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Hmmmm, well I went to start setting up a recording session for some Meshtastic radios only to realize that my OBS doesn't seem to support screen recording...
It loads the screen, but only for a few frames before it just stops. Doesn't seem to spit out any errors on the CLI and doesn't crash, it just stops receiving updates from Pipewire.
Tried both v32 from their Flatpak and v31 from the Debian 13 (Trixie) repo and both seem to have the same issue.
Any other De…

@… While not technically official any bug you log with flatpak, one of the others will send my way, so you can do it there if you like.
Or just tell me the problem here and I will do my best.

#GNOME dropps the 32-bit #Flatpak Runtime compatibility extension:
https://blogs.gnome.org/alatiera/2025/…

one thing i'm finding annoying about bazzite is they have an rpm of clapper video player preinstalled instead of a flatpak like nearly everything else, obviously i could rpm-ostree remove it but that's missing the point lol

These newfangled non distro integrated package managers are destroying everything.
First flatpak furniture and then... This??
At least milk still has super cow powers.

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I see that the Linux flatpak version of the Tuta desktop programme now allows keystrokes to zoom text size.
That makes it usable!
Thanks!

Okay, I took up the challenge to myself and installed Lubuntu. And this is absolutely a lxqt that I could live in. Did a minimal install, added flatpak (yes, yes, one 'apt install flatpak' away) and off you go. Ootb actually no snapd installed. Nice styling (arc-darqueske), 6.14 kernel , good experience. This can breath a lot of life into those October 2025 machines. Nice one 👍🏻
#lubuntu

@… I maintain the Flatpak for @… and do some of the work for the Snap. I have not really followed what is being requested here. What do you need exactly?
@…

EDIT: I got the file I needed by now, via the web app.
The following rant is an exercise to the reader.
I can no longer save files in Element Desktop since the last upgrade due to smth smth Flatpak / desktop portal / ... cannot access anything policy bla. I get the idea that access to everything is bad, bad access to nothing is useless.
Anyway, so I gave the web version a try...
and it is unable to decrypt many messages, takes forever to load. I've been looking at th…

forgive me for i have sinned (installed the ms edge flatpak)

I solved my issue with my flatpak app Mindustry, not being able to access it!
I installed it again(even though I expected it to be already installed)
That made me gain access to it.
Oh my DataGod!
#SteamDeck #SteamDeckDesktopMode

Kalpa clocks in at around 930Mb for a Wayland KDE 6.3.4 session. That's neatly low. I think htop, fastfetch, git and mc should be included in the main image, as should Okular and Gwenview be (although they are available as a flatpak). The inclusion of Falkon ootb is amusing at best; I know no one who uses that browser. And Firefox is installed as a Flatpak, so why bother.
Anyway a solid, fully functional but minimal spin. As I like it 😎

That Helium browser is a nice one. Super snappy. Very nice, community efforts to package it in distro formats (and Flatpak) ongoing. Of course appimages run ootb on Slackware ;-). Good tip by @…!
#helium

Managed to finish a Debian preseed file, some things will be prompted but the system you'll get:
- non-free/firmware/contrib repos
- barest gnome
- git/distrobox/ptyxis/flatpak/flathub/gnome software plugins
- the good ext manager
Let me know how it fares, VMs and IRL
https://chrislowles.com/deb

I got a question at work here today about hardened Linuxes.
Remembered SecureBlue and decided to install the KDE iso.
And first impressions are really good. It includes a hardened browser and many, many tweaks.
Most of all: with flatpak, homebrew and very good documentation I haven't found things that I can't do yet. Impressive!
What I appreciate the most is that it makes you rethink about security and how to apply it in D2D.
Check it out at