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[–] original_reader@lemm.ee 1 points 2 hours ago

Good point. Which distros handle it well?

[–] original_reader@lemm.ee 1 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

But imagine how foolish we all would look if this would happen. 😁

[–] original_reader@lemm.ee 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Q was only surprised by this hug. Not opposed. Even touched, I would say... pardon the pun.

[–] original_reader@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Interesting. Gotta try that.

I have P2Play installed. It only supports 1 instance at a time. 🤷

[–] original_reader@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Are there any clients that support multiple instances? It would improve my feed if I would see content from several instances at once.

[–] original_reader@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

You can. That's what I meant with folders. But I cannot position these icons and folders freely on a grid like the Win10 Start menu allows. Still, Gnome comes quite close.

[–] original_reader@lemm.ee 11 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Thank you. I might just have to switch to KDE for that. Will install KDE on my current GNOME environment. Will give it a test drive.

[–] original_reader@lemm.ee 7 points 2 days ago (6 children)

Thanks for the suggestion. I looked at it. It is basically a simplified Windows 7 menu. Decent, but it doesn't go far enough for me.

Gnome itself is actually not bad. It has a full screen menu and arrangeable application icons and folders, but I cannot group them the way I want, let alone resize them. I wish there was something for Gnome, but I don't see it.

Perhaps I am asking for an edge case. Even Microsoft has dumbed down its Start menu in 11 to essentially a mobile launcher. Too few people seem to want that.

 

I’m looking for a launch menu that has similar functionality as the Windows 10 Start Menu. While I don’t think Windows is the pinnacle of OS development, I did find the "Start" menu quite useful in organizing my apps by task group and importance. Specifically, I’m interested in the following features:

  • The ability to resize the menu.
  • The option to create my own application layout in named groups.
  • The capability to create folders with applications.
  • Optionally, the ability to resize various application tiles.

The Cinnamenu applet for Cinnamon comes somewhat close, but it isn't quite it. Does anyone know of an app, a DE or anything else on Linux that offers these features?

 

Twitter Nick Jack Pappas@Pappiness Why do people care if 9 out of 10 dentists recommend a toothpaste brand? Dentists make more money when you have bad teeth. I want a toothpaste recommended by 9 out of 10 health insurance companies.

[–] original_reader@lemm.ee 48 points 4 days ago (2 children)

You need to cross a river that’s home to crocodiles. How do you get across safely?

You simply swim across. All the crocodiles are at the lion’s meeting!

[–] original_reader@lemm.ee 23 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Do people? I don't know.

Should we? Definitely (CDC).

 

What do you think?

You can read more here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_time

 

Where did you find that beast?

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by original_reader@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
 

PeerTube is fantastic with its decentralized model that prioritizes user privacy and control. However, it still struggles to gain widespread popularity.

What do you think could be done to enhance PeerTube's appeal and functionality, possibly even becoming a serious alternative to YouTube?

 

I would like the Firefox profile manager to open when I run Firefox from the GNOME 3 menu, be it the DashBar or the native menu. I installed Firefox using Flatpak.

I know that I can run it from the terminal with flatpak run org.mozilla.firefox -p. But how do I modify the .desktop file? I guess it is the one in /var/lib/flatpak/exports/share/applications/org.mozilla.firefox.desktop? I tried replacing the line

[Desktop Entry]
Exec=/usr/bin/flatpak run --branch=stable --arch=x86_64 --command=firefox --file-forwarding org.mozilla.firefox @@u %u @@

with

[Desktop Entry]
Exec=/usr/bin/flatpak run --branch=stable --arch=x86_64 --command=firefox org.mozilla.firefox --ProfileManager

but I cannot save the document because of "too many symbolic links".

What is the secret?

I really wish Firefox would simply offer this as an option in its settings.

 

World hits 12 straight months of record-high temperatures — but as warming continues, it'll be "remembered as comparatively cold"

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by original_reader@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
 

With worrying global trends like climate change, pollution, increasingly divided or radical governments, economic woes, misinformation and disinformation everywhere, dangerous health crises and so on, what do you think - how much time do we have before "it all comes crashing down"? What will end life or our way of life as we know it first?

Or do you think we'll make it? If so, how?

 

It's in the eye of the beholder, of course. But it would be great to see some solid recommendations.

 

So I often have to install and test different programs. I do not want programs to access the Internet immediately. After a while I might want to allow it, so it should be easy to allow or disallow internet access at the application level.

Basically I wonder if there is an easy way to do this. It seems that OpenSnitch can do this, but it doesn't seem to work on OpenSuse. I might be able to get it to work eventually, but before I spend hours tinkering with it, do you know of a better solution? Might this even be possible with the built-in firewall or AppArmor?

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