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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/49416647

Ok, first off KDE Connect is a killer app. It's so slick and convenient. Love it.

My desktop is running Fedora 42 Workstation with Gnome. Since I've got GNOME instead of KDE, I'm using an extension called GSConnect to communicate with KDE connect on my phone. It's working perfectly.

I've also got this extension called "Display Configuration Switcher" that lets me use a keyboard shortcut ( ctrl + ; ) to switch between two display configs:

  1. Standard desktop layout
  2. TV only.

(Fedora 42 is using Wayland, when I was on X11 I could use ARandR to create custom commands but Wayland is... more complicated.)

I want to add a command to KDE Connect/GSConnect to switch my display configuration from "desktop" output to "TV" output. The problem is I don't know what command to invoke to trigger "Display Configuration Switcher" to swap configurations.

There are multiple ways to approach this. The best solution is just to figure out what command is invoked when I press the keyboard shortcut "ctrl + ;", which is the shortcut to switch display configs. I'm not sure how to see what command is run when I press a button or shortcut.

Alternatively, I could find a way to send the ctrl + ; shortcut from the KDE connect app. Sending keyboard shortcuts would be handy regardless, but this is a workaround.

Any help would be appreciated. Thank you in advance!

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Following the Linux Mint gateway, the distro hoping begins!

Previously on demirosoft:

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In short, this change proposal seeks to get rid of Fedora Flatpaks for Atomic desktops. Fedora Flatpaks will still be used for the preinstalled apps, but all (or most?) other Fedora Flatpaks would be hidden by default.

Note this proposal does not enable Flathub, that's a separate Change proposal (currently not up for FESCO voting): https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/proposal-enable-flathub-by-default/157011

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Haven't testing this myself, but I was quite intrigued by how simple this is.

Though the images aren't signed.

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I’ve toyed around with Fedora a couple times in the past but never daily drove it. Pretty much a Debian guy (gnome desktop, headless servers and raspbian) but I had to scratch that immutable itch.

I just put together a home media server and thought to try silverblue since I was mostly going to be running containers anyways.

Got a couple flatpaks installed and toolboxed where necessary, but it went rather smooth. A bit of a learning curve for me to get pods as services with systemd but otherwise smooth sailing.

Haven’t had to restore yet but it’s comforting to have the option! Yet another package manager was one reason I wouldn’t deviate much from Debian but the immutable angle sorts that out nicely.

It just feels so clean!

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Linux Community Wins as Fedora Cancels 32-Bit Removal Plan

The past few days have seen a strong response from the Linux community, who were not happy about Fedora's plan to drop 32-bit support with the upcoming Fedora 44 release.

The proposal sparked heated debates across forums and social media, with many users voicing concerns over how it would affect gaming, legacy hardware, and Fedora-based projects.

Things got so tense that the founder of Bazzite spoke out publicly, highlighting how the change could negatively impact their user base and future development plans.

Luckily, after receiving feedback from the community, the proposal has been dropped.

32-bit Support Stays, For Now

Linux Community Wins as Fedora Cancels 32-Bit Removal Plan

Fabio Valentini, a Fedora Engineering Steering Committee (FESCo) member, has formally withdrawn the proposal to discontinue 32-bit support in Fedora. The proposal, originally targeted for Fedora 44, aimed to address the increasing technical challenges in maintaining 32-bit compatibility across the distribution.

Acknowledging the backlash, Fabio admitted that the target for this change was too early and pointed out that the technical problems mentioned in the proposal are not going away.

He added that:

I don’t think the problem that was attempted to be addressed with this proposal will go away. With more and more projects dropping official support for building / running their software on 32-bit architectures, it’s just going to get worse over the next few years.

Fabio also said that he was disappointed by some of the reactions. He felt that people misunderstood the proposal and saw it in a more negative way than intended, and that it was meant to solve technical issues, not some conspiracy to break gaming use cases.

In the end, I figured this would be the end result of the proposal, and I get that 32-bit support in Fedora won’t last forever, and that’s okay. The good thing here is that Fedora-based distros like Bazzite and people who rely on 32-bit now have plenty of time to prepare for when that day eventually comes.

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I am using a laptop. I fixed it by turning it off and on.

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I am disappointed in some of the reactions this !! proposal !! has received, with some people apparently reading it in the most uncharitable way. It was a proposal that tried to address technical problems package maintainers and release engineering is facing, not some conspiracy to break the “gaming use case”.

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submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by that_leaflet@lemmy.world to c/fedora@lemmy.ml
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I'm getting a noticeable delay. It used to only happen when I opened something old I rarely accessed, but now it happens in most Gnome apps. They are fast once they load. I don't know if there is something happening with encryption or compression, or if it is my drive's wear. I'm not really sure how to diagnose this one in a meaningful way. On Workstation 42 mostly defaults and from an upgrade path since 36 on this machine IIRC.

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Hey all,

I'd like to create a spin/(fork?) of Fedora, with some preconfigured settings (like config of Plasma), and include some packages and repos.

I've found something like an unattended installer but I'm not sure if that's current advice.

Are there some helpful guides out there that might go through the process of doing this?

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Everything seems fine, but I have no network access 😅 happened after I restarted for a System update. Can't figure out what is wrong - help please 😊 Wired connection.

Enabled Wifi, but same problem; connect but cannot reach gateway. (other computers and pads are connected, and they work fine).

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I am currently using this travel router as a way for me to connect numerous devices (Android TV, Work Laptop, etc.) back to my home network so I can access my home server running Jellyfin/NAS/etc. while traveling.

I am also able to directly connect to my home VPN from my fedora Linux laptop. It occurred to me that it should be possible to share this connection to my other devices & remove the need to carry around the extra router (I'm all about minimalism when traveling!). I wondered if anyone could point me in the right direction on how I would go about configuring this.

Thank you so much!

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I've just upgraded to Fedora Workstation 42 and am now unable to activate any GNOME extensions. The little switches in the GUI do not respond. It's the same for all extensions. The Extensions and Extensions Manager apps are both installed as flatpaks - do I need to adjust their permissions in Flatseal? Is the problem due to something else? Thanks!

Edit/solution: I totally missed the ‘Use Extensions’ switch at the very top. All my extensions are working on the current GNOME version (48) now. I am the most silly. Hopefully the other solutions in the comments will be useful to someone else in future :)

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