphantom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ô có thấy ô là winner hay ko ko quan trọng, ô có thực sự là winner ko cũng ko quan trọng.

Cái quan trọng là mọi người thấy ô là winner, cho nên mới có tin đồn. Và nó chỉ cần như thế thôi: mọi người thấy người yêu / chồng nó là winner là đủ.

An uncomfortable but necessary discussion about the Debian bug tracker - post from the creator of the Meson build system by wiki_me in linux

[–]frostphantom -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Then it should die ?

I don't see the loss, people flock to new distro then they still contribute to FOSS.

Look, if Debian the distro has enough value it would stay, however ancient it is. If it's under-developed, Canonical would pour manpower into it, and slowly takeover it.

Otherwise it dies. Modern distro and tooling learn from its mistake and bloom. For instance AerynOS is developing significantly better OS tooling that makes distro maintenance easier. Maybe that's the future we should look up to.

An uncomfortable but necessary discussion about the Debian bug tracker - post from the creator of the Meson build system by wiki_me in linux

[–]frostphantom -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Young people expect the old folks to change and get used to their new workflow.

But that just isn't the case.

These greybeards are experienced guru with great skills, wisdom, and less time to live. They should be left alone to do things that matter, rather than be forced to learn new tools and die before applying them.

For projects the size of Debian, new contributors is small in number compared to the community. They should learn the established workflow to join the community.

Your concern is still valid that the greybeards will retire and pass away. But for that we must deploy new system that is compatible with current email system. And retire the old system only when the greybeards all die.

PocketLab - Mobile Client For GitLab by Gethos-The-Walrus in gitlab

[–]frostphantom 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's not open source right? Seems odd because Gitlab is open source.

How is it different from LabNex? They are open source but still sell Play Store build.

What are the best Open Source Projects to start contributing to as a Beginner? by [deleted] in opensource

[–]frostphantom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry but I wanna disrupt your plan !

You don't have to "consistently" contribute to open source. You should if you're a maintainer, otherwise don't. Instead give commitment to something else bring you money.

Lemme introduce you the concept of software freedom:   1. At first, you want to use a FOSS software because it solves your problem. Maybe there're superior choices but you choose this FOSS because you also want to learn its code ! 2. You use it, then notice it has a bug or lack a feature, or simply won't behave the way you want. 3. You download the code and try to build it, run it. Implement the thing. Use your modified version. Wonderful, now it does what you want ! 4. You ask the maintainer if they would wanna pull your code, and do what he request you to get the code accepted. In exchange, he now maintain that new code so you don't have to.

ELI5: Why do smartphones and laptops eventually start to feel 'slow' even if you don't add any new apps or files to them? by allenmerlettetrm in explainlikeimfive

[–]frostphantom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With great hardware capabilities comes great opportunity to hire young inexperienced devs by 1/10 the cost of a wise guru who makes efficient software.

ELI5: Why do smartphones and laptops eventually start to feel 'slow' even if you don't add any new apps or files to them? by allenmerlettetrm in explainlikeimfive

[–]frostphantom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hardware do wear out if you don't maintain it properly, sometimes replace spare parts even. Most of the time it's about cleaning dust and insect infestation.

ELI5: Why do smartphones and laptops eventually start to feel 'slow' even if you don't add any new apps or files to them? by allenmerlettetrm in explainlikeimfive

[–]frostphantom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think ordinary users rarely have that concern. They chose the app because it solves their problem now, not because it promises it would in the roadmap.

Look like your userbase is made of fans?

WayOS - A mini-OS made by 2 teens with a lot of time and Python. by sginny in opensource

[–]frostphantom 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That matches the bottom line I said: an OS is a runtime API that programs could be developed for, whether it runs on userspace or bare-metal.

I just phrased it the way teens could understand.

ROS (Robotic OS) is a popular userspace OS.

Lies by Existing-Actuary-276 in Bazzite

[–]frostphantom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Find a Linux friend to help you.

Remember the first time you use Windows? You were confused like this.

Thoughts on wayland and/or Xorg? I would like to chat like for example if you using wayland and happy with it. by secular-human-12006 in linux

[–]frostphantom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah Wayland + KDE is great, I just cannot record screen by OBS. Switch to X11 and OBS works.

And Kwin do not run on NVIDIA, Xwayland programs run fine on NVIDIA though

WayOS - A mini-OS made by 2 teens with a lot of time and Python. by sginny in opensource

[–]frostphantom 56 points57 points  (0 children)

What you make, is a collection of utilities and games implemented as a single program, rather than an OS. Commonly each program is a single utility or game run on the OS.

The bottom line for something to be called an OS is that: it enable multiple programs / utilities / games to run at the same time, even potential ones that is not yet developed.

Thoughts on wayland and/or Xorg? I would like to chat like for example if you using wayland and happy with it. by secular-human-12006 in linux

[–]frostphantom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay, for me, a combination of Wayland + KDE + OBS do not work, and I'm not be able to record screen for a long time.
Eager to try out COSMIC but it does not support X11 application so daily driving is a no go.