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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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What is something you want to use, yet are NOT using? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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For me, I really want to get into niri, but the lack of XWayland support scares me (I know there’s solutions, but I don’t understand them yet).

Also, I stopped using Emacs (even though I love its design and philosophy with my whole heart) because it’s very slow, even as a daemon.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 months ago (6 children)

docker I guess, I still don't know how it works, create them, etc

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago (2 children)

You don't have to know how it works in order to use it. I don't know either but I could host services using docker. trust me it's way easier than it seems.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Same here. Even easier if you use an app to manage it for you like dockge, portainer, Cosmos, etc.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

You don't have to... if the project you want to use has a good setup process. Otherwise you'll be scouring Docker docs, GitHub issues, and StackOverflow for years.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Docker, how they work?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Docker? I barely know her!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I've been using linux on and off for 20 years and docker reignited my interest for running linux. There's plenty of good guides and free courses, if you need help finding one - let me know and I'll send you a YT playlist.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

How to docker-compose in thirty seconds.

Simply make a file called

compose.yaml

Then paste in the text from your application's docker-compose instructions.

Often the timezone needs to be set, along with the volume

Example:

volume: /mnt/hdd/data:/data

This means the application's data directory will be mounted at /mnt/hdd/data

Then

docker compose up -d

You're done, that's all there is.

docker-compose is fantastic because in a single compose.yaml file you can list multiple services.

For example, my compose.yaml file contains my sonarr/radarr/bazarr/lidarr/prowlarr/qbittorrent/deemix/jellyfish/jellyseerr

And I can update them all by running a shell script made of three lines.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Docker compose is amazing. I don't even know how many things I'm running right now. Hell I'm running things I didn't even use! (I could easily disable or delete them; I'm just lazy)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

its counter intuitive to learn but a godsend after you learn it

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

And then when to do learn it, it pisses you off when something doesn't have a freely available image.