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Average neolib worlder take

#memes

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YappyMonotheist

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China bad
Islam bad and dumb
Communism and socialism bad
Capitalism good (and make sure you know NOTHING regarding economic theories!)
Women dumb
Non-Europeans (ethnically, and even then the Germanic tribes are at the top of the chain [Anglo-Saxons included, evidently]) bad and/or dumb
Gays bad
Christianity good (only when antithetical to the message of Jesus)
(white) America good
Israel good

Have I captured the essence of the 'classic' ignorant and angry white American? Honestly, it fits pretty well for FN and EDL dudes in France and the UK, respectively...

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Melvin_Ferd

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Some pretty great points actually. A couple are just terrible but not all

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YappyMonotheist

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I know my propagandised 21st century schizoid European man!

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comfy

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(just checking you actually meant schizoid, which is notably different to schizophrenia. both could make sense here but imply different things)

psychotic disorder characterized by emotional responsiveness and disintegration of thought process

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Sandouq_Dyatha

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both are ableist to use in this context

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Cowbee [he/they]

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Which points were great, lmao? These were all comically awful takes at worst to chauvanistic at best.

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Melvin_Ferd

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The gays are actually really great

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Cowbee [he/they]

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Yes, the original point was "gays bad." Like I said, all of the points range from awful to chauvanistic at best.

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Samsuma

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this just captures the angry white man in not just the US, but also KKKommonwealth and Europe.

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Dessalines

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Losurdo really drives home that white/western supremacy has been a global project that's gone through many phases, not just limited to one country.

The word untermensch for example, comes from lothrop stoddard, a US white supremacist and eugenicist who greatly inspired the nazis. They also took lebensraum from manifest destiny, and openly wanted to emulate what the US did to its native population, in eastern europe.

After the nazis broke the rules and attacked westward and started western infighting by attacking britain and france, then lost in ww2, the US took up the mantle of the west's leading country who would keep the non-white populations of the world in check, by bombing anyone who dared to challenge colonialism or neo-colonialism, or impede their control of resources and prevent the spice from flowing.

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Samsuma

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From the "civilizing missions" of the British, French and the Dutch to the theft, plundering, pillaging and desecration of indigenous lands and its people in the "New World", with all of it mirrored today only this time with different targets, it's clear as fuck that a majority of today's US' white population do not stray far from their European colonialist ancestors and don't want to...

Maybe I'm doomposting but I genuinely don't know how this vicious cycle of white supremacist entities scratching each other's backs and evolving in the process of doing so could end..

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Dessalines

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I personally don't think there's much hope for the imperial core countries at least, but they're a minority of the world's population. The rest of the world doesn't want a leading country, they want trade on an equal basis, and a multi-polar world with international bodies that can resolve disputes impartially. Capitalism isn't even as sustainable as feudalism, and will likely have a much shorter lifespan. Enriching a few at the expense of the many isn't sustainable in the long-term, because the many will fight back and eventually win, as they have done and will continue to do.

Empires generally have a long, whiny decline into obsolescence... I think ancient Rome (after all the civil wars, imperial overextension, instability, famines, civil unrest) it eventually emptied out to ~1% of its peak population before it was conquered. If it isn't politically stable, doesn't inspire people, and no one's willing to fight for it, it can't last.

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friendly_ghost

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Nation State bad

Liechtenstein bad

Maldives bad

Seychelles bad

Bahrain bad

Etc.

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2 sides of the same coin

#memes

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YappyMonotheist

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Yeah. But also a quick test to see how far gone American society is: if the Dems get elected it means that, at least for the sake of optics and spin, morals play some sort of role still.

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fodor

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Don't kid yourself. Rich Democrats love dirty cops.

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YappyMonotheist

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I'm talking about getting a read on the country, but yeah, rich fucks (the truly rich ones) worship money. 🤷

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RizzRustbolt

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It's June, so the democrat cop should have a pride pin.

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IninewCrow

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The rest of us standing there just looking at them

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ProIsh

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The republican is actively killing. Yeah that seems to check out.

I know you're trying to say they're the same but no, they're not. You accidentally showed how dems are better.

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✺roguetrick✺

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The liberal brain, gentlemen. Tou Thao was convicted for keeping bystanders from intervening while not doing anything himself. He might've been less worse, but he still deserved to go to prison. And he remained unrepentant to the end. Of the four cops he got the second worst sentence despite never laying a hand on Mr. Floyd precisely because he refused to admit any culpability. It really is a good comparison, seeing this comment.

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IttihadChe

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It's really a great representation because if Floyd actually overpowered Chauvin, you know for a 100% fact that Thao would have resorted to the same direct violence himself, he just didn't have to because someone else was doing the dirty work sufficiently.

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Squizzy

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Yeah...they are watching and doing nothing...a failure and an accessory. The results are the same whether they are there or not, when they could prevent atrocities.

This who is better bullshit doesnt matter, they are complicit.

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Liz

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If we remove the Republicans, things get better. If we remove the Democrats, things stay the same. It's not a question of who is better, but who is worse. Until we change the voting and representation systems (hello Approval Voting and Sequential Proportional Approval Voting) picking the lesser evil is the only logical and moral choice.

electoral system that extends the concept of approval voting to a multiple winner election, proposed by Thorvald N. Thiele in the early 1900s

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BrainInABox

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Decades of "lesser evil" voting is what got you where you are today.

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Liz

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Nope. Decades of people choosing Republicans is what got us here.

But again, change the system, don't ask people to change. They never will.

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Squizzy

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They are complicit by only striving to be less evil. Would you be happy between choosing a rape and murder of your parents or just a murder? One is clearly less than the other so we should be happy with that over the alternative.

One is clearly preferrable, neither is acceptable.

Dems had power for enough time to change elections and did not, thus enabling this regime.

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Deceptichum

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Ask George Floyd which was better for him.

Shitlibs thinking they’re the hero taking the photo and not the one under the boot .

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AntiOutsideAktion

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It's not like the democrats committed a genocide

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Signtist

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It's no accident, I'm sure. They are better, as they're not helping the killers, but they're nowhere near as good as is necessary to stop them. Pretty much the perfect definition of the average democratic politician these days: you vote for them to stop the killing, but you know that - whether by choice or not - they won't do anything to prevent more deaths when the killers come back into power.

I'm happy we're electing people like Zohran Mamdani, but we're going to need a lot more of them before our leftmost viable party can be considered even a little left. We need politicians that make change, and when the system doesn't let them, they band together with the rest of the population to force it, instead of just complaining about how they wish they could make change but can't. The leaders need to be leading the charge, to battle if necessary.

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Dessalines

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After winning the Nobel peace prize, Obama dropped an average of 30k bombs / year (80 per day) during his presidency, mostly on Muslim countries, 2, 3. In 2016 alone, dropped 26,171 bombs in the Middle East and North Africa, up 3000 from the previous year. The countries bombed include Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Libya, and Somalia.
- Began a campaign of drone assassinations in the Middle East and Africa, in which 90% of those killed were not the intended targets, but innocent civilian bystanders, including women, children, and US citizens. 1. Drone strikes are used by the military and the CIA to hunt down and kill people the Obama administration has deemed — through secretive processes, without indictment or trial — worthy of execution. He authorized 10 times more drone strikes than George W Bush, 2. The Obama assassination program is detailed in the drone papers.

overview of civilian casualties from the United States drone strikes

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hackerwacker

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Bombs vs bombs with rainbow flags.

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Melvin_Ferd

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This made me laugh hard

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disguy_ovahea

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That depends entirely on who we vote for in the primaries.

See: Zohran Mamdani for an example

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Cowbee [he/they]

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To be fair, Mamdani is facing massive backlash from the Dem establishment.

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disguy_ovahea

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That doesn’t matter at all. He won the primary with a grassroots campaign, so he doesn’t need their funding. Being in the blue/Working Families column will win the know-nothing vote in NYC.

The key is for us to seek out the progressive on the primary ballot and vote. We shouldn’t be rewarding the candidates that have the financial means to find us in our living rooms. Sign up for mailers if you forget to vote. Sign up for mail-in ballots if you have an irregular schedule.

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Cowbee [he/they]

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It's less about funding, and more about the fuckery they can do by making Cuomo run as an independent. Electoralism will never be the permanent answer, revolution is still necessary, but Mamdani is still good for now.

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Maeve

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Or the wtfery they can do by denationalization.

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Signtist

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That's the thing; most democrat politicians hate him nearly as much as the republican ones do, as they're more similar to one another than either is to him. There are a few exceptions, but we're going to need people aligned with Mamdani to be the norm rather than the exception if we want the democratic party to become a real force for good.

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Cowbee [he/they]

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I doubt it's possible for the DNC to be a force for good, better to have a new party entirely.

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Signtist

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Better in a vacuum, yes, but as /u/disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world pointed out, a huge amount of voters pay absolutely no attention, and just vote for whatever color they've always voted for. Hell, a bunch of people searched "Did Joe Biden drop out?" on election day, because they paid so little attention that they didn't even know about Harris. That's an extreme example, sure, but it's just not a realistic expectation to think people will really think hard about a 3rd party, especially when it won't get a proportionate amount of attention even if it got a huge amount of support, thanks to the billionaire-backed media.

If we don't get someone into one of the 2 established parties, we're crippling ourselves, likely to the point of immediate failure. It would be significantly more viable to change one of the parties by flooding it with new socialist politicians than it would be to build up a new platform based on socialism from the start.

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Cowbee [he/they]

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Nah, entryism is a proven failure. As conditions worsen, people pay increasingly more attention to politics. Reformism in general is a lost cause, revolution is necessary, but entryism is especially bad.

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disguy_ovahea

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It can’t have been proven without participation. Congressional primaries haven’t seen more than 15% attendance in over 40 years. We’ve been allowing retirees from the Silent Generation and now Boomers to decide our candidates. Gen X and younger need to actively participate in primaries and attempt to take the party over before we can actually say we’ve proven anything.

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Cowbee [he/they]

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The US does not have a unique set of physics that only it applies to. We have a wealth of historical experience proving the ineffectiveness of entryism, even in the US. People have tried this, it doesn't work, and even if it did miraculously work we would have a worse party than if we put all of that effort into building up PSL.

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theneverfox

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Why? The party is dead. They're just holding onto their seats

Take the seats, you take it all. Keep the infrastructure of the party, keep the name recognition and the data they have, and replace the members

It's happening already - Hoggs funneled money into Mumdani's primary even as they try to ratfuck him out...

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Cowbee [he/they]

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If the party is dead, why rely on a party designed from the ground up to serve wealthy donors? Entryism doesn't work.

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theneverfox

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You spelled "take" wrong

It matters because the party isn't the people, it's infrastructure. It's buildings, it's support staff, it's mailing lists and payment processors

It's getting a special (often unfair) place on the ballot in all 50 states. It's 50 (often flawed) primary processes that follow local laws

And it's a banner. Not one people like, but it's one banner. A banner that theoretically stands for democracy and the common man

The left is not organized. Do we rally behind a fresh, ideologically pure banner? Which one? How long to work out which group is the best? How long until we can build up that infrastructure?

Fuck that. Winning is what matters.

The people are on our side for now, there's so much anger and energy. How long until they adjust to the new normal and go back to refusing to believe in a better world?

We have a chance right now. The next 18 months. In one sweep we can take a tattered banner and get in control - before people get cold feet. While they're still just screaming for someone to stop Trump.

We can use the momentum to unfuck our democracy once we take control, but we can't get distracted. There's no room for purity or lofty ideals. We have to take what is offered and exploit every opportunity. We have to use the system against itself.

We have to win. Now. Or we all die

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Cowbee [he/they]

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The infrastructure and design of the DNC is built from the ground up to service its donors, wealthy people. There isn't anything about a bourgeois party we need. Just join a party like PSL and learn from the success of other Socialists around the world. It isn't about ideological purity, it's about practicality, and what you're describing has never happened, ever. Entryism does not work, again.

The US never had a democracy. Trump is about as bad as every other president, only more honest about how evil it all is. The system cannot be used against itself, the state must be smashed and replaced entirely.

I understand that you have a lot of anger and energy, and I think it would be fantastic if you channeled that into studying successful leftist movements, read some theory, and join a good org, rather than try to repeat something that has never succeeded, ever.

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theneverfox

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I don't think you understand.

Socialism isn't on the table. We're so incredibly far from that. Let me know when the revolution is coming and I'll be there for it... Until then we very real issues that we can make a bit better. Not good - we're totally fucked - but we can make things less horrible

There's a genocide in progress. We're going to go through a depression. We can tea party the Democrats to be more progressive... There's no time to build up something new

I can't impress on you enough how many people are going to die

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Cowbee [he/they]

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I don't think you understand. Your plan of entryism is not a feasible solution. It isn't that it isn't as good as socialism, it's that it can't work to begin with. The DNC cannot be "tea partied." Entryism does not work, the infrastructure of the DNC is made to be resistant to it.

The most likely path to stopping the genocide in Palestine is revolution, and failing that, a third party electoral victory. It isn't about the purity of the solutions, but the feasibility. We cannot make things less horrible by relying on a system designed to never move in a more progressive direction.

Again, join an org like PSL, read some theory (I made a Marxist-Leninist intro reading list you can check out if you want), and study historical leftist movements and how they came to power. Don't fall for the endless trap of entryism.

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Read Theory, Darn it! An Introductory Reading List for Marxism-Leninism

"Without Revolutionary theory, there can be no Revolutionary Movement."
Vladimir Lenin, What is to be Done? | Audiobook
It's time to read theory, comrades! As Lenin says, "Despair is typical of those who do not understand the causes of evil, see no way out, and are incapable of struggle." Reading theory helps us identify the core contradictions within modern society, analyze their trajectories, and gives us the tools to break free. Marxism-Leninism is broken into 3 major components, as noted by Lenin in his pamphlet The Three Sources and Three Component Parts of Marxism: | Audiobook
Dialectical and Historical Materialism
Critique of Capitalism along the lines of Marx's Law of Value
Advocacy for Revolutionary and Scientific Socialism
As such, I created the following list to take you from no knowledge whatsoever of Leftist theory, and leave you with a strong understanding of the critical fundamentals of Marxism-Leninism in an order that builds up as you read. Let's get started!
Section I: Getting Started
What the heck is Communism, anyways? For that matter, what is fascism?
Friedrich Engels' Principles of Communism | Audiobook
The FAQ of Communism, written by the Luigi of the Marx & Engels duo. Quick to read, and easy to reference, this is the perfect start to your journey.
Michael Parenti's Blackshirts and Reds | Audiobook
Breaks down fascism and its mortal enemy, Communism, as well as their antagonistic relationship. Understanding what fascism is, where and when it rises, why it does so, and how to banish it forever is critical. Parenti also helps debunk common anti-Communist myths, from both the "left" and the right, in a quick-witted writing style. This is also an excellent time to watch the famous speech.
Section II: Historical and Dialectical Materialism
Ugh, philosophy? Really? YES!
Georges Politzer's Elementary Principles of Philosophy | Audiobook
By far my favorite primer on Marxist philosophy. By understanding Dialectical and Historical Materialism first, you make it easier to understand the rest of Marxism-Leninism. Don't be intimidated!
Friedrich Engels' Socialism: Utopian and Scientific | Audiobook
Further reading on Dialectical and Historical Materialism, but crucially introduces the why of Scientific Socialism, explaining how Capitalism itself prepares the conditions for public ownership and planning by centralizing itself into monopolist syndicates. This is also where Engels talks about the failures of previous "Utopian" Socialists.
Section III: Political Economy
That's right, it's time for the Law of Value and a deep-dive into Imperialism. If we are to defeat Capitalism, we must learn it's mechanisms, tendencies, contradictions, and laws.
Karl Marx's Wage Labor and Capital | Audiobook as well as Wages, Price and Profit | Audiobook
Best taken as a pair, these essays simplify the most important parts of the Law of Value. Marx is targetting those not trained in economics here, but you might want to keep a pen and some paper to follow along if you are a visual person.
Vladimir Lenin's Imperialism, The Highest Stage of Capitalism | Audiobook
Absolutely crucial and the most important work for understanding the modern era and its primary contradictions. Marxist-Leninists understand that Imperialism is the greatest contradiction in the modern era, which cascades downward into all manner of related contradictions. Knowing what dying Capitalism looks like, and how it behaves, means we can kill it.
Section IV: Revolutionary and Scientific Socialism
Can we defeat Capitalism at the ballot box? What about just defeating fascism? What about the role of the state?
Rosa Luxemburg's Reform or Revolution | Audiobook
If Marxists believed reforming Capitalist society was possible, we would be the first in line for it. Sadly, it isn't possible, which Luxemburg proves in this monumental writing.
Vladimir Lenin's The State and Revolution | Audiobook
Excellent refutation of revisionists and Social Democrats who think the State can be reformed, without needing to be replaced with one that is run by the workers, in their own interests.
Section V: Intersectionality and Solidarity
The revolution will not be fought by atomized individuals, but by an intersectional, international working class movement. Intersectionality is critical, because it allows different marginalized groups to work together in collective interest, unifying into a broad movement.
Vikky Storm and Eme Flores' The Gender Accelerationist Manifesto | (No Audiobook yet)
Critical reading on understanding misogyny, transphobia, enbyphobia, pluralphobia, and homophobia, as well as how to move beyond the base subject of "gender." Uses the foundations built up in the previous works to analyze gender theory from a Historical Materialist perspective.
Frantz Fanon's The Wretched of the Earth | Audiobook
De-colonialism is essential to Marxism. Without having a strong, de-colonial, internationalist stance, we have no path to victory nor a path to justice. Fanon analyzes Colonialism's dehumanizing effects, and lays out how to form a de-colonial movement, as well as its necessity.
Leslie Feinberg's Lavender & Red | Audiobook
Solidarity and intersectionality are the key to any social movement. When different social groups fight for liberation together along intersectional lines, the movements are emboldened and empowered ever-further.
Section VI: Putting it into Practice!
It's not enough to endlessly read, you must put theory to practice. That is how you can improve yourself and the movements you support. Touch grass!
Mao Tse-Tung's On Practice and On Contradiction | Audiobook
Mao wrote simply and directly, targeting peasant soldiers during the Revolutionary War in China. This pair of essays equip the reader with the ability to apply the analytical tools of Dialectical Materialism to their every day practice, and better understand problems.
Congratulations, you completed your introductory reading course!
With your new understanding and knowledge of Marxism-Leninism, here is a mini What is to be Done? of your own to follow, and take with you as practical advice.
Get organized. Join a Leftist org, find solidarity with fellow comrades, and protect each other. The Dems will not save you, it is up to us to protect ourselves. The Party for Socialism and Liberation and Freedom Road Socialist Organization both organize year round, every year, because the battle for progress is a constant struggle, not a single election. See if there is a chapter near you, or start one! Or, see if there's an org you like more near you and join it.
Read theory. Don't think that you are done now! Just because you have the basics, doesn't mean you know more than you do. If you have not investigated a subject, don't speak on it! Don't speak nonsense, but listen!
Aggressively combat white supremacy, misogyny, queerphobia, and other attacks on marginalized communities. Cede no ground, let nobody be forgotten or left behind. There is strength in numbers, when one marginalized group is targeted, many more are sure to follow.
Be industrious, and self-sufficient. Take up gardening, home repair, tinkering. It is through practice that you elevate your problem-solving capabilities. Not only will you improve your skill at one subject, but your general problem-solving muscles get strengthened as well.
Learn self-defense. Get armed, if practical. Be ready to protect yourself and others. Liberals will not save us, we must save each other.
Be persistent. If you feel like a single water droplet against a mountain, think of canyons and valleys. Oh, how our efforts pile up! With consistency, every rock, boulder, even mountain, can be drilled through with nothing but steady and persistent water droplets.
"Everything under heaven is in utter chaos; the situation is excellent."
Mao Tse-Tung

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fyzzlefry

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Don't let perfect be the enemy of good

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m532

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Whats supposedly "good"?

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Cowbee [he/they]

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I'm not. I'm saying the strategy of entryism is far less likely to work than revolution would be, and would be less likely than a third party winning on a more progressive platform. Again, Entryism doesn't work, it's a fantasy, and the more energy we waste on it the less likely we are to get to a better world.

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Bloomcole

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take what is offered

That's the true Blue MAGA spirit.
We're shit, we do a little genocide and whatever but forget that and vote for us bcs we're not Trump.

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Corn

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He wasnt advocating you vote for conservative dems after they ratfuck their way to a general election.

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Bloomcole

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I know you know better comrade.
They're stuck in the endless loop of trying to fix something that's broken, while it's functioning perfectly at keeping the status quo.

When I read that, again 🙄, I like to post this, from 1871

"It is well known that the Americans have been striving for 30 years to shake off this yoke, which
has become intolerable, and that in spite of all they can do they continue to sink ever deeper in
this swamp of corruption. It is precisely in America that we see best how there takes place this
process of the state power making itself independent in relation to society, whose mere
instrument it was originally intended to be. "

..."we find here two great gangs of political speculators, who
alternately take possession of the state power and exploit it by the most corrupt means and for the
most corrupt ends – and the nation is powerless against these two great cartels of politicians, who
are ostensibly its servants, but in reality exploit and plunder it. "

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Marx is always a banger, great quote!

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Manifish_Destiny

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The Democratic party is terrified of that dude. Primary all of them.

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100%. There are primaries all the time. The only difference with Zohran is we showed up.

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IttihadChe

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And because he won that primary 2 other mainstream "Dems" are going to be challenging him in the General as well.

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Bronstein_Tardigrade

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Two cheeks on the same ass.

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Sandouq_Dyatha

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two balls on the same cock

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fodor

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Not exactly. The mass pig expansion program across the country in the 1990s was spearheaded by Bill Clinton. The pro pig Dems are just as actively racist and murderous as the pro pig Reps.

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Takios

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if you still think that reps and dems are the same after Trump's actions during his current term, then you must not be reading any news or you're willingly blind to his atrocities.

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SupremeDonut

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Tbf he's a fascist in disguise, and his followers don't know how to open a pdf, so there's that.

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𝔄 𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔢𝔫𝔱 𝔭𝔦𝔢𝔠𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔠𝔥𝔢𝔢𝔰𝔢

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They're not the same. But the Dems are just watching.

You know, like the picture shows.

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KumaSudosa

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"Whoever knows what is right but doesn’t do it is sinning. So then, if we do not do the good we know we should do, we are guilty of sin".

Just to quote the Bible that the Republicans love so much

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Bloomcole

in reply to Takios • 2 mesi fa • •

"willingly blind to his atrocities"
Says the Blue MAGA character that for a year at least didn't want to see the painfully obvious mental state of Genocide Joe(IDGAF) but worse, his atrocities in occupied Palestine or the kids he put in cages in record numbers.
Complete hypocrite.

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Draedron

in reply to Bloomcole • 2 mesi fa • •

Let me guess: You didnt vote for Harris and wouldnt have voted for Biden? You still call him genocide Joe showing how completely stupid you are.
Under Biden Gaza got some help at least.
Trump wants Gaza to be cleared of Palestinians to built his Hotel there. Why dont you call him genocide Trump?

You are responsible for everything that is happening to palestinians under Trump if you didnr vote for the only candidate that could have beat him.

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BrainInABox

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Genocide apologist

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Bloomcole

in reply to Draedron • 2 mesi fa • •

I don't live in your embarrassing banana republic.
I just make fun of you idiots.
He will eternally be Genocide Joe bcs he did absolutely nothing to end it, on the contrary he helped tand armed those genociders.
The Pissraelis said it themselves.
OC you in your infantile campist reasoning want to make it about Trump.
Trump bad, our side good! Any criticism means you're from the other side.
And I love Trump, yes he's a slightly more fascist AH than Blue MAGA but he's very good at destroying your shithole.
Expediating the demise of your warmongering shithole. This is the best thing that can happen for the world.
Since 95% votes for 1 of 2 MAGA sides you all deserve it.
I feast on your tears.
Please cry more.

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Dessalines

in reply to Draedron • 2 mesi fa • •

Why did Biden do this?

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Dessalines

in reply to jackeroni • 2 mesi fa • •

Please report any genocide denying US democrats below. They set up shop on a lot of the fediverse, but we don't have to provide them a space here.

List of Atrocities committed by US authorities

A few essays on communism

^essays

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Spacehooks

in reply to jackeroni • 2 mesi fa • •

I can't tell what on the left is doing. Someone help?

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subversive_dev

in reply to Spacehooks • 2 mesi fa • •

If you are being serious that's Derek Chauvin murdering George Floyd

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Spacehooks

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I was. Never saw photo before thanks for helping

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ikidd

in reply to Spacehooks • 2 mesi fa • •

From Wikipedia:

And the guy representing the DNC is Tou Thao, who prevented onlookers from intervening in the murder. Highly appropriate meme.

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subversive_dev

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Of course!

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Phoenixz

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Thanks, that is very helpful as I had no idea what the OP image was

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icl twn i js had an argument w a shitlib bc i had to explain to them how they're both right-wing populist parties

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Department of Homeland Security announces $94 million in grants to protect Jewish organizations

Secretary Kristi Noem and the Department of Homeland Security announced $94 million in federal grants to over 500 Jewish-based organizations across the United States.

I recently sat down with Rabbi Sanford Akselrad from Congregation Ner Tamid, who told me the temple spends hundreds of thousands of dollars on security.

"The fight against hate against the Jews would morph yet again, um, so when someone says that they are, they, they love Jews but they, but they hate Israel and you get a little deeper, what do they mean by that..... and usually when they go into the territory not of being critical of Israel which is fair game. But they say Israel has no right to exist at all now.... we get into the area of antisemitism," Akselrad said.

More grants are expected in the coming months.

Department of Homeland Security announces $94 million in grants to protect Jewish organizations

^{Tricia Kean (Channel 13 Las Vegas News KTNV)}

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Germany urges Apple and Google to remove DeepSeek from app stores over EU privacy concerns

https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/6/germany-urges-apple-and-google-to-remove-deepseek-from-app-stores-over-eu-privacy-concerns/

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Lyubo

in reply to Zerush • 2 mesi fa • •

This is not protecting peoples privacy but straight censorship. Just like how US wanted to ban TikTok.

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Zerush

in reply to Lyubo • 2 mesi fa • •

US want to ban TikTok, because it's a Chinese company, it has nothing to do with privacy, while in the EU a service must fullfit the GDPR to be allowed to offer their service in the EU and DeepSeek, among others, don't. This has a lot to do with the privacy rights in the EU, those which in the USA don't exist, not with censorship.
Privacy is a basic right in the EU and not even the Police can access sensible personal data or track your activity without an court order, less aprivate company for advertising reasons or for training their AIs.
But yes, right wing politicians in Germany want to change this, but this isn't so easy in a working Democracy where it need to be approved with a majorit in th Bundestag.

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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}

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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆

in reply to nullpotential • 2 mesi fa • •

I thought the game was alright overall, but it certainly did not feel like a Dragon Age game. The overall story was decent, however a lot of the dialogue was hamfisted. The real problem was that the gameplay felt like Jedi Survivor without the refined combat mechanics. As a result, combat quickly became tedious and repetitive. I also found that the NPCs were more or less fungible, and it really didn't matter who was in your party. This is a stark contrast with previous Dragon Age games where the whole fun was in scripting the behavior of different characters and coming up with clever ways of combine their abilities. Simply having kept the original mechanics, warts and all, would've resulted in a far better game in my opinion.

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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.

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glitching

in reply to JustOneMoreCat • 2 mesi fa • •

mint uses X11 which should be considered legacy at this point. wayland (Gnome, Plasma) has all the touch and dock/undock and rotate and pen etc goodies. try it out from a liveUSB and decide for yourself.

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milk

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Why is mint even recommended to new users at this point. Cinnamon is nowhere near Gnome or Plasma and both of these provide much simpler and more unified experience in things like settings

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SpaceX crane collapse in Texas being investigated by OSHA

A SpaceX crane collapse at the company’s Starbase, Texas facility has prompted an investigation by OSHA, the federal agency told CNBC.

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Israeli minister calls for ‘complete halt’ of aid to Gaza

Itamar Ben-Gvir says that he will “demand” Benjamin Netanyahu put a new vote to the country’s cabinet on the issue of the introduction of aid to Gaza.

He said in a post on X: The humanitarian aid currently entering Gaza is an absolute disgrace. What is needed in Gaza is not a temporary halt to the “humanitarian” aid, but a complete halt to it.

When I warned and warned, and unfortunately the only one who voted a month and a half ago against the introduction of the aid, it was clear to me that it would give oxygen to Hamas.

There were those who mocked me and claimed that “the aid that will enter the northern Gaza Strip will only last for 10 days,” and today what was known in advance is becoming clear: Hamas is taking control of the quantities of food and goods that contribute to its survival.

Stopping the aid will quickly advance us to victory. I will demand from the Prime Minister that at the upcoming cabinet meeting the issue of the introduction of aid to Gaza be put up for a new vote.

Middle East crisis: Iran delivered ‘heavy slap to US’s face’, says Khamenei as he threatens further attacks on American bases – as it happened

In his first comments since the ceasefire, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the US ‘gained no achievement’ when it joined the war with Israel against Tehran

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scintilla

in reply to geneva_convenience • 2 mesi fa • •

I genuinely don't get this kind of thinking. how do you go about your day knowing that you are directly leading to the death of innocent people. Even someone this delusional must understand that not literally every Palestinian is a member of Hamas.

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BrainInABox

in reply to scintilla • 2 mesi fa • •

not literally every Palestinian is a member of Hamas.

Killing civilians would still be wrong even if they were.

You say you don't understand this thinking? Well you're half way there by accepting that murdering civilians is ok if they're part of "the bad guys". The next step is just extending who counts

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scintilla

in reply to BrainInABox • 2 mesi fa • •

Can you try not to ascribe to me things that I didn't say? Is that too much to ask? I can understand why they would be ok with killing members of Hamas that doesn't mean that I agree with them or think that it is a moral thing to do.

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BrainInABox

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I can understand why they would be ok with killing members of Hamas

Then you understand why they would be ok with killing Palestinians in general.

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The impact of the nationalization of the electricity sector and uranium production in Niger

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VerilyFemme via Linux

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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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marcie (she/her)

in reply to VerilyFemme • 2 mesi fa • •

Bazzite has the latest KDE, yeah, currently reading 6.4 on the latest version. Nobara broke on upgrades for me (I did nothing crazy, basic install and basic upgrade process), bazzite is rock solid and built on a good base (fedora atomic). In general, I fully recommend immutable atomic distros for noobies it all just works and it helps teach you important lessons on data security and containerization

The best thing about atomic linux images like Bazzite is if for whatever reason Bazzite stops releasing new versions you can rebase to a different "distro" and itll have all of your user data and configs intact with a single simple command. With things like Nobara or Garuda, if there is a problem you essentially have to do a clean install.

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And as for Arch, Linux mint, etc., I personally find these distros and advice to be outdated. Upgrades can often break in many smaller linux distros and it is very important to have a strong and reproducible method of upgrading, especially for new users. VanillaOS and Fedora Atomic are currently the most user friendly ways to achieve flawless upgrades.

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VerilyFemme

in reply to marcie (she/her) • 2 mesi fa • •

I was reading into atomic distros just now. Is the rebase feature the main thing that sets atomic desktops apart?

I'm not too worried about having to troubleshoot. Nobara has been appealing to me because it's developed by the Proton guy.

How does an atomic distro help teach containerization and data security as compared to a traditional distro?

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marcie (she/her)

in reply to VerilyFemme • 2 mesi fa • •

Is the rebase feature the main thing that sets atomic desktops apart?

Atomic and immutable distros essentially attempt to make each version on every computer act exactly the same to help devs with debugging. This means they shut down a lot of easy access to core system files, instead you have to use special commands to layer new changes onto your distro. These are automatically re-applied every time you upgrade, reducing the chance of breakage.

Rebasing is a fun consequence of this. Fedora Atomic images (re: things like Bazzite, Secureblue, Kinoite, etc) can be swapped out with a simple command or two. If a dev does something you don't like, you can easily swap to a different image without having to do a full migration.

I’m not too worried about having to troubleshoot. Nobara has been appealing to me because it’s developed by the Proton guy.

Most of the kernel mods from nobara are applied on Bazzite. Bazzite and CachyOS afaik contribute to the same set of code there.

How does an atomic distro help teach containerization and data security as compared to a traditional distro?

Since you cannot easily modify system files, you need to use containers to make certain very technical (and often insecure) things work. DistroBox is the main method for this, and as a plus side, it lets you install programs with commands from any distro. I can use the AUR (an arch linux feature) on Bazzite (Fedora atomic) with DistroBox if i want, for example. There are some other things that come preinstalled on Bazzite that help with this, such as flathub and brew.sh

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dinckel

in reply to VerilyFemme • 2 mesi fa • •

Correct. Atomic distros don’t apply the update, unless it is ready to be applied successfully all together, usually with an option to restore the previous state, without the need of something like btrfs snapshots.

With Nix(-OS) as an example - your bootloader entry is just a reference a giant list of what you need to get out of the Nix store, to achieve the config you want. Many of those can coexist in the same system as a result, including different versions of the same package

This setup won’t really teach you anything different in relation to containers though.

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BananaTrifleViolin

in reply to VerilyFemme • 2 mesi fa • •

If you want to play with Atomic distros I'd recommend you do that in a virtual machine in KVM first. They are quite restricting which is good for the distro developers to make consistent releases and experiences for users, and secure, but not necessarily the best option for tech savvy users.

There are ways around the restrictions but you can reach points where the compromises you have to make are too frustrating. If you find that out late down the line after setting up your desktop it can be very annoying. Also I do use Flatpak, but it's not the most efficient way to run software. Atomic distros have more overhead due to the need to use flatpaks or distrobox and the like to get everything you might want.

Atomic distros are a neat idea but I personally love tweaking every element of my install and optimising or customising it. So I use a rolling release distro, have my home folder on a separate partition, and back up regularly.

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Lonewolfmcquade

in reply to marcie (she/her) • 2 mesi fa • •

I use Garuda on my daily driver and I love it. I distro hopped for years and I'm finally home. It's not hard like trying to do your own Arch from scratch. It's like some super geek setup Linux for me with all the bells and whistles just the way I want it. I had to ditch the dragon theme and then it was perfect. And snapper is so well setup and integrated with Garuda, there's rarely a case where a clean install is warranted. I highly recommend it.

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Zedd

in reply to VerilyFemme • 2 mesi fa • •

I jumped ship from windows straight to Garuda. It just works. Any question I've had DeepSeek has answered correctly the first time I asked.

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TimLovesTech

in reply to VerilyFemme • 2 mesi fa • •

Instead of Garuda I would suggest CachyOS. The best of Arch but made simpler for people that don't want to customize everything.

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VerilyFemme

in reply to TimLovesTech • 2 mesi fa • •

Hey, thanks! The flashiness of Garuda was putting me off a bit, this seems a much better way to dip my toes into Arch again.

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zer0

in reply to VerilyFemme • 2 mesi fa • •

Preface: I don't have any experience with Garuda or Nobara but I have used Bazzite.

Not to make the choice harder, but Bazzite does come with Plasma 6. You can have it boot to the SteamOS UI or to the Plasma Desktop.

Bazzite is a great choice for stability but you need to be aware it doesn't operate like a traditional Linux distribution since it's based on ostree and is immutable. Package installations are primarily done through Flatpak, AppImage or exported via Distrobox.

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VerilyFemme

in reply to zer0 • 2 mesi fa • •

Hmm, that's a serious downside for me ngl. I tried to set up Mod Organizer 2 when I had Steam installed through Flatpak on Pop!, and I had to switch to the Ubuntu repository to get it to recognize my Steam install.

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marcie (she/her)

in reply to VerilyFemme • 2 mesi fa • •

Steam comes preinstalled and configured on Bazzite, it isnt the flatpak version.

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VerilyFemme

in reply to marcie (she/her) • 2 mesi fa • •

Good to know, thank you.

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unce

in reply to VerilyFemme • 2 mesi fa • •

Endeavor is a also a very good choice. It is pretty much arch with some QoL stuff added. Uses the arch repos for packages.

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Jakeroxs

in reply to unce • 2 mesi fa • •

I tried Endeavor and in classic fashion installed something that lead to a bunch of issues down the line. Not sure exactly what I did, swapped to Bazzite and have been enjoying learning the way it works.

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zer0

in reply to VerilyFemme • 2 mesi fa • •

Steam is natively installed and works perfectly. You can install other packages, but it effectively adds another layer which slows down updates a bit.

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themadcodger

in reply to VerilyFemme • 2 mesi fa • •

Like OP said, you can get Plasma on Bazzite, as well as install it right on a SteamDeck if you have one. It's constantly being updated, and if gaming is your main driver, Bazzite goes out of its way to make things work. In theory you wouldn't have to do any tinkering to get games running, with the added bonus that you won't be messing up or introducing any entropy to your system files. If something does go wrong, you can reboot into the previous release and it'll be back to where you just came from.

There's still plenty to learn if you want to, it's just not the traditional Linux distro setup.

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BananaTrifleViolin

in reply to VerilyFemme • 2 mesi fa • •

Kubuntu 24.10 is on plasma 6.1; not sure why you thought it was on plasma 5? Maybe you were thinking of the Long Term Support release which has a much longer release cycle and favours stability over cutting edge; that probably is still on 5? But personally I stay away from Ubuntu distros due to snap.

If you really want to learn Linux and game, maybe pick a distro that is not optimised by default for gaming and optimise it yourself?

I'm on OpenSuSE Tunbleweed and have optimised it myself to game how I want. It's rolling release so I'm on KDE Plasma 6.4. It's not difficult to do although I haven't gone quite as far as kernel patching that the gaming focused distros offer.

Another challenge is Arch - it's really not as difficult as people think and even just setting it up in a virtual machine helps you learn alot about Linux fundamentals without throwing the baby out with the bathwater. I've learnt alot using KVM to create virtual machines, and even have a Win 11 machine set up just because I can.

Another route to consider which I also do is get a SBC like a Raspberry 5 and look into setting up self hosting of services like Home Assistant etc. Again you learn Alot about how Linux works in the process and you can keep your main PC running for games without having to move. There is a whole self hosting community on Lemmy with loads of different routes to go, and lots of different manufacturers these days.

There are lots of options beyond changing distros. But also changing distros can be fun and a nice way to reset and make something new.

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malfisya

in reply to VerilyFemme • 2 mesi fa • •

I would guess jumping from PopOS to Bazzite would be a challange becaue of it is immutable base. It is supposedly less prone to brekage, but certain guides won't work on them.

I think Nobara (or Fedora KDE) will work for you to try. I would avoid Garuda. It has many GUI for helping new user but if learning is your purpose, that just gets in the way. I would suggest Endeavor OS for Arch-based distro.

This is a left field suggestion: Try Solus !solus@piefed.social , we have a pretty good KDE edition. 😀

Cheers!

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VerilyFemme

in reply to malfisya • 2 mesi fa • •

Thank you for that point about Bazzite. I was worried about having locked-down system files, because I'm really not at a place where I'm breaking my distro all the time.

I've been eyeing CachyOS since another user suggested it. Love the idea of rolling releases, so Solus seems cool too! What sets ya'll apart from the other distros that have been discussed?

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malfisya

in reply to VerilyFemme • 2 mesi fa • •

We have pretty easy to use homegrown package manager (eopkg). We also have our own software center, though it is in the process of being replaced by Gnome Software and KDE Discover. You can install software from Solus repository or Flathub via those software center. We adopt what we called "curated-rolling" release, we only do software update on Friday. We also ensure that packages from our repositrory can be run OOTB without user configuration, using principle what is called "stateless". You can find out more about Solus on the website, help center, and forum.

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Questy

in reply to malfisya • 2 mesi fa • •

I personally use Nobara, I am happy with my setup. I primarily use my system for gaming and it runs great. I have always heard that having an Nvidia card is an issue, but it's been seamless for me, Nobara takes care of a lot of that stuff for you.

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JAdsel

in reply to malfisya • 2 mesi fa • •

As a tinkering old nerd who mainly runs Garuda these days, I would throw in that the added GUI tools don't have to be in the way. It is Arch under the hood, and you can totally ignore Garuda's add-ons and just proceed like you would on vanilla Arch whenever you feel like it.

Best of both worlds, really. The GUI tools are still there whenever you do want to use them, but it's also just Arch. I like MX Linux for similar reasons, as someone who started out on Debian back in the day. Useful for solving problems in both cases, too.

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malfisya

in reply to JAdsel • 2 mesi fa • •

True, I just like start minimal and add on top of that. Truth be told, my experience with Garuda is minimal.

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communism

in reply to VerilyFemme • 2 mesi fa • •

I think those three will be completely fine, but also I think base Arch would be completely fine for you. I have no idea why it's a meme that Arch is so "hard". I wouldn't recommend it for someone coming from Windows or Mac who has no idea what they're doing and had no poweruser tendencies on Windows/Mac either. But for someone who's used Linux for a few years, I think doing a base Arch install is no biggie at all. It's got a very annoying meme reputation but I think it's completely inaccurate.

That's an aside, and I'm not saying you should use base Arch, just that I don't think there's anything wrong with it if that's something you're interested in. Although if you're coming from a "beginner" distro and your intent is to learn, I do think doing a base Arch install (even if you don't stick with it) is a good idea. You'll be entirely capable of the install process and probably get a better understanding of how your system works. Then after you install it you can switch to some other distro you prefer.

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ColdWater

in reply to VerilyFemme • 2 mesi fa • •

I recommend CachyOS instead of Garuda if you want to experience stock Plasma 6 and theming it yourself.

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Codilingus

in reply to ColdWater • 2 mesi fa • •

Heavily second this.

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VerilyFemme

Unknown parent • 2 mesi fa • •

It was an N word...

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Eugenia

in reply to VerilyFemme • 2 mesi fa • •

If you're into gaming distros, another new kid on the block, based on Debian-Testing, is PikaOS. They have a KDE version.

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sp3ctr4l

in reply to VerilyFemme • 2 mesi fa • •

So, Bazzite does have a KDE 6 variant, and works very, very well, especially on a handheld PC.

It takes the approach of sandboxing off the core OS, but giving you a bunch of tools for running flatpaks and other things, set up DistroBox to semi-sort of have multiple linux os's simultaneously if you want to say, compile something from source that only has proper dependencies figured out in... not Arch, what SteamOS is based on...

I run it on my SteamDeck because it offers more ability to use it as an actual PC, while still being rock solid in gaming mode.

But uh... for more discussion... I'm going to kind of not answer your question and suggest something else:

Check out PikaOS.

wiki.pika-os.com/en/home

Basically, much like Nobara is a 'gaming-tuned', optimized, cutting/bleeding-edge version of Fedora...

PikaOS basically is that, but for Debian.

If you're used to using PopOS!, well, that's ultimately Debian based, so there may be less of a learning curve now that you're broadly familiar with the Debian environment.

PikaOS works with GNOME, KDE, Hyprland if you want an even lighter weight DE.

They are also working on a Handheld PC capable out of the box distro, but its not ready yet.

From what I've seen from various youtubers... PikaOS is trading blows with Cachy and Nobara for getting the highest frame rate out of a game, on a same hardware / same setting FPS comparison... sometimes it is actually beating them.

Uh also, yeah, look into CachyOS, it seems to be the latest hotness for an Arch based, gaming optimized, but widely functional for 'whatever' OS, if you're curious about trying out Arch, and of course thus being able to constantly let every one know you use Arch, actually.

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Welcome to PikaOS Linux!

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VerilyFemme

in reply to sp3ctr4l • 2 mesi fa • •

I am very curious about trying Arch. But Solus has really caught my attention, too.

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sp3ctr4l

in reply to VerilyFemme • 2 mesi fa • •

I wish you luck in your distro hopping adventures, do yourself a favor and try things out in a VM before going baremetal on everything, haha!

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VerilyFemme

in reply to sp3ctr4l • 2 mesi fa • •

Hahahaha I've unfortunately already ignored this advice but hey, all my important files are backed up ;)

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sp3ctr4l

in reply to VerilyFemme • 2 mesi fa • •

lol welp, I tried, but at least you had a backup. =P

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HayadSont

in reply to VerilyFemme • 2 mesi fa • •

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.

Fam, did I understand you correctly that you want to tinker/tweak/customize the system to your heart's content? Yet, you also wish that the system "just works". At least, mostly. Is that right? Or..., like could you perhaps be more clear on what it is you'd like to tinker/tweak/customize in the first place? Please, if possible, be explicit.

After I got a better idea on what it actually is that you seek, I'll try to answer your other(/remaining) questions.

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VerilyFemme

in reply to HayadSont • 2 mesi fa • •

No worries! Others have piped in with suggestions and I've found a distro that I think will work for me!

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HayadSont

in reply to VerilyFemme • 2 mesi fa • •

I suppose that's fine, and please feel free to act however way you wish.

The fact remains, however, that no one actually delved into the essence of the matter.

Furthermore, I find it rather troublesome that you deflected the question rather than answering it head-on. Perhaps you didn't think it through yet, and are just waiting to be swayed by whoever advertises best.

To illustrate my point, would you (at least) be so kind to explain me where/why Fedora has lost your favor? While, on the other hand, what Solus provides (in contrast) to justify your interest in it?

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VerilyFemme

in reply to HayadSont • 2 mesi fa • •

Do you think I am using this thread and this thread alone as my only source of information on these distros? I'm crowdsourcing opinions and checking them against the documentation for the distros and my personal preferences.

I feel as though this thread has delved into the essence of the matter perfectly well. That matter being, of course, people's opinions on the three distros I laid out. I deflected your question because you are looking to pick my brain and start an in-depth discussion, but I've reached a point in my research where I'm comfortable making a choice without any more guidance.

And, well, idk, I feel like my statements indicated I was looking for a good middle ground between a stable system that works smoothly and something I can crack open and break while tweaking - for the learning experience. I suppose that would really just boil down to fixed vs rolling release distros.

Fedora has lost my favor due to being a fixed release distro. After CachyOS was brought to my attention, and I researched it a little bit, it seemed to fit my desires pretty well. It's optimized for speed, which is perfect for games, and it's rolling release so I still get to feel like an uber haxx0r. Nothing against Fedora, it seems great. I want something a little further from my comfort zone.

Solus is appealing to me because it isn't based on anything else, and I love that it's a small team. Plus, the weekly updates thing they do felt like a good middle ground between how Debian-based and Arch-based distros work in terms of updating. But, I think I'll stick with CachyOS for now, I'm excited to use Arch btw.

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HayadSont

in reply to VerilyFemme • 2 mesi fa • •

First of all, thank you for that response!

Do you think I am using this thread and this thread alone as my only source of information on these distros?

No, I don't think that. I'd even challenge that notion as your query didn't start with a simple "What's best?" but instead asked for a comparison between three distros that were (somehow) selected by you. Please feel free to enlighten me on what made you even consider the premise of your above question. Though, as this is not that important to begin with, it's also perfectly fine to ignore that 👍.

I feel as though this thread has delved into the essence of the matter perfectly well. That matter being, of course, people’s opinions on the three distros I laid out.

If you lay it out like that, then; yeah, surely. However, it seems we fundamentally differ on what the essence of the matter is. And, perhaps I'm at fault for thinking this is a beneficial exercise to begin with. Regardless, I feel I at least owe you an explanation that goes over where I'm coming from:

Fundamentally, literally none of your original three distros serve you well for the purposes of "I’m starting to want to delve into my OS more to see what I can customize". Each one is pretty opinionated (by default^[Garuda is exempted from this through its KDE Lite offering.]) and -heck- both Bazzite and Nobara come with (highly) specialized tools required for system maintenance. This is because they've identified that there's a very serious disconnect between the freedom they'd like to allow their users and the (otherwise almost insurmountable) complexity this adds to how upgrades are managed. Bazzite trusts Fedora Atomic's tooling for this, while .

Being (highly) opinionated isn't necessarily bad. But it's undeniably easier to tweak/tinker/configure a more minimal system. Hence, you're better served by a lean install (with sane defaults). Thankfully, community members either recognized this and tried to sway you towards other options. With success*. Or, you were able to discern distros that better serve you from the communities' input. However it may be, both CachyOS and Solus are definitely better in that regard. Though, crucially, if the community strictly kept to discussing the original three distros and didn't go out of their way to venture into unexplored waters, then you wouldn't have arrived where you are right now.

Anyhow, all of the above could as well be disregarded the very moment you (hypothetically) state that your idea of customization is limited to the avenues KDE Plasma offers. Because, the original three are perfectly suited for that. So, your ideas on what tweaking/tinkering/customization entails is fundamentally linked to the distro that's most fit for the job.

And thus, I would distill the essence of the matter to be a clear idea on what kind of balance between "stability" and "customization" is envisioned as desirable by you. And, while at it, proper delineations of what is and isn't understood as stability and customization. Is the requirement of stability only satisfied if you can easily rollback to a proper working state? Or, is borking on a random update simply unforgivable? On the other hand, do you really want to compile your own kernel and install it? Or were you merely interested in KDE's knobs? Etc. etc.

and start an in-depth discussion

Not necessarily, answering "Or…, like could you perhaps be more clear on what it is you’d like to tinker/tweak/customize in the first place?" would probably have been sufficient.

something I can crack open and break while tweaking - for the learning experience

There's so much we could go over in the paragraph the above text is found, but I'll instead limit myself to just the above text. I find myself in a conundrum when you present that the above was implied and that (somehow) you came to consider Bazzite. While Bazzite is a lot more customizable than people give it credit for, I would not describe any part of the experience as "cracking it open". So, when met with an oxymoron as such, I literally have to ask for a clarification.

Fedora has lost my favor due to being a fixed release distro.

You've stated somewhere that you "Love the idea of rolling releases". So, if Solus passes as a rolling release distro ^[To be clear, technically, it absolutely does.], but has less uptodate packages than Fedora's previous release^[So I'm not even comparing it to Fedora 42 or Fedora Rawhide (i.e. its rolling release branch).]. Then, what is it intrinsically that makes it favorable as a rolling release? And I haven't even delved into why Fedora's release cadence is referred to as semi-rolling or how the latest updates to packages like GNOME arrive earlier in Fedora compared to even Arch. Btw, this is not meant as one big advertisement for Fedora. Instead, I want to point out the many many nuances that exist within the Linux landscape.

After CachyOS was brought to my attention, and I researched it a little bit, it seemed to fit my desires pretty well. It’s optimized for speed, which is perfect for games, and it’s rolling release so I still get to feel like an uber haxx0r.
But, I think I’ll stick with CachyOS for now, I’m excited to use Arch btw.

I agree that CachyOS is one of the better fits. And if you're not interested to check out Arch, EndeavourOS or openSUSE Tumbleweed(/Slowroll), then I can't even think of another rolling release worth considering for you.

I love that it’s a small team.

I don't know why this would be preferred over a big team 🤔. Mind helping me understand this?

Btw, to be clear, Solus, as a project, is currently not very healthy. While it could compete with Fedora and openSUSE in the past, the last couple of years haven't been very kind to it. I'd propose the idea that the departure of its founder (i.e. Ikey Doherty) from the project has left it (relatively) visionless. And the turbulent times that followed made nurturing its community a great challenge. One, I'd argue, they weren't able to handle gracefully. Regardless, it's undoubtedly a shell of its former glory. This is also reflected by how relatively bare-bones its repository is. Or how absent it is within the discourse. Hopefully it will be able to bounce back after goodies from Doherty's latest project (i.e. AerynOS) trinkle down to benefit Solus. But, until then, it would be very irresponsible of me if I didn't discourage you from daily-driving it...

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VerilyFemme

in reply to HayadSont • 2 mesi fa • •

See, this is what I meant. I deflected because my phrasing gave everyone else enough information that they could just suggest a distro.

I appreciate that you've clearly put thought into the recommendation you want to give, and I appreciate that you'd like to really understand what I'm looking for. But at the time of your original comment, CachyOS was baremetal on my machine. So, I've already picked what I want, and you're insisting I must explain in greater detail so that you may answer my question (already been answered).

Please feel free to enlighten me on what made you even consider the premise of your above question.

The fact that you were insistent no one "delved into the essence of the matter." I didn't need them to, I was researching every OS that anyone mentioned.

but instead asked for a comparison between three distros that were (somehow) selected by you.

They're all gaming distros, dude. I felt like that was evident.

I'm sorry this whole post discussion has not gone the way you wanted, but it's gone the way I wanted. And I believe I've found something that works for me.

But, in the end, it ain't Sophie's Choice. I have my important files on a thumb drive and a backup thumb drive with Pop!_OS in case I need to start fresh again. NBD.

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HayadSont

in reply to VerilyFemme • 2 mesi fa • •

Fam, with all due respect, and please correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think you've 'properly' engaged with my previous reply. Don't get me wrong, it's your absolute prerogative to disregard/move-on/disengage/let-go especially if you're already moved on. The daunting task to read a wall of text concerning a subject you've internally closed/'solved' ain't everyone's cup of tea anyways. The reason I've brought this up, is because most of how I would respond to your latest reply is already contained within my previous reply 😅. As such, I will refrain from reiterating what I've said before for the sake of brevity. Instead, I'll try to strictly address the unaddressed. I'll also take the liberty to assume that you're not a fan of consuming long-form content. This will also be reflected in the remainder of this reply.

my phrasing gave everyone else enough information that they could just suggest a distro

Suggesting a distro ain't hard; CTRL + click here consecutively to get a random stream of distros. Even if we would limit it to the union of gaming distros with (semi-)rolling release distros, there's a lot to choose from. As such, mentioning what's out there ain't impressive. But expertly navigating between them sure as hell is.

Granted, suggesting a (new) distro wasn't even the objective. You wanted comparisons... Or, rather, I assumed you did.

CachyOS was baremetal on my machine.

It would probably have saved us both a bunch of trouble if you had been transparent/explicit about this. I can't read your mind nor do I like to assume stuff.

but instead asked for a comparison between three distros that were (somehow) selected by you.
They're all gaming distros, dude. I felt like that was evident.

Please allow me to clarify that it wasn't entirely clear why these gaming distros were specifically selected, while others like CachyOS, ChimeraOS, DraugerOS, Jovian-NixOS, PikaOS and Regata OS were not.

I'm sorry this whole post discussion has not gone the way you wanted

Fam, I got literally no stakes in this discussion. Apologies if I made you uncomfortable (or something) by making you think otherwise. I was merely in it to help/assist/support/aid you to the best of my abilities. For this, I required more input so that I wouldn't have to succumb you under multiple walls of text. I didn't think asking you to answer "could you perhaps be more clear on what it is you’d like to tinker/tweak/customize in the first place? Please, if possible, be explicit." was unreasonable. But perhaps I was wrong.

but it's gone the way I wanted. And I believe I've found something that works for me.

I sure hope so, fam. I wouldn't want to see you return with your tail between your legs.

Drauger OS - Home

Drauger OS is an open-source desktop Linux gaming OS.

^{Drauger OS}

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Urist

in reply to VerilyFemme • 2 mesi fa • •

I used Solus for years, it was actually my first long time Linux distro, and I have fond memories from that time and deep appreciation of the project. Note that I say used, because I have moved on (to EndeavourOS and later NixOS).

The reason why I moved on is the same as why I would recommend against Solus: the project have lost a lot of its core contributors. At the time I left there were no package updates for quite some time (used to be weekly).

I am not quite sure Solus really got a future. There are talks about converging it with AerynOS, former SerpentOS, which is innovative but still experimental software built by the original team, i.e. those that left Solus in the first place. Though they are really proficient in making the software, I do not think they have the same skillset for securing longevity through contributions.

In the end you should not care too much what people think. You will get the popular options for the intersection of Lemmy and Linux users, but popular is not always good nor what is right for you. Just try stuff and be ready to move a little through rigorous backups, you do have backups?

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VerilyFemme

in reply to Urist • 2 mesi fa • •

Hmm, thank you for your point about Solus. I was interested because it seemed the most interested in the desktop experience. But it does seem they're updating and getting back on track. I love the idea of a weekly rolling release for beginners who still need the idea to click.

I do have backups ;)

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malfisya

in reply to Urist • 2 mesi fa • •

I don't agree with your assessment of Solus condition now. Granted I am biased as I am part of the staff. After the outage in early 2023, we have been going strong ever since. There are more contributors than ever. The bus factor problem has been mitigated by more people now have access to critical infrastructure.

Sure the old-heads are all gone but the future of Solus couldn't be more clear than right now. eopkg was ported to python3 and now it is (finally) the default. We switch installer to calamares and in process of replacing our software center. Documentation also now looks better than ever. We already shed so many technical debts that is been going on for years, long before the outage. In the future the plan is for Solus to use AerynOS tooling and on their side development is going rapidly. You can read this all about this on our blog, devlog and forum.

I wrote the monthly "Contributor Roundup" in the forum, it summaries what the contributors been doing in the month. I would say we have pretty steady contribution rate and there is always new contributor coming in. If you have not tried Solus again after the outage, please do. You might be surprised on how things have changed and hopefully for the better. If you find anything that is not good, do not hesitate to tell us. We always appreciate a constructive feedback.

Anyway cheers!

Blog | Solus Help Center

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Urist

in reply to malfisya • 2 mesi fa • •

Glad to hear it!

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HayadSont

in reply to malfisya • 2 mesi fa • •

This sounds pretty exciting. Thank you so much for your continued contributions!

In the future the plan is for Solus to use AerynOS tooling and on their side development is going rapidly.

Should I interpret this as Solus going 'immutable'? Or is it something else?

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malfisya

in reply to HayadSont • 2 mesi fa • •

I am not the technical guy, so I might explain some terminology wrong. So, I will give you a few article you can read in my answer. AerynOS tooling right now is focused on the "atomic" part, you can read about it here. The "immutable" part of the original proposition (when it is called Serpent OS) is not set in stone yet. Solus will adopt what make sense for us and right now we are very encouraged by atomic update that AerynOS tooling can already achieve.

TL;DR: Solus going immutable? No plan for it right now 😀

Moss

^AerynOS

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HayadSont

in reply to malfisya • 2 mesi fa • •

Alright, I very much appreciate you for sharing those articles; it allows me to get into the nitty-gritty of things. Thank you!

As someone who champions the (ongoing) paradigm shift towards atomic/declarative/immutable/stateless systems, I can't but admire the effort to (IIUC):
- Have changing the base of the system without requiring a reboot as a first-class design goal that's well supported (unlike Fedora Atomic)
- Employ a hash + store system that doesn't require forsaking the FHS nor enforces a DSL (unlike NixOS)
- Accomplish the above on a long-standing independent project, so that we can (on one hand) trust the longevity of the project AND (on the other hand) know that it isn't actively resisting its upstream (unlike many other smaller projects, some of which are found here)

While glancing over the many articles, I couldn't really find anything related to declarative system management. Is this something the project intends to tackle eventually?

GitHub - Malix-Labs/Awesome-Atomic: An awesome curated knowledge-base about atomic systems

An awesome curated knowledge-base about atomic systems - Malix-Labs/Awesome-Atomic

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malfisya

in reply to HayadSont • 2 mesi fa • •

As with many feature outlined, most things are still on drawing board and not yet realized. But yes, the declarative system management ala NixOS was being discussed. The focus now is making "Versioned Repository", so user and developer can avoid breaking changes altogether.

They just released a new blogpost if you are not aware: aerynos.com/blog/2025/06/30/mi… .

Mid Year Update

^AerynOS

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HayadSont

in reply to malfisya • 2 mesi fa • •

Thank you! I'm looking forward to what y'all are cooking for us.

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polle

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Kubuntu has plasma 6 since about a year.

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Mark12870

in reply to VerilyFemme • 2 mesi fa • •

Solus is a great choise for desktop. The Solus team is doing well lately. 😀
They have even weekly updates on updates. Really great comminication towards users.

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VerilyFemme

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I ended up going with CachyOS because I feel confident enough to try Arch now, but I think Solus is going to be my go-to when recommending for beginners, once I try it a bit more. I think it's a good blend between stable and cutting-edge, plus getting to tell people that you won't have to replace it with Solus 2 eventually is kinda a big selling point.

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IMALlama

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Great read, with some amusing asides.

Shots fired!

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utopiah

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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
libusb and 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

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I'm not a dem. I want to see the whole corrupt system fall.

You seriously need to touch grass.

I do. I'm constantly outside for work, hunting, or pleasure.

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pinkapple

in reply to Geodad • 2 mesi fa • •

I doubt you caught Putin conspiracy theory brainworms anywhere near grass and from a non-Dem source but at this point it's lowkey clear you're just here to disseminate them.

Avatar of Vengeance via World News

2 mesi fa • •

Avatar of Vengeance
2 mesi fa • •

Kerala: Setting a Quiet Counter-Narrative to Growth Orthodoxy | NewsClick

https://www.newsclick.in/kerala-setting-quiet-counter-narrative-growth-orthodoxy

#Worldnews

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Avatar of Vengeance

in reply to Thebigguy • 2 mesi fa • •

My favorite bit is when people start to pick up meme-speak when they have a master's degree and shit

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Thebigguy

in reply to Avatar of Vengeance • 2 mesi fa • •

Oh ya thank god I only barely passed high school. I have an excuse to be an idiot.

smq via LibreWolf

2 mesi fa • •

smq
2 mesi fa • •

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}

#librewolf

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Einar via Linux

2 mesi fa • •

Einar
2 mesi fa • •

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?

#linux

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Majestic

in reply to Einar • 2 mesi fa • •

Veracrypt has back-up headers located elsewhere in the volume that are unlikely to have been overwritten.

First thing's first I would strongly recommend copying the drive as it currently exists bit for bit to another drive of equal or larger size. Don't work on the original if you can help it.

Now with this copy, you should try to check the option to use the backup header when mounting and try again. If the partition is gone and veracrypt doesn't see it you'll need to try using something that recovers partitions and doesn't mind encrypted partitions or partitions or file system types it doesn't understand and use that to ON THE COPY recover and recreate the partition (this will write data and can cause the possibility of further loss or worsen your ability to recover which is why it is important to perform it on a copy). Testdesk may work for this but there are other options that probably are better.

See this list: old.reddit.com/r/datarecovery/… and choose something from there if this data is truly important. Again only work on a copy on another drive. Some of these software examples actually work against the original drive and make a copy elsewhere and should be safe to use on the original drive so long as they have you select a target drive to push the recovered data to but read the documentation. Testdisk absolutely must be used on a copy.

You will incur data loss and likely should run one of the file recovery software mentioned on the drive once successfully mounted in veracrypt to attempt to recover as much as possible.

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anarchoilluminati [comrade/them]

in reply to Majestic • 2 mesi fa • •

Thank you so much, this is really helpful.

I have a slightly different issue where I have several VeraCrypt vaults on an external that seem corrupted and don't recognize the correct passwords anymore. I'm making note of your advice to work on mine too. Is there anything particularly different you would recommend?

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Majestic

in reply to anarchoilluminati [comrade/them] • 2 mesi fa • •

The only thing I would note is -IF- your volumes are not partition or disk based BUT -files- based there is the possibility that corruption of the host file system of the disk the files containing the volumes are on could result in pieces of those files being marked unreadable by the disk and it’s POSSIBLE one way to solve this would be a file system check utility.

HOWEVER such activities carry a -large- risk of data loss so I would advise a bit for bit copy of the disk and doing the repair on that so if it goes wrong you’re not worse off. -IF- you cannot make a copy then I would advise at least trying to mount using backup headers before doing that and copying off anything you can salvage as file system checks can really mess up data recovery and should only be used in certain circumstances.

You’re much better off trying the recovery software I linked in fact than doing a file system check as it will tend to have better results.

You can also use the option to mount as read only in VC to prevent writes to a suspected failing disk.

Let me know if you need further advice.

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InnerScientist

in reply to Einar • 2 mesi fa • •

Any thoughts or recommendations?

::: spoiler Tap for spoiler
Backup important data
:::

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Luci

in reply to Einar • 2 mesi fa • •

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

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some_guy

in reply to Luci • 2 mesi fa • •

Drive Savers has a cleanroom. They got my data back in 2001 or 2002. It costs a lot.

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Romkslrqusz

in reply to some_guy • 2 mesi fa • •

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.

in reply to Luci

Romkslrqusz

in reply to Luci • 2 mesi fa • •

expect to pay a lot for zero results

Industry standard for data recovery specialists is “no data, no charge”

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Luci

in reply to Romkslrqusz • 2 mesi fa • •

Here this is not the case at all.

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Romkslrqusz

in reply to Luci • 2 mesi fa • •

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}

Gloomy via Privacy

2 mesi fa • •

Gloomy
2 mesi fa • •

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 😀

#privacy

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Ulrich

in reply to Gloomy • 2 mesi fa • •

Can you elaborate on why "self hosting is not an option"? Not all self-hosting requires Docker and terminal and all of that. You can use SyncThing which just turns all your existing devices into "the cloud" with an app. If you leave any of those devices turned on and connected it becomes a "server".

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N0x0n

in reply to Ulrich • 2 mesi fa • •

Syncthing is not a cloud solution though... Rather a sync solution. What's the difference? If you delete the file on 1 device it gets deleted on every device who shares the directory...

While a Cloud solution, your file is on a central server and you can download/delete that file on your device without affecting the server.

Cloud service ≠ Sync service but have a similar purpose.

Edit: And doin' 1 way sync is still not a cloud service !

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Ulrich

in reply to N0x0n • 2 mesi fa • •

What's the difference? If you delete the file on 1 device it gets deleted on every device who shares the directory...

That's not correct. SyncThing has versioning
That's not a necessary component of "the cloud".

Let OP answer the question, please.

And doin' 1 way sync is still not a cloud service !

It's not 1 way sync. Please look up what you're talking about before speaking.

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N0x0n

in reply to Ulrich • 2 mesi fa • •

It's not 1 way sync. Please look up what you're talking about before speaking.

Yeah it's not, however you can configure syncthing as a 1way sync solution and I was emphasizing that this still isn't a cloud solution.

Don't get me wrong, syncthing is great and I use it everyday, but syncthing is not a cloud solution.

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FrostyPolicy

in reply to Gloomy • 2 mesi fa • •

I'm using filen.io. E2ee and zero knowledge service from Germany. Their desktop client just works.

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Kolgeirr

in reply to FrostyPolicy • 2 mesi fa • •

Same, filen is great and their client is the best I've used, being able to set up individual syncs with one-way backups is fantastic.

in reply to Gloomy

ratatouille

in reply to Gloomy • 2 mesi fa • •

rclone with the integrated file encryption and one of the supported Provider.

in reply to Gloomy

LepaVida

in reply to Gloomy • 2 mesi fa • •

Koofr has desktop client for Linux.

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

jackeroni via World News

2 mesi fa • •

jackeroni
2 mesi fa • •

‘One-sided game’ in relations with West has ended – Putin

The West has repeatedly betrayed Russia both with NATO expansion and resolving the Ukraine conflict, Vladimir Putin has said

^RT

#Worldnews

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Luouth

in reply to jackeroni • 2 mesi fa • •

Brought to you by - "RT, formerly Russia Today, is owned and operated by TV-Novosti, a non-profit organization established by the Russian state news agency FSUE RIA Novosti. TV-Novosti is funded by the Russian government, making RT a state-controlled international news network."

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jackeroni

in reply to Luouth • 2 mesi fa • •

Above comment brought to you by yet another world account who can't handle a news outlet that goes against approved western narratives and thus labels it "propaganda"

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thedruid

in reply to jackeroni • 2 mesi fa • •

Yeah, dude, that's not what happening here.

This is Putin's mouthpiece to the world.

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jackeroni

in reply to thedruid • 2 mesi fa • •

MhhHmm, and Associated Propaganda/New York Lies/Radio Free* is the US empires' mouthpiece to the world

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Luouth

in reply to jackeroni • 2 mesi fa • •

I mean, it is literally run by the use of Russian Government money. It IS state media, AKA propaganda

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jackeroni

in reply to Luouth • 2 mesi fa • •

Oh and that's different from all the US empire funding for various western outlets how exactly?

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Luouth

in reply to jackeroni • 2 mesi fa • •

I don't think I sang the praises of any media outlets in my comments, did I? And im not American or live in America, so could also care less about certain (also propaganda) American news outlets and what they have to say

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jackeroni

in reply to Luouth • 2 mesi fa • •

The empire has deep tendrils.

in reply to jackeroni

thedruid

in reply to jackeroni • 2 mesi fa • •

Are you saying that the Whitehouse runs these news outlets? Because the A. P Is definitely not run by them

in reply to thedruid

jackeroni

in reply to thedruid • 2 mesi fa • •

Various US empire agencies vet and approve Associated Propaganda's reporting to ensure it furthers their imperialistic goals

in reply to jackeroni

NOT_RICK

in reply to jackeroni • 2 mesi fa • •

We just supposed to take your word for that?

in reply to jackeroni

rmuk

in reply to jackeroni • 2 mesi fa • •

Well, I've got to say: I wasn't convinced by this argument at all until that diagram appeared. And now, wow, I'm sold. Holy shit. Looks, there's shapes and everything. Truly, if something is shown in a diagram it MUST be accepted as fact.

Edit: Oh, wow, look, I found another diagram:

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m532

in reply to Luouth • 2 mesi fa • •

Not privately owned, but owned by the state? Awesome

muusemuuse via Privacy

2 mesi fa • •

muusemuuse
2 mesi fa • •

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?

#privacy

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muusemuuse

in reply to land • 2 mesi fa • •

I. like the idea of simplelogin as it seems to do what I'm already doing with icloud plus but it suffers the same problem. the messages are flowing through a third party before they get to me. why would I trust a third party?

in reply to muusemuuse

HayadSont

in reply to muusemuuse • 2 mesi fa • •

FWIW, Proton has acquired SimpleLogin. As such, I perceive/regard it as an extension to Proton rather than a third party.

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

Zarlock via Ambiente - Sostenibilità e giustizia climatica

2 mesi fa • •

Zarlock
2 mesi fa • •

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)}

#Ambiente

☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ via Technology

2 mesi fa • •

☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆
2 mesi fa • •

Circular Microcomputers embedded and powered by repurposed smartphone components

Citronics, meet the world’s first Circular Microcomputers

Citronics is the only company in the world able to transform retired smartphones into circular microcomputers, at industrial scale.

^Citronics

#technology

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Sims

in reply to ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ • 2 mesi fa • •

Great idea, and love re-purposing stuff! Price/ram probably limit the use to always-on low-power cases. Not sure it can beat small sbc's at their own game, so not sure where it shines - except for re-purposing wasted resources oc.

Technical specification

Volume: 12.5 x 6.5 x 1.8cm
Weight: 99g
Power: 2 - 20W (5-60V input), compatible USB-C PD, PoE
Processing: 4x 2.26Ghz 32bit Cortex-A CPU, 1x 48Mhz 32bit Cortex-M CPU, 4x 578Mhz GPU
Memory: 2 GB RAM, 32 GB eMMC, Ext. SD
Wireless (ext. SMA antennas): Cellular 2G/3G/4G LTE cat. 4 (µSIM), WiFi b/g/n/ac 2.4/5Ghz, Bluetooth 4.0
Communication: 4x USB 2.0, 1x Ethernet 10/100M, 1x Raspberry Pi Header (UART, SPI, I2C, GPIO)

Practical info

!!! Launch offer: 150€ VAT excl. !!!

Capitanmaroon via Linux

2 mesi fa • •

Capitanmaroon
2 mesi fa • •

I'm putting my tin foil hat on and want to join the world of Linux, however I make music in Ableton. Do I just need to dual boot or does anyone have a better solution?

#linux

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Jeena

in reply to Capitanmaroon • 2 mesi fa • •

The only comparable I was able to find is Bitwig Studio, but it's quite expensive and I wasn't doing so much music so I stopped making electronic music instead.

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pirat

in reply to Jeena • 2 mesi fa • •

Not too long ago I broke down a the costs between Ableton and bitwig, and they are quite similar over time.

Ableton has the big #'rd updates where as bitwig you get all updates within a year from license activation.

Since BW will still run after the license runs out (you just cant update to any new versions) I don't always update until there is a new feature that I want to work with drops in an update.

I also limit purchasing licenses to sale periods as a license can sit on the shelf until you're ready to activate it - this significantly reduced the cost for me.

I think there are other ways to go about this though on the vast sea of the net if your sails catch the wind right ;). If you're making stuff for fun and not for profit I think everyone should have access to creative tools.

If you make money than it's worth considering sending some. money their way. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

in reply to Capitanmaroon

Narri N. (they/them)

in reply to Capitanmaroon • 2 mesi fa • •

I haven't personally used Ableton ever but am a hobbying musician, and pro-audio is possible on Linux as well as running non-native applications via Wine. I found this just searching, there's apparently a Discord group also dedicated to this project.

Usually doing a web search like "xyz windows program+linux" will produce results, and putting in your distro name will produce better. Anyway, good luck on your journey!

GitHub - BEEFY-JOE/AbletonLiveOnLinux: A Repository for All Things Related to Running Ableton Live on Linux, part of the newly formed Ableton on Linux Discord Group.

A Repository for All Things Related to Running Ableton Live on Linux, part of the newly formed Ableton on Linux Discord Group. - BEEFY-JOE/AbletonLiveOnLinux

^GitHub

in reply to Capitanmaroon

wildflower

in reply to Capitanmaroon • 2 mesi fa • •

There are a couple of solutions, I'm using Ardour myself, but LMMS might be more like Ableton

There is a more or less complete list here: wiki.linuxaudio.org/apps/daw_a…

DAW [Linux-Sound]

^{wiki.linuxaudio.org}

in reply to Capitanmaroon

SteveCC

in reply to Capitanmaroon • 2 mesi fa • •

I always seem to run into roadblocks I can't figure out when I try to use wine and windows virtual machines.
Dual booting is a hassle but afaik it's the least difficult way to go.

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Oikio

in reply to Capitanmaroon • 2 mesi fa • •

I am a hobbyist and was using ableton live before. As mentioned by others, unless you dual boot - try bitwig studio for similar experience. It is from people who worked in ableton. Have a trial, pirate if can't afford now.

Foss alternative - ardour is great, but you will have to bring your own plug in suit.

Yabridge tool can help you to run windows vsts on Linux, but not everything works. And beware - it does not work with flatpak version Bitwig, at least it did not.

in reply to Capitanmaroon

Unpigged

in reply to Capitanmaroon • 2 mesi fa • •

I've heard that Ableton+wine works, not sure about all the plugins though.

There's also lmms, ardour, Bitwig and reaper with native Linux builds

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Lemmchen

in reply to Capitanmaroon • 2 mesi fa • •

I assume a simple virtual machine will work for Ableton.

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ProdigalFrog

in reply to Lemmchen • 2 mesi fa • •

I suspect a VM would introduce latency (big no no for music production), and I can't imagine getting ASIO working would be easy (though I've never tried it).

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9point6

in reply to Lemmchen • 2 mesi fa • •

You would not want to do this for latency reasons

in reply to Capitanmaroon

Mwa

in reply to Capitanmaroon • 2 mesi fa • •

I heard somewhere Ableton and Wine works

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doleo

in reply to Capitanmaroon • 2 mesi fa • •

It’s frustrating, considering that ableton’s push runs on Linux, but I never had a satisfactory, or comparable experience running it on a Linux desktop.
To be honest, this was the dealbreaker that kept me using a Mac.

in reply to Capitanmaroon

ProdigalFrog

in reply to Capitanmaroon • 2 mesi fa • •

According to WineHQ, Ableton's compatibility with wine isn't stellar. FL Studio works quite well in it, but switching DAWs can be a pretty major undertaking.

For Linux native DAWs, Reaper and Bitwig are the two best options. Reaper is the most affordable at 60 bucks, with an infinite free trial.

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a1studmuffin

in reply to Capitanmaroon • 2 mesi fa • •

I'm quite surprised Ableton haven't released a Linux version yet. They would have had to do some of the legwork to stand up Ableton Push.

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9point6

in reply to a1studmuffin • 2 mesi fa • •

I assume this is coming at some point, tbh

I personally reckon they're working on something YAbridge-esque to allow people to bring their VSTs to the push in standalone mode. If they can actually nail that, it's an absolute no brainer to then release a full Linux version of the DAW and finally allow people like me to make the switch

Every time I've tried to run Ableton on Linux over the years (most recently about Christmas last year), it's the VST support that lets me down. I've got hundreds of VSTs I've used in various projects over the past couple of decades and I can't switch unless I know they all work properly—projects not loading or sounding different is unacceptable. I need to be able to open anything I've worked on over the years and be able to get right into the creativity without tinkering, as that is what I already have today.

Until that day, I've got to begrudgingly keep windows around.

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Thebigguy

in reply to 9point6 • 2 mesi fa • •

What’s weird is the Ableton groovebox is just Ableton on a Linux computer afaik they could release it they just cbf.

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a1studmuffin

in reply to 9point6 • 2 mesi fa • •

Yeah that sounds about right - VST is such an awful standard, and is only made worse by all the copy protection nonsense that companies pile on top of it. I wish there was an open standard that was cross-platform, portable and used PGP encryption for standard licencing, but alas, it's too late for that.

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Wappen

in reply to Capitanmaroon • 2 mesi fa • •

I can greatly recommend Reaper to you, in case Ableton + Wine doesn't work out.

I only recently got into music making as a hobby so my overall perspective might be limited, but other DAWs I tried included:
* Ardour
* Bitwig
* LMMS
* Zrythm

I settled with Reaper bc of it's customizability, freedom in workflow and cheap price without compromising in pro features. It's actually completely free as long as you are evaluating buying it, which is up to you for how long. And the customizability is off the charts compared to any other DAW.

But what really sold Reaper to me was the lack of hurdles that got into my way of learning to make music.

Have fun

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Thebigguy

in reply to Wappen • 2 mesi fa • •

Don’t forget renoise, if you like trackers it’s great and very affordable.

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pirat

in reply to Capitanmaroon • 2 mesi fa • •

Someone in here mentioned bitwig.

I started on abelton and moved to bitwig around 3.X and have been with it ever since.

I love all the different modules and the grid which has give me a lot more expressive control over my sounds.

they are similar yet different; I believe the core bitwig team were ex ableton devs who wanted to take things in a different direction.

I know it's silly but one of the biggest things that I like about bitwig is customizable shortcuts; this is especially good if you're coming from ableton because if your a shortcut key wizard you can easily remap similar functions.

if you've got an extensive VST collection you can run them with wine + yabridge.

Bitwig is not the only option, but coming from ableton if you want to run single boot it is the most similar (IMO) to Ableton.

Happy to answer any questions you may have about it as well.

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Jo Miran

in reply to Capitanmaroon • 2 mesi fa • •

If you're an Abelton user, I cannot recommend Bitwig enough.

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Eugenia

in reply to Capitanmaroon • 2 mesi fa • •

There are several commercial options for Linux. The most-Ableton software out there is Bitwig Studio that has a Linux port. However, it's expensive. The cheapest commercial solution, with a bit of learning curve but powerful nonetheless, is Reaper.

However, if you want to go 100% open source, there's Ardour and LMMS (which is a lot like FL Studio). Ardour 9, which is expected by the end of the year, will be more MIDI-friendly than it used to be. LMMS latest git version (offered as binary on their site) has some good new features compared to their stable version, however, there's still no vst3 support.

I'm an visual artist and I used Photoshop for years to edit my hand-painted scanned paintings. When I moved to Linux, and Gimp3 was out, I was finally ready to leave Photoshop behind. Some features of Photoshop aren't there, but I was ready to leave them behind. Same with video, I used to have a rather popular blog about color grading with Resolve. I moved to kdenlive, which has none of these tools or plugins. It's a decision that I simply had to make. I wanted to use foss tools, and that was the price to pay. I'm cool with my decision.

If you gotta go commercial, go with Reaper. The people (a small team of 3 or 4 I believe) behind it are really cool, and they're doing it for the love of it, their profit is very small.

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StarMerchant938

in reply to Eugenia • 2 mesi fa • •

Another good free DAW option with linux compatibility is Tracktion.

tracktion.com/products/wavefor…

Tracktion Software

The world's best, fully featured, completely unlimited free DAW for all music creators.

^{www.tracktion.com}

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jqubed

in reply to Eugenia • 2 mesi fa • •

It’s not FOSS (IIRC) but I think Resolve is fully available on Linux?

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Eugenia

in reply to jqubed • 2 mesi fa • •

Resolve doesn't do what Ableton does. It's more of an audio processor and editor (like Audacity), but not a real DAW for music.

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jqubed

in reply to Eugenia • 2 mesi fa • •

Yes, but you said you were using Resolve for color grading. My understanding is you should still be able to use that on Linux, but I haven’t tried it yet myself.

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Eugenia

in reply to jqubed • 2 mesi fa • •

It's not working properly. No AAC support either. I also used to use the Dehancer plugin for it which unfortunately has bugs under Linux.

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Thebigguy

in reply to Capitanmaroon • 2 mesi fa • •

I posted this already as a reply but if you like trackers check out renoise it costs 70€ and is very powerful and runs on almost anything.

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KurtVonnegut

in reply to Capitanmaroon • 2 mesi fa • •

I'm a happy Ardour user

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MrSoup

in reply to Capitanmaroon • 2 mesi fa • •

I use Ableton with Bottles (wine) with VSTs too, like Serum.

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deadcatbounce

in reply to Capitanmaroon • 2 mesi fa • •

I'd suggest no-one ever dual-boot Windows with anything. There are to many mishaps when Windows takes it into their head to fuck the bootloader.

Put the OS into a VM. If you only use Windows for one app put Windows into the VM. Otherwise put Linux into the VM until you find you're mostly using Linux.

Unless you have an old PC laying around ..

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VoxAliorum

in reply to deadcatbounce • 2 mesi fa • •

I have set up a good hand full of dual booted Windows/ Linux machines. Never had any major issues. However, I also noticed that I only use Linux except for games and that's slowly changing, too, so I would suggest trying the dual boot if it makes you more comfortable to realize yourself that you don't need it.

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thermal_shock

in reply to deadcatbounce • 2 mesi fa • •

Typically the only issue is using the same drive, separate drives work fine.

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golden_zealot

in reply to Capitanmaroon • 2 mesi fa • •

If you switch DAWs, bitwig is really very good and runs natively on Linux.

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utopiah

in reply to Capitanmaroon • 2 mesi fa • •

Focus on productivity and pleasure, so make the transition easier :

try Linux without dual boot, e.g. distrosea.com/ (I made a 30min video discussion if you are curious)
try Linux on a USB stick to get persistence and not be afraid of using private data
try dual boot with default on Windows, your important data backed-up (e.g. music you created)
try dual boot with default on Linux and Ableton or whatever you need on Wine, if it doesn't work in virtual machine
try boot on just Linux with Wine
try boot on Linux with Ableton FLOSS equivalents (few listed in this thread)
try boot on Linux with e.g Ardour or LMMS but genuinely benefit from FLOSS by making and sharing your own plugins

The entire process must be risk free and fun!

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china🇨🇳

in reply to Capitanmaroon • 2 mesi fa • •

just use Deepin OS, it's much better!

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tortina_original

in reply to Capitanmaroon • 2 mesi fa • •

Few weeks ago I have noticed that my Presonus account is offering me to download Studio One Pro 7, in deb or flatpak format. I use Linux desktop for everything except audio work (still use Windows machine for that) so when I checked my Presonus account from Linux box I was quite shocked.

Sadly, attempt to upload the image from the phone (using Boost app) doesn't work so I can't upload and can't be bothered to upload elsewhere then share URL, etc.

I couldn't get bothered to try installing it earlier since I don't want to run S1 on this box.

But just for the sake of it, I have now tried installing flatpak file and it completed.

I don't use flatpak much but trying to do...

flatpak run com.presonus.studioapp7

... failed with "Failed to connect to Wayland display".

I spent 0 seconds on reading about S1 Pro for Linux and have no intention to bother with it further but if you do use S1 on Windows you might have Linux download available as well. Give it a try if you are interested.

What exactly it requires to run, I have no idea.

But it is really surprising development.

Edit: hah, after i removed that flatpak i just installed, a notification popped up saying "Studio One is a Wayland application and won't run in X11 session."

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AMillionMonkeys

in reply to Capitanmaroon • 2 mesi fa • •

The .wav format is actually very simple. You should be able to write a bash script to produce wavs without too much trouble. If you'd rather not work that low-level you can always use the DAW features in emacs.

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JakoJakoJako13

in reply to Capitanmaroon • 2 mesi fa • •

I recently started playing around with Reaper on Linux. It's no different from it's windows counterpart. You can use something like yabridge to use third party VSTs. All I had to do was point it to my VST folder and viola, almost all of them work. The only problem I have is that none of them work graphically. The sound works and they render just fine but for some reason clicking on a knob or button is waaaay off. For example in Pro-Q, if I put the mouse by the top of the plugin the frequency knob will highlight like the mouse is on top of knob. Nothing happens if the mouse is actually on top. This may be a yabridge issue. Their GitHub does say Wine versions greater than 9.22 don't work. I'm on the latest Wine and haven't fucked with different versions yet. If the fix is that simple then the experience is no different for me at least. Otherwise I just have to use the UI-less mode where Reaper turns the plugins into a series of sliders you can adjust instead.

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Norah (pup/it/she)

in reply to Capitanmaroon • 2 mesi fa • •

Is this a reference to the most recent pewdiepie video? lmao

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Cricket [he/him]

in reply to Capitanmaroon • 2 mesi fa • •

Like many others have suggested, you may want to try Bitwig. I understand that it's the alternative DAW that is the most similar to Ableton. The company was started by a group of ex-Ableton employees, so it's not a coincidence. Many people online feel that it's in general a better DAW than Ableton, so you may end up liking it. It supports Linux natively, even provides an official flatpak (or Ubuntu installer?)

It's not as expensive as some make it out to be, and it's on sale right now for a few more days. I just yesterday bought Bitwig Studio Essentials. They have 3 editions and Studio Essentials is the starter version, currently $79 (reg. $99). The next level up is Studio Producer, currently $149 (reg. $199), and the top level is just Studio, currently $299 (reg. $399). They also offer rent to own for $16/month for 25 months on Splice.

geneva_convenience via World News

2 mesi fa • •

geneva_convenience
2 mesi fa • •

Kuwaiti academics call for boycott of Western universities involved in supporting Israel aggression on Gaza

Dozens of Kuwaiti academics have called for a boycott of Western universities involved in supporting Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza, explaining that the Palestinian civilians’ suffering in the Gaza Strip since October 2023 constitutes a grave violation of international humanitarian law, Quds Press reported.

The Association of Faculty Members at the Public Authority for Applied Education; the trade union body comprising academics working in applied colleges, explained in a statement that it was following with great concern the independent reports documenting crimes and violations against civilians in the Gaza Strip, amid suspicious international silence.

“Based on our academic and ethical responsibility, and in adherence to the values of human justice that uphold human dignity and fundamental rights, we express our growing dissatisfaction with the involvement of some Western universities, particularly British ones, in research or investment partnerships with companies that provide military technologies used directly or indirectly to support the ongoing aggression” the statement said.

Kuwaiti academics call for boycott of Western universities involved in supporting Israel aggression on Gaza

...

^{Middle East Monitor}

#Worldnews

jackeroni via Memes

2 mesi fa • •

jackeroni
2 mesi fa • •

Damn like pick up a book some time

#memes

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jackeroni

in reply to robocall • 2 mesi fa • •

Compared the glutenous western capitalists, of course! The people of NK rebuilt their country with blood, sweat, and tears after the US bombed them to hell and back under the direction of the occupiers and despite the west's utter determination to hold them back technologically with ridiculous unjustified sanctions

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Mediocre_Bard

in reply to jackeroni • 2 mesi fa • •

For information only, gently presented without judgment.

gluttonous: excessively greedy

glutenous: a tenacious elastic protein substance especially of wheat flour that gives cohesiveness to dough

jackeroni via World News

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jackeroni
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Russian Army Advances Leaving Ukraine With No Sources To Sold To The West

Russian Army Advances Leaving Ukraine With No Resources To Sell To The West

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^{Anonymous765 (South Front)}

#Worldnews

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Thebigguy

in reply to jackeroni • 2 mesi fa • •

What a waste of life

Avatar of Vengeance via World News

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Avatar of Vengeance
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Venezuela Reveals Plot to Attack Synagogue in Caracas and Blame Iran

June 27, 2025 Venezuela has uncovered a plot orchestrated by the country’s opposition, in coordination with the son of the deposed Shah of Iran, to attack a synagogue in Caracas and then blam…

^{Resumen LatinoAmericano English}

#Worldnews

geneva_convenience via The Onion

2 mesi fa • •

geneva_convenience
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Reviewing Mario Kart World because it’s fucking expensive and I want to claim it on tax

Earlier this month, the Nintendo Switch 2 launched alongside the new game Mario Kart World. The release was controversial due to the price of both the console and the game. As a journalist I felt it was my duty to review both as this means the purchase is a work expense that I can claim on my taxes (oh and the new Pro Controller too).

If I had to describe the Nintendo Switch 2 in one sentence it would be that it’s like a Nintendo Switch but better and newer.

The old games run better, the new game runs great, and the click of the controllers when you attach them to the console feels good to my dumb brain.

It’s good that the console feels nice to use since it is $700, which (although comparable to other modern gaming consoles) is a fuck tonne of money. These days that’s like 2 weeks of rent for a closet in Sydney, or half the ingredients for a salad at the major supermarkets.

Now that I have gotten that part out of the way in case the ATO checks this article, it’s time to talk about one of the most expensive games in history: Mario Kart World.

For background information, I am writing this review after sinking over 35 hours into the game. Which may sound like a lot but as a journalist I didn’t want to rush with some half thought out clickbait, I wanted to get real knowledge of the game and also since this is research for work, those hours are billable.

Reviewing Mario Kart World because it’s fucking expensive and I want to claim it on tax – The Chaser

Our editor breaks down the Nintendo Switch 2 and Mario Kart World for journalistic reasons.

^{John Delmenico (The Chaser)}

#TheOnion

jackeroni via World News

2 mesi fa • •

jackeroni
2 mesi fa • •

Weapons From Ukraine Reaching Terrorists in Africa, Latin America

Weapons from Ukraine end up in the hands of terrorists and criminal groups in Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East, Yulia Zhdanova, the new head of the Russian delegation at the Vienna talks on military security and arms control, told Sputnik.

^{Sputnik International}

#Worldnews

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harc

in reply to jackeroni • 2 mesi fa • •

Yulia Zhdanova, the new head of the Russian delegation at the Vienna talks on military security and arms control, revealed to Sputnik
Referring to the assessment of the foreign expert community,

So the only source, actually cited source, is a head of a negotiation team, of a country at war referring to its enemy? Very credible /s

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Avatar of Vengeance

in reply to harc • 2 mesi fa • •

Oh so we're admitting the US and its allies are directly at war with Russia now, are we? Tut tut you shouldn't talk down on plucky little Ukraine fending for itself like that.

Anyways, let's all calm down and focus on making the entirety of the Baltics uninhabitable with antipersonnel mines 🥰

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harc

in reply to Avatar of Vengeance • 2 mesi fa • •

Oh are we? We are writing that Ukraine is at war with Russia. We think you might call it a special military operation, maybe? And we do think there would be no antipersonnel mines laid in Baltic's if not for Russian imperialism. Maybe if there was less Russian military in European countries outside of Russia there would be less excuse for militarization of neighboring countries or at least it would make it easier for local activists to push back against it? Just a wild concept we have.

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Avatar of Vengeance

in reply to harc • 2 mesi fa • •

Hmm where is Ukraine getting all of these weapons anyways?

Russian imperialism

That sounds really scary, what's imperialism? Could you try to define it? I need to become learned like you

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rmuk

in reply to jackeroni • 2 mesi fa • •

"Bully News: Nerd's Lunch Money Probably Being Spent On Dorky Shit."

So, yeah, a story from a Russian government mouthpiece quoting a Russian government spokesperson spouting Russian government talking points that - deary me, oh my days, can you believe it, bless my soul, what are the odds, well I'll be - paints a negative image of the country the Russian government illegally and unjustifiably invaded. Or, maybe the oligarchy are just pissed off that the warlords aren't buying their weapons from them any more?

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Avatar of Vengeance

in reply to rmuk • 2 mesi fa • •

"What if I framed geopolitics as a schoolyard quarrel"

Very original dude. Ever heard of Operation Cyclone?

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harc

in reply to Avatar of Vengeance • 2 mesi fa • •

Ever heard of operation Sugm A?

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Avatar of Vengeance

in reply to harc • 2 mesi fa • •

Very sophomoric, matching your knowledge of history. Extremely amusing to pretend it would be crazy for the US to fund fascists in poorer countries, when it's the only reason Poland and the Baltic states even have their fake economies. Half of the events in the past 70 years have been instigated by the US funding some proxy force to secure resources.

You think they're not going to make a grab for the gold and uranium? Do you even remember what happened to Thomas Sankara, long before Ibrahim Traore?

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rmuk

in reply to Avatar of Vengeance • 2 mesi fa • •

Yeah, man. Taco Tuesday tomorrow. Can't wait.

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Avatar of Vengeance

in reply to rmuk • 2 mesi fa • •

This site is like the Bluesky of Reddit in that it is slightly older liberals trying to recapture the magic of being surrounded by bots and teenagers frothing at the mouth with jingoism. But your unfunny jokes just linger in the air like a fart in a poorly ventilated room.

Avatar of Vengeance via World News

2 mesi fa • •

Avatar of Vengeance
2 mesi fa • •

Yemen launches missile attack on Israel

If you miss the giant barrages of missiles, the ceasefire looks increasingly uneasy. You might see them again relatively soon.

Yemen launches missile attack on Israel

TEHRAN, Jun. 28 (MNA) – Local media in occupied territories reported a missile attack from Yemen against Israel.

^{Mehr News Agency}

#Worldnews

IndustryStandard via World News

2 mesi fa • •

IndustryStandard
2 mesi fa • •

U.S. Used Up 15-20 Percent of its Global THAAD Anti-Missile Arsenal in Just 11 Days of Mid-Intensity Combat: Cost Over $800 Million

The U.S. Army has been estimated to have consumed 15-20 of all munitions for its globally deployed arsenal of Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) long range anti-missile systems, after deployment to support Israeli air defences during the country’s 11 days of hostilities with Iran.

A highly specialised asset designed to intercept medium and intermediate range ballistic missiles, the U.S. Army fields seven systems across five air defence regiments, and is set to operationalise an eighth by the end of the year.

The systems are depended on to counter the arsenals of five potential adversaries including North Korea, China, Russia and Belarus, as well as Iran. Video footage has shown the launch of 39 interceptors to intercept Iranian missiles from June 13-24, although only a small portion of launches were captured on film partly due to the strict wartime censorship that was put in place in Israel.

Presuming at a conservative estimate that the filmed launches from THAAD batteries accounted for 50-66 percent of total launches, total expenditure of interceptors amounted to approximately 60-80 interceptors during the 11 day conflict.

U.S. Used Up 15-20 Percent of its Global THAAD Anti-Missile Arsenal in Just 11 Days of Mid-Intensity Combat: Cost Over $800 Million

The U.S. Army has been estimated to have consumed 15-20 of all munitions for its globally deployed arsenal of Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) long range

^{Military Watch Magazine}

#Worldnews

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TheYang

in reply to IndustryStandard • 2 mesi fa • •

US military industrial complex is reading this as
"Oh damn, we need to build much more of these then"

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mlg

in reply to TheYang • 2 mesi fa • •

Right, the conclusion that the US can't resupply missiles fast enough is a fallacy unless you know for sure you can affect the supply chain invovled.

They only have that many because they don't need that many, but if you think you're gonna win a war by expecting the US to run out of ammo against even a swarm of cheap drones, you're in for a rude awakening.

I think only China could output higher production in full wartime scenario, and even they know it's not much of an advantage if their tech doesn't stack up.

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PolandIsAStateOfMind

in reply to TheYang • 2 mesi fa • •

Nah, expanding the producton is VERY costly and don't have much future guarantees. They think of it like of the artillery shell production "Oh damn, we need to rise the price on the same number we produce"

Interstellar_1 via Linux

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Interstellar_1
2 mesi fa • •

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.

#linux

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LettyWhiterock

in reply to Interstellar_1 • 2 mesi fa • •

I had to switch back to Windows for now since game performance was noticeably worse with my Nvidia card on Fedora vs Windows. Something running at around 130-144fps cutting down to 80-9fos as an example. So be prepared for that. From what I gather it's unique to Nvidia.

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daggermoon

in reply to Interstellar_1 • 2 mesi fa • •

Certain videos won't play in any media player. Also occasional graphical glitches in Plasma for me. No issues with games oddly enough.

Edit: I'm using Arch but I'd expect these issues to be distro-agnostic. Though I'm fine with being wrong.

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Übercomplicated

in reply to Interstellar_1 • 2 mesi fa • •

I had a 3060 Ti.

I couldn't game on Wayland for about 20% of my games (very frustrating), couldn't use specific Window Managers like Sway, experience constant screen tearing on X11 (which I often had to use, because the game would crash on Wayland) when gaming, and had a significant performance hit in some games.

CS:GO ran like a dream and actually better than on Windows, but with the release of CS2 my performance on Linux was about 20% worse than on Windows. My 1% lows were also crazy on Linux (median=190fps, %1=80fps). This meant, among others things, that I just couldn't play death match anymore — my FPS would make it unplayable. This was largely an optimization issue and I think some of the 2025 Nvidia driver updates of improved the situation a little for CS2 specifically. The screen tearing on X and the buggyness on Wayland were enough for me to switch though, even if eventual improvements might come.

I am now extremely happy with my 7900 XT, which I got for less than any available 9070 XT (in my region) and which amusingly actually has better performance in CS2 then then the 9070 XT on Linux. It's massively overkill though, I could have just as well gotten a 7800 XT or 9070 (non-XT).

I am still very, very pleased. Hopefully this will last me a few years, unlike the gosh darn 3060 Ti.

Alright, I'm done with my huge block of text. Hopefully this was helpful.

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lonesomeCat

in reply to Interstellar_1 • 2 mesi fa • •

Running RTX4050 mobile on Fedora 41 (internet too crappy to upgrade to 42)

Works great!

Except for unreal 5 games but idk if that's a driver or a proton issue :/

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marcie (she/her)

in reply to Interstellar_1 • 2 mesi fa • •

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.

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Interstellar_1

in reply to marcie (she/her) • 2 mesi fa • •

Thanks, hopefully my experience is similar. I think the 5000 series came out less than a month ago as well, so it might also take some time for me.

Beryl via Linux

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Beryl
2 mesi fa • •

Does anyone else's AMD 7900 green screen?

Sometimes my entire screen will turn green requiring a reboot. This has happened while gaming but also while watching videos in browser. I'm trying out undervolting/underclocking using LACTL. Have you experienced this? What was the cause and how did you fix it?

#linux

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oo1

in reply to Beryl • 2 mesi fa • •

I've experienced random stuff like that in past - not exactly the same though and not that chip.

I'd suspect power issue, either cpu and/or gpu causing a spike that results in some voltage rail to go unstable.
More likely GPU, unless your applications are really thrashing all cpu cores.

How old PSU? how much headroom? how good brand of PSU?
Might also be a motherboard power management issue.

Also - it might not hurt just to unplug and reseat every power cable.

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Beryl

in reply to oo1 • 2 mesi fa • •

Please excuse me dropping off the face of the Earth for a few days.
Power supply is Corsair 750 W.
Linux 6.14.6-109.bazzite.fc42.x86_64
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X (16) @ 5.58 GHz

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oo1

in reply to Beryl • 2 mesi fa • •

That PSU sounds good enough to me.

Could be worth a motherboard firmware update?
and i would double check all the power cables.

It looks ike mangohud is an application to monitor stuff.
I've never used it but you could give that a go - see if you're ever getting close to the 750W.

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Beryl

in reply to oo1 • 2 mesi fa • •

Thank you for your reply! I'll check it out. I need to try remounting and double checking cables still, I've just been putting it on the back burner. Oddly enough I experience this problem much less often when using Gnome rather than KDE.

muusemuuse via Privacy

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muusemuuse
2 mesi fa • •

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.

#privacy

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sneaky

in reply to muusemuuse • 2 mesi fa • •

To Wyndham this is her account and her information. Failure to update her information on your behalf doesn't constitute any liability on their part.

Regarding you, I would guess the best legal avenue you have would be something like telephone harassment or spam, but that sounds like a shakey case.

Hotels place a big emphasis on maintaining guest confidentiality in all regards except law enforcement. Front desk agents are trained not to disclose whether a guest is even staying at the property when requested. She would have solid grounds for a suit if she could provide evidence she attempted to change her contact information with Wyndham. Sounds like she didn't try though.

Personally, I would just get a new number again. However, if I was tied to making this work I would do this. Contact Wyndham's consumer affairs department. Tell them the lady has contacted me because I am receiving her information from you guys. She has mentioned she's considering litigation. Advise them to reach out to update her information.

Even that is a long shot because if she's a working girl she probably won't want businesses to have up to date info. Most likely she would ignore their email.

To some other commenter's points about them not caring about your issue. Kinda true, but it's not a feelings issue. , Wyndham has little liability in your complaint and it does not make sense to update an account because someone who isn't the account holder said to.

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muusemuuse

in reply to sneaky • 2 mesi fa • •

No, they aren't protecting confidentiality at all. They know the information is going to the wrong place. And yet, they keep sending me her full name, her email address, her home address, her reservation dates, the address of the hotel she is at.....

Imagine what someone could do with all that.

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sneaky

in reply to muusemuuse • 2 mesi fa • •

If she was telling them that they'd want to fix it to protect themselves from legal ramifications. But it isn't her. It's some stranger. That's all I'm saying.

If we let people make changes to account information based on stories then I could just lie and take over my ex girlfriend's capital one account or something, ya know. Your situation is unique, but just looking at it from the other side I could easily see doing what you're requesting turning into a phone call from the client asking why they're no longer receiving information about their reservations and me having to explain that somebody told us it was their number. Only to find out it was some enemy she has telling us to do that as a way to mess with her. Then I'm up a creek for removing the number without her permission.

It obviously isn't that, but there are risks involved that some companies are not willing to take. Making changes to account contact information in nearly all regards must be done by the account holder.

Not trying to say there shouldn't be an easier resolution to this. Just looking at as the guy on the other side of the phone.

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muusemuuse

in reply to sneaky • 2 mesi fa • •

I gave them the confirmation number. I can prove I am getting things that are not for me and did prove that. They refuse to budge.

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sneaky

in reply to muusemuuse • 2 mesi fa • •

You also told them you aren't the account holder. So that's pretty much the end of the call right there for any place I have ever worked... I understand your concern and the issue. It just doesn't work this way technically.

I currently manage a hotel and even as an employee there's some account information that I am not able to update on a guest's behalf. They have to do it themselves. The hospitality industry is ripe with fraud and scam attempts. I understand your situation isn't that, but it would set a precedent for the next situation that IS a scam.

If you really have all her account info and personal data then shit just call and be her. Ask to remove or change your number.

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muusemuuse

in reply to sneaky • 2 mesi fa • •

I'm telling them to stop involving me, not involve me more. that's hardly a scam. further, their inaction can lead to fraud, so its really is in everyone's best interest if they do something about this.

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sneaky

in reply to muusemuuse • 2 mesi fa • •

I'm not saying your thing is a scam. I'm explaining how the policies and procedures work and the reason they work that way is because of scams and fraud. Simply put it would be unwise to make changes to any account without confirmation from the account holder. Hope you get it figured out.

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muusemuuse

in reply to sneaky • 2 mesi fa • •

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.

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Stowaway

in reply to muusemuuse • 2 mesi fa • •

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.

fcc.gov/consumers/guides/stop-…

ReportFraud.ftc.gov

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