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I recently tried to enable system-wide DNS over https on Fedora. To do so I had to to some research and found out how comfusing it is for the average user (and even experienced users) to change the settings. In fact there are multiple backends messing with system DNS at the same time.

Most major Linux distributions use systemd-resolved for DNS but there is no utility for changing its configuration.

The average user would still try to change DNS settings by editing /etc/relov.conf (which is overwritten and will not survive reboots) or changing settings in Network Manager.

Based on documentation of systemd-resolved, the standard way of adding custom DNS servers is putting so-called 'drop-in' files in /etc/systemd/resolved.conf.d directory, especially when you want to use DNS-over-TLS or DNS-over-https.

Modern browsers use their buit-in DNS settings which adds to the confusion.

I think this is one area that Linux needs more work and more standardization.

How do you think it should be fixed?

ToDark is a simple, polished and elegant todo list/task management app with integrated calendar.

I've tested a ton of similar apps but fell in love with this one instantly.

The UI is very clean and the categories and progress circles are very well implemented.

Github page: https://github.com/DarkMooNight/ToDark

Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.yoshi.todark

Is it possible to make money using your Linux knowledge if you're not a developer? I know I can become a professional devops or sysadmin if I take some courses and master advanced networking. But is there something I can do now as an average, moderately experienced linux user?

Hey fellow Linux enthusiasts! I'm curious to know if any of you use a less popular, obscure or exotic Linux distribution. What motivated you to choose that distribution over the more mainstream ones? I'd love to hear about your experiences and any unique features or benefits that drew you to your chosen distribution.

I remember in older Android releases I could enable high priority banner mode for my work emails. They would stay on top of the screen as persistent banners until I manually dismissed them. Is that still a thing?

I've noticed that with Android 13 and 12 on my Moto Edge 20 Pro notifications are a real mess. Sometimes I receive a notification and it's not even on top of the list. I have to check the timestamps to see which notification is most recent.

In case you don't know Multi-Gen LRU is an alternative LRU implementation that optimizes page reclaim and improves performance under memory pressure. Page reclaim decides the kernel's caching policy and ability to overcommit memory. It directly impacts the kswapd CPU usage and RAM efficiency.

Has anyone enabled this feature on their machines? Have you noticed any performance gains or memory management improvements? It's developed by Google and is reportedly is being used in ChromeOS and Android.

I have an old ThinkPad SL-400 with a Core 2 Duo processor and 4 gigabytes of RAM.

I used to think it was completely useless and it ended up gathering dust for years.

But recently, my sister started learning to code, and I decided to give her this laptop.

So I installed Debian 12 with the KDE desktop, and to my surprise it handles things surprisingly well. I didn't even feel the need to install something lighter like LXDE or XFCE.

It's amazing how well it multitasks with only 4 gigabytes of RAM. Just to test its limits, I opened vscode, multiple tabs in Chrome, Chromium, and Firefox all at once (including a YouTube video). I even opened Shotcut and edited a video while the browsers were running. Sure, it's not the fastest system I've ever seen, but it seems impossible to make it hang or freeze.

I'm using the Xanmod kernel and zswap, which might be helping to squeeze out more performance from this machine.

Overall it's amazing that to see how linux can breathe life into older hardware. I hope more people knew this and could save mony while using the latest software.

How do you guys quickly sync your settings (especially bash aliases and ssh keys) across your machines?

Ideally i want a simple script to run on every new server I work with. Any suggestions?

Pretty sure most of you already know this but for those who don't: you have two clipboards in Linux. One is the traditional clipboard where you copy with control c and paste with control v. The other one is when you highlight text and use the mouse middle click to paste text.

More details here.

I need a self-hosted securevoice call server that's easy to deply and uses less than 1 gb of ram.

It will be a family server. There are 5 users at most.

Appreciate your suggestions.

Celeste is a GUI file synchronization client that can connect to virtually any cloud provider.

- Backed by rclone, giving you a reliable and battle-tested way to sync your files anywhere
- Written with GTK4 and Libadwaita, giving Celeste a native look and feel on your desktop
- Written in Rust, making Celeste blazingly fast to use

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