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Getting into Linux Development?


Hi all! I'd like to get into development for linux-based OSes for mobile phones but don't know where to start. I mainly want to support the broadening of supported devices for something like Postmarketos. Where do I start? Are there any handbooks out there that can guide me in the right direction? What's the most promising project to start contributing to?
in reply to timidtaxidermist

Great to hear that you're looking to get into PostmarketOS development! I recommend taking a phone that's already supported, using it and then figure out how improve support the device.

Porting/Mainlining a new device is also possible but that can be demotivating if it doesn't work and it's generally harder to get started with.

If you have any questions or need help you can dm me and I can help.

in reply to Katzenmann

I have a pixel 6a - it looks like there's been some work done already and it seems to be supported, but lots of work to be done. Let's see what I can do with it!



Are we decentralized yet?


I found this neat comparison site arewedecentralizedyet.online contrasting fediverse and atmosphere. Related discussion on HN:

news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…

in reply to Angus McLeod

angus:

Perhaps this is a community that should be inherently decentralised, given its role in the ActivityPub ecosystem.


Apparently from this discussion and others before, when the SocialHub was actually not federated, the Fedizens are expecting this to be fully decentralized in the sense you and @devnull described.

in reply to hellekin

how:

Fedizens are expecting this to be fully decentralized in the sense you and @devnull described.


trwnh:

it would be nice to be able to maintain an explicit community context / boundary / etc


This boils down again to "What does it mean to be federated?" and then either take the ad-hoc, app-centric approach, connect to the flow and tap into the fediverse juice and make the best of that over time via whack-a-mole driven development. The other approach, aligning to what @trwnh mentions, is a more designed one, where well-defined use cases drive the development efforts. Contrast the approaches as:

  1. Connect Discourse software to the fediverse
  2. Community on the fediverse

With 1) it is entirely unknown what you eventually get, and as becomes clear, until now we got a messy fragmented situation. The Need of the Fedizen audience was implicitly "full decentralization" and explicitly for SocialHub to "be part of the fediverse" and not needing a separate account to be created to participate in the discussions.

But that is but one single Need. What is the full list of Needs? And what other stakeholder types are there beside Fedizen role? Now we are getting towards 2) and what it means for SocialHub to be considered a "community on the fediverse". And here too should Discourse - product slogan "The online home for your community" - and Pavilion be most interested, as this relates directly to product development.

Here too is big opportunity for the ActivityPub dev community, as it is the path to overcome the Achilles Heel that is the triad of Big ball of mud architecture, Golden (microblog) hammer, and Whack-a-mole driven protocol decay development.

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Gunboats follow sanctions in US strategy on Venezuela


cross-posted from: hexbear.net/post/6004700

The US naval buildup off Venezuela's coast is not about drug interdiction, but imperial pressure. Caracas's response, grounded in asymmetric defense and bolstered by key Eurasian alliances, has transformed a lopsided showdown into a contest of global powers.

The US has entered a new phase in its long war on Venezuela. Having exhausted economic and diplomatic tools, it has now turned to the military lever, dispatching warships to the Caribbean in a naked display of force.

This escalation caps years of imperial targeting of the Bolivarian government in Caracas – beginning with sweeping sanctions under former US President Barack Obama, tightened to unprecedented levels under President Donald Trump, and sustained through bipartisan consensus.

Officially, Washington frames this as part of a broad “counter narcotics” campaign targeting so-called terrorist organizations. But that story collapses under scrutiny. What the US really seeks is regime change and regional control, thinly veiled behind drug war rhetoric.

Full Article

in reply to Salamence

Honestly, I'm half tempted to create a "how far along the cyberpunk timeline are we?" Tracker. This reads exactly like the beginning of a wider "narcos" war that will inevitably destroy the US.
in reply to Salamence

The US is a terrorist state. And voting for Democrats won't fix it. Y'all need a revolution.


in reply to somerandomperson

lemmy.ml was the first Lemmy instance, and c/memes was the 14th community created here:

$ curl -s https://lemmy.ml/api/v3/community?name=memes \
     | jq -r '.community_view.community.id'
14
$


What is lemmy.ml?


Recently there seems to be some of misunderstanding what the lemmy.ml instance is about, especially from newer users.

Lemmy.ml has always been a niche site, and it will most likely stay this way. We don't have any intentions to turn it into a mainstream instance, or set a goal of getting as many users as possible. Our goal is simple: make an instance that people like to use. I would say that we have been successful in this, but obviously it is impossible to satisfy everyone.

The reason for this is that @[url=https://lemmy.ml/u/dessalines]Dessalines[/url] and I are paid to develop Lemmy, while donations from lemmy.ml users only make up a negligible part of our income. Besides, having more users would force us to spend more time moderating, and less time for development. Lemmy works quite differently from big tech sites like Reddit in this regard: while they get more money with each extra user through advertising, for us it is the opposite. So we would much rather have a smaller, non-toxic, and friendly userbase, than a large one.

Part of the problem might be that lemmy.ml is described as "flagship instance", which can certainly be interpreted to mean "mainstream" or "general purpose". I struggle to come up with a better, more accurate description. If you can think of one, please comment here.

If you dont like the way lemmy.ml works, thats okay. Federation exists exactly to solve that problem, let different groups have their own instances, with their own rules and political views. You can see the list of existing instances, and instructions for setting up a new one on join-lemmy.org.

In particular, I would like to see someone (or a group of people) create a mainstream, or liberal instance. That should help to avoid further drama, and avoid attempts to turn lemmy.ml into something that it is not. @[url=https://lemmy.ml/u/dessalines]Dessalines[/url] and I would certainly be willing to help with any technical problems that such an instance runs into, and include it on join-lemmy.org (just like any other instance that meets the code of conduct).



in reply to LillyPip

I wouldn't mind an AI powered clippy I could run locally (or at least a server easy enough to rent) that I control where it connects to and gives out data.

in reply to Droechai

One of the OG eeepc is what got me into Linux. The distro it shipped with was ass (it was a Linux variant) so I went hopping and discovered Puppy Linux and a bunch of others. Ended up sticking with !# (crunchbang) which later renamed to BunsenLabs and I still run it on most of my devices to this day.
in reply to Droechai

FreeBSD offers a 32 bit variant still via their i386 image.

Expect a small learning curve if you've never used UNIX, but most things are similar enough that you'll be fine. If you're ok picking up the FreeBSD handbook.



Let's be honest.... GrapheneOS sucks the big one


I'm sorry but it's true. Graphene OS sucks the big one.... It's absolutely janky when it comes to its Android app support, it's UI is absolutely atrocious, and all around. It's simply a wonky operating system.

Not only that but the whole premise of of making an operating system built only for Google pixel hardware on top of Android Open source project is just silly when it comes to the idea of "privacy". That would be like trying to open up a gay nightclub in Qatar. Google could snap its fingers tomorrow and lock down the ability to unlock bootloaders.

What do you think? Am I wrong here guys?

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in reply to WaffleWarrior

The UI is just AOSP android, simple and ugly (imo) as always. It's not unique in that either, most OEMs have a skin based on AOSP in some way.

As for the app support, I have had very little issues over the past year on GrapheneOS. Aside from some apps being exclusive to the play store (ie they don't host them elsewhere and Aurora doesn't have a copy), I have a pretty seamless experience. And yes, including banking apps.

Tap to pay doesn't work (they're upfront about that) but NFC is still fully features in my experience.



Linux Tablet?


Hi Linux nerds,

I've started up classes recently, and with being a recent convert and all, was a little curious to hear if anyone had any recommendations for a tablet capable of handling the workload of a student and that runs linux. I'm a bit of a neophyte when it comes to hardware (especially tablets, I've never had one in my life), though I've got enough experience to run Fedora on my PC.

My needs are pretty simple, I just need to be able to run libreoffice and take notes on the machine during lectures. Any insights as to where I should be looking?

in reply to orenj

while it's a bit more than a tablet, I scooped up a gen 3 yoga x1 thinkpad off ebay for somewhere around $300 USD. i'm running bluefin on it and it works great for most of my general computing tasks. the screen folds back into a tablet mode and the keys recess when it does. that functionality "just works" on a fresh bluefin install for me.

the stylus that sits inside the body of the laptop doesn't function and i suspect that it is a (non-replaceable) battery issue. i bought a larger lenovo stylus for the device after some research and it works great (plus i can replace the battery). it's a CCAI21LP1520T4 model. i think it was about $35 USD.

the only downside is it's a bit heavier than a tablet and it can get kind of warm over time but i'm doing development on it and have several docker containers running for that purpose. that might be a me problem.

i like that it has a headphone jack and an sd card slot. there's also a sim card slot but i doubt that's usable with linux.

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in reply to hobbsc

Similar expierience, got an Inspiron x360 for $150 - works great and its capable of doing so much more than a usual tablet since I have the same Debian Stable install as on my Desktop and work Laptop.

And everything worked out of the box, which kinda baffled me to be honest.

in reply to nfms

guess i'll have to yoink it out of my phone when i get some motivation. thanks!
in reply to orenj

What you're looking for is PostmarketOS. On their website you can also see what tablet devices it runs on more or less perfectly and on which ones some of the features are missing.

I think their website answers all of your questions.





USB-C ports no longer sending/receiving data (Lenovo X1 carbon)


I have a Lenovo X1 Carbon Gen 12. The other day I noticed both of my USB-C ports are not receiving or sending data. External drives won't mount and my dock won't send signal to my monitor, but when I plug in my charging cable I am still getting power. When I use "lsblk" nothing shows up, even though sometimes I hear the chime signaling something has been plugged in (but it's inconsistent and sometimes doesn't chime).

Both of my USB-A ports are working properly and receive data, so it's only my USB-C ports.

I'm running Ubuntu 24.04.3. I tried to revert back to an earlier kernel in case that was the problem but it didn't fix the issue.

Anyone have a similar issue? Thanks!

in reply to collar

Try turning off the device, remove the battery, then take a safety pin and compressed air and scrape out any dust I'm the usb-c port then spray with air. I had a issue with my phone charging but not getting data. I spent a solid 15mins doing the above and it fixed it.

A good test is to see how firmly the usb-c sticks in the port. If it comes out pretty easy or feels seated sloppily then it probably just needs a good cleaning.

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in reply to brownmustardminion

Sorry for the delayed response. I tried the reset button and there wasn’t any blockage or weak connection to the port itself.

Turns out the computer had Lenovo premium service so a tech came out the next day and replaced the motherboard. Hopefully I won’t have another issue 😬




Cheap SBC x86-64 ?


Hi,

is it exist cheap ~$60 SBC in X86-64 ??

::: spoiler No thank you for Rapsberry PI
\
I used Raspberry PI SBC for a while now.

But it's really hard to found a Linux distribution that support
- RPI (arm64)
- sysVinit 💖
- And that I like

Please don't bring systemD in this discussion thanks.
:::


( first row is for reference )

brandmodelPrice €GPIO pairCPULan Portsidle wattSurface area cm²Storage portsWiFi / BTurl
Raspberry PiPi 5 B (4GB)5212Quad-core Cortex-A72 (ARM v8) 64-bit SoC @ 1.5GHz.1x 1GbE347SD
radxa1X49012N100 ▼1x 2.5GbE18W ?47.6M.22, eMMC2W6, BT5.2
HardKernel ?ODROID H4109??N97 ▲1x 2.5GbEN.C -> 60W ?144eMMC, M.2*, SATA*hardkernel.com/shop/odroid-h4/

last update: 2025-08-31


  1. Seem unavailable on the europe market.. ↩︎
  2. Might not be bootable ! TBC ↩︎ ↩︎
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in reply to Rick_C137

Have you tried MX Linux? It is based on Debian, they have a distro for RPI, and they have no systemd

mxlinux.org/download-links/

in reply to Papamousse

Thanks @Frederic@beehaw.org \
Yes, Nice distro, but unfortunately their RPI respin use systemD 👎 \
\
forum.mxlinux.org/viewtopic.ph…
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in reply to Rick_C137

Thank you all for your input's ! \

So I have created a table , that I'll put in my first post.

Feel free to post update like

|brand|model|Price €|GPIO pair|CP|Lan Ports|idle watt|Surface area cm²|Storage ports| WiFi / BT|url| \
|Raspberry Pi|Pi 5 B (4GB)|52|12|Quad-core Cortex-A72 (ARM v8) 64-bit SoC @ 1.5GHz.|1x 1GbE|3|47|SD|||


or even without the row header

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in reply to dysprosium

No. Originally it was a testing username for UNIX shell. I just hit the keys randomly for numbers. Well, somebody verified my account, giving it higher value and making it not temporary.

Then SDF also made a Lemmy instance, and not understanding that being a separate product, I re-used the same username.



Greta Thunberg speaks before departure of flotilla carrying aid to Gaza [video]


An estimated Twenty-seven ships to set sail for Gaza from multiple ports to break Israel’s siege on the enclave.

This will be activist Greta Thunberg’s second mission, having been taken captive by Israel earlier this year when her ship and fellow crew members were sprayed with illicit chemicals and boarded unlawfully in international waters. The Handala and her crew also suffered a similar fate earlier this summer.

Dozens of people gathered on Saturday at the port of Barcelona where a flotilla will set sail for Gaza on Sunday. Swedish activist Greta Thunberg is hoping to break… the naval blockade imposed by Israel along the coast of the Gaza Strip since 2007... (AP video and production by Hernan Munoz)


Additional information:

The Global Sumud Flotilla

The Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza: Everything you need to know

Largest flotilla for Gaza hopes to pressure Israel to end blockade


in reply to Onno (VK6FLAB)

Who controls the robot? Why should we cry when a thief gets hacked?
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in reply to Onno (VK6FLAB)

That makes sense. But maybe there is something else... Hollywood exaggerated what could be done too soon.

Take the classic 1995 films The Net and Hackers. (I love hackers now in a bittersweet way because of just how sincerely positive they felt towards the future and the future of the internet. Genuinely believing that it will forever be a place of a freedom and ruled by wild west cowboy hackers who will not only do things out of curiosity, but also never sell out. To be fair, they were going by The Hacker Manifesto ).

In The Net, you have a terminally online cybersec specialist (a female cybersec specialist, and terminally online... in the mid-90s. The former is believable, the latter is not... there just wasn't THAT much to do online at the time) who gets her life torn apart when people erase her very existence using the internet. They state that 'everything is online now' meaning everything can be accessed and destroyed, thus rendering her a non-person with no records of who she because they purged all databases of her records.

In Hackers, you have somewhat the same thing play out... but it was done as a gag and clearly undone later. There is a US Secret Service agent causing the protagonists some trouble, so they make trouble for him by creating online dating profiles with his name and contacts (and putting extreme fetishes he does not have, thus having him be called by all manner of weirdos), cancelling his credit cards, and the funniest part: They have him declared legally dead somehow. All of this is undone of course, and the whole sequence played for laughs, but it greatly exaggerated what was and what wasn't online at the time.

One thing that absolutely COULD have happened that I didn't think was possible was in the 4th Die Hard movie, Live Free or Die Hard... in the movie the bad guys hack a city's traffic lights and make them all green all the time, thus causing numerous traffic accidents. I rolled my eyes when I saw and said 'nah, that can't happen'... only for me to read later that not only could such a thing happen, but it could happen in the stupidest way possible. Some hacker managed to find a clear-net website of some town that had their traffic light control on... and it was 100% unsecure. Meaning anyone with the URL could have just gone on and caused a lot of damage. The person who discovered it, thankfully, did not. But the fact that it COULD have happened was astonishing to me.

Now you have so much shit going on it isn't funny. I can't keep track of all the major hacks that just keep happening. From the Tea hack, to Las Vegas being compromised, to all sorts o shit. It is just incredible.

in reply to ArmchairAce1944

I have serious doubts about the traffic light thing, any even remotely well designed systems would have interlinks that don't allow green from multiple directions.

Shutting them down or changing the sequencing, sure, but not multiple greens at once.



How to set permissions for flatpak vscodium?


I frequently encounter issues. Does someone have a working setup or should I simlpy use distrobox for IDEs?
in reply to jumponboard

What kind of issues did/do you encounter?

The VS Code/Codium essentially provide a separate development environment within the flatpak container. All the tools there, and the shell are separate from your actual system. There are some ways to work around this (github.com/flathub/com.vscodiu…). I gave up on the Flatpak and installed a native package. Containers are nice, but they have their limitations.



Let's be honest, if Microsoft failed Linux Phones will fail


It's inevitable....you people are going to have your Android given the iPhone treatment and you are going to LIKE IT! 🫨

Seriously though, alternatives? Grapheneos Mastodon page is a dumpster fire at times. One minute they are as ferocious as lions claiming they will never surrender.....the next they are lamenting that Google won't feed them and they need a new hardware supplier 🫩

CalyxOS folded quicker than a wet paper bag at a simple management shift! GrapheneOS and it's days are numbered

So what's the real option going forward?

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in reply to WaffleWarrior

A phone is a surveillance device.

The networks it is able to connect to have been compromised by attackers using backdoors built into them for the use of law enforcement. The legality of collecting information transmitted across those networks has been enshrined in law. All hardware and software companies which work with phones are targeted for infiltration by multiple foreign and domestic intelligence agencies. Friendly nations exchange intelligence packages and techniques for bypassing phone security with each other as a matter of fact. Foreign intelligence services’ surveillance technology is integrated into local law enforcement.

You cannot privately or securely use a phone.

Adblocking is not privacy or security.

Playing Super Nintendo on your phone is not privacy or security.

No amount of open source software will save you from the global intelligence state who have targeted the linux kernel and various distributions.

in reply to stupid_asshole69 [none/use name]

You cannot privately or securely use a phone.


This is probably true of most devices, but people can still try to improve their security and privacy. Don't let perfection be the enemy of the good and so on...

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in reply to WaffleWarrior

You wrote "you people". You exclude yourself with some controversial headline. I stopped reading.

in reply to return2ozma

I don't understand what you are trying to tell me. But I also haven't ever used an Uber.
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in reply to TJA!

My guess is this is supposed to represent the experience of trying to act normal with your uber driver that's driving you back from the club/bar while you're drunk/high as hell.


Neural Privacy: EFF interviews Yuste and Genser of the Neurorights Foundation


"How to Fix the Internet" has an important interview with neuroscientist Rafael Yuste and human rights lawyer Jared Genser, who together established the Neurorights Foundation, focused on expanding human rights concepts to neurotechnologies —tools that can record, interpret, and even manipulate brain activity.

They have contributed to getting laws passed nearly unanimously in three states of the USA and also discuss reforms in Brazil and Chile. This is an important issue to understand, and now seems like a short-lived opportunity to get laws passed before wealthy companies become involved in these technologies and start lobbying for their own interests.

eff.org/deeplinks/2025/08/podc…

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German cabinet passes bill for voluntary military service


The bill foresees certain annual recruitment targets for the new voluntary scheme: rising from 20,000 in 2026 to 38,000 in 2030.

If these numbers are not achieved, the government could opt instead to reinstate conscription, subject to parliamentary approval, according to the latest draft of the bill.

Already the current bill contains some mandatory elements, with all young men required to fill an online questionnaire regarding their willingness and abilities for military service after turning 18, to gain a better overview of the potentially available personnel.

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/german-cabinet-passes-bill-voluntary-military-service-2025-08-27/

in reply to NightOwl

Well, well, well, if it isn't the consequences of decades of funding Russian genocide in exchange for cheap natural gas.
in reply to NightOwl

They are also looking into cutting social programs. This coupled with Britain and France potentially needing an IMF loan is not great news for Europe.


Yo yo! Help me choose some better private services!


Yo yo!

I’ve been working on making my life more private and need some assistance picking suitable replacement options. Please let me know what you think of my list of if there are any opportunities for improvement! Here’s where I’m at …

Apple Maps
-OSMandMaps. Seems like a good option, but it’s not ready out the box. I need to do more tweaking with it.
-Magic Earth. Haven’t tested it yet, seems good. But I’m looking for free options first before I dabble with paid stuff.

AI (ChatGPT)
-Lumo. Chat is really good. But I understand they are good because they syphon data illegally, so I’m ok “downgrading” when switching AIs. Lump seems pretty good so far. I can tell it’s not as advanced but it will do me fine for what I need. Also, i assume once I pay for lumo pro it will be more “powerful”.
-Maple AI. Seems dope, also I like the pay model, pay for what you use over “x” amount of inquiries. Does anyone know how I owledgable/powerful it is?
-local AI OR Ollama. These 2 are beyond my knowledge. I don’t understand how I run these on my own server? If you know anything about these please ELI5.

Google Docs
-OnlyOffice. Seems like it does everything I want.
-cryptpad. Just heard of this today, need to explore more. Seems dope, but it doesn’t have an app? From what I’ve seen definitely a strong contender.

Photo App (I haven’t looked into any of these yet)
-Protón Drive.
-ente photos.
-I’mmich.

Google Drive
-protón drive.

in reply to BlackSnack

Maps: CoMaps all the way. Very nice, polished map app using OpenStreetMap

AI: Just use Ollama. It's dead simple to run it on your local machine. They have docs here: github.com/ollama/ollama/tree/…

Productivity suite: LibreOffice. If you want sync use Nextcloud (needs to be hosted) or syncthing (no hosting necessary).

Photo app: Nextcloud Photos app if you want cloud sync. I take it you use iOS given that you specify Apple Maps, in which case idk what foss photos apps there are on iOS, but Fossify Gallery on Android is good.

Cloud storage: Nextcloud. By definition, cloud storage needs to be hosted, so if you don't have a server, you can use something like Proton Drive or Cryptdrive, or find a public Nextcloud instance that lets you sign up (Disroot has one).


in reply to Five

Take all this with a big grain of salt—it’s based on the oddly naïve assumption that the police are trying to catch the actual instigators, and that they need real evidence to get convictions.

In my experience, the objective of the police is to create a particular public narrative, with the least amount of effort or risk to themselves. The narrative (which they present to the media after the fact) is that they acted with restraint, respecting the peoples’ right to assemble, until a handful of agitators turned destructive and the demonstration threatened to escalate into a major riot—at which point they swiftly intervened, caught enough of the agitators to prevent an escalation, and saved (most of) the city’s businesses from destruction.

Now, they do want to intimidate the crowd to keep things from escalating too far, but they also want to allow for some destruction to legitimize their tactics and to support the argument that the police force needs more officers. So they let the actual instigators alone, because they’re useful to their narrative (to a point) and because the police don’t want to engage with the group most prepared to fight back. (What they really want to avoid is a large crowd seeing multiple people physically resisting the police without being immediately subdued.)

Instead, they target:
* Journalists, street medics, and legal observers, to remove the demonstrators’ sense of institutional support and legitimacy;
* Anyone unable to fight back (like the disabled, elderly, and children) for pure shock value and crowd intimidation via low-risk displays of violence;
* Those whose mug shots in the papers the next day will support their narrative—the homeless, minorities, and anyone whose face is vaguely weird or scary; and
* People who dressed in black bloc fashion, but are clearly by themselves, passive, and not part of an organized group.

These last are the only ones they will try to prosecute, and often their black bloc attire plus the testimony of cops who claim they saw them engaged in destructive activity just before grabbing them will be enough to get a conviction. In this case the anonymity of their dress backfires, because the cops can pin the actions of anyone with similar clothing and body type on them by claiming they saw the act first-hand and caught the suspect immediately afterward.

Meanwhile, the real instigators are convinced that they escaped due to the brilliance of their tactics and not because the cops had no interest in catching them.

That said, all this goes out the window when dealing with Trump’s federal agents: they’re working from different narratives that don’t involve protecting businesses, maintaining local support, or respecting anyone’s rights.

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in reply to Five

Is there anything of value in the camera set-ups to steal and quickly turn into cash? If so, an information campaign to raise awareness of the value amongst crackheads and meth addicts could work wonders.
in reply to Five

The corpo wars are coming except it will be plebs v the corpos.


Nvidia driver issues...


Well guys! I did it! Linux mint on my desktop! Finally! Everything seemed like it was going swimmingly save for some minor issues. But then I ran into one: I did use stability matrix to make furry porn (very bad furry porn, don't ask) but when I tried to run it, it kept telling me it had issues with python and cuda and other stuff. I wondered if the problem was just python libraries or my nvidia drivers. I did manage to get a workaround, but it simply wouldn't use my GPU... in fact, I think I am having a super hard time seeing if I am even using it properly.

Speaking of drivers I tried to install the latest one, but that caused a problem. I use multiple monitors (because of course I do). Three in fact, but only one ended up working with the other two entirely unrecognized. And I still wasn't able to use my GPU to get stability matrix (or even stability forge without that) and my games still can't run on max graphics settings. I've been looking around for some help on this and trying to work on it all day, with limited success. It is basically the only major thing going wrong with my transition from windows to linux.

Any help here?

in reply to ArmchairAce1944

Have you decided on Mint yet? If not, the Bazzite distro will be easy to use. All you need to do is download the Nvidia image and install it. It will work right away. Steam and the Nvidia drivers are already installed and configured. No configuration is needed.
in reply to Mereo

I suppose I can change things... I mean I haven't been on linux mint that long... I didn't hear about Bazzite. Let me try to fix this before I try to use a different distro.
in reply to ArmchairAce1944

Ok. If ever you want to try Bazzite, here's the download link: bazzite.gg/#image-picker

Then choose: Desktop > Nvidia RTX Series > KDE > Traditional Desktop.

in reply to ArmchairAce1944

I went through about six distros in a week before deciding. Mint and zorin were both terrible on my nvidia card.
in reply to tyler

As it stands right now, due to Just_Another_Person's link (itsfoss.com/nvidia-linux-mint/) pretty much took care of most of the issues. There is a minor issue with using LM studio and trying to load LLMs offline (privacy... if there is anything I miss about computing in the 90s is that there was very little in terms of any outside company looking into what you were doing on your comp), but that is not a major deal for now. I can use LLMs with small context windows. The large context windows were painfully slow anyway.

in reply to ecoenginefutures

This applies to "teens" until they have to get jobs and do what they're told or else be homeless.
in reply to Sentient Loom

I assume you’re projecting yourself onto the “teens”, in such case I’ll let you know that the future is solarpunk and there’s very little you can do at an individual level to stop it, I’d suggest you to participate in it tho. Reality rewards the ones that correctly predict the future, so this is your chance to hop on the train and make your future >even< greater! Much love!


We already live in social credit, we just don't call it that


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What are some good shell tweaks?


A short while ago, I saw a blog post from someone about modernizing their shell. Unfortunately, I lost the blog post, but there was some really good stuff in there. Just mentioning this in case someone knows what I'm talking about.

One tweak I remember they mentioned was about fixing programs that have broken formatting. It prevents scenarios like

user@hostname:~$ echo "hi"
hiuser@hostname:-~$

where the output and shell prompt get placed on the same line. I noticed this happens with bash with C programs that don't include a \n in the final printf statement.
in reply to Leaflet

Either nushell or fish shell if you want a modern shell.

But honestly shell usage tends towards vim or emacs workflows.