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I'm looking for a cheap and portable tablet that I can use for writing. Microsoft Surface Pro tablets, at least around the gen 4 models, are rather cheap to buy used, and they seem decently well made. Naturally, were I to buy one, I would have to install Linux onto it.
I've been peripherally aware of the Linux Surface project for some time now. I looked at it recently, after having not for some time, and it seems that they have really made good progress compared to what I remember, and it's making me much more interested in trying to install Linux on a Surface Pro.
Having never owned a Surface Pro, I'm not sure which models are the most reliable and sturdy. I'm not looking for something that's the flashiest; I want something that works well. I want something pragmatic — something akin to the idea of an older era of Thinkpad (eg T460). I want a pen with low input delay and good accuracy, reliable and responsive touch controls, and a decent display. I was thinking the Surface Pro 4 might be a good choice, but it's hard to know as there aren't many videos out there of people installing Linux on them, so I'm wondering what your experience has been with Microsoft Surface Pro's and installing Linux on one.
Cross-posts:
- https://sh.itjust.works/post/23997573
Linux Kernel for Surface Devices. Contribute to linux-surface/linux-surface development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
Microsoft said its update wouldn't install on Linux devices. It did anyway.Ars Technica
The TLDR is that Microsoft released a secure boot update that blocked insecure versions of GRUB. This update was only meant to go out to Windows users since releasing it to dual booted users could break GRUB. However, it was accidentally also released to dual-booted users.
The fix involves disabling dual boot, running a command to reset secure boot, then re-enabling.
Windows assuming it’s the only OS on the machine
That's not the case. The update was only meant to go out to Windows users. But Microsoft messed up and accidentally released to all users, or at least some who weren't supposed to receive it. My guess is that Microsoft usually doesn't update secure boot stuff for dual boot users and instead waits for the distro to push the update.
Same. It can't even work correctly when I try and put it into a specific box.
The ultimate issue is a distaste for giving any corporation any control over hardware that I, alone, own.
Windows, as any operating system, is best run in a context most useful to the user and appropriate for the user's technical level.
You're missing one:
Aside from "lightweight apps in VM" this is the only solution I use now. (Unless you count Proton, but having Steam games Just Work barely feels like a "solution" as it requires zero effort on my part)
I don't even trust Windows to dual boot off a separate disk without trying to break something anymore.
This would work but assumes the primary use of the machine is Windows and derates your performance under Linux significantly due to USB speeds. Even if you're storing your data on the Windows HDD, NTFS drivers are dog slow compared to EXT4 and other *nix filesystems.
Also some BIOSes are a pain to get to boot off removable drives reliably so it really depends on what your machine is.
I've used Linux as a primary dev system for well over a decade now, and with the current state of Windows I'd really recommend just taking the leap, keep your Windows box if you need Windows software and build a dedicated Linux workstation.
You can keep only grub on the USB so windows can't touch it. Avoids all those issues since the main install remains on the SSD.
Personally I just boot windows from usb. Rufus has the ability to install it there
I actually tried it before for my TV PC that I wanted to also use as a miniserver, with gpu pass through and everything. It was painful to get it working properly, was like 30-40% slower. I also had constant problems with USB peripherals not connecting properly, or going in a sleep state and not waking. Many games didn't work properly.
Then I decided to just buy a cheap second second hand PC and never looked back.
or they can keep using their old Windows 10 install without security updates.
Sure they can... It's just a matter of clicking "Stay on Windows [old version] for now" on those ever-occurring popups (while Microsoft kindly offers this button to be clicked)
Acceptable range of answers:
"I mix mustard with mayo"
to
"I emulsify a blend of herbs and mustard seeds and chilis in clarified butter to make and herbaceous fatty hot spread"
Bonus: what's it best on?
My meatloaf topping.
It's just modified ketchup, but it works so well.
There's no recipe, you just add a pinch or two of brown sugar to deepen the color, some worcestershire sauce to taste for the flavor bump, and then any spices desired. Spice wise, it's usually a touch of garlic powder, onion powder, blackpepper, and that's that. Sometimes, I'll get frisky and see what works and what doesn't, but truth is that most spices take over too much, so it's just about the three core spices that do well at upping the taste of the meat.
Generally, it'll thicken enough during cooking, but if I go heavy on the worcestershire, it can need a bit of time simmering to get to the right range. But since my household prefers it fairly lightly added, that isn't done often.
The only other thing I've found that improves is mushroom powder, but that stuff tends to be hard to find locally, so it isn't a regular thing. Tbh, none of it is regular, meatloaf can be expensive, and we tend towards a more veggie based diet overall, using meats I'm smaller amounts. It's a special occasion meal.
cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/18411894
Hello Lemmings!I am thinking of making a community moderation bot for Lemmy. This new bot will have faster response times with the help of Lemmy webhooks, an amazing plugin for Lemmy instances by @rikudou@lemmings.world to add webhook support. With this, there is no need to frequently call the API at a fixed interval to fetch new data. Any new data will be sent via the webhook directly to the bot backend. This allows for actions within seconds, thus making it an effective auto moderation tool.
I have a few features I thought of doing:
- Welcome messages
- Auto commenting on new posts
- Scheduled posts
- Punish content authors or take action on content via word blacklist/regex
- Ban members of communities by their usernames/bios via word blacklist or regex
- Auto community lockdown during spamWhat other features do you think are possible?
Please let me know.
Any questions are also welcome.Community requested features:
- Strike system
Strikes are added to a certain member of the community and the member will be temporarily banned within a time period if their strike count reaches a certain threshold
- Post creation restriction by account age
If an account's age is lower than X, remove the post.
Add webhook support to your Lemmy instance. Contribute to RikudouSage/LemmyWebhook development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
Lemmy does not support karma, but account age if I'm not mistaken. Maybe add a rule to require a certain account age before accepting a post. The main idea is to prevent astroturfing, spam accounts and socket puppets for ban evasion.
Not sure how effective this is since violators could setup an own instance which lies about the account age. Still quite the investment for ban evasion IMHO.
But you went the extra mile and set up your own instance to do this, right?
Nice bio btw.
First off, sorry if this is the wrong to community to post to - I'll move it somewhere else should it not fit the community.
My best friend quite often is a contrarian for the sake of being a contrarian, I feel like. Discussing politics, veganism, the problems with using Amazon, what have you, with him is nigh impossible because he insists on his opinion and won't budge. I feel like he just feels superior to other people, or at least to me, in a way that he just won't change his mind, doesn't hear other sides, and argues for the sake of arguing.
Now, in a recent discussion, I asked him if he knew why images aren't displayed properly in my Firefox-fork browser (Mull). He gave an answer and asked why I would use a custom browser instead of Firefox itself to which I responded that it's more privacy-focused and that I didn't like Mozilla's implementation of AI in their browser.
Long story short, it devolved into a lengthy discussion about AI, how the fear of AI is based on ignorance and a lack of knowledge, that it's fine that AI is used for creative projects because in most cases it's an assisting tool that aids creativity, doesn't steal jobs etc. essentially that it's just a tool to be used like a hammer would be.
What pisses me off the most about all this is that he subtly implies that I don't know enough about the subject to have an opinion on it and that I don't have any sources to prove my points so they're essentially void.
How do I deal with this? Whatever facts I name he just shrugs off with "counter"-arguments. I've sent him articles that he doesn't accept as sources. This has been going on for a couple hours now and I don't know what to tell him. Do you guys have sources I could shove in his face? Any other facts I should throw his way?
Thank you in advance
Edit: A thing to add: I wasn't trying to convince him that AI itself is bad - there are useful usages of AI that I won't ignore. What I was concerned about is the way AI is used in any and all products nowadays that don't need AI to function at all, like some AI-powered light bulbs or whatever; that creative jobs and arts are actively harmed by people scraping data and art from artists to create derivative "art"; that it's used to influence politics (Trump, Gaza). These things
The secret to life is...
You rarely convince anyone out of their views. Live and let live.
You're arguing opinions and trying to convince someone as if they are facts. There's plenty to criticize about how AI is used, but it is a valuable tool for those that use it.
The amount of value it provides is very subjective, and even if you don't find it useful, many others do. You might as well be trying to argue that you don't like photography because it doesn't provide the same experience of drawings and paintings. You wouldn't be wrong to feel that way, but you would be wrong to tell someone else that they need to feel the way you do.
The electricity requirements and carbon footprint of the currently projected usage of LLMs is staggering and if you like living in an inhabitable environment, you should care.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/12/05/1084417/ais-carbon-footprint-is-bigger-than-you-think/
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00478-x
Generating one image takes as much energy as fully charging your smartphone.Melissa Heikkilä (MIT Technology Review)
You continue to demonstrate how much you don't care in a oh so cool way by continuing to reply.
people like you whine about it
Having an inhabitable planet is a good thing, even if you're too much of a selfish nihilistic passive-aggressive treat hog to acknowledge that.
How long are you going to keep replying to demonstrate how much you don't care?
Google big sounding words
No wonder you're an apathetic "AI" hog: you're telling on yourself. What word up there was so big for you that you think it required computer assistance?
You care so very little about announcing your very brave 9th grade style apathy that you're still going on about it.
Do you need last words? Seems like you care about those.
It seems like a quite pointless discussion since you both seem to have already decided your minds.
They don't accept your sources? Why? If they really are valid and they just cherry-pick sources, then there is no way of convincing them.
On the other hand, you also just seem to dismiss their counterarguments without much thought. If they can give a counterargument for your every argument, then maybe your arguments actually aren't good?
The thing is, they aren't really counter-arguments. For example, I mentioned that AI being used to create art is theft* because artists aren't credited and their art is used to create amalgamations out of thousands of pieces of art. He argued that it's just the same when an artist draws inspiration from other peoples' art and creates their own - which is just plain false. In his eyes, this might a valid counter-argument but it isn't, right?
*copyright infringement
You should read these two articles from Cory Doctorow. I think they'll help clear up some thing for you.
https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/13/spooky-action-at-a-close-up/#invisible-hand
I read the first article, and I recommended you do as well, as it's the best take I have seen on image generation.
It sounds like you and your friend both have your minds made up already, but reality is more nuanced, and the truth is somewhere inbetween.
"AI art" isn't copyright infringement, or "stealing", but it's also not art. It's a neutral technology.
I agree it is being used unethically (and overused) by corporations, but it's fundamentally a problem with how our society uses and reacts to it. Like so many other new technologies, the true issue is with capitalism, not the tech itself.
Like so many other new technologies, the true issue is with capitalism, not the tech itself.
Probably the best single-line reduction of the whole issue here in this thread. Well said.
However, I do think it's also cultural in the tech companies. The modern tech culture was borne from an attitude that was 100% rooted in "well the law says we can't do this, so we'll do this instead, which is different on a technical level, but achieves the same end-result."
This was heavily evident in early piracy, which went from centralized servers of Napster and Kazaa to the decentralized nature of Bittorrent entirely in response to civil suits for piracy. It was an arms race. Soon enough the copyright holders responded by hiring third parties to hide in swarms to be able to log IPs and hit people "associated" with those IPs with suits for sharing trivial amounts of copyrighted data with the third party. That was responded to with private trackers, and eventually, streaming.
Each step was a technical response to an attempt by society to legally regulate them. Just find a new technical way that's not regulated yet!
The modern tech companies never lost that ethos of giving technical responses to route around new legal regulation. Which, in itself, is further enabled by capitalism, as you astutely pointed out.
He argued that it's just the same when an artist draws inspiration from other peoples' art and creates their own - which is just plain false.
Hey, can you articulate the difference though? Stating this as a plain fact seems kinda like you're constructing reality to fit your opinion and maybe that's what your friend is pushing back on.
It's true that AI is often trained on copyrighted images, but artists use copyrighted images as references all the time. I know AI can't be literally "inspired," or have artistic intentions, but like, what actually is the difference? Other than philosophical differences that involve like, the inability to emulate actual creativity.
Seems like AI is just faster, because it's a computer that can do tons of adjustments instantly instead of iterating over time like a human. Anyway, just food for thought. I don't think AI is going to replace artists entirely but a lot of companies are definitely going to try to see how far they can take it.
So like, I guess I'm just wondering how that refutes his point that it's a tool for artists then.
I personally am aware of people who run local LLMs trained on their own art so they don't have to spend as much time sketching or doing linework.
Maybe you're just not as open-minded about this as you could be? It's being used in sketchy ways by a lot of people, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have a place, especially at the idea stage.
Yeah I feel like especially when it comes to something like art, it becomes extremely subjective.
For me personally, I'm not a fan of using AI to create art itself, but I can see a good use case for it in supporting an artist. For example, a lot of artists I know are notoriously bad at things like marketing, or writing grant proposals and mission statements and all the other bits of miscellaneous paperwork that seems to be required. So I think AI has some value there, to facilitate artists getting their work out there, rather than creating the actual art.
But also having said that, on a more fundamental level I guess you could argue that any bit of art that lights someone's brain up has some sort of value, even if it only works on one person and everyone else in the world thinks it's crap. It still made life a little bit brighter for that one person, which I suppose is the point. So in that sense maybe it doesn't matter where it came from at all?
Anyway, that's a bit rambly and esoteric for first thing in the morning, sorry!
Content moderators are superexploited. These employees primarily work from African countries like Kenya, so there's a whole second layer of neo-imperialism that I won't get into right now. They're given poverty wages, sometimes as low as $1.30/hr. Because they're content moderators, they have to look at images and read descriptions of traumatic events without respect for mental health. OpenAI, Amazon, and Facebook have engaged in aggressive union busting tactics for these workers as well, though workers were still successful in organizing one of the largest labor unions in Africa.
Low-paid African content moderators, many of whom are living with PTSD, are calling on Biden to help ensure fair working conditions.Maggie Harrison Dupré (Futurism)
Offer to bet him money about the outcome of some real world event that is contingent on the way he is claiming that things are
IDK how you can apply that to AI; that’s not the best one. But you can bet that there are no workers dying of heatstroke in Amazon-supplier warehouses. You can bet him that Trump has agreed to honor the results of the election. Etc etc.
It’s very easy to just make statements at each other. If you offer to back up your statements, then he can either refuse (in which case it’ll be harder for him to say he’s definitely right and you’re definitely wrong), or agree and then one or the other of you will learn something.
It’s up to you. You can also just let it go. But if you want to prove him wrong it is easier to do with questions and real-world actions than it is by coming up with the perfect statements. As you’ve discovered, he’s not obligated to react to statements any way other than how he’s decided to react to them.
I might give this a shot.
Yea, I think it's equally important to know when to move on from things. No point in trying to win him over. It's just frustrating to realise that there's no convincing your conversation partner
For me it's not even that I hate the concept of AI. It's that we're shoving half baked AI literally everywhere we can without any fuck given to reliability, accuracy and safety, or even sustainability.
They're all impressive products on a technical level, but they're basically really expensive alpha quality software that sucks a stupid amount of power for dubious gains.
My other gripe is most of the time those feed your personal data to Microsoft/OpenAI for processing, because most people don't have a quad RTX 4090 Ti setup to run any decent model locally at reasonable speeds. It's using a jackhammer to nail a nail.
AI is a hot topic and most info in the public space is dead wrong. Unless you're a developer and getting into the code base, you're likely wrong. I've spent a year dabbling with that code base and have only barely scratched the surface.
Sam Altmann is behind a massive misinformation campaign to try and create a monopoly in AI. That is hard to prove, but in abstract, ALL the pieces fit well into this puzzle.
AI in the public space is a joke. It is all based off of the transformers library in one form or another. Go read the introduction page for the Transformers documentation on hugging face. It clearly states that it is incomplete and its intended use is as a simplified example code only. AI is enormously complex in its real capabilities. Most of the issues are due to the simplifications made to allow the ignorant public to use it.
Models have very limited scope, and the model itself is static. It can't learn, predict, remember, or abstract ideas with mobility across information spaces.
The fear of AI in the present is based on a Greek pantheon like mythos of the machine gods. That has no basis in reality. At present the only thing to really fear is image recognition AI in drones just because that combo is poised to massively change war technology and cost effectiveness relative to any prior breakthrough in technology. There is very little relationship between this tech and what is in the public space.
Arguing with a belief system is an entirely pointless affair. If the person is more attached to their fantasies than reality, you're never going to influence them with reality. The easiest tell is if they are spiritual. If they have exceptions to factual reality in this space, they will be gullible and blind to their biases elsewhere as well.
I'm an atheist, so to me...
Believing that humans are so special that we'll build a God-like intelligence that will surpass us...
That's almost stupider than believing in a God with zero evidence for its existence.
AI in the public space is a joke. It is all based off of the transformers library in one form or another. Go read the introduction page for the Transformers documentation on hugging face. It clearly states that it is incomplete and its intended use is as a simplified example code only. AI is enormously complex in its real capabilities. Most of the issues are due to the simplifications made to allow the ignorant public to use it.
Which page/passage are you referring to? I'm pretty sure you're misreading or misinterpreting something because Huggingface has a good chunk of the state of the art models implemented. They're complex in capabilities, but the implementations are incredibly simple, and that's part of why it's taken off the way it has.
For starters never shut the fuck up about books3.
Every AI company used it. They all knew where it came from. It was not hidden that the provenance was piracy. It was well known that the entirety of books3 was pirated via Bibliotik, a private tracker known for disseminating tools for removing DRM from ebooks.
They can say all they want. The reality is they're playing a game of "as long as do a bigger crime than anyone else, it's totally okay."
We harass the living shit out of "pirates" who do nothing but share media and don't make a profit. We still have laws aimed at attempting at removing internet access wholesale to people accused of piracy.
But when your piracy makes a cool billion, suddenly its totes okay bro.
They always knew where books3 came from and they didn't care. They can try to claim otherwise and stop using books3 now, but the reality is they wouldn't have been able to grow their businesses at all without it.
Copyright is bullshit and broken, but I don't understand how copyright violation on a mass scale is somehow okay when we put the admins of The Pirate Bay in prison for far fucking less.
Maybe he is just feeding your arguments to AI and you argue with AI instead of him. 😁
But yes. As others have stated, you argue opinions. Not facts. And neither of you is really correct. You value different things. For example he values progress more than authors copyrights. And I find his points you mentioned valid. As are yours.
I however believe, you can agree on any topic with a "smart/sane enough" person with "enough time/motivation" and "similar enough values" as you if you are also such a person.
In that case one or the other will change his mind.
Those conditions are rarely met and the most important part is you also have to be open to changing your mind.
I'd say its time to disengage from the conversation.
Having the conversations and sticking to your points is good and all but they didn't come to their opinions based on "facts and logic" so you're not going to facts and logic them into a different opinion.
Possibly try to pay attention to when your friend has gotten to the point in the conversation that they've effectively shut down and wind down the conversation when it gets to that point. Talk about something else, everybody goes outside and touches grass, or just call it a day.
The Linux operating system has reached a notable milestone in desktop market share, according to the latest data from StatCounter. As of July 2024, Linux has achieved a 4.45% market share for desktop operating systems worldwide.While this percentage might seem small to those unfamiliar with the operating system landscape, it represents a significant milestone for Linux and its dedicated community. What makes this achievement even more thrilling is the upward trajectory of Linux's adoption rate.
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According to the statistics from the past ten years, It took eight years for Linux to go from a 1% to 2% market share (April 2021), 2.2 years to climb from 2% to 3% (June 2023), and a mere 0.7 years to reach 4% from 3% (February 2024). This exponential growth pattern suggests that 2024 might be the year Linux reaches a 5% market share.
The Linux operating system has reached a notable milestone in desktop market share, according…sk (OSTechNix)
I hate to say it but having a full desktop is becoming more and more of an enthusiast setup.
Even laptops are becoming somewhat niche as people more just use their phone for all web browsing.
People are converting. Not entirely on its own merit, of course: Its competition repeatedly is enshitifying the user experience and pushing people to try other options. Combine that with steam and their work on linux's compatibility layer and you get most of the movement.
That said once you hit a certain market share developers become more willing to port or provide binaries for the growing platform. It can accelerate further from there. Linux mainstream isn't there yet but it's starting to get in striking distance of its competition.
It is finally upon us.
THE YEAR OF THE LINUX DESKTOP!
Terms and conditions apply. It could be the next year, or the year after, or not at all.
Did anybody bother to look at the numbers?
I checked the stats for the last 4 years here and it looks really strange.
Statistics isn't my thing... But it looks like it's wise to be cautious and not to fully trust the numbers.
Around the beginning of last year there was a huge dip in the Windows market share that seemed to be correlating with a peek in "unknown".
Windows then catched up in a somewhat erratic way.
Mac OS also shows a weird behavior.
Starts at 16%, up to 21% and the down to 14% between October and November...
It's not likely that a huge number of people decided to buy a Mac and then trash it one month later. Same but opposite goes for the windows stats.
I think it looks like there is an uncertainty of more than the total market share Linux is shown to have..
Not saying that Linux isn't increasing on desktop market share.
Just saying that numbers seen to have quite a bit error margin and to be cautious if referring to these numbers.
This graph shows the market share of desktop operating systems worldwide based on over 5 billion monthly page views.StatCounter Global Stats
tell me the most ass over backward shit you do to keep your system chugging?
here's mine:
my system crashes on screen initialization, to circumvent the behavior i have several scripts, one for screen on, when monitor is initialized the scripts kicks to tty1 (none graphical), and in bashrc another string-
::: spoiler kicks user-
if [[ "$(tty)" == "/dev/tty1" ]]; then
chvt 2
logout
fi:::
to tty2 where my graphical session is and logs out tty1.
also tty2 is blocked from keyboard inputs so its a somewhat secure lock-screen which on sway lock-screen aren't great.
Does your FS support online resizing? EXT4 doesn't, so you'd have to use an installer stick.
Be super careful about partition sizes. I once tried to shrink my FS to an exact size, then shrink the LV to the same size - it ended up corrupting my FS. After that time, I started undersizing the FS, then resizing LV, finally expanding the FS again.
Have backups.
Does your FS support online resizing?
Yeah. I mainly use btrfs; it supports online growing and shrinking.
Be super careful about partition sizes. [...]
I know. I have done plenty of same device partition resizing. I know the pit falls, and for safety shrink the FS to below what the LV is going to be.
Have backups.
Thanks for the reminder. I've been meaning to set up snapshot backups for this machine using rsnapshot as an experiment. I mainly use Dirvish
On my previous laptop, the trackpad had a bug that made it spam interrupts after waking up from sleep. It ruined battery life and basically kept one core at 100% permanently.
So I duct-taped a systemd script that unbound and bound the trackpad after each wake up.
\#!/bin/sh
case "$1" in
post)
echo -n "i2c_designware.0" > /sys/bus/platform/drivers/i2c_designware/unbind
echo -n "i2c_designware.0" > /sys/bus/platform/drivers/i2c_designware/bind
;;
esacBZ2-ing up a terabyte of zeroes (back when a TB was more than people commonly had, then zipping that file up together with another file, to bypass virus scanners in emails that prevent emailing .exe files.
I've also seen a self-referential .zip file somewhere that contains itself.
I created an SMS to Email gateway back in 2011 when data was still expensive on phones and I was trying to see if I could turn an iPod Touch into an iPhone. (I was a poor student at the time, was trying to find ways to save money 😅)
Basically I had a 3G modem plugged into a Linux server that could receive the messages, a prepaid SIM card with a long life credit expiry, a domain name set up with unknown email address capturing, and some tools to handle the actual SMS part.
At the time I published the scripts I used online and apparently they're still online 😅 This is on Whirlpool which is an Australian telecommunications forum.
I got an Orange Pi 5 Plus to play with smallish AIs (because it has an NPU) and I normally access it remotely, so I have to know its IP address to do it.
In order to easilly know the IP address of it, I've wired a little 128x64 monochrome OLED screen to it (Orange PIs, like Raspberry PIs have a pin connector giving access to GPIO and interfaces like I2C, Serial and SPI) which talks via I2C.
Turns out those interfactes aren't active in Linux by default (I.e. no /dev/i2c-x), so I figured out that I had to add a kernel overlay to activate that specific interface (unlike with the Raspberry PI whose Linux version has a neat program for doing it, in the Orange Pi you have to know how the low level details of activating those things), which I did.
To actually render characters on that screen I went with an ARM Linux port of a graphics library for those screens I used before with Arduino, called u8g2)
Then I made a program in C that just scans all network interfaces and prints their names and IP addresses on that screen, and installed it as a Cron job running once a minute.
Now, as it turns out when you shutdown your Linux on that board, if you don't disconnect it from power there is actually still power flowing through the pin connector to any devices you wire there, so after shutdown my screen would remain ON and showing the last thing I had put there, but because the OS was down it would naturally not get updated.
So the last thing I did was another small C program which just sends to that screen the command for it to go into power saving mode, shutting it down. This program was then installed as a Systemd Service to run when Linux is shutting down.
The result is now that there is a little screen hanging from the box were I put this board with Linux which lists its IP addresses and the info is updated if it connects other interfaces or reconnects and gets a new IP address. Curiously I've actually been using that feature because it's genuinely useful, not just a funny little project.
Maybe consider static ip assignment in your DHCP server (e.g. internet router) if at all possible.. Then you can add a name to it to /etc/hosts.
Alternatively you could use Avahi to provide mdns names to your local network
For me it's probably the way I self-host overleaf, a online LaTeX editor. The community version has a docker image that's horribly maintained (because they want to sell enterprise, I reckon), and instead relies on a horrendous amalgamation of setup scripts that wrap docker compose.
What I have is a Dockerfile that pulls the image, manually installs a second version of TeX with the right dependencies, unlinks the old one and links the second one. Then for the database, it uses Mongo replsets, which be to be manually initialized. So I wrote a health check for the container that checks if the repl set is initialized, and if that fails the health check initializes it.
It's horrendous, it's disgusting, and it's an all-in-one compose file to get overleaf running. Good enough.
My control key was broken, but I found that when I used an app and held down the space bar key, the CPU would get abnormally hot.
So I wrote an Emacs interrupt to interpret a rapid CPU rise as "press the control button".
Unfortunately the dev fixed the bug in the app, and now the CPU doesn't get hot when I hold down the space bar key, which broke my workflow. I opened a bug report about it, though...
Rtfm!
No, seriously, -I avoids binaries, -r recursively, -n print matching file and line number.
An old (now decommissioned) notebook of mine had a broken headphone jack. I didn't have BT headphones then. Audio output worked technically but the detection whether headphones were plugged in or not did no longer work.
I wrote a very short amixer script to force unmute the jack, set the volume to 50 or so percent and set the speaker volume to 0% but not "mute" state. I could then use my wired headphones again.
I have a Logitech mouse with extra buttons, I used Piper to set one of those buttons to be Play/Pause media button. It worked well, however for some reason it only worked when the mouse was connected via the dongle, via Bluetooth the button did nothing. So I configured to a random shortcut (don't remember what it is now, something like super+p) and configured that to call playctl play/pause.
Not as creative or duct tapey as others but it's what I remember now, pretty sure there are many others too hahaha
I'm using Gentoo with systemd and a customized kernel, and additionally I have the /usr partition LUKS encrypted.
Because /usr is absolutely essential for systemd to function, I configured dracut to make a specially crafted initrd which activates the luks lvm and prompts for the password to decrypt and mount /usr on startup before systemd init tries to run.
About a year or two ago, some update to dracut or some other dependency (assumption) caused the dracut generated initrd's to kernel panic. After multiple days of troubleshooting, I discovered that just copying forward an older initrd in /boot and naming it to match the new kernel, e.g. initramfs-6.6.38-gentoo.img , allows the system to boot normally .
So, my Gentoo is booting a kernel 6.6.something with a ramdisk generated in the 5.9 kernel era. I am dreading the day when this behavior breaks and I can no longer update my kernel 😳
Android is fine because you're able to use a web browser to get an auth key. You have to register devices where you can't do that, and it seems to be impossible in the case of the pixel watch
Edit: Also, they're not concerned about privacy. They want to know who every device belongs to
That never works for me on Android systems. It probably needs some shitty Google service.
You have a right to privacy. Its your school. They work for you.
Alright, I'm gonna try it and see how long this takes!
edit: about 8 minutes. Not as spectacular as I'd hoped lol
holy shit i was about to post about how i have automatic login and lock to start a program that refuses to work correctly on boot through systemd.
but then you guys are here casually posting some of the worst duct tape shit ive heard of so far. im not sure if i should reprimand or congratulate you for that jankiness.
I had to upgrade some OL6 VMs to OL7 VMs running Oracle DBs and Apps (on OVMM no less). There was no appetite for buying additional storage, or restoring the environments with RMAN. Luckily, everything had been installed under /u01 which was on its own virtual disk.
So I built a new VM as OL7 (same hostname, etc.), installed the pre-req RPMs for Oracle DB, disconnected the virtual disk from the OL6 and attached it to the new OL7, synced users and home dirs - and it only bloody worked.
If you have games there, yeah. Ripgrep is way faster. But grep is good enough in most cases.
Btw, did you find your aliases?
Some years ago, I had a client with a really fucked up set of requirements:
This was during the days when booting into a LUKS encrypted Gentoo install involved copy-and-pasting a shell script out of the Gentoo wiki and adding it to the initrd. I want to say late 2006 or early 2007.
I remember creating a /boot partition, a tiny little LUKS partition (512 megs, at most) after it, and the rest of the drive was the LUKS encrypted root partition. The encrypted root partition had a randomly generated keyfile as its unlocker; it was symmetrically encrypted using gnupg and a passphrase before being stored in the tiny partition. The tiny partition had a passphrase to unlock it. gnupg was in the initrd. I think the workflow went something like this:
I don't miss those days.
Couldn’t figure out how to access my headless server’s desktop environment via VNC without a monitor connected and turned on. I bought a hardware displayport dummy adapter to pretend to be a real display to get it to work.
A hardware solution to a software problem… felt really wrong.
I’ve since wrapped my head around tmux and managing all my services via command-line or web-ui so I have no need for it anymore.
/usr/bin/code that opens neovim in konsole.\#!/usr/bin/env bash
konsole -e "nvim $@"It didn't, but due to unrelated reasons. The root FS was mounted r/w, so the regular IO eventually overwhelmed the network's ability to copy stuff.
But no worries, a reboot later, with unmounted FS, I finished the same thing.
Copying the disk of a running system appears to be fine in LVM. Copying is done block-by-block, and the only thing it has to do to make it atomic is: in case of a conflict (writing into a block that's being copied right now), postpone writing to a block until it's copied, then finish the write in the new location. Or else, abort the copy, finish the write, then copy again.
bindntr=CTRL,C,exec,hyprctl dispatch closewindow alacrittyclipboard & hyprctl activewindow | rg -q "class: Wfica" && alacritty -qq --config-file ~/.config/alacritty/alacrittyclipboard.toml --class 'alacrittyclipboard' --title 'Office365 Desktop - Nexus (SSL/TLS Secured, 256 bit)' -e sh -c 'sleep .03 && xclip -o | wl-copy ; wl-paste | xclip -i'
windowrulev2 = float,class:(alacrittyclipboard)
windowrulev2 = stayfocused,class:(alacrittyclipboard)
windowrulev2 = noborder,class:(alacrittyclipboard)
windowrulev2 = noanim,class:(alacrittyclipboard)
windowrulev2 = noblur,class:(alacrittyclipboard)
windowrulev2 = opacity 0,class:(alacrittyclipboard)
windowrulev2 = maxsize 1 1,class:(alacrittyclipboard)Fixes the fucking clipboard in citrix, no, I cannot figure out a better solution.
the move to aquamarine with hyprland mostly resolved this... but not completely and i'm going to have to write a new duct tape solution for that.
If you're wondering why I launch alacritty... it doesn't work without alacritty, wayland needs the window to be in focus, if alacritty isn't there there's no in focus window and it doesn't update the clipboard.
I wrote a script to turn the power of the the Wifi+Bluetooth chip off, then enumerate the PCIe bus again to start it back up.
The chip sometimes hung itself when using both. I looked for the bug and even found an Intel engineer on some mailing list admitting that they had issues with coexistance mode.
Just turning the wireless off and back on wasn't enough I needed to reeinitialize the hardware and that was the best way I knew.
I’ll leave this one here for someone:
You can tunnel L2 over OpenVPN. Just bridge your interfaces in both sides and it works.
That way if you need to provision a VOIP phone or just have something NetBoot remotely. Not that I recommend doing that…
/boot. I just entered my passphrase with the default en-us keymap without really knowing what characters it outputs.
systemctl enable rc-local because I was too lazy to get the service order correct and I just wanted something to happen last and be done with it.
wayland.windowManager.sway.config.keybindings = let
# ...
screenshot = with pkgs; writeShellScriptBin "screenshot.sh" ''
DATE=$(date +"%Y%m%d%H%M%S")
if [ "$1" = "full" ]; then
${grim}/bin/grim ~/Pictures/shot_$DATE.png
${libnotify}/bin/notify-send "saved full screenshot to shot_$DATE.png"
elif [ "$1" = "full-copy" ]; then
${grim}/bin/grim - | ${wl-clipboard}/bin/wl-copy -t image/png
${libnotify}/bin/notify-send "copied full screenshot"
elif [ "$1" = "sel" ]; then
${grim}/bin/grim -g "$(${slurp}/bin/slurp)" ~/Pictures/sel_$(date +"%Y%m%d%H%M%S").png
${libnotify}/bin/notify-send "saved selection to sel_$DATE.png"
elif [ "$1" = "sel-copy" ]; then
${grim}/bin/grim -g "$(${slurp}/bin/slurp)" - | ${wl-clipboard}/bin/wl-copy -t image/png
${libnotify}/bin/notify-send "copied screenshot"
else
printf "Invalid argument: '$1'\n"
fi
'';
in lib.mkOptionDefault { # ...This is in my Home Manager configuration. I don't think this is that bad, it's just kinda messy. If you can't tell, it's a script for taking screenshots, embedded in my configuration.
Debian (and Ubuntu) has the package "fake-hwclock". I'm sure other distros do too.
Periodically saves the time info to disk and resets the clock with it on boot.
Here's a few of the micro-hacks that I've hacked up in the past.
::: spoiler A 2-line script to chroot into Debian when logging in as a certain user on FreeBSD.
\#!/bin/sh
clear
doas chroot /linux /bin/login::: spoiler I didn't have an IDE, so I just made a script called ide which runs Vim, and then compiles the code and makes it executable.
\#!/bin/sh
\#Works only for C
vim $1.c && cc -O3 -Wall -Werror -Wno-unused-result $1.c -o $1
\#MODE=`stat -f "%OLp" $1`
if ("stat -f "%OLp" $1 | grep -e 6 -e 4 -e 2") then
chmod +x $1
fi::: spoiler This thing, called demoronize, which does what it says in the comments
\#!/bin/sh
\#dos2unix -O -e -s $1 | sed 's/ / /g' | sed 's/“/"/g' | sed 's/”/"/g'
cat $1 | sed 's/ / /g' | sed 's/“/"/g' | sed 's/”/"/g'
\#Convert DOS line endings to Unix ones and add a final newline if there isn't one,
\#replace sequence of 4 spaces with tab,
\#and replace "smart" quotes with normal onesI just keep those ones for historical value, but there's one hack I use every day. My keyboard doesn't have a function key (Fn), so I use the Super/Windows key instead.
I have xdotool keyup Super_L keyup Super_R keyup F4 key XF86Sleep bound to a custom keyboard shortcut. It unpresses the keys used for the shortcut (Super + F4), then presses the sleep key.
Uh, well, I kind of already wrote most of what there's to say in the comment above, it hides your mouse pointer when you don't move it for a few seconds.
In most distros, it's available as the unclutter package, directly from the repos. On Debian-based systems, the package you want is called unclutter-xfixes.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Unclutter
It is built for X11 and won't work on Wayland.
But KDE recently shipped a built-in feature as part of Plasma 6.1 (a Desktop Effect called "Hide Cursor"), which also works very nicely. That one does not cause hover elements to disappear.
I think this one beats them all.
My home server keeps a few services up, including an instance of Jitsi Meet. The server runs nixos and the nixos package for jitsi is incomplete to say the least and doesn't even support authentication, so I use the docker-compose version and I have a script that runs periodically to keep it updated. So far so good, right? Well, no.
Because the server is at home, I have a dynamic external IP address, so I have to use a DDNS provider, but jitsi doesn't expect this and uses a stun server at startup to determine the public IP of the server once, so if my connection goes down or is restarted and the IP changes, jitsi needs to be restarted or it won't work anymore.
The solution?
* My router runs OpenWrt, so I am able to run a script that checks for external IP changes. When a change is detected, it uses SSH to connect to my server to restart jitsi
* Because I don't want the router to just be able to run any command, I created a jitsi-restart user that has no shell
* When the router tries to log in with its pubkey, sshd creates a file called restartasap in the jitsi folder and closes the connection
* On the server, there's a systemd unit running a script as the jitsi user that periodically checks for that file, and if it exists it deletes it and restarts jitsi
I've been running this setup since mid 2020 and I expect this to continue until IPv6 becomes the norm.
tty and started a fresh x desktop session and started playing again until the game crashed again (I was running a bunch of mods so it would crash every couple of hours or so) and still didn't feel like rebooting so I went to yet another tty and started yet another x desktop session. I did this about 3 times in total before I finally went "I should probably actually reboot because this has to be making a bigger mess of things"
God, I have a ton of lawn. Few acres of it, really. Got quite a bit more of other stuff. I gotta figure out what I'm gonna do with it.
Right now my back field is just all grown up and a guy cuts it for hay. I'm planning on a wildflower meadow back there, and keeping some bees. Gotta get my tractor ready and all planned out to see what I'm gonna plant and how I'm gonna do it.
The lawn portion I'm not sure. My food plot will go there certainly, but that's only so much. Maybe I'll tear it out and do all clover at first. Idk. I'm open to suggestions.
If you're actually going for real nature, consider your local ecology. Do not by a large pack of wildflowers because those are nationally packed and usually aren't considered native so can be invasive (which can also effect your local wildlife and the plant won't fair as well in extreme's for the area that a local plant would survive). Remember, bugs and animals come back to an area knowing a certain species of plant is there for them to survive or reproduce at, making more competition they aren't familiar with harms their chances.
I would consider letting it grow naturally up and if you really want to do something than let the neighbor know so they stop cutting it down for hay (just make sure you're actually gonna do something with it). Let the natural seeds that distribute get into the area and establish. Learn to take clippings and identify local flora when you see a cool plant you want, like a more scientific pokemon game if that interests you.
I'm doing something similar with some acres the previous owners just continued to massacre with mowing and looked like a barren wasteland. It took a few years for the right establishing plants to grow up and protect the other smaller and more delicate plants but this year is the first year it looks like a natural environment. I've been identifying what each growth is and it's been fascinating researching them. Right now it's a mini bee sanctuary because something is always in bloom and for the times only one plant-type is blooming I'm taking clippings and propagating them elsewhere on the property so there's always a bunch of flowers at any point in the year.
I would start with propping up your local bee community since they survive on their own and you may fall in love with them. I have a bunch of ground and carpenter bee's in my area that I don't want to harm with an invasive colony like the honey bee's. There's also TONS of local honey producers so I just feel like I'm running after a gimmick since it's already available and there are bee groups I can join that go to all the different farms for education and socializing. Any bee person would love some help if you went out and joined them.
If you want to get really technical, there's landscaping creating berms and swales etc. But to get started I suggest watching some Andrew Millison videos as he's great with visuals and knows his stuff when it comes to permaculture.
Andrew Millison is a permaculture teacher and practitioner, media maker, and gardener. This is his personal channel for the videos he produces, as well as some produced by Oregon State University, where he is an instructor in the Horticulture departm…YouTube
Well, it only gets cut like once or twice a year now. There's some stuff established, but it's really big for me to be going through and taking clippings. Possible, for sure, but with a few small kids, my time is at a premium.
Idk, really. I'll see who gets back to me from local offices.
Well the would come from like a vacant lot you drive by or the side of the road you see a really nice bush in some thickets that are flowering. Anything you see that's local and you enjoy (collecting them all kinda thing). There are plant identification apps but make sure to doublecheck with an online source before you plant them in your yard where the conditions are best for them to thrive (lighting, drainage, etc).
I'm not sure about your area but there are cool local resources you can find. We have a local co-op that's in every county that run free classes and just basic resources (like soil test kits, just cool people with information). If you get time it might be worth it to look into if you're into it. No doubt it's tough with kids though, the best part is you want to be as hands-off with a natural landscape as possible so you're going the right direction lol.
Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.www.youtube.com
Yeah, that's the direction I'm in. One thing is that I don't know a ton of places like what I want to do. I'm worried about if I just let it grow if there's something that should be in there that isn't, or if something invasive will take over.
I really don't know much about local resources beyond department of natural resources and conservation. Although, I'm sure there are some bee groups that might know of something I don't.
I'm gonna assume you're in the US because of the name lol. Here's a guide listing all states with their cooperative extension links. All of them are pretty much just landing pages you'll have to look further into, usually there are local offices that may be in your county or at least adjacent. They help with small farms, argriculture, natural resources, development, etc. They're literally paid and whole purpose is to answer your questions and be there as a guide for you, some of them are extremely awesome, encouraging, and absolutely love their jobs when they can help someone. A lot of them offer workshops and classes for families as well, I've done some blueberry and one bee event (made me realize I wasn't ready lol).
So looking into it more, found some interesting history bits I wasn't aware of. The Cooperative Extension and 4-H program was developed by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and covers all states.
4-H is a U.S.-based network of youth organizations whose mission is "engaging youth to reach their fullest potential while advancing the field of youth development" Its name is a reference to the occurrence of the initial letter H four times in the organization's original motto head, heart, hands, and health, which was later incorporated into the fuller pledge officially adopted in 1927.The goal of 4-H is to develop citizenship, leadership, responsibility and life skills of youth through experiential learning programs and a positive youth development approach. Though typically thought of as an agriculturally focused organization as a result of its history, 4-H today focuses on citizenship, healthy living, science, engineering, and technology programs.
USDA saw that adults in the farming community did not readily accept new agricultural discoveries. However, educators found that youth would experiment with these new ideas and then share their experiences and successes with the adults. As a result rural youth programs became a way to introduce new agriculture technology to the adults.
The Cooperative Extension System is a non-formal educational program implemented in the United States designed to help people use research-based knowledge to improve their lives. The service is provided by the state's designated land-grant universities. In most states, the educational offerings are in the areas of agriculture and food, home and family, environment, community economic development, and youth and 4-H.Traditionally, each county of all 50 states had a local extension office. This number has declined as some county offices have consolidated into regional extension centers. Today, there are approximately 2,900 extension offices nationwide.
Since 2005, the Extension system has collaborated in developing eXtension.org (pronounced "e-extension"). eXtension is an Internet-based learning platform where Extension professionals and citizens nationwide and beyond have 24/7 access to unbiased, research-based, peer-reviewed information from land-grant universities on a wide range of topics. Information is organized into articles, professional development resources, news, frequently asked questions, and blog posts that provide a knowledge-to-action service that has become an integral part of the Cooperative Extension System. In 2015, the nonprofit, member-based eXtension Foundation was created to advance innovation and technology-enhanced professional development going forward.
The wiki link for the cooperative extension system above also has listing for state resources to better hone done your area. Doing all the research alone and on the internet which has 5 million results can be daunting. These spaces give the ability for local experts to chime in without being drowned out in a larger national or world-wide stage. If you need any more resources or want me to look into your local area just message me. I love these people and their commitment so connecting you to them is a plus for both parties.
Hello all! My buddy and I finally finished up Baldur's Gate 3 this week and we are not left with a giant co-op game shaped whole in our hearts. It was such an incredible experience and it was truly even more fun running through it together. We are excited to hop into another game, but we have no idea what to play. We've played a lot, and some games we've finished or tried recently included:
I'm posting here today to ask if any of you have some suggestions for co-op games we could check out! I've Googled for suggestions to no end and 90% of what's there is games we've already played. If anyone has any recommendations for us they would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
~ Hyrulian
Thanks for all the great suggestions everyone!! I'm going to compile a list and check them all out one by one!
Abiotic Factor has been really fun for my buddy and me. Especially with the new update that came out last week. It's a Half Life themed survival game.
Others that get my vote:
Valheim - Norse mythology themed survival game with Playstationesque graphics
Phasmophobia - THE ghost hunting game(see also Ghost Exile, Ghost Exorcism Inc., Forewarned)
Left 4 Dead - the original Zombie FPS series (see also Back 4 Blood, it's kinda alright) PILLS HERE!
Risk of Rain - Pretty tough shooter series
Stardew Valley - A modern Harvest Moon, farming/life sim
Don't Starve Together - If you played Stardew valley in hell, but everyone's name started with a W
Factorio/Satisfactory - Resource harvesting and logistics sims. One's isometric, ones first person, one has zerg rushes
Grounded - Honey I Shrunk The Kids: the survival game
Deep Rock Galactic - Left 4 Dead for Dwarves. ROCK AND STONE!!!
Overcooked - cooking and serving game, lots of communication required
Portal 2 - First person puzzle game, also lots of communication required
Barotrauma - Submarine sim on Europa, requires marriage levels of communication
Binding of Isaac - Roguelike shooter that's sort of Zelda inspired, multiplayer was a little janky last time I tried it, but that was a while ago
The Forest - Excellent horror survival series
Starbound - Terraria in space
Trine series - A modern Lost Vikings, side scrolling puzzles and platforming
Subnautica 2 - A beautiful and terrifying diving/exploration game, original game has a coop mod 8 years in development, but it's been very buggy
Diablo - First and second games are still very solid experiences and there are some excellent mods out for both
Escape Simulator - Literally an escape room simulator. Has workshop support on steam for even more puzzles.
Green Hell - The Forest, but in the jungle, much more focus on the reality of being stranded in a place where just about everything is likely to kill you.
No Man's Sky - Space/planetary exploration sim
Dead Island - another zombie FPS
Dying Light - a zombie game with parkour
20XX/30XX - Megaman X styled platformers with roguelite elements
GTFO - Extremely hard, stealth based, alien FPS
Most "Souls" games - Very fun coop summoning, if you don't mind the sometimes extreme difficulty
Goat Simulator series - Goofy exploration games
Magicka series - Isometric action adventure games where you combine different elements to cast spells
Barony - a true roguelike FPS RPG, voxel based, very hard
Void Crew - Space sim, mission based, sort of Egyptian mythos themed, meant for up to 4 players but definitely possible with just 2
Human Fall Flat - Puzzle/exploration game
Half Dead series - Cube: the game
Orcs Must Die series - Tower defense
Dungeon Defenders series - also tower defense, but with class based
Secret of Mana - One of the first action JRPGS, the remake has drop in coop just like the original, but I believe it's couch coop, so if you're not right next to each other, you'll need something like Parsec to play it
Have a ton more, but those are the ones I can recall having the most fun. Others have probably listed a bunch of them and I probably missed a few good ones, but hopefully a few of them are new.
You could always tinker with some emulators for some retro coop games!
I assume you've already checked your model on the Supported Devices table?
There are so many variations of the WRT54G that it may be difficult for someone to answer the question.
Crazy and I thought 2GB RAM in a Turris Omnia are low XD
Good luck!
Happy Birthday to the LVFS9 years ago today I wrote 4 little PHP scripts and pushed it to OpenShift which was the beginning of the LVFS. We've since rewritten it in Python, switched the deployment from "sudo git pull" on the server under my stairs at home (literally) to deploying onto AWS with Terraform.
In 9 years we've onboarded over 140 vendors, shipped ~110 million firmware files and added support for ~85 firmware update protocols for ~1600 different devices. I'm pretty happy with that.
Happy Birthday to the LVFS 9 years ago today I wrote 4 little PHP scripts and pushed it to OpenShift which was the beginning of the LVFS.Mastodon
Any Linux Sysadmins here use Timeshift on Linux servers in production environments?
Having reliable snapshots to roll back bad updates is really awesome, but I want to know if Timeshift is stable enough to use outside of a basic home lab environment.
Disclaimer: Yes I know Timeshift isn't a backup solution, I understand its purpose and scope.
Explain xkcd is a wiki dedicated to explaining the webcomic xkcd. Go figure.www.explainxkcd.com
I took a little liberty with what “downloads folder” meant. It’s not in my root downloads folder, it’s sorted out into a music folder. It was a download though.
I’m just pretty impressed I managed to keep my music library going continuously for 24 years. 20 of those years are just single HDD no redundancy storage, just hopping HDD to HDD.
The Linux command "ls -t" sorts by newest first, if anyone else needs a cheatsheet.
It is "model_v5.torrent.zip" from December 2019. Looks like I was going to download AIDungeon back when that was new and amazing. I'm sure I never actually set it up and used it.
The Linux command "ls -t" sorts by newest first, if anyone else needs a cheatsheet.
I thought to myself "yeah, like I'm going to use the command line to check it instead of a gui file manager"
Then I realized I was already going to ssh into my PC from termux because I am too lazy to get up. So... thanks.
Anyway, it is as I guessed a pdf listing the mandatory courses on the college I allegedly graduated from this summer.
he was actually a better leader than Starmer
Without looking for a source: I seem to recall he's the opposition leader who's caused the most government U-turns in the history of the British parliament.
So is mine! But because I dump everything straight tomy desktop...
(Insert we are not the same meme)
STL files for an adafruit motorised guardian from BOTW
I swear i will print it one day
3D Print a replica of a guardian robot from the video game, Zelda: Breath of the Wild.Ruiz Brothers (Adafruit)
No. That's just a long time ago.
I can't imagine you're on the same machine, so I guess you must have rolled over your files in such a way that the download directory was still preserved?
Fair enough - didn't mean to sound confrontational.
I definitely didn't download the files that long ago, that's just when they were created. I probably downloaded them in 2020 or 2021.
The real mystery of my download folder is only a few weeks old, and was caused by a year long obsession I've developed - it's called "what is this.mp3"
If anyone knows what this sample is called, please let me know! It's the new craze I guess
Vocaroo is a quick and easy way to share voice messages over the interwebs.voca.ro
That’s the “wheel up signal” from the blu mar ten junglejungle sample pack. Classic sound in jungle and uk garage music.
https://blumarten.bandcamp.com/album/blu-mar-ten-jungle-jungle-1989-to-1999-samplepack
It was originally recorded from a saxon soundsystem clash in 1984
Can’t quite remember where it is in that vid but I think it’s after half-way
Also known as a “dub siren”
Fair enough, yeah it’s generally a nod to the jamaican influence in UK soundsystem and rave culture
Another one you’ll hear a lot is the weird horn sample from the intro of ray keith’s terrorist (the fat clean reese bass just before the drums come in is sampled all over the place too)
Haha I’ll have to listen out for it!
I’ve been hooked on this tune for a couple of weeks and it’s got both the wheel up signal and the ray keith squeak lol
It's a subdirectory that was created on April 2023. Looking inside, it contains a bunch of APKs related to YT Revanced. I kept it there because I can't come up with a better location to move it to. That's basically the same story for almost all of the files that ended up staying in the directory anyways. However, I try to keep try to keep things clean.
Whenever I visit the downloads directory, I make it a point to try to remember the context in which the files ended up in there. If I can no longer remember the context, I delete it. If there ends up way too many files of "the same class" then I'll try to move them together onto a different location. But if it's a file or two that I can't move elsewhere, it's no big deal.
I make 1 to 3 "monthly" backup folders, where everything I've downloaded that hasn't been moved to a home goes into 2024 August Downloads
I think I have back to 2021.
Still use them fairly often, lol.
Ooh this is a good idea! Because when you extract a file you just downloaded the original creation/modification dates are preserved. So when you extract some tarball the directory my be from several years ago so you can't rely on file modification times to see when you downloaded any given thing.
I think I'm going to start doing the date directory thing! I'll start by writing a bash script that runs in a systemd timer that automatically creates a directory whenever the month changes 👍
I also like doing it this way because then I'm my own archive of old software installers. So if a new version comes out busted, run the old installer! Doesn't always help if it's internet connected, but it's nice to have something.
And I think even my vast amount of history is maybe only 100GB on my backup HDD, if it's larger it's from occasional random large files lol.
On my phone right now so using my phone's Downloads folder. 2 years old.
It's this meme:
I'd like some recommendations as a beginner in the virtualization space for good GUI software for running vms for both experimentation and server use.
I've used virtualbox on Windows before but are there any better alternatives on Linux? I hear a lot of praise of QEMU but this seems to be only terminal based like what you do with containers.
VMware workstation is free but again, I'd like to know your thoughts on other good beginner options.
Thank you advance and have a good day/afternoon/night
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Its Debian so you can just install any desktop you want
Also virtual box is pointless garbage especially if you're using Linux
That's not true.
Proxmox comes as a full distro and most people probably use it that way, but you can also install it on your normal linux and then use it in the same way as you would use VMware workstation etc.
I am a huge fan of proxmox, since I first tried it out.
It does a little bit more than just VM's.
On my home server, I have the proxmox distro running as the only service on bare metal, and then all other work is done in the VM's.
You can change the core count AFTER making the VM which I agree is really annoying.
Besides that everything else has worked more reliably than others options I've tried.
VMware Player is the best by far in terms of GUI and ease of use. With that said:
- It breaks once in a while due to kernel module / kernel mismatches that sometimes require manual patching. This is rare but it happens once every couple of years
- It may become paid given Broadcom's corporate history
Virt-manager is pretty decent and it will not break on a stable distro but:
- Some of it workflows are far from intuitive
- Virtualization via virt-manager (really KVM) doesn't currently have any 3D acceleration for Windows VMs
- Windows driver/guest tools installation and integration isn't nearly as trivial as it is with VMware
Personally, I'd try using virt-manager because it will work "forever." If you can't get something to work and feel overwhelmed, go to VMware for now but long term you'll likely have to get used to virt-manager.
There is only one source of the drivers and it is the Fedora Project.
Fedora infrastructure hosts virtIO drivers and additional software agents for Windows virtual machines running on kernel-based virtual machines (KVM). virtIO is a virtualization standard for network and disk device drivers.…Fedora Docs
Alongside many others, I agree that using QEMU through GUI frontends like virt-manager or GNOME Boxes, or even server-focused solutions like Cockpit+VM plugin or Proxmox layered on top of your installation.
I just want to note a decent point against other solutions like VirtualBox or the VMWare products that work on Linux: these solutions that don't rely on QEMU almost certainly need the user to install out-of-tree kernel modules (that in some cases may also be proprietary). QEMU and its frontends don't need out-of-tree modules in a majority of distros and can work out of the box with all features (given BIOS configuration of the host and hardware supports them).
I use virt-manager. Works better than virtualbox did at the time (back while v6.1 was still the main release branch), it's easier, and it doesn't involve hitching yourself to Oracle.
VMWare may be "free," but it ain't free. And if you don't care about software freedom, why choose Linux over Windows or MacOS? Also, Workstation Player lacks a lot of functionality that makes it not good as a hypervisor. Only one VM can be powered at a time, and all the configuration is severely limited. Plus the documentation is mediocre compared to the official virt-manager docs.
Highlights from R560 Beta Release, 560.28.03
In Bazzite, you should just need to open the Discover package manager and click "Refresh" and then "Update All" in the top right. Although these drivers don't appear to be available through the package manager yet; mine is still on version 560.31.02.
If your Firefox crashes are anything like mine were, it should be solved by opening up Flatseal and disabling Wayland rendering for Firefox. See the screenshot shown here: https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/nvidia-555-drivers-incoming-important-information/2554
When I first installed Bazzite on my Intel+Nvidia laptop, the Firefox crashes were constant. The workaround here fixed the issue for me.
Congratulations Nvidia users, say goodbye to a ton of old bugs and say hello to some new ones! Nvidia 555 drivers are landing and will be available in the next image build.Universal Blue
Ah, darn. Unfortunately I have no additional help to offer since that particular issue was fixed for me after changing those options in Flatseal.
I'd try running Firefox from the terminal to see what error message you're receiving when the crashes occur; the unique error message was what led me to this workaround when I was originally troubleshooting.
In this tutorial, you'll learn how to build an AI-powered quiz application that enables users to...Arindam Majumder (DEV Community)
It often surprises me to see people with time, money, and knowledge settling for subpar experiences that have night and day differences to me. Even at my brokest (pretty darn broke), speakers, headphones, and glasses were always worth researching and some saving up, and the difference between what I'd end up with and the average always feels like it paid off tenfold.
I've got a surprising number of friends/acquaintances who just don't seem to care, though, and I am trying to understand if they just don't experience the difference similarly or if they don't mind. I know musicians who just continue using generation 1 airpods or the headphones included with their phone, birdwatchers who don't care about their binoculars, people who don't care if they could easily make their food taste better, and more examples of people who, in my opinion, could get 50% better results/experiences by putting in 1% more thought/effort.
When I've asked some friends about it, it sounds as much like they just don't care as they don't experience the difference as starkly as I do, but I have a hard time understanding that, as it's most often an objective sensory difference. Like I experience the difference between different pairs of binoculars and speakers dramatically, and graphical analysis backs up the differences, so how could they sound/look negligibly different to others? Is it just a matter of my priorities not being others' priorities, or do they actually experience the difference between various levels of quality as smaller than I seem to? What's your take on both major and, at the high end, diminishing returns on higher quality sensory experiences?
I absolutely do, but admit it's diminishing returns. I have a 4k OLED screen with nice tower speakers and I really enjoy my setup. The problem is once you really experience and notice high quality it's hard to go back
I absolutely agree with you on friends and family. "Ugh I hate that I have to turn it up to hear the dialog but turn it down in the fight scenes". That's because you're using the TV SPEAKERS those 1" drivers aren't going to deliver the range you need! Get something else!_
For me the true moment of truth was when I bought the OLED and my wife even agreed while watching Maverick "okay that looked amazing". Justified! Once you see it, you can't believe you ever didn't see it
You can get very good stereo speakers and a quality amp for a few hundred bucks.
The idea that you need to spend thousands is a myth. It's more about form factor than specs. Sound bars suck. Full range woofers don't.
The problem is once you really experience and notice high quality it’s hard to go back
I can't stress how true this is
The problem is once you really experience and notice high quality it's hard to go back
I had this with earphones. Once I bought a better pair, going back to my old ones, it just sounded like cardboard. Don't invest in good audio equipment, even once. It will cost you for a lifetime!
I care a little bit. I've got my good 5.1 sound system for the TV but I don't see the necessity to invest into an Atmos system. The TV can display 4k with HDR but I'm satisfied with HD SDR stuff. When playing games 60 fps is nice but I won't die if my Steam Deck can only manage 30 fps.
So, most stuff is usually good enough for me. And at the moment I can't leave my bed anyways so I can live with laptop speakers.
Perspective: My SO didn't really care at first why I didn't want to use the built-in TV speakers, but rather install some higher-end speakers and a DAC to drive them. After a while, she went to visit a friend and came back to celebrate our setup.
Value: Do you need a super-big, expensive TV or a smaller, higher PPI TV that you can sit closer to? What you really want is clarity, brightness, color, and smooth video. If people could never afford such a display and only had crappy TVs with bad video sources and only some smartphones as an alternative, the smartphone beats everything they know, of course. But if they could never afford high quality video sources and displays, how could they appreciate those things?
IMHO better than average is enough for everyday life. There's more to life than spending money and not experiencing life to the fullest. That means I focused on a nicer Bluetooth headset, some better than average speakers for both TV and PC, ... so I simply approach the point of diminishing returns on the quality scale, knowing full well I could do much better. But it's not worth the effort to me if it slowly turns into either a game of high spending or a full-blown refurbishing hobby. Same with my car: I buy them used at about 4~6 years old and sell them at 8~10 years old, spending the least amount of money while driving mostly luxury cars with lots and lots of extras.
Audiophile equipment is full of placebos and scams. But there's also a lot of very real improvements. I would also say the majority of people are well before the point of diminishing returns but hey.
One big problem is that the source of your music often is the limiting factor. A lot of music sounds not so great on my nice headphones. .Likewise, the songs I really appreciate on my headphones, but sound like mush on shitty speakers. That doesn't make either music bad, they know their audience but If I didn't like much of the hifi music then I probably wouldn't care much about my sound setup.
I think like most things there's a balance to be had. Obsessing about the little stuff can often get in the way of enjoying it, and be a massive waste of money. But I also wear headphones for 10+hrs a day, it's worth investing in them.
Yes I do, and a price increase of only $10 (so $30 vs $20) can make a big difference in sound quality for a pair of headphones for work (meetings and some music off Youtube). So it's not even about hifi (at that price range, of course not), it's about giving a shit and do a little research / testing before settling on a slightly better low end consumer product. Or, given a certain budget, maximise the quality for it, again, by doing some research beforehand, no matter what you plan to buy. But, most people are lazy.
When it comes to music, it also depends on a person's tastes. Ariana Grande sounds the same to me weather played on Sennheiser headphones or a microwave oven.
Do I value the better picture on a TV? Yes
Same with music. I don't enjoy watching TV /movies using TV speakers.
Listening to music using phone speakers is not worth it at all.
I'm into this, especially sound quality. I have a top-of-the-bottom 5.2.4 setup for movies and listen to music on that same space as well. I have made solid progress on acoustically treating my space, and it sounds pretty good.
My wife, who has done all the A-B testing with me and understands what high quality equipment and a well-treated space brings to the table would be perfectly happy watching Netflix on her phone speaker.
I know for sure she does not hear things like I hear them. I have a couple of demo tracks I use to evaluate changes in my system, and I have described to her what I'm listening for (soundstage depth, for example), and she cannot distinguish whether or not this quality exists. So, I think one part of this is that there is something cognitive going on that she and I perceive things so differently. Another thing that I think is different between us is the way music affects us. For me, music is an emotional experience and ties deeply with my memories of events/time periods/feelings. When I hear a song, I know the artist, facts about the band and its members, the name of the song, the album, and I can describe the album art. My wife, on the other hand, usually can't remember the names of her favorite songs or who the artist is. And, like, no shade on my wife for this at all; I'm just saying we experience these things much differently, and I think that may be illustrative of the differences your seeing with other people too.
Additionally, as far as diminishing returns go, I think a lot of people do not understand the importance of acoustic treatment. You're listening to your room, not your speakers. You can't out-speaker a bad sounding room at any cost. If you think you want new speakers to upgrade your sound quality and have given zero thought to room acoustics, you should do a little investigation before upgrading your equipment.
It's also possible people just don't care about those details, so they're not primed to notice them. For example, another difference between my wife and I: she's into sunsets, clouds, the moon, and celestial happenings. She's constantly in awe about these things, points them out to me, and talks about them all the time. It's cute; I love that about her. However, I really couldn't care much less about any of it. For me, that kind of stuff happens all the time (every day, in the case of sunsets). It's not novel or interesting to me in the same way as it is to her. We all have things we nerd out about, and I think the world would be kind of boring if we all only cared about the same stuff.
Really, my only regret about this situation is that I want to give my wife the gift of feeling like I do when I hear music and when I notice the details, and I know she wants to give me that gift of the way she feels when there's a really cool cloud or sunset. It's very fulfilling to share feelings like that with someone you care about, and it's sad to me that we sometimes can't.
I sent this to her a long time ago, and now we call my hobbies (home improvement/woodworking/audio) "my Legos" as an inside joke. I don't spend frivolously, and my wife doesn't mind when I make purchases relating to my hobbies. We're financially secure and we're very much aligned in our financial goals and philosophies, so when I buy anything (which isn't very often), she trusts that the purchase won't have a negative effect on our finances. She even gets a little excited for me when something arrives at the house. It's very nice to be supported in this way
I feel the same way. It's a bummer, but there's always conversations like these!
Fortunately, my 21 year old is super into music and cinema, so I can share with her. She wasn't much of a believer in quality components or acoustic treatment until we bought a new house and I could go wild(ish). Now, I have ruined her life because she's broke and wants what I have. I did square her away with a pair of decent IEMs though, so at least she can have a little of what she wants
Here's a factor that seems to be underappreciated. Those differences are a lot less important when you aren't comparing side by side. Just because you can hear or taste the difference between a thing and a more expensive version doesn't mean you will really appreciate that difference later. Diminishing returns does play into this, and the small differences between two things at a high level is often too small for your memory to even capture.
And even when it comes to the bigger differences, how it affects enjoyment has a large psychological component, in how much satisfaction do you get just knowing you are using something excellent, and does it bother you knowing what you are experiencing could be better.
I have nice quality speakers and headphones, but sometimes I'm lazy and will listen to a piece of music through my crappy laptop or phone speakers. I still enjoy that music. And if that was all I had access to, I'd still enjoy the hell out of music. I'm not about to give away or stop using my nice speakers, but I'm not convinced they make me happier in any significant way.
Audio, yes, to a certain degree. With video I don't care that much, as long as there aren't any details I'd miss on lower res. The resolution I use on YouTube is normally a result of the audio quality that comes with.
Back in the 90's when MP3 sharing via modem was common, the "normal" bitrate was 128kbit/s, and people often commented that I refused to download and save them. 160kbit/s was OK. 256kbit/s was preferred.
I wouldn't call myself an audiophile, I just really hate it when instruments and voices sound like rusty chains being dragged across a washboard.
As I mentioned above, I'm not that picky. Possibly environmentally damage from sailing the high seas 20-25 years ago to watch myself favorite TV shows. I don't mind pixels and visual compression artifacts that much.
Agreed that audio improvements are higher priority than video ones imo, but real life visual improvements (e.g., better glasses/prescription, high quality binoculars if you have a use for them) seem at least as significant as audio quality differences.
Pretty much everything about Apple Music is worse than Spotify except for their catalog and their lossless audio, but it was still 100% worth the switch for me. Compression sucks.
Pretty much everything about Apple Music is worse than Spotify except for their catalog and their lossless audio
doesn't hurt that they also pay artists 3-4x as much per stream, imo (which was my main reason for switching)
I'm one of those who don't care and it annoys my friends. I can tell the difference when comparing setups side by side but when normally watching content, a lower quality doesn't bother me unless you literally can't read the words on the screen so anything over 720p is usually good enough. Maybe other people have different thresholds.
It's also about priorities. If you consider portability good, then no sound system will ever beat your laptop speakers just because they are already on your laptop. I assume it's the same for people watching Netflix on their phone.
I'm a musician. I can't afford top tier sound!
Tbh I can live with what I've got at home. A garden variety setup today still sounds better than something high-end did when I was growing up. Just give me some decent channel separation and I can zone out.
Where there is still significant room for improvement is in stage sound. Why do monitors always have to sound like sh*t? It's like bands spend all their budget on amps and PAs and whatever dregs are left over go to the monitors. And house sound. Don't even get me started. Maybe their gear was good once (probably not) but it's invariably seen one beer spill too many.
A garden variety setup today still sounds better than something high-end did when I was growing up
Man, if this ain't the truth! Speaker technology has really improved in the last 40 years, and is substantially cheaper than it ever was. And Class D amps?!? HiFi is crazy affordable ( relatively speaking) these days!
Depends. It's a mix of all the reasons you've mentioned, and I'm sure this will vary from person to person. For me, high fidelity audio matters only with headphones, and if I'm listening to music. I can absolutely tell there is a difference with speakers but I don't enjoy them as much so I don't care as much.
Similarly I'm not much of a HD4k+ person when it comes to video. I do see the difference but for the most part my brain will filter most visual noise, issues and distortion away while I'm engaged in narrative. I don't need large TVs nor too much high resolution. PC monitors/laptops/phone screens? I want every pixel you can give me, the higher the resolution the better. Completely different experience than TV. I'm annoyed when I can see the pixels on a screen I'm working on.
I'm with you on the binoculars and microscopes. Yeah, quality does make a huge difference and I would absolutely get the best if I can afford it.
Food- I'm a lazy cook and very picky about condiments. I really enjoy most foods plainly. I don't mind if my stir fry got a bit soggy or if I forgot to salt the roast. I'll eat it all the same and be content with it like it had been perfect. For me to really appreciate the difference in food quality you need to add significantly more than 1% effort, so I leave that to professional chefs.
Depends. I'm aware of the difference, but how much I care about it depends entirely on how much I like the hobby or tech. If it's food, PCs, and clothes (as in, no cheap materials that won't last a year) I care and will go beyond reasonable expectations to ensure that whatever I buy or cook is the best within reason. Anything else, as long as it works.
I don't have the energy for more than that.
I like a certain level of quality when it comes to audio.
When I'm making music, I use in ear monitors from shure with a flat response because it would throw off my mixes otherwise. Same with my presonus speakers. Flat response.
But for causally watching content, its fine for me to use some bookshelf speakers or even a bluetooth speaker. Its not super important for watching content for me as long as its not total trash.
I am very aware of the differences in quality but am mostly okay with bad equipment and/or bad settings. The most important thing is to be able to clearly see and hear what’s supposed to be clear and only especially incompetent or especially pretentious media doesn’t get mastered to work well on shoddy displays and/or speakers by those standards.
The one thing I absolutely cannot tolerate is HDR mode on TVs without enough of a maximum luminance to actually do HDR, so they and up looking way worse than SDR.
The idea of not caring about binocular quality is truly mystifying. Binoculars’ only job is to make things as easy to see as possible.
So I don't value high fidelity video because I don't see very well even with glasses, so it wouldn't make a difference for me.
I do value high fidelity audio because:
But I simply can't afford high fidelity gear for every day listening. For my studio monitors, I spent as much as I could to get the best speakers I could afford so that I can be certain that what I'm hearing is an accurate representation of what I "commit to tape". However, for walking to class or going to the market, I'm not gonna pay for expensive headphones that could get stolen, broken, or lost. It's impractical.
My $20 Bluetooth headphones [1] are sufficient for every day carry. They sound "95% of the way there", they don't get in the way when I'm walking, and if I lose them, I can have an identical pair delivered to my door with a couple days. 95% is good enough for me. Actually, I could probably settle for less.
And then there's storage. My library is already > 110GB in MP3 format, so storing it all in uncompressed formats would be unwieldy.
So in the rare cases that my listening hardware is insufficient, I'll usually consult a software equalizer. For example, on Linux, Easy Effects allows me to apply equalizers, dynamic compression, and a bunch of other plugins in LV2 format to the PipeWire output (and input). It's super convenient for watching YouTube college lectures with questionable microphone quality on my shitty TV speakers. Other than dynamic compression for leveling and an equalizer for frequency effects, I am typically not interested in doing anything else for intelligibility. Said differently, I am not interested in exploiting the nonlinearities in real speaker systems (other than possibly dynamic compression), so I should be able to fix any linear defects (bad frequency response) with a digital equalizer. The nonlinearities in real speaker systems are, for HiFi listening purposes [2], defects.
Also, I'm extremely skeptical of products marketed towards "audiophiles" because there's so much ~~marketing bullshit~~ pseudoscience surrounding the field that all the textbooks that cover loudspeaker design and HiFi audio electronics have paragraphs warning about it as the first thing.
Like I experience the difference between different pairs of binoculars and speakers dramatically, and graphical analysis backs up the differences, so how could they sound/look negligibly different to others?
Next time you do a graphical analysis, check out the magnitudes of the differences in your graphs versus the magnitude of the Just Noticeable Difference in amplitude or frequency. We probably do experience the differences between speakers differently than others. We're outliers.
What's your take on both major and, at the high end, diminishing returns on higher quality sensory experiences?
For personal listening, the point of diminishing returns is basically $20 because I can't afford shit. For listening to something I plan on sharing with others, I'd be willing to put in whatever I can afford. But frankly, I'd be just as likely to straight-up do the math and design my systems myself because I 100% don't trust any """high fidelity""" system that doesn't come with a datasheet and frequency response.
Lastly, I do wear glasses. I typically get my glasses online because, once you have the prescription and your facial measurements, it is the same quality as the stuff you get at the big-box stores.
[1] I acknowledge that Bluetooth sucks, particularly for audio.
[2] As a metal guitarist, I'm not against speaker nonlinearity for guitar speakers, but then again, guitar speakers are really convincingly simulated by impulse responses, which are a core linear systems concept, implying that they are nearly linear devices even at the volumes they are typically played at.
It's really hard! But it's really rewarding too. And as a computing/music student [1], you're in a great major to start!
First off, if you just want to make your own effects and you're not really interested in distributing them or making them public, I recommend using JSFX. It's way easier. You can read through the entire spec in a night. JSFX support is built into REAPER, and apparently YSFX allows you to load JSFX code into other DAWs, although I haven't tested it. JSFX plugins are compiled on the fly (unlike VST plugins, which are compiled ahead of time and distributed as DLLs), so you just write them up as text files.
However, their capabilities are limited compared to VST, AU, LV2, AAX [2], and other similar plugin formats. Also, pre-compiled plugins perform better. That's why plugins are released as such.
So if you plan on writing pre-compiled plugins for public consumption, you'll need to do some C++ programming.
Between "music", "engineering", and "software development", plugin design feels the most like "software development".
99.9% of all plugins are written in C++, and most of those are done (both proprietary and FOSS) with the JUCE library. School taught me the basics of C++ but they don't teach you how to code well. Particularly, your DSP code needs to meet a soft real-time constraint. You have to use multithreading because you have a thread for the audio signal (which must NEVER get interrupted) and at least one thread for the GUI.
You also need to figure out which parts of the C++ standard library are real-time safe, and which aren't. Here's a good talk on that.
If you use JUCE or a similar development library then they have well-tested basic DSP functions, meaning you can get by without doing all the math from scratch.
Start watching Audio Developer Conference talks like TV as they come out. JUCE has a tutorial, and MatKat released a video tutorial guiding the viewer through coding a simple EQ plugin [3]. JUCE plugins are basically cross platform, and can typically be compiled as VSTs on Windows, AU plugins on Mac, and LV2 plugins on Linux.
JUCE is a really complicated library even though it vastly simplifies the process (because audio plugin development is inherently hard!). You're going to have to learn to read a LOT of documentation and code.
I also recommend learning as much math as you can stomach. Start with linear algebra, calculus, Fourier analysis, circuit theory, and numerical analysis (especially Padé approximants), in that order. Eventually, you'll want to roll your own math, or at least do something that JUCE doesn't provide out the box. Julius O Smith has some really good free online books on filters, Fourier Analysis, and DSP with a music focus.
If you're willing to ~~sail the high seas to LibGen~~ buy a book, I recommend Digital Audio Signal Processing by Udo Zolzer for "generic" audio signal processing, and DAFX: Digital Audio Effects by Zolzer for coverage of nonlinear effects, which are typically absent from DSP engineering books. I also recommend keeping a copy of Digital Signal Processing by Proakis and Manolakis on hand because of its detailed coverage of DSP fundamentals, particularly the coverage of filter structures, numerical errors, multirate signal processing, and the Z transform.
A little bit of knowledge about machine learning and optimization is good too, because sometimes you need to solve an optimization problem to synthesize a filter, or possibly in a fixed time as your actual output (example: pitch shifting). Deep learning is yielding some seriously magical effects, so I do recommend you learn it at your own pace.
DSP basically requires all the math ever, especially the kind of DSP that we want to do as musicians, so the more you have the better you'll be.
[1] IMO that would have been the perfect major, that or acoustical engineering, if anything like that existed in my area when I went to recording school 10 years ago.
[2] AAX requires you to pay Avid to develop. So I never use AAX plugins, and I have no intention of supporting the format once I start releasing plugins for public consumption, despite its other technical merits.
[3] Over half of MatKat's tutorial is dedicated towards GUI design, i.e. the audio part is basically done but the interface looks boring and default. GUI design and how your GUI (editor component) interacts with the audio processor component are extremely important and time-consuming parts of plugin design. Frankly, GUI design has been by far the most complicated thing to "pick up", and it's why I haven't released anything yet.
Hosting library for JSFX. Contribute to jpcima/ysfx development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
I can tell the difference between a good basic pair of headphones and garbage pretty easily. There's a noticeable difference between basic cans and higher end cans too but it's a 15-20% improvement for a 500-10000% price increase.
If someone's happy with older airpods then more power to them, I don't need much more than a pair of Sennheiser HD598s myself. Would I take HD800/820s if offered for free? Absolutely. Will I pay $1600+ for them, not today.
I can't tell the difference between good audio and great audio but I can definitely tell when it's shit. I have no experience listening to high quality audio formats but I do have a pair of senhessier headphones that made me never want to go back to cheap gaming headphones.
You only know what you know. So if shit audio quality is all you know then you won't value spending money on a better experience. Once you do get a taste of that better experience you will never want go back to that shit quality.
There's a degree to which this is a supply that creates demand, I feel. Maybe there's a better way to put it.
When I had a 720p laptop, it was perfectly fine. I played games and watched movies and never felt like I was viewing things in low quality. Once I got 1080p, I could tell things were better, but they weren't like shockingly, orgasmicly better. 720p, though, felt borderline unusable once I got used to 1080p.
The same thing happened prior to this with old box tvs/monitors, and with older video games. I played the shit out of FNV and the graphics and gameplay seemed fine. Having played modern games, though, FNV feels janky and LQ (despite having better than average writing).
I'm consciously avoiding 4K for this reason.
I'm coming around on audio to some degree, but still prefer to hit the "80% of perfect" before diminished returns start curving up, wrt earphones and such
I do value high fidelity media, but frankly I can't say that I notice a difference between say, 320 kbps mp3 audio and FLAC audio-- and yes I have a nice DAC + headphones so there's no bottlenecks. I used to have all my music as FLAC files but these days I don't have the $$$ to buy more storage so I find myself converting everything to 320 kbps MP3 files and I'm okay with that.
For movies, I've only got 1080p monitors + a 720p projector so for the most part I just download 1080p movies. I burn movies and TV shows to Blu-Ray discs so for some S-tier stuff I'll download the 4K release and burn it to a BD-R in hopes that someday I can afford 4K and all the damn PC hardware upgrades that's going to require. But I'm in no rush, 1080p is fine by me and 720p on the projector is great.
I'm into photography, and I'm like you when it comes to lenses. Quality > quantity, any day of the week. I'd much rather choose a nice 40mm prime lens over a 17-70mm lens with mediocre glass.
My friends are kind of like yours but they know that when they want something of high quality, they can ask me and I'll gladly do the research then give them several options. I really enjoy well-made products and I despise poorly-made products so much. As a result, I'm finally at that point in my life where quality purchases I made 15+ years ago are still working great and it feels good.
That said, I do try to keep my purchases to a minimum because it's way too easy to fall for marketing + consumerism.
This is equally true with visual media. It seems like each time a Bluray remaster is released there’s the inevitable complaint that it looks horrible.
Um, that’s film grain and it’s how the source was produced.
This is equally true with visual media
Yes, the style of graphics to me is more important than things like motion blur and god rays.
I’ve always been pretty picky with audio, but have made some changes recently. The 5.1 system was absolutely worth it. In fact, I got rid of my turntable speakers and just run it through the surround sound and it sounds great.
Although, for reference – even before tinnitus I couldn’t tell the difference between 320 and FLAC/lossless.
I mean, to a point.
In the end it's all a matter of priority. Do I want a sound system for 10k+? Sure. But that money would probably be better spent elsewhere
For me, I wanted a 65inch OLED tv and splurged a bit on that, but on discount. And I got a surround sound Sonos setup. That's good enough
I had a 13" black and white television in my bedroom when I was a teen. The big, color Trinitron TV that we got later was amazing. Beyond that, I don't recall the improvement in quality making sitcoms funnier, or the stories better.
In fact, to me, the old, fuzzy NTSC video is better in some ways. It helps with the suspension of disbelief, the feeling of watching a story on the screen. Even 1080p is sometimes too good, to the point that the actors fall into the Uncanny Valley, like I'm watching a live play, but not quite. Instead of a story, I see the makeup on skin, the wardrobe choices, the blocking, and the bad CGI backgrounds.
I can certainly hear the quality differences in audio, but I feel like past a certain minimum, I'm listening to the music, not the equipment. Like, my Shokz had a noticeable lack of bass when I got them, but I've adapted, and don't hear them that way any longer. The convenience of open-ear headphones far exceeds any gain in quality.
I keep YouTube videos turned down to 360 for this reason.
I get a strange feeling of vertigo if I see hd content above 30fps. The first time I met friends in a bar that was plastered with big screens playing a football game at 60fps was very uncomfortable.
To some extent. For audio, I don't really have to much experience with expensive headphones/earbuds but I do notice a difference. I still usually go with cheaper headphones though because the difference in audio quality and durability aren't really enough to justify the price difference.
For visuals in games, I do prefer to have the best experience but what settings I use depends on the game. There are some settings that are universal to me, like for example, if anti-aliasing is available, I always have it set to 2x (or 1.5x if the game has it) because every option for anti-aliasing in every game I've tried looks exactly the same to me, so going higher is just a waste of system resources. For similar reasons, while both of my monitors support higher resolutions, I still prefer to use 720/768p.
I think the only time I really don't care about visual quality, is just when I'm watching videos online.
I never cared a lot. While I do notice the difference immediately, it never makes the experience differ in the long run. I have watched full length movies on the cover screen of my Samsung Zflip5 without feeling that I missed out on anything.
I have a nintendo switch which I have used a lot. Even though I have a nice 55" TV and a decent soundbar, I very rarely connect the switch to the TV. I much rather use it in handheld mode so I can sit in any angle in the sofa. I guess I value comfort a lot higher than high fidelity.
I always wanted my music to sound nice, but could never afford the best equipment.
These days I have a set of Sony MDR-7506, and while I appreciate there are ‘better’ headphones, the detail I hear when listening to lossless audio through them is astonishing. I can listen to tracks I’ve heard dozens of times and hear elements that I’ve never noticed before. And these headphones are relatively cheap at £80.
Yes and no.
I own a nice pair of studio headphones, and monitor speakers. I have a large collection of vinyls and a hard drive full of FLAC files. High quality audio is great.
But I also don't care about quality all the time. I wear Bluetooth bone-conductor headphones most of the day because they are comfortable and open-ear. I can passively listen to music and remain alert to my surroundings and I like that.
But there are noticeable differences between things like MP3 and FLAC, digital and analog, and different kinds of speakers and headphones that I can appreciate when I am actively listening to music.
Eating ass and conducting ram raids, more like.
We've got our priorities where we like them
Ever notice how all the world's worst animals only evolved in Australia?
They saved the rest of us, but they couldn't save themselves...
EDIT; I can't reply to everyone individually but thanks for all the suggestions!
Opiates are out of the question, doctors here will only prescribe those in terms of absolutely extreme suffering or end of life care. I also don't particularly feel interested in developing a hard drug habit.
Diclofenac and such are available but also only on separate prescriptions, I'd have to visit another doctor for that.
I'm well stocked on paracetamol & ibuprofen, and apart from that, lots of ice cream, pudding & soup 😀
Also, since a fair few people seem to doubt the veracity of my story, here's the 22 extracted teeth (the other 10 were already gone in previous extractions).
It was definitely a combination of genetics and bad oral hygiene.
I'm in the same boat. 35 and half of them are already gone, my mum had them all removed when she was 40.
My dentist is not crazy enough to take them out all at once though, that sounds insanely painful. I hope you'll get through it soon.
My mom has chronic pain from disabilities and started taking Kratom a few years back. I tried it first to test things out before she started. We misread the instructions, and steeped about 10x more than we should have in orange juice for several hours.
I have never been so sick. OMG. It was 3 days of pure hell.
But here's the kicker, doing that with any other medication would've killed me. This just made me sick. It's a weird way to begin saying you swear by something, but I swear by the stuff. It is genuinely helpful, and it has an upper limit, so it's risk for abuse is low. Stuff is great.
Alternating the paracetamol and ibuprofen on a schedule is the best recommendation I can give. Severe pain, especially post-operative pain, is best managed by taking the pain meds before the pain sets in. The ibuprofen is also an NSAID and the swelling and inflammation are big contributors to pain.
The schedule that I always recommend is:
- 0800: 650-1000mg paracetamol (acetaminophen)
- 1200: 600-800mg ibuprofen
- 1600: 650-1000mg paracetamol (acetaminophen)
- 2000: 600-800mg ibuprofen
- (and in the first day or two after surgery, set alarms to wake up and take pain meds at 0000 and 0400 on the same pattern if the pain is really bad.)
This pattern keeps you covered on pain control, and you can shorten the intervals to every 3 hours if this isn't enough without exceeding daily dose limits on either medication. If you are an American reading this and you're also taking something like Norco, make sure to account for the acetaminophen/tylenol/paracetamol that's in those because exceeding the recommended dose on that one is bad news for your liver.
Like some other folks have said, warm saline (salt water) rinses and soft or liquid foods are going to help as well.
to add to this, i’ve been told by doctors in the past that caffeine helps the effectiveness of ibuprofen - i’d guess though same usual rules with caffeine as always; it’ll keep you awake, so don’t take it too late
i’m no doctor though - just my memory of what doctors and nurses here in australia have said
Dealing with opiate withdrawal can be less damaging than extreme levels of pain.
Pain is not just a feeling. At extreme levels it reprograms the nervous system in ways that are really, really bad long term.
I’m so sorry to hear about the pain. Doctors don’t take oral pain seriously enough.
Don’t forget you can ice it too. Alternating ibuprofen/acetominophen thing is your best bet outside of more serious pain meds, but ice is effective for numbing pain.
NO DO NOT TAKE THEM TOGETHER.
You need to alternate them. Taking them together creates negatively synergistic effects which ruins your health.
FOR ANYONE READING DO NOT MIX IBUPROFEN AND ACETAMINOPHEN
No!
DO NOT MIX ibuprofen and acetaminophen!
You need to alternate these in schedule:
Note that the upper end doses I mentioned are SHORT TERM dosages. Don’t do that more than a couple of days.
OP a lot of people are advising you to COMBINE ibuprofen and acetaminophen.
DO NOT MIX THESE TWO DRUGS; INSTEAD, ALTERNATE THEM
You can alternate them, taking ibuprofen, then later taking acetaminophen.
But don’t mix them. I’m sorry for spamming the allcaps throughout this thread but there is very dangerous medical advice being given.
Discover Advil Dual Action, an FDA-approved over-the-counter pain medication that combines acetaminophen and ibuprofen in a powerful single dose.www.advil.com
They sell ibuprofen with acetaminophen at the pharmacy, off the shelf, so that's not an issue.
It is recommended to alternate between the two so that you are always under the effect of either one and it reduces the pain throughout the day, instead of having big spikes of pain/no-pain.
It's perfectly safe to take them at the same time and was the exact advice given to me after having my wisdom teeth extracted. You can even buy medication that has both ingredients. One is metabolized by the kidneys and the other by the liver.
This combination is actually shown to work better than opiates for dental pain
Seriously just don’t even say it. Your Poes Law thing requires an active click to see.
OP is a person in pain, whose head is in a new configuration (which is disorienting, reducing their cognitive capacities until the proprioceptive remapping is complete).
The danger of a misread is just too great.
Just gonna keep repeating this PSA everywhere I see this advise:
DO NOT MIX IBUPROFEN AND ACETAMINOPHEN; INSTEAD ALTERNATE THEM
Basically, one can avoid being traumatized by a thing by choosing to willingly embrace it.
Trauma comes when the mind is recoiling.
The pain will still hurt when being embraced, but it won’t “scar” a person the way pain experienced on retreat will.
I'm in a similar situation. Have tried to get where you're at, but have been quoted in the $30,000 price range. There is no insurance that covers any of that cost, and they all want payment up front.
Any suggestions?
I don't know what your dentist is on (he must be high on something) to agree to remove all your teeth at once.
I had all my wisdom teeth pulled and they did that two per side, as otherwise the sedative would relax the tounge muscle, which might cause you to choke. After that I got sent home with a big stack of painkillers (NSAIDS, no opiates).
I'd look for a different dentist tbh, but thats a bit late now.
OP likely had a disgusting rotting mouth, with deep gingival pockets-of-pus, from never flossing and brushing their fucking teeth.
My friend is a periodontal surgeon and tells me the most horrendously disgusting shit people tolerate and that level of extraction sounds close to one of his very gory horrific descriptions of people neglecting simple oral hygiene.
he claims his mouth can't be numbed
This is a thing. My wife has to get lots of extra shots of the gum numbing stuff. Her first dentist as a kid didn't believe her that she could still feel and it caused her huge trauma.
I'm guessing your wife might be a redhead and/or has Ehlers Danlos Syndrome as both groups are resistant to certain types of local anesthesia.
I have the latter and novocaine does next to nothing for me without using massive volumes.
Assuming I'm vaguely correct, if she hasn't done so already, consider trying articaine, bupivacaine, or mepivacaine. I explained my situation to my dentist and he allowed me to trial each before jumping into dental work. Articaine was the first we tried and it works great for me.
Here's the article I provided as evidence I'm not just crazy: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6834718/
People with the Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes (EDS), a group of heritable disorders of connective tissue, often report experiencing dental procedure pain despite local anesthetic (LA) use.PubMed Central (PMC)
NHS medicines information on possible interactions with ibuprofen and other medicines, herbal remedies and supplements.NHS website (nhs.uk)
NHS medicines information on possible interactions with ibuprofen and other medicines, herbal remedies and supplements.NHS website (nhs.uk)
Not sure what's available where you're at without a prescription, but I recommend Orajel or any equivalent ulcer/tooth ache gel.
In addition to the other things you're already using, you can steep black tea bags in warm water and gently bite on that. The tannins help with bleeding and inflammation.
A mouthwash or spray with Cetylpyridinium Chloride in the ingredients list will help with healing, but don't buy a mouthwash that has alcohol/isopropyl in the ingredients. Dentyl, Oral B Gum detoxify, Parodontax, Biotene Dry Mouth Spray are all good.
I had several teeth removed from my inside my jaw that never came out and had a bone graft placed in the area that had to heal for 6 months before dental implants were placed. The mouthwash definitely helped me heal faster from that surgery than when I had my wisdom teeth out the year before and didn't use any. Just do a gentle rinse dont swish it around hard! You don't want to disturb the blood clots and get dry socket.
I hope you start to feel better soon!
They're not American??
You do realize that more than one place in the world doesn't have free healthcare, and that there are legitimate problems with many healthcare systems around the world?
Elitism helps no one.
Sorry about that dude! This doesn't help with the pain right now, but they've just started human trials on a new therapy that re-enables your tooth buds, allowing you to grow a new set of adult teeth. Maybe it'll be available soonish 🤞
https://www.newsnationnow.com/health/tooth-regrow-drug-dental-health/
Similar issues (no floride as a kid, natually crooked). I floated the idea of getting mine replaced all together with my dentist a couple months ago. She advised against it, said it would change the sense of taste / food taste. I dunno if that's accurate, but it put me off the idea for a bit.
My brother had his removed a few years ago (he spent years dipping tobacco). He looked like he'd been in a car wreck with serious bruising under his eyes. I don't know how long he had that look as I was visiting and didn't see the full recovery.
idk man, that's been my experience in Finland between the public and private healthcare. The public one is completely free, yes, but it's also sometimes rather shit in some things. It's usually pretty good for most things, and free cancer care and whatnot. But psychiatry, dentistry, eh... not as great.
Buut... the difference between a public and a private dentist is night and day. I have gotten good care in the public system as well, but I've never got bad care from private, whereas I've had horrible experiences in the public system. A few good ones, but mostly bad.
I have free healthcare, but I still dropped a grand on dentistry. For one because the public healthcare wouldn't fix cosmetic issues, and I had a bit of dental calculus in a tooth so it looked like I always had a small piece of oregano stuck on a teeth or something. I was comfortable with money at the time so I payed for laughing gas and to all cavities and whatnot. Good service, pretty expensive. But before that I had avoided the dentist for a few years because of an extremely painful experience with the last public dentist I went to.
I just replaced mine as they were abscessed or impacted and I didn't notice a change, but that was over several years. I would have died in the middle ages.
If you can afford it I recommend getting the worst of them replaced with implants. If you can't then get some partial dentures to replace whatever you've lost. It will help both your confidence and quality of life.
fyi tylenol is a brand name drug of paracetamol (or in the US i believe acetaminophen)
i believe it and ibuprofen relieve different causes of pain, and in australia we’re advised that both paracetamol/acetaminophen and ibuprofen work well in conjunction
… also ibuprofen and caffeine are acrually a great combo for pain relief! so much so they they sell the combination as a product
that’s SO wrong… in australia our doctors and surgeons FREQEUENTLY tell us to take both ibuprofen and paracetamol (which is what most of the world calls acetaminophen) together
perhaps you’re thinking of taking and
ie do not take tylenol and paracetamol/acetaminophen, since they’re the same and you’re double dosing
chiming in again, because this is FLAT OUT WRONG
combining these is the instructions we are given in australia by doctors and surgeons. it’s not only okay, it’s RECOMMENDED to avoid needing stronger pain killers
when i had surgery i got a tray of 10 for when the pain became unmanageable, and was told ibuprofen and paracetamol as per instructions otherwise… extremely limited supply is a real help to ensure you understand the “UNMANAGEABLE” part
i ended up using 10 and disposing of the rest
Your doctor will only prescribe opiates in the most extreme cases? I'm not buying it at all. Getting all your teeth removed is under no uncertain terms a MAJOR case of extreme pain and precisely what they should be used for. Also, you're a fool thinking that taking them after a surgery like this will lead to a "hard drug habit." Also, no mention of any antibiotics? Sounds like you don't want to fall into a hard successful recovery habit either. And last but not least... An oral surgeon removing all teeth at once?!?!
I also read your comment about this being because of free healthcare and I call bullshit on that as well. There's only two possible explanations for this predicament you're in. The first is that this is a completely bullshit story which I'm leaning towards. Second is that you went to a unlicensed and illegal place that did this procedure. This would make the most sense with your admission of a complete lack of communication and proper prescriptions.
Lol there's even people accusing me of making it up or going to an illegal dentistry.
If you really want I can post pictures, but I warn you; they really aren't pretty. I suppose I could also post the two or three pages of "aftercare" I got.
All in all, it seems a case of "This hasn't ever happened to me, and it's not my experience, so therefore, it can't have happened to anyone, ever". Whatever floats your boat.
Hi. You've gotten a lot of comments already. I hope this one is not lost in the pile.
When I was 39 I had all my remaining teeth extracted in one go. There were somewhere between 12 and 18, since many were remnants and not whole teeth.
Due to the fact that previously in my life I had addictions of many kinds, mostly alcohol and meth related, I was not prescribed opiates. When the procedure was done, I was awake and given only a local anesthetic.
After they were removed, I was given Amoxicillin (antibiotic) and Prednisone (steriod). They recommended I take Ibuprofen and to avoid acetaminophen (same as paracetamol i think). The latter due to many over the counter versions of it have caffiene. That brings me to my first advice.
Avoid caffeine at all costs. It will increase your pain, make you edgier and you may grind your gums in your sleep. Check your paracetamol packaging, make sure it does not have caffeine. You might want to avoid it regardless because it can irritate your stomach lining and you'll be swallowing a lot of blood which increases your chance of vomiting.
If you vomit, you will almost certainly get dry socket.
You do not want dry socket.
Ice cream is painful. Anything too cold or too hot is painful. Soup should be room temperature.
Bouillon cubes aren't bad, if you can get liquid soup stock or broth, it works better.
Do not eat breads for at least a week or two. It sticks to you clots. That can easily lead to dry socket.
You do not want dry socket.
Same thing with (american) bananas. They might seem perfect but they can cause dry socket potentially from their stickiness.
I have had dry socket. Once from smoking cigarettes. Once from being clumsy with a spoon. It was the worst pain of my life until I had to pass a few kidney stones.
Avoid foods that require cooking. You don't want to cook.
One a day shakes should be your new best friend. Meal replacement shakes. Here in the states they come in chocolate and vanilla and don't taste terrible. Brands include Ensure, Boost, Slimfast and a ton of others. They are packed with protein. They often have vitamins in them too. You can just pour the shake right into the back of your gullet. Bypass your gums and tongue entirely.
Another medication to consider is sleeping pills. I'm spelling them wrong but see if you can get Amitryptaline or Tramadol. Sleep as much as you can while your body heals.
Water, water, water.
Drink at least 2 liters a day. Never drink more than 1 liter in an 8 hour period because water poisoning is very uncomfortable. If your pee is clear, you don't need to drink water for awhile. The better hydrated you are, the faster you will heal. Drink a lot of water after drinking one of those meal replacement shakes if you can find them. Your body will absorb the water better. Same applies to the soup stock.
On that note, shower. If it is too painful, take a bath. Again, this helps you stay hydrated, plus is will improve your mood possibly, which in itself can ease the pain.
Move. Walk around the block if you can. You want to get your heart rate up and keep it up for about 15 minutes, twice a day. Again, this helps your body heal faster. Walking is great unless you are a daily runner, in which case run. Walking is enough for most people.
A perfect routine would be:
1. Wake up. Drink some water.
2. Drink a protein shake and some water. Take your medications with them.
3. Walk around the block. Or if unsafe or to pained, walk in place. Get that heart rate up.
4. Shower or bath.
5. Go back to sleep.
6. Repeat 3-4x per day, depending on how much you can sleep. It gets harder to sleep the more your do it. The exercise helps a lot.
I am not a dentist or medical professional.
I am not a professional of any kind.
This advice is all from personal experience.
Here's some useless personal information that can be skipped:
December of 2021 when my teeth were all removed. Since then I have gotten dentures. They didn't fit and hurt to wear and needed adjustments, but the dentist that made them quit the business a week after I got them. Other dentists would not take my insurance or work on them for liability purposes. Sucks being in america. I opted to get implants instead. I'm supposed to have a full set of teeth in about a month, at age 42, for the first time in my entire adult life.
Good luck. May dry socket never happen to you.
Edit after reading a few of the comments here.
Fuck these naysayers that think you're making this up. Even if you are, fuck 'em. Trying to shit on a person while they are already down. No benefit at all, just cynics, they're disgusting.
I'm going to add that my teeth were in terrible shape long before I had addiction problems. My dental problems were due to braces getting fucked up and mangled beyond belief by a scammy dentist/ortho.
Medicaid and Medicare can be free healthcare in the states. While I don't think OP is in the states, it is a thing that the poorest of people can receive and the care is exactly what you pay for. All the questions about speaking to a doctor or the dentist about pain management are laughable, knowing that for the poor in the states, that simply doesn't happen in many areas.
People saying OP deserved it from not brushing or questions about how one could need a full extraction at age 40 are ignorant and can't summon even the smallest bit of empathy. These types along with the naysayers can go fuck off back to reddit or 4chan or whereever they came from. They are not adding to the conversation.
If you have read all this, anyone not just OP, I hope you have a nice day.
Thank you for the advice, you've made me realize I'm unintentionally given myself a dry socket.
Can not 2nd how much pain I was in, you wish the pain were so intense you'd simply black out. You won't though
Fantastic writeup!
A teeny tiny correction, taking a bath will in fact dehydrate you (only a small bit, unless you have a Swimmingpool and move, then it'll dehydrate you much more)
I had a friend do this. It was utter misery for over a year. Most of his teeth were shattered, so he had to wait for a lot of fragments to expel naturally.
Do not discount pain management that involves opioids. Not saying to use them for weeks nor do I know your personality for bad habits, but if it gets bad please don't suffer for no reason. Getting ibuprofen or acetaminophen with low dose codine may be a good middle ground and is even available over the counter in some countries. Extended pain is mentally exhausting and isn't worth the hit on your mental health.
f you are struggling taking pills, get liquid ibuprofen. Sometimes you can get a chemist to make a suspension for you, otherwise get childrens. I do that if my throat gets too infected and I am unable to swallow. Honestly, it works far better than the pills and I needed a lot less.
Best thing is to be honest with your doctors, even if you do not want anything stronger. Be sure to communicate any discomfort due to ill fitting dentures. Ask questions if anything unexpected comes up. My friend's doctor was super shitty and didn't even tell him about all of the left over fragments that still had to come out on their own.
Because they state that free healthcare is automatically bad healthcare. Which, as a general statement, is just wrong.
Free Healthcare is a broad term for dozens of different policies in dozens of different countries. Just because OP's specific country has problems, doesn't mean that every single implementation of free healthcare leads to bad healthcare. Also a similar rhetoric is used as a dog whistle by the far right in the USA.
Additionally they are using a specific question about their situation, to rant about a much broader topic. This soapboxing called behaviour is generally frowned upon.
So the comment in isolation is wrong, attention seeking & looks like written by someone who is something between a manchild, that is unable/unwilling to present a nuanced opinion, and a nazi. All of which are imho criteria for a downvote.
You may be right. The combination of ibuprofen and aspirin might be the thing I was advised against by my doctor. It was back in 2019 that I had this event so my memory could be hazy.
On the other hand, when’s the last time you saw a box of Combogesic on the shelf?
Those rocket icecreems
Cold pack
Eat stuff you don't have to shew... So you don t open the wounds again.
2% betadine mouth wash... Not against pain but to keep more pain away.
I love the 1000 paracetamol with codeine alternated with brufen 600.
In a day or 2 it will be beter. Hang on.
I don't have much advice to offer, but I wish you the best
I do have a friend who self medicates with marijuana and CBD products for pain management. They have a number of undiagnosed and late diagnosed health problems they're working through that cause different kinds of pain. Depending on local legality and availability that could be an option. Just keep dosage extremely low of you've never tried it before, as in single digit milligrams low dosage as the side effects of too high of a dose can be unpleasant
Clove oil. You can get it in a tiny vial at the chemist. You pick off small bits of cotton, roll them into little balls, and dip into the clove oil. Wring out most of it against the side of the bottle, then place directly on the site of pain and bite.
In your case you might want to make strips of cotton or something.
It tastes absolutely horrible and will make your whole mouth numb, but it is antiseptic and will give you enough relief to sleep.
Holy shit... When I got my wisdom teeth out, I literally broke down in tears after being awake for 20 minutes without Percocet
Friend, it's ok to take opiates sometimes...
Kratom could be an option. You make it into tea, the first cup is a weak stimulant, the second (on an empty stomach) will start to work as a weak opiate. The third or fourth might give you stronger relief. The red strains are supposedly better for pain relief
You can't OD on it, it's commonly available in head shops or online. The addiction potential is very low, you'll make yourself nauseous before getting what you'd get out of normal opiates. It's most closely related to the coffee plant - the toxicity concerns are all about contamination, the plant itself is pretty innocuous
I can give brewing instructions if anyone wants to go down that path, I drink it for anxiety but others say it helps with pain management
You're confusing dependence for addiction.
Dependence is the tolerance one develops over time and the withdrawal someone suffers after stopping a drug.
Addiction is behavioral disorder that refers to the desire a person feels for the effects of a drug.
most people dont develop an addiction to opiods when taken as directed by your doctor.
Recently I switched to Fedora 40 from Ununtu. Now, I am facing this weird problem, whenever my laptop suspends I cannot use the power button to wake my laptop if it's in tablet mode. It works fine in normal case. Also, this wasn't an issue in Ubuntu. Anyone knows how I can change it?
I am using a 2in1 laptop (Dell) if it's relevant
cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/post/206134
Recently I switched to Fedora 40 from Ununtu. Now, I am facing this weird problem, whenever my laptop suspends I cannot use the power button to wake my laptop if it's in tablet mode. It works fine in normal case. Also, this wasn't an issue in Ubuntu. Anyone knows how I can change it?I am using a 2in1 laptop (Dell) if it's relevant
Recently I switched to Fedora 40 from Ununtu. Now, I am facing this weird problem, whenever my laptop suspends I cannot use the power button to wak…piefed.social
Edit: that was wrong, 31 is convertible
I might be wrong, but I think I understand why it's happening. Running
$ cat /sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id/chassis_typeMaybe the power settings are not set up correctly in Tablet mode (I don't know if there are seperate settings for normal and tablet mode).
Or as another responded, the button might count as a keyboard and thus is disabled in tablet mode. What happens if you press the power button when the device is awake and in tablet mode?
What happens if you press the power button when the device is awake and in tablet mode?
It does nothing.
I'm trying to decide whether it would be worth spending an additional 2 years upgrading my associates to a bachelor's in CS or not.
I don't see much of a demand for the RHCSA in my area (Toronto, Canada) but I see that basically every job posting has a degree requirement.
I'd be 25 by the time I finish school with the degree but I honestly just want to start applying for jobs I don't want to waste time.
I have the A+, CCNA and LFCS. I get my associates next week.
I'm aware that I'll probably get a bunch of responses of people saying "I don't have a degree or certifications!" but I'm genuinely confused as to how you're in IT without either of those things unless you knew someone or got in very early so some elaboration would be nice.
The main focus in this release has been to port labwc to wlroots 0.18 and to grind out associated regressions. Nonetheless, it contains a few non-related additions and fixes as described below. The...GitHub
I occasionally see news stories of a robbery or burglary where the perpetrator cops some scratch tickets along with the other stuff.
with the lottery folks simply be able to void that batch of tickets? or, even more, use those tickets to catch him if he tries to cash in?
I don't see why not. Each one has a unique serial number, and they would track which ones went to which stores.
I doubt it's worth the hassle if they stole a few tickets, but if there was a major theft or a murder then definitely.
if somebody rips off a partial roll, can you tell exactly where the bad tickets begin?
also thank you for a direct response.
That you can "do everything that windows does". You can't. You can do similar things, you can do different things, you can do basic things, yes, but Linux can't do everything that windows does.
disclaimer: on linux since 2006
Could you give an example of something linux can't do?
Or are you alluding to windows software not running on linux even with wine etc?
Digitally sign a PDF with a couple of clicks.
So far, I have spent about 6 hours (sporadically over the past 3 years) trying to set up a way to do this, yet ultimately it didn't ever work at all. And every time I end up using some online third party service just to get it over with.
I did it on Windows once and the setup was a simple 5 step wizard. After which digitally signing a document just works with a couple of clicks.
Bonus round:
Then again, it's not about Linux, it's just about your-favorite-few-click-program not being available for Linux.
There's nothing technically preventing Adobe from making Reader & Acrobat for Linux (they actually used to, around 2007 I even worked in a L10N company and we tested it.) It's just a business decision.
Once you start asking questions of why eg. Photoshop is not on Linux while eg. Firefox, VLC or GIMP are on all platforms, you will learn stuff about the world, which has little to do with Linux per se.
Technically you are absolutely correct.
Practically, people need to get work done. And if they can't do it on Linux, they will use another OS. No matter whose fault it actually is.
No one in the Linux community wants to force users onto Linux. If they do that, then they are morons and should not be listened to.
Windows is blatantly forced on users through monopolistic practices and underhanded dealings going back decades.
I know what I actively will choose. Also it is my choice. It doesnt have to be your choice or even the right choice. Choose what you want and what you need. No one in the Linux community can or will force you to switch to Linux.
Evangelists exist in all communities. I was simply stating that people whose agenda to convert you to Linux may not always have other peoples best interests at heart. Clearly I don't have that agenda. I would prefer people made their own decisions and choices based on their own needs. Not forced into an untenable situation.
I like how upvote/downvote does not matter on Lemmy.
Its about free speech as in beer. And not censorship. We can have our opinions without fear of being the unpopular opinion.
Okular can digitally sign, invert colors (poorly hidden away so you need to customize the toolbar, but it has multiple ways, which is kinda cool).
TTS yes, but there seems to be progress. There is speech-dispatcher which could be used with piperTTS
Okular has no tripple click for whole line selection.
Other than that, setting up digitally signing with Okular never worked for me. Do you have a guide that worked for you?
Last Tuesday, loads of Linux users—many running packages released as early as this year—started reporting their devices were failing to boot. Instead, they received a cryptic error message that included the phrase: “Something has gone seriously wrong.”The cause: an update Microsoft issued as part of its monthly patch release. It was intended to close a 2-year-old vulnerability in GRUB, an open source boot loader used to start up many Linux devices. The vulnerability, with a severity rating of 8.6 out of 10, made it possible for hackers to bypass secure boot, the industry standard for ensuring that devices running Windows or other operating systems don’t load malicious firmware or software during the bootup process. CVE-2022-2601 was discovered in 2022, but for unclear reasons, Microsoft patched it only last Tuesday.
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The reports indicate that multiple distributions, including Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Zorin OS, Puppy Linux, are all affected. Microsoft has yet to acknowledge the error publicly, explain how it wasn’t detected during testing, or provide technical guidance to those affected. Company representatives didn’t respond to an email seeking answers.
Microsoft said its update wouldn't install on Linux devices. It did anyway.Ars Technica
“The SBAT value is not applied to dual-boot systems that boot both Windows and Linux and should not affect these systems,” the bulletin read. “You might find that older Linux distribution ISOs will not boot. If this occurs, work with your Linux vendor to get an update.”
Excuse me, those are the opposite of each other.
Since November 2022, several Linux distributions, including Ubuntu 22.04.2 and 20.04.6, have upgraded to shim 15.7, which provides a critical security update to address various vulnerabilities in the boot stack.Ubuntu Community Hub
I think you're misunderstanding the purpose of Secure Boot. It's not designed, nor very good at, preventing physical access. It's designed to verify the authenticity of the code you are booting each time, most generally to prevent remote attacks. Think of it more like how HTTPS works. The reason you commonly have to install new keys when installing Linux is because there are separate ones for the bootloader, the OS, and kernel modules. GRUBs is generally already in the database. The OS can be hit and miss, Canonical generally has theirs included for example. Then there's the kernel modules. If they were built and included in binary form, they're usually signed with the same key as the OS. But if they're built locally, say when you install NVIDIA driver's, then they're signed with a local key, which has to be enrolled. So it's similar to a self-signed HTTPS certificate. A lot of routers use those, and browser's will throw a big warning you have to click through. It's the same with Secure Boot. For example, if a virus tries to build a malicious kernel module, it will throw the same enrollment screen, which would let you know something's up if you didn't initiate it. There also has to be a password, that you set in userspace, and then re-enter on the enrollment screen, confirming that it's a requested action.
Disabling other keys won't prevent someone from simply entering the bios and disabling Secure Boot first if they have physical access, which would let them boot anything. If you want to prevent that, then the methods you would generally use is setting a system password in the BIOS it asks for each boot, or disabling other boot options (or the boot menu depending on the computer) and setting a BIOS password. However, if you're trying to prevent people from booting other OSes as a way to protect your files from being accessed, well someone could just take the drive out with physical access. The best practice there is to encrypt the drive with something like BitLocker, FileVault or LUKS/dm-crypt (basis of many distros full-disk encrypt features).
Edit: You could also have Secure Boot enabled, delete every other key and set a BIOS password if you wanted too.
I remember trying to push the limits with a Windows 10 VM, and 2GB was the bare minimum;
however, Windows loves to abuse virtual memory (basically using the main storage drive instead of RAM) and if that drive is a HDD the PC is little more than an IoT space heater.
A relative of mine has a Windows 10 PC with 4GB of memory and it takes ~ 5 minutes to start Chrome after booting it up; it does have a lot of miscellaneous bloatware on it, though.
I'm sure it was a terrible misunderstanding.
Anyway they are only hurting themselves.
Microsoft: you can have security updates
Users: good
Microsoft: just keep in mind they will make major changes and will totally change the desktop and settings.
Users: wait what Microsoft Edge opens
IMO it's a much better use case to use it for wireless PCVR, also the games I'm talking about don't work standalone, They are exclusive to the Oculus PCVR app on Windows
Can't even use a non-oculus headset to play them without workarounds
Sadly, no, the Oculus software suite is Windows only, no exceptions. If there are a couple must-plays on your list that are Oculus Store only, you'll have to keep Windows around. Who knows, maybe someday there will be some workaround, but that's not the case at the moment.
The good news is, for anything that isn't exclusive, ie on Steam or even Epic/GOG, there are options. I use a piece of software called ALVR. You install the ALVR server on your PC and the client on your Quest 2 (look into how to use Sidequest if you havent already). You launch both pieces of software, launch SteamVR on your PC, make sure the ALVR server sees it, connect the Quest client to the server, and voila, wireless PCVR on Linux. I'd say the performance is at ~85% of what you could expect on Windows natively, give or take 5 or 10% depending on your setup. By no means unplayable.
There is also OpenComposite. I know much less about this so it would be worth doing some research, but it basically bypasses SteamVR entirely. This would be especially handy for, for example, a VR game installed via Heroic Launcher (Epic, GOG, and Amazon games), where getting a game that requires SteamVR to actually see SteamVR would be a huge headache due to the separate prefixes/wine versions. There may be a way to accomplish that, but from what I can tell, OpenComposite is specifically designed to help avoid those headaches.
Yeah, pretty much what I thought, thanks
And yeah, for non Oculus exclusives I plan on using ALVR, I've tried it before but not in nearly two years, I hear it's gotten much better now though, And I even saw something claiming that sidequest wasn't even required anymore as of recently.
Stream virtual desktops and games running in Docker - games-on-whales/wolfGitHub
"secure" boot, the industry standard for ensuring that devices don't run software other than Windows during the bootup process
FTFY
Hey Microsoft: Windows is yours, GRUB is mine. I don't give a shit if GRUB is vulnerable, I'll fix that myself if I choose to.
Mind your own fucking business. The most you should ever do is let me know about it, not try to patch things you aren't responsible for...
It's free tho? Except for some minor limitations:
"The free downloadable demonstration version of Fade In includes all key functionality except for online realtime collaboration, and will place a watermark on any printed/PDF output."
And there are ways around those
The question mark made me think it was a question 😀
The other commenter started a strange argument on what is what.
Which screenwriting software? Have you tried running it under WINE?
And do you HAVE to use that one in particular? Or can you use something like Trelby, Manuskript, or Scrite?
BookLibConnect and AaxAudioConverter. I use them do download my Audible purchases. They are both written using WPF (or some other Windows API only GUI lib) and thus cannot be run on Linux. I might rewrite them using the newest C# cross platform library, but that library does not compile native on Linux, only on Windows... (Unless you use the community maintained version).
I did try to find replacement for both for them but their ease of use and the conversion tool for axx to m4b made it preferable to just install Windows in a VM.
As for WinSCP, it is a SFTP/FPT client that is really nice and I did miss it initially as well. But Nautilus file manager has both SFTP and FTP support built into it. And if you want a dedicated client, I can recommend Terminus (but I am not a heavy user, rclone in terminal does most of my heavy lifting).
A standalone Audible downloader and decrypter. Contribute to audiamus/BookLibConnect development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
Because some users are putting that data on Linux. So they want Linux to be killed.
They can't change grub. But they sure as hell can convince micro$org to search for and nuke it.
Of course no idea if this happened. Just answering why they would might want to.
Open Source Software for running Windows applications on other operating systems.appdb.winehq.org
It looks like some GRUB versions are fixed, e.g. possibly in Ubuntu from 22.10. Dunno if Fedora has the fixed version. I'm facing the same with my Mint/Windows dual boot; considering not booting windows till I'm ready to upgrade Mint to 22.
If you do get problems, it also looks like you can get around it by turning off secure boot until things are sorted.
If you're not an experienced Linux meddler I wouldn't recommend changing your bootloader from the default given by your distribution, but I guess if this is widespread most distros will upgrade their bootlodladers soon to deal with it.
Microsoft doesn't break grub, it does what is known as a "bootloader coup".
rEFInd is an easy way to fix without having to google magical console incantation after booting in an installer liveusb and then chrooting into the broken system
You USB boot that rEFInd stick and choose " install rEFInd" and you're done.
The only catch is the rEFInd is kind of a maze to find the rEFInd .iso
It is here
http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.14.2/refind-flashdrive-0.14.2.zip/download
They had to know this would happen, right?
Like, they didn't think to test with a dual booting system? Wtf?
Where do they even get off fixing a bug in grub?
Yeah, honestly it’s worked fine without any fiddling around. If it makes a difference, I tend to do things like let mint use non-free components if necessary, and I know I do have the “play drm stuff” option turned on I’m Firefox, even though the privacy and security stuff is all strict.
It’s just a Dell laptop with a discrete nvidia gpu in addition to the embedded Intel one. I think it works fine though with either the open drivers or the closed nvidia ones, but I don’t know if it touches that gpu.
On Fedora 39 I installed libunity to get notification badges on Discord but on upgrading to Fedora 40 I seem to have lost them. I still have libunity installed and I tried removing it and reinstalling it and it still dosen't work.
I'm using the native package on the KDE spin if that changes anything.
Would love to see if you guys have any ideas! Thanks
This might sound daft, but something similar used to work with live discs.
I've got Windows 10 and Mint 21.1 dual booting on my computer at the moment. Every so often I'll realise that I've missed something from my Windows installation. If it's important, I then have to boot to Windows to get the information, or the settings etc.
Is there a way to virtualise my Mint installation so that I can run both the OSs at once to make sure that I've got everything?
VirtualBox had a tool to do this with a live USB, but that was back in the MBR days, so it probably won't work with modern hardware.
EDIT: Sorry, I should clarify, Mint and Windows are on the same physical disc, and the plan is to remove Windows once I'm done.
That's good to know 😀
Is there anything special that I need to do, or do I just boot from the Mint boot drive?
Virtualbox runs in windows (or Linux).
But it's a dog as far as virtualization goes.
Sorry, yes, I know what VirtualBox is. My problem is that I want to access my existing Mint installation through my existing Windows 10 installation. Mint and Windows are on the same physical disc in separate partitions, and I don't want to have to reboot to do something like export my Thunderbird settings and emails from the Windows client if I'm in Mint.
It's a temporary stopgap solution while I switch because I have memory issues, and only tend to remember things when I need to use them (probably ADHD related, but that's another story)
Unfortunately, it looks like you're right 🙁
I can get VMware Player to recognise the partition, but the boot info is on another partition. As that partition is already in use, I'm getting an error. It might be possible to create another boot partition, or put the relevant info onto the Mint partition, but that's just going to make things even more complicated, and it's not worth it just to save some time.
If you're using the 'Pro' or 'Education' license for Windows 10, you can look into Hyper-V, which should allow you to boot a VM from a physical disk.
Hyper-V is built-in to Windows; & you just need to enable it in system settings.
Not sure if it works with partitions, if you're dual booting the OSs from separate partitions on the same disk -- it probably doesn't; in which case you might need to migrate Mint to its dedicated disk first.
Hyper-V will work with physical disk, but be warned - the wizard you run through when making a VM will make it look like you give the VM a VHD file for storage or nothing. Just attach no storage to the VM initially, then go into the VM settings after the wizard is complete to attach something besides a VHD.
Can't entirely remember if it handles partitions but I know it can boot particular disks and if the setting exists, that's where it would be
This is what I'm trying at the moment. I found this question on Super User that suggests it can be done, but like you say, the wizard makes it look like you have to use a file first.
I have a Windows 10 that I use daily, with VMware WS 14 installed on it. I also have another Ubuntu system installed on another hard drive on the same computer and it has been used only a few times...Super User
I might have hit my limit 🙁
VMware is letting me do something similar, and I've attached the Mint partition, but because the boot partition is separate and in use, it's not letting me go any further. There's probably a way around it, but it's beyond what I know how to do, and I don't want to risk breaking my Mint installation.
I'm not sure. I never ran into an issue with the boot partition last time I did this, but that was vmware fusion on a macos host in like... 2015 so. So while I would probably just yolo it and unmount the boot partition (or maybe try to migrate/reinstall to another drive so it can have its own boot partition?), you might be better off trying something else.
Either that or try another hypervisor
To be honest, I've given up. I was hoping that it would be something to make my life easier for a short while, but the amount of work to get it running is going to be more than just dual booting and swapping OSes for a while.
It's a shame, as it could be an interesting project, but it's quite a niche need going by some of the replies here, and isn't worth the effort.
Yes, you can run Linux in a VM.
But also: you should be able to access your Windows partition from Linux, as it supports NTFS and FAT filesystems, and view the files there.
What I do is I have one partition with Windows, one with Linux, and a third one (with an NTFS file system) for the files I need to access from both.
I think all the existing answers are on the basis of creating a new Linux VM.
And if I understand you correctly, you already have a bare metal Linux install that you want to run whilst Windows is up.
This is the best search result I could find:
https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=93437
It sounds like Virtualbox will indeed create a pseudo vhdx that points to a real partition, but windows is going to give you permissions drama.
The above link is out of date though, so its best viewed as info rather than guide.
Good luck.
Thanks for the link 😀
Unfortunately, it doesn't look like they got it working from a partition, but I've found this link for VMWare that might work:
I have a Windows 10 that I use daily, with VMware WS 14 installed on it. I also have another Ubuntu system installed on another hard drive on the same computer and it has been used only a few times...Super User
What you're asking is if you can run the existing Linux Mint on your drive within Windows running on the same drive?
It may be feasible if VirtualBox or VMWare are able to access/mount the existing Linux partition as if its a virtual drive, and boot the OS but its likely to be difficult. The main issue is that windows does not easily mount Linux partitions. It is also an edge case use for most users so there will likely not be much guidance on how to achieve this easily.
It might work more easily the opposite way round - boot Linux and mount Windows within Virtualbox but is not likely to be straightforward. Windows may be less flexible about being booted into a virtual machine with totally different hardware.
All this may be overkill to the problems you're trying to solve. You can mount the existing NTFS Windows drive within Linux Mint to access all your windows files without any virtualization. But I'm not clear what "settings" you're looking at when you boot back in to windows? That seems to be the stumbling block. Is is specific software / tools you're trying to migrate settings for?
Another approach may be to launch windows, create a new linux Mint VM in Virtualbox, share a folder between Linux VM and Windows host, create whatever settings you're trying to migrate in your VM Linux Mint, and when happy copy the home folder / settings folders into the shared folder. Then boot your PC into linux, mount the windows drive and pick up the settings files from the shared folder to migrate into your main Mint system. But whether that is even worth doing depends on what you're trying to migrate.
What you're asking is if you can run the existing Linux Mint on your drive within Windows running on the same drive?
Yes, exactly this. It used to be possible with live usb keys years ago, where you could boot the key normally and have a persistent live disc, but there was a Windows tool that would virtualise the key, letting you access the persistent disc from within Windows.
The reason I want to do it is for programs like Thunderbird, where you have to export your settings, email, etc. to be able to import them on the other OS. As far as I'm aware, this can't be done by just copying files, you have to export them first.
I have memory issues, so I often forget about a program until I need to use it, and if I'm already in Mint, it means that I have to stop what I'm doing and reboot, and then lose track of what I was doing in Mint. If I can access both OS at the same time, like with a virtual machine guest and host, I can just grab whatever I need until I've got everything transferred over.
AFAIK on Windows the physical disk containing the partition needs to be marked offline in Disk Management, and the disk or a partition given exclusively to VirtualBox running as administrator, otherwise access is limited to read-only
I would suggest checking some other sources as well, just in case this has changed over the years. If you do successfully pass the physical partition into VirtualBox read-write, you might need to set up a virtual disk with grub to boot into your physical Linux partition
Yeah, that's what another user found too. It doesn't look like VirtualBox can do it, but this thread suggests that VMWare might be able to. I'm just trying it now 😀
I have a Windows 10 that I use daily, with VMware WS 14 installed on it. I also have another Ubuntu system installed on another hard drive on the same computer and it has been used only a few times...Super User
This is definitely an XY problem and your solution is kinda insane.
Just install ntfs drivers on Linux, and ext4 drivers on windows.
Or if you truly need both constantly at the same time, ditch the physical install and commit to WSL
If Linux is configured to use LUKS and/or Windows is configured to use Bitlocker, it's not so simple as just installing the ext4/NTFS driver.
Also, neither Linux can run Windows programs (I'm aware of Wine, but AFAIK Wine won't run software already installed on an existing Windows installation) nor Windows can run Linux programs (I'm also aware of WSL, but apart from very specific chroot-ings, AFAIK one can't run software from pre-existing Linux installations)..
I run a Hackintosh's dual booting Mac OS and Windows. So you solution is not insane as some have pointed out.
What I would suggest is maybe running a NAS on your local network to act as your share. Obviously this won't help if you dont store your working files on your NAS, but its an idea. I know no way to directly share between the two machines as they are technically not on at the same time.
Thanks, but the sharing itself isn't the issue. I've got three other hard drives in this computer, and can access them all through each OS. What I want to be able to do is be using Windows and realise that I want something from a program on the Mint drive, or have Mint running and realise that I need something from a program on Windows, and just be able to get it without having to shut down everything and reboot.
I've got programs like Thunderbird where the data has to be exported before it can be imported in the Mint version, and the program has to be running for that to happen. With my memory, I keep forgetting about things like that until I'm in Mint and need the data, but in the time it takes me to reboot, get the data, and get back to Mint, I've forgotten why I needed it in the first place >.<
No worries, VMware or some of the other virtualization software's should work in this case as most other comments pointed out. Probably the most simple and straight to the point.
If you have the urge to tinker, another potential item or route you can look at is a proxmox machine. You can run multiple VMs in tandem at the same time. This would run on a standalone machine.
You would then be able to remote desktop into any virtualized OS on your home network. You can use a software like parsec which I like to access each machine from a clean interface.
Thanks for the suggestions, but you might be misunderstanding me. I've already got Windows 10 and Mint installed on the same drive, and I was hoping to find a way to boot the existing Mint installation as a VM under Windows.
There were Windows programs that could do something similar in the past, using VirtualBox, but it looks like the Linux distro needs to be on its own drive with its own boot partition for it to work.
It's literally been built into windows since Windows 10, natively.
Can you access another partition on the drive and boot it? I'm sure it's possible somehow. The VM part isn't really the problem here.
You might be misunderstanding what I want to do. I want to boot my existing Mint partition as a VM under Windows, not make a new VM with its own drive.
From what I can tell, it might be possible if the distro is on its own drive with its own boot partition, but my Mint installation is on a partition on the same drive as Windows, and they share the same boot partition.
Didn't misunderstand at all, you just used different wording.
You want to utilize an existing partition on the drive, as a VM image and boot it while you're in Windows.
The answer is yes, you can. Again, the VM part isn't the problem here. Virtualbox can do it, but they require some major workarounds in order to do.
This is just one example out of many out there on Google.
This is a tutorial I wrote up and posted up on my blog. I recently got Windows 7 and Ubuntu running in a dualboot. However, since I’m using more of Windows now I figured I should probably find a way to run Ubuntu inside my Windows.Jexel (Neowin)
Apologies, yes, I did misunderstand you.
I got VMware to recognise the partition, but it couldn't boot it. Everything I found said that the distro needed to be on a separate drive with its own boot partition. I found threads saying that VirtualBox couldn't do it either, but I'd be happy to be wrong 😀
I'm not at my computer now, so won't get a chance to try it for at least a few hours.
Thanks for the link and the information 😀
From what I can tell, they would both need their own boot partition, which is where I'm stuck. My Windows and Mint installations share a boot partition, and it causes problems for this.
I know that it's not very practical, for most people, but imagine having to use Windows for work or a specific game, and still being able to access your distro as normal. It could be handy for a small niche, and felt like an interesting challenge 😀
So a while back I threw Ubuntu 22 LTS on an old Surface Pro 3 and gave it to my Dad.
He loves it, but he's the type who's been burnt by updating software in the past, so he basically refuses any whenever prompted.
Been thinking about throwing Debian with Gnome on it for a while, and wondering if it's stable enough to just let updates happen automatically in the background?
I got no experience with Debian I basically jumped right on EndeavourOS as my main distro when I started using Linux full time.
I just migrated a bunch of servers to Bookworm.
That was the first time ever I had any issues. There was a dependency loop that kept some packages from finishing installation.
Simply running apt dist-upgrade a second time fixed it.
That being said, don't just point your sources.list to the new version and dist-upgrade. It usually works, but for a production system, always read the guide and follow the steps that are relevant for you:
https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/release-notes/ch-upgrading.html
Better than anything else, IME. My home server hasn't had a fresh install since Debian 8. It's now on 12 and each time I just dist-upgrade.
There are sometimes the odd breakage, but it's a lot less hassle than reinstalling everything. (we use EL at work and that takes months to migrate to new machines)
Linux Kernel for Surface Devices. Contribute to linux-surface/linux-surface development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
Ah okay, GNOME is great for touchscreen indeed. I'm just not so sure if it's a great match for Debian. I have used Debian with GNOME and I don't think ot's great at all.
On the other hand, GNOME on Fedora is awesome!
I sympathise with your Dad - everyone's had updates go bad, and it's easy to assume the "don't fix what ain't broke" mantra. But to do so is being willfully ignorant of basic computer security. And to be fair, Debian-stable is one of the least troublesome things to just let automatically update.
Debian and Ubuntu have the unattended-upgrades package which is designed to take a lot of the sting out of automatic updating. I'd recommend setting that up and you won't have to touch it again.
There's also the crontab way - "apt-get update && apt-get upgrade" at frequencies that suit you. (A check for reboot afterwards is a good idea).
Since we're talking Ubuntu, I'd add
"flatpak update" and "snap refresh" to the cron
Good call, thanks, although I just use -y normally.
Not a personal fan of flatpacks - I tend to stick to distro packages, but each to their own.
I understand having updates go south on you, I do use a rolling release on my own PC, Annnnd Windows 10 before that.
But I'm paranoid about security, increasingly so in recent times. So I at least want him on an updated web browser.
I'm a debian-er at heart, as much as I'd praise it (and have, in other thread in this post), there's one issue that might be relevant. Almost all of this has been with Debian 10 and 11, I think it's been improved in 12, though, but I'm not sure.
See, I have sister to whom I gave laptop with Debian & Xfce. And created normal (non-admin, non-sudo) users for her as well as both of her kids. Now when they login, NetworkManager will refuse to let them use Wi-fi connection, and require them to choose a different (admin) account and type its password.
Unfortunately although I've been seeing this issue for years now, I never had an opportunity to test it properly, since it always seems to happen to non-admin users only. Also I'm not sure if NM can properly manage connections if a non-admin user creates it -- will it let other non-admin define the same connection? And I spend 99% time on a desktop (mini-pc) with ETH connection, being sudoer, and no Xfce, so I never get to "enjoy" any of these.
(This is also particularly ironic because I always set up wireguard and tell them "if you have any problem, just call me, I can fix it remotely" -- and then literally the only problem they ever have is the one I can NOT fix remotely. 😆 )
Also sometimes after login the system will bug them with "unlocking keychain" dialog which can't be closed, but that could be just side effect of the NM issue and/or just Xfce thing.
I've diverged from Debian for desktop use for a few years now (no particular good reason, just for fun) but I have extended family with about the same affinity to updates as your dad.
I think automatic updates for regular end users are nice nowdays, especially if you don't customise stuff too much (DEs, wm, things like that). And even if some issues ever occur in return you get a continuously up-to-date and safer system (imho worth it). And its not like not-updating os solves the issues, it just postpones them, potentially snowballs them (and in that case I just reinstall it).
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I switched my dad to Tumbleweed like 3 years ago & set weekly automatic updates, literally no issues with it.
As for serves, Im all for automatic updates in home environment, since my kinda worst case scenario is rolling back to a previous snapshot.
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Maybe I could set backup services on a separate node with delayed updates ... but I need more motivation (a clusterfuck) for that.
I've been running Debian stable on my decade-old desktop for about 3 years, and on my ideapad that's just as old for about 5. During that time I had an update break something only once, and it was the Nvidia driver what did it. A patch was released within a three days.
Debian epitomizes OS transparency for me. Sure, I can still customize the hell out of it and turn it into a frankenix machine, but if I don't want to, I can be blissfully unaware of how my OS works, and focus only on important computing tasks (like mindlessly scrolling lemmy at 2 am).
Luckily the laptop doesn't use Nvidia.
Hopefully soon my own desktop won't either >.>
Fedora Silverblue downloads new OS versions in the background and boots the newest version after a reboot. I use this for older family member who's been traumatised by Windows updates. I have also turned off notificantions that show up after a new boot with a fresh version.
The same goes for Flatpaks. Just updates without make a fuzz.
Its nice to give old people some peace of mind regarding their computing needs!
I've been using almost exclusively Debian for over 15 years now, and experimenting with it (not stable) couple years longer. Last time I had issues booting or upgrading was loooong time ago, but I think I was using sid back then. (Yeah, I was young & restless back then! 🧓 🙃 )
Traditionally, the flipside of this was that the packages were sometimes old. Maybe 10 years ago I would still have reasons to complain about some parts being too old but nowadays I have basically no issues. Especially since most such gaps can be filled with flatpak or AppImage. (I rely on flatpak for Signal, Telegram, Minecraft, and AppImage for NeoVim and several other things.)
(My usage is development under i3+alacritty+nvim, browsing using qutebrowser (running directly from git repo), Firefox and Chromium, sometimes gaming, mostly steam or gog.)
One point, though, In my experience Firefox is updating much more often than "once a year", which is annoying because it basically goes on a strike every time.
once a year
I honestly forgot Debian had a none stable version.
He's not too picky with web browsers as long as it...well browses the web.
I'll give it a go and hopefully get 4 years away from being tech support. Thanks!
None, I use Docker for Linux, and Proton (Heroic) for Windows.
But if I had to pick a virtual machine: libvirt with virt-manager as a frontend, which uses KVM for virtualization.
From my other comment:
Then I created a Docker image with Linux, Gnome, and novnc so I can spin one up instantly with little resource overhead and control it from any web browser.
Maybe I should release my Dockerfile.
A web accessible Virtual Machine powered by Docker, Debian, and noVNC.nowsci.com
A web accessible Virtual Machine powered by Docker, Debian, and noVNC.nowsci.com
A web accessible Virtual Machine powered by Docker, Debian, and noVNC.nowsci.com
How "scriptable" is virt-manager?
My biggest issue with VirtualBox is that I have to install OSes as if I'm actually installing them. There aren't any images (at least that I'm aware of) that can run with a command, like deploying an EC2.
I started getting sad about climate change two years ago after seeing Planet Earth and many documentaries. I completely changed my lifestyle to reduce my part and put significant effort into it.
But seeing rich celebrities who use as much as a common man's lifetime resources in a week or two, and others who barely put in any effort to combat it, and corporations fucking the entire planet for quarterly profits, I get this feeling that my efforts are even worth it.
Slowly, I told myself that evolution failed itself by giving a bit more individual selfishness over community/species survival. Just like human beings, Earth's time has started to end. Its death is inevitable. Everything should come to an end. Only if evolution had given a bit more thought to species survival, we would be in a much better place.
How do you all deal with this?
First of all, I saw a therapist, and they helped. Truly, if it's bad enough, go talk to someone.
Now what I personally do? The biggest thing was learning that I can't carry the weight of the world on my shoulders. I have a habit of doing that. I'm a very empathetic person so when I see climate change I just fall into a spiral that's hard to get out of. Learning that I need to focus on what I can change is the most important.
So, I do what you already touched on. I am not going to get Shell to stop polluting, but I can change myself, and those near me. I have switched my entire home away from fossil fuels (heat pump, electric water heater), when it was time for a new vehicle I went for an EV, and even then I take the bus and train whenever I can now. I'm looking into an e-bike.
That still wasn't enough so I'm starting to get into local politics a bit. City council issues, local neighborhood issues, those are things I can help control. My city is trying to push a natural gas ban on new housing, and conservatives are frothing, but it's something I can push and help with. I'm pushing for more transit in our area, with more bus lines. And my ultimate one, writing letters and trying to ban fucking leaf blowers god fucking damnit just use a goddamn rake they're so fucking loud and pollute so much.
That helps me personally. And hey, if everyone did these things, we'd make a dent on climate change. I can't change everyone, I can't do everything myself, but I can influence those around me.
This is going to get some upset
On an individual level, there is not much you can do. Because of that why let it get to you? If you do not effect the outcome it shouldn't be on your radar.
Someone said to me once "Relax! Nothing is under control."
Worry about what you can control —which is very little, especially when facing a world crisis like climate change— and accept what you can't.
The people who should be fixing this mess are not you or I. It's the big corporations and the Governments that should regulate them through robust, uncompromising climate policies. Vote for Governments with honest, solid climate agendas.
Other than that, contributions from individuals like you and I are but a drop in the boiling ocean of global warming. By all means, keep doing what you're doing. It certainly doesn't hurt to lead a more sustainable lifestyle but don't feel bad if you don't do everything you're supposed to do. Don't let the real culprits here gaslight you into thinking otherwise.
Again, if you're worried more about your mental health than the problem itself at this stage, it's ok to feel that way. Many of us do. But the best advice I can give you is to just accept there's nothing you can really do about the situation. Whatever happens, happens. Easier said than done, I know, but once you "learn" to accept this fact, your anxiety will drop right down.
Yep. Fix what you can control, and accept what you cannot. You cannot control what others do, you can only try to persuade. What you can control is your reaction to it.
OP, you may want to try reading some books on stoicism.
Everything this guy said.
I've struggled with anxiety my whole life. But my anxiety is about things that I can control. I don't worry about climate change, or wars or pandemics or whatever, because it's pointless worrying about things that you can do literally nothing about.
The problem with your viewpoint is that it's little more than a thought experiment. Realistically, you will never get all 8 billion people who inhabit this planet to make the necessary lifestyle changes needed to combat climate change.
https://www.wri.org/insights/4-charts-explain-greenhouse-gas-emissions-countries-and-sectors
This one throws has some good figures: https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/global-greenhouse-gas-overview
Sources we could attribute to individuals:
* Transportation (15%): including public transport
* Buildings (6%): this includes energy usage and waste
In total, 21%. Even if we said that's still a 21% we could do something about, besides switching to a green energy provider and using an EV instead of diesel cars (which is a good move though sourcing the Lithium-Ion batteries these EVs is a big problem in and of itself), what else is there for the average Joe to do? Companies and governments should give individuals the option to lead a sustainable lifestyle. At the moment, the reality is the options simply do not exist or are so expensive that are out of reach for the vast majority of consumers.
On the other hand, we have industrial and public usage...
That's a staggering 80% altogether.
You ever heard of the Pareto principle? It says that 80% of the consequences come from 20% of the causes. In this case, 80% of the emissions come from a minority of people (industry, corporations, etc.).
Oh there are huge problems with my viewpoint - I wouldn't even say it's rational lol! I think that's probably why I have trouble with the great rational arguments like yours (and many others in this thread).
I didn't know there was a proper name for the 80/20 rule, thanks!
This is the way.
Social media will jump from one super important and stressful thing that we all need to lose sleep over to the next with or without us. Yes, these things might be important, but a lot of online activism seems to be about who can scare more people into supporting X, Y, or Z with zero regard for the reader's mental health, the rhetoric used, or even being 100% factual.
It doesn't hurt to disengage every so often.
"Slowly, I told myself that evolution failed itself by giving a bit more individual selfishness over community/species survival."
There are a lot of great answers here already, but I would like to put forth the anticapitalist position that the quote above is likely false. Humans can work together, we have developed systems of cooperation that can deter selfishness from destroying a community. This is possible (and despite decades of propaghanda..popular!) What is stopping it is the greed for wealth and power of the 1% at the expense of everyone else and the planet. The masses of people are constantly trying to stop this, and mostly fail. But cracks in their power do open occasionally, and you just have to do what you can until a Crack is available for you to help widen. I think it's possible to win, but not through personal lifestyle changes and voting alone. Only through activism and protest is it possible. Most humans keep trying to solve this, and that gives me hope.
Earth’s time has started to end. Its death is inevitable.
Even in a worst case scenario life will continue on earth. It's honestly doubtful that humanity will end. This is not controversial among climate scientists. Don't get me wrong, societal collapse, mass human deaths and a huge extinction event are all on the table, but there are many lifeforms that will thrive.
I try to watch what I read online, and it truly helps.
Do:
Do NOT:
This is my solution. I've said it before, but think it should be repeated. The global population was half of today's when I was born. 4 billion instead of the current 8+ billion.
That means if half the population disappeared today, we'd just be back where we were in 1975.
Not having kids is the best thing I can do for both the environment, and myself.
Has the added benifit of leaving me as a passive observer who doesn't have a biological need to care about the future.
Focus on progress that has been made, solutions to the climate crisis have been growing exponentially over the past decade. And it's not a binary issue of everything is sunshine and rainbows vs we're all fucked. There's more of a spectrum. Also remember the past environmental successes we've had with like acid rain, the ozone layer, leaded gas, mercury pollution. We've come a long way.
Making any progress, no matter how small makes the future just that much better than it otherwise would be. Yes, systemic changes out of the control of anyone on Lemmy are needed, but if say every person on Lemmy worked towards reducing their own environmental impacts that could have huge ripple effects in the economy of the green transition. Just plan out pragmatically/realistically how much time, mental energy, and resources are worth it to you.
A lot things that individuals can do to help with the climate crisis often also have personal benefits like long term financial savings, less pollution exposure, healthier plant-based diets, etc.
I don't think about it.
Really, that is it, I don't deny climate change, it obviously is real.
But I am just an IT guy, I live alone, I commute with public transport, I have a small apartment, my car is a PHEV, bought used, consuming 4,5L/100km petrol on average.
I keep my computer turned off when I am out, I won't pretend that I am super eco friendly, I do fly from time to time, this year I've been to Spain twice. I also enjoy driving my car, but I am cutting back on it.
When celebs and VIPs are bombing around the planet in business jets, companies and governments are actively working against electrified rail or rail in general, and pushing for more car infrastructure, then I can see that me feeling guilty about driving my car for fun or just to get to cool photo spots won't make a difference.
Add to that the huge waste of energy that us crypto, and I have realized that yes we are fucked, but I have time to see cool stuff before everything goes to hell, so I try to use it.
I am planning on taking a trip down to germany next year and see some cool museums, and won't feel bad about it.
Notice how public discourse goes round & round in a lively show, but never seems to get anywhere?
This is strawman public discourse, and its largely by design.
Stop thinking, worrying and especially talking about climate change.
Instead talk about pollution & poison
Everyone can see it.
It can't be denied or handwaved or debated away.
STOP POISONING OUR AIR, WATER AND SOIL.
WE NEED THEM TO BREATH, LIVE AND GROW OUR FOOD. (duh)
The planet does
The planet which happens to be where we live and borrow atoms from to make our physical bodies?
Poisoning the planet is poisoning ourselves.
And that CO2 doesn't get magically cleanly teleported into the air. ~90% of annual CO2 emissions come from combustion, which is a source of multiple pollutants.
It's unclear what your point is? We cannot meaningfully separate the CO2 from the harmful processes which emit the vast majority of it. Maybe in some scifi future, but the current reality is extremely different.
Even if you developed some magic carbon removal method, the consensus is that is only part of the problem. Meanwhile we'd still be poisoning ourselves, how is that a good thing?
Because it means we can continue to poison the ecology we live in & somehow think we'll get away with it? That mentality only benefits the polluting industries.
It’s important to remember that scientists always focus on the evidence, not on opinions. Scientific evidence continues to show that human activities (primarily the human burning of fossil fuels) have warmed Earth’s surface and its ocean basins, whic…science.nasa.gov
Cynicism, trying to do what I can personally, voting and participating in politics, and just fucking hoping we're over estimating the effects or that we'll manage to come up with the political will to mitigate the worse effects.
Also, praying to Cthulhu that boomers hurry the fuck up and kick the bucket... at least the ones that aren't cool.
Looking at Trump's climate priorities (basically, burn as much coal as possible) and the people who support them fills me with disgust... it is as greedy and uncaring as our shitty late stage capitalism and I can't comprehend existing with so little empathy or foresight. The deniers are essentially incomprehensible to me so I avoid them whenever possible and just hope they'll die off faster than sane people.
People saying do nothing, I'm saying do something!
Get out start a community. If one already exists join it. Find ways to improve your community.
Go vegan.
There are so many things you can do. Don't accept doing nothing, be a stubborn fuck and do something to alleviate the sadness.
"There are so many things you can do. Don’t accept doing nothing, be a stubborn fuck and do something to alleviate the sadness."
Good words to live by. 😀
Go vegan.
Any climate activist who isn't vegan is just a virtue signalling poser.
“Evolution had given a bit more thought to species survival”.
… that’s not how evolution works, unfortunately. It requires us to do the thinking.
try and pay attention to China honestly. the seriousness they treat climate change with is the only thing that gives me hope that we'll beat it. some examples from very recently:
China’s embrace of rail and EVs stalls holiday petrol demand
China adds new clean power equivalent to UK’s entire electricity output
Shanghai to fully switch to new energy buses, taxis by 2027
China is on track to reach its clean energy targets this month... six years ahead of schedule
China Makes $31 Billion Nuclear Push With Record Approvals
China, the world’s largest pollution emitter, is going green with clean energy alternatives and doing so quickly. Recent energy reports...Scooter Doll (Electrek)
Capitalism is the cause of climate change. Corporations are interested only in max profits. This won't change under capitalist countries, ever. Study socialism and join a local org or party that you ideologically support.
China is controlled by the communist party and its policies aren't driven by short-term profits. There are corporations but they can't go against the interests of the Chinese society, unlike the USA. Look at how China generates more clean energy than the UK total electricity output.
Don't forget to go vegan
Data shows continued surge in wind and solar power amid hopes Chinese greenhouse gas emissions may have peakedFiona Harvey (The Guardian)
“The Skin of Our Teeth” YouTube is a stage play by Thornton Wilder. It highlights humanity’s long and storied history of careening from one disaster to the next. Each time, surviving by…the titular title!
We’ll wait until the last minute, then we’ll literally redefine Heaven and Earth, as we move them, to save ourselves.
We always have, we always will.
So you can wait for that to happen, or you can start right now by getting involved in politics. Be the voice you want to hear, encourage people to vote for candidates that will support legislation to do something about it.
That’s literally the very old saying, “You can be part of the problem, or you can be part of the solution.”
We're not facing a problem, we're in a predicament.
We always have, we always will
That's a statement of religious faith. We have barely ever even existed so it's plainly nonsense, and there is no rule of the universe that we must continue to exist or that we cannot unfixably destroy our planet's ability to support us. You're just baselessly asserting "they'll think of something".
You didnt mention children, so im assuming you dont have any. If so, keep it up. Staying child-free is likely the most effective personal decision you could make to reduce your environmental impact. Obviously, that doesnt mean you should feel free to dump your used motor oil in the street, but you also arent adding a lifetime worth of consumption to the pile. Further, even if you lived in a cave the rest of your life, someone is one broken condom away from invalidating your (lack of) contribution.
Further, the argument could be made that what we're doing to our environment is the "natural" way of things. Stick a bacteria culture in a petri dish and what does it do? It expands to the limits of its environment and consumes all available resources until there is nothing left it can use. Earth is our petri dish, and we're just going through the motions.
Staying child-free is likely the most effective personal decision you could make to reduce your environmental impact.
How do you reach this conclusion ?
You deal with it by recognizing that you’ve been consuming wildly exaggerated accounts of the effects of climate change.
It’s not going to end life on Earth. It’s not even going to end human civilization.
Things are gonna be tough. Much like they’ve always been. You are evolved for difficulty, and you can handle it. So can other people. We’re going to get through this.
George W. Bush may think that a war against Iraq is the solution to our problems, but the reality is, it will only serve to create far more.The Onion Staff (The Onion)
I started to care about it until I learned and discovered that we aren't dealing with recyclables as well as we should. We've been hampering people for decades to recycle, recycle and recycle. Some good have came from recycling, it has. But damn, we're not really doing enough as people think and it's a damn shame that truth is just shelved so we can keep lying to people about recycling.
I as an individual, realize I can only do so much, but I feel it is still in the responsibility and accountability of big corps and other companies that need to really step up more since they're bigger than me. I just think it's irresponsible of them to have it fall on the shoulders of average joe to clean everything up, when BP barely lifts a finger to fix it's own shit. How is it entirely my fault about how bad climate change has getting?
So you know what, I'll still take some of my own responsibility, yet until I see these corps and companies work double time to fulfill their end of the table, I'm just going to be a little lax on it.
Yes
I mean I would like to go back to hanging these fuckers but you know thats illegal.
Schadenfreude. Learn to take pleasure in things like massive increases in risk making insurance unaffordable for conservative fuckheads in places like Florida. A fancy beach house on Cape Hatteras just fell into the ocean (creating a wave of nasty pollution).
Climate chaos is coming for all of us, and we have done basically nothing to avert it (lots of lip service). 2023 set the record for carbon emissions, at least until 2024 is in the books.
All that is left is to watch the ensuing horrors and enjoy our comeuppance.
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To be honest I just look at the state of the world and laugh like I'm watching a sad comedy.
And I avoid thinking about how I'm in it and I have basically zero power over it.
I vote for whomever is the least bad candidate and try not to think about it too much the rest of the time.
I work in energy r&d, and have for several jobs over the years now.
My sadness is transmuted into passion for solving these issues from the ground up. Top brass is interested in "stock options" and blah blah blah, I'm just focused on solving technical problems to make efficient, powerful energy production that isn't hard on the earth.
The money won't matter if there's nowhere to live.
The same way to deal with depression about anything. Depression is an illness that renders one incapable of helping themselves or others and debilitates people from contributing to the solution to the problems which contributed to the depression. Depression should be treated as an illness to be cured before anything else.
As far as being not being depressed by events beyond one's control, it requires effort since even being aware and concerned by such problems of this magnitude is highly unnatural and highly unintuitive. It is necessary to consciously come to peace with the world and humanity as it is. The universe is chaotic and we have as much control over the collective will of billions of completely ignorant and afraid people as we do over natural disasters just with less ability to predict when issues will occur. Although it is the case that we have a good grasp of the environmental issue, we have absolutely no grasp of how get plutocrats not to behave like plutocrats having no care for anything or anyone other than increasing their personal fortunes meaninglessly or to get the majority of people to understand the degree to which it is a problem that we continue to allow this. Being upset that humans are failing to achieve stable societies just as we have always failed for the entire 10,000 years we have been trying to achieve them is having unrealistic and unfair expectations of our species. Everyone is trying their best and no one knows what they're doing really. It may be scarier to consider how much less agency people have than they believe they have initially, but it does allow one to have the comfort of more consistently helpful expectations of oneself and others.
I personally do not care that much about the survival of entire species (including ours); I care more about the lives of the individuals. To illustrate this, it saddens me when we cause extinctions, but a little more because of the animals that suffered in the process and a little less about the whole "loss" of a form of life. Yet, it all is sad.
How do I deal with this climate change sadness? I guess I don't see it separately from other sad things from humanity (and existence, but let's focus on humanity). I have accepted the fact that most human beings are morally questionable in my book, this causes the world to be worse for everyone in it, and no amount of reasoning with most of them (about the benefit for them and others of being more conscious about their lives) will change it for now.
At some point, some have felt that a better society is just a step ahead of us because it's relatively easy in material terms, but now I feel it much farther as the social factors are not as easy. I guess I have surrendered to a certain idea of psychological determinism. If we imagine a person has an object we want at their reach, while it's out of our reach, and we could get it if they only cooperate, we can feel frustrated when they don't. "Why do they make it so difficult? It's as simple as reaching for the object and grabbing it for us. Just do it! Why are they waiting for? Ugh!". But if we start from the idea that there's a chance they won't help us because they simply can't be bothered (different reasons as to why), and that's probably not fixable, we won't feel that level of frustration for their inaction and we will strategize differently how to get that object.
By the way, I don't think selfishness or self-centeredness or whatever is individualism, nor that altruism is communitarianism. I'm inclined to individualism, but that's what makes me think that just as my life and freedom are valuable, so are others'. I do not like societies that are communitarian because they drown the individual (in false responsibilities, in fear of ostracism, etc.), and I hate that. We have one life and only one and we should be as free as possible, even if that means being unattached, different, whatever. The only rule for that freedom and for everything is ethics. And that's the difference for me, that's how I see it. Not individualistic people versus communitarian people, but people that live without an interest in being ethical (whatever that ends up meaning) and people who do.
So... I think I see a lot of these people and I don't get as frustrated as before. I sigh and continue my day. Reading this last part, it reads a little stoic (learning that I cannot change these parts of society and focusing on the ones we can change). Stoicism is like the ibuprofen of life; paracetamol is pyrrhic skepticism. I'm bad at analogies, lol, but you get the point (I hope).
Prioritizing my health (including my mental health) has helped a lot. Good levels of everything in my body do wonders for my energy, but also my resilience, my mood, etc. Emotional regulation skills, combating stress... I know these are just common recommendations, but I don't have more.
I'm sorry that you're feeling down. It's been a hard time...
That's how you talk to someone with depression? Validate their hopelessness? Fuck off.
OP, voting is the bare minimum. You're going to feel much more empowered joining your local climate protest group.
I completely changed my lifestyle to reduce my part and put significant effort into it.
This is the source of your problem. Individual action will cost you a lot while accomplishing virtually nothing. Donating some small part of your income to green nonprofits has a greater impact, at a much lower cost to your quality of life.
A climate disaster is going to make us all make sacrifices we don't want to make eventually, no matter what you sacrifice now. If these are the final days of a healthy planet, don't deprive yourself while the billionaires are taking joyrides in their gigayachts. Just accept that this horror wasn't your fault, because if everyone lived with your likely very small footprint, this probably wouldn't be happening.
OP, can you provide us your witnessing of climate change? How has climate change impacted your personal life? What in your personal life has had to change because of climate change?
If it hasn't.. I think you have better things to think and worry about.
New study finds Earth warming at record rate, but no evidence of climate change accelerating. The rate Earth is warming hit an all-time high in 2023 with 92% of last year's surprising record-shattering heat ~~caused by humans~~, top scientists calculated. Jun 4, 2024Cattle grazing can either be a source of greenhouse gas emissions or a sink for these emissions, depending on the intensity of grazing, according to a new study by scientists at MIT and in China. Mar 15, 2024
People around the world are getting hoodwinked. Climate change agenda is just another form of attack on our freedoms. OP has gotten sucked into one of many tools of the deceivers along with anyone else who actually keeps spouting climate change. You're getting emotionally sucked into an illusion and narrative like a Hollyweird film.
So I'd like to know, directly from OP.. the answers to my question. Maybe as OP takes the time to deep dive into why they're dealing with depression, they will realize, climate change is NOT the reason they're depressed. Because they haven't actually been impacted by it. None of us have. We humans, nor the stupid fkin delicious cows are to blame either. Climate change is not even exclusive to our planet.
And no... this is not trolling. So please don't delete my comment and ban me just because of my opposition and sincerely questioning OP about their depression.
Livestock grazing can either be a source of greenhouse gas emissions or a sink for these emissions, depending on the intensity of grazing, according to a new study.MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Hi there, I just acquired myself the Sennheiser Momentum 4, mainly for using while communting + work. But figured i'd try them out for some gaming too. They work just fine when watching YT or any video, but when I launch a game the audio quality changes significantly. I have no idea how or why its doing it, nor how to fix it. I've tried all of these different audio profile options, but all of them make the audio either distorted, weak, or make it sound like the audio is trapped inside a room... Anyone know how to go about this? Audio works fine with my normal non-wireless headset.
My system is running Bazzite.
Appreciate any pointers to how to resolve this.
Likely what is happening is that the game is probing audio devices and triggering the mic on your headphones to get picked up. This switches them into the "headset" profile which has awful audio quality. I don't know why the UI isn't showing that, make sure you are checking while the game is running and the audio sounds bad.
If you want your headphone mic to work there is not much choice. There isn't a standard bluetooth profile with good audio and mic. If you never want to use your headphone mic you can probably configure some advanced settings in your audio manager (probably PulseAudio or PipeWire).
Can you tell me what that setting is? I have the same issue as OP
edit:
i think it's this
bluetooth.autoswitch-to-headset-profile = { description = "Whether to autoswitch to BT headset profile or not" type = "bool" default = true
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Bluetooth_headset
Sections 3.3 or 3.4
I did 3.4 to disable the headset profiles cause generally it's ass
This may be a nonsense suggestion but is the game trying to activate the headphone mic?
If so this could be switching it to a different mode and cutting your headset audio quality in half.
EDIT: two other people suggested the same thing at the same time, never mind 😀
GIMP 3.0 has been more than one decade in the making as the port from GTK2 to GTK3, also transitioning away from Python 2 to Python 3 support, and a wealth of other improvements from the UI to lower down into enhancing this open-source Photoshop alternative.The GIMP project announced on X/Twitter today that they have entered the string freeze for this much anticipated release.
Isn't this the version where they pinky promised there will be CMYK support?
<ducks, runs>
From https://developer.gimp.org/core/roadmap/ for GIMP 3.0:
Space invasion (work in progress):Various color management improvements, CMYK support (not as core image format, but import/export and picking/choosing/viewing)…
That's the one! Didn't bother finding the source myself, thanks for going the extra bit kind stranger!
Looking forward to eventually burying the old "sticking with Adobe because GIMP doesn't support CMYK" argument.
Fuck yeah! Go GIMP! Also announced on Mastodon fwiw:
https://floss.social/@GIMP/112995553132226800
I'm super excited about 3.0 🪇
Today we entered string freeze 📜🧊 for #GIMP 3.0.0!One more step towards the next major version of GIMP! 🎨
#GIMP3 #FreeSoftware #graphics
I think you're vastly overestimating how many people know about a random FOSS image editor. Gimp is not a household name.
When most people hear the word "gimp", they likely have something akin to this in mind:
IMO, that hinders adoption and certainly hinders financial support. It's a mildly amusing name, but it's not a good one.
I have no idea what you are talking about.
When I saw this image my first thought was "WTF?" I have seen people complain about the name before but when I try to look up gimp to see what they are talking about I just get gimp the software. What even is that image?
Also it's specifically named as a reference to the gimp from pulp fiction as it originally came out around the same.
It's fine for a hobby project but GIMP is well past that now and it's a really bad look in a professional environment.
Yes, I know it stands for GNU Image Manipulation Software.
People in general don't know that.
When they hear gimp, they think of a fetishist in a gimp suit, or a slur for a person with a severe disability.
Both are bad. I also wouldn't have my software share a name, even as an acronym, with other slurs or fetish stuff.
Imagine you're a manager high up in a company. Someone comes to you and says "sir, I really think we should be using PAKI instead of [proprietary software alternative]", and have you considered PISSPLAY instead of [proprietary software alternative]?"
You wouldn't even look into it. You'd reject it outright. Or at least most would.
Again, it's the GIMP team's right to name it how they want. But the name is dumb, puts people off, stifles investment opportunity, and makes the whole project look like a joke at a cursory glance.
Not everyone is an emglish speaker so not everyone know what gimp means.
The name isn't the problem, it's that gimp is hard to use and has a weird UI
The name is definitely a problem.
They'd be much more likely to have adoption in the industry, increased development, more donations if they had a name that companies and governments aren't driven away by.
I know some people in the Linux world think branding doesn't matter, but it absolutely does.
I know people like it, but I agree.
And as silly as it sounds, I think the name is a big part of why businesses haven't ever wanted to touch the project or invest in it.
Imagine telling your average upper management guy or board member that you want your workers to use software called gimp. They're probably not gonna want to hear you out.
Anecdotally I know of a local NHS practice that refused to use GIMP, and was even sceptical of other subsequent suggestions of FOSS due to the terrible impression they got from the GIMP name during a pitch to use more FOSS.
I get it's their identity, their project. Nobody has the right to dictate the name but them. But it's also fair to point out that they probably shot themselves in the foot by giving their software a juvenile and weirdly fetishy name.
Why doesn't someone just fork it and change the name?
Like, I dunno, "Super Human Image Treatment" or "Consistently Lovely Image Treatment Oriented for Real Imaging Stars"
Actually, someone did, changing the name to "Glimpse". They announced it as an explicit fork that would continue development under the new name.
As far as I know, that's as far as they got.
Release the GIMP: Glimpse project founded to avoid branding that some find offensiveTim Anderson (The Register)
Shop as in workshop, presumably.
I don't think that's quite equivalent to having your name be gimp, which means, depending on definition, a fetishist in a full body latex suit who generally wants to be degraded or injured for sexual satisfaction, or a slur term for the severely disabled.
A few people? It's a widely known term.
To most people around the world, gimp means that photo editor.
Lmao no it doesn't. Almost nobody knows about this project. People know Photoshop.
Been tried, already died.
Development on GIMP fork Glimpse is on pause due to a lack of contributors able to support the image editor's growing user base. More details in this post.Joey Sneddon (OMG! Ubuntu!)
Just in time!
(Trying to be funny here, don't downvote too much!)
port from GTK2 to GTK3
Migrating from an already rooten toolkit to a toolkit that is dead since a few years.
Nice.
They have been migrating to GTK3 since before GTK4 was out.
I am sure they will stay behind but future porting should be easier.
That said, non-GNOME GTK apps seem to be considering sticking with GTK3 anyway ( to avoid libadwaita ).
https://linuxmint-developer-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/xapps.html
It’s almost like the whole customized apps to fit into the GTK framework concept creates too much added work and needs to be rethought.
I don’t understand why someone should choose any GTK variant when they’ll have to refactor and rewrite their application every few years.
Well, my friend, he's kinda poor he can't afford some books and some streaming services, so he pirates. He pirate books, audiobook and videos and other stuff. Sometimes he buys books he likes a lot out of loyalty to the author (yeah, I don't understand it either), he likes to read physical books, but yeah, if he hates the author or just wants to skim through it, he will download the book.
He usually doesn't like to pirate from small companies or professors who are trying to make a living by selling books, but from millionaires & plenty of mega corps which already have loads of money, he feels like it's the right move to pirate
Also, have you ever noticed that you have felt that the value of a product has decreased just because you didn't pay for it, thus you are less interested to read it? i.e., had you paid for the book, you would have more likely read that book.
He says he will buy stuff when his time is more valuable than money, let's all hope that day is soon.
What are your piracy habits?
I’m on vacation in Türkiya and wonder: what happens when let’s say a pregnant woman goes on vacation and for whatever reason gives birth there.
How can she take the newborn back to her country? Need to prepare all the papers in the embassy or there’s some special procedure for such cases so the paper work can be done in a country she resides normally?
Depends on the citizenship rules of the particular countries involved (jus sanguinis vs. jus soli and details thereof).
If a mother from a jus sanguinis country gives birth in a jus soli country the kid might have dual citizenship. In the opposite situation, the kid might theoretically be born stateless, although I'm pretty sure actual nationality laws make exceptions to prevent that in practice.
This is especially weird because the Netherlands does not normally permit dual citizenship.
It seems like many (most?) countries don't like/recognize dual citizenship. The way it ends up working is that each country doesn't have the power to tell the other country that someone isn't a citizen. Each country just enforces it's own citizenship within it's borders. If you had US/Netherlands citizenship, and use a Dutch passport to try to enter the US, you will probably get yelled at by customs if they realize that you are a US citizen. They can't stop you from entering the US but they can hold you for a while and pester you.
If you have a US citizenship but live in another country, most of your income will be exempt from US taxes (unless you are a millionaire, in which case you probably aren't paying many taxes anyway).
A similar thing happens with countries that have mandatory military or civil service; you can be required to travel back to serve.
The first $120k is exempt, though, so unless you are bringing almost $1/4 million a year, the majority is not taxed.
https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/foreign-earned-income-exclusion
There's also tax treaties that can make things more convoluted.
If you meet certain requirements, you may qualify for the foreign earned income exclusion, the foreign housing exclusion, and/or thewww.irs.gov
The Netherlands is especially anal about dual Citizenship. When you gain dutch citizenship, you must give up all others, and the when you gain other citizenship, you must give up the Dutch one.
The only way to be a Dutch dual citizen is to be from a place that won't let you give up citizenship (Turkey is famous for it here), or to be born to parents with different citizenships. (Or to get grandfathered in from before the laws got this strict)
That depends on a country. For Polish consulate it takes few days just to convert the local certificate to Polish one and get PESEL. Then and only then they order a passport that’s being printed in Poland.
Emergency passport would do here tho. Still I’d expect few days at minimum to talk to all those people.
No biggie.
Hopefully the mother is insured with a proper assistance company,for them that's actually daily business.
I had multiple calls when we were tasked with flying home a mom and preterm babies or two. One with neither mom and dad knowing beforehand a pregnancy existed.(that was kind of funny, though,as both had a medical background and were pretty cool about it)
From the document side of things for the industrial nations and the more developed destinations it is usually also no problem - first a local certificate of the birth is required,the closest embassy/consulate is contacted and emergency travel documents are created. As the old children's passport have been phased out by virtually all countries are regular provisionary passport is granted (that is not printed abroad but filled out by the embassy/consulate) and you are ready to go.
Only intermittent stops/layovers can be a problem sometimes, especially in some countries (US....) so with a professional assistance company one takes care to avoid these.
Furthermore some countries do not trust birth certificates from some countries (e.g. due to a high number of surrogate motherhoods) and may demand further proof of the motherhood - e.g. medical records from antenatal care back home or a medical certificate of a recent birth by one of the embassies trusted doctors.
But these problems can usually be solved easily.
I could be mistaken, but I thought women weren't allowed to go on flights at a certain stage of pregnancy?
After 36 weeks of pregnancy, your health care provider may advise against flying. And some airlines don't allow pregnant people to fly after 36 weeks. The airline also may require a letter from your health care provider that states how far along in your pregnancy you are and whether flying is advised.
Also who tf travels on vacation when they're so close to labor?
Im again not sure I agree.
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And one of my posts is literally being used as an example by the larger community.
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I used Fedora with the linux-surface kernel on a Surface Book 1, and everything pretty much worked out of the box. I bought it used on eBay and the battery in the tablet portion was pretty degraded, so I don't know if it impacted performance, but it could be a little clunky at times.
It was my computer in exile while our house was being renovated after some water damage and I was able to run prusa slicer on of for my mini. I didn't try a pen with it, but the touch controls worked with the custom kernel.
Eventually, I tried Aurora OS which is an immutable fedora distro with the surface kernel loaded by default and performance was about the same. Now I have it on cachyOS which needed the Ethernet cable installed so I could get the Marvell firmware drivers for WiFi, but it was much snappier. That's an arch based distro, so I could load the surface kernel for touch driver stuff but you lose out on some of the more advanced kernel stuff that group is pushing.
Overall, I've been pleased with the experience. I didn't have a surface device before, but when I heard about
... toon meerI used Fedora with the linux-surface kernel on a Surface Book 1, and everything pretty much worked out of the box. I bought it used on eBay and the battery in the tablet portion was pretty degraded, so I don't know if it impacted performance, but it could be a little clunky at times.
It was my computer in exile while our house was being renovated after some water damage and I was able to run prusa slicer on of for my mini. I didn't try a pen with it, but the touch controls worked with the custom kernel.
Eventually, I tried Aurora OS which is an immutable fedora distro with the surface kernel loaded by default and performance was about the same. Now I have it on cachyOS which needed the Ethernet cable installed so I could get the Marvell firmware drivers for WiFi, but it was much snappier. That's an arch based distro, so I could load the surface kernel for touch driver stuff but you lose out on some of the more advanced kernel stuff that group is pushing.
Overall, I've been pleased with the experience. I didn't have a surface device before, but when I heard about the linux-surface project, I had to try it.
Edit: I just remembered what I had to do to get cameras working in most applications. I used v4l2loopback.
I don't know about older Surfaces, but for me in a nutshell, H-E-Double hockey sticks on my 1st gen Surface Go. Only install Linux on a Surface if you already own one.
More in-depth, it was usable - it was my main personal on-the-go device for a couple of years. I'd had it since before I used Linux. On mainline, the main stuff worked. With the Linux-Surface kernel, I could get the cameras working. It was always very janky (you had to bridge stuff through GStreamer or some other weird crap rather than using it directly. Don't remember the specifics), but it worked.
Another annoyance was a hardware issue with the keyboard when it was in your lap: since the keyboard wasn't very rigid, it would bend a bit while typing or placing your hand on the palm rest, making unwanted mouse clicks
My big problem with the Surface Go, though, was I had chronic issues with power profiles. It never went to sleep quite right, so after closing it a few times, the system woul
... toon meerEdit: I just remembered what I had to do to get cameras working in most applications. I used v4l2loopback.
I don't know about older Surfaces, but for me in a nutshell, H-E-Double hockey sticks on my 1st gen Surface Go. Only install Linux on a Surface if you already own one.
More in-depth, it was usable - it was my main personal on-the-go device for a couple of years. I'd had it since before I used Linux. On mainline, the main stuff worked. With the Linux-Surface kernel, I could get the cameras working. It was always very janky (you had to bridge stuff through GStreamer or some other weird crap rather than using it directly. Don't remember the specifics), but it worked.
Another annoyance was a hardware issue with the keyboard when it was in your lap: since the keyboard wasn't very rigid, it would bend a bit while typing or placing your hand on the palm rest, making unwanted mouse clicks
My big problem with the Surface Go, though, was I had chronic issues with power profiles. It never went to sleep quite right, so after closing it a few times, the system would begin to get unstable and I'd just have to do a reboot.
After my initramfs got borked on that during the time_t64 transition (my fault, not the hardware's; I use Debian Testing and an apt update went awry), I didn't feel like going back and fixing it, as I was planning on replacing this device with the Thinkpad I write this on anyway.
Ultimately, my opinion (again, just based on using the Go 1, which is a bit newer than the Pro 4) is that it isn't the best idea. Considering Pro 4s are not expensive on eBay, trying it isn't the worst idea, but I feel like it's not worth it, an unfortunate truth considering Surfaces are such unique devices. This isn't a cheap alternative (the CPU's not the best from what I can tell), but the Surface fan in me finds the StarLabs StarFighter 12.5-inch enticing considering it's both very Surface-like and Linux-friendly.
As you want cheap, you might be able to find something to throw LineageOS or postMarketOS on. Honestly, my question for you is how much do you need a tablet specifically? Could a small laptop do?
Fedora on Surface Go 1 with Surface kernel:
I never uses it only as a tablet except on holidays if I watch a movie on a hotel bed. It spends most of its time linked to a big screen, but I’m really happy with it except for how slow it is to pick up my mouse Bluetooth signal or the fact that the battery is often depleted for no reason when I turn the Surface on.
It is my only PC and is powerful enough to do everything I need it for, which is admin, web browsing and old strategy games.
Quote of the day:
"Naturally, were I to buy one, I would have to install Linux onto it."
That really explains my first day.
I installed Arch on Surface Pro 6. And have GNOME and KDE installed. Pen and touch works perfectly (when it works), like it recognizes pressure, but sometimes need to restart the surface after putting it in standby because it fails to detect pen(and touch as well).
Camera is kinda wonky, it kinds works with cheese but not with other applications, and I couldn't manage to make the back camera work.
WiFi and Bluetooth works fine (there are some issues with bluetooth when standby but haven't looked much into that)
Downsides
Neither KDE nor Gnome is optimized to operate as a touch DE. Pen on KDE is detected as mouse(well its detected as pen but proxy as mouse input if a program doesn't support pen; like if I try to scroll firefox using pen, it works like I have right clicked mouse and am dragging up, so selecting text instead of scrolling), but touch works as expected.
And UX for on-screen keyboard(
... toon meerQuote of the day:
"Naturally, were I to buy one, I would have to install Linux onto it."
That really explains my first day.
I installed Arch on Surface Pro 6. And have GNOME and KDE installed. Pen and touch works perfectly (when it works), like it recognizes pressure, but sometimes need to restart the surface after putting it in standby because it fails to detect pen(and touch as well).
Camera is kinda wonky, it kinds works with cheese but not with other applications, and I couldn't manage to make the back camera work.
WiFi and Bluetooth works fine (there are some issues with bluetooth when standby but haven't looked much into that)
Downsides
Neither KDE nor Gnome is optimized to operate as a touch DE. Pen on KDE is detected as mouse(well its detected as pen but proxy as mouse input if a program doesn't support pen; like if I try to scroll firefox using pen, it works like I have right clicked mouse and am dragging up, so selecting text instead of scrolling), but touch works as expected.
And UX for on-screen keyboard(OSK) is not on par with Windows. It kinda works with GNOME, like a program window slides up if it were to be overlayed by OSK but its still wonky. And I didn't had good xp with OSK.
But overall, I like it. Its not really powerful enough to do any development, but I use it for multimedia and eBook reader
Prob somewhat irrelevant due to maturity of both, but I had a surface 2 with Ubuntu on it and that computer is now used.to wedge a door open. The experience was shit but the surface 2 was atom based I think so that was prob most of the reason....
That being said, I installed Linux on a lenovo yoga (convertible) and I never touched the screen for frustration. Even on the steamdeck, is and touch is no fun
I suggest testing a few OS for touch friendliness.
Im running Ubuntu on a Surface Pro 5 (i5 7300u, 8GB) with the linux-surface-kernel.
Generally, things pretty much worked out of the box, the only tinkering I had to do was to optimize battery life / cpu power usage when not plugged in. Theres packages that will limit your CPU frequency depending on the status of your battery. I dont remember the exact name, but it was pretty much the first hit I googled "linux limit cpu power" or something like that. Without that, the battery life wasnt great, especially when watching YouTube, but with some tweaking and the proper h264/h265 drivers, my surface achieves some 3-4 hours of video playback right now.
Other than that it's smooth sailing all the way.
Thank you very much for the heads up!
It looks like an attempt at heading in the direction of repairability started with the Surface Pro 9, but it's still quite involved [1][2].
::: spoiler References
1. "Surface Pro 9 Teardown: The Most Repairable Surface In Years". iFixit. Youtube. Published: 2022-11-10 (Accessed: 2024-08-26T02:28Z).
2. "Microsoft Surface Pro 9 Repair". Clay Eickemeyer, Spencer Day. iFixit. Published: 2024-03-30 (Accessed: 2024-08-26T02:30Z). https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Microsoft+Surface+Pro+9+Repair/165163.
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Microsoft Surface Pro 9 Repair
iFixitDual booting is a nightmare, you'll need a specially modified kernel, and getting the pen to work right can be tricky.
Once you've finally got the kinks worked out it's pretty cool, but that might take longer than you'd like.
I was using a surface pro 7, for what it's worth.
I have a surface pro 6, bought used for cheap. With the surface Linux kernel, almost everything works.
I built support for the front and rear cameras using the surface Linux instructions and they work, however it's not a working solution, since ms Teams pwa or discord can't use libcamera devices.
One thing you should be aware of, though, is that the tablet experience is only really workable in Wayland, so you'll have to forgo non-wayland apps and desktop environments. Gnome is... not great.
Also, there are several gotchas with wayland. I use flameshot for screenshots, which is broken on Wayland with scaling. Scaling also breaks default firefox on Wayland.
Sorry, didn't mean to turn this into a Wayland comment.
The hard work the folks at surface Linux have done is amazing, and I'm happy to daily drive my surface.
I have a Surface Pro 7 running EndeavourOS.
Installing was just as simple as installing on desktop. The Linux surface kernel solved some of the non-functional parts (such as touchscreen and auto-rotate). The only thing that doesn't work are the cameras, but idgaf bout those.
All in all it's not a terrible experience, but compromises have to be made.
I almost aimlessly did. I have a Surface Pro 6. So I searched specifically for Ubuntu on that model, at the time (2021) and someone had experienced quite a few issues on the hardware side - compatibility. One of the issues was the touch screen, that pretty much stopped me in my tracks. The other issues were not too significant for me.
I just decided to search again to see if Ubuntu will install without issue.. 22.04 still lacks touch screen capability. I want my child (5yo) to start learning how to use a computer - linux based. But I also know she loves to "finger paint" - she does so on an iPad mini, and her educational curriculum (arts and craft) will require her to create drawings and paint stuff (I'm a paper nazi, if I can avoid paper and keep it digital, I will 100%) so without touch screen (including the Surface Pen) it's somewhat pointless.
As soon as ANY user friendly (especially for a child) Linux distro can fully support the Surface Pro 6, I will be more than happy to slap it onto it and hand it over to my child.
Edit: Wow... so many people own the SP6.