Probably not one person, but that could be distributed.

yet another reason to back flatpaks and distro-agnostic software packaging. We cant afford to use dozens of build systems to maintain dozens of functionally-identical application repositories

would be cool to have that as a plugin or something for KDE connect to make the setup easier too

The Linux kernel is nuts to think that MIT are the only bad actors to have ever shipped malicious code to them. Random corporate devs can break the GPL on a regular basis whilst receiving no oversight yet this wont be stopped at all

Either sort your shit out or move it out of the Linux source tree. It’s a travesty that we’re accepting so much shoddy engineering just because it comes from corporate donors

if you want to be fully foss then sure but you’ll probably find shit works less reliably with it. ymmv

those only work on x11 right? idk how well they work in Wayland

This app is quite useful for journald logs.

https://apps.kde.org/en-gb/kjournaldbrowser/

wine is pretty much there with its latest release. it’ll take a couple of years for LTS distros to phase it out

this is the Ronald’s universal number kounter of graphics libraries

There’s downsides too. Such as the bottles debacle with how RPM maintainers package software that sometimes left his apps outdated or broken.

I’m in the boat that Fedora packages might be better than a random user who abandons their repack later, but flatpaks from the original Devs is ideal :)

Yeah I’ve had multiple times where a silly process (usually a game running via WINE) will shit itself and lock the whole desktop. it’s my only gripe even if it’s rare

Most of them won’t be that different when you’re not running anything that’s pushing your system to its limits. Zen might be a bit faster in games or benchmarks, RT really won’t do much unless you’re running software that needs Real-time processing (you shouldn’t use it for general use).

Hardened and zen are the only ones you might benefit from, but not really massively.

Some may be included in the desktop environment. on Fedora KDE for example provides me with firmware updates for my laptop within the settings program.

On Manjaro, I remember using a driver app for Nvidia graphics.

At the very least, even if your distro doesn’t have a specific app or menu for firmware/drivers, you will most likely have the linux firmware repositories added to your package manager which ensures they’re updated with your system.

For all other drivers of course we can rely on Kernel updates.

Mint is definitely good because of those things, and its no-fuss approach, but almost all Linux distros include a software and driver app with equal functionality.

I don’t but admittedly I don’t do much stuff on my laptop that’s super secure. it’s mainly for gaming and the odd programming project.

I do this too. just a very slick hot key combo imo

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This will and probably has got a bunch of flak but I’m with you. There’s nothing wrong with recognising when we can pick a better term for something we enjoy.

Like, I get why people use “-porn” as a suffix and it isn’t offensive to me but I still won’t use that in a workplace. It’d be cool if someone thought of a better neologism!

Depends on the distro and desktop environment but some will “transfer” files to a software buffer that doesn’t actually write the data immediately. Works for limiting unnecessary writes on Flash memory but not USB sticks that are designed to be inserted and removed at short notice.

You can force Linux to commit pending writes using the ‘sync’ command. Note it won’t give you any feedback until the operation is finished (multiple minutes for a thumbdrive writing GBs of data) so append & to your command (‘sync &’) to start it as its own process so you don’t lock the terminal.

You can also watch the progress using the command form this Linux Stack Exchange Q;

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/48235/can-i-watch-the-progress-of-a-sync-operation#48245

Side question though, it seems that there are faster options. How come we don’t use those in GUI file explorers if they’re faster?

There’s a bunch of GUI options nowadays, but it depends on your distro and model of GPU. For example I used envy control but also System76-power (popOS).

You technically don’t need either since modern Linux drivers will handle offloading work to your dGPU when an application asks, but for ultimate power saving or for specific hardware quirks (such as struggling to get HDMI out working in hybrid mode) you may want direct control.

For the average gamer who uses their laptop as their primary device and screen you probably don’t need to bother.