neidu3
@neidu3@sh.itjust.works
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- Comment on Do you stick to the same linux distro across your devices? 1 day ago:
Debian on homeserver, centos on work servers, and mint on desktops
- Comment on Fetcharr - a human-developed Huntarr replacement 2 days ago:
In this day and age, shouldn’t it be Gatherarr? You know, sustainability and all…
- Comment on Your Artificial Intelligence (AI) questions answered 4 days ago:
I came here to state that 90% of answers to any AI questions people may have would be “no”. Seems I lowballed it.
- Comment on How would I improve Wifi consistency within my house? 5 days ago:
Repeaters are awful. It’s best to have multiple access points instead. One simple solution is to deactivate wifi in your ISPs router, and add your own APs instead, possibly via a switch.
I ran some cables throughout my house and bought a 3-pach of Aruba AP22. Wired them into a PoE switch, which in turn connects to my router (I managed to replace my ISPs router, but that’s besides the point). Works like a charm.
- Comment on Wanted: Printed Mug Handle 5 days ago:
It’s hard to design something that’ll fit cleanly with the existing break. It’s not impossible, but I think it’d be easier to replace the mug with an identical one.
- Comment on Which Linux Distribution has the best Community Support? 5 days ago:
One of the advantages to using Mint is that solutions for both Mint and Ubuntu tend to work.
- Comment on Can some please explain to me why it is that your health insurance can deny you medication, even if your doctor says you need it? 6 days ago:
Can confiem. I was playong with both of them online, and Luigi and I were making lewd comments about lemmyng’s mom.
- Comment on W10 EoL and possibly switching to Linux (various tech questions) 6 days ago:
Almost all OSes support exFAT.
- Comment on W10 EoL and possibly switching to Linux (various tech questions) 6 days ago:
First question: lack of journalling won’t cause data loss by itself. It’s only a real issue if you happen to be writing data at the exact moment of the power outage, and even if so it’ll only affect the datablock currently being written. In 99.99% of the cases, ot will at worst require a fileayatem check. You’ll be fine without a UPS.
Second question: Correct on both accounts
- Comment on W10 EoL and possibly switching to Linux (various tech questions) 6 days ago:
Linux user for close to 30 years, here. Exclusively on linux since 2015 or thereabouts. I’ll give my tidbits on your linux-related questions, but I am no authority on this, as I’m a newbie on the subject:
1a - Is there no file system that works perfectly on both Linux and Windows? I could technically dual-boot using two different drives, but what if I need to access/move files between two drives with different file systems? Which issues would I face if, say, one is NTFS and the other is ext4? I think all of my drives are currently in NTFS, would I have to reformat everything to safely access them from Linux without worrying about data/metadata loss?
In general, Linux have good to great support for windows’ filesystems, NTFS included. The other way around is a bit more iffy - I remember that there was some sort of plugin/program that allowed me to mount an ext4 volume on Windows 7 eons ago, but I’m not sure how well it’s doing today. When I dualbooted, I solved this by using Windows as normal, and mounting the windows volume in linux.
1b - I read that to open an .exe on Linux I would have to do it through WINE, and that there’s a database to check compatibility of individual programs with it, but are the worst compatibility issues just “the program doesn’t open”, or can a compatibility issue result in data loss/corruption too?
Compatibility with windows software is very forgiving. It doesn’t really cause any corruption in the sense that a windows program won’t go amok on your linux installation and start wrecking stuff because it’s not incompatible. It’s more a matter of it failing to start properly, or doesn’t work the way it should.
However, this isn’t as complicated as it might seem. Many games, for example, run fine via Proton in Steam, and this is more or less a transparent process in that you don’t have to do anything special.
And it’s worth noting that most windows software has a native linux alternative. I suggest you do some research into specific programs you need, and see if there’s a linux release for it, or if there’s a viable alternative for you.1c - I’m currently using Firefox on Windows, is it possible to copy all my settings and data (browsing history included) from the Windows version to the Linux one?
I honestly don’t know. Firefox has been advertising its sync feature to me for ages, but I never bothered with checking it out.1d - Other than specific .exe without WINE compatibility, are there any relatively common file types which can’t be opened with Linux that I should be aware of? (Mostly talking about picture/video/audio/text files, compressed archives or similar). No. A file is in itself not a limitation. Only the programs used to read and interpret them are. I have not found a common file type that doesn’t have a linux native program for reading it.
1e - What can I mess up by testing an USB live version? Are there any things I should be careful about? I’ve heard “changes aren’t saved”, but that’s referring only to OS configuration, right? And, going back to file systems, can I even access the data that’s on my NTFS drive from a live version or would I just be working with the stuff inside the USB? A live USB version doesn’t affect your system (under normal circumstances). It reads everything it needs from the USB, and if you install software, it is only installed in memory and not on your harddrive or USB stick. It is possible to mount your existing filesystems and access your persistent storage that way, but you will only affect it in whatever manner you chose to. So in other words, if you boot from a live USB, you have to actually try to ruin anything on your disk - I’m having a hard time imagining how one would do this by accident.
1f - I read often that “you can’t get viruses on Linux”, but that’s mostly because they’re not developed specifically for it, so you might “get” them but they won’t work, right? If I dual boot, is there the chance that I get a malware while browsing with Linux and then it infects my pc when I boot Windows (even without consciously opening unknown .exe files)?
In theory it’s possible, but in practice it doesn’t happen. A virus targeting linux for people who dualboot is a very narrow target area, so I wouldn’t worry about it.1g - Which Pc components should I pay attention to because they/their drivers might not work on Linux? Is there a site/tool that can check if my current hardware would have any issues? (For example, I have a Nvidia graphics card and I think I read that might be a problem?) Hardware compatibility isn’t much of an issue that anymore. I see a lot of people complaining about NVIDIA drivers on linux, but I never had any issues myself. I run a fairly stock Linux Mint 22.1, and everything worked out of the box. On my previous install, when the laptop was brand new, I had to update the kernel so that I could install an NVIDIA driver new enough to handle my GPU, but it wasn’t much of an issue.
It is worth noting that hardware compatibility often comes down to your choice of distro. While all distros are technically compatible, some distros are more focused on “It should just work out of the box” and that’s why I prefer Mint as a desktop OS. - Comment on How to access home network (eg, VPN) without port forwarding? 1 week ago:
A jumpbox. Set up a VPS somewhere, have some remote hands at home set up a VPN client to connect to the VPS, and then you connect to the VPS as well.
- Comment on I'm sure a good lot of you, like me, had been anticipating/dreading that moment when we say, oh fuck this is it, for real. Like the BIG oh fuck. My question is, how ready are you? 1 week ago:
Those who want to eat better help out in some form or another.
- Comment on Forbidden Fruit 1 week ago:
How do we know it wasn’t the other way around?
- Comment on I'm sure a good lot of you, like me, had been anticipating/dreading that moment when we say, oh fuck this is it, for real. Like the BIG oh fuck. My question is, how ready are you? 1 week ago:
Wrong continent, but almost as far north, more mountainous, and fewer fishing boats. And slightly more people, based on how the town looks.
- Comment on I'm sure a good lot of you, like me, had been anticipating/dreading that moment when we say, oh fuck this is it, for real. Like the BIG oh fuck. My question is, how ready are you? 1 week ago:
Honestly, I live in a tiny town none of you have ever heard of, faaar away from anything worth nuking. On top of that, it’s shielded by mountains on most sides. Me and mine will probably be fine, but my livelihood will disappear.
But I’m a pretty handy guy who can probably build a decent power source from scrap I have in my basement considering there’s a river nearby, so even if the rest of the world goes to hell, we’ll manage to keep some sort of society running.
And I grew up on a farm, and could run one if needed. And there are quite a few farms in the area, so I guess being a farmhand will be my new career. I wouldn’t like it, but I’d manage.
Sucks that I wouldn’t be able to shitpost about it, though.
- Comment on Since the US is now starting shit with Iran. And Syria changing Regimes. Also the Saudis quietelly back the US attack on Iran, and Russia still in a stalemate situation. What is OPEC going to do? 1 week ago:
Fuckall. Iran isn’t in a position to do mych of anything, and the rest prefer stability and even benefit from a potential rise in crude prices.
- Comment on Under the most ideal circumstances, how 'clean' is drinkable tap water by the time it reaches our taps? 1 week ago:
Having lived in Ireland for a while (Dublin, to be precise. I’d assume Northern Ireland is similar in terms of water), I can attest that Irish drinking water definitely isn’t clean. But it’s definitely potable.
I’ve lived in Norway most of my life, and the difference in taste is astounding. While drinking water anywhere is rarely sterile, water that needs to be stored for a while needs to be treated, and that’s why the chlorine is added.
Here in rural Norway, the water isn’t treated, as it’s always fresh from the mountain. So I’ve probably drank my fair share of sheep turds over the years, but the concentration is weak enough that it doesn’t matter.
Related: Worst tap water I’ve ever had is Houston. Tastes like chlorinated swamp.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
When I come home from a humid bar crawl, I always crave greasy food and a messy kernel upgrade
- Comment on Can a reasonable person genuinely believe in ghosts? 1 week ago:
Depends on how you define “reasonable”. Personally I interpret it as “perfectly rational”, and I believe that a perfectly rational person with imperfect knowledge would acknowledge that ghosts cannot be 100% disproven, and as such there is a chance that they exist. And once you’re past that threshold, belief doesn’t have to conflict with rational thinking.
- Comment on Earbugld question: Does anyone actually like to silicone tipped earbuds over the solid plastic ones? 1 week ago:
I do. The soft silicone ones are much more comfortable in the long run, provided you’re use a size that is right for you.
- Comment on A sneaky demonstration of the dangers of curl bash 2 weeks ago:
Running arbitrary text from the internet through an interpreter… what could possibly go wrong.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
She’s raising your twin in the attic to keep as a spare in case you decide to become a “prompt engineer”
- Comment on Heavy snow when you're a kid is a dream come true, heavy snow when you're an adult is a nightmare. 2 weeks ago:
Yup. So… sick… of… shoveling. And I’m norwegian, it’s kind of built into my genes.
It didn’t help that I had a station wagon that was RWD with almost no weight in the rear axle. Driving it was like that Bambi on ice scene. And due to a slight inclination and a sharp turn to get into my driveway, parking was a special skill that involved a 4-wheel skid.
Anyway, last summer I bought a new car, AWD SUV, built for the climate, and with a defrost/prepared timer. It was amazing. I was actually looking forward to winter; All I needed to do was to ensure I could physically enter the car. And this winter, due to an abnormally dry and warm winter, there’s almost no snow. Whomp whomp.
- Comment on Kerbal Space Program spiritual successor Kitten Space Agency now has a Linux version 2 weeks ago:
I would love base building in KSA, but Dean Hall (CEO of Rocketwerkz) have explicitly stated that he refuses to say anything on the matter, because Colonies means so many things to different people. In my case, Colonies would mean resource extraction, building/designing a fully fledged launch centers, and (semi-automated) interplanetary logistics, a
- Comment on Kerbal Space Program spiritual successor Kitten Space Agency now has a Linux version 2 weeks ago:
Building the game from scratch with an engine suitable for the purpose. As me turned numerous times by Harvester who created KSP: There are so many hacks and workarounds to make Unity work the way they need it to, and in retrospect Unity was not a suitable choice for a game in that scale. And it is doubtful that any engine is.
Rocketwerkz are making their own engine, doing away the Scenes/Actors limitation that are detrimental to how a space game would work. This removes a ton of abstractions resulting in an alpha that runs incredibly smoothly almost independent of part cound, with physics during time warp.
- Comment on Is it possible to see only new post replies? 2 weeks ago:
Correct, I thought that’s what you were after. Beyond that, I do not know. It seems that comments have some sort order in posts, but this seems to vary between new and top. Community specific, maybe?
- Comment on Is it possible to see only new post replies? 2 weeks ago:
In that case, hit the bell icon on your top right, and select between “All” and “Unread”. It shows replies to your posts and comments.
- Comment on Is it possible to see only new post replies? 2 weeks ago:
Depends on how you access Lemmy.
In Voyager I can click a comment to collapse it, and if I later return to the thread the comment stays collapse. So in effect, collapsing comments as I read them will hide them. However, it would also hide any replies to those comments.
Also, in Voyager at least, any replies to my comments and posts will show up in my inbox, newest on top.
- Comment on Beta Animals 2 weeks ago:
The gooner gender
- Comment on Westerners, what's your impression on the Chinese Diaspora? And what does the people around your area of residence think of the Chinese Diaspora? 2 weeks ago:
Most people don’t think about them, as there aren’t many (any?) around where I live. Personally it’s a bit different, as I work with a lot of them when I’m traveling on business. They’re like me: they do what they do because they have bills to pay. The only difference is that I butcher the pronunciation when using their names.
While probably not sanctioned by the Chinese state (or our employer), I did get quite a few chuckles because of an offhand comment/joke about Taiwan that doesn’t align with Xi’s worldview or policy. This leads me to conclude that all the reporting about “Chine is doing X/Y/Z, omagerd!” Is limited to the state, and while the state certainly has its supporters, the populace as a whole don’t care and just want to live their lives like anyone else would.