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Tried it with other wireless mice? If you use or connect other wireless radios or devices to the computer, does turning those off or disabling them fix the issue? Any other sources of noise? Rare but it does happen, and this is always worth checking before you go deeper into the troubleshooting rabbit hole. EDIT: I just checked the Arch wiki and it mentions this as an issue for Logitech Unifying Receiver devices: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Logitech_Unifying_Receiver#Lag_of_the_wireless_device Buck Turgidson fucked around with this message at 10:43 on Dec 7, 2020 |
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Bob Morales posted:Anyone want to recommend a Linux podcast or even episode? Going on a two hour drive and want something to listen to. Most of podcasts are OK in very small doses. Try: - Late Night Linux - Destination Linux - Linux Unplugged - BSD Now (if you like BSD) I wouldn't listen to them for a full two hours.
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Linux manpages need some work. I have a server running OpenBSD and the manpages are actually useful. they often include useful examples. Also there's example configs for a lot of the base system in /etc/example (or something like that I can't check)
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To those using Linux as a gaming pc hooked up to a tv, what desktop env/window manager do you use? Or do you in just boot straight into big picture/Kodi/something else?
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xtal posted:Just boot straight to Kodi or (in my case) big picture. Anything else is a waste of memory. as in login manager -> steamos compositor?
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may or may not be an option, but you can edit sudoers and increase the password timeout, or set NOPASSWD
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I did "set -o vi" as a joke but now I actually use it
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Where does KDE source X resources from? If I query xrdb I get a whole bunch of values for different programs. Some of them are given as a variable name or alias like BACKGROUND. The issue is that not all of these are defined. If I attempt to run Emacs for example, it will fail to open and say BACKGROUND is not defined. I can work around that by putting some values in my .Xresources file and calling xrdb in my .bashrc file, but where is all this stuff coming from in the first place? Where is KDE calling xrdb?
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Paul MaudDib posted:OK, I can confirm that installing the lubuntu-desktop metapackage on the mainline ubuntu installer doesn't get you the same thing as installing Lubuntu. There's a bunch of UI configuration and packages that aren't installed. Holy moly surely there's just some dot files you can copy over
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Zero VGS posted:Can any flavor of Linux do adaptive sync on Intel Integrated Graphics currently? I saw some articles mentioning Intel was planning to enable it for 11th series CPUs which is what I have. I'm streaming from a headless desktop to this 4K OLED Ubuntu laptop but I currently have to choose between 3ms latency or 16ms with vsync on. I was looking at this the other day, although it turned out not to be relevant for me so I didn't end up testing it out. You need at least the 5.12 kernel, which I don't think ubuntu has. Pretty sure something like manjaro or rolling distros should have at least 5.12 available. Try a manjaro version with kde, that should be easy to test out. When you log in, make sure your session is using wayland (this should be an option somewhere in the corner of the login screen). See if it works when you run a fullscreen application. SamDabbers posted:How do you like your PineBook Pro? I have one, I like it. Pros: - very light - completely silent - stays cool - screen is good (at least for me, my other laptop is a t420 lol) - terrific battery life - surprisingly good distro support Cons: - i/o is a bit slow - absolutely not a powerful cpu - came with manjaro, which i don't really like - not sure i trust the hinges - closed firmware blobs for networking Apparently the trackpad is not great for some people. I thought it was fine, but my preference is to use either a trackball or no pointer input at all, so I've barely used it. The keyboard is OK, it's better than some other laptops keyboards I've been subjected to, but it's nothing to write home about. I use it quite a lot, mostly for web browsing, emails, writing stuff, and trying to build things on arm. It's good as a no-frills, distraction-free laptop.
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Zero VGS posted:But, I still seem to have no VRR by default, and no idea if there's some kind of control panel to toggle it on, or configuration file to force it on. What desktop environment are you using? I suggested KDE (preferably a recent version) because apparently a wayland KDE session just turns VRR on automatically. It just seems like the easiest way to test it out. If you're using X, it looks like you need to make a config file: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Intel_graphics#Xorg_configuration Then tell it to use VRR: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Variable_refresh_rate#Using_an_Xorg_conf_file
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DerekSmartymans posted:Do GoG and other game stores besides Steam work on Debian? I’ve never checked but my GoG Galaxy is really great and I’ve never had any problem out of it even from Epic’s free titles/downloads. I can't say I've tried them all, but there are generally a few options when it comes to at least GoG. I use a utility called lutris to download and run games from GoG, which depending on the game might allow you to run native linux versions of games, or run them using wine, proton builds etc. If you want to make use of Steam's controller configuration stuff with games outside of Steam, there's a utility called sc-controller that lets you do that too. I know lutris is packaged on debian, doesn't look like sc-controller is in the repos though.
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I use vi/vim for doing quick or otherwise tedious edits of config files and stuff like that. I reckon some knowledge of vi + tmux is indispensable for managing servers. I use Emacs for just about everything else that involves writing. My personal email, writing lists, recipes, articles, lnotes, generating pdf and static sites etc. I'll also say if you dabble in one or more lisps then it's excellent for that too. I don't use it (or any pc or phone) for to-dos... I just use a little notebook and pencil lol I like Emacs but I will admit that the out of box experience is bewildering. I get why someone would open it once and decide it's not for them. Buck Turgidson fucked around with this message at 01:33 on Oct 19, 2021 |
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NihilCredo posted:So I just upgraded to Fedora 35 and I wanted to check out the supposedly improved Nvidia drivers + Wayland situation. I ran into the following conundrum, and found more people in forums having the same issues, and it baffles me because it's not quite a bug but I can't see how it's not considered a borderline showstopper. can you disable grub's graphical mode?
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I think the desktop is quite good. I have to use Windows for work but something like KDE absolutely smokes it for normal stuff. Most stuff can be done in the gui. Setting up stuff like printers isn't a total pain in the balls and I actually found it easier than the last time I did it on Windows.There's a lot of variety in what you can do with the desktop depending on use case and your hardware. The GUI software stores are extremely hit and miss though. It also seems like there's not that much GUI systems admin stuff around. Like there's yast and ??? I don't think most distros take this seriously, even und desktop oriented ones.
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RFC2324 posted:its not distros not taking it seriously, its no one taking it seriously. distros aren't the only(or even main) source for software, they just repackage other peoples work and configure it into something vaguely cohesive. They write toolling towards that end(yast, foreman, assorted package managers) but applications mostly come from people wanting a thing and then writing it I probably shouldn't have said systems admin stuff, I mean more managing your desktop machine. Aside from yast there's not a whole lot of utilities that really ties all the configuration options and tooling options together into a somewhat cohesive GUI. I mention distros because they're the ones that make at least the initial software and config choices, so they're in the best position to present those choices to the user in an obvious way. It doesn't bother me, I am happy to use the terminal to change stuff if I have to, but it just seems like a bit of a gap compared to stuff like the device manager, control panel etc in Windows.
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Furism posted:Not sure if this is the best place to ask, but here goes. I have been using "Bash on Ubuntu on Windows" for years but recently (not sure how recently, could be days or could be weeks) there was an update I think and now my ~/.ssh is weird: Are you able to use sudo? Assuming you can't use sudo, if you have write permission on the .ssh dir you can delete the file. Unsure how helpful that might be for you though.
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bodge incoming: use cron to kill and restart feh every 23 hours. use your remaining free time to drink beer and pat yourself on the back
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Gnome and KDE both have their own little suite of programs running in the background, couldn't say how much it actually matters for battery life though. Install plasma-desktop and see which one you like better.
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BlankSystemDaemon posted:Please just forget I said anything, because I can't deal with this right now. Shiiit. Best wishes. (PS please don't stop BSD posting lol)
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I got a free copy of Mike Cannon's book Linux for Beginners, I read through a few chapters and it seemed decent.
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McCracAttack posted:I've been messing around with Pop OS and just like people said Steam games run pretty well with Proton enabled. However, I have noticed that the games have a bad habit of "hitching" every second or so. Any suggestions on what to look into first? I have an Nvidia GPU and I'm using the driver that was suggested in the built in Pop OS app store. You might need to tweak things a bit to get better gaming performance. In the OP of the Linux gaming thread there's a link to a utility called Gamemode. It's a background process that detects when you are running a game and makes tweaks to try and maximise performance. After you install it, you add "gamemoderun %command%" to the launch options of your steam games. The gamemode process should detect that you have launched a game and make the required tweaks. Give it a try and see how you go. You might also find this page useful: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Gamemode
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Gyshall posted:I've been using NixOS as a daily driver on my Dell XPS 13 and it has been great. If anything nix should be less fragile (as far as Linux distros go), because it allows you to roll back to a previous version of your system if anything goes wrong after an update. You can also declare that your system should use a specific version/commit of a package, useful if know that works for you. Only real way to see how stable it truly is is to test it. Maybe try an image on a USB and see if basic stuff works OK before you nuke your windows install.
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BrainDance posted:Kinda speaking of Wayland, I got a Debian Sid machine (it's a very uncritical machine) that I use to drive my projector, basically a RetroArch/jellyfin/Netflix machine. Plasma bigscreen?
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