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zenith heath Apr 13, 2026, 9:16 AM

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Yeah got it

sullen tundra Apr 13, 2026, 9:17 AM

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Then, as I said... you almost never want the source code, the source code is to be compiled, it's the most complicated and tricky way

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Source code is literately the software in kit to be build by yourself

zenith heath Apr 13, 2026, 9:18 AM

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Alright, understood

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What about this

sullen tundra Apr 13, 2026, 9:20 AM

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Ok, Appimage are like Flatpack, thos are special executable files that run the software in a kind of virtual contained environment.

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Instead of rellying on system libraries to run, the application create a small "virtual environment" with everything it need to execute, and run the application in this "sandbox"

zenith heath Apr 13, 2026, 9:22 AM

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Uh huh

sullen tundra Apr 13, 2026, 9:22 AM

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The pro : It is system agnostic, it run on any Linux distribution with one click
The cons : It take a LOT more resources, usually have performance drop, cannot be "really" installed

zenith heath Apr 13, 2026, 9:22 AM

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Damn

sullen tundra Apr 13, 2026, 9:23 AM

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It's not "bad", but, it's not the best

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the best are : System packages, or .deb package files, which are like Windows installer if you want...

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they are packages, designed to install the optimized application in the distribution

zenith heath Apr 13, 2026, 9:26 AM

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Noted!

sullen tundra Apr 13, 2026, 9:27 AM

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If you want an example of manual installation, we can do it with the provided tar.xz from Zen Browser website

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so this way, you'll know at least one way to do it "the savage way"

zenith heath Apr 13, 2026, 9:27 AM

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Nah, I think I'll just use the software thing

sullen tundra Apr 13, 2026, 9:28 AM

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ok

zenith heath Apr 13, 2026, 9:28 AM

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It's fine, I don't think I"ll dabble in that

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Also is it me or like,

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Does Linux feel...unaturally bright

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I turned the brightness up to maximum like I do on Windows and it feels..brighter

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Prob just me seeing it not as bright

sullen tundra Apr 13, 2026, 9:29 AM

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I think Linux have different gamma/brighness than Windows for laptop yes

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but it's only for laptop

zenith heath Apr 13, 2026, 9:30 AM

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Probably yeah

sullen tundra Apr 13, 2026, 9:30 AM

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because brighness on laptop are software controlled

zenith heath Apr 13, 2026, 9:30 AM

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But hey, brighter for my blind ass I guess wooo

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Thanks again for the in-depth explanation

zenith heath Apr 13, 2026, 4:17 PM

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@sullen tundra Hey, it's me again and I was wondering on Windows I used to click on the scrollwheel of my mouse to enter a scroll-like mode where if I move my mouse up, it automatically and manually scrolls up and the opposite, is there a way to implement that onto Cinnamon?

sullen tundra Apr 13, 2026, 4:24 PM

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zenith heath <@306006018930900992> Hey, it's me again and I was wondering on Windows I used t...

Maybe, but I don't know...

zenith heath Apr 13, 2026, 4:24 PM

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Oh alr it's fine, I'm trying to install another auto-run command

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I'm using Hidamari for Live Wallpapers but it seems that everytime it runs, the desktop icons disappear, so I got a command that reloads them and makes them appear, but I gotta run it everytime I boot up

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Hopefully I remember the steps you taught me

sullen tundra Apr 13, 2026, 4:29 PM

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what desktop icons ?

zenith heath Apr 13, 2026, 4:32 PM

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The icons on the home screen

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Y'know what, nevermind I'll find a way on my own, gotta learn somebow

low night Apr 13, 2026, 5:11 PM

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zenith heath Y'know what, nevermind I'll find a way on my own, gotta learn somebow

settings: startup applications> add a cstom command string OR choose an application that's installed in the system

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btw, did your game play smoothly on Cinnamon now?

zenith heath Apr 13, 2026, 5:12 PM

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Yeah, I got everything set up properly and even customized it a bit

low night Apr 13, 2026, 5:12 PM

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but plays smooth?

zenith heath Apr 13, 2026, 5:12 PM

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Yep

low night Apr 13, 2026, 5:13 PM

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Told you

zenith heath Apr 13, 2026, 5:13 PM

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It's now what I consider ''usable''

low night Apr 13, 2026, 5:13 PM

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in Resources app, you'd see it's using the dedicated Nvidia GPU

zenith heath Apr 13, 2026, 5:13 PM

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Yep

low night Apr 13, 2026, 5:14 PM

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be aware in the system tray, there's an icon that will appear when something very system-important is running, such as one of those automatically scheduled weekly Timeshift snapshots.

zenith heath Apr 13, 2026, 5:15 PM

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Yeah I'll keep that in mind

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Also, managed to get the screenshot to save the actual screenshots

low night Apr 13, 2026, 5:15 PM

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those can be restored even from a live-booted Mint from Ventoy , in case the system's so screwed it cannot boot Mint real

zenith heath Apr 13, 2026, 5:16 PM

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Like, the ctrl shift print to crop what spot I want screenshotted

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Before, it didn't really save those images anywhere

low night Apr 13, 2026, 5:16 PM

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yep. the Keyboard settings has a shortcuts tab

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there's tons of options for the cinnamon screenshott thing

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(gnome-screenshot)

zenith heath Apr 13, 2026, 5:16 PM

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No as in like, after taking a screenshot using the crtl, shift then print before it only copied the image but not save it

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I think I got it to save it into a folder properly

low night Apr 13, 2026, 5:17 PM

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yeah i know. there's shift+print which does area screenshot, then prompts you what you want to do save or copy to clipboard

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and then there's other shortcuts that let it automatically save to file

zenith heath Apr 13, 2026, 5:18 PM

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Yeah but that takes a screenshot of the ENTIRE screen, whereas I only want a specific part to be screenshoted

low night Apr 13, 2026, 5:18 PM

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for clipboard manager, u can install clipman

zenith heath Apr 13, 2026, 5:18 PM

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low night for clipboard manager, u can install clipman

Alr I'll check that out later

low night Apr 13, 2026, 5:18 PM

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and assign a keyboard shortcut to launch clipman-history

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or whatever

zenith heath Apr 13, 2026, 5:18 PM

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Anyways, I think I got everything working fine and dandy now

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Time to go play

low night Apr 13, 2026, 5:19 PM

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check out #1308145211255292004 message the couple cheat sheets

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and #1370807950557577247 message

zenith heath Apr 13, 2026, 5:20 PM

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Btw, I might be delusional or like..Why the hell is this here

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Even on Discord, why is this comically large thing here

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Is there a way to remove it-

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Or at least, shrink it?

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@low night ?

low night Apr 13, 2026, 5:25 PM

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the titlebar?

zenith heath Apr 13, 2026, 5:25 PM

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Yeah, why is it so comically large

low night Apr 13, 2026, 5:25 PM

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isn't it the same height as the titlebar of nemo?

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or any titlebar of any native app

zenith heath Apr 13, 2026, 5:26 PM

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Not really? It's a bit big

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Like, it's not THAT big on Windows

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Can I change the size or nah?

low night Apr 13, 2026, 5:26 PM

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can you show a bit more of the first couple cm of the top of discord window?

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im just not sure what the deal is rn

zenith heath Apr 13, 2026, 5:27 PM

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Yeah, it's a bit bigger than normal

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Weird

low night Apr 13, 2026, 5:29 PM

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run flatpak list command

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u prob installed the flatpak version of Discord and it uses its own theming

zenith heath Apr 13, 2026, 5:30 PM

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Ok so, I did something funny by enabling fullscreen mode which gets rid of it

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