data1701d (He/Him)
“Life forms. You precious little lifeforms. You tiny little lifeforms. Where are you?”
- Lt. Cmdr Data, Star Trek: Generations
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data1701d (He/Him)@startrek.websiteto Linux@lemmy.ml•[SOLVED] how come yt-dlp on a terminal returns bash: yt-dlp: command not found even though I installed it with wget? debian 13English8·23 hours agoDo note that the yt-dlp version in stable will go out of date; I recommend installing it from the backports repo so it keeps updating.
data1701d (He/Him)@startrek.websiteto Linux@lemmy.ml•how come some function keys don't work anymore on debian 13 xfce?English1·2 days agoI also use XFCE. My desktop’s currently on Forky and went through all of Trixie, and the emdia keys have worked fine.
I’ll have to fiddle around and see what’s going on, though it may take a few days to get back because I’m starting school again soon, so I’m quite busy.
For reference, what programs do you tend to use with media keys? For instance, VLC, Firefox, etcetera.
data1701d (He/Him)@startrek.websiteto Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•Star Trek: Infection VR - Official Release Date Trailer | gamescom 2025 - IGNEnglish4·2 days agoHonestly, I don’t think I’ve met more than 2 or 3 people in my life who even had a headset.
In fact, whenever I see a VR headset in a TV show or film meant to depict the present day, it makes it abundantly clear that the writers are well off older people who are going to whine about the youth and are out of touch with how the majority of Americans live their life (or they’re being forced to make these choices by geezer executives that fit my description).
It’s kind of similar to how the 1980s-2000s sitcom archetype of weird hyper best friend has been replaced by the “my whole personality is social media” archetype that is frequent in lower quality media these days.
data1701d (He/Him)@startrek.websiteto Linux@lemmy.ml•how come some function keys don't work anymore on debian 13 xfce?English32·2 days agoWhat desktop environment are you using?
data1701d (He/Him)@startrek.websiteto Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•Star Trek: Lower Decks Wins Two Hugo Awards, Celebrating Series Finale and 'Warp Your Own Way' Graphic NovelEnglish6·4 days agoI know. It seriously just felt like a top tier episode out of the series - the ending is such a tear jerker.
data1701d (He/Him)@startrek.websiteto Linux@lemmy.ml•Office workers - Has anyone here convinced their boss to let them install a Linux distro on their work desktop?English4·5 days agoTo be fair to macOS, it’s still Unix-based, which at least makes it less miserable for development than Windows.
I would still go for Linux any time, though.
data1701d (He/Him)@startrek.websiteto Linux@lemmy.ml•Under the hood (not de's or gui) what REALLY separates linux from windows?English7·5 days agoYou’re right in some ways; Windows is closer to a microkernel than Linux, though it doesn’t perfectly adhere to the philosophy of - there’s supposedly weird things like drawing calls in the Windows kernel that should be in microservice, I’ve heard
However, I wouldn’t necessarily call microkernels a detriment; in fact, Linux is a bit of an odd duck for going monolithic - modern Apple operating systems also run on a microkernel. Monolithic is an older architecture, and there are worries about the separation between components and system resilience e.g the webcam driver can’t crash the whole kernel.
In practice, it’s less of an issue, and there really aren’t any open source microkernel operating systems that are practical for production desktop and server use, which has a microkernel though there are certainly solutions for embedded systems.
QubesOS is built on Xen hypervisor, which uses a microkernel design, but Linux is then run in multiple VMs on top of it, which makes it more of a technicality in my eyes. RedoxOS also runs on a microkernel and is certainly intended as a desktop operating system, but its hardware support is limited; GNU Hurd is even more limited in that respect and not really usable.
data1701d (He/Him)@startrek.websiteto Linux@lemmy.ml•Arch shares its wiki strategy with Debian [LWN]English15·6 days agoNeat. I love Debian, but its documentation is crap! I hope this works out and I can see an improvement.
data1701d (He/Him)@startrek.websiteto Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•About Star Trek Starfleet Academy blacklashEnglish6·8 days agoI was hardly the target audience for Lower Decks; in fact, I was a little mad they had made an adult animated Star Trek comedy. However, after watching it, it has become a favorite. Season 1 is a bit difficult to get through, but once you get through that, overall, it’s a show that’s very sincere to what Star Trek is while still being a comedy. And it should have gotten 2 more seasons.
Same with Star Trek: Prodigy: it takes a second, and it’s still technically a kids show, but when it gets there, it’s worth it.
Honestly, I’m half hopeful for the show just because it’s a “We’re going for the {X} demographic” kind of show that sounds a little like a stupid idea that will actually turn out unexpectedly good but get cancelled before its time.
data1701d (He/Him)@startrek.websiteto Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•Master Replicas Debuts New Star Trek Light-Up LCARS DisplaysEnglish6·8 days agoYou know what would be really awesome, though? A Cali class MSD!
Maybe it’s because I only use stable on my laptop with Flatpaks, but honestly, Bookworm never got that crusty to me until recently - it feels like new software versions didn’t introduce a lot of must have features in the past two years. Only hiccup was I had to install the backports kernel to get Wi-Fi working.
data1701d (He/Him)@startrek.websiteto Linux@lemmy.ml•GitHub - winapps-org/winapps: Run Windows apps such as Microsoft Office/Adobe in Linux (Ubuntu/Fedora) and GNOME/KDE as if they were a part of the native OS, including Nautilus integration.English2·9 days agoI used to use this, but I always found it really janky - window boundaries not updating, weird graphical glitches, etcetera.
It was especially annoying to use with Photoshop and GPU acceleration (I do GPU passthrough to my VM).
In the end, I just abandoned it and just used the monitor the VM’s GPU is plugged into.
data1701d (He/Him)@startrek.websiteto Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•About Star Trek Starfleet Academy blacklashEnglish31·9 days agoI think part of it is people are so annoyed with entertainment companies in general that it’s hard to know if you’re worried about something real about the show or you’re just fatigued.
Also, personally, I feel like people have actually been relatively quiet about STA, although maybe it’s just the community I’m in. Personally, with headlines about Robert Picardo’s character being “deeper”, I’m almost certain he’ll be 100% comic relief, and the show may be unexpectedly good, if Star Trek: Prodigy is anything to judge by.
Mostly, I just hope they don’t do the most basic Klingon plot they can think of - I think it would be great if the Qo’nos Klingons were relatively well off post-burn due to a philosophical shift, but they’ll probably have something like they were devastated by civil war after possibly being a Federation member.
EDIT: I mean, almost all of the better newer series have been forays into a genre - LD adult animated comedy and PRO children’s drama. If STA’s trying to aim towards a tween/teen niche, maybe it will also follow that. The only one to break the pattern is S31 somewhat, in the sense it was an action movie attempt, but still within the general sci-fi drama standard of Trek.
data1701d (He/Him)@startrek.websiteto Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•About Star Trek Starfleet Academy blacklashEnglish4·9 days agoI mean, I think you have pretty based reasons to sail the high seas, frankly.
data1701d (He/Him)@startrek.websiteto Linux@lemmy.ml•first time using linux, how screwed am I?English71·11 days agoAs a completely new user who’s self-described as “not very tech savvy”, Arch is probably a terrible idea, and you should switch distros.
I really like Debian, but something like Linux Mint or Fedora might be wiser for you; all three hold your hand more, which would be very important in your case. Fedora and Debian specifically are designed to work well with KDE, although Fedora will have newer versions.
You certainly seem willing to learn (you got through the Arch install process), and I think you still have a great opportunity to enjoy Linux, but considering you’re calling the terminal emulator “Konsole”, your self-description is probably apt. FYI Konsole is just one application to access the terminal, kind of like how Firefox and Chrome are both web browsers, but you don’t use “Chrome” to refer to web browsers.
data1701d (He/Him)@startrek.websiteto Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•Dawn Lewis, given a proclamation from mayor of Cerritos.English6·11 days agoEngage the core!
data1701d (He/Him)@startrek.websiteto Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•Dawn Lewis, given a proclamation from mayor of Cerritos.English20·11 days agoCerritos strong!
Are we counting S1 “The Elysian Kingdom”? I know it’s not technically a holodeck episode, but…