Child has just installed #Fedora dual boot with Win11 on his Asus laptop. Very smooth and after installing some #Gnome tweaks he's very happy with the result.

Spouse has just pointed out that we are each running different distros lol (she #Kubuntu and I #Pop_OS).

Ok so I didn't get to installing Nix on this laptop again so it'll be a bit before I get to it but it got me thinking:

* What is the state of full disk encryption on Linux? Specifically for a laptop.
* Is hone directory encryption a good alternative?
* What distro does it best these days?
* Can any of them use TPM? (Bonus: does my laptop even support tpm?)

I'm open to suggestions since I'm not sure I'd feel great traveling with a laptop with an unencrypted drive these days.

#Linux #Nix #Ubuntu #Fedora #YearOfTheLinuxDesktop

Pewdiepie's message in his latest video is excellent: we don't have to deal with Big Tech's bullshit and Linux and open source is fun and awesome. With his massive audience I'm hopeful that this might become a pivotal moment in the desktop Linux adaptation in the mainstream, especially in the gaming community.

https://youtu.be/pVI_smLgTY0?si=QL9WDC5nMSr8r6bW

I am confident that the majority of people can use and thrive on a Linux PC. I mean most do with their phones.

Even my wife can use Kubuntu and thrive on it.

#yearofthelinuxdesktop
#linux #opensource

https://mstdn.social/@Extelec/114290273062538707

For a lot of people, #SwitchToLinux is a good #NewYearsResolution:

• Seriously, give it a try!

Finally took the leap and installed #Linux Mint with #Cinnamon on an old MacBookPro.

It is a joy to use. I still have to settle in, but not having Genmoji and a big tech company trying to shove their bullshit services I will never use left and right down my throat gives me peace of mind.

There is a ton of open questions and workflows that need to be adjusted / setup / learned, but I really really love this.

#yearofthelinuxdesktop (at least in my little irrelevant life)

Will continue using #macOS. But I am certain this is more than just dipping my toes into the water.

@pa@infosec.exchange @Linux @Linux

Respectfully, I couldn't disagree more.

In my opinion, universal package formats have totally changed the game. Debian allows me to have my desktop cake and eat it…

https://edafe.de/2023/07/how-to-install-debian-12-bookworm-with-a-gnome-desktop/

@threemaapp

"On Linux, automatic updates are not yet supported. Please update the app manually."

If you cannot provide an official repository for Debian/Ubuntu, what is preventing you from offering Threema as a verified Snap or Flatpak?

Lots of Windows users will find themselves in an unsupported state in October 2025. There needs to be a Linux distribution that really helps Windows users switch.

It needs to discover the username of the primary user from the registry or file system. It needs to install on ntfs (or alongside it). It needs to discover the profiles and bookmarks and cookies and stored passwords of local browsers. It needs to port over the Steam library. It needs to discover the SSIDs for local networks and join them automatically. It needs to discern what the user believes he already needs from his existing Windows install and insert free equivalents.

The current advice of "erase everything and start over" is impractical for the majority of computer users, especially those who don't have a second computer.

The delta is too big for normal folk, not because Linux is hard to use but because computers are hard to use.

I'm picturing something that generates a KDE Plasma panel that imitates the Windows Taskbar, down to where the various pinned items were. Or the Cinnamon equivalent I guess. Most people don't care what OS they run; they just want as little to change as possible.

So I hear that kde is still kinda half baked

What do people like these days for desktop environments on Linux? What should I try on this laptop? I've been out of the game for way too long (work computer comes with whatever bs Ubuntu is up to)

Actually what is everyone's favorite laptop linux that isn't Gentoo?

#Linux #YearOfTheLinuxDesktop

I wrote a blog piece on "The Year of the Linux Desktop".

Admittedly, the topic is very nerdy and geeky, but I _hope_ it reads pretty well for someone who isn't eyeballs deep in technology...

I'd love it if you gave it a read. I'd love it even more if you shared it!

https://typeshare.co/soheb/posts/is-it-the-year-of-the-linux-desktop

Guys, I think we've arrived. #YearOfTheLinuxDesktop

Linux Hits New Highs: What It Means for Gamers

https://subscribeto.me/videos/watch/ea1940ec-fe1f-40bf-a3c5-4bdcb78be763

I can't Recall a time when #yearofthelinuxdesktop made so much sense per sé but can the Recall a time when you learned how to exit vim? There it is.

Occasionally the contrarian DHH gets it right. He finally came to the logical conclusion of just using Linux as a development environment. A bit annoyed he didn't call out macOS for all of the ridiculous hoops you have to jump through to setup a dev env (XCode, iTerm2, homebrew, case insensitive file-systems, etc), where as every Linux distro provides everything via the *built-in* package manager.
https://world.hey.com/dhh/linux-as-the-new-developer-default-at-37signals-ef0823b7
#yearofthelinuxdesktop #justuselinux #linuxdevenvironment

Nerd #parents, are there any #linux desktop environments with parental controls that approach the functionality of Screen Time on MacOS and iOS?

On #Ubuntu I use Timekpr-next (https://mjasnik.gitlab.io/timekpr-next/). I'm very grateful to the developer for releasing it and continuing to support it even after his own kids have grown out of it. It has many limitations -- for example, you can't exempt specific apps from overall time limits (e.g. "permit access to mail at any time"), and has no built-in support for granting temporary extensions outside of "normal" usage hours (workarounds are cumbersome). But it's way better than nothing!

I look around for alternatives occasionally. The only one I've found is CTparental (https://gitlab.com/ctparentalgroup/CTparental), which I haven't tried yet. I wonder if I've missed anything else.

#yearofthelinuxdesktop
#parenting #geekparenting