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what if i installed lubuntu on an extremely powerful computer? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

Consider that with the latest hardware your processor is under 1% or 2% load running a bloat machine like windows even if you used the lightest weight distro without any desktop environment at all the maximum possible performance gain would be 1% or 2%.

Lemmy AMA March 2025 in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Shouldn't torrents be used for large files?

What word looks weirder and weirder the more you look at it? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Any word, if you look at it for long enough.

Cars don't belong in cities, says Top Gear's James May in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago (20 children)

With you first point i disagree. I think public transport is often just fine or even preferable for people with mobility issues. If they are wheelchair bound then they cannot drive. And public transport has come a long way in terms of supporting disabled people such as most trains trams buses from were I come from now support wheelchair access.

Although I would be interested if there are any examples were taking public transport is infeasible or unhelpful to specific situations.

I want to turn my into sort of gaming server in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Oh your right I wasn't aware that box buddy is just a gui for distrobox. I thought it was a reskin of the boxes program built into fedora.

Although from my experience box buddy in bazzite doesn't work super reliably.

I want to turn my into sort of gaming server in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

OK so a lot of people are recommending bazzite. I have been using it for a while and I do not recommend it. Mainly due to the fact you more or less can't install any program other than through the software centre unless you use a vm with the included "box buddy" program which for me has been very hit and miss for which programs work.

Go ahead and try bazzite for yourself but I would recommend either fedora or Linux mint both with the xfce desktop since a lightweight desktop seams to be what your looking for.

This Week in Plasma: File Transfer Progress Graphs in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Mmm delicious.

Newbie dipping toes into the Linux universe. :-D woot-woot! in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Good luck! I hope it goes well. Mint is a really good choice.

You want ducks, you get ducks in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

35mm? You must have been really close!

China's 40-story gravity batteries threaten lithium's energy reign in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

It's not really a battery killer at all. It would never fit or be useful in a car, phone or anything portable. It's more of a possible replacement to pumped-storage hydroelectric.

Best or least worst choices for cell phone service? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

OK thanks for the point, I should probably try and use wifi networks wherever possible ig.

KZ zsn pro x sound week with no base. in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Thanks for the reply. I've been using my new kz's for a few weeks now pretty much every day for a few hours for music and they sound really good. Although I'm no audiophile. Before I just wasn't putting them in my ear far enough so all the base was leaking out the sides and all I could hear was top treble.

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KZ zsn pro x sound week with no base. (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I recently bought a pair of KZ zsn pro x from the official store on ali express and when I started listening to them they sound really empty with seemingly no base. This is comparing to my budget gaming headphones (razer blackshark v2) From what I've heard online there is nothing but good things said about them. I got them on special for like 15 bucks which is so cheap.

Is it normal for iem's to have a almost non existent base compared to headphones or did I just get a bad batch of what I ordered? I did hear some complaints about bad Qc which I think means quality control so maybe thats the problem I'm no audiophile so I don't really know.

[[SOLVED]] Never mind guys sorry I am a little bit silly. They really need to go all the way right up your ears.

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Encrypted messaging recommendations. (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi everyone, I am looking for an encrypted messaging service to start using and recommending to my friends and family, I really want to get this right the first time. At the moment I'm looking at using matrix I really like it's bridges and federated nature, Although I'm not 100% sure about it's ux.

What I want to ask is what messaging service do you use and do you have any regrets with it? What encrypted messaging service would you recommended?

Edit: I just had another question are any of the bridges in matrix end to end encrypted? If person A used matrix and person B used signal could person A use a bridge to talk to person B securely?

Edit 2: thanks for all the responses guys it looks like signal seams like the best option since it has really good security like many other messaging apps but it's also easy to use.

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Tips for getting better at Linux. (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I am a Linux beginner/amateur and I have sort of had enough of copy and pasting commands I find on the internet without having a good understanding of how they actually work.

I guess my end goal is to be able to comfortably install and use arch Linux with my own customization's and be able to fix it when things go wrong.

What tips/ideas do you have for getting better at navigating the terminal, and getting a better understanding of how the os works. What is a good roadmap to follow? And how did you, advanced Linux user, get to the stage your at now?

Edit: my current distro is bazzite just in case you were interested and thanks for all the replies you are all really helpful.

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Fedora and Linux Mint having no display output unless on safe graphics. (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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For the first time I am actually switching my main PC from Windows to Linux.

Problem: When booting into Fedora there was no display output, I changed it to safe graphics to install everything and that fixed it but after the install finished I tried turning it back off and there was still no display output

What I have already tried: I've tried installing drivers and everything I could find although that shouldn't be the problem since I have an AMD 6700xt and Fedora comes with AMD drivers built in. I also tried Installing Linux Mint thinking maybe the distro was the problem but it came up with the same issue.

And if anyone suggests it no there is no way I am going to daily drive on safe graphics.

Edit: I am dual booting on a single 500gb ssd with windows already installed on the other half of the drive, not sure if that would be the problem. Also a similar problem was happening on windows if I left the screen in login for too long without signing in the display would show no signal and it wouldn't wake up if I moved my mouse or clicked or pressed any keys.