China is building the world’s largest national parks system
China is building the world’s largest national parks system
Within the next decade, China hopes to become a global leader in protected nature reserves, creating a network of wilderness that would be three times the size of the U.S. system.Ronan O’Connell (Travel)
Former Ukraine parliament speaker shot dead in Lviv
Former Ukraine parliament speaker shot dead in Lviv
A murder investigation has been launched, Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office said.Camille Gijs (POLITICO)
WIPO: Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou cluster ranks 1st in Global Innovation Index
WIPO: Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou cluster ranks 1st in Global Innovation Index
China's Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou innovation cluster has been ranked first globally in the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2025 top 100 innovation clusters released by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) on Monday.CGTN
I give up 🏳️
I give up.... Privacy is a fool's game and it's a losing one at that. We are slowly entering a world where more and more requirements are made on people to own a regular non-hipster cell phone. There are places you can't even buy parking or look at a restaurant menu without having a proper cell phone.
Maybe the answer is not to flash some obscure on life support operating system on your Google pixel but rather.. maybe the answer is to work within the system and simply adjust privacy controls as allotted?
like this
A great thing to do would be to start delegating community cleaning to students in schools. I believe they do this in Japan. If we start teaching kids to work collectively and take care of common spaces together, we can make a society that does the same.
Like you said, we already all do it in our own homes.
like this
BREAKING: 4 Israeli soldiers missing, others killed in resistance ambush in Zeitoun neighbourhood east of Gaza: Israel media
Israeli media reported that 4 soldiers were missing, and others were killed and wounded in Gaza, as part of a large ambush to capture Israeli soldiers carried out by the Qassam Brigades in the Zeitoun neighbourhood east of Gaza City.
Sources reported that the operation began with a large ambush in the Zeitoun neighbourhood, which resulted in the deaths of several Israeli soldiers, while other reports confirmed injuries described as critical.
Scientists May Have Identified a Culprit Behind Declining Amazon Rains | Deforestation is playing a greater role than researchers expected, according to a new study
How climate change and deforestation interact in the transformation of the Amazon rainforest - Nature Communications
In this study, the distinct impacts of deforestation and global climate change on the Brazilian Amazon are quantified for the period 1985-2020. Deforestation amplifies the temperature increase and dominates the decrease in rainfall in the dry season.Nature
like this
Considering the Amazon rainforest is largely man-made, we'll just make it again
Read: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_r…
The BBC’s Unnatural Histories presented evidence that the Amazon rainforest, rather than being a pristine wilderness, has been shaped by man for at least 11,000 years through practices such as forest gardening and terra preta.[20] Terra preta is found over large areas in the Amazon forest; and is now widely accepted as a product of indigenous soil management. The development of this fertile soil allowed agriculture and silviculture in the previously hostile environment; meaning that large portions of the Amazon rainforest are probably the result of centuries of human management, rather than naturally occurring as has previously been supposed.
WTH is happening at the GNOME Foundation ?! - Linux Weekly News
WTH is happening at the GNOME Foundation ?! - Linux Weekly News
Leave the migration and end of life headaches behind with TuxCare: tuxcare.com/endless-lifecycle-…Grab a brand new laptop or desktop running Linux: tuxedocomputers.com/en#
👏 SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:
Get access to:
- a Daily Linux News show
- a weekly patroncast for more thoughts
- your name in the creditsYouTube: youtube.com/@thelinuxexp/join
Patreon: patreon.com/thelinuxexperimentOr, you can donate whatever you want:
paypal.me/thelinuxexp
Liberapay: liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperime…👕 GET TLE MERCH
Support the channel AND get cool new gear: the-linux-experiment.creator-s…Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:32 Sponsor: TuxCare
01:45 GNOME Executive Director steps down
04:41 AI used for backporting patches to the Linux kernel
07:02 GhostBSD launches Gerschwin Desktop, a Mac OS clone
09:06 Bazaar app store is available on Flathub
10:37 Firefox adds web apps backs, sort of
12:21 Vivaldi says no to AI
14:04 Google will block sideloading of unverified apps
16:07 Another Asahi dev leaves the project
17:44 Wikipedia editors reject AI
20:00 Sponsor: Tuxedo ComputersLinks:
GNOME Executive Director steps down
blogs.gnome.org/aday/2025/08/2…AI used for backporting patches to the Linux kernel
phoronix.com/news/AI-Help-Back…GhostBSD launches Gerschwin Desktop, a Mac OS clone
github.com/gershwin-desktop/ge…Bazaar app store is available on Flathub
omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/bazaar…Firefox adds web apps backs, sort of
omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/firefo…Vivaldi says no to AI
vivaldi.com/blog/keep-explorin…Google will block sideloading of unverified apps
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/0…Another Asahi dev leaves the project
rosenzweig.io/blog/asahi-gpu-p…Wikipedia editors reject AI
webpronews.com/wikipedia-edito…Wikipedia Editors Reject Jimmy Wales's AI Tool Proposal for Reviews
Wikipedia editors rejected co-founder Jimmy Wales's proposal to integrate AI tools like ChatGPT into article reviews, citing failures in neutrality, verifiability, and sourcing.John Marshall (WebProNews)
Announcement of LibreOffice 25.8.1
Announcement of LibreOffice 25.8.1 - The Document Foundation Blog
Berlin, 29 August 2025 – LibreOffice 25.8.1, the first minor release of the free, volunteer-supported office suite for personal productivity in office environments, is now available at https://www.libreoffice.Italo Vignoli (The Document Foundation)
like this
How can I disable the GNOME alt tab popup?
alt+esc
Syncthing setup that is suitable for a battery powered Linux device
GitHub - Bill-Stewart/SyncthingWindowsSetup: Syncthing Windows Setup
Syncthing Windows Setup. Contribute to Bill-Stewart/SyncthingWindowsSetup development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
What kind of sorcery is this? Why can't I see that comment when I am logged in, despite the fact that I am a mod?
cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/36767445
Post.
This is happening even on my alt account(Reddthat).
What the heck is happening?
What kind of sorcery is this? Why can't I see that comment when I am logged in, despite the fact that I am a mod?
Post.
This is happening even on my alt account(Reddthat).
What the heck is happening?
adhocfungus likes this.
What kind of sorcery is this? Why can't I see that comment when I am logged in, despite the fact that I am a mod?
cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/36767445
Post.
This is happening even on my alt account(Reddthat).
What the heck is happening?
What kind of sorcery is this? Why can't I see that comment when I am logged in, despite the fact that I am a mod?
Post.
This is happening even on my alt account(Reddthat).
What the heck is happening?
What kind of sorcery is this? Why can't I see that comment when I am logged in, despite the fact that I am a mod?
cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/36767445
Post.
This is happening even on my alt account(Reddthat).
What the heck is happening?
What kind of sorcery is this? Why can't I see that comment when I am logged in, despite the fact that I am a mod?
Post.
This is happening even on my alt account(Reddthat).
What the heck is happening?
What kind of sorcery is this? Why can't I see that comment when I am logged in, despite the fact that I am a mod?
Post.
This is happening even on my alt account(Reddthat).
What the heck is happening?
‘What you feel is valid’: Social media is a lifeline for many abused and neglected young people
::: spoiler Comments
- Hacker News.
:::‘What you feel is valid’: Social media is a lifeline for many abused and neglected young people
Young people who are being abused or neglected are more likely to turn to informal online support systems than to authorities.The Conversation
Safety and space at risk as SUVs reach 30% of car market in English cities, researchers warn
Safety and space at risk as SUVs reach 30% of car market in English cities, researchers warn
Campaigners call for Paris-style parking charges amid fears big vehicles are taking up excessive public spaceHelena Horton (The Guardian)
So short, and thanks for all the flinch | From Gnome Foundation's recently departed Executive Director
So short, and thanks for all the flinch
As the board announced earlier today, I will be stepping down from the Executive Director role this week. It's been an interesting four months. If you haven't been following my work with the...Steven Deobald (The Everyone Environment)
" conversationalist"?
You're using that word, but I don't think it means what you think it means.
Russia & China are destroying us, openly, and we haven't done anything about it
- The Israel-Hamas conflict (and a genocide) is a distraction from Russia and Iran (yes, they disregard human lives that much), to avoid people from figuring out their plans, keeping a far-right Israeli government, and distracting from Ukraine. It also allows for Iran (and thus Russia) to test against missile and drone defense systems in Israel (that are the best anyway, therefore anything that passes will shred through any Western nation).
- Climate change isn't ignored; rather, it is done purposely. If farming fails, we will be in starvation, allowing them to take us out/dominate us much more easily. Additionally, there are studies that prove an increased temperature leads to lower productivity, thus proving this hypothesis further — and Russia won't feel as big of an impact there, especially in winter.
- The “AI” hype is being funded by both Russia and China, to lower our critical thinking, also allowing us to be tricked and attacked more easily. Furthermore, it increases the speed of climate change, and takes away even more clean water from us. This allows them to be able to poison our waters much more easily, since only a select few freshwater points will be out there,
Why did PinePhone fail?
like this
‘What you feel is valid’: Social media is a lifeline for many abused and neglected young people
- Hacker News.
:::
‘What you feel is valid’: Social media is a lifeline for many abused and neglected young people
Young people who are being abused or neglected are more likely to turn to informal online support systems than to authorities.The Conversation
Technology Channel reshared this.
Need some opinions on my next Laptop and Linux Distro
Hi, im searching for a new Laptop and i was tempted to buy the framework 13.. BUT..
Usually i would search for a used or refurbished Laptop to give it a second life u know. And after it broke down in like 4-6 years usually, i would buy a new used one again.
So my first question is: Is the framework 13 really worth my money for the repairability and upgradability in comparison?
My prefered Laptops are the Surface like ones 2in1 with a stand and detachable keyboard...
But im okay with it to switch to a normal laptop Formfactor.
I would prefere 16:9 or 16:10 for multimedia but im used to a 3:2 so it would be kinda okay for me to stick with it.
How good can i implement linux on some surface like laptop?
I switched from win10 to linux Mint on my desktop this year. But i think im going to switch to another distro, because i need the ASHA-protocoll as fast as possible. Maybe not that important on my desktop but definetly on my next Laptop.
Someone switched from surface like laptop to FW13?
Im not a coder. More like a gamer with og cheat codes in gtaSA on a cracked Version of the game, which runs in deamon-tools as an ISO, lol.
Main use would be Multimedia and some gaming, if possible.
Another use would be AI.. but as far as i know linux doesnt support the build in NPU of the FW13 yet. Maybe ai tinker in a few years then?
And im something like a crypto bro i would say. So how good are crypto tools implemented in linux? Some cold wallet support for exampel.
Which distro would serve my needs the most?
Is there a better choice for me than FW13 ?
So all in all im hopelessly lost and cant decide shit ^^
My only hope is to ask some Linux OGs to help me out on dis.
plz halp.
I have the latest Framework 13 and I had a ThinkPad before this. I can recommend either of them. The Framework is one of my favorite computers I’ve had, but it’s not cheap. You will save some money if you ever have to make repairs, but I don’t know how the TCO works out for upgrades. It’s more about empowerment and reducing waste though.
Linux runs fine on both the Framework and the ThinkPad. You can pretty much just take your pick of distros and they should work, although you may want to stick with one of the more up to date distros on Framework because it has new hardware. Fedora, Arch-based, Tumbleweed all work well.
Salesforce sacrifices 4,000 support jobs on the altar of AI
Salesforce sacrifices 4,000 support jobs on the altar of AI
: Benioff boasts bots now handle half of customer chats as doubts over reliability lingerLindsay Clark (The Register)
Introducing ActivityPub.Space
The in-person events at FediCon in Vancouver lit a fire in the Canadian ActivityPub community. One of the louder calls were for a place in the fediverse for ActivityPub discussions; a place for groups to form and for long-running discussions to be had.
I was more than happy to get involved. I also wanted such a place, and I've discussed it on and off for the past year. ActivityPub development discussions are fragmented across multiple disconnected channels, and none of them fully capture the entirety (or a majority, or even a sizeable minority) of the AP developer community. ActivityPub.Space is my answer to that call.
One constant about ActivityPub is that all ActivityPub developers are on the fediverse, and so it only makes sense that discussions about AP development should also take place on the fediverse.
At the same time, the "fediverse" isn't one singular entity. jaz@mastodon.iftas.org famously quipped "There is One Fediverse. There are a Million Fediverses." While I can't make guarantees about this site connecting with a million fediverses, I can say that it does connect with the microblogiverse, the blogiverse (WordPress blogs!), and the Threadiverse (Lemmy/Piefed/MBin/NodeBB/Discourse).
So how does it work?
The site is divided up into several categories:
- General Discussion is for any non-technical discussions about ActivityPub
- Technical Discussion is for technical deep-dives
- Meta contains discussions about this site itself
- Random is for everything else (there's always a "Random" category on a forum, isn't there...?)
We also pull in content direct from Fediverse news outlets such as "Week in Fediverse", "Connected Places", and "Relay, by We Distribute".
On the threadiverse side, we directly link to several other fediverse-focused communities on Lemmy and Piefed.
We utilise a number of relays to both distribute local content out and receive content from the wider microblogiverse. When content comes in via microblogs, they're not usually categorized, so we check for relevant hashtags and automatically categorize them into one of the local categories.
The wonderful thing about this site is that it fully federates, which means you can follow all of these categories from your app of choice. You don't even have to register a local account if you don't want to, but you definitely can (and should!) if you want the best experience browsing the categorized topics.
The categories today are rather broad, but over time I hope to split them up into smaller topics based on user demand. Give the site a try today!
crossgolf_rebel - kostenlose Kwalitätsposts likes this.
reshared this
Here's instructions I wrote up for another NodeBB site with how to follow stuff from Mastodon - discussions.thenexus.today/top…
How to follow and participate in discussions here from your Fediverse and ATmosphere accounts
Another way you can load discussions here into Fediverse is to copy the address bar, but add a post index to the end. For example, /topic/123 might not load,...The Nexus of Discussions
[RESOLVED] Looking for a way to make links to posts that don't leave the instance.
I know I've seen it before, some website that translated a link to a post into a link to that same post, but on the instance of the user clicking the link. I cannot for the life of me seem to find it again, though.
It was not a browser extension.
How do I check the wifi connection in Whonix?
Skip the flavour text by going to the bold text
In my sky high arrogance I thought 'I have never let Linux grace my devices, how hard can Qubes/Whonix truly be?' and I learned my lesson within minutes.
So I come here before you, humbly and beaten by 0s and 1s, to ask for your help.
How do I open a window where it neatly lists available connections and, if so, my current connection?
Usually when I am connected, it has a wifi symbol on the top right where the rest of my panels are. It disappeared.
I tried searching on the internet for answers. My mental capacity is basically non-existent, otherwise I wouldn't be here (probably).
Please. I just want to connect my device via wifi. I do not own an ethernet cable.
Thank you.
You title says whonix, but the text mentions QubesOS. Which one? This distinction is very important.
Edit: in QubesOS the networking is handled by the sys-net qube. If the networking icon does not show up in the tray make sure the sys-net qube is started. If it is, check what programs are available for the sys-net qube in the start menu (hopefully some networking software is available. But I dont have QubesOS in front of me so I cannot check) otherwise try and start a terminal in sys-net and run the command nmtui
Believe me, I wish I could tell you what I've done :') I wanted to get Whonix, but I think the website eventually led me to QubesOS? All I can say is that at startup it shows the Qubes symbol, so it's likely I got that.
When I try to start sys-net it can't start and says that the Qube sys-net has shut down. I'll provide the error message in a moment if I can't get it up with your other suggestion. Thanks!
eta:
Cannot connect to qrexec agent for 120 seconds.
When I want to check the logs, some other qubes cannot start. Bizarre. I even tried creating a qube without the offending qubes (sys-net etc.) yet it still fails.
Flock cams and new program called "delta"
This is some black mirror,
Breaking The Creepy AI in Police Cameras
- YouTube
Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.www.youtube.com
You can be against Zionism and isreals genocide against Palestinians without being antisemitic. Criticism of the actions of a government =/= hatred of a race/religion.
False equivalency.
According to Israel, the only credible authority on anything and everything, you are Antisemitic Hamas.
Expect a live missile on your local hospital's doorstep for your crimes against semitism.
Nazis are antisemitic, zionists are nazis, Netanyahu is an nazi asshole and supported by an US nazi asshole. Sheldon Cooper had the best idea with moving Israel to the US.
Rwanda accepts seven people from US as part of deportation deal
Rwanda accepts seven people from US as part of deportation deal
Trump administration pushing controversial deal to send people to non-home countries including South Sudan and EswatiniGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
Oh wow. That means there's a non-zero chance they're lying about treating the extraordinarily renditioned well.
Edit: thank you for answering.
Xi Unleashes China’s Biggest Purge of Military Leaders Since Mao
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/35116322
Xi Unleashes China’s Biggest Purge of Military Leaders Since Mao
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-xi-china-military-officials-purge/
US manufacturing activity contracts for sixth straight month in August: 'It's survival'
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/50889682
Respondents to the ISM's survey widely cited tariffs as putting pressure on their planning, sales, and costs.
reshared this
Review of the Star Labs Starbook7: thanks i hate it
Hey, folks. I wanted to share my findings about the Star Labs StarBook 7 (AKA mk7 AKA mark vii). I've been daily driving this laptop for about 6 months.
Hardware
- Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 165H × 22
- 32.0 GiB memory
- 1TB storage
Display
I have historically been against hidpi displays for laptop because they just don't work 100% of the time on Linux. No matter how many brittle workarounds I've applied, hidpi displays have always hurt more than helped.
However, the StarBook 7 laptop absolutely nailed the display resolution. 3840x2160 is perfect for 2x integer scaling. When I ran Arch, I never ran into an app that was tiny or blurry. From Bitwarden to Claws Mail to Reaper. I'm happy to report everything worked fine. The ONLY app I was able to find that looked blurry was Cambalache for GNOME dev. All of this with ZERO workarounds, ZERO tweaks. It Just Works.
This has been the best hidpi support I've experienced. However, it's still not as good as running standard dpi. Despite the apps not being blurry, some apps like Bitwarden would forget the size of the window when I closed the app. This means, sometimes, some apps, would start in a tiny, little window, and I would have to grab a corner to stretch it out. Annoying.
When I switched to Guix Linux. UUff. This was bad. Almost all non-wayland apps did not respect GNOME's integer scaling. And when I got GTK apps working, QT apps were still broken.
So even though the Starbook 7 has the best hidpi support I've ever experienced, I will gladly take a more stable system, with less workarounds, and a larger amount of supported software over a slightly crisper screen.
Keyboard
The display was the best part of the laptop. The keyboard might be the worst.
This is easily the worst keyboard I've ever used anywhere, by far.
The keyboard is backlit, which is nice. The keys themselves feel a little light and wobbly, not great, but fine.
However, the actual output signals coming out of the keyboard hardware are trash. VERY often a key signal is sent more than once. The space bar in particular VERY often emits two spaces. But this happens with other keys too. I thought I just had to get used to typing on this keyboard, but no, it's not me, it's the keyboard.
The other trash thing about the keyboard is the placement of "home", "pgup", "pgdn", "end", and the freaking ~~print screen~~ sysrq key. This vertical row of keys is not very visible in the product pics on the website. But the placement of the ~~print screen~~ sysrq key in particular is HORRIBLE because it's right next to the right arrow key. And since the arrow keys blend together (another bad layout choice), I very frequently press the ~~print screen~~ sysrq key on accident.
And other thing. I keep saying ~~print screen~~ sysrq because there is no print screen key on this laptop. If you press the sysrq key, you may be fooled into thinking it's print screen. Do not be fooled. It actually sends a totally different keyboard event signal. This means you loose the ability to use GNOME's built-in screenshot tool. I never found a way to fix this.
The keyboard is so bad, that sometimes it interferes with entering my password. I frequently have to toggle the switch to view the password in plaintext that way I can see when the keyboard doubled up a character.
Other things
Cons:
- About 1 out of 30 times I startup the computer, Linux fails to boot. Like the laptop doesn't even try to boot the kernel. It gets stuck on the boot screen. There are no errors. I just have to force power off and try again.
- There is no fwupd support on non-official distros (Ubuntu is official).
- The laptop has BRIGHT ASS pure blue LED lights on the side and right in front of your face. The front facing LED in particular is horrible at night.
- The headphone jack is absolute trash, specifically the mic input. It is extremely noisy. Unusable even with software tweaks.
- Laptop is heavy.
- Laptop gets HOT, fans frequently need to go on.
- Battery life is abysmal
- Shits expensive
Meh:
- The trackpad is all right. It clicks.
- Coreboot is cool for being open source... but I didn't really notice any performance gains compared to the other big, bloated, firmwares.
Pros:
- Port selection is good.
- No barrel jack for power, just plain ol' USB-C
- The camera is decent.
- Wifi works.
- Bluetooth works...
like this
Am I the only one that thinks that USB-C power delivery is a con?
Having the option to charge with usb-c in a pinch is a really nice feature, but for longterm use I'd really rather usb-c plus a seperate barrel jack for power.
The barrel jacks on business line laptops are usually a separate module that if it breaks from catching the cord with your foot and ripping it out of the laptop, you can replace the module. I'm not sure I've really seen replaceable usb-c power jacks very commonly, they're usually part of the motherboard because it's a combined power delivery/thunderbolt port or something. Now if you rip the cord out the jack is totally fucked And you have to solder a new one on.
I guess how much people care also depends on whether they tend to use laptops in ways and places that are prone to causing damage to the ports. I've never damaged any port on any laptop I've ever owned, and it's unlikely I ever will because I like to keep the cables organized and out of the way (so it would require conscious effort to tug on them), and when I want to pick my laptop up, I always quickly run my hand around its perimeter to make sure everything is disconnected.
I do not claim that this is the correct way to use a laptop or that others should do the same, it is a tool that should be used the way its user needs, I just want to point out that for some usecases, this is simply a non-issue in the same way a non-replaceable CPU is - nothing's going to happen to it.
Also, my current laptop does have both a barrel jack (probably works, I've never used it) and a USB-C charging connector, so it's not necessarily an either-or proposition.
Sorry you hate it. Thanks for being honest.
I avoid all of those kinds of devices because the price in no way reflects the mediocre hardware that we'll be getting.
When we can get 4070 Lenovo laptops at Walmart for $1,000, it just doesn't make sense to be spending a comparable price on something without a fucking GPU.
We're lining the pockets of businessmen at that point. And don't be fooled: it's all business at the end of the day.
[Solved] My OpenSUSE Tumbleweed install broke and I can't rollback
Update #1
I fixed my boot issue, but now I have to fix the issue with snapper not working right.
The boot issue: Something—I don't know what—added a removable drive to fstab, and the error was that drive couldn't be mounted at boot. I have two guesses:
- I formatted a microSD card using YaST Paritioner sometime before doing the distro upgrade.
- The drive might have been mounted during the distro upgrade, though I don't think it was.
At any rate, I commented out that line in fstab and it booted right up.
Mullvad is working fine when I boot normally. I guess it was only broken when booting a snapshot from before I upgraded it.
Update #2
I also fixed /.snapshots by adding it to fstab. Now it gets mounted on every boot, and this version of fstab will be in all future snapshots. I just took a manual snapshot for good measure.
I don't know which action caused the issue, so I'm going to list everything I did. I'm new to OpenSUSE Tumbleweed, and I haven't used Linux since like Linux Mint 17.
- I disabled KWallet because I got tired of typing in a password every time my desktop launched just for wifi passwords. I decided to just let Linux store them in plain text since my whole system is encrypted with LUKS.
- I did a distro update. (
zypper dup) After that succeeded, I logged off and back on. - I noticed Mullvad had a new version. They don't officially support OpenSUSE, so I downloaded the new RPM. I ran
rpm -e mullvad-vpnto remove the old one. That might have been a mistake since my notes say I used zypper to install it the first time. I installed the new one with zypper. It launched and connected just fine. - I had some trouble getting network settings to store/retrieve my wifi password, so I decided to reboot my system since I changed so much stuff.
- It wouldn't boot. I see a few "BIOS" and "ACPI" errors.
- Time to try out Snapper! I reboot and choose the most recent snapshot from before tonight.
- It boots, but when I try
snapper rollbackI getIO error (.snapshots is not a btrfs subvolume) - I get the same error trying to open the YaST snapshot viewer.
- I check
btrfs, and I see@/.snapshotsplus a bunch of numbered snapshots, of course. - I check
fstab, but I don't see an entry mounting anything on/.snapshots. - I do see a directory at
/.snapshots, but it appears just be an empty directory.
Mullvad seems broken with this snapshot. I can't connect to the internet. The mullvad-daemon won't start, so I think the killswitch is active. I've had to type all this on my phone.
What can I do to fix this? I just want to rollback to this good snapshot, and then I can worry about fixing Mullvad when the filesystem isn't read-only.
One month. That's how long it took me to break my system. ☹️
Is it possible that you didn't enable snapshots during installation of TW, and then turned it on later?
That seems to be a common explanation on the openSUSE forum when .snapshots is missing from fstab (found by searching for the error you are hitting). There are some threads with workarounds. Basically, mount the .snapshots subvol manually, re-try the rollback and then add .snapshots to fstab so it works in the future.
LTT Labs blog + benchmarks for linux vs windows performance AMD/Intel/NVIDIA
Part 2: lttlabs.com/blog/2025/06/30/is…
LTT Fourm discussion as well linustechtips.com/topic/161659…
They approached this from a noob perspective and the benchmarks seemed pretty rough. The blog has an overall positive tone on linux which is nice even though it got murdered in performance.
I'd like to see a follow up with optimizations, get some of the linux community involved to help setup an optimized linux test bench to go toe to toe with their "golden image" windows 11 benchmark setup.
They benchmarked a few distros against each other and it was very samey which I expected, the real difference is between the drivers/kernel and desktop environment since most distros come very light in terms of installed software.
Not bad. I take issue with the part of the article called "distro wars". There is no war, but I dont expect them to "get it". These cringelords seem to have a need to meme-fi everything, really dings the tone of the reviews. Am I reading a tech review or an opinion article?
Eeh
using the 24.04lts was an odd choice.
and it did prove odd when they noticed the drivers were out of date.
LTT Labs blog + benchmarks for linux vs windows performance AMD/Intel/NVIDIA
Part 2: lttlabs.com/blog/2025/06/30/is…
LTT Fourm discussion as well linustechtips.com/topic/161659…
They approached this from a noob perspective and the benchmarks seemed pretty rough. The blog has an overall positive tone on linux which is nice even though it got murdered in performance.
I'd like to see a follow up with optimizations, get some of the linux community involved to help setup an optimized linux test bench to go toe to toe with their "golden image" windows 11 benchmark setup.
They benchmarked a few distros against each other and it was very samey which I expected, the real difference is between the drivers/kernel and desktop environment since most distros come very light in terms of installed software.
Forget Linux vs Windows, the real question I have is why is Black Myth Wukong so poorly optimized that on a 4060 or 5060 it can't reach 60 FPS at 1080p even on Windows? Freaking unacceptable.
You would think coming from the mobile world, Game Science would be used to low-spec hardware, e.g. phones, but this game can't run well even on pretty new GPUs on PCs??? I had no idea this game had such abysmal performance. I wish people hadn't bought it, so it could've flopped
PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S [he/him]
in reply to WaffleWarrior • • •like this
metaStatic likes this.
iconic_admin
in reply to PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S [he/him] • • •Mereo
in reply to WaffleWarrior • • •The trick is not to go too extreme too quickly. It has to be a gradual transition to using privacy-respecting products, or else you'll burn out.
I started by switching from Windows 10 to Linux, then using ProtonMail instead of Gmail, then Lemmy instead of Reddit. I'm slowly transitioning to other services and software that respect my privacy.
Look at it as a journey.
ScoffingLizard
in reply to Mereo • • •iconic_admin
in reply to WaffleWarrior • • •I agree with you. I’m a privacy advocate but there are some things I have given up on. I have an iPhone and just live with the fact that it has much more telemetry than I want. It’s better for work because everyone else has an iPhone, etc. However, on my personal computers I run Ubuntu LTS with all telemetry turned off. I use Firefox with ublock and privacy badger, if I want extra privacy I’ll use a VPN. But even then you have to trust the company that runs the VPN isn’t secretly recording your browsing data, it’s a gamble.
My main point is, fight for privacy where it makes sense. Don’t waste your limited time fighting it where it doesn’t. That’s become my personal philosophy, your mileage may vary.
Mereo
in reply to iconic_admin • • •artyom
in reply to iconic_admin • • •The problem is there are lots of places where fighting makes sense but you have no control. 99% will turn all their info over without batting an eye.
I was invited to an event recently on Partiful. If you're unfamiliar, this is the company founder by a bunch of former Palantir execs. The only way to RSVP or see the event info or get updates or anything else is to turn over your phone number. I told the person who invited me that I wasn't comfortable giving these people my info and they responded along the lines of "okay, don't come".
I went to a food truck a while back and they wouldn't even give me a menu or accept my order at the window. Told me I needed to download, order and pay through their shitty app.
Anyone who has my contact information volunteers it in it's entirety to any shitty app that asks for it. They upload pictures of me (along with the according metadata) to surveillance databases without my consent or knowledge, thinking nothing of it.
like this
metaStatic likes this.
Ildsaye [they/them]
in reply to WaffleWarrior • • •Alas Poor Erinaceus
in reply to WaffleWarrior • • •DominusOfMegadeus
in reply to Alas Poor Erinaceus • • •like this
metaStatic likes this.
swelter_spark
in reply to DominusOfMegadeus • • •infjarchninja
in reply to WaffleWarrior • • •The cypherpunk manifesto, 9th March 1993
32 years ago we faced the same nightmare. I was 37 years old back then.
We must defend our own privacy if we expect to have any.
We must come together and create systems which allow anonymous transactions to take place.
People have been defending their own privacy for centuries with whispers, darkness, envelopes, closed doors, secret handshakes, and couriers.
The technologies of the past did not allow for strong privacy, but electronic technologies do.
Privacy is necessary for an open society in the electronic age.
Privacy is not secrecy.
A private matter is something one doesn't want the whole world to know, but a secret matter is something one doesn't want anybody to know.
Privacy is the power to selectively reveal oneself to the world.
activism.net/cypherpunk/manife…
A Cypherpunk's Manifesto
www.activism.nethansolo
in reply to WaffleWarrior • • •frongt
in reply to WaffleWarrior • • •Eirikr70
in reply to WaffleWarrior • • •LoreSoong
in reply to WaffleWarrior • • •Any place asking me to scan a QR for a menu, or need an app for parking probably wasnt worth it to begin with. Yes practicing privacy is not going to "feel" good thats exactly what they want. Just keep fighting back where you can, Make it as unlikely as possible for them to get what they want.
Every person In this comment section has leaks in their system. Unless they are some data security expert, theres simply no way to get by without being "exposed" at some point.
Keep up the good fight. Its worth it. Your eyes and your data are the new currency. Keep their hands off it.
Edit: there is alot of good info in this comment section people should upvote & downvote this post to balance it into being "contraversial" to get more eyes on it. Simply downvoting someone with a "bad take" Is imo unproductive.
like this
sunzu2 likes this.
ushmel
in reply to LoreSoong • • •like this
metaStatic likes this.
flatbield
in reply to LoreSoong • • •Avoiding apps if you can and focusing on using the web and/or PWAs as a good direction too. Lot of the stuff out there for apps really should not be an app to start with. Then there is F-Droid which has most of the actual apps you need.
The ones not in fdroid and where you can't use a web app, and must have, these are not so many. For me this is some health devices, some transit and travel apps, my local library, a hearing test app, Google Maps, my bank app (for check cashing). All of these also run just fine on GrapheneOS. Lot of those don't have to be on my phone though if you only have one android device maybe they do. Really transit and travel apps, maybe my local library, and Google Maps are the only ones I use out and about.
land
in reply to WaffleWarrior • • •like this
metaStatic likes this.
Vanth
in reply to WaffleWarrior • • •I want to run a bit faster than my hiking buddy to avoid being caught by the bear. I want my car or bike to look more of a pain to steal than the one parked next to it.
There's no perfect privacy. I want to outpace my peers so that they are the more attractive targets.
flatbield
in reply to WaffleWarrior • • •LoreSoong
in reply to flatbield • • •flatbield
in reply to LoreSoong • • •sunzu2
in reply to LoreSoong • • •Being treated like cattle is for everyone though it seems.
Normies get what they deserve
LoreSoong
in reply to sunzu2 • • •sunzu2
in reply to LoreSoong • • •Ilandar
in reply to flatbield • • •flatbield
in reply to Ilandar • • •I did read the post. Way easier to install GrapheneOS then it is to fiddle with non-existent privacy controls on stock. GrapheneOS is highly popular and pretty much just works so the on life support thing is BS. Yes if you must have one of the few apps that don't work, sure you'll have to use stock or just not use the app. I've not found any apps that I need that don't run on GrapheneOS but there are some.
Keep in mind too, that not all apps work on all stock phones either for one reason or another.
like this
sunzu2 likes this.
Ilandar
in reply to flatbield • • •I think perhaps you missed the context there. The future for Android custom ROMs like GrapheneOS is looking quite bleak currently, even its developers have acknowledged this.
flatbield
in reply to Ilandar • • •sunzu2
in reply to Ilandar • • •HubertManne
in reply to WaffleWarrior • • •Ilandar
in reply to WaffleWarrior • • •upstroke4448
in reply to WaffleWarrior • • •Mechaguana
in reply to WaffleWarrior • • •golden_zealot
in reply to WaffleWarrior • • •And when those controls are removed because most people went along with it and they were determined as a waste of development time by a corporate or government entity because people also give up on that then what? This is not an answer to anything, it's complacency that will just erode privacy more and make the problem worse.
ganamasawa
in reply to WaffleWarrior • • •The simplest thing you can do is to just use your phone as little as you can.
I use a regular phone because my model doesn't support GrapheneOS or other custom OSs. So I just use my phone as little as possible: calls, whatsapp/LINE/telegram almost only for info about meeting people, not to discuss deep stuff. Proprietary backup deactivated. No games, no superfluous stuff if not a hardened Firefox as browser and my Bank app (sigh). All other few apps I have are FOSS and/or privacy oriented. I use syncthing with encryption enabled so I can backup all data on my desktop with little hassle and regularly delete photos/chats on my phone.
If I have to use a privacy invading app on my phone to buy a parking ticket or something similar: I download the app, block all permissions, use it, delete cache/datas and then delete it.
If I lose my phone tomorrow it would not even be a big deal because I have almost no data in it. I know it's not a perfect model since a few apps and the phone itself do have telemetry, but it's better than going around with a device filled with sensitive data. It reduces a lot of stress and it's very manageable for me.
☂️-
in reply to WaffleWarrior • • •that's because you are trying an individual solution to a collective problem.
going for the roots of it involves going for the corporations and oligarchs taking control of our electronics, not simply installing a private rom.
eelectricshock
in reply to WaffleWarrior • • •Both ends need working on. I think creating and supporting new movements require change, it starts with individuals fighting for more rights on a microscopic level. Shifting to GrapheneOS will accelerate Google to make changes for the good of all of us.
Be wise and patient. I think our older politicians don't accept these concepts, but as our young grow into old then we've got a platform to fight for.