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TrueOS Making Use Of OpenRC Init System, Faster Boot Times
For those still looking to escape systemd, the BSDs remain free and the FreeBSD-based TrueOS is currently working on making use of OpenRC.TrueOS BSD Stable Milestone With Installer Improvements, Lumina 1.2.2 Desktop
TrueOS, the FreeBSD-derived operating system formerly known as PC-BSD, is out with a six-month stable release update.pfSense 2.4 Released, Rebased To FreeBSD 11.1 & New Installer
There's a new version available of pfSense, the popular BSD-based operating system common to network appliances / firewalls / routers.FreeNAS 11.0 Released
FreeNAS 11.0 is now officially available, the network attached storage (NAS) centered operating system powered by FreeBSD.Lumina Desktop Gets Its Own Media Player
There's now yet another open-source media player, but this time focused on the BSD-focused Qt-powered Lumina Desktop Environment.It's Become Much Easier To Run Steam On FreeBSD-Derived TrueOS
There have been ways to get Steam running on FreeBSD using Wine and efforts as well with using the operating system's Linux binary compatibility layer, but now it's become much easier for users of TrueOS, formerly known as PC-BSD.NetBSD Making Progress On LLDB Debugger Support
Not only has FreeBSD been making progress with supporting LLDB as LLVM's debugger alternative to GDB, but the NetBSD project has also been making inroads with this open-source debugger.Lumina Desktop Environment 1.3 Preparing For Release
TrueOS developers continue working on their Lumina Desktop Environment and coming up soon is the v1.3 release of their Qt5-powered desktop environment.Intel To Increase Engagement With FreeBSD, Makes $250k Donation
Intel is going to more actively engage with the FreeBSD project and they've also made a hefty donation to the FreeBSD Foundation.FreeNAS 11.0 Release Candidate Up For Testing
For those looking toward a new NAS (Network Attached Storage) operating system, the FreeBSD-powered FreeNAS 11.0 is nearing release.Trying Out AMD's Ryzen Threadripper On TrueOS, DragonFlyBSD
Following the AMD Threadripper Linux tests of this week today I finally had a chance to try out some of the BSDs with this 16 core / 32 thread system.FreeBSD 12 Looking At Dropping SVR4 Binary Compatibility
FreeBSD has long had a SVR4 (System V Release 4) compatibility layer, but FreeBSD 12 will likely do away with this support.TrueOS 20170424 Stable Update
For those wishing to try out the FreeBSD-based desktop-focused TrueOS operating system, formerly known as PC-BSD, there is a new stable release.NetBSD 7.1 RC1 Released
The first release candidate of the upcoming NetBSD 7.1 is now available for testing.FreeBSD 11.1 Beta Now Available
The first beta for FreeBSD 11.1 is out right on schedule.Radeon DRM Driver For DragonFlyBSD Sees Big Update
DragonFlyBSD has updated their port of the Radeon DRM Linux driver code to provide better open-source AMD graphics support.DragonFlyBSD's HAMMER File-System Gets Important Write Performance Boost
Matthew Dillon has discovered an important bug in the DragonFlyBSD kernel's VFS cluster code affecting the HAMMER file-system write performance.DragonFlyBSD 4.8 Up To Release Candidate Phase
DragonFlyBSD 4.8 will be coming soon.FreeBSD Made Progress In Q1'2017 On Linuxulator, Nearly 30k Ports
The FreeBSD team has published their quarterly status report to reflect the progress made by this open-source operating system during Q1'2017.OPNsense 17.1 Released, Based On FreeBSD 11
OPNsense 17.1 is now available as the newest release of this network-focused FreeBSD-based operating system forked from pfSense. -
If you like to use Steam on Linux, but are using the Solus platform instead of Ubuntu or Deepin, a new snapd package has improved the experience.
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http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/01/gnome-desktop-icons-removed-3-28
So what exactly is the purpose of the desktop then?
I don't see it has an issue since there are other Desktop environments to choose from that still supports storing items on Desktop. And plus the Nautilus developer is developing an gnome extension.
I never have icons on my desktop. Much easier to just hit Windows key and type what I want.
That's fine, I do that too, but then why have a desktop at all? What's the point of that entire metaphor if it is disabled?
I never put apps there, but I do put files that I'm using currently as a scratch space.
You still need an interface to interact with. If you just use window managers then you wouldn’t need a “desktop” but GNOME offers a lot of features that a lot of window managers don’t have.
I don’t even put files there. 99% of what I’m doing is either browser or terminal/code editor. And I use the directory trees in the code editors.
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@scottalanmiller did you even bother to read the article? Or did you just reply? Because it is clearly noted what the reason is.
Because they couldn't find anyone who wanted to code it - seems like a pretty lame reason to me.
Like Scott, I don't keep application shortcuts on the desktop (OK I do, but I that's because the installer puked it on there and I was to lazy to remove it), but I do use it as a fast to reach dumping ground for current projects.
Chrome OS's lack of this ability really irked me when I was trying to setup a user on one last year.
This explains their reason for removal in details.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/issues/158Yeah, I've read it and basically they are saying "no one feels like working on what needs to be done, only on the fun stuff" which to me tells me that Gnome has some serious problems with being a viable project. This means, to me, that there are way too many desktop projects out there and Gnome is one that has lost its steam. It's a reason, but it's not a good one.
serious problems with being a viable project.
This is just ridiculous. There are tons of people out there that feel the same way I do and never out stuff on the desktop. No one is forcing anyone to use GNOME. If they don’t like it they can use something else.
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Ubuntu 18.04 will be dropping Intel 32bit architecture support. Probably a very good thing, no one should be wasting resources on that.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
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@scottalanmiller did you even bother to read the article? Or did you just reply? Because it is clearly noted what the reason is.
Because they couldn't find anyone who wanted to code it - seems like a pretty lame reason to me.
Like Scott, I don't keep application shortcuts on the desktop (OK I do, but I that's because the installer puked it on there and I was to lazy to remove it), but I do use it as a fast to reach dumping ground for current projects.
Chrome OS's lack of this ability really irked me when I was trying to setup a user on one last year.
This explains their reason for removal in details.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/issues/158Yeah, I've read it and basically they are saying "no one feels like working on what needs to be done, only on the fun stuff" which to me tells me that Gnome has some serious problems with being a viable project. This means, to me, that there are way too many desktop projects out there and Gnome is one that has lost its steam. It's a reason, but it's not a good one.
OK good, I wasn't the only one feeling that way.
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@stacksofplates said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
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@dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@jaredbusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller did you even bother to read the article? Or did you just reply? Because it is clearly noted what the reason is.
Because they couldn't find anyone who wanted to code it - seems like a pretty lame reason to me.
Like Scott, I don't keep application shortcuts on the desktop (OK I do, but I that's because the installer puked it on there and I was to lazy to remove it), but I do use it as a fast to reach dumping ground for current projects.
Chrome OS's lack of this ability really irked me when I was trying to setup a user on one last year.
This explains their reason for removal in details.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/issues/158Yeah, I've read it and basically they are saying "no one feels like working on what needs to be done, only on the fun stuff" which to me tells me that Gnome has some serious problems with being a viable project. This means, to me, that there are way too many desktop projects out there and Gnome is one that has lost its steam. It's a reason, but it's not a good one.
serious problems with being a viable project.
This is just ridiculous. There are tons of people out there that feel the same way I do and never out stuff on the desktop. No one is forcing anyone to use GNOME. If they don’t like it they can use something else.
I think that was Scott's entire point. GNOMEs use (in relation to the desktop having files and icons on it) have dwindled to near zero use... so the project might be viable (Scott typical overstating) but clearly not viable in this vain.
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@stacksofplates said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
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@dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@jaredbusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller did you even bother to read the article? Or did you just reply? Because it is clearly noted what the reason is.
Because they couldn't find anyone who wanted to code it - seems like a pretty lame reason to me.
Like Scott, I don't keep application shortcuts on the desktop (OK I do, but I that's because the installer puked it on there and I was to lazy to remove it), but I do use it as a fast to reach dumping ground for current projects.
Chrome OS's lack of this ability really irked me when I was trying to setup a user on one last year.
This explains their reason for removal in details.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/issues/158Yeah, I've read it and basically they are saying "no one feels like working on what needs to be done, only on the fun stuff" which to me tells me that Gnome has some serious problems with being a viable project. This means, to me, that there are way too many desktop projects out there and Gnome is one that has lost its steam. It's a reason, but it's not a good one.
serious problems with being a viable project.
This is just ridiculous. There are tons of people out there that feel the same way I do and never out stuff on the desktop. No one is forcing anyone to use GNOME. If they don’t like it they can use something else.
That's the idea, if they've abandoned their core metaphor on which they based their product because their project has failed to garner interest, I'd like to not use it.
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@dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@stacksofplates said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@jaredbusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller did you even bother to read the article? Or did you just reply? Because it is clearly noted what the reason is.
Because they couldn't find anyone who wanted to code it - seems like a pretty lame reason to me.
Like Scott, I don't keep application shortcuts on the desktop (OK I do, but I that's because the installer puked it on there and I was to lazy to remove it), but I do use it as a fast to reach dumping ground for current projects.
Chrome OS's lack of this ability really irked me when I was trying to setup a user on one last year.
This explains their reason for removal in details.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/issues/158Yeah, I've read it and basically they are saying "no one feels like working on what needs to be done, only on the fun stuff" which to me tells me that Gnome has some serious problems with being a viable project. This means, to me, that there are way too many desktop projects out there and Gnome is one that has lost its steam. It's a reason, but it's not a good one.
serious problems with being a viable project.
This is just ridiculous. There are tons of people out there that feel the same way I do and never out stuff on the desktop. No one is forcing anyone to use GNOME. If they don’t like it they can use something else.
I think that was Scott's entire point. GNOMEs use (in relation to the desktop having files and icons on it) have dwindled to near zero use... so the project might be viable (Scott typical overstating) but clearly not viable in this vain.
Which I think shows in why so many projects crop up to replace Gnome, which likely wouldn't happen if people were using it more heavily. Solus, ElementaryOS, Mint, Unity... all came about because they felt Gnome was lacking. Gnome is the least likely desktop for me to hear someone say "I want to use this". It's weird and now lacking in supporting it's own design. It's not bad, but it's pretty bizarre to drop your own metaphor without a replacement. I get that there is a lack of interest, but that seems to be the trend around Gnome, just not enough interest.
That there are "lots of people" who don't care about that one feature is unfortunately also reflected by the "lots of people" who want something other than Gnome.
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@dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
... so the project might be viable (Scott typical overstating) but clearly not viable in this vain.
I don't think that I overstated at all. They clearly don't have interest in development and maintenance of their less flashy components, that's a viability struggle. Today they are dropping their core metaphor due to lack of interest in maintaining it. The start button could be next. Anything could be next. It could be an isolated problem, it could be something affecting every piece of Gnome but only this one did they feel that they could abandon to try to triage the damage.
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Could it be possible that the GNOME desktop is just such a kluge of code that no one wants to even bother picking it up as there are other options.
Simply it's to much effort to attempt to resurrect a project that has been effectively dead for quite some time?
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@stacksofplates said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
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@dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@jaredbusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller did you even bother to read the article? Or did you just reply? Because it is clearly noted what the reason is.
Because they couldn't find anyone who wanted to code it - seems like a pretty lame reason to me.
Like Scott, I don't keep application shortcuts on the desktop (OK I do, but I that's because the installer puked it on there and I was to lazy to remove it), but I do use it as a fast to reach dumping ground for current projects.
Chrome OS's lack of this ability really irked me when I was trying to setup a user on one last year.
This explains their reason for removal in details.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/issues/158Yeah, I've read it and basically they are saying "no one feels like working on what needs to be done, only on the fun stuff" which to me tells me that Gnome has some serious problems with being a viable project. This means, to me, that there are way too many desktop projects out there and Gnome is one that has lost its steam. It's a reason, but it's not a good one.
serious problems with being a viable project.
This is just ridiculous. There are tons of people out there that feel the same way I do and never out stuff on the desktop. No one is forcing anyone to use GNOME. If they don’t like it they can use something else.
That's the idea, if they've abandoned their core metaphor on which they based their product because their project has failed to garner interest, I'd like to not use it.
Huh? It's still a DE. Just because you can't put anything in that one place doesn't stop it from being a DE. There is way more to a DE than putting files on top of your background.
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@dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
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@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@jaredbusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller did you even bother to read the article? Or did you just reply? Because it is clearly noted what the reason is.
Because they couldn't find anyone who wanted to code it - seems like a pretty lame reason to me.
Like Scott, I don't keep application shortcuts on the desktop (OK I do, but I that's because the installer puked it on there and I was to lazy to remove it), but I do use it as a fast to reach dumping ground for current projects.
Chrome OS's lack of this ability really irked me when I was trying to setup a user on one last year.
This explains their reason for removal in details.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/issues/158Yeah, I've read it and basically they are saying "no one feels like working on what needs to be done, only on the fun stuff" which to me tells me that Gnome has some serious problems with being a viable project. This means, to me, that there are way too many desktop projects out there and Gnome is one that has lost its steam. It's a reason, but it's not a good one.
serious problems with being a viable project.
This is just ridiculous. There are tons of people out there that feel the same way I do and never out stuff on the desktop. No one is forcing anyone to use GNOME. If they don’t like it they can use something else.
I think that was Scott's entire point. GNOMEs use (in relation to the desktop having files and icons on it) have dwindled to near zero use... so the project might be viable (Scott typical overstating) but clearly not viable in this vain.
I don't understand what you're saying. It's a full DE. Putting files on your "desktop" doesn't mean something is or is not a desktop environment.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
They clearly don't have interest in development and maintenance of their less flashy components, that's a viability struggle.
No. They removed a function that you think they should keep. That doesn't change how viable anything is.
Their whole goal from everything I've seen is to make as many things extensions as possible. This is perfectly in line with that.
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@dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@stacksofplates said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
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@dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@jaredbusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller did you even bother to read the article? Or did you just reply? Because it is clearly noted what the reason is.
Because they couldn't find anyone who wanted to code it - seems like a pretty lame reason to me.
Like Scott, I don't keep application shortcuts on the desktop (OK I do, but I that's because the installer puked it on there and I was to lazy to remove it), but I do use it as a fast to reach dumping ground for current projects.
Chrome OS's lack of this ability really irked me when I was trying to setup a user on one last year.
This explains their reason for removal in details.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/issues/158Yeah, I've read it and basically they are saying "no one feels like working on what needs to be done, only on the fun stuff" which to me tells me that Gnome has some serious problems with being a viable project. This means, to me, that there are way too many desktop projects out there and Gnome is one that has lost its steam. It's a reason, but it's not a good one.
serious problems with being a viable project.
This is just ridiculous. There are tons of people out there that feel the same way I do and never out stuff on the desktop. No one is forcing anyone to use GNOME. If they don’t like it they can use something else.
I think that was Scott's entire point. GNOMEs use (in relation to the desktop having files and icons on it) have dwindled to near zero use... so the project might be viable (Scott typical overstating) but clearly not viable in this vain.
I don't understand what you're saying. It's a full DE. Putting files on your "desktop" doesn't mean something is or is not a desktop environment.
To 99.99% of windows users it does.
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@stacksofplates said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
They clearly don't have interest in development and maintenance of their less flashy components, that's a viability struggle.
No. They removed a function that you think they should keep. That doesn't change how viable anything is.
Their whole goal from everything I've seen is to make as many things extensions as possible. This is perfectly in line with that.
And perhaps with an extension to provide this functionality, GNOME might see an uptick in adoption. But frankly, since Chrome OS couldn't do that - I instantly dismissed any desire to use it. I might reconsider if there were enough compelling reasons.. but right now.. that single thing kills it for me when I can get everything else I currently want elsewhere.
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@dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
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@dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
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@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@jaredbusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller did you even bother to read the article? Or did you just reply? Because it is clearly noted what the reason is.
Because they couldn't find anyone who wanted to code it - seems like a pretty lame reason to me.
Like Scott, I don't keep application shortcuts on the desktop (OK I do, but I that's because the installer puked it on there and I was to lazy to remove it), but I do use it as a fast to reach dumping ground for current projects.
Chrome OS's lack of this ability really irked me when I was trying to setup a user on one last year.
This explains their reason for removal in details.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/issues/158Yeah, I've read it and basically they are saying "no one feels like working on what needs to be done, only on the fun stuff" which to me tells me that Gnome has some serious problems with being a viable project. This means, to me, that there are way too many desktop projects out there and Gnome is one that has lost its steam. It's a reason, but it's not a good one.
serious problems with being a viable project.
This is just ridiculous. There are tons of people out there that feel the same way I do and never out stuff on the desktop. No one is forcing anyone to use GNOME. If they don’t like it they can use something else.
I think that was Scott's entire point. GNOMEs use (in relation to the desktop having files and icons on it) have dwindled to near zero use... so the project might be viable (Scott typical overstating) but clearly not viable in this vain.
I don't understand what you're saying. It's a full DE. Putting files on your "desktop" doesn't mean something is or is not a desktop environment.
To 99.99% of windows users it does.
We aren't talking about Windows users.
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@dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
They clearly don't have interest in development and maintenance of their less flashy components, that's a viability struggle.
No. They removed a function that you think they should keep. That doesn't change how viable anything is.
Their whole goal from everything I've seen is to make as many things extensions as possible. This is perfectly in line with that.
And perhaps with an extension to provide this functionality, GNOME might see an uptick in adoption. But frankly, since Chrome OS couldn't do that - I instantly dismissed any desire to use it. I might reconsider if there were enough compelling reasons.. but right now.. that single thing kills it for me when I can get everything else I currently want elsewhere.
It doesn't need an "uptick" in adoption. It's in the top 3 most popular of all of the DE's. And if we cared about adoption rates no one would be using Fedora since it's one of the lowest used distros. Ubuntu, Mint, and Slackware are the top three.
And that's fine that you don't like it. But don't say the project isn't viable and they are not interested in developing the "less flashy" parts. It's been this way since 3 came out.
(all of the references are from LinuxQuestions.org, they do a yearly survey)
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@dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@jaredbusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller did you even bother to read the article? Or did you just reply? Because it is clearly noted what the reason is.
Because they couldn't find anyone who wanted to code it - seems like a pretty lame reason to me.
Like Scott, I don't keep application shortcuts on the desktop (OK I do, but I that's because the installer puked it on there and I was to lazy to remove it), but I do use it as a fast to reach dumping ground for current projects.
Chrome OS's lack of this ability really irked me when I was trying to setup a user on one last year.
This explains their reason for removal in details.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/issues/158Yeah, I've read it and basically they are saying "no one feels like working on what needs to be done, only on the fun stuff" which to me tells me that Gnome has some serious problems with being a viable project. This means, to me, that there are way too many desktop projects out there and Gnome is one that has lost its steam. It's a reason, but it's not a good one.
serious problems with being a viable project.
This is just ridiculous. There are tons of people out there that feel the same way I do and never out stuff on the desktop. No one is forcing anyone to use GNOME. If they don’t like it they can use something else.
I think that was Scott's entire point. GNOMEs use (in relation to the desktop having files and icons on it) have dwindled to near zero use... so the project might be viable (Scott typical overstating) but clearly not viable in this vain.
Which I think shows in why so many projects crop up to replace Gnome, which likely wouldn't happen if people were using it more heavily. Solus, ElementaryOS, Mint, Unity... all came about because they felt Gnome was lacking. Gnome is the least likely desktop for me to hear someone say "I want to use this". It's weird and now lacking in supporting it's own design. It's not bad, but it's pretty bizarre to drop your own metaphor without a replacement. I get that there is a lack of interest, but that seems to be the trend around Gnome, just not enough interest.
That there are "lots of people" who don't care about that one feature is unfortunately also reflected by the "lots of people" who want something other than Gnome.
The devs are looking into Gnome Shell extensions to help with the limitation.
