I run different programs as different users, is it possible to have a visual indication of wether a user or another is running them ? e.g dolphin as user1, dolphin as user2, etc
It's possible to inhibit the display turn off in kde using ``kde-inhibit --power --screenSaver ``` However, I want to inhibit the display turning off only when playing media (either by spotify or a browser), and let it sleep as usual when not playing media. How could I achieve this? Is there a lower level solution that doesn't envolve the DE's setting?
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I mean the problem isn't the update process itself, it's Nvidia changing and breaking things that we have no idea. You only know when you boot up and suddenly something that was working such as a display arrangement gets messed up. After a few years using Linux you get used to cheroot using a live USB and downgrading Nvidia. Would immutable distros solve this?
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Been using arch for a long time, it never really break itself. Even changes that require manual intervention are usually minor "we have changed how java pkgs are listed please reinstall according to your needs"
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Flagships from 2018 still run smoothly and are only degraded by stupid software restrictions like these
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I meant using MOZ_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1, of course
only glitch recently is that I couldn't get multi-account containers to work. 2 years ago I couldn't even open setting's menu under wayland, so it's been evolving
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Firefox is surprisingly one of the few programs that has no/almost no glitches in wayland with nvidia.
I am troubleshooting slow boot times with KDE, and it seems that NetworkManager is taking a few seconds to boot. I found these warnings from kernelring buffer's journal: ``` Oct 06 22:08:59 archlinux kernel: r8169 0000:08:00.0: Direct firmware load for rtl_nic/rtl8168h-2.fw failed with error -2 Oct 06 22:08:59 archlinux kernel: r8169 0000:08:00.0: Unable to load firmware rtl_nic/rtl8168h-2.fw (-2) Oct 06 22:08:59 archlinux kernel: Generic FE-GE Realtek PHY r8169-0-800:00: attached PHY driver (mii_bus:phy_addr=r8169-0-800:00, irq=MAC) Oct 06 22:09:00 archlinux kernel: r8169 0000:08:00.0 enp8s0: Link is Down Oct 06 22:09:03 archlinux kernel: r8169 0000:08:00.0 enp8s0: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control rx/tx ``` ``` lspci | grep Ethernet 08:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 15) ``` Ultimately the card works, but the kernel spends some seconds trying to get it working, and it my be delaying the boot. I've tried using the 8168 module and adding iommu=soft to kernel parameters, neither worked. Does anyone else here has had this problem ?
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Nope, I tried mkinitcpio -P and bootctl in arch-croot with a live usb, reinstalling kernels, installing normal linux kernel instead of zen, only downgrading nvidia worked
Rarely something breaks my system (other than me messing with it), but this update was one of them. At first I thought it was the kernel upgrade that also came by today, but downgrading this pkg to 530 ~ made X and gdm work again
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gtile might be what I was looking for, ty
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I've tried tiling WM but they are not for me
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Yeah I use workspaces too, it's just that each of them have 2 windows placed besides each other as if each were a "normal sized" display
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Arch
I find that bugs in linux programs (and they will happen regardless of distro) are more easily tweaked in systems that do minimal modifications to upstream programs and keep them updated regularly with what the developers release
Also AUR makes it easy to install pretty much anything without having to add ppas, new repo links, etc
Using newest GNOME I want windows of newly opened programs to either go to to to the half left, or half right of the screen when opened, instead of opening in a random place/middle of the screen not maximized is it possible ?
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Ideally yes, but we know that behavior probably won't change :)
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Yep, already seeing in the family, people having to pay for their own sub now that netflix is cracking on password sharing
They knew they'd face backlash with this decision, but the average person just want to turn on the TV and watch something, so they'd keep paying for that instead of suddenly learning how to pirate things, or move on to other streaming services
It's a short term measure. Long term is: will it have enough exclusive content that makes it worth it?
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At this point, it's only going to get worse. It's a very large Venture Capital backed company, on track to IPO.
Large VC/public companies goals will follow more of what we see with "mainstream" sites and social media. It'd be against their goals and their business to have less ads, less agorithms showing what their partners want to see and not what the user wants to see, less bloat on their front end. Even if the CEO wanted to go that way, he'd quickly be replaced.
It's a self sustaining movement of capital now and users are annoyances that they have to deal to achieve their goals.
I'll be honest, I started using redding decade ago because most forums were very niche, specific, with weird to follow rules, very low on users, and reddit seemed to always have a community for each topic I had an interest on. It still does, but the end is approaching fast, and I don't want to search Discord servers, social media videos, or even ancient methods that are alternatives like IRC servers, mailing lists ; search results are useless in Google due to SEO and already affect other search engines
It all comes up to finding one or more sites that don't look ancient or too mobile focused, and if enough people are going to use it and stick to it. Otherwise it'll just be another corner of the web filled with a few crazy users
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If you choose Arch/Arch based, or choose to install one of its supported kernels, NTFS support is integrated into the mainline kernel since version 5.15
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NTFS
So you'd be able to use your already existing disk/partitions that have NTFS. Of course you'd still need to install the OS in another partition.
I tried to keep NTFS around when I switched, but ext4 is much better for spinning disks and support for whole disk encryption (LUKS) is also another pro that made me switch everything after a while