With all the SEO garbage, are G**gle results still relevant? I haven’t used it in years for anything serious.

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Nice! I remember using an extension for that back in the day

Is the problem of outdated packages still a thing now that you can get them all via Flatpacks?

Concerning the kernel, again, can you always benefit from the latest one? Personally I am starting to appreciate not having to constantly update the OS while at the same time enjoying the latest software. Concerning apt packages, those in the Debian repo will just work like clockwork

Dang ಥ_ಥ

Indeed, what makes the trip pleasant is not the truck, it is the yatch. The truck does takes you to places though, and we are all grateful!

What?

Is Debian unstable really unstable or is just like.. Ubuntu?

lol yes

Wayland is better at segmenting each app. On X any app could potentially see/record what happen on the entire screen while on Wayland that requires you do manually grant the rights. Similar to how macOS is requesting you to give each app the possibility to record your screen or not.

You could look into the Fossil hybrid smartwatches, the battery lasts up to two weeks and they have a decent amount of sensors

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Not sure why are you being downvoted. Brave search is actually pretty good

Everyone talking about Brother but does the point still stands for the newer models?

Yeah I tend to Gnome but was thinking to give this to the wife that is a windows gal ಥ_ಥ she might be better off with cinnamon

Why?

Essentially Linux has today the market share OSX had back in 2005 or something like that. That is kinda encouraging! Now we just need for Microsoft to keep fucking windows up!

Man, I feel you. Sometimes you just want to get on with your life without babysitting the OS. Debian will stay out of your way and just work. Enjoy it!

You are probably right but some of them are worth very little now… possibly more useful as test devices or to run proxmox on it and run some containers

Last time I tried KDE was like 2013… it has been a long time. How does it play with flatpacks designed for gnome?

LMDE is really great. Just migrated an old 2013 iMac to it today. Everything works out of the box. Everything easy like you can expect from Mint and stable like on Debian. Difficult not to love.

The only thing you have to like is Cinnamon.

Good bot

Yeah dude, I am not a fan of discord and resisted for years but had to do an account on a couple of servers… thanks for sharing those!

Yeah that is annoying. I get that problem with Cryptomator

Sorry my autocorrect fucked the sentence 😅 it swapped “my” with you”

Yeah WiFi requires proprietary drivers… it is less of an issue in 2024 as even purist distro like Debian now ship with those. The screen bug sounds annoying though… on which iMac did you experience this?

Oh yeah forgot about Nvidia!!! Is that tricky to get to work on Debian? Possibly easier on Mint LMDE

Nah dude, I never understood why some people get their kicks by being nasty online :)

Just finished the install :) everything worked out of the box with Mint. What an absolute pleasure!

Yeah, the idea is something simple and stable. Stable because I don’t want to babysit the OS (I already do that at work), and simple so my wife can also use it in case of need. She only know windows so anything the comes close in terms of UI is “ok” for her. The real choice was between KDE or cinnamon. Eventually opted for Mint/Debian

Yes, I also had a positive experience with Ubuntu on a 2012 MacBook Air :)

Is it Debian?

Can’t you pick it up from Synaptic?

Yeah that is objectively sweet

Discord

You made me chuckle :) True, if coming from macOS, Gnome can be familiar enough but the defaults are terrible. Even those used to Macs need to install/enable the basics like maximise/minimise buttons etc. I don’t understand why even a Gnome centric distro like Fedora doesn’t come with Gnome Tweaks installed by default… Let alone the fact that usually the average user will also install a bunch of extensions. That is why Ubuntu is arguably the one doing the better job out of the box: their Gnome is actually useful from the get go.

You should have tried LMDE. That is the best way to get Debian and also ease of install

I have LDME on an 2012 Air and, oh boy, it is flawless. Works straight out of the box

Try therapy

That is the way