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  1. @mwichary

    Each #xfce4 release feels more stable and polished, without revolutionary changes. Updating it always feels like an improvement.

  2. @mwichary

    Each #xfce4 release feels more stable and polished, without revolutionary changes. Updating it always feels like an improvement.

  3. @mwichary

    Each #xfce4 release feels more stable and polished, without revolutionary changes. Updating it always feels like an improvement.

  4. @mwichary

    Each #xfce4 release feels more stable and polished, without revolutionary changes. Updating it always feels like an improvement.

  5. @mwichary

    Each #xfce4 release feels more stable and polished, without revolutionary changes. Updating it always feels like an improvement.

  6. #goodtoknow :
    When opening a folder (like Downloads) from within #Tor #browser, the file manager suddenly has a different (serif) font. 😲

    **Which is quite clever!**

    So you know you're in the browser's sandbox environment. 🤓

    On #xfce4 this affects /all/ applications started from within that sandboxed #Thunar, btw.

  7. #goodtoknow :
    When opening a folder (like Downloads) from within #Tor #browser, the file manager suddenly has a different (serif) font. 😲

    **Which is quite clever!**

    So you know you're in the browser's sandbox environment. 🤓

    On #xfce4 this affects /all/ applications started from within that sandboxed #Thunar, btw.

  8. #goodtoknow :
    When opening a folder (like Downloads) from within #Tor #browser, the file manager suddenly has a different (serif) font. 😲

    **Which is quite clever!**

    So you know you're in the browser's sandbox environment. 🤓

    On #xfce4 this affects /all/ applications started from within that sandboxed #Thunar, btw.

  9. #goodtoknow :
    When opening a folder (like Downloads) from within #Tor #browser, the file manager suddenly has a different (serif) font. 😲

    **Which is quite clever!**

    So you know you're in the browser's sandbox environment. 🤓

    On #xfce4 this affects /all/ applications started from within that sandboxed #Thunar, btw.

  10. It's been a while since I've used #Linux. Excited to join the #ArchLinux crowd, with #XFCE4 on a new #ThinkPad as my primary computer.

  11. It's been a while since I've used #Linux. Excited to join the #ArchLinux crowd, with #XFCE4 on a new #ThinkPad as my primary computer.

  12. It's been a while since I've used #Linux. Excited to join the #ArchLinux crowd, with #XFCE4 on a new #ThinkPad as my primary computer.

  13. It's been a while since I've used #Linux. Excited to join the #ArchLinux crowd, with #XFCE4 on a new #ThinkPad as my primary computer.

  14. It's been a while since I've used #Linux. Excited to join the #ArchLinux crowd, with #XFCE4 on a new #ThinkPad as my primary computer.

  15. update: i updated the firmware using this script: docs.mrchromebox.tech/docs/fws

    the fact that this #chromebook was completely capable of running modern firmware, but the stock firmware topped out about ~20 updates ago, really opened my eyes to the planned obsolescence in consumer tech

    i'm dual booting #xubuntu thru chrx.org/ as a proof of concept to just play around and see what the hardware is capable of

    the chromeos partition uses up a whole 10 GIGABYTES. this laptop only has like, 32gb storage or something lol. it's insane. eventually i'm gonna flash it with a full UEFI ROM and do away with chromeos entirely.

    unsure what distro i'll go for after that. i'm running xubuntu with #xfce4 right now thru chrx. i daily drive #linuxmint but i worry it would be too heavy for this system, even if i went for debian edition.

    i like #xfce4 in that it's similar to cinnamon. and tbh i might actually prefer thunar over nemo as a file manager.

    anyone have recs for a lightweight #linux distro? ik there's loads of options but i don't have much experience with them.

  16. update: i updated the firmware using this script: docs.mrchromebox.tech/docs/fws

    the fact that this #chromebook was completely capable of running modern firmware, but the stock firmware topped out about ~20 updates ago, really opened my eyes to the planned obsolescence in consumer tech

    i'm dual booting #xubuntu thru chrx.org/ as a proof of concept to just play around and see what the hardware is capable of

    the chromeos partition uses up a whole 10 GIGABYTES. this laptop only has like, 32gb storage or something lol. it's insane. eventually i'm gonna flash it with a full UEFI ROM and do away with chromeos entirely.

    unsure what distro i'll go for after that. i'm running xubuntu with #xfce4 right now thru chrx. i daily drive #linuxmint but i worry it would be too heavy for this system, even if i went for debian edition.

    i like #xfce4 in that it's similar to cinnamon. and tbh i might actually prefer thunar over nemo as a file manager.

    anyone have recs for a lightweight #linux distro? ik there's loads of options but i don't have much experience with them.

  17. update: i updated the firmware using this script: docs.mrchromebox.tech/docs/fws

    the fact that this #chromebook was completely capable of running modern firmware, but the stock firmware topped out about ~20 updates ago, really opened my eyes to the planned obsolescence in consumer tech

    i'm dual booting #xubuntu thru chrx.org/ as a proof of concept to just play around and see what the hardware is capable of

    the chromeos partition uses up a whole 10 GIGABYTES. this laptop only has like, 32gb storage or something lol. it's insane. eventually i'm gonna flash it with a full UEFI ROM and do away with chromeos entirely.

    unsure what distro i'll go for after that. i'm running xubuntu with #xfce4 right now thru chrx. i daily drive #linuxmint but i worry it would be too heavy for this system, even if i went for debian edition.

    i like #xfce4 in that it's similar to cinnamon. and tbh i might actually prefer thunar over nemo as a file manager.

    anyone have recs for a lightweight #linux distro? ik there's loads of options but i don't have much experience with them.

  18. update: i updated the firmware using this script: docs.mrchromebox.tech/docs/fws

    the fact that this #chromebook was completely capable of running modern firmware, but the stock firmware topped out about ~20 updates ago, really opened my eyes to the planned obsolescence in consumer tech

    i'm dual booting #xubuntu thru chrx.org/ as a proof of concept to just play around and see what the hardware is capable of

    the chromeos partition uses up a whole 10 GIGABYTES. this laptop only has like, 32gb storage or something lol. it's insane. eventually i'm gonna flash it with a full UEFI ROM and do away with chromeos entirely.

    unsure what distro i'll go for after that. i'm running xubuntu with #xfce4 right now thru chrx. i daily drive #linuxmint but i worry it would be too heavy for this system, even if i went for debian edition.

    i like #xfce4 in that it's similar to cinnamon. and tbh i might actually prefer thunar over nemo as a file manager.

    anyone have recs for a lightweight #linux distro? ik there's loads of options but i don't have much experience with them.

  19. update: i updated the firmware using this script: docs.mrchromebox.tech/docs/fws

    the fact that this #chromebook was completely capable of running modern firmware, but the stock firmware topped out about ~20 updates ago, really opened my eyes to the planned obsolescence in consumer tech

    i'm dual booting #xubuntu thru chrx.org/ as a proof of concept to just play around and see what the hardware is capable of

    the chromeos partition uses up a whole 10 GIGABYTES. this laptop only has like, 32gb storage or something lol. it's insane. eventually i'm gonna flash it with a full UEFI ROM and do away with chromeos entirely.

    unsure what distro i'll go for after that. i'm running xubuntu with #xfce4 right now thru chrx. i daily drive #linuxmint but i worry it would be too heavy for this system, even if i went for debian edition.

    i like #xfce4 in that it's similar to cinnamon. and tbh i might actually prefer thunar over nemo as a file manager.

    anyone have recs for a lightweight #linux distro? ik there's loads of options but i don't have much experience with them.

  20. I know a lot of people complain about it, but I don't have any major objections to #Wayland so I've been working (here and there) to migrate my laptop to it. In X11, I've mostly settled on a cobbled-together mix of #i3 and #xfce4 rather than any of the Desktop Environment suites (and that's probably at the heart of the problem). However, the Wayland landscape just isn't at the same level of maturity as Xorg yet.

    • The obvious replacement for i3 is sway, but xfce4-panel doesn't work with this because of a missing extension.
    • The other major compositor that's in Debian and works is Hyprland. Leaving aside the ethics of that, you can't even really use hyprpm (the plugin manager) because you need to manually install so many -dev packages

    So, for now, I'll stick with the devil I know.

  21. I know a lot of people complain about it, but I don't have any major objections to #Wayland so I've been working (here and there) to migrate my laptop to it. In X11, I've mostly settled on a cobbled-together mix of #i3 and #xfce4 rather than any of the Desktop Environment suites (and that's probably at the heart of the problem). However, the Wayland landscape just isn't at the same level of maturity as Xorg yet.

    • The obvious replacement for i3 is sway, but xfce4-panel doesn't work with this because of a missing extension.
    • The other major compositor that's in Debian and works is Hyprland. Leaving aside the ethics of that, you can't even really use hyprpm (the plugin manager) because you need to manually install so many -dev packages

    So, for now, I'll stick with the devil I know.

  22. I've just installed Cairo Dock in my SBC Raspberry Pi5, using pi-packages the Add/Remove software utility.

    What a mess I created.

    Cairo Dock could not work properly. The gfx output indicated that it rendered in a manner that Wayland does not like.
    I could see the window borders of the Dock which are invisible on Xorg in MX-Linux. Cairo Dock collapsed and expanded horizontally when you moved the mouse over it, with none of the applets reacting properly. They did not spawn the programs they were representing

    I then proceded with sudo apt install cairo-doc from bash, after removal in pi-packages.
    All dependecies were easily installed, but the rendering of my beloved Cairo dock still failed, making it still unusuable, in Wayland on the Pi5 SBC with 8GiB RAM

    I will investigate, but for now I can't get the gorgeous Cairo dock to easily work on Wayland on the SBC Raspberry Pi5

    #Cairo #dock #library #Wayland #KDE #Gnome #Xfce4 #airdrop #localsend #kdeconnect #ftp #Linux #Raspberry #Pi5 #ARM #SBC #programming #opensource #technology

  23. I've just installed Cairo Dock in my SBC Raspberry Pi5, using pi-packages the Add/Remove software utility.

    What a mess I created.

    Cairo Dock could not work properly. The gfx output indicated that it rendered in a manner that Wayland does not like.
    I could see the window borders of the Dock which are invisible on Xorg in MX-Linux. Cairo Dock collapsed and expanded horizontally when you moved the mouse over it, with none of the applets reacting properly. They did not spawn the programs they were representing

    I then proceded with sudo apt install cairo-doc from bash, after removal in pi-packages.
    All dependecies were easily installed, but the rendering of my beloved Cairo dock still failed, making it still unusuable, in Wayland on the Pi5 SBC with 8GiB RAM

    I will investigate, but for now I can't get the gorgeous Cairo dock to easily work on Wayland on the SBC Raspberry Pi5

    #Cairo #dock #library #Wayland #KDE #Gnome #Xfce4 #airdrop #localsend #kdeconnect #ftp #Linux #Raspberry #Pi5 #ARM #SBC #programming #opensource #technology

  24. I've just installed Cairo Dock in my SBC Raspberry Pi5, using pi-packages the Add/Remove software utility.

    What a mess I created.

    Cairo Dock could not work properly. The gfx output indicated that it rendered in a manner that Wayland does not like.
    I could see the window borders of the Dock which are invisible on Xorg in MX-Linux. Cairo Dock collapsed and expanded horizontally when you moved the mouse over it, with none of the applets reacting properly. They did not spawn the programs they were representing

    I then proceded with sudo apt install cairo-doc from bash, after removal in pi-packages.
    All dependecies were easily installed, but the rendering of my beloved Cairo dock still failed, making it still unusuable, in Wayland on the Pi5 SBC with 8GiB RAM

    I will investigate, but for now I can't get the gorgeous Cairo dock to easily work on Wayland on the SBC Raspberry Pi5

    #Cairo #dock #library #Wayland #KDE #Gnome #Xfce4 #airdrop #localsend #kdeconnect #ftp #Linux #Raspberry #Pi5 #ARM #SBC #programming #opensource #technology

  25. I've just installed Cairo Dock in my SBC Raspberry Pi5, using pi-packages the Add/Remove software utility.

    What a mess I created.

    Cairo Dock could not work properly. The gfx output indicated that it rendered in a manner that Wayland does not like.
    I could see the window borders of the Dock which are invisible on Xorg in MX-Linux. Cairo Dock collapsed and expanded horizontally when you moved the mouse over it, with none of the applets reacting properly. They did not spawn the programs they were representing

    I then proceded with sudo apt install cairo-doc from bash, after removal in pi-packages.
    All dependecies were easily installed, but the rendering of my beloved Cairo dock still failed, making it still unusuable, in Wayland on the Pi5 SBC with 8GiB RAM

    I will investigate, but for now I can't get the gorgeous Cairo dock to easily work on Wayland on the SBC Raspberry Pi5

    #Cairo #dock #library #Wayland #KDE #Gnome #Xfce4 #airdrop #localsend #kdeconnect #ftp #Linux #Raspberry #Pi5 #ARM #SBC #programming #opensource #technology

  26. I've just installed Cairo Dock in my SBC Raspberry Pi5, using pi-packages the Add/Remove software utility.

    What a mess I created.

    Cairo Dock could not work properly. The gfx output indicated that it rendered in a manner that Wayland does not like.
    I could see the window borders of the Dock which are invisible on Xorg in MX-Linux. Cairo Dock collapsed and expanded horizontally when you moved the mouse over it, with none of the applets reacting properly. They did not spawn the programs they were representing

    I then proceded with sudo apt install cairo-doc from bash, after removal in pi-packages.
    All dependecies were easily installed, but the rendering of my beloved Cairo dock still failed, making it still unusuable, in Wayland on the Pi5 SBC with 8GiB RAM

    I will investigate, but for now I can't get the gorgeous Cairo dock to easily work on Wayland on the SBC Raspberry Pi5

    #Cairo #dock #library #Wayland #KDE #Gnome #Xfce4 #airdrop #localsend #kdeconnect #ftp #Linux #Raspberry #Pi5 #ARM #SBC #programming #opensource #technology

  27. @DevWouter

    Another excellent perspective on the subject at hand

    This is what I Love 💕 about the FediVerse. Dynamic and open discussions on various matters in a civil way

    #KDE #Gnome #Cairo #library #Xfce4 #Love #Universal #airdrop #localsend #kdeconnect #ftp #Linux #ARM #SBC #programming #opensource #technology

  28. @DevWouter

    Another excellent perspective on the subject at hand

    This is what I Love 💕 about the FediVerse. Dynamic and open discussions on various matters in a civil way

    #KDE #Gnome #Cairo #library #Xfce4 #Love #Universal #airdrop #localsend #kdeconnect #ftp #Linux #ARM #SBC #programming #opensource #technology

  29. @DevWouter

    Another excellent perspective on the subject at hand

    This is what I Love 💕 about the FediVerse. Dynamic and open discussions on various matters in a civil way

    #KDE #Gnome #Cairo #library #Xfce4 #Love #Universal #airdrop #localsend #kdeconnect #ftp #Linux #ARM #SBC #programming #opensource #technology

  30. @DevWouter

    Another excellent perspective on the subject at hand

    This is what I Love 💕 about the FediVerse. Dynamic and open discussions on various matters in a civil way

    #KDE #Gnome #Cairo #library #Xfce4 #Love #Universal #airdrop #localsend #kdeconnect #ftp #Linux #ARM #SBC #programming #opensource #technology

  31. @DevWouter

    Another excellent perspective on the subject at hand

    This is what I Love 💕 about the FediVerse. Dynamic and open discussions on various matters in a civil way

    #KDE #Gnome #Cairo #library #Xfce4 #Love #Universal #airdrop #localsend #kdeconnect #ftp #Linux #ARM #SBC #programming #opensource #technology

  32. @florke64

    I've read your responses to my toot twice. Thank you 💕 for reacting.

    IMHO your though process does not justify the hate you've got for localsend.

    Your hate towards, the for you unknown program, localsend is **unfounded*"

    Cherish the fact that there is choice and diversity in OpenSource programming.

    Stable release versions for synchronizing files exist since the 1970s, not the 1990s. You've clearly not been around long enough to realize that fact **

    Ever since plain simple sh existed, such programs were coded. One such program was coded more than fifty years ago and is still in active use.

    Please be so kind to use wisdom and intelligence when you react and respond to toots. You acted like a typical snobbish Linux user. Reactions like yours don't contribute anything positive, no one learns from toots like the ones you posted in this thread.

    I've never had such responses from the people in the BSD range of Operating Systems.

    Even here on the FediVerse the diverse responses from Linux only users and programmers were not of such nature and low caliber.

    I'm surprised, yet paradoxically expected your motivational chain.

    ** If you have been around long enough, to know open source code from the 1970s, look in the mirror and ask yourself why you have reacted in such a manner .

    I will still wish you a good day / night, wherever you may reside.

    EOF
    ^Z

    #KDE #Gnome #Cairo #library #Xfce4 #airdrop #localsend #kdeconnect #ftp #Linux #ARM #SBC #programming #opensource #technology

  33. @florke64

    I've read your responses to my toot twice. Thank you 💕 for reacting.

    IMHO your though process does not justify the hate you've got for localsend.

    Your hate towards, the for you unknown program, localsend is **unfounded*"

    Cherish the fact that there is choice and diversity in OpenSource programming.

    Stable release versions for synchronizing files exist since the 1970s, not the 1990s. You've clearly not been around long enough to realize that fact **

    Ever since plain simple sh existed, such programs were coded. One such program was coded more than fifty years ago and is still in active use.

    Please be so kind to use wisdom and intelligence when you react and respond to toots. You acted like a typical snobbish Linux user. Reactions like yours don't contribute anything positive, no one learns from toots like the ones you posted in this thread.

    I've never had such responses from the people in the BSD range of Operating Systems.

    Even here on the FediVerse the diverse responses from Linux only users and programmers were not of such nature and low caliber.

    I'm surprised, yet paradoxically expected your motivational chain.

    ** If you have been around long enough, to know open source code from the 1970s, look in the mirror and ask yourself why you have reacted in such a manner .

    I will still wish you a good day / night, wherever you may reside.

    EOF
    ^Z

    #KDE #Gnome #Cairo #library #Xfce4 #airdrop #localsend #kdeconnect #ftp #Linux #ARM #SBC #programming #opensource #technology

  34. @florke64

    I've read your responses to my toot twice. Thank you 💕 for reacting.

    IMHO your though process does not justify the hate you've got for localsend.

    Your hate towards, the for you unknown program, localsend is **unfounded*"

    Cherish the fact that there is choice and diversity in OpenSource programming.

    Stable release versions for synchronizing files exist since the 1970s, not the 1990s. You've clearly not been around long enough to realize that fact **

    Ever since plain simple sh existed, such programs were coded. One such program was coded more than fifty years ago and is still in active use.

    Please be so kind to use wisdom and intelligence when you react and respond to toots. You acted like a typical snobbish Linux user. Reactions like yours don't contribute anything positive, no one learns from toots like the ones you posted in this thread.

    I've never had such responses from the people in the BSD range of Operating Systems.

    Even here on the FediVerse the diverse responses from Linux only users and programmers were not of such nature and low caliber.

    I'm surprised, yet paradoxically expected your motivational chain.

    ** If you have been around long enough, to know open source code from the 1970s, look in the mirror and ask yourself why you have reacted in such a manner .

    I will still wish you a good day / night, wherever you may reside.

    EOF
    ^Z

    #KDE #Gnome #Cairo #library #Xfce4 #airdrop #localsend #kdeconnect #ftp #Linux #ARM #SBC #programming #opensource #technology

  35. @florke64

    I've read your responses to my toot twice. Thank you 💕 for reacting.

    IMHO your though process does not justify the hate you've got for localsend.

    Your hate towards, the for you unknown program, localsend is **unfounded*"

    Cherish the fact that there is choice and diversity in OpenSource programming.

    Stable release versions for synchronizing files exist since the 1970s, not the 1990s. You've clearly not been around long enough to realize that fact **

    Ever since plain simple sh existed, such programs were coded. One such program was coded more than fifty years ago and is still in active use.

    Please be so kind to use wisdom and intelligence when you react and respond to toots. You acted like a typical snobbish Linux user. Reactions like yours don't contribute anything positive, no one learns from toots like the ones you posted in this thread.

    I've never had such responses from the people in the BSD range of Operating Systems.

    Even here on the FediVerse the diverse responses from Linux only users and programmers were not of such nature and low caliber.

    I'm surprised, yet paradoxically expected your motivational chain.

    ** If you have been around long enough, to know open source code from the 1970s, look in the mirror and ask yourself why you have reacted in such a manner .

    I will still wish you a good day / night, wherever you may reside.

    EOF
    ^Z

    #KDE #Gnome #Cairo #library #Xfce4 #airdrop #localsend #kdeconnect #ftp #Linux #ARM #SBC #programming #opensource #technology

  36. @florke64

    I've read your responses to my toot twice. Thank you 💕 for reacting.

    IMHO your though process does not justify the hate you've got for localsend.

    Your hate towards, the for you unknown program, localsend is **unfounded*"

    Cherish the fact that there is choice and diversity in OpenSource programming.

    Stable release versions for synchronizing files exist since the 1970s, not the 1990s. You've clearly not been around long enough to realize that fact **

    Ever since plain simple sh existed, such programs were coded. One such program was coded more than fifty years ago and is still in active use.

    Please be so kind to use wisdom and intelligence when you react and respond to toots. You acted like a typical snobbish Linux user. Reactions like yours don't contribute anything positive, no one learns from toots like the ones you posted in this thread.

    I've never had such responses from the people in the BSD range of Operating Systems.

    Even here on the FediVerse the diverse responses from Linux only users and programmers were not of such nature and low caliber.

    I'm surprised, yet paradoxically expected your motivational chain.

    ** If you have been around long enough, to know open source code from the 1970s, look in the mirror and ask yourself why you have reacted in such a manner .

    I will still wish you a good day / night, wherever you may reside.

    EOF
    ^Z

    #KDE #Gnome #Cairo #library #Xfce4 #airdrop #localsend #kdeconnect #ftp #Linux #ARM #SBC #programming #opensource #technology