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To the dismay of sweaty 'movement kids,' Battlefield 6 is nerfing Call of Duty sliding and jumping to maintain a 'traditional Battlefield experience'
DICE is yet to give clarity on map sizes, comment section is the usual dumpster fire.

To the dismay of sweaty 'movement kids,' Battlefield 6 is nerfing Call of Duty sliding and jumping to maintain a 'traditional Battlefield experience'

Battlefield 6 won't be as twitchy at launch.
Morgan Park (PC Gamer)

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Whats a good Resource on Learning 6502 Assembly, for someone who has little to no experience Programming?

I've had the idea to try and learn how to Program 6502 Assembly for my Commodore PET, but I'm a little lost on what the best source is on learning this stuff, especially for a beginner who is yet unfamiliar with its full Architecture and Quirks!

Thus far I've tried looking at Books from the PETs Period, but those do expect quite a bit of pre-knowledge in Computing, which for me includes a tiny bit of Python and Commodore Basic...

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My new (to me) Thinkpad T61P is refusing to boot my USB with Fedora 42 on it.

I'm sorry to put a tech support post here, but I don't see a Thinkpad community on here.

(Shocker.)

Details:


Immediately after hitting the Plymouth boot screen (Fedora logo with the spinny but under it) the laptop shuts off completely.

Both batteries I got with it appear to be dead, the HDD boots a broken copy of Windows, I even have a port replicator with it!

I'm not sure if maybe it's my USB, (both laptop and USB are thrifted) or something else.

The only OS I've attempted is Fedora, should I flash a Windows (shudder) install disk and see if that makes a difference?

Thanks, best regards, someone with a Value Village addiction and a Linux obsession.

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Palestinian Boys Allege Sexual Assault, Torture by Israeli Jailers

Mahmoud, age 17, said that his Israeli abductors "began hurling insults, cursing at us, and accusing us of being with Hamas."

"They stripped us of our clothes and took us to Kerem Shalom, completely naked, with nothing," he continued. "There, the beatings and torture began."

"The Israeli women soldiers beat us. They stripped us and 'played' here, and here, and there," Mahmoud said, indicating his genitals. "They beat us with sticks. Got on us while we were lying on the ground. We were handcuffed like that and naked."

Mahmoud said his captors wanted to humiliate him and other teenage boys in custody, accusing the troops of taking nude photos of them and sending female soldiers to mock and touch his body—an especially shameful ordeal for Muslims.


Palestinian Boys Allege Sexual Assault, Torture by Israeli Jailers

"We are children," said one teen. "What have we done?"
brett-wilkins (Common Dreams)
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carzian

Avoid lenovo. Their build quality went to crap and they're easily the least repairable laptop on the market these days.

I've had to repair 4 lenovos within the last few years. Cheap parts and the laptops all had their keyboards plastic rivited to the top shell of the chassis, making it impossible to replace without buying a new chassis. One of the laptops had to have two motherboard replacements before it was usable.

Their all-in-one doesn't have a frame around the LCD panel, and they didn't put access doors in the back panel. So if you want to upgrade the ram or ssd you have a 70% chance of breaking the screen.

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File permissions change when transfering between external drives and laptop

File permissions change when transfering between external drives and laptop

I noticed a few years ago that when I transfer files back and forth between my laptop and my external drive all the files that I have transfered have changed permissions.

I format all my external drives as exFAT so I can use larger files.

Why does this happen?

Is there a better way to keep the file permissions intact when transfering files back and forth between external drives?

The test file: Fantastic Fungi (2019).mkv

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This is what the file permssions looks like before I transfer it to my external hard drive

ls -l

-rw-r--r-- 1 user user 577761580 May 2 2024 'Fantastic Fungi (2019).mkv'

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This is what the file permssions looks like after I transfer it back to my laptop

ls -l

-rwxr-xr-x 1 user user 577761580 May 2 2024 'Fantastic Fungi (2019).mkv'

When I right click file permissions dialogue box. The "Allow this file to run as a program" is ticked.

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The way have overcome this is to run a simple one liner to reset the permissions for directories and files.

Open a terminal in the directory of the folders and files you want to change

All directories will be 775. All files will be 664

find . -type d -exec chmod 0755 {} \;

find . -type f -exec chmod 0644 {} \;

Directory permission 0755 is similar to “drwxr-xr-x”

File permission 0644 is equal to “-rw-r–-r–-“.

-type d = directories

-type f = files

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pitiable_sandwich540

exfat or fat32 is great for interoperability between linux and windows but has limited functionality under linux.

If you're using your external drive only under linux, I suggest switching to a filesystem that works better with unix like permissions and special bits.

Also, like others, depending on your use-case I would suggest something with journaling like ext3 or ext4. If you happen to power of your system while writing something to that drive, the fs does not get corrupted/can automatically recover.

For backups with rollback maybe a FS with copy on write and automatic compression like btrfs or zfs would be better.

With btrfs borg backups allows you to create incremental backups of btrfs subvolumes. I use it to backup my home, etc and /subvolumes on my "backup server" (old pc with two raid1 hdds).

I have a friend who administeres backups for his company (afaik ~100-200GB delta per week) and he swears by zfs. I found btrfs simpler though.

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The impossibility of finding a Linux laptop that I like

I'm a Linux user since 1998 (my main desktop PC runs Debian), however I do have a couple of Macs around because I love their hardware (not so much the software though). In fact, I have three old MacBook Airs (mid-2011, 2012, 2015), all running Linux. The moment I got them, I erased MacOS and installed Linux pronto!

But my main laptop is a MacBook Air M1 with MacOS because it's much faster than these older Intel-based MacBook Airs. Modern web browsing and video editing requires a lot of processing power.

So, I want to move to have my main laptop running Linux too. I DON'T want to install Asahi Linux on my M1, because I don't consider it a proper solution for my needs (I want to run Resolve, you see, and most foss apps that I use would need recompiling). Also, I don't like that Asahi is dependent on MacOS to exist, because you can't boot with a usb to install it.

My issue is that I can't find ANYTHING on the PC market that is as slick or full featured as a MacBook Air (minus its limited ports). What I need is this:

  1. Screen no larger than 13.3" inches, Full HD at least, preferably good color gamut (but not a must). I still need the laptop to be portable though. Basically, I'm not even asking for HDR, as the MacBook Air features.
  2. Keyboard to have backlight, without the numpad (I hate these laptops where the touchpad is off center).
  3. The touchpad needs to be glass or of equivalent feel. The Apple touchpads slide/glide with ease. I find every PC touchpad I've used so far to be "sticky". My finger on some Chromebooks and Dell/Lenovo laptops is doing a "grrrkkk, grrrkkkk" when I slide my finger! There's something special about Apple's touchpads, I dunno.
  4. Intel 13th+ gen CPU, with passmark points over 17,000 on multi-threading. My M1 scores about 12,000 points, and it's 5 years old. So obviously I'd need something faster than what I have now.
  5. Intel GPU (no AMD or Nvidia please, I need Intel's superior video decoding abilities). On a Mac that isn't a problem, because Apple does support these 10bit 4:2:2 codecs I need, with hardware acceleration. But on the PC side, only Intel provides good support for these without headaches (only the newest nvidias support that, but I don't want to use Nvidia for too many reasons -- AMD is a disaster on that video front btw). I don't play 3D games.
  6. I need speakers that sound good. Every single PC laptop I've tried, had the worst sound ever. I need it to be hear-able on YouTube and not sound as if you're listening via a can. I bought a Thinkpad x280 a few months ago and I can't use it because its speakers are so bad! DELL (from 5 years ago that I tried) aren't better either.
  7. I need a (supported) fingerprint reader!
  8. 32 GB of RAM.
  9. 1 TB of storage.
  10. Below a $1800 price tag. That's the price I can get with a MacBook Air for all that.

Now, you might think that "well, it seems that you just want a new MacBook", but that's not true. I want a PC laptop so I can run Debian Linux instead of MacOS. But I need it to be a laptop that is "proper" by my own standards. The quality of the interaction between my palms, fingers, eyes and PC laptops IS NOT the same as with any Apple laptop I've ever used. The reason people buy Apple hardware is NOT because "MacOSX is lickable" (as it was suggested many years ago by Jobs). I've actually researched the "why". It's because the INTERACTION of your senses and the laptop's design/quality FITS. It's like a glove for one another. It's difficult to explain but I know it now to be true. It was never MacOSX itself (although MacOSX's gui smoothness helps the overall experience).

So the question is: am I missing that special, Linux-compatible, PC laptop somewhere? If you know that such a laptop exists, please reply with a link. I'll buy it in a heartbeat.

This is a serious post btw. I spent the whole weekend trying to find that mythical PC laptop, and I can't. I'm frustrated.

EDIT: I might end up with the Framework 13. Not 100% what I'm after, but probably the best solution right now.

EDIT 2: I bought a DELL 5640 16" laptop, 32 GB RAM, i7 cpu, that comes with Linux pre-installed (so I know it's compatible). It ticks all my boxes except the size and the trackpad being off center. Oh well.

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stupid_asshole69 [none/use name]

On the off chance that you’re still reading responses to this post:

I repair electronics, everything from automotive to industrial to audio to computers and phones. Not just screwdriver work either, bga rework and microscopic trace repair. I’m speaking from years of hands in experience with lots of computers, tablets, phones, amplifiers, plcs, ecus, and anything else you can think of plus countless hours of exercise helping people figure out what to buy, weather to repair, what to change and how a failure happened.

Get the mac.

You are describing the choice as being between the linux support level and the quality of other laptops. One is constantly improving, currently only falling short of your expectations due to requiring the existence of the computers native os and requiring you to maybe compile some stuff, the other begins below your expectations and cannot meet them. No one’s gonna push a free update that fixes the fit and finish or shitty trackpad of a computer.

Get the hardware you need.

Also, macs are secretly extremely repairable. People don’t like that they can’t just get in there and fuck around with a jewelers screwdriver and guitar pick, but it’s easy to find a qualified shop around you to fix whatever’s wrong with the computer. There’s always tons of replacement parts available, first party support docs (for shops that can prove they are real businesses) and third party info of all kinds.

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v. 01 | upgrade cycle friendica 2023.05 -> 2024.12-1


update step by step from:
2023.05 | release notes | friendica forum notes

to:

2023.12 | release notes | friendica forum notes
2024.03 | release notes | friendica forum notes
2024.08 | release notes | friendica forum notes
2024.12-1 | release notes | friendica forum notes

round about 14 forum pages with few followers each and a total of 18 profiles with contacts in the activityPub and diaspora community and some RSS subscriptions.
No other specific conectors are enabled.

Installed addons/apps:
blockbot, calc, impressum, js_upload, notifyall, nsfw, pageheader, phpmailer, qcomment, rendertime, showmore_dyn, startpage

DB backups amount to ~180MiB and the image file storage folder on ftp around ~400MiB.

Friendica stable | 'Giant Rhubarb' 2023.05 - 1518
PHP Version 8.1.2-1ubuntu2.14
VPS server | Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
4 Core CPU, 8 GB Ram with 300GB NVME Disk - unlimited traffic
hosted by @ raroun 👍


Notes:
This instances right now seems to work well.
Sometimes this profile here has some strange hickups like when following up the link of a post from this server in a stream view a message "Not Found |The requested item doesn't exist or has been deleted." Also right now profiles from contacts, for example @ hoergen or @ feb don't show up in the contact list but they are displayed as followed in the profile contact page.

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I am going to Gaza with the flotilla.

Hi everyone.

I'm a member of the flotilla and preparing to leave for Gaza soon hopefully. A lot hanging on logistics and other things still but I will know more the coming days.

youtube.com/@actpal3456

action_for_palestine@tankie.tube

We will set sail in September. I hope to be be able to update a bit on these channels and setting up new accounts for this purpose.

Any tips, shares and discussions are welcomed and I hope to be be able to update on the journey a bit here.

Official updates will be made from official accounts but this will be my personal experience and as a backup for when other communications no longer are available.

Palestine will be free!


Free_Palestine

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Does it get better?

I've tried switching to Linux from Windows 10 twice now. The first time went wonderfully (on Mint) until I found out that secure boot was stuck in the enabled mode and I had to completely reinstall my bios. This was absolutely necessary as everything was unbelievably slow, especially gaming (on a decent laptop). I understand this is totally my fault as almost every Linux guide says to make sure secure boot is disabled. After fighting with that for literal days, I finally reinstalled Linux mint. WiFi was suddenly completely nonfunctional, no networks were detected, and none of the proposed solutions I saw online worked. I have very little experience with Linux and other complicated tech nerd stuff besides that which comes with tinkering with computers occasionally. I do however have a great deal of patience and stubbornness. I spent maybe a week or 2 just working on this first attempt at making Mint work, until I ran out of patience. After coming back to it a month or 2 later, I decided to try Pop!_OS. Once again, it went incredibly at the start. Because I fixed the secure boot situation, I could now game better than I ever could when I had windows installed. Very few compatibility issues showed up that I couldn't conquer.
Suddenly, I try playing Enter the Gungeon after having already played it a couple of times. Nothing out of the ordinary, I had done this before. Suddenly the entire computer freezes and I can still hear just fine. I restart my computer and... no sound. Nothing from any possible source, not Discord, not Firefox, not even the media I have downloaded. I look up the problem, I see several people have had it before, and only a couple ever got a solution. I try EVERY proposed solution on any forum with even similar issues, and still nothing. I have been fighting with my computer for 3 or 4 hours now.
I've heard Linux praised for feeling like it is *your* computer that is subject to your will. I'd disagree right now, because it feels like there are spirits in my laptop trying to intentionally fuck me over every time I start enjoying the Linux experience.
Does it get better? Am I crazy? Am I haunted? How is this anyone's ideal experience?

edit: I'm on an MSI Thin GF63. Nvidia GPU, Intel CPU. Compatibility seemed fine WHILE this latest attempt was working, up until my sound got fucked. I have a hard time imagining if that could be related to anything besides my sound card and drivers, but I'm nowhere near savvy when it comes to Linux. I'm now installing Bazzite as some of you guys recommended so I can ease myself into this whole Linux thing. I'll give another update if this fixes it :3

edit edit: It's still happening. I can see the "Alder Lake PCH-P high definition audio controller" in my audio config GUI apps and I can see the meter moving when audio is playing. Still, nothing is played. I am not dual-booting. Ive seen people have had issues with this card before, but seemingly the only solution (that I've yet to try) is to buy a whole new laptop. I don't have the money to do that currently. If someone is particularly tech savvy I am willing to hear out proposed solutions, but know that I have tried nearly everything online even remotely related to broken audio on Linux. My computer is haunted and I'll need a proper qualified exorcist it seems.
note: it works with Bluetooth headphones. I haven't had a chance to test it with wired headphones but I will continue to give (near)real-time updates.

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kittenroar

Driver support will always potentially be an issue unless you buy laptops that are built for Linux, or are well vetted. This is because Microsoft has near total market control and Linux support is usually reverse engineered later if the drivers source is never shared.

Same thing for gaming -- gaming support on Linux is mostly a bunch of ad hock hacks, because those games were never made to run on Linux in the first place.

So, if you want to commit to Linux, make it an informed choice. You will need to make some sacrifices. Or you could always just dip your toes and only use Linux for running a server or hosting a website.

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bluetuith - A TUI based Bluetooth manager v0.2.5-rc1 is released

Hello Lemmy,

With this release, bluetuith now has initial cross-platform support, and works on Windows. Windows specific instructions are here, tl;dr install haraltd and bluetuith together.

There are no new features introduced, only other optimisations and bug fixes for Linux.

I hope you enjoy this release, and any feedback is appreciated.

General Information


Bluetuith is a TUI based bluetooth manager for Linux, that aims to be an alternative to most bluetooth managers, and can perform bluetooth based operations like:

  • Connection to and general management of bluetooth devices, with device information like battery percentage, RSSI etc. displayed, if the information is available. More detailed information about a device can be viewed by selecting the 'Info' option in the menu or by clicking the 'i' key.
  • Bluetooth adapter management, with toggleable power, discoverability, pairablilty and scanning modes.
  • Transfer and receive files via the OBEX protocol, with an interactive file picker to choose and select multiple files.
  • Handle both PANU and DUN based networking for each bluetooth device
  • Control media playback on the currently connected device, with a media player popup that displays playback information and controls.

GitHub - bluetuith-org/bluetuith: A TUI bluetooth manager for Linux.

A TUI bluetooth manager for Linux. Contribute to bluetuith-org/bluetuith development by creating an account on GitHub.
GitHub

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CVEs be gone!

CVEs be gone! | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

This Week in F-DroidTWIF curated on Thursday, 21 Aug 2025, Week 34Community NewsThe Matrix ecosystem fixed some major bugs that affected servers and clients ...
f-droid.org
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F04118F

TLDR: If you're using Element X or SchildiChat Next, update them outside the official F-Droid repo:

SchildiChat via SpiritCroc repo: s2.spiritcroc.de/fdroid/repo/

ElementX via Github: github.com/element-hq/element-…


Release Element X Android v25.08.3 · element-hq/element-x-android

What's Changed ✨ Features Add media file limit size warning and media quality selection by @jmartinesp in #5131 🐛 Bugfixes Fix cursor position in room list search by @jmartinesp in #5138 Fix lea...
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PostmarketOS rant / plea for help

cross-posted from the Linux phones community as nobody there knew

Has anyone actually successfully installed PostmarketOS on an old device recently? I've had a long struggle through trying to prepare a Nexus 7 (2012) and the result seems to be a dead device before I even got to actually installing PostmarketOS.

The rough steps I followed are listed here:
- Create backups
- Get SBK
- Build and prepare U-Boot
- Actually flashing U-Boot seems to be where things went wrong
- Running ./run_bootloader.sh -s T30 -t ./bct/grouper.bct -b ../re-crypt/repart-block.bin or ./run_bootloader.sh -s T30 -t ./bct/grouper.bct -b ../generated-wheelie-blobs/AndroidRoot/blob.bin from fusee-tools hung on waiting for bootloader to initialize
- Running ./run_bootloader.sh -s T30 -t ./bct/grouper.bct -b ../u-boot/u-boot-dtb-tegra.bin failed like this
- skipping that step and running ./utils/nvflash_v1.13.87205 --resume --rawdevicewrite 0 1024 ../re-crypt/repart-block.bin hung on [resume mode]
- Consulting a different version of the docs and running ./wheelie --blob ./generated-wheelie-blobs/AndroidRoot/blob.bin seemed to work so I ran ./nvflash --resume --rawdevicewrite 0 1024 ./re-crypt/repart-block.bin which also seemed to work
- I then powered off as instructed and the device has been completely unresponsive since

I've tried connecting to a charger, disconnecting and reconnecting the battery, and every combination of holding down buttons but it appears to be completely dead. Any suggestions as to what I did wrong or anything I might be able to do now? Obviously it's not the end of the world to have lost a 13 year old tablet that was just gathering dust, but at the moment I'm not feeling positive about ever trying this again on another device!


Trying to flash Uboot on 2012 Nexus7 (Grouper) -- 'Failed to persist EFI variables'

Hello Everyone, My goal is to flash PostMarketOS onto my old Nexus 7 2012 WiFi (Grouper). I'm trying to install Uboot per the PMOS instructions but when I get to the step that involves putting...
gregglez (XDA Forums)

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Looking for a NAS with good iOS photo sync
After a lot of work, and a lot of trying, I couldn’t find FOSS software that properly syncs my family’s photos in the background (tried Immich, still not good enough despite the new beta timeline, kinda worked in 1.136, got kinda broken on 1.138, tried Nextcloud, but still haven’t gotten new photos to sync in the background. Ente is waaaay too complicated, with waaaay too many moving parts that can break). Given all of this, I gotta choose some prebuilt nas that can properly sync. I don’t like synology but apparently their background sync is ok. What about Qnap and Ugreen? Are they ok?
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mbirth 🇬🇧

I was using PhotoSync quite successfully until I’ve switched to iCloud.

Nowadays, my MacBook is configured to always download all photo originals. And my Photo Library is then backed up to my NAS using CCC. This allows easy restore in case something goes wrong, as I can either restore the whole library or open the backup library and pull out what’s needed. If that fails, there’s also osxphotos to work with the library.


‎PhotoSync – transfer photos

‎** Cross-platform solution with native apps for mobile devices, Windows & Mac. Also works on Linux ** Reliable and secure software – operating 14 years in the market and continuously updated ** No limitations – transfer and backup an unlimited numbe…
App Store

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Bazzite has gained nearly 10k users in 3 months while other Fedora Atomic distros remain fairly stagnant

Generated via github.com/ublue-os/countme

10k added users since last post. Here are upstream Fedora numbers only

GitHub - ublue-os/countme: countme

countme . Contribute to ublue-os/countme development by creating an account on GitHub.
GitHub
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Can APT and dpkg be normally used on Arch? I just found out they're in the official repos now.

<> $ pacman -Si apt Repository : extra Name : apt Version : 3.1.4-1 Description : Command-line package manager used on Debian-based systems Architecture : x86_64 URL : https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/apt Licenses : BSD-3-Clause GPL-2.0-only GPL-2.0-or-later MIT Groups : None Provides : None Depends On : systemd-libs libseccomp perl xxhash dpkg gnutls bzip2 sequoia-sqv xz gcc-libs lz4 bash zlib zstd db libgcrypt glibc Optional Deps : None Conflicts With : None Replaces : None Download Size : 2.63 MiB Installed Size : 8.24 MiB Packager : Alexander Epaneshnikov <alex19ep@archlinux.org> Build Date : Mon 11 Aug 2025 08:52:43 PM CEST Validated By : SHA-256 Sum Signature

archlinux.org/packages/extra/x…

Arch Linux - apt 3.1.4-1 (x86_64)

archlinux.org

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[SOLVED] how to increase the /home partition

Hello!
I have a /home partition that is almost full, and there is another partition nearby with a lot of free space. I would like to reduce the size of this neighboring partition and add the freed space to /home. I would like to do this safely, without using a Live USB or bootable flash drive. Is this possible?

upd:
gparted just worked(through a live usb stick)! Sometimes I try to use symlinks, but not this time 😀
Thanks everyone!

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someoneFromInternet 

NAME        MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
sda           8:0    1  14.7G  0 disk 
└─sda1        8:1    1  14.7G  0 part /run/media/username/T72ER3G
nvme0n1     259:0    0 476.9G  0 disk 
├─nvme0n1p1 259:1    0     1G  0 part /boot/efi
├─nvme0n1p2 259:2    0    50G  0 part /home
└─nvme0n1p3 259:3    0 425.9G  0 part /var/lib/containers/storage/overlay
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data1701d (He/Him)

AMD GPUs are officially supported in the Linux kernel and Mesa. They pretty much just work out of the box with minimal setup on a fresh distro install.

NVidia GPUs often require out-of-tree proprietary drivers to work with full performance; these drivers are often a pain to install and update. Supposedly, things are getting less terrible now, but NVidia is still overall more likely to cause you pain than AMD.

Intel Arc dGPUs, like AMD, have decent native kernel and Mesa support from what I can tell, but tend to have worse performance than AMD. However, I hear they’re ridiculously good for video encoding!

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[SOLVED] on debian 13 xfce, what appearance style do I need so the title bar doubles its width?

I use a small notebook so it comes in handy to double the title bar to have space to increase the title font to 16 or 18

On debian 12.11 this was the case, but I don't remember how I configured it or what style I used. The style I now use on debian 13 is adwaita

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Revealed: Israeli military’s own data indicates civilian death rate of 83%

Figures from a classified Israeli military intelligence database indicate five out of six Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza have been civilians, an extreme rate of slaughter rarely matched in recent decades of warfare.

As of May, 19 months into the war, Israeli intelligence officials listed 8,900 named fighters from Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad as dead or “probably dead”, a joint investigation by the Guardian, the Israeli-Palestinian publication +972 Magazine and the Hebrew-language outlet Local Call has found.

At that time 53,000 Palestinians had been killed by Israeli attacks, according to health authorities in Gaza, a toll that included combatants and civilians. Fighters named in the Israeli military intelligence database accounted for just 17% of the total, which indicates that 83% of the dead were civilians.


Revealed: Israeli military’s own data indicates civilian death rate of 83% in Gaza war

Figures from classified IDF database listed 8,900 named fighters as dead or probably dead in May, as overall death toll reached 53,000
Emma Graham-Harrison (The Guardian)

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Airstatus Fork Update: Clean table, output refreshes instead of lists, and color-coded battery levels/charging status. Airpods battery levels for Linux

Airpods Max output as table. Not charging.
Airpods Max output as table. Charging.

I do not claim this script. This was built off of Delphiki's fork of Faglo's original Airstatus. They did the complicated stuff. They're the real heroes. I'm just a UI/UX nerd. I like things to look nice.

Fork here: github.com/SleepyScribe/AirSta…

I've added a few changes to my Airstatus fork just for my peace of mind. The new output can be used as a tiling WM status monitor. I'm in the motions of diving into KDE JSON/XML/QML spaghetti to see if I can make a widget, but its not going well. However, you can still specify an output file that will update with the raw data in it's original, unaltered form. This should allow hoodoo programming wizards to hook up their own OS front ends for the data. I may see if I can make it so that the raw data clears the line before adding a new update, just because I can see the output file getting unwieldy after a while.

The new table will output battery levels from green-yellow-red depending on charge level. Caret and input are disabled while retaining the ability to break out with CTRL+C. Breakout is now clean with no text and clears terminal. This was to keep things as neat as possible if you should use it as a CLI monitor. Update interval is set to 4 seconds. Airpods and Airpods Pro should have columns for left/right/case. I can't test as I gave mine away to a friend.

Let me know if you have or see any issues, I'll try my best to address them. Font is Recursive NerdFont DuoTone if you're curious. Its a mono that changes to a casual style for bold and/or italic text. There's also normal sans and casual sans versions. Has ligatures.

GitHub - SleepyScribe/AirStatus: Check AirPods battery levels on Linux

Check AirPods battery levels on Linux. Contribute to SleepyScribe/AirStatus development by creating an account on GitHub.
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[SOLVED] how come yt-dlp on a terminal returns bash: yt-dlp: command not found even though I installed it with wget? debian 13

debian 13.0, downloaded yt-dlp with wget https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp -O ~/.local/bin/yt-dlp

the python script is in that directory, but if I execute yt-dlp on the terminal it returns bash: yt-dlp: command not found

what should I do?

SOLVED: add .local/bin to your $PATH

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blows up my dick

Sensitive content

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Looking for Neomutt, but for calendars?

I'm making the switch to using Neomutt for my email, but I still have calendar data from several accounts I want to access locally. Is there something like neomutt, but for calendar data? Maybe an Obsidian plug-in, or some other OSS app I can configure?

I'm using EndeavourOS (Arch), with the Sway DE, and would prefer staying away from KDE/Gnome based apps.

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balsoft

For context I've been using aerc as my email client for a while now, and was looking for something similar for calendars/tasks myself

I've tried:
- calcurse: fine but clunky, also a bit difficult to set up. The most mature option and probably the best one available, but I just couldn't get used to the interface
- calcure: similarly clunky interface, glitchy/blinking rendering to the point of being headache-inducing, lacking features (couldn't figure out how to look at all event attributes?)
- khal: limited in features (compared to calcurse) and slow when there are a lot of events (even when it's only 2-3 per day), also there are some rendering bugs sometimes. Probably the most intuitive and clean interface of all, and good scripting opportunities.
- gcalcli: only Google Calendar (I also need support for arbitrary CalDAV), didn't investigate further
- plann: no TUI as such, just CLI

A couple weeks ago I've decided to start writing my own. It's still very much a hacky WIP but I'll update in this thread if I ever decide to publish it. In the meantime, I hope one of the above works for you!

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www-gem

I've tried a few options, but I've stuck with khal for years now.
It works smoothly [1], supports multiple calendars, syncs with vdirsyncer (details in its documentation), and provides both CLI and TUI interfaces that make events easy to see, edit, and manage.

The CLI interface is especially handy for integrating khal with other apps like neomutt and taskwarrior for example. For instance, I have a keybinding that lets me export calendar invites from neomutt directly into khal.
There's also a list of tools (including one for khal) listed in the neomutt documentation if you're curious.

I use it to manage both my personal and professional calendars, syncing them bidirectionally with vdirsyncer. The only drawback I’ve encountered is that some commands can be a bit cumbersome—but I solved this by writing my own script to make khal’s commands more intuitive for my workflow. That flexibility could be seen as another strength of khal ;)

[1] That's my experience, but others here have reported it can be slow in some cases.


GitHub - pimutils/khal: :calendar: CLI calendar application

:calendar: CLI calendar application. Contribute to pimutils/khal development by creating an account on GitHub.
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The California High Speed Rail Authority uploaded an hour of progress shots over lo-fi music
This channel normally posts board meetings and short progress updates on specific sections of the project in a pretty dry way. This is the first time I've seen them lean into a more engaging method of getting the word out.

California High-Speed and LoFi - Over 60 Locations!

High-speed rail will help reduce traffic, greenhouse gases and travel times. Lo-Fi music can help minimize distractions and lower anxiety. Perfect combo!Sort...
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data1701d (He/Him)

I also use XFCE. My desktop’s currently on Forky and went through all of Trixie, and the emdia keys have worked fine.

I’ll have to fiddle around and see what’s going on, though it may take a few days to get back because I’m starting school again soon, so I’m quite busy.

For reference, what programs do you tend to use with media keys? For instance, VLC, Firefox, etcetera.

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Firefox 142 Rilasciato
Firefox 142 è arrivato! La nuova versione del browser open source porta miglioramenti alla privacy, nuove API per estensioni, ottimizzazioni dell’interfaccia e strumenti avanzati per sviluppatori. #Firefox #Linux

Firefox 142 miglioramenti alla privacy, nuove API e ottimizzazioni per utenti - Linux Easy

Firefox 142 è disponibile per il download su Linux con miglioramenti alla protezione anti-tracciamento, nuove API per estensioni e sviluppatori web
Ferramosca Roberto (Linux Easy)
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All the troubles with Debian upgrade
So a new major version of Debian has been released, and now I see a lot of complaints about various issues stemming from an upgrade. I do not remember this many after an LTS Ubuntu version. I don't want to rush to conclusions like "Ubuntu has money for better quality assurance". I can easily come up with explanations for why these statistics can be skewed, like "Ubuntu-loving plebeians do not come to complain to elite Lemmy users about their puny problems". I'm curious what you think?
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Error: Symbol 'grub_is_using_legacy_shim_lock_protocol' Not found [Solved]

I booted into my Manjaro gaming rig this morning for its weekly update check and got this error message.

Error: Symbol 'grub_is_using_legacy_shim_lock_protocol' Not found

seems like grub is not installed.

I noticed the warning after the last update a week ago regarding grub.

A single line in the pacman terminal output is not really good enough. I did nothing at the time

I dont use btrfs only ext4.

FIXED:

inserted a manjaro live usb

selected efi-usb

booted into the live manjaro distro

opened terminal

input two commands

manjaro-chroot -a

install-grub

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

[manjaro /]# manjaro-chroot -a
 ✔
grub-probe: error: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sdb1. Check your device.map.
grub-probe: error: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sdb1. Check your device.map.
==> Mounting (ManjaroLinux) [/dev/sda2]
--> mount: [/mnt]
--> mount: [/mnt/boot/efi]

[manjaro /]# install-grub
Grub will be installed on: EFI
Installing for x86_64-efi platform.
Installation finished. No error reported.
Update UEFI Fallback file: /boot/efi/EFI/Manjaro/grubx64.efi
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found theme: /usr/share/grub/themes/manjaro/theme.txt
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-6.15-x86_64
Found initrd image: /boot/intel-ucode.img /boot/amd-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-6.15-x86_64.img
Found initrd fallback image: /boot/initramfs-6.15-x86_64-fallback.img
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-6.12-x86_64
Found initrd image: /boot/intel-ucode.img /boot/amd-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-6.12-x86_64.img
Found initrd fallback image: /boot/initramfs-6.12-x86_64-fallback.img
Warning: os-prober will be executed to detect other bootable partitions.
Its output will be used to detect bootable binaries on them and create new boot entries.
ERROR: mkdir /var/lock/dmraid
grub-probe: error: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sdb1. Check your device.map.
grub-probe: error: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sdb1. Check your device.map.
Adding boot menu entry for UEFI Firmware Settings ...
Root filesystem isn't btrfs
If you think an error has occurred, please file a bug report at "https://github.com/Antynea/grub-btrfs"
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+/memtest.bin
Found memtest86+ EFI image: /boot/memtest86+/memtest.efi
done
Warning: GRUB bootloader at '/boot/efi/EFI/Manjaro' was updated.
Your booted entry '' is not the same as 'Manjaro'.
This may be a rescue ISO, but if not check your EFI boot priority.

REBOOT


GitHub - Antynea/grub-btrfs: Include btrfs snapshots at boot options. (Grub menu)

Include btrfs snapshots at boot options. (Grub menu) - Antynea/grub-btrfs
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Looking for replacement to cpufreqd

Hello everyone!

After upgrading to latest debian, I’ve discovered that cpufreqd was removed from stable.

I was using it in my PC to adjust the CPU power depending of the load of the system, and automatically switch profiles. I’ve seen cpupower as a replacement, which does not allow to automatically switch profile depending of user defined rules.

Do you know any alternative? (The package is working fine for now, but I fear the day the application will not be compatible with a kernel update, and I want to prevent this before).

Debian -- Details of package cpufreqd in bookworm

fully configurable daemon for dynamic frequency and voltage scaling
packages.debian.org

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Anyone else lose majority of their Bluez codecs after upgrading?

Previously on Debian 12 I followed a guide to install the AAC audio codec for my Air Pods yet after upgrading to Debian 13 I seem to have lost the codec as I can no longer select them in KDE sound settings leaving only A2DP/SBC and A2DP/SBC-XQ, now I’m a bit at a lost as I remember all I had to do was put a aac.so file into /usr/lib/x86\_64-linux-gnu/spa-0.2/bluez5/

Bluez5 directory list:
- libspa-codec-bluez5-sbc.so
- libspa-codec-bluez5-opus-g.so
- libspa-codec-bluez5-opus.so
- libspa-codec-bluez5-ldac.so
- libspa-codec-bluez5-lc3.so
- libspa-codec-bluez5-g722.so
- libspa-codec-bluez5-faststream.so
- libspa-codec-bluez5-aptx.so
- libspa-codec-bluez5-aac.so
- libspa-bluez5.so

Anyone here by chance know a solution to this?

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Anyone else lose the Bluez5 AAC audio codec after upgrading to Debian 13?

cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/44380955

Previously on Debian 12 I followed a guide to install the AAC audio codec for my Air Pods yet after upgrading to Debian 13 I seem to have lost the codec as I can no longer select them in KDE sound settings leaving only A2DP/SBC and A2DP/SBC-XQ, now I’m a bit at a lost as I remember all I had to do was put a aac.so file into /usr/lib/x86\_64-linux-gnu/spa-0.2/bluez5/

Bluez5 directory list:
- libspa-codec-bluez5-sbc.so
- libspa-codec-bluez5-opus-g.so
- libspa-codec-bluez5-opus.so
- libspa-codec-bluez5-ldac.so
- libspa-codec-bluez5-lc3.so
- libspa-codec-bluez5-g722.so
- libspa-codec-bluez5-faststream.so
- libspa-codec-bluez5-aptx.so
- libspa-codec-bluez5-aac.so
- libspa-bluez5.so

Anyone here by chance know a solution to this?


ohshit604

2025-08-19 02:56:30

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Anyone else lose majority of their Bluez codecs after upgrading?


Previously on Debian 12 I followed a guide to install the AAC audio codec for my Air Pods yet after upgrading to Debian 13 I seem to have lost the codec as I can no longer select them in KDE sound settings leaving only A2DP/SBC and A2DP/SBC-XQ, now I’m a bit at a lost as I remember all I had to do was put a aac.so file into /usr/lib/x86\_64-linux-gnu/spa-0.2/bluez5/

Bluez5 directory list:
- libspa-codec-bluez5-sbc.so
- libspa-codec-bluez5-opus-g.so
- libspa-codec-bluez5-opus.so
- libspa-codec-bluez5-ldac.so
- libspa-codec-bluez5-lc3.so
- libspa-codec-bluez5-g722.so
- libspa-codec-bluez5-faststream.so
- libspa-codec-bluez5-aptx.so
- libspa-codec-bluez5-aac.so
- libspa-bluez5.so

Anyone here by chance know a solution to this?


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ohshit604

Title misleading: you did not lose "the" AAC codec after upgrading.


How is the title misleading? The AAC codec had no issues working on Bookworm but not on Trixie ie I lost the ability to use it.

You're asking for advice regarding a custom solution that stopped working after the upgrade.


Debian does not package the AAC codec due to licensing issues hence why we’re forced to find these “custom” solutions.

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ohshit604

Not true. I'm listening to AAC encoded music right now. No extra repositories were even required.


Interesting, going over the documentation from the Debian Wiki they even say it’s not distributed in their repo’s?

The AAC codec is unavailable in Debian 12 bookworm.

In the case of PipeWire its support (see the 1021370 request) requires the non-free libfdk-aac2 package. A request to provide free version of the package was declined due to possible licensing and patent issues (see 981285). The only workaround is to build the AAC Bluetooth plugin from sources.

PulseAudio-16 (Debian 12 bookworm) does not support AAC. Despite necessary patches from the gstreamer merge request !1172 are applied to gstreamer1.0-fdkaac, there are pending changes in the PulseAudio Bluetooth plugin, see the upstream merge request !473.


I couldn’t find instructions from Bluez to install the source and I didnt want to risk breaking my current install by just guessing hence why I went with the solution posted on Reddit.


fdkaac: Add support for LATM/LOAS (!1172) · Merge requests · GStreamer / gstreamer · GitLab

ISO/IEC 14496-3 (MPEG-4 Audio) defines the LATM/LOAS mechanism to transport streams without using ISO/IEC 14496-1 (MPEG-4 Systems) for audio only applications. The transport mechanism uses a two-layer approach,...
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I updated Airstatus to accommodate Bleak 1.1.0 and the removal of Discover.

Today I went to check the battery status of my Airpods Max and found that 'discover' had been fully removed from Bleak. I had been getting warnings for years that it was deprecated and would eventually be axed. Today was the day. After updating Arch I was hit with discover being an unknown import from Bleak. I've tried every other trick in the book to get my Airpods battery to show on Linux, but Airstatus was the only one. I did some diving and saw that BleakScanner had replaced Discover.

I decided I might as well at some QoL things that I had wanted during my use of Airstatus. The new script accounts for Airpods Max and only shows a single battery level for them, as well as a keyboard interrupt exit script if you're like me and just check your battery in the terminal from time to time.

This is my first github fork. I don't know if I followed all the fork etiquette, but I did add delphiki in the readme markdown to credit them, as well as placed a notice at the end that it was a fork mostly for my own use. The only reason I decided to post it here is to help out anyone else that might be running into the same problem. Feel free to point out anything I should add to the readme or any problems with the script itself.

**You can find my fork here: github.com/SleepyScribe/AirSta…

I will be spending a lot more time actually learning Python. I started learning a while back, but it had to be put on the backburner due to life in general. I'll be completely transparent in that I needed some help from AI. I know the Python basics, and I'd love to be able to fix problems like these without having to consult AI at all, but I'm just not at the level to do this on my own yet. To be fair, I used it mostly as an assistant to check and troubleshoot each block and traceback error rather than having it spit the whole script out for me. That way I at least learned a bit. I did pull up the BleakScanner page, fullstack, and Python guides at first, but I was still struggling.


GitHub - SleepyScribe/AirStatus: Check AirPods battery levels on Linux

Check AirPods battery levels on Linux. Contribute to SleepyScribe/AirStatus development by creating an account on GitHub.
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[HELP] Issue with bluetooth devices after the latest kernel update on Tumbleweed
I recently updated my Laptop to the latest kernel update and since then I've been experiencing issues with Bluetooth device connectivity especially after the system goes to sleep. After sleep it doesn't recongize any of the Bluetooth devices and I have to restart the OS for it to work.
I've also noticed that lsusb doesn't list the Bluetooth chipset after waking from sleep mode. Does anyone have suggestion on what to do or should I do a rollback and wait it out until the next update?

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Recommendations de jeux avec histoires cools

Hello ! Pour un voyage, je suis à la recherche de jeux qui passent bien sur steamdeck et qui ont une histoire captivante ou "story rich". Je ne suis pas attaché à un gameplay en particulier si ce n'est que je ne suis pas très plateforme.

Les deux derniers qui m'ont vraiment attrapés par les pattes, c'était Outer Wilds et DREDGE.

J'en ai noté quelques uns comme Gris, OneShot, Return of the Obra Dinn, Blue Prince ou encore Chants of Senaar mais je suis avide de vos recommendations pour étoffer cette liste et choisir la ou les perles.

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Brickfrog

Not sure if this answers your question, on my fresh install of Debian 13 it seems to default to using

/etc/apt/sources.list

For example, I had to go in there to enable non-free and it worked fine.

There is a newer/recommended format of sources files ending in .sources in the same folder. The newer format is supported as of Debian 13 but for whatever reason Debian 13 doesn't actually default to installing the newer version on fresh installs. I'm a bit confused by that but Debian's own docs do discuss it.

wiki.debian.org/SourcesList

On my fresh install the /etc/apt/sources.list.d still exists, it looks like other software still create their own sources .list files in there when adding their own repos. Debian 13 itself does not seem to generate any files there.

SourcesList - Debian Wiki

wiki.debian.org
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Yemen fires at Tel Aviv airport with hypersonic missile, operations suspended

In a televised statement on Sunday, Yemeni military spokesperson Brigadier General Yahya Saree confirmed that the strike was carried out with a hypersonic missile dubbed “Palestine-2.”

“The operation successfully achieved its objective,” Saree said, adding that the attack triggered air raid sirens, disrupted flights, and “halted airport activity” in the occupied territories.

The Yemeni spokesman said the strike was part of a wider campaign in response to Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, now in its 22nd month, and in retaliation for Israeli air raids on Yemen.


Yemen strikes Tel Aviv airport with hypersonic missile, operations suspended

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Wonsan from the DPRK is pushing ahead with an ambitious beautification plan: street and garden renovations, coastal improvements, and the rehabilitation of public buildings and homes.

North Korea consolidates Wonsan as a "city of Korean culture," with a cleaner, more modern, and more attractive environment.

Video link: video.twimg.com/amplify_video/…

https://xcancel.com/Fekerfanta/status/1957125275306660296#m

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Thought I'd Died & Linux Was the Messenger

I woke up from an unplanned nap on the couch and opened my /home folder to dive back into something I was working on. While I was dozing on the couch, this file appeared in /home and it scared the crap out of me for a second when I saw it.

My first thought was that it was the 2025 version of "The Handbook for the Recently Deceased". 😂

Turns out it was just an error message from Taskwarrior and I wasn't dead. Whew!

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Gal Gadot Says Hollywood 'Pressure' to Speak Against Israel Affected 'Snow White' Box Office | Video
Such a vapid cunt!

Gal Gadot Blames 'Snow White' Failure on 'Pressure' in Hollywood to Speak Against Israel

Gal Gadot was certain the live-action remake of "Snow White" was "going to be a huge success," she told a group of interviewers in Israel in a wide-ranging interview published this week.
Stephanie Kaloi (TheWrap)

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Neo Backup vs DataBackup

cross-posted from: discuss.tchncs.de/post/4294992…

Does anybody have experience with the apps Neo Backup, DataBackup or ideally both?

I would like to know if there are any differences in terms of functionality, capability or reliability? Like, is there some kind of app data, that one can backup/restore while the other can't? Are there speed differences in the backup/restore process? etc.

I've searched the internet for some comparisons but couldn't find much.

For context: I want to transfer all my apps to a new phone. In the past, I've used Titanium Backup for this, but it doesn't seem to be very up-to-date anymore. Now, Neo Backup and Data Backup seem to be the most promising (besides maybe SwiftBackup, but that's not open source and only available through the Play Store, it seems).
So now I could of course just use one app first, backup everything on my old phone, restore everything on the new one and then look through all the apps to see what worked and what didn't. But it would be easier if I could get a hint on which one might be more suitable for my needs 😀

Also, if you would recommend to use another app instead, please tell me!

Thank you all!

Links

Neo Backup


F-Droid: f-droid.org/en/packages/com.ma…

GitHub: github.com/NeoApplications/Neo…

DataBackup


F-Droid: f-droid.org/packages/com.xayah…

GitHub: github.com/XayahSuSuSu/Android…

Neo Backup | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

The open-source tool to backup your apps and data
f-droid.org

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[HELP] Transition from Windows 11 to Fedora KDE on 2018 Surface Pro 6 (incl. Dual Boot)

Hi! Thanks for reading this post.

Disclaimer: I've already figured out how to dual boot SteamOS & Windows 10 on my Steam Deck (see this post), but things haven't gone the smoothest - hence this post and learning more about using Linux in general as a current Windows user.

Recently my Surface Pro 6 laptop, which runs one of the latest Windows 11 updates (23H2), updated to one of the new releases (24H2), and that completely bricked my laptop (bricked as in slow asf). I was able to revert back to 23H2 thankfully, but the fact that Microsoft can brick my device without my consent is unacceptable.

So, I'm hoping to learn how to install Linux and a good distro/DE combo like Fedora KDE. The Steam Deck Desktop Mode runs KDE, which I have to say sits well with my Windows sensibilities.

I also see value in dual booting though. I know about Ventoy and GParted because I used those softwares on my Steam Deck, but I was following a guide and didn't really understand what I was doing. Ventoy seems better than the alternatives like Balena and Rufus due to the multi-boot functionality.

With that all out of the way, I have questions:

  • How should I get started?
  • What hardware do I need to get started, especially if I want to multi-boot .ISOs from a singular USB drive (e.g. minimum GB size, USB specs, etc.)
  • What software do I need to get started? Is Ventoy and GParted enough, and do I need to configure my hardware in any specific ways so those softwares run as expected?
  • What should I do now to prepare to switch from Windows to Linux? FOSS apps aren't a big concern to me. I prefer them
  • What other technical facts should I consider when making the switch, like disabling Bitlocker and Fast Boot on my current Windows device?
  • If I were to load Windows 10 or 11 onto my Ventoy, are there any issues I should watch out for, like how Windows 10 overwrote my GRUB file on my Steam Deck, making it instead the default boot .ISO?
  • If I have games that I want to play but I can only play them via Windows 10/11, how would I enable things like Secure Boot, TPM, and other Anti-Cheat methods like what's required for Battlefield 6 (see above post I linked)?
  • What risks are there in making the switch, and how can I counter those risks or at least mitigate them to protect myself?
  • If things go completely wrong, and I brick my laptop in the middle of switching, or if something happens after I make the switch but I boot into one distro/DE or another, what's my ripcord? How do I do a complete wipe of my laptop, and will this involve breaking into the hardware to mess around with cables, like if I need to reset the motherboard?
  • Is there anything else that I should keep in mind?

Thanks for the help!

P.S. I'm pretty sure my laptop has these specs, if that helps.


HW probe of Microsoft Surface Pro 6 #a9ee630b0b

A database of all the hardware that works under linux
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mag37

Hey, I wrote a simple intro recently from guiding two friends into Fedora KDE without any previous knowledge. Its just an introduction really, but covers some basics.

mag37.org/posts/guide_newtolin…

It does not cover dual booting though. As they both decided to fully swap after brief testing.

Others already mentioned Ventoy and that bricking isn't really a risk - the worst you'd encounter is a complete wipe and restart so make sure you've got things backed up either way.

New to Linux - a walkthrough

Getting to know the migration into Linux, how to get started.
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[SOLVED] is this not enough boot space on debian 13?

apparently my problem is I cannot update initramfs:

update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-6.12.41+deb13-amd64 zstd: error 70 : Write error : cannot write block : No space left on device

After checking KDE Partition Manager for /boot and /boot/efi both have free space left:

/boot size: 488 MiB

/boot used: 396.26 MiB

/boot/efi size: 512 MiB

/boot/efi used: 10.52 MiB

dpkg -l | grep linux-image | awk '{print$2}' shows:

linux-image-6.1.0-37-amd64

linux-image-6.1.0-38-amd64

linux-image-6.12.41+deb13-amd64

linux-image-amd64

I am now using debian 13 on linux-image-6.1.0-38-amd64 because linux-image-6.12.41+deb13-amd64 won't load from grub2. I don't want to get rid of linux-image-6.1.0-37-amd64 till I solve this issue

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Can I automatically "preload" light-locker (or any screen locker) upon suspend?
When using XFCE in conjunction with light-locker (the default lock screen utility), it normally takes some seconds to resume from suspend as it loads up the light-locker prompt. However, I've found that if I let the prompt load up, but then close the lid without entering the password and let it enter suspend again, light-locker is almost instantly ready the next time I resume. Is there any way to do this automate this behavior when I close the lid of my laptop?
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Ephera

Hmm, you should be able to set a custom command for it to run before suspend like this: unix.stackexchange.com/a/52629…

And apparently, you can tell light-locker to lock immediately with light-locker-command --lock: manpages.debian.org/buster/lig…

I guess, you might want to try out, if it works at all, before you start editing files. If it works with this, then I'd expect it work when you put it in into the file, too:

light-locker-command --lock && systemctl suspend

Customize xfce suspend command

Is there a way to change the command executed by xfce4-power-manager when it wants to suspend? I assume it runs xfce4-session-logout --suspend, but I would like it to run xfconf-query -c xfce4-power-
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Office workers - Has anyone here convinced their boss to let them install a Linux distro on their work desktop?

Going from Windows to Linux then back to windows sucks.

Edit; Going through the comments it seems it doesn’t matter so long as IT supports the operating system, which is fair, in my scenario I’m not involved with our systems-management/IT/developers unless it’s an update to the software we use.

My desktop at work is still Windows 10 and while it works, kinda, my keyboard shortcuts are almost entirely different, I’ve encountered numerous moments where switching tab either by alt-tabbing or by the taskbar not working at all forcing me to minimize everything till I find that tab, couple times it wouldn’t even boot.

I started unplugging the Ethernet cable when I leave for work so IT can’t do any behind the scenes when I’m away.

I dredd the day they force a win 11 desktop on me.

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nagaram

I've been thinking about swapping my work laptop to Linux too.

The difference is I'm in IT and I know what all things I need to put on my computer to make it compliant with all our policies and all the software I need to do my job.

I've been experimenting by running some Linux VMs with all the EDR, patching, and logging software we need. But by the time I'm doing all that, there's really no point in using Linux except for the CLI which WSL has been great for that.

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[SOLVED] what did I do to debian 13.0? I can only access the backup install

I hope you understand what I mean.

On my grub screen there are 4 options, 2 regular booting and 2 recovery mode afair.

I cannot access the first regular one, only the second one. Cannot give you a screenshot or a picture because I'm scared of rebooting the computer again.

If I execute cat /etc/debian_version it returns 13.0, so it's already upgraded.

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y doesn't return any errors.

what is going on?

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[SOLVED] while upgrading from debian 12.11 to 13.0 errors were encountered while processing: plymouth, plymouth-label and initramfs-tools, how do I solve this?

per my previous post I completed the upgrade to 13.0, including the 900 files I didn't get to download and install after using sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y

I now have a working internet connection using a lan cable.

More important than this wlan/lan issue is this new one: each time I try to update/upgrade with either sudo apt --fix-broken install, sudo apt full-upgrade, sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y I get:

`Summary:
Upgrading: 0, Installing: 0, Removing: 0, Not Upgrading: 0
3 not fully installed or removed.
Space needed: 0 B / 58.6 GB available

Setting up initramfs-tools (0.148.3) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Setting up plymouth (24.004.60-5) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-6.12.41+deb13-amd64
zstd: error 70 : Write error : cannot write block : No space left on device
E: mkinitramfs failure cpio 141
E: mkinitramfs failure zstd -q -9 -T0 70
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-6.12.41+deb13-amd64 with 1.
dpkg: error processing package plymouth (--configure):
installed plymouth package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of plymouth-label:
plymouth-label depends on plymouth (= 24.004.60-5); however:
Package plymouth is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package plymouth-label (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.148.3) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-6.12.41+deb13-amd64
zstd: error 70 : Write error : cannot write block : No space left on device
E: mkinitramfs failure cpio 141
E: mkinitramfs failure zstd -q -9 -T0 70
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-6.12.41+deb13-amd64 with 1.
dpkg: error processing package initramfs-tools (--configure):
installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
plymouth
plymouth-label
initramfs-tools
Error: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
`

help appreciated

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Celebration of 80th Anniversary of Korea's Liberation Held

Pictures down below!


Pyongyang, August 15 (KCNA) -- All the people across the DPRK are greeting the 80th anniversary of Korea's liberation with great pride and self-confidence as a great revolutionary auspicious event as they are dynamically advancing along the road of independence, self-sustenance and self-defence, ushering in a great new era of comprehensive national rejuvenation under the leadership of the ever-victorious Workers' Party of Korea.

The celebration of the 80th anniversary of Korea's liberation took place in Pyongyang on August 14.

The Arch of Triumph Plaza was in majestic appearance as it reflected the excitement and joy of the people who became the masters of the new Korea and the immortal revolutionary feats and annuals of miracle over the 80 years of building the country and defending its sovereign rights. It was filled with jubilation of the people who are demonstrating the dignity and might of a powerful country, upholding the country's strong existence and steady development with the great revolutionary traditions created in the flames of the anti-Japanese struggle as precious wealth.

Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, attended the celebration.

When the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un arrived at the venue of the celebration amid the welcome music, fireworks were set off and a lot of balloons flew to decorate the sky in significant August.

All the participants raised the stormy cheers of "Hurrah!", looking up to the outstanding leader of the Juche revolution who put our socialist state on the top of the century as the most powerful and dignified country and dynamically led the great historic cause of realizing the ideals of the people along the road of brilliant victory and glory.

Schoolchildren presented fragrant bouquets to Kim Jong Un reflecting the unanimous desire of the people across the country.

Schoolchildren presented bouquets to senior officials of the Party, government and armed forces organs and Byacheslav Volodin, speaker of the State Duma of the Russian Federation.

Present there were members of the central leadership body of the Party, leading officials of ministries and national agencies, descendants of those related to the anti-Japanese revolutionary struggle, meritorious persons of socialist patriotism and other officials, working people, youth and students in Pyongyang, service personnel of the Korean People's Army, teaching staff and students of the revolutionary schools.

Present there on invitation were members of the delegation of the State Duma and the delegation of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation who are on a congratulatory visit to the DPRK on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of Korea's liberation, the Russian ambassador to the DPRK and his embassy members.

Present there were overseas compatriots staying in the socialist homeland including an expeditionary group of the General Association of Koreans in China for a study tour of the revolutionary battle sites in the area of Mt Paektu.

The DPRK national anthem was played solemnly.

A 21-gun salute boomed.

Choe Ryong Hae, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the WPK, first vice-president of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK and chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly, made a congratulatory speech.

Noting that today we are greeting the 80th anniversary of Korea's liberation, the first precious victory in the glorious history of the Korean revolution spanning nearly a century and an epoch-making event in 5 000 years of history, the speaker paid immortal glory and highest tribute to President Kim Il Sung who aroused the people, who had been forced to suffer the disgrace and misfortune, to the anti-Japanese national salvation and thus put an end to the colonial rule of the Japanese imperialism and achieved the epochal cause of restoring the sovereignty.

He said that the 40-odd years of struggle of our people for the independence of the country teaches the truth that the country and people without correct leadership and strength cannot escape the humiliation as a stateless nation and that the lost dignity can be regained and defended only by the powerful internal forces of the people themselves rallied close around the great leader.

Our state shows the world a new phase of the gigantic advance of further promoting the overall national power under the wise leadership of the great Comrade Kim Jong Un, he said, stressing that thanks to the great people, the superior political system embodying the people-first principle and the might united with patriotism, the vigorous prosperity of our state will continue and communism desired by the revolutionary forerunners will come true on this land.

Referring to the noble internationalist spirit and distinguished military feats of the service personnel of the Soviet Union who fought shoulder to shoulder with the Korean revolutionary army for Korea's liberation, he said that the unity and comradeship forged at the cost of blood in the struggle for the common cause are fully displayed in the battlefield of the 21st century to frustrate the imperialists' outrageous arbitrary practices and aggressive moves and are developing into a powerful alliance, which is a clear proof of the eternal vitality of the DPRK-Russia friendship.

Choe Ryong Hae said that the revolutionary forerunners who provided the mental heritage that makes people rise up through any difficulties and paved the way for victory are infinitely encouraging and pushing us towards the steady advance, calling upon all the people to continue to wage a dynamic struggle for the eternal prosperity and rejuvenation of the country firmly united with the great idea of patriotism and the principle of our state first.

Byacheslav Volodin, speaker of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, made a speech.

Saying that he was pleased to take part in the grand celebration, he read a congratulatory letter sent to Comrade Kim Jong Un, president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, by Comrade Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, president of the Russian Federation, on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of Korea's liberation.

Expressing the will to value the Russia-DPRK friendly relations, to thoroughly implement all the provisions of the Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between the Russian Federation and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and to strive for the development of the relations between the two countries, he wished the DPRK people prosperity and happiness.

Kim Jong Un made a significant speech on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of Korea's liberation.

Today's celebration, highly praising the new birth of the DPRK and the sacred path of its development, is the illumination of the times and a proud review of how the history of new Korea, which has lasted 80 years together with the immortal spirit of bringing about a turn in the destiny of the people, and the arduous resistance history spanning tens of years can be positioned at the peak of dignity and honour, he said, referring to the revolutionary character and political significance of the cause of national liberation through which our people regained their independent dignity.

Referring to the boundless reverence for the great people who are possessed of the noble outlook on life regarding the life devoted to the victory and glory of their country as the most valuable and happiest life, Kim Jong Un stressed that no one can break such a righteous, strong and self-respecting people and that a country built and supported by such a patriotic and self-respectful people will be ever-powerful and immortal.

Noting that the great history of the dignity and glory of the DPRK people will shine forever generation after generation, he ardently called for steadily and undauntedly overcoming the challenges facing the DPRK for the great powerful country and the eternal wellbeing and prosperity of our beloved country which will shine forth for all ages.

When Kim Jong Un finished his speech, enthusiastic cheers resounded which reflected the firm will of all the participants to remain boundlessly loyal to the historic mission and duty of their era and generation, while boundlessly loving and upholding the country which provides them with genuine life and happiness.

The celebration ended with the playing of the song "The Internationale".

The celebration was of great significance as it fully demonstrated the unshakable faith and will of the DPRK people to win without fail the final victory of the revolutionary cause of Juche pioneered in Mt Paektu by redoubling the loyalty, patriotic traditions, indomitable pioneering spirit and heroic stamina of upholding the sacred history of our state with the years of proud victory and miracles under the leadership of the great Comrade Kim Jong Un.

Pictures of the Event:

KCNA | Article | Celebration of 80th Anniversary of Korea's Liberation Held

Celebration of 80th Anniversary of Korea's Liberation Held
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[SOLVED] Upgraded to debian 13.0 from 12.11 and now unit NetworkManager.service could not be found. How do I install a network manager now?

I edited the new debian.sources file in /etc/apt/sources.list.d according to debian instructions, started to upgrade and successfuly upgraded to 13.0, at least core debian (can use mpv, vlc, thunar, libreoffice...)

Problem is, this notebook with debian 13.0 doesnt have a working network manager and there are still 900 packages that need upgrading.

The command I entered in the terminal: sudo systemctl status NetworkManager.service returns: unit NetworkManager.service could not be found.

I have an android phone I thought I could use as a network hotspot or maybe tether, but debian 13.0 doesnt recognize it, so I really dont know what to do

Lan cable didnt work either.

Help appreciated

ETA: THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR AWESOME HELP!!!

special thanks to InnerScientist and stuner for their approach but what worked was what IHave69XiBucks proposed.

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IHave69XiBucks

Alright try to plug in the ethernet cable and run

ip link show

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


If you see the interface, but its not managed run

sudo ip link set eth0 up

sudo dhclient eth0


(Once again use the interface from ip link)

Assuming you have network connection again run

sudo apt install --reinstall network-manager

sudo systemctl enable --now NetworkManager


If all that works run

sudo apt update

sudo apt full-upgrade

sudo apt autoremove


If that doesn't work run

journalctl -b -p 3 --no-pager


and tell me what that says

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Under the hood (not de's or gui) what REALLY separates linux from windows?

Is it just / ?

I kid. But really, besides "its all a file", if you take away the gui, is the only difference the syntax ? How libraries interact? How disks are mounted ?

If we stripped all ms's junk out and made windows open source, would we still prefer linux?

When you get to a very basic level, is one of them more efficiently coded?

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monovergent

Up until 95, Windows was mostly a desktop environment for DOS. From 95 to ME, Windows was an OS that used DOS as its bootloader and compatibility layer. Not sure how to put it, but it was simplistic and fundamentally different from Linux.

The thing with NT-based Windows (including modern editions) is that the underlying system is joined at the hip with the GUI. Whereas Linux with your choice of coreutils is a perfectly capable OS without the GUI, many features of Windows are only accessible through the GUI.

Given enough time and resources, pretty much anything exclusive to Windows could be ported to Linux and vice versa. A lot of the difference just comes down to history and the ensuing conventions, workflows, and file hierarchies.

Even if we stripped out all the cruft and spaghetti code from Windows, there would be lots of nasty idiosyncrasies in its design, informed by its OS/2 and VMS (see Dave Cutler) heritage, profit maximization, revolving door of devs and interns, and years of bending over backwards to accommodate legacy programs.

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Luffy

is the only difference the syntax ? How libraries interact? How disks are mounted ?


Ah, yes.

You know, the things you just mentioned ARE the basic differences. As long as both work on the same architecture, and none reinvent the wheel, everything is the same.

And as long as you don't reinvent the computer and make a new assembly and binary, a kernel and libraries will be the most effective ways to work.

Its like saying „what is the difference between python and c++ anyway? If we just strip away everything differentiating the 2, we just get a programming lang.

And yes, I would prefer Linux, for the same reason a python Dev prefers python and a C++ Dev prefers C++: because I'm Used to the syntax and the quirks of Linux. I don't want to jump back to the ungodly CLI of cmd, powershell and everything else. I have learned the ins and outs of Linux, and that's how its gonna stay.

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imagemagick Montage: I can only create a montage if all the exif data is cleared.

imagemagick Montage:

I can only create a montage if all the exif data is cleared.

As a new user on Lemmy, going through the learning curve, I had issues uploading images.

Simple, I turned to imagemagick to reduce the size of the images and create a montage, rather than uploading 20 images for a simple bread recipe.

!bready@lemmy.world

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I transfered my recipe images from my phone to my laptop and set about using Montage.

The images on the phone, and in the directory on my laptop, were clearly orientated in Portrait and not landscape.

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Problem:

I ran montage to create a simple 4 image montage:

montage 1.jpg 2.jpg 3.jpg 4.jpg -geometry +2+2 1-montage-image.jpg

I checked the output file, the images were in the right order but had changed from portrait to Landscape. They looked terrible

I then tried some different images.

These came out as expected, in portrait and in order

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I compared the images,

identify -verbose 1.jpg

the ones I transfered from my phone still had all the exif data intact and the other ones had no exif data

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So I cleared the exif data for the files.

exiftool worked perfectly:

exiftool -all= *.jpg

created an "original-images" directory, then moved the originals to "original-images" directory

mv *.jpg_original original-images

when I cleared the exif data all the images in the directory reverted to landscape

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so I set them back to portrait:

One liner to change orientation by 90 degrees

find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -name "*.jpg" -exec convert {} -rotate 90 {} \;

or mogrify:

mogrify -rotate -90 *.jpg

or

mogrify -rotate +90 *.jpg

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created the montage image:

montage 1.jpg 2.jpg 3.jpg 4.jpg -geometry +2+2 1-montage.jpg

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Now I reduced the size so I could upload them

create an "images" directory if you do not want mogrify to overwrite the originals.

mogrify -resize 50% -quality 80 -path "/path/to/reduced/images/" *.jpg

or

mogrify -resize 50% -quality 80 -path "images" *.jpg

job done

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A lot of messing about to upload an image

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Björn Tantau

In case you (or someone else) wants an explanation.

Modern cameras and phones save the image orientation in the exif data while keeping the orientation of the real pixels like they were originally.

But by default imagemagick doesn't use the exif data but the real pixel orientation. That's why the orientation in the montage and after removing exif data was wrong.

I think there are options to let imagemagick read the exif data. I'm too lazy to look it up.

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What's a reliable filesystem for long term data archival that also supports transparent file compression?
I currently use btrfs on almost all my server and offline backup drives mainly because of the ability to transparently compress files to save space. But apparently btrfs can get corrupted if it unexpectedly loses power? Is there a more robust and corruption resistant filesystem that you'd recommend that also has the ability to compress files?

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Holocaust survivor Gabor Maté: Gaza genocide 'the worst thing I've seen in my whole life.'

Holocaust survivor Gabor Maté: Gaza genocide ‘the worst thing I’ve seen in my whole life.’

“It's a bit of an obscenity that I'm asked so much to speak on this subject because I happen to be Jewish and because I happened, as an infant, to have survived the Holocaust…Why aren't we listening to the Palestinians?”
Marc Steiner (The Real News Network)
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