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    • chmod : change mode

    • chown : change owner

    • -R : recursive. So all subfolders and files will change ownership.

    • 700 : this is a code for files permission for those 3 groups in linux :

    • user (you) : 7

    • group : 0

    • other : 0

    What do those number mean ? A file can be read, written, executed. Those 3 permissions are associated with number :

    • read : 4
    • witten : 2
    • executed : 1

    If a file can be read and written its number will be 4+2 = 6



  • There is some drawback. The main one : app can’t communicate with each other.

    Example firefox and his extension keepass. As keepass can’t communicate with firefox, you have to open both apps and switch their windows.

    You can use flatseal to manage communication between apps but that’s not an easy process and may prove a security issue if you don’t understand the technical jargon.


  • Sorry, the closest i came up aren’t good solution but may help in your search.

    • Vanilla OS 2 (based on Debian) but it is under Gnome DE and in beta phase. Very begginer friendly. Maybe once it go out from beta it will supports other DE ? So check it around 6th month later or 1 year ?

    But the problem is that their community is very small. If you want something stable, it’s better to look for bigger community so you can benefit from their support and user’s problems

    There is fedora kinoite but you don’t want anything related to IBM. That was the best compromise i can found.

    • NixOS but i don’t know it. I’m affraid it will be a DIY distro at the beggining with the config file. But it will probably meet all your criterias.

    Or the same OS from my steamdeck :

    • Steam OS ? It’s an immutable OS based on Arch and support KDE by default. Full support of flatpaks. Only downside, i dunno if it supports other machines than the steamdeck. Nor if it uses the latest linux kernel. Maybe some variants ?






  • Unpopular opinion :

    • Arch, i installed it long ago so i can’t remember anything except that i spent lot hours for its installation.
    • Reason : spend a lot time reading the wiki without an easy installer…even Ubuntu was better but i wanted a challenge and a better uderstanding on linux.
    • Some AUR package didn’t work.
    • Why Arch ? To get the lastest os and package as i had a recent gaming laptop.

    So I changed and prefered manjaro with its ui for linux os, graphic card…but some thing were broken…than i settled Pop-Os for 3 years and distrohopped again for immutable os : Vanilla OS and Fedora Kinoite. :)

    Another distro :

    • Ubuntu
    • reason : snap and various decisions.


  • Well, i got some feedback, most creative people don’t find gimp good, they won’t switch.

    Well dunno if it’s because gimp lacks good tool that ease up their workflow or because we teached them adobe suite.

    During my art course it was : adobe suite and autocad with 3d max.

    But i knew blender, gimp and scribus way before entering art school because i disagree with adobe’s licensing system and found it very expensive.

    Imho, the current best creative software on linux is Blender. There is also Darktable and Rawtepee for light, contrast.

    For inkscape, krita, i can’t compare, i never used adobe illustrator, nor corel drawer.

    Scribus is good, almost perfect but it lacks a very important feature that i can’t replicate. Adobe Indesign is far more easier because of the guideline that tell ya this item is correctly aligned and has the same size.

    Kdenlive, well featured but i find adding video effect easier on adobe premiere pro. And kdenlive had a lot stability issue, i lost my work several time and that’s how i learned to setup automated save.

    Autocad easily outmatched freecad, there were a huge difference in functionnalities. I don’t know if it has changed since 10 years. It probably improved a lot.

    I apologize for my english grammar.




  • For me, i manage a minetest server and it was very diffucult, there were polish, turkish…lot players were young and couldn’t speak any english word. And it was crazily difficult because i wanted to help them, then explain why i decided and it was a very difficult experience to maintain a good multilingual community with young people along my server own rule.

    Very hard :( I hope i will succed one day.