With a Wi-Fi adapter on Desktop?
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I think Windows is successful because it creates a nice Enterprise environment, where companies can easily get into investing into new apps to use in their offices. I think that’s why it’s successful.
I think problems that could be solved are generic hardware compatibility. Being able to install Wi-Fi adapters and Digital Tokens easily on Linux would go a long way. I think it will get there, though.
I had one last week because of Storage problems.
Third party licensed apps are everything on Windows.
That seems like a good idea.
It’s incredible how that proprietary software is actually inefficient e-waste. Most FOSS isn’t bloated or slow, but proprietary software got the high ground because of contracts and “security”, I’m sure.
I know it’s rough. Trying to find a job that pays well and isn’t deep into proprietary stuff like SQL Server, C# and alike. Sadly this scenario is overwhelmingly the case, and until the crowdfunded and open source scenario get strong (they still aren’t) there isn’t too much of an option.
lacaio da inquisição@lemmy.eco.brto Open Source@lemmy.ml•FOSSIL: A complete Git alternative3·5 months agoI imagine the creator envisioned something like a package wiki/docs mixed with direct access to the source code.
lacaio da inquisição@lemmy.eco.brto Linux@lemmy.ml•Early access for the Framework Laptop 13 with DC‐ROMA RISC‐V Mainboard16·6 months agoFinally, something done using only RISCV.
lacaio da inquisição@lemmy.eco.brto Linux@lemmy.ml•Thinking about switching to Linux; main concern is son's games1·6 months agoONLYOFFICE is fully compatible with doc and docx files. It’s what I installed on my mom’s computer. She is having an easy time using it. Clients mostly work with doc and docx files, so having an Office Suite that is not fully compatible with those files (like LibreOffice) is a problem. To download ONLYOFFICE you have to search for ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors. Sorry about the Caps, but the official name of the program is in all Caps.
lacaio da inquisição@lemmy.eco.brto Linux@lemmy.ml•Thinking about switching to Linux; main concern is son's games1·6 months agoI run The Sims 4 using Steam, but I also have The Sims 2 installed via the EA App and running.
When not using Steam, there is another compatibility layer called Wine, which can run games by installing them in a .wine folder (which will contain all windows related apps).
You have to download Lutris (it runs GOG, EA, Ubisoft) and it will set things up for you, but you will need to modify some files and restart the computer to make the EA App install properly (it has compatibility problems with some settings files - you have to make a file executable and modifiable). ChatGPT or Gemini will be able to give you directions on what to modify if you copy paste the error messages.
Wine installs things on your computer as if it were a windows machine. All files (including the C folder) will be in a hidden folder on your home folder called “.wine”. Linux Mint has a button on the File Explorer to show hidden folders.
Having a LLM guide you through the process eases it a lot, but it is a lot to take in for someone that is starting on Linux, but it gets better and Linux is great because it’s hackable. You can change everything. This is one of its strong points.
Good luck running your games. Effort on adapting to Linux will pay off. It’s a OS that is closer to the machine than Windows (also for closed source and proprietary reasons Windows want to keep the user “away” from the machine).
What I mean is, if you’re using Linux, you’ll have a much easier time coding and programming something, if comes the need. Sometimes, this means being able to do things you would usually use web apps for (splitting PDFs, converting files, and so on).
lacaio da inquisição@lemmy.eco.brto Linux@lemmy.ml•Hacking wizard gets Linux to run on a 1971 processor, though it takes almost 5 days to boot the kernel2·8 months agoYes, and there are people who already worked on terminal screens using RISC-V. But any compatibility advancement is already an advancement for backtracking how those systems work. Therefore, an advancement in Open Hardware. If we can use those systems more efficiently, it’s all the better.
lacaio da inquisição@lemmy.eco.brto Linux@lemmy.ml•Hacking wizard gets Linux to run on a 1971 processor, though it takes almost 5 days to boot the kernel12·8 months agoI think this kind of work is a good step towards Open Hardware.
lacaio da inquisição@lemmy.eco.brto Linux@lemmy.ml•Tor and Tails Merge to Fight Global Surveillance and Censorship5·8 months agoWell, it is a little weird that Tor was originally a military technology funded by the US Department of Defense. Also, privacy in these days is really hard to achieve.
lacaio da inquisição@lemmy.eco.brOPto Open Source@lemmy.ml•Open source alternative to executables1·8 months agoAnyway, more access to the open source packages can’t be bad.
lacaio da inquisição@lemmy.eco.brOPto Open Source@lemmy.ml•Open source alternative to executables11·8 months agoI think it said it’s deprecated or something? I’m not sure, I just know I had problems downloading packages before.
I don’t think it was setup.py . I think I tried to download it directly through pip install xx==0.4.0 or something (the version was required by the program) and it said the package doesn’t exist.
lacaio da inquisição@lemmy.eco.brOPto Open Source@lemmy.ml•Open source alternative to executables11·8 months agoBut do Appimages make the dependencies code available? They pack everything into one working program, but what about the packages?
lacaio da inquisição@lemmy.eco.brOPto Open Source@lemmy.ml•Open source alternative to executables11·8 months agoI couldn’t download it even if I wanted to. That’s what I mean. It returns a message saying it isn’t supported.
This is common in rolling releases, but Pop OS isn’t a rolling release distro. Maybe a package you installed or something similar?