Hi everyone!

Everything is in the title. I can't open pictures taken from my work iPhone (HEIC and also used for family pictures) on Fedora Silverblue 44 and Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS.

For Silverblue I've tried a lot of stuff like:

rpm-ostree install libheif-tools rpm-ostree libheif-freeworld (getting unknown command) rpm-ostree install
https://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm rpm-ostree install https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm rpm-ostree update --uninstall rpmfusion-free-release --install rpmfusion-free-release rpm-ostree install libheif-freeworld libheif-tools

For Pop!_OS:

I've added HEIF image decoder in Kodi and tried other things that I don't remember for the file explorer. I've found an application (ImageFan Reloaded if I remember correctly) which can open them, but it's not so user friendly and it's not suitable a family gathering where you wanna watch pictures.

I have an installation of Fedora Workstation 44 and the pictures can be perfectly displayed on this one.

I'd really want to avoid converting all my HEIC pictures to another format as it would be a hassle and the pictures would take more storage space.

If someone could help, it would be nice

Hi everyone!

I have a collection of around 200 movies on DVD/Blurays that I’ve ripped with MakeMKV.

Wether I watch these on my Htpc with Kodi or on my Playstation 5, there are less fluid/smooth than when I watch Netflix on my TV.

As if the movies were 24/25 fps on dics and 60fps on Netflix.

And I have the same motion settings for all sources, but Netflix is still smoother without having too much of a sitcom effect. Am I the only one noticing this and how do they do this? I haven’t found anything on the web about this..

Hi everyone!

In the next year or so, my project is to rip all my blurays and put them on a 4tb external USB hard drive. I've already done it for all my DVDs, but I still have to buy an external bluray player in order to finish the job. My budget for the bluray player is CHF 75.- used, so around 75$. All this is done through MakeMKV.

Then, I'd want to have a small Linux PC that I'd use as a media center. My budget is under CHF 100.-, so around 100$. I've noticed that you can get 2014 MacMinis with i5 or i7 for that budget, but I'm open to any other brand.

What I'd want the PC to do: -Play all my movies stored on my external USB drive. I don't think I have 4k movies, but I can't exclude that some of my Blurays will be 4k in the future -Display my family pictures and videos stored on kDrive (a cloud by Infomaniak) through Firefox and WebDav -Play my music on my Yamaha Amplifier through Firefox and Tidal -Use the wifi for updates, browser based stuff, etc..

The PC would probably not be used for anything else for now, but it needs to be able to become a desktop PC again in the future if needed.

I'd want to operate the PC with a bluetooth mouse and only have to use a keyboard from time to time.

I've heard about Jellyfin, Libelec, Kodi and other stuff but I don't really know what they are.

Thanks in advance for your advice!

Edit: In the end I got an Intel NUC7i3DNK2E mini pc for CHF 90.- (around 90 dollars) with 8gb of ram/120gb SSD and an Asus BW-12D1S-U for CHF 84.- (around 84 dollars). This combo works great for now and I'm pleasantly surprised.

Hi everyone!

I've been enjoying Gnome for the last 5 years, mainly in Fedora Workstation. Lately, I've been feeling a scratch to try something else after a few annoyances with notifications or the file manager.

I've also been using KDE in Steam OS on my Steam Deck, but something doesn't feel right even if I managed to reproduce my Gnome workflow in it.

I thought that Cosmic could be the perfect middle ground and I wanted to dual boot it alongside Fedora Workstation on my second computer, an upgraded Mac Book Pro from 2012. As I enjoy Fedora, I downloaded the Fedora Cosmic Atomic version.

On this computer, you normally have to enable RPM fusion to get the broadcom drivers for the wifi. I followed the instructions related to os-tree based systems with no luck. Then I thought, let's just download the normal Fedora Cosmic as I don't need an immutable distro and the commands should be the same as for Workstation.

Despite, managing to get the Broadcom drivers, I never managed to get the wifi working in Fedora Cosmic.

I might be stupid, but I don't understand why as it's the same distro and just a different DE. Doe's anyone have an explanation?

It might be a sign that I should just live with the minor annoyances I get in Gnome, but some things looked really good in Cosmic and I'd love to dual boot it for a while..

Hi everyone!

I'm a 90% satisfied Gnome user only looking for more customization possibilities.

I had tried KDE on a VM, but, since I have a Steam Deck (Steam OS), I thought I should try to fully make it usable as a computer in case I'd need it.

I kind of managed to recreate the Gnome workflow where you switch between workspaces.

I've also set up kwin rules telling, for instance, Firefox to open on workspace No 2 on startup.

I don't know why, but that doesn't work for 2 of my main applications.

I use Evolution mail and it always starts on the wrong workspace. Same for OnlyOffice, but for this one I can't even create a kwin rule as I don't have that option while right clicking on the far right of the app. They're bot installed as Flatpaks.

I wanted to take a screenshot of the issue, but Spectacle doesn't allow me to take a screenshot when the right click menu is open..

Also, Evolution can't seem to remember my passwords despite allowing them to be saved in the keyring. Since I have around 10 calendars, it means entering 10 passwords at startup..

Suffice to say that my experience with KDE isn't great so far even if I'd really want to try it a bit more..

Does anyone knows how to solve these issues?

Thanks in advance!

Edit: In the end, using alt+F3 did the trick in order to apply window rules to OnlyOffice (but not to Evolution) and I switched to Thunderbird for my KDE install in order to avoid the keyring issue

Hi everyone!

I've been replaying the Mass Effect games and I'm really impressed by how great they are.

Someway, even if I really enjoyed them back in the days on my Playstation 3, I feel like it's now even better now that I get to enjoy the Legendary Edition on my Steam Deck.

I think I might have been too young to appreciate all the work that goes into creating such a universe and how you can just spend time by listening to conversations, look at the world around you and get involved in all the politics and news.

I was also surprized at how integrated the DLC's are. The other day I started playing the Omega freeing mission in Mass Effect 3, just to discover after a few hours that it's not part of the main game.

Since I don't remember my first playthrough, it makes me wonder how many of the DLC's I've played for now.

I'm around 20 hours in Mass Effect 3 and I hope the end is as good as I remember (even if I know that some people where not happy with the end). For now, I don't even know if there are many endings, so no spoiler please.

All of this, just to say that you shoud get the game if you haven't played it yet. I got it for around 10$ if I remember, but it'd would even still be worth it at the 69$ they are asking for it these days) I can lower the TDP to 7/ 30 FPS and the game still looks gorgeous on the Deck's small screen.

I feel like it's even better than Cyberpunk 2077 while still filling my need of a huge world with a lot of tech stuff and background stories.

Some people are complaining about the always online requirement, but I think you can even avoid it.

I also wanted to add that EA has a bad reputation on Lemmy (and it's probably justified in a way and not gonna get better soon), but they've created some great games over the years. Here is a list of the ones I've enjoyed just as a reminder:

-Dead Space 1-3 (3 is great despite everything people are saying) -Battlefield 1 -Star Wars Jedi Survivor and fallen order -Need For Speed Shift 1-2

Hi everyone!

My daily driver is a Surface Go 1 running Fedora with 8GB of ram and 128GB of storage. It is always hooked up to a Philips 273B screen via USB-C.

Most of the time, it is really fast and a perfect tiny Linux and Gnome machine easily hookable to a big screen for when you're not travelling.

However, sometimes, after installing updates but maybe not always, it is slow as hell. Sometimes, detaching the Surface from the big screen and hooking it again, solves the issue, but not always. It is a behavior I already had when I was using Ubuntu and I've had on Fedora since version 36.

Here are some useful printscreens from HTOP and the ressource management system:

#high cpu usage

#low cpu usage

I thought that maybe installing the Surface kernel would stop the issue, but it didn't..

Sometimes it's annoying enough to make me just want to use my wife's MacBook Pro 2012 running Fedora as a daily driver but the form factor is less practical.

Thanks in advance for any help!

Edit: it happens on startup, even after days of inactivity

Edit2: Thanks everyone for your help! I’ll see if it’s worry investigating more as the problem is more complex to solve than I thought

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Hi everyone!

Around a year ago I went through many steps (Boxtron and other stuff) to get Earthworm Jim running on my Steam Deck just to discover afterward that these were not needed in the end.

I think I've uninstalled everything but I can't get rid of two error messages I'm getting every time I switch to desktop mode.

One of them says: Game not recogninzed as DOSBox compatible

The second one says: DOSBox argument error: "unrecognized arguments: -d3d12"

https://github.com/dreamer/boxtron/issues/58 https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/11435

I've found two conversations on github about these, but I have to admit I don't really know what they're talking about and what to do.

I wouldn't want to break my system to solve these errors as these are just minor inconveniences without any influence on functionnality. Could someone guide me on what to do?

Thanks in advance

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Hi everyone!

Around a year ago I went through many steps (Boxtron and other stuff) to get Earthworm Jim running on my Steam Deck just to discover afterward that these were not needed in the end.

I think I've uninstalled everything but I can't get rid of two error messages I'm getting every time I switch to desktop mode.

One of them says: Game not recogninzed as DOSBox compatible

The second one says: DOSBox argument error: "unrecognized arguments: -d3d12"

https://github.com/dreamer/boxtron/issues/58 https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/11435

I've found two conversations on github about these, but I have to admit I don't really know what they're talking about and what to do.

I wouldn't want to break my system to solve these errors as these are just minor inconveniences without any influence on functionnality. Could someone guide me on what to do?

Thanks in advance

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Hi everyone!

Sadly when I'm trying to download games through Heroic, it appears as if the download limit was kind of limited to 0.5 Mbps which is way to slow when you have to download a game like Wolfenstein the New Order which has 40Gb of data.

For now I haven't found a way around this problem so I'm downloading the offline installers from GOG at around 3Mbps (which is way better). The problem is that I can't find a way to import them in Heroic on my Steam Deck.

By the way it's very important for me to retain the ability to get achievements (through Comet) as I'm addicted to these.

Could someone help me about importing these offline installers?

Also, I'll be happy to hear if someone knows a way to improve my download speeds through Heroic and get the ability to keep downloaded files when turning off my Deck as for now I'd have to start everything again if the game hasn't reached 100%?

Thanks in advance for your help!

Hi everyone!

I have the opportunity to buy an Alienware x51 R2 from the early 2010’s for around 100$.

It would be used as a first Linux gaming pc for my 8 year old son.

I can’t know the exact specifications as the friend selling it doesn’t know them and uninstalled Windows on it so he can’t check the specs. I only know it has an i7 and was able to run some recent Call of Duty and Flught Simulator games.

I don’t know how much RAM it has (from 2 to 16gb apparently) and I know it has an Nvidia gpu but I don’t know which one. According to a website, it could be between a GTX660 and a GTX970.

What do you think? Should I give it a try or are these components not gonna be great for any Linux gaming for my son (Beam NG, Sonic All Stars Racing, games from the 2010’s, …)?

I also know old Nvdia cards have a bad reputation on Linux.

Thanks for your help

Edit: After some research and thanks to your answers, I won’t make the mistake of buying it

Hi everyone!

I love Gnome and its visual appeal but I hate how some easy tasks are difficult in it.

My email and cloud provider is advising a password change after an attended breach lately.

I've tried changing them in Agenda and Evolution but these are redirecting me to the general Gnome settings and I can't find a way to update the password without deleting and recreating the account.

Does anyone knows how to do this?

Before anyone asks me why I don't just use Thunderbird (which I do), it's because it wouldn't allow me to have my agenda in the Gnome notification place

If I could, I would happily ditch Agenda and Evolution, but it seems I can't if I want these things to be displayed there..