Linux Laptops, Fedora COSMIC, LXQt, DreamWorks Open Source & more Linux news

[@hindigente]

Cosmic really seams promising, I hope more distros hop on board.

[@UKprl]

TWIL, Chaos Energy edition. As for LXQT, I ran that in Lubuntu 20.04 (LTS) for a couple of years and found it noticeably snappy as well as efficient with memory on an older system (Intel Skylake, i5-6500 with HD 530 and 8GB RAM) I'm back on GNOME currently but will still be checking out LXQT 2.0 and KDE Plasma 6.0 when they are generally available on a stable distro, as they both continue to be decent environments with significant developments and something to be familiar with, should I find myself running more QT-based applications.

[@ccroy2001]

I loved that it was sort of scatter brained as that is how my mind works when geeking out.

[@MnemonicCarrier]

Plasma 6 - the "cube" is coming back!!! Yeah baby, yeah!!!!!!!! ❤

[@hindigente]

Aside from seeming a bit airheaded today, your presentation style has always been friendly and informal, so your presentation in this episode probably didn't feel as off to your audience as it did to you.

[@bonkerbanker]

A bit airheaded is a big understatement!

[@michael_tunnell]

understatement huh?

[@Deezter16]

Very enjoyable episode, keep doing them :).

[@hindigente]

I've switched back and forth between LXQt and xfce distros on an ancient dual core laptop for the past ~5 years. I've settled on Linux Lite for the moment, but now I can't wait to try some distro with LXQt 2.0 on it. Hopefully major distros update their LXQt spins soon, because I'm too much of a Linux noob to just install a DE from scratch.

[@whiskeylinux]

Love when you just roll with it. Great ep!

[@Gfish17]

I just got a BMAX Laptop from Temu on a %75 off and I just installed Linux Mint. I tried Windows 11 and just switched to Linux Mint cinnamon 21.

[@zzco]

Can't waaaaaaait for Plasma 6!

[@arkvsi8142]

Try waiting faster

[@fuseteam]

Error 352 Episode 'i don't remember' not found

[@jimcabezola3051]

Wonky-ness is next to godliness. Feel free to unleash the wonky. I'm in my 60s, and the humour HELPS me! Aloha!

[@randomtvninja]

If you're not excited for Kung Fu Panda 4 you're not human- Biden probably 😂 But seriously I'm excited for it! I'm not a regular viewer of the channel but i enjoyed the candid nature of this episode and will continue watching if this is the norm.

[@michael_tunnell]

I think that quote is from Benjamin Franklin. 😆 But yes, the show is always candid, this one was just also a bit silly with my forgetting episode numbers and such 😆

[@MnemonicCarrier]

The "KDE Slimbook 16 AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS" is gonna be my next laptop 💻 This is the laptop I've been waiting for!

[@RobertTreat9]

KDE Plasma 6.0.0 came in my updates yesterday on Fedora 40. :)

[@michael_tunnell]

wait what? do you have just the stable repos active? They beat KDE to release? lol

[@RobertTreat9]

Update Testing Repos@@michael_tunnell

[@michael_tunnell]

oh okay, testing repos makes sense 😎👍

[@Gfish17]

Hey Mike if I were to learn how to code with Linux Mint what would be a good place to start?

[@mavfan1]

Google: Linux Mint Developer Guide

[@michael_tunnell]

Depends on what you want to code and what languages you want to learn. Need more detail

[@guilherme5094]

In my opinion it's time for the KDE people to change their attitude towards Neon, this Schrödinger distro approach doesn't work.

[@teknogear1705]

Watching This now KDE Neon 5.27 can't wait for Plasma 6... I Only use KDE Neon and or Solus Plasma but don't like to wait for Updates on Solus sometimes...

[@michael_tunnell]

Thanks for commenting @teknogear1705 , I am curious about your KDE Neon usage. What are your thoughts on the FAQs where they say that KDE Neon is not a distro and that they are "only interested in KDE software." Does this concern you as a user?

[@acubley]

"I'm an adult..." 😉 You gotta let your inner child play, if you don't you get old & moldy.

[@Your_Degenerate]

I'm curious what options for setting up a Wacom tablet will be available in Gnome 46. I don't normally use all the input features of mine but having easy control over them would be encouraging.

[@reality_hurtz]

You do you Michael ;-)

[@arkvsi8142]

All I want is FSR in the BIOS

[@noam65]

Quake mode! Do we have that yet?

[@louisfifteen]

I think maybe you are already at SCALE 2024.

[@new-lviv]

Curious to see DE landscape by the year 2026, as in 2025 RedHat will drop X, and many will go along. So, the ancient DEs for X will lose popularity and we'll see replacements like Sway becoming the new thing ultimately. A new era.

[@elyzsabethahne2116]

LOL! Funny! Not only informative, but also entertaining!

[@stevenweaver8224]

Useless KZbin put an advert right in the middle of your Kolide sponsorship section.🤦‍♂

[@michael_tunnell]

Wait what? That’s for letting me know, I’ll fix that soon Edit: issue fixed, thanks again for reporting

[@johanb.7869]

Wonky? It was a disaster🤣This average ho hum user, uses KDE neon with Wayland. Works like a charm. Easy to install, quick and very stable. Mister Alzheimer can I speak with you please?😜

[@michael_tunnell]

Just because you can and you do, doesn’t change the answer to their F.A.Q. (rhyme intended 😎)

[@johanb.7869]

@@michael_tunnell off topic: Plasma 6 was a bust. I removed neon and installed MX Linux.

[@michael_tunnell]

I think plasma 6 is freaking dope! But I’m going to wait until Fedora has it before I run it full time

[@johanb.7869]

@@michael_tunnell Good for you. I found it a dope mess😉

[@michael_tunnell]

But you were also using it on Neon. Neon shouldn’t be used as a daily driver. I think it is worth trying it when Fedora ships it for sure

[@RobertBrooksiii47]

if it works Don't fix it "Olay"

[@guilherme5094]

👍

[@zxuiji]

Are you SURE you're an adult? 'Cause I'm not, I'm only 35 :D

[@michael_tunnell]

You know what, you’re so right. Adulting is overrated

[@igorgiuseppe1862]

so mir is still alive?

[@michael_tunnell]

Yes, Mir never ended, it was pivoted into a compositor for Wayland

[@fuseteam]

Is gimp a photoshop alternative yet? xd

[@michael_tunnell]

Depends on the needs of the user, professional editors? Nah pretty far from it

[@fuseteam]

@@michael_tunnell what do you use btw?

[@michael_tunnell]

Photopea.com it’s a webapp and it’s about 70%as good as Photoshop which is fantastic for me. To compare, GIMP is about 15% as good and that’s being generous. However, this is on the professional level. For the average user, GIMP is more than adequate

[@fuseteam]

@@michael_tunnell thanks awesome to know :D Guess gimp has to catch up to photopea first xd

[@RobertBrooksiii47]

they Did it ... They broke Neon for the last six years I been saying that Neon was the best if the best but today i've been trying to put things back together and i've losing ... yesterday my system was running smooth as a baby's butt today i've been the Matador "Olay" KDE "Olay" ... Help Me what Distal out here is not giving up on X11??? ... Wayland really SBDD

[@michael_tunnell]

X11 is going away, this is inevitable. The people maintaining X11 are not going to do so for much longer, they announced this. So Wayland is a necessity at some point, when that’s not clear but eventually for sure. KDE Plasma didn’t drop X11 support though, just changed the default to Wayland. You can do a logout and on the login screen you can change it in the bottom left.

[@RobertBrooksiii47]

I've seen that... Thanks for hitting me back @@michael_tunnell It's not just Wayland everything in this update is short of perfect... In order to restart I have to go to command line and type in reboot... In both x11 and Wayland... In command line after I do an auto remove things get real stupid my Application Dashboard vanishes My Bluetooth won't enable and I lose several wedges on my desktop oh yeah did I say my shutdown/restart buttons don't work and and KZbin audio lags, my browser and vlc freezes up I am Soooo Grateful for TimeShift ... i for one can't wait till the update for this upgrade is out But all and all Thank you for getting back with me and Thank you even more for introducing me to the Linux Wold your the Coolest

[@RobertBrooksiii47]

Thank you after thinking is what you said about the X11 team I finely moved on to Wayland and to my it not all as bad as i remember it being ... Thanks again @@michael_tunnell

[@michael_tunnell]

Glad to hear you’re trying Wayland and having a better experience. Wayland used to be very underwhelming but I also experienced a lot of improvement over the years. 😎 As for Neon, this is exactly why I tell people not to use it as it’s for testing and is often very very buggy during these kinds of upgrades. This has happened many times and every major upgrade there is always something like this.

[@fetB]

29:11 mate, dont pretend to explain it and then not do it. i always pronounce it qu-tee

[@michael_tunnell]

I explained what I meant by LX"cute" so people who didnt know Qt is pronounced "cute" will know why I would keep saying LXcute. rather than L-X-Q-T as the toolkit Qt is pronounced cute.

[@TheDesertBlizzard]

Do we really need another DE? Really?

[@michael_tunnell]

All of the DEs have massive pros and cons so I think it’s fine. The fact that it is written in rust is very interesting too for me

[@TheDesertBlizzard]

@@michael_tunnell I forgot about it being in Rust. Good point.

[@bonkerbanker]

I perfer less wonky. In this episode it seems your are high or drunk :/

[@sylviemcritchie6258]

'Promo SM' 😊

[@ShaunakHub]

You are late 😛

[@michael_tunnell]

time is merely a social construct 😆