d3Xt3r

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d3Xt3r ,

I have a Google Alert set up, so I get notified in case my name pops up on the web. A month after I joined a new company, I got an alert - turned out that their internal directory page was exposed to the public web. I was pretty livid - all this time I was proud of maintaining good anonymity, looking up my name never returned anything meaningful on Google. So I complained to my boss about this, and he said it was actually a bug/misconfiguration - which they were already aware of, but didn't bother fixing it because no one complained. I was super pissed and made it very clear that it was a violation of my privacy and I wanted it taken down ASAP. Thankfully my boss was understanding and got it fixed. Then I had to report the page to Google. It took a while, but it was finally gone from the search results.

d3Xt3r ,

Mullvad’s DNS. It’s available for non-subscribers as well, and their privacy policy explicitly claims they do not log DNS requests in any way. mullvad.net/en/help/no-logging-data-policy/

They support both DoT and DoH, and also have various servers for blocking ads, trackers etc (if you wish to use them): github.com/mullvad/dns-blocklists

d3Xt3r ,

Well, if you’re using Mullvad’s malware/ad filters etc there’s really no need for a PiHole in the first place (unless you’re doing some funky custom filtering).

d3Xt3r ,

www.talos.dev

It runs entirely in RAM, administration is super simple, no ssh, easy to update/and upgrade, immutable, minimal distro designed specifically for secure container usage.

d3Xt3r ,

I that case, check out Fedora CoreOS.

d3Xt3r ,

How about Gogs? The whole thing is < 30 MB, and is lightweight enough to run on a Raspberry Pi. You can even get a native binary package if you want to run it without the overhead of Docker.

So let’s talk about this Wayland thing - Adventures in Linux and KDE ( pointieststick.com )

Wayland. It comes up a lot: “Bug X fixed in the Plasma Wayland session.” “The Plasma Wayland session has now gained support for feature Y.” And it’s in the news quite a bit lately with the announcement that Fedora KDE is proposing to drop the Plasma X11 session for version 40 and only ship the Plasma Wayland session....

d3Xt3r , (edited )
  • Fedora KDE plans to drop the Plasma X11 session, in favor of Wayland
  • Because X11 is bloated, insecure, and in a development freeze since many years.
  • Wayland is simple, secure, minimal; developed by former X11 devs.
  • Challenges:
  • Wayland’s minimal core protocols lacked essential features.
  • Fragmentation in development efforts occurred.
  • Protocol approval was political and time-consuming.
  • Current State:
  • Standard protocols for most requirements are now available.
  • Plasma and KDE apps run well on Wayland with the upcoming Plasma 6 release.
  • Many 3rd-party apps work via the XWayland compatibility layer, but some need to be ported to Wayland.
  • Conclusion:
  • Fedora aims to drop the Plasma X11 session entirely, if you don’t like it then switch disros.
  • Many 3rd-party apps are already Wayland-ready, but many are not, and collaboration is needed to expedite this transition.
d3Xt3r ,

Corrected, thanks!

d3Xt3r ,

Yep, just use the rectangular selection from the edge panel and you can save it as a screenshot or extract the text.

d3Xt3r ,

nVidia doesn’t, but lawyers do. License violations are not cool, regardless of who does it.

d3Xt3r ,

Native Alpha is an opensource alternative.

d3Xt3r ,

sysdig can monitor and display file IO usage.

See this page for some examples: github.com/draios/sysdig/wiki/Sysdig Examples#dis…

d3Xt3r ,

That was a hilarious read. Thanks for sharing!

[Guide] Everything you need to know about gaming on Linux ( popcar.bearblog.dev )

Hi everyone, I just finished writing a guide on everything you need to know in order to game on Linux. It covers Proton (Steam play), using Heroic Launcher (with Wine-GE), and all sorts of tidbits and tips I wish people had told me earlier. I hope this can be useful to someone out there!...

d3Xt3r , (edited )

I’m not opposed to it, but is there demand for it to be on GitHub?

There is! These sort of guides are best suited to be hosted at Github/lab because of their dynamic nature. Any recommendations and “best practice” today might easily become outdated tomorrow in this fast-moving Linux world! Plus you can have contributors too submitting corrections and updates (if you wish to merge 'em), so you’re not left alone doing all the work.

Here’s an example of one such guide I’ve used in the past that’s still being updated:

github.com/AdelKS/LinuxGamingGuide

d3Xt3r ,

Yes, in theory. In practice, Github has become a hub for such living documents, especially in the Linux/OSS world, so it isn’t strange for people to look there for guides and recommendations.

d3Xt3r ,

In addition to what others wrote, here’s a practical example:

I wanted to insert an old photo in a comment, from my Google Photos. The photo doesn’t exist on my device, since it was taken from an old phone. I located the photo in Goolge Photos and downloaded it to my device. Then I went to pick the photo in Sync, but it was neither visible under “recent”, nor in any of the albums. So I had no choice but to scroll thru hundreds of photos to manually look for it, and found it under the original date the photo was taken - which makes sense, but in the previous gallery, my recently downloaded photos would appear at the top.

I’ve only got a few hundreds of photos so this isn’t a big issue for me, but I can imagine it’ll be a dealbreaker for people with thousands of photos on their device.

d3Xt3r , (edited )

Mini all-in-one PC are expensive, just buy a used/refurbished regular PC. If you want, you can get them in SFF (Small Form Factor), which are still upgradable and a better option than AIOs. Here are some results on eBay for reference.

I’d recommend getting AMD because of their excellent Linux support and overall better gaming performance. Also, you don’t need a dedicated GPU for playing old games, even more so since AMD’s integrated GPU is a lot better than Intel’s, and works better on Linux too.

But it you want to play current games, you’ll need a dedicated GPU, and that $250 budget isn’t going to cut it unfortunately. However, you always have the option of buying a cheap used GPU later on, when you’ve got some cash to spare. But for now, if you focus on older games then the integrated GPU on an AMD will do fine.

d3Xt3r ,

Did your app just get updated as well? :)

d3Xt3r ,

Seconded. Plus a feature to quickly block a community.

d3Xt3r ,

Yes, but that’s still three clicks. I was thinking more like being able to long-press the name of the community and the select either subscribe or block.

d3Xt3r ,

Another option is to buy an external SSD (don’t get SanDisk, known to fail) and install Linux on it, this way you get to use your laptop with Linux, whilst preserving your Windows/RAID setup. The other advantage is that since Linux is portable, you could use the same drive to boot on other PCs as well, so you could have your own personal, secure and portable computing environment.

d3Xt3r ,

External SSDs these days are fairly small, not that much bigger than a regular flash drive. You could stick it to your laptop’s lid using velcro tape, and then using a C-shaped or a 90° USB cable so that it doesn’t jut out.

Basically, something like this:

https://interface.lt/images/2021/macbook-ssd-1.jpg

But use 90° flat cables so that the cable doesn’t jut out like that, something like this: www.amazon.com/…/B0B5K48VY5

d3Xt3r ,

You mean users who joined Lemmy for the first time with Sync?

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    d3Xt3r ,

    This hasn’t aged well:

    https://forumstatic.oneplusmobile.com/opforum-gl/upload/image/front/thread/20220615/59811/1089207572114178054/1089207572114178054.gif

    Linux distro for gaming

    I know this has probably been asked before but I am currently using Arch and wondering if my choice is the best for gaming. What are the thoughts from the community? I have an AMD Ryzen 7 processor with 64 gigs of RAM and a decent AMD GPU. Gaming seems to be okay on Arch but I am wondering if I’ve overlooked something better....

    d3Xt3r ,

    Not for gaming. The problem with Mint, and most Ubuntu/Debian based distros, is they run ancient packages - especially the kernel, the graphics stack (mesa) etc. Sure, you could install a custom kernel, sure you could install a PPA with updated drivers etc, but then you’d make a mess out of your system, which will cause your updates and upgrades to break.

    For gaming, you always want to be on the latest stack (there are exceptions ofc in case of regressions), since the Linux world is pretty fast moving, and especially these days, lots of fixes have been coming in fast for Wine/Proton/AMD, thanks to Valve and the Steam Deck, and all the users and devs invested in it who now see Linux as a viable platform for gaming. Never before in the Linux world have we seen so much development and advancements, and it’s all fueled by the Steam Deck (and AMD’s opensource efforts).

    Pop, is also based on Ubuntu, so it suffers from much of the same issues that other Ubuntu based distros face, so it’s not the best choice for gaming.

    So you’d be better off sticking with Arch (if you like to DIY and optimize stuff on your own), but Nobara is a pretty solid choice when it comes to gaming, because it’s optimized for gaming out of the box - has a custom kernel with patches gamers would appreciate, patched Discord for stuff like screensharing, has Proton-GE, Steam, drivers, codecs etc all ready to go. In fact, Nobara is made by the same person who makes Proton-GE (ie GloriousEggroll), so you know that this is a legit distro for gaming that’s actually made by someone who knows their stuff, and is a gamer themselves.

    d3Xt3r ,

    ChimeraOS is a better option IMO, if you’re looking for better hardware compatibility and faster updates, and not just a SteamOS clone.

    d3Xt3r ,

    If you’re bored, then check out some custom kernels, like Xanmod or Liquorix.

    There’s also this Linux gaming guide which has some good hints and tweaks you might’ve missed - do be warned though that it is a rabbit hole - and always verify whether the tweak you’re applying is relevant to you and still current/needed!

    Good news for AMD Linux users - fTPM RNG will soon be disabled ( www.phoronix.com )

    For those out of the loop, some AMD users have been suffering from stuttering issues caused by the AMD fTPM random number generator. A firmware/BIOS update appears to fix the issue for some users, but not others, leading to more bug reports being sent in. Last week, Linus Torvalds said “let’s just disable the stupid fTPM...

    d3Xt3r ,

    I wonder if getting a smartwatch with tap-to-pay, like the Pixel watch could help with that? You could still continue to use GrapheneOS on your phone (assuming the watch has no phone dependencies).

    d3Xt3r ,

    Does it handle application updates as well?

    d3Xt3r , (edited )

    when the ntfs3 driver was released I moved my games to an NTFS partition, i don’t remember precisely but some wouldn’t work, and then unlike my ext4 or btrfs partition which were unbreakable, a lot of things became unreadable and undeletable after a forced shutdown

    Did you symlink the compatdata folder?

    now I’m planning on making a btrfs partition for my games and using winbtrfs

    I heard that with winbtrfs, you run into permission issues where every time you boot back into Linux, you’d need to chown any files you’d created in Windows, which would be a PITA. Also, I heard winbtrfs in Windows isn’t as stable as ntfs3 in Linux. Neither solution is unfortunately perfect so you may need to try and see what works best for you.

    In general though, I believe regardless of what filesystem you choose, it’s recommend to NOT share everything and instead maintain a copy of the library native to each OS, and just share the “common” and maybe the “download” folder, and let Steam discover the existing files when you proceed to install the game.

    d3Xt3r ,

    Surprisingly, the price works out to be almost exactly the same here in New Zealand (34.70 NZD = 21.18 USD).

    https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/0eb3ec5d-b0c2-4894-96d6-3cd0ba87ce01.png

    d3Xt3r OP ,

    Not sure what firmware limiters you’re talking about? I’m using a cheap ASUS board (B450i-gaming), a Zen 2 CPU and a 6600 XT, and single GPU passthru works just fine for me on Arch using this guide. (I haven’t tried VMetal or this new release of Nitrux yet). Yes, some manufactures are iffy about IOMMU support, mostly Intel-CPU and Intel-based boards in my experience, but if you’re using AMD you should be fine.

    There is something called an ACS override patch, but that’s a kernel patch not a GPU firmware patch, and from my understanding, that’s for dual-GPU users. Regardless, it doesn’t modify your firmware in any way.

    d3Xt3r ,

    It should hide automatically when scrolling.

    d3Xt3r ,

    From from what I heard, apparently it’s a lot slower than Box4Droid, although it’s easier to use.

    There’s also the upcoming Cassia emulator, which looks promising and should be better than either of them.

    As for the use case, there are plenty of good PC games without a decent Android port/equivalent. A lot of us spend more time on Android than on PC, so it makes sense that we’re starting to see more and more projects like these (besides, most native Android games suck).

    d3Xt3r ,

    Cassia is a Wine fork + FEXCore + easy to use GUI with the ability to create Wine prefixes. It’s made by the same guys who made the Skyline Emulator, which was prolly the best Nintendo Switch emulator on Android, so the expectations are pretty high.

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    Too many updates. I fear leaving a laptop in the drawer for a few months and then it crashes when I update it.

    I’ve had that issue with Arch in the past, on a couple of my laptops that I don’t use very often. Which is why I installed Nobara on them (gaming/multimedia-optimized Fedora). I update them every 2-3 months without any issues, and Nobara itself is rock solid like Debian, whilst still providing bleeding edge app versions like Arch.

    Arch was great thanks to the AUR, but now that Flatpaks and containers have become so commonplace, I find myself using the AUR lesser and lesser.

    My main Desktop is still on Arch (ArchLabs), but now that ArchLabs is no more, I might switch to Nobara on my Desktop as well.

    "You should migrate to Linux"

    Dual-booting Windows 11 and Fedora 38. Gaming on Win 11 is, as expected, most times great. I want to migrate to Fedora and use it as a daily driver, and while it does a damn good job at doing just that, it’s disturbingly aweful at gaming. I’ve installed Steam and I set out to try a couple of games to see what it would...

    d3Xt3r , (edited )

    They said Proton-GE btw, which is a custom build of Proton by GloriousEggroll, which has a bunch of tweaks to make various games run, or run better.

    github.com/GloriousEggroll/proton-ge-custom#overv…

    Proton-GE (or Lutris with Wine-GE) is what you really should be using, if you intend to game Linux.

    d3Xt3r ,

    Also, since you’re already on Fedora, you should check out Nobara, which is gaming-optimized Fedora-based distro made by GloriousEggroll, the guy who makes Proton-GE.

    d3Xt3r ,

    LoL and WoW basically work perfectly on Linux (platinum rated). As for BG3, it works fine for the most part with Proton-GE / Proton Experimental. But since it’s still very new though, expect bugs, but also expect the compatibility to get even better within the next few weeks.

    My question then is “Well, do you game?”

    Really though, the question shouldn’t be “do you game”, but "do you like tinkering around, fixing things, troubleshooting, and learning new things, in your free time? ", or, “do you like major changes, and having the patience to make a major change in your life work, or would you rather prefer familiarity and stability, a mindset of ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’?”

    If someone has been running Windows for 35 years and hasn’t checked out Linux already in some capacity, I doubt they’re the kind who likes change, the kind of person who likes to experiment and tinker. Personally, I wouldn’t recommend Linux to them based on that reason, unless they’re also the non-tech-savvy kind who have very simple requirements - like my Mum and Dad, who’ve been running Linux for over a decade now without any issues (because their requirements are very simple, so Linux fits their needs perfectly).

    d3Xt3r ,

    Interesting, never heard of ReviOS before. Is there a list of changes they’ve made? I looked thru their site and couldn’t see any such details their docs. I’d like to know what sets it apart from the likes of Tiny11 and Ghost Spectre Superlite etc.

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    d3Xt3r ,

    Wait, how did you get the colorful margins?

    d3Xt3r OP ,

    Not sure about the Fedora version, but it did work in the Arch version of Asahi, so I’m guessing it’ll likely work here as well? news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35394297

    Edit: So apparently Vulkan support is still in it’s early days, so don’t expect to be able to play any recent games.

    How do I enable multi-column posts in tablet mode? ( i.imgur.com )

    I’m on a Galaxy Fold 4 and I was expecting Sync to show posts in two columns (like how Sync for Reddit did), but it seems like the second column is for comments only? Anyone know if it’s possible to show posts in the second column instead of comments? I tried playing with the tablet options in the settings, but couldn’t...

    d3Xt3r OP ,

    Perfect, thanks! Switching to cards view did the trick.

    d3Xt3r OP ,

    Just tested this - looks like it only works if you’ve got the direct link, if it’s an album link (ie URL containing /a/), then it’ll only show up as a link.

    Amazon's Amp is now available on Android ( play.google.com )

    Last spring, Amazon launched its live audio-streaming platform, Amp, which aims to reinvent radio with “an infinite dial of shows.” Amp offers users access to a vast, built-in music library to create their own DJ sets with. No need to buy songs or flirt with the DMCA, just make a playlist, go live, talk in between tracks,...

    d3Xt3r OP ,

    Essentially, yeah.

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