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Thanks for your great explanation!
How up-to-date are the packages, compared to Flatpaks?
IIRC, I used Nix a while ago to install a program, which was supposedly hard to build for Linux and crashed all the time as Flatpak. Sadly, the Nix version was almost a year old and also not great.
But I think I'll take a look into it again. I began using terminal apps a lot more and also became a huge fan of image based distros, and I think Nix packages have similar benefits as immutable distros.
Thanks for sharing your view point, makes sense. Totally understandable!
Sadly, I'm nowhere qualified/ capable enough to host a reasonable website, let alone one that collects content like I imagine it to be.
Exactly that is my point. By applying stricter rules to posting, including tagging, we could create exact that database.
I use Unixporn similar to how other people use Pinterest for decorating their home, not only to see cool setups. I personally think that my use case is also valid and not that rare.
If people already make the effort to post, why not make that more searchable and give others like myself the ability to filter?
Understandable.
I personally often use Unixporn similar to how other people use Pinterest when they want to get inspired for decorating their room.
I really can't deny the accusation that this community is responsible for "some" of my DE-hops 😅
Thanks! I saved the comment for later.
What advantage do you see in Nix compared to Distrobox?
I personally enjoy DB because of its simplicity.
I just open BoxBuddy, create a new container from the dropdown-list, and then just start using my Debian or Arch container on top of Fedora Atomic for example.
The two main benefits I see in Nix are the reproducibility and the big repo. But in case of the repository size, Debian and Arch (+ AUR) are extremely big aswell.
Are there any other big benefits, that I can't get with Distrobox, but with Nix?
Just as a small side note, I'm no power user and tend to use my PC more like a casual guy.
That all sounds great, thanks!
Do you have any tips for an "easy" start, where everything is already pre-configured?
I downvoted the post here, because I think it doesn't belong into Linuxmemes.
But even though I disagree in some way, I upvoted the original post in c/Linux, because I think you spent quite some time writing it.
I'll discuss my thoughts with you in the other thread ✌️
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I really like that post!
It seems like OP put a lot of work and creativity into the meme, while intelligently criticizing a problem and not just using "Windows bad hurr hurr" as the base.
I wanna see more of those kind!
My recommendation would be to use Logseq.
It's similar to Obsidian ("Second Brain"/ PKM), but with the journal function as backbone.
It relies heavily on crosslinking, is markdown-based, very efficient and a joy to use once you "got" it, and supports a hell lot of features, including TODO, plugins, a knowledge network ("graph view") and much more.
I use it for everything (external brain) and pretty much never loved a piece of software this much!
It sounds like it is THE tool you're searching for!
Great that you looked into the compatibility first. Many solvents can dissolve, or at least swell, parts of the machine.
The good thing is, solvent isn't solvent. There are different kinds (polarities, etc.), and maybe something like alcohol might work.
Problem is, grease is hard to dissolve with those.
In the industry, you have special "laundry washing machines" (sort of) that work with hot solvent, e.g. benzyl alcohol, since you need movement and heat preferably to clean everything decently.
Even with a good solvent, degreasing with your washer alone won't work as great.
I personally would go for an ultrasound bath. They tend to work more mechanically (phsically) instead of chemically, and with them, you can dissolve the dirt with soapy water pretty easily, without any volatile solvents or risks. You can get a decent one for 50 bucks starting price, or 100 if you want a bit better one.
I have no idea what a part washer is, but maybe consider using an ultrasonic cleaner.
You can then either load it with surfactants (e.g. SLS) in a water phase or with apolar solvents like cineol, terpentine or limonene, which have similar solving capabilities as diesel, but are bio based and not as flammable.
Using surfactants alone without ultrasound won't work, but using solvents alone won't keep the particles in phase, as they would just sink to the bottom.
If you tell me exactly how this washer looks like/ works and what exactly you wanna clean, I can help you more.
Oh, yeah, you're right. It will hit beta in a week or two. Thanks for the correction.
https://fedorapeople.org/groups/schedule/f-40/f-40-key-tasks.html
It is planned for F40, which will be there in 1-2 Months.
BUT, I already use F40 beta (Edit: alpha) on Atomic KDE.
Just install Kinoite normally, and then rebase to fedora:fedora/40/x86-64/kinoite (or however it is spelled) after typing rpm-ostree remote refs fedora and selecting the right variant.
I personally had a good experience in the last days with it and it feels absolutely usable.
Maybe wait until the stable release, then you can use uBlue, which gives you a saner configuration for the start.
I made a similar post a few weeks ago.
I will try uBlue core and give you all a small update about it.
I feel similar about Debian. It's a good distro for sure and I don't have any issues with it for server use, but somehow, I still don't like it somehow. RPM-/ OSTree based distros are more my taste, and I don't even know why.
Because containers (Distrobox, Flatpak, etc.) are bae.
You can read my post I made a while ago for more information: https://feddit.de/post/8234416
Once you "get" image based distros, you probably never want to go back. Traditional distros just feel... off now for me.
Containerisation is the biggest strength in Linux, we use it all the time on servers, so why not on the desktop?
Atomic OSs just make more sense for me, not only because of security/ bug/ whatever reasons, no, also because they feel simpler and are pretty convenient and robust.
Definitely. Having SELinux or AppArmour is very important.
Image based distros still offer some security and reliability benefits, because they are reproducible and therefore issues can be fixed quicker and easier. Also, at least now, due to the read-onlyness of the core parts of the OS, you can't install malware as easily.
- On Linux, you don't download random stuff from the internet, e.g. a new browser. You get it from a central source, usually package manager, where it is verified and secure.
- Most stuff is open source, therefore we can check if it does weird stuff. Proprietary software is often seen critically in our community.
- Linux is usually always updated because of the central update mechanism, so that vulnerabilities are fixed very quickly.
- Linux has more granular permissions. There's no "allow nothing" (but still too much) or "give random software access to the whole device" like on Windows. Linux software is written to need only as many permissions as needed, but not much more.
- Containers are big and crucial, especially when immutable distros grow more popular (even better security!). Many of use use Flatpak because of those pros. With them, we can give or remove every permission, like network access, file system, etc.
- Antivirus is almost useless, it won't always work reliably, see it more as an additional measure. Many AVs are close to being malware themselfes. They may act as indicator, but not as safeguard for viruses.
- If you share stuff with people using Windows, ClamAV is still handy.
- We aren't safe from viruses too, but we try to minimize our attack vector as much as we can with those methods mentioned above.
- Windows viruses can still be executed with WINE, so use Bottles (container for WINE) when running Windows software.
Yeah, but it sucks. Most XWayland-apps are blurry. So, I have the choice between not being able to read something because of my screen resolution at 100% scale, or activating fractional scaling and having half of my apps blurry.
There was the talk about font scaling a while ago, where UI elements also scale with the font size. Has something happened there?
While most changes (file manager improvements, etc.) are cool to have and are just improvements to the overall experience, what's up with the "fractional scaling and Mutter improvements"?
Why does nobody explain them more? At least for me, fractional scaling is the first thing that comes to my mind when thinking about what Gnome needs the most.
And performance improvements are also good to hear, but in which aspect? Triple dynamic buffering?
Does anyone have further information?
Depends. Are you happy with MacOS and want to stay in the Apple ecosystem?
If yes, then just keep it. It is perfectly tailored for your hardware.
If you are annoyed by it or want to try out something new, then try Linux.
The 2015 MBA has a Intel CPU afaik and general hardware support should be fine from what I've heard.
Instead of Ubuntu, I would recommend Fedora, either the Gnome or KDE variant. If you prefer minimalism and the coherence/ well-thought-outness of MacOS, then use the Gnome ("Workstation") variant, and if you prefer customisability, then the KDE-spin.
You could also take a look at the Atomic variants, they are a newer concept with a few benefits (and also drawbacks) compared to the regular versions.
As a small tip: no matter if you decide for the mutable or the atomic versions, use Distrobox! While Python is pre-installed, it is a system dependency, and you wanna keep your dev environment isolated from your host OS. If you wanna change the Python version for example, this might otherwise brick your install.