TheModerateTankie [any] @ TheModerateTankie @hexbear.net

Team Monsanto's Lead Junior Red Dawn war re-enactor/co-ordinator for Annist

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Is it this issue? - https://github.com/ublue-os/bazzite/issues/2344

Someone fixed a similar issue by setting their display color accuracy to "Prefer Efficency" instead of "Prefer Accuracy"

you can boot ostree:1 change the setting, run sudo ostree admin pin 1 then rebase back to testing (not reboot to ostree:0) that should hopefully work around it

The ublue releases (bazzite/bluefin/aurora) are tweaked to be set up and ready to go with minimal or no set up. You can switch between ublue and the normal fedora atomic distros, or even user customized variants, from what I understand. The root system will change, but anything installed under your user account will stay the same. The only problem that might occur between switching is that different desktop environments might overwrite some settings and cause problems that way. You would want a way to backup your config files just in case if you do a lot of switching.

This also means you can't install multiple desktop environments side by side. Like if you wanted to choose between kde,gnome,xfce at the log in screen, it's not possible under the atmoic distros. When i've done that on regular distros it would always result in a mess, and getting rid of a DE meant a lot of orphaned programs I didn't want, so I avoid doing that, but this is a potential downside to the atomic distros. You would have to rebase and redownload stuff every time you switch DE.

Otherwise they are rock solid and basically designed to get you up and running as fast as possible, and be as stable as possible with seamless background updates. I'm running bluefin, and it's the most user friendly and smooth experience on linux i've ever had.

Yep. I'm running bluefin. I just went from a fedora 41 base to 42. Didn't get a notification or have to watch progress bars, just rebooted into fresh new base. Nothing wierd happened. Nothing broke. So good.

There is nothing about the tech they are using that makes it a requirement to base of fedora, either, so in the future it is possible to have the same experience under linux mint.

Andor makes a better prequel to the original trilogy than the movies, but you don't have to be familiar with any of the films or other tv series to enjoy it.

For ublue they want you to use brew for cli apps, so yeah, you would be stuck with a copy of python you may not want. They want all user apps be containerized for security and stability.

Or for yt-dlp you could always try a gui flatpak.

https://flathub.org/apps/io.github.mhogomchungu.media-downloader

https://flathub.org/apps/com.github.unrud.VideoDownloader

So, yeah, if you have limited space it's an issue. I installed a debian distrobox for one app, and it downloaded 1-2 gigs worth of files to set that up. Overkill, sure, but it works.

But distrobox is something I see recommended all the time, and with ublue it's set up and works by default. You don't have to follow a guide which may or may not work, and then have to troubleshoot permissions or realize you're on a newer version of the OS than the guide was written for and something changed and try to manually undo the changes you made and start again, which is something I've experienced on linux multiple times.

The best part about ublue is how little time you have to spend troubleshooting stuff. I thought the "immutability" aspect would be limiting, but so far it only limits the amount of time I've had to spend trying to get shit to work right. If you are comfortable installing cli apps or using the terminal for package management, it's not really much of a difficulty spike to start using brew or distrobox or devcontainers.

The downside is it uses more hd space and containerization sometimes breaks the usefulness of certain apps without having to muck about with permissions in flatseal or something, but to me it seems very much worth it.

Ideally you would have a way to back up your files. If you want to stay on win 10 you will need to reinstall the ltsc version and should back up your files just in case.

You can install Linux to an external HD and boot off of it that way, then you don't risk any data loss with partitions or reformatting. From there you can copy files over. After that you can swap out the HD, install Linux over the internal HD, or install Linux to dual boot with windows.

I don't know how you can get to the end of lou2 and view it as any sort of endorsement of revenge, or of justifying Israeli violence. Did i miss something?

If you are wondering about compatability for a certain game, search for if it runs on the steam deck. If you can run it on a steam deck you can run it on any Linux install.

https://www.emudeck.com/

Bazzite

If you have to stay on windows for some reason, this is the way to go. There is also a win 11 ltsc version without all the recall and copilot shit.

But if you aren't reliant on proprietary apps that are locked to windows for a job or creative endeavor, just try linux for a while first. If you know enough to get ltsc installed and registered, you can get linux installed.

I just switched to a ublue distro (bluefin) and think it's great. These are designed from the ground up to be an "install it for a family member or friend and never have to touch it again" experience. They are based on Fedora. Bluefin has been the most trouble-free install of linux I've ever tried. I can't say enough good things about it.

I would go with Aurora (essentially bluefin but with KDE instead of Gnome), unless they do a lot of gaming, in which case Bazzite-kde would probably work best (bazzite is more up-to-date which can mean more instability).

These are set up to use flatpak with a software center, so all gui apps can be installed from there and is similar to windows. It updates everything automatically in the background and only requires rebooting whenever you want to switch to the updated system. Also the immutable nature makes it hard to break, but if something does go wrong it makes it easy to roll back to the previous working install. There are also GTS versions of bluefin and aurora available, which are pinned to more stable releases so there's even less chance of breakage.

Live USB installs aren't stable yet so that might be an issue if you want to make sure hardware works before install, but you can install to a usb harddrive and boot off of that to check it out that way.

"We fight to win. That means we lose... and lose, and lose, and lose. Until we're ready." - Luthen

That makes me feel better about losing all the time.

I liked Season 1 but thought Season 2 was great. Maybe I need to rewatch season 1.

Nothing ever happens gang is right again

Outside of this site I'm not seeing any of this being mentioned anywhere. Its wierd. To me.

Am I weird for being worried that two nuclear armed states are starting a war? Seems like it should be bigger news?

I've been running bluefin for about a week and I agree. One of the best things about these different distros is they install and configure a lot of things for you. Bluefin installs with flatpak, homebrew, distrobox, podman/docker, devcontainers configured and running on install, good peripheral support, good desktop tweaks, and sensible but easily removable default apps. Bazzite does something similar for gaming installs. It's great. If there are common apps or configs that their users want they try to implement it and get it set up and running on install, if possible. The most friction free linux install I've ever had.

I'm on the west coast, and there were murmers of a "cold from hell" going around in Nov/Dec of 2019 until covid was officially recognized in the US around March. One of the first known detections of it was during a flu study during that time. Researchers retested some samples and it showed up. I got hit with something that made me nearly suffocate during that time and it completely freaked me out, and then a month later my roommate who also got sick suffered major organ failure, and later on heart attacks and other relentless vascular problems.

The risk is lower outside because covid won't build up in the air, but you can still get sick if you walk into someones exhaled breathe. Covid hangs in the air similar to smoke. Risk goes up if you are in a crowd, if there is no wind/stagnant air, or if there is a covid wave in your area.

I've seen quite a few people report getting covid by just stepping outside to talk with the neighbors, or going to the store and putting on a mask at the entrance.

I've found the head strap masks more comfortable than the ones that loop around the ears for long term wear (I wear one 8hrs a day at work), and they are more effective, but all masks cut down risk.

BTW, we are currently at historic lows for covid, and it will probably stay that way for another few weeks. If you want to track the risk JPweiland has been pretty accurate in predicting covid waves and current risk, although different regions can vary wildly at times. https://xcancel.com/JPWeiland - https://bsky.app/profile/jpweiland.bsky.social