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Just got a new GPU, why is it so hard to use it?

Hey all, just got a Geforce 5070 to replace my 2070 from years ago. Ubuntu's been pretty smooth sailing for me until now, and I'm not exactly the best at navigating this stuff.

When Ubuntu starts to boot, the GPU stops outputting display to my monitor. As though it doesn't detect the new GPU. I tried putting the 2070 back in and downloading the 570 drivers but it didn't change anything. I found a tutorial for what seemed to be my issue that asked me to change the kernel, but halfway through the tutorial, commands that worked on their machine started failing on mine. I wish I'd documented what the error messages were because when I went to poke around more today, I got a message about kernel panic and can't even boot with the 2070. Where do I go from here?

SOLUTION: Went back and got an AMD GPU. Worked out of the box. Thanks to all who helped. Would have kept trying but I only have so much time for troubleshooting right now.

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A Plea From Gaza: You’re My Only Hope

My name is Soliman — a young man and student from Gaza, carrying a burden far heavier than my age. Between my studies and the hardships of life, I try to be the backbone of my family in the most difficult of times.

We once had a small farm — olive and citrus trees, and a greenhouse where we planted not just crops, but dreams.
That farm was our only source of income, and more than that, it was a place full of memories, of hope, and of the laughter that once made life a little easier.

But in a single moment, everything was gone.
A fire reduced our years of effort to ashes.
We lost our source of living, our stability — and with it, a part of our souls.

Now, despite the pain, I’m trying to start over. I’m doing everything I can to keep my family standing, to find even the smallest light of hope that might restore our strength, dignity, and sense of humanity.

I share these words with honesty and hope, hoping they reach a kind heart — someone who can help, or even simply share my story with others who might be able to.

If you’re able to support us in any way, here is the link to our GoFundMe campaign:
👉 gofund.me/da782c66
Every share, every kind word, every small donation could be a lifeline for us.

From the bottom of my heart, thank you for taking a moment to read my story.

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A Plea From Gaza: You’re My Only Hope

cross-posted from: hexbear.net/post/5783600

My name is Soliman — a young man and student from Gaza, carrying a burden far heavier than my age. Between my studies and the hardships of life, I try to be the backbone of my family in the most difficult of times.

We once had a small farm — olive and citrus trees, and a greenhouse where we planted not just crops, but dreams.
That farm was our only source of income, and more than that, it was a place full of memories, of hope, and of the laughter that once made life a little easier.

But in a single moment, everything was gone.
A fire reduced our years of effort to ashes.
We lost our source of living, our stability — and with it, a part of our souls.

Now, despite the pain, I’m trying to start over. I’m doing everything I can to keep my family standing, to find even the smallest light of hope that might restore our strength, dignity, and sense of humanity.

I share these words with honesty and hope, hoping they reach a kind heart — someone who can help, or even simply share my story with others who might be able to.

If you’re able to support us in any way, here is the link to our GoFundMe campaign:
👉 gofund.me/da782c66
Every share, every kind word, every small donation could be a lifeline for us.

From the bottom of my heart, thank you for taking a moment to read my story.

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GitHub - winapps-org/winapps: Run Windows apps such as Microsoft Office/Adobe in Linux (Ubuntu/Fedora) and GNOME/KDE as if they were a part of the native OS, including Nautilus integration.

GitHub - winapps-org/winapps: Run Windows apps such as Microsoft Office/Adobe in Linux (Ubuntu/Fedora) and GNOME/KDE as if they were a part of the native OS, including Nautilus integration. Hard fork of github.com/Fmstrat/winapps/

Run Windows apps such as Microsoft Office/Adobe in Linux (Ubuntu/Fedora) and GNOME/KDE as if they were a part of the native OS, including Nautilus integration. Hard fork of https://github.com/Fmst...
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Israeli rights group releases footage showing settler shooting activist Awdah Hathaleen

The Israeli human rights group B’Tselem has released a video showing settler Yinon Levi shooting and killing Palestinian activist Awdah Hathaleen. The footage was filmed by Hathaleen himself.

Levi was released days after killing the 31-year-old activist and was later seen returning to the scene of the crime at the Umm al-Kheir community centre in the occupied West Bank.

Attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinians across the territory are being recorded on a nearly daily basis. The settlers are often backed by Israeli soldiers.


LIVE: Israel kills Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif in Gaza attack

Al-Sharif killed along with journalist Mohammed Qreiqeh and two cameramen, our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic report.
Nils Adler (Al Jazeera)
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not quite01(they/them)

For my Laptop I wanted to stick with the basics and go from there so I didnt really checket wether there where any distros based of off kinoite or silverblue.
I want to use only packages I need.
I guess aurora bazzite etc would remove the fedora flatpaks out of the box which would have saved maybe 5 minutes vut either way I dont want to install derivatives from derivatives etc. for example mint or cachy(I know these have different bases the point is I want to stick to the source as close as possible)

Now on my pc on the other hand I just installed bazitte because I do play video games on it.

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Jati from Watch4Beauty

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Piper from Amour Angels

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Ivanka

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Fedora 42 / KDE - What is the difference between "dnf upgrade" and Discover "system upgrade"

I usually update through dnf but sometimes Discover says there is a "system upgrade" with however many packages that are pending upgrade, but no details provided. It requires a restart after completing.

What is the difference between the two?

Picture of what I'm talking about

File:Noble-1.png - KDE Community Wiki

community.kde.org

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Linux Mint - Can't get Dolphin to work properly with network files

Hey all! The primary issue is in the title - Dolphin doesn't play nice w/ files on my home server. I'm able to view, copy, move, or delete them just fine via SMB, but Dolphin acts as if there is no associated software for any file type. Nemo works without issue, but I prefer Dolphin's customization and feature set.

Any idea what could be wrong? I'm a big Linux newb, so I'm still figuring this all out.

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buwho

install KIO packages if tou do t have them
dolphin needs these for network shares to behave like local files:

sudo apt install kio-fuse kio-extras ffmpegthumbs

then log out and log back in (or restart)

dolphin should mount network paths under

/run/user/your-uid/kio-fuse-somerandomshit

check it

if the path starts with /run/user/… you’re good. If it’s something like smb://, it’s not using fuse

gpt explainstion for education

What’s going on:

Your server has files.
Dolphin can look at them, but it’s not actually pulling them down to your computer in a normal folder.

Because the files aren’t really on your computer, other programs can’t just “open” them — they don’t know how to talk to the server like Dolphin does.

How it should work:
If you use FUSE (with kio-fuse), Dolphin secretly makes a fake local folder that pretends the server’s files are on your computer.

Now, when you double-click a file, your computer thinks it’s opening a local file — so any app can work with it.

Why Nemo works but Dolphin doesn’t
Nemo automatically mounts network folders in that “pretend local folder” way.

Dolphin can do it too, but only if kio-fuse is installed and working.

Without it, Dolphin is basically just showing you a picture of the files instead of giving them to your apps.

The fix:
Install the thing (kio-fuse) that makes the fake local folder.

Restart your session so Dolphin uses it.

Now Dolphin acts like Nemo — server files will just work everywhere.

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This Week in Plasma: quick toggles in System Settings

This Week in Plasma: quick toggles in System Settings

Welcome to a new issue of This Week in Plasma! Every week we cover the highlights of what’s happening in the world of KDE Plasma and its associated apps like Discover, System Monitor, and more.
This Week in Plasma: quick toggles in System Settings
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qt0x40490FDB

I’m gradually concluding that every decision in computer UI has been wrong. Peak UI happened in the 1990s; it’s been downhill ever since. People think terminals are scary, but come on—asking ChatGPT “how do I do this?” and getting three lines that have worked unchanged since 1989 is not harder than watching some tech-bro explain which menus to click… menus that get rearranged every six months so they can find new ways to wedge ads into your ribbon.

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sshPilot 2.0 released with tunelling support and more

sshPilot is a desktop application for managing SSH connections. It loads/saves standard .ssh/config entries and make it easy to manage multiple servers.

It fully supports dynamic, remote and local port forwarding, key-pair generation, file transfer to remote machines and more.

Features:
- Load/save standard .ssh/config entries (it loads you current configuration)
- Full support for Local, Remote and Dynamic port forwarding
- Intuitive, minimal UI with keyboard navigation and shortcuts
-- Press ctrl+L to quickly switch between hosts), close tabs with ctrl+w and move between tabs with alt+right/left arrow
- SCP support for quicly uploading a file to remote server
- Generate keypairs and add them to remote servers
- Toggle to show/hide ip addresses/hostnames in main UI
- Light/Dark themes
- Customizable terminal font and color schemes
- Free software (GPL v3 license)

The app is currently distributed as a debian package and can be installed on recent versions of Debian (testing/unstable) and ubuntu. Debian bookworm is not supported due to older libadwaita version.

Latest release can be downloaded from here: github.com/mfat/sshpilot/relea…

You can also run the app from source. Install the modules listed in requirements.txt and a fairly recent version of GNOME and it should run.

A Flatpak and an RPM version are also planned for future.

I'm also looking for a volunteer to design a good icon for the app.

I'd highly appreciate your thoughts/feedback on this.--

GitHub - mfat/sshpilot: Simple, user-friendly SSH connection manager

Simple, user-friendly SSH connection manager. Contribute to mfat/sshpilot development by creating an account on GitHub.
GitHub
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How bad with Linux MSI is nowadays?

Browsing for some hardware to assemble a new system, nn AMD MSI motherboard caught my attention.

Checking the motherboard compatibility list got me really miffed, as updating BIOS is apparently impossible if not on Window$ and all supported CPUs with integrated graphics require later updates.

MSI was the first brand where I ran Linux, on a Megabook. It installed smoothly, ran flawlessly and even improved battery life and hardware output above what the competition achieved.

Looks like those times are past.

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Gosuki 1.2.0 release: extension-free, multi-browser real-time bookmark manager. Now with multi-device sync

TL;DR

Hi all !

Back again for a massive Gosuki 1.2.0 release, a multi-browser real time bookmark manager.

I posted about this project a month ago and had very positive feedback. Many users asked for multi-device sync so now Gosuki offers two methods to automatically synchronize your bookmarks across devices. Integration/import from other self hosted bookmark managers is in the works.

This is a project I have been writing on and off for the past few years. It aggregates your bookmarks in real time across all browsers/profiles and external APIs like as Reddit and Github.

Features


  • A single binary with no dependencies or browser extensions necessary. It just work right out of the box.
  • Multi-browser: Detects which browsers you have installed and watch changes across all of them including profiles.
  • Use the universal ctrl+d shortcut to add bookmarks and call custom commands.
  • Tag with #hashtags even if your browser does not support it. You can even add tags in the Title. If you are used to organize your bookmarks in folders, they become tags
  • Real time tracking of bookmark changes
  • Multi-device automated p2p synchronization
  • Builtin, local Web UI which also works without Javascript (w3m friendly)
  • Cli command (suki) for a dmenu/rofi compatible query of bookmarks
  • Modular and extensible: Run custom scripts and actions per tags and folders when particular bookmarks are detected
  • Stores bookmarks on a portable on disk sqlite database. No cloud involved.
  • Database compatible with the Buku. You can use any program that was made for buku.
  • Can fetch bookmarks from external APIs (eg. Reddit posts, Github stars).
  • Easily extensible to handle any browser or API
  • Open source with an AGPLv3 license

GitHub - blob42/gosuki: extension-free, multi-browser, real time, cloudless bookmark manager

extension-free, multi-browser, real time, cloudless bookmark manager - blob42/gosuki
GitHub
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blob42

It relates to automated detection and merging of tags without any manual intervention.

For Chrome based browsers and many others, there is no native support of tags. With Gosuki you can hit ctrl+d, add some #tag and that's it. It will be merged with the database. If it already existed, say from an other browser, the tag will be added.

In other terms you may have the same bookmarks across many browsers and profiles and they will all end up in a single consistent state.

All of this is handles in real-time as if you had a browser extension installed in every browser / profile.

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5 Linux KDE Plasma Features that Completely Changed How I Use My PC

Are you using KDE Plasma but still working the same way you did on Windows? Do you wonder if you're getting the most out of your KDE Plasma setup? Well, here are five game-changing features that completely transformed how I use and interact with my PC!

By default, KDE Plasma can feel like another desktop environment (DE) trying to nail the Windows look and feel, but it's so much more than that! Plasma offers unique features that can fundamentally reshape how you think about desktop computing, turning routine tasks into effortless interactions. These aren't just a different way of doing things, but rather a better way as they eliminate entire categories of friction and open up more efficient workflows. Here I've shortlisted my top five favorite KDE Plasma features, how they've changed my approach to desktop computing, and why I can't go back!


5 Linux KDE Plasma Features that Completely Changed How I Use My PC

Once you go KDE Plasma, you can't ever go back.
Dibakar Ghosh (How-To Geek)
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Drito

I use MX since years. I did distrohopping before, started by Manjaro then Mint, NixOS, MX, Alpine...
One day Archlabs, my distro at the time, was closed, I had to switch quickly and MX was an obvious choice because I can have a nice Xfce setup out of the box and it was the most reliable of all distro I tried without being a fork of a fork like Mint.
One day I asked about a package update on the forum, and a maintainer quickly answered me that it shouldnt be a problem and the package was added in some test repo.
MX is not a scam, I dont know why this distro dont make noise on the classic linux places, maybe because Mint took the place of the easy beginner distro ?
Or also the average MX prefer to use its computer to do stuff, than talking about his OS on the internet 😆
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HelloRoot

In a live environment I was not able too install too much - it always ran out of space, but I am not even sure what space it used, maybe a RAM disk?

So if Steam even fits with all of it's dependencies, you may be able to try out a tiny game, definitely not 150GB Forza Horizon 5.

There are ways to make it work by using persistent storage, but it's a hassle, at this point it would be easier to buy a 25$ 500GB ssd and install Linux on it.

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How many Australians are fighting with Israel's military in Gaza? This group is monitoring
An Australian legal group says it is preparing a formal criminal complaint to the federal police seeking investigations into Australians serving with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) for any potential offences committed.

The Australian Centre for International Justice (ACIJ) contacted the government in early June, requesting it issue warnings to the Australian public about the risks for Australians fighting for the IDF.


...

Lara Khider, acting executive director of ACIJ, told SBS News: "We are currently monitoring at least 20 individuals who are serving or have served in the Israeli military, and are preparing criminal complaints to the AFP [Australian Federal Police] seeking investigations into potential offences against the Commonwealth."

How many Australians are fighting with Israel's military in Gaza? This group is monitoring

Australian lawyers say they are monitoring over a dozen Australians who've fought for, or are still serving, with the Israel Defense Forces.
Aleisha Orr (SBS News)
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HouseWolf

Honestly even though I'm fully invested in desktop/laptop Linux. I kinda don't get the buzz for a fully Linux phone, When de-googled Android exists and is already optimized for phone/touch use.

Only argument I have in favour of it is, it's less dependant on Google.

But outside of that I don't get the hype for running desktop apps (that normally aren't designed for small touchscreens) on a phone.

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Norah (pup/it/she)

This would be like coming in here, as an african-american and saying that everyone can use the n-word. I don't have to listen to something that patently goes against the prevailing opinion of most african-americans. And I would be remiss not to point out to someone who isn't black that you shouldn't do that. That discourse has been done to death that white people need to call out racism. Just like men need to call out sexism. That's not entitled, that's just trying to live in a world free from prejudice.

But anyway, bye 👋

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'Wipe' SSD before reinstalling Linux?

Are there any benefits, in terms of performance or security in 'wiping' or overwriting an SSD before reinstalling Linux? And if so, what is the best way of doing it?

I'm planning on doing a clean install of Debian 13 on my laptop soon.

I'm currently on Fedora and using encryption and will be using encryption on Debian too. I do not have a separate home partition.

Thanks 😀

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HiddenLayer555

AFAIK it's a bad idea to use dd or another wiping tool that just overwrites the logical partitions on flash based media, and is also not that effective for security. SSDs have wear leveling and what the computer sees does not map 1 to 1 to what's actually on the flash chips. They also have extra overprovisioned space inaccessible to your computer specifically for shuffling data around when wear leveling. So not only are you wasting write cycles, it's not guaranteed to actually overwrite all your data on the flash chips themselves.

If you want to wipe an SSD, use secure erase from a tool like nvme-cli which will directly tell the controller to erase all the data. How well the controller implements that is anyone's guess though.

I'd say if you're going to the effort of fully encrypting your new install, doing a secure erase will be in that spirit and won't hurt. There won't be any performance benefit but it will (probably) ensure that none of your previous unencrypted data is still there, though even if you don't do this, just writing to the drive in normal use will eventually fill up the free space and make it less and less likely that sensitive information is recoverable, but how long this happens depends on how you use the computer.


How to securely erase an NVMe SSD

It's generally accepted that SSDs cannot be securely wiped by writing patterns to the drive, due to features such as wear leveling and over-provisioning, and that the most secure way to wipe a mode...
Super User
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infjarchninja

I have been using disktest to overwrite my SSD's.

I overwrite the SSD's before encryption. works just as well on HDD's too.

A 2TB HDD takes about 3.5 hours to overwrite with the encrypted seed

A 250GB SSD takes about 17 minutes to overwrite with the encrypted seed

crates.io/crates/disktest

github.com/mbuesch/disktest

install with cargo

cargo uninstall disktest

much faster than your usual suspects like dd.

it runs as root: so add this $PATH to the root .bashrc
export PATH=/root/.cargo/bin:$PATH

recent test run on 250Gb ssd with just write with no verify:

disktest --write -j0 /dev/nvme0n1

The generated --seed is:
omNw4JreY1ZVAfwD4dgooF061R10Ra0vnmYv5SrU
Use this seed for subsequent --verify.

Writing /dev/nvme0n1 (512 bytes sectors), starting at position 0 bytes...
[15:09 / 00h:00m:10s] Wrote 7.62 GiB (8.18 GB) @ 779.3 MiB/s ...

[15:26 / 00h:17m:16s] Done. Wrote 238.47 GiB (256.06 GB, 256059113472 bytes) @ 235.5 MiB/s.
Successfully dropped file caches.
Generated --seed omNw4JreY1ZVAfwD4dgooF061R10Ra0vnmYv5SrU

Success!

to check my SSD's I use:

prometheus-smartctl-exporter

sudo smartctl -i -a /dev/nvme0n1


GitHub - mbuesch/disktest: Solid State Disk (SSD), USB Stick, SD-Card, Hard Disk (HDD) tester

Solid State Disk (SSD), USB Stick, SD-Card, Hard Disk (HDD) tester - mbuesch/disktest
GitHub
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SavvyWolf

Is it likely? No. Is it possible? Yes.

If you want to make absolutely sure that Windows can't spy on anything, you'll need to physically remove the storage device containing Linux when booting.

A more practical but slightly less secure approach is to enable full disk encryption on Linux. Then, if Windows does decide to get sneaky it'll only see random data.

This doesn't prevent hostile code such as ransomware from destroying the data though. For that, you need to have good backup hygene.

A good backup system is to have automatic daily backups to some online cloud storage provider, and weekly or monthly backups to a physical device you keep disconnected and safe.

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Something to cover poking nipples

So, most of my bras are bralettes or sport bras. I have some pads that I can insert into them to push my chest a little and kinda give them a good shape, and those also cover my nipples. Unfortunately the pads are falling apart and instead of buying new bras maybe there is something else.

I am looking into getting some t-shirt-bras again. They do a good job for my needs, although they are uncomfortable sometimes. Finding the right size is like winning the lottery.

I am very self conscious about people looking at my chest and thinking weird stuff about it. I don't want anything there to look odd.

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schmorp

I'd say it's a solid 50/50 these days. If I force myself to follow ambitious plans, anything to do with what others might think of me, or socialize too much when I actually should be resting I will certainly regret it. I try to access my feelings and find out what really matters to me. Those are the things that make me feel more alive. Hard to find the difference but I'm getting better at it. Most FOMO can go fuck itself these days.
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klemptor

The power of saying no. I've always felt like the little white lie was great as a social lubricant - e.g., "Oh I'd love to come to your housewarming party but I've already got plans that day" when you know full well that you're available but you just don't wanna go.

But after a while, making excuses and remembering them later gets to be stressful. Especially for me because I'm horrible at lying lol. So I've learned to say things like "Thanks for inviting me, but I'm gonna sit this one out." It's a polite but clear 'no' and now I don't have to keep up a fib going forward.

To be fair, sometimes people don't like being told no, but I've been surprised to see that they'll usually accept it gracefully.

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Zorsith

My family (just my dads side i guess?) is horrible at taking no for an answer. It took me most of my life to realise they needed to be firmly (and quite literally) told to fuck off in order for them to take a NO seriously. Learning that is probably the only reason i still have any kind of relationship with my dad, i don't care to interact with the rest of them.

"No" is a complete sentence.

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infjarchninja

I install a full MX-Linux distro on an old 32Gb usb drive.

Particularly helpful when family or friends have IT problems.

I install the latest downloaded distro on a usb with dd:

sudo fdisk -l

sudo dd if=MX-23.5_x64.iso of=/dev/sdX status=progress

The /dev/sdX could be sdb, sdc, sdd, or microsd /dev/nvme0n1

boot into the live distro F12,

fully update the live disk.

set it up as you would your new linux device. network manager, web browser, text editor, email, VPN, etc and any tools you want.

whatever you change here goes into your new usb distro settings

once complete, install and run bleachbit as user and as root to clear all the caches and install data.

install another blank usb into the laptop

Open MX-Linux tools to create a snapshot

select Snapshot.

select a different snapshot directory. use the blank usb you just inserted,

usually: /dev/sdb

rename the snapshot to a name of choice.

once the creation of the snapshot is complete, safely remove the usb drive and shut down the live distro.

boot into your daily driver.

Insert the usb drive with the MX-Linux snapshot, and transfer it to a new folder/directory.

insert the 32Gb usb. format it with gparted, fat32 is fine

open the folder/directory with the snapshot.iso

open a terminal

then install the snapshot onto the usb with dd.

sudo fdisk -l

sudo dd if=snapshot.iso of=/dev/sdX status=progress

The /dev/sdX could be sdb, sdc, sdd, or microsd /dev/nvme0n1

always double check with:

sudo fdisk -l

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janNatan

How about a project Gutenberg "best of" CD full of free public domain ebooks?

Download page:
gutenberg.org/ebooks/11220
Link directly to download:
gutenberg.org/files/11220/PG20…

They also had a dual layer DVD download if you want something bigger. They don't seem to host it anymore, but archive.org does.

archive.org/details/pgdvd04201…


Project Gutenberg: The April 2010 (Dual Layer) DVD : Project Gutenberg : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Dual-layer DVD ISO image containing over 29,500 books culled from the collection of Project Gutenberg.
Internet Archive

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à la recherche du jeu perdu. [trouvé]

J'ai vu passer un avis sur un jeu, je suis allé voir le jeu sur steam, j'ai pas pris de notes et je suis incapable de le retrouver, quelqu'un pour m'aider?

description du jeur: jeu d'énigme en noir et blanc dans un style graphique super simple. Le joueur dispose de 3-4 genres de pierres gravées dans une langue inconnue et d'une lettre d'explications. Le but du jeu est de déchiffrer tout ca pour trouver un code secret. Y a vraiment rien d'autre dedans, juste une vue à la première personne, les objets qu'on peut tourner et voilà. Pas de monde à découvrir ou de lieux à visiter ou quoi (y a même pas de fond pour les objets, c'est juste gris). Ca se joue en une aprèm et c'est un concept très simple en fait.

Vu passer ici sur lemmy ou bien sur mastodon, j'ai pas vérifié en détails mais le jeu avait l'air assez récent, 5 ans max. dispo sur steam du coup. Je crois me souvenir que le titre est en un seul mot, du style "cypher", sauf que c'est pas ce mot sinon j'aurais pas besoin d'aide.

Et merci À @Skunk@jlai.lu pour la réponse: Epigraph


Epigraph on Steam

Epigraph is a short, challenging, language decipherment puzzle game.
store.steampowered.com
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Dotfiles feel too intimate and personal to share

I was kind of surprised to see this article on HackerNews, so I thought I'd ask here; how do you handle your dotfiles and do you share them publicly?

My own dotfiles started from those provided by ArcoLinux, with a bunch of changes over the years I had them. Currently installed using Ansible, because that's more sensible than Bash for this imo.

git.exu.li/exu/configs


Dotfiles feel too intimate and personal to share

I love dotfiles and I love sharing. But I have this weird feeling that sharing my dotfiles is too intimate and personal.
Juha-Matti Santala

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Niri and max-scroll-amount help

Hi, I just moved to Niri. I turned on focus-follows-mouse on and turned max-scroll-amount to 100% in the config file. When I try to move to the next window by putting my cursor to the edge of the screen when the next window is a QT app, it doesn't work. Other apps work fine though, just QT ones. Could anyone help me? I tried searching this issue up but I couldn't find any info.

EDIT: Found the fix! Just had to add 1 to left and right in the struts section.

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VSCode Marketplace Extensions Installer for VSCodium-based IDEs

I recently published a new extension for installing VSIX extensions from the VSCode Marketplace straight from any VSCodium based IDE that uses open-vsx.org for the extensions marketplace. Bear in mind that extensions like “ms-vscode.cpptools” won’t work anyway, since they are proprietary binaries that only work on MS VSCode. Other than that, any extension that is in the VSCode marketplace but not in open-vsx will be available for download.

You can find the extension from the extensions manager under “VSCode Marketplace Extensions Installer” or download the VSX file from open-vsx.org/extension/cooligu…

This extension is still very new, so expect some bugs here and there (especially when making very generic queries like “theme” instead of being specific like “One Dark”).

Any feedback will be greatly appreciated, thanks!

Open VSX Registry

open-vsx.org
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grapemix

Neonmodem looks really cool and support multiple backend. TUI is cool and definitely earns its place. Excellent for my old laptop.

But on the other hands, I wish we have a proper complicated non electron liked desktop gui. My browser probably has 1000+ tabs. So able to open multiple threads are must. But building this sophisticated desktop app is hard. I am really being spoiled by open source apps. And I am always thankful to devs' hardwork.

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openSUSE Leap 16.0 Enters RC Phase With New Installer, Xfce On Wayland Option
The openSUSE Leap 16.0 release is going to be among the first Linux distributions delivering an Xfce desktop experience atop Wayland as one of its offered desktop options. OpenSUSE Tumbleweed 16.0 packages have seen a lot of work recently for those interested in running Xfce on Wayland albeit in an experimental state.

openSUSE Leap 16.0 Enters RC Phase With New Installer, Xfce On Wayland Option

Working toward the stable openSUSE Leap 16.0 release in late 2025, the release candidate period has begun for this Linux distribution aligned with SUSE Linux Enterprise 16 sources.
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Kalamazoo Linux Users Group

Tonight in #kalamazoo is the weekly Kalamazoo #Linux Users Group. I have been going again lately. It is a nice old group that has been holding on for more than 10 years by the one and only Lynden Kirk.
If you happen to be in #swmi, #westmi, #battlecreek come out and join us.

So it is tuesday nights at 6pm(18 for the rest of the world) at
Kzoo Makers
1102 E. Michigan Ave.
Kalamazoo, MI 49048

Kalamazoo Makerspace - Kzoo Makers

We are a Makerspace community interested in designing things, building skills, and getting creative! Use our community tools in the areas of metalshop, woodworking, lasercutting, 3D printing, electronics, craftmaking and more!
Kzoo Makers

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difference of UKI and EFISTUB?
Hello, what are the differences? As i understand efistub is loading straight to kernel and uki is file which connects initramfs ucode and kernel, but whilei create efistub i give parameters for initramfs and ucode so i dont understand why uki would be better? Also what would be better for encryption with esp partition or without?
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groche

UKIs are good for secureboot/measureboot, because you can sign the uki, and everything inside of it be validated for secureboot. If you really like to have a secure chain without a uki, you need to validate all the boot components. You can do it with grub and gpg signatures, but is more simple to use an uki and a efi bootloader like systemd-boot
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Exocet6951

By all means, keep scoring massive own goals and wondering why more and more young men and turning to the far right.

"Here, let me describe you. If you feel targeted, it's that you are the irredeemable scum this comic describes"

Meanwhile, the comic describes men on the internet.

Super easy fix to the comic: add political leaning to the description. Literally one word to make fun of the people who need to be made fun of.
Meanwhile, everyone here is bending over backwards to explain how collateral damage is perfectly fine, and isn't totally playing into the alt right's pipeline in the most avoidable way ever.

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JillyB

My point is that your strategy wouldn't work to relieve the tension. The alt right influencers and propagandists are manufacturing outrage. The feeling of being targeted is made up. It doesn't matter if anybody plays into it. Insecure young men feel that way regardless of what anybody on the left will say. It's a natural consequence of a patriarchal, atomized society where everyone is told that they're supposed to conform to gender ideals while being socially isolated.

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From Gaza: A Student’s Story of Loss, Resilience, and Ho

My name is Soliman — a young man and student from Gaza, carrying a burden far heavier than my age. Between my studies and the hardships of life, I try to be the backbone of my family in the most difficult of times.

We once had a small farm — olive and citrus trees, and a greenhouse where we planted not just crops, but dreams.

That farm was our only source of income, and more than that, it was a place full of memories, of hope, and of the laughter that once made life a little easier.

But in a single moment, everything was gone.

A fire reduced our years of effort to ashes.

We lost our source of living, our stability — and with it, a part of our souls.

Now, despite the pain, I’m trying to start over. I’m doing everything I can to keep my family standing, to find even the smallest light of hope that might restore our strength, dignity, and sense of humanity.

On top of all this, I’m also struggling with serious health issues.

I suffer from a urinary tract infection caused by the lack of access to clean drinking water.

Here in Gaza, we’re forced to drink water mixed with sand and other contaminants — there’s simply no other choice.

It’s affecting my health badly, and I need treatment I can’t afford in these conditions.

I’m sharing my story with honesty and hope, praying it reaches a kind heart — someone who can help, or even just share it with others who might be able to.

If you’re able to support us in any way, here’s my GoFundMe link:

❤️ gofund.me/da782c66

Every share, every kind word, and every small donation could be a lifeline for us.

From the bottom of my heart, thank you for taking a moment to read my story.

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DaGeek247

Erin in the morning did an article about it too; erininthemorning.com/p/16-stat…

16 States (Plus Washington DC) Launch Joint Legal Fight for Trans Health Care

“[The] DOJ’s intent in issuing the subpoenas is not enforcement of the specific prohibitions of those laws but the chilling of medical care with which the administration disagrees ideologically.”
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big if true
[A text-and-image post by @NoLieWithBTC. The images show a photo of US Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, and a photo of the Republican Party logo. The text says: "Marjorie Taylor Greene says she's starting to think the GOP is anti-women and anti-worker.
'There's women in our party that are really sick and tired of the way men treat Republican women... [The GOP] has turned its back on the workers and just regular Americans."]
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JillyB

She is now talking about women's issues, worker's issues, leaving the GOP, and calling the genocide in Gaza a genocide. I can't believe I'm saying this, but I see hope for her.

The MAGA mindset comes to people who become contrarian. They accept the first narrative that counters the established narrative. Maybe the MAGA movement has gained so much acceptance that she is now finding left-wing views more contrarian than her old views. Maybe this is copium? Guess we'll see.

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golden_zealot

I've used powershell in previous jobs and if you learn it really well I cannot deny it is super powerful.

For a college project, a friend of mine somehow made a hexadecimal file dumper with it, with formatting and everything (think like what you would see in wireshark) in one, reasonably long, line of powershell.

However I'm just not a big fan of it personally for syntactical reasons (even with the syntax being super logical) and much prefer bash, or other unix-like native shells. I've been thinking about taking zsh for a spin recently to see what it's like.

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App for downsizing MP3s automatically when copying to a phone?

I'm ditching streaming services and just going with local music. However all my CDs are converted to either flac or 320kbps files on my PC and thus far too large for the limited storage I have on my phone.

I was hoping there might be an app that would automatically downconvert to something like 128kbps and then copy over to the Music directory on my phone. A bit like how Calibre can automatically convert eBook files (e.g. mobi to epub) and then send them to your ereader?

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Scrath

This might be a bit overkill for what you want but you could try using a selfhosted music server like navidrome and streaming to your phone. I use symfonium on on phone which can be configured to request the streamed music to be transcoded to a smaller size for streaming from mobile network or for caching it on your phones storage for offline listening.

Given that symfonium supports a lot of self hosted media providers from which to pull, you could also try sharing your music locally using samba. I'm not sure if the transcoding still works in that case though (it would obviously have to be done on your phone)

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SayCyberOnceMore

If your files are flac and you just want to.copy some files you could try Mp3fs

That'll make your files appear to be MP3 when you access them

You could them use a file transfer mechanism to read them from the mp3fs location onto your phone with - kinda - one step.


GitHub - khenriks/mp3fs: FUSE-based transcoding filesystem from FLAC to MP3

FUSE-based transcoding filesystem from FLAC to MP3 - khenriks/mp3fs
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So I tried windows tiling...

And omg! I have slept on this feature for so long. I assumed it was just dragging windows to corners and they snap on to the left or right back or top.
Then, I installed PopOS and saw an explicit button to turn on windows tiling but I was already using the drag function, so I was confused. I turned it on and omg! I have not felt more stupid and happily surprised by a piece of tech in a while.
It just works. I don’t have to be worry about arranging windows a special way for multitasking or for following guides. So much time saved.

How to make the most of it? Have you had a similar experience with something?

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Point release Thursday

Point release Thursday | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

This Week in F-DroidTWIF curated on Thursday, 31 Jul 2025, Week 31F-Droid coreF-Droid and F-Droid Basic were updated to 1.23.1 fixing the index diff bug we’v...
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two PMOS installs with LUKS

So I'm trying to setup peppermint os , I have two disks and I want them both to have full disk encryption. After a couple of reinstalls using different approaches, searches and llm questions , still can't get it to work.

First boot gets to encryption of SDA (I believe) , then to grub menu and I'm able to load the first one.
Managed to get new entries but then I get: server error you need to load the kernel first.

I believe both installs are fine and that it is a LUKS thing. UEFI, disabled secure boot.

Sda1 EFI
Sda2 root

Sdb1 EFI
Sdb2 root

Maybe EFI should only be on one of them?

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What else to run on a RPi?

Hiya!

I have a Raspberry Pi 4B set up as a print server, so it has to run 24/7. But it irks me that it's mostly idling.

I'd move my website to it, but I don't want to deal with it being open to the internet. The same goes for an e-mail server.

I was also thinking of running a Minecraft server on it. (Being able to play on the same world from different devices is kinda cool.) Alas, my RPi only has 4 GiBs of RAM. I worry that such a load would interfere with the print server.

Any ideas what I could run on it?

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Attack Vector Controls Land In Linux 6.17 To Better Control CPU Security Mitigations

Attack Vector Controls Land In Linux 6.17 To Better Control CPU Security Mitigations

The Attack Vector Controls work is now in Linux 6.17 for those new tuning knobs worked on by AMD engineer David Kaplan to make it more straight-forward for Linux server administrators and power users to more easily select the CPU security mitigations…
www.phoronix.com
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wewbull

A lot of the security fixes since spectre have focused on exploiting speculative execution (a key CPU performance feature) to cross security boundaries. Defeating speculative execution when switching from user to kernel space (for example) adds a lot of overhead.

The new kernel add controls so that machines that don't need to worry about these exploits to disable the performance killing fixes.

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ravenaspiring

The Attack Vector Controls work is now in Linux 6.17 for those new tuning knobs worked on by AMD engineer David Kaplan to make it more straight-forward for Linux server administrators and power users to more easily select the CPU security mitigations relevant to their system(s) and intended workloads


Title makes more sense in context of the first couple paragraphs.

Attack Vector Controls

Phoronix is the leading technology website for Linux hardware reviews, open-source news, Linux benchmarks, open-source benchmarks, and computer hardware performance tests.
www.phoronix.com

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multi boot - Hibernating and booting into another System or Distribution: will my filesystems be corrupted?

Short answer is: yes, as soon as more than one OS mounts a file system in read-write mode.

The kernel of a modern OS (I am generously including Windows here) caches file system data structures in memory. When you hibernate the computer, the content of that memory is written into a large file because that speeds-up a later restart.

Now, if you boot up another OS, and modify these partitions (without mounting them read-only), you alter the file systems data structures. That happens already when you view folders because this modifies access times stored in the inodes.

When you now shut down the second OS, and resume the first OS, the restarted kernel will have and use cached file system metadata which id loaded from the image into the kernel, that does not match that of the files on disk. And this causes file system corruption by definition.


Hibernating and booting into another OS: will my filesystems be corrupted?

IMPORTANT If you came here looking for an answer to this question, please read all the answers below. There are some testimonials from people who have lost data doing this. If you plan to do this
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How often do I have to buy a new pixel if I fully degoogle with GrapheneOS? A support question

still deciding to fully degoogle with GOS or muddling through with what I have (proprietary, data grabbing and bloated).

To understand the question, compare with my main hardware with debian on it: a regular notebook I bought in 2016 and I've used heavily for all kinds of stuff: working, writing papers, downloading and playing media including AV1, editing audio, torrenting...

One of the best investments I ever made, considering what I paid and how prices nowadays are. Debian offers regular upgrades and I don't have to check if my hardware is going to support the software on a level comparable with android devices (GOS only runs on pixels, other open-source, privacy focused Android operating systems have similar hardware restrictions).

I want this kind of ROI for the device I buy and the software I use, but I don't know if that's possible:

GOS drops support for older pixels but I don't know how many years any particular device is supported by GOS: 3 years? not enough. There's no way I'm buying a new pixel every 3 years. I'd even consider 6 years restrictive.

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How often do I have to buy a new pixel if I fully degoogle with GrapheneOS? A support question

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/34045100

still deciding to fully degoogle with GOS or muddling through with what I have (proprietary, data grabbing and bloated).

To understand the question, compare with my main hardware with debian on it: a regular notebook I bought in 2016 and I've used heavily for all kinds of stuff: working, writing papers, downloading and playing media including AV1, editing audio, torrenting...

One of the best investments I ever made, considering what I paid and how prices nowadays are. Debian offers regular upgrades and I don't have to check if my hardware is going to support the software on a level comparable with android devices (GOS only runs on pixels, other open-source, privacy focused Android operating systems have similar hardware restrictions).

I want this kind of ROI for the device I buy and the software I use, but I don't know if that's possible:

GOS drops support for older pixels but I don't know how many years any particular device is supported by GOS: 3 years? not enough. There's no way I'm buying a new pixel every 3 years. I'd even consider 6 years restrictive.

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Changing GTK theme vis Gnome Tweaks
I am trying to change my GTK theme via gnome tweaks buy that is no actual option to change the Theme via the appearance tab. I believe it is now listed under "legacy" and while the command line lists that my GTK theme is indeed changed to Material Black (the one I downloaded) the system windows still look like the default system settings. What is going on here

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if you use GrapheneOS on a pixel device, is it something you'd recommend for a privacy worried user? How seamless is running it after install?

I own 2 bloated proprietary devices and don't use them for anything important, like banking or dealing with authorities. I also don't trust the manufactures not selling my data.

Id like to have a working device with no bloatware and completely degoogled. Ironically I'd have to buy something made by google to run GrapheneOS on it. Intended use would be to use as a camera, to run CoMaps on it, pkpass files with foss-wallet, reading epubs, making phone calls and running one aurora app.

I don't need the device to play games, watch movies, show off or to play loud music, but I'd like a jack port for my headphones (I assume google headphones would cease to work if I degoogle the device, nor would I want to spend more than necessary enriching that data grabber even more.

Is there a pixel device with a jack port?

Are batteries inside pixel devices glued to the frame or can they be easy to change?

My main OS is debian. How easy is to transfer data from GrapheneOS to debian and the other way round?

Overall if you run GrapheneOS on a pixel, how many years running it and what do you think about it?

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monovergent

  • Buy second-hand or discounted old stock from a reseller to minimize your contribution to Google.
  • Unless one of the apps you are forced to use requires Google Play Integrity, GrapheneOS will be compatible with any Android app, even providing sandboxed Google Play services if needed.
  • For apps so invasive as to require Play Integrity, you might be better off leaving them on a secondary phone with stock Android and powered off when not in use.
  • The Pixel 5a is the last Pixel device with a headphone jack, but no longer receives GrapheneOS updates. You may want to consider USB-C headsets, which are usually also compatible with computers, and require no extra dongles.
  • If the Google headphones work over Bluetooth, they will also work with GrapheneOS. No experience with Google headphones, but I only missed out on customizable shortcuts and device renaming when I opted not to install the companion app for my earbuds.
  • Everybody warns against using out-of-date GrapheneOS devices, but that's not very satisfying. Yes, they will have open vulnerabilities. But as long as you install apps from reputable sources, the chance of being attacked via outdated Android is very low, provided you are not being targeted by an agency.
  • That said, grab a more recent Pixel if you can for security updates into the 2030s.
  • All Pixel devices have enclosed batteries, most are quite frustrating to remove, particularly the 9a. There's a decent chance of breaking the screen if it has to be removed in the battery replacement process. Won't recommend it, but I have considered buying one with a bloated battery just so the adhesives are already removed for me.
  • Transferring files to and from any Linux distro works just fine, as with any Android device, bearing quirks of the mtp protocol in mind. LocalSend can be used for wireless file transfer. rsync requires a workaround.
  • I've used GrapheneOS for the past 4-ish years. I'll admit I had a head start since my workflow wasn't too smartphone-dependent in the first place and I had already begun pulling myself out from Apple and Google services back then. Everything just works and I would never look back.

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Here another helpful solution for people who want to evaluate and compare different Linux distributions: GNOME Boxes, a software to easily create virtual machines

.... virtual machines where you only have to select which accompanying image of Arch / Tumbleweed / Ubuntu / Fedora you want to try.

In addition, the combination of a very stable base system (say, Debian or SuSE Leap) with a fast-moving, bleeading edge virtualized system (say, SuSE Tumbleweed, Arch or Guix) on top can be surprisingly useful. And because small virtual machines, when not running, are nothing else than files on your computer, you can have many versions of them, alter things, try stuff out, then delete it and go back to the tidy original state.


Boxes – Apps for GNOME

Virtualization made simple – Select an operating system and let Boxes download and install it for you in a virtual machine. Features: Download freely available operating systemsAutomatically install CentOS Str...
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data1701d (He/Him)

Someone else brought up Virt Manager here, which is my preferred; if you’ve ever used VirtualBox, you’ll probably be fine on Virt Manager. I like Virt Manager for using GTK3, as I’m in XFCE. I wouldn’t be surprised if both applications have similar settings, as they’re both LibVirt front ends, it seems.

Also, DistroBox, while a different sort of thing, is great for the sort of thing OP mentioned in that last paragraph. I usually just use command line, but there seems to be an unofficial GUI out there.

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What's going on with Firefox?

Second try, shorter and less confusing than before:
* DNSoverHttps interfering with my DNS block
* shown to be enabled in about:policies
* set to disabled in policies.json as well as in about:settings.

The picture shows a console window witch the respective policies.json key being set to false (disabled), while the about:policies firefox page in the background shows DoT to be enabled.

Version is 140.1.0esr on Artix (Arch). Anyone can confirm?

Edit: It's not a broken profile; same happens in a fresh one.

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Linux on a 2014 macbook air?

A friend of mine has an old macbook air. It still works, more or less, but the OS isn't getting any updates anymore, and updating to the latest OS seems dicey.

Has anyone had experience installing linux on an old macbook? From a quick internet search it looks like you can just make a bootable USB and have at it. Thinking mint because it's popular and my friend is a pretty basic user. The laptop will be mostly used for like youtube/netflix and basic web browsing.

Edit: a little extra context: I am moderately comfortable with Linux. I ran mint for a while on my desktop, and I've done software development for a job. I can install docker and start a python project fine, but I'd use a GUI for like partitioning a hard drive.

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jjjalljs

Update: installed mint. Seems work. Had a problem where it couldn't see the HD. Had to change an option in grub

Pasting what I found online to fix it:

"""
thank you so much! what was the solution!

for anyone might read this in the future: in the bootmenu where u can select which version of linux u wanna boot u can press "e" and then u need to add intel_iommu=off at the end of the line of the "linux" row - i had some double dashes at the end for me it did the job when I add them before the double dashes.

Then I could see the harddrive and install mint mate on my old macbook air

also needed later on to set the parameter permantent by opening a terminal and used this command
sudo nano /etc/default/grub

edited this line like this: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash intel_iommu=off"
then save and exit nano and this command for updating the boot thingy

sudo update-grub
"""

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Best game engine to start with as a beginner to gamedev and linux?
I switched to catchyos not too long ago but i also want to get into gamedev im just not sure which engine to go with? I looked in scratch but i find it annoying (visual scripting). Im not sure if i should try godot or some other engine now. Im also not sure where to post at sense itch has become questionable, i also want to try game jams aswell.
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Derin

Hi, game developer here.

If you're just starting out, Unity is a bit more mature and established - and it works fine on Linux. There are also quite a few resources for getting started that apply to the current version out there (E.g. It isn't rapidly changing too much at the moment for someone just starting out). It also has the best mobile support of any engine out there, so if you want to test your game on a phone that's your best bet.

Godot is popular among hobbyists, and could be a fun start, but I don't know of any serious games being made in it yet (having said that, I know quite a few folk who are currently evaluating it, so maybe in a few years).

But, really, my recommendation is to focus on learning a programming language first. Figure out the ins and outs of basic C#, then start learning about an engine that utilizes it.

I'm only saying this because it sounds like you're looking into how to build games, not just one specific role of the process: if that's the case, starting with some basic C# tutorials/classes would help a lot.

Once you know the be basics it will be much simpler to work with an established Engine, and jumping from one to another will also have less friction.

Finally, remember that scratch is a good tool to learn about how to program. If you're feeling like you've mastered it, now is a great time to move on to a proper programming language.

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I made a simple graphical SSH connection manager

sshPilot is an ssh connection manager made with GTK and Python.

Here are the features:

  • Manage multiple SSH connections
  • Open eac h connection in a separate tab
  • Both password and SSH key authentication methods are supported
  • Automatically detects SSH keys in ~/.ssh/
  • Use your desired color theme and font style for the terminal
  • Uses secure password storage (GNOME secure password storage)

If you manage multiple remote machines, this might come in handy.

GitHub - mfat/sshpilot: Simple, user-friendly SSH connection manager

Simple, user-friendly SSH connection manager. Contribute to mfat/sshpilot development by creating an account on GitHub.
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IHave69XiBucks

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

sudo apt install gnome-tweaks

sudo apt install gnome-shell-extensions

sudo apt install gnome-shell-extension-manager


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

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

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

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Eugenia

You know, putting up a black theme on your desktop environment is not difficult, you can probably find some online for your DE. The problem is the screen of your laptop/PC. Unless your laptop/monitor is a very expensive one, or a Mac, chances are you're using a cheaper panel. And slapping a 100% black theme there won't make it as black as you imagine it to be (as in your phone, for example, which usually use good quality screens).
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JillyB

That's not true. Some of the original libertarians were socialists. I had a libertarian phase once upon a time. One thing that was very apparent was that nobody could agree on what libertarianism meant. The only thing they seemed to agree on was that the government should be smaller. The maga movement has adopted the libertarian label for some reason. Despite the government, especially the authoritarian elements being expanded. In the current climate, anybody that proudly claims to be libertarian is either pretending the meaning hasn't changed, or is a maga idiot. Even Penn Jillette, one of the most outspoken libertarians, has since shed the label.

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LOW-maintenance distro solely for VPN hosting?

I want to run a small VM running a very low-maintenance distro for the sole purpose of running a private VPN (preferably WireGuard).

I do this because I want to access all of my ESXi VMs from WAN.

I'm thinking Fedora Server because it has roling-release, so I don't have to reinstall, I guess? But I want it to be very stable, because if it fails I lose access to ALL my VMs.

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data1701d (He/Him)

As said by @iii@mander.xyz, bog standard Debian Stable.

You really don’t want a rolling release distro for something like this - major software updates might change the behavior of your software, break your configs,
etcetera. Stable distros do as much as they can to make sure that software behaves the same, only porting security fixes.

This way, you don’t really have to touch it except for updates with a nearly nonexistent chance of going wrong (and there’s stuff like unattended-upgrades so updates are automatic) and major upgrades.

You can go several years without a major upgrade just fine - Debian versions are supported for 5 years, and we’re only a few days from getting Trixie, which will last into 2030. New versions come out every two years, and it’s not that hard to upgrade between consecutive ones; I don’t think sitting down on a weekend every two years is that bad.

I kind of hate Ubuntu, but it’s pretty based in this case due to really long support. This might be a really great case for Rocky Linux though, as it also gets 10 years support.

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lemmy - Link to source

[Proxmox/Debian 12] Drives randomly disconnect an unmount

Hey y'all

I've been running into this issue on my home's server, the host OS is Proxmox while i have a Debian 12 VM running within it as a VM i have two external HDD's (1tb, 5tb) running in a drive bay which are randomly disconnecting from the server and i can't seem to make heads or tails of the error in my journalctl, i don't think there is corruption on the drives but i'm hesitant to run any checks as i cannot back these up given how full they are.

The drives typically get recogniced under a different device name/ID right away. for example, /dev/sdb1 will now be /dev/sdd1, and that cycle just repeats every time they disconnect

This is kinda frustrating having to re-mount and re-add these to the VM, is there any way i could simply automate the re-mount of these drives and have the VM pick it up right away?

Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel:  sdb: sdb1
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel:  sdc: sdc1
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 3:0:0:1: [sdc] Optimal transfer size 33553920 bytes not a multiple of preferred minimum block size (4096 bytes)
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 3:0:0:1: [sdc] Preferred minimum I/O size 4096 bytes
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Optimal transfer size 33553920 bytes not a multiple of preferred minimum block size (4096 bytes)
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Preferred minimum I/O size 4096 bytes
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: xhci_hcd 0000:00:0d.0: bad transfer trb length 112 in event trb
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: xhci_hcd 0000:00:0d.0: bad transfer trb length 112 in event trb
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 3:0:0:1: [sdc] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, supports DPO and FUA
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, supports DPO and FUA
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 3:0:0:1: [sdc] Mode Sense: 67 00 10 08
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 3:0:0:1: [sdc] Write Protect is off
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 3:0:0:1: [sdc] 1953525168 512-byte logical blocks: (1.00 TB/932 GiB)
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 67 00 10 08
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] 9767541168 512-byte logical blocks: (5.00 TB/4.55 TiB)
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: scsi 3:0:0:1: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: scsi 3:0:0:1: Direct-Access     WDC WD10 EZEX-21WN4A0     0009 PQ: 0 ANSI: 6
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: scsi 3:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ST5000DM 000-1FK178       0009 PQ: 0 ANSI: 6
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: scsi host3: uas
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: usb 4-1: SerialNumber: RANDOM__1CC4CDBF833E
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: usb 4-1: Manufacturer: JMicron
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: usb 4-1: Product: JMS56x Series
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: usb 4-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=5
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: usb 4-1: New USB device found, idVendor=152d, idProduct=0565, bcdDevice= 0.09
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: usb 4-1: new SuperSpeed USB device number 8 using xhci_hcd
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox systemd[1]: Unmounted root-mnt-1tb\x2dhdd.mount - /root/mnt/1tb-hdd.
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox systemd[1]: root-mnt-1tb\x2dhdd.mount: Deactivated successfully.
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox systemd[1]: Unmounting root-mnt-1tb\x2dhdd.mount - /root/mnt/1tb-hdd...
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox systemd[1]: Unmounted root-mnt-5tb\x2dhdd.mount - /root/mnt/5tb-hdd.
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox systemd[1]: root-mnt-5tb\x2dhdd.mount: Deactivated successfully.
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox systemd[1]: Unmounting root-mnt-5tb\x2dhdd.mount - /root/mnt/5tb-hdd...
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox pvestatd[1165]: status update time (17.646 seconds)
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 4:0:0:1: [sde] Synchronize Cache(10) failed: Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_OK
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 4:0:0:1: [sde] Synchronizing SCSI cache
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: EXT4-fs (sde1): unmounting filesystem 181f4235-7fbf-4e0a-8ad1-fd4813367644.
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: JBD2: I/O error when updating journal superblock for sde1-8.
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: Buffer I/O error on dev sde1, logical block 121667584, lost sync page write
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: JBD2: previous I/O error detected for journal superblock update for sde1-8.
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: Aborting journal on device sde1-8.
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: EXT4-fs (sde1): shut down requested (2)
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: Buffer I/O error on dev sde1, logical block 121667584, lost async page write
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: Buffer I/O error on dev sde1, logical block 121667584, lost async page write
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdd] Synchronize Cache(10) failed: Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_OK
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: Buffer I/O error on dev sde1, logical block 121667584, lost async page write
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: Buffer I/O error on dev sde1, logical block 121667584, lost async page write
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: Buffer I/O error on dev sde1, logical block 121667584, lost async page write
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdd] Synchronizing SCSI cache
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: EXT4-fs (sdd1): unmounting filesystem f966a59f-db1a-433c-9977-040037e7d69e.
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 4:0:0:1: rejecting I/O to offline device
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: JBD2: I/O error when updating journal superblock for sdd1-8.
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: Buffer I/O error on dev sdd1, logical block 610304000, lost sync page write
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: Aborting journal on device sdd1-8.
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: EXT4-fs (sdd1): shut down requested (2)
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: device offline error, dev sdd, sector 2002831328 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0xa00000 phys_seg 1 prio class 0
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: usb 4-1: USB disconnect, device number 7
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: I/O error, dev sdd, sector 2002831328 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0xa00000 phys_seg 1 prio class 0
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: I/O error, dev sdd, sector 9159739392 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x200000 phys_seg 8 prio class 0
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: I/O error, dev sdd, sector 6653857768 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0xa00000 phys_seg 1 prio class 0
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdd] tag#9 CDB: Read(16) 88 00 00 00 00 01 8c 99 cf e8 00 00 00 08 00 00
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdd] tag#9 FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_OK cmd_age=52s
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: I/O error, dev sdd, sector 6438292752 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0xa00000 phys_seg 1 prio class 0
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdd] tag#10 CDB: Read(16) 88 00 00 00 00 01 7f c0 8d 10 00 00 00 08 00 00
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdd] tag#10 FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_OK cmd_age=52s
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: I/O error, dev sde, sector 822151464 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0xa00000 phys_seg 1 prio class 0
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 4:0:0:1: [sde] tag#8 CDB: Read(10) 28 00 31 01 09 28 00 00 08 00
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 4:0:0:1: [sde] tag#8 FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_OK cmd_age=52s
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: I/O error, dev sde, sector 973345232 op 0x1:(WRITE) flags 0x808800 phys_seg 3 prio class 0
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 4:0:0:1: [sde] tag#11 CDB: Write(10) 2a 00 3a 04 11 d0 00 00 18 00
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 4:0:0:1: [sde] tag#11 FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_OK cmd_age=47s
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: I/O error, dev sdd, sector 9155874912 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x200000 phys_seg 64 prio class 0
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Optimal transfer size 33553920 bytes not a multiple of preferred minimum block size (4096 bytes)
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Preferred minimum I/O size 4096 bytes
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: xhci_hcd 0000:00:0d.0: bad transfer trb length 112 in event trb
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: xhci_hcd 0000:00:0d.0: bad transfer trb length 112 in event trb
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 3:0:0:1: [sdc] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, supports DPO and FUA
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, supports DPO and FUA
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 3:0:0:1: [sdc] Mode Sense: 67 00 10 08
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 3:0:0:1: [sdc] Write Protect is off
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 3:0:0:1: [sdc] 1953525168 512-byte logical blocks: (1.00 TB/932 GiB)
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 67 00 10 08
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] 9767541168 512-byte logical blocks: (5.00 TB/4.55 TiB)
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: scsi 3:0:0:1: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: scsi 3:0:0:1: Direct-Access     WDC WD10 EZEX-21WN4A0     0009 PQ: 0 ANSI: 6
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: scsi 3:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ST5000DM 000-1FK178       0009 PQ: 0 ANSI: 6
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: scsi host3: uas
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: usb 4-1: SerialNumber: RANDOM__1CC4CDBF833E
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: usb 4-1: Manufacturer: JMicron
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: usb 4-1: Product: JMS56x Series
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: usb 4-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=5
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: usb 4-1: New USB device found, idVendor=152d, idProduct=0565, bcdDevice= 0.09
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: usb 4-1: new SuperSpeed USB device number 8 using xhci_hcd
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox systemd[1]: Unmounted root-mnt-1tb\x2dhdd.mount - /root/mnt/1tb-hdd.
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox systemd[1]: root-mnt-1tb\x2dhdd.mount: Deactivated successfully.
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox systemd[1]: Unmounting root-mnt-1tb\x2dhdd.mount - /root/mnt/1tb-hdd...
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox systemd[1]: Unmounted root-mnt-5tb\x2dhdd.mount - /root/mnt/5tb-hdd.
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox systemd[1]: root-mnt-5tb\x2dhdd.mount: Deactivated successfully.
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox systemd[1]: Unmounting root-mnt-5tb\x2dhdd.mount - /root/mnt/5tb-hdd...
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox pvestatd[1165]: status update time (17.646 seconds)
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 4:0:0:1: [sde] Synchronize Cache(10) failed: Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_OK
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 4:0:0:1: [sde] Synchronizing SCSI cache
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: EXT4-fs (sde1): unmounting filesystem 181f4235-7fbf-4e0a-8ad1-fd4813367644.
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: JBD2: I/O error when updating journal superblock for sde1-8.
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: Buffer I/O error on dev sde1, logical block 121667584, lost sync page write
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: JBD2: previous I/O error detected for journal superblock update for sde1-8.
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: Aborting journal on device sde1-8.
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: EXT4-fs (sde1): shut down requested (2)
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: Buffer I/O error on dev sde1, logical block 121667584, lost async page write
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: Buffer I/O error on dev sde1, logical block 121667584, lost async page write
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdd] Synchronize Cache(10) failed: Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_OK
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: Buffer I/O error on dev sde1, logical block 121667584, lost async page write
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: Buffer I/O error on dev sde1, logical block 121667584, lost async page write
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: Buffer I/O error on dev sde1, logical block 121667584, lost async page write
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdd] Synchronizing SCSI cache
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: EXT4-fs (sdd1): unmounting filesystem f966a59f-db1a-433c-9977-040037e7d69e.
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 4:0:0:1: rejecting I/O to offline device
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: JBD2: I/O error when updating journal superblock for sdd1-8.
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: Buffer I/O error on dev sdd1, logical block 610304000, lost sync page write
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: Aborting journal on device sdd1-8.
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: EXT4-fs (sdd1): shut down requested (2)
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: device offline error, dev sdd, sector 2002831328 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0xa00000 phys_seg 1 prio class 0
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: usb 4-1: USB disconnect, device number 7
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: I/O error, dev sdd, sector 2002831328 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0xa00000 phys_seg 1 prio class 0
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: I/O error, dev sdd, sector 9159739392 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x200000 phys_seg 8 prio class 0
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: I/O error, dev sdd, sector 6653857768 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0xa00000 phys_seg 1 prio class 0
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdd] tag#9 CDB: Read(16) 88 00 00 00 00 01 8c 99 cf e8 00 00 00 08 00 00
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdd] tag#9 FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_OK cmd_age=52s
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: I/O error, dev sdd, sector 6438292752 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0xa00000 phys_seg 1 prio class 0
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdd] tag#10 CDB: Read(16) 88 00 00 00 00 01 7f c0 8d 10 00 00 00 08 00 00
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdd] tag#10 FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_OK cmd_age=52s
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: I/O error, dev sde, sector 822151464 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0xa00000 phys_seg 1 prio class 0
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 4:0:0:1: [sde] tag#8 CDB: Read(10) 28 00 31 01 09 28 00 00 08 00
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 4:0:0:1: [sde] tag#8 FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_OK cmd_age=52s
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: I/O error, dev sde, sector 973345232 op 0x1:(WRITE) flags 0x808800 phys_seg 3 prio class 0
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 4:0:0:1: [sde] tag#11 CDB: Write(10) 2a 00 3a 04 11 d0 00 00 18 00
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 4:0:0:1: [sde] tag#11 FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_OK cmd_age=47s
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: I/O error, dev sdd, sector 9155874912 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x200000 phys_seg 64 prio class 0
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdd] tag#13 CDB: Read(16) 88 00 00 00 00 02 21 bb 90 60 00 00 02 00 00 00
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdd] tag#13 FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_OK cmd_age=41s
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: I/O error, dev sdd, sector 9159851824 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x200000 phys_seg 5 prio class 0
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdd] tag#14 CDB: Read(16) 88 00 00 00 00 02 21 f8 3f 30 00 00 00 28 00 00
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdd] tag#14 FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_OK cmd_age=41s
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: I/O error, dev sdd, sector 6438525440 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0xa00000 phys_seg 1 prio class 0
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdd] tag#15 CDB: Read(16) 88 00 00 00 00 01 7f c4 1a 00 00 00 00 08 00 00
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdd] tag#15 FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_OK cmd_age=30s
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 4:0:0:1: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 4:0:0:1: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: scsi host4: uas_eh_device_reset_handler FAILED to get lock err -19
Jul 30 21:00:53 proxmox kernel: scsi host4: uas_eh_device_reset_handler FAILED err -19
Jul 30 21:00:52 proxmox kernel: usb 4-1: device firmware changed
Jul 30 21:00:52 proxmox kernel: usb 4-1: reset SuperSpeed USB device number 7 using xhci_hcd
Jul 30 21:00:52 proxmox kernel: scsi host4: uas_eh_device_reset_handler start
Jul 30 21:00:52 proxmox kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdd] tag#15 CDB: Read(16) 88 00 00 00 00 01 7f c4 1a 00 00 00 00 08 00 00
Jul 30 21:00:52 proxmox kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdd] tag#15 uas_eh_abort_handler 0 uas-tag 7 inflight: CMD IN 
Jul 30 21:00:41 proxmox kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdd] tag#14 CDB: Read(16) 88 00 00 00 00 02 21 f8 3f 30 00 00 00 28 00 00
Jul 30 21:00:41 proxmox kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdd] tag#14 uas_eh_abort_handler 0 uas-tag 6 inflight: CMD IN 
Jul 30 21:00:41 proxmox kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdd] tag#13 CDB: Read(16) 88 00 00 00 00 02 21 bb 90 60 00 00 02 00 00 00
Jul 30 21:00:41 proxmox kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdd] tag#13 uas_eh_abort_handler 0 uas-tag 5 inflight: CMD IN 
Jul 30 21:00:35 proxmox kernel: sd 4:0:0:1: [sde] tag#11 CDB: Write(10) 2a 00 3a 04 11 d0 00 00 18 00
Jul 30 21:00:35 proxmox kernel: sd 4:0:0:1: [sde] tag#11 uas_eh_abort_handler 0 uas-tag 4 inflight: CMD OUT 
Jul 30 21:00:30 proxmox kernel: sd 4:0:0:1: [sde] tag#8 CDB: Read(10) 28 00 31 01 09 28 00 00 08 00
Jul 30 21:00:30 proxmox kernel: sd 4:0:0:1: [sde] tag#8 uas_eh_abort_handler 0 uas-tag 2 inflight: CMD IN 
Jul 30 21:00:30 proxmox kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdd] tag#10 CDB: Read(16) 88 00 00 00 00 01 7f c0 8d 10 00 00 00 08 00 00
Jul 30 21:00:30 proxmox kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdd] tag#10 uas_eh_abort_handler 0 uas-tag 3 inflight: CMD IN 
Jul 30 21:00:30 proxmox kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdd] tag#9 CDB: Read(16) 88 00 00 00 00 01 8c 99 cf e8 00 00 00 08 00 00
Jul 30 21:00:30 proxmox kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdd] tag#9 uas_eh_abort_handler 0 uas-tag 1 inflight: CMD IN 
Jul 30 20:59:59 proxmox kernel: critical medium error, dev sdd, sector 6653857080 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x4000 phys_seg 128 prio class 0
Jul 30 20:59:59 proxmox kernel: blk_print_req_error: 47 callbacks suppressed
Jul 30 20:59:59 proxmox kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdd] tag#9 CDB: Read(16) 88 00 00 00 00 01 8c 99 cd 38 00 00 04 00 00 00
Jul 30 20:59:59 proxmox kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdd] tag#9 Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error
Jul 30 20:59:59 proxmox kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdd] tag#9 Sense Key : Medium Error [current] 
Jul 30 20:59:59 proxmox kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdd] tag#9 FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_OK cmd_age=0s
Jul 30 20:56:01 proxmox postfix/smtp[3945942]: 2F670200A1A: to=<proxmox.snowcap946@passmail.net>, relay=mx2.simplelogin.co[176.119.200.136]:25, delay=330448, delays=330369/0.01/79/0, dsn=4.4.2, status=deferred (l>
Jul 30 20:55:42 proxmox postfix/smtp[3945942]: 2F670200A1A: lost connection with mx2.simplelogin.co[185.205.70.136] while receiving the initial server greeting
This entry was edited (1 month ago)
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I had a similar issue with a SAS drive In the backplane of a dell server. I thought for sure the drive was failing. Reseated it, cleaned the ports, ran some tests, just kept failing without any obvious signs why it was. Replaced it with a spare and same issue. That seemed very unlikely, so I put the old drive in another slot and its still running just fine going on 2 years without an issue. If you have another toaster give it a try.

The market is rife with cheapo junk tech. Ive seen several crapo off brand drive toasters fail, so thats possible. I don't know the brand of yours so I can't speak to them.

It could also just be the power supply for the toaster is crapping out, or doesn't provide enough amperage. Those power supplies dont always keep providing the same amount of power forever, sometimes it drops over time, and that could be the cause too. Or they could be poorly made, meaning they probably drop in even short time periods.

If you have another power supply with the same voltage and higher amperage, you could try that. You could also try running only one drive in there and see if it keeps failing, if no issues, you could try the other drive and see if that one has issues. If that one doesn't have issues either it could indicate power issues.

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About to throw my first install party, any tips?

Hi there, I'm about to organize an install party for my local community with the help of two other Linux enthusiasts. Has anyone ever done that here? Do you have any tips on which distro to install or what people absolutely need to know before leaving the room?

On the distro side I'm thinking fedora or Linux mint buy I have no experience with the latter, it just seems very beginner-friendly.

I'm also planning to start with a quick presentation on what is linux and the basis (distribution, package manager, root, ...).

Also, I don't know how much time we need (I guess it depends on how many people show up but we'll certainly limit to 10 or so per party).

Thanks for your help 🙂

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data1701d (He/Him)

I've never run an installfest, but I've been to my university's Linux Users Group installfests, and here's what they did:
- Brought USBs with Fedora and OpenSUSE, which are their standard noob recommendations. Personally, I've used Debian for a long time, but I can get why Debian might not be something they want to recommend for noobs.
- Be there to help them
- If they're a bit squeemish about it, have them install in a VM software like VirtualBox on Windows or something like UTM on macOS.

Also, I'd recommend you bring extra USB peripherals in case the internal devices need a little bit of work; bring some extra mice, keyboards, and ethernet adapters. You hopefully won't need any of them, but they'll certainly make life easier if you do.

As for time, I'd imagine doing the basic install and ironing out some (not all) of the kinks probably takes less than it takes for a group to stat D & D characters, if that's a helpful comparison for you.

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[Unpopular Opinion] There are too many distros. The diverse distro-landscape hindering Linux adoption.

tldr:
For Linux adoption it would be better for devs to focus on 2 ("main") distros which are very similar to Windows and macOS and then 2-3 further ("big") distros which give a bit more room to experiment. All the other distros create confusion and analysis-paralysis for the user who wants to switch or wants to help others to do the switch.

Edit because some people got emotional and I was being imprecise:

Disclaimer: I dont want to dictate any foss dev, I understand that "Linux" isnt a company. By "Linux" in this post I only ment the desktop OS for personal and work use.


--- (sorry for the long paragraph, i ranted and brain dumped the idea)

I see a problem: Even "stable" distros like Debian and big and "fully developed" DEs like KDE or GNOME arent ready for the majority of the users switching from windows.
Missing software compatibility and the need to fall back on the commandline are just some of the problems.
The biggest one is the confusion for the average user: They google "install Linux" and then need to do research for at least 30minutes, figuring out which of the popular distros is the right one for them. If decided, then (depending on the distro) they then have to choose the DE.

Its a sinilar problem to the adoption of the Fediverse: You are expected to decide what instance you want to be part of.
This makes it also very hard for a linux enthusiasts to convince/help install a distro for a family member, as you dont know their preferenced or how they use their Win/Mac machine. So either you as an expert have to observe and then do research on what distro+DE fits the usecase or the enduser themselves need to distro-hop, which is obviously not happening.

Now you are thinking: But just install Linux Mint and they probably do most of the things in their Browser anyways.

But in my experience the switch of potentially the browser, the mail-client and ontop of that the OS is a pretty tall ask for an average end user. So the whole switching thing becomes a multi year operation where they first switch the software they use to FOSS one. Which is a tall order and it makes it even harder to explain and convince someone.
Heck, it already takes multiple days to get my grandma up to speed after the change Win10 -> Win11, because some buttons moved and the context menue looks different.

Now my utopian idea:
If there were only a handful of popular distros+DEs, one could map them on a 2D-plane or even on a spectrum of "fixed, you have to adapt" to "flexible, you have to adjust the settings".
Mac users could switch to a distro which is quite fixed (comparable to macOS). This fixed distro should out of the box be close to the mac experience.
With windows the same.

Very very rough prototype of the spectrum to visualize my idea. I dont know enough about it but tried anyways:

flexible

Windows 10

MacOS

fixed

If then most of Linux Devs (from Kernel to distro to UI to software) mostly focus on the 4-5 main distros, then they would get more stable and they could be made to behave closer to their proprietary counterparts.

This then could make the switch from Mac/Win so much more easy because:

  1. The distro is closer to the old proprietary OS. So the enduser just has to learn other "new" software, the OS doesnt demand a learning curve but just replicates the Win/Mac experience.
  2. The decision which distro to use is easier, as there are the main ones which are easy to choose because they are distinct from one another.

Disclaimer: No, i am no expert, I probably dont know enough of the technical side, I just wanted to share the enduser experience.
Obviously there will always be countless distros by enthusiasts who tinker with their dozends of dev-friends for their personal-perfect distro. There will always be the people who deliberately do some frankensteined distro, and I am not here to forbid any of this.
The confusing diversity of all the options is just not helping the wider public.

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npdean

I agree with the sentiment because it is a pain to find a distro which you want. But the reason for this is that Linux has given you the luxury to pick and choose what distro and DE you want. When you go to Windows or Mac, people just accept that it is what it is.

That being said, I will blame the Linux community to some extent for promoting "complicated" (like Arch) or too barebones distros (like Debian) to newbies. The shock of moving from Windows to Linux is already a hurdle for most. When you add the need for tinkering and troubleshooting from day one, I can see why people would quit.

We are indirectly focusing on a handful of "distros" as most distros ship with KDE, Gnome or something similar.

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