Does anyone know of a FOSS version of this (android keyboard with hexagonal keys?)
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    7mo ago 100%

    I use Microsoft SwiftKey for the same reasons, find it hard to switch or get used to anything else.

    Having used SwiftKey since before Microsoft acquired them, I'm a little annoyed at all the shit they've tacked onto the keyboard (like no, I don't need Bing and ChatGPT in my keyboard, thank you very much). But nothing else let's me mix languages in the same way as SwiftKey.

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    Danilo Krummrich of Redhat confirms start of Nova, a Rust-based GSP-only driver for Nvidia GPUs
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    7mo ago 100%

    It's an NVIDIA specific term that is the abbreviation for GPU System Processor. It's a RISC-V core that does all sorts of management tasks on a modern Nvidia card, mostly related to task setup, resource allocation, context switching, adjusting clock speeds, etc.

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    Fanless linux laptop
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    7mo ago 100%

    I bought a used gen1 Thinkpad X1 Nano. It is super light (<1kg), works flawless out of the box with Linux, and while I think it does have a fan I've never noticed it.

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  • GeForce Now adding ads for free users.
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    8mo ago 100%

    I don't mind this. It's unreasonable to expect them to provide a free service forever without any kind of monetization.

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  • Shiiieeettt.......
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    8mo ago 87%

    In a lot of modern work flows this is incompatible with the development pattern.

    For example, at my job we have to roll a test release through CI that we then have to deploy to a test kubernetes cluster. You can't even do that if the build is failing because of linting issues.

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    Is it possible to create an OS that simply automatically runs .exe files through WINE/Proton/Bottles?
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    If that's your attitude, then I don't think this is going to work out.

    Wine is not a company. People building and fixing Wine to support a specific piece of software are largely volunteers. Noone works at Wine. Noone does product support. It's a free service created by volunteers.

    That's how most Linux software gets built. And none of these people owe you anything. No support, no easy to use config.

    Frankly, you sound incredibly entitled and unwilling to listen and learn to everyone here who's tried to help you.

    To answer your original question: there's no one global way to make Wine run all software out of the box. That's why Valve spends so much time tuning different setups of Wine for all the games they support. CodeWeavers to some extent does that for non game software.

    Doing this for the wide variety of Windows software out there is an impossibly large task and frankly out of scope for what most Linux distributions have as a goal or intended use case. If you want to run Windows software on Linux, there are many different projects that try to package or help you install the most popular things. But other than that, you're free to try on your own.

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  • Every language has its niche
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    wim
    8mo ago 100%

    I never did Rails but I used Ruby for many personal projects in the 2000s.

    When showing stuff to my coworkers or friends, I often joked how I tried to make my code look like it was already gzipped.

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  • good luck little buddy, see you in 5 years
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    8mo ago 100%

    Depends heavily on the market segment. I also work in Europe and in my 15 years as a software developer (the first 6-7 as C/C++ developer) I've never seen anyone use Visual Studio.

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    I recently was in the market for a new dishwasher.

    I compared the EU eco labels (which are based on water and energy use).

    Buying the worst possible eco label currently on the market, and comparing it against the best two:

    • A label dishwashers cost almost twice as much (up to €400 more)
    • ombined energy and water costs saved over the lifetime of the device (which I optimistically set for 10 years at three cycles a week) is less than €100 euros
    • If you're not into money, but more concerned about the planet, think about it this way: how much damage could €100 in energy and water spread over 10y really be causing our planet?
    • These savings are only achieved if you use the most ecological program, which fails at it's primary job, which is cleaning dishes.

    If I could find a decent 90s model for which parts were still widely available, I'd buy that instead. I truly doubt that burning through these poorly made newer devices are sufficiently more ecological than just using a old machine for a longer time.

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    Windows Mixed Reality to be removed in Windows 11 24H2
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    8mo ago 100%

    I have one of these, but only use it for SteamVR. Does this mean I can't update either?

    AFAIK, the drivers come from Windows.

    Edit:

    From the article:

    Existing Windows Mixed Reality devices will continue to work with Steam through November 2026, if users remain on their current released version of Windows 11 (version 23H2) and do not upgrade to this year’s annual feature update for Windows 11 (version 24H2). This deprecation does not impact HoloLens.

    Well fuck. This headset is the only reason I keep a Windows PC around at all.

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    Linux Boomers
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    10mo ago 100%

    To quote the author himself:

    Great, do whatever you want. Just shut the fuck up about it, nobody cares.

    But then he proceeds to do the exact opposite and posts a vitriolic rant about how everyone who doesn't use what they use is, in their words, and idiot.

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    Thank you all so much for keeping me on the Linux train!
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    10mo ago 100%

    I used them as well, and I know of at least 3 more coworkers who use them as well.

    I got started when I got one for free with a used computer I bought. I've since then switch full time to using an MX Ergo (like OP) on my desktop, and a cheaper M575 I keep in my laptop bag.

    I even game with them, and haven't touched a computer mouse in probably 2 years.

    The MX Ergo is far superior to any other I've used, highly recommended.

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    Just install EndeavorOS lol
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    11mo ago 100%

    My lifecycle was roughly Gentoo, Mandrake, SUSE, Debian (sid), Arch, Vector, Arch, Debian (testing), Ubuntu, OpenSUSE, Arch, Ubuntu, Manjaro, Fedora, and finally Debian (stable).

    I used to like to mess around with the newest shiniest software but now I just want it to not be broken.

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  • Hi all, I'm in the market for a new big desktop replacement gaming laptop, and looking at the market there are almost exclusively Nvidia powered. I was wondering about the state of their new open-source driver. Can I run a plain vanilla kernel with only open source / upstream packages and drivers and expect to get a good experience? How is battery life, performance? Does DRI Prime and Vulkan based GPU selection "just work"? The only alternative new for my market is a device with an Intel Arc A730M, which I currently think is going to be the one I end up buying. **Edit 19/11**: Thanks for all the feedback everyone! Since the reactions were quite mixed - "it works perfectly for me" vs "it's a unmaintainable mess that breaks all the time", I'm going to err on the side of caution and look elsewhere. I found a used laptop with an AMD Radeon RX 6700M, which I'm going to check out the coming days. If not, I've also found Alienware sells their m16 laptop with an RX 7600M XT, which might be a good buy for me (I currently still rock an Alienware 17R1 from 2013 with an MXM card from a decomissioned industrial computer in it).

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