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artfulrobot<p>Hey <a href="https://floss.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> users. Please boost.</p><p>I maintain (remotely) ~10 linux laptops for a client. I've used <a href="https://floss.social/tags/ubuntu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ubuntu</span></a> LTS for years because they don't need anything fancy, stability is more important that bang-up-to-dateness. But I've gone off Ubuntu because of <a href="https://floss.social/tags/snaps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>snaps</span></a> and it increasingly pushing adverts/pro-services. </p><p>Anyone got any experience with remote admin-ing and maintaining linux laptops? Would prefer <a href="https://floss.social/tags/gnome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gnome</span></a> based.</p><p><a href="https://floss.social/tags/fedora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fedora</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/ubuntu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ubuntu</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/mint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mint</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/deepin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deepin</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/ImmutableOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ImmutableOS</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Silverblue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Silverblue</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/budgie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>budgie</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/elementaryOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>elementaryOS</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/mate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mate</span></a></p>
Stuart Longland (VK4MSL)<p>Doing a bit of an explore of the desktop environments on the Toughpad to see what's out there that's touch friendly. This is on Debian 12. I'll probably re-visit this when I move to Debian 13 in a few months time.</p><p>- <a href="https://mastodon.longlandclan.id.au/tags/Gnome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gnome</span></a> : tried both <a href="https://mastodon.longlandclan.id.au/tags/X11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>X11</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.longlandclan.id.au/tags/Wayland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wayland</span></a> versions, Classic and the present UI… quite inflexible and the UI elements are practically invisible for driving with a stylus. On-screen keyboard is next to useless as it puts digits and symbols on separate pages and does not implement function keys or modifiers.<br>- <a href="https://mastodon.longlandclan.id.au/tags/MATE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MATE</span></a> : Seems to have limited screen scaling options and appearance customisation making stylus/touch operation tricky… but at least Onboard keyboard works.<br>- <a href="https://mastodon.longlandclan.id.au/tags/Cinnamon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cinnamon</span></a> : has the best built-in on-screen keyboard seen so far, but summoning it is not obvious and the layout is still sub-optimal for passwords (but ESC, function keys and modifiers are there!). You lose ⅓ of the screen to the keyboard, even if you're not using it.<br>- <a href="https://mastodon.longlandclan.id.au/tags/XFCE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XFCE</span></a> seems to work pretty well, I was able to bump the size of the panel up a bit, it uses Onboard for the on-screen keyboard, seems to be the best so far.</p><p>Just waiting on <a href="https://mastodon.longlandclan.id.au/tags/LXQT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LXQT</span></a> to install… we'll see how that is.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.longlandclan.id.au/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.longlandclan.id.au/tags/Toughpad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Toughpad</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.longlandclan.id.au/tags/Touchscreen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Touchscreen</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.longlandclan.id.au/tags/Tablet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tablet</span></a></p>
Santiago<p>La última vez que tuve que ser esto, fue hace como 15 años en el OALM cuando tenía toda una noche por delante. Podría ser el trabajo final de la materia DIY <a href="https://mastodon.uy/tags/bombilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bombilla</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uy/tags/bic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uy/tags/mate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uy/tags/uruguay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uruguay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uy/tags/filtro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>filtro</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uy/tags/diy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diy</span></a></p>
Pete Orrall<p>This is not how I was expecting my Sunday night to turn out. <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/OpenBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenBSD</span></a> 7.7 disc burned but refused to boot. My laptop was having issues reading the disc so I burned another copy. Same thing.... </p><p>So, what's next on the list to be installed? <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/OpenIndiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenIndiana</span></a> - cool. Also haven't used this one in years. LiveCD boots into the <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/mate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mate</span></a> desktop just fine. It's missing some key drivers though. I will spend more time with it later. I just need a working laptop for now.</p><p>Let's go with <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/FreeBSD14" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD14</span></a>. Always a good choice and I just used this disc on another machine recently. But tonight the laptop is not recognizing it and the laptop just boots to the memtest. Hmmm... </p><p>OK, let's try the <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/openSUSE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openSUSE</span></a> Leap 16 beta again. Same problem as before. It installs but the OS doesn't boot. I don't even get the "GRUB Booting..." message. Wonderful. </p><p>Last on the list is <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Debian</span></a> 12. The installer is chugging along happily and I've just realized it's been several hours, I've forgotten to prep dinner, and I am starving.</p><p> Whoops!</p><p>It's now 21:41, I am mostly done with my coffee and about to crank on the grill. This laptop can wait.</p>
Alexander Deplov 🇩🇪<p>New blog post: MATE on FreeBSD: macOS-Like Setup Guide: Font Rendering, UI Tweaks, and Settings</p><p><a href="https://interfacecraft.online/blog/2025/mate-on-freebsd-macos-like-setup-guide-font-rendering-ui-tweaks-and-settings/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">interfacecraft.online/blog/202</span><span class="invisible">5/mate-on-freebsd-macos-like-setup-guide-font-rendering-ui-tweaks-and-settings/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/macOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>macOS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RunBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RunBSD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unix</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bsd</span></a></p>
aaron<p>I just found that the latest <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/linuxMint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linuxMint</span></a> installer is <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/accessible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>accessible</span></a> with <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/orca" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>orca</span></a>. I was using the <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/MATE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MATE</span></a> spin. Someone at the Mint team clearly checked this; love to see it. Please don't break it.</p>
salix sericea (@Ripple13216)<p>We need to become slightly more selective in our choice of additional subtropical trees given the physical constraints of our patch of dirt. </p><p>After fruit and nuts, home grown caffeine is likely next. </p><p>Yerba mate is supposed to do well in USDA zones 9 and 10. Since it is a holly, it shouldn't require a lot of work.</p><p>Will we get caffeinated squirrels and blue jays? Time will tell, 😃.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gardening</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trees</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a></p>
Graham Perrin<p>Confirming a fix in FreeBSD 14.3-BETA3</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1khf860/comment/mstkxfs/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/</span><span class="invisible">1khf860/comment/mstkxfs/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/MATE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MATE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/simple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>simple</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/elegant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>elegant</span></a></p>
R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: 🍵 :MiraLovesYou:<p>Got some <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/yerba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>yerba</span></a> steeping in my <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/mate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mate</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/yerbamate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YerbaMate</span></a> <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/lossypng" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LossyPNG</span></a> <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/monochrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monochrome</span></a> <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/atkinsondithering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AtkinsonDithering</span></a></p>
Devin Prater :blind:<p>Gemini just made me a Caja script that extracts a compressed folder into its own folder, and it works. I used that a lot with 7Zip on Windows.</p><p><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/sfv8qzz6gvkhmw335407a/extract-to-folder?rlkey=a65e24ts34dez0ogfgfylhbvx&amp;dl=0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dropbox.com/scl/fi/sfv8qzz6gvk</span><span class="invisible">hmw335407a/extract-to-folder?rlkey=a65e24ts34dez0ogfgfylhbvx&amp;dl=0</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/GeminiAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeminiAI</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Caja" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Caja</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/mate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mate</span></a></p>
Khronos<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@fedora" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>fedora</span></a></span> How would I report a bug against the <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/Mate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mate</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/spin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spin</span></a>? I was unable to launch the install to hard drive button from the desktop after I loaded <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/orca" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>orca</span></a>.</p>
Sander van Kasteel<p>Cheers! <a href="https://social.sandervankasteel.nl/tags/Mate" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mate</a></p>
Paul Houle<p>☕ Mapping the yerba mate genome reveals surprising facts about the evolution of caffeine</p><p><a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-02-yerba-genome-reveals-facts-evolution.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-02-yerba-ge</span><span class="invisible">nome-reveals-facts-evolution.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/yerbameta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>yerbameta</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/caffeine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>caffeine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/genomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genomics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/omics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>omics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/molbio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>molbio</span></a></p>
Paul Houle<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@wordmark" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>wordmark</span></a></span> I've had <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mate</span></a> and also <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/guaran%C3%A1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>guaraná</span></a> but I still have a coffee and Camellia sinensis habit... My RSS reader found an article about the genomics of how <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mate</span></a> makes caffeine which I'll schedule it to post</p>
Wordmark<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@UP8" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>UP8</span></a></span> what about a cup of <a href="https://mas.to/tags/mate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mate</span></a>? Yes <a href="https://mas.to/tags/buenosaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>buenosaires</span></a> very expansive :( (almost all of <a href="https://mas.to/tags/southamerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>southamerica</span></a> does not drink <a href="https://mas.to/tags/coffee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coffee</span></a>?) (lucky us but <a href="https://mas.to/tags/india" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>india</span></a> wants to :(</p>
Jake Rayson<p>I just donated to <a href="https://mas.to/tags/LinuxMint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxMint</span></a>, my most favourite, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Ubuntu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ubuntu</span></a>-based linux distro. </p><p>Using the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MATE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MATE</span></a> version on a 4 year old PC, this will last me for years, making videos, music and running half a dozen browsers. It's amazing.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSoftware</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://linuxmint.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">linuxmint.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Ubuntu Peronista<p>Reunido con dirigentes obreros en Puerta de Hierro, Juan <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Per%C3%B3n" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Perón</span></a> expone las necesidades de amoldar los distintos sectores al ímpetu revolucionario, a la vez que instruye cómo instalar el <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Cubo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cubo</span></a> de <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Compiz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Compiz</span></a> en <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Ubuntu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ubuntu</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Mate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mate</span></a> 24.04LTS Noble Numbat. ✌️ 🧊 <br><a href="https://tinyurl.com/mry2mckt" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tinyurl.com/mry2mckt</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Degrowth or Extinction<p><a href="https://jorts.horse/tags/38c3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>38c3</span></a> <a href="https://jorts.horse/tags/chaos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chaos</span></a> <a href="https://jorts.horse/tags/mate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mate</span></a> :baduk:</p>
Eugenia L<p>My husband, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@jbqueru" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jbqueru</span></a></span> requires saved sessions for his multiple dev apps under Linux. We found that NONE of the DEs are saving sessions *properly*. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gnome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gnome</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cinnamon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cinnamon</span></a> don't at all, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mate</span></a> has bugs, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/XFce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XFce</span></a> only saves its own apps, and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KDE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KDE</span></a> only saves 1 workspace, with no positioning, and only when saving the session manually. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Wayland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wayland</span></a> or <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/X11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>X11</span></a>, same abysmal behavior.</p><p>You might hate on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MacOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MacOS</span></a>, but that's one thing it does well.</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/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/developers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>developers</span></a></p>
Eugenia L<p>Mate hasn't progressed almost at all in 2 years so it's a good comparison study. With Debian 12, it consumed 730 MB of RAM on a clean boot. With Debian 13 (-Testing) it's 930 MB. Which means that the rest of the subsystem grew by 25% in 2 years (without counting that an actively developed DE would consume more too). Exponentially-speaking, that's double the RAM in 6 years time. That's a lot. Linux is becoming rather bloated, fast.</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/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/performance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>performance</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/debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>debian</span></a></p>