overview for ElectronBadger

What search engine should I use? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 hours ago

I use and recommend Qwant or DuckDuckGo

What distro do you use and why? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago

Debian Testing (laptop, workstation and RPIs) since it works best for me. Tried Gentoo, Arch, OpenSUSE and several others. Also, I've been using FreeBSD for some time.

What desktop enviroment do you use and why? in c/[email protected]

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

i3. Superb for keyboard-driven environment. Ultra fast, so responsive and configurable. The best.

I have an Nvidia GPU, should I get an Intel or AMD CPU? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 weeks ago

Go AMD.

Installing Linux Like It's 1999 in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I've started several decades ago, with some ancient Slackware (?) version, downloaded using 56k line modem as 1.44 floppy images. Meanwhile I had a period of a difficult relationship with Windows (2000 was the least bad) and a longish affair with MacOS. Now Linux-only everywhere, for the last ~5 years.

What GitHub alternative do you use? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Codeberg for all my projects, both private and public. Some are mirrored to Github. Also Codeberg Pages and its Woodpecker CI.

best linux terminal emulator in c/[email protected]

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

I don't know if it's the best, but kitty + zsh has been my daily driver for many years.

How to change dark/light nature of libadwaita in non-gnome systems? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Adding

[Settings]                                                                                                                                                                
gtk-theme-name=Adwaita-dark

to $USER/.config/gtk-4.0 and $USER/.config/gtk-3.0 should do the trick.

Is there a text editor/notes app that adds Unicode symbols? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

SublimeText with this plugin: https://github.com/mvoidex/UnicodeMath

Despite the name, it works for all Unicode characters :)

Any good Debian-based OS for a laptop? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago

Debian Testing. My daily driver since.. a long time :)