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[–] aleph@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I logged into it using the same login that I use for my LM Cinnamon session; I've heard this is not ideal, and this issue is probably one of the reasons why.

Ah yeah, this will be why. Installing different DEs as the same user is pretty much guaranteed to create conflicts and generally should be avoided. It's always best to create a new user account for each different DE you want to try out so that it doesn't screw anything up.

P. S. Gnome includes a Wayland session by default, so you don't have to install it separately like you do with KDE.

[–] aleph@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

With the first few points, I feel like these are probably things that will either get easier as you adjust to the Gnome workflow, or can be remedied by extensions. I recommend installing the unofficial Extension Manager app my Matt Jakemen, which comes with a built-in search. Makes finding extensions very convenient.

The issues with the notifications sounds a bit weird. They shouldn't be taking focus away from the app you're working on. I use Thunderbird all the time and it never does that to me. Also, xfce-notifyd? What is that running on Gnome?

[–] aleph@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

I'm assuming your problems with Gnome are due to the UI? Have you tried adding extensions like Arc Menu and Dash to Panel to achieve a more cinnamon-like experience?

[–] aleph@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (7 children)

I've been running EndeavourOS (Arch-based with really good defaults and a very helpful community) as my daily driver for two years, and honestly I feel the "Arch isn't stable" trope to be way overblown, based on my experience. I personally had more issues with Fedora and OpenSUSE Tumbleweed than I have with EndeavourOS so far.

Also, if Wayland is a priority then I would suggest sticking with Gnome. KDE has come a long with their Wayland support but it's still pretty buggy in comparison.

P. S. If you do fancy trying the KDE route anyway, I would disagree with the other commenter and say that Debian is not an optimal distro for KDE. This is mainly due to the fact that KDE development greatly benefits from quick updates via a rolling distro, and Debian is pretty much the antithesis of that.

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

Possibly, although there's also the fact that "blockchain" is the trendy new buzzword that companies like to use because they think it makes them look cool.

[–] aleph@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

They didn't lie, though.

The quote you refer to said:

"Aware of the crypto thing," he tweeted. "We were told there was no NFT/crypto component but looks like that may not be the case. Waiting for responses to our emails/phone calls like others."

Which is a misunderstanding on the part of the author of that tweet: blockchain ≠ crypto. While it is the technology that crypto and NFTs are based on, blockchain can be used for a wide variety of different purposes.

So while the organizers probably should have been more clear about how they were going to implement the technology, it appears they didn't say anything that wasn't true.

[–] aleph@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Basically it sounds like a bunch of people getting upset for no reason because they think blockchain = crypto.

Pretty much, yeah. Seems that people heard the phrase "blockchain" and instantly assumed the idea was to flog NFTs, which is unfortunate for the people behind the platform.

That said, this seems to be yet another example of people using blockchain unnecessarily. Wouldn't a centralized database/authentication server have been a simpler choice?

[–] aleph@lemm.ee 30 points 2 years ago (5 children)

They didn't disclose the fact that the passes would be using blockchain technology, apparently. Quite why they thought this was necessary is not clear, but it's not inherently a bad thing.

Unfortunately for them, however, blockchain/cryptocurrency/NFTs are all interchangeable according to the general public, so this has created a bit of a backlash.

[–] aleph@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Well, the two aren't all that different. openSUSE has an better installer, which offers even full disk encryption, automated partitioning for disks in BTRFS with backups enabled.

If you want the above with Arch, the EndeavourOS installer also offers these features.

One big plus I can see in openSUSE's favour is YaST, the graphical utility for system configuration, and allows you to configure nearly everything in a GUI.

It's not widely known, but EndeavourOS also has a GUI manager for btrfs snapshots, btrfs-assistant, that offers equivalent functionality to 'Suse.

It doesn't come pre-installed, but it's pretty easy to setup.

[–] aleph@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Pixel wallpapers aren't usually this blindingly bright - they usually have around half that work with dark themes.

But yeah, dark themes/wallpapers look better on Android, period.

[–] aleph@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Ah, that explains it - the community spin changed the default. Thought I was going crazy for a second there 😄

[–] aleph@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Heresy! /s

Is that really the default font for Xfce-ternimal on EndeavourOS? I use the same distro but with Gnome, which is probably how that little detail passed me by.

My personal ride-or-die terminal font is Jetbrains Mono, which you might want to try out. I know it supports ligatures although not sure about emojis etc.

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