General Computer Thread

[Amaris]

I stopped using Dash to Dock when Gnome 40 was released. It took some times for this extension to be compatible and I noticed that in the end, I didn't need it. When I want to keep an app open but not on screen, I just send it to another workspace.

I could probably get used to the way Gnome works without Dash to Dock, but I am supremely lazy and set in my ways.

From what I have read, snap apps now are faster than what it used to be.

My only reserve with Snap is that Flatpak is actually more popular and I think it would be a great improvement for all Linux users to see Canonical work on Flatpak the same way Gnome improved a lot when Ubuntu gave up on Unity.

It is! Snap is so much faster now. You cannot tell the difference between a Snap and a Flatpak in terms of performance. I prefer Flatpak, too, but Canonical seems determined to hold the line this time and push Snap regardless of what desktop users keep asking. Next year, for Ubuntu 24.04, they're releasing an all Snap Ubuntu desktop alongside the current traditional desktop.

I can see them pushing to make the all Snap version as the default until the traditional mixed package distro is put into maintenance mode and discontinued, and I just don't see it going very well.

 

[Santaman]

Still on Linux Mint 21.2 with the Cinnamon desktop which is just very comfy and I'm used to it.

I did use another OS this week MS-DOS 5.1!! once in a while it's recommended to start up old machines to keep them in good health so I took my IBM AT out of storage, well okay 90% IBM AT, the casing is a Aopen HX45 miditower and the PSU is from a PS/Valuepoint.. it fired right up and everything works like it should so I'm happy.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

Interesting little bug I discovered, can't reproduce this but doing some file copy between two SSDs and in windows file explorer suddenly there is a menu bar.... I can't reproduce what caused it to appear but I wish that was there all the time.

 

[Amaris]

I wanted to take a picture of my setup, or my "battlestation."
Six years of work to get to this point, and I'm very proud of it.

 

[publiusr]

I'm hearing the Woz may have suffered a stroke in Mexico….

autocoding
https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2023/...-a-million-lines-of-code-with-copilot-ai.html

ugh....dismal times.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

I'm hearing the Woz may have suffered a stroke in Mexico..

ugh....dismal times.

It is indeed

 

[Allyn Gibson]

I've been test-driving Fedora 39 the last two days. I neither like nor dislike it, it seems perfectly fine and useable, but it's certainly spartan out of the box.

The vanilla GNOME 45 experience is actually... nice? Maybe I've finally unlearned enough that I can just go with the GNOME flow.

I wanted to take a picture of my setup, or my "battlestation."

What's the size of the monitor on the right? I need something bigger.

 

[Amaris]

I've been test-driving Fedora 39 the last two days. I neither like nor dislike it, it seems perfectly fine and useable, but it's certainly spartan out of the box.

The vanilla GNOME 45 experience is actually... nice? Maybe I've finally unlearned enough that I can just go with the GNOME flow.


What's the size of the monitor on the right? I need something bigger.

That is a 32" LG FreeSync 75Hz monitor (LG 32MN60T-B). I got it for $129 a little over two years ago on Amazon. The Gigastone right next to it is 27". It just looks small in comparison.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

There is no benefit to using wifi and ethernet at the same time and load balancing in a static desktop setup is there?

 

[Kamen Rider Blade]

There is no benefit to using wifi and ethernet at the same time and load balancing in a static desktop setup is there?

NOPE!

Stick with Wired.

WiFi is only for devices that need to be on the go.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

NOPE!

Stick with Wired.

WiFi is only for devices that need to be on the go.

Thank you that's the kind of answer I was looking for. There's lots of websites saying doing the load balancing might help with downloads of larger items and such, I felt skeptical.

 

[Amaris]

Thank you that's the kind of answer I was looking for. There's lots of websites saying doing the load balancing might help with downloads of larger items and such, I felt skeptical.

Yeah, it doesn't. It's the same bandwidth.

 

[Kamen Rider Blade]

Thank you that's the kind of answer I was looking for. There's lots of websites saying doing the load balancing might help with downloads of larger items and such, I felt skeptical.

Your bandwidth limit is mostly your Modem to to your ISP.

If you have modern WiFi or Wired Networking equipment, you should have MORE than enough bandwidth to spare.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

Gotta love the early 2000s so much experimentation going on

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I'd never even heard of this device

 

[Amaris]

Gotta love the early 2000s so much experimentation going on

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I'd never even heard of this device

The late 1990s, early 2000s was a great era of "frankensteining" and it shows. We were just throwing shit together to see what worked.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

The late 1990s, early 2000s was a great era of "frankensteining" and it shows. We were just throwing shit together to see what worked.

I wish that had been sold here I would have bought one. Had tons of pictures on floppies

 

[Amaris]

I wish that had been sold here I would have bought one. Had tons of pictures on floppies

I wanted the 5.25" bay drive that had a car stereo built in it. Never got one, but it looked cool.

 

[PlainSimpleJoel]

That is a 32" LG FreeSync 75Hz monitor (LG 32MN60T-B). I got it for $129 a little over two years ago on Amazon. The Gigastone right next to it is 27". It just looks small in comparison.

Getting a larger screen is something I am thinking of for a while. Currently have a 24 inch screen that I've had a few years now. I think it is at least 5 years old.

 

[Amaris]

Getting a larger screen is something I am thinking of for a while. Currently have a 24 inch screen that I've had a few years now. I think it is at least 5 years old.

The prices have come down hard, and people are looking at larger monitors as the norm now.

 

[Kamen Rider Blade]

Getting a larger screen is something I am thinking of for a while. Currently have a 24 inch screen that I've had a few years now. I think it is at least 5 years old.

Spoiler: Standard Display Resolutions.1-16K Base Multiples Set

1K Resolution is basically relegated to Nintendo Switch & Steam Deck levels of usage, nobody uses that anymore for modern displays generally unless it's a super tiny screen.

2K (1080P) is bog standard now.

3K (1440P) is what everybody is transitioning into after leaving 2K

4K (2160P) is for more advanced enthusiasts

5K (2880P) is Bleeding Edge Resolution for modern DeskTop Monitors, there are only a select few with resolution that high.

Spoiler: 1-16K Standard Resolutions @ Various Aspect Ratios

Here's the same 1-16K Resolutions with various Aspect Ratios factored in.