Chris 🦑<p>So yesterday I converted a hard core gamer (my little brother) to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bazzite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bazzite</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a>. A truly wonderful smooth and seamless experience! He is very happy that he doesn't need to buy new hardware at the moment. And I'm very happy to have removed all the clutter from his everyday PC experience.</p><p>Extra joy: his favourite game always terminated itself in the end level on Windows, but he just finished it without any problems on bazzite!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/yearofthelinuxdesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>yearofthelinuxdesktop</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/switchtolinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>switchtolinux</span></a></p>
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screw_dog<p>Child has just installed <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Fedora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fedora</span></a> dual boot with Win11 on his Asus laptop. Very smooth and after installing some <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Gnome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gnome</span></a> tweaks he's very happy with the result. </p><p>Spouse has just pointed out that we are each running different distros lol (she <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Kubuntu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kubuntu</span></a> and I <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Pop_OS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pop_OS</span></a>).</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/ThisIsTheFutureLiberalsWant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsTheFutureLiberalsWant</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/YearOfTheLinuxDesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YearOfTheLinuxDesktop</span></a></p>
Rachel<p><span>Ok so I didn't get to installing Nix on this laptop again so it'll be a bit before I get to it but it got me thinking:<br><br>* What is the state of full disk encryption on Linux? Specifically for a laptop. <br>* Is hone directory encryption a good alternative? <br>* What distro does it best these days? <br>* Can any of them use TPM? (Bonus: does my laptop even support tpm?)<br><br>I'm open to suggestions since I'm not sure I'd feel great traveling with a laptop with an unencrypted drive these days.<br><br></span><a href="https://transitory.social/tags/Linux" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Linux</a> <a href="https://transitory.social/tags/Nix" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Nix</a> <a href="https://transitory.social/tags/Ubuntu" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ubuntu</a> <a href="https://transitory.social/tags/Fedora" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fedora</a> <a href="https://transitory.social/tags/YearOfTheLinuxDesktop" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#YearOfTheLinuxDesktop</a></p>
Nicolai Brodersen Hansen<p>i switched my <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fedora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fedora</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> to KDE Plasma 6.4 instead of Gnome and uhm so far I love it. Also love how simple that switch was you know? <3 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/yearofthelinuxdesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>yearofthelinuxdesktop</span></a></p>
Life is Tetris<p>The feeling when you succeed in clicking on the window border when looking to resize it ... 🙌</p><p><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/YearOfTheLinuxDesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YearOfTheLinuxDesktop</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/DesktopLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DesktopLinux</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.io/@anagnostes" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>anagnostes</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@Cheatha" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Cheatha</span></a></span> can we get a modern reboot of the <a href="https://news.softpedia.com/news/Designed-for-Linux-Windows-Vista-Incapable-72507.shtml" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><em>"Designed for Linux - Windows Vista incapable"</em></a> stickers?</p><ul><li>Ideally with hardware <em>purposefully designed to not be able to run <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows11</span></a></em>? </li></ul><p>Cuz I think it's high time we stop peddling to a shitty <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Govware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Govware</span></a>!</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LinuxDesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxDesktop</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/YearOfTheLinuxDesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YearOfTheLinuxDesktop</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/YearOfLinuxGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YearOfLinuxGaming</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ITsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ITsec</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpSec</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ComSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ComSec</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DataProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataProtection</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a></p>
Working Class Games<p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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?</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/endof10" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>endof10</span></a><br><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/yearOfTheLinuxDesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>yearOfTheLinuxDesktop</span></a><br><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/MicrosoftSupportsGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MicrosoftSupportsGenocide</span></a><br><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/BDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BDS</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/BoycottMicrosoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BoycottMicrosoft</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/oneWayOut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oneWayOut</span></a></p>
Working Class Games<p>Blanket is a Linux application that gives you a bunch of comforting sounds to choose from. Do you want to hear some rain, a storm, trains, birds... it's all there and you can mix them too: a storm with a bit of extra rain, for example.<br><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/appOfTheWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>appOfTheWeek</span></a><br><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/endof10" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>endof10</span></a><br><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/yearOfTheLinuxDesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>yearOfTheLinuxDesktop</span></a><br><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/MicrosoftSupportsGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MicrosoftSupportsGenocide</span></a><br><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/BDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BDS</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/BoycottMicrosoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BoycottMicrosoft</span></a></p>
Thor A. Hopland<p>In regards to <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> and the <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/YearOfTheLinuxDesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YearOfTheLinuxDesktop</span></a> there's a breaking point for <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/commercial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>commercial</span></a> <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>software</span></a> vendors.</p><p>That is, there's a point where enough people have moved from <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a> (or even <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/MacOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MacOS</span></a>) that software vendors can no longer ignore Linux. </p><p>I don't know what the threshold is in regards to millions of users, but it's up to all of us to try and make people transition.</p><p>For when that cup filleth over, vendors port their software and many others jump ship as a result.</p>
RxBrad<p>So, yeah... This just pops up during shutdown on all 3 Windows 11 machines in my house now... It often doesn't actually shut down unless I click "Shut Down Anyways". </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.rxbrad.com/tags/cool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cool</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.rxbrad.com/tags/YearOfTheLinuxDesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YearOfTheLinuxDesktop</span></a></p>
MattByName :arch: :emacs:<p>The cliche is that linux users like tinkering with their system all the time, but I think I probably spend as little time fiddling with the OS as I ever have these days, until I have to use windows for something that is! <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/LinuxGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxGaming</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/yearOfTheLinuxDesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>yearOfTheLinuxDesktop</span></a> (2/2)</p>
Working Class Games<p>"Support for Windows 10 ends on October 14, 2025.</p><p>Microsoft wants you to buy a new computer.</p><p>But what if you could make your current one fast and secure again?"</p><p><a href="https://endof10.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">endof10.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a><br><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/yearOfTheLinuxDesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>yearOfTheLinuxDesktop</span></a><br><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/MicrosoftSupportsGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MicrosoftSupportsGenocide</span></a><br><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/BDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BDS</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/BoycottMicrosoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BoycottMicrosoft</span></a></p>
Mick T. :unverified: :cc_cc: :cc_by:cw: Linux rant
Working Class Games<p><strong>2025 Year of the Linux Desktop</strong></p><p>Besides Mint Cinnamon, I've also been trying Kubuntu (KDE). The software center has a large number of packages, frequently hilarious together. Bible study or anarchist FAQ, which way linux user?</p><p>Also it's been 20 years since I last used KDE, holy moly. I didn't like it that much then, but now this felt like the smoothest, most luxurious ride ever. So many good defaults, it scrolls the way I want to, restores all applications on restart if you want, easy to turn on num lock at start, the mouse movement speed is good by default, so much more. Perhaps too much more, this is definitely not a quiet desktop environment, but it's really slick. I turned off a lot of notifications because they went a bit overboard on those. We'll see whether I end up liking this or Cinnamon more for long time work.</p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a><br><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/yearOfTheLinuxDesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>yearOfTheLinuxDesktop</span></a><br><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/MicrosoftSupportsGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MicrosoftSupportsGenocide</span></a><br><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/BDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BDS</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/BoycottMicrosoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BoycottMicrosoft</span></a></p>
pingter<p>I miss the simpler days of <a href="https://fuzzle.me.uk/tags/YearOfTheLinuxDesktop" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#YearOfTheLinuxDesktop</a> when I could run <a href="https://fuzzle.me.uk/tags/XScreenSaver" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#XScreenSaver</a> as a root window background.</p>
pingter<p>Having to restart <code>gnome-shell</code><span> periodically as all my windows eventually become laggy and unresponsive...<br><br></span><a href="https://fuzzle.me.uk/tags/YearOfTheLinuxDesktop" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#YearOfTheLinuxDesktop</a></p>
Corvus<p>The arguments used in the past against Linux and pro Windows now totally work the other way around: <a href="https://infosec.exchange/@david_chisnall/114400546731467134" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">infosec.exchange/@david_chisna</span><span class="invisible">ll/114400546731467134</span></a>.</p><p>And there is one additional twist. In the past things were missing. Now things are added nobody asked for.</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>windows</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ads</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/yearofthelinuxdesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>yearofthelinuxdesktop</span></a></p>
Melker Ulander<p>Pewdiepie's message in his latest video is excellent: we don't have to deal with Big Tech's bullshit and Linux and open source is fun and awesome. With his massive audience I'm hopeful that this might become a pivotal moment in the desktop Linux adaptation in the mainstream, especially in the gaming community.</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/pVI_smLgTY0?si=QL9WDC5nMSr8r6bW" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/pVI_smLgTY0?si=QL9WDC</span><span class="invisible">5nMSr8r6bW</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/pewdiepie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pewdiepie</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>enshittification</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/yearofthelinuxdesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>yearofthelinuxdesktop</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/bigtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bigtech</span></a></p>
DeltaLima 🐧<p>I installed Linux (so should you) | PewDiePie</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVI_smLgTY0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=pVI_smLgTY</span><span class="invisible">0</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.la10cy.net/tags/youtube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>youtube</span></a> <a href="https://social.la10cy.net/tags/PewDiePie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PewDiePie</span></a> <a href="https://social.la10cy.net/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://social.la10cy.net/tags/yearofthelinuxdesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>yearofthelinuxdesktop</span></a> <a href="https://social.la10cy.net/tags/yotld25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>yotld25</span></a></p>
ds<p>Updating my arch install and the CD drive ejected for no reason lmao <a href="https://wetdry.world/tags/yearofthelinuxdesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>yearofthelinuxdesktop</span></a></p>
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