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  • My arch linux with KDE only uses 500Mb ram after boot and I have a handfull of apps in the autostart. So I would guess with some explicitly lighter desktop environment you can be well below 100Mb

    If you have a chance to add an ssd or nvme you could allocate a decently sized swap partition and let the OS handle the rest.

    Maybe you won’t be able to watch full HD youtube in big fat chrome browser, but otherwise it should work just fine I think.


  • HelloRoot@lemy.loltoLinux@lemmy.mlE-ink tablet for note and reading
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    24 hours ago

    I had a remarkable 2 for a year and was very dissatisfied with how hard it was to modify or run custom scripts or third party gui apps on it. Then came the subscription stuff and I ditched it.

    Bought pinenote and even though I’m no linux developer, I’ve set it up and it works very well. Been using it for 3+ years now.

    The build feels cheaper compared to remarkable, but the hardware spec is much better. And the best part is I can just run syncthing or kdeconnect or any linux desktop app on it and it’s great.




  • Yeah thats the point I was trying to make.

    Why is it talked about so onesidedly when it is actually multi-facetted? The blog to me reads like: “there are legal reasons against AI and there are fanatic reasons against AI, so we yive you the option to disable it (but actually it’s totally great as we all know and agree).”

    I wish they’d addressed it in a more nuanced way or not at all. Just saying “It is now a config” would have been enough, but they went out of their way to point out only the subset of the arguments that can be easily dismissed.

    Guess they have a product to sell that rides on the succsess of AI coding.
















  • HelloRoot@lemy.loltoLinux@lemmy.mlNewbie with kubuntu - tips?
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    14 days ago

    Kubuntu is ok for a new person on linux?

    Yes

    I want to install apps/programms via flatpak, since this looks more easily for a newbie as me and because of the sandbox, which seems is good (?).

    you can do that on any distro. Should be easy to install.

    Other question I have, is about some apps i want to install if i dont find it or just find it on github or something similar. I find an app that really like but this app dont appear in any store, and this app is only available on github via flatpak and .deb . In this case, since the app is not available on flathub or diskover, or via command lines

    Thats why after 3years of debian/kubuntu I switched to arch. But that doesn’t mean anything. Just do kubuntu for now and if you have troube installing something ask the community and they will help you get it installed.

    And, btw, if you can give me some tips and advice as linux/kubuntu newbie, it would be amazing for my journey.

    The best tip for me was to read: https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian (Since Kubuntu is Debian based, this still applies)