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12 votes
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Valve put their 'Pressure Vessel' container source for Linux games up on GitLab
14 votes -
Control Chromecasts from Linux
10 votes -
Steam Play Proton 5.13-1 Linux compatibility layer up and ready for testing
10 votes -
Steam Machines: Was it all in vain?
12 votes -
How can I reproduce my somewhat complicated Linux keymappings on Windows 10?
I am stuck on Windows 10 for the time being, and I wish to make it function similarly to the arrangement I have on Linux, using xcape and xmodmap. This is what I need: Caps sends Escape on tap and...
I am stuck on Windows 10 for the time being, and I wish to make it function similarly to the arrangement I have on Linux, using xcape and xmodmap. This is what I need:
- Caps sends Escape on tap and Control on hold
- Tab sends Tab on tap and Alt/Meta on hold
- Escape sends Caps (I rarely use this one).
I find this setup extremely comfortable. Is there a way to achieve this on Windows (that a layman like myself could do?).
7 votes -
Linux graphical apps coming to Windows SubSystem for Linux
14 votes -
Swift System is now open-source
7 votes -
Lenovo goes all in with the Linux desktop with over two dozen Ubuntu Linux powered PCs and laptops
20 votes -
How open-source software transformed the business world
6 votes -
A million students and counting have learned Linux
9 votes -
KeenWrite: A text editor
12 votes -
Arm officially supports Panfrost Open-Source Mali GPU driver development
7 votes -
Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth makes peace with Ubuntu Linux community
11 votes -
What's new in the Linux kernel
14 votes -
Twenty years of Linux on Big Iron
5 votes -
Breaking up is hard to do: Chrome Web Browser separates from Chrome OS
11 votes -
ThinkPad X1 Carbon with Fedora preloaded available for purchase
22 votes -
rc.d belongs in libexec, not etc
5 votes -
The Steam Play Proton compatibility layer turns two years old
19 votes -
NSA and FBI warn that previously undisclosed Drovorub malware for Linux threatens national security
22 votes -
Hardening Debian
6 votes -
Change in manjaro team composition
8 votes -
ReplaySorcery is an open-source, instant-replay solution for Linux
2 votes -
Fedora approves of making Nano the default terminal text editor
14 votes -
Linux Mint 20 Blocks And Removes Snap Citing Backdoor To Canonicals SnapCraft Store
7 votes -
LibreOffice: the next five years
12 votes -
Sandboxing in Linux with zero lines of code
7 votes -
Canonical enables Linux desktop app support with Flutter
8 votes -
Is there a service where I can rent a Windows or macOS virtual machine?
Hi, hope this is the right place for this question. I'd like to learn Autodesk Fusion 360, but all of my devices are running either Ubuntu or ChromeOS. I've tried to get F360 running on my ubuntu...
Hi, hope this is the right place for this question. I'd like to learn Autodesk Fusion 360, but all of my devices are running either Ubuntu or ChromeOS. I've tried to get F360 running on my ubuntu desktop with both Wine and Lutris but I haven't had success. There is also a web application for F360 but it is feature limited.
It seems like the only way to get this program running is to use a virtual machine, but I don't have much experience in this area. Do I need to buy a windows license and set up my own VM or is there a service where I can rent time on a preconfigured VM somewhere?
Thanks for reading, hope to hear your suggestions.
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Are there any good tools for "one-off" file encryption?
Sorry if this is a silly question, but I keep running into situations where a small CLI or GUI tool that could be handed a single file and hand me back an encrypted version would be useful. I've...
Sorry if this is a silly question, but I keep running into situations where a small CLI or GUI tool that could be handed a single file and hand me back an encrypted version would be useful. I've done some googling, but all I typically turn up is blogspam about random Windows-only tools that seem to be of dubious quality.
Anyone know of a good tool for this type of thing?
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Do you use Linux for music production? What software and tools do you use?
I'm an amateur musician and amateur audio editor and creator. (I noticed the ~creative category isn't that active, and) I was wondering if there were any Tilders who make music with Linux....
I'm an amateur musician and amateur audio editor and creator. (I noticed the ~creative category isn't that active, and) I was wondering if there were any Tilders who make music with Linux. Activities such as:
- recording instruments or vocals
- producing music digitally
- composing and using score writing software
- editing and mixing audio
I'm interested to learn more and improve my craft(s), so perhaps people could share their go-to apps or hardware, and tips for beginners, like how best to configure Linux for audio work (minimize latency, etc.). I'd be interested in any finished (or unfinished!) works produced with Linux that anyone would want to share.
I mainly use ardour for audio production, including MIDI. I use Musescore for making scores / sheet music. I occasionally use command line tools like exiftool and ffmpeg. I've dabbled with LMMS, and have outgrown Audacity.
17 votes -
Munich is shifting back from Microsoft to open source
14 votes -
A Google Cloud support engineer solves a tough DNS case
7 votes -
Microsoft is bringing Linux GUI apps to Windows 10
16 votes -
DirectX is coming to the Windows Subsystem for Linux
7 votes -
What’s new with Pop!_OS 20.04 LTS
19 votes -
systemd, 10 years later: a historical and technical retrospective
12 votes -
The bashtop resource monitor is a work of art
12 votes -
Typesetting Markdown - Part 8
5 votes -
Help Packaging Elmer FEM for Nix
I'm trying to package Elmer for use with NixOS, and could use some help from any experienced Nix users. My current attempt is located here. There is some junk left around in that file from my...
I'm trying to package Elmer for use with NixOS, and could use some help from any experienced Nix users. My current attempt is located here. There is some junk left around in that file from my experimenting, but it's at least a start. There are also a few lines of error included in the comment here.
Any help is appreciated!
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Desed: a debugger for sed
14 votes -
Freedombone - software for an internet of people
8 votes -
Proton has brought about 6000 games to Linux so far
13 votes -
Using a 1930 Teletype as a Linux terminal
18 votes -
Let's talk gaming on Linux
Assorted questions. As always, don't feel like you have to treat them like a quiz and answer them one-by-one (though you certainly can), but more like jumping off points for discussing whatever...
Assorted questions. As always, don't feel like you have to treat them like a quiz and answer them one-by-one (though you certainly can), but more like jumping off points for discussing whatever you feel is relevant:
- Who here games on Linux?
- How long have you been doing it?
- What is your setup like? Full-time Linux? Dual booting? GPU Passthrough?
- Which distro do you use, and why? Did gaming-related factors have an influence on that choice at all?
- What are some of the positives about gaming on Linux?
- What are some of the drawbacks/frustrations?
- What are some of your favorite native Linux games?
- What are your thoughts on the main gaming platforms' support or lack thereof for Linux?
- Do you personally feel a friction between open source philosophy and playing closed-source games?
- Do you think that Valve's Proton initiative is a help or hindrance for Linux gaming?
Share anything else you feel is relevant as well. I'm mostly interested in hearing what other people's experiences are.
Also, I debated whether to put this in ~games or ~tech and ultimately decided on the former, but if it's better placed in ~tech I'm fine with that.
26 votes -
Technical reasons to choose FreeBSD over GNU/Linux
4 votes -
Converting Project Gutenberg Projects to Markdown
12 votes -
BlackBerry says Chinese government hackers stole world's sensitive data for ten years
7 votes -
[SOLVED] Tech support request: Getting a scanner and controller working in Linux
Most recent update is here. The Tildes community has been amazing and patient with me as a new and uninformed Linux user, and I'm greatly appreciative of that. I return to you today with yet...
Most recent update is here.
The Tildes community has been amazing and patient with me as a new and uninformed Linux user, and I'm greatly appreciative of that. I return to you today with yet another request.
Hardware
System76 Oryx Pro
Distro: Pop!_OS 19.10
Issue #1 (mission critical)
Brother MFC-L2750DW
I have a Brother printer/scanner for which I have installed the drivers using the .deb file provided on the Brother site. It's connected via USB. Printing works fine; scanning does not. My husband and I both need the ability to scan for our jobs, so this issue is pretty important to us.
I am using the program Document Scanner (I believe it's one of the GNOME default programs?). When I open the program it says "Searching for Scanners" and then recognizes my scanner, giving the model number and says it's "Ready to Scan". Whenever I attempt to scan, however, whether from the ADF or the flatbed, it says "Unable to connect to scanner". I am not sure how to proceed, and any guidance on this would be greatly appreciated!
Issue #2 (optional)
Hyperkin Duke Wired Xbox Controller
This is an optional issue and not at all one that needs to be solved by any means. A while back my husband got me this because it's my absolute favorite controller of all time (I know, scoff all you want!). It worked fine in Windows, but now that I've shifted over to Linux it has been sitting and gathering dust.
When I plug it in the controller rumbles briefly (which it also did on Windows), but other than that does nothing. No input is accepted. If it's easy to get this up and running in Linux, I'd love to be able to use it, but if it's not that's totally fine. I have another controller I can use, and again, none of this is essential to my work. I just figured since I was asking for help I'd throw this in here too.
If you need any additional information or need me to try any specific things, let me know!
10 votes