I know I #complain about this often, but #ubuntu becomes less and less #stable every time I use it. A #desktop not being #upgraded should just run indefinitely, yet the other day mine #crashed for no apparent reason. I doubt it is the #hardware because I see the same lack of #stability in other machines also running #ubuntu . #ubuntu is a blite on #linux .
In a strange twist, it might be #ubuntu that end up making a #linux #desktop for #mobile #phones https://tuxphones.com/gnome-shell-43-lin.. In all honesty it would be shite though, the #gnome #js #engine is crap.
Oh damn, #minimum #ram for #android is now 2GB: https://android-developers.googleblog.co.. I have #desktop #computers and #laptops with less #ram that I use #regularly ! This #server only has 128MB of #ram !
Great, I think we have started having #rolling #blackouts in the #uk ... Guess which #idiot has a #laptop as their #desktop with a bear #dead #battery ?
It is so tempting to do this - #convert a #linux #desktop to run #xfce and then #theme it to #windows 95: https://youtube.com/watch?v=VcbzoOjMLHM Very cool! I bet you would really turn some heads with this!
Very cool #conversion from the #linux #desktop to a #windows 98 #clone https://lunduke.substack.com/p/make-linu..
Spent some time setting up #dnsmasq for my #local #desktop - turns out that it was #bypassing the #dns #cache with `no-resolv`: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Dnsmas.. Seems to be worth it so far, should massively reduce #traffic !
Nice #discussion over on #tuxphones about how #linux #desktop #environments are concentrating on #convergence https://tuxphones.com/convergent-linux-p..
I really wish #pine 's #pinephonepro was not so #expensive at $400 https://www.pine64.org/2022/01/11/pineph.. It looks like an amazing piece of #hardware ... I also really wish they would #embrace my #idea of #modular #hardware - it is after all what has made #desktop #computers so #robust and what made the #original #ibm #thinkpad #laptops so sought after.
Man now *this* is exciting: https://www.simulavr.com/ #vr based #linux #desktop ! Sign me up already! The price for #secondhand #vr #headsets is pretty reasonable too! This could definitely be viable!
@barray on Sun Nov 07 01:45:49 UTC 2021 said: &eIt looks like #popos will switch to using their own #rust #windowmanager #desktop written in #rust rather than #gnome or #kde https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=n.. Good luck with that... The Rust #compiler is not even consistent or #stable ...Interesting, #popos may soon switch to using #kde instead of #gnome - perhaps a general switch away from #ubuntu in general: https://old.reddit.com/r/pop_os/comments.. The #reddit #comments are pretty funny, claiming it might be called " #kpopos " and instead of getting an #lts #release - it might be a #bts release!
Interesting, it appears the #wacom #drawing #tablets are #logging the name of every #application you open on your #desktop and sending it to #google https://robertheaton.com/2020/02/05/waco..
Well, this is super interesting, #vr / #ar for the #linux #desktop https://simulavr.com/ If the asking #price is reasonable then I want one, but somehow I doubt it.
Interesting point about #gracefully #degrading a #system on purpose to prevent entire system #lockup https://www.solipsys.co.uk/new/GracefulD.. In theory #linux could do something similar for #desktop users to prevent #swap completely destroying system #performance when #ram usage becomes too high.
Interesting new #riscv #sbc offering by #sifive https://www.sifive.com/boards/hifive-unm.. Quite a capable little #desktop board - but is $650+! Hopefully that price point comes down in the future for a *development* board (i.e. not even fully working).
I have a similar story to this #tech guy who refused to support his family's non- #linux #devices http://misc-stuff.terraaeon.com/articles.. A while back I was pleasantly #surprised to see my #family 's #desktop #windows running #libreoffice ! I said "awesome, you are supporting #opensource #software !", to which they replied "I don't know, you installed it on there!" - I had forgotten! But they continued to keep using it, even calling it " #office "!