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Apple of 2019 is the Linux of 2000

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Re: Apple of 2019 is the Linux of 2000

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Post by jandrese »

paulddraper wrote: post #635
jandrese wrote: post #532

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I don't know why it would be a Weyland or X issue. Scroll speed should be controlled by the widgets, GTK in the case of GNOME. Trying to set it at the compositor level seems misguided.

Haven't used Weyland, but X is far more than "a compositor." Keyboard, mouse, touchscreen, etc.

X stops at a very low level. Scroll Wheel events in X are treated as button presses. There's no X API call to get a "scroll by this much" per Button4 or Button5 events. It wouldn't even make sense in the context. All of that is handled by libraries above the X level.

Re: Apple of 2019 is the Linux of 2000

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Post by ernst_klim »

Crinus wrote: post #472
esotericn wrote: post #291

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Gnome (3) is just a bit crap. It's the Windows DE of the GNU/Linux world. It's explicitly designed to be boring and not very customizable so that delicate users don't get scared. I use i3 and basically everything is configured via text files. Keyboard shortcuts are trivial etc. You don't need Karabiner to "rebind" because you can directly bind. You don't need to go scary tiling WM, Xfce probably works well, it's been…

> Gnome (3) is just a bit crap. It's the Windows DE of the GNU/Linux world. Windows is way WAY more customizable than Gnome 3. As an example all the issues the GP mentions are things Windows support out of the box (among many other stuff). Gnome 3 is the result of arrogant programmers pretending to be "UX designers" and act as if they were Steve Jobs without having an ounce of his skills/taste while ignoring that eve…

> Windows is way WAY more customizable than Gnome 3.

What? Last time I've tried it I couldn't even set CAPSLOCK for layout switching. Even Gnome is WAY more customizable than that nonsense.

Re: Apple of 2019 is the Linux of 2000

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Post by ernst_klim »

llimllib wrote: post #329
harshitaneja wrote: post #318

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Which version of gnome are you on? >No way to adjust mouse scroll speed; official answer seems to be "don't want that". (Or install imwheel and change your mouse scroll to be equal to hitting the down button (!) which breaks other stuff) I just checked gnome settings and it has option to change touchpad speed. Don't have a mouse so can't comment for that but it should be there. >To make an icon on the favorites bar i…

> Which version of gnome are you on? 3.24 I think? whatever the ubuntu beta is using. > I just checked gnome settings and it has option to change touchpad speed. Don't have a mouse so can't comment for that but it should be there. I can assure you it is not edit to add issue link: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-control-center/issues/3... > Open the app and right click the app icon in dock(if that is what you me…

> I can assure you it is not

I have it on vanilla Gnome 3.34

https://imgur.com/BldCTMf

Re: Apple of 2019 is the Linux of 2000

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Post by dkonofalski »

thesquib wrote: post #621
dkonofalski wrote: post #423

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>Took me a while to figure out how to remove the apps I never intend to use It took you a while to figure out how to drag an app to the trash in the same way that deleting any other file works? =/

And not to mention that you can't even remove some applications

Which applications can't you remove?

Re: Apple of 2019 is the Linux of 2000

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Post by dkonofalski »

computerex wrote: post #639
dkonofalski wrote: post #632

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>This reads like every forum post where someone has asked "how's X distro work on Y laptop" This is exactly how I felt reading that response. Yes, I'll admit that I don't have experience with every distro that's out there so there may be situations that are as the parent comment described. However, I've been using Linux on servers for 10+ years and still find desktop Linux to be a pain in the ass with the exact cavea…

When was the last time you tried to seriously use linux? Server linux and linux on personal computing devices are not the same thing at all so not sure why you brought that up. In reality most of the hardware related pain points disappeared in 2012'ish and now there are many user friendly distros that just work out of the box. My grandma uses linux.

>Server linux and linux on personal computing devices are not the same thing at all

Umm... they literally are. They're the Linux kernel except the desktop versions have a window manager running on top of them that handles the GUI which typically isn't found on a server. Drivers, packages, and scripting is all done exactly the same way on both.

You don't know what you're talking about. Please exit the conversation.

Re: Apple of 2019 is the Linux of 2000

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Post by computerex »

dkonofalski wrote: post #675
computerex wrote: post #639

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When was the last time you tried to seriously use linux? Server linux and linux on personal computing devices are not the same thing at all so not sure why you brought that up. In reality most of the hardware related pain points disappeared in 2012'ish and now there are many user friendly distros that just work out of the box. My grandma uses linux.

>Server linux and linux on personal computing devices are not the same thing at all Umm... they literally are. They're the Linux kernel except the desktop versions have a window manager running on top of them that handles the GUI which typically isn't found on a server. Drivers, packages, and scripting is all done exactly the same way on both. You don't know what you're talking about. Please exit the conversation.

> You don't know what you're talking about. Please exit the conversation.

First of all, stop with the personal attacks and inflammatory baits. Take them to reddit please. Read over these: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

> They're the Linux kernel except the desktop versions have a window manager running on top of them that handles the GUI which typically isn't found on a server.

Bingo! Servers are designed to run rock solid stable distributions with the minimum amount of software necessary to get the job done. Desktop distributions come with a desktop environment that allow the users to do things like pick a wifi network or change audio volume. At work we use alpine linux docker images which do not come with even a text editor. They are two very unique use cases. No one sane runs web servers with a full blown Ubuntu desktop distribution because the overhead would be insane. This is one of the reasons why linux servers are so common, and dominate the market share, because they don't have to run full blown desktop environments that'll never be used.

Comparing desktop linux distributions to linux servers is like comparing a ferrari to a honda civic, because both of them are internal combustion engine cars.

Re: Apple of 2019 is the Linux of 2000

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Post by _coveredInBees »

tekknik wrote: post #666
_coveredInBees wrote: post #474

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I feel exactly the same way as you. It boggles my mind that Finder is the best OSX has to offer for file management after all these decades. I find windows explorer to be far superior and more intuitive in almost all cases. What really boggles my mind is how difficult it is to simply get a text string for the current path in Finder - https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/252171/mac-finder-... I absolutely love th…

right clicking with option held is difficult? you’re not a mac user so maybe you didn’t realize this but the option key is used to modify many things (like promptless shutdown/restart/trash empty). click open a menu and press option and you’ll seem some menus entirely change. Also Finder absolutely does support showing the path, and right clicking on any node gives you the option to copy the path as a string.

Having to use a keyboard modifier and a mouse right-click and then traversing down a menu to pick the correct option to copy the path is indeed annoying. It really should be one or the other, and ideally you should be able to do the same both ways because it is a lot faster to just be able to do it via keyboard shortcuts if you are used to navigating your filemanager via keyboard. Windows also lets you Shift+right click to get a copy path option which I find equally annoying, but I can copy it using pure keyboard shortcuts very quickly (or alternately, simply clicking in the navbar and right-click, "copy"). Both of those approaches are way faster.

Even in Ubuntu, you can use Ctrl + L to get a selected file-path for your current folder in the Files application which is a lot faster than having to deal with the way Finder exposes file paths.

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Post by eropple »

disiplus wrote: post #553
eropple wrote: post #482

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That's odd. I run a 4K display at 150% and DataGrip (same codebase as IntelliJ) and VSCode look fine.

are you sure that the fonts aren't blurry ? https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-218458 https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/72759

I am, I promise. Lookin' at it right now. ;)

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Post by GordonS »

tekknik wrote: post #664
lostmsu wrote: post #350

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There is the active hours setting, and I have not seen an update fail in quite a long time (several years).

last i checked microsoft still doesn’t have scheduled boot times (granted this would likely be a bios setting on windows boxes) so i’d have to leave my PC on overnight to run the updates. it’s a bandaid, not a fix for the update problem.

You can use Task Scheduler to stop/start your PC at specific times.

Re: Apple of 2019 is the Linux of 2000

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Post by GordonS »

vbezhenar wrote: post #546
erikbye wrote: post #278

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Regarding Windows update cycle, you have the option of using LTSC, pausing updates for up to 35 days (yes, that's a built-in option now), or adjust update settings with GPO.

How can I obtain LTSC legally for reasonable price?

I think you can use it if you buy the Microsoft Action Pack, which BTW is relatively unknown, and incredible value for what you get.
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