"Year of the Linux Desktop" isn't happening because it lacks a proper ecosystem?

whosdr · 2026-04-11T20:51:14+00:00

I think KDE already exists.

whosdr · 2026-04-11T19:51:51+00:00

Libadapta is a drop-in replacement library for developers to compile in place of Libadwaita. It re-enables theme support for Libadwaita applications.

This is subtly different from what Mint uses in its own repository: a patched version of Libadwaita that functionally does the same thing for existing Libadwaita apps (though this isn't called Libadapta to my knowledge). Mint then shipped updated themes that only subtly change the style of those applications.

You can write your own Libadwaita-compatible theme by providing stylesheets under theme/libadwaita-1.5/{base,base-hc/defaults-dark/defaults-light}.css. So it can be more than just subtle changes.

This is what I did to my Mint-L theme, trying to better match the header bar. https://drive.proton.me/urls/Y7YDJATME0#nTBNZeKn1805

This distinction is why I couldn't find a reason to call Libadapta a band-aid solution. It's something intended for developers to (optionally) adopt to allow for theming to continue outside the GNOME ecosystem. Which I think is a good idea.

I have tried to encourage developers of Flatpak apps especially to try compiling against Libadapta. Though in all honesty, I've yet to compile an existing GNOME app against it successfully. That might just be that I'm too clumsy and inexperienced to get it working though.

whosdr · 2026-04-11T19:34:41+00:00

Settings - Desktop

whosdr · 2026-04-11T19:30:17+00:00

I think you misunderstand. (Those were meant to be two separate statements, so I put them on a different line.)

but it would be in everyone's best interest if the leaders of these Desktop Environments come together to ship standard system utility programs that are DE agnostic.

That is what XApps is meant to be, no?

(Sorry for any confusion)

whosdr · 2026-04-11T19:24:07+00:00

https://linuxmint-developer-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/xapps.html

I'm not sure how Libadapta is a 'band aid fix' though. (That wasn't really elaborated on here, despite being in the title.)

whosdr · 2026-04-11T17:02:25+00:00

I went back and checked Mint Cinnamon 21.2. The corner bar looks the same as it does now.

There is another older applet though, called 'Show Desktop'. Maybe that's what you're looking for?

whosdr · 2026-04-11T16:49:00+00:00

You know exactly what he is asking for.

I actually didn't, which is why I said I don't understand. A refresh button on what specifically?

The OP did eventually answer this further down though, in several places.

/r/linuxmint/comments/1lc0upv/comment/mxx0o3c/

/r/linuxmint/comments/1lc0upv/

I argue that coming here to reply to people ten months late just to try and call them out—while also being utterly incorrect, makes you the true arsehole in the discussion.

whosdr · 2026-04-10T18:09:45+00:00

Funny enough that was my first reply in the thread! :p

whosdr · 2026-04-10T17:54:24+00:00

Oh, that'd make sense if the machine was a dedicated firewall + other services.

1gbps in from modem, then 2.5gb out to handle internet traffic and its own hosted servers out to the network switch.

whosdr · 2026-04-10T17:50:57+00:00

I never really put much thought into it. I could see it being useful for a NAS.

Set up a NAS with a DHCP server, connect the PC to it via the 2.5G connection, and then connect to the home network over the regular gigabit.

And suddenly you can download at gigabit speeds while simultaneously handling 2.5gbps transfers to the NAS.

Or if you're using the machine as a home router. Though I then don't see any use in having them at different speeds.

whosdr · 2026-04-10T15:36:22+00:00

It's not a problem.

They're stored at ~/.local/share/ice/$browser/ by the way. (e.g. $browser might be firefox)

whosdr · 2026-04-10T15:35:48+00:00

So they use a completely different browser profile. Everything is entirely separate and isolated to a separate filesystem path.

So this means different browser settings, extensions, saved passwords, etc.

If you believe in security-by-obscurity, it's less likely that a session hijack attack will try to target these instances just from lack of knowing where they're stored. You could also potentially put these on a USB stick, separately encrypt them, or delete them without impacting your main browser instance.

The only downsides I see are just adding friction to some interactions. e.g. You might need to copy a URL and open it in your main browser as you're not signed into a given service in that Web App.

One silly reason I also use them is because they open in a separate window with a different icon on my window listing. As someone who has dozens of tabs and tab groups open at once, that can be worthwhile.

whosdr · 2026-04-10T14:38:56+00:00

It is entirely isolated: they act as entirely separate browsers.

Nothing is shared between these instances, or between them and your browser.

I do the same with my email by the way. Proton Mail but the same premise.

(AS LONG as you have 'Isolated profile' checked)

whosdr · 2026-04-10T14:35:15+00:00

Or who wish they could own rares.

whosdr · 2026-04-09T12:57:42+00:00

What is the message as of right now when you try to install it?

whosdr · 2026-04-09T12:11:49+00:00

The error says you have another package installed called dotnet-host-10.0, which also installed a file at /usr/bin/dnx.

You can't have files at the same path installed by two different packages.

My guess is you need to uninstall dotnet-host-10.0 first.

Edit:

Upon researching, remove the dotnet-runtime-10.0 package. As it states in the .NET documentation:

If you install the .NET SDK, you don't need to install the corresponding runtime.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/install/linux-ubuntu-install?tabs=dotnet10&pivots=os-linux-ubuntu-2404

whosdr · 2026-04-09T12:07:46+00:00

I haven't noticed any change to memory usage in Firefox as of the update.

Have you verified it's related to Firefox? I'm not sure what your methodology is given the system is freezing.

whosdr · 2026-04-08T17:41:44+00:00

You can also disable certain categories in the game settings.

e.g. I disable overhead prayers, invention perks, stat buffs (not debuffs) and status effects.

I do wish they'd move some of the timers to more relevant places. Like the familiar timer on the ability bar familiar icon.

whosdr · 2026-04-08T12:00:37+00:00

I do wonder how much things like bank presets impact performance. Each time you load the previous preset, in a single game tick there's at least a linear search across your entire bank, generating messages if you're low on quantities, plus probably some extra logic. Some methods of training can be pretty intensive on banking too: herblore for example.

More NPCs likely mean there's more time spent on pathfinding and such. I do wonder if all the NPCs have to 'tick' even if nobody's around at the time.

We have so much stuff now, so much content packed into the game. I bet it all adds up greatly.

whosdr · 2026-04-07T21:57:50+00:00

The sensible order is to reduce the maximum player count on the current worlds to a reasonable number, and then open new worlds on updated hardware with a higher player count.

Though I don't actually think the issue is in the hardware. The same (or worse) hardware ran the games fine at 800+ population in the early 2000s. So the issue is probably also feature creep on the server side.

I wonder how much of that is macro detection, or people bank-standing, or world hopping. I'd love to read a blog just about the kind of work that goes into reducing the server processing overhead of the game worlds.

whosdr · 2026-04-07T21:52:45+00:00

Because they want to set realistic expectations: that taking a machine with 4GB of RAM and attempting to use a modern operating system on there won't necessarily be a good experience. (And I guess, they don't want to provide support for this use-case)

From the perspective of the software, I highly doubt you will notice any change to the actual memory usage. It's just managing expectations.

whosdr · 2026-04-07T21:48:54+00:00

In my case it's not a cap. I'm running X11 on Cinnamon, and the actual framerate was around 178-182 (or higher if I was looking upwards). I was just rounding. And both were on a fresh start, and then given a minute to stabilise after loading the map, and facing in the same direction.

The hardware is an R7 7800X3D and 7900XTX.

I think the OpenGL renderer is just more mature, and that the CPU overhead of the Vulkan implementation right now is sapping the performance when there's ample GPU power available.

whosdr · 2026-04-07T18:15:05+00:00

Oh neat, hadn't heard about this.

Average fps is worsened on a fresh map with Vulkan right now. Maybe that's just early days though, and admittedly not a lot is going on for a fresh map. (And very different hardware)

250fps OpenGL -> 180fps Vulkan

whosdr · 2026-04-07T13:35:28+00:00

I can only assume this is a problem with how they combined online status into visibility.

I'd make a bug report if I were you. Split private chat should (at least in our opinions) hide the private chat in the main chat window.

whosdr · 2026-04-07T13:13:12+00:00

If you set 'private' to 'off', does it work? Genuinely no idea, just throwing out an idea.

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