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• How can I make these numbers on KCalc bigger?

  I can change button numbers, result numbers and even history numbers all bigger on the settings, EXCEPT for those ones marked on red; they’re so tiny that they are harder to read!

• Post #787244

  Thank you for your insightful comment. If I may incur once again in noobieness, what precisely do you mean when you say the “repository” of my distribution? Do you mean the pieces of software than come preinstalled with the OS itself?

• Why does Discover offer me to "update" GNOME if I'm using KDE Plasma?

  Does this even make sense to you? I acknowledge I am not an experienced Linux user yet, but this seems most weird to me; why would KDE Plasma offer me to update GNOME? For context, I am using Debian 13 Stable, which I installed just with KDE Plasma - so I’m not running more than one DE, nor did I install more than this.

• Is it safe to assume that all apps from the software store (Discover in my case) are safe?

  Hi, there! Newbie question here: basically, the title. Perhaps what I’m asking is pretty obvious, but I’d like to double-check with the community on this. I use Discover on my Debian KDE Plasma set-up, with Flatpaks enabled (but not Snaps). Sometimes, I come across apps (I did just yesterday, searching for translation apps to replace DeepL), that have according to its page, an unknown author and, sometimes, even an unkown licence, but which do require access permission to the whole system (t...

• Trustworthy Linux forums recommendations?

  Could you recommend some trusted Linux-related forums? For troubleshooting assitance, discussion and what-not. Obviously, a good place to start would be your distro’s user forum, such as those of Debian, Mint, etc.; as well as your DE’s, such as that of KDE. Also, I trust this one here on Lemmy as well. But, searching on the web, I also came across some generally-focused Linux forums that I wasn’t sure were as trustworthy. I mean, perhaps they were, but, being a newbie to this world, I’d rat...

• Strange brightness bug on Debian/Ubuntu/Mint

  Good day, folks! I hope you won’t mind helping me with some troubleshooting. I currently run Debian 13 Stable with KDE Plasma (Wayland). I have an Asus laptop with an AMD Vega integrated GPU and an Nvidia 2060 Mobile dedicated GPU. Error shown in the attached GIF. Had to shorten it, but the flickering repeats non stop. First of all, I’m sorry I can’t provide you with a video; I tried attaching it to the post but won’t let me attach any other than photos. This issue shows up at random:...

• As a rule of thumb, should I pick the Debian package or the Flatpak version of a given programme?

  I run Debian 13 Stable with KDE Plasma, and have Flathub enabled on KDE’s Discover software store. I have a slight idea of the difference between the two: that Debian packages share system libraries and are therefore lighter in storage but do require password to access those shared libraries and could therefore become a security hazard if installing from an untrusted source, while Flatpaks have all they need and don’t require password to install, being more secure that way, but, as a consequence...

• Post #455096

  I am learning about community-based Linux distros as they are my preferred choice compared to corporate ones. And when I get to Fedora, what I see from the fence is a sofisticated, well-supported OS. However, seeing that it is sponsored by the Red Hat corporation, the question arises: could Red Hat eventually take control of the project? I suppose the answer comes down to how much weight Red Hat actually has on the development of said distro. From what I know, it has employees dedicated full-t...