Since https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1gdhy7u/experimental_flathub_release_of_newpipe_on_linux/ got a bit of traction yesterday, this is WhatsApp straight from Meta running on Linux desktop using android-translation-layer.

android-translation-layer (ATL) is a Wine-like approach to run Android applications on Linux. Rather than running an Android container like for example Waydroid does this instead implements the Android API. Note that right now it's very much work in progress and almost no app will work yet, but the fact that they have apps like Newpipe and WhatsApp running already is very promising!

Join the Matrix chat at #android-translation-layer:matrix.org and follow along!

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21426498

I use nixos + greetd + tuigreet + hyprland. I missed to mention that I wanted to disable or hide the logs that gets shows when starting hyprland from tty terminal by writing Hyprland or when using greetd tuigreet. After entering my username and password, These logs show before hyprland starts, I want to avoid that

Saw a post without noticing the community and commented a genuine comment with good intentions.

Apparently it was against the rules of that community and I was banned.

Original post:

My (removed) comment:

And yeah, the last comment was sarcasm.

I just don't really understand why is there a community for shitting on Linux? Like I can get not liking it, and hating the Linux die hard fans, but it really is an amazing thing that is integral to almost all modern computing... Kind of like hating social media by having a facebook page for it.

Hi friends, I'm back, this time jotting down some notes around my go-to way to provision VMs using Ansible. This post assumes Debian (Nix may be a future post).

Of course there's many ways to provision a server, and this is just one of them. I hope some of these notes are helpful!

If you have any other ways you prefer to set up a server, that would be cool to share!

Idk if posts like this are alllowed here but we'll see I guess.

So, my main Linux machine is a laptop from 2012 featuring a completely busted case (externally and internally) and latches (so it won't close without performing an automated disintegration and it makes terrifying sounds when applied any pressure on), a suspected-to-be-dead dedicated GPU (not NVidia because obvious reasons), 2x4 Gb of DDR3 RAM and the slowest Toshiba HDD known to mankind that makes pretty concerning noises itself too and sometimes gives drive errors. However I'm planning to replace it with an SSD because I've not grown to the absolute wisdom of Linux users yet ~~(vim is trash. use nano instead.)~~. Oh and its OS is a distro based on Arch (btw) featuring GNOME for the DE because not grown to WMs yet.

I understand that I don't have an external display and a keyboard because the laptop's ones work perfectly and it's not a Thinkpad but hopefully it's not too bad.

Easy one I hope. LMDE5, trying to add a user. According to various sites I checked, it's easy enough, go to control panel, users and groups, click on add, and fill in the details, and bob's your uncle... Except that it didn't work, still just the one user on the log in screen. Tried giving the new user the same permissions as the current one, no dice, have also rebooted, and nothing. So, either I missed something, or the system isn't behaving, but either way, I could use a hand with this, thanks.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21404353

I'm getting sick every day at this Microsoft Windows slowness and bloat. I am trying to use as much Linux VMs as possible. I feel so unproductive on Windows. I also tried installing Linux on the office laptop. The problem is that Windows is officialy supported and the Linux is DYI. Once the IT departament changes it will sync up with Windows but Linux can be broken and you are no longer able to work. Next job I want to have full Linux laptop or at least Mac.

Besides:

• Microsoft Office
• Active Directory
• Some proxy and VPN bullshit

Everything seems manageable and even better on Linux.

What is your experience?

It is reportedly plug-n-play for basic features, but for more advanced features, something like this project would need to be patched to add support for the camera.

https://github.com/samliddicott/guvciew-meet4k

Too bad the desk space sucks...

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Anyways here's the real setup that was controlling that big ass screen

Also sorry if the text formatting is messed up (I am posting from mobile)

Hey there i consider myself a relative noob, but I’ve been using Linux as my main operating system for about four years now, transitioning from Windows 7 to Linux Mint and then to MX Linux. Recently, I encountered a login issue, and I know I’m partially to blame for this. When I try to install projects from GitHub and things don’t work out, I often give up without deleting or cleaning up the configurations and fragments. Over time, this has led to a huge clutter on my system, which is why I’ve been wanting to do a fresh install for a while now, and I’m taking this as the opportunity to finally do it. My Hardware:

CPU: AMD Ryzen™ 7 5800X
GPU: AMD Radeon™ RX 6700 XT
RAM: 32 GB

What I'm Looking For:

I’d love suggestions for a Linux distro that:

Has relatively up-to-date updates
Can optimize the performance of my hardware
Supports both programming and gaming

Currently, I have a minimal installation of Windows 11 set up for dual boot, but I’m considering moving it to a VM if the performance impact is manageable. If that doesn’t work out, I’d like to continue with Windows 11 in dual boot. I want to play games like Space Marines 2, and while I know about tools like Proton, Wine, and Lutris, I just don’t wanna dive into that right now. Please, no fundamental debates about how I don’t really NEED Windows. I fucking know! And just wanna know if its possibly or not. ;)

Additional Preferences:

I’d like to use Flatpaks wherever possible, except for programs that aren’t available or those where permissions issues arise, like password managers with browser integrations.
I’m interested in some "ricing" but don’t want to spend all my time troubleshooting or making constant adjustments.
I’d like to run a local AI on the machine so i hope for something that can squeze the last drop of performance out of my hardware.
I appreciate the extensive guides available for Debian-based systems but am open to exploring new options.

I’m excited to hear your recommendations!

Thanks in advance!

Edit: I loaded Fedora Kde, Nebora and AuroraDX on Ventoy and explored the systems.MyFavorite at this time is AuroraDX

This is really interesting stuff, found it on Hacker News. It's like WINE, but for Android <-> Linux: https://gitlab.com/android_translation_layer/android_translation_layer/

(this post obviously assumes the recent removal of russian devs due to sanctions is bad; no need to comment if you disagree)

a lot of people i know are considering jumping ship to some bsd after the recent MAINTAINERS debacle, but i'm skeptical it would make any difference. afaik, they're just as us-centric as linux if not more (it's the berkeley software distribution, after all). also, my biggest gripe about the bsds and the main reason i've never had any interest in them is their permissive licensing. permissive licenses suck

would there be any difference wrt sanctions in the bsds or moving away from linux to *bsd bc of that would be pointless?

From time to time, often after I've restored from sleep or finished playing a Steam game, one of my CPU cores is pinned at 100% with no indication of what might be doing it. Running htop, btop, or GNOME system monitor all show the same thing: CPU0 at 100% while the rest are doing near-nothing, and no process in particular seems to be using those resources.

If I restart, it's back to normal, and sometimes I can play a game in Steam or let the computer go to sleep and it doesn't do this, but it happens often enough that's annoying/confusing so I'd like to know if there's a way to either (a) diagnose which processes are using which CPU cores, or (b) somehow "reset" the checking of these values to make sure that something's not just being misreported.

This is a desktop system running Arch & GNOME.

;-)

Can someone point me to a helpful beginners resource explaining some Linux basics? Like what is the difference between "distro", which is what, like Ubuntu, fedora, Debian (? Or is that a category of distro?) And desktop environment which is what, KDE, Lubuntu, gnome? Like I don't even know I have these categories right let alone understand why I'd pick one over another and what practical effects it will have- which apps will I/won't I be able to install, etc...

I'm not expecting anyone to answer these questions for me, but if you could point me to something already written, I'd appreciate it.

Edit: Solved, check the comments

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21359091

Using this works:

    services.greetd = {
      enable = true;
      settings = {
        initial_session = {
          command = "Hyprland";
          user = "yashraj";
        };
        default_session = {
          command = "${lib.getExe pkgs.greetd.tuigreet} --time --cmd Hyprland";
          user = "yashraj";
        };
      };
    };

But using this doesn't:

    services.greetd = {
      enable = true;
      settings = {
        default_session = {
          user = "yashraj";
          command = "${pkgs.greetd.tuigreet}/bin/tuigreet --time --sessions ${pkgs.hyprland}/share/wayland-session --remember --remember-session";
        };
      };
    };

I wan't to be able to use --sessions. what could I be doing wrong? I am using latest nixos stable.

The only error returned here is after I enter my username 'yashraj' then my password 'nixos' is: expected Args or Cancel, got Pamresponse {resp: some("nixos")}

Notes:

I haven't commited the greetd file to my github yet. But I've still attached the link to my github if it may be relevant to solve this issue.

Please give any info

TLDR;

It literally hurts me personally to see this happening. It's like a kick in the gut. I used to be proud about having had an involvement with the Linux kernel community in a previous life. This doesn't feel like the community I remember being part of.

Welcome to a new issue of "This Week in KDE Apps"! Every week we cover as much as possible of what's happening in the world of KDE apps.

This week's changes and improvements cover a wide range of applications, from audio apps (including the classic Amarok, which is making a comeback) to Kate getting improvements to its integrated Git features.

In between, you have everything from new functionalities for note-taking utilities and media players, to upgrades in financial software and mobile apps.