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The other day my PC randomly threw an error saying my hard drive was full. I quickly deleted some games so it wouldn't freeze and then went to look wtf happened to see the xorg.log file was over 200 gigs!! I deleted it and rebooted and was fine.

But what in the world would cause this??

All AMD system, Linux mint.

for anyone with knowledge and experience with Linux KB layouts, is it possible to create a layout based on ISO characters?

Specifically the Shavian set: Scripts (ISO 15924) “Shavian”

I've dabbled in xkb layouts, but only with Roman characters.

Any thoughts / guidance?

Thanks!

So...I'm installing KDE for my gf. She needs to be able to use Acrobat Pro in order to edit PDFs which is something she commonly does. So...I managed to install it. In Lutris. It does open, and from the 'open file' menu, I can actually open PDFs to edit them.

However...when I click on a random PDF file on my desktop...it completely ignores it, and just open to the welcome screen. Is there a way I can pass the file URL to Lutris/Adobe?

For better details, let's see, the KDE shortcut looks as follows:

Name: Adobe Acrobat Generic Name: Comments: Environment Variables: LUTRIS_SKIP_INIT=1 Program: flatpak command-line arguments: run net.lutris.Lutris lutris:rungameid/1

So...I tried to pass the %U at the end of the arguments, so it would look as:

run net.lutris.Lutris lutris:rungameid/1 %U

But this doesn't look too successful, as it seems to completely ignore the last part. So...how can I pass the file URL to flatpak Lutris/Adobe?

Recommend putting in your vote on the next Ubuntu wallpapers (requires an Ubuntu account). There are plenty of good ones this year!

have a brother laser printer. works well from windows. trying to print some 4x6 shipping labels. from firefox/ebay if that matters. default ubuntu. anyone one doing this reliably? setup?

A review of the most recent release of Manjaro. I primarily use Debian distros like Mint and MX but the overall ease and user friendliness of this Arch based distro definitely makes me want to give it a go.

cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/45148310

Supac - a declarative package manager written in Rust, scriptable in nushell

Supac is a declarative package manager written in Rust fully scriptable in nushell. It's meant to make it easy to use the native package managers in existing distros without going through the associated headaches of using Nix, while maintaining the ergonomics of structured data in nushell.

Currently supported backends are:

• Archlinux and derivatives
• flatpak
• cargo/cargo-binstall
• uvx (packages only for now)
• rustup toolchains

I daily drive it, and it works well. Feel free to give it a try!

Hi, I think I've run out of keywords to hit Google with, so it's time to ask for help.

I'm running Fedora on my Framework 16, which is domain joined to my home lab Active Directory. Overall I'm pretty happy with KDE, but SDDM is proving to be rather bothersome (it's not a huge fan of my domain account, and constantly forces me to enter my creds in the other user free form, which prevents me from using my fingerprint sensor to login). For grins, I tried out the GDM display manager and was able to both pick my account from the list of users and use my fingerprint to log in. That said, I'm not a particularly huge fan of the GNOME look and feel.

So, I was wondering if it would be possible to use just the GDM login prompt, but have it feed into KDE desktop and if so what I'd need to tinker with to configure it.

(I feel like it should theoretically be possible, but it's not strictly a deal breaker- worst case the next Fedora update in April is supposed to be replacing SDDM with a new fork)

TL;DR: As Mozilla moves to make Firefox an AI browser, people are looking at other options. Some people are rediscovering Waterfox, a browser that has been around for a decade from independent developer BrowserWorks. In this post, I interview the founder of Waterfox - Alex Kontos, and we discuss Waterfox’s history and look towards its future. We also talk about how Waterfox thinks about AI in the browser.

Unfortunately couldnt make Hi P2P Client working, but at least the laptop is usable now: it took several seconds switching between tabs or copying text under mouse when it was running on windoze. Laptop is very low end specs (4Gb ram and some i3 cpu)

Borderline sh-tpost here.

While "investigating packages" (read: "messing around") with apt, I seem to have discovered what is, on LMDE7 at least, the longest "Provides" sub-package list. Over 75000 characters.

$ /usr/bin/apt show librust-winapi-dev | grep '^Provides:' | wc -c

WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts.

75650

The warning is irrelevant, but I left it in because it's a good thing to bear in mind.

It's also kind of funny because the only way you're going to be able to parse all of that output is with a tool of some kind.

If I count the commas with a suitable change to that pipeline, there are 1603, so it provides functionality for no less than 1604 other packages.

node-lodash-packages and node-babel7 are distant second and third with ~20000 and ~10000 characters (585 and 202 supported packages) respectively.

Ironically, none of these contain the phrase "kitchen sink".

The popular open-source e-book management tool, Calibre, has just released version 9.0, featuring a noticeable visual refresh.

The most visible change is the new Bookshelf view, which presents libraries as shelves lined with book spines instead of a traditional list or grid. The layout can be toggled using the Layout button in the bottom-right corner of the main window, making it easy to switch between views depending on library size or personal preference.

The e-book viewer also gains tighter integration with editing tools. A new Edit book button allows users to jump directly into editing the currently open book when it is in an editable format, such as EPUB, AZW3, or KEPUB. The editor opens at roughly the same location as the view, reducing friction between reading and editing. [...]

I've been using Debian-based distros most of my adult Linux life, but I read recently that KDE has a better experience on Fedora than Kubuntu, so I want to try it out.

I already know that I won't be able to use apt, but what other differences should I expect with fedora?

The do not have an LTS release? What is upgrading like? When should you upgrade if you want stability?

cross-posted from: https://discuss.online/post/34698756

Didn't realize this was actually a John Cage composition.

This post is more detailed than most that I've seen on the topic, so I thought others would find it interesting. I am not the author.

That doesn't smell good at all. It smells like conflict of interest, it's the kind of initiative, and speech, that we have got too many times already, that ends up to be used to reduce our freedom.

See: Can you trust your computer

HN link

Their company link

Good time-of-day, Linux users! I hope you will take kindly^1^ to coming here to tell you about Konform Browser and what it is. And also ask you to try it out in case this is your cup of tea :)

In short, Konform Browser is a web browser with the goal of promoting user freedom and access to the rights of security, privacy and anonymity. It is intended as a general-purpose browser fit both for daily online surfing as well as targeted deployments in secure or untrusted environments. It is fundamentally a patched build and custom configuration of Mozilla FireFox ESR. It started as a fork of LibreWolf and now stands on its own four feet.

Some highlights to give an idea to those familiar with LibreWolf or other FF fork:

• Security: Konform is based on Firefox ESR instead of Rapid Release. This means a more stable base without missing out on the latest security updates, in exchange for longer time waiting for the newest features from Firefox. It also enables shorter lead times to backport upstream updates.
  • In this sense (and a few others), Konform Browser is closer to IceCat/GNUZilla than it is to Librewolf.
• Freedom: Konform allows a higher level of customization. It gives the user control and trusts you with that responsibility. Some examples:
  • Allows enabling dark mode and following system theming even when Resist Fingerprinting is enabled
  • Allows installing your own self-built unsigned add-ons
  • "Spoof referer source" user configuration option
• Privacy and security: Disables all browser features relying on external network connections.
  • "RemoteSettings" is completely disabled^2^.
  • No cloud "AI" integrations. You can run Konform on a disconnected network and not notice any reduced functionality.
  • All telemetry, metrics, and ads from the browser disabled.
  • OCSP turned off (but we have CRLite).
  • tcpdump and see the difference!

I should add that even if we contrast with LibreWolf above, this is not at all meant as a dig or criticism. I think they have done and continue to do great contributions for the benefit of all of us. That we chose it as upstream and that it's the easiest to compare with is a testament both to how closely aligned we are and that Konform has a lot to thank Librewolf and the wider Firefox customization community for. Like they built from Librefox and Arkenfox to bring private browsing to a wider audience, so are we but the next to try help widen and deepen the browser ecosystem.

The recommended installation method is building from source but there are also binary packages for x86_64 and arm64 built by Codeberg CI. Currently Linux only, considering Android next and could use some assistance with that.

Doors open for users, testers and contributors. Looking forward to hear what you think and if there's anything missing!

^1^: Disclosure: Am dev. This is a rewritten crosspost.

^2^: This means that local full-page translation is also unavailable even if in principle it should be possible to bundle and run translations fully locally. It's just the way Mozilla built it. Patches towards allowing users to enable fully offline translations would be very welcome.

Sources: https://codeberg.org/konform-browser

Deb / RPM / Tarball / Container image

See releases for details.

Arch User Repo package

Arch User Repo binary package

Screenshot

cross-posted from: https://discuss.online/post/34432697

Show notes link, since Lemmy struggles with properly displaying posts from Castopod.