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Just got sent a link to https://www.subvert.fm/. Love the idea. Unsure on its #foss status, but for those in the #linux space and those generally looking to support folks directly who create stuff seems like a no brainer. #streaming #music

More a general musing, but I'll take specific advice too. Why is Bluetooth such a minefield on #Linux.? I've had no issues with mice, and headphones (actually not strictly true, was a little picky on Ubuntu when I first had it, but not too bad), but anything outside of headphones and mice, it's an absolute crapshoot. I have just rearranged my set up and have Adam Audio Dx3s into a topping DAC. DAC goes usb in to my desktop, and is fine, Want to BT to my linux laptop when I'm at the desk. And it connected once, but then when I came back, it's never worked again. on #fedora (44), but issue has been same on previous. And I've read many an account of BT struggles. Seems a real pain point and I don't get it.

What do we think could run on this? Tiny Core? Would something like Tails that runs off usb work? or do I have wrong end of stick and the cpu etc still needs to beb able to deal with stuff? Going to e-waste otherwise, just want to try on principle. #linux

Feel like a random musing: Have been using Linux now for between 9 and 12 months. Lost track in there somewhere.

First just on a spare laptop (Ubuntu) and then when I got gifted some others and also had another old unused windows orphan laptop I did some distro hoping. Vanilla OS, LM Cinnamon and XFCE, Fedora (workstation), Bazzite. And have given even briefer goes to some others, as well as distrosea.

Current set up is now Debian on my #homelab server. Fedora workstation on 2 laptops that we use mostly. LM XFCE on an old school laptop for streaming purposes, and Bazzite on one other spare just to see how it goes before I switch my big boy windows desktop to it.

My general takeaways, Ubuntu was fine as an intro, and I am only floating in the pretty mainstream distro space, #Fedora has been fantastic as a daily driver. zero complaints and IMO should be recommended more as a first option for folks migrating.

#Gnome is my DE of choice. (I actually preferred having to relearn a bit rather than being almost windows) Yes it's perhaps too opinionated, but having hopped around a bit, with different distros defaulting to different bits of gnome tweaks and finding options that I can't do without, I prefer the stripped starting point and then having to add, as opposed to the KDE optionfest out of the box. (I thought I would find KDE more inituitive, go figure)

Anyhoo, Homelabbing got me really actually working/using #linux, and it's all rather fun and delightful.

Zero day kernel exploits notwithstanding. ;)