Linux Discussion

[Steve Adams]

I appreciate your enthusiasm.

Dell's acumen as a service company sets a large hurdle. I am compelledget to use one at work.

The nine (used ones) I personally own work, but are incredibly difficult to modify. They were created for temporal use-cases, and their use-by dates are long gone. I'm planning to donate them to individuals who don't have comp. resources.

I would keep mine, I love the thing. It's been with me during alot of travels and stuff. The motherboard is slowly dying in it. I am keeping it going until we sell our house. Then I am going to order a new Tuxedo 14 inch system built the way I want. My current dell can upgrade the ram, ssd, battery, wireless card and has all the ports I want. Nobody in the mainstream pc space makes one now. Tux does.

 

[Steve Adams]

I am looking for some resources for Linux software. Note taking, photo/video/graphic software, property management software etc. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

 

[lowendlinux]

Had the dude at the local dive give my Linux box a paint job. It looks pretty great so I'll hit it with some mat clear tomorrow

 

[Steve Adams]

What laptop is that?

 

[Steve Adams]

I am completely going to jinx this machine now. It's been working great since it's been on Zorin. The graphics driver screwed up once since running it. A quick reboot and all is good again. I can't wait to get the Tuxedobook 14.

 

[throAU]

Kali Linux 2026.2 Released with GNOME 50, KDE Plasma 6.6, and New Tools

I haven't tried or used Kali, but they released a new update. I will say they have one of the cooler logos out there

Kali is for penetration testing and security auditing, it's not for general use. You COULD try and make it work but really it's like trying to say, daily drive a removal van because you might move house once a decade, instead of just having a daily driver and hiring the van the day you need it.

It doesn't get regularly updated (including security updates) and for the typical end user will be full of tools they have no idea what to do with.

If you want to read up on and learn security, sure - but for general purpose use run something else.

Kali is the platform you load up when working on a security audit.

 

[maflynn]

Had the dude at the local dive give my Linux box a paint job. It looks pretty great so I'll hit it with some mat clear tomorrow

Wow that artist is quite talented.

I can't wait to get the Tuxedobook 14.

I've heard good things about tuxedo laptops. I'm partial to thinkpads myself, though at this stage of my life and career my mobility needs have decreased sharply.

First Look at COSMIC Desktop Environment’s Frosted Glass Effect
System 76 released 1.3 of Cosmic,

Cosmic 1.4 is out COSMIC 1.4 Desktop Environment Introduces New Default Sound Theme

I've played with the Cosmic DE, but I still prefer Gnome, though I will say that Cosmic is extremely close to Gnome (given that it was originally built on top of Gnome).

I've played with a number of different distros, DEs, and Windows Managers. My Linux journey is largely settled down to CachyOS, and Gnome. The distro hopping itch has long been scratched

 

[Steve Adams]

Wow that artist is quite talented.


I've heard good things about tuxedo laptops. I'm partial to thinkpads myself, though at this stage of my life and career my mobility needs have decreased sharply.


Cosmic 1.4 is out COSMIC 1.4 Desktop Environment Introduces New Default Sound Theme

I've played with the Cosmic DE, but I still prefer Gnome, though I will say that Cosmic is extremely close to Gnome (given that it was originally built on top of Gnome).

I've played with a number of different distros, DEs, and Windows Managers. My Linux journey is largely settled down to CachyOS, and Gnome. The distro hopping itch has long been scratched

Ours are increasing since we are close to opening our inspection and management business. We will be on the road more. The tux 14 has all the ports and with the HX370 processor, graphics performance should be decent for our other creative stuff. Still can't get freakin affinity to reliably work on my pc however.