Xorg forked (Xlibre), developer promises to release 3000 commits

tldr;

* Developer Enrico Weigelt announces a new fork of Xorg called Xlibre, promises a new release and welcomes contributors
* Xorg had about 3000 unreleased commits and hundreds of open merge requests
* Enrico hints at "corporate interests" in Xorg group's decision to abandon the project and block contributions
* Enrico's account has since been blocked by the FreeDesktop-org team and his merge requests, some going back years, have been mass closed by Red Hat employee and FreeDesktop CoC member Karol Herbst
* Source: The Lunduke Journal
* [https://nitter.net/LundukeJournal/status/1930727192964514137](https://nitter.net/LundukeJournal/status/1930727192964514137)
* [https://nitter.net/LundukeJournal/status/1930772101985935578](https://nitter.net/LundukeJournal/status/1930772101985935578)
* [https://nitter.net/LundukeJournal/status/1930797938705568127](https://nitter.net/LundukeJournal/status/1930797938705568127)
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwaaSatk0pI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwaaSatk0pI)

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[veld] A simple TUI file manager
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Hyprland has been removed from Debian Testing
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How bad really are Nvidia drivers still?

I use AMD GPU, and so do my siblings, so I don't think I'll have any issues anytime soon needing to learn the process. As such however, I'd like to know how bad it is installing Nvidia drivers on a new linux install. For instance, if you had to help a friend install linux, how much harder would having an nvidia gpu make the process for you?

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Using Linux like it's 2008!
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Asahi Linux - Open Collective
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Lightweight distro for older laptop

Hey everyone,

I'm looking for recommendations for a lightweight linux distro for and older HP laptop. It is the HP 15-bs134wm. You can view the specs here Here\*, but I will also list them. The device was released in 2018 I believe and the hardware installed is

Processor: Intel Pentium 4417U 2.30 GHz

Ram: 4GB DDR4

Disk: 500GB Seagate SATA drive

At some point I may upgrade the RAM and Storage, but not sure.

This device will mainly be used for web-browsing and watching netflix, youtube ect. I'd like an OS that is relatively easy and simple to use/maintain since my non-tech savvy wife will be the main user.

I am planning on using Brave browser as that is what I use on my desktops, but also open to other browser suggestions.

TIA!

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Linux Mint Webcam eating up all RAM?

Using Logitech Webcam anywhere (Like GMeet) Keeps increasing Memory usage and after certain duration of camera being on (45mins or so) My laptop needs a restart because all RAM is gone by now. I tried googling but couldn't find solution anywhere.

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How are email clients so impossibly bad?

So, recently I was trying to clean up my home folder. Setting XDG compatibility as best I can. Some of it went fine. But then... the email client.
Thunderbird: not xdg compliant
Betterbird: not xdg compliant
Claw-mail: Can't use a gmail account
geary: won't let me use my email
sylphsteed: not xdg compliant

Eventually I found evolution seems to work. But basic compatibility here is sorely lacking. Like what the hell is this?

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This Week in Plasma: Plasma 6.4 is nigh
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Why does stop user manager for uuod run for so long?

It says a stop job is running when rebooting, but keeps on for multiple minutes. It started after I set up Dualboot, and for now only in nixOs, but does anyone know why it keeps trying to stop the user manager for the same uuid for multiple minutes without much happening?

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The Ultimate Guide to Ditching Your Mouse

Hello, I wanted to share my workflow in case it helps others looking to use their keyboard more and rely less on the mouse. I use Vim keybindings across my setup to navigate efficiently and stay in flow.

Here’s the article:

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Are there any cloud storage service that supports preserving Linux file attributes?

I am looking for a cloud storage service that supports preserving Linux file attributes (owner, group and permissions). Unfortunately the classic ones (Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, MEGA, etc.) do not support it. I know that I can self-host a server and do some rsync magic, but I would prefer avoiding that option. Is there a cloud storage service out there that can preserve Linux file attributes?

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Intel's Clear Linux Rolls Out Software Packaging Bundle Improvements
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g2disk: framework to build Linux block devices in userspace
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root on btrfs raid1 + luks with mandos for decrypt on boot
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Preview Plymouth

Do you know of a way to see a preview of Plymouth using a server or similar? I tried it, but ended up blocking the desktop and restarting. I've read that it was because Plymouth captured the TTY that my graphical environment was using.

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What's the best distro to start my Dad with?

My dad has a 2012 macbook pro that can barely run the latest version of MacOS it supports, so I adviced my dad that he should install linux on it.

My dad isn't clueless about computers he can very well research on his own and probably figure out a whole distro even without my help. But since he doesn't have the time for that I'll want something similar to the MacOS or Windows that he's already used too.

He mostly uses his laptop for browsing, and apps like pages to make documents from time to time, so the switch shouldn't be that drastic. The only thing he wants is for his apps and security to be up to date.

I was thinking of going with the classic linux mint xfce for perfomance or maybe something like zorinOS, but i wonder if you guys have any good distros that are lightweight, and easy to use.


Edit: I think most people misunderstood something. My dad has used almost every OS, that includes (almost) all versions of windows, MacOS. He has used linux in some cases but very little.

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Ah, this is how a better person operates...we love Greg for various reasons! Owning a responsibility takes some taking!
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finally did it
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Bidirectional instant file synchronization options

So right now I'm using syncthing to sync a folder (documents) between my desktop and laptop for programming synchronicity and so on between devices but I have a problem; it's kinda slow.

I'd like to be able to, while using Synergy3 between my desktop and laptop, instantly or at least very quickly sync changes to files from my desktop to my laptop while for example running a test build that hot-refreshes on the laptop and having my IDE open on my desktop.

With Syncthing it takes abouuut 15 seconds from save in the IDE to the auto refresh on the laptops running application (natively it takes about 0.5ish) and I was wondering if anyone had any solutions for 2 Linux devices that allows a much more rapid propagation of changes from device to device?

I've found some options looking around on google like Lsyncd but they all have some pretty specific caveats so I'd love to hear what people use in the wild.

Thank you in advance for any advice or ideas!

Systems in question:
Desktop: Manjaro KDE (Kernel 6.12.28-1-Manjaro)
Laptop: Elementary OS 8 (though also running plasma)

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