I have an Asus Eee PC from 2009 running Puppy Linux (as a secondary device).
As already pointed out you will need a leightweight distro and desktop environment.
https://distrochooser.de/ (available in English) can help you find the right distro, it takes into account the age of your device, your Linux knowledge, use case and a lot more.
Edited. Thx for pointing out.
My data is my data. Period. Or at least it should be.
Abuse of position as dominant provider of search engine (incl. censorship) and mobile OS.
Labour Practice.
e.g. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Google
Similiar reasons apply to Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, PayPal, X and so on since well before Trump & Co.
e.g. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Tech
Appologies for my aggressive tone. I really hate these companies / their owners and what they are doing to our society, wellbeing, and humanness. It could have turned out so much different, if not for their greed and egoism!
- ✅ Molly, Signal fork: https://github.com/mollyim/mollyim-android
- ✅ Feeder, RSS Reader: https://github.com/spacecowboy/Feeder
- ❌ Polar Flow (unfortunately Gadgetbridge doesn't support my device)
- ✅ Threema Libre, open source, free in context of FOSS, but paid: https://github.com/threema-ch/threema-android?tab=readme-ov-file
- ✅ Voyager, Lemmy client: https://github.com/aeharding/voyager
- ✅ Oeffi, public transport: https://oeffi.schildbach.de/index.html
- ✅ FairEmail: https://github.com/M66B/FairEmail
- ✅ GOS camera: https://github.com/GrapheneOS/Camera
- ✅ StreetComplete, OSM surveyor app: https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete
- ✅ OSMAnd: https://github.com/osmandapp/Osmand
I thought this was an easy one, but turns out it is not.
My story is quite similiar, though I was working in theoretical ecology. Turned out that I could handle the computers we were working with and their linux distros better than anything else. I went on for another 2.5 years and then quit. I aquired he LPIC-1 and LPIC-2 certificates from the Linux Professional Institute, worked as a pure Linux sysadmin for half a year and am now working as a sysadmin for Windows in Linux in my 5.th year.
Where I live you need at least some kind of certificate (or some on the job experience) and the will and ability to learn. In my experience most companies that are working with Windows will be quite happy to hire someone who doesn't shy away from the terminal and/or cmd.
That's weird. At least for Linux and Android it was free, last time I checked.
It is free and open source. https://github.com/CollaboraOnline/online
Download via F-Droid needs additional repository: https://www.collaboraoffice.com/downloads/fdroid/repo/?fingerprint=573258C84E149B5F4D9299E7434B2B69A8410372921D4AE586BA91EC767892CC
"NOTE: main server is offline, you’ll see the message that you’ll add a mirror, that’s expected. To make it skip the main server, open repo details and toggle off first collaboraonline.com entry." (https://forum.f-droid.org/t/known-repositories/721)
Many thanks!
Following the link I get a disco version of the STD theme.
Asus never disappointed me, I have Linux running on a 16 year old eeePC and on a 1 year old TUF gaming notebook.
Two friends of mine have it running smoothly on ThinkPads.
I would never buy HP again, to run Linux on it. It was and is such an effort to get and keep it running with HP being so restrictive regarding BIOS, drivers, and so on.
"It’s so hard to get sht made unless it’s a fking Marvel comic."
And consequently equally hard to get anything else but a Marvel movie to watch. Art monetarized to this existent just isn't art anymore.
Don't misunderstand me, I like some good entertainment now and then, but I prefer movies that make you think and can even change you for the better.
https://github.com/YangDai2003/OpenNote-Compose
Though it might be lacking in terms of UX.
It's my daily driver since University and I like Fedora best. What I really love about Linux, is that it empowers you to manage your PC (and even your phone) on your own and without BigTech. No Microsoft, no Apple, no Google ... that is invaluable!
Almost the same here with installing Ubuntu on my 78-year-old Ma's PC and her working with it for four years now.
What commands did you use for removal and reinstall of the package?
Second Lawnchair. AFAIK it's the only FOSS launcher that supports Graphene OS' Private Space.
BigTech never stops to annoy me. Thanks for sharing.
The originsl article was published by the Washington Post (owned by Jeff Bezos): https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/01/21/google-ai-israel-war-hamas-attack-gaza/
Might be worth taking a look at David Zindell's "The Ea Cycle".
LCARS Desktop Environment for Linux
What's your favourite Star Trek theme?
Unfortunately we don't have polls in lemmy. Nonetheless I'd love to hear from you: What's your favourite Star Trek theme and/or your favourite scene with special (background) music?
For example: My favourite theme is TNG and my favourite scene is Cochrane's warp speed flight in First Contact with Steppenwolf's "Magic Carpet Ride".
We are very happy to announce our official support for a iodéOS Generic System Image (GSI)! Give your feedbacks!
Do you skip Star Trek intros when streaming?
I mean, I get it. For bingewatching to be effective such option must exist. But I just can't imagine to skip Star Trek intros. It's part of the anticipation, the joy, the ritual. What about you? Do you skip intros?
Viberary - Vibe based book search engine
It gives you book recommendations based on ✨vibes. ✨ You enter a search query like "funny scifi" and it returns a list of (hopefully!) good recommendations.
The move is a protest against a Canadian bill that will make tech giants pay for news content.
Words fail me ...
Custom ROM communities
Hi there, do you know about any Custom ROM communities here apart from LineageOS? I do really miss iodé OS for example. I am also curious: Would you like to have a general Custom ROM community or special custom ROM communities?