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Thanks for the reminder about VLC. I don’t use it much any more, but back in the wild west days of audio/video codecs (some of which were paid), VLC would play everything.
Thanks for the reminder about VLC. I don’t use it much any more, but back in the wild west days of audio/video codecs (some of which were paid), VLC would play everything.
I don’t have an answer for you, but maybe you and your friends could get together and start your own? The beauty of the fediverse and all that.
The web pages for Lemmy and kbin have the ability to filter by subscribed communities, as well. I think what most of us are thinking of is a way to view the “All” feed that gives more weight to the smaller communities, which would help us discover new communities to subscribe to.
Limiting myself to free as in freedom (no ads, not free to use because you are the product): KeePass/KeePassXC, GnuCash, Firefox, LibreOffice, digiKam, GIMP.
Login issue reportedly fixed with 0.18.2 update: Lemmy.world updated to 0.18.2
I still favor native packages, but I don’t have a problem with Flatpaks. I’ll use them when a program isn’t available in the repo or there’s a compelling reason to have a never version of an application. I’m on Debian Stable, so I’m obviously not obsessed with having the newest, shiniest version of everything.
116 °F (47 °C) during the 2021 Western North America heat wave
7 °F (-14 °C) in Mammoth Lakes, CA
What about running the Flatpak version of Brave? Flatpaks are containerized and should contain compatible libraries.
To add to what @lordnikon said, the program is called Software & Updates and I’m pretty sure it’s installed by default in GNOME (don’t know about other DEs).
I’m a boomer and I’m here. Although I’m probably the exception since I’ve never had a Facebook account and you couldn’t pay me enough to touch anything Meta. Probably because I fit the rest of OP’s criteria: way over 30, tech worker, Linux user.
Paper mills smell like hydrogen sulfide - rotten eggs. It’s a byproduct of the pulping process. It’s bad, but some of the smells described here sound much worse. Source: the town I live in used to have an operating paper mill.
I’m on Fark more than I used to be on Reddit. It’s still my go-to for political discussions and kept me sane during the Trump years. Honestly, the community is pretty good there and there’s a nice balance between insightful comments and snark. But Reddit was better for hobbyists, niche interests and tech discussions and I’m hoping those communities will develop here on Lemmy.
As @flloxlbox said, it will either happen organically or users will decide to merge communities, like the Android community did. It’s the way federation works, it’s not something that can be forced on people.
Same here. I’ve worn contacts for 50 years (my user name isn’t a lie). A few minutes of inconvenience at the beginning and end of the day, and I don’t have to think about my vision aids the rest of the time. And I can walk in the rain and still see!
GNOME. Been using Linux since before GNOME Shell was a thing and when it became a thing it just clicked for me. In my opinion, it’s by far the most polished DE and provides the most elegant and intuitive launcher and workspace switcher of any DE or OS I’ve used. At least they did, until they fucked it up by moving from vertical to horizontal workspaces and made the workspace previews so small you can no longer see what’s in them.
Which is the downside of GNOME. Sometimes their developers are their own worst enemies. Fortunately, there are usually extensions to fix the most egregious “enhancements”.
Debian Stable (Bookworm)
From the look of things, they’ve been having some issues. Last night you couldn’t view photos in kbin.social threads from kbin, either.
I’ve read Kaiju Preservation Society. It’s very entertaining and I’d highly recommend it. I have The Spare Man on my to read list because I liked The Lady Astronaut series by Mary Robinette Kowal. But from the description it sounds more like a murder mystery - IN SPACEEEEEEEEE - than a real sci fi book. The other nominees aren’t traditional science fiction books, either, they’re more fantasy or fantasy/horror.
GNOME does have a launcher, which works just like the launcher on Mac and Android. You can even select whether to see all your apps or only the most-used ones. I do agree that a taskbar/dock with intelligent auto-hide is a must, though (at least for my usability). That’s also not to say that some folks would rather have a Windows style launcher, and there are several DEs that provide that.