Broadcom Eyes $2 Trillion Club as AI Chip Demand Explodes
Broadcom Eyes $2 Trillion Club as AI Chip Demand Explodes
Broadcomjust hit $1.3 trillion in market cap, and some analysts think that’s just the beginning. The chip giant’s custom AI processors are pulling in massive orders from tech’s biggest players, setting up what could be a sprint to $2 trillion by 2028…GazeOn Team (GazeOn)
What hardware does not support Linux?
Daily driver work-from-home on Bazzite? Or something more mainstream (Debian?) and install Steam/proton?
My question is basically the title, but here are some more details.
My computer is used about 75% for work, 20% for personal use (almost entirely web), and 5% for gaming. ~2 y.o. midrange rig w/ Intel CPU, AMD graphics, 32GB DDR4 RAM.
For work, I need lots of straightforward things: video conferencing on Teams (web is fine), Zoom, Word document editing (web is fine), a bunch of other web apps, some light database stuff, etc.
Plus two things that are a bit trickier: OneDrive professional/SharePoint (so I'll need abraunegg's onedrive) and Excel 2024 desktop (web isn't good enough) for which I'll need to run Windows (10? Ameliorated, maybe?) in a VM.
But I also want to do gaming. I wouldn't install a kernel-level rootkit anyway (and I boycott Denuvo), so SteamOS-level compatibility should work great for my needs. I also have a Quest 3, so I'll want to do PCVR, which apparently works great (with Bazzite).
But I don't really grok what Bazzite being immutable means for using it as a daily driver for work/productivity. Under the hood, it's just Fedora 42, right? For immutable distros, you use flatpaks instead of apt install, and they're basically just "apps" that should "just work", right? Do I care about kernel modification?
Or, more to the point, I don't know what I don't know. After preliminary research on this all, I think my plan of going for Bazzite then adding abraunegg's onedrive and a Windows VM with Office 2024 will hit all my needs, but can anyone "sanity check" that plan, or compare the pros/cons with a non-Ubuntu-based alternative?
I'm good enough with computers that I should be able to tinker through the inevitable small challenges that will come up, but I don't really have enough time to do it twice if my initial plan is terrible. (I connect to a Debian server remotely using the terminal, so I have some background—but I needed to install a bunch of packages to get web app software running, and idk if I'll need that as a desktop user.)
Any advice much appreciated! And thanks for reading this far, even if you don't comment. 😀
Edit: thanks for the input so far! I'm turning in, but I'll read everything and reply to stuff tomorrow.
GitHub - abraunegg/onedrive: OneDrive Client for Linux
OneDrive Client for Linux. Contribute to abraunegg/onedrive development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
Netanyahu Says It’s Antisemitic For Israeli Soldiers To Describe Their Own Atrocities
Netanyahu Says It’s Antisemitic For Israeli Soldiers To Describe Their Own Atrocities
The more exposed Israel’s criminality becomes, the more absurd the arguments made in its defense are getting.Caitlin Johnstone
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Can't enable mobile security settings
Hi there,I have an Asus Zenfone 10 on Android 15.
In this release of android a new feature named mobile security settings became available which are supposed to signal and protect against surveillance on the mobile network side, like at a protest.When I try to enable these settings on my device they are off again when I reenter these settings.
Do these settings have some kind of prerequisite? Are they working on your device?Thanks!
Wtf! Same situation for me!
Is this some more Asus bullshit? I am still mad that I can't unlock it
Edit: but also what is encrytion on normal mobile network supposed to be? Are calls somehow encrypted? I thought normal network is not encrypted anyway, how even, is there a key exchange or anything?
I worked for ASUS back in the late 00s, when they still made quality products. I did Linux, Server, EEEPC, and Level 2 support calls.
I can't recommend them anymore.
Malian Army Kills Foreign ISIS Leader, Abu Dahdah - West Africa Weekly
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Sinaloa cartel used phone data and surveillance cameras to find FBI informants, DOJ says
A hacker working for the Sinaloa drug cartel was able to obtain an FBI official's phone records and use Mexico City's surveillance cameras to help track and kill the agency's informants in 2018, the U.S. Justice Department said in a report issued on Thursday.
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Crude Confidence: China Doubles Down on Iranian Oil While West Talks ‘Pressure’
Crude Confidence: China Doubles Down on Iranian Oil While West Talks ‘Pressure’
China imported a record high of over 1.8 million barrels per day (bpd) of Iranian oil between June 1 and 20, according to ship-tracking firm Vortexa.Sputnik International
IMEI concern grapheneOS
Is it a good enough solution for IMEI tracking to use an alternative device to provide a hotspot connection?
This approach appears to protect any new device that hasn't inserted a SIM card from being identified.
But I'm not sure how much information is carried to the second device by using hotspot.
Is this a good solution so far? Should I try to spoof IMEI?
thank you for the clarification!
changed my device name!
I cannot find any reliable source that says personal hotspot can see the device model connecting to it, would be really great if someone could clarify this here.
But, some wifi access points can detect your device model anyways. My Xfinity gateway will show my Phone’s name and what model of phone I have.
I believe this is true as there is browser plugin for spoofing device model
China’s Unconventional Path to Success - Arthur Kroeber
China’s Unconventional Path to Success - Arthur Kroeber
Instance PeerTube généraliste francophone. General French-speaking PeerTube instance.Mes Numériques
GrapheneOS Location Services
Should I enable WIFI scanning / Bluetooth scanning / Network Location under setting->location->location services?
Which one would help me navigate inside a building or underground using open source maps?
I haven't tested yet, does google map requires any of those location services enabled to work? Should I just use google map in vanadium?
thanks a lot
thanks a lot!
though could you briefly explain the term "Network Location"? what does this "network" represents? How is it going to help with location and geopositioning? My understanding is that by enabling "Network Location" the location defined with "Network" is sent to SLP server as assisted data for geopositioning.
I would assume "Network" represents cellular data, hope someone could confirm
You need a direct line of sight with satellites for GPS to work.
Of course, this is almost impossible indoors. Here's how network location works to my understanding:
Another person outdoors uses GPS to locate themselves. This person has Wi-Fi and Bluetooth enabled and their device can see your home/office network. Google and Apple save this information to their databases. When you request your location indoors, your device sends Wi-Fi information of nearby access points. The servers know approximate location of this Wi-Fi network and can give you your approximate location, though with a large margin of error.
Sign the petition to get proton to accept Monero for payment.
change.org/p/proton-to-add-mon…
Cash by physical mail. Letters are traceable, bank notes are traceable, and physical objects you have been in contact with are virtually guaranteed to have both your fingerprints and DNA on them, no matter how hard you try to prevent that.
Cash by mail is fake privacy.
Cryptocurrencies are a waste of resources and gives might to those with computing force, that is the mighty.
There is no reason to inbosom it.
Let's rather effort towards moneyless societies.
While the international banking system is all run by a hamster wheel?
I don't care if the revolution happens tomorrow. Neither of us will se a moneyless society. Next generation perhaps.
That is your opinion and an opinion that we do not share. I agree with you that most cryptocurrencies are bad.
However, there are some real diamonds mixed in with the lumps of coal, and you should really try to find them.
Opioid pills discovered in US-backed food aid, Gaza authorities say
The Gaza government media office on Friday condemned the discovery of oxycodone pills reportedly discovered in flour bags distributed by “American-Israeli” aid centres.
“We have so far documented four testimonies from citizens who found these pills inside the flour bags,” it said in a statement, warning of the “possibility that some of these narcotic substances were deliberately ground or dissolved in the flour itself”.
Oxycodone is an opioid meant to treat severe and long-term pain, often prescribed to cancer patients.
The drug is highly addictive and can have life-threatening effects, including breathing complications and hallucinations.
The media office’s statement comes after several social media posts shared images of pills purportedly discovered in flour bags in Gaza.
It’s a brutal war and medical supplies are being rationed, if they exist at all. When hospitals don’t have meds, or can’t give rationed meds to lower priority people who are suffering, those desperate people resort to smuggling.
I’m sure there are also addicts who can trade influence or high value items for oxy, but my money on this being for the sick and dying.
This always happens in war.
My point is that Gaza is a conflict zone with people who are suffering and hospitals that can’t get the right drugs through Israel’s blockade.
I’m not trying to imply that Israel’s isn’t being a genocidal actor.
The idea is to create widespread addiction and societal breakdown.
Israel and their US backers are pure undiluted evil.
MediaDRM identifier on GrapheneOS
Just a heads up for those who are using GrapheneOS. If you log into 2 (google or other) accounts on an installed app even on different profile, the service provider will still be able to link between your 2 accounts using MediaDRM. (Google will still know that both of the 2 accounts have been logged in on the same device)
More info:
- discuss.grapheneos.org/d/18315…
- discuss.grapheneos.org/d/9023-…
Was able to get a different result using the media DRM toggle in developer settings
Verified results using TrustDevice
apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/a…
The other identifiers remained.
No appops or permissions change or prevent the exposure of other information.
Actually... Geto, can apply appop settings/values per app launch. And you can change the android_id value.
„TrustDevice Fingerprint“ – IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository
determining device uniqueness and risk identificationIzzyOnDroid App Repo
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can you explain what this option does? What is Force Software Secure Crypto? and what is DRM key management and software-basedwhiteboxcrypto?
Also I'm having a bit trouble understanding how Geto work, would you be so kindly to link a tutorial below? thanks a lot
So, the media DRM toggle switches from the hardcoded hardware ID to a software DRM. Creating a new DRM key.
developer.android.com/referenc…
Geto uses shizuku (an app that allows for adb/shell functionality) to change settings that are usually hiddden or inaccessible, or to give/deny apps permissions or features, or, as in the screenshot to change certain keys values. This allows you to change the environment and settings of the app on launch, and revert them on app close.
You can see all the current settings by using adb:
adb shell settings list [ global | secure | system ]Or in termux with shizuku:
settings list [ global | secure | system ]In the following screenshot I enter the shell using shizuku (rish) list global settings and find keys with adb. I change the value of adb_wifi_enabled (wirelese debugging) from 0 to 1 and set {1} as the default value.
Then I list again to show the change.
This is what geto is doing. But it assigns it to the action of launching/closing an app. While doing it manually via terminal set those values system wide.
Sometimes, though, you may want a system wide change (like if you want to change the accent colors or theme from RAINBOW to VIBRANT).
(There are other configs and properties you can viewed and modify using other commands.
(in shell try
cmd -l For a list of services. Some have user modable options. Be careful. If you don't know, don't touch.
Every setting can be searched . there are hundreds or thousands .)
thank you so much!
Would you recommend everyone to turn on this DRM setting? Is there any downside? This seems like a perfect option to prevent MediaDRM tracking and I'm suprised it's not default turned on
I wouldn't recommend anything.
This is only what I know.
There is much much much more I don't know.
This might be useful to use temporarily when you add an app that you know will read these values on install.
You may be able to use an app like geto to have this option toggled so that it only uses the developer settings option when the app is launched and returns to hardware when it closes.
Keep in mind there are a host of other identifiers on your device that can also be used to track and identify the user and device.
I like privacy and security.
thanks a lot
EDIT: turning this option on can only generate a random mediaDRM for different apps, but the same app will still have the same mediaDRM across different profile
so you can login to 1 accounts on google and also login to bank app they wont link you through mediadrm
hopefully someone could give a solution to spoof mediadrm for the same app across different profile
Seems the only real solution is to buy cheap burners.
Curious if using the website version of an app can pick up the mediaDRM key via the browser.
Curious if using the website version of an app can pick up the mediaDRM key via the browser.
I think no, best to use all app through browser if you can
Trouble in Paradise: The Growing Public Distrust in Bitcoin Core Developers
cross-posted from: realbitcoin.cash/post/114645
There are people who knew this 10 years ago, this is why Bitcoin Cash was born.
self-hosted i2p+qbittorrent beginner quickstart
Thought I would share my simple docker/podman setup for torrenting over I2P. It's just 2 files, a compose file and a config file, along with an in-depth explanation, available at my repo codeberg.org/xabadak/podman-i2… And it comes with a built-in "kill-switch" to prevent traffic leaking out to the clearnet. But for the uninitiated, some may be wondering:
What is I2P and why should I care?
For a p2p system like bittorrent, for two peers to connect to each other, at least one side needs to have their ports open. If one side uses a VPN, their provider needs to support "port forwarding" in order for them to have their ports open (assuming everything else is configured properly). If you have ever tried to download a torrent with seeders available, yet failed to connect to any of them, your ports are probably not open. And with regulators cracking down on VPNs and forcing providers like Mullvad to shut down port forwarding, torrenting over the clearnet is becoming more and more difficult.
The I2P network doesn't have these issues. The I2P is an alternative internet network where all users are anonymous by default. So you don't need a VPN to hide your activity from your ISP. You don't need port-forwarding either, all peers can reach each other. And if you do happen to run a VPN on your PC, that's fine too - I2P will work just the same. So if you're turning your VPN on and off all the time, you can keep I2P running throughout, and continue downloading/uploading.
I2P eliminates all the complications and worries about seeding, making it easy for beginners to contribute to the network. I2P also makes downloading easier, since all peers are always reachable. And it's more decentralized too, since users don't need to rely on VPN providers. And of course, it's free and open source!
A fair warning though, I2P is restricted in some countries. And in terms of torrenting specifically, torrents have to explicitly support I2P. You can't just take any clearnet torrent and expect it to work on I2P. And the speeds are generally lower since there are less seeders, and the built-in anonymity has a cost as well. However I've been surprised at the amount of content on the I2P network, and I've been able to reach 1 MB/s download speeds. It's more than good enough for me, and it will only get better the more people join, so I hope this repo is enough for people to get started.
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i2pd.conf file in my repo as a reference, just make sure to use 127.0.0.1 instead of 0.0.0.0 so that only applications running on your computer would be able to access i2pd (0.0.0.0 is only needed for docker). Then you would configure your browser and qbittorrent the same way detailed in my repo, except make sure to enable "mixed" mode so that your torrents are seeding over both clearnet and I2P. Lastly, even though you'll be seeding your torrents over I2P, nobody will be able to find them unless you post them to an I2P tracker like Postman. I don't know how to submit torrents to Postman so you're on your own for that one
Thank you! I just randomly found your guide in another Lemmy post and this kind of setup has been in my to-do list after I became "pro" with gluetun and qbitorrent (inside Docker) and thought the same could be done for i2pd but haven't had the time.
I have some questions
- I have been very happy about qbitorrent finally opening to i2p but recently found out that because it is using libtorrent it doesn't support DHT for i2p (while the official i2psnark client does). Don't you think is better at this point to still use i2psnark (and you would have the commodity to also have the browser included?) despite being in Java...
- For some reason, I would still feel insecure in using i2p without a VPN. It is said there is no need, ok, but what if I still want to use it. I guess it shouldn't harm? Like affecting speed or other factors? I would like to remove as much as possible any chance of my ISP sniffing on my connections.
PS: I have an improvement for your guide 😁You could add an extra container with Mullvad-Browser (still from linuxserver) to access Postman.
Dragon Age: Veilguard lead level designer Brian J. Audette responds to criticisms on Bluesky: "We couldn't have made a _better_ Dragon Age, only a _different_ one."
In a response to an article written for Bloomberg by Jason Schreier investigating the ten year "development turmoil," lead level designer Brian J. Audette refutes the notion that the game was "compromised" in a post on their bluesky account.
The full post reads:
Reposting without comment except: I refute that we made a bad or compromised game. We made the best version of what we released, warts and all. I'm damn proud of it and the team. We couldn't have made a better Dragon Age, only a different one.
Brian J. Audette (@bjaudette.bsky.social)
Reposting without comment except: I refute that we made a bad or compromised game. We made the best version of what we released, warts and all. I'm damn proud of it and the team. We couldn't have made a _better_ Dragon Age, only a _different_ one.Bluesky Social
Support / options for laptop in tablet mode?
I installed Linux Mint on my Lenovo Yoga 7 laptop and it's been great, with the one exception of not really having a tablet mode when I flip the screen. Its not a huge deal, but I watch shows that way and sometimes miss an on-screen keyboard.
The actual keyboard stays active when flipped, which is fine until I pick it up or have it on my lap and accidentally hit some random key.
It seems from some looking around that Mint doesn't do great with this and I'm open to a different distro that's fairly beginner friendly, but even better if there are some options I'm missing to keep what I have.
Nobara, Garuda, Bazzite.... wait actually CachyOS and Solus
I've been using Pop!_OS for a few years now, and it's worked like a dream. Everything works out-of-the-box, and gaming on Linux has never been easier. But it almost works a little too well. Learning Linux as opposed to Windows for all my games was a fun challenge.
But, now that I'm familiar with how to set up any game that needs a little help besides Proton, I'm starting to want to delve into my OS more to see what I can customize, and I think picking a new distro with slightly different architechture will be very nice.
Don't get me wrong, I still want something that works by itself more often than not. But I would love to have something a little more cutting-edge that gives me a little more control.
I started with Linux by installing Kubuntu, and I really miss KDE Plasma. I know Kubuntu is still on Plasma 5, and I've been wanting to find a distro that lets me use Plasma 6.
I've narrowed my choices down to three distros: Nobara, Garuda, and Bazzite.
So far, I've confirmed that Nobara and Garuda come with Plasma 6, but I haven't found that information for Bazzite yet.
So, what do you think about these distros? What are the pros and cons for you?
I'm leaning the most toward Garuda - but I'm worried Arch may be TOO big of a leap. I really just learned that Fedora is not Arch-based, so I know Garuda will be a bit of the odd one out of the three.
TL;DR: Nobara, Garuda, Bazzite - which one is good and do any suck?
EDIT:
Thanks, everyone, for the insightful and helpful comments! From what everyone has said, I've come to find that either CachyOS or Solus will fit my needs best.
CachyOS seems optimized for gaming, while Solus' curated rolling releases seem (to my untrained eye at least) to be somewhat of a step between the way Debian-based distros upgrade and the way Arch-based distros upgrade.
I'd love to hear people's experiences with both of these! I think I'm going to try to dual-boot them and see what setup looks like for both.😄
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They have even weekly updates on updates. Really great comminication towards users.
Shit... kind of makes me want to learn Rust now!
Anyway, wonderful write up. No BS, both shortcuts if you just want to the code and in depth links e.g. beyondlogic.org/usbnutshell/us… all written with a fun tone. Plenty of actually useful content showing us all that sure, it is not trivial to write a (USB) driver but it is also probably not as hard as we imagine. Particularly enjoyed the :
- userspace driver, namely being able to tinker locally without feel the pressure to push back the work to Linux the kernel itself
libusband other drivers, namely that there is a myriad of points to start from already, not just writing reverse engineering bits in memory to the new device and hoping it'll work
USB in a NutShell - Chapter 1 - Introduction
Introduces the Universal Serial Bus covering the various chapters of the spec and what is required to be read.www.beyondlogic.org
found a fix for MDN Web Docs demos not working
Recently, some interactive "demo" boxes (example here) in the MDN web docs stopped working on LibreWolf for me. The preview was blank and clicking on the buttons did nothing.
Turns out I had enabled "Limit cross-origin referrers" in settings, and unchecking the box allowed MDN to work normally.
Hope this helps!
flex - CSS | MDN
The flex CSS shorthand property sets how a flex item will grow or shrink to fit the space available in its flex container.MDN Web Docs
Accidentally wrote an ISO to an encrypted 5TB drive… Help?
So, I did a thing - accidentally selected my 5TB external NTFS hard drive (encrypted with VeraCrypt) as the target for writing an ISO. The moment I noticed that "Impression" had switched the drive letter, I immediately killed the process. But yeah… damage done.
Now, the situation:
- Currently shows up as:
- 6 MB FAT
- 4.3 GB
- 2 TB unallocated
- 2.6TB unallocated
- The VeraCrypt volume obviously no longer mounts.
- Drive was somewhat crucial - lots of structured data I’d really prefer to recover with the original file system intact.
I know chances are slim, especially with encrypted volumes, but has anyone had luck recovering from something like this? I’m open to commercial recovery tools or command-line wizardry. Would love to hear from anyone who’s been down this road.
Any thoughts or recommendations?
Any thoughts or recommendations?
::: spoiler Tap for spoiler
Backup important data
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I'm gonna be the one to say it. You've ruined your ability to decrypt the data. You can try a recovery service but expect to pay a lot for zero results.
I'm sorry this happened to you.
Edit: don't go with commercial software, find a recovery service
This case is due to a logical problem. Cleanrooms are only necessary for physical repairs, like swapping the Head Stack Assembly.
DriveSavers’ cost of entry for a successful recovery is about $2,000. They’ve even given that quote to an iPhone user who needed nothing more than a screen replacement.
Their “state of the art facility” is appropriate for hardware cases where money is no object and you need the best of the best to deliver results no matter the cost.
Realistically, most regular people will be well taken care of using a reasonably priced service like 300 Dollar Data Recovery.
expect to pay a lot for zero results
Industry standard for data recovery specialists is “no data, no charge”
Where is “here”?
You might want to check out the member listings at datarecoveryprofessionals.org/
These organizations generally seem to hold themselves to a “better” standard than the rest of the industry.
Global Group for Data Recovery Engineers | Data Recovery Professionals
Data Recovery Professionals are a worldwide group of professional data recovery engineers who share data recovery techniques and information.Data Recovery Pros
Cloud storage solutions with Linux
I am trying to get away from Google and am looking for a decent cloud service that's integrated well into Linux, either by itself or by using rclone.
I tried Proton drive, but it is laggy and overall not very good.
I just need storage, nothing fancy. Self hosting is not an option tough, at this time.
EDIT: I don't want to write the same answer 15 times, so I'll just put this here: Thanks a lot for the recommendations to all of you! I've got some reading up to do now 😀
Desktop Apps - Koofr
Download the Koofr desktop app and access your cloud storage from any device. Sync your files, work online, and share securely with Koofr. Get it free today!Koofr
looking to migrate off gmail finally
I'm considering finally jumping off gmail. I'm not going to host my own email since I just don't have the skill to secure that thing well enough myself. Any mail server I set up would become a botnest within hours. So that has me looking at third party stuff.
Proton has a mostly good reputation, though their CEO's twitter post a while back praising the Trump regime makes me question if I should trust them with anything. I don't know enough about the entire situation to know if its just internet drama or a real concern, but anything involving Trump is a huge red flag for me.
Tuta looks pretty nice but I've read there are concerns about it being in a country that's part of the 14 eyes collaboration, so it might not matter what the organization wants if the government of the region they are in says fuck off and do what we tell you.
On the lower end of concerns, I am in the Apple ecosystem. (boo hiss I know). I like the clean and simple built in apps like email and calendar and how the notifications all work across my watch, phone, mac and homepods. I like how safari can just jump in and throw an email alias at things for me. I like how all my stuff is managed. But I also know Apple could piss me off at any moment and make wild sweeping changes I might not like, so relying on them too much could screw me over someday. I dont know, right now I really like their setup but portability does seem to matter more ultimately so this switch does seem like a better idea in the long run, even if I'm giving up features I may enjoy.
What are your opinions on the privacy email and calendar services in 2025? Should I even both with a cloud based calendar in the first place?
Proton and SimpleLogin are joining forces | Proton
SimpleLogin has joined Proton. Soon, the entire Proton community will be able to hide their email addresses.Proton
Un guizzo di segmenti e antenne rapide sul chiaroscuro. Benvenuti a cena, nell'Ade - Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri
Un guizzo di segmenti e antenne rapide sul chiaroscuro. Benvenuti a cena, nell'Ade - Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri
È una faccenda nota che spostandosi abbastanza in profondità, il concetto di ciclo stagionale cessa di essere rilevante, portando ad un livello di temperatura stabile che resta sempre identico nel corso dei mesi.Jacopo (Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri)
What problems can I expect using Linux (Fedora) with an NVIDIA GPU?
I'm planning on getting a laptop within the next month which will be my daily driver for university, and it has a RTX 5060. I know people have lots of issues with NVIDIA on Linux, but I don't know of any specific issues. What issues can I expect running Fedora 42 (KDE) on this device?
I am not responding to most comments here, but I am silently taking them into account.
A lot of the info here reads as outdated to me, I have a 40 series card and on bazzite with open drivers it works with zero issues on major titles like Cyberpunk, Horizon, etc. The open drivers have come a long way. It took maybe 5 months post 40 series release for it to work 100% with no glaring issues for me, but 40 series was also the first cards to be launched with the open drivers so it makes sense there'd be hiccups
The only issues I've had on Wayland are color related.
wyndham hotels leaks personal data....and is totally okay with it
I got a new phone number last year. The last person who owned this number just left all her accounts tied to this number and one by one I've been reaching out to the places tied to it telling them they have the wrong number and to stop using this one. Simple enough.
But there is one company that refuses to stop using this number. Wynhdam hotels absolutely refuses to do anything about this. They keep sending me notifications and check in confirmations for her hotel visits. Using just the texts they send me, I know her full name, email address, home address, her reservations at the hotel, which hotel she's going to and what days. Using past conversations with the other hotels she's been to (called in to tell them to stop this months ago), I know she's been kicked out for making a scene in the lobby or something. Looking online, I see she has a criminal record, and a history of child custody losses, drug abuse, and is apparently an "experienced college girl" on an escort site.
In my most recent calls with wyndham, they told me that they can't change the number out. I will need to contact this charming person and have her do it. I am absolutely not getting involved in that mess in any capacity. I'm still telling her johns and dealers this is the wrong number.
Once I explained to the call center supervisor I was escalated to this has gone on long enough and I'm willing to let an attorney deal with it, they put me on hold and supposedly took my number off the account. But the next day, I get another notification. It seems she is providing her services again and it's still making that my problem. So I call and get routed to a promotional department that said they have no idea why they got this call, but I should probably just sue.
I tried calling the number listed on the confirmation texts but it goes to a dead end line that just asks for a remote access code and then hangs up, so I can't ask the hotel she is actually at flag her down and say "hey, you need to update your number."
I emailed their privacy department yesterday but the notifications are still coming in. I can't change my phone number at the moment as I'm dealing with some delicate matters that are tied to this number so I can't risk changing the number at this time.
How can I get wyndham to take this seriously? This is a dangerous amount of information I was able to get off a recurring text they know is going to the wrong place.
Not always true. Letting me from an account information TO something specifically is a risk, but simply demanding they remove MY data from an account that’s not mine is not a fraud concern. Thats the opposite of a fraud concern.
Moreover, I was able to prove I have that number in that I have all the information they gave me access to through that number.
If your in the US you can tell them you'll report them to the FTC and fcc as unsolicited spam text messages that have no means to opt out. They must provide a means to stop receiving text messages per can spam act. If they refuse you report them and then they face 50k in fines per message. You also get to have federal record at least that you didn't want the text messages. You could also file a police report. The cops may roll their eyes, but just tell them you just want something on record that the former number owner waa a shady character and want to avoid any potential legal issues in the future for having their number and getting weird calls or texts.
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ReportFraud.ftc.gov
WhatsApp rolls out AI-generated summaries for private messages
cross-posted from: rss.ponder.cat/post/215685
WhatsApp can now call on Meta AI to summarize your personal chats. As shown in a GIF, you can access it by tapping the button to unfurl all of your unread messages in a chat. But instead of showing your messages, WhatsApp uses Meta AI to generate a bulleted summary of what you missed.
The feature is rolling out in English in the US, with plans to launch in more countries and languages later this year. It uses Meta’s Private Processing technology, which the company claims will prevent it and other third parties from snooping on your messages.
WhatsApp, which is owned by Meta, says its AI message summaries are optional, and the feature is turned off by default. You can also use WhatsApp’s “Advanced Privacy” setting to prevent users from using AI features in group chats. We still don’t know if WhatsApp’s AI message summaries will struggle with accuracy, which is something we saw with the launch of Apple’s AI-generated message and notification rundowns.
Over the past year, Meta has continued stuffing different AI features into WhatsApp, including a way to ask Meta AI questions from within a chat, as well as a feature that generates images in real-time. Some users have grown frustrated by the new Meta AI button in the bottom-right corner of the app that they can’t turn off or remove. Meta also sparked backlash with another change that brought ads to the app — something its founders said they never wanted to do.
The app’s Private Processing is supposed to conceal your interactions with its AI model by creating a “secure cloud environment,” preventing Meta or WhatsApp from seeing your summaries. Other people in the group chat won’t be able to see the message summaries, either.
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WhatsApp’s rollout of ads will change the app forever
WhatsApp is bringing ads to its status feature, a move that’s at odds with the brand’s identity as a “secure” messaging app.Emma Roth (The Verge)
Alright fine I admit it, I want to learn Linux
I'm just so sick of Microsoft and Google.
But there's two things holding me back:
1) I wanna play Steam games on my PC
2) I am just an amateur hobbyist, not a tech wizard
Is there any hope for me?
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Oracle, OpenAI Expand Stargate Deal for More US Data Centers
Link without the paywall
Oracle, OpenAI Ink Additional Stargate Deal for 4.5 Gigawatts of US Data Center
OpenAI has agreed to rent a massive amount of computing power from Oracle Corp. data centers as part of its Stargate initiative, underscoring the intense requirements for cutting-edge artificial intelligence products.Brody Ford (Bloomberg)
Tor + Clearnet Privacy chat app
This app has a clearnet version and tor version as well!
- Clearnet: shadowtalk.yuzukateam.io.vn/
- Tor: 74xhglgkx3yq5o5ibiehpfwoq4jxb62323ydzam56fvqbkuo6kd7tcid (hash)
- And it open source!!!:github.com/plsgivemeachane/Sha…
I really like to get some feedback. Have fun everyone!
GitHub - plsgivemeachane/ShadowTalk
Contribute to plsgivemeachane/ShadowTalk development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
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“Il periodo PIÙ DIFFICILE della mia VITA” (il conto della sfiga by ADC)
Ultimamente Alessandrone ha iniziato veramente a spingere… non che non lo facesse da anni e anni, però con questi ultimi video si sta superando pericolosamente tanto. E questo che è uscito stasera penso possa essere interessante per tutti… probabilmente anche perché l’argomento non è lo studio, ehh vabbé. Che poi… da quando ha un giardino […]
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“Il periodo PIÙ DIFFICILE della mia VITA” (il conto della sfiga by ADC)
youtube.com/watch?v=5_QCU4ngCW…Ultimamente Alessandrone ha iniziato veramente a spingere… non che non lo facesse da anni e anni, però con questi ultimi video si sta superando pericolosamente tanto. E questo che è uscito stasera penso possa essere interessante per tutti… probabilmente anche perché l’argomento non è lo studio, ehh vabbé. Che poi… da quando ha un giardino di terra in cui mettersi a scavare per chissà quante ore, praticamente a vuoto, solo per poter fare le scenette cinematograficamente metaforiche che ha deciso di inserire nel video? (Spero vivamente che nessuna creatura orribile strisciante si sia fatta male durante le riprese di questa robaccia.) 🤯
Il video parla del concetto di sfiga, e di quella che tecnicamente è naturalmente intrinseca nella vita stessa di ogni persona sulla Terra, semplicemente per motivi statistici, perché al mondo ogni giorno avvengono infinite cose che semplicemente avvengono per conto loro… e alcune di queste sono soggettivamente buone, mentre altre no, fine. Ovviamente, in questo senso, la sfiga come forza superiore dispettosa non esiste davvero, quindi tecnicamente la concezione popolare che se ne ha è di per sé sbagliata… e conseguentemente dannosa, perché porta a pensare le situazioni del caso in modi sbagliati, che puntualmente possono portare a sviluppare un circolo vizioso di risposte e pensieri negativi, mandando sempre tutto più in vacca, scavando oltre quello che è già il fondo. 😶🌫️
Niente di nuovo sotto il sole, credo… cioè, non l’ho trovato rivoluzionario questo video, e i suoi concetti non mi sono nuovi… forse perché io penso troppo (come ADC, in effetti), mentre l’essere umano medio no? Però le sue metafore sono comunque interessanti e, in parte, le strategie per rimettersi in piedi (a parte il fatto stesso di realizzare queste verità). Certo, io in realtà l’unica di quelle che davvero uso, personalmente, come si vede spesso, è l’autoironia… perché per il resto lo so che le cose scomode che accadono bisogna semplicemente accettarle ed andare avanti, senza scoraggiarsi. Io in realtà in questo sono un caso particolare, perché (come ho accennato altre volte) sono una creatura solo a metà umana, proveniente dallo spazio, piazzata sulla Terra a forza per volere di un’organizzazione intergalattica senza scrupoli, che ha architettato un preciso piano per farmi vivere con tutte le difficoltà che ho… insomma, sono una ragazza magica, e questo comporta cose molto scomode, eppure non posso dare forfeit; voi vedete un po’ che giustificazione logica trovare alla natura della vostra esistenza. 👾
Ad ogni modo, vabbé, il messaggio di fondo è comunque sempre condivisibile. È bene evitare di scoraggiarsi, di arrendersi, di mettersi a rottare solo perché qualche volta o di continuo si è vittima della sfiga suprema (cioè, più propriamente, di eventi per l’appunto soggettivamente negativi, magari anche tutti in un tempo ravvicinato e che portano ad accrescere una grande amarezza di fondo)… voi magari perché si ha sempre comunque qualcosa di buono sotto sotto anche dentro la merda, e io invece perché devo farla pagare a quelli che mi hanno trasferita sulla Terra. “Cambiando il risultato, l’ordine degli addendi non cambia“, come si suol dire! (Che sia questo un messaggio utile a coloro che sotto sotto ne hanno bisogno…) 🥰
#ADC #AlessandroDeConcini #consigli #lifestyle #sfiga #sfortuna #vita
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U.S. deports men from Asia and Latin America with criminal records to South Sudan after legal saga
The Trump administration said it deported a group of eight men convicted of serious crimes in the United States to the conflict-ridden African country of South Sudan, following a weeks-long legal saga that had kept the deportees in a military base in Djibouti for weeks.
Assistant Department of Homeland Security Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said the deportation flight carrying the deportees landed in South Sudan just before midnight EST on Friday. A photo provided by the department showed the deportees, with their hands and feet shackled, sitting inside an aircraft, guarded by U.S. service members.
A conceptual breakthrough has emerged for the Colorado River’s future. Here’s what it looks like.
Negotiators from the seven river basin states said in a series of meetings in recent weeks that they were discussing a plan rooted in a concept that breaks from decades of management practice. Rather than basing water releases on reservoir levels, it would base the amount released from the system’s two major reservoirs on the amount of water flowing in the river. The new concept would be more responsive as river flows become more variable.
A conceptual breakthrough has emerged for the Colorado River’s future. Here’s what it looks like.
After months of stalemate, glimmers of hope have emerged for consensus on a new plan to manage the shrinking Colorado River.Elise Schmelzer (The Denver Post)
Hegseth falsely cited weapon shortages in halting shipments to Ukraine, Democrats say
Reports indicate defense secretary unilaterally acted to halt shipment even as Pentagon suggested US arsenal is stocked
Pete Hegseth, the US defense secretary, unilaterally halted an agreed shipment of military aid to Ukraine due to baseless concerns that US stockpiles of weapons have run too low, it has been reported.
A batch of air defense missiles and other precision munitions were due to be sent to Ukraine to aid it in its ongoing war with Russia, which launched a full-scale invasion of its neighbor in 2022. The aid was promised by the US during Joe Biden’s administration last year.
But the Pentagon halted the shipment, with NBC reporting that a decision to do so was made solely by Hegseth, Donald Trump’s top defense official and a former Fox News weekend host who has previously come under pressure for sharing plans of a military strike in two group chats on the messaging app Signal, one of which accidentally included a journalist.
Nexus Mods to Enforce Digital ID Age Checks Under UK and EU Laws
The Law and Adult Content
We wanted to give you all a heads-up that over the coming weeks and months, we’ll be making some changes to how things work on Nexus Mods in regards to Adult content, child safety online and our ong...Nexus Mods :: News :: Site News
Programmation de posts sur Piefed
Pour celles et ceux qui utilisent toujours schedule.lemmings.world pour programmer leurs posts ou qui seraient intéressés pour en programmer: nous avons développé d'une initiative jlailutine une fonctionnalité sur Piefed qui permet de le faire. Encore en beta, elle facilite un peu le processus et son résultat est normalement moins aléatoire.
Vous pouvez créer un compte sur les deux instances piefed francophones administrées par destructeur de monde et tournesol, ou l'instance phare du logiciel:
- tarte.nuage-libre.fr/
- feddit.fr/
- piefed.social/
Dans les options à la création du post, vous aurez la possibilité de spécifier une date de programmation, une fréquence et un fuseau horaire/
Vous pourrez retrouver tous vos posts programmés et les modifier ou les supprimer dans le menu de votre compte > posts programmés.
De plus, les titres ont un système de gabarit permettant d'afficher le numéro de la semaine, le jour, le mois et l'année au besoin avec les tags suivants: {% week %} {% day %} {% month %} {% year %}
Exemple:#{% week %} Discussion du jour {% day %}/{% month %}/{% year %}
générera lorsque le moment sera venu: #27 Discussion du jour 10/09/2025
Tout retour ou suggestion d'amélioration est apprécié !
Only 3%* of US AI users are willing to pay a penny for it
Only 3%* of US AI users are willing to pay a penny for it
Venture capitalists Menlo Ventures have released what purports to be a survey: “2025: The State of Consumer AI”. That is, chatbots. [Menlo Ventures] The subtitle is: “AI’s Consumer Tipping Po…Pivot to AI
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in reply to miss_demeanour • • •I remember the old ADSL modems where effectively winmodems. I had to keep a Windows ME machine as my household router until the point the community had reversed engineered them enough to get them working on Linux.
At least they where usb based rather than some random card. I think the whole driver could work in user space.
zazous
in reply to miss_demeanour • • •utopiah
in reply to ssillyssadass • • •The lack of support seems very daunting at first.
I started thinking "Oh I wish I could transition to Linux, away from Windows, but what about the latest hardware or random gadget?"
The trick is to flip the question around, namely not "Does my current hardware work with Linux?" but rather "Am I sure my next hardware work well with Linux BEFORE I buy it?" then this remove 99% of headaches. It's typically 1 Web search away from either a lot of complaints or positive feedback... or not much, and then it's up to you to see if you are ready for an adventure. If there is not much but there is some standard interface, e.g. Bluetooth, and no need for a proprietary application, it's nearly sure the main features will work. If a proprietary application is needed, then safer to avoid.
So.... yes maybe surprisingly a LOT of hardware does work well with Linux!
What does not work for me, to give a random example, is the LED controller of my desktop case, which I bought several years ago while Windows was still my main OS. I didn't put a lot of effort into it, cf gitlab.com/CalcProgrammer1/Ope… but the recent article posted on this instance, namely lemmy.ml/post/32389687 makes me want to give it another go at some point!
[New Device] Corsair One (Complete PC) (#1683) · Issues · Adam Honse / OpenRGB · GitLab
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Jack_Burton
in reply to utopiah • • •This is my plan going forward. Linux wasn't on my radar when I bought my laptop (and my PC but that's a different story about just being scared to try since I use it for work and I'm not convinced Linux has comparable software I need).
I got a wicked sale on a Samsung Galaxy Book 3 Ultra, and of course a few months after I started cutting BIg Tech out of my life (I was an idiot for buying Samsung to begin with but too late now haha). No more Meta, Amazon, or Google accounts or devices for me, and all I have left of Big Tech is Microsoft on my laptop and PC. I tried Mint as my first Linux attempt, and put it on my Samsung laptop. It...didn't play well unfortunately. I've read Bazzite may work better but haven't tried it yet.
Moral of the story, you nailed it. Going forward every bit of tech I buy will be vetted for FOSS support first.
utopiah
in reply to Jack_Burton • • •Neat! Two quick things :
Feel free to ask here. I might not know alternatives but others could, no matter how niche.
Same advice. I don't have one of these but what fails and how? Any specific error message?
Jack_Burton
in reply to utopiah • • •As far as my main PC, I'm a freelance voice actor, artist, and musician. My main concern is recording software and to a lesser extent, art software (I've tried Inkscape, but it's a hard transition from photoshop). For recording I really don't like Reaper, and I use Audition (I know, Adobe, haha) and Cubase for music which unfortunately doesn't have a Linux option.
As per the laptop, it had some standard driver issues which were no big deal but apparently Mint doesn't play well with Nvidia graphics cards. The webcam didn't work but that's a semingly standard issue. The biggest thing was Samsung chips and such from what I read really don't play well with Linux, or at least Mint.
utopiah
in reply to Jack_Burton • • •Even if you are not based in Brussels where we have resonance-mao.be/ you might have a local equivalent, namely open source and open hardware music enthusiast and profesisonals who meet monthly at least to learn and jam. They know this domain a lot more than I do. There are a LOT of software for all that but I wouldn't go as far as advising you. That said yes it mostly likely will require a bit of re-training. Still IMHO you have done the hardest, namely you understand the concepts behind what the tools do. The interface will be different but how it is actually done should be the same. My advice is to find "your people" and discover together.
Regarding hardware Mint is based on Ubuntu which is based on Debian. I have an NVIDIA GPU and I play (and work) with it daily. Sometimes sleep/resume is buggy but pretty much never ever while actually working or playing. Regarding the Webcam, it's not super convenient but until it gets supported (hopefully) you might have to rely on an external camera.
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RésonanceJack_Burton
in reply to utopiah • • •utopiah
in reply to Jack_Burton • • •I actually did that on desktop recently and I enjoy being able to unplug and physically remove it as I don't use it daily. Same for the large external microphone, it's only on my desk when I'll have meetings planed. Maybe you could also use a mobile phone as camera.
Anyway kudos on leaving Google! It's a great step.
For Samsung chips maybe wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebi… could help.
InstallingDebianOn/Samsung - Debian Wiki
wiki.debian.orgJack_Burton
in reply to utopiah • • •utopiah
in reply to Jack_Burton • • •oo1
in reply to ssillyssadass • • •Some useful stuff for some laptops - worth checking if you're buying one for linux:
wiki.archlinux.org/title/Lapto…
wiki.archlinux.org/title/Categ…
Also this - i guess this is the inverse question though:
linux-hardware.org/
Linux Hardware Database
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in reply to ssillyssadass • • •Broadcom, as you've discovered. That's the one brand that I've always had trouble with; they go out of their way to be closed source: never publishing specs, never responding to developers. They're horrible to the point where I will not buy any product that uses Broadcom chips. Which used to be a PITA because they were also common.
Fingerprint readers, in general, also widely seem to be poorly supported.
One of my computers has a MediaTek wireless chip where WiFi isn't supported but Bluetooth does.
A lot of people have problems with NVidia cards; I've not had trouble with either AMD or Intel GPUs (although, I think all Intel GPUs are CPU integrated?).
Multifunction printers are still iffy, and even just plain printers can give grief; I've come to believe that this is simply because CUPS is ancient and due for a completely new, modern printing service. It's an awful piece of software to have to work with.
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in reply to 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍 • • •like this
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in reply to Aatube • • •Flatfire
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in reply to 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍 • • •Magiilaro
in reply to 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍 • • •Cups is so much better then everything printer related that is available for Windows and it works so good that even Apple was not able or willing to create something on their own and are using it their OS on all devices.
Yes, the web interface is dated but nearly every Desktop comes with a modern integrated interface for printer setup and configuration.
It is ages that I had to use the web interface.
Cups comes with a boatload of printer drivers out of the box. And if not then there are often PPD files on the homepage of the printer manufacturer.
Multifunction printers are a special case and if they are supported or not depends either on how the device is build (are the parts addressable Independently as printer, scanner, modem/Fax) or is it all a integrated mashup that needs special software or drivers from the manufacturer.
In the first case can the printer part often be used with cups and the scanner with sane.
Well in the second case there is not much that Linux developers can do without support and goodwill from the manufacturer.
utopiah
in reply to 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍 • • •Not sure if it technically counts as fingerprint readers but using my YubiKey Bio daily, for login on my desktop and WebAuthN and... 0 problem.
𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍
in reply to utopiah • • •utopiah
in reply to 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍 • • •Indeed hence my warning. I'm only sharing this alternative because in practice it works and it's secure (AFAIK).
Edit :
IMHO that's a feature, namely I do not want to OS to mess with this specific part of my setup. I do also have NitroKeys and FPGAs to tinker with but that's different. FWIW if there is an OSHW&FLOSS alternative to the YubiKey Bio please do share.
𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍
in reply to utopiah • • •AndrewZabar
in reply to 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍 • • •I have been fine with both Canon and Lexmark and also a Brother unit that someone in my family owns that their new Win11 machine refused to talk to; I opened up my ASUS t-pad with Ubuntu and printed in five seconds.
But yeah CUPS has actually caused many a headache to the point that I’ve disabled it on some units.
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in reply to ssillyssadass • • •On the peripheral end, ElGato. You can usually get their stuff to work but they provide little to no support, usually have issues to work out, and you'll always be relying on third party replacements for their software.
I got a stream deck plus with the xlr dock, since even though I quit content creation I like what it provides and have no reason to downgrade my mic, but the thing has been a headache and a half ever since I switched to cachyOS.
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in reply to rhabarba • • •Jumuta
in reply to rhabarba • • •Apple iPhone X (Global) (apple-d22) - postmarketOS Wiki
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in reply to Jumuta • • •Strit
in reply to Jumuta • • •"Working" is not what I would call that.
The "Features" list is full of broken stuff and only 1 works and 1 partial.
Booting, yes.
Working, not really.
utopiah
in reply to rhabarba • • •libimobiledevice · A cross-platform FOSS library written in C to communicate with iOS devices natively.
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in reply to ssillyssadass • • •I use mouse which is fine most of the time, but it would be nice if the touchpad would be supported one day.
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in reply to qaz • • •onlooker
in reply to DonutsRMeh • • •Similar story here. I had a laptop running nVidia/Intel dual graphics for a few years and it was so fucking finicky. Primusrun this, optirun that. Ugh. Once upon a time, whenever I heard the word Optimus, I thought of transforming trucks with laser guns. Hearing that same word now puts me in a fetal position.
To any GeForce owners that are considering going Linux full time: do a test run first and see how it works out, because nVidia support on Linux is spotty at best.
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in reply to ssillyssadass • • •Certain less well known smaller brands might not work as too few people know the HW
Same goes for very specialized hardware, if it wasn't on Linux to begin with, it probably won't work
Magiilaro
in reply to ssillyssadass • • •Internal HDMI capture cards are barely supported, there are some professional brands like blackmagic that have support but nearly all consumer grade capture cards are not supported at all, because the companies who make them don't care about Linux.
USB based capture cards often work because they use the same standard protocols as USB cameras.
cmnybo
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in reply to ssillyssadass • • •Anybody ever get Winmodems to work or did they all give up on it?
Back in the day, it was hard enough getting dialup internet working on Linux (especially before you had internet in your pocket, so you had to print out HowTos or write down a bunch of notes before you tried to do it).
But it was downright impossible with a class of modems that was designed essentially as a softmodem, heavily reliant on closed-source firmware and drivers, making them practically impossible to work on Linux.
grapemix
in reply to ssillyssadass • • •the new one😂
I am surprised to unable to find this type.
Honestly, Linux has better support for the old hw, even better than m$ win.
squaresinger
in reply to grapemix • • •Depends. If you have a 32bit CPU, app support is surprisingly much worse on Linux than on Windows. While the kernel and core systems still support 32bit, there are a ton of apps that are only offered for 64bit Linux while 32bit Windows support is still available.
One example: Anything running on Electron.
ColdWater
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in reply to ColdWater • • •UltraMasculine
in reply to ssillyssadass • • •Racing wheels lacks Linux support. It's the biggest, actually only, reason why I'm dualbooting with Windows.
I've been trying to get my Thrustmaster TX to work on Linux Mint but no success so far. I'm still a little bit newbie with Linux so that might be the reason why my wheel doesn't work (yet).
dai
in reply to UltraMasculine • • •For debian / arch / fedora based distros:
github.com/Kimplul/hid-tmff2
Looks like it's not perfect however looks to be a good starting point.
GitHub - Kimplul/hid-tmff2: Linux kernel module for Thrustmaster T300RS, T248 and (experimental) TX, T128, T-GT II and TS-XW wheels
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in reply to ssillyssadass • • •Not going to surprise anyone but Windows Mixed Reality VR headsets aren't great on Linux, at least with controllers
Although that is improving!
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