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Adam<p>Access Root Directory in the File Manager GNOME Files (Nautilus)</p><p>Improve your understanding of how to access the root directory using the graphical file manager application GNOME Files without the use of a terminal.</p><p><a href="https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/gnome-files-access-root-directory/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">adamsdesk.com/posts/gnome-file</span><span class="invisible">s-access-root-directory/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/GNOME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GNOME</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a></p>
Joanna :emacs:<p>Ok donc mon laptop principal (taille 15) est sous <a href="https://mastodon.tetaneutral.net/tags/Fedora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fedora</span></a> Workstation avec l'édition <a href="https://mastodon.tetaneutral.net/tags/Gnome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gnome</span></a>. Tandis que sur le deuxième plus léger (taille 12) j'ai décidé d'y installer aussi Fedora, mais avec l'édition <a href="https://mastodon.tetaneutral.net/tags/KDE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KDE</span></a> Plasma. Mais sur les deux laptops il y aussi le tiling wayland compositor <a href="https://mastodon.tetaneutral.net/tags/riverwm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>riverwm</span></a>, qui me convient le + et qye j'utilise en priorité.</p>
Tobias Bernard<p>Save the date! We'll have another edition of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BoilingTheOcean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BoilingTheOcean</span></a> in Berlin on October 3-5, right after All Systems Go. More details to follow 😎</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gnome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gnome</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/localfirst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>localfirst</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linuxmobile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linuxmobile</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/systemd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>systemd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/berlin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>berlin</span></a></p>
Charles ☭ says trans rights<p>My spouse's laptop display is on, but very dark. The brightness up/down buttons aren't helping. Is there a way to fox this from the command line?</p><p>Edit to add: mirroring the display and using the upper right brightness slider isn't helping.</p><p>Is there a way to determine if the backlight is out or if there is a driver problem?</p><p><a href="https://queer.party/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://queer.party/tags/ubuntu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ubuntu</span></a> <a href="https://queer.party/tags/gnome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gnome</span></a> <a href="https://queer.party/tags/wayland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wayland</span></a></p>
jfmblinux :jeditux:<p>🇫🇷 <br>Fin de Windows 10</p><p>Plutôt que d'acheter du nouveau matériel ou d'accepter les conditions de Microsoft, pourquoi ne pas redonner vie aux PC existants en passant à Linux 🐧 ?</p><p>Des millions de PC sont confrontés à l'obsolescence programmé par Microsoft 😡 🤢 🤮</p><p>Sachez qu'avec <a href="https://mastodon.jfmblinux.fr/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a>, il n'y a pas de déchets ☢️ ☣️ 🚯 électronique, pas d'obligation de vous séparer de votre tout nouvel ordinateur et vous faites un geste pour l'environnement 🌍 🌳 🐝🌾🌹🦋 </p><p><a href="https://endof10.org/fr/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">endof10.org/fr/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>🇬🇧 <br>End of 10</p><p>Rather than buying new equipment or accepting Microsoft's conditions, why not revive existing PCs by passing to Linux 🐧?</p><p>Millions of PCs face obsolescence planned by Microsoft 😡 🤢 🤮</p><p>Know that with Linux, there is no electronic waste ☢️ ☣️ 🚯 , no obligation to separate from your brand new computer and you make a gesture for the environment <br> 🌍 🌳 🐝🌾🌹🦋 </p><p><a href="https://endof10.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">endof10.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.jfmblinux.fr/tags/EndOf10" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EndOf10</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.jfmblinux.fr/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.jfmblinux.fr/tags/BanMicrosoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BanMicrosoft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.jfmblinux.fr/tags/NoGAFAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoGAFAM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.jfmblinux.fr/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.jfmblinux.fr/tags/NoSpy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoSpy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.jfmblinux.fr/tags/RegainPrivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RegainPrivacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.jfmblinux.fr/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.jfmblinux.fr/tags/Debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Debian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.jfmblinux.fr/tags/Fedora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fedora</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.jfmblinux.fr/tags/LinuxMint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxMint</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.jfmblinux.fr/tags/Solus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Solus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.jfmblinux.fr/tags/Ubuntu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ubuntu</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.jfmblinux.fr/tags/Gnome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gnome</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.jfmblinux.fr/tags/KDE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KDE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.jfmblinux.fr/tags/Xfce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Xfce</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.jfmblinux.fr/tags/openSUSE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openSUSE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.jfmblinux.fr/tags/LibreOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibreOffice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.jfmblinux.fr/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.jfmblinux.fr/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.jfmblinux.fr/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.jfmblinux.fr/tags/FLOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FLOSS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.jfmblinux.fr/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSoftware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.jfmblinux.fr/tags/Environnement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Environnement</span></a></p>
phosh<p>phosh 0.49.0 is out 🚀📱:</p><p>We have some new features, quality of life improvements, under the hood work and 🐛 fixes, check out the full release notes at <a href="https://phosh.mobi/releases/rel-0.49.0/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://phosh.mobi/releases/rel-0.49.0/</a> for details or see 👇 for a short 🧵</p><p>🙏 to everyone who contributed to this release.</p><p><a href="https://social.phosh.mobi/tags/phosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phosh</span></a> <a href="https://social.phosh.mobi/tags/librem5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Librem5</span></a> <a href="https://social.phosh.mobi/tags/pinephone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PinePhone</span></a> <a href="https://social.phosh.mobi/tags/gtk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gtk</span></a> <a href="https://social.phosh.mobi/tags/wlroots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wlroots</span></a> <a href="https://social.phosh.mobi/tags/gnome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gnome</span></a> <a href="https://social.phosh.mobi/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://social.phosh.mobi/tags/mobile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mobile</span></a> <a href="https://social.phosh.mobi/tags/linuxmobile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxMobile</span></a></p>
GNOME<p>On August 15, 1997, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Migueldeicaza" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Migueldeicaza</span></a></span> announced the start of GNOME on the GTK mailing list¹. Twenty-eight years later a lot has changed, but we continue to develop and iterate on “a free and complete set of user friendly applications and desktop tools… based entirely on free software.”</p><p>To help us continue this work far into the future, we hope you join us in celebrating our birthday by becoming a Friend of GNOME today! 🎂</p><p><a href="https://donate.gnome.org" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">donate.gnome.org</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>¹<a href="https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-list/1997-August/msg00123.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-li</span><span class="invisible">st/1997-August/msg00123.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://floss.social/tags/GNOME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GNOME</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a></p>
Linux Magazine<p>Happy 28th anniversary, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://floss.social/@gnome" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>gnome</span></a></span><br><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/GNOME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GNOME</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/desktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>desktop</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a></p>
Emmanuele Bassi<p>Happy birthday, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://floss.social/@gnome" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>gnome</span></a></span> 🎂</p><p>🎉 28 years young</p><p><a href="https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-list/1997-August/msg00123.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-li</span><span class="invisible">st/1997-August/msg00123.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gnome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gnome</span></a></p>
unclemez<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@itsfoss" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>itsfoss</span></a></span> Now I know why I love <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/gnome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gnome</span></a> the 15th of August is our national day, so we are independant so <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://floss.social/@gnome" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>gnome</span></a></span> is important!<br>Ooooooh mio!</p>
Andril<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@itsfoss" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>itsfoss</span></a></span> born a day after me - 3 days after daughter and 2 day after mom - keeping <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/gnome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gnome</span></a> in the family</p>
It's FOSS<p>Happy Birthday, GNOME! 🥳 </p><p>💡 GNOME was started on 15 August 1997 by Miguel de Icaza and Federico Mena as a free software project.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gnome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gnome</span></a></p>
Pi Fisher<p>Oh how quickly "This'll be a good project to take with me on vacation next week." becomes "This'll be a quick win after a couple multi-month projects.".</p><p>Pattern available at <a href="https://www.imaginedlandscapes.com/patterns/profesor-fungi" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">imaginedlandscapes.com/pattern</span><span class="invisible">s/profesor-fungi</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kind.social/tags/knitting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>knitting</span></a> <a href="https://kind.social/tags/mushroom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mushroom</span></a> <a href="https://kind.social/tags/gnome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gnome</span></a> <a href="https://kind.social/tags/NeverNotGnoming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeverNotGnoming</span></a></p>
Jorge Castro<p>Ok so check it out. The <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/gnome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gnome</span></a> logo has had its long run. I agree human feet are gross - and a good brand refresh is always nice ... </p><p>What about ... DINOSAUR feet though ...</p>
Corb_The_Lesser<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ingenthron.social/@louis" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>louis</span></a></span> It's a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gnome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gnome</span></a> thing, not anything specifically done by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fedora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fedora</span></a>. The other responses here set out your options with Gnome.</p><p>Designers do seem to think no one uses scrollbars.</p>
Louis Ingenthron<p>Does anyone know how to make the scrollbars in <a href="https://ingenthron.social/tags/Fedora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fedora</span></a> <a href="https://ingenthron.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> less shitty? They're tiny and hide themselves and I can never hit them with my cursor the first time and it's infuriating.</p><p>I'm on Fedora 41 with <a href="https://ingenthron.social/tags/Gnome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gnome</span></a> 47, using the Adwaita theme.</p>
9to5Linux<p><a href="https://floss.social/tags/GNOME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GNOME</span></a> 48.4 Is Out Now to Finally Fix Update Notifications in GNOME Software <a href="https://9to5linux.com/gnome-48-4-finally-improves-update-notifications-in-gnome-software" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">9to5linux.com/gnome-48-4-final</span><span class="invisible">ly-improves-update-notifications-in-gnome-software</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://floss.social/@gnome" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>gnome</span></a></span> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a></p>
Valen RESISTS<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mbrdev" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mbrdev</span></a></span> I think you're asking the wrong question. It's not about the distro. It's about what window manager you want to use. The big ones are: <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/KDEPlasma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KDEPlasma</span></a> (what I like), <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GNOME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GNOME</span></a>, and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/cinnamon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cinnamon</span></a>. Smaller ones (but still good) include <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/XFCE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XFCE</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MATE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MATE</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LXDE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LXDE</span></a>, and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LXQT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LXQT</span></a>. Then there are the people who want a tiling window manager like <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/i3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>i3</span></a> or <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/sway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sway</span></a>. Any of these could work on your preferred distro. </p><p>Maybe you should start a poll.</p>
Taffer 🇨🇦 :godot:<p>Newsflash is working pretty well, although the UI seems to have some minor issues (like I can't mark a feed "read" while it's trying to update feeds?).</p><p>GNOME ultra-minimalist UIs tend to annoy me (that's why I'm on KDE), so I'll probably keep this going while I try a few other readers to see if anything else works well but has a better (for me) UI.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/newflash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>newflash</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/gnome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gnome</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/rss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rss</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/atom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>atom</span></a></p>
jdkiser :thinkpad: :debian:<p>Glamour shot with the family laptops on Debian 13 release day. Not pictured: my 9-year old son and his otter, "Scottie Otter" who helped set up the table. We use KDE, Gnome, and swaywm depending on preferences and nobody makes a big deal out of it. <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>debian</span></a> <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/thinkpad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thinkpad</span></a> <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/trixie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trixie</span></a> <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/screenshotsaturday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>screenshotsaturday</span></a> <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/system76" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>system76</span></a> <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/kde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kde</span></a> <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/gnome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gnome</span></a> <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/swaywm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>swaywm</span></a></p>