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type the distro you use and is and let your keyboard finish it in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world

[–] dev_ashish@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Debian repos is few versions behind the scenes in Hollywood movies in striped pyjamas Golden Balls.

[–] dev_ashish@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

Well he said two commands, not lines :)

Open source alternative to Internet Download Manager in c/opensource@lemmy.ml

[–] dev_ashish@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

I am using uGet with aria2c. Working great for years. I also supports capturing links from browsers via extension for both chromium based and firebox browsers.

Which DE for my parent's laptop (old Lenovo IdeaPad)? Wayland or X11? in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[–] dev_ashish@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

I would suggest go with LMDE. It is based on Debian 12 with latest Cinnamon DE. It would be resemble with Windows 90% of the time.

Distro hopping choice paralysis in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[–] dev_ashish@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago

Go with Fedora or Ubuntu (non-LTS version).

For those using IDM, consider File Centipede (Also available on Linux) in c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

[–] dev_ashish@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

After switching to Linux I use uget and tried xdm for sometime. Would be nice to try something new!