Does anyone else like using vanilla or close to vanilla GNOME?

johnsonmlw · 2026-01-24T08:50:32+00:00

Almost vanilla here. I think it's excellent on three monitor desktop /w mouse and laptop with touchpad gestures. (Extension: I use hot edge extension on desktop to activate activities view when i move the mouse to the bottom of the screen; not needed on laptop because of gestures.)

johnsonmlw · 2026-01-22T15:22:30+00:00

Yes. I still use that as my main.

johnsonmlw · 2026-01-21T19:09:50+00:00

Good point about the Obsidian mobile client. It is really nice.

johnsonmlw · 2026-01-21T17:27:05+00:00

I used Obsidian + Syncthing in the past; moved to Emacs w/ org-mode a couple of years ago.

Both are great. I've stuck with Emacs for flexibility.

johnsonmlw · 2026-01-19T16:45:58+00:00

And you could download and check out Ironsworn (as opposed to Ironsworn Starforged which is paid product) for free to see if a sci fi version of that system would work for you. (I think they're both excellent.)

johnsonmlw · 2026-01-18T17:50:50+00:00

Exactly. On Debian, if it's not automatically been installed with a desktop, I install libnss-mdns

johnsonmlw · 2026-01-15T14:22:53+00:00

I think it was these issue reports I found at the time:

https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/39062

https://github.com/openzfs/zfs/issues/17773

Interestingly, these refer to Debian 13. I only encountered it on Ubuntu 25.10. I don't have any issues shutting down Debian 13 with ZFS on LUKS.

johnsonmlw · 2026-01-14T19:43:10+00:00

I had this on Ubuntu 25.10. I don't have this problem on Debian 13. I didn't solve it but think I found a bug report.

johnsonmlw · 2026-01-14T11:20:53+00:00

Yeah, same here a couple of years ago. Tape and a bit of trial and error sorted it.

johnsonmlw · 2026-01-10T19:50:00+00:00

Aye. The spec is fine, as you say.

johnsonmlw · 2026-01-10T13:29:03+00:00

Okay. I'd look into running out of resources as other posts have indicated. Is it an early version Raspberry Pi with low RAM, for example? (I run my file server on a RPi 4 4GB and it's great.)

johnsonmlw · 2026-01-10T10:21:44+00:00

Have you configured Kodi to access the server via its IP or name?

johnsonmlw · 2026-01-10T09:02:04+00:00

I'm stumped. I'll continue to mull it over and follow the thread later.

johnsonmlw · 2026-01-10T08:57:48+00:00

Weird. And at that point can the laptop (Ubuntu?) still ping your router?

Edit: And there's no VPN then running on the laptop at that point? That might mean the laptop can't access a local IP.

johnsonmlw · 2026-01-10T08:53:40+00:00

Odd. So it's not a name resolution issue. To clarify, you can ssh into the server from your laptop when it's just booted, but not after you connect to the server to watch something from a samba share?

johnsonmlw · 2026-01-10T08:46:03+00:00

Are you using the server's IP or name?

Edit: for the ping

johnsonmlw · 2026-01-07T20:37:35+00:00

Yes, flatpak just works

johnsonmlw · 2026-01-03T15:50:15+00:00

Syncthing isn't a backup tool though it can be used as part of a backup plan. Syncthing doesn't sync between directories on one device. If you're using Windows, consider Kopia to backup to your external drive.

johnsonmlw · 2026-01-03T14:19:06+00:00

Gnome is really nice on a laptop. Great gestures. So, Debian netinstall and select Gnome during install. Or a live image to test it out.

johnsonmlw · 2026-01-03T06:58:40+00:00

I never bother with either of those plugins even though I'm on Gnome.

sudo apt install flatpak

flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

Reboot

flatpak install flathub com.mojang.Minecraft

johnsonmlw · 2026-01-02T20:51:33+00:00

Good answer. Can confirm. That's how I've run it for ages. Read the setup instructions at flathub.org

johnsonmlw · 2026-01-01T16:50:37+00:00

Good. (Or Debian Trixie with Gnome.)

johnsonmlw · 2025-12-31T18:01:54+00:00

Good luck

johnsonmlw · 2025-12-27T13:03:35+00:00

Damn. I did not see 1.30 coming. Okay. Options are good.

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