This seems to be a pretty niche use case brought about by changes in the available hardware for servers. Likely they are having situations where their servers have copious amounts of RAM, and CPU cores that the task it is handling don’t need all of, or perhaps isn’t even able to make use of due to software constraints. So this is a way for them to run different tasks on the same hardware without having to worry about virtualization. Effectively turning a bare metal server into 2 bare metal servers. They mention in their statement that, “The primary use case in mind for parker is on the machines with high core counts, where scalability concerns may arise.”

There are very few times i will come out with something positive to say about a company, but i do have to say i have a Dell laptop from 2020, and to this day i get regular firmware updates via the gnome application storefront’s update utility from Dell. It is an enterprise machine that was originally sold with Ubuntu as an option which i believe is why. I don’t run Ubuntu but they just push the updates out to all linux distros that check for them i think. It’s really nice to have i just download it, reboot, and it installs the update in a few seconds. I even get to look at my pretty plymouth splash screen while it installs. So hopefully I’ll have the new key from that.

thats for gnome

Settings->Accessibility->Large Text ON

It will increase all text size including title bar text.

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Glad it worked for you! Make sure to check over everything, and make sure the install finished correctly. You might have other broken packages too.

Yeah for like a normal update youd do just upgrade but for a full version upgrade you should be running full-upgrade. It gets rid of conflicts, and goes deeper than the normal upgrade. Just for future reference.

Alright try to plug in the ethernet cable and run

ip link show

sudo dhclient eth0 (Replace “eth0” with your interface name check with ip link)

If you see the interface, but its not managed run

sudo ip link set eth0 up

sudo dhclient eth0

(Once again use the interface from ip link)

Assuming you have network connection again run

sudo apt install --reinstall network-manager

sudo systemctl enable --now NetworkManager

If all that works run

sudo apt update

sudo apt full-upgrade

sudo apt autoremove

If that doesn’t work run

journalctl -b -p 3 --no-pager

and tell me what that says

It is possible you have downloaded the new network manager package but not installed it. I would try to run

sudo apt --fix-broken install sudo apt full-upgrade

and see if it can install anything that is pre-downloaded. This may fix your network issues. If not it’ll be a much more annoying fix.

Im confused about how you did a partial upgrade? Did you run full-upgrade or just upgrade? When i did it it did the entire thing in one go.

Im running Trixie and have been for a few months now. I switched over back when it was good enough for me but still in testing. Not sure what to say about it. It works. Has lots of software available. Don’t really run into bugs or anything. Updates are quick and easy. Just Debian stuff i guess. I use a laptop thats like 5 years old so i have no need for the bleeding edge support Arch offers, and Debian is just easy.

It might just be a card issue rather than a linux issue. I bought a new CPU a few months ago that was dead on arrival. Had to return it. Bought it brand new. So it’s something to double check.

Once again im gonna have to disagree. You are right only if someone is used to windows. But many people ONLY use a phone or tablet these days. Gnome is much more familiar when coming from Android or iOS on a mobile platform. Since its more gesture based just like those are.

Especially among younger people i think the main OS will not be windows but Android. Just look at how Samsung is testing out Samsung Dex on their devices and how Chrome OS is moving to android. Windows is more of the productivity, and desktop OS now imo. For daily use like web browsing, media consumption, etc, Android will be more and more common.

If trends continue as they are i expect Linux to be dominant in the server space still, and to gain ground in the gaming space. Mainly as Valve comes out with more plug and play Linux based consoles, and other companies copy them.

Windows will likely remain dominant in the professional and productivity space. Since they cater to companies and allow lots of remote control options, and the ability to monitor employees.

Android will probably be dominant in the casual media consumption, and web browsing space.

Apple kind of does their own thing and so i dont consider them for this. They are in a bit of everything, but mainly focused in the US specifically. Other regions have a lot more Android presence. But just assume Apple has a piece of each pie too.

Personally i do not think Linux can or should compete with Windows in the corporate space. What companies want is control. That control comes at the cost of features, privacy, and autonomy for users. Microsoft is happy to give those up to make more money. The Linux community isnt, and thats a good thing.

So the areas we can probably peel away some market share are in KDE powered gaming desktops, gaming consoles on something like Steam OS or Bazzite, and in touch friendly portable media machines. 2-in-1 Gnome powered laptops. Thats the way i see it anyway.

When i sign my name i just write the first letter and do a fancy squiggle. Works everytime. lol

I disagree on one thing. I think gnome is actually better for laptops and kde is better for desktops. A laptops with gnomes gesture navigation is just so much nicer to use with a trackpad. And with people already being used to phones i think gestures will come naturally to them.

What I’d like to see which is unclear if it would support is a LAN model. I have run ollama models on a desktop, and remotely interfaced with them via ssh before from another computer on the same network. This would be ideal since you can have your own local model on your own network, put it on a powerful, but energy efficient home server, and let it interface with all devices on your network. Rather than each one running their own local model, or using a corporate model.

Idk why people don’t read the article before commenting.

Newelle supports interfacing with the Google Gemini API, the OpenAI API, Groq, and also local large language models (LLMs) or ollama instances for powering this AI assistant.

So you configure it with your prefered model which can include a locally run one. And it seems to be its own package not something built into gnome itself so you an easily uninstall it if you won’t use it.

Seems fine to me. I probably won’t be using it, but it’s an interesting idea. Being able to run terminal commands seems risky though. What if the AI bricks my system? Hopefully they make you confirm every command before it runs any of them or something.

GTK2/3 Normal apps are the legacy theme, Flatpaks in GTK3 need their own thing, and Flatpaks in GTK4 need an override. Then for GTK4 system apps you need to override the system theme. adw-override can do it i think but ive never done it before so do some research first if u try it.

I havent used Ubuntu in a long time but im guessing its a similar process to Debian. Open terminal and type

sudo apt install gnome-tweaks

sudo apt install gnome-shell-extensions

sudo apt install gnome-shell-extension-manager

Go into the extension manager. Click browse and search for and get blur my shell, and User Themes. Go to gnome-look.org and go to the gnome shell section and find a theme you like. Place it in the /.themes folder (located in Home create this folder if needed), then click the gear next to User Themes and select the theme you added.

Make sure you get a gnome theme that is made for your current version of gnome or itll look janky. Blur my shell will take your desktop background and fill in some of the dead space with that. There are other nice extensions too. Lock screen Background, AppIndicator and KstatusNotifierItem Support, Caffeine, Weather O’Clock, are some i use.

Mess around with it a bit and get a feel for it is my suggestion. It should be easily reversible so dont be afraid to try stuff out. (You can turn extensions on/off with a click)

You don’t need to change desktop environments just change your shell theme. You can do it on Gnome with the extension User Themes. While your at it grab blur my shell.