Can someone explain why global flatpaks are installed in /var/lib and not /opt or /usr/local?

Fantastic, Linux needs tools like this for users who need to make occasional changes and inspect systemd.

For inspiration, I would suggest you also look at LaunchControl, which is a GUI tool to administer launchd on macOS.

With the Reboot Into Selected, will this modify the next boot only without changing the default?

I miss the KDE 3.x crystal theme

Thanks for the suggestion I’ll follow it up!

FHS is an absolute dumpster fire that would never be dreamed up in this day and age

Regardless of how you interpret the statistics, I think that this is a sign that the long vexed problem of software distribution for Linux has been significantly improved. Not quite solved, but for most desktop apps this is fantastic news.

This is slightly unrelated, but I’ve been slowly moving to Linux from windows for a while. I haven’t made the full plunge yet, but here’s my biggest strategy:

Use as many apps on windows as you can on Linux.

I’m using Okular, Ghostwriter, Libreoffice, Cider, etc. every month or so, another app is moved across.

Then, I make the switch and all my apps are there as I’m used to them.

I often use fields, so I have to go back to desktop Word eventually to add them in. 🥲

Users only use a fraction of the feature set but everyone uses a different fraction 😂

How good are VMs at booting a physical partition?

We need more browser engines, especially those that are under NFP ownership. WebKit and Chromium have become too dominant.

I’ve had success with Focalboard and noticed nobody is using it here! Should I look at alternatives?

Me: how many applications have you got installed? SimplyMepis: Yes.

Confidential projects, etc. amirite?

Ooh will try thanks for the heads up!

Reading pages out loud has been an unexpected hit for me on the latest iOS. I’d love this in Firefox too.

I love the tiling interface. I haven’t touched it since they decided to start developing COSMIC though.

I’m gonna wait until they get everything up to date before I use it again.

“Welcome to the first day of the rest of your life”

Let the break it, and like other things in life, make (teach) them fix it if they want to keep using it.

When I was a kid I remember being confused at what the installation questions were.

If I were my own parent, I’d explain how the OS can sort itself (FHS, Windows, macOS). This gives confidence for installing and inspecting software.

Next, I’d explain how drives work and how they’re represented in different systems. That means partitions and formatting too.

That would then take me to explaining what’s involved in OS installs, erasing everything, dual booting, retaining personal files, etc.