▲ 769 ▼ The Quiet Revolution: GNU/Linux Crosses 6% Desktop Market Share—And It’s Just the Beginning (puri.sm) submitted 1 year ago by Sunshine@piefed.ca to c/linux@programming.dev 187 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] dajoho@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago* a little correction: its not VLC that misses the codec, but the distribution. most distros dont risk distributing hardware acceleration drivers for h264 and a few others because of patents permalink fedilink source parent [–] harsh3466@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago To be clear, flatpaks from flathub. Fedora has their own flatpak repository, and those are not the flatpaks you are looking for. permalink fedilink source parent [–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 1 year ago* Be aware though, that flatpaks can fill up your drive very quickly. Using something like Warehouse and Flatsweep every now and then to clean things up can free up a shocking amount of space. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago* a little correction: its not VLC that misses the codec, but the distribution. most distros dont risk distributing hardware acceleration drivers for h264 and a few others because of patents permalink fedilink source parent
[–] harsh3466@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago To be clear, flatpaks from flathub. Fedora has their own flatpak repository, and those are not the flatpaks you are looking for. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 1 year ago* Be aware though, that flatpaks can fill up your drive very quickly. Using something like Warehouse and Flatsweep every now and then to clean things up can free up a shocking amount of space. permalink fedilink source parent