Manjaro 18.1 and GPU usage (too high)
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I was just testing live media Manjaro 18.1 and was very pleased with xfce 4.14 and the FINALLY Vsync solution out of the box they implemented. I tested with nvidia drivers using a gtx 1080.
The problem was when I tested youtube and get it to fullscreen at my tv as second monitor. The GPU usage skyrocket achieving 48%!!! Even the coolers started just to play a FHD video at 4k screen.
Then I started the live media with KDE and get the same situation.
Any ideas what's causing this? That's not normal.
Edit: Noticed that my 18.0 install with KDE also shows this behavior... That's definitelly not normal... anyone knows how to fix?
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Hi!
I was just testing live media Manjaro 18.1 and was very pleased with xfce 4.14 and the FINALLY Vsync solution out of the box they implemented. I tested with nvidia drivers using a gtx 1080.
The problem was when I tested youtube and get it to fullscreen at my tv as second monitor. The GPU usage skyrocket achieving 48%!!! Even the coolers started just to play a FHD video at 4k screen.
Then I started the live media with KDE and get the same situation.
Any ideas what's causing this? That's not normal.
Edit: Noticed that my 18.0 install with KDE also shows this behavior... That's definitelly not normal... anyone knows how to fix?
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Manjaro 18.1 and GPU usage (too high)
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Some files not mounting with external hard drive?
I just reinstalled Mint on my lap top and the last time I pulled all my music off an external hard drive onto my laptop just fine. This time though some of the files think they aren’t mounted and I can’t copy them. Specifically all of my music and a folder called “downloads” that has a bunch of music and videos in it. Other downloaded video content in other folders on the hard drive are working fine though.
It just bugs me out that on my previous install, none of this happened. Anyone else ever experienced this? What can be done?
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I just reinstalled Mint on my lap top and the last time I pulled all my music off an external hard drive onto my laptop just fine. This time though some of the files think they aren’t mounted and I can’t copy them. Specifically all of my music and a folder called “downloads” that has a bunch of music and videos in it. Other downloaded video content in other folders on the hard drive are working fine though.
It just bugs me out that on my previous install, none of this happened. Anyone else ever experienced this? What can be done?
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Some files not mounting with external hard drive?
I just reinstalled Mint on my lap top and the last time I pulled all my music off an external hard drive onto my laptop just fine. This time...
Updated high-DPI support for Qt 5.14
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Renowned MIT Scientist Richard Stallman Defends Epstein: Victims Were ‘Entirely Willing’
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Renowned MIT Scientist Defends Epstein: Victims Were ‘Entirely Willing’
MIT bigwig Richard Stallman dismissed Epstein’s underage victims in emails and defended child pornography on his blog.
Package management for audio production in Ubuntu is a nightmare
Al I want is a low-latency audio system that lets me use SuperCollider and Haskell. I've had it working a few times in the past, with the help of the KXStudio repositories, but I always end up with conflicts, and KXStudio has been frozen for a year. I hear good things about NixOS, although the learning curve looks steep; does anyone use that for music? Is there some other system with a package manager that just works?
(Lately apt reports that jackd2 conflicts with jack-daemon, but jack-daemon is a virtual package, and the last time I tried to uninstall one of those it destroyed my window manager spectacularly. Meanwhile SuperCollider won't install because the Ableton Link library, which I don't even want to use, says it wants asio.hpp, even though ASIO is a Windows-specific library.)
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Al I want is a low-latency audio system that lets me use SuperCollider and Haskell. I've had it working a few times in the past, with the help of the KXStudio repositories, but I always end up with conflicts, and KXStudio has been frozen for a year. I hear good things about NixOS, although the learning curve looks steep; does anyone use that for music? Is there some other system with a package manager that just works?
(Lately apt reports that jackd2 conflicts with jack-daemon, but jack-daemon is a virtual package, and the last time I tried to uninstall one of those it destroyed my window manager spectacularly. Meanwhile SuperCollider won't install because the Ableton Link library, which I don't even want to use, says it wants asio.hpp, even though ASIO is a Windows-specific library.)
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How to install driver for broadcom 43142 on clear linux?
[https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Wifi#Firmware](https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Wifi#Firmware)
[https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/net-wireless/broadcom-sta](https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/net-wireless/broadcom-sta)
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`android@clr-50a01fd7a99d4be5943228b14a687e41~ $ lspci -nn |grep Broadcom 06:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Limited BCM43142 802.11b/g/n [14e4:4365] (rev 01)`
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> `android@clr-50a01fd7a99d4be5943228b14a687e41~/broadcom-wl $ make KBUILD_NOPEDANTIC=1 make -C /lib/modules/\`uname -r\`/build M=\`pwd\` make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/lib/modules/5.2.11-829.native/build' CFG80211 API is prefered for this kernel version Using CFG80211 API CC [M] /home/android/broadcom-wl/src/shared/linux_osl.o CC [M] /home/android/broadcom-wl/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.o In file included from ./include/linux/bitmap.h:9, from ./include/linux/cpumask.h:12, from ./arch/x86/include/asm/cpumask.h:5, from ./arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h:11, from ./arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h:21, from ./arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h:5, from ./arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h:53, from ./include/linux/thread_info.h:38, from ./arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:7, from ./include/linux/preempt.h:78, from ./include/linux/spinlock.h:51, from ./include/linux/seqlock.h:36, from ./include/linux/time.h:6, from ./include/linux/stat.h:19, from ./include/linux/module.h:10, from /home/android/broadcom-wl/src/include/linuxver.h:40, from /home/android/broadcom-wl/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c:27: In function ‘strncpy’, inlined from ‘_wl_add_monitor_if’ at /home/android/broadcom-wl/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c:2990:2: ./include/linux/string.h:260:9: warning: ‘__builtin_strncpy’ specified bound depends on the length of the source argument [-Wstringop-overflow=] 260 | return __builtin_strncpy(p, q, size); | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ /home/android/broadcom-wl/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c: In function ‘_wl_add_monitor_if’: ./include/linux/string.h:281:10: note: length computed here 281 | return __builtin_strlen(p); | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CC [M] /home/android/broadcom-wl/src/wl/sys/wl_iw.o CC [M] /home/android/broadcom-wl/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.o LD [M] /home/android/broadcom-wl/wl.o Building modules, stage 2. CFG80211 API is prefered for this kernel version Using CFG80211 API MODPOST 1 modules CC /home/android/broadcom-wl/wl.mod.o LD [M] /home/android/broadcom-wl/wl.ko make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/lib/modules/5.2.11-829.native/build' android@clr-50a01fd7a99d4be5943228b14a687e41~/broadcom-wl $ sudo make install Password: install -D -m 755 wl.ko /lib/modules/\`uname -r\`/kernel/drivers/net/wireless android@clr-50a01fd7a99d4be5943228b14a687e41~/broadcom-wl $ modprobe wl modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'wl': Operation not permitted android@clr-50a01fd7a99d4be5943228b14a687e41~/broadcom-wl $ sudo modprobe wl modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'wl': Required key not available android@clr-50a01fd7a99d4be5943228b14a687e41~/broadcom-wl $ modprobe -r bcma modprobe: ERROR: could not remove 'bcma': Operation not permitted android@clr-50a01fd7a99d4be5943228b14a687e41~/broadcom-wl $ sudo modprobe -r bcma android@clr-50a01fd7a99d4be5943228b14a687e41~/broadcom-wl $ sudo -s root@clr-50a01fd7a99d4be5943228b14a687e41/home/android/broadcom-wl # echo "blacklist bcma" > /etc/modprobe.d/broadcom.conf bash: /etc/modprobe.d/broadcom.conf: No such file or directory root@clr-50a01fd7a99d4be5943228b14a687e41/home/android/broadcom-wl # echo "wl" > /etc/modules-load.d/wl.conf bash: /etc/modules-load.d/wl.conf: No such file or directory root@clr-50a01fd7a99d4be5943228b14a687e41/home/android/broadcom-wl # depmod -a root@clr-50a01fd7a99d4be5943228b14a687e41/home/android/broadcom-wl # mo
[https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Wifi#Firmware](https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Wifi#Firmware)
[https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/net-wireless/broadcom-sta](https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/net-wireless/broadcom-sta)
​
`android@clr-50a01fd7a99d4be5943228b14a687e41~ $ lspci -nn |grep Broadcom 06:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Limited BCM43142 802.11b/g/n [14e4:4365] (rev 01)`
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> `android@clr-50a01fd7a99d4be5943228b14a687e41~/broadcom-wl $ make KBUILD_NOPEDANTIC=1 make -C /lib/modules/\`uname -r\`/build M=\`pwd\` make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/lib/modules/5.2.11-829.native/build' CFG80211 API is prefered for this kernel version Using CFG80211 API CC [M] /home/android/broadcom-wl/src/shared/linux_osl.o CC [M] /home/android/broadcom-wl/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.o In file included from ./include/linux/bitmap.h:9, from ./include/linux/cpumask.h:12, from ./arch/x86/include/asm/cpumask.h:5, from ./arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h:11, from ./arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h:21, from ./arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h:5, from ./arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h:53, from ./include/linux/thread_info.h:38, from ./arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:7, from ./include/linux/preempt.h:78, from ./include/linux/spinlock.h:51, from ./include/linux/seqlock.h:36, from ./include/linux/time.h:6, from ./include/linux/stat.h:19, from ./include/linux/module.h:10, from /home/android/broadcom-wl/src/include/linuxver.h:40, from /home/android/broadcom-wl/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c:27: In function ‘strncpy’, inlined from ‘_wl_add_monitor_if’ at /home/android/broadcom-wl/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c:2990:2: ./include/linux/string.h:260:9: warning: ‘__builtin_strncpy’ specified bound depends on the length of the source argument [-Wstringop-overflow=] 260 | return __builtin_strncpy(p, q, size); | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ /home/android/broadcom-wl/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c: In function ‘_wl_add_monitor_if’: ./include/linux/string.h:281:10: note: length computed here 281 | return __builtin_strlen(p); | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CC [M] /home/android/broadcom-wl/src/wl/sys/wl_iw.o CC [M] /home/android/broadcom-wl/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.o LD [M] /home/android/broadcom-wl/wl.o Building modules, stage 2. CFG80211 API is prefered for this kernel version Using CFG80211 API MODPOST 1 modules CC /home/android/broadcom-wl/wl.mod.o LD [M] /home/android/broadcom-wl/wl.ko make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/lib/modules/5.2.11-829.native/build' android@clr-50a01fd7a99d4be5943228b14a687e41~/broadcom-wl $ sudo make install Password: install -D -m 755 wl.ko /lib/modules/\`uname -r\`/kernel/drivers/net/wireless android@clr-50a01fd7a99d4be5943228b14a687e41~/broadcom-wl $ modprobe wl modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'wl': Operation not permitted android@clr-50a01fd7a99d4be5943228b14a687e41~/broadcom-wl $ sudo modprobe wl modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'wl': Required key not available android@clr-50a01fd7a99d4be5943228b14a687e41~/broadcom-wl $ modprobe -r bcma modprobe: ERROR: could not remove 'bcma': Operation not permitted android@clr-50a01fd7a99d4be5943228b14a687e41~/broadcom-wl $ sudo modprobe -r bcma android@clr-50a01fd7a99d4be5943228b14a687e41~/broadcom-wl $ sudo -s root@clr-50a01fd7a99d4be5943228b14a687e41/home/android/broadcom-wl # echo "blacklist bcma" > /etc/modprobe.d/broadcom.conf bash: /etc/modprobe.d/broadcom.conf: No such file or directory root@clr-50a01fd7a99d4be5943228b14a687e41/home/android/broadcom-wl # echo "wl" > /etc/modules-load.d/wl.conf bash: /etc/modules-load.d/wl.conf: No such file or directory root@clr-50a01fd7a99d4be5943228b14a687e41/home/android/broadcom-wl # depmod -a root@clr-50a01fd7a99d4be5943228b14a687e41/home/android/broadcom-wl # mo
dprobe wl modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'wl': Required key not available root@clr-50a01fd7a99d4be5943228b14a687e41/home/android/broadcom-wl # android@clr-50a01fd7a99d4be5943228b14a687e41~/broadcom-wl $ make KBUILD_NOPEDANTIC=1 make -C /lib/modules/\`uname -r\`/build M=\`pwd\` make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/lib/modules/5.2.11-829.native/build' CFG80211 API is prefered for this kernel version Using CFG80211 API CC [M] /home/android/broadcom-wl/src/shared/linux_osl.o CC [M] /home/android/broadcom-wl/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.o In file included from ./include/linux/bitmap.h:9, from ./include/linux/cpumask.h:12, from ./arch/x86/include/asm/cpumask.h:5, from ./arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h:11, from ./arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h:21, from ./arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h:5, from ./arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h:53, from ./include/linux/thread_info.h:38, from ./arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:7, from ./include/linux/preempt.h:78, from ./include/linux/spinlock.h:51, from ./include/linux/seqlock.h:36, from ./include/linux/time.h:6, from ./include/linux/stat.h:19, from ./include/linux/module.h:10, from /home/android/broadcom-wl/src/include/linuxver.h:40, from /home/android/broadcom-wl/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c:27: In function ‘strncpy’, inlined from ‘_wl_add_monitor_if’ at /home/android/broadcom-wl/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c:2990:2: ./include/linux/string.h:260:9: warning: ‘__builtin_strncpy’ specified bound depends on the length of the source argument [-Wstringop-overflow=] 260 | return __builtin_strncpy(p, q, size); | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ /home/android/broadcom-wl/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c: In function ‘_wl_add_monitor_if’: ./include/linux/string.h:281:10: note: length computed here 281 | return __builtin_strlen(p); | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CC [M] /home/android/broadcom-wl/src/wl/sys/wl_iw.o CC [M] /home/android/broadcom-wl/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.o LD [M] /home/android/broadcom-wl/wl.o Building modules, stage 2. CFG80211 API is prefered for this kernel version Using CFG80211 API MODPOST 1 modules CC /home/android/broadcom-wl/wl.mod.o LD [M] /home/android/broadcom-wl/wl.ko make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/lib/modules/5.2.11-829.native/build' android@clr-50a01fd7a99d4be5943228b14a687e41~/broadcom-wl $ sudo make install Password: install -D -m 755 wl.ko /lib/modules/\`uname -r\`/kernel/drivers/net/wireless android@clr-50a01fd7a99d4be5943228b14a687e41~/broadcom-wl $ modprobe wl modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'wl': Operation not permitted android@clr-50a01fd7a99d4be5943228b14a687e41~/broadcom-wl $ sudo modprobe wl modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'wl': Required key not available android@clr-50a01fd7a99d4be5943228b14a687e41~/broadcom-wl $ modprobe -r bcma modprobe: ERROR: could not remove 'bcma': Operation not permitted android@clr-50a01fd7a99d4be5943228b14a687e41~/broadcom-wl $ sudo modprobe -r bcma android@clr-50a01fd7a99d4be5943228b14a687e41~/broadcom-wl $ sudo -s root@clr-50a01fd7a99d4be5943228b14a687e41/home/android/broadcom-wl # echo "blacklist bcma" > /etc/modprobe.d/broadcom.conf bash: /etc/modprobe.d/broadcom.conf: No such file or directory root@clr-50a01fd7a99d4be5943228b14a687e41/home/android/broadcom-wl # echo "wl" > /etc/modules-load.d/wl.conf bash: /etc/modules-load.d/wl.conf: No such file or directory root@clr-50a01fd7a99d4be5943228b14a687e41/home/android/broadcom-wl # depmod -a root@clr-50a01fd7a99d4be5943228b14a687e41/home/android/broadcom-wl # modprobe wl modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'wl': Required key not available root@clr-50a01fd7a99d4be5943228b14a687e41/home/android/broadcom-wl #`
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Help! Steam doesn't recognize my hard drive!
Today I finally switched from Windows to Linux, but I have a problem. I want to install games in my hard drive because my SSD is only 128GB, but when I go to settings>downloads>steam library folders and I click to add a new library folder I can't find the hard drive. It only shows me "/" wich is the name of my SSD. Does anybody know how to fix this?
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Today I finally switched from Windows to Linux, but I have a problem. I want to install games in my hard drive because my SSD is only 128GB, but when I go to settings>downloads>steam library folders and I click to add a new library folder I can't find the hard drive. It only shows me "/" wich is the name of my SSD. Does anybody know how to fix this?
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Help! Steam doesn't recognize my hard drive!
Today I finally switched from Windows to Linux, but I have a problem. I want to install games in my hard drive because my SSD is only 128GB, but...
Instaloader
Hi there everyone I am trying to make a instagram downloader and I got reccomeded instaloader
So my question is how do I download one picture or video at a time instead of a whole profile
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Hi there everyone I am trying to make a instagram downloader and I got reccomeded instaloader
So my question is how do I download one picture or video at a time instead of a whole profile
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<3 XPS 13 9380 + Linux Kubuntu 19.04 + Caldigit TS3 Plus
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I had been looking for a good Thunderbolt 3 dock for my XPS 13 9380 running Linux Kubuntu 19.04 and mainline kernel (currently 5.2.14). A quick...
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See, I told you I’d continue to blog about the cool things that have happened in KDE-land. :) On that subject… Kate is now available for free on the Microsoft Store! So far the ratings …
HP Spectre x360 15 (2019) with Linux?
I was wondering if anybody has any experience with recent HP spectre models and Ubuntu. I've had my eye on the HP Spectre x360 15-df1550nd because of the combination of gpu, display and touchscreen.
I've read that spectres usually have problems with the four speakers, the fingerprint sensor and the microphone.
The biggest problem I'm having with the current HP laptop I'm using is not able to use the HDMI port when the nvidia card is disabled. This is most likely due to the HDMI port being connected to the GPU.
I'm having trouble finding recent info on these devices.
If anybody has experience with these devices and Linux I would like to ask them if these issues I mentioned are still issues with recent kernel/distros and/or if new issues have emerged with the newer models.
I'm currently using Ubuntu though I'm open to using different distro's if they work better.
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I was wondering if anybody has any experience with recent HP spectre models and Ubuntu. I've had my eye on the HP Spectre x360 15-df1550nd because of the combination of gpu, display and touchscreen.
I've read that spectres usually have problems with the four speakers, the fingerprint sensor and the microphone.
The biggest problem I'm having with the current HP laptop I'm using is not able to use the HDMI port when the nvidia card is disabled. This is most likely due to the HDMI port being connected to the GPU.
I'm having trouble finding recent info on these devices.
If anybody has experience with these devices and Linux I would like to ask them if these issues I mentioned are still issues with recent kernel/distros and/or if new issues have emerged with the newer models.
I'm currently using Ubuntu though I'm open to using different distro's if they work better.
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I was wondering if anybody has any experience with recent HP spectre models and Ubuntu. I've had my eye on the HP Spectre x360 15-df1550nd because...
Script help?
So how would I write a noscript to write into a separate noscript
So far I am launching nano and I can't input the text automatically or close it
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So how would I write a noscript to write into a separate noscript
So far I am launching nano and I can't input the text automatically or close it
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So how would I write a noscript to write into a separate noscript So far I am launching nano and I can't input the text automatically or close it
Idea for a "Touch Bar" for the Linux Desktop
I was looking at the dbus, and found that most KDE and Gnome applications, allow their toolbar actions to be controlled using it. This got me thinking, what if there was a small program, that figured out applicable applications and services on the dbus (like the active window), and sent them, along with an icon name from the freedesktop icon naming specification ([https://standards.freedesktop.org/icon-naming-spec/icon-naming-spec-latest.html](https://standards.freedesktop.org/icon-naming-spec/icon-naming-spec-latest.html)), to different UIs (gtk, qt5, an Arduino, etc.) touch bar like programs.
Are there any glaring problems with this? Is this something people want? Thank you for reading.
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I was looking at the dbus, and found that most KDE and Gnome applications, allow their toolbar actions to be controlled using it. This got me thinking, what if there was a small program, that figured out applicable applications and services on the dbus (like the active window), and sent them, along with an icon name from the freedesktop icon naming specification ([https://standards.freedesktop.org/icon-naming-spec/icon-naming-spec-latest.html](https://standards.freedesktop.org/icon-naming-spec/icon-naming-spec-latest.html)), to different UIs (gtk, qt5, an Arduino, etc.) touch bar like programs.
Are there any glaring problems with this? Is this something people want? Thank you for reading.
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I was looking at the dbus, and found that most KDE and Gnome applications, allow their toolbar actions to be controlled using it. This got me...
Elementary OS: Questions from absolute beginner
Hello world!
I have been fiddling around the general topic of computer systems lately and have been wondering about the topic of Linux and its many distros.
After doing some research I have set upon ElementaryOS as the distro I'd most likely use, probably due to its resemblance with macOS, which I've been using.
I have some questions about the specific distro. Please bear in mind I'm an absolute beginner to more sophisticated aspects of software and I'd like it if potential terminology could be shortened or explained to me.
• Learning curve? Is it relatively easy for the average user who's looking for an alternative from the big two (win / mac) or is it better for more nuanced users?
• Can it be dual-booted on an Apple device like a MacBook as with Windows?
• Privacy? I've read its privacy policy and it seems pretty promising but I'd like some further opinions.
• How many "mainstream" applications are available for it in general (can I run Steam, Minecraft or Photoshop, for example?) and how can I use an application built for another OS within Elementary? I've heard of winewrapper but I'd like some more information for it.
Thank you for your assistance!
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I have been fiddling around the general topic of computer systems lately and have been wondering about the topic of Linux and its many distros.
After doing some research I have set upon ElementaryOS as the distro I'd most likely use, probably due to its resemblance with macOS, which I've been using.
I have some questions about the specific distro. Please bear in mind I'm an absolute beginner to more sophisticated aspects of software and I'd like it if potential terminology could be shortened or explained to me.
• Learning curve? Is it relatively easy for the average user who's looking for an alternative from the big two (win / mac) or is it better for more nuanced users?
• Can it be dual-booted on an Apple device like a MacBook as with Windows?
• Privacy? I've read its privacy policy and it seems pretty promising but I'd like some further opinions.
• How many "mainstream" applications are available for it in general (can I run Steam, Minecraft or Photoshop, for example?) and how can I use an application built for another OS within Elementary? I've heard of winewrapper but I'd like some more information for it.
Thank you for your assistance!
https://redd.it/d4p5wx
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Elementary OS: Questions from absolute beginner
Hello world! I have been fiddling around the general topic of computer systems lately and have been wondering about the topic of Linux and its...
Linux 5.3 has been released - includes support for AMD Navi GPUs, Zhaoxin x86 CPUs, a 'utilization clamping' mechanism that is used to boost interactivity on power-asymmetric CPUs , a pidfd_open(2) to deal with pid reuse, umwait x86 instruction, a lightweight hypervisor for IoT devices, and more
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After Windows 7 in 2020 , how is the Linux community reaction in the desktop OS war !
Since Vista died 9 years ago , Linux didn't spread like wild fire until [the big flops Windows 10 did](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Windows_10) , this refers to a lost opportunity for Linux when Vista failed miserably at release.
In 2019 , with the popular Windows 7 ending it's legacy next year , Linux is getting a bigger chance this time to flip the table (If it proves itself correctly of course).
I'm still relatively a new Linux user since about 4 months , so I will list my sentences generally from a gamer perspective , first what made Linux in 2019 different than Linux 9 years ago:
* FOSS got significantly better than before (Blender , FFmpeg , etc...).
* Wine got compatible rapidly with Windows software (Not perfect but a lot better).
* Proton gave a unified solution for gaming , and compatibility is growing every month.
* Vulkan closed the performance gap that DirectX made , even better than DirectX and OpenGL.
* Beginner-friendly distros got more stable and gained bigger communities.
* GPU drivers while not on the same Windows level , with DXVK/D9VK/ESync performance is getting closer to Windows if not better in old games that runs like crap on modern Windows.
* Lutris made managing games/emulators/resources/layers/Wine\_versions more accessible for beginners.
And with these in mind we should remember why Windows is popular:
1. **ADOBE.**
2. Nvidia drivers (AMD is good but they have problems with their OpenGL drivers).
3. DRM games that have problems with Wine (Temporary issue).
4. Ease of use (That reaches a level of limiting the user control on the system).
5. MS Office (Libre is good but compatibility is still problematic).
Now how the Linux community should react to win the next fall of Windows (Most of those are from my personal experience with Ubuntu & Manjaro):
1. Don't misinform a beginner about how Linux is customizable and then lead him to a DE like Gnome for example , always be specific about any type of information you give (Most Windows users don't know what a DE means).
2. Make clear terms of what every option leads to , for example [the Ubuntu download page](https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop) has an LTS and the 19.04 versions , but a user might think these 2 versions are the same except for the support period and gets tricked because some PPAs don't support any version except the most relevant LTS release and this is not even mentioned on the page , and the end result is full frustration and despair when this user discovers the truth after installing 19.04 !
3. The page also doesn't mention anything about Ubuntu flavours (Except the link) and just directs the user for the Gnome desktop and what does even "flavours" stand for , another lack of information problem.
4. Beginner-friendly distros should kill the terminal by every way possible , even if it's easy for an old user , computing itself is a nightmare for many noobs using Windows , those guys are **more than half** of the users there and you can't win them when the only option for upgrading the system or installing/uninstalling packages is commands , it won't work for them.
5. Don't recommend your favourite distro or DE , list the easy choices you tried by yourself with their pros/cons and let them figure out the most familiar one to use.
6. Don't give a Debian-based solution for a user who mentions he has problems building software by hand which don't have a snap , flatpak , PPA , appimage or availability in the official repos. , and by analogy don't introduce an Arch.-based distro for someone who doesn't need bleeding edge software for gaming or prefers stability over anything else (Of course I can't talk about Fedora , openSUSE or Solus as I have never used them).
7. Always mention the first important steps to be made after installation to avoid the deal-breakers , for example if a beginner installed an Arch.-based distro , you should mention [the parallel compilation method](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Makepkg#Parallel_compi
Since Vista died 9 years ago , Linux didn't spread like wild fire until [the big flops Windows 10 did](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Windows_10) , this refers to a lost opportunity for Linux when Vista failed miserably at release.
In 2019 , with the popular Windows 7 ending it's legacy next year , Linux is getting a bigger chance this time to flip the table (If it proves itself correctly of course).
I'm still relatively a new Linux user since about 4 months , so I will list my sentences generally from a gamer perspective , first what made Linux in 2019 different than Linux 9 years ago:
* FOSS got significantly better than before (Blender , FFmpeg , etc...).
* Wine got compatible rapidly with Windows software (Not perfect but a lot better).
* Proton gave a unified solution for gaming , and compatibility is growing every month.
* Vulkan closed the performance gap that DirectX made , even better than DirectX and OpenGL.
* Beginner-friendly distros got more stable and gained bigger communities.
* GPU drivers while not on the same Windows level , with DXVK/D9VK/ESync performance is getting closer to Windows if not better in old games that runs like crap on modern Windows.
* Lutris made managing games/emulators/resources/layers/Wine\_versions more accessible for beginners.
And with these in mind we should remember why Windows is popular:
1. **ADOBE.**
2. Nvidia drivers (AMD is good but they have problems with their OpenGL drivers).
3. DRM games that have problems with Wine (Temporary issue).
4. Ease of use (That reaches a level of limiting the user control on the system).
5. MS Office (Libre is good but compatibility is still problematic).
Now how the Linux community should react to win the next fall of Windows (Most of those are from my personal experience with Ubuntu & Manjaro):
1. Don't misinform a beginner about how Linux is customizable and then lead him to a DE like Gnome for example , always be specific about any type of information you give (Most Windows users don't know what a DE means).
2. Make clear terms of what every option leads to , for example [the Ubuntu download page](https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop) has an LTS and the 19.04 versions , but a user might think these 2 versions are the same except for the support period and gets tricked because some PPAs don't support any version except the most relevant LTS release and this is not even mentioned on the page , and the end result is full frustration and despair when this user discovers the truth after installing 19.04 !
3. The page also doesn't mention anything about Ubuntu flavours (Except the link) and just directs the user for the Gnome desktop and what does even "flavours" stand for , another lack of information problem.
4. Beginner-friendly distros should kill the terminal by every way possible , even if it's easy for an old user , computing itself is a nightmare for many noobs using Windows , those guys are **more than half** of the users there and you can't win them when the only option for upgrading the system or installing/uninstalling packages is commands , it won't work for them.
5. Don't recommend your favourite distro or DE , list the easy choices you tried by yourself with their pros/cons and let them figure out the most familiar one to use.
6. Don't give a Debian-based solution for a user who mentions he has problems building software by hand which don't have a snap , flatpak , PPA , appimage or availability in the official repos. , and by analogy don't introduce an Arch.-based distro for someone who doesn't need bleeding edge software for gaming or prefers stability over anything else (Of course I can't talk about Fedora , openSUSE or Solus as I have never used them).
7. Always mention the first important steps to be made after installation to avoid the deal-breakers , for example if a beginner installed an Arch.-based distro , you should mention [the parallel compilation method](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Makepkg#Parallel_compi