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why the people don't void linux in place of arch (2021/12/17 00:00)
why the people don't void linux in place of arch:

that’s it

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We lost control of our home directories (2021/12/16 23:31)
We lost control of our home directories:

Something really annoys me. So, we have the standard XDG_CONFIG_HOME, which is ~/.config.

Then, why do we have ~/.xmonad ? Why do we have ~/.xmonad ? Why do we have ~/.Xresources ? I get it, there are historic reasons, like .profile or .bashrc that have been there for SOO long, but ~/.minecraft ? What even is the reasoning ? Or .gitconfig. Or, .steampid, which is a symlink to .steam/steam.pid. I mean, we could just use .config, .cache, .local and .history, and everything would be alright.

My current home directory currently has 48 dotfiles. This is huge. This is nonsense. There is .local, there is .config, there is all those things that nobody really respects.

I really have this feeling, that there are literal TONS of standards, and everybody just decides to say “no, I won’t respect that”. It may make sense SOMETIMES. If you edit some files a lot, having them closer to the home directory might be useful. Or, xterm way of handling +/- options allows very short program calls, yet powerful.

This frustrates me. If Linux is supposed to be consistent, how are those things even real ?

Edit : I mean, this is a thing : https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html

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How do I open Pfiles on Linux? (2021/12/16 22:59)
How do I open Pfiles on Linux?:

I stored important information on a file I encrypted on Windows os but now I am on Linux and I am unable to open that text file because it is A PFile

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Wanna choose the application to open files and urls with? Try Junction (2021/12/16 22:31)
Wanna choose the application to open files and urls with? Try Junction:
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PipeWire 0.3.42 (2021/12/16 22:31)
PipeWire 0.3.42:
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Best hardware for Linux environment? (2021/12/16 22:31)
Best hardware for Linux environment?:

In general which one has better support for the Linux environment?

GPU: Nvidia or AMD?

CPU: Intel or AMD?

Open source or closed drivers?

I’m going to do some upgrades to my PC shortly and I need some recommendations. My PC has now Intel i5-6600k and Nvidia GTX1060 6GB. So big questions here….AMD….Nvidia….Intel…Open….Closed

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Tried Fedora, just broke my system. (2021/12/16 22:31)
Tried Fedora, just broke my system.:

I Installed Fedora a few weeks ago, with i3. I finally got picom running the way I want it after installing a ton of bloat, but whatever. Had to grow my LVM, and I never worked with LVM before. Tried some of those guides online that seemed logical, but it didn’t work and now my system is broken. It’s all my own fault except who the hell thought it would be a good idea to use LVM by default and make the default partition only 15G?

Whatever, just gonna try Nix now. I’ll make a small list of things I want or need on there, install those and nothing else ;p.

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Manjaro not showing wifi (2021/12/16 21:59)
Manjaro not showing wifi:

Once i connected manjaro to an ethernet cable and then i unplugged it, i can no longer see the wifi networks. It shows: Wifi network:device to ready.

Can someone help? I really appreciate it

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How to reinstall Gnome (2021/12/16 21:59)
How to reinstall Gnome:

Hello, quick question. I’m using PopOs as my distro and I wanted to try out KDE Plasma as a Desktop Environment. But I didn’t really liked it and I want to install back Gnome 41.

But I can’t really find a installation guide even in the official site. Can someone help me find a guide for this?

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This is so annoying. How can I avoid my command being wrapped? Can I move it below my name and working directory, into a new line? (2021/12/16 21:59)
This is so annoying. How can I avoid my command being wrapped? Can I move it below my name and working directory, into a new line?:
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2016 Debian Project survey: work and volunteers (2021/12/16 21:31)
2016 Debian Project survey: work and volunteers:
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Made a .sh to setup my linux environment is standard practice or dangerous? (2021/12/16 20:59)
Made a .sh to setup my linux environment is standard practice or dangerous?:

I made an .sh to setup my arch environment and download all my repos from git and packages from pacman is this standard practice or should you not do this? Saves a lot of time if I was do do a fresh install on a new system. Just want to make sure Its not bad practice, unsafe security wise, ect.

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I am a linux noob looking for a document editor (2021/12/16 20:59)
I am a linux noob looking for a document editor:

I need to make and file legal documents but I am new to linux and do not know of any good program for this. You know when you download a form from the DMV and it has the form prefilled with blue or grey boxes where you enter your response, data, etc ? Is there a program, preferably free, that will let me take downloaded forms and modify them easily or allow me to easily fill out said form with some easy to use editing interface?

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Help installing, never boots from the usb drive (2021/12/16 20:59)
Help installing, never boots from the usb drive:

I recently bought the lenovo ideapad 5 15are05 and wrote the void Linux ISO one a usb drive after switching boot priority to the usb it still boots to windows, this isn’t my first Linux install on a windows device(converted a few friends) but this is the first time I’ve had this issue. Can anyone help?

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Wake up, Neo... (2021/12/16 20:31)
Wake up, Neo...:
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Regex in `.hidden` file (2021/12/16 18:59)
Regex in `.hidden` file:

Is there a way to use regex in a .hidden file? Specifically I’m looking to hide files by extension.

For those who don’t know:
To hide a file or folder on Linux you prepend a dot to the name, but doing this is sometimes not possible. You can also create a file called .hidden in a directory, containing line-separated filenames, and every file that matches those will be treated as hidden by, at least, Nautilus and Dolphin file explorers (but will be shown by ls and tree though).

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-bash: man: command not found (2021/12/16 18:59)
-bash: man: command not found:
what is the command command?

i was just reading a github page and it had a section of code with
```
if command -v script.sh; then do stuff; fi 
```
and I thought ‘What does “command -v” do?“ i’ve been tinkering with linux for a few years and not seen this before.

so i try
```
# man command -bash: man: command not found # command -? -bash: command: -? invalid option command: usage: command [-pVv] command [arg ...] # command -v # 
```
and googling what is linux "command” does not prove fruitful.
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Monitor frequency overclocking and stuttering. (2021/12/16 18:59)
Monitor frequency overclocking and stuttering.:

I’m trying to overclock my monitor on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS from 60Hz to 80Hz, it’s possible, worked on Windows completely fine, i already tried using xrandr and gft or cvt but doesn’t work either.

I also have a problem with screen stuttering, which any app or game in fullscreen makes stuttering, even if it’s capped at 60Fps or unlimited.

If i’m just stupid, i’m fine with jokes

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Linux Foundation spends just 3.4% of its money on Linux (2021/12/16 17:31)
Linux Foundation spends just 3.4% of its money on Linux:

$177 Million USD : The amount of money The Linux Foundation made in 2021 (mostly from some undisclosed combination of memberships and donations).

3.4% : The amount of their spending that went towards Linux.

For being an organization focused on “Linux” and “Open Source”, The Linux Foundation is extraordinarily cagey and closed when it comes to talking about how they spend the money folks donate.

But, one thing we do know for sure, “Linux Kernel Support” is the lowest priority for The Linux Foundation. Literally. It is the smallest expenditure they have. The very bottom of the list.

Most of the rest of the 85 page annual report seems to be comprised primarily of (seemingly) randomly selected Tech Industry buzz words.

Edge Computing. Serverless. Heck, “5G” is mentioned 26 times alone.

And there’s a whole page dedicated to the “Open3D” 3D engine that shipped without Linux support — and Linux itself is not even mentioned once within that page of text in the report.

“The Linux Foundation is dedicated to social justice activism, climate change, and vaccine passports… while occasionally using Open Source software.”

Maybe that’s one of the reasons why the “Year of Linux on the Desktop” is always two years into the future.
But seriously, this needs to change!

Link: https://lunduke.substack.com/p/linux-foundation-spends-just-34-of

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Package availability on Fedora (2021/12/16 17:00)
Package availability on Fedora:

I am planning to try Fedora when I switch my hard drive (currently on pop OS and previously Arch) and have a few questions! 1. Are there less packages available for Fedora? (A lot of less common software release as .deb files and Arch has the AUR) 2. If in a case of software not available for Fedora, are there any workarounds to install .deb files on Fedora?

Thanks in advance!

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