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>mfw troonix
>>108695748How does it feel that the EU is dumping Microsoft for Linux and millions of children will grow up using Linux instead of Microsoft?
>>108695748good morning sir!
>>108695748I never got this reeing about people using Linux or Windows, though its understandable to kinda ree about Windows because after work I had to stay to update my computer and it took fucking 4 resets and a total of 30 minutes for 7 updates to occur which is insane.
>>108695787that brings up a good question, why does windows demand that you restart when in linux you don't need to restart to update? you'd think they would have stolen that feature and integrated it by now. or is this an architectural thing that can't be fixed?
>>108695766what a weird thing to say when every OS will be banned for everyone except the government
>>108695800Good thing Linux is a kernel and not an OS
>>108695800>OSes are banned>self-host my own terminal like in Ageless Linux>Legally I'm not using an "Operating System", I'm using a terminal that interacts with a script that emulates a kernelYou act like this isn't something new, there are whole Linux distributions that are nothing but binaries and scripts that self-build every time you boot and aren't legally considered a Kernel or an operating system.
>>108695868>aren't legally considered a Kernel or an operating system.judges and lawyers may have very different opinions on technlogy than us
>>108695748>Hindus 11
>>108695887Which is why they'll need to set presidents and call in experts and if they don't rule in a favorable way the community reacts and finds another inventive way to be in a legal grey area again.
>>108695887Do you think they'll ban calculators? Because that is all a computer is, a calculator, you can even build "analog computers" that run on water or fire and wait on input. You can also claim that an abacus is a human powered computer if you want to stretch it that far.
>>108693306Thanks. The values I want were already set though, according to gsettings. Similarly, the theme I want was also exported everywhere as an env var already.I ended up finding a fix just now. I went into about:config and setwidget.use-xdg-desktop-portal.file-picker = 0Which goes against everything I've read, but now it works perfectly.
>>108695927You're not going to do your present day computing on a calculator
>>108695948You can actually play games, write scripts, write documents, and even play music on some of the TI calculators, you can even shove very, very, very small AIs into some of the newer ones. Keep in mind you could do all of this on a TI back 2010, so are they computers? What about phones?
>>108695962phones are the main target of this bullshit to begin with. Why would they be spared?
>>108695978I don't think the financial system would survive if phones were banned, even in North Korea they have smart phones.
Anyone here using the DualSense controller on Linux? It works great for me, but are the haptics/vibrations/rumble like this on the PS5 too? I also use a DualShock 3 for some games, and as much as I like the DualSense's ergonomics, the DS3's haptics/rumble/whatever feel so much better than the dogshit smartphone-tier buzzing of the DS. Or is this a limitation in the Bluetooth driver? NixOS 26.05 btw
>>108696030Newer controllers are manufactured like shit. Best buy up DualShock 3s while you can because they're the mass-produced high-quality gamepads.
>>108696076Hard to find ones that aren't bootlegs
>>108696076*they're the last mass-produced[..]>>108696150Check Facebook Marketplace
Nobara vs. CachyOS is just preference right? For the underlying system I mean. Nobara even uses the latter's kernel patches these days.
>>108696030>is this a limitation in the Bluetooth driver?It's Sony's driver. They're just like that.>>108696076They really went to shit late in the DS4 period, like around JDM-050 or 55. I have a 040 with probably a thousand hours on it and no issues.
>>108696350Nobara is awful. CachyOS is actually usable as a daily driver whereas Nobara is nothing more than a test bed for Proton-GE.Nobara's repos are so broken that it isn't even compatible with Discover, and even using DNF can break your system. So you're forced to use the dog shit "Nobara Package Manager", which looks like a GUI from the 1980's and is accordingly intuitive (ie not at all). It's also slow as FUCK and will take minutes to check for updates and then install them. Nobara is the RPM equivalent of retards trying to daily drive Kali Linux.
>>108696350There's a reason why CachyOS is 10x more popular than Nobara. Nobara is very fucking buggy. If you want a gaymer OS based on Fedora nothing beats Bazzite.
>>108696475>nothing beats BazziteFedora itself beats Bazzite. Bazzite is good for a HTPC but using it as a daily desktop is asking for annoyance.
>>108696350Use regular Arch or Fedora. 99.9% of the time gaming distros just break shit front-running new features that don't even fit your use case.>>108696442The only reason to run Nobara is if you read their modification list and see something you must have and couldn't do easily on your own. It's definitely not a general use distro.>>108696493buy an ad
>>108696514>buy an adWhat
I'm on Xubuntu and how do I get my external storage to be read when the computer enters sleep mode or boots up? I'm getting tired of having to plug and unplug it to get detected again.
>>108696604 (Me)Did a search and found hd-idle and downloaded it, I tried to access it with but it didn't do anything so I'm guessing this is something that just runs in the background?
Updated to Fedora 44 just now. It went without a hitch. It's unofficially out; it's already ready, but the images and announcements are coming out on the 28th.
>>108695668I'm dicking around with old hardware, like P3 aged hardware. Are the only newer distros that would really work on a system this old DSL and Tiny Core?
If I want a distro that just worksâ„¢ when migrating from Windows do I just go for Debian or Ubuntu? I'd like to use Fedora as this would possibly help job aspects down the line since RHEL uses the same commands. All I really need is a distro that supports my massive Steam library, and I don't need to spend 500 hours reading man pages to do the simplest things.
>>108696684There's no distro that can take your massive Steam library, Anon.
>>108696699>There's no distro that can take your massive Steam library, Anon.Nigga what?>>108696684Any. Just create a folder in your NTFS Steam Library called "compatdata" that is just a shortcut (we say symlink) to a folder on your Linux drive.
>>108696679Slackware still has 32 bit support.
>>108696684>job aspects down the line since RHEL uses the same commandsthis is hilarious
>>108696729let the kid dream, for fucks sake. he's making the right choice by not opting for a crusty neckbeard distro anyhow.
>>108696684If you want RHEL, you can just use RHEL, Rocky, or Alma.
>>108696791>>108696684RHEL and RHEL-clones have extremely small repositories. There's just no point in using them outside of servers.
>>108696791As a RHELfag, I'd say Fedora is definitely more noob friendly. Can always switch when Fedora gets too annoying to babysit.
>>108696810The point is the long release cycle. The small repos may not even be an issue. Depends on needs & wants.
>>108696856>The point is the long release cycleIf you really like RPMs but want an LTS distro, there's OpenSUSE Leap, Mageia, and OpenMandriva Rock.>Depends on needs & wantsWhat if you need a web browser, lmao?
>>108696864I'm not married to RPMs, I just want a relatively mainstream distro with the longest release cycle possible. Leap is not a real LTS to me, Mageia failed to install, OpenMandriva seems way too crusty a frankendistro to even bother.>What if you need a web browser, lmao?I don't get what you're trying to say.
>>108696937Why not Debian?
>>108696493>using it as a daily desktop is asking for annoyance.Sounds like you've never used it for more than a day, if at all. Either that or you're a total edge case. I have Bazzite installed on all my devices, including my work PC, and I never had issues.>>108696684Bazzite is the closest thing to what you're looking for. Either that or just regular Fedora. Between everything mentioned Debian is the furthest thing from what you want so you can immediately cross it out.
>>108696958>edge casesOk, so you are projecting your own needs onto Anon instead of answering his question. Many such cases in FOSS discussions!
>>108696955It was a coin toss between Fedora and Ubuntu when I started out. Fedora won, so I'm on RHEL now.
>>108696964I am assuming an average user with the needs of "I just want as many things to work out of the box and I don't want to micromanage my PC". Bazzite is pretty much perfect for the average gamer.Meanwhile you're just shitposting without explaining why a distro would be "inconvenient". Many such cases as yourself, right? Next time look into a mirror before posting.
>>108696979I mean, if you want mainstream, LTS, doesn't care about RPM's, want something that just works and can play steam games, Debian sounds perfect for you. The exception is if you get newer hardware that needs newer kernel versions but then you wouldn't want LTS.
>>108697035Lmao, how do you install your printer drivers on Bazzite? Or get VLC to read files off your USB?
Distro wars are fucking retarded.You can just try anything you want and see if it works, and if it doesn't just try something else. Having to vehemently defend (You)r choice of distro like it's somehow objectively superior is a clear sign of autism.
>>108697062Distro wars are how you prevent newbies from trying something retarded and going back to Windows permanently.
>>108697062what did you just say about my distrofu?
>>108697036Debian has the package availability advantage, but I seem to not care much about that. I like RHEL's frankenkernel, the kmod availability and the 3 year release cycle. Too comfy to switch to anything other than a RHEL clone at this point.
>>108697045>how do you install your printer driversI don't. They're included out of the box. One of the biggest reasons why I started using Linux is because I never needed to fuck around with drivers.The real answer is: any driver made for Fedora can be installed on Bazzite because they're the same distro.>get VLC to read files off your USB?Works on my machine, you're making shit up.
>>108697096>They're included out of the boxFor Anon's specific printer? >any driver made for Fedora can be installed on Bazzite because they're the same distro.And yet you're accusing me of making shit up. You can't freely install drivers on immutable distros lol, kernel space is completely locked down and cannot even be layered onto with rpm-ostree.
printers? The fuck are you guys doing?
>>108697141yeah it's 2026 what's the use case for *GULP* printing stuff?
>>108697062>>108697068I don't understand why this is something what people need to spam all the time. Most of the time it doesn't matter what distro you pick up.Unless it's arch or gentoo based ones.If someone needs to go back to windows because they have never installed device drivers in their lives... I always need to install my own drivers in Windows too. And create my gpedit rules, then make sure that there is no extra bullshit. It takes few hours to set up Windows, it's comparable to Linux.
>>108697161I dunno man, tell me.
>>108697115>And yet you're accusing me of making shit up.You're the one inventing a mystical non-standard printer out of thin air and lying about media players being unable to open files from external drives.>You can't freely install drivers on immutable distros lol>freelyYou can do whatever the fuck you want on Bazzite, it's just that a handful of niche things are handled differently. It's not even considered to be immutable except by people like you who have no idea what they're talking about.
>>108697173maybe if you want to stick corn on your wall like some weirdo i guess
any tips on KDE rice? I just figure out how to blur my search, I thought it was bugged at first, turned out my blur strength was too high. lol.can i see some desktop?
>>108696958Ty. I assumed Ubuntu and Debian would be the best all rounders due to their popularity. I truly thought there were Linux distro's that could do what Windows can. Instead it seems you pick a distro to do the single task you do the most and just endure? It's 2026..... not 1986
>Try CachyOS>Really like it>PlasmaShell crashes due to shit video drivers for the 50 series>Try X11, Hyprland, XFCE>Try everything I possibly can to stop or mitigate the problems>Can't stop the constant crashing>Have to go back to Win10 because it crashes much less oftenfuck you Nvidia
>>108697352never happened on my mint cinnamon install with the 595 driver shoved in
>>108697352You didn't even try to google it or find another generic driver? You didn't look up your hardware before you switched over?
>>108697467>find another generic driver?it's novideo, what do you expect?
>>108695800Just wait til someone tells the purse snatchers how much Windows licensing costs.
>>108697467it ran fine on Ubuntu before switching to CachyOS, but switching back to Ubuntu yielded the same results. I reverted to the previous driver, tried Nouveau on each OS and finally gave up after 3 weeks of fighting it to go back to Windows 10
>>108696350>Nobara vs. CachyOS is just preference right?meme distro vs meme distro is just preference, yes>>108696810>RHEL and RHEL-clones have extremely small repositories.because everyone uses EPEL...?generally speaking, RHEL distros have access to most software, only beaten by Ubuntu or Arch+AURand if you go with Fedora then you also have copr and at this point there's everything>>108697352>>Try CachyOS>fuck you NvidiaI mean fuck nvidia but you kinda played yourselfwhy do y'all retards jump to obviously shit distros instead of the big ones that obviously get 2000x the attention and amount of bugfixes and effortsmall time "gamer" distros are all memes (well-intentioned ones, but still) and that much should be obvious to anyone with 2 braincellsthink about it this way, anons. A bug exists that relates to a relatively unique combination of software and hardware.which distro will have it fixed first?1. Ubuntu type distros with 3 gazillion users and maintainers2. EpikGamerOsFlavourOfTheMonth with 35 users and 4 maintainers who do it in their spare time in high schoolcome on now, you can't be this fucking stupid
I just installed the HDD from my old laptop into my new laptop and this happened, wtf is this?
>>108697569Over the past 10 years, those were exactly the reasons why I couldn’t make the switch to Linux. This time, it was just a network driver regression and 4K issues.But once you’ve managed to get the right hardware, it’s awesome.I switched over a week ago, and after all the struggles, Linux > Windows. By a mile.
>>108697597Cachy is just arch with optimized repos/kernel and shit you would have to manually set up otherwise you retard, you can literally enable the shit they use on arch/EOS and it'd be the same thing The nvidia drivers should be the same as any other distro, so if something is fucked it's either the user's hardware being dogshit on linux because only like 1% of all manufacturers actually test against it or nvidia being retarded foss haters as they have always beenThe only gaymen distro that actually fuck with shit past the surface is nobara, even bazzite isn't as much of a frankendistro because it's still just fedora atomic with bloat
>>108697868yeah that's my whole point>optimized reposnot a thing>[optimized] kernelmy nigger, you realize the kernel doesn't come un-optimized yes? if there really were magical double-digit percent performance patches just waiting to be merged... they would have been merged already.>and shityes saar>even bazzite isn't as much of a frankendistro because it's still just fedora atomic with bloatyeah, and 99% of gaymen distros are literally that:- a custom kernel alleging MUHPERFORMANCEGAINZ (it's actually within margin of error, when they even bother with benchmarks)- COMES WITH STEAM PREINSTALLED POGGERS DOGGERS 67- gaymen marketing pageanyway, my point stands: just use a normal well-maintained non-flavour-of-the-month distro, install proprietary nvidia drivers if you have an nvidia gpu, and it will be the whole fucking samepeople are so fucking autistic about it, I get déjà vu from the >KALI LINUX era, except the nu-lincucks then go on to complain about their stupid distro being shitwhat the fuck did you people think installing this crap. I'm worried that LTT's consistently retarded takes on the matter really does not help in that regard
>>108696679try archlinux32
how are you enjoying ubuntu 16.04 bros? I've been having a blast on my secondary desktop pc
>>108698394s/16/26/g
>ubuntu 16.04hey i remember that one
>>108698524uuuughhh SOVL
i like fvwm but the config is worse than eggdrop its like here bro just learn emacs overnight
You know, I think I kinda hate Arch now. But I don't want to set everything back up, Debian is going to go to shit, and I'm not using Fedora so I guess I'm stuck with Arch.
>>108698910What makes you hate arch?
>>108697257If you are unsure of what to choose, and you want a good experience, just install the latest Ubuntu LTS release. 26.04 just came out and it's the most 'it just works' distro you're going to find. More opinionated users will find reasons to use something else, but you aren't missing anything of value.
>>108699108*Kubuntu
i disabled fast boot and the computer continues to boot at the same speed. does this work on windows or is it just placebo?
>>108699370Fast boot was introduced with Windows 8 as a way for HDD booting PCs to boot faster then they would otherwise booting 8. These days with a majority of people running Windows off of SSDs fast boot as a concept is pretty much obsolete (even though Windows still defaults it to being on.)
>>108697648try a fallback initramfs if you have one
>>108696684Start with Ubuntu. Only use Debian when you label yourself as an experienced user and only if you REALLY need something Debian does that Ubuntu doesn't (which is pretty fucking rare).
>>108696030Do you use the DS3 with Unity games?Have you noticed that some (usually recent-ish) games will not recognize the controller?
>>108696684If you want to use Ubuntu, use Kubuntu instead. Regular Ubuntu's interface is weird.
>>108699494I've only used it with PS3 games emulated via RPCS3
>NVRM: Xid ... 79, GPU has fallen off the busWhy am I getting this error? Linux mint 22.2, Kernel 6.17.0-22-generic Gpu: Gtx 1660 super
>>108696684I haven’t had issues with LMDE for gaming, I’m still pretty new to Linux but I used arch for a few months and got tired of having to configure shit so I gave up on it, Cinnamon feels great but the only downside is non fullscreen games have nasty screen tearing
>>108699687Could it really be a driver issue even if my pc doesnt display anything when i turn it on?
>>108697257>Instead it seems you pick a distro to do the single task you do the most and just endure?Distros are just the defaults, anon. That and the repositories. Even Windows has "editions" and 3rd party editions with varying defaults. The "vanilla" Linux experience like "Windows 11 Home" is would be Fedora, Ubuntu and Arch depending on which repositories you want.The reason why people don't recommend some of these to beginners is because these distros make assumptions that you know what you're doing (especially Arch).EndeavourOS and CachyOS take Arch, give it a GUI installer, pre-configure it for you, and add some maintenance tools on top.Universal Blue distros (Bazzite, etc.) take Fedora and add proprietary codecs and drivers on top as well as some additional apps to make it as usable for a beginner or casual user. These distros are made for people who don't want to waste time configuring them or don't know what a driver/codec is or how to install it on Linux.Mint takes Ubuntu or Debian and replaces the DE with their own DE which is preferred by people who liked the experience of Windows 7. It also has some opinionated changes made for old-school Linux users, like removing Snaps.
>>108699936>It also has some opinionated changes made for old-school Linux users, like removing Snaps.sensible chuckle
>>108699950I mean, am I wrong? Snap is mostly just hated by long time Linux users and Lunduke's small echo chamber of people with autism. Most people don't care what package type or package manager is used as long as their app works.
>>108697352>cachyosfound your problem. Try using non-meme distros like Ubuntu LTS/Mint (maybe even Fedora) and check again.If shit doesn't work on those, then it's a lost cause.
>>108699529Kubuntu tends to have weirder bugs than regular Ubuntu tho. Thanks to KDE.
>>108699978Show us beef on your plate
Something like simplewall but on linux and works along ufw? Is there anything?
>>108699974Read the reply chain again before posting, retard. Distros don't solve the problem of nVidia being shit.
>>108699972because you need to know how things are meant to be (without snaps) to notice how shit things are (with snaps). Someone new doesn't have the experience to do a comparison.
>>108699983If you're looking to manage ufw through a GUI gufw is the common way to do so. If you want something working alongside ufw then you can use OpenSnitch.
>>108699995I used Linux before Snaps were introduced and before Flatpaks and Appimages were popular. I'd rather only ever have these 3 than use apt.
>>108700003what's your advantage of using those?
>>108700015>just works>not terminally outdated>distributed by the devs instead of distro maintainers>doesn't affect your system, so there's no breakage due to dependency hell when updating your OS. bundled dependencies are objectively better for general use devices.>flatpaks and snaps are much more secure since they have a permission system>appimage and flatpak don't require installing software as a root user>appimage and flatpak can be downgraded and "version pinned" a lot more safely than a system package>they all work the same no matter which distro I use, so I can focus on picking the best distro instead of worrying about packages being too outdated, broken, etc.using appimages, snaps and flaptaks is just an upside for most people
>>108700087>just worksExcept when you have to tinker with permissions>there's no breakage due to dependency hellThis hasn't been an issue since 2005
>>108700094>Except when you have to tinker with permissionsthen don't? toggle on all permissions globally so you never have to think about it. but most software has working defaults.>This hasn't been an issue since 2005this is provably false, especially for 3rd party software. some software I use stopped working on debian 13 due to dependency mismatches. this was 4 months after the release of debian 13 so you would think there was plenty of time to start supporting it. I had to switch back to debian 12 on that device.
>>108700087>just workstry open something from /tmp.Or have fun when the flatpak suddenly pukes into your face because you dare to not have a polkitd running on your host system. Just works my ass.>not terminally outdatedgives annoying popups about updates at some time in the future instead of just updating it now.>distributed by the devs instead of distro maintainersThere's no advantage of this>doesn't affect your system, so there's no breakage due to dependency hell when updating your OS. bundled dependencies are objectively better for general use devices.The fuck? If you stick to your distro's repos you're save.>flatpaks and snaps are much more secure since they have a permission systemkeep telling yourself that>appimage and flatpak don't require installing software as a root userno advantage in that>appimage and flatpak can be downgraded and "version pinned" a lot more safely than a system packageOh, wow, I could let that count as an advantage. Like the first on your list>they all work the same no matter which distro I use, so I can focus on picking the best distro instead of worrying about packages What else do you take as a measure for a distro? The logo?
>>108700134>gives annoying popups about updates at some time in the future instead of just updating it now.are you pretending to be retarded here?>There's no advantage of thisexcept the fact that apps are updated in time instead of every 6-24 months and aren't broken like fedora broke some packages due to autism about licenses?>rest of your postnever mind, I just now realized you're trolling
>>108700131>then don't?Show me how to get the Flatpak version of GPU Screen Recorder working without tinkering with permissions.>some software I use stopped working on debian 13 due to dependency mismatchesLike what?
>>108700087>appimage and flatpak don't require installing software as a root userYou don't need to enter the root password to install regular packages in Discover because it has a polkit rule.
>>108700169you're still installing them into root. conflating system packages with user apps is a huge fucking anti-pattern and linux is the only OS dumb enough to still do this.
>>108699998I tried opensnitch but it errored out when running the daemon, I wanted to disallow outbound by default and get notified when something wants to access
>>108700184>linux is the only OS dumb enough to still do thisWhat is the difference between installing programs to /bin or /usr or /opt or wherever the fuck (who cares) compared to installing them in Program Files?
>>108695897Kek
>>108700184>conflating system packages with user apps is a huge fucking anti-patternhow so? and where would you even draw the line?
>use Fedora at work; boss uses Windows>play game all the time on our break, Warzone 2100>just updated from 4.6.3 to 4.7.0 a week ago>Windows can just download the new EXE>Fedora still stuck at 4.6.3; have to wait for new package version and update it>could compile from source and get latest version, but other guys don't know howI play this game often enough that I wouldn't mind being a "maintainer" so people can always be on the latest version for multiplayer. Is there a "for idiots" guide on packaging an application from source? Mainly for Fedora but there's a lot of other distros that have fallen behind the latest version, too.https://repology.org/project/warzone2100/versions
>>108700495Install the Windows version in WINE/Bottles.
Anyone ever had pop out menus in xwayland apps do this? Only happens in hyprland, so I assume something there broke, or it's time for me to use a different window manager
>>108700495you could try converting the Arch or Debian packages to RPM
>>108698910You could always just set up TimeShift
>>108700495It's on flathub
Is labwc momentarily freezing while playing games a known/widespread issue? Maybe it's wayland at fault? I didn't have this issue on X with awesomewm.labwc 0.9.3 on Fedora 42.
Almost 20 years since I've moved to Linux (late 2006 to Arch after trying Knoppix) and KDE is still as unstable as it ever was. Why can't these fucks just feature freeze half a year and fix what's already there instead of adding new bollocks on a daily basis. I use it on one of my desktops because it fits my workflow, but fuck that.
>>108700969What distro?
>>108700853When I tried labwc 8 months ago it had the same issue, especially in fps games. I wasn't educated enough back then, I think you can avoid that by using gamescope but that limits other options.I changed to x11 and everything is as fine as it can be on Linux I guess.I thought labwc dev had some posts on github about these problems but I guess not. labwc is based on wlroot compositor or whatever I don't really care about wayland unless they force me to do so.
>>108700983Distro does not matter.
>>108700969Most people are having a pretty good time with KDE these days actually. It's also the main DE for the Steam Deck as well.Dunno why you're having so much trouble with it, whatever you're doing with it.
>>108701003>The binaries I'm using do not matterI'm not in the mood, please just kill yourself.
>>108701003It absolutely does because different distros have different release schedules and KDE has it's own release schedule, often with separate release times for separate KDE components. Same applies to dependencies and their versions.Arch and Fedora are the smoothest experiences because KDE updates arrive as soon as they're released as stable versions by the KDE team. Meanwhile Debian/Ubuntu are stuck with whatever mishmash of KDE components they can compile before they release their LTS and they then stick to that for the next 2 years.From my personal experience I only had issues with KDE on Ubuntu distros and sometimes on some Arch distros which wildly deviate from Arch itself (like Manjaro). But I've used KDE on Fedora and SteamOS for the past 4 years and never had any major issues (freezing, crashing, etc).
>>108700969I don't notice any instabilities in daily use but I can make it krash if I play with the panel and widget settings too much. Good enough.
>>108700969The only time I've ever made Plasma crash is trying to set a Wallpaper Engine wallpaper the plugin doesn't support. You gotta be doing something wrong
>>108701066spot on, its shitter on debian/ubuntu but manageble on fedora in my experience. it doesnt mean kde isnt unstable, bloated and incorrect tho.
>>108696604make a script that focus on the specific usb device.DEVICE="1-5.2.4"sleep 1echo "$DEVICE" | sudo tee /sys/bus/usb/drivers/usb/unbindsleep 1echo "$DEVICE" | sudo tee /sys/bus/usb/drivers/usb/bind
I'm on arch linux with kde. I have bluetooth and audio working with pipewire just fine. When I connect my bluetooth earbuds or speakers, it doesn't auto switch my apps that are already open like firefox to bluetooth. It works as intended if I open up a new browser window/app. What do I have to do to get every app that's already open to switch to bluetooth just like on Windows? Pic just for attention.
everytime i come here there are always arch fags struggling with something, more so than any other distro, specially with their audio. what gives?
>>108702218it's a popular distro
I have two instances of the same app on my computer, how do I remove the outdated one in terminal? I'm on ubunutu.
>>108702267Are you saying you have 2 different versions installed or 2 different versions running?
>>1087022762 different versions installed, both can also run, when you look in the GUI you can see them but there is no version number after the program so I want to search it through the terminal to delete the older version.
>>108702267it's been ages since i used ubuntu but last i checked it has no mechanism for installing two versions of a program with the same name (like for example gentoo does), so an alternative version will use a different name (like as a made up example perhaps libpng14 instead of libpng)if you've installed a different version using a different package manager, like snap or flatpak, use the associated tool for those. i don't use non-native package managers so i don't know the names of the tools specifically
>>108702360I looked it up and there is only 1 install listed when I dpkg it, but on the GUI there's two, maybe a reset will fix it? They also have two different descriptions when I mouse over them.
>>108702344I assume you did an update? Did you reboot after updating? (yes, it's necessary to reboot when updating via apt no matter how much people pretend it's not)
>>108702423I did an update, but I did not reboot, I'll try to do that later and see if it fixes it.
>>108702418i'm not familiar enough with modern ubuntu to know which gui you're talking about. last one i used has synapticmaybe take a screenshot
>>108702476I'm not talking about the synaptic manager, I'm talking about the taskbar
I'm getting a minigalaxy error when trying to launch stating that the locale is unsupported, I went to github and there is a bug report on it and a commit reference in 2023 for a downgrade but I don't really know what that means and I've already tried to do update it to see if that would fix it.Here's the bug report: https://github.com/flathub/io.github.sharkwouter.Minigalaxy/issues/2
>>108702586Tried forcing locale with>LC_ALL=C minigalaxy
>>108702612That worked, thanks. I didn't know what that command was and I didn't know if I was supposed to bash it or put it somewhere in the minigalaxy code. Oh and a small complaint, could you put that in code brackets for people in the future so I can just copypaste? Small complaint but it helps when I can just double click and then ctrl+shift+v
>>108702632Yeah you just run the command in the terminal. It runs Minigalaxy with a "classic" default-style english locale.You can add the command to a .desktop file so you don't need to run the terminal command every time if you want.
>>108702682.desktop or .sh?
>>108702686Either/or really. You could even just alias it if you want.
>>108702697I don't know how to alias