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t0m5k1 , 11 days ago

Never had an issue.
Might look for a replacement should an issue arise.
Been driving Linux since sarge.

t0m5k1 , 11 days ago

Never had an issue.

Might look for a replacement should an issue arise.

Been driving Linux since sarge.

t0m5k1 , 1 month ago

Why does ls need a replacement?

What does this do that ls cannot?

t0m5k1 , 1 month ago

Not sure I could get with the huge string of arguments, That needs to be shortened to follow the ls style of stacking letters behind minimal "-"

Does look good but I prefer function to form.

Interesting though

t0m5k1 , 1 month ago

Function is what I want.

t0m5k1 , 1 month ago

This is the way.

t0m5k1 , 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago)

using proxmox without the web gui is possible but it is expected to be accessed via webgui or term/ssh and the VMs on there accessed via ssh,rdp,vnc,novnc,etc.

Due to it fundamentally being an advanced qemu/kvm/virtio frontend you can use virtmanager to access the VM from a desktop.
In this instance try something like i3, awesomewm, bspwm or even xfce (it can be very light weight).

t0m5k1 , 3 months ago

Sounds great but needs more contributors to gain trust so that it can be used in production.

t0m5k1 , 4 months ago

Why do we need to know why yet another person has decided to stop using some Linux distro?

This is pointless content for the sake of it. You even made one previously about why you started using the distro back last August, and that was just as pointless.

Please stop.

t0m5k1 , 4 months ago

The community is fed up with hearing about distro hopping as it does nothing and goes nowhere other than to yet another distro.

t0m5k1 , 4 months ago

From the way linus framed what's happening, 4 pcie lanes linking frame buffers between both gpus and this being Intel makes me think this will remain closed source but if it catches on we could well see open alternatives.

I don't think open alternatives exist currently, though.

t0m5k1 , 4 months ago

Just the apps and DE’s that don’t/can’t support it …hmmm

t0m5k1 , 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago)

Until my distro forces wayland on me I’ll stick with xorg+XFCE. I’ve played with sway and hyprland but I need my application choices to actually work well. (no I’m not going to list them).

As for the cube desktop in the image: We had this with compiz and learnt then that this is pointless.

Why are we back there?

t0m5k1 , 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago)

I~~t’s not fully supported, parts of it do and the rest still uses xwayland where possible. wiki.xfce.org/releng/wayland_roadmap~~

most of the apps I use are shite with xwayland.

Sorry, my bad, too many crimbo drinks.

t0m5k1 , 4 months ago

Lol too many already

t0m5k1 , 5 months ago

Boost for lemmy is what I use. Just add your accounts and then change the account.

t0m5k1 , 5 months ago

What env vars are you using for the docker and what’s in the config.php?

t0m5k1 , 5 months ago

If your winamp is still functional, I’d just suggest you convert all mp3pro to wav using the disc writer plugin and then use ffmpeg to convert to mp4 or normal mp3.

Then you won’t need to worry about the mp3pro codec issues.

t0m5k1 , 5 months ago

Unless you still have the original source, you’re gonna need to accept this.

Stop putting up a barrier and accept that you have defunct files and fix that.

t0m5k1 , 5 months ago

Sounds like a good plan there 👌 Good luck.

t0m5k1 , 5 months ago

I started at Sarge, went to Ubuntu Warthog until Eft, and went Suse and Fedora but then changed to Xubuntu Ibex. I stayed until Vervet and since then have found a very comfy home in Arch.

t0m5k1 , 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago)

What’s a nice guide?

Follow this to get it installed and follow the configuration steps to set it up as you need it (I wouldn’t bother forwarding to another server but setup root hints instead and add a timer to keep them upto date):

wiki.archlinux.org/title/Unbound#

Then add these configurations to get doh or dot working:

wiki.archlinux.org/title/DNS_over_HTTPS_servers#U…

If you want a spoon-fed guide, then a search engine may help, but really, it’s quite easy.

If you don’t have a cert you can use let’s encrypt via certbot:

wiki.archlinux.org/title/Certbot

t0m5k1 , 6 months ago

I think you might get part of the way but may still find you get detected. Foss DPI projects will not be able to implement the methods used by say fortinet,sonicwall, f5, juniper, Cisco, a10, and others. This is because they all use proprietary DPI created in house. They’re not going to use Foss DPI for obvious reasons, you’ll be able to create workarounds for detection and implement that in a bad payload.

t0m5k1 , 7 months ago

Here we go. …

Linux is the kernel.

Gnu refers to the userland tools.

Many say gnu no longer really applies as the userland tools are provided by more than GNU’s specific set.

t0m5k1 , 7 months ago

Syncthing

t0m5k1 , 7 months ago

Text can be in a file. All you do is add to the file and sync. Then add different files and sync.

t0m5k1 , 7 months ago

Vscode, the chrome browser with a ide suit. No thanks

t0m5k1 , 7 months ago

Bitwarden+vaultwarden, harden the chosen VPS, set SSH to use keys only, then setup fail2ban for webserver and ssh Also consider putting ffsync on it as well for extra browser benefits.

t0m5k1 , 7 months ago

I’d consider endeavor if I didn’t have dracut forced on me. Is there a way to install without it?

t0m5k1 , 7 months ago

To check all the repo’s you’re going to have to use something more than pacman, maybe a perl or python script that uses libalpm_databases to get the info you need, man libalpm_databases will help you get an idea of how to interact with it.

t0m5k1 , 8 months ago

Have you checked the source git repo to see if that was updated?

If the app you speak of is a -git type then the aur page will have an old date but the repo where the source is will be new and current.

It could also be that the app you speak of is abandoned, try sending a msg to the maintainer.

t0m5k1 , 8 months ago

The reason why people think nix has a larger repo is because nix has only 1 repo for everything, were arch has 3 main and 4 testing and then the aur. If arch lumped everything into one repo it too could say it has 80k+ packages.

t0m5k1 , 8 months ago

I purchase from the cheapest and use he.net for my nameservers.

t0m5k1 , 7 months ago

Not all domain providers will allow you to change the nameservers of a domain they sold to you as they want to sell you the rest of what you need for extra $$$

You can only have 2 name servers on a domain and it is not advisable to make them point to different DNS providers as they will both need to be authoritative and by having 2 different providers will mean you get 2 different SOA which will break fundamental DNS.

to change the nameservers will either be simple or hard, depending on the domain name provider it might take 24 hours for them to change the name servers or they may allow you to change them via web UI which could be just a 2 hour wait.

t0m5k1 , 8 months ago

You clearly didn’t read did you:

The makedeb Package Repository (abbreviated MPR) is a user-maintained repository of build files (PKGBUILDs) that can be built with makedeb and then installed with APT.

t0m5k1 , 8 months ago

The kind of suggestion that does fuck all. Don’t force your myopic ignorance on others.

t0m5k1 , 8 months ago

That list of “features” never needed to be replaced by systemd and for the most part are provided by the other init offerings.

As for logging you may find yourself one with a system using systemd that has faced an error and cannot boot good luck reading the binary journal it makes, yes these entries can be pushed out to text file or syslog but if systemd falls over hard it will log to the default binary journal and you’ll need to use another install with systemd to run journalctl --file /path/to/mounted/journal which in an emergency is a true PITA.

It is not an outlet for those who you choose to espouse as “People who don’t want linux to evolve” far from it most of them just want systemd to stop trying to replace things that are not broken and for other projects to stop having it as a hard dependency. Yes it is modular, yes these can be disabled but it has so many tentacles that it is clear the intentions are wider than just being an init.

What’s wrong with ip, iproute2, iptables/nftables, ufw, firewalld, ntp, dnscrypt, privoxy, dnsmasq, openresolve, crond, sudo, mount, syslog-ng?

Are they somehow obsolete now?

If you want a basic bootloader your UEFI has one built in and/or you can boot the kernel directly with efistub, systemd-boot is so basic it’s pointless to the point that an unconfigured install of refind is a truckload better.

I get that this is a hot topic but waaay too many people are just adding pointless opinion and toxic opinion into this debate that doesn’t help anyone make what they want is a decent informed choice and tbh when I see Gnome make a hard dependency of systemd it makes me think either systemd is doing too much, is not modular enough, devs got lazy or all of the above.

And a final FYI I use systemd and have disabled much of it but can’t uninstall the parts I don’t need/want.

t0m5k1 , 8 months ago

Here’s a handy chart for you

wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Comparison_of_init_systems

As you can see many have the ability to start services in parallel. Some script magic with graphviz will also do similar to analyse blame.

What’s wrong? Too many tools, way too fragmented and poorly integrated. It is very, very easy to get into trouble if you simply setup a dual stack system with IPv6-PD with those tools. With systemd it all works of the box with simples configuration files and its way more intuitive. For eg. cron is a mess, systemd timers share the unit config format which is way better and more scalable.

Do you honestly beloved thie mental gymnastics your getting into just to prove your point, go back to windows. Lol

Well done on using systemd how you wish, now move on and let others use it how they wish or remove it.

t0m5k1 , 8 months ago

Keep telling yourself that, meanwhile we’ll all see your obvious dislike of of general userland tools.

t0m5k1 , 8 months ago

Yup, windows is calling you.

Bye

t0m5k1 , 8 months ago

If you’re a new user you’d be better off moving on from here and not paying much attention. It’s a hot topic full of opinions that everyone will want to force on you.

If you really want to swap out the init system there are some things you need to know.

First, do you need a desktop environment(DE)/window manager(WM)? If so you’ll need to find a DE/WM that is not going to demand you use the mainstream init choice which currently is SystemD. If you want to use Gnome from your chosen distro repo’s then chances are it will pull SystemD with it.

If you want Gnome but not SystemD you’re gonna be building that beast from source every update and for the most part you’ll need to go direct to Gnome for any issue/bug you fall over and this too will be painful.

Simpler WMs will be more forgiving and will only rely on either xorg or wayland and will happily run on any init.

There will be other packages out there that also demand you use SystemD, so you’ll have to find them and decide if you need them or if there are alternatives that don’t have a hard dependency on SystemD.

All the current usable inits are written in C or C+ (except for GNU Shepherd, this is written in guile).

The benefit of swapping out the init system is mainly down to choice, necessity but again this all boils down to what the installation is for and what will it be doing.

For a good run down of the features of the init systems refer to these 2 urls: wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Comparison_of_init_systemswiki.archlinux.org/title/Init

All of the init’s (except for epoch) provide parallel service startup so if boot time is a focus test each to find the fastest for your platform, Not all of them provide per-service config.

For example one can cobble together: minirc, busybox, syslogng, crond, iptables, lighttpd.

And the end result would be a relatively secure webserver with a small footprint, you could further extend this with nginx to sit in front of lighttpd to provide waf and cache features.

The biggest bug bear with SystemD is that it writes to binary log files and even though it can be configured to generate plain text, if it falls over in a bad way you will still only get a binary log file and if you’re in a situation where your only access is say busybox for emergencies. In this instance your only option is to boot from another systemd distro and mount the broken install and run:

$ journalctl --file /var/log/journal/system.journal

Other than that many take issue with SystemD trying replace parts of the system that many say don’t really need replacing like sudo, fstab, resolv.conf, etc but again these statements get full of opinion and don’t help us truly way up the differences and some of the SystemD alternatives misbehave or become hard dependencies other projects which makes it harder to disable parts and swap out to your chosen package.

I’ve tried to be more objective with this response and keep as much of my personal opinion out of this, But here is mine:

I don’t really like it but to make it easier to get support for my OS I put up with it, I daily drive arch and so must accept it. I could rip it out or run artix, I’ve gone down this path and got fed up with jumping hurdles to get what I wanted so went back to Arch and now I disable parts of it I don’t need/want, have it generate text log files, use openresolv and other choices.

t0m5k1 , 9 months ago

But all 5 points can be said for all other distros running a DE.

t0m5k1 , 9 months ago

Man I always forget about dd and jump to gparted.

t0m5k1 , 9 months ago

I’ve made a few posts to arch forums and never faced issues.

Perhaps it helps that I work in enterprise tech support so I’m used to providing a lot of verbose info about a given issue I’m facing when requesting help. I also show what I’ve done in an attempt to resolve it.

Many of the so called toxic responses I’ve seen on there have been to posts that I would say don’t follow rules or just give very minimal info.

Trilby is also one of the best responders on there but have had a few blunt responses from others.

t0m5k1 , 9 months ago

Why make the filesystem so contrived just to bow to snaps, just seems all wrong to me.

But what do I know they dropped the kiss principle years ago.

t0m5k1 , 9 months ago

Nope, all fine here.

t0m5k1 , 9 months ago

I stopped using resolved as it tends to ignore what I tell it to do and still grab DNS from the router which I don’t want and can’t disable on the proprietary router.

openresolv/Resolveconf was never broken in the first place so I’m not sure what systemd was trying to fix with this.

t0m5k1 , 9 months ago

I’d like to daily drive EndeavourOS but I dislike Dracut and removing that is a bit of a pita, just wish they’d give an install option to not have it.