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  • Proton is just the compatibility layer, which allows you to play Windows games on Linux.

    It’s one of the main reasons so many people switched to Linux in the last months and years, since Proton gets even better from week to week. Something, games designed for Windows run even better on Linux (Proton) than on Windows!

    From what I’ve heard, requiring Proton isn’t that bad, especially for the devs. Often, games engineered for Windows run better on Linux than the same ones for Linux.







  • Debian is community run, which often means all changes and features get implemented because the community wants that, not some corporation. One notable example of that is Snap.

    Also, I found (minimal install) Debian a bit more minimalist than Ubuntu server, which is great imo. I just want the bare minimum for my services to work, and pretty much the only thing I expect from my server to have is SSH and Docker.







  • My recommendation would be to use Logseq.

    It’s similar to Obsidian (“Second Brain”/ PKM), but with the journal function as backbone.

    It relies heavily on crosslinking, is markdown-based, very efficient and a joy to use once you “got” it, and supports a hell lot of features, including TODO, plugins, a knowledge network (“graph view”) and much more.

    I use it for everything (external brain) and pretty much never loved a piece of software this much!
    It sounds like it is THE tool you’re searching for!



  • Because containers (Distrobox, Flatpak, etc.) are bae.
    You can read my post I made a while ago for more information: https://feddit.de/post/8234416

    Once you “get” image based distros, you probably never want to go back. Traditional distros just feel… off now for me.
    Containerisation is the biggest strength in Linux, we use it all the time on servers, so why not on the desktop?
    Atomic OSs just make more sense for me, not only because of security/ bug/ whatever reasons, no, also because they feel simpler and are pretty convenient and robust.








  • Looks fucking awesome!

    There aren’t enough light theme setups out there, and yours looks very clean and well thought out. I especially like that the shadows of the window decorations are better visible on the light theme, that gives it a way better spacial look than on dark ones.

    The only thing I would change personally, if I would copy it, is the right area of the top bar, that one looks a bit too crowded for me compared to the rest of the more minimalist setup.
    I would drag the widgets, except the tray, onto the desktop or so.


    Please also don’t forget to link your themes (and other stuff) used or customized in the post, for others to recreate :)


  • There’s a big shift happening right now, you’re right on that.
    Traditionally, ARM is not as capable in solving complex issues, but more efficient.

    That’s why it has always been used on smartphones for example. You want a lot of battery and don’t need to do highly complex stuff on that, that’s what you have your PC for.

    The big focus in the last years has always been to top the competitor in terms of performance, and only right now, people begin to question if the computing power they have right now isn’t enough and if they rather wouldn’t like to have a device that’s more efficient.
    The tradeoff is, you’re more limited to this specific architecture. Apple solved this by making a compatibility layer for x86 apps, but that of course comes with a performance hit.

    I’m no expert in that topic tho, so take all I said with a lil grain of salt.

    Right now, I think you’re better off with x86, because your server will definitely run on some sort of Linux, and we don’t have any compatibility layer or something like that yet.


  • I think 4 a year is better than 3. With 4, you can just do a quarterly thread, which is easier.


    I think the concept of megathreads could be executed a bit better. In the way it is suggested in the post, it’s only a poll about preferences and popular choices we all use anyway.

    I’m thinking about the idea to make a weekly category collection, where we can discuss specific things in more detail.
    E.g. “[Weekly thread] What browser do you use? (07/2024)”, where we can debate why one prefers Mull over Fennec, what problems we had with Vanadium, and so on.
    Or, what niche apps we found this month.
    Or, what FOSS app exceeds it’s proprietary counterpart.
    And so on, and so on. I can give you 20 topic suggestions in less than 2 minutes 😅

    This would generate much more engagement and value imo.

    And then, we can just simply link each weekly discussion in the quarterly mega thread with one bottom line each.
    In that way, everyone would have more resources to read further into, and it’s more organized.
    Also, this would prevent routine. We don’t need a “Which gallery app do you use, and why is it simple gallery?” every time. We can come up with many new ideas each week, and then, every megathread is different and still worth reading into a few years from now.


    Getting more than one vote is simple, too simple. It should be linked with why you think that way and use that tool.
    Lemmy is a discussion site, not one for popular opinions and polls. I think engagement is the highest priority, both for strengthening the community, and for the SEO to rank Lemmy higher than Reddit some time in the future 🙃

    And linking it to upvotes is bad, that’s not the purpose of them. We can still upvote suggestions we disagree with, but that are argued good and add value.


    Tittle Im thinking: [Megathread] FOSS Apps — Lemmy Edition | You like? Or do you want another?

    Not recognizable enough imo. It will go under in less than a year. What about
    [Megathread] Summary of your favourite FOSS Android apps | Community picks for Q3-2024!
    ?


    Feel free to discuss!