Ex-technologist, now an artist. My art: http://www.eugenialoli.com/

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Cake day: July 10th, 2023
  • Eugenia@lemmy.mltoLinux@lemmy.ml•rEFInd doesn't show BTRFS snapshots.English
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    2 days ago

    From arch’s site:

    Tip: make sure btrfs_x64.efi driver is installed, it can be installed manually by copying from /usr/share/refind/drivers_x64/btrfs_x64.efi to esp/EFI/refind/drivers_x64/btrfs_x64.efi, or you can install all drivers with the refind-install /dev/sdx --alldrivers option.

    Warning: btrfs_x64.efi does not support raid1c3/4.

  • Eugenia@lemmy.mltoLinux@lemmy.ml•Tuxedo OS (Ubuntu-based) with KDE/Wayland - waking from Sleep freezes the computer. Help?English
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    7 days ago

    First, update your computer’s BIOS/firmware. If that doesn’t fix it, then try Arch, or Fedora beta. If the problem exists there too, then it’s a kernel issue in general, and it might get fixed in the future. OR, if the computer BIOS is buggy, Linus has been clear that they won’t do workarounds for buggy firmwares. In which case, you’d need a new computer that’s actually compatible with Linux.

    Most of the computers out there have buggy firmwares that go around for Windows, but Linus has been adamant that he wouldn’t do workarounds because they bloat the kernel.

  • Eugenia@lemmy.mltoLinux@lemmy.ml•Which Distribution and Desktop Environment should I use?English
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    8 days ago

    Just use Linux Mint, cinnamon edition, and then edit the startup app list to not load some of the stuff that take too much ram, like the reports, nvidia, etc. Also remove fwupd if you updated your laptop’s firmware already via windows. I personally also stop bt (frees overall 30 mb of ram). Make sure during installation that you create a 4 GB swap partition too. At the end, I have a system that starts up at 750 MB of RAM (htop reading, 980 MB with gnome-system-monitor). As long as I use only 2-3 Chrome tabs, I’m ok to not swap. Firefox uses more ram i’m afraid, especially with youtube.

    I have 4 laptops here run linux mint with 4 gb of ram. They run fine, my husband even does development in one of these.

    The n3060 cpu is slow at 660 PassMark points, just enough for Mint to function. XFce is a tad faster indeed, and uses about 60 MB less RAM, however, it’s missing some desktop options that I find useful (e.g. disabling tap and drag).

  • Eugenia@lemmy.mltoLinux@lemmy.ml•Help me like desktop linuxEnglish
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    17 days ago

    I don’t think desktop Linux works for you. That’s the truth. You know, I was like you, and so was my husband. These individual projects that never felt that they fit together to create a cohesive product, always bothered me. So what you’re asking, will never get fixed, to be honest with you.

    But speaking about myself, I decided to use Linux because it’s the right thing to do. As a painter myself, who needs some of the features Photoshop has but Gimp 3 doesn’t, I feel you. But still, I use Gimp now, 100% of the time. I settled for less, because again, it’s the right thing to do. I have no interest to use Windows and its spyware. I have a macbook air with macos for occasional browsing (I like the hardware), but again, I use OSS software on it (including gimp). The rest of my 5 laptops and 3 desktops, all run desktop Linux. I’m more often on an old Macbook Air from 2015 running Linux Mint, than I am on the new Mac running MacOS. My main desktop is Debian-Testing. Is it as cohesive as Windows? No, and it will never be. But again, it’s the right choice.