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#Keepita #Linux #Windows12 #Windows11 #Tux #LinuxMemes #OpenSource #Privacy #SwitchToLinux #TechHumor #Meme #BuildInPublic #YearOfTheLinuxDesktop

#Keepita #Linux #Windows12 #Windows11 #Tux #LinuxMemes #OpenSource #Privacy #SwitchToLinux #TechHumor #Meme #BuildInPublic #YearOfTheLinuxDesktop

The Linux Anthem

The broad left sing "The Internationale".
The Brits sing of ruling the seas.
The French of pouring the blood of their enemies upon the fields.
Aussie yobbos chant the chorus to "Am I Ever Going To See Your Face Again".

Linux Users got to sing together in solidarity.

Make a Linux Anthem to echo off the concrete, in Washington DC restaurants, in homeless camps under bridges, as we electric scooter towards the #YearOfTheLinuxDesktop?
#LinuxPromotion
https://youtube.com/watch?v=3-VZP1pCIL8

This is kind of more useful than a Copilot button.

#yearofthelinuxdesktop

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Paroxia/116170196975222363

Anda, mira, por fin hemos llegado al año del Linux Desktop.

Yo hace ya cuatro meses que vacié por completo el PC y me instalé Omarchy Linux y no he mirado atrás. Tengo todo funcionando igual que en Windows, con cero bloatware, cero IA embutida en todas partes, y sin MicroSlop espiando todo lo que hago.

Hacéos un favor y pasaros a Linux.

#linux #yearofthelinuxdesktop #microslop

I started a recursive rsync and let it run a tad bit long....

#yearofthelinuxDesktop indeed

#Papirus 's icon for #ReText is annoying me right now. I'll just do something about that.

By the way, is there an accepted logo for #reStructuredText anywhere, other than the LaTeX-like wordmark on Wikipedia?

#Python #YearOfTheLinuxDesktop

Einem Kollege das Steam Deck gezeigt. Hellauf begeistert. Problem: gibt gerade keine 🙈

#steamdeck #YearOfTheLinuxDesktop

RE: https://fnordon.de/@Kuchenschwarte/116107948960720896

Wenn solche Artikel jetzt schon auf den allerbehäbigsten Mainstream-Portalen kommen, dann könnte es wirklich, wirklich, wirklich sein, dass bald das #yearofthelinuxdesktop ist 🧐

Two days ago, KDE Plasma 6.6 was released. Yesterday, the update for my distro was here. Update and reboot took less than 5 minutes. Everything is working.

Rolling release distros have the reputation to be unstable and that might be true in some cases, but Arch Linux and CachyOS do a really great job. And KDE anyway.

#kde #plasma #archlinux #cachyos #linux #yearofthelinuxdesktop

It's wild how usable the #Argon40 ONE UP is with a 16GB #RaspberryPi CM5.

#YearOfTheLinuxDesktop indeed!

It's wild how usable the #Argon40 ONE UP is with a 16GB #RaspberryPi CM5.

#YearOfTheLinuxDesktop indeed!

It's wild how usable the #Argon40 ONE UP is with a 16GB #RaspberryPi CM5.

#YearOfTheLinuxDesktop indeed!

It's wild how usable the #Argon40 ONE UP is with a 16GB #RaspberryPi CM5.

#YearOfTheLinuxDesktop indeed!

It's wild how usable the #Argon40 ONE UP is with a 16GB #RaspberryPi CM5.

#YearOfTheLinuxDesktop indeed!

I own a laptop now that can only run #Linux.

#YearOfTheLinuxDesktop indeed!

I am tooting from Linux but I still use #PowerShell :blobcatwink:

How to install Espanso on Debian or Ubuntu or Raspberry Pi OS

edafe.de/espanso

“Replace ‘:poke’ with ‘Pokémon,’ or save some time by replacing ‘:greeting’ with a stock email template. That’s the basic idea, but Espanso goes much further. It’s one of the most powerful utilities I’ve used, and if you’re willing to do a bit of legwork to set it up properly, it can be one of the most powerful tools on your PC, too”, writes Jacob Roach.

www.xda-developers.com

Installing Espanso for Wayland

Espanso is a cross-platform text expander written in Rust. Follow these instructions to install Espanso 2.3.0 for Wayland on your Debian-based distribution.

Compiling from source

If you are installing on any platform other than amd64 or simply prefer compiling software from source, start at Step 1.

Using the Debian binary package

If you are installing on amd64 hardware and would like to use the binary package for installation, start at Step 7.

Step 1

Install the required packages from your distribution’s software repository.

$ sudo apt install --yes build-essential git libdbus-1-dev libssl-dev libwxgtk3.*-dev libxkbcommon-dev wl-clipboard

Step 2

Download and install the Rust Programming Language.

$ curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

Select option 1) – just press enter.

1) Proceed with standard installation (default - just press enter)
2) Customize installation
3) Cancel installation
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Step 3

Reload the PATH environment variable to include Cargo, which is the build tool for Rust.

$ source "$HOME/.cargo/env"

Step 4

Clone the espanso GitHub repository onto your local machine.

$ git clone https://github.com/espanso/espanso "$HOME/git/espanso"

Step 5

Compile espanso in release mode.

$ cd "$HOME/git/espanso" && cargo build -p espanso --release --no-default-features --features modulo,vendored-tls,wayland

Step 6

Move espanso to its correct location in your Linux system.

$ sudo mv "$HOME/git/espanso/target/release/espanso" /usr/local/bin/

Continue with Step 10.

Step 7

Install the required packages from your distribution’s software repository.

$ sudo apt-get install --yes libwxgtk3.2-1t64 wl-clipboard

Step 8

Download espanso-debian-wayland-amd64.deb onto your local machine.

$ wget -P "$HOME/Downloads/" --show-progress https://github.com/espanso/espanso/releases/download/v2.3.0/espanso-debian-wayland-amd64.deb

Step 9

Install the downloaded package.

$ sudo dpkg -i "$HOME/Downloads/espanso-debian-wayland-amd64.deb"

Step 10

Give espanso the permissions required for its operation.

$ sudo setcap "cap_dac_override+p" $(which espanso)

Check to see whether the espanso binary was installed successfully.

$ espanso --version

Step 11

Register espanso as a systemd service and launch the program.

$ espanso service register && espanso start && espanso status

Use the wizard and start with a practical example.

Step 12

After completing the wizard, use [Alt + Space] to open the search bar.

GNOME and PIXEL desktops only

Change the default shortcut for opening the search bar to resolve an existing conflict.

$ sed -i 's/search_shortcut: ALT+SPACE/search_shortcut: ALT+SHIFT+SPACE/' "$HOME/.config/espanso/config/default.yml"

Use [Alt + Shift + Space] to open the search bar.

Experimental support for Wayland

Espanso has some known limitations under Wayland. Most notably, “there is currently no support for App-specific configurations”.

Well I've been using Linux (LMDE) as my sole desktop OS for a bit over a month now, and it's starting to feel mundane in a good way. I spent a lot of time in the first two weeks setting things up, configuring, testing, tweaking, etc... and that has all basically wrapped up. I'm pretty much just using it now.

It's not perfect, and the solutions to certain things are still Very Linux, but my Windows setup wasn't perfect either, I just got used to dealing with its eccentricities, like having to reboot my PC once after powering it on so that the audio didn't crackle, or all of the windows on my desktop moving onto one monitor after they go into power save mode because DisplayPort.

I now have a variation on this theme under Linux, if I power on the machine, the monitors are swapped until I reboot once. But I also rarely do that, so 🤷 I'll see if I can figure it out eventually if it really bothers me enough.

I have run into one instance so far of "darn, no Linux app, guess I'm not using that". Was thinking about trying out Proton Drive, but no Linux support. Maybe I could run it under wine, might give that a try eventually or not, we'll see.

#Linux #LinuxMint #LMDE #YearOfTheLinuxDesktop

so using gamemoderun kind of works, but not in my specific situation for several different reasons, including that I'm running the Battle.net launcher which then launches a bunch of processes including the actual game, plus some apparent design decisions by gamemode which prevent it from modifying the process priority (plus it doesn't know which of the processes is the actual game and would presumably treat them all the same if it did work, which also isn't what i want)

so chances are my best bet would be to write my own script or program that does exactly what i want/need: watch for certain processes to be launched and automatically set their io and cpu priorities, either in collaboration with gamemode, or just duplicating the parts that do work.

classic... :blobovo:

#LinuxMint #LinuxGaming #YearOfTheLinuxDesktop

I have just discovered the concepts of "gamemode" and "split lock mitigation" for gaming under Linux. Going to give these things a look and see if they smooth things out at all.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/GameMode

https://saiphe.com/p/split-lock-mitigation/

#LinuxMint #LinuxGaming #YearOfTheLinuxDesktop

I don't want to jinx it but... this most recent tweak may have actually resolved the issue: using protontricks to change the wine config to use the ALSA driver instead of the default PulseAudio.

protontricks <appid> sound=alsa

https://forum.artixlinux.org/index.php/topic,8105.0.html

https://github.com/Matoking/protontricks

#linux #YearOfTheLinuxDesktop #proton #wine #LinuxMint

Have tweaked many a setting, but still getting some audio crackling in WoW under Proton/Wine... :bloberm:

#linux #YearOfTheLinuxDesktop #proton #wine #LinuxMint

Where do people mount their additional fixed drives, for data and games etc? Under /? /mnt? somewhere else?

#linux #YearOfTheLinuxDesktop

This is normal right...?

#linux #YearOfTheLinuxDesktop #LinuxMint

So what do people like for screenshot apps on Linux? I've been using ShareX on Windows.

Priority features: global hotkeys for single monitor/window, cropping, lines/arrows/boxes, blur/pixelate/blockout, text

Edit: quite a few suggestions for Flameshot, will give that one … a shot 😎 🌆

#linux #YearOfTheLinuxDesktop

Finally got my own #ARM motherboard with #CIX P1 SoC!

2026 has already begun as the #yearofthelinuxdesktop, should I tag it as #yearofthearmlinuxdesktop? Can't wait for the RISC-V chips!

#ARM #ARMDesktop #ARM2026 #arm64 #Armv9 #armlinux #RadxaOrionO6 #radxa

Finally got my own #ARM motherboard with #CIX P1 SoC!

2026 has already begun as the #yearofthelinuxdesktop, should I tag it as #yearofthearmlinuxdesktop? Can't wait for the RISC-V chips!

#ARM #ARMDesktop #ARM2026 #arm64 #Armv9 #armlinux #RadxaOrionO6 #radxa

Finally got my own #ARM motherboard with #CIX P1 SoC!

2026 has already begun as the #yearofthelinuxdesktop, should I tag it as #yearofthearmlinuxdesktop? Can't wait for the RISC-V chips!

#ARM #ARMDesktop #ARM2026 #arm64 #Armv9 #armlinux #RadxaOrionO6 #radxa

Finally got my own #ARM motherboard with #CIX P1 SoC!

2026 has already begun as the #yearofthelinuxdesktop, should I tag it as #yearofthearmlinuxdesktop? Can't wait for the RISC-V chips!

#ARM #ARMDesktop #ARM2026 #arm64 #Armv9 #armlinux #RadxaOrionO6 #radxa

Finally got my own #ARM motherboard with #CIX P1 SoC!

2026 has already begun as the #yearofthelinuxdesktop, should I tag it as #yearofthearmlinuxdesktop? Can't wait for the RISC-V chips!

#ARM #ARMDesktop #ARM2026 #arm64 #Armv9 #armlinux #RadxaOrionO6 #radxa

Are people shifting to #Linux left and right these days, or am I just too much in the #opensource #echochamber that "switch to Linux" and #endof10 posts are the only things I actually see? It could be that everyone actually loves #windows11 and #AI and #spyware and I'm just an #oldmanyellsatcloud with a head full of #FOSS #copium .... hashtag #yearofthelinuxdesktop

Are people shifting to #Linux left and right these days, or am I just too much in the #opensource #echochamber that "switch to Linux" and #endof10 posts are the only things I actually see? It could be that everyone actually loves #windows11 and #AI and #spyware and I'm just an #oldmanyellsatcloud with a head full of #FOSS #copium .... hashtag #yearofthelinuxdesktop

Are people shifting to #Linux left and right these days, or am I just too much in the #opensource #echochamber that "switch to Linux" and #endof10 posts are the only things I actually see? It could be that everyone actually loves #windows11 and #AI and #spyware and I'm just an #oldmanyellsatcloud with a head full of #FOSS #copium .... hashtag #yearofthelinuxdesktop

Are people shifting to #Linux left and right these days, or am I just too much in the #opensource #echochamber that "switch to Linux" and #endof10 posts are the only things I actually see? It could be that everyone actually loves #windows11 and #AI and #spyware and I'm just an #oldmanyellsatcloud with a head full of #FOSS #copium .... hashtag #yearofthelinuxdesktop

Are people shifting to #Linux left and right these days, or am I just too much in the #opensource #echochamber that "switch to Linux" and #endof10 posts are the only things I actually see? It could be that everyone actually loves #windows11 and #AI and #spyware and I'm just an #oldmanyellsatcloud with a head full of #FOSS #copium .... hashtag #yearofthelinuxdesktop

A security update to CUPS broke printing in Linux Mint 21.3 in 2025, AKA the year of the Linux desktop. Yargh !

This is the first time that I've ever actually restored a Timeshift backup, and the sonofabitch just worked. Held back the CUPS update in Update Manager and boom, problem solved (for now).

https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=458310

#Linux #LinuxMint #YearOfTheLinuxDesktop #CUPS #Timeshift

How to install Espanso on Debian 13 trixie

Espanso is a cross-platform text expander written in Rust. It “detects when you type a keyword and replaces it while you’re typing“.

Follow these instructions to install Espanso 2.3.0 for Wayland on your Debian system.

Step 1

Download Espanso v2.3.0.

$ wget -P ~/Downloads/ --show-progress https://github.com/espanso/espanso/releases/download/v2.3.0/espanso-debian-wayland-amd64.deb

Step 2

Install the required dependencies from the Debian repository.

$ sudo apt-get install --yes libwxgtk3.2-1t64 wl-clipboard

Step 3

Install espanso from the package you downloaded in Step 1.

$ sudo dpkg -i ~/Downloads/espanso-debian-wayland-amd64.deb

Step 4

Give espanso the permissions required for its operation.

$ sudo setcap "cap_dac_override+p" $(which espanso)

Check to see if the espanso binary was installed successfuly.

$ espanso --version

Step 5

Register espanso as a systemd service.

$ espanso service register

Launch espanso.

$ espanso start && espanso status

Step 6

GNOME desktop only: remove the conflicting default shortcut for activating the window menu.

Settings > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts > View and Customize Shortcuts > Windows > Activate the window menu > [Backspace]

Use [Alt + Space] to open Espanso’s Search bar.

All Done!

Experimental support for Wayland

Espanso has some known limitations under Wayland. Most notably, “there is currently no support for App-specific configurations”.

#Yearofthelinuxdesktop #debian #espanso #linux #linuxmint #macos #ubuntu #windows

#YearOfTheLinuxDesktop #AuroraOS

At our regular Digital Lounges we often help people switch to linux by helping them get a decent linux installed.

We've started trialing on a different linuxOS being Aurora by Universal Blue (the team behind the Basite Gaming OS).

Anyone have experience using Aurora, epsecially in comparison to Fedora Atomic Kinote, we're looking for a new atomic style option, would love to hear people's experiences.

---

"To rethink the Linux Desktop experience from the ground up, we built Aurora on new technology and principles." .. more info here on the OS.
https://getaurora.dev/en

#Linux #Kinote #Fedora #UniversalBlue #Aurora #Atomic #FOSS #DigitalLounge #DigitalJustice

#YearOfTheLinuxDesktop #AuroraOS

At our regular Digital Lounges we often help people switch to linux by helping them get a decent linux installed.

We've started trialing on a different linuxOS being Aurora by Universal Blue (the team behind the Basite Gaming OS).

Anyone have experience using Aurora, epsecially in comparison to Fedora Atomic Kinote, we're looking for a new atomic style option, would love to hear people's experiences.

---

"To rethink the Linux Desktop experience from the ground up, we built Aurora on new technology and principles." .. more info here on the OS.
https://getaurora.dev/en

#Linux #Kinote #Fedora #UniversalBlue #Aurora #Atomic #FOSS #DigitalLounge #DigitalJustice

espanso v2.2.3 installs without any issues on Debian 13.

espanso is a cross-platform text expander written in Rust. It is available for your Windows, Mac or even Linux desktop.

Give it a try!

https://github.com/espanso/espanso/releases/tag/v2.2.3

#espanso #wayland #gnome #trixie #debian #ubuntu #linuxmint #linux #macos #windows #yearofthelinuxdesktop

"For decades, the phrase “Year of the Linux Desktop” has been tossed around like a tech industry punchline. But now, it’s no longer a meme—it’s a movement.

This isn’t just about numbers—it’s about momentum. GNU/Linux’s desktop share hovered below 2% for years. But since 2020, it’s been climbing fast.

From the lens of @purism this shift is more than market share—it’s a cultural awakening."

https://puri.sm/posts/the-quiet-revolution-gnu-linux-crosses-6-desktop-market-share-and-its-just-the-beginning/

#GNULinux #Linux #marketshare #yearofthelinuxdesktop #privacy #freedom #desktop

Child has just installed #Fedora dual boot with Win11 on his Asus laptop. Very smooth and after installing some #Gnome tweaks he's very happy with the result.

Spouse has just pointed out that we are each running different distros lol (she #Kubuntu and I #Pop_OS).

#ThisIsTheFutureLiberalsWant #YearOfTheLinuxDesktop

Besides Mint I've also been trying Kubuntu. For the most part I like it... except for the snaps. Snaps/flatpaks are a windows-like idea in Linux, and I've been struggling with it.

Initially it didn't bother me. Firefox is a snap on Kubuntu, and it worked fine. The cursor changed color & size when inside the snap window, an update fixed that.

But snaps don't update via the regular software manager. I suddenly got a notification that Firefox is updated, and I need to restart it to use the new version. Or otherwise it will restart by itself in 13 days. What is this, Windows?

I tried to install some electronic id stuff which didn't work on snap Firefox, you needed the regular package Firefox for that. Away with this hell.

In short, not a fan. I can see why they could be useful, but there has to be a better way. This seems to cause more problems than it solves.

#linux #endof10
#yearOfTheLinuxDesktop
#MicrosoftSupportsGenocide
#BDS #BoycottMicrosoft #oneWayOut

@samuelsantaella @itsfoss I agree - that is the only real reason. #YotLD is not about anything technical, nor about market share! The true practical definition of #YotLD is when people can simply walk in to physical stores. and buy affordable laptops with #LinuxPreinstalled.

Remember, most people don't install Windows or macOS on their computers. In fact, they have no concept of an operating system - it's just a computer. They are only concerned with using the apps!

#gnuLinux #Linux #Linuxadoption #Linuxhardware #Linuxlaptop #Linuxlaptops #LinuxPC #YearoftheLinuxDesktop

@samuelsantaella @itsfoss I agree - that is the only real reason. #YotLD is not about anything technical, nor about market share! The true practical definition of #YotLD is when people can simply walk in to physical stores. and buy affordable laptops with #LinuxPreinstalled.

Remember, most people don't install Windows or macOS on their computers. In fact, they have no concept of an operating system - it's just a computer. They are only concerned with using the apps!

#gnuLinux #Linux #Linuxadoption #Linuxhardware #Linuxlaptop #Linuxlaptops #LinuxPC #YearoftheLinuxDesktop

@samuelsantaella @itsfoss I agree - that is the only real reason. #YotLD is not about anything technical, nor about market share! The true practical definition of #YotLD is when people can simply walk in to physical stores. and buy affordable laptops with #LinuxPreinstalled.

Remember, most people don't install Windows or macOS on their computers. In fact, they have no concept of an operating system - it's just a computer. They are only concerned with using the apps!

#gnuLinux #Linux #Linuxadoption #Linuxhardware #Linuxlaptop #Linuxlaptops #LinuxPC #YearoftheLinuxDesktop

@samuelsantaella @itsfoss I agree - that is the only real reason. #YotLD is not about anything technical, nor about market share! The true practical definition of #YotLD is when people can simply walk in to physical stores. and buy affordable laptops with #LinuxPreinstalled.

Remember, most people don't install Windows or macOS on their computers. In fact, they have no concept of an operating system - it's just a computer. They are only concerned with using the apps!

#gnuLinux #Linux #Linuxadoption #Linuxhardware #Linuxlaptop #Linuxlaptops #LinuxPC #YearoftheLinuxDesktop

¡Hay un GNOME (un escritorio de GNU/Linux) salvaje en Madrid!

Si lo quieres ver, está en el nivel 1 del Corte Inglés, en una pantalla de anuncios a ojos vistas cuando subes. Supongo que el diseño muy minimalista y autónomo de GNOME lo hace bueno para este uso.

#GNOME #Linux #GNUlinux #LinuxDesktop #escritoriognulinux #YearOfTheLinuxDesktop #Madrid