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Is there a Windows 10 inspired launch menu?
  • You can. That's what I meant with folders. But I cannot position these icons and folders freely on a grid like the Win10 Start menu allows. Still, Gnome comes quite close.

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    Is there a Windows 10 inspired launch menu?
  • Thank you. I might just have to switch to KDE for that. Will install KDE on my current GNOME environment. Will give it a test drive.

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    Is there a Windows 10 inspired launch menu?
  • Thanks for the suggestion. I looked at it. It is basically a simplified Windows 7 menu. Decent, but it doesn't go far enough for me.

    Gnome itself is actually not bad. It has a full screen menu and arrangeable application icons and folders, but I cannot group them the way I want, let alone resize them. I wish there was something for Gnome, but I don't see it.

    Perhaps I am asking for an edge case. Even Microsoft has dumbed down its Start menu in 11 to essentially a mobile launcher. Too few people seem to want that.

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  • I’m looking for a launch menu that has similar functionality as the Windows 10 Start Menu. While I don’t think Windows is the pinnacle of OS development, I did find the "Start" menu quite useful in organizing my apps by task group and importance. Specifically, I’m interested in the following features:

    • The ability to resize the menu.
    • The option to create my own application layout in named groups.
    • The capability to create folders with applications.
    • Optionally, the ability to resize various application tiles.

    The Cinnamenu applet for Cinnamon comes somewhat close, but it isn't quite it. Does anyone know of an app, a DE or anything else on Linux that offers these features?

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    How do you fit an elephant in a refrigerator?
  • You need to cross a river that’s home to crocodiles. How do you get across safely?

    You simply swim across. All the crocodiles are at the lion’s meeting!

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  • www.theguardian.com ‘It’s okay to poo at work’: Australian health department praised for tackling taboo with humorous campaign

    Queensland Health lauded for telling people ‘it’s okay to poo at work’ and raising awareness of the dangers of ‘holding it in’

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    What do you think?

    You can read more here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_time

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    joinpeertube.org What is PeerTube? | JoinPeerTube

    A free software to take back control of your videos! With more than 600,000 hosted videos, viewed more than 70 millions times and 150,000 users, PeerTube is the decentralized free software alternative to videos platforms developed by Framasoft

    PeerTube is fantastic with its decentralized model that prioritizes user privacy and control. However, it still struggles to gain widespread popularity.

    What do you think could be done to enhance PeerTube's appeal and functionality, possibly even becoming a serious alternative to YouTube?

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    I would like the Firefox profile manager to open when I run Firefox from the GNOME 3 menu, be it the DashBar or the native menu. I installed Firefox using Flatpak.

    I know that I can run it from the terminal with flatpak run org.mozilla.firefox -p. But how do I modify the .desktop file? I guess it is the one in /var/lib/flatpak/exports/share/applications/org.mozilla.firefox.desktop? I tried replacing the line [Desktop Entry] Exec=/usr/bin/flatpak run --branch=stable --arch=x86_64 --command=firefox --file-forwarding org.mozilla.firefox @@u %u @@

    with

    [Desktop Entry] Exec=/usr/bin/flatpak run --branch=stable --arch=x86_64 --command=firefox org.mozilla.firefox --ProfileManager

    but I cannot save the document because of "too many symbolic links".

    What is the secret?

    I really wish Firefox would simply offer this as an option in its settings.

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    www.cbsnews.com World hits 12 straight months of record-high temperatures — but as warming continues, it'll be "remembered as comparatively cold"

    "Our planet is trying to tell us something. But we don't seem to be listening," the U.N.'s secretary-general said after May marked another month of back-to-back global heat records.

    > World hits 12 straight months of record-high temperatures — but as warming continues, it'll be "remembered as comparatively cold"

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    With worrying global trends like climate change, pollution, increasingly divided or radical governments, economic woes, misinformation and disinformation everywhere, dangerous health crises and so on, what do you think - how much time do we have before "it all comes crashing down"? What will end life or our way of life as we know it first?

    Or do you think we'll make it? If so, how?

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    It's in the eye of the beholder, of course. But it would be great to see some solid recommendations.

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    www.dw.com Greece introduces the six-day work week – DW – 06/21/2024

    From the construction industry to the tourism sector, Greek employers cannot find the staff they need. The government's solution: longer working hours. A new law enables employers to implement a six-day work week

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    ... as explained here.

    Basically Microsoft presents this "incredible" product, and then says in the same breath: "Oops, not for your current setup. Maybe you should consider buying a new PC?"

    Really!? 😠

    If only Linux were ready for mainstream use...

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    arstechnica.com Law enforcement operation takes aim at an often-overlooked cybercrime linchpin

    Officials hope to sever a component crucial to the larger malware landscape.

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    On Windows, installing I2P is easy.

    On Linux... not so much. That's because Linux isn't Linux. There's a Debian package, but OpenSuse is its own thing. Is there a way to get I2P, Snark, etc. up and running there without having to jump through too many hoops?

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    www.pbs.org The Power of Big Oil

    FRONTLINE examines the fossil fuel industry’s history of casting doubt and delaying action on climate change in a three-part documentary series.

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    www.dw.com Berlin museum pokes fun at German bureaucracy – DW – 05/11/2024

    The capital's Bureaucracy Museum takes a wry look at one of Germany's most serious challenges. So why does the country have such a problem with red tape? And how can it set itself free?

    The capital's Bureaucracy Museum takes a wry look at one of Germany's most serious challenges.

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    press.un.org With Highest Number of Violent Conflicts Since Second World War, United Nations Must Rethink Efforts to Achieve, Sustain Peace, Speakers Tell Security Council | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases

    Against a backdrop of the highest number of violent conflicts since the Second World War and a consequent, pervasive sense of insecurity around the world, the United Nations must rethink its efforts to achieve sustainable peace, the Security Council heard today, as speakers presented suggestions to ...

    A sad fact. I didn't realize it is this bad. Currently it is mostly escalation after escalation. What way out is there?

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    "I've had my ups and downs. My fair share of bumpy roads and heavy winds. That's what made me what I am today. Now I stand here before you. What you see is a body crafted to perfection. A pair of legs engineered to defy the laws of physics and a mindset to master the most epic of splits."

    All done in one take.

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    After the last update I get the above error followed by the current date and time in the international format. Nothing shows apart from that.

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