Just had to push a fix for NixbookOS.

It seems, something with new installs of #nixos 25.05 with #cinnamon breaks the handling of Zoommtg links.

I was getting an error from gio saying "The specified location is not supported"

No matter what I tried, it didn't work, but gtk-launch does work.

So creating this desktop item in Nix fixes the issue!!

Well... Mother in law wants #Linux installed. The laptop has a touch screen. She wants something that has a start button like Windows.

Which works best as a DE with a touch screen, #Cinnamon or #KDE #Plasma? I'm leaning towards Plasma because I'm used to it, but I think Cinnamon might be a simpler option.

Ik wilde Stick War Legacy installeren, maar dat is een #Android spel.

Onder #Linux kan je dan #Waydroid installeren om een hele Android omgeving inclusief Google Play Store in te richten. Indrukwekkend, maar om dat te laten werken moet je #Wayland als window manager gebruiken, en dat is nog experimenteel onder #Cinnamon, de desktop manager die ik gebruik.

Als ik het goed begrepen heb..

Well, my first conclusion after, well, about two weeks of using Linux Mint: mixed.

If you've been using Fedora Linux for years, it's a noticeable step backwards. What runs smoothly under Fedora, where devices are recognized without any problems, requires a little extra help with Mint - and often more time...

Examples: I have a Brother DCP3515 multifunction laser printer. Under Fedora, it is recognized immediately via WLAN and if you want to print something, it can be done in seconds. With Mint, a connection was only possible via USB, only then could I set it up via WLAN. And it takes a few minutes for the printout to come out of the printer. Very annoying!

Or my uGreen NAS: under Fedora, it is there immediately after logging on to the PC when I click on the shortcuts in the file explorer. Under Mint it feels like it takes forever before I can access the NAS at all. Quite apart from the fact that it didn't work out of the box, I had to install Samba first. And I find such annoying little things in every corner of Mint.

So I can't understand why Linux Mint is constantly cited as the ideal distribution for Windows users as an introduction to the Linux world. Just because of the Win10-like Cinnamon desktop? I would only advise anyone to use Fedora if it's not about ideology, like me. And even I'm beginning to doubt whether it's worth it...

Doing a bit of an explore of the desktop environments on the Toughpad to see what's out there that's touch friendly. This is on Debian 12. I'll probably re-visit this when I move to Debian 13 in a few months time.

- #Gnome : tried both #X11 and #Wayland versions, Classic and the present UI… quite inflexible and the UI elements are practically invisible for driving with a stylus. On-screen keyboard is next to useless as it puts digits and symbols on separate pages and does not implement function keys or modifiers.
- #MATE : Seems to have limited screen scaling options and appearance customisation making stylus/touch operation tricky… but at least Onboard keyboard works.
- #Cinnamon : has the best built-in on-screen keyboard seen so far, but summoning it is not obvious and the layout is still sub-optimal for passwords (but ESC, function keys and modifiers are there!). You lose ⅓ of the screen to the keyboard, even if you're not using it.
- #XFCE seems to work pretty well, I was able to bump the size of the panel up a bit, it uses Onboard for the on-screen keyboard, seems to be the best so far.

Just waiting on #LXQT to install… we'll see how that is.

Holy crap I just installed kde-full on my #LinuxMint system. Sorry #Cinnamon but I ain't ever going back. Oh how I have missed #KDE!

As much as I love #LinuxMint I miss #KDE so much more. I wish there was an easy way to switch my #Desktop Environment from #Cinnamon to KDE.

RE: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/06/17/2044241/kde-plasma-64-released

Upgrade Hardware or Upgrade to Linux?

https://lpi.org/6djz

Thanks to everyone who suggested the #Cosmic store as a #gnome software replacement that works with #flatpak

Testing it with #nixbook on #cinnamon and so far it's great!

I still think #KDE sometimes is half baked compared to #Gnome and #Cinnamon.

Even though from a desktop perspective, KDE, out of the box is 95% "user complete" IMO.

Je m’attends, tôt ou tard, à devoir basculer vers #Cinnamon ou Mate, si #GNOME abandonne #X11 comme annoncé. Je n’ai pas d’autre choix.

Linux Mint 22.1 Cinnamon is ok for now, that's all I care about.

#linux #ubuntu #linuxmint #cinnamon #wayland #gnome

Ubuntu 25.10 Drops Support for Using GNOME on Xorg/X11 https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/ubuntu-25-10-dropping-xorg-support

So something annoying i've notice since upgrading to #nixos 25.05.. both in gnome AND cinnamon...

I think its daily, i get a notification that says "Updates are out of date".

And when you click on it, it takes you to gnome software center, which is up to date, but with an error that it couldn't hit flathub.

I have my flatpak updates automatic,.. if there a way to just turn off this weird notifcation?

#gnome and #cinnamon #linux

Nochmal eine Frage an die #Linux Profis da draußen:

Als noch recht frischer Linux-Neunutzer bin ich mir auch mit Google noch nicht ganz klar, wo ich hinsichtlich Treibern für Grafikkarten am besten aufgehoben bin:
#LinuxMint fühlt sich schon ganz schick an, vor allem hinsichtlich Wechsel von Windows.
#Ubuntu mit #Cinnamon wirkt auch "gut". Zudem habe ich Ubuntu bei sehr vielen Apps und Treibern als unterstützt gefunden.

Für mich steht die Alltagsnutzung im Vordergrund. Habt ihr Empfehlungen?

Does anyone know if there is any way in #LinuxMint 22.1 #Cinnamon to make all #application #windows that do not have #focus to be #dimmed and maybe slightly #blurred out of focus so the background apps are less distracting? #DesktopEnvironment

Kann man #Linux #Mint #Cinnamon updaten oder zerschieße ich es mir dadurch?