Peter Lustig’s unlustiger verschollener Sohn mit weirden Interessen und Gadsen.
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Peter Lustig used to be the moderator in an old German kids science and nature series called “Löwenzahn” (Dandelion) who shaped our generation.
He also shaped my childhood, and I want to honour him.
My real name also isn’t “Günther”, it’s just a reference to “Olaf, Olaf, Olaf, Günther” from Spongebob: The Movie, because I wanted it to sound like a real name and it makes conversations easier.
I’ve had something similar a while ago. Trying a different distro or doing stuff on the software side didn’t help.
What fixed the issue was getting a new hard drive because the old one was breaking down.
But maybe try other approaches first
None at all tbh, at least if you use the PC alone and don’t share a lot of stuff with Windows devices. If you do, then maybe scan .exe or other files (e-mail attatchments, etc.) with ClamAV or similar to prevent spreading stuff.
You usually don’t need AV software because you install stuff differently than on Windows. You don’t hunt .exe-files from random internet sites, thats irresponsible even for Windows.
You install your apps directly from your software center (a frontend for Flatpaks and repo software), where they usually are pretty safe.
Also, sandboxing is a thing. The prefered way for most people (and often default) is via Flatpak, where apps are restricted on what they can access and do. You can lock them down even further if you want.
There are more ways of sandboxing, but those are not so relevant here right now.
Also:
Does it offer Nextcloud integration?
While I definitely do not want a LLM (especially not Open AI or whatever) to have access to my terminal or other stuff on my PC, and in general don’t have any use for that, I find it cool that something like this is available now.
Remember, it’s totally optional and nobody forces you to download that stuff. You have the choice to ignore it, and that’s the great thing about Linux!
While I definitely do not want a LLM (especially not Open AI or whatever) to have access to my terminal or other stuff on my PC, and in general don’t have any use for that, I find it cool that something like this is available now.
Remember, it’s totally optional and nobody forces you to download that stuff. You have the choice to ignore it, and that’s the great thing about Linux!
It doesn’t matter much if you choose a “all purpose” or “gaming” distro. They are mostly the same.
I’m personally a huge fan of Bazzite. It just works and you get a very robust and user friendly piece of software.
Obsidian or Logseq.
I’ve used Logseq for my lab journal, thoughts, and whatsoever, and it works excellent for that.
It can be tricky tho if you want to collaborate, because the sync isn’t perfect yet, but the devs are working really hard on it
Fuck lawns!
Have you considered native pollinator meadows, moss gardens or clover? They have an actual use for nature too, are pretty much zero maintenance and are not just eye candy 😉
Fedora Atomic because I don’t fucking care what package manager and whatnot sits underneath.
I just wanna relax in my free time and not worry about all this fucking nerd stuff.
Touching grass > Troubleshooting a broken system
Kvaesitso is totally underrated and fucking awesome. Can 100% recommend it and is totally unique.
Does this count too?
I already posted this on !balconygardening@slrpnk.net. .
I’m purposefully growing duckweed on my balcony.
I’m doing !hydroponics@slrpnk.net, and by doing that, I have lots of waste water with still good fertilizer in it.
Duckweed is one of the fastest growing, nutrient densest and least demanding plant out there, and you can just scoop it out with a strainer.
It’s exponentially growing and if you don’t wanna eat it, it makes great organic fertiliser or animal feed with lots of protein and micronutients!
CasaOS isn’t an OS, it’s just the web interface you install afterwards you have Debian or whatever running
I can recommend you Debian, since it’s the “default” for many servers and has a lot of documentation and an extremely big userbase.
For web interfaces, I can recommend you, as you already mentioned, CasaOS and Cockpit.
I used CasaOS in the beginning and liked it, but nowadays, I mostly use Cockpit, where I have the feeling that it integrates the host system more, and allows me to do most of my maintenance (updating, etc.) quite easily.
CasaOS is more aesthetic imo, and allows you to install docker containers graphically, which is better for beginners.
I personally do my docker stuff mostly via CLI (docker compose file) nowadays, because I find it more straightforward, but the configuration CasaOS offers is easier to understand and has nice defaults
Thanks for the summary!
I’m constantly switching between Gnome and KDE (Bluefin, Aurora, Bazzite, Kinoite, Silverblue, whatever) and I never had any issues.
The only thing that gets messed up a bit is theming, where I have to change the GTK theme, and sometimes the window buttons when I go from KDE to Gnome, which is also reverted in just one click in Gnome tweaks.
100% AMD, for sure. AMD won’t make much problems and works ootb.
Nvidia on the other hand… if you already have a Nvidia GPU, then the proprietary drivers work pretty well, but even those won’t work flawlessly and still cause problems for many people.
And the FOSS drivers are still in the early stages and won’t cut it. So why spend lots of money for a piece of hardware that won’t give you the performance you paid for?
Also, Nvidia clearly doesn’t care about PCs or its’ users, so why support such a shitty company with your money?
I would recommend you either Aurora or Bluefin.
Both are pretty much the same, but differ in their desktop environment.
Traditionally, Gnome (Bluefin) always has been the champion in terms of being tablet-like, but from what I’ve heard, KDE has surpassed Gnome in terms of how well it works as a tablet UI.
You can install the one or the other, and then later “rebase” to the other variant without needing to reinstall anything if you want to try the “competitor” or if you’re unhappy.
This basically switches out the base system, but your installed apps and pictures are decoupled and kept. Like just doing a big update :D
Why do I recommend you exactly that, and not just base Fedora or Kubuntu or whatever?
Simple - you need to install the linux-surface kernel (and stuff), because without it, nothing will work, no stylus, no sleep, no battery, basically nothing.
But said modified kernel is nothing ordinary, and might shit itself randomly.
Not only would you have to install everything by hand, which was a task that not only let me return to Windows once, but twice as Linux noob! It also causes a lot of headache when you have to spend your evening fixing it via CLI or whatever.
Here uBlue comes handy: you can “fix” your system with just one click.
You don’t even have to do manual updates or whatever, everything is done in the background for you, just like on your smartphone.
You have to select the “I have a Surface device” option, and then everything comes pre-bundled and (hopefully) just werks™
I don’t know 🤷
🤷
I believe KDE is better, because it has many wacom tablet input settings and features, but I sold that crappy Surface ages ago when Gnome was the obvious choice. The 🤷 also applies here I guess, because it was two years ago and felt like a completely different age compared to today.
Cool! You should also repost this on !selfhosting@slrpnk.net, that would fit very nicely there :)