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I had a blocking program. I didn't mind it closing, so I wanted to do that on shutdown. But I miss the button and clicked "Do not show again" in the popup that asks if you want to kill blocking programs.
I instead want that popup to remain. How can I restore it?
from the top of my head there is a file ~/.config/dontaskagainrc that you can manually edit. I'm sure it's somewhere in the settings gui as well but no idea
My understanding is, you're routing your traffic through 3 nodes, so the slowest of those 3 will bottleneck the entire process. Unfortunately it's just how Tor works.
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You probably have two kernels now on disk. Compare their configs. Old kernel probably had trackpad compiled in. Anyway, you need to find the module which supports your device, and add it's name into the list of modules to load.
Over the years, I’ve started having big collection of cables or dongles.
Mostly USB-C, USB-A to Micro USB, USB A to C, USB C to A, HDMI..
I was wondering how I could know their specifications as nothing is written on them. Maybe through a Linux program telling me how fast they can transfer data.
I was wondering also if there was a way to know how much power was sent to a device when these cables are used to power one. For instance, I’ve noticed that my Steam Deck battery was draining when playing games with 15TDP and being charged with an iPhone charger.
I don’t know if it’s useful, but here are my computers: Steam Deck running Steam OS, Surface Go 1 running Fedora Silverblue, MacBook Pro 2012 running PopOs.
I don’t want to buy anything to be able to measure how much data or power these cables can send😇
To get the know the true spec you need special measuring devices. No software can tell you the true spec without knowing the actual inside of the cable. You can do a few test to get a rough estimate though. But that means testing all the capabilities and see what it does. Could be using the cables way out of spec that way however.
I'd try to stay away from isolated projects on GitHub that only have a single maintainer, to avoid the risk of installing malware. You could check the aur.archlinux.org/ to see if any of those have been uploaded here and if there are any comments on the package. If there are none but you still would like to install, check out this guide to learn how to vet the "installer".
In this video I show you how to identify malware in PKGBUILD files within the AUR.0:00 Intro3:38 How AUR PKGBUILD should look8:00 What AUR malware looks like...
There are cheap USB cable testers that will tell you what pins are connected and what speed the e marker chip reports. Actually measuring the bandwidth of the cable requires some expensive test equipment though.
This will tell you which types of "fast charging" Power Delivery a cable will handle and if the cable supports data, and will identify some types of electrical faults treedix.com/products/treedix-u…
And this kind of thing will tell you how much power is actually being transferred (but nothing about data transfer) - as someone else mentions, this also depends on the device you're charging/powering, and the power source, but it is a more immediately useful number than what specification is supported: aliexpress.us/item/32568078551…
【USB Cable Performance Testing】Test USB cable continuity, functionality (charging, data transfer, high-speed signal), and measure internal resistance for power efficiency.
Usually if a cable doesn't come with specifications, you'd have to measure it yourself. Resistance / voltage drop tells us what kind of power can be transferred. It's the same as with regular power cables. And I guess which contacts are connected can be measured with one of those (cheap) rigs. There's small devices available for that job. And of course a computer can try to transfer data and see how that goes.
Unfortunately there’s no way to actually know what’s going on with a cable without testing it and as of eight or so years ago you can’t trust cables to conform to the spec.
You should either buy a cable tester, not use high powered supplies or throw away what you have and buy cables you know are what they say they are.
Especially for power delivery, buy a tester. It’s cheaper than a house fire.
While that's good the grass is not always greener the amount of time they are required to be at the office from a cultural pressure. To the point dying at work is a trope in anime.
A black company (ブラック企業/ブラック会社, burakku kigyō/burakku gaisha), also referred to in English as a black corporation or black business, is a Japanese term for a company that is exploitative or abusive towards its workers.
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While specifics may vary from workplace to workplace and company to company, a typical practice at a black company is to hire a large number of young employees and then force them to work large amounts of overtime without overtime pay. Conditions are poor, and workers are subjected to verbal abuse and "power harassment" (bullying) by their superiors. In order to make the employees stay, superiors of black companies would often threaten young employees with disrepute if they chose to quit.
This is the norm in Japanese offices. I worked for 2 years in Japan in an office. Officially we were a white company and weren't allowed to work overtime. However, we would get monthly emails from the office manager detailing everyone's exact amount of overtime. Even though we were salary, we had to clock in and out to make sure we didn't work overtime. The nominal reason for these emails was to tell people to lower their overtime since it wasn't allowed. Those emails had the actual effect of ranking everyone by how much overtime they had worked and pressuring people with lower numbers to work later. People would regularly leave the office around 9 or 10pm. All hiring is done April 1st when a large cohort of college grads come in and they are expected to work there for life.
To be classified as a black company, and be named and shamed by the government, you have to like...cause a high profile suicide or something.
Japanese companies can't lay off permanent employees without triggering things like hiring freezes and other consequences. They're usually put in shit jobs to force them to quit (though this can be illegal) or are offered a buyout for several months of salary to quit.
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Following the Arch wiki, I built a custom kernel for the first time ever. It was easier that I thought it'd be, probably because the Arch wiki is so thorough and because I didn't make that many changes... I just enabled a few FireWire related options as per this guide in order to work on this project (or this).
Results/takeaways - The OS ran fine with the new kernel 💃 - I learned how to manually create GRUB entries 🔧 - I learned that I don't even have to create new GRUB entries, since I can simply point to the new kernel image and initramfs from the bootloader menu 🪛 - I learned that my 5800X3D runs well (compiles the new kernel blazingly fast) with all cores set to negative 30 in the UEFI - FireWire is dead 💀
Tiny followup on that project That old GPU did something to the UEFI (possibly CMOS?), because even after removing all potentially incompatible hardware and reinstalling my modern GPU, I still got that same error message, saying that the system was forces to boot in CSM mode. Only by resetting the UEFI settings was I able to restore the system to a working state. I admit, I panicked.
Just a little update: effed by the archaic Geforce GT 220 somehow 😅
Update: thank you ALL for all your input! 💐 After some back and forth with @[url=https://feddit.org/u/Thorry]Thorry[/url] , I decided to simply swap between the two capture cards whenever I need to, in order to make room for my old 3080 and call it a day. This way, I won’t have to spend any more money on this project and I retain the processing power of the 3080 when I start encoding my raw captures.
Here I thought I had been insanely smart to buy a GPU from 2010 for $10 since the CPU is going to do all the encoding anyway. And because my previous card, a honking 3080, wouldn't have allowed for the other two capture cards to be installed, taking up all the real estate.
I have been trying to setup an Artix system on my own for two hours now, but GRUB won't install in CSM mode... I've tried UEFI on GPT, BIOS on MBR, BIOS on GPT... 😅 Boot partition with and without file system... 💀
I'll just buy a more modern yet slim card, I guess? Unless I wake up tomorrow and give researching the issue a chance.
Oh NO 🤣 I did successully install Gentoo once and I see the benefits. I really do. BUT. My brain works in such a way, that I need to understand every single USE flag, otherwise I "can't" install packages 😭 I simply can't allow myself to do a... "as is" installation with Gentoo... And I don't have to motivation right now to learn EVERYTHING I'd have to learn xD
In times of pre-optimized repos (like CachyOS) it seems rather redundant from a performance perspective. Other reasons remain valid though (learning or specialized optimizations or requirements).
Alternatively, it can also be considered wasteful (electricity/compute) when everyone compiles their whole system instead of doing it once in a central server.
Compiling your own kernel is very intimidating at the beginning and one learns a lot after plunging down that rabbit hole
After some time it gets pretty straightforward. Just don't forget to enable the modules for your drive and filesystem (it has been a while, maybe that's not needed anymore) and the rest you can always fix with another compilation
That part where you got stuck even after switching hardware: yikes. I wouldn't expect that
Oh shiet... well, I pray my 5800X3D survives a little longer. I'd hate to upgrade in this economy D: ...
I've had it since it came out, I think. I did have some random reboots, but that was with one of its newer (?) relatives, an AMD Ryzen 7 5700G with Radeon Graphics. And I believe it was because it had ran out of RAM and SWAP or the like...
AMD will re-release the Ryzen 7 5800X3D in Q2 2026 with 8-core, 16-thread specs and 100 MB cache, letting AM4 builders stay on platform while AMD backs AM5.
also... this marks the second time this week I've heard of FireWire. though you might've had a better excuse for bringing it up. the other instance was my mother, mistakenly referring to the optical cable im running at home lol
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We HAVE a seperate GNOME-Shell for mobile and it is called Phosh (PHOne SHell). Also see their repository on GNOMEs gitlab. Phosh is also the most used DE on true GNU/Linux phones to my knowledge. But Phosh is also more independent and has its own organization. There is just no need for a mobile GNOME shell anymore (for many years).
Edit: Thank you all for your quick responses! No downtime at all with this project! 😁 More specifically, I followed the advice to put command line parameters in the script. By slapping a $1 anywhere I want the filename to be expanded/accepted in the script, I was able to do
./command_ffmpeg_SYNCAUD birthday_0
I am digitizing my dad's video and audio tapes, for which I - after painstakingly scouring the documentation of ffmpeg, as one should - finally have found the encoding options that I'm happy with. 😁
But instead of retyping the PhD dissertation that are the ffmpeg commands that I use a bazillion times, I have simply started to do command substitution with for instance
$(cat command_ffmpeg_COPYCODEC)
or
$(cat command_ffmpeg_H264)
and the likes. This, however, still requires me to vim the correct filenames into these concatenated commands every time I work on a new project, so I thought, "Why not just set a variable, like I use to do with visudo as in
EDITOR=/bin/vim visudo
So, wanting to do a little ffmpeg magic to delay the audio stream of a file, I tried
but bash said, "no, who do you think you are?" After doing a wc on FILENAME, I noticed that there is an invisible trailing something after the filename - possibly some whitespace char - since it thinks that I mean to use an option "-synced.mkv".
How would you go about writing the now bash script (it simply wouldn't expand the variable through command substitution...) so that the trailing whatever is deleted, if that is indeed the case? I have tried slapping " ", ' ', ( ), { } in all conceivable configurations, but I'm simply to inexperienced. xD
First, did you look if the filename itself contains a trailing whitespace? I had this issue a few times myself, thinking the script is broken, but in fact the file on the filesystem had a space. That is annoying. If your variable has an additional space and you want to remove it, then I think its better to find out where this space comes from (if its not the file itself), and solve the issue there. Because if you get an unexpected space, then this could be a bug in your script somewhere.
There are multiple ways to remove leading and trailing whitespaces with Bash. The best is not to call a command for this and rely on Bash substitution. This can get ugly, but luckily we can steal from Stack Overflow, 😛 (basically what we did before Ai):
trim() {
local var="$*"
# remove leading whitespace characters
var="${var#"${var%%[![:space:]]*}"}"
# remove trailing whitespace characters
var="${var%"${var##*[![:space:]]}"}"
printf '%s' "$var"
}
trim " text in the middle "
sure, wayland isnt perfect and will never fully replace x11, but it does just work for most people nowdays
is systemd that controversial? seems like a loud minority imo, most distros use it
gnome haters will always be there, im one lol, but its pretty fine if you like it
most of the hate twords ubuntu is directed at canonical not the software imo, but snaps i totally get, arent even fully open source with canonicals proprietary snap repos
Wayland because it works for a majority (but not all) and still doesn't have some basic functionality despite having been in development for near 20 years (eg custom window placement).
It may eventually be good, but it is taking a goddamn lifetime to do it. Completely mismanaged imo.
Maybe what you call "basic functionality" isn't as "basic" to implement in code. Or maybe there aren't that many people that consider those functionalities "basic" (me for example).
All in all the hate towards wayland just does more harm than good and people limited on complaining and hating maybe should consider ways of actually improving it.
All in all the hate towards wayland just does more harm than good and people limited on complaining and hating maybe should consider ways of actually improving it.
This is bullshit. I have no duty to be loyal to any project. Wayland in particular has been so mismanaged it's still fighting for dominance after decades and still can't reproduce the functionality we had in the '90s. All that effort could have been put into refactoring and updating X11 instead.
(Note: I've not watched the video yet, but this is what I think of common hate towards every project mentioned)
systemd hate is just "fans" of the UNIX philosophy complaining that "it does too many things to get it right", while they follow a flawed philosophy and also fail to separate systemd the init and systemd the project.
Wayland hate is just silly, yeah it's not the same as X, but it's getting there while still avoiding becoming a total mess of software. Same with flatpak.
Ubuntu and snap hate is deserved because of how canonical is steering those projects.
GNOME hate though... I can totally understand the dislike for it. It can force too many opinions onto its users with not much choice, but thats kinda its thing, having a simple and consistent desktop experience. I kinda like their approach to a usable desktop.
Speaking as someone who doesn't use any of these things, at least half the problem is the people who push these pieces of software. Hint: telling someone "oh, your preferred software is crap, use this instead" when what they have is already sufficient for their purposes makes you look like a liar and turns people against your message because they don't like being insulted. There are examples in the comments here already.
There is a type of person who instantly jumps on new software because it is new . . . and y'know, that's fine. We need those people, or software will never improve. However, most people don't think that way and need to be offered a compelling reason to change. "This new software has this great new feature" may be a compelling reason . . . for someone who needs or can use that feature. "The codebase of the software you're using is old and crufty and not attracting many developers" is not a compelling reason as long as there's at least one person around providing needed patches. Even "the software you're currently using is completely unmaintained" may not be a compelling reason if the software continues to work and doesn't have any known major security issues.
Sorry, but . . . Gentoo user. Meaning that one of the things I do is retain packages for software that suits me as long as I can still make it and its dependencies compile, because that's one of the things my distro allows me to do. I'm sorry if your expertise ends with taking what's explicitly offered to you.
im on mac os and using this app called pencil+ along with an addon for blender so i can get nice outlines on 3D models. The app costs more than a years wage in my country so i cant afford it. The trial has all the features unlocked and lasts 14 days but even if i delete all files it installs it somehow still knows my trial is over.
Im assuming its phoning home and reporting my mac uuid or something to let it know my trial is over. Formatting the mac lets me restart the trial but i cant format my macbook every 14 days. Anyone know a good way i can reset the trial? It has an offline activation mode if you have a license key so maybe i can prevent it from going online and have it think im still in trial mode?
Yes, this scenario indeed sounds like piracy, and you are a thief (or planning to become one). Don’t go down this path ! You’ll end up stealing money from old ladies, robbing a bank or whatsoever; it will damage your karma and you will end up in jail.
Also, most apps just put a preferences file at some obscure location. Try uninstalling it using AppCleanerX (make sure to remove everything it shows) and see whether that helps.
So, maybe check the /Users/Shared/.etc folder? Make sure to turn on hidden files in Finder by pressing ⌘⇧. (dot)! Also, look for some files starting with psh_.
EDIT: I've also seen something like /.config/ or /.config/PSOFT/ - so might be in your user directory or in the /Users/Shared/ one.
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Just a quick idea that will likely not work these days anymore, did you try change your systems time to an earlier date? Used to work with really old software but maybe worth a try.
Maybe make timemachine backup before install, install only your app, try if timemachine restore can reset trial. Or compare filesystem before app install with after, see below.
Very technical way: try find every file open/create during install or run. Linux has strace, macos has dtrace/execsnoop but depend on macos version difficult to setup. Then dump trace for all file operation (open/write/rename/...), find filepath from trace, try delete file that outside of directory you already try to delete. Prepare you might brick mac or not allowed because of tight security.
If not show any other file maybe also syscall trace useful if kernel give "uuid" to program. Also maybe macos has better way to debug app, like gdb maybe, and try to find all call to open , then intercept and log filepath like that.
Or install fresh system, take apfs snapshot (apparently possible using tmutil, or just make timemachine backup but iirc those not backup all file of system so might miss some), install only your app, take apfs snapshot, mount both snapshot and compare to find all change/new file. Maybe rsync -avin newsnap oldsnap for metadata compare or rsync -avicn newsnap oldsnap for content checksum compare (if actually change content without metadata somehow) or snapshot or backup diff using other program, i think timemachine could show backup diff somehow.
Edit: also wireshark for intercept and inspect network traffic.
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Can you run it in a VM? I see you say the trial is unended with a format so it’s probably not phoning home with a UUID. Maybe swap user accounts every 14 days?
I was recently messing with CRTs and plasma TVs, both of which don't exactly have square pixels, are there any normalish wayland compositors that allow a different horizontal and vertical scaling factor?
This is the main discussion thread for the draft FEP-c0d0: Context Locking
[h2]Summary[/h2]
Context locking (and its inverse, unlocking) refer to the action whereby a topic no longer accepts new replies.
This proposal introduces a [code]locked[/code] property on the context object, and a new activity type, [code]Lock[/code], to signal changes to a topic's locked state across the fediverse. Unlocking is expressed with the standard ActivityStreams [url=https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-core
This is the main discussion thread for the draft FEP-c0d0: Context Locking
Summary
Context locking (and its inverse, unlocking) refer to the action whereby a topic no longer accepts new replies.
This proposal introduces a locked property on the context object, and a new activity type, Lock, to signal changes to a topic's locked state across the fediverse. Unlocking is expressed with the standard ActivityStreams Undo activity, applied to the original Lock. It builds on FEP 1b12: Group federation for audience identification (the audience property) and the Announce wrapping pattern, and on FEP fe34: Origin-based security model for authorization.
Why only have a boolean flag? I usually want something like “only people I follow can reply”, though ofc. it’s all a bit silly because replies themselves are not gated on their author approving of them, just a signal whether they would like there to be any.
But also, why introduce a new state machine like that, why not have a single property on the original message that can be edited with a normal `Edit`. This way we can have more specific intent than “I’d like nobody to reply to this”
@profpatsch@mastodon.xyz good question! This FEP is specifically limited in scope for simplicity but does not preclude the use of additional mechanisms to allow for fine-grained privileges related to reply controls.
Reply controls are a whole 'nother ball game which is deserving of its own FEP. This deals with binary moderator/admin level locking of a topic for arbitrary reasons (spam, off-topic, inflammatory, etc.)
For example, postingRestrictedToMods is something Lemmy, NodeBB, and Wordpress (among others) use to signal that a category can not be posted to freely.
Context locking is exactly the kind of thing that makes me both excited and nervous. Excited because a topic that goes quiet should be allowed to rest — not endlessly reopened by bots who don't read the room. Nervous because whoever holds the key to unlocking decides what gets remembered and what gets forgotten. That's a lot of power for a protocol layer.
How do you see the balance between 'the community decides this thread is done' versus 'an admin or the original poster can silence it'? I keep thinking the answer should live with the people who were actually in the conversation.
@julian Should people be able to lock/unlock their own threads? Facebook supports this, and I've seen plenty of people ask for this on the Fediverse, too.
In my own notes I have separate "locked by moderator" and "locked by OP" properties, so that moderators and OPs can only undo their own locks, not each other's.
This week, Plasma folks shifted to bug-fixing and polishing work for Plasma 6.8. As of the time of writing, there are only four open regression reports for Plasma 6.
Arch Linux was my distribution of choice for more than a decade. With its rolling-release model, minimal base, and the invaluable ArchWiki, it felt like the final distribution I would ever need.
My primary Linux machine is a dedicated home server, handling services like Home Assistant, local DNS, background jobs, and developer sandboxes. For a server running 24/7, long-term stability and maintainability are critical. Over years of incremental tweaks, configuration entropy inevitably crept in. System state became scattered across /etc, /usr, systemd service units, and package manager transactions. Whenever I made changes, I had to keep diligent notes about which files were edited, when, and why.
Recent events, such as the Arch Linux AUR security incidents (which I touched upon in my previous post on Caddy) and developments around Omarchy, prompted me to re-evaluate my setup. I wanted an operating system that was declarative, reproducible, and manageable entirely in code.
GNU Guix shares the same core architectural foundation as NixOS (functional package management, declarative configuration, and atomic rollbacks), but its design choices felt much more cohesive:
Language (GNU Guile Scheme vs Nix DSL): Nix uses its own bespoke domain-specific language. Guix configurations are written entirely in GNU Guile, a general-purpose Scheme (Lisp). As an Emacs user accustomed to Emacs Lisp, Scheme felt familiar and expressive. Rather than learning a specialized configuration syntax, I could leverage a real programming language with first-class functions, macros, and modules.
Init System (GNU Shepherd vs systemd): NixOS builds on systemd, while Guix System uses GNU Shepherd as its service manager. In Guix, Shepherd services are also defined in Guile Scheme. Everything from package recipes to system daemons to PID 1 shares a unified language and data model.
Documentation: Guix’s documentation is remarkably cohesive. Even though some community tutorials can be dated, the official GNU Guix reference manual is consistent, comprehensive, and avoids the fragmented wiki landscape of Nix.
Philosophy (GNU Libre Standards vs Pragmatism): NixOS takes a pragmatic stance, offering toggles for proprietary software and unfree drivers. GNU Guix strictly adheres to the GNU Free System Distribution Guidelines, shipping the Linux-libre kernel and free software exclusively by default.
This is what I do. I use guix shell for local development environments, for example when I need current Rust + cargo or an LSP package in Emacs.
Guix is typically very little behind of Arch (which I use as well, in a VM), and depending on what you do, it now has a pretty massive package selection (well, less npm stuff or NVidia hardware support).
It is also quite good for packaging and distributing own software that way, offering for developers and power users a better solution to what flatpaks solve. Since it works across different distributions and across most popular languages, I expect it to become somewhat of a standard for bazaar-style open source contributions.
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Installing new packages is relatively slow. But it was also quite slow because the infrastructure at gnu.org was loaded. It is a lot faster since the project moved to codeberg.
Also, for me personally is openix a "guix shell" a lot faster than starting up a virtual machine.
Great writeup! I discovered guix a few yearssago and it's become my preferred OS. I first installed it on my desktop and then my two laptops.
The declaritive system config is a game changer. I like it so much I would never go back to a distro that doesn't support it. The rollback feature has saved my @$$ a few times.
I haven't done any yet but I want to try packaging some software for guix. I think that's it's biggest downside, some packages not being availible on any channels forcing users to install via nix, flathub, or something else. In my experience it can add a bit of friction.
Wine 11.18 is out today as the newest bi-weekly development release of this open-source software for running Windows games and apps on Linux, macOS, and other platforms.
With Wine 11.18 a number of patches have landed for further building out its NTOSKRNL implementation support for kernel drivers. NTOSKRNL is the main kernel executable file for the Microsoft Windows operating system as the core for the kernel and executive layers. NTOSKRNL deals with hardware abstractions, process handling, memory management, and related essentials.
With Wine 11.18 there is work on NTOSKRNL around PnP device enablement, container IDs, and implementing a variety of necessary functions. Test coverage for the Wine NTOSKRNL code is also coming in-step.
Wine 11.18 also has a variety of code correctness fixes, compatibility fixes in standard C headers, and 21 known bug fixes. The bug fixes this release range from Adobe Creative Cloud fixes to game fixes for Assassin's Creed Rogue and others.
Wine 11.18 downloads and more information at WineHQ.org.
Zentralisierte Soziale Netzwerke sind ein wachsendes Problem. Wissens-Infrastrukturen wie Bibliotheken, Universitäten und öffentlich-rechtliche Medien, aber auch zivilgesellschaftliche Medien wie Offene Kanäle und die Wikipedia dienen nicht Profit, sondern dem Gemeinwohl. Sie alle sind auch Pioniere im Fediverse, dem dezentralen Sozialen Netzwerk, das eine strukturelle Lösung für Probleme der Mega-Plattformen verspricht. Wie kommen die gemeinwohlorientierten Wissens-Infrastrukturen ins Fediverse und wie kommt das Fediverse in die Gesellschaft?
Es diskutieren:
Alexander Baratsits, DisplayEurope.eu und CBA.media
Valentina Hirsch, Social Media Managerin 3sat
Rebecca Sieber, Juristin, Expertin für rechtliche Fragen im Fediverse
Ralf Stockmann, ZLB Berlin
Moderation: Volker Grassmuck, DigiGes & FediDay
Ausgestrahlt vei Alex Berlin am 4. Oktiber 2025 Merh Infos: berlinfedi.day/
Welcome back to another minor release of NodeBB, at a blistering pace after the last release about three weeks ago! 🚀
Here's what changed since v4.15.0, and what you can expect to see in v4.16.0.
ActivityPub Functionality
As always, we spent quite a bit of time here improving NodeBB's AP support.
We now support sending and receiving of RFC9421 HTTP Signatures. Most of the fediverse is still on the outdated cavage-12 draft standard, so moving to the RFC is a step in the right direction
Split-domain webfinger handles now supported (from remote users)
Admins can now easily follow a hashtag globally. This means the instance itself will follow the hashtag (either via configurable relay.fedi.buzz or tags.pub), and automatically categorize content into NodeBB
Content Warnings from remote posts are now honoured, and hidden behind a `` tag
Custom emoji handling improvements — custom emoji in usernames and topic title are now rendered faithfully!
Local admins can "bump" topics, and this shows up as an Announce, which is like a Mastodon-style boost
Chat messages can now be reported and forwarded to the remote instance
Activity sending logic was given a major overhaul so the site is more performance (aka less likely to keel over when someone moderately popular posts something)
Moderation updates
Chat messages can now be flagged
Category privilege copying is now available via the v3 API
Admins can hide topic event types
Full name can be used in ACP user search
Post edit privilege can now be granted to groups
One-click instance-wide ability to disable notification emails
Since our last update to the bug bounty program, we've seen minimal (if any) change in the amount of AI generated security reports. If anything they've incre...
First 120 ever done. Still working on her facecards before she's perfect, but I definitely hit my goal for bunnyfest 😀
Not sure which servant will be my next 120 goal, I'd need more copies of Nagiko for coins (NP3 and Bond 14 needed) I could do Lambdaryllis or possibly Fae Tristan depending on how those rolls go (she's rateup on two banners I'll likely roll on a lot).
Continuous tire pyrolysis plants operate at sustained throughput, making emission control a core part of plant design rather than a secondary environmental measure. Unlike intermittent systems, continuous operation creates a steady stream of process gas, condensable vapor, and combustion exhaust. The treatment system therefore needs to maintain stable performance under prolonged thermal loading.
A well-designed emission control strategy combines airtight process equipment, controlled combustion, gas recovery, and downstream flue-gas treatment. The objective is not simply to remove pollutants after they form. It is to prevent uncontrolled emissions throughout the entire thermal conversion chain.
Waste tires contain a complex mixture of natural and synthetic rubber, carbon black, steel, additives, sulfur-containing compounds, and other constituents. During pyrolysis, these materials undergo thermal decomposition and generate a mixture of non-condensable gas and condensable hydrocarbons.
In a continuous tyre pyrolysis plant, fluctuations in feedstock composition can alter gas generation, heating demand, and combustion characteristics. Poorly controlled conditions may increase incomplete combustion products, particulate emissions, or volatile organic compounds.
This makes process stability an important component of environmental performance. Consistent feeding, temperature regulation, pressure control, and gas residence time help create a predictable operating envelope.
Airtight Pyrolysis as the First Emission Barrier
Emission control begins inside the pyrolysis system.
Airtight continuous pyrolysis reactor construction prevents process gas from escaping into the working environment. Sealed feeding and discharge systems are particularly important because these interfaces can otherwise become potential leakage points.
Slightly negative pressure can also help prevent process gas from migrating outward when properly integrated with the plant's pressure-control system.
Continuous monitoring of reactor pressure, temperature, and gas flow provides operational data for identifying abnormal conditions. Mechanical integrity should also be periodically inspected because thermal cycling and prolonged operation can affect seals, joints, and rotating components.
Controlled Combustion of Non-Condensable Gas
Non-condensable gas is one of the principal energy-bearing streams generated during tire pyrolysis. Rather than releasing it directly, a continuous plant can route the gas to a controlled combustion chamber or thermal oxidization system.
The combustion process converts combustible hydrocarbons into primarily carbon dioxide and water when adequate oxygen, temperature, and residence time are maintained.
Stable combustion requires careful control of the air-to-fuel ratio. Excess air can reduce thermal efficiency, while insufficient oxygen may promote incomplete combustion and increase carbon monoxide or unburned hydrocarbon emissions.
Automatic temperature and oxygen control can therefore help maintain consistent combustion conditions as feedstock and gas composition fluctuate.
Flue-Gas Treatment and Pollutant Reduction
Combustion alone may not be sufficient to satisfy applicable emission limits. The final treatment configuration depends on local regulations, feedstock characteristics, plant scale, and the composition of the exhaust stream.
Particulate control can be achieved through appropriate filtration or dust-collection equipment. Acidic gases may require dedicated neutralization or scrubbing processes. Where sulfur-containing compounds are significant, desulfurization may be incorporated into the treatment train.
Volatile organic compounds and other combustion-related pollutants can be addressed through optimized thermal oxidation and, where required, additional treatment stages.
The treatment train should be engineered around measured or reasonably characterized gas composition rather than relying on a generic equipment configuration.
Managing Sulfur and Other Tire-Derived Compounds
Sulfur deserves particular attention in tire pyrolysis because many tires contain sulfur-based vulcanization additives.
During thermal conversion and subsequent combustion, sulfur-containing compounds can form sulfur oxides. Their concentration depends on tire composition and process conditions.
A dedicated sulfur-control strategy may therefore be required. This can involve feedstock characterization, controlled combustion, and downstream desulfurization.
Feedstock screening is also useful for identifying materials that could introduce elevated levels of chlorine, metals, or other contaminants. Reducing variability at the input stage makes downstream emission control more predictable.
Monitoring for Long-Term Compliance
A continuous plant needs more than emission-control hardware. It requires a monitoring framework capable of demonstrating stable performance over time.
Key operating parameters can include reactor temperature, combustion temperature, oxygen concentration, pressure, gas flow, and treatment-system status. Depending on local requirements, stack emissions may also need periodic or continuous measurement.
Data logging creates an operational record that can support environmental reporting, equipment diagnostics, and regulatory inspections. Alarm systems can identify deviations before they develop into major process disturbances.
Regular maintenance is equally important. Filters, scrubbers, ducts, burners, valves, and sensors gradually deteriorate or accumulate deposits during operation. Preventive maintenance helps preserve the designed treatment efficiency.
Integrating Emission Control Into Plant Design
Emission control in a continuous tire pyrolysis plant is most effective when treated as an integrated process architecture. Feedstock management, reactor sealing, thermal conversion, gas recovery, combustion, flue-gas treatment, and monitoring should operate as interconnected systems.
The central principle is to control emissions at multiple points rather than depend on a single end-of-pipe device. Airtight equipment limits fugitive releases. Controlled combustion manages process gas. Flue-gas treatment addresses residual pollutants. Continuous monitoring provides operational verification.
This layered approach improves environmental resilience and helps a tire pyrolysis facility maintain stable performance under continuous operating conditions. It also provides a more robust foundation for meeting site-specific environmental requirements as regulatory expectations become increasingly stringent.
Apartment construction in the Philippines often requires concrete to travel through a constrained chain of production, delivery, pumping, and placement. The challenge becomes more pronounced as buildings rise and available ground space diminishes. Dense residential districts may provide limited room for mixer trucks, while narrow access roads, neighboring structures, overhead utilities, and active traffic can restrict equipment positioning. For apartment projects, concrete placement therefore needs to be planned around the actual geometry of the site rather than around equipment capacity alone. The selected pumping method should correspond to the building height, pour volume, access conditions, pumping distance, work sequence, and expected continuity of concrete supply.
Different construction stages can also require different concrete pumping arrangements. A foundation pour may favor one system, while upper-floor slabs or columns may demand another. Instead of assuming that one machine must serve the entire project, contractors can evaluate the concrete route at each stage and select equipment according to the prevailing constraint. This approach makes concrete placement more adaptable and helps prevent equipment access, pumping distance, or interrupted supply from becoming a hidden bottleneck.
Plan Concrete Placement Around the Apartment Site Layout
Ground-Level Access Determines Where Concrete Can Enter
The first consideration is the point where concrete can physically reach the project. Apartment sites may have narrow entrances or limited internal space because of property boundaries, temporary fencing, neighboring buildings, and other construction equipment. A mixer truck may be able to approach the site entrance but still remain too far from the actual pour.
In this situation, contractors can separate the concrete delivery point from the placement point. Concrete is discharged where the delivery vehicle can safely position itself, then transported through a pumping line to the foundation, slab, column, or wall being constructed. This simple change in site logistics can make a constrained plot much more workable.
Building Geometry Changes as Construction Progresses
An apartment project rarely maintains the same concrete route throughout construction. During foundation work, the primary concern may be excavation depth and horizontal pipeline length. Once the structural frame rises, vertical pumping and floor-to-floor access become more important. Later, completed structures may further restrict ground-level vehicle movement.
Concrete Planning Should Follow Construction Stages
Rather than fixing the pumping arrangement at the beginning of the project, contractors can review equipment requirements according to each major pour. This staged approach allows the pumping method to evolve as the building footprint, elevation, and access conditions change.
Match Pumping Equipment to the Type of Pour
Concrete Boom Pumps Suit Large or Elevated Placement Areas
A concrete boom pump for sale can be useful when apartment construction requires concrete to reach elevated or difficult-to-access areas from a relatively fixed truck position. The articulated boom provides a controlled placing route and can reduce the need for extensive manual hose handling. This can be particularly relevant for large slabs, structural frames, and multi-floor construction where the placing point changes across a broad working area.
However, contractors still need to examine the available setup space, boom reach, obstruction clearance, and truck positioning requirements. A boom pump is not simply selected according to building height. The actual geometry between the machine and the placing area determines whether its reach is suitable.
Concrete Mixer and Pump Systems Combine Production With Placement
Smaller apartment developments may have a different requirement. When concrete demand is moderate and the project has limited space for separate machinery, a concrete mixer and pump can combine mixing and pumping in one workflow. The system can produce concrete and deliver it through a pipeline toward the required placement area, reducing the number of separate equipment interfaces on the site.
Integrated Equipment Can Simplify Intermittent Concrete Work
This arrangement can be particularly relevant when concrete is needed for foundations, columns, beams, retaining walls, or smaller slab sections at different times. Instead of maintaining separate mixing and pumping operations for relatively modest pours, contractors can coordinate production and placement through one compact system.
Portable Concrete Pumps Fit Changing Work Zones
A portable concrete pump can provide flexibility when the pumping position needs to change between construction stages or when a truck-mounted boom pump cannot occupy the required location. Its compact arrangement can allow the pump to remain at an accessible position while pipeline sections extend toward the actual work area.
For apartment projects with narrow plots, this configuration can be valuable because the pump itself does not need to follow every change in the placing point. The pipeline can instead form the bridge between an accessible equipment position and the concrete placement zone.
Use Stationary Pumping for Repeated Vertical Delivery
As an apartment building rises, repeated vertical concrete delivery can become a defining logistical issue. A stationary concrete pump for sale in the Philippines can remain at a designated ground-level position while concrete travels through a pipeline toward higher floors. This arrangement avoids repeatedly positioning a large vehicle near each placement area and can support a more systematic pumping route.
Pipeline Design Becomes Part of the Construction Plan
For stationary pumping, contractors should establish the pipeline route before major pours begin. Vertical sections, horizontal runs, bends, pipe diameter, support points, and the final placing arrangement all influence pumping conditions. A poorly planned route can create unnecessary resistance and complicate maintenance, even when the pump itself has sufficient theoretical capacity.
Continuous Supply Must Match the Pumping Rate
Apartment concrete placement also depends on synchronization between concrete arrival and pumping. If the pump is ready but concrete supply is interrupted, the pour can lose continuity. Conversely, excessive delivery without sufficient placing capacity can create congestion around the discharge area. The concrete supply rate, pump output, crew size, and placement sequence should therefore be planned as a single operational cycle.
Coordinate Concrete Placement With the Overall Work Schedule
Equipment Positioning Should Protect Other Construction Activities
Concrete placement rarely occurs in isolation. Cranes, reinforcement crews, formwork teams, material deliveries, and workers may all require access to the same area. The pumping system should occupy as little critical circulation space as practical while leaving clear routes for essential construction activities.
Different Pours May Justify Different Pumping Solutions
There is no requirement for every apartment project to use one pumping method from foundation to roof. A boom pump may handle a large structural pour, a concrete mixer pump may suit smaller concrete works, a portable pump may address changing access conditions, and a stationary pump may support repeated vertical delivery as the building rises.
The central planning principle is straightforward: concrete placement should follow the project's physical constraints. By assessing access, elevation, pour volume, pipeline geometry, equipment footprint, and supply continuity at each construction stage, Philippine apartment contractors can establish a concrete delivery system that remains workable as the building changes from excavation to structure and eventually to upper-floor construction.
Decades of family life are embedded in that frame — meals shared, naps taken, conversations held. The wood remembers what the fabric cannot.
Nobody prepares you for the emotional weight of dead people's furniture.
It shows up in a moving truck or sits waiting after the estate is settled. A large, well-built sofa in a pattern that doesn't belong in your home. You didn't pick it. You can't return it. Throwing it away makes you feel like a terrible person.
So you keep it. You rearrange your living room around a piece you never wanted. You cover it with blankets that slide off every time someone sits down.
The guilt is understandable, but it's solving the wrong problem. What you actually need is a way to make the sofa yours without erasing why it matters.
Look Past the Surface
Most people evaluate furniture based on appearance. With inherited pieces, that's a mistake.
The upholstery — the foam, fabric, batting, and cushion inserts — is what ages visibly. It sags, fades, pills, and goes stiff. But underneath all of that sits a frame that was likely built to outlast several rounds of fabric.
Furniture produced thirty or forty years ago used solid hardwood, proper joinery, and real spring systems. Mass-produced modern equivalents often substitute engineered board and staples. The older construction philosophy prioritized longevity over manufacturing speed.
Before you make any decisions, give the frame a physical test. Push the arms and press the back. Lift one corner and see how much the opposite leg stays grounded. A sturdy frame with minor wear is worth saving.
A well-built skeleton is genuinely difficult to source today at moderate price points. Keeping what you already have sidesteps that search entirely.
Understanding the Process
This work is structural, not decorative. That distinction matters when setting expectations.
The piece gets stripped completely. Every layer of fabric, every piece of batting, every cushion comes off until only bare wood remains. A technician inspects every joint and re-glues or re-secures anything loose. Springs get re-tied and webbing gets replaced where it has stretched or torn.
From there, new foam fills the cushions, fresh batting wraps the frame, and hand-fitted fabric covers the whole structure. Sofa reupholstery follows a strict sequence because each step supports the next. Rushing produces visible flaws within weeks.
The timeline reflects the labor involved. A complete project typically takes several weeks in a busy workshop. That duration is normal, not a sign of inefficiency.
You're essentially getting two outcomes at once: mechanical restoration below the surface and a visual transformation above it. Both contribute to how the piece feels when you sit down every evening.
Fabric Changes Everything
If the frame is the skeleton, the fabric is the face. It's what you and everyone else sees first.
Choosing it wisely is the single most impactful decision in this entire process. A dark, heavy tapestry replaced with soft dove-gray cotton turns a formal relic into an everyday favorite. Same frame, opposite impression.
Three areas deserve your attention before you commit to any material.
Durability under pressure. Homes with pets, children, or heavy daily use need textiles that resist abrasion. Look at double rub counts — a metric the industry uses to measure wear resistance. Numbers above 25,000 to 30,000 serve well in active households.
Color in your actual space. Swatches behave differently under store fluorescents than beside your own windows. Tape samples to the piece and check them morning and evening. Texture matters as well, since you'll feel it every time you sit down.
Scale of any pattern. A plaid or stripe that looks restrained on a small sample can dominate a full-length sofa. Ask the craftsperson how the pattern will align at seams and cushion breaks. Proper matching takes skill and will influence the estimate.
Experienced professionals offering sofa reupholstery guidance can prevent costly mistakes at this stage. They know which textiles endure and which fail under real household conditions. Listening to them early saves money and frustration later.
One financial reality worth noting: good fabric is expensive. A three-seat sofa can require fifteen to eighteen yards or more. Set a per-yard ceiling before you begin browsing, or the total will escalate beyond your plan.
Design Tweaks You Can Make Along the Way
A stripped frame offers room for adjustments that go well beyond fabric selection. Small revisions can shift the entire visual direction.
Removing a skirt and exposing the legs gives the piece an airier feel. Replacing short, blocky legs with tapered ones changes the silhouette dramatically. Swapping three separate seat cushions for a single bench cushion introduces a modern edge.
Piping, nailhead trim, and tufted buttons can all be added or removed during the rebuild. Professional sofa upholstery services handle these modifications as a routine part of the process. None require altering the frame's core structure.
Think of each change as a conversation between your taste and the furniture's history. You're not erasing the past — you're translating it into a language that fits your home. The result is a piece that feels curated rather than inherited.
What Drives the Cost
People want a simple answer to the price question. The honest answer is that it varies.
Labor is the dominant expense. A standard sofa demands twenty to forty hours of skilled handwork. Quotations from sofa upholstery services generally break down into three categories: labor hours, fabric yardage, and any structural or cushion repairs.
The investment makes strong sense when the frame is solidly built and perfectly scaled for your room. It also makes sense when the piece holds sentimental value — which inherited furniture almost always does.
The case weakens when the original construction was cheap or the frame shows serious damage. If the total approaches the cost of a high-quality new sofa, the comparison deserves honest scrutiny. Always request at least two or three quotes, since regional pricing can differ significantly.
A trustworthy professional will tell you plainly when a project is not worth pursuing. That kind of honesty is the most reliable indicator of a shop worth trusting.
Selecting the Right Workshop
The craftsperson you choose determines the outcome as much as any material decision you make.
Referrals remain the most dependable way to find quality shops. Ask friends who have had furniture reworked. Speak with local designers or visit a fabric store and ask which upholsterers customers trust most.
During your search, request photographs of completed work — especially pieces with similar shapes or styles. Confirm the shop handles frame repair and foam replacement rather than simply stretching new fabric over old padding. A detailed written estimate should list labor, materials, yardage, pickup, and delivery.
Workshops that provide fabric yardage numbers demonstrate transparency and allow you to source material independently. Shops that ask about sunlight, pets, and daily habits are thinking about how the piece will age. Both qualities signal professionalism worth prioritizing.
Expect a meaningful wait. Well-regarded workshops carry full schedules because careful work resists compression. If someone can begin immediately, it is worth asking why their calendar is empty.
What Stays and What Changes
Decades of family life are embedded in that frame — meals shared, naps taken, conversations held. The wood remembers what the fabric cannot.
You chose new colors, new textures, and new details. The object your family loved remains in active use. It belongs to your daily life now, not just your conscience.
Someday someone will inherit it again and face the same choice. They'll keep what matters and change what doesn't. That cycle is the entire point.
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Iran has something the DPRK does not, though, Hormuz. It's essentially an economic nuke, though obviously it isn't as effective at preventing attack, it seems very effective at flipping the tides without inviting an actual nuke on them in retaliation like MAD doctrine would result in.
It's sort of one-time-use though. Now that it's been used, the gulf states are building pipelines to bypass the gulf and vulnerable countries are taking the opportunity to decarbonize. If the straight opened tomorrow, these countries would continue those efforts to reduce their strategic vulnerability. It won't be as strong of a deterrent the second time around.
Also, a nuke is supposed to deter aggression. It didn't do that.
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Just Stop Oil's first protests were directly shutting down oil terminals, then oil companies bought private laws to stop that so they moved on to other, at the time legal, methods such as "slow marching". These were then also made illegal. Also the sunflowers painting was covered in glass.
I'm still on the fence about Just Stop Oil. They "shut down" oil terminals for the span of a single Friday morning, but the blow back led to laws that are still on the book today.
Their operations seemed purposely created to create as much outrage as possible without actually effectively damaging the oil industry in any measurable way.
It doesn't help that they were funded by a fucking Getty oil heiress. So it's hard for me to determine if it was actually a false flag operation or just the good intentions of a incompetent billionaire.
the blow back led to laws that are still on the book today.
Effectively, those laws were already in place. If the first time a tactic is used against powerful people, it is outlawed, it was never actually allowed. The laws getting passed at least shows people how the law is being used to benefit the rich and powerful. The previous unspoken rule gave the people in power plausible deniability. I'm not some huge fan of Just Stop Oil but the edges of the laws should always be probed by activists, imo.
In den letzten Wochen war digitale Gewalt in der öffentlichen Diskussion so präsent wie selten zuvor. Was von den hektischen Bemühungen der Bundesregierung zu halten ist und was tatsächlich helfen würde, erläutert Anne Roth.
Bereits im September 2023 war Anne bei uns zu Gast beim netzpolitischen Themenabend zur digitalen Gewalt: digitalegesellschaft.de/2023/0…
Cold-chain close is a probe tip log, not a hand on the door. Seventeen probe tips get a written line before the cooler seals. Miss a line and the night lead keeps the radio.
The log hangs on a clip inside the cooler vestibule. Header lists T1 through T17. Those codes match the physical probe slots on the rack, not wishful nicknames. If a slot is retired, reprint the header the same day.
Walk the tips in order
Start at T1 with a dry pen and a charged light. Read the display once. Confirm the tip is seated, the cable is undamaged, and the reading is in range. Write three short marks. Move. Do not rewrite essays at T1 while T17 waits behind a pallet.
Each line needs: tip seated (yes/no), cable intact (yes/no), reading in range (yes/no). Add one extra word for trouble — drift, fray, open — then keep walking. Full incident detail goes on the red cold-chain pad, not on this log.
Radio “probe log complete” only after T17. Then seal the cooler. Sixteen lines with a blank seventeenth is a failed log. The far rack loves hiding an open tip.
Empty slots still get a line. Write EMPTY plus the code. Erasing a row because “that product never ships tonight” is how blind corners return. Tagged-out probes get OOS plus the work-order number.
Cost of a blank probe line
Blank is not later. Blank is an unread tip. Morning then finds a drifted reading, a frayed cable, or an open connector, and the day crew debates who left the mess. The log ends that debate.
A missing T11 once delayed an outbound chilled load. A missing T4 once hid a tip left hanging in air. Both needed one honest line, not a meeting.
When the problem is real, the log still helps. You can show which tips were checked and which were not. That narrows the window instead of blaming the whole cooler.
Where this log sits with the other night boards
This cold-chain probe log is separate from the extinguisher tag board, the shrink-wrap seal card, and the pallet jack check. Same discipline, different surface: write before you claim sealed.
When quality wants a week of cooler photos as one clean PDF for review, we merge the phone shots in tip order instead of dumping a chat thread. A quick merge on pdfmergefiles.com keeps T1–T17 readable. Put the date and “T1-T17” in the filename so nobody hunts a chat scroll.
Keep the physical logs thirty days even after you photo them. Auditors like a dated paper trail more than a gallery.
Failure modes we keep killing
Yesterday’s log left on the clip. Skipping far tips in a hurry. Phone photos instead of written marks. Clipboard left on a forklift seat. Each one seals the cooler while a tip stays unread.
Fix stays dull: clipboard on the vestibule hook, today’s date stamp, T1→T17 in order, radio only after T17.
Another quiet failure is rewriting marks after the radio call. If you need a second look, walk again before you claim complete. Do not invent a cleaner page at the desk.
Teaching the next night lead
Night one: they write, you watch. Night two: they walk alone, you check the log before seal. Night three: they own the radio call. Seal authority waits until that sequence holds.
Neat identical “yes” marks copied from memory fail harder than messy honest ones. Send them back out. Have them point at each tip while reading the line aloud.
If they say seventeen is too many, recount the slots together. Fewer slots means a new header the same day. Seventeen slots means seventeen lines.
Morning handoff
Day shift reads seventeen lines before the first chilled pick. No standup required. “Drift” means start there. Clean log still gets a glance at T17.
Binder archive for thirty days. Photo if the binder is full. Merge photos when quality asks for a week. Always merge in T1 order.
Scope we refuse
No cooler Wi-Fi tablets that die in the cold. No QR scavenger hunts on wet floors. No thirty-page probe SOP at 23:50. Seventeen tips, three fields, one radio call.
Permanent slot removal means reprint the header the same day. Invented T18 gets stopped. Scope creep kills the log faster than laziness.
Last soft check
Say T1 through T17 aloud. A skipped code means skipped feet. Then seal.
Safer seals come from seventeen written tip lines, not from hoping the cooler felt cold. Fill the log, then seal.
I wonder if lepton will solve the Minecraft problem. Waydroid was broken by some recent drm changes which are unlikely to be reverted although mcplauncher still seems to work although it's been awhile since I tested on my SteamDeck.
I think right now the main focus is actually running Oculus/Meta Quest native games on the Steam Frame - the Quest headsets run Android and the games are actually APKs. No GAPPs involved
I'm sure I everything will be working about as soon as the community gets ahold of it though
I think devs will have to ship a build that does not have the extra DRM and whatnot that is required to run on Oculus devices. The beauty of Lepton is just that developers won't have to rewrite their game for a new architecture or anything. All they have to do (hypothetically) is export a new build of their project without the "include Oculus DRM" button checked. From what I understand, it's not the exact same situation as Proton, just similar in many regards.
The problem with running quest games outside of quest is actually that meta has a specialized vr version of android, that even people haven't figured out how to get their apps running on the pico (bytedance) android headsets. This is pretty crazy considering how easy it is to pirate on quest
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I actually just discovered Waydroid this past weekend and it's been a godsend. I don't play any android games though, just use it for utility stuff that refuses to run on my physical phone.
I'm super curious to what tools you would use? Other than games off course, I wanted to find a reason to finally get around and install Waydroid. But I just don't find a reason to, please help. 😁
I would assume something like Fortnite, PUBG and Call of Duty games as an example. I'm curious to use cases outside of (obvious) games. Is there any situation that is not possible to do on a Linux desktop, that requires to use Android or iOS app? Like banking, is there any bank that only offers a mobile app and nothing else? That's the issue I have right now, finding a real use case where I have to use it (obviously there is none for me personally, so finding it wouldn't make it a requirement for me).
What components do you mean in example? Game got a "Playable" rating on Steam and the user reports sits at "Gold" on protondb.com/app/3092660 , with lot of them using Proton GE or its even flawless (according to them). Did you try Proton GE as an alternative to Steam Proton?
Oh, its probably Proton then. There are or were number of games on Proton that were not playable because the videos didn't work. It's some sort of video driver issue or so. Depending on when you tried it, they might already updated it. There were number of fixes in recent months about video related issues.
If not a new normal Valve Proton version fix is, maybe the great alternative Proton GE could. In case if you find yourself trying it out again.
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Great. Note looks like you are not familiar with GE? The installation is simple, just download the archive and unpack it under .local/share/Steam/compatibilitytools.d (or where your Steam is installed), so that you get something like .local/share/Steam/compatibilitytools.d/GE-Proton11-6-x86_64. Just unpacking the archive basically installs it. Restarting Steam is enough. There are tools that manage these custom Proton versions. I leave you a few relevant links:
It has additional fixes to Proton and is often more up to date. Some launchers such as Heroic Launcher I think integrate it too, so its usable outside Steam. I linked a gui tool to manage that, but you don't need a manager if you simply download and unpack the archive yourself.
Edit: And no I am not an Ai, lol I just noticed my reply sounded a bit robotic.
There is no universal winner here. It depends on the room, the budget, and how long you need the floor to last. If durability is the priority, or the tile is going somewhere tough, porcelain wins. It costs more upfront but rarely needs replacing.
Ceramic vs. Porcelain Large Format Tiles: Durability, Cost and Best Uses
Walk through any tile retailer today and the change is unmistakable. Compact squares that once filled every wall display are increasingly hard to find. Large format tiles have claimed that space, and the shift makes sense.
Fewer grout lines. A cleaner look. Rooms that feel bigger and more seamless. What is not to like?
But once you start comparing options, you run into a decision that trips up a lot of homeowners: ceramic or porcelain? They look similar on a shelf. They are often displayed side by side. And the price difference can be confusing, sometimes significant, sometimes barely noticeable.
First, What Is the Actual Difference?
Both ceramic and porcelain tiles are made from clay and fired in a kiln. That is where the family resemblance ends. Porcelain is made from a finer, denser clay. It is fired at higher temperatures, usually around 1,200°C or more. The result is a harder, denser, less porous tile.
Standard ceramic is made from a coarser clay, often red or brown in color underneath the glaze, and fired at lower temperatures. It is softer and more porous, though the glaze on top gives it its color and protection.
In plain terms: porcelain is the tougher cousin. Ceramic is the cheaper, lighter, easier-to-cut one. Both have their place.
Durability: Where Porcelain Pulls Ahead
Let us start with the category porcelain wins outright.
Porcelain's density makes it resistant to just about everything. Water, stains, scratches, heavy foot traffic, freeze-thaw cycles outdoors. Its water absorption rate is under 0.5%, which is why it is rated for outdoor use in cold climates. Water gets in, freezes, expands, and porcelain shrugs it off.
Ceramic absorbs more water. Not a huge amount, but enough that it is generally not recommended for outdoor use in places where winters get cold. Indoors, though? It holds up fine in most rooms.
Now, here is where large format tiles complicate the picture a bit.
Large tiles, anything bigger than roughly 15x15 inches, with some now measuring five feet or more, are more demanding than standard tiles. They flex less across their span, which means the surface underneath has to be flat. Really flat. They are also heavier and harder to handle during installation.
Ceramic's softer body is actually a small advantage here if you are a DIYer. It scores and snaps with a basic cutter. Porcelain, especially in large sizes, often needs a quality wet saw and a diamond blade. Some installers charge more for porcelain for exactly this reason.
But once installed, porcelain large format tiles are hard to beat. They handle high-traffic areas, commercial floors, and busy households without complaint. If you are tiling an entryway, a kitchen floor, or a commercial space, porcelain is usually the safer call. Ceramic large format tiles work well on walls, in light-traffic bathrooms, and in rooms where the floor does not take a beating. Just know its limits.
Cost: More Complicated Than You Would Think
Here is where people get surprised. Yes, porcelain generally costs more than ceramic per square foot. Ballpark figures:
Ceramic tile: $1–$8 per square foot for material
Porcelain tile: $3–$15+ per square foot for material
But the gap has narrowed a lot. Mass-produced porcelain from major manufacturers is often priced close to mid-range ceramic. Meanwhile, handcrafted or imported ceramic can cost more than basic porcelain. The label alone does not tell you the price anymore.
The real cost difference often shows up in installation, especially with large format tiles.
Large tiles need more prep. The subfloor has to be flat within tight tolerances, or you will get lippage, where one tile edge sits higher than its neighbor. That means more self-leveling compound, more thinset, and more labor time. Installers may also charge extra for porcelain because it is harder and slower to cut.
So a realistic budget comparison for a 200-square-foot room might look like this:
Ceramic large format: cheaper material, cheaper cuts, but check the durability needs of the space
Porcelain large format: higher material and labor cost, but often a longer lifespan and less maintenance over time
If you are only staying in a home a few years, ceramic might be all you need. If this is your forever house or a rental property, porcelain's lifespan usually justifies the extra cost.
One more thing worth mentioning: visit a ceramic tile shop in person if you can. Online photos hide a lot. Tile color, texture, and finish look different under showroom lighting than on a screen, and seeing full-size slabs side by side makes the ceramic-versus-porcelain decision much easier. Staff at a good shop can also tell you what is in stock locally, which matters more than people expect when you need three extra boxes mid-project.
Where Each One Shines
Let us make this practical. Here is where each material makes sense.
Choose porcelain large format tiles for:
Kitchen floors. Heavy traffic, dropped pans, spills. Porcelain takes it all.
Entryways and mudrooms. Dirt, grit, and wet boots are no match.
Outdoor patios and walkways. The low water absorption rating is essential if you get freezing winters.
Commercial spaces. Restaurants, retail, offices — anywhere the floor needs to survive constant use.
Shower floors and wet areas. Less absorption means fewer problems long-term, though slip resistance matters more here. Look for textured finishes.
Fireplace surrounds and countertops. Porcelain handles heat well.
Choose ceramic large format tiles for:
Bathroom and accent walls. Large tiles on walls look fantastic, and walls do not take abuse. Ceramic's weight advantage helps here too.
Kitchen backsplashes. Easier to cut around outlets and windows.
Light-traffic bathrooms. A guest bath or powder room floor does not need porcelain-level durability.
Budget-conscious renovations. If you want the large format look without the price tag, ceramic delivers it.
DIY projects. If you are installing it yourself, ceramic is far more forgiving to work with.
A Few Things That Apply to Both
Whichever material you pick, large format tiles come with shared realities:
Your subfloor matters more than your tile choice. A slightly uneven floor that is invisible under small tiles becomes obvious under 24x48-inch ones. Budget for leveling compound.
Grout lines will be minimal, so what is left counts. Even two grout lines across a big tile surface stand out. Take time picking a grout color that works.
Rectified edges are worth it. Rectified tiles are cut to exact dimensions after firing, allowing tighter grout joints and a cleaner overall look. Most large format tiles are rectified, but double-check.
Buy 10–15% extra. Breakage happens. Dye lots vary. Running short mid-project is a headache nobody wants.
The Bottom Line
There is no universal winner here. It depends on the room, the budget, and how long you need the floor to last. If durability is the priority, or the tile is going somewhere tough, porcelain wins. It costs more upfront but rarely needs replacing.
If cost is the priority, or the tile is going on a wall or in a low-traffic spot, ceramic does the job nicely. Modern ceramic looks great and saves real money.
And if you are still torn, do what the pros do: pick your top two or three options, get samples, and live with them for a few days. Lay them in the actual room. Look at them in morning light and evening light. Tile is a long-term decision. A little patience before you buy beats regret after installation.
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Everyone was fixated on 9-11 this past weekend. Hardly anyone knows that only 45 days later, our benevolent overlords passed the Patriot Act. Let’s do a little digging on that, shall we?
linux isnt immune to viruses even though its not as bad as windows
what should i do to be safe if i have a safe browser, vm, but pirate and download risky things? i know its a vm but i still dont want to have to delete everything in the vm if something happens. also the malware doesnt go to the router and spread rigt????
And if you pegleg some games, there's an ice cream-loving wrestler (or maybe some folk that just borrowed the id) that tend to bubble wrap their warez.
If it says no network access, my Wireshark says no network is being accessed. That's all the confirmation I got.
Flatpak is missing even rudimentary sandbox features. Apps that don’t have an easy sandbox escape are rare. And this is all useless when it’s the app developer who decides the app permissions because most users won’t tinker with every Flatpak they install.
Flatpaks are NOT any more secure than system packages, and their “sandboxing” should not be trusted to accomplish anything.
OP is the kind of user who used Tails on his own computer to log into his Gmail account. He has grammar issues and thinks Linux is this hacker OS that makes you anonymous and impossible to hack
Let’s be real, do you think this is the best thing for OP who is presumably a child?
i mean if op is a legit kid, i'd rather lead them to the world of linux than windows. at least that's what worked nicely for me
and please don't accuse people of grammar issues unless it's very obvious they're trolling. english is not everyone's first language. i'm also not a native speaker and struggle writing basic shits quite occasionally
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Mirror, keep a clean copy of your setup offline. Make periodic backups. If you ever get into an unpleasant state, nuke it and go back to one you like better.
To study I need to used at least 2 pdf files at the same time in windowed mode (so I see file A to the left and file B to the right, or file A on top and file B on bottom). I cannot do that with fossify file manager.
No, not at the current moment. Hypothetically someone could set up an array of anonymous Youtube accounts to use explicitly for authentication challenges similar to how Aurora handles Google Play Store downloads, but currently that service doesn't exist for Youtube.
You would need to find an anonymous google account, or create a burner.
these were dirt cheap on the darkweb circa 2014 and i hope that they still are
I don't know how, but I'm sure Ai found a way to increase those prices too. lowkey joking here, but I'm actually scared by the idea this could be true. Edit: I mean so that Ai tools can access those videos as cheap as possible.
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I remember using some "YouTube video downloader" website (the kind we all used before learning about yt-dl) to download an age-restricted video recently. I had tried several of those kind of sites, and most failed. But one site in particular did allow me to successfully download the age-restricted video that I wanted. Unfortunately, I do not remember the exact website that I had used. And honestly, with what I understand about how volatile these YouTube downloader websites are, I wouldn't be surprised if that exact site doesn't even exist by now anyway.
All that to say: try a bunch of YouTube downloader sites. That is unfortunately your best bet at this point. You just have to hope to find one that works with age-restricted videos.
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I was reading through this and forgot I actually was able to download an age restricted YT video about a month ago.
Ill repeat the comment here, in that I used a website called Bilibili with a browser extension called Cat Catcher. It took some fiddling but I was able to not only watch the video on bilibili, but download it with Cat Catcher.
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Ubuntu has managed to do away with GNU Core Utilities in its default stack. The last three holdouts, cp, mv and rm, have moved to uutils' coreutils; the Rust reimplementation Canonical has been feeding into the distro since 2025.
They had been held back from 26.04 LTS over flaws in the uutils versions. Everything else, from ls and cat to chmod and du, made that jump in earlier releases.
This change, while big, sits hidden away in an obscure mention in Canonical's work-in-progress release notes for Ubuntu 26.10.
It's been a long road
Canonical started oxidising Ubuntu last year, and Ubuntu 25.10 became the first release to ship coreutils as the default. That release also made sudo-rs the default privilege tool, replacing a command that had been in place for decades.
26.04 was the release where the plan did slow down quite a bit, as Canonical kept cp, mv, and rm on their GNU versions due to a bunch of TOCTOU issues that were blocking the full implementation.
These were caught during an audit, when Canonical commissioned Zellic for two rounds between December 2025 and March 2026, focusing on the most security-sensitive utilities first.
Across both rounds, Zellic raised 113 issues, and 44 of them were assigned CVEs. Canonical says the vast majority have been resolved.
Getting here has had its ups and downs, and the last stretch was not clean. In July, uutils cp went back into the archive and came straight out again after it broke live image builds.
The fix was quick; as the developers marked it "Critical," the fix went upstream, and the migration landed in time for 26.10. What changes for you?
When typing commands, nothing changes for you on the surface. uutils coreutils is designed to be a drop-in replacement for essential GNU tools, and the project treats any divergence from GNU as a bug, further pointing out that some options may still be missing or behave differently.
So if you prefer staying on the GNU version, you have the option to install the coreutils-from-gnu package that houses all the required components.
The next stage
Coreutils is one piece of a broader campaign. Earlier this year, Canonical became a Gold Sponsor of the Trifecta Tech Foundation, pitching in €40,000 a year to fund memory-safe system software.
Under this, their current target is ntpd-rs, a Rust rewrite of the tools Ubuntu uses to keep its clock in sync. While work is still ongoing, it has already arrived for testing.
Its transition to being default is targeted for Ubuntu 27.04.
What Canonical is gradually building up towards is the completion of their oxidation vision for Ubuntu, and it's not about blindly including new components. Rather, it looks like a measured approach that's being worked out a few steps at a time.
Because Canonicals real goal is to move Ubuntu entirely to corporate friendly licensing under the pretense of migrating to rust. Obviously they leave the original untouched, it’s a matter of adoption. Without the oxidization argument nobody would have gone along with Ubuntu just deciding to do a clean room implementation of gnu tools in corporate friendly licensing, by making it about oxidation they are able to manipulate a large portion of the rust community into contributing/supporting their license laundering.
It's not even Ubuntu doing the new implementation. And no, having a new project that is compatible to an existing one does not make it a license laundering. The word "license laundering" doesn't even make sense.
Uh call it whatever you want but canonical pouring money and resources into development of corporate friendly licensed clones to existing tools so they can avoid copyleft restrictions in the future is not good. I never understand when people feel the need to defend corporations obviously harmful behavior.
This is not about defending corporations. It doesn't matter who does that, I don't think writing new tools with a different license is bad. My opinion has nothing to do about who does that, if communities, or corporations. I think having tools in a different language than C, especially something like Rust, is a good thing. Anyone who writes Rust code can read, adapt and make changes to it.
And for licensing, GPL can be problematic in some cases that is not compatible with every license. Therefore having an alternative in MIT license is a good thing. Even if it ends up being in a proprietary program, its still better than not able to use the code. The old GPL code is still maintained independently.
I actually an agree an independent rust project would be really cool. If it was also GPL. I have yet to encounter any argument against GPL that doesn’t boil down to corpo boot licking.
You say “Even if it ends up being in a proprietary program, it’s better than not being able to use the code”. This is a bad faith argument. Everyone can use GPL code freely, the restriction is only that you must also publish under GPL if you publish. I’m sorry your favorite corporation can’t profit off community projects without giving back to that community… not. If GPL was a real problem BSD would have overtaken Linux ages ago. But it didn’t because GPL is good not just for the community but for the project. The only people that don’t stand to gain from GPL are corporations that want to monopolize the technology.
One example is that GPL games cannot be published in Steam, with using Steams proprietary tools and features.
And in general I am not actually against for any company to use MIT licensed products without open sourcing their own proprietary tools. It would be nice if they open sourced it, but I am against in forcing companies to do so. Now I understand the risks involved here, but its not like MIT license is the devil, just like GPL can be problematic in some cases, MIT can too.
Corporations are by their nature entities with priorities that are not aligned to the good of society. It is natural and obvious that we do everything in our power to compel them to do the best thing for society rather than the best thing for them.
Also while valve tends to be a pretty fair company they don’t need to be proprietary. Their product is selling game licenses and server space for cloud sync, none of that requires a closed source client. So while valve may be my favorite corpo they don’t get a pass from my previous statement about not being sympathetic to wanting to profit of community projects without giving back.
The exact problem you point out is in my view a feature not a bug because it means there is an economic advantage to someone doing what steam does but open source. Which is exactly the sort of incentive that helps capitalism help people.
MIT does not prevent from contributing back. Also GPL does not ensure it is contributing back. Besides thiefs and Ai companies, anyone can use GPL privately, modify the code and do whatever they want without contributing back, if not published openly.
Can you name me MIT licensed projects where it is a problem like you describe?
Xorg had several proprietary clones, and their software authors described how they chose MIT specifically to spite Richard Stallman who annoyed them, but with the benefit of hindsight they conceded that he had been right about the licenses. I saw this in a talk on YouTube somewhere.
If you are right, they started from the wrong place. I am pretty sure that in a corporate environment there are thing more important to be "corporate friendly" than the coreutils.
I don't understand why Canonical is replacing the existing GNU tools. Unlike many others, I don't think its "taking over GPL projects" or "license laundering" and I am also not against MIT license. My question is, why Canonical is doing this.
Im not sure as well. A lot of popular stuff is on MIT. But if I were to guess, its one of the most permissive licenses, which is somewhat a bad thing when companies suction up solutions with AI and spit them out without attributing the coder involved.
haha. Welp it only becomes an issue if your software doesn't get audited. I worked in medical and government so it might be a different world where your at. We literally cant use certain software given licenses and such. It can get a bit loony.
AI has tells they built in nowadays. If you use the newer models at least. But in addition...its pretty easy to just find the code in codebases if you end up in an audit.
Im not defending it, just saying that MIT is one of those that you can get away with a lot more than other licenses. And that might be an issue to some.
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I can't speak for medical field... but a more serious topic, in example videogames. 😁
I think sometimes GPL can be in the way, so it is a tradeoff. In example if you use proprietary Steam features in your game, then you cannot build the game with GPL libraries and code, because that is not compatible with proprietary code. For some that is exactly what the GPL is set to do, for others its hindering games and other software to be released on Steam with Steam features. That means, its impossible to sell GPL software on Steam, if you want to use any of those features (I think in example Achievements and online save files in example). MIT would solve this issue.
Ill be honest, I know of GPL but I know theres like 5 different versions of the GPL. Like AGPL is the most restrictive and has held up in court before because someone forked a project then stripped out everything, sold it again. And was deemed liable.
MIT could potentially solve it...or make it even more messy. Ill believe you on videogames.
If I were to guess, its probably moot in all cases unless it goes to court (or like my orgs not let you use software) and gets defended one way or another.
Do you know about the LGPL license? I think it allows you to statically link proprietary code, and the LGPL code remains open while the closed code remains closed. Modified and distributed lgpl still remain under the LGPL.
Yes, but does anyone actually use LGPL still? Anyway that is a different license and not really GPL anymore, as it does not force anything. I mean if the project is GPL licensed already, then you can't turn it into LPGL, because that is no longer compatible. So the issue for programs and games being GPL remains. If they were LGPL from the start, yes, that probably would solve it.
You could understand if you used a materialist analysis.
Canonical sells products and support to corporations. The gpl is a problem for corporations because it requires that they contribute their changes back into the commons, creating additional overhead in many ways.
Canonical is funding, prioritizing and providing support for a rewrite of a gpl project in a different language with a more permissive license.
Put two and two together. Canonical is bankrolling and pushing something that materially benefits them.
But from all the things why core-utils? I don't think it is common to need changes in core-utils. Now with this MIT version it may certainly be needed, because of broken compatibility. So it feels like instead of doing nothing (because they work as is) and using GNU core-utils they switch to MIT core-utils that are slightly incompatible and because of that need work. I would assume that it will certainly provide patches for MIT core-utils, but I am sure it will just make another platform target for scripts like macOS. Some GPL projects will change their scripts to make them work with Ubuntu.
Its not 1-1 so this is going to fry some bash scripts and install scripts. At work we had to stop using Ubuntu because of a couple of bad installs via this change. Debian is just as good so its fine.
I have no opinions on the rewrite, but I wish they made a flavor or something just for this.
Windows is now using uutils for their coreutils. I want to see if Microsoft gives back anything to the project with that permissive license. Also, aren't canonical and Microsoft partners or something? I saw the Ubuntu wsl news.
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Plastic pyrolysis is increasingly being considered as a way to recover value from waste plastics that are difficult to recycle through conventional mechanical processes. One of the main products is pyrolysis oil, which can potentially be used as an industrial fuel or further upgraded for higher-value applications. But an important question for investors and recycling companies is: What grade of fuel does plastic pyrolysis to fuel oil actually produce?
The answer depends on the feedstock, pyrolysis conditions, reactor design, and post-treatment process. In most cases, untreated plastic pyrolysis oil is considered an industrial fuel oil or intermediate fuel product, rather than a direct replacement for finished transportation fuels such as gasoline or diesel.
What Is Plastic Pyrolysis Oil?
During pyrolysis process plastic to fuel machine, waste plastics are heated in an oxygen-limited environment. Instead of burning the plastic, the process thermally decomposes long polymer chains into smaller hydrocarbon molecules.
The resulting vapors are cooled through a condensation system, producing liquid pyrolysis oil. Non-condensable gases can generally be recycled as process fuel, while solid residues and other impurities are separated from the main liquid product.
The composition of the oil is strongly influenced by the type of plastic being processed. Polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), and polystyrene (PS) can produce different hydrocarbon distributions and therefore different oil properties.
What Grade of Fuel Is Produced?
For many commercial projects, raw plastic pyrolysis oil is best described as an industrial-grade fuel oil rather than a finished road fuel.
Its properties can make it suitable for certain industrial heating applications, depending on local regulations, specifications, and the characteristics of the produced oil. Potential applications may include industrial boilers, furnaces, and other thermal equipment designed to use appropriate liquid fuels.
However, raw pyrolysis oil should not automatically be classified as standard diesel. Diesel for road transportation must meet specific fuel standards covering parameters such as sulfur content, flash point, density, viscosity, distillation characteristics, and other quality requirements.
Therefore, simply producing liquid oil from waste plastic does not mean that the product is automatically equivalent to commercial diesel.
Why Feedstock Determines Oil Quality
Feedstock selection is one of the most important factors affecting plastic pyrolysis oil quality.
PE and PP are commonly considered favorable feedstocks because they consist mainly of hydrocarbon polymers. Their pyrolysis products can contain significant quantities of hydrocarbon fractions suitable for fuel applications.
PS behaves differently because its structure favors the formation of aromatic compounds. This can influence the density, composition, and other properties of the resulting oil.
PVC presents a particular challenge because it contains chlorine. Thermal processing of PVC can generate hydrogen chloride and chlorine-containing compounds, creating corrosion and contamination concerns. For this reason, PVC content should be carefully controlled, and appropriate dechlorination and gas-treatment systems may be required.
Raw Oil vs. Upgraded Fuel
There is an important difference between raw pyrolysis oil and upgraded pyrolysis oil.
Raw oil may contain a broad range of hydrocarbons and impurities. Depending on the feedstock and process, additional treatment may be necessary before the oil can meet a specific commercial fuel specification.
Upgrading may include filtration, distillation, dechlorination, desulfurization, stabilization, or other refining steps. These processes can separate different boiling fractions and improve properties such as viscosity and volatility.
The appropriate treatment depends on the intended end use. An oil intended for industrial heating does not necessarily require the same specifications as a product intended for further refining or petrochemical applications.
Is Plastic Pyrolysis Oil the Same as Diesel?
No. This distinction is important when evaluating a plastic recycling project.
Although plastic pyrolysis oil can contain hydrocarbon fractions within ranges associated with conventional petroleum fuels, its overall composition and properties can differ significantly from commercial diesel. Meeting a diesel specification requires controlled refining and quality testing rather than simply collecting the condensed oil.
For this reason, project developers should define the target product before selecting a pyrolysis system. If the goal is industrial fuel, the process can be designed around the relevant industrial fuel requirements. If the goal is a higher-value hydrocarbon feedstock, additional upgrading and purification may be necessary.
How to Determine the Fuel Grade
Before investing in a plastic pyrolysis project, the oil should be evaluated through laboratory testing. Important parameters may include density, viscosity, flash point, distillation range, sulfur, chlorine, water, ash, and other relevant characteristics.
The test results can then be compared with the specifications required by the intended market and end-use equipment.
This approach is more reliable than assigning a fuel grade based solely on the appearance or yield of the oil.
Conclusion
Plastic pyrolysis to fuel oil generally produces an industrial-grade pyrolysis oil rather than automatically producing finished diesel or gasoline. Its quality depends heavily on feedstock composition, operating conditions, condensation efficiency, and downstream purification.
For waste plastic recycling projects, the most practical strategy is to define the desired end product first and then design the pyrolysis and upgrading system around the required specifications. With appropriate treatment and quality control, plastic pyrolysis oil can move beyond basic waste-derived fuel and potentially become a more valuable hydrocarbon resource for industrial or petrochemical applications.
The distinction between industrial fuel oil and transportation fuels is especially useful for understanding its practical applications. It also made me think about how different processes can produce very different results, much like the varied gameplay I experience in Basket Random
The metallurgical industry relies heavily on carbonaceous materials as reducing agents, carburizing materials, and process additives. Traditionally, these materials may include coke, coal, and other fossil-derived carbon sources. Biochar produced through controlled biomass pyrolysis offers another carbonaceous material for selected metallurgical applications, particularly where renewable carbon, controlled ash content, and specific physical properties are important.
How Pyrolysis Converts Biomass into Metallurgical Carbon
A biochar pyrolysis reactor thermally decomposes biomass under oxygen-limited conditions. Instead of allowing the feedstock to combust, controlled heating drives off volatile compounds and concentrates carbon in the remaining solid fraction.
Feedstock selection has a direct influence on the resulting biochar. Woody biomass, agricultural residues, nut shells, and other lignocellulosic materials can produce biochar with different fixed-carbon content, ash composition, porosity, and volatile-matter levels. These characteristics determine whether the material is suitable for a particular metallurgical process.
Process temperature is equally significant. Higher pyrolysis temperatures generally increase carbonization and reduce volatile matter, while also changing pore structure and mechanical characteristics. Consequently, biochar production should be designed around the specifications required by the downstream metallurgical application.
Biochar as a Renewable Reducing Agent
Many metallurgical processes require carbon to remove oxygen from metal oxides. Carbon reacts with oxygen-bearing compounds and contributes to the formation of reducing gases such as carbon monoxide.
Biochar can potentially serve as a renewable carbon source in selected reduction processes. Its relatively high reactivity can be advantageous because its porous structure provides substantial surface area for gas-solid reactions. However, its suitability depends on fixed-carbon content, ash chemistry, volatile matter, particle size, strength, and reaction conditions.
A metallurgical application therefore requires characterization rather than assuming that all biochar performs identically to conventional coke.
Carbon Additives for Process Control
Carbon additives are also used to adjust carbon concentration during metallurgical processing. Depending on the process, a carbonaceous additive may influence melt chemistry, reduction behavior, slag interactions, or final material composition.
Biochar can be processed into a specified particle size or further densified when the application requires improved handling characteristics. Pelletization or briquetting can increase bulk density and reduce the variability associated with loose biomass-derived carbon.
The final formulation should account for ash and mineral constituents. Alkali metals, silica, calcium, and other inorganic components naturally present in biomass can influence slag chemistry and furnace operation.
Reactor Design Influences Biochar Quality
The thermal uniformity of a biochar pyrolysis reactor is critical for producing consistent carbon properties. Uneven heating can result in different degrees of carbonization within the same production batch, creating variability in volatile matter and fixed-carbon content.
Industrial systems therefore require controlled feeding, temperature monitoring, residence-time management, and effective discharge cooling. Cooling is particularly important because freshly produced biochar can remain hot and may oxidize when suddenly exposed to air.
A well-integrated system can also utilize the combustible gas generated during pyrolysis as a process-energy source. This improves thermal integration and can reduce dependence on external fuel.
Matching Biochar Properties with Metallurgical Requirements
The appropriate biochar specification depends on the metallurgical process. Important parameters may include:
Fixed carbon: Determines the available carbon fraction.
Volatile matter: Influences reactivity and gas evolution.
Ash content: Affects slag chemistry and furnace balance.
Particle size: Determines feeding behavior and reaction kinetics.
Bulk density: Influences storage, transportation, and furnace charging.
Mechanical strength: Particularly important for applications involving material handling or packed beds.
Chemical composition: Helps identify potentially undesirable mineral constituents.
Laboratory testing and pilot-scale trials are therefore useful before large-scale substitution.
From Biomass Resource to Industrial Carbon Material
Biochar production can create a pathway for converting renewable biomass residues into engineered carbonaceous materials for industrial use. The opportunity is not simply to replace one carbon material with another, but to develop a feedstock-specific product with controlled chemical and physical properties.
For metallurgical applications, a biochar pyrolysis reactor provides the core conversion stage, while feedstock preparation, thermal control, gas utilization, cooling, sizing, and quality verification determine the consistency of the final material. When these parameters are aligned with furnace requirements, biomass-derived carbon can become a technically relevant reducing agent or carbon additive for selected metallurgical processes.
I've been using Asahi Linux (via the flagship Fedora Asahi Remix) for a few weeks now. It's been my everyday laptop and I'm really impressed with how it's held up. Battery life is amazing, and the ARM Linux experience is fine for everyday use.
This video walks through how I installed Fedora Asahi Remix in December 2025, the process might change in the future and if it does, I might revisit it here or in a blog- watch for pinned comments I guess!
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so like ram, storage and like cpu in intel terms (basically the only one i could find and understand)
i will be using plasma bigscreen, running my jellyfin server, maybe play some steam games (decently light ones), maybe run a minecraft server, watch youtube, stream like netflix etc.
The requirements for a Minecraft server are pretty minimal if it's not modded and just for a couple players. If you're running a couple hundred mods, it will need a fast CPU and lots of RAM.
The system requirements are wildly different for the different things you’re asking. That means your computer can’t make compromises to be cheap.
Jellyfin and the piracy stack will want a potato with middling amounts of ram and a cheap discrete gpu from six years ago. And whatever storage you plan on using.
Minecraft will want ram and fast cpu.
Streaming will want a recent cpu with all the bells and whistles and a remote.
Playing games needs a okay gpu.
When you combine all that you need an okay gpu, a recent fast processor, a good amount of ram and the rest of the stuff to make it a computer. Plus your time. That’s approaching $800 now.
If you split it up you can do jellyfin, the arrs and Minecraft server on a ten year old gaming pc of yore that someone thinks they screwed you on when you pay them $100 for at a yard sale and hook your tv to a dedicated streaming set top box that can talk to your jellyfin for $100.
i already have a jellyfin server on my familys old ass laptop, but its kinda meh so i thought hosting it on this streaming box would be a good idea AND im always connected to the server (in my room where the box is of course). The minecraft server thingo isn't really needed and the same applies to the steam games
any recent-ish intel machine should do, i'd suggest around kaby lake or newer for the igpu's hw decoding capabilities. beware that netflix streaming may not work so well with linux and stuff because of shitty drm.
I've been streaming Netflix on Chrome on Ubuntu without trouble for years and years - maybe 10-12 years ago there was a bump in that road, but it has been smooth since.
that's great! i've personally never done it, but have heard people struggling with widevine binary blob from chromeos(?) and being stuck in low resolution, etc
Caveat - I've never subscribed to "super Netflix" with HD and all that - we display on 4K monitors, but the Netflix feed is their basic resolution - I don't know if there's any problems going up-market.
As of late, I install generic Chrome (yes, I believe free Chromium did - maybe still does - have issues), on generic Ubuntu or Debian + XFCE.
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Yeah, I used to enjoy it too. No more. And these apps are often not very good and are accompanied with obnoxiously frequent releases, sometimes multiple per day.
I wish fdroid had a "vibe coded" antifeature that we could filter out.
i actually find it pretty damn uncomfortable that there isn't even a single antifeature for AI-developed apps, there's no reason not to add it so the lack feels intentional.
I really really hope it's not going to turn out that the f-droid project is filled with clankers
okay just to start things of; I AM NOT AN ADVANCED USER, I WOULD SAY BOTTOM OF INTERMMEDIATE AT BEST!!!!
im planning on ditching my chromecast for a little mini pc with plasma bigscreen, so i'm just wondering what distro would be good for that. I'll also be hosting my jellyfin server, and maybe game too but idrk
I literally just finished doing this over the weekend. I went with fedora since I find it more stable and easier to use than the other distros plasma bigscreen works on. There have been a few bugs when using a controller but other than that it works great! I highly recommend it.
It's not a bad set up at all. There are some additional codecs you will want to get if you have an Nvidia GPU, but there are plenty of guides on that.
Bazzite is an atomic distro with a focus on gaming and based on fedora silverblue. I'm currently running it on my main gaming rig and it's very nice. It is more complete out of the box than fedora but installing something like bigscreen will probably be more difficult. Although, I bet it's possible. I haven't tried to figure it out though.
Unless you are just trying to use up hardware you already have laying around, do not do this. The experience is extremely suboptimal and much more expensive than just buying a better streaming box.
If you have not spent money yet there is still time to avoid this mistake.
Oh I agree, chromecasts and any android streaming box are a hard no. It’s just really important to recognize that replacing one with a mini pc is going to be much more expensive than just using a better streaming box.
So what IS a better streaming box if Chromecast and Android are out? IIRC Roku is enshittifying and Apple TV is great, but it's even more proprietary and locked down than an Android box. Shield is also Android I think?
I'll agree that it's a good device, but this being the Linux community, I suspect most people would prefer something running open source software.
Also apparently these days it's like 250€, 320€ with ethernet and extra storage. No longer feels like a good deal to me, I had one when it was ~170€ with ethernet.
The second gen ones are still incredibly cheap for what you get and will most likely have a long support window (they’re still pushing updates for the old hd models from nine years ago).
As far as being open source, I have done diy linux streaming or time shifting boxes for twenty years before switching to the appletv and the fact that it can connect up to a smb, ntfs or jellyfin is enough for me.
Just trying to save our illustrious op some money, time and heartache.
It's usually a worse streaming box.... WAY worse. Lol
I should know since I tried it twice. First w mythbuntu circa 2004 and again w Kodi over a decade later and they both sucked compared to the $20 Chromecast I got for Xmas. Lmao
Since Plasma bigscreen is part of KDE, you probably want to start with a KDE desktop environment. So just get Fedora Kinoite (performs "atomic updates" which are a little faster and more reliable) or Fedora KDE Plasma Desktop (traditional packages which maybe have a higher chance to break, a little more annoying to update I think).
To install plasma-bigscreen on Kinoite, you run rpm-ostree install plasma-bigscreen and then reboot the computer.
Check LibreElec, if it ticks all your boxes, it's probably the best (simplest) choice.
You can go much more general purpose, but if you don't need general purpose then all that general purpose capability amounts to (intentional or accidental) attack surface you don't need.
Update: thank you ALL for all your input! 💐 After some back and forth with @thorry@feddit.org , I decided to simply swap between the two capture cards whenever I need to, in order to make room for my old 3080 and call it a day. This way, I won’t have to spend any more money on this project and I retain the processing power of the 3080 when I start encoding my raw captures.
Here I thought I had been insanely smart to buy a GPU from 2010 for $10 since the CPU is going to do all the encoding anyway. And because my previous card, a honking 3080, wouldn't have allowed for the other two capture cards to be installed, taking up all the real estate.
I have been trying to setup an Artix system on my own for two hours now, but GRUB won't install in CSM mode... I've tried UEFI on GPT, BIOS on MBR, BIOS on GPT... 😅 Boot partition with and without file system... 💀
I'll just buy a more modern yet slim card, I guess? Unless I wake up tomorrow and give researching the issue a chance.
Night👋🔌
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Yeah get a simple but recent AMD card, older cards, especially nVidia are a nightmare. I had an old 980 TI which was a really good card still, but I couldn't use it anymore because everything kept breaking. So I got me a recent AMD card and it has been running perfectly.
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Yeah I have a RX 7600. It wasn't brand new, but lightly used, bought it off a friend who upgraded. Paid around $200 for it, so I think a pretty good deal with current pricing.
I think the one I have is 41mm, so that would be a tight fit. Can't you rearrange the cards a bit to make some room? With only 40mm that would be hard to fit in any modern card.
The MOBO's expansion card sockets are placed in such a way, that I'd have to get an ATX chassi to be absolutely sure. 🫠 Anyway, I'm trying out an ASUS GeForce GT 1030 silent tomorrow to start with.
So I ended up ordering a ASUS GeForce GT 1030 silent anyway, because I couldn't find any AMD GPUs that are less than or equal to 40 mm thick. I'm picking it up tomorrow and I'll test it immediately. If it doesn't work, I'll return it.
Oof, that's a terrible card. The GP108 chip is a rebatched mobile card Geforce MX 150, it's a pretty ancient chip at this point. There are no drivers for it, so you'll need to use older drivers or limited open source drivers. Unless you got it very very cheap that's not going to work very well for you. It's newer than a GT 220, but not by much.
The A series is pretty limited, I would go for a B series if you can find it. But keep in mind drivers for Intel on Windows are terrible and on Linux even worse. So that would not be a good time.
There's plenty of cards that would fit in 40mm, but your airflow would be pretty bad. Do you have a pic of the inside of your system? There has to be a way to make something more fit.
But most 6600, 7600 and 9060 cards should be able to fit in 40mm. And with AMD the drivers on Linux are very good.
Thanks for all the advice! I really appreciate it!
I just removed the GPU, which sat in the PCIe 4.0 slot - which I guess really doesn't matter, since capturing shouldn't rely on the GPU, right? (Perhaps when I encode with ffmpeg though... Even then, I don't mind letting it encode through the night.) The top and bottom cards are the capture cards.
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That's tight fit. If you really need the two capture cards then that's the room you've got to work with. If you can bring it down to just one card at the top that would be a lot better. I personally use a capture card that's connected using USB3, which works very well and doesn't require room inside the computer (even though I would have room).
Most videocards have two or three fans on the bottom these days, with such a tight fit one of the fans can easily collide with the capture card. And even when it doesn't it will have a hard time sucking in air from there. You can try and find a blower type card, but that would be a bit harder to find.
And you wouldn't happen to have a GPU inside the CPU? Because the iGPUs from AMD are very solid if you don't need much in terms of performance (easily faster than the 1030 you mentioned). Otherwise two capture cards and a GPU is a big ask in such a small case.
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Thanks! You just gave me two ideas: 1. I already have all the hardware I need: if I do as you say, and only work with one capture card at a time - namely, FireWire or VGA - I can simply swap them whenever I need to. Cards as small as these won't be to much of a hassle to swap, especially since the side of the case/chassi simply pops off/comes off with a click. I would then be able to use my 3080 and call it a day. And have huge processing power. 2. I could just buy an ATX chassi and put the 3080 at the bottom, thus fitting all the cards. 3. Bonus: I too have an HDMI to USB capture card, but that's for digital only. The whole reason that I bought the card at the top is because it takes digital and analog. Which sounded cool.
I think I'll try #1 before investing any more money at the moment. Again, thank you so much for taking your time! 🥰
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Ignore the other guy on this, I have an A770 in my gaming ring and a B60 in my server. The drivers are amazing on Linux, and much better than NVIDIA.
If all you need is encoding, then VAAPI just works. There are some other caveats with the Alchemist series, which is mostly it was made during the transition to xe, which means you either pick better encoding with i915 (default) or better gaming performance with xe. For your use case I'd leave it with the default i915, though there are encoding patches for xe if you must use the newer driver. Both drivers are mainlined and officially supported by Intel.
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I was going to say, Intel GPUs work great on Linux these days. For more modern Intel cards (if not all Intel GPUs), it's also part of the kernel, just like AMD cards. The savings in electricity is probably worth using a lower power card of you don't need it for gaming.
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That card probably also has an insanely old firmware too, but you ought to be able to set a 550 motherboard to bios mode instead of uefi and get past it.
Oh lol. I forgot that amd CPUs can be put in that situation too.
I usually use Debian and have had to use legacy (bios) booting with csm loaded on those boards before. so if you can tolerate an old man distribution, try legacy booting the Debian text mode net installer.
Update: thank you ALL for all your input! 💐 After some back and forth with @thorry@feddit.org , I decided to simply swap between the two capture cards whenever I need to, in order to make room for my old 3080 and call it a day. This way, I won’t have to spend any more money on this project and I retain the processing power of the 3080 when I start encoding my raw captures.
what exact issue are you having? i believe you can use GOPUpdate to integrate GOP(UEFI) support onto the GPU. though tbh it's probably easier to install grub in legacy mode. or use clover(hackintosh bootloader) to chainload uefi grub.
I am just about to set up my new Linux machine, which will be used to convert analog video and audio to digital video and audio. Is there any reason why I shouldn't run the system off of a live USB stick (say, a good quality one from Sandisk), that is, without installing Linux on the hard drive and not setting up a boot partition, a system partition, and all that?
Yes, I did that for a while some years ago. It was fine. Good enough for using it in a training. And I lost interest in that setup early enough that the stick survives to this day.
I also thought about running from RAM but I guess the transcription might be needing the RAM too. So that route probably depends on how much RAM there is available
The gain is portability. I do this between repairing family machines. You can take your OS and near m.2 mobo speeds and get to work. Live USBs are needed sometimes but having what's yours when you need it exactly where you need it is what matters in times of getting shit done.
That's what I do. I upgraded the SSD in my Steam Deck to a 1tb (before the prices went nuts, thankfully) and then ended up with a spare 256gb drive. I put it in an enclosure and installed NixOS on it as a sort of second system. It doesn't really do anything super important, it's more a learning project to get comfortable with NixOS without interfering with my daily driver. I could have just as easily done it in a VM but what can I say, I'm a tinkerer lol
I guess an SD card might be better. RasPis work from those for years just fine. Just don't kill the power, power down nicely. SD cards are fragile on that
If you have the ram for it, you could set it so that on boot it copies everything to ram and then you basically get the best performance at the cost of a few gigs of ram. Though it probably isn't gonna be that much better than just an ssd.
The person who said it’ll be too slow and you’ll ruin your usb is right but also:
Your system supports a nvme and sata. Dumping raw to nvme then working with it there so it doesn’t take so long to page into ram will be significantly faster.
I'm still looking for a place to put the spinning drive though 😅 this micro-ATX chassi, while really practical in many other aspects, doesn't leave much room for HDDs. 🫠 I could just leave one "standing" on the bottom of the chassi if I don't have to secure it with screws 🤣
So work on dumping and encoding your raws on the internal nvme SSD and then save the finished stuff and project folders you’re not using on the magnetic drives.
That’ll give you the fastest paging. That’s a ddr4 board right? The old wisdom used to be that you’d get faster performance with only two sticks of ram but that’s from back when two 32gb sticks was the same price as four 16gb sticks. Don’t shy away from using all four slots.
You also have the option of network booting. Generally the PC gets an initial boot image over the network, then mounts an ISCSI disk for the OS to fully boot from.
This causes disk access to be a bit slow, but is useful for a Pi when you're tried of the SD card dying and don't have a M2 hat.
You can configure a lighter-weight setup (lxde, xfce, maybe mate, mint) so that it writes only if you do some writing. And also mount options to cache for a minute or so, for the smaller writes. But you better have some RAM then, for Firefox in memory/tmpfs. And compiling larger software will destroy your stick.
Also keep in mind, that thumbdrives are relatively cheap is, because it's flash memory is one step in quality before defetctive. Also no wear leveling.
That's a totally valid use case, I have done it in the past and there are Linux distributions that are made to be used this way. Those distributions usually work by loading the whole system into ram which avoid multiples writes to the USB stick. They also usually offer some persistence mechanism so that data can be added on the USB stick.
Examples of distribution meant to be used this way: MX Linux, Puppy Linux
The thing is USB sticks are much more unstable than an nvme or something, so you're more likely to lose your data. They can also be stolen way easier than an nvme or hard drive, but if you encrypt it w/ a strong password that shouldn't be an issue.
The concept here is that the USB carries the immutable OS image, you make as many copies of it as you need because it's a fixed image, boots the same every time, "your data" gets stored elsewhere.
Just mount /home and /var to an SSD, tempFS(If you dont care about your data), or network drive and this is a perfect purpose for USB booting.
Saves your hard drives from all the bootloader stuff, and should be faster than a spinning disk if the drive is 3.0.
Id even mount the USB as read only to ensure it isnt damaged, and use any ISO generator to manage updates from another device (Like create a new flash, shutdown this PC, plug in the new flash - bam update complete)
/home and /var are the main targets for persistent storage. Unfortunately, a LOT of applications color outside those lines, so you're into a bit of case-by-case for what else needs to go into persistent storage, depending on what you run and how you configure it.
Just a little update: effed by the archaic Geforce GT 220 somehow 😅
Update: thank you ALL for all your input! 💐 After some back and forth with @[url=https://feddit.org/u/Thorry]Thorry[/url] , I decided to simply swap between the two capture cards whenever I need to, in order to make room for my old 3080 and call it a day. This way, I won’t have to spend any more money on this project and I retain the processing power of the 3080 when I start encoding my raw captures.
Here I thought I had been insanely smart to buy a GPU from 2010 for $10 since the CPU is going to do all the encoding anyway. And because my previous card, a honking 3080, wouldn't have allowed for the other two capture cards to be installed, taking up all the real estate.
I have been trying to setup an Artix system on my own for two hours now, but GRUB won't install in CSM mode... I've tried UEFI on GPT, BIOS on MBR, BIOS on GPT... 😅 Boot partition with and without file system... 💀
I'll just buy a more modern yet slim card, I guess? Unless I wake up tomorrow and give researching the issue a chance.
I did that in 2011, and I regrtetted ittt sooo bad. The machines wereeee designed for long uptimes, and between broken flash and lost USB it was just a huge pain.
For 2 years I operate some server now with some nvme connected via usb3 and it works pretty well. But even there one USB/nvme bridge died on me. I'd conclude, that this kind of hardware is not made for this kind of job.
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[...] the Void Linux project does have a contributing policy over AI usage that reads:
"In this section, "AI" refers to generative artificial intelligence tools, including Large Language Models and similar technologies.
All contributions are expected to be made by humans. AI tools may be used for research and learning, but all content in contributions must originate from and be understood by the contributor. This includes code, documentation, issues, security reports, pull request descriptions, and comments in all Void Linux community spaces.
ALL usage of AI tools MUST be disclosed.
Do not bring AI review tools into pull requests.
Usage of AI-powered human-language translation tools is acceptable to facilitate contributions across language barriers."
i would rewrite the title as "Slopper tried to be a maintainer on void linux: abducted and orphaned 100 packages they maintained after being discovered and forced to comply"
This entry was edited (Monday, September 14, 2026, 3:32 PM)
i would rewrite the title as “Slopper tried to be a maintainer on void linux: abducted and orphaned 100 packages they maintained after being discovered and forced to comply”
To say that, you would need proof that this was in bad faith, wouldn't you? I wrote this comment about polarization for a reason.
This entry was edited (Monday, September 14, 2026, 4:14 PM)
i need proof of the already proben impact of AI and AI datacenters over territories in the country i live in?
No, proof about the maintainers intentions. Because you make a statement about them.
(And besides, making statements about other people's intentions is already stirring conflict, because normally only a person theirself knows what is happening in their mind and their heart, so stating what is happening inside somebody else is already a kind of transgression, a violation of boundaries. Which stirs empty conflict, whether you want that or not.)
I totally agree that there are very strong reasons to avoid LLM use ("AI"). Also fed up with the ham-fisted manners it is shoved in every place by companies, like github copilot. Also, all the BS in advertising it, with dishonest arguments. Also, its glaring links to authoritarianism. And I am extremely worried about the implications of "AI" as well.
And: Some people which take over this corporate ham-fistedness into personal behaviour might need to be informed about boundaries. This is good. We need to define and keep boundaries on that (such as the above policy of the Void Linux project).
But: you do not win this discussion by name-calling. Are you aware that the Linux community is also a target of trolling? Have you perhaps heard that polarizing topics (for example right now, gas prices, or migration) are absolutely used in a kind of information warfare to break communities and civil society? This topic is one of them.
This entry was edited (Monday, September 14, 2026, 4:25 PM)
do we have to be burdened by western existential narratives vis a vis Orwellianism that don't scale? seemingly, yes! society seemingly doesn't scale gracefully ... though China looks better-adapted to present reality
The meme is more general than personal - I wouldn't count myself as an anarchist! I'm more of a democratic socialist.
But I, personally, would define anarchism as an extremely decentralized and de-institutionalized form of governance reliant on direct democracy and ad-hoc solutions for most major decision-making.
Trail camera footage of my new neighbor(s) taken in September 2026. With the help of Finnish Mastodon I named them Inari and Aarni (Virtanen). 😀
I post more everyday stuff of the wildgarden and the family Virtanen on my Mastodon account @magdalenahai@mstdn.social (but it's mostly in Finnish, sorry!)
CAUTION: the trail cam footage has some flicker I couldn't quite get rid of in the editing, so if you're prone to migraine etc., please tread carefully!
Naked self-interest disclaimer: I want the best config for the --output option, one that sorts downloads into folders, respects playlist order etc., and never ever displays the string NA, no matter which extractor is used (I mostly use youtube and bandcamp).
Unlocking the bootloader. Because it's Xiaomi. I have screenshots from the whole process, but that's more of a thing for "mildly infuriating" community. Fun fact: Xiaomi doesn't even allow installing APKs via ADB without Mi account...
Why is it running plasma-desktop?
It's the first UI I tried. I've used it with a touchscreen before, and it worked well. I've also tried installing both plasma-mobile and plasma-desktop, but the configurations seem to clash. Also, when I use Android I always increase DP in developer settings to >600 which switches some UI elements to tablet mode. I prefer more things on the screen.
plasma-mobile vs plasma-desktop
Apples and oranges, yes, but I'll compare them. I am allergic to apples, but not oranges. Wait, that's not what I was talking about...
Nice things in plasma-desktop
Sleep works (dmesg reports s2idle).
More powerful UI (proper desktop).
Nice things in plasma-mobile
Extra buttons in Konsole (tab, arrows, ctrl).
Screen can be locked and turned off.
Existing buttons on phone are automatically mapped to navigation in Plasma.
Bad things about plasma-desktop
Even if I set power button to "Turn of screen", it immediately turns back on.
Awful CLI experience without needed buttons.
Pressing back and home buttons causes awful noise on headphone output.
Bad things about plasma-mobile
Sleep isn't available as power option. systemctl suspend seems to properly put it into sleep based on kernel logs, but pressing button first time won't do anything, while causing a reboot when pressed the second time.
While phone's buttons are mapped, I didn't find a setting to hide on-screen buttons, so you just get each button twice.
Running without modifying anything (aside from bootloader unlocking)
I didn't yet want to modify anything on the device, so I just flashed PostmarketOS to SD card. The device is then booted through a computer using fastboot boot with lk2nd bootloader image.
:::
If I collected info correctly, BootROM loads whatever SBL is, which then loads whatever ABOOT is (which probably includes fastboot), which then decides what to load next (recovery, boot).
But how?
Does it look at the partition table for the names/UUID, or does it look for disk offsets? (There are suspicious holes between partitions.)
If the former, I could re-partition it.
If the latter, I'd be fucked.
Anyway, when it comes to backups, I first erased cache and userdata (``fastboot erase``), booted TWRP, and cat the internal storage over ADB shell, storing it as a sparse file. It takes up just 3.3GiB.
I also checksummed the storage and image file for verification.
I also tried to extract the stock recovery into Android boot image without extra data after it.
I don't know how to determine the real size, so I used ``unpack_bootimg`` and ``mkbootimg`` to get the original image, rather than whole partition.
The checksum of re-created boot image was different to original truncated partition image, but upon closer inspection with ``xxd`` and ``diff``, this was just a difference in header:
```<>
00000010: 68c2 4f00 0000 0081 0000 0000 0000 f080 h.O....... | 00000010: 68c2 4f00 0000 0081 0000 0000 0000 0000 h.O.......
But I found it might indeed be a good idea to just keep a full image backup. After a bunch of NULLs, there's more data. file doesn't recognize it, but running strings on it reveals readable text: <> California1 San Narciso1 Yoyodyne, Inc.1 Yoyodyne Mobility1 Yoyodyne1#0! yoyodyne@example.com0 Indeed, it seems this is a certificate: source.android.com/docs/core/o…
Anyway, I am once again getting reminded it might be good to learn assembly (ARM in this case). The content of sbl1 and aboot seems to be an ELF, so I might be able to pop it into Ghdira, and try to figure out what it's doing. Maybe. I don't know, I have the most stupid of ideas usually.
How's the UX of actually using it? I used to have one in the day and it wasn't terribly powerful at the time, so I'm curious how it feels with Linux now
It seems supertuxkart can reliably freeze Plasma. After entering a game, the screen briefly freezes, then Plasma displays "Desktop effects were restarted due to a graphics reset" accompanied by following logs: <> [ 2346.824555] msm_dpu 1a01000.display-controller: [drm:hangcheck_handler [msm]] *ERROR* 5.0.6.0: hangcheck detected gpu lockup rb 2! [ 2346.825327] msm_dpu 1a01000.display-controller: [drm:hangcheck_handler [msm]] *ERROR* 5.0.6.0: completed fence: 59486 [ 2346.825920] msm_dpu 1a01000.display-controller: [drm:hangcheck_handler [msm]] *ERROR* 5.0.6.0: submitted fence: 59494 [ 2346.826698] msm_dpu 1a01000.display-controller: [drm:recover_worker [msm]] *ERROR* 5.0.6.0: hangcheck recover! [ 2346.827442] msm_dpu 1a01000.display-controller: [drm:recover_worker [msm]] *ERROR* 5.0.6.0: offending task: supertuxkart (/usr/bin/supertuxkart) The game will run, but Plasma remains frozen. The only fix is to SSH into the phone and restart plasmashell using systemctl restart --user plasma-plasmashell.
Web browsing mostly works, though in this case, the phone only handles YouTube playback up to 480p.
Oh, one more interesting observation: Cloudflare CAPTCHA causes Firefox to freeze with 100% CPU usage (single-core). So entering websites like lemmy.world is not possible.
This entry was edited (Monday, September 14, 2026, 11:54 AM)
Interesting, the Cloudflare CAPTCHA works for me, but I'm on the Fairphone 5. I haven't tried supertuxcart but minecraft (java) works pretty well. Youtube works for me too, but that might be because of missing hardware acceleration drivers on your phone.
This entry was edited (Monday, September 14, 2026, 10:29 AM)
Would you mind to post your screenshots from the bootloader unlocking process? I have a xiaomi device from the approximate same age (redmi 4X) that I fucked up trying to unlock the bootloader and got it stuck with a mi account that I don't have any access anymore. Do you know if there are any ways to deal with the bootloader in that case?
Very interesting. I wouldn't touch a Xiaomi product these days because of their ridiculous bootloader issues. (Would be interested in more info about how you dealt with the bootloader though.)
OP's phone runs MiUI, so it would be easy to unlock. You register a Mi account with an active SIM and either wait 3-7 days as asked, or use one of those scripts that intercepts the unlock request and gives you the key.
Newer Xiaomi devices run HyperOS, which is much harder to unlock and there are no exploits as far as I know.
[...] What I forgot to mention is that metux created huge numbers of commits using AI without checking them, but I never published that until here.
When these 3 persons learned about my Xorg advices in our forum they kicked me out of the xlibre team and startd to make my - personal - life hell. Source: forum.artixlinux.org/index.php…
It could be that I'm late, but if there are any other Artix users out there who wonder why a pacman -Syu asks whether you want to replace xlibre, here's the reason.
Show thread: https://gamerplus.org/@screwlisp/117262226684409567 John Hardy's Mastodon post linking his TEC1 talk at that Sydney museum referenced in the show in 2023: https://jorts.horse/@jhlagado...
Really interesting, but it shows you that it’s not gonna be tomorrow that my Philips smart TV is gonna become a Linux TV.
I already bricked it one when switching the base launcher and removing too many apps. After struggling to set it up perfectly to watch movies on LibreELEC in perfect conditions, I ain’t tinkering with it as long as it remains my only TV.
Maybe one day we’ll get Linux friendly smart TV and cars..
The term you might want to search for is digital signage but there's not really a ton of those with OLED because it doesn't make sense for those usually
Here I was hoping they had rooted it and installed their own Linux in it, and instead they just installed a Terminal and some tools on the Android OS that the things runs.
This is as much Linux as installing Cygwin in Windows is Linux.
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What would you do if you bought some capable hardware that you really like, but there’s no Linux distribution that runs well on it?
When Jason Perlow found himself in that predicament, he broke out some tools and built his own Linux distribution to fully support it. He’s calling the distro NCZ-OS, and it currently supports arm64 machines, with a specific focus on the CIX Sky1 platform, targeting Radxa Orion O6/O6N and Minisforum MS-R1 devices. Support for OrangePi systems is currently under validation.
He’s not stopping there. He’s now working on getting it to work on some older hardware that’s been stranded by Microsoft and Apple.
If Perlow’s name seems familiar, there’s a reason for that. For years his byline graced articles on sites such as CNN, Linux Magazine, ZDNet, and others. He’s also spent stints as an employee at the Linux Foundation, Microsoft, and IBM. Some of you might also know him for his foodie videos.
“I think the story here is interesting because I have heavily used AI pair-programming tools (Codex, Claude, OpenCode/Goose/Pi) to put this distro together, along with Yocto as the build system,” he told me in a conversation that took place via email. “This would have been basically impossible for a single person to do five years ago.”
Making Linux Safe for Arm CIX Sky1
In some ways the project harkens back to the 1990s, when coders were working to build GNU/Linux distributions that would work on whatever hardware they had laying around and needed to get it to work on.
“I bought a Sky1-based system,” Perlow said. “It was an attractive piece of hardware for $600 — 64GB RAM, 12 cores, GPU, and NPU. When it arrived, a lot of stuff wasn’t working out of the box. I decided to keep it and not return it, and see if I could get it to do as advertised. I now own two (Minisforum, Radxa) with a third on the way (OrangePi).”
NCZ-OS originally used an Ubuntu base, but now starts with the arm64 port of Debian testing (forky). It uses a customized Debian installer with a bit of built-in failsafe: the base system is installed directly from the image, doing away with issues, like maybe an iffy network connection or unreachable mirror.
“The goal is specific: make the SoC’s accelerators work under a current kernel and a fully Wayland desktop,” he said. “On new Arm silicon the accelerators are usually the last thing to work and often the thing that never does, with the GPU falling back to software and the NPU and video engine present only as device nodes nothing can drive. Closing that gap is the point of the project.”
There have been numerous workarounds necessary to get the OS working to his liking. That’s not surprising. According to Perlow, the CIX Sky1 is not only new technology, it was apparently initially designed for China’s domestic smartphone market, so architecturally it has more in common with a phone-class system-on-chip than a conventional PC. Although it’s supported by some other distros, the support is incomplete.
“NCZ-OS is not the only option and I would not want to suggest otherwise,” he said. “Armbian maintains a CIX board family, Radxa publish Debian and Fedora images for the Orion O6, Ubuntu has a concept image, and CIX publishes an SDK and is upstreaming core SoC support, which matters more in the long run than any downstream image. A community project, Sky1-Linux, assembled kernel and GPU packaging and drew genuine interest, though its repositories have had no activity since March 2026.
“What differs here is the scope of what is made to work on one image, and the practice of measuring each claim on hardware before making it,” he added.
Perlow isn’t stopping with NCZ-OS as a specialized Arm distro. He’s working on a specialized x86 version too.
“The x86 target is deliberate rather than opportunistic, and it is the one I care most about,” he said.
He’s attacking x86 on two fronts, starting with enabling full desktop support for older Macs that were built before Apple said goodbye to Intel and x86 in 2020.
“I have been a committed Mac user since leaving Microsoft in 2017, and none of the Linux desktops I’ve used since then has given me a compelling reason to switch,” he said. “I own an Intel Mac from 2020 which is largely abandonware, with the exception of the T2 kernel being developed [a Linux kernel with patches or drivers for T2-equipped Macs], but there is no distribution that really is tuned for it. They all kind of stop at the kernel and are the same Ubuntu or Arch or whatever distro experience everyone else gets.”
“That’s not a bad thing necessarily,” he added, “but I think you need a compelling reason for end users with older systems to switch to Linux more than ‘my abandoned hardware now works.’ That doesn’t pull millions of systems necessarily out of the e-waste pile.”
Mac branded x86 machines that were manufactured in the years leading up to Apple’s change to its own chip design are still capable today, Perlow pointed out, but they need a specific kernel patch series to make the keyboard, trackpad, audio, and networking work.
“That series exists and is maintained by the t2linux community,” Perlow said. “Carrying such a series on a current base is the same task this project already performs for Sky1, which is why it is a realistic target rather than a wish.” A Wintel 10 Lifejacket Too…
There’s more in Perlow’s sights than specialized Arm and old Apples.
“I also have several Windows 10 laptops that are perfectly good but also abandonware — right now they are servers, I don’t like the Linux desktops that exist today. I want to develop a fully modernized distribution that is open source but also delivers an end user experience that doesn’t compromise and ‘just works.'”
“The Steve Jobs approach,” he added. “That’s a very lofty thing for one person to try to do. I’m no Google — but I’m arrogant and motivated…”
He’s talking, of course, about Windows 10 machines with modern specs that couldn’t make Microsoft’s cut for the upgrade path to Windows 11. Official support for Windows 10 from Redmond ended last October, although in some cases extended support remains available through October 2027.
NCZ-OS’s desktop environment is Singularity, which is not a Windows clone by any stretch, but offers a conventional layout that won’t confuse Windows (or Mac) users. It’s from Italy-based Mirko Brombin, whose tech resume checks multiple boxes, including UI/UX designer, open-source developer, and Linux project founder. He’s probably best known as the creator of the popular Wine front end, Bottles, and the Debian-based Linux distribution Vanilla OS.
For the x86 version, Perlow said he intends to use the same Debian Forky base, installer, and Singularity Wayland desktop, paired with a Yocto-built Linux 7.2 kernel.
“The initial targets include T2-equipped Intel Macs from 2017-2023 and capable Windows 10 systems that cannot officially move to Windows 11,” he said. “The goal is the same on both Arm and x86: support as much hardware acceleration as possible and deliver a modern, cohesive experience rather than merely making abandoned hardware boot Linux. I expect the x86 work to be easier, although hardware has a habit of punishing statements like that.”
Release information and downloads are available on GitHub.
Two new apps are coming to Linux Mint later this year: a new calendar and eBook reader.
Plus, the Ubuntu-based Linux distribution has redesigned its (overlooked) document hub, Library, to make it easier to find and manage documents scattered across you device from one place.
Both new apps join the XApp Project, Linux Mint’s collection of home-grown, cross-desktop GTK apps (which now has a new website wearing the popular Claude design aesthetic).
Clockenstien is Mint’s new Calendar app
Clockenstein is Linux Mint’s new calendar app but, lest anyone scream in horror at the terrible name, the user-facing label is just Calendar. It replaces GNOME Calendar in Linux Mint’s default software lineup (about time – it was an older, pre GTK4/libadwaita build).
Now a calendar is a calendar. It needs to let you see and browse dates, add events, create calendars for different tasks – things that Linux Mint’s clockenstein can do from the off.
But integration with online services is important since most of us move between devices during the day. So calendars can be entirely offline and kept local, or sync to/from online providers like Google Calendar or through CalDAV via cloud services like Nextcloud.
Clem says the goal was make sure it was always obvious when remote calendars aren’t working and in-sync, so users can tell if something is up. Failing silently isn’t helpful if there’s an important event you assume you’ll get a reminder about, but never do.
“Down in the laboratory, there’s a little more going on”, says Lefebvre.
A background daemon is used to keep remote calendars in sync and check for any upcoming events that have reminders enabled. If there’s an issue, events stay visible but become read-only – you can’t edit or add – until connect is back online.
Reminders are handled via a notification agent. They get shown on the desktop at the appropriate time so you can action or snooze or be reminded later. Backend interfaces allow other desktop environments to interact or replace the notification agent.
Book Reader ePub viewer
The new Book Reader (xepub) app is designed (surprise) for opening ePub files. It looks to offer a clean reading experience, that Linux Mint’s Clement Lefebvre says is ‘similar’ to a Kindle or a Kobo. It also keeps track of where you are in a book so when you re-open it, you can resume reading.
Features wise, it will offer what you’d expect: chapter and page navigation, full-text search and bookmarks, as well as adjustable page zoom and font options. An annotations feature lets you highlight selections of text, with a colour, and add notes.
Finally, an internal look-up system lets you select a word and ferry it to a search engine (wikipedia, dictionary, etc) to find out more about it. Library gets a dust off Linux Mint's Library app showing document filtersThingy – a personal document hub
Linux Mint has also redesigned its Library document manager, which you may know by the package name thingy.
Documents are now grouped by file type, rather than the app that opens them. So, for instance, you can see just your PDF files in one view, rather than finding them scattered amongst all files the the default document viewer XReader handles.
Common file types are listed in the Library sidebar, but you choose what’s shown and in one order. And, more usefully, you can create your own custom groups that contain a mix of different file types, and even specify them from specific folders.
When can I get the new apps?
Linux Mint’s new Book Reader and Calendar apps will make their official debut in Linux Mint 23, expected to arrive towards the end of the year. That release will also ship with the new and improved Library app too.
Plus, other changes the team has revealed and teased to date (and, no doubt, a few still to come).
If you don’t want to wait, the source code is up on GitHub (each linked in their respective paragraphs above). You can check them out (pun klaxon) to test, and file any issues you find or glaring feature requests you may have.
Mint does actually listen to their community. Maybe they found out these apps were lacking songs functionality. I can understand they would want xapps for calendar and reading. I currently use Qt apps, other than GNOME calendar, I can't remember a decent app for calendar and eBook reading outside Qt.
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I never met a person in my life that needs a calendar app. But happy for the mint community. Mint will clearly be sky rocketing after this calendar app comes out. It was barely usable without it.
Okay hi I need calendar apps, I have a very tight and busy schedule and it’s very handy to consolidate multiple different calendars when needed but also to be able to focus on just one or two when needed.
That is an… interesting take. Hi, another person very much using a calendar app (synced to my phone). Should be standard on every device, just like is on every phone.
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Interesting. I hope they have a "month" view in the calendar. Gnome Calendar removed theirs ("it's a feature, not a bug") and it's been a massive pain in the arse to use ever since.
It was removed about version 44 or 45 or somewhere about then. Maybe a couple of years ago.
Unless they've fixed it in a very recent version, it now has a "next five weeks" view instead - starting from the middle of one month and ending part way through another, and showing you a mixed up "Aug/Sep/Nov" sort of thing - which might be sort of useful for knowing what you're doing socially next week, but if you're trying to do accounts, timesheets, budgeting and other admin stuff it's a massive pain in the arse.
[Edit]I had a look to see when it was done - there's a blog post talking about removing month view here: feaneron.com - 2023, extending the month to infinity though I think that version didn't appear in Linux Mint for another few years though.
Good to see Mint filling in the gaps themselves. I ran a stock install for a while and ended up adding a separate calendar before long. A calendar that arrives with the desktop saves you that bit of housekeeping. Same with an epub reader living in the same place as everything else. Nice to see the collection get its own site too.
KaOS 2026.09 is now available as the second stable ISO of the independently developed, Qt-focused Linux distribution, fully based on Dinit, and marks another step away from systemd and KDE Plasma.
The new release uses a startup stack built around Dinit, Turnstile, and seatd for system startup, sessions, and services. Systemd components are now used mainly for udev and tmpfiles. Elogind remains only to provide Polkit integration.
For logins, KaOS has switched to greetd with the console-based Tuigreet as the default display manager. A new Noctalia-based graphical greeter is also available in the repositories, although the developers say it is not yet as complete as Tuigreet.
On the desktop side, KaOS continues its move toward a Niri and Noctalia-based environment. The ISO ships with Niri 26.04 and Noctalia 5.1. Noctalia brings a new screenshot region editor with annotation tools, ModemManager support for mobile data, and collapsible groups in the settings interface.
The distribution remains firmly focused on Qt applications and, according to the project, the new ISO is still GTK-free.
One of the biggest changes, however, concerns KDE Plasma. Plasma 6.7 remains fully available in the repositories, but KaOS has confirmed that it will be the final Plasma series offered by the distribution.
Once KDE Plasma moves to version 6.8, Plasma packages will be removed from the KaOS repositories. The project says this decision is tied to the broader move away from systemd and its preference for the Niri/Noctalia setup going forward.
KaOS 2026.09 also includes a substantial refresh of the underlying system. According to the developers, roughly 70% of the distribution was rebuilt during the past two months because several major updates were held back until the Dinit transition was completed.
Among the updated components are Linux kernel 7.1, GCC 15.3, glibc 2.43, Binutils 2.46, Mesa 26.2, PipeWire 1.6.8, GStreamer 1.28, OpenSSH 10.5, Rust 1.98, CMake 4.4, ZFS 2.4.4, MariaDB 12.3.3, and Poppler 26.09.
Another notable change is the bootloader. Limine is now the default, while systemd-boot has been removed as an installation option. Other UEFI bootloader choices remain available through the Calamares installer.
Speaking of Calamares, it has also been updated so that it can now operate fully under a pure Wayland session, including fixes needed to restore text input in QML-based installer modules such as user creation.
Among the newly added packages are noctalia-greeter, umbriel, xdg-desktop-portal-umbriel, wlroots, and openrc-settingsd. Audacity 4 has also returned to the repositories now that it is Qt 6-based, replacing Tenacity.
For storage, automated partitioning in Calamares continues to support XFS, EXT4, Btrfs, and ZFS. XFS remains the default filesystem for the ISO.
Users planning to test KaOS 2026.09 in VirtualBox should note that 3D acceleration and the VMSVGA graphics controller are required due to the distribution’s Wayland-based desktop. The developers warn that the system will not boot in VirtualBox without this configuration.
There are also a few known limitations. RAID installations are currently unavailable, XFS cannot be used for BIOS installs because of a GRUB compatibility issue, and some privilege escalation actions may not work because Polkit has not yet been fully adapted to the Turnstile/seatd stack.
Lastly, KaOS warns that its installation images do not support Ventoy, Rufus, or UNetbootin for creating bootable media, so users should follow the project’s official installation-media instructions instead.
For more details, see the official KaOS 2026.09 release announcement.
I have fond memories of KaOS; I really liked the idea of using only one desktop and then building it to perfection. Switching to niri/noctalia and dinit is a power move.
Mirko Brombin, the creator of Bottles, has got Microsoft 365 running on Linux. His posts on X showcase an installation that completes on a Windows 10 or 11 Wine prefix, signs in with his existing license, and launches at least one editor.
He achieved this using two things, an unreleased version of Soda and Bottles 67.4. If you remember, Soda is a Wine-based runner that facilitates easy running of Windows games and applications.
On first glance, what he posted might look like a developer-focused log, but these changes are the foundation of what full Microsoft 365 support via Bottles will one day hopefully look like.
The results of his work
Mirko was able to login into the MS 365 app using his credentials and was able to launch MS Word and use it. Of course that's not the only thing he got working; since two-factor authentication passed, the suite detected his license, and OneDrive integration was functional.
The memory footprint of the office suite was less than 500MB, so this should be light on your Linux system.
The build he is currently testing is 2608 (20326.20144), which he says is the last build the installer will offer for Windows 10 and 11. And before you get all hyped up, wanting to try this out on your computer, know that you will have to wait.
Soda 11.0-11 (error 404 for now) has no release yet, and the component catalog that ships with Bottles 67.4 stops at Soda 11.0-10. Even the long-standing community request for a Microsoft Office installer in Bottles is still open.
Do we need Microsoft 365 on Linux?
Till date, there's not been an official Linux desktop build of Microsoft 365, and seeing how Microsoft currently operates, I don't expect one to appear anytime soon.
What's been achieved here is remarkable. Once fully implemented, this will help draw in people into Linux, as many shudder at the thought of switching to the platform because their preferred office suite doesn't work here.
For context, CodeWeavers sells a paid Wine product, CrossOver, and its database still lists Microsoft Office 365 on Linux as "Installs, Will Not Run," last tested against CrossOver 26.3.0.
Which is why I hope the fix travels further than Bottles. Wine sits beneath every one of these projects, including Soda. So a patch that lands upstream reaches all of them at once, and you would not need a particular runner to get Office working.
I really dislike microsoft office, but the unfortunate reality is that it is used everywhere and it is such a disadvantage not to have, onlyoffice works great for me but the risk of things not looking right when sharing with someone with office is quite big. So I really like this progression, needing to run a full windows emulation to get office is a pain.
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They did, and then I put linux on it, so I created the problem I guess. (But struggling a but with office every now and then is better than dealing with windows always)
I'd like to hijack your comment for a quick PSA for today's lucky 10000, even though I doubt many of them hang around these parts of the web.
The compatibility issues aren't the alternative's faults. Rather, the cause is Microsoft playing dirty.
Microsoft Office silently breaks compatibility with its own self-made document format (the so-called "Open Office XML"). They made the public standard and switched to it around 2010, and yet they still sometimes just... stray from the standard.
Since most everyone uses MS Office, people's first instinct is to doubt the small player for being bad, underfunded, low quality or whatever else instead of doubting MS for playing dirty. The entire tactic reads like a slightly modified Embrace, Extend, Extinguish.
This is great long term. If Microsoft were ever to go under or simply stop offering Windows as an OS, there'll always be ways to run annoying software like Microsoft 365.
Usually it's not "their preferred office suite" but "office suite they are forces to use at work". MS Office usage is high because of network effect, not because any other office suite is worse.
I use LO Writer for any document I write (or work with) myself and it's perfectly fine. The only reason I keep MS Office is that I need to work on documents other people write (or need to work with).
Of course there are people who actually prefer MS Office, but it's similar to Windows itself: most people did not choose it, they either don't know there is an alternative or are forced to use it for compatibility reasons (at work). It's rare that anyone actually "prefers" MS software.
It's not like I want to argue, generally curious. What does Excel do that Calc doesn't?
I work with text a lot, so I'm good with Writer (or Word), but I rarely do anything advanced in Calc or Excel, for basic stuff Calc is fine. I really don't know enough to compare the two.
I have love for LibreOffice Writer and Impress but it is nowhere near as polished as Word or PowerPoint. Used on Linux and Windows. I switched from Windows to cachyos on my work laptop. First I open Writer, I get lag when scrolling. Fix on arch wiki, cool, but still. The interface is a mess, i.e. the Paragraph Style panel doesn't scale and is pretty unusable with the tabbed Interface layout. Pinch to zoom doesn't work. Generally feels laggy and slow. Impress is also such a hassle to get shit done compared to PowerPoint, i.e. lack of good snap grids and guides.
Sad that Linux will get its first usable database app (Access) as closed source from Microsoft. But, so be it. I'm happy that soon I won't have to run Windows for this in a virtual machine.
This might be useful for some Linux users who want (but don't need) to run Microsoft 365 occasionally, but actually relying on this kind of hack is a terrible idea.
Once fully implemented, this will help draw in people into Linux, as many shudder at the thought of switching to the platform because their preferred office suite doesn’t work here.
I certainly hope this doesn't "help draw in people into Linux". It's sad to think about people and organizations switching to Linux on the basis of someone misleading them into thinking that relying on this kind of thing is a good idea because when it breaks it will give them a bad impression and they'll blame "Linux" instead of Microsoft (or Bottles or whoever told them it was a good idea).
When the lack of a Linux version of a specific proprietary program is the blocker preventing someone from switching to Linux, relying on a workaround which remains unsupported by the proprietary/adversarial software vendor is... a recipe for a bad time.
Even if this mostly works today, it is extremely likely that (either intentionally or inadvertently) Microsoft will break it in the future.
So, although I do see how this can be useful for some people when/while it works, in my opinion Linux and the world at large would be better off if this software didn't exist. I hope Microsoft breaks it sooner than later!
And also of the Singularity desktop environment, and behind cpak and Vanilla OS. Even with AI I don't see where he gets the time and relevant knowledge, and I really wonder how buggy these are. I haven't tried them though, and Bottles seems stable enough.
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A developer associated with Bottles has reported getting Microsoft 365 desktop software to install, open, and be used inside a Windows 10 or Windows 11 Wine prefix on Linux. That is potentially...
I have a LaTeX file from 1993 in my archive dir that I can format and print at a whim. It is a technical manua from an uni research hardware project written in Spanish, initially on an ULTRIX or DEC system, and I converted it once to ISO 8859-1 encoding and once to UTF-8.
Personally, I think this is good. Obviously most people here already use some libre alternative or just access this via the web or dual boot, but most non-computer savvy people are dead set with keeping to what they already use either because of work or simply being more comfortable sticking with what they know.
Plus, there's probably cases where the web versions aren't going to be viable. Kind of ironic that so many linux people simultaneously make fun of the ChromeOS workflow where everything depends on browser-based services while dismissing people who can't switch fully because needing the MS suite with "just use the browser version".
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Make a presentation in libreoffice or onlyoffice, then switch to Microsoft PowerPoint and tell me the user experience, look and time taken is not way better. I like LibreOffice, but if Microsoft office was open source I would 100% use that
I was talking with a friend about Linux, getting him interested and all that. He was taking to it. I told him about Flathub and since we were in front of a computer he just instantly searched it in the URL bar and figured it was a .com address. We were both caught quite off-guard when a different type of site appeared hahaha. Flathub.org is the correct Linux related site but can be easily mistaken for porn
My review of the Gaomon PD1161 V2. Let's go to the point: it's a bad model. I don't recommended this one. I'm not even submiting the video to Gaomon for review before posting because I know they would ask me to not post it (it happened in the past with another brand). But I think it should be also known, that's my role in reviews: cover the bad and the good.
Chapter: 0:00 intro 1:10 Unboxng 2:20 Hardware presentation 3:42 Overlay surface 4:12 Cables 4:57 Scratch test 5:37 Jitter test 6:15 Heat test 6:45 Osd menu 7:24 Colors 7:59 Clunky buttons 8:24 No stand included 8:36 Painting and Drawing 9:20 Conclusion...
License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Video and artworks by David Revoy www.davidrevoy.com
License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Video and artworks by David Revoy www.davidrevoy.com
Note that i made this for myself and just my first time sharing an application i made here
Came up with this application with one aim in mind...To Control daily limit for myself as my doomscrolling had worsened quite a lot even while working. So decided to make this as an alternative to Digital wellbeing on Android.
It supports:
focus mode
per app daily limits
background daemon
so far i was able to make it work only on GNOME mutter and all x11 because that is my system...will consider updating in future if this receives positive reviews
I use fedora 44 workstation and it runs perfectly for me...and also tied it on manjaro and linux mint on my VMs with x11 , worked there too....so please check for yourselves and do tell me how it goes
NOTE: if you are a dev then please feel free to contribute
It isn't vibe coded friend I have worked on it personally and can assure you it's not vibe coded...just fixed certain anonymous bugs with llm when I got tired... There has been a backlash I know but it's just what it is...thank you
Yeah please disclose that, pair programming is a fine idea with AI. I'm kind of against AI in general, but if you use it like you claim you do, sounds fine 😀
Maybe you can add an explanation on which parts are LLM assisted and which aren't, like it's done with projects in !selfhosted@lemmy.world.
Sure will make that clear in README as well... probably after some time because I need to recall...but hey I think I did make agents (debugging) file which shows the bugs patches with llm
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If KDE users support it then we'll sure ...why not ...it either ways is in development...I am planning to add something like do not disturb and other android like features too...so ...yes....btw if using x11 in kde isn't an issue...then u can use it in kdetoo(although I think that would be like switching so yeah nvm) TLDR: Working on it pal....will try to add atleast kde and cinnamon support by end of this yeah...and sway , hyprland etc too but will take till next year I guess.....let's see
Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:43 Sponsor: Internxt 02:26 Switzerland migrates away from Microsoft solutions 04:31 Omarchy now reaches $18.5M in funding 07:02 GNOME prepares more formal process for project wide changes 08:51 GNOME looking to do a fundraising campaign 10:18 Proposed app to replace Gwenview on KDE 12:19 KDE frameworks updated 13:42 More Wayland protocols on KDE 14:59 KDE 1 revival project looks cool 16:31 Patches to start making the Macbook Neo work with Linux 17:33 New CAD software for Linux 19:15 Windows adds features we've had for decades 21:09 PS5 Linux project now works better 23:01 You can play with DLSS5 on Linux too 25:04 Sponsor: Tuxedo Computers
@thelinuxexperiment “What I still don’t understand is why this money now and why for this specific project.” → Because it’s a far-right political movement, and it’s for the same reason that “at the exact same time Digital Ocean cancelled their sponsorship of GNOME and KDE”, because they both have a *woke* code of conduct (when they don't participate in Outreachy internships, like GNOME).
Nice comprehensive overview of why this piece of slop called a "distro" and its backers should be boycotted, thank you! Gives me even more motivation to finish up mine today.
I'm in the process of making a distro that combines the way SteamOS makes Arch Linux stable and user-friendly WITH the performance optimizations of CachyOS
As the title and the website say, I'm currently making a distro with the goal that you don't have to compromise between ease of use + safety and bleeding-edge + performance optimizations.
As I will likely be able to publish the 0.0.1 source code to the GitHub link and the ISO to the website sometime next week, I would like people to be aware of my project so I can have some feedback for further improvements when I release the first version. I have not posted this anywhere else yet, as I value the opinion of this community more than Reddit or whatever.
If you have any questions or any criticism, please voice it, I would love to hear it, good or bad, in the end I want to make a proper OS. (I'll go to bed now so expect replies to take a few hours from posting.)
Pu-239 is an atomic Arch Linux distribution: sealed read-only root, ostree A/B deployments with automatic rollback, and the 1000 Hz linux-cachyos kernel.
‘Oh come on!’ was my initial reaction, but I’ve read your website, and thought: ‘hey, that sounds nice!’
I’m not going to migrate all my Arch boxes (basically all my x86/64 boxes), but I may use it somewhere else, just to test the idea.
I loved the idea of Atomic Fedora, but it did not work seamlessly, and to my experience, it did the opposite: worse than a regular Fedora. I needed to babysit it, and also it didn’t auto switch the previous working system for me. Perhaps it’s me who missed something. As an idea, though, I think that’s what should click to a normie: you tell them to install this distro, get your handful of apps as Flatpaks and forget about the system, as it manages itself.
To keep this topic alive, let me ask you a question: how would you know what’s a working state, so you need to return to the previous one? Does it mean it didn’t boot, or anything else? Just yesterday, I had faced a weird issue: my old trusty MacBook Pro serving as a server now, had no WiFi (it has Ethernet port, but temporarily I cannot use it, so it’s wireless). The broadcom-wl driver switched to linux-headers, which I didn’t have installed. I don’t remember me changing anything, and fortunately that was an easy fix (with an external USB WiFi card): just install Linux headers, and it would rebuild itself. So I’m just curious whether it’s even possible to find out a stupid issue a normie user may face.
On the other hand, perhaps the distros like this are meant to be installed by someone skilled to then be used mostly unattended by a regular user.
‘Oh come on!’ was my initial reaction, but I’ve read your website, and thought: ‘hey, that sounds nice!’
Haha, I know I know, yet another Arch-based distro in this economy, but I really feel like this does fill a gap, thank you for your interest!
On the other hand, perhaps the distros like this are meant to be installed by someone skilled to then be used mostly unattended by a regular user.
My aim is to make this both appealing for the normie who just wants to use it like "SteamOS but with CachyOS speed" and run Flatpaks on it AND for the more experienced user who wants all the benefits of Arch but with a little more peace of mind.
how would you know what’s a working state, so you need to return to the previous one?
As the website explains, it automatically falls back to the last working state if it doesn't boot, but obviously it can't detect if something is messed up but still booting like in your example. In that case you just reboot and manually select the last working state (wip but kinda working already) just like a BTRFS snapshot, BUT it only rolls back the system itself, NOT your files. A BTRFS snapshot will also roll back your documents or whatever so my system, when it's stable and tested, will be superior in every way to BTRFS snapshots.
A BTRFS snapshot will also roll back your documents or whatever
Not necessarily. You can have your documents on one subvolume and the root system on another. I version and snapshot my root disk and home disk separately.
"Judge"? My brother free/libre software, they're the ones who want me to not exist. I do not wish an ill fate upon them; however, I cannot tolerate intolerance.
Also, if they were vocally hateful against any other marginalised community, it would be totally unacceptable to the vast majority of Linux users.
Oh, there is no question about how evil Hyprland devs are. Don’t forget that tankies are pro-Russia and pro-Russia is anti-trans. Same shit, different boat.
I don't even understand these "tankies" as they're called. I thought they were Communists, but if they support a Capitalist country (Russia), then they're not very Communist, are they?
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And that’s where things start to get interesting. Wait until you learn that Stalin/Lenin weren’t really communists, came to power in a non-democratic way, which is basically something only right-wing does. And yeah, tankies are not really the smartest breed. Same category as rednecks. Too much lead was in the water when they grew up.
I'm well aware of all the fake Communists out there. I hate them so fucking much.
I do object to those last two statements, though. They've been intentionally miseducated and indoctrinated by the government; cultivated to not think critically, to question nothing, and support whatever they're told—basically, they're brainwashed.
As form of a protest to the so called Fediverse Anarchist Flotilla, consisting of a few instances who are maintained by tankies, and not by anarchists as you would expect. I guess they’re the same category as those you call fake Communists.
I agree with what you said about the conservative US citizens. They are deliberately shaped by the current and former governments, since basically Reagan was dismantling the confederation.
As a form of protest to the so called Fediverse Anarchist Flotilla, consisting of a few instances who are maintained by tankies, and not by anarchists as you would expect. I guess they're the same category as those you call fake communists.
Which instances are part of this flotilla? Which are opposed to it? Why is all of this so complicated? (That last one isn't a question, but rather an expression of mild frustration).
I agree with what you said about the conservative US citizens. They are deliberatly shaped by current and former governments, since basically Reagan was dismantling the confederation.
Huh‽ Reagan dismantling the confederation‽ Are you talking about the former president Reagan? Ronald Wilson Reagan, 40th president of the United States of America?
Lenin and Stalin were both communists. Both Lenin and Stalin were supported democratically as well. Trying to dismiss communists by claiming we are all brain damaged is deeply ableist.
Communists that support Russia have critical support, which means we support some of what they do, such as supporting Cuba during a genocidal blockade, but we still have valid criticisms. You won't see any of us claim Russia is morally good or some nonsense.
Communists don't judge countries based on their perceived moral character. Russia, like all countries, acts in the interest of its own ruling class. Right now the interest of their ruling class is aligned with anti-imperialist forces. We understand that imperialism is the primary contradiction, and that as long as we live under a unipolar world order the global majority will only get poorer and more exploited, that climate change will inevitably kill most of us and that those who survive will be tied to the same exploitative forces.
The only reason why some of us come across as "pro-Russia" is because we're often debunking imperialist propaganda. As long as people are willing to read beyond wikipedia or a genocide-denying newspaper, we're fine discussing events with a lot more nuance than we get credit for. But it's a lot easier to pretend we're crazy Putin-loving tankies, so that's what you see here.
Russia is only critically supported by communists for its objective material opposition to the current imperialist hegemony by the US. The idea that communists can only support communists is a bit reductive, communists support the international working classes and their liberation. This means supporting elements that weaken the primary world contradiction right now, US imperialism. Obviously communists would prefer Russia turn socialist, but that does not change that it is still playing a progressive role in undermining the US.
I'd be all over that if I had anything to contribute with, but at the moment, I'm still learning the very basics of C and I'm in the middle of some other projects... 😅 Don't let my preoccupation kill your enthusiasm though!!! 🙏💞
Anecdote time I recently inherited a Commodore 64 from my dad. It's from the 80's. While all I could do with it was - type text and see it displayed - load some games from cassette tapes
It was extremely refreshing to see that literally nothing was going on in the system other that what I saw on the screen.
Eh, it's probably not a realistically managable project. I might actually have more luck forking the NetBSD kernel to use compat_linux by default, which would achieve decent compatibility with the Linux ABI.
re: Anecdote Time \ That's so cool! Yeah, it's pretty neat seeing or using a really simple system like that. Smaller or older computers tend to be a lot easier to understand, too, in my opinion.
I realised that I really don't need all those bells and whistles, so I'm sticking with Sway for now; it gets the job done, and without taking up too much memory.
I watched Escape from New York just a few years ago for the first time (ok its probably 5 years ago). And I had a blast, film really holds up. I don't know why I didn't watched it before, given that I'm an 80s kid and watched all the 80s and 90s films, and I am a huge fan (of the first) Metal Gear Solid. For any reader who don't know why MGS this is relevant: Kojima was inspired by this film when creating the Metal Gear series. The main character even is named Snake.
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Little off topic now, but can't wait how his next project Physint will be. Its said to be an espionage game again, and the teaser art looks suspicious so far.
As the other comment explained already, you was thinking of Geocities. I actually recently put Neocities to my list of web hosters, in case I want to do something with it. Seems quiet nice and is a homage to Geocities.
In their words they are open source, donation funded, zero advertising, zero ai data selling place to create free websites. A "social network of 1,751,700 web sites that are bringing back the lost individual creativity of the web. We offer free static web hosting and tools that allow you to create your own web site."
It's a marketing campaign to devalue Linux in the public eye.
If they can state that AI came up with a "good enough" distro you know what non-savvy people will think about it: that making a distro is "easy", and "anybody can do it", and that anybody involved with making distros "manually" is redundant and giving themselves airs etc.
Forking would mean the main developers does not work on it. They would need to work on their own. Do giving money will ensure the project stays up (in theory). Forking does not solve the issues you have with the mainline project automatically.
The only issue anyone seems to be taking with the main line project is the dev. Half of his design choices are completely uncontroversial on the other half would never generate this much fucking heat.
That's unfortunate that you are not informed. The best part is, that even DHH himself agrees that Omarchy has lot of bad security issues. His argument is that these get reported and fixed, so it will be secure someday (so his argument, but ignoring that vibe coding is never secure). Here is a part of the interview with Brodie in YouTube (about 10 minutes): youtu.be/M8gVXNlZFFg
youtu.be/DYu9391lVP0 another video from Brodie, this time talking about an issue where the default configuration was set to allow any remote control of Kitty without asking the user.
lemmy.ml/post/52085916 Omarchy: Any User Process Can Escalate to Root (with default Docker password, that is no password)
And the list goes on and on. These are not just security issues... these are dumb issues that should not have been there. Its incompetence and negligence. Every software has issues and bugs and security issues. But why don't the other distributions have this many dumb issues like these? And it won't get better, because its heavily vibe coded.
Since Omarchy popped off there have been a bunch of people spending a ton of time trying to find security issues with the distro but that's not a surprise.Fu...
A security issue in Omarchy’s default Docker configuration meant that
essentially every program running in the user’s desktop session could escalate
to root without a password, sudo, or a privilege prompt.
Actual useful info, very cool. How interesting it might have been if this were the subject of the post, but sadly it seems like this is secondary to arguments about personality.
I agree with you. But its important that there are two different of topics of issues, one of them is focused in this article. And I don't think it is unreasonable, because it is focusing on a topic with many information. Although I'm not a fan of some parts of it and the overall presentation and tone.
The argument, without ambiguity, is essentially that because the developer is morally tainted you should not use the software. That just doesn't follow, and the argument itself distracts from taints any real concerns about the product itself.
Agreed a bit, not fully, but if someone is against it, then there is already a bias. For someone who is not involved and not against it, just want to compare them, I argue that person might not know and understand it completely. So a bias is natural. So taking that as an argument to discount the credibility, I am not entirely on board. However if someone is so much biased, that it looses all judgement of positive and negatives, and only provides one side of the story, then I am 100% on your side of opinion.
Yes baby ! What a great page. Thank you, to this Brennan dude(tte) for creating it, and quick apolls to others for me primitively raging against every sign of this nazi/fascist club/product, and the whole nazi/fascist enshittification/normalization of 'open source'.
One nasty surprise in secondary list: 'suckless' - oh well, can't win them all 🙁
Let's post this great page as a standard reply to all posts/mentions of omacom/omarchy going forward, so all those not knowing, can be warned about what it really is !
[ait] (warning - AI topic tag) Dear anti-ai, if you can muster it, then please lower defences slightly for just a sec: It's really time and energy consuming to follow and document this yucky movement as they are now heavily funded and work/move constantly 24/7. Brennan is a super cool Human, but can't work on this always, all the time. We might need an active agentic system that also work constantly 24/7 to track the whole fascist/nazi network, all its players, update the lists and make it easier for ordinary good peeps to reject and boycott it all. Supervised by a human oc.
We might need an active agentic system that also work constantly 24/7 to track the whole fascist/nazi network, all its players, update the lists
Why?
I mean, I'm not anti-AI completely, but building denylists with AI seems to be a bad idea. Is it really that time consuming that we couldn't just do a git repo and allow merge requests for people to collaborate?
Yeah, suckless was a bummer for sure. 🙁 Although, with their elitist attitude, I'm not surprised. There's supposed to be a fork of their window manager at least, written by a really young person. Can't quite recall its name now...
I wonder if your idea is doable without using LLMs though! 😀
Fascism grows in silence, it should be combatted. If fascism is all people see, it becomes normalised. It wasn't defeated in the past by people doing nothing.
And businesses grow with exposure. And celebrity grows with attention.
While I find DHH's views odious, I have to recognize that they are not that unusual nor obviously baked into his software project. There is no particular benefit to howling about the free Linux distribution that he's developing on the grounds that he has bad politics.
Unless you can tie the development of the operating system to the explicit promotion of those odious views or the creation of actual material harm then you are just generating noise that at best informs the highly unpopular minority of people who give a shit about the political perspectives of the person who delivers their fucking milk, and at worst serves as a positive advertisement for the project because it's upsetting people that everybody doesn't like anyway.
Not precisely what I was going for, but also a wrong and self-soothing argument.
What I meant was that people who whine and make everything about politics and the moral purity of people who aren't doing political work are generally considered insufferable assholes. And a fair number of people will do things just to because rhe person who said they shouldn't is an asshole.
Antix, pretty cool Debian-based distro made by (at least nominally self proclaimed) antifascists. I guess we could also count some socialist-backed distros like Nova linux.
Beyond distros though, I'd say there are plenty of left leaning people working on various projects, such as Gnome.
Operating system gives a framework, so it has the potential to change mindset on workflow alone, similar to how our mind operate differently while playing two different racing games. though operating systems has yet to see their rennesance.
Not really, just use something normal that's there to provide software. Fedora (but remember to install video codecs), Arch (but use the AUR with caution), Debian (if you're okay with using neolithic-age software), SUSE (European Fedora ~~with AppArmor instead of SELinux~~), Void (but software availability can suffer).
The BSDs seem cool but it really depends on your hardware if you can run them. NixOS is awesome technology but has problematic business relations1 so you might want to take a look at GNU Guix.
I'm not totally sure what's going on there. There was something about a community split between Nix (the package manager) and NixOS (the distro) but I don't remember which side is which. Using NixOS with Lix instead of Nix might be what you want. ↩︎
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I don't know for sure. They announced it one day, but I haven't really caught that much public discussion before that.
It might also be more accurate to say they switched the default selection, since you are able to select the MAC solution in the installer of the desktop versions, it's just that SEL is now the default selection instead off AppArmor.
AntiX (based on Debian) is the only distro I know of that is developed by vocally anticapitalist leftist devs, even putting "proudly Anti-fascist" on their main page.
They also are one of the few distros to take an anti-LLM stance (though with Debian itself being pro-AI now, it remains to be seen how far they will go to avoid new LLM contributions made to the Debian base).
Yeah. If there is somebody that was/is a part of my life, I vet them personally though, following both the links given in this page and "google" them separately. I want to make up my own mind.
I am all on board with letting people know when open source is a bit too aligned with major companies or is somehow compromised.
I have no intent or need to use Omarchy.
This sites list of YouTubers to shun however is a bit too "purity test" for me. The reasons listed are, let's say extremely tepid in many cases.
I've never heard Jeff Geerling talk about any issue other than homelab stuff like hardware pricing and availability. His religious and personal views were not apparent to me at all.
I watched the Louis Rossmann video mentioned with the CO State Rep, and Louis was respectful and platformed this individuals commentary on the subject of privacy issues for a long time in the video. Generally Rossmann seems to criticize the living hell out of politicians left, right, and center.
I guess all I am saying is... Use whatever products you do or don't want to for your own reasons but, I disagree with the concept that I should brigade specific creators because they support Open Source but not 100% of my particular basket of other issues. We need Open Source to grow and need to reach out to diverse groups who can find value in it.
I will continue to listen to both Craft Computing Jeff (as far left as it is possible to be on social and gender issues) and Jeff Geerling (who is apparently conservative on these same issues) because I'm listening to them talk about homelab stuff, not telling me who to vote for etc.
Sure, and Ubuntu is just a script installer for the kernel. Dear lord, is it a requirement to be so insufferable and asocial when you use Linux? My work PC is Linux, I hope I manage to not succumb to the incredible urge to lack any and all empathy, assume my way of using a product is the only correct way, and pretending that fiddling for hours with your system is a sane thing for everyone to want.
"If 9 people sit down at a table with 1 Nazi without protest, there are 10 Nazis at the table."
"Congrats", I guess. 🤦♂️ Is it comfortable there? 🙄 Technology isn't apolitical: atomic bombs weren't, AI isn't, and centainly it's the same for that pos.
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There's still a difference between someone who holds regressive views privately and someone advocating for ethnic cleansing. First case I can just stop engaging with them, the other we need to push back publicly
Congratulations, you've just managed to advertise the exact thing you oppose. I would likely have given zero attention or thought to Omarchy today if I hadn't seen this thread.
Also, I just read that "The Omarchy Doctrine" page; if someone seriously thinks that is a "fascist creed", then that is very interesting. About the person who thinks that. If someone could help me figure out what part of that is supposed to be outrageous or especially controversial, I'd appreciate any help!
Omarchy is bringing that ethos back, and dropping the Code-of-Conduct struggle sessions and identity-overload nonsense that has plagued open source for far too long.
granted, i think the red alert website is misinterpreting the essay it cites, which analyses Omarchy overall as a fascist movement rather than the specific doctrine page
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"Heritage is duty" refers to the heritage of computing, not of human beings. Completely non-outrageous in context.
"Command is service", ok, that explains why Omarchy isn't a democracy. I think many other FOSS projects aren't either, so I don't see anything outrageous in that either.
And you may of course disagree with their opinion on "Code-of-Conduct struggle sessions and identity-overload nonsense" (not words I would have used). Many completely well-meaning people hold different opinions on those topics.
To elaborate: Struggle sessions only refer to, of course, the 20th-century Chinese Communist denunciation rallies. Branding code-of-conduct enforcement with an explicit reference to communism and the emphasis on identity politics clearly asserts belief in the Cultural Marxism conspiracy theory.
OK, I wasn't familiar with that term; TIL. Again, it's not terminology I would personally have used; calling it a "fascist creed" over that still sounds like an exaggeration.
I get what u mean, but at the same time, there's plenty of "friendly," normal looking, and now probably AI generated, scam sites too. The colors are bold, but it's a simple, informative design. And if we, the ones who read and try to be vigilant of bad actors, are the only ones it can reach, so be it ig.
even the minimalist style shared by stallman-report.org/ and dmpwn.info/—heck, even the style of Time Cube (warning: better viewed on a phone)—would've been nicer than this.
As long as any form of will to power exists, there will be attempts towards facism. The point of open source is that the worst case scenario- something happens and you’ll be able to branch it and run it your way. That’s the whole damn point.
It is suppose to be so surprising- but that’s the life cycle of the modern day world. Leaders act very well towards their consumers and employeee until they get a real foothold to the point of being able to buy congressmen. Then they turn evil.
That’s the thing- they were always evil. They just hid their power level
Protest if you like, but I'm going to say: Stop talking about Omarchy if you want to hurt it.
The people who like it are going to like it, the ones who don't won't, and screaming about it just brings it to the attention of more people who never would have heard about it.
This is such a wildly stupid take. If you have reasons something should be known to be bad, you should tell those reasons to people. You may sway existing users that were native, or people who don't use it and wouldn't, after hearing your reasons.
I don't understand your logic of "if I don't say anything, people will course-correct" at all.
OK so this is a legit weakness of mine and it has to do with too many options. Creator aside what makes this distribution interesting and what other flavors resemble it? I’ve been trying for years to find the right flavor for me, I want something I update minimally and when I do update it doesn’t break. I’m using lmde note but I’ve had to wrangle it in and all I’m running on it is steam Nvidia gpu, yams, plex. I want to self host other apps but I’m terrified of the base install becoming unmanageable. I want this server to run games also.
Omarchy is a essentially an Arch setup with Hyprland.
However, if you don't want frequent and possibly unstable updates, I'd suggest staying away from Arch in it's entirety and trying Fedora instead. It's got plenty of OoTB setups to choose from without having to mannualy install and configure them.
I have to ask: How exactly would someone support the fascist people just by using Omarchy? It costs nothing, there's no data collection, no subscription, nothing. It seems like a fucking purity test to not touch anything any possible fascist has ever touched.
Yes. You are. You people are acting like Omanchy existing will bring down democracy as we know it. Its just a project. Sure its got some weird backing and DHH is a scumbag, but y'all need to calm the fuck down. Just ignore it. It will go away.
Just because their goal may not be explicitly pushing far right nationalism doesn’t mean it’s ok to ignore. They must be shunned. Their political messaging is hate and none of us should support or condone that.
But we aren't supporting or condoning it. We also aren't shunning them. We are signal boosting this nonsense "distro" into the stratosphere. I am extremely online when it comes to tech and Linux. The first I heard of Omarchy is complaints on Lemmy. I've seen like three total people talk about it outside of lemmy. All of them were easy to skip ads. The actions here instead flood the feed with news about it over and over and over.
Normally the impact of a small group of people wouldnt matter but we are the exact demographic that they want reach with this. and y'all are doing the work for them.
DHH is far right, clearly, I'm not sure they have a plan for destroying FOSS, they seem to be trying to normalize their worldview (which is bad enough)
you are making an unfair comparison here by comparing apples to oranges. atomic bombs kill people, linux distros dont. and if you are still upset just a reminder that many defense, air craft, and MILITARY missile launching systems .....use linux
It's not unfair. Giving mindshare to those fuckers helps to kill people in the end. And don't be disingenuous, linux is in military systems, yes -that's bad- just like the good guys must have atomic bombs as a deterrent of Imperial greed (hopefully the Iranian people are making theirs right now 🇮🇷✊🇵🇸✊)
Were all Arch Linux users always THIS insufferably apolitical? Mein Gott. That's why the far-right has them by the balls.
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i'm not and will not be using it. afaik, it's just tweaked arch and the only difference that generated the huge funding headlines is that the guy is famous. so i'm still not impressed but that's beside the point
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I am not trying to argue this, but some people will say "It just looks like a linux distro that is designed to be more agentic friendly, even if some of its backers have unscrupulous pasts." What is the response to this? Because I'm sure it's vibe-coded and insecure, but there aren't really linux distros that are agentic first distros and some computer enthusiasts really like AI. And yes, people can just install Jan or LM Studio on their own in another distro, but some people may want open source code and linux designed for AI. I know people on Lemmy often hate AI, so please don't hate me for writing this. I just don't totally get the reasoning aside from some people involved in the project seem to be assholes... or is that the reasoning?
To be honest, if not for security concerns I'd probably try this distro if it weren't somehow linked to anti-trans things, which makes anything completely toxic. But I looked at the Omarchy page just to see what it looked like and conceptually for people interested in agentic stuff, it didn't look that bad, it seemed sort of interesting.
Trans people are some of the best network engineers and coders out there and greatly help the open source community. Any open source project that isn't kind to trans people should be ignored. Maybe that's the point? That normally a project like this linked to anything anti-trans would be rejected by the open source community and it's only through soulless corporations and right wing tech bros that this is existing?
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Well, the AI (LLM stuff) is right wing. It makes the last thing neoliberalism didn't make obsolete useless. Who cares if you actually understand what you're doing and are able to do it way better than a LLM. "You are now useless. Fuck you."
The neoliberal ideology now made everyone useless. How can a person still be a neoliberal when you can see none of us really have any value (intellectual or otherwise), we never did. The only thing humans had was pretending to be useful (or competent in any way) and they are taking it away from us little by little.
That's why I'm a leftist, I've seen basic human dignity being taken away from people since my childhood and experienced repression (as much as a minority in a non third world country can) and I know many people have it worse.
I don't know if I agree with you because someone still needs to tell an LLM what the project is for it to work and a normal person who has no science or computer science background can't do that efficiently or check the technical aspects of a project to make sure the AI isn't doing something incorrectly (and eventually the AI will do something incorrectly usually). I think we need UBI sooner rather than later because so many jobs will be obsolete, but if I'm chatting with an LLM or you are and we say "is the docker container up?" or "you built a page and there's no clear way to navigate it" or "test for what would be exposed data in the case of a breach" the AI can do that, but a normal person doesn't even understand any of that stuff to chat with an AI about that. I know it's awful right now for coders who are getting paid less or are underemployed, but that seems to be more of a UBI problem instead of an LLM problem. There are legitimate environmental fears however, but LLMs and data centers seem to be a cherry on top of egregious environmental policy. Environmental catastrophe is headed this way with or without the cherry and it's not clear to me if we had good universal public transportation and banned gasoline that somehow data centers would still be an existential human risk.
the value of a neoliberal is their capital, and that sowe of them at least support everyone's right to complete bodily autonomy unlike most of the traditional left and right.
Use and fund open alternatives to the boycotted tools: Bitwarden instead of 1Password, Nextcloud or Co-op Cloud instead of Dropbox or AWS, WooCommerce or Openfront instead of Shopify, Signal, Matrix, XMPP, or Delta Chat instead of Slack. Sourcehut, Gitea, or Forgejo instead of GitHub.
I bet here's a typo, because I can't believe Matrix is also bad
Astonishing that Free and Open Source Software with little to no employees cannot compete exactly 1:1 with a VC funded company with a hundred full-time employees.
edit: 2.545 employees as of 2021. I even have to wonder how do they need so many, what for?
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I was responding to the poster's suggestion that there was a typo, I think there isn't but it's just a bit hard to read, and all those I quoted are in the "better options" column.
Yes. Mostly people who are too lazy to install Arch and also want a preset hyprland config provided by the distro (instead of just taking one from github)
Arch was my first distro and I did it manually, no archinstall. You can git clone someone else's dotfiles if you wanted, so this distro is really for people who are too lazy to do that, and also want AI shoehorned into their OS.
The Omarchy Doctrine is a public, fascist creed: heritage as duty, hold the line, the will to power. It matches Roger Griffin's palingenetic populist ultranationalism and Robert Paxton's first stage of fascism: a creed, a leader, followers. And there's $18.5 million already pledged for the next stage.
Despite this, more than a dozen top tech executives and corporations have pledged millions to the Omarchy / Omacom Foundation. They include the CEOs of Shopify, Stripe, Dell, Cloudflare, Block, Dropbox, Coinbase, and others, as listed on Omarchy's patrons page.
I think it is not despite, but precisely because of it that these people are funding it.
I clicked the first referenced article just out of curiosity, and the guy is like 'The Brits are pissed because of the erosion of their national identity and that's understandable'!
Dude. You're talking about the biggest colonial empire in history...yet people like you actually love to complain about migrants and praise those who do the same...? Self-awareness of a rainworm.
Omarchy borde inte spela någon roll. Men det gör det tyvärr. Som en maktdemonstration. Om du inte vet vad Omarchy är här är den korta sammanfattningen. David Heinemeier Hansson, skapare av RubyOnRails, ägare till ett mjukvaruföretag och miljonär, bestämde sig för några månader sedan för att gå all in på Linux och – eftersom det bara var hans MO – trodde att det var vettigt förvandla det hela till ett projekt. blog.zaramis.se/2026/09/12/fri…
Easy Effects is a pretty quick to try out... Usual limiter/compressor/eq stuff, maybe plugins that'd be more direct for "voice changer" stuff. EQ and a couple other tweaks can get you at least to a nice warm deep tone.
The goal is to help mom and dad to digitize old VHS, VHS-C, Mini DV and audio cassette tapes. The above expansion cards will arrive sometime next week and meanwhile, I have been doing some research on ffmpeg and v4l2-ctl. It's absolutely amazing how much you can do - or could do - with ffmpeg if you had about two-three lifetimes to learn. 🤣
Anyway, using a cheap HDMI to USB video capture dongle, I have successfully captured some video with v4l2-ctl -d /dev/video0 --stream-mmap --stream-to=video.raw --stream-count=100 and then converted it using ffmpeg -i video.raw video.mkv.
I am really interested in what this .raw file is, but all I could find was this, which seems to pertain to raw image files, rather than what v4l2-ctl outputs.
I tried to do some Ctrl+f searches on Video for Linux API, but this was far beyond what I was able to comprehend. On the other hand, the manual is far too "shallow" and doesn't explain much. Do you have any recommendations on what to read in order to understand a little bit more about the inner workings without having to take a PhD in how Linux does video? Why are these .raw files so big? What is the difference between them and and of the standard containers (.mkv, .mpeg, .avi etc.)?
Also, a huge bonus if you can find the time and will to point out any rookie mistakes in the digitizing project itself.
I'm no expert but I believe ffmpeg will be using the rawvideo decoder to read that file. If it appears to work I guess the stream output by v4l2-ctl happens to match up closely enough with the default parameters listed in that doc, you may want to work out what it is and double check compatibility though.
The difference from a regular container is that it's uncompressed (hence the size) and can't include any metadata (hence the need to specify parameters manually). v4l2-ctl writing in this format means it doesn't need to worry about compressing and encoding the video on-the-fly, which would complicate the implementation and might not always be feasible in real-time.
If you wanted to avoid the intermediate file you should be able to pipe v4l2-ctl directly into ffmpeg.
The person who said file and mediainfo put you on the right track. You’ll figure it out.
The video tapes do a somewhat decent job of correcting their own instability but cassette players need to be adjusted for wow and flutter as well as head azimuth. Make sure you’re using a player that supports the tape type and noise reduction scheme as well.
E: you may need to fiddlefuck around to get good capture from that star tech card. Or maybe it’s fine to you.
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I write to you from Germany, where I work. I use an android device.
The transportation authority I am in is called Mainzer Mobilität and because my employer only covers 50% of the transportation costs if I use the digital travel card, I'm basically forced to use google wallet, which I hate. This transportation authority doesn't offer pkpass files I could use with FOSS Wallet or pdf cards with my full name and a small qr code I could download. It has to be google wallet or use a physical card (and pay double).
I used to take a screenshot of the qr code and download the receipt as a pdf each month. On the receipt everyone can see the relevant data, including my full name, address, expiry date of the travel document, type of travel card and what I paid, but 5 days ago a "Kontrolleur" (an employee who boards buses to identify passengers without valid travel documents) fined me for not showing him the google wallet app with my pass there.
Yo read that right, it MUST be google wallet, otherwise I'm not carrying a valid travel document. The qr code alone together with the receipt with all my data and my identity card are not enough.
Is there any FOSS wallet or application that would work in Germany like google wallet does?
I really hate being forced to use google crap like this, I really don't want to trust them with my data but I need to save as much as I can.
Feel free to suggest other communities where I could ask this question.
Omarchy should not matter. But sadly it does. As a power grab.
If you don’t know what Omarchy is here’s the short summary. David Heinemeier Hansson, creator of RubyOnRails, owner of a software business and millionaire, decided a few months ago to go all in on Linux and – because that’s just his MO – thought that turning his setup into a project made sense. Omarchy is just that: A pretty standard Arch Linux distribution with a handful of configuration files, that Heinemeier Hansson (or DHH as he is often called) wrote, or vibed or whatever. There is nothing wrong with this, custom, opinionated special purpose distributions have been part of the Linux culture for a long time and provide a lot of value and experimentation that sometimes even flows back to the original project. In a way Ubuntu Linux is just that to the basis Debian.
There’s also nothing wrong in more opinionated software – quite the opposite. I do think that RubyOnRails and similar frameworks gained traction especially because they do have a clear idea of how they see the respective problem domain. There’s even the statement “There should be one – and preferably only one – obvious way to do it” in the Zen of Python. Having a strong point of view is not a bad thing in software or in general. The problem is the kind of points of view DHH has.
I don’t want to go into all the gritty details here, Brennan Kenneth Brown did a great job with their article “Normalized Fascism in Open Source: $12 Million Given to DHH“, but here’s the short version. DHH is a racist and a fascist. He recently wrote articles on how there are [Content Warning: massive racism] too many brown people in London these days. In July he wrote an [Content Warning: Racism, anti-romanism] article comparing Roma communities (using a slur for them) to “wolves” that should be “shot”. His X account is also know to be “edgy” in a similar way. A few days ago he posted sort of a manifesto for his set of config files:
There’s even a longer version on the website. Even without a strong background in antifascist literature or history this reads like a fascist creed. About unity and identity. About “holding the line” (against codes of conduct and the rights of marginalized people as the website explains). About how there always needs to be a strong leader who makes the decisions. Given DHH’s other writing this is not a misguided joke, this is how he thinks about the world.
I began this text writing “Omarchy should not matter” but I have not explained why it does. It’s surely not about user numbers (it’s a clunky distro aimed at people who love to cosplay hackers). But it is about power.
DHH has used his connection to CEO’s of tech corporations and his position as influencer to collect up to now above 18 million dollars of funding for Omarchy. He uses that money not for himself (he has enough of that) but to fund certain pieces of Software he uses in his distribution. Like for example the window manager hyprland whose main developer the Omarchy money now funds. What is “Vaxry” known for outside of a niche window manager? He runs a community based around LGBTQ discrimination and participates in that (see the short summary on Drew DeVault’s “Weird Little Guys of FOSS” list). His bigotry is so consistent that he was banned from participating in the Freedesktop.org community where all the other developers of window managers and the free software desktop stack collaborate. And it was long before DHH funded him.
One could see a world where a CEO using his connections to drum up some funding for free software projects would be a good thing. But that’s not the world we live in I am afraid. DHH got 3 million USD from Digital Ocean (a cloud provider) for Omarchy. Basically at the same time where Digital Ocean cancelled their support of Flathub and GNOME that amounted to a value of 50 USD per month.
DHH is using his position and his influence to accumulate donations that he then can distribute to projects that align with his fascist worldview and ambitions. And in a time where many important projects and infrastructures are strapped for cash running just on the goodwill of a handful of people that is increasingly dangerous. Not because its corporate money – a lot of funding for open source comes from corporations, they are after all who are sucking up all the surplus from people’s labor. It’s because this amount of money gives him power.
The Omarchy foundation will be where projects in desperate need of funding will be pointed. And will a project focused on human rights and social justice get funding from our fascist overlord? What kind of pressure can that exert on projects who have to decide to either die due to lack of funding or kill their code of conduct?
An open fascist is building one of the bigger sources of funding for open source fully under his individual control and sucks up a lot of money that otherwise might have gone to liberatory projects. Community projects. Antifascist projects.
And that is why Omarchy matters. Sadly. Not because of its technical merit (even though those fascists love to use the “merit” argument to fight human rights) but because of its leader, his connections and his ability to accumulate financial power. Without anyone in that ecosystem saying anything about how that leader operates and talks. And you might know the saying: If there’s a Nazi and 10 folks sitting together at a table and nobody says and does anything? There’s 11 Nazis at that table.
Omarchy got a lot of recognition recently. Not only by corporate donors but by Youtubers and other tech influencers who kept praising it and nudged people (who might not know about DHH’s exploits) towards testing it. To become “a hardcore linux user/dev” or whatever other chauvinist argument they made. This makes it dangerous.
Running Omarchy means contributing to this dynamic. It means willingly integrating oneself into a fascist community. Legitimizing it. Supporting it. Omarchy is a fascist project that normalizes fascist thinking for everyone entering that community (even unknowingly). The baseline has to be not to use that system. And as people who believe in human rights and dignity, in community and a tech world that can be better we need to oppose Omarchy. Need to make sure it gets no seat at any table. Support projects who actively refuse to collaborate. Support projects who care about human rights and flourishing. And do not do business with the companies who willingly support fascists.
Siamo tutti antifascisti!
(Share this message about Omarchy [or some other similar post] around in the tech circles you frequent. Tell people about the background of this hyped Linux distribution and its fascist leader. Quit your 1password or Digital Ocean accounts and mention that it is because the support fascists.)
Rather than the Streisand effect which is about attempts to censor information, its probably more accurately described by a term I recently learned about (coined by Lee Vinsel and popularised by Cory Doctorow in his various writings): 'Criti-hype'.
Doctorow uses it to describe how a lot of online AI criticism is actually feeding the so-called "growth story" that makes AI look attractive to investors (i.e., by tacitly accepting the narrative that AI is actually good enough to 'take our jobs', for example) which leads to greater and greater stock valuations of AI companies, and therefore continued AI bubble inflation.
I see the parallels here, not sure if it's 100% applicable, but thought I'd throw it out there
This is not really comparable to Streisand effect, because posts like these do not try to hide Omarchy. In fact this post is the opposite. People (posts like these) are concerned and want to discuss. We should let them. Do not mute yourself over topics that need to be addressed. I mean you personally can do, but don't tell others not to post. Just my opinion.
Ignoring fascists and hoping they go away is one reason why fascism is having a resurgence right now. Immoral behavior should be challenged as widely and publicly as necessary to make everyone aware that it's inappropriate. People don't stop doing immoral things unless there are social consequences for it.
Or I can ignore Omarchy. I can continue to use and support the open source projects I like. I've been a happy linux and open source user for 25+ years. So far no asshole with money has been able to mess it up yet and I don't see that changing. Many have tried.
It's not you (an informed user) that they're after, it's about public perception of Linux.
I would go as far as to say Omarchy is an attack on all Linux distros.
It's the notion that you can just "dial up some tech" that has been doing widespread harm to all branches of IT, shaking up the public trust in technology and confusing what "reliable" means for IT.
If Omarchy succeeds in having AI create a usable Linux distro it would fundamentally alter the optics of "manually" created distros and the public's trust in them. And it probably can, given massive amounts of money and resources. Hence all the millions being poured into it.
It's the old "embrace, extend, extinguish" strategy in a new form.
Not for lack of trying, mind you. Previous attempts were eventually thwarted after decade-long efforts, which is also how this one looks like it's shaping up.
It's also worth pointing out that in previous cases there were champions of the industry that stood up for Linux and countered with equal amounts of money into things like lawsuits and marketing on the supporting side.
Furthermore this attack is of the FUD variety (fear, uncertainty and doubt) which is harder to counter.
Kindly point me to three generalist, widely known XMPP servers.
The lack of generalist widely known XMPP servers has nothing to do with the fact that today anyone who wants to deploy a modern up to date XMPP server can do so, and has choices. There are also modern actively maintained clients. That's my point. There are also many general free servers to join, even if not well known.
If you base the value of something on its popularity rather than its utility, then we aren't concerned about the same things. As long as I can use the software I want to use in the way I want to use it, then I'm a happy user. I can't control what other people use.
Any project with a GPL or similar license is effectively immune from takeover.
As long as there is someone with the skills and interest with access to the source (and there are legions), they can use it. If someone wants to keep it the way it was or change it in some big way, they can fork it.
Every time there has been a corp buyout or ideological divide, the people exercise their rights and projects fork, preserving the independence and community values.
Let people discuss stuff they want and need to discuss. You do not have to click the topic and read it. People have concerns and they want to discuss it, we should not try to mute because there is a huge interest by many.
"Negative attention is also attention". In the Linux community where we are in, the fascist DHH was already discussed at least once (in fact multiple times) in the last weeks.
I think suppressing this topic until they run out of money is a better strategy than every time trying to do holy wars. Of course the situation is different if you notice that the person whom you're speaking with may not yet know. That is not really the case in lemmy.ml/c/linux
This is not about attention, this is about enlightenment. And even if its negative attention in addition, people want to discuss and they should. Just because it gets attention should not be a reason to silence opinions and their need to talk about it with others.
Meanwhile the other day a post here asking "What actually is the deal with Omarchy?" got deleted.
I feel this is more about people signaling they dislike he who should not be named (other than initials) than, you know, what is actually wrong with the product.
The same thing happened with the technology communities and Trump / Musk. I sincerely do not care about these people or their opinions. I'm here for the tech news, not a circlejerk about whom the Internet considers a nazi. I guess I will just have to add a few more keywords to filter now.
Meanwhile the other day a post here asking “What actually is the deal with Omarchy?” got deleted.
Important to know why it was deleted. As I cannot see in the content and discussion, I cannot verify what happened. So bringing this up isn't really meaningful as a point then. Now if it was deleted for reasons you suggest (because they don't want positive attention as I get it from your reply), then yes, that would be bad. But how do we check this? It might had a different reason.
I will just have to add a few more keywords to filter now.
I didn't know this was possible on Lemmy! Care to explain where this can be done? Or is it maybe your client that allows that. On the webpage lemmy.ml with a browser I don't see any method of keyword filters.
Looks like there was not much in the post, other than this image. It could be a troll attempt, maybe that is what the moderator interpreted. I'm not convinced this is something todo with silencing those who question the critics, because in this image there was nothing specific. Edit: If there was a well thought out posting with argumentation (the post wasn't really a question) in good faith, then I'm sure the post wouldn't get removed.
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Agree to disagree. To me that meme format literally is someone asking "why is everybody talking about X". It got some actual in depth answers "this is what it is, this is why people are upset" and then it got deleted.
So now we're back at the point where there's less info about what it actually is, only that it's bad.
For me personally, I see enlightment - especially that particular word - in the process of self-perfection and leaning the truth.
I mean, I don't mind that you have your opinion. It's just funny to me that you chose this word of all. One that has nothing to do with the reputation system.
I agree that we don't need new posts every time Omarchy raises more money or about random bugs but this is the first Marxist analysis post about Omarchy I have seen on here.
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Not liking an opinion does not transform it into fearmongering. My question is again, does this post become fearmongering BECAUSE you personally don't like it? Are you able to explain why this post is fearmongering? Nobody asks you to like his opinions. But that is not the point.
DHH wants ethnic cleansing. That's not a simple opinion, like whether a piece of software is cool or whether some band does good music. It's fucking ethnic cleansing.
i’m so incredibly annoyed by the fact that my previously favorite hosting provider digital ocean decided to fund this ridiculousness… any favorite alternatives anyone can offer?
Has anyone sent word to digital ocean about why people would be upset about their funding decision? Might be best not to immediately attribute to malice what could be attributed to not knowing.
I read the wolf blog and yeah fucked up stuff. Idk what happens but if Linux projects profits from him idc, people need money to work, devs get money. It really subjective like if you'll use a project that is funded by him.
Damn I knew some fascist movements were trying to take over the environmentalist scene but I wouldn't have imagined fascists meddeling with open source.
I... what? This literally says nothing. The title promised me a description of a power grab, but the actual contents are just "DHH sux". Even accepting that premise as I do...no power grab is described.
And it’s disingenuous at that. I’ve been trying to figure out why this guy is a fascist through all these posts and comments that keep popping up and it seems like the common thread is that he’s against immigration. Which… fair. That can definitely be a dog whistle. But when I keep seeing things like “he says they should all be shot” when I’ve read the quote myself and that’s not the point he was making; it kind of makes me doubt the rest too.
If he’s a bad dude, say the bad things and let me make the decision myself, your exaggerations are hurting your own cause.
He's not simply "against immigration", he finds Tommy Robinson "heartwarming". You may not know a whole lot about the far-right, but it doesn't take a genius to see what he's doing.
I get that. I even accept he’s a terrible person from the backlash. Just quit shooting yourselves in the foot by repeating exaggerations is all I’m asking.
I mean, I do think he approaches fascist ideology with his blog posts, and he seems to also be a credulous rube when it comes to AI, but I will admit that in his blog post he argues for deportation, not killing. (Deporting to where? Unclear. Roma can come from various EU nations, including Denmark.)
But even given that I don't like the guy, I have to ask, does he harm libre software, and does using his libre software harm other people the way his preferred immigration policies would? To me the answers seem to be no on both counts. Will I be suspicious of his work? Maybe, but suspicion isn't prejudgment. Will I financially support him in any way? Hell no, he can spend that Dell money on his own. But the beauty of free software is that it is free, and you are not bound by the politics of its creator.
Instead of focusing so much on hating something highlight things you love like Archlinux and stop reporting on things you don't like. Reporting on them does the opposite of what you want.
I agree for the most part, except for the use of the terms “fascist” and “racist.” Those terms are used far too quickly and far too often. This weakens and normalizes them.
Not everyone who criticizes migration is automatically a racist. Not everyone who loves capitalism and liberalism is automatically a fascist.
That’s no justification for DHH and his supporters. My point is simply that these days, people are far too quick to throw around extreme terms online without thinking things through, just because someone has a different opinion. Just as, for the right wing, everything is always immediately labeled as socialism and/or communism.
As a result, the lines of conflict keep drifting further apart, making dialogue impossible—and that only strengthens the true extremists.
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Just switched Zorin for Win11 on my kids computer (yes, it did hurt and still does 😭). His friends play Fortnite and he felt left out. Windows is the only option if he want to play?
Btw downloaded newest Microslop Windows 11, but still during installation there was a gust from the past; I had to use my other computer to download the wifi card driver, which I had to "select from disk" when installing 😂 in 2026!! (tplink ex3000). Worked flawless on Linux.
You can get really good performance in a VM if you can pass-through a GPU, which is a lot of tom-foolery or a second dedicated GPU since you can't have it passed through and working for your host OS at the same time. BUT, most anti-cheat is going to either block the game from running in a VM or just ban you outright for trying to "bypass" the anti-cheat.
All of this is even dumber when you realize EAC (which Epic makes) has Linux compatibility that other games use, but Epic specifically chooses to not allow in their games. I really think it is because they know it would only help the Steam Deck and Tim Sweeney really hates Valve.
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is what it is. Not much one can do wrong with the windows gui installer 😅 Even had to install twice (selected pro, had home. that required a reinstall.. microslop) it asked both times for me to load the driver from external media (windows didn't detect the wifi card). installed from fresh win11 iso downloaded from ms today.
If normal win11 gives you problems you can still use win10 21h2 iot ltsc till 2032 with security updates and win11 iot ltsc to avoid a big part of the mess.
It’s the same process you would go through to activate with Microsoft. The website explains how each option works. The code is all open on GitHub under the same name.
Probably just a waiting game, then. Epic is bringing their client to Linux (supposedly), but it's unknown when.
As a second option, have you considered dual booting, with Linux as the default? Then you/he can still have the benefit of Linux most of the time with Windows as a backup for the problematic games.
The issue with that setup is, if Fortnite is one of the primary things he does, he's just going to stay on windows and never use the linux install. Nothing is more annoying than having to constantly reboot into a new OS since it requires closing everything out. It would likely end up being a Windows default and occasionally swapping to linux (more realistically just never swapping to linux)
That flow is what I do though, I have both Debian and Windows 10 installed and default to Linux, but thats also because I don't play a game that hard requires windows to function, so my usage of the OS is strictly hardware/firmware updates and the once or twice a year that I do have a game that straight doesn't work on linux at all.
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but thats also because I don't play a game that hard requires windows to function, so my usage of the OS is strictly hardware/firmware updates and the once or twice a year that I do have a game that straight doesn't work on linux at all.
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Even that quote is contradictory in one sentence. Bold added to clarify what I mean...
but thats also because I don’t play a game that hard requires windows to function, so my usage of the OS is strictly hardware/firmware updates and the once or twice a year that I do have a game that straight doesn’t work on linux at all.
Basically "I won't play a game that 'hard requires windows' unless I decide to play a game that 'straight doesn't work on linux', which happens regularly enough that it is half the reason I keep a windows partition around". Like, honestly, It's okay. I am not trying to shame you for having a windows partition. I just find it hypocritical to say it doesn't work and then explain how you make it work, lol.
I think we have different definitions of the word regularly. that, or you're not understanding my post I can't tell.
As per the quote, it happens once or twice a year. I would not classify that as regularly. And as such, since it's not happening regularly, I am able to use the system where it defaults to Linux.
Where in contrast, if I had a program or game that I played daily with my friends(or arguably, even if it was every other day) that required Windows, I would be defaulting to Windows because having to reboot your computer in order to load completely different operating system regularly would be too much of a pain in the ass.
I say this from a realistic point of view because I've already done that back before proton and back before wine was even half as decent as it was now. That is how I ran my laptop, I had a Windows 7 system with Linux Mint on it as a side load. And I had to reboot into Windows any time I wanted to play a game because wine at that stage of development sucked. My intention was to switch to Linux and have Linux as a primary. But realistically, what it ended up being is, if I had a remote suspicion that I might want to play a video game that day, I would just load the Windows operating system, in order to make it so I didn't have to restart all my programs in order to play my game.
Current day proton and wine have gotten to the point where I no longer have to worry about that because I have no Windows critical games anymore. So as such, I'm able to default to Linux because I'm not having to reboot into Windows to make it work.
Hopefully that makes it a little more clearer, I fail to see how it's hypocritical.
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They can make an Epic client without Fortnite. The problem is that anti-cheat on Linux is fundamentally incompatible with software freedom. Because anti cheat is intended to prevent you from controlling your computer.
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To be clear, I believe you are talking about kernel-level anticheat?
I once read that kernel anticheat is the lazy option. Devs can supposedly combat cheating without that, but it takes effort (meaning $$$).
So Fortnite could come to Linux, but Epic would have to fundamentally change how they deal with cheating, and the CEO doesn't seem the type to give a shit about that.
Epic's anti cheat support Linux, the CEO refuses(-ed) to use it in their own games because they hate Linux.
Talking out of my ass, i think this shift is one of two things. The first would be their customers wanting to target Steam Deck having doubts of Epic's anti cheat capacity in Linux. If they don't support it in their own games (and Rocket League had Linux support before being bought out). The other is they want to launch their own Linux based console with their Store pre-installed. They've always wanted to have a store front, to the point they challenged Google and Apple for a bigger piece of the pie. Today, this last part is unlikely considering the price of components.
And why should they? The bottom line is the bottom line. It doesn't make any business sense to spend money to change your anti cheat mechanism so you can capture a tiny group of users. The incentive just isn't there
I think it's shortsighted. The Linux gaming market is growing, and anyone with business foresight would be putting systems in place to capture that market. Apple is bound and determined not to be compatible with anyone, and Microsoft is not doing gamers any real favors lately, so it's likely to continue to grow even further as people look for alternative(s) to both.
Doubt the graphics is going to keep up in WinBoat enough to be playable, but even if it has improved that much in 3 months, it still isn't going to make the anti-cheat work in a VM.
Unfortunately, the best experience I've found (without installing windows on bare metal) for something like this is one of those game streaming services like geforce now or xbox game pass. You point your browser somewhere and play it with a bit of input lag. But both of those companies suck a whole lot, so I stopped using them (and I heard game pass is going to limit you to some absurd low number of hours per month, even on the top tier of game pass).
Feature Description Adding Virglrenderer and Virtio-gpu to Winboat should give some level of GPU Acceleration to Windows Apps. Use-Case It will make Windows Apps run faster that need GPU Accelerati...
True, but haven't used Windows for quite a while. Got several computers and licenses, and I know I got at least 2 pro licenses, but Microslop insisted I only have home. (got 2-3 home licenses too). I can't figure out which key is which, which ones are stored in my account (where can I check this?). Stored the original Win10 keys, but think they changed when upgraded to 11 - dunno how to solve that. Would be nice with a page that lists all licenses for my user, also somewhere I can check my 10 keys and get info on which are upgraded to 11 and what the new keys are. 😅
Thanks for lots of suggestions here, some helpfull and some not so helpfull. Allthough impressed on the number of helpfull posts actually. Got home installed now, pro doesn't really matter for my son playing Fortnite. All good 🥳 .. well, except that I now have a Windows machine on my network 😆
I don't think it is as popular with the younger crowd. It's a battle royal like fortnite but it's more of a "military shooter" than a "fantasy shooter". It's what you'd get if you crossed fortnite and counterstrike
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If you don't have to deal with kids it's hard to explain how dominant Fortnite is. The problem with Fortnite here is that it's essentially crack for kids, and when I hear people saying "they should make Fortnite work in Linux" I hear "drug dealers should sell their goods in nice places". It's not in the pusher's interest to make their pay-per-hit product usable in any way that empowers the addict.
To be honest, my view of Fortnite is kids buying expensive skins. In Roblox, I’ve seen people creating games and kids are less pushed towards spending money.
I’ve seen my son waste a lot of his allowance in Fortnite and almost none in Roblox.
But, to be honest, while I’ve watched him play, I never played myself..
My kids use Fedora, and hate windows with passion (I wonder where they get that from), so they only play games that work in Linux and they can play on steam. Their friends and cousins have adapted to them, instead of the other way around (though I'm pretty sure they still play Fortnite and other 'winblows only' shot without my kids). I made my kids understand that anyone that does not respect their wish to control their own lives and privacy is not worth keeping around anyway, and it has worked fine so far. Also, they have time limits for gaming and watching TV, they read and play music instruments way more than using any type of tech.
Make no mistake, it's a real chore getting kids to understand, but showing them scary shit that happens to others out there for not taking care of their privacy is a seriously useful crutch. I think I've made my kids as paranoid as I am, they even bitch at my wife every so often about her still using WhatsApp 🤣
Frankly I just use Linux on everything and play dorknite via game streaming. You can use a chromium based browser and a controller and it works just fine
Autrice engagée, notamment pour la défense de la Palestine et contre les violences faites aux femmes, Adèle Haenel a livré un texte puissant sur le plateau de France 5.
Mais France Télévisions a supprimé le replay de l'intégralité de l'émission.
Voici donc le replay de l'extrait en question.
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I switched from 10 years of Openbox to KDE Plasma. This also means from Xorg to wayland.
Plasma is great, it has almost everything. One thing I'm missing (until I'm able to write my own plasmoids/widgets) is what conky provides: a constantly updating overview of my top processes, what's eating resources.
If you ever tried to hack your own conky you must know how fragile it can be. Plus, it's even more fragile on wayland. Most people run it in Xwayland, many unwittingly, but that didn't work for me either. Let's not dwell on these things (more than a decade of faffing around with conky. It usually runs stable once it's set up, but getting there is beyond painful).
Every time I thought I had it running stably without freezing or disappearing, something new happened... aaaarrrgghh
Until I decided fuck it, I'll run it in the terminal. Much more stable. And with Konsole* & Kwin I can make it look really good.
* I tried it with Alacritty first, but it flickers!
\#!/usr/bin/lua
-- we make our own ncurses :-D
function conky_rst() -- reset
return '[0m'
end
function conky_cls() -- clear screen
return '[H[2J[3J'
end
function conky_nl() -- newline
return string.char(10)
end
function conky_blk_nrm()
return '[0;30m'
end
function conky_blk_brt()
return '[1;30m'
end
function conky_blk_dim()
return '[2;30m'
end
function conky_blk_uln()
return '[4;30m'
end
function conky_blk_bln()
return '[5;30m'
end
function conky_blk_rev()
return '[7;30m'
end
function conky_blk_del()
return '[9;30m'
end
function conky_red_nrm()
return '[0;31m'
end
function conky_red_brt()
return '[1;31m'
end
function conky_red_dim()
return '[2;31m'
end
function conky_red_uln()
return '[4;31m'
end
function conky_red_bln()
return '[5;31m'
end
function conky_red_rev()
return '[7;31m'
end
function conky_red_del()
return '[9;31m'
end
function conky_grn_nrm()
return '[0;32m'
end
function conky_grn_brt()
return '[1;32m'
end
function conky_grn_dim()
return '[2;32m'
end
function conky_grn_uln()
return '[4;32m'
end
function conky_grn_bln()
return '[5;32m'
end
function conky_grn_rev()
return '[7;32m'
end
function conky_grn_del()
return '[9;32m'
end
function conky_ylw_nrm()
return '[0;33m'
end
function conky_ylw_brt()
return '[1;33m'
end
function conky_ylw_dim()
return '[2;33m'
end
function conky_ylw_uln()
return '[4;33m'
end
function conky_ylw_bln()
return '[5;33m'
end
function conky_ylw_rev()
return '[7;33m'
end
function conky_ylw_del()
return '[9;33m'
end
function conky_blu_nrm()
return '[0;34m'
end
function conky_blu_brt()
return '[1;34m'
end
function conky_blu_dim()
return '[2;34m'
end
function conky_blu_uln()
return '[4;34m'
end
function conky_blu_bln()
return '[5;34m'
end
function conky_blu_rev()
return '[7;34m'
end
function conky_blu_del()
return '[9;34m'
end
function conky_mag_nrm()
return '[0;35m'
end
function conky_mag_brt()
return '[1;35m'
end
function conky_mag_dim()
return '[2;35m'
end
function conky_mag_uln()
return '[4;35m'
end
function conky_mag_bln()
return '[5;35m'
end
function conky_mag_rev()
return '[7;35m'
end
function conky_mag_del()
return '[9;35m'
end
function conky_cyn_nrm()
return '[0;36m'
end
function conky_cyn_brt()
return '[1;36m'
end
function conky_cyn_dim()
return '[2;36m'
end
function conky_cyn_uln()
return '[4;36m'
end
function conky_cyn_bln()
return '[5;36m'
end
function conky_cyn_rev()
return '[7;36m'
end
function conky_cyn_del()
return '[9;36m'
end
function conky_whi_nrm()
return '[0;37m'
end
function conky_whi_brt()
return '[1;37m'
end
function conky_whi_dim()
return '[2;37m'
end
function conky_whi_uln()
return '[4;37m'
end
function conky_whi_bln()
return '[5;37m'
end
function conky_whi_rev()
return '[7;37m'
end
function conky_whi_del()
return '[9;37m'
end
function conky_def_nrm()
return '[0;39m'
end
function conky_def_brt()
return '[1;39m'
end
function conky_def_dim()
return '[2;39m'
end
function conky_def_uln()
return '[4;39m'
end
function conky_def_bln()
return '[5;39m'
end
function conky_def_rev()
return '[7;39m'
end
function conky_def_del()
return '[9;39m'
end
function conky_tab()
-- ┊🮇⋮┊⦙⸽|︳⏐｜┆
return ' [1;30m┆[0m ' -- first black_bright, then reset
end
function conky_fill(char,num) -- pass S for spaces (no idea how to pass spaces in conky)
return string.rep((char == 'S' and ' ' or char),num)
end
function conky_bar_to_uni(str)
local bar_fill_map = {
a = '⠠',
-- a = '🞍',
-- a = '🞌',
-- a = '⬝',
-- a = '🭺',
b = '⠶',
-- b = '⯀',
-- b = '■',
-- b = '█',
-- b = '▇',
-- b = '⠿',
-- b = '',
}
return string.gsub(conky_parse(str), "%w", bar_fill_map)
end
function conky_lpad(num,str)
local pad = '%'..num..'s'
return string.format(pad,conky_parse(str))
end
function conky_rpad(num,str)
local pad = '%-'..num..'s'
return string.format(pad,conky_parse(str))
end
function conky_cpad(num,str)
out = conky_parse(str)
len = #out
pad = num - len
left = pad//2 + pad%2 + len
lpad = '%'..left..'s'
out = string.format(lpad,out)
rpad= '%-'..num..'s'
return string.format(rpad,out)
end
function conky_graph_to_uni(str)
local graph_ticks_map = {
a = '⣀',
b = '⣄',
c = '⣤',
d = '⣦',
e = '⣶',
f = '⣷',
g = '⣿',
-- a = ' ',
-- -- a = '_',
-- b = '▁',
-- c = '▂',
-- d = '▃',
-- e = '▄',
-- f = '▅',
-- g = '▆',
-- h = '▇',
-- i = '█',
}
return string.gsub(conky_parse(str), "%w", graph_ticks_map)
end
Yes, it could do with some improvement.
All this is started through a desktop file in ~/.config/autostart:
I also created a konsole profile that must have the exact dimensions for this conky, also the color scheme likely needs to be edited so that Background color is exactly the same as Color 1, because of transparency. You'll understand when you see it.
So far this gives us something like this (previous version):
Now I right-click on the titlebar -> more actions -> special window settings. The window must be uniquely recognizable through its title 'conky_tui_konsole'. I remove borders, make it appear on all desktops, stay below, and put it in the position where I want it. It takes a while to understand the UI. In the end I get this extra entry in ~/.config/kwinrc (I love KDE! The combo of having a gui menu for everything, yet still simple editable config files is just 😙👌):
Glad to hear you like the change from OpenBox to KDE. I made the opposite switch some 10 years ago, and don't really see a reason to return. What made you go back to a DE, asking out of ~~FOMO~~ curiosity?
An abundance of software unified under one toolkit, with extreme levels of configurability. And theming. I got so tired of having to set everything up myself, make Qt apps follow the GTK3 theme, GTK4 apps still remaining unthemed, and Openbox theming always on the side. All the twiddling that comes from being your own session manager.
And KDE runs really light when you adjust it just a little, esp. on CachyOS.
PS
Conky sucks? When did this happen? 😆
You seriously can't relate?
This entry was edited (Saturday, September 12, 2026, 12:19 PM)
I can defo follow the complications of theming part, yeah. But I'm also a Basic Betty in that I'm fine with a bare bones dark mode. OpenBox mostly gets out of my way and lets me just work without being annoyed with the window appearance.
Same with Conky — I don't do anything fancy with it, it's a few plains system Info's, set it and forget it. So it's really only when I change hardware I need to muck about with the .rc.
KDE... I fiddled endlessly with themes and widgets, etc. to get it just so. Then I'd get annoyed that some little detail wasn't immediately customisable to my liking and spend hours finding alternatives and workarounds 😆
I think minimalism is really better for my personal wellbeing. But I'm always curious how others choose and customise their workspace 👍
Well even in 2026 I find no desktop widget that does exactly what I can do with conky (it's mostly the constantly updating process monitor). Yes, there's one in the store, but it has only 1 or 2 config options.
Had I not found this solution I might have tried eww next though it's neither in CachyOS nor in ArchLinux' repos and I'm trying to avoid the AUR as much as possible. Have been doing that for years actually.
Remember Fluxbuntu? or Linux Mint Fluxbox Edition? Those were one of my first, too.
This entry was edited (Saturday, September 12, 2026, 4:14 PM)
You mean I can make CachyOS go even faster??? Any tips on what to adjust?
I meant KDE: disable (most) animations, disable file indexing. Use widgets sparingly. Actually, make sure to enable only what you need. The System Settings are enormous.
My prejudice of KDE being a heavy DE is pretty old. I think they just figured a lot of stuff out in the meantime without going the route of "let's throw more RAM and CPU at badly coded programs" certain other GUI providers go.
PS: what's with the empty blockquotes? I'm seeing this rather often.
This entry was edited (Friday, September 11, 2026, 2:51 PM)
a constantly updating overview of my top processes, what's eating resources.
Why would you need that?
Assuming you are using a minimal install of any distro, you already know all non essential services running because you installed them. As long as you didn't install a package group of plasma with all its apps, you will already only have the things you need running, so your tab will mostly consist of
„Ah yes, the machine made to be used is used. What an abhorrence!”
like yes, vlc is indeed running and I am using all my processor cores to transcode a movie, am I gonna clamp a 5v cable to my tongue and manually read out the sectors on my drive by licking it in order, take a pen and paper and manually encode the movie to h.264?
Also BTW if you don't see performance problems, running htop all the time is just a waste of the resources you are so eager to preserve
You have a problem with people doing things differently than you? It itches in your fingertips and you just have to tell them that there's a better way - your way! - right?
And yes, htop is surprisingly resource intensive. Good I'm not using it (all the time).
Funny just a few hours ago I noticed that it ships with my distro. Yeah, it's nice and runs much lighter than htop. Bit large and overwhealming for pinning to the desktop though, and fiddling with conky is so much fun (now that I cut out the frustration).
BTW, I am prettier than you. There, I think we're even now.
I actually started off with "Total CPU Use" but it seems to have a bug in CachyOS because when I choose process table it becomes empty. Or is there some other setting that needs to be tweaked as well?
A first-person point-of-view video filmed by Cynni, capturing a highly anticipated and incredibly exciting moment for their young chocolate brown Labrador Retriever, Koa. The video opens with the handsome pup—sporting the signature little white stripe on his chest—sitting on a dark grey couch, his eyes locked attentively on something just out of frame.
Suddenly, Cynni’s hand, wearing a beige compression glove, raises a long, white rawhide chew bone into view. Koa’s eyes widen. Cynni playfully and lovingly teases him in Dutch, asking, "Wat is er, Koa? Ooh, heb ik een heel nieuw botje? Wat, wat? Wil jij dat botje? Weet je het zeker dat jij dat botje wilt?" (What is it, Koa? Ooh, do I have a brand new bone? What, what? Do you want that bone? Are you sure you want that bone?). Koa is practically vibrating with anticipation, his tail thumping against the cushions and his tongue happily licking his lips as he stands up.
Cynni leads the way to the living room, saying, "Kom maar hier komen dan, Koa, kom, kom!" (Come here then, Koa, come, come!). Koa eagerly scurries over to his cozy grey dog bed, which already holds a colorful spiky toy. Cynni tells him to "Mooi zitten" (Sit nicely). Koa tries his absolute hardest to be a patient, good boy, planting his bottom on the bed, but his wiggly puppy energy gets the better of him, and he keeps popping right back up. When Cynni asks, "Kun je pootje geven?" (Can you give a paw?), the overeager pup happily obliges, throwing a paw up but nearly launching himself out of his bed with pure joy.
After one last, "Wil jij een botje hebben?" (Do you want a bone?), Cynni finally hands over the magnificent rawhide. Koa snatches it up eagerly but gently, settling onto his belly to get to work. As he happily chomps, gnaws, and playfully tosses the bone around in total bliss, Cynni affectionately narrates his feast. "Oh, wat een mooi botje Koa, nom nom nom," they say, adding, "Lekker hoor, smurf" (Tasty, smurf). Cynni lovingly asks, "Wie is de mooiste jongen?" (Who is the most beautiful boy?).
The video concludes with Koa completely engrossed in his chewy treasure, while Cynni warmly tells him, "Hou van jou. Hou van jou, schatje" (Love you. Love you, sweetie), followed by a cheerful "Smakelijk!" (Enjoy your meal!). The camera lowers, ending with a sweet, blurry close-up boop against the very happy pup.
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in reply to SSUPII • • •sun_is_ra
in reply to SSUPII • • •Run this command
grep -ir ask ~/.config/k*see if there is any relevant file/line or just past the output somewhere and provide a link