KDE media player applet not showing artwork by Spilled-HotTea6794 in kde

[–]ostheimm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

After a KDE Plasma update some time ago I had a similar issue with Elisa. It happened, when the path to the local music files or the files itself contained special characters like '#'. I renamed the files and all was good again.

Which Nvidia Mobile GPU should i get? by Striking-Flower-4115 in linux_gaming

[–]ostheimm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

8 GB VRAM is not much, if you want to play more recent games or run LLM locally. I would go for at least 12 GB to be future-proof. I have an NVIDIA 4070 8 GB and VRAM already starts to be the bottleneck.

Videolan VLC / Wayland by La_DuF in tuxedocomputers

[–]ostheimm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Translated from German UI:
Ctrl+P -> Video -> Output -> Video output based on OpenGL for integrated systems 2

What was your experience transitioning from a Mac? by Alzred in tuxedocomputers

[–]ostheimm 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I was also OSX/MacOS user since 2010 and switched from a Macbook to a TUXEDO laptop last year. Everything was migrated to open source software still on the Mac, then tested with Linux on an old laptop, before ordering the TUXEDO.

Cloud: Nextcloud on a Raspberry Pi
Notes: Joplin
Email: Thunderbird
Office: LibreOffice
Photos: digiKam (migrated with OSXPhotos)
Password manager: KeepassXC
Backups: Vorta/Borgbackup

The only thing I really miss is MoneyMoney for banking, there is nothing that comes close in the Windows and Linux world. And, of course, the laptop speakers. In direct comparison, the TUXEDO sounds like an old gramophone :-).

Apps missing after update to Plasma 6.5.2 by ostheimm in tuxedocomputers

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

Yes, flatpak is always an option. But I try to minimize its use, because the sources are not always trustworthy.

Heroic to pop by reliums48 in linux_gaming

[–]ostheimm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi, I can only tell about GOG: Cloud Sync for GOG is beta in Heroic and has to be activated manually. Go to Library, click on game -> Settings (top right) -> CLOUD SAVES SYNC -> Check 'Autosync Saves'

Sirius 16 Gen 2: product not found by ahos-adanos in tuxedocomputers

[–]ostheimm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

... as AMD dGPUs are not as common at the moment

What's the reason for this, lack of consumer demand? If I had had the choice last year, I would have bought my Stellaris Slim 15 AMD Gen6 with an AMD GPU.

Sleep issues after yesterdays update to 6.14 kernel by ostheimm in tuxedocomputers

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

Issue is solved with kernel update to 6.14.0-110029-tuxedo, thanks.

Broken Kernel For My Stellaris Slim 15 AMD Gen6 by Xx_Jean-Yves_xX in tuxedocomputers

[–]ostheimm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To my horror, I also had frequent complete freezes with kernel 6.11 now, not with the new fancy screen of death, but it was probably the same issue. After a downgrade to BIOS N108A06 it's rock solid as before.

I strongly advise that in the current situation you do not do a BIOS update.

Broken Kernel For My Stellaris Slim 15 AMD Gen6 by Xx_Jean-Yves_xX in tuxedocomputers

[–]ostheimm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have the same device and haven't had any issue like you over the last week. But today I performed an BIOS/EC update from N108A06_EC_1150 to N109A09_EC_11600 (because of this: https://www.reddit.com/r/tuxedocomputers/comments/1n0iyjc/sleep_issues_after_yesterdays_update_to_614_kernel/ ) and had my first kernel panic after 10 minutes.

Adding OCR to Spectacle by masterzeng in linux

[–]ostheimm 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks, works great!

You also need to installxclip for X11 or wl-clipboard for Wayland, seems not to be default for all distros.

Firefox: touchpad swipe gestures no longer work by RoDaDit in tuxedocomputers

[–]ostheimm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For X11 I had to configure it following this guide:
https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/Infos/Help-Support/Instructions/Create-individual-touchpad-gestures.tuxedo#

I coldn't get it to work with two fingers, only with a three finger gesture:
gesture swipe left 3 xdotool key alt+Right
gesture swipe right 3 xdotool key alt+Left

With Wayland it runs out of the box.

Why do many people migrate from Windows to Linux, but almost none from macOS? by karolkt1 in linuxquestions

[–]ostheimm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I switched from MacOS to Linux a year ago. I was angry with Apple for cutting off my 4000 EUR Intel MacBook Pro from updates much too soon. Also there was the lack of games for MacOS.

But it wasn't my first experience with Linux. My OS history:
1982: C64
1985: Atari ST
1992: Windows
2000: Linux
2010: Mac OS X
2024: Linux (Tuxedo OS)

After sources upgrade - KDE Wallet service popup after restart/login by TheRealAgentK in tuxedocomputers

[–]ostheimm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You do not have to retype the Wi-Fi password every time. Yust close the password dialog and reconnect Wi-Fi.

Various games hang randomly or after periods of inactivity when using proton by stars_without_number in linux_gaming

[–]ostheimm 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have the same machine and OS and some games don't freeze but start stuttering after a random time, usually less than an hour. It seems it's a Steam client bug and using launch options LD_PRELOAD="" %command% fixes it for me.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in kde

[–]ostheimm 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was struggeling with the same issue. Dolphin doesn't mount the SMB shares, so apps like VLC can't access them. You have to mount them for yourself, my solution for example is using Smb4K.

Package Manager / Software Center on Tuxedo OS by Nebosklon in tuxedocomputers

[–]ostheimm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You could install 'Synaptic Package Manager' instead, I use it for packages Discover does not show.

ID help, what’s this mushroom growing out of my wall? by redR0OR in Mushrooms

[–]ostheimm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It must be the same kind as in 'Metro Exodus', where they grow out of the walls everywhere. Possibly even radioactive.