At 700MB, it can no longer be called "damn small", especially considering there are much smaller distributions out there, such as TinyCore @ 23MB and SliTaz @ 43MB (yes, SliTaz is still around).
Way back, I used to have the original, 50 MB DSL as a default PXE boot option in my lab. Was awesome for quick troubleshooting or to test hardware without having to mess with USB keys.
Best alternative to OneDrive is NextCloud or OwnCloud.
Though you will need to setup your own server (can be just some old desktop/laptop collecting dust or a raspberry pi) to run either one, plus get your own web domain (cloudflare I recommend for getting one.)
But it is so worth it if you need cloud storage and want full control of all your files.
Check out SyncThing for a peer2peer (device to device) solution which doesn't necessarily need a server, but having an always-on device like a server is still great for using Syncthing as well.
It's easy to use, only slightly more involved than setting up Nextcloud or Dropbox or whatever. But all done via a web-based GUI.
It works surprisingly well, stable and conflict-free for the complex syncing it has to do all the time.
Basically you install SyncThing on all devices you want to keep in sync, and they will find each other via their IDs when they are online, and automatically sync all their directories which should be synced. Of course it's open source and cross-platform too.
It alienates nvidia. Are any other mega-corps being difficult enough to cause problems with linux?
As for its struggle to become mainstream (I assume you refer to desktop), I'd credit that to Linux not being commercial. And hence not having a marketing department. As soon as you DO market it, it takes off like a rocket. (Android, ChromeOS, SteamDeck)
Hey let a man dream of a Linux freed from the exclusionary ideology of GNU. And if not, well you guys are more than welcome to hole up in your "No closed sourced allowed fort." I and others will just move to the equally capable BSD Unixs
Thank you for all the replies. Really should me how boned Linux is. And that alot of you have absolutely no idea how the GPL works. If you call a GPL function, the calling code MUST be GPL too.
Afaik, you only need to take GPL into consideration if you distribute GPL software. So if you use the os glibc, you can call into it without having to disclose your source code.
The Linux 6.6 modules infrastructure is changing to better protect against the illicit behavior of NVIDIA's proprietary kernel driver.
Most notable with the modules update is a change that better builds up the defenses against NVIDIA's proprietary kernel driver from using GPL-only symbols.
Given that symbol_get was only ever intended for tightly cooperating modules using very internal symbols it is logical to restrict it to being used on EXPORY_SYMBOL_GPL and prevent nvidia from costly DMCA circumvention of access controls lawsuits.
Luis Chamberlain further added in today's pull request: "Christoph Hellwig's symbol_get() fix to Nvidia's efforts to circumvent the protection he put in place in year 2020 to prevent proprietary modules from using GPL only symbols, and also ensuring proprietary modules which export symbols grandfather their taint.
The circumvention tactic used by Nvidia was to use symbol_get() to purposely swift through proprietary module symbols and completley bypass our traditional EXPORT_SYMBOL*() annotations and community agreed upon restrictions."
Back in 2020 when the original defense was added, NVIDIA recommended avoiding the Linux 5.9 for the time being.
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I've been using Pipewire on NixOS for over a year and it's worked great. Idk if NixOS would be good for you though cause it's pretty hard to learn, but it is really solid.
Just to be clear, I'm not suggesting nixos for audio. Your message just make be think about someone's config so I thought it could interest people reading this thread.
Check out KX Studio. Ubuntu Studio is also a thing where most stuff comes preinstalled and it might be good enough for some.
Though I would still say that it's still faster and easier to get a job, earn a months pay and buy a Windows/Mac laptop for music production than try to get shit done in Linux. Pipewire kinda-sorta-works if you aren't doing anything weird, but it's not going to be optimal either, and it's at best beta-quality software still.
I applaud the stubbornness. If enough people are stubborn enough, maybe linux pro audio some day becomes less of a mess.
I've tried every couple of years since 2006 to see if I could finally ditch my windows/mac box, since making music is my last hurdle, but it's still been too much of a chore for me. I make music to get rid of computer-induced stress, so it's the one place where I'm not interested in configuring for days.
I don’t use LUKS because I found it to be too much trouble, but if they broke the crypto on LUKS doesn’t that mean a lot of shit out there is vulnerable and not just LUKS encrypted hard drives?
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