Nick @ The Linux Experiment

YouTube content creator and Linux user living in Brest, Brittany. Might post gaming related stuff, especially if it runs on Linux, natively or not !  #fedi22 #linux #opensource #tech #gaming

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2024-08-27 08:03:54

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@npub1jvz…gwmm Maybe in a brand new house or flat. On 1960s French power lines, it never works properly, way too many appliances and twists and turns in the electrical. PLC gave me 1/10th of the mesh WiFi speeds :)

2024-08-26 22:39:48

Looks like the WiFi mesh was the right solution for the horrendous WiFi coverage in the new flat.
3 little mesh routers later, and I have excellent speeds everywhere on both floors, and, more importantly in the office where I edit / publish stuff.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/030/241/732/699/842/original/d9de8f8935250884.png

2024-08-20 09:01:57

Ah yes, clearly an admirer of the fine arts and a very detailed appreciation of my work!
If you can’t even bothered to replace the various placeholders, I don’t think you’re doing your job very well, David.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/993/058/908/470/768/original/406f144b39d2f4bd.png

2024-08-15 17:29:03

I initially wanted to try and find various, even convoluted, ways of running the most used #Windows apps on #linux
Since none of them cooperated, no matter the technique, app, or version of Wine I tried, I decided instead to make a video highlighting how Wine definitely isn't a solution for anything other than games:
https://youtu.be/fBG3PIvoX1M

2024-08-03 17:02:08

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And here is this week's audio podcast:
https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com/@tlenewspodcast/episodes/a-few-nice-cosmic-reveals-linux-market-share-gains-macos-more-vulnerable-than-windows
As always, follow it @npub1l3t…q63p or from any good podcast client!

2024-08-03 17:00:51

Time for the usual #Linux and #OpenSource News video!
In this one, we have a lot more details about how Cosmic will work, and what it will support with the first alpha version that releases next week.
We also have the Linux desktop market share reaching its highest point, and a study pointing to macOS as the least resilient OS when it comes to being completely taken over by malicious attackers.
https://youtu.be/2RGESaqFGxI

2024-08-02 20:08:41

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@npub14g4…xnzh Now that I’m used to it, it doesn’t take that much more effort :) I just need to remember to do it 😅

2024-07-29 13:22:40

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@npub1fdq…6dmu I’m running a poll on the YouTube channel, looks like a lot of people want to see a video, so it’s probably happening!

2024-07-27 16:48:21

Time for this week's #Linux and #OpenSource News video!
In this one, we have SecureBoot broken on a lot of different PC models from big manufacturers, we discuss the recent opt-out ad related tech Firefox added to the browser, plus an AI tool (allegedly) scraping Youtube videos and pirated movies, the delay for the Cosmic alpha,
and more!
https://youtu.be/XBWjJlFWVgk

2024-07-27 09:01:29

My experiment with non-centered new window placement on Plasma was concluded after a week.
My conclusion: My eyes are naturally resting on the currently opened stuff. Having a window open voluntarily in a place where I don’t currently have anything is hard to predict, and invariably resulted in me having to wait for the window to appear, and then drag it to a sensible place to use it.
A bit annoying on a laptop, absolutely horrible on my ultra wide monitor. Back to centered windows I go!

2024-07-26 14:26:24

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@npub1pcl…d6tg The other difference is that people buy PCs with Windows installed, whereas they have to install Linux themselves on hardware that might not support it well.

2024-07-25 15:54:25

Here is my look at #LinuxMint 22!
It's still one of the best desktop distributions for most people, beginners or otherwise, and even though it makes a few missteps, IMO (with Flatpaks especially), it still hits the mark.
I do have one worry, and that's the fact that maybe Mint is now trying to do too much in house. Let's talk!
#Linux #Linuxdistro #OpenSource #Mint
https://youtu.be/SO6xx-KF3qs

2024-07-23 12:46:57

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@npub1nlk…230r yeah, that’s the likely explanation

2024-07-23 12:11:42

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@npub1vvy…vhlm No, the kernel has an ABI to handle this, developed after Crowdstrike crashed Linux systems earlier this year.

2024-07-23 11:15:54

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@npub142z…uqgq But these systems were easy to recover. And this issue has since been fixed, at least specifically for Crowdstrike, since the kernel 6.1x. Can’t happen in this way anymore.

2024-07-23 10:52:02

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@npub1asj…ypck Might be, yeah! It must have broken a bunch of SLAs for some of their customers

2024-07-23 09:54:09

Microsoft now blaming the EU for the crowdstrike issue, because the EU made them open their APIs to third party developers in 2009 is hilarious.
If your APIs had any kind of gracious error handling, this wouldn’t be an issue. Fix your bad code, Microsoft, stop pointing fingers.

2024-07-22 10:27:40

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@npub1325…df4a Noted, thanks! I’ll reach out when I have a plan laid out for a video :)

2024-07-21 19:09:07

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@npub1532…5ffy What the hell did I just read?
This person needs to seek professional help, fast. This is insane.

2024-07-21 14:30:57

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@npub18jc…w6tj And it didn’t crash these systems, not could it, because the Linux kernel has an ABI that would have prevented the issue ;)

2024-07-20 16:28:18

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Here is the audio podcast:
https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com/@tlenewspodcast/episodes/3rd-party-bug-killed-windows-pcs-across-the-world-opensuse-needs-to-change-its-name
As always, follow it @npub1l3t…q63p or from any good podcast client!

2024-07-20 16:27:30

New video: your usual #Linux and #OpenSource News recap, where we've seen #Windows collapse all around the world, and crash to a blue screen of death due to a third party app, we have #SUSE asking #OpenSUSE to rebrand and change their logo, and a lot more:
https://youtu.be/227EQhL4tAw

2024-07-18 17:17:05

The last time I made a comparison video between KDE and GNOME was around 5 years ago, so I decided to revisit the topic.
https://youtu.be/rwOsJa8BCcA
#Linux #OpenSource

2024-07-16 13:14:48

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@npub13ue…70dr I read them, but they don’t hit as hard because I didn’t live through this specific era :)

2024-07-16 12:47:00

The Boys season 4 isn’t even fantasy or fiction anymore, it’s basically real life with superheroes replacing the nut jobs people actually worship in real life.
Not sure I like this in at all, it’s actually anxiety inducing now 😅
The worst part is, I’m sure some people are watching the show and thinking “man this is some BS, Homelander did nothing wrong, damn Hollywood and its woke leftist writers”

2024-07-13 15:13:38

This week's #Linux and #OpenSource News video is coming early!
In this one, I talk about the #GNOME Foundation's Executive Director leaving after just 10 months, about Fedora 41 dropping X11 from the install media, some Cosmic news and the alpha looking extremely close, plus a big class action lawsuit against #Github Copilot being partly dismissed, with the more important part being allowed to proceed:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzXl6a8iOfw

2024-07-11 10:40:48

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@npub1luu…6fpn Yes, that’s very likely!

2024-07-09 19:37:19

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@npub10z2…chd4 It does look pretty bleak, at least viewed from France :/ I hope things will be as surprising for you as they were for us!

2024-07-09 17:32:59

I read a bunch of stuff on the various levels of security of #Linux packaging formats, whether it’s Flatpak, snaps, AppImages, or native packages.
There seem to be a lot of confusion on app verification and what it truly means, on the sandbox, on the role of a package maintainer for a distribution, so I decided to bust a few myths:
https://youtu.be/xw3NxIWpylc

2024-07-08 08:51:36

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@npub1y0d…m93s It’s an unfortunate trend, as things get worse in the world, people tend to turn to solutions that will make things even worse, out of fear.

2024-07-08 08:42:24

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@npub1u8h…a8dn So happy to not wake up in a country controlled by a fascist and xenophobic party.
We at least get a reprieve from losing human rights, and it feels GOOD!

2024-07-08 08:41:09

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@npub1d4u…y58x It’s a worrying trend in Europe, yeah. Our situation isn’t great still, the far right still gained a lot of seats compared to their previous position, so we’re not out of the woods!

2024-07-08 08:31:19

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@npub1x7j…6jmq If Germany escapes the far right, there’s still hope for the EU, and for democracy in Europe! I hope for the best too!

2024-07-08 08:27:04

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@npub1lqm…h3ch Yeah, hopefully this far right bubble will have burst in a few years!

2024-07-08 08:21:27

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@npub1qg4…augv I am so relieved. As a French citizen, this was a pretty horrifying week, with a surprisingly delightful conclusion.

2024-07-08 08:20:09

I can’t overstate how relieved I am with the election results in France.
It’s still very worrying, the far right is growing in terms of influence, but at least it’s still widely considered as the most dangerous option by everyone else, and it’s still being effectively blocked.
We won’t get an efficient government with how the parliament is split, but at least it won’t be run by the far right. Congrats to all the people who voted to avoid running the country into a totalitarian wall!

2024-07-06 17:22:28

Here is this week's #Linux and #OpenSource News podcast:
https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com/@tlenewspodcast/episodes/fedora-telemetry-deepin-ai-chromeos-flex-is-dead
As always, follow it @npub1l3t…q63p, or from any good podcast client!

2024-07-06 17:21:33

In this week's #Linux and #OpenSource News video, we have:
- #Fedora 42 getting a proposal for telemetry (opt-in, fortunately)
- Deepin adding #AI features to their future release, and most of it is running locally
- #Google making changes to #ChromeOS, which might spell the end of ChromeOS Flex
And a lot more as well, including some good progress on x86 emulation on ARM:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vChR45Waq5I

2024-07-05 08:52:36

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@npub1dvu…xmel Oh it’s much noisier than a console, when running at full speed. It’s also likely going to be way more powerful, but it will make more noise.

2024-07-04 16:01:28

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@npub1dvu…xmel Idle, I couldn’t hear it, but when gaming, it will be noticeable. If you have a headset or good headphones, you won’t notice it, but if you use speakers, you’ll hear it :)

2024-07-03 21:23:28

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@npub1zja…zx8p Thanks! They’ve been really cool to make, and it seems like a lot of people have joined the Patreon or became a YouTube member to listen to them, so I’m really happy about how it turned out!

2024-07-01 13:49:45

Early video today, on a less positive topic than usual: a bunch of #Linux and #OpenSource projects regularly are criticized online, and I wanted to explore the reasons behind a few of them.
I tried to approach this as factually as possible, with as little bias as possible. It's not inflammatory, it's not an attack on anyone, it's just exposing the reasons why you might see certain projects and entities getting some heat online:
https://youtu.be/t8SiRr7qWUc

2024-06-29 17:26:45

Here is this week's #Linux and #OpenSource News podcast!
https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com/@tlenewspodcast/episodes/mozilla-sued-for-discrimination-gnome-without-x11-performance-boosts-everywhere
As always, follow it @npub1l3t…q63p or subscribe on any good podcast client!

2024-06-29 17:25:44

Here is this week's #Linux and #OpenSource News video!
In this one, we have #Mozilla's CPO suing them for discrimination (not a good look for Mozilla if true), #Nvidia drivers now supporting Explicit Sync and fixing #Wayland problems, we have another date for the #Cosmic alpha, and some solid performance boosts coming for Intel CPUs!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruNst_SXvIk

2024-06-25 19:39:01

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@npub1zsk…jguf For now, I just do manual uploads, but I hope it gets fixed soon!

2024-06-25 18:56:21

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@npub1y2h…ahs3 I don’t think they’re strong enough, as proven by how many people disliked the video 😂

2024-06-25 18:42:12

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@npub1e7l…fxjz Yeah, it’s just a thought experiment, without any expectation of it being good or even adopted 😂

2024-06-25 17:17:17

We’re all pretty much used to the old desktop metaphor, with windows, menus, panels, launchers, system trays, a desktop and icons, etc.
But these sort of suck, if you really think about it it, so I took a look at these old UI conventions, and tried (and failed) to come up with a better solution for each:
https://youtu.be/r776pFhnxw8

2024-06-22 17:19:03

And here is this week's #Linux and #OpenSource News audio podcast:
https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com/@tlenewspodcast/episodes/gnome-accent-colors-the-end-of-ad-blockers-and-plasma-61
As always, follow it @npub1l3t…q63p or from any good podcast client!

2024-06-22 17:11:30

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@npub14g4…xnzh Yeah, don’t worry, it’s not a big deal!
The instance is usually fast and stable, and I appreciate all you do to make it run smoothly!

2024-06-22 17:03:36

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@npub14g4…xnzh Especially since uploading on Peertube is broken. For example, right now, none of the metadata on the video I’m trying to upload is ever saved.

2024-06-22 17:02:21

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@npub1tsz…jl0n No, the sync is marked as working, but it isn’t

2024-06-22 16:58:51

Ok, I’ll try uploading to Peertube manually for a while (it is relatively simple, although annoying to do things twice) but depending on the available time I have, some videos might make it later than on YouTube.

2024-06-22 16:45:43

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@npub1pue…dpuv And then I wouldn’t be able to make a living from this, and thus would have to stop making videos entirely

2024-06-22 15:58:45

To anyone wondering why videos aren’t on the Peertube channel anymore: apparently, it’s an issue with the yt-dlp library used to sync from YouTube to Peertube. The instance I use is affected, and plenty of other VPS users seem to have the same problem.
The gist of it is: Google reports the library as a bot, and thus the sync can’t be performed. So, for now, videos will be on YT only, until this can be circumvented.
Sorry for the inconvenience!

2024-06-19 14:07:58

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@npub1p2q…vrv8 Thanks! This vacation was pretty awesome :)

2024-06-19 14:07:36

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@npub1hnw…ksmz The sync had failed, but it was fixed yesterday. The video should pop back up soon!

2024-06-14 17:35:44

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@npub1g9u…u0dr Ah well… I think I recall it wasn’t open source as well? So no one can pick up the slack?

2024-06-13 08:37:28

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@npub14dy…q69w It auto syncs with YouTube, so very easy to upload! As per the audience, it’s very, very small, and very toxic :)

2024-06-13 08:36:47

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@npub1637…4nj8 I tend to think this is the plateau now: this is what these things can do, at their best. It can be refined, it can be made faster, but I’m sure it will just be incremental improvements, not a revolution.

2024-06-12 08:20:34

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@npub1gzl…kk4u Could be, yeah, or they want to establish « their brand of AI » which is obviously completely different than any other (obviously)

2024-06-11 19:42:02

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@npub1ncm…2xzc An intern whose entire work has been copied from other people’s work without any mention, attribution, or license :/

2024-06-11 19:35:21

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@npub12t2…456z Feels like they have duct taped a bunch of crap together and they’re consistently failing at making this desktop feel like it has an idea behind it, or a vision.

2024-06-11 19:27:53

Funny to see even Apple recognized that « AI » is now universally distrusted as a term or concept, and preferred to call it « Apple intelligence » to distance themselves from all the horror stories.
The fact remains everything they presented is lukewarm at best, and seems superfluous to any workflow I ever had when I had a real job, or any that I have these days, but it still made me smile to see them avoid the term.
Also, window tiling in macOS. Hilariously late, but welcome!

2024-06-11 19:11:45

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@npub1g6s…n8hx Probably, yeah! I’ll ask :)

2024-06-11 19:11:28

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@npub14p2…zhjr Insane it took them something like 10 years to finally realize this is something people use and want.

2024-06-08 17:24:34

Here is this week's #Linux and #OpenSource News audio podcast!
https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com/@tlenewspodcast/episodes/mint-disables-unverified-apps-recall-hacked-already-kde-as-ks-for-feedback
As always, follow it @npub1l3t…q63p or from any good podcast client!

2024-06-08 17:23:27

Time for this week's #Linux and #OpenSource News video!
In this one, we have Linux Mint deciding to hide unverified Flatpaks by default (but not apps from the repos, also unofficial?), we have KDE asking you to help them define their goals for the next 2 years, and we have the atrocious Windows recall being already hacked, and Microsoft backing down, making it disabled by default, and adding some security layers (because unencrypted databases are rarely a good idea)
https://youtu.be/wielYUfxSaI

2024-06-01 17:24:45

Here is this week's #Linux and #OpenSource audio podcast:
https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com/@tlenewspodcast/episodes/gnome-has-plans-eu-investigates-openai-for-gdpr-violations-ubuntu-real-time
As always, follow it @npub1l3t…q63p or from any good podcast client!

2024-06-01 17:23:15

Time for this week's #Linux and #OpenSource News video!
In this one, we have #GNOME and #KDE outlining some big plans, focusing on better apps for KDE, and on improving funding and organization for GNOME, and we have the #EU investigating #OpenAI and #ChatGPT for potential GDPR breaches:
https://youtu.be/cTaL-CczmYg

2024-05-31 14:06:18

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@npub1psf…xavl Weird! In my tests, and after using it at work for like 3 years, I felt it was the most compatible option On Linux!

2024-05-30 18:46:05

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@npub1tlm…sp2j Ah crap’! Hope you’ll be able to solve these!

2024-05-30 17:42:32

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@npub1jvz…gwmm Someone told me I should post a short video when Inmake a survey, so people are more easily aware of it, I’ll do that for the next one!

2024-05-30 17:29:01

I ran a little survey over the past week, to see which problems people were facing on #Linux, and I must say the results surprised me!
We got 3300 answers, on the general skill level, hardware or software problems, most problematic areas, the terminal, the community, the ease of finding online help, and more! So, here are my conclusions:
https://youtu.be/ie7K0lLrw4A

2024-05-28 19:25:57

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@npub15zn…c05n When you’re sitting on the couch, it blocks like 1cm of the entire height, which you don’t even notice :)

2024-05-28 18:10:49

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@npub1cup…966n Not very surprised, to be honest 😂

2024-05-26 18:37:06

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@npub15j7…qcd9 But that’s not what is happening in most cases. No foundation or company worth its salt would hire or keep someone that’s not suited for a job.

2024-05-26 10:32:42

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@npub1skp…fdzt No, GNOME is trying to find ways to make people contribute comfortably, no matter who they are, but some people seem to think I that’s a bad thing, somehow…

2024-05-26 10:30:41

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@npub1nlk…230r Honestly, it makes me want to never look at comments anymore, but I feel I would also miss out on some interesting feedback…

2024-05-26 08:20:57

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@npub1pju…d8rc Yeah, it’s insane

2024-05-26 08:20:49

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@npub1ete…m8m9 They’re getting worse and worse, yeah

2024-05-26 08:09:19

Today, I learned that diversity, equality and inclusivity is apparently a bad thing, and will kill a project? (From the comments under my latest news talking about #GNOME’s 5 year plan).
So, wanting people to feel comfortable contributing to a project is bad and woke now? Serisouly, what do they put in these people’s water? They’re going insane.

2024-05-25 17:36:31

Here is this week's #Linux and #OpenSource news podcast!
https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com/@tlenewspodcast/episodes/gnomes-5-year-plan-windows-recall-is-a-nightmare-qualcomm-beats-apple

2024-05-25 17:35:36

Time for this week's #Linux and #OpenSource News! In this one, we have a terrible feature being added to #Windows, we have the # KDE #Plasma 6.1 beta, and a 5 year plan for #GNOME!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wlw6rscU4gI

2024-05-25 13:14:32

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@npub1w5p…00dc Ah I already have it and have played most races :)

2024-05-23 21:09:01

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@npub1hw0…v5qp Oh no hatred, they never are that useful IMO, they are just… there to take some choppas to the face!

2024-05-23 10:36:31

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@npub16hg…2rn6 That was absolutely random and fun, yeah! I would probably have won the game handily without that explosion, but the fact it happened (by rolling a 6 on a 6 sided dice) made the game a lot more fun!

2024-05-23 10:00:30

My latest game of #warhammer40k was insanely fun! Took another Ork Dread Mob list, with a Stompa, against Tyranids, and it ended on a perfect draw, 75 VP each.
What matters is that a Killa Kan exploded and took out a Pyrovore, which exploded and killed a Neurotyrant that was on 1HP, and then the Stompa with 1HP charged a Hive Tyrant, killed it, then the tyrant exploded in death, killing the Stompa, which exploded and thus killed my Mek, a Deff Dread, plus DeathLeaper, and a BroodLord. Awesome!

2024-05-22 16:33:25

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@npub1g2v…z945 Weird!

2024-05-22 14:45:09

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@npub175q…pfhj Because a window manager could just be Kwin in KDE or Mutter on GNOME. A Tiling WM generally doesn’t come with a desktop environment attached :)

2024-05-22 14:14:14

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@npub1l8y…23jl I’m pretty sure I have the option in one of the questions?

2024-05-22 13:40:41

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@npub175q…pfhj If I didn’t add it, I would had a host of these « nerds » telling me « other: window manager ».
It’s not a narrow view point, it’s to make sure everyone has an answer.

2024-05-22 09:50:26

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@npub1fu8…v5kp Yeah, I don’t understand why this happens, a few people had the same problem last time :/

2024-05-22 09:27:22

I'm doing another one of my little surveys, this time to see which parts of using #Linux on the desktop are the most problematic, and the various issues people are having.
I'll make a video on these results next week, and depending on the answers, maybe I'll make more videos on specific issues, either to explain these topics, or to see how we could improve.
So, here is the form, feel free to fill it out and share it around, so we have as many answers as possible!
https://nextcloud.thelinuxexp.com/index.php/apps/forms/s/aMfgfisXZopCBQ6LtCHzYzTM

2024-05-18 17:25:34

Here is this week's #Linux and #OpenSource News podcast:
https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com/@tlenewspodcast/episodes/firefox-data-collection-france-bans-tiktok-sort-of-google-ai-is-scary
As always, follow it @npub1l3t…q63p !

2024-05-18 17:23:51

Time for this week's #Linux and #OpenSource News video!
In this one, we have #Firefox adding some data collection (but it's fine, IMO), we have a ton of stuff happening around AI, and it's still an absolute nightmare, we have the Linux Kernel 6.9 (nice), and #France banning #TikTok in one of its territories, which alarmed a bunch of human rights / freedom associations:

2024-05-15 11:13:45

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@npub183k…vqqc Ah, étrange, ça aurait du arriver dans mon aggregateur! Je regarde ça :)

2024-05-15 11:01:41

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@npub183k…vqqc Ah je n’ai rien vu à ce sujet dans mes flux RSS, tu as une source? Je l’ajouterai demain si c’est important !

2024-05-13 12:45:16

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@npub1wx9…xz7n A while back, I mainly played Tau, but I sold the entire army about a decade ago, I’ve regretted it ever since!

2024-05-13 08:36:58

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@npub1wx9…xz7n Haha I like the Salamanders, but I find Space Marines to be extremely boring 😅