Thinking about installing Steam on my new-to-me #AeonDesktop laptop and running from some zombies this weekend.
Nothing erases your brain like running from some zombies. Have a bad day? Watch some Walking Dead. Always makes your day look not so bad.
#AeonDesktop
Barrel connector to USB-C widget came in, which means I just got a significant craptop upgrade:
- Hardware Model: MOTILE M141
- Memory: 16.0 GiB
- Processor: AMD Ryzen™ 3 3200U with Radeon™ Vega Mobile Gfx × 4
- Graphics: AMD Radeon™ Vega 3 Graphics
- Disk Capacity: 128.0 GB
This article attempts to say that #atomic and #immutable are two different things when it comes to operating systems, yet it doesn't make any attempt to label the nine Linux distros it lists under atomic/immutable as one or the other.
Plus it missed #AeonDesktop and #Kalpa entirely, while mentioning #OpenSUSE MicroOS, which isn't a desktop system (though Kalpa is derived from it).
https://www.zdnet.com/article/atomic-vs-immutable-linux-distro-how-to-decide/
Plus it missed #AeonDesktop and #Kalpa entirely, while mentioning #OpenSUSE MicroOS, which isn't a desktop system (though Kalpa is derived from it).
https://www.zdnet.com/article/atomic-vs-immutable-linux-distro-how-to-decide/
I've been a happy #AeonDesktop user since a year or so. As a way of giving back, I installed #openQA on my laptop and wrote tests for tik (Aeon's installer) and for the first-boot process.
OpenQA is a really awesome and versatile system testing tool, and has excellent documentation. With openQA tests, a new operating system snapshot can be automatically tested before it's released to the public. The tests can verify anything, from screenshots to shell commands and script outputs.
I was able to add Aeon as a new "product" to the existing openSUSE tests repository without too much trouble. The results are now submitted as PRs. I hope they can be merged soon. After that, I will create some more testcases:
- run the default apps
- create a Distrobox
- upgrade an existing system
I've been screwing around on this decade-old craptop for almost two and a half hours now, mostly in #Vivaldi, running #AeonDesktop. Battery was at 93% when I started, now at 68%.
I have it in Power Saver mode, and I noticed that Vivaldi is much more performant than Chrome in this mode. I actually had to go look to see which power mode I was in, worried that it was in Performance mode and going to eat battery.
Starting to really like this combination for anything that's not processor-intensive.
I have it in Power Saver mode, and I noticed that Vivaldi is much more performant than Chrome in this mode. I actually had to go look to see which power mode I was in, worried that it was in Performance mode and going to eat battery.
Starting to really like this combination for anything that's not processor-intensive.
Friday, before the start of the week-end I received the @frameworkcomputer #framework12 laptops for my parents.
They will be installed with #Linux of course.
As they won’t be delivered before some time, I ’m playing a bit with them. One have been installed with #fedora #silverblue, the other one with #aeondesktop.
So far I like what I’ve seen with the #gnome desktop:
* When the screen is rotated, the keyboard is disabled.
* When in tablet mode, the screen orientation follow the device orientation.
* The power draw in sleep mode looks ok.
* BIOS/UEFI update are supported with #lvfs.
But I also have some issues:
* The virtual keyboard in tablet mode, is only in qwerty, even if the system is configured with another layout.
* When the virtual keyboard appears, some windows content is not moved above the keyboard, which might make it difficult to see what one is typing.
* On the Aeon install I had to `sdbootutil --ask-pin update-predictions` after installation to have the #tpm2 unlock working.
I've been checking out @Vivaldi@vivaldi.net and decided I wanted to see how it fares on something with restrictive system resources, wondering what the #Vivaldi version of a Chromebook would look like. So wiped the craptop again, installed #AeonDesktop but without Firefox, pulled down the Vivaldi flatpak, and voila. Might as well be a Chromebook.
The #Aeon Desktop's GTK4 graphics issue making some apps unusable has been resolved in the snapshot I installed today.
Nautilus/Files is among the apps that now work as expected.
This also goes for OpenSUSE Tumbleweed, which is where Aeon gets its packages
There's a bug in #OpenSUSE Tumbleweed that is kind of wrecking GNOME on the #AeonDesktop.
Luckily the BTRFS setup enables me to boot from an old(er) snapshot and keep on working. I'm running on the 11/14 image until this gets fixed in Tumbleweed and flows to #aeon.
This is the first bug in Aeon to affect me in a couple of months. I'm looking for a quick fix, which should come in the form of a newer GTK4 package.
https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1254121
https://aeondesktop.github.io/
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Y en esta ocasión, para el #ViernesDeEscritorio, tengo #Aeon Desktop con la experiencia vanilla de #GNOME 49 sobre #Wayland y uno de mis clásicos fondos de escritorio de estilo cyberpunk. Este wallpaper lo he redimensionado con #Upscaler debido a que la imagen original está a resolución de 1080p.
Yeah, finally managed to install #AeonDesktop in a VM on my #ProxmoxVE playground.
Of course this is not a supported target, and there is an issue with the virtual #TPM, so I registered a simpler passphrase to unlock the VM on boot.
Now, time to see if I like it enough to reinstall one of my real machine with it 🤞🏽
A un lado #Fedora #Kinoite 43 y a otro #GNOME OS, estando ambos totalmente puestos al día y con el segundo estando retocado, mientras que el primero está por defecto.
Como esto siga así, va a ser una pena que el mundo de los escritorios inmutables gire en torno a #FedoraAtomic, porque está visto que es una tecnología innecesariamente atrofiada.
#Linux #LinuxDesktop #GnomeOS #Aeon #AeonDesktop #openSUSE #systemd #OSTree #Silverblue
@Canageek if I were going to direct completely inexperienced windows users at something based on openSUSE, it would probably be #Aeondesktop https://aeondesktop.org, but some folks don’t like the idea of “immutable” or GNOME. My personal project, shipping the Plasma Desktop #Kalpa just isn’t there yet for me to recommend to “new” users
@cocaine_owlbear Couldn't agree more!
The thing I like most about #AeonDesktop is how it cleverly uses btrfs snapshots to install updates in the background (with a systemd timer). The running system stays on the old btrfs snapshot, and the next time I turn on my laptop, it boots into the new snapshot, with the latest GNOME, kernel, etc.
This means I almost never have to think about updates anymore. Aeon even automatically updates the distroboxes.
I like #AeonDesktop. It's an immutable system from #OpenSuse that starts you with a very clean and minimal #Gnome desktop.
The system is responsive, with automatic updates that happen invisibly in the background. In the event of a bad update, it automatically rolls back to the last working state, which is good.
Software is provided primarily through #Flatpak, but it comes with a preconfigured #Distrobox/#Podman setup for OpenSuse #Tumbleweed if you need not-flatpak stuff, and you can add other OSes, so if you really need it, you can pull something from the AUR or whatever (although I question why you're using an immutable OpenSuse system if you need something from the AUR).
It comes without bells and whistles, assuming you can pick out your own. There's not even default wallpaper.
So if you're a beginner, a lazy developer who wants a system that just takes care of itself, or otherwise want a stable, secure #Linux system that just kinda works, Aeon Desktop does the job.
Oficialmente ya es viernes en España peninsular y Baleares, así que aprovecho para el #ViernesDeEscritorio.
Aquí un fondo de escritorio de #Fallout #NewVegas, mi RPG occidental favorito con diferencia. Lo que se ve es un ranger de la República de Nueva California (NRC).
El sistema operativo es #Aeon Desktop y el escritorio #GNOME 48.4 sobre #Wayland.
#Linux #LinuxDesktop #AeonDesktop #FalloutNewVegas #openSUSE
Esto parece una guerra perdida. Parece que #Steam, por hache o por be, no es muy amigable con distribuciones RPM que no están específicamente configuradas para él, mientras que #HeroicGamesLauncher funciona sin problemas.
Otra razón más para dejar a la plataforma de #Valve en un lugar secundario y a tirar de #Aeon en el mini-PC. No queda otra que resignarse.
Mira que #AeonDesktop me encanta, pero me gustaría usar #KDE Plasma en algún equipo. Si quiero usarlo, tendré que tirar de #Kinoite.
DmC, con #UnrealEngine3, sí que es un espectáculo visual de verdad, y no las porquerías construidas con #UnrealEngine5 (no por el contenido de los juegos, sino por el horrendo motor).
#UnrealEngine #Linux #LinuxGaming #Wayland #Proton #CachyOS #Aeon #AeonDesktop #Flatpak #EpicGames
es la norma desde la aplicación de las políticas de austeridad en el año 2010.
Si la #UniónEuropea quisiera sustituir a Windows, su plan debería ser mucho más ambicioso y apostar fuerte por empresas cuya sede está en la UE y tengan a #Linux como el centro de su negocio.
Dentro de la informática en general y de Linux en particular, la apuesta que tendría que hacer la UE está muy clara en mi opinión: el ecosistema #SUSE, abarcando también a #openSUSE y proyectos derivados como #AeonDesktop
juas, he editado el tema sobre las distros de openSUSE: https://academia.atendapc.net/slides/slide/sistemas-operativos-opensuse-60?fullscreen=1
He puesto los logos correctos, creo, y lo he adaptado para que no se viera tan raro en "pantalla completa". Y he añadido #AeonDesktop y #KalpaDesktop, claro.
La parte del proyecto openSUSE y otros proyectos aun le tengo que dar una vuelta, aunque he publicado el primero para tener "algo" 😀
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