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>>106970632ftfy
Does anyone have asome gtk themes that have a kvantum version?I can find a few like Adapta Orchis Ambiance (orange) Qogir Arc etc. but I can't find any gtk equivalents easily for the other kvantum defaults and in general most gtk themes just don't have one.I want to have matching themes for both GTK and Qt but some of my Qt applications don't work properly with the gtk3 and gtk2 theme engines for Qt.I especially want to find some that are more skeuomorphic in their design architecture, most of the ones I find are based on material design.Ambiance is a good one but I can't find a kvantum equivalent for the blue one
>>106970772Trying to get GTK and Qt to look consistent is a fool's errand, friend.
In which directory am I supposed to download git repos?The git manual uses /srv/git/ on servers and I did the same but this directory forces me to use sudo to do anything.
nrd for "I fucking love nixOS!"Here's a cool tip:use `nix.settings.trusted-substituters` in your nixos config, instead of `nix.settings.substituters`, so that not every flake will try the substituters for everything. Then, in flake.nix, do nixConfig = { extra-substituters = [...must match one in your trusted-substituters...];};Also someone mentioned there's now proxy sites for 4chan so I don't have to wait for the captcha countdowns. Is this legitimate info? Idc if I get datamined.
>>106970878You could just put them in a folder within your /home
>>106970763Fpbp
>>106970772KDE is a clusterfuck and will never look good
Had too many issues with GNOME 49.1, so I'm back on Debian stable Gnome 48.4 Debian-sama, I'm sorry I fell for the updoot trap.
>>106971570I never know what people who say things like this are talking about
I've got a slightly tough question (at least i think its tough). I've built my own customized fedora kinoite image using ublue's template from here https://github.com/ublue-os/image-template but with the fedora bootc image instead of theirs. I'm stuck at trying to preinstall the proprietary nvidia driver. Can anyone point me in the right direction to achieve this? I've tried looking at ublue's akmods-nvidia repo but they have so much going on in there, it's hard to parse what is specific to nvidia from what's not.
I want a sock for face. Which should I use?
>>106971614>Dock for xfceFuck autocorrect
Today i’m installing Linux Mint, because one of my programs (Start11) stopped working. This had made Windows 11 pretty much intolerable for me. I primarily use my computer for games (old and new) so any pro tips are welcome. I haven’t touched a non-Windows OS in over 20 years, but can use Windows blindfolded. Here are my relevant specs :>CPU i5 12600K>GPU RX 7900 XT>RAM 32 GB DDR4 3200 mhz Thanks
>>106971647Some of your games might not work
>>106971647Good job making the switch! It can be a bit difficult getting used to the change. There are so many ways to go about this but if most of your games are on Steam, then it's just a simple install from the Linux Mint app store and then you're off to the races. If you play competitive games, you may have a hard time since a lot of them use Windows specific Anti Cheat software that doesn't work as well on Linux. If you use other game stores for your purchased games, you can try using Heroic Launcher.
>near-death NTFS (Seagate) drive from 2014>try multiple "fast" ddrescue passes that managed to recover 89% before any successful scrape or trim attempt>croaks at something like 700K non-medium errors>sleuthkit fls manages to get the precious file list from the imageFOSSNIGGERS, I KNEELAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>>106971591https://thelibre.news/the-future-of-kde-styling-and-design/Read how messy the current state is
>hmmm today I think I will install Debian barebones and then install a DE and everything afterwards to skip debloating altogether>you have a laptop with no ethernet port and you've read dozens of horror stories of people bricking themselves like this with no way to access the internet, are you sure you want to proceed?>Relax brain see I connected to the wifi already in the installer so it should be a breeze4 hours
>>106971958I can see the argument for it being overall "messy" in certain ways but it looks perfectly fine in most ways out of the box to most people as far as I can tell. But fine I'll read this textwall
>>106972115>Looks fine ootb >Hamburgers, drop down menus with checkmarks, nested menus all in the same DE
I'm trying out the Devuan minimal installer for the first time right now, why is it never able to connect to the repo mirrors from the installer? I've only tried it in VMWare so far, but other distros I've used in VMWare are able to install packages just fine, and besides that internet connections within VMWare are seen by the guest OS as ethernet anyway so there shouldn't be any Wi-Fi fuckery. Maybe Devuan has become abandonware since the last time I attempted to use it?
>>106971958If you think this is messy you've never done any serious GUI programming.
>>106972608It's uglier than GNOME, yes. The superior DE.
>>106972637you can't even theme gnome
>>106972678But you can?! Install user theme extension. Or Open Bar.
Red pill me on snap. Is it good or bad?
>>106971690I only play genshin
>>106972074I don't like Debian, I don't see the hype. But I also use Ubuntu so to a lot of people here I'm a dirty shiteater.
Is it over for Ubuntu's flavours? Canonical could've easily have taken responsibility for hosting all the flavours on their own site. This would be far better for security rather than dealing with all the different sites with different layouts. They really only want you to use Gnome+Wayland don't they?
>>106972587I've installed it no problem in a VM not a few weeks ago. It must be your connection or the mirrors are somehow down/blocking your country.
>>106972855It's as good as any other software delivery method.
>>106972896Damn I visited the website yesterday when someone talked about the download links not working, glad I was already on Linux I guess.
>>106972896No, but I imagine that many Linux flavors are gonna increase their OpSec, the hack allegedly wasn't that sophisticated or hard to do (according to the people reporting it), so they'll probably update safety protocol, maybe have to find someone who will do it for free or outsource and spend some money to secure the site more. Other flavors will most likely do the same.
>>106972959I'm in the US and was able to install Debian in VMWare from the minimal ISO after posting my initial comment, so it's not my connection. I suppose I'll just mess around with Debian for now instead.
Obvious bug with Debian 13 + Xfce not showing the Ceratopsian theme. I installed through the installer (tasksel) so it would've included the desktop themes for current and past releases. For some reason it shows Xfce's default wallpaper instead.
>>106972855It's not really good, but there's nothing wrong if you choose to use it over better options like flatpak and appimage.
>>106973049Enjoy your systemd then. This shows the mirror status that Debian and other distros may use. I always check here first before proceeding in the installer in case something is down. If you select deb.debian.org it goes through a Fastly CDN but may not always pick a fast mirror.https://mirror-master.debian.org/status/mirror-status.html
Which do you use for security updates in Debian 13?SourcesList on Debian Wiki says use:https://security.debian.org/debian-security/usr/share/doc/apt/examples/debian.sources says use:http://deb.debian.org/debian-securityWhy would the wiki and the documentation give different URIs?
>>106970763GNU/fpbp
>disabled my network bridge for KVM QEMU>completely forgot how to enable it again
You can't erase files not because they don't trust their archive and due process but because they need to spam child porn from your device
>>106972857Well then you're in luck. Install an anime game launcher and there will be fun times ahead in teyvat. I'm using their sleepy launcher to play ZZZ so I can guarantee it works.Link: https://github.com/an-anime-team/an-anime-game-launcher?tab=readme-ov-file#-third-party-support
>>106971614It shouldn't matter as long as the sock is big enough. jk, plank is the best dock program, I think there's a more up to date version called plank reloaded, so check that out as well.>>106972587I always had issues installing Devuan in the past, also during the mirrors part. No idea why, the installer always shits itself specifically during that part.
>>106972857It works completely fine in Bottles. I'm playing it on my Steam Deck.
>>106970763Debian sucks. Worst DE I've ever used.
>>106972896But they do host them on their own site..? https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/
What solutions exist for fan controls on Linux? In switching from Windows what I lost was the ability to use AMD Adrenaline which let me tune my fans. I don't like my GPU sitting at 60+ degrees Celsius just idling.
>>106973779I think LACT is the new CoreCtrl. Or if your GPU is a bit older you can just use CoreCtrl but it's no longer maintained.
>>106973394Right, my xubuntu virtual machine still doesn't work despite I've gotten a new bridge working, and tried basically every option I can think of.But oddly enough, my win XP virtual machine works fine no questions asked.
