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Help installing Linux on iMac 5,2 (no HDD write perms?) in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

The drive seems fine from MacOS, so probably not.

Help installing Linux on iMac 5,2 (no HDD write perms?) in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

I probably should've mentioned I want to keep MacOS, but I think I'll try resizing the partition from MacOS.

Edit: I don't have a CD to make a bootcd, and also my iMac uses old HFS.

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Help installing Linux on iMac 5,2 (no HDD write perms?) (lemmy.zip)
 

Linux boots fine from USB*, but I can't install any distro (I get a generic "read-only filesystem" error every time I do). Is there any way to circumvent this?

* (unrelated problem)For some reason, BookwormPup and other modern Puppy Linux releases completely halt the system from booting (not even MacOS will boot, and I have to hard-shutdown to get it to turn off).

Sillycat420! in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Get a password manager.

For Bluer Skies: Bluesky as a Viable Alternative to X in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I got banned from Reddit.

what for?

For Bluer Skies: Bluesky as a Viable Alternative to X in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (3 children)

says the person on fedi

Windows VS Linux (part 2) in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Wacky, I remember the metro (windows 8 - 10) task manager forcing you to restart it.

Edit: Just checked the Windows 11 task manager, the Apps view's 'End Task' button turns into a 'Restart' button when Explorer is selected (but the context menu option to end it stays).

Windows VS Linux (part 2) in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I think pickles got confused from the fact that task manager (afaik) forces you to restart explorer if you try to kill it from there. If you taskkill /f /im it to death, then it stays dead.

Windows VS Linux (part 2) in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

There should be an option in the settings to disable restarting to apply updates (though I only kno2 it exists on KDE)

The internet has changed. Privacy left behind in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Ohh, yea those too

completely forgot firefox does that

The internet has changed. Privacy left behind in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

What ads does Firefox use?

I think they're probably referring to adblocking.

Important Metrics in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Nice

Permanent GRUB Config Changes on Aurora (and possibly other atomic distros?) in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I'll have to check this out next time I visit my friend

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[SOLVED: BAD LOGIN] Can't connect to WPA2-EAP on Fedora Kinoite (lemmy.zip)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
0 comments fedilink
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/22225508

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/22209812

EDIT: Turns out my login information was slightly wrong, and had nothing to do with security.

My school uses EAP for its student WiFi, but there's no option for "EAP" security (PEAP, LEAP and every other option in KDE's WiFi security settings wouldn't connect). I'm pretty sure there was an option for EAP on Linux Lite (my previous OS before kinoite) which connected successfully. Is it possible to use EAP in Kinoite, and how do I enable/use it?

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[SOLVED: BAD LOGIN] Can't connect to WPA2-EAP on Fedora Kinoite (lemmy.zip)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
6 comments fedilink
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/22209812

EDIT: Turns out my login information was slightly wrong, and had nothing to do with security.

My school uses EAP for its student WiFi, but there's no option for "EAP" security (PEAP, LEAP and every other option in KDE's WiFi security settings wouldn't connect). I'm pretty sure there was an option for EAP on Linux Lite (my previous OS before kinoite) which connected successfully. Is it possible to use EAP in Kinoite, and how do I enable/use it?

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[SOLVED: BAD LOGIN] Can't connect to WPA2-EAP on Fedora Kinoite (lemmy.zip)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
4 comments fedilink
 

EDIT: Turns out my login information was slightly wrong, and had nothing to do with security.

My school uses EAP for its student WiFi, but there's no option for "EAP" security (PEAP, LEAP and every other option in KDE's WiFi security settings wouldn't connect). I'm pretty sure there was an option for EAP on Linux Lite (my previous OS before kinoite) which connected successfully. Is it possible to use EAP in Kinoite, and how do I enable/use it?

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(SOLVED) Games flickering despite running fine on Windows (lemmy.zip)
submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
9 comments fedilink
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/20949510

SOLUTION: Apparently there’s some sort of bug in xwayland that causes Steam games to flicker, so “downgrading” to X11 solved it (for now). Now all I need to know is how to file a bug report for this.

I'm trying to set up a Linux install for my mom (Ultramarine KDE on Wayland), and all her (2) Steam games are flickering. I thought it was from fractional scaling, but that doesn't seem to be the case.

Her games don't flicker on Windows, and I've already tried multiple versions of Proton. I'm not quite sure what's happening, and any help would be appreciated.

Specs

  • OS: Ultramarine Linux KDE Edition
  • Host: Dell Inspiron 15 3511
  • CPU: Intel Core i5-1035G1
  • GPU: ~~pretty sure it uses integrated graphics~~ ~~apparently it uses Nvidia? First time I've seen that, gonna have to remember that in the future.~~ Both Linux and Windows are using integrated graphics with no sign of Nvidia anywhere??

If you need any more information, please ask me

Edit: other than the flickering, her games run perfectly fine.

Edit 2: Just learned my mom's laptop model has a discrete Nvidia GPU, gonna troubleshoot that in a bit.

Edit 3: Her laptop doesn't seem to have anything Nvidia inside, despite the fact that the Dell website says her laptop should, weird...

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(SOLVED) Games flickering despite running fine on Windows (lemmy.zip)
submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
19 comments fedilink
 

SOLUTION: Apparently there's some sort of bug in xwayland that causes Steam games to flicker, so "downgrading" to X11 solved it (for now). Now all I need to know is how to file a bug report for this.

I'm trying to set up a Linux install for my mom (Ultramarine KDE on Wayland), and all her (2) Steam games are flickering. I thought it was from fractional scaling, but that doesn't seem to be the case.

Her games don't flicker on Windows, and I've already tried multiple versions of Proton. I'm not quite sure what's happening, and any help would be appreciated.

Specs

  • OS: Ultramarine Linux KDE Edition
  • Host: Dell Inspiron 15 3511
  • CPU: Intel Core i5-1035G1
  • GPU: ~~pretty sure it uses integrated graphics~~ ~~apparently it uses Nvidia? First time I've seen that, gonna have to remember that in the future.~~ Both Linux and Windows are using integrated graphics with no sign of Nvidia anywhere??

If you need any more information, please ask me

Edit: other than the flickering, her games run perfectly fine.

Edit 2: Just learned my mom's laptop model has a discrete Nvidia GPU, gonna troubleshoot that in a bit.

Edit 3: Her laptop doesn't seem to have anything Nvidia inside, despite the fact that the Dell website says her laptop should, weird...

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LACT: Linux AMDGPU Controller for overclocking and fan curve control (github.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/6776846

Current features:

  • Viewing information about the GPU
  • Power/thermals monitoring
  • Fan curve control
  • Overclocking (GPU/VRAM clockspeed, voltage)
  • Power states configuration
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kando: 🥧 The Cross-Platform Pie Menu. (github.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/6776380

Kando will be a pie menu for the desktop. It will be highly customizable and will allow you to create your own menus and actions. For instance, you can use it to control your music player, to open your favorite websites or to simulate shortcuts.

It will be available for Windows, Linux and maybe macOS.

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Firefox 121 Is Looking Good For Having Wayland Enabled By Default (www.phoronix.com)
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Project Bluefin: A Linux Desktop for Serious Developers (thenewstack.io)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.myserv.one/post/4373297

From The New Stack

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Ubuntu Budgie switches its approach to Wayland (www.theregister.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ndlug.org/post/415302

We met project lead David "Fossfreedom" Mohammed and packaging guru Sam Lane from the Ubuntu Budgie team in Rīga, and they passed on news of a rift – and indeed possible divorce – between Budgie and Enlightenment… and it's caused by Wayland.

While Enlightenment does have some Wayland support, in the project's own words this is "still considered experimental and not for regular end users."

Thus, the Budgie team has been evaluating options to move forward. XFCE are doing some really great work in this area with libxfce4windowing – a compatibility layer bridging Wayland and X11, allowing the move in a logical direction without needing a big-bang approach. To date, most of the current codebase has already been reworked and is ready for a Wayland-only approach without impacting further development and enhancements.

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[META] How do you tag a post? (lemmy.zip)
 

The rules mention tagging a post but Lemmy doesn't support tags as of now.

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