Vote on September's Topics!
Added 2023-08-22 08:19:17 +0000 UTCHey everyone!
Here are the topics I'll be working on for September, and you chance to vote on the ones you want to see!
- Linux News: there will be 4 of these in September, one per week, as usual!
- Hardening Linux: a guide to increase the security of your Linux box, whether it's a server or a workstation
- Replace your proprietary apps with FOSS alternatives: a look at some very popular apps that are proprietary, and some FOSS alternatives that can replace them (no it won't be the usual swap MS Office for LibreOffice and Photoshop for GIMP ;) )
- Top Ubuntu based distros: for people who know how to use Ubuntu, want to stick with this base, but don't like the direction Ubuntu is going these days
- Setup Change (need to find title for that one): I'll be getting a new laptop, and this one should be powerful and portable enough to replace my desktop AND my current laptop, so I'll report on how I'll try to switch workflows to only use one single device, plugged through thunderbolt when I need to use it in my office, and as a laptop when I'm on the move. Might include a change of Desktop Environment to Plasma as well, to better suit both contexts I'll be using the device in.
- GNOME 45: a look at the new release of GNOME that will land at the end of September
And now for the ones you can vote on!
- What is on my NAS: a look at how I use my NAS, and the software I run on it
- Improving Linux gaming performance: a look at all the tweaks and tools you can use to squeeze out every FPS you can in your Linux gaming experience
- Get Linux's advantages on Windows: a look at how to get the best features of Linux on Windows, from package managers, command line, Windows "distros" and more
- Linux on an M1 MacBook Pro: a look at Asahi Linux and Fedora Asahi: as the MBP is now unused, I'd like to replace macOS with Asahi and look at how well it works these days
Let me know what you'd like to see by voting on the topics you prefer, and I'll pick the 3 with the most votes!
Comments
The notification system is pretty weird in GNOME, yeah. The background opening one is a crime against UX and should be removed and replaced by an indicator that a new window is there, maybe a small app icon appearing somewhere in a corner of the screen.
The Linux Experiment
2023-09-11 15:39:59 +0000 UTCI never really tried it, but I personally think it's good: it's basically MS admitting that they can't do without Linux for a lot of workflows, and it makes it easily available to a lot of people. Does it mean some people will stick to Windows instead of using Linux? Sure. But would these people have moved to Linux in the first place? Probably not!
The Linux Experiment
2023-09-11 15:38:53 +0000 UTCWhat do you think of wsl? I am not sure if you ever talked about it.
2023-09-11 08:05:40 +0000 UTCNo idea if this is the right place to suggest another topic, but I have to try >before< you distance yourself from GNOME. I really love GNOME and I think I understand its spirit quite well. But I have troubles to understand the logic behind the notification system. Maybe it's just me... but my pride leads me to suppose that I must not be the only one to have difficulty understanding its objectives. So I would find super interesting to have a short video explaining its whole spirit, addressing angry topics (the old story of the background opening notification), and giving some ideas and advices on possible tweaks/extensions we could make without completely breaking the general spirit of it. Yes, I wrote "spirit" three times... 🙈 Thank you!
Simon Elst
2023-09-09 12:16:23 +0000 UTC
