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JovialSodium

@ JovialSodium @lemmy.sdf.org

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  • I just found out my fiancee wants to switch to linux, lets start a distro war, what should be her first? + other questions

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  • I can recommend Debian or Fedora. They are both mature distros that are pretty easy to install and generally work well with minimal fuss and are easy to maintain. I often see Linux Mint recommend, including in this thread. I've never used it so I can't speak to it. But I have every reason to believe it's a solid choice.

    As for transfer process, since you mention using spare disks, NTFS filesystems are supported and you may be able to just copy files off of them. I don't know if bitlocker is supported.

  • What items must you take with you every time you leave the house?

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  • Phone, wallet. Keys if I need to drive. YubiKey if it makes sense.

  • Where Are All My Firewall People?

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  • I quite like this idea, thanks! If I did this I could adblock all the rest of my network, which might help with blocking ads on things like smart TV's. I could also DMZ that wireless network. I would consider their devices untrusted (not malicious, just not careful), and they wouldn't notice the difference.

  • The internet doesnt really spark any joy. Sure, the stuff can be funny but I mostly feel dread knowing that for me to have this cat meme I have to watch others suffer.

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  • What I've found helpful, specifically to the threadiverse is to occasionally scroll through all and find communities that sound fun, interesting, or uplifting to subscribe to. And otherwise browse by Subscribed. Makes it a more pleasant, less doomscrolly experience.

    It's not perfect. This is still a pretty niche place so that's not a huge amount of content. And it doesn't solve the problem of the vast, soulless modern internet as a whole. But still, it makes one thing a bit nicer, and that's not nothing.

  • Where Are All My Firewall People?

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  • Also this. On some unremarkable HP office PC that's probably about a decade old. No ad filtering or anything as it interferes with others in the house. I've thought about trying a second unbound service with adblocking for me, but haven't gotten around to it.

  • Steam data reveals PC gamers shifting from Windows to Linux

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  • Until they want to play a multiplayer game with their friends, that doesn't work because of Anti-Cheat

    It's my understanding that anti-cheat CAN work in Linux and does with some games. The point is still valid of course. If a specific game someone wants to play doesn't work, that's going to be a frustrating experience. But still I foresee the percentage of Linux gamers will continue to grow. And gaming companies increasingly making sure to use anti-cheat software that does work with Linux, as that market share is becoming too large to ignore.

  • Lowered Expectations

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  • Correct!

  • What are some games with absolutely fantastic soundtracks?

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  • Death Stranding

  • Lowered Expectations

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  • Why does Intel seem so pessimistic about its future?

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  • I hope they pull through. Not because of any loyalty. I'll buy whatever is providing the best value for performance at the time. But I don't want to see a monopoly in the x86 market.

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  • 74 miles/119km.

    I don't consider that specific place home. While it's not particularly far, I have no memories of it and it is different culturally. The state in general though I do consider home.

  • Custom remote backup

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  • The 3b just has USB 2, so even with slow spinning rust, that's going to be a bottleneck. But it's probably still plenty fast as a remote storage device for media storage.

    Edit: said I didn't know OP's use case but in re-reading they did say. Edited accordingly.

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    What app/program do you wish existed and what does it do that you've not found elsewhere?

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  • Kind of reminds me of Goblin Valley. I don't think it is. Too green and rocks are the wrong color. But first thing that came to mind.

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    What app/program do you wish existed and what does it do that you've not found elsewhere?

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  • Might exist, or maybe there's some API that I can utilize in which case I could script it. I've done a very cursory search but nothing stood out.

    I would love something that would grab x most popular songs from an artist/genre/year range that I have in my music library and create a playlist file. For if I'm just feeling like some "greatest hits" style music. And I don't want an LLM involved.

  • Do gamers actually like the look of gaming computers and accessories?

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  • I am but a single humble meatbag that enjoys games and can't speak for all gamers, but I generally dislike the typical "gaming rig" aesthetic. I don't want RGB lights. I don't like ostentatious looking cases or accessories. I do find it tasteless, to reuse your term.

    No sleight on those that do though. If that's your style, then enjoy it!

  • New Copypasta.

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  • I love Linux. I read this rant. I still love Linux.

  • I'm annoyed with the idea of getting a Mac

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  • Would a VM work? I've read that you can run MacOS inside a VM. Though I haven't attempted it (yet). Could do Windows in a VM too but virtualized ad-riddled spyware is still ad-riddled spyware.

  • ZFS or LUKS/btrfs for my use case

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  • Fine points. And I am considering that simplicity might be worth it. Except for:

    Another fix might be moving towards software that doesn’t require the capacity to reverse updates frequently.

    Totally solid advice, but I love my rolling release distro though. So for the time being I'm willing to accept the associated risk.

  • ZFS or LUKS/btrfs for my use case

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  • Your comment as well as @[email protected] were really food for thought for me. stupid_asshole69 advising against, and yours as a cautionary tale.

    This would be a complex stack to accomplish my goal. It occurs to me that it'd be mdadm (raid 1) > LUKS > btrfs since btrfs can't do encryption which is right in the middle of that stack, so I couldn't use it's raid 1 functionality. If any of those pieces break, all the protection they would have otherwise provided me goes out the window.

    And I'm not really worried about losing data. I already backup my personal files and most of my configs. The appeal with this kind of setup is the data redundancy and fairly quick recovery. But a partition clone like what saved you also works pretty well for that purpose. I don't know what I'll do just yet, but definitely taking all that in to consideration.

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    ZFS or LUKS/btrfs for my use case