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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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What is something you want to use, yet are NOT using? (lemmy.ml)

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For me, I really want to get into niri, but the lack of XWayland support scares me (I know there’s solutions, but I don’t understand them yet).

Also, I stopped using Emacs (even though I love its design and philosophy with my whole heart) because it’s very slow, even as a daemon.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

My TV. *arr stilll not set up and the gaming rig is still in its planning phase.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

The first thing that came to mind when I saw the question is perhaps a bit of a weird answer--but I really want to learn SELinux. It's completely overkill for my Linux desktop and the few services I run on my network. The same with OpenLDAP, I want to play around with it even though I have no real need for it with my setup, I just haven't gotten around to it yet.

On that note, I also feel like I want to learn Ansible, or some other configuration management tool. The thing is, I haven't even played around with it (or any others) enough to really even get what the intended use case is. I'm looking for ways to manage policies and configurations across multiple machines in a common way, but it feels like the more common use case is deploying webapps. So while it's on my list of things I want to learn I don't even have sufficient background at the moment.

Then, finally, the other thing that came to mind was timeshift--or really BTRFS snapshots in general. It would be nice to have that additional feeling of safety while playing around with my systems.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

FOSS remote camera control and fine art printing software is top of my agenda currently. Got a few avenues of enquiry but any recommendations would be welcomed, particularly on the printing side. I'd also like to become expert at using my current programs, especially GIMP and Ardour, for my own use but also so I can teach others.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Virtual reality, but an old friend of mine has kindly offered to buy me an Oculus Quest 2 so I'm very much looking forward to what VR can offer.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

One of my closest friends also did the same thing for me, I quite enjoy playing beat saber :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I highly recommend Pistol Whip!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Nginx. I'm going to learn soon but I'm still new and it seems easy to screw up exposing things to the Internet.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Kakoune, NixOS, dwl.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Having my TrueNAS scale homeserver host some pihole, VPN and *arr. I’ve fallen behind the times.

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