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I am happy for the Linux Mint team
  • I did install it via package manager back when I used this distro and it worked well, but some weeks after, I switched distros to Kubuntu. Now I'm using Arch btw. with latest KDE Plasma (I recommend this).

  • What was your first operating system or Linux Distribution?
  • Windows XP on a laptop. Then Windows 7 on a new laptop. After that, Windows 10 and Windows 11 on desktop and another new laptop.

    Tried Debian on my laptop. Later, switched completely to Linux Mint on desktop. Distro-hopped to Kubuntu (KDE Plasma). Wanted to get Plasma 6 immediately after release, so I installed EndeavourOS on my desktop and laptop.

    Now switched to pure Arch Linux on my desktop PC, didn't boot Windows on any of my private PCs for months (no dual boot, only GPU passthrough VM).

  • How do I know who to trust on cs.rin.ru?
  • Here is a comment I made in another thread:

    For pirated games, I recommend Bottles installed as a flatpak. That's because it has a per-game toggle for sandboxing the app, not giving it access to your complete home folder and optionally no network access or audio output.

    Even when using trusted sources, you can never be safe enough. Bottles with sandboxing will at least protect your files from crypto trojans and prevent you from becoming part of a botnet. It should not have any impact on performance.

    Remember to put all installer files anywhere inside the prefix folder, otherwise sandboxing denies access to them. After creating an empty game entry in Bottles, check the 3 dots menu for the option to open it in your file explorer.

  • Newish user migrating to Linux
  • For pirated games, I recommend Bottles installed as a flatpak. That's because it has a per-game toggle for sandboxing the app, not giving it access to your complete home folder and optionally no network access or audio output.

    Even when using trusted sources, you can never be safe enough. Bottles with sandboxing will at least protect your files from crypto trojans and prevent you from becoming part of a botnet. It should not have any impact on performance.

  • Windows is hell, i need to do something
  • Visual Studio is not available on Linux and not really working in Wine, sadly. You can use IntelliJ IDEA as a good alternative, it supports Linux officially and has a Flutter plugin.

    For a beginner, Linux Mint is perfect. It is based on Ubuntu which is based on Debian, so you can follow most tutorials written for either distribution (like the installation instructions for IntelliJ IDEA or other software that is not available from the APT package manager).

  • I found a beautiful alternative to MusicBee (audio manager & player)!
  • Glad you like my recommendation! :)

  • I found a beautiful alternative to MusicBee (audio manager & player)!
  • I hope that too, this is by far the best player I have tried on Linux.

  • What's the most fucked up movie you ever watched?
  • Cannibal Holocaust (1980), Eraserhead (1977), Underground (1995), The Holy Mountain (1973), Salò or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975), Ichi the Killer (2001), Inside (2007)

    Recently, I watched and really liked the japanese movie Ritual (2000).

    I watched all of the above with awesome German dub.

  • I found a beautiful alternative to MusicBee (audio manager & player)!
  • You can use either y> or y< in the generator settings of a playlist to sort by year. You can use ypa to sort by year per artist.

  • I found a beautiful alternative to MusicBee (audio manager & player)!
  • Me too, I found it on the bottom of a audio player list in the Arch Linux wiki. Oh, I use Arch btw. xD

  • I found a beautiful alternative to MusicBee (audio manager & player)!
  • Yes, you can even generate new playlist with right-click from an existing one (most played etc.). You can also combine multiple playlists/libraries to another playlist like this: s"My First Playlist" s"My Second Playlist" a

    https://github.com/Taiko2k/TauonMusicBox/wiki/Generator-Codes

  • I found a beautiful alternative to MusicBee (audio manager & player)!
  • My music library is local. I use Jellyfin only for movies and series currently.

  • I found a beautiful alternative to MusicBee (audio manager & player)!
  • It always uses local lyrics when available, otherwise you have the option to right-click sidebar → search for lyrics (supports Genius and lyrics.ovh).

    These are the options for metadata:

    For actual tag management, I've used puddletag only. But there is some batch rename functionality in this player:

  • I found a beautiful alternative to MusicBee (audio manager & player)!

    Link: https://tauonmusicbox.rocks/

    For podcasts and radio, you'll need another program. But this is the closest any player has come to the Windows-only MusicBee masterpiece. Via Wine, I've been using MusicBee since I switched to Linux a few months ago, but it was tedious to set up.

    Tauon Music Box has the best search I've ever seen, just type anywhere and start playback with left click or jump to song/artist/album with right click. It also has a great way to write filter and sort queries for custom libraries (the same as playlists here). F5 shows the current cover and song name in "fullscreen" with a frequency spectrum visualizer.

    Screenshots from my library with custom settings:

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    I also consider using it to play my audiobooks, because you can separate playlists to scan separate folders and not get music and audiobooks mixed.

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    Are we Wayland yet or Whats missing?
  • Will probably be fixed with driver 555 next month (explicit sync support).

  • DTS Sound Unbound on linux?
  • This app is a godsend.

    A bit OT: I recommend this loudness equalization preset: https://github.com/Digitalone1/EasyEffects-Presets

  • Which DE for my parent's laptop (old Lenovo IdeaPad)? Wayland or X11?
  • Whoa, that's a lot of comments. Thanks for your suggestions, guys. I will think about this.

  • Which DE for my parent's laptop (old Lenovo IdeaPad)? Wayland or X11?

    I chose Debian 12 as a solid and stable base. Which of these shipped DEs is the best for this particular laptop series and Windows 10 like user experience?

    GNOME 43, KDE Plasma 5.27, LXDE 11, LXQt 1.2.0, MATE 1.26, Xfce 4.18

    Don't know the exact laptop model and year, but here are some specs: IdeaPad, only HDD, DVD drive, shipped with Win 8 or 10 (I think), unbearably slow on Win 10 currently

    Use case: office, web, movies (not streaming), things for non-tech-savvy users

    Personally, I'm using Arch btw with KDE Plasma 6 on Wayland, so I would prefer this over other DEs, but Debian still ships version 5. Has anyone experience with performance on an old Lenovo laptop with any of the listed environments?

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    Advice on switching from Kubuntu to EndeavourOS?

    I tested it a bit in a VM to get familiar with pacman and yay. Latest KDE Plasma 6 and more snaps in Ubuntu's future are the main reasons I want to switch.

    As I don't use a separate home partition, I have an extra drive with BackInTime home dir backups and virtnbdbackup snapshots.

    Is EndeavourOS stable enough for everyday use and would restoring home with BackInTime just work (as root user)?

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    Berny23 Berny23 @lemmy.sdf.org

    Passionate game collector, film enthusiast, developer &amp; completionist. 📝 Journals &amp; Profiles: https://linktr.ee/berny23

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