Samsung → iPhone: Need Your De-Google Tips
Note: I prefer Apple over Google and I’m not ready to go full privacy-hardened, I want to find a balance between convenience and privacy protection.
So I'm moving from Samsung to iPhone soon, mainly because I despise Google.
Want to cut Google out as much as possible while I'm at it.
What I'm planning so far:
- Mailbox.org instead of Gmail
- DuckDuckGo for search, would prefer something even better
- Safari with all the privacy stuff turned on
Where I'm stuck:
- What about YouTube? Just use the web version?
- Google Drive alternatives that actually work well?
- Best way to store photos that aren't big greedy corps?
Questions:
- Any must-have privacy apps once I get the iPhone?
- Settings I should change immediately out of the box?
- Services I'm forgetting that are probably feeding Google my data?
Tsunami waves hit Hawaii after massive earthquake strikes Russia
Millions return home as tsunami warnings lifted: Live updates
Tsunami warnings in Hawaii, parts of California and Japan downgradedAlisha Rahaman Sarkar (The Independent)
India and Israel meet to deepen military ties in sign of solidarity amid Gaza atrocities
India and Israel meet to deepen military ties in sign of solidarity amid Gaza atrocities
India and Israeli military officials have pledged to deepen and strengthen military ties even as images of Israel's engineered starvation of Palestinians continue to send shockwaves around the world.Azad Essa (Middle East Eye)
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Get it right. Indians are “pick mes”, not Uncle Toms. Uncle Tom is a special classification solely for traitors like Candace Owens and Clarence Thomas.
And as for the Israeli Jews, they literally cannot defend themselves now when the racists come out and say Jews are running everything and use that to attack them.
Euphonica is a Rust-Powered MPD Client Heavy on Bling
Euphonica is a Rust-Powered MPD Client Heavy on Bling
Euphonica is a new Rust-based MPD frontend for Linux desktops, with 'bling' as a key feature. I showcase its design, features, and current development status.Joey Sneddon (OMG! Ubuntu!)
Trump says Epstein ‘stole’ Virginia Giuffre from Mar-a-Lago staff role
On Tuesday, a reporter asked Trump: “The workers that were taken from you – were some of them young women?”
Trump replied: “The answer is yes, they were. People that worked in the spa.”
Another reporter then asked Trump if one of the people he was referring to was Giuffre, one of Epstein’s most prominent accusers who said in a lawsuit that she was hired away from the Mar-a-Lago spa by Epstein’s accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell in 2000, when she was 16.
Giuffre, who died this year, alleged in her complaint that she was first abused by Epstein and Maxwell together, and then “lent out to other powerful men”, including Prince Andrew.
“I think she worked at the spa,” Trump replied. “I think so. I think that was one of the people, yeah. He stole her. And by the way, she had no complaints about us, as you know. None whatsoever.”
Trump says Epstein ‘stole’ Virginia Giuffre from Mar-a-Lago staff role
President says pair fell out because Epstein poached staffers, including Epstein accuser who died in AprilRobert Mackey (The Guardian)
Tsunami updates live: waves of 1m above tide level seen in California; Hawaii evacuation order lifted
Tsunami waves of 1.6 ft above tide level observed in Arena Cove, California - US Weather Service
Tsunami waves of 1.6 ft (0.5 metres) above tide level have been observed in Arena Cove in the US state of California, the US National Weather Service has said.
It said that the tsunami warning remains in effect for the coastal areas of California from Cape Mendocino, California, to the Oregon/California border.
YouTube most popular first TV destination for children, Ofcom finds
Children are now heading to YouTube from the moment they turn on the television, in the latest sign of the video platform’s migration from the laptop to the living room.
YouTube is the most popular first TV destination for generation Alpha, according to a comprehensive survey of the UK’s viewing habits by Ofcom, the communications regulator.
One in five young TV viewers aged from four to 15 turned straight to the platform last year. The survey showed Netflix close behind. While BBC One was in the top five first destinations, children were just as likely to choose BBC iPlayer.
YouTube most popular first TV destination for children, Ofcom finds
One in five young viewers go to platform first when they turn on TV, as older people also watch more of its contentMichael Savage (The Guardian)
EU fails to agree Israeli suspension from research fund over Gaza
A European Commission proposal to deny Israel partial access to the EU's €95 billion Horizon Europe research fund failed to garner the necessary qualified majority support when EU ambassadors met in Brussels on Tuesday to discuss the issue.
Both Germany and Italy said they needed more time and would let the EU know if they come to a different position in the coming weeks, according to two sources familiar.
The Netherlands, Ireland, France, Luxembourg, Slovenia, Portugal, Malta and Spain all supported the Commission's plan with several saying they would also push the EU for stronger sanctions, potentially in trade, the sources said.
The Commission's motion to suspend Israel's participation in Horizon is in response to an EU report finding the country had breached human rights obligations in the EU-Israel Association Agreement.
EU fails to agree Israeli suspension from research fund over Gaza
EU member states could not rally the support necessary to suspend Israel from the Horizon Europe fund in response to the war in Gaza. The proposal needed a qualified majority of member states to pass it.Shona Murray (Euronews.com)
EU fails to agree Israeli suspension from research fund over Gaza
A European Commission proposal to deny Israel partial access to the EU's €95 billion Horizon Europe research fund failed to garner the necessary qualified majority support when EU ambassadors met in Brussels on Tuesday to discuss the issue.
Both Germany and Italy said they needed more time and would let the EU know if they come to a different position in the coming weeks, according to two sources familiar.
The Netherlands, Ireland, France, Luxembourg, Slovenia, Portugal, Malta and Spain all supported the Commission's plan with several saying they would also push the EU for stronger sanctions, potentially in trade, the sources said.
The Commission's motion to suspend Israel's participation in Horizon is in response to an EU report finding the country had breached human rights obligations in the EU-Israel Association Agreement.
EU fails to agree Israeli suspension from research fund over Gaza
EU member states could not rally the support necessary to suspend Israel from the Horizon Europe fund in response to the war in Gaza. The proposal needed a qualified majority of member states to pass it.Shona Murray (Euronews.com)
The Germans have never felt a shred of guilt over the Holocaust and Lebensraum. They only made up justifications, like their "guilt pride" stuff, as they moved along to fund, aid, abett and get directly involved in the 80+ years settler-colony over Indigenous people.
Once they and their European contemporaries were happy with their white-to-juden population ratio, they simply transferred over their internal policy to foreign policy.
Might also be because they feel their credibility was dropping too low.
TheGuardian is a great example of a newspaper which did a complete 180 from spewing every Israeli propaganda possible, going as far as using their reputation to back up Israeli lies, to suddenly questioning Israeli claims a few months ago and quoting Palestinians and human rights organizations.
You really think people will buy this nonsense? You can make any acronym mean anything.
Focus on the nazis and authoritarians in your own damn country.
The Nazis in the US were here before WW2. After WW2, the US grabbed a bunch of German Nazis, in collaboration with the Vatican, and saved their lives by distributing them all over the world, including many in the US, giving them new identities, jobs in industry and government, and generally protecting them from justice while integrating them into the empire.
But NATO? When NATO was formed it was staffed top to bottom with Nazi officers. Just look up all the generals in early NATO and look at their positions before NATO. NATO was run by Nazis at the request of the US. And then they planned, approved, and executed Operation Gladio wherein NATO connected with every single Nazi collaborator group in Europe that helped the Third Reich and organized them, trained them, armed them, and helped them avoid detection.
Did Benjamin Netanyahu Blackmail Bill Clinton Over the Monica Lewinsky Sex Tapes?
In April, Netanyahu and Clinton met for a “private visit.” On a Saturday in May 1997, Clinton again had Currie invite Lewinsky to the White House. During that visit, he broke up with her, Lewinsky testified. The next fall, Clinton hosted Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat for a summit at Wye River, Maryland.
Toward the end of the summit, at 7 a.m. after a long night of final negotiations and handshakes, Netanyahu approached Clinton privately to demand the release of convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard, long a cause célèbre of the Israeli far right, according to reporting from the New York Times. Netanyahu brought up the sex tapes in the context of the Pollard demand,
Washington Examiner editor Daniel Harper wrote in his book “Clinton Inc: The Audacious Rebuilding of a Political Machine.” “Not wanting to directly threaten the powerful American president, a crucial Israeli ally, Clinton was told that the Israeli government had thrown the tapes away. But the very mention of them was enough to constitute a form of blackmail,” Halper reported.
The talks almost broke down as CIA chief George Tenet told Clinton he would resign on the spot if Clinton agreed to the terms. Instead, Clinton agreed to “review” Pollard’s case. He did not release him. Pollard was eventually released in 2015 under the Obama administration. On the last day of his first term, Trump pardoned Pollard’s handler. Back in Israel, Pollard is an outspoken supporter of extremist National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and has called for the full ethnic cleansing of Gaza.
- YouTube
Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.www.youtube.com
Israeli settler accused of killing Palestinian activist from movie "No Other Land" released to house arrest
A court in Israel has released to house arrest an Israeli settler accused of fatally shooting a Palestinian activist in the occupied West Bank.
The suspect, identified as Yinon Levi, was placed under house arrest on Tuesday after a Magistrate Court in Jerusalem declined to keep him in custody.
Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that Levi faced charges of manslaughter and unlawful firearm use in connection with the killing of 31-year-old Palestinian activist and English teacher Awdah Hathaleen, who was shot dead on Monday night in the village of Umm al-Kheir, south of Hebron.
Hathaleen was well known for his activism, including helping the creators of the Oscar-winning film No Other Land, which documents Israeli settler and soldier attacks on the Palestinian community of Masafer Yatta.
Israeli settler accused of killing Palestinian activist out on house arrest
Footage appears to show settler shooting West Bank activist tied to Oscar-winning film.Al Jazeera
Bazzite or Suse?
I'm installing a second disk in my desktop, and I'm going to install Linux.
I've had dual boot on all my machines since forever. As in decades. I'm an old hand. Perfectly happy in a terminal.
I have Mint in (on?) my laptop because lazy.
I'm asking about QOL. The only "Gaming" I do are flight Sims, and although I haven't tried, I believe X-plane is Linux native. However, I do use some apps which are not Linux native, so I'd need some form of wine or performant VMs.
The PC is a Ryzen 9+64Gb, so it should handle a lot of things quite well.
I've been playing with both in VMs, but I can't get a feel for what my virtualization and wine use would be.
BTW, I might do an install of both, maybe side to side, without commitment to either, and then decide. It's going to be a blank slate install anyway.
From my trials, both seem comfortable enough.
I've heard good things about both.
Opinions?
Australia bans kids from signing up for YouTube accounts, angering Google
Australia bans kids from signing up for YouTube accounts, angering Google
: ‘We want kids to know who they are before platforms assume who they are’ says MinisterSimon Sharwood (The Register)
British Jewish leaders call for rapid increase in Gaza aid
British Jewish leaders call for rapid increase in Gaza aid
UK’s largest Jewish body adds to pressure on Israel, saying recent move to allow in limited aid was ‘long overdue’Harriet Sherwood (The Guardian)
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I wish there was a "Right to have your account deleted"
Basically what it says in the title. Too many sites make you jump through all these hoops to have your account deleted, and sometimes even then don't do it.
I know about justdeleteme, but unfortunately that doesn't cover a lot of things. Threatening legal action with my state's attorney general—in one case, anyway—didn't work. Maybe the EU will pass some legislation that will carry over to the US . . .
Anyway, don't mind me, just griping.
EDIT: Sort of like the "unsubscribe" button you get at the bottom of some emails. Did they have to pass a law to get that enacted?
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It doesnt delete an account, it makes account invisible. To wipe data people can try to send gdpr request to DPO, by my experience most of the Big companies doesnt satisfy such requests based on broad meaning of "legitimate interest" "fraud prevention" "implement security measures" "protect others users"
I already have like 6 complaint to DPA for companies refusing to delete data
Trump Admits Financial Penalties on Russia ‘May or May Not’ Work
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Vast majority of sanctions against Russia haven’t worked – expert
Vast majority of sanctions against Russia haven’t worked – expert
Few of the restrictions have had a significant effect and some are outright ignored, according to ex-presidential aide Dmitry NekrasovRT
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Can someone help me understand the appeal of piefed?
I was excited when I found out there was a link aggregator (read: I was obsessed with reddit-like forums) that divorced itself from the controversy or the alienating political idealogy of the lemmy developers.
However, other than that, I can't understand piefed.
1) The project seems unorganized. The first google result for "piefed" is the piefed.social instance and not about the project. I had to go to "About" then click on "PieFed" just to get to this link the project page. For lemmy? The first link about lemmy the project is about the project not an instance. Point to lemmy.
2) Lemmy uses rust which, like the main devs' political idealogy, may be polarizing (see Linus vs Rust Devs). Piefed uses, well, python. Yes, there is a learning curve to a new language, but rust is statically and strongly typed whereas python is duck typed. Also, it appears as though pip is one of the tools used in the installation which has been prone to supply chain attacks. Yes, more people know python. But that isn't necessarily a net positive and I wouldn't consider that if I were choosing the stack. Another point to lemmy (for me)
3) Piefed is on codeberg/forgejo. Lemmy is on github. Point to piefed.
4) Piefed doesn't have controversial devs (supposedly Lemmy does). Point to piefed.
So, as much as I want to like piefed, I'm having trouble really choosing it. Can someone add on why they use piefed over lemmy? I really want to like piefed.
I think I kind of like Python and the Flask framework. Sure it's duck typed. Other than that the Flask framework is very mature and battle tested. Minus a few quirks, it's laid out with some thought, is relatively nice and straightforward to use and once we leverage the advantages it should help us prevent some bugs from happening. And I think in practice, it serves us well. PieFed has a good track record compared to the average open-source project. It's nice to participate in the coding. Lots of things have been laid out in a very good way from early on. And it allowed us to move very fast.
(And I think in web development, a lot of potential bugs and security vulnerabilities aren't due to language, but complexity, frameworks and the lot of moving parts. I mean it's not the programming language that protects from an SQL injection. It's more convoluted/complex pieces of code that open up the entire server. I don't know the Rust web application frameworks, though. So I can't make any statement on how easy it is to write vulnerable code there.)
- PieFed was able to migrate the vast bulk of my Lemm.ee community's posts over here before that instance went down for good. It was quick, easy, painless, and has helped immensely in re-starting my community here.
- The scheduled post feature as mentioned is hugely useful, and something I plan to use more often when I get a little more organised.
- As mentioned, the instance here seems blazingly fast, perhaps due to the project being relatively small-ish at the moment.
- When our site-runner / dev has talked about what it's like running the place, it's sounded to me like it's been a remarkably low-fuss, non-stressful experience. Compare that to what the poor Lemm.ee site-runner went through, and it sounds like night & day.
- There's still a couple minor issues I'm hoping to see improved, such as: 1) as a community founder, I'd like the ability to be able to edit posts, especially my own that were earlier migrated over; 2) my old co-mod who's on another instance now is waiting to be able to be added as mod, here.
Rail Labor Leaders Raise Alarm Over Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern Megamerger
Major unions on Tuesday slammed plans for an $85 billion merger between railway giants Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific.
As The New York Times reported, the proposed merger would have the benefit of creating the first rail network in the U.S. that would span from coast to coast and would run through 43 different states by linking Norfolk Southern's eastern railroads with Union Pacific's western rail network.
On the downside, however, it would represent a massive consolidation of the American rail industry by giving one corporation control of roughly 40% of rail freight throughout the U.S., and it was immediately panned by labor leaders as bad for railway workers.
SMART Transportation Division (SMART-TD), America's largest railroad operating union, said that "our labor organization has every intention to oppose this merger when it comes before the Surface Transportation Board for approval."
Rail Labor Leaders Raise Alarm Over Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern Megamerger
"Our labor organization has every intention to oppose this merger," said SMART-TD, America's largest railroad operating union.brad-reed (Common Dreams)
Marjorie Taylor Greene Is First Republican Lawmaker to Call Gaza Crisis a ‘Genocide’
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Georgia Republican who often casts herself as the standard-bearer of MAGA politics on Capitol Hill, said a “genocide” is underway in Gaza, becoming the first member of her party in Congress to use the term as she condemned the humanitarian disaster unfolding there.
It was the strongest in a series of escalating statements she has made in recent weeks criticizing Israel’s conduct of the war and calling for action to end the suffering in Gaza. The stance is a clear break with the vast majority of Republicans in Congress, who have made unconditional support for Israel a hallmark of their foreign policy approach.
Ms. Greene’s comments were a direct rebuke of one Republican colleague in particular, Representative Randy Fine of Florida, who has drawn intense criticism for comments he made on social media last week calling the images of starving children in Gaza a campaign of “Muslim terror propaganda.”
“Release the hostages,” Mr. Fine wrote, adding, “until then, starve away.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/us/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-gaza-genocide.html
Leaked Battlefield 6 release date semi-confirmed in standard and Phantom Edition post, and it looks like the threat of $80 games persists
The official reveal of Battlefield 6 is still a day away, but a fresh leak has spoiled some of the surprise, detailing an October release date, an $80 price point, and a pricier premium edition if you want to spend even more money on EA's latest FPS.
Battlefield 6 hits PS5 and Xbox Series X/S on October 10 at a price of €79.99, according to reliable leaker billbil-kun reporting at Dealabs. While it's technically possible that Euro price might translate differently to USD, for the vast majority of games, €80 translates to $80. If you thought Xbox's sudden turnaround on $80 games was a sign of things to come, you might want to adjust your expectations.
There will also be a deluxe "Phantom Edition" available for €30 more, though we don't know precisely what'll be included. "Contrary to some rumors, the Phantom Edition is not a Collector's Edition," according to a Google translated version of the French report. "It is rather a Deluxe Edition, exclusively digital, including additional in-game content. No early access will be granted: both editions will be available simultaneously on October 10, 2025."
US and China poised to extend tariff truce after failing to find resolution at talks
US and Chinese negotiators have agreed in principle to push back the deadline for escalating tariffs, although America’s representatives said any extension would need Donald Trump’s approval.
Officials from both sides said after two days of talks in Stockholm that while had failed to find a resolution across the many areas of dispute they had agreed to extend a pause due to run out on 12 August.
Beijing’s top trade negotiator, Li Chenggang, said the extension of a truce struck in mid-May would allow for further talks, without specifying when and for how long the latest pause would run.
The US treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, joined the talks in the Swedish capital to give weight to the US negotiating team, but appeared unable to break the deadlock.
US and China poised to extend tariff truce after failing to find resolution at talks
Trump will need to approve pause, say US representatives after negotiations end with sides failing to break deadlock on trade termsPhillip Inman (The Guardian)
Justice department asked California to give details of non-citizens on voter rolls
The Department of Justice has asked several large California counties to provide detailed personal information of non-citizens who got on to the state voter rolls, an unusual request that comes as the Trump administration has asked about a dozen states to provide wide swaths of information about voters and election practices.
The justice department’s voting section sent identical letters to local election officials in Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Diego on 9 July. The request asks the officials to provide the total number of non-citizens who had their voter registrations cancelled since 2020 as well as a copy of their voter registration records, voting history, date of birth, driver’s license numbers, and the last four digits of a social security number. The department sent a similar request to Orange county last month and then sued the county after officials redacted some information.
“It’s deeply troubling,” said David Becker, the executive director for the Center for Election Innovation & Research. “It reflects a pretty shocking misunderstanding of federal law regarding list maintenance.”
Justice department asked California to give details of non-citizens on voter rolls
Exclusive: Unusual request comes as Trump administration asks about a dozen states to provide information on votersSam Levine (The Guardian)
Canada never stopped arming Israel despite pledge to halt new permits, report says
The Canadian government misled the public when it said it was pausing all new weapons export permits to Israel last year, a new report published on Tuesday says.
Commercially available data has shown shipments not only continued but were actually fast-tracked - and sometimes via indirect routes such as through the US.
The 58-page document entitled "Exposing Canadian Military Exports to Israel" cites more than 390 shipments from 21 Canadian manufacturers in six cities that included more than 420,000 bullets, 735 cartridge parts (ammunition sets for firearms), F-35 jet parts such as navigation sensors, radar systems, and dual-use items like GPS antennas.
Canada never stopped arming Israel despite pledge to halt new permits, report says
The Canadian government misled the public when it said it was pausing all new weapons export permits to Israel last year, a new report published on Tuesday says.
Commercially available data has shown shipments not only continued but were actually fast-tracked - and sometimes via indirect routes such as through the US.
The 58-page document entitled "Exposing Canadian Military Exports to Israel" cites more than 390 shipments from 21 Canadian manufacturers in six cities that included more than 420,000 bullets, 735 cartridge parts (ammunition sets for firearms), F-35 jet parts such as navigation sensors, radar systems, and dual-use items like GPS antennas.
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My instance posts are accessible from other instances but comments from other instances aren't accessible from my instance
Here's the link to the original instance : blog.kaki87.net/c/kaki_blog?da…
Here's an example comment from another instance : 0d.gs/comment/5903730
Here's the same comment on yet another instance : jlai.lu/post/21115531/15881483
But from the original instance, the comment doesn't show up.
What to do ?
Thanks
To double check, you are accessing the Lemmy admin page through the official Lemmy UI, correct?
Also do you mind sharing (if there are any) error logs of the Lemmy backend?
Btw you might want to close the registrations. They are open right now.
you are accessing the Lemmy admin page through the official Lemmy UI, correct?
Correct.
do you mind sharing (if there are any) error logs of the Lemmy backend?
I've got no "error" lines, but outside of "trace", "debug" and "info", I have the following "warn" line :
WARN Error encountered while processing the incoming HTTP request: pan_builder: InboxTimeout: InboxTimeout
0: lemmy_server::root_span_builder::HTTP request
with http.method=POST http.scheme="https" http.host=blog.kaki87.net http.target=/inbox otel.kind="server" d432-40fa-a865-6690f61e11dc http.status_code=400 otel.status_code="OK"
at src/root_span_builder.rs:16Btw you might want to close the registrations. They are open right now.
Indeed, which is weird, because I'm sure I closed them when I first created the instance. Are settings lost during upgrades ?
Immich 1.136 Photo and Video Backup Brings Breaking Changes
Immich 1.136 Photo and Video Backup Brings Breaking Changes
Immich 1.136 brings a major breaking change to media paths—users with relative paths must update to absolute paths and run a database migration tool.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
Pop! os-really trying, but constant crash has me frustrated.
So I have been using mint on my other pics with little issue. Wanted to try something different. Got pop all setup, it does work pretty well and is fun (other than God awful pop shop) but I keep gettung an issue that seems to be totally unique to me.
No Nvidia.
Amd fx 8320 (yes. Its shit but was free)
12 gb ram
Radeon ellesmere xfx rx580
My issue. After varying times of usage. Either running vms, gaming. Browsing web, doesn't matter, ill get pink diagonal squares across the screen, full freeze up, kicked to the login screen, and then I am not able to log in at all until I hard shutdown.
I just put a bunch of stuff on this pc and would rather not have to switch back to mint. I am thinking it's maybe my graphics card driver but I am unsure how to see. I do have the correct popos for my hardware.
I know there is logs but im unsure where.
Edit: ofc amd drivers should be native so that shouldn't be my issue.
Edit for anyone who may see in the future: I fixed the issue temporarily by throttling down the wattage allowance to my gpu, using LACT. I will need to get a higher power PSU in the future. Thanks all!
I didn’t even know there were still cases bundled with power supplies! But yes, in general, throughout the history of PC building, I’m pretty sure included power supplies in any brand tend to be very low wattage. The power supply probably isn’t even broken - I’m just guessing the PC’s was upgraded to an RX 580, and the RX 580 was more power hungry than the original graphics card and the power supply just wasn’t designed for it.
Just a tip - next time you build or upgrade a PC, use this tool to estimate what power supply you need; newegg.com/tools/power-supply-…
You can get a 700 watt PSU that should work in the $50-70 range, although honestly, it might be worth it to go a bit bigger so you can cannibalize it for a future build when the time comes - even the RX 580, which is newer than your CPU, is getting a bit old and I hope to replace it if I build a new PC in 2028.
Oh yeah, the cheap ones do, and this was just a second hand pc I got for 40 bucks to have for messing around with. The psu may not even be name brand as there's no labeling at all on it.
Right now, throttling the wattage allowable from the card has fixed it! I ended up using LACT for this, which works perfectly.
Yes im very behind in the pc world. My brain still thinks 4 gigs of ram is massive, ha. My main pc is another rx 580 with a little bit better fx proc and 16g ram, and it does an excellent job for everything I do. The proc is definitely a bottleneck though. Maybe ill go am5 next year
Luckily, I can probably live with using mine a few more years. Mine's an early AM4 system with a Ryzen 5 2600 in it. My CPU performance isn't a huge bottleneck (although I'd like a couple more cores for faster compilation).
Really, it's my graphics card. The 580's fine for some basic gaming, but it sort of got left in the dust with ROCm support - it's kind-of-sort-of supported, but not well enough for Blender to work with it.
I think the situation's improved with ROCm on consumer GPUs enough now that so long as I buy a newer card, I should be fine. Debian support's improved a lot as well - for many GPUs, it should just be a matter of sudo apt install hipcc now. However, Debian is still a few versions behind in experimental and doesn't support the latest AMD cards, but I suspect that getting it packaged was the hard part, and that once Trixie releases, Forky/Testing will catch up in a few months.
Unrelated thing - just found out something funny.
Apparently, Torvalds himself uses a 580.
phoronix.com/news/Radeon-RX-59…
Linus Torvalds Continues Using A Radeon RX 580 Graphics Card, Back On An Intel Laptop
The AMD Radeon RX 480 / RX 580 'Polaris' graphics cards remain very popular on the Steam Survey and among enthusiasts/desktop users at large even though they are nearly a decade oldwww.phoronix.com
Method to save your favorite Linux apps for reinstall
20+ years ago, Lindows had a great app store that let you create an "aisle" of your favorite apps so if/when you'd reinstall your OS, instead of searching and installing all your apps one-by-one, you'd just go to your aisle, click "install all" and boom.
Is there anything that exists like that today?
Assuming you are using an apt/dpkg distro:
Save the list of packages on your reference system:
dpkg --get-selections > packages.lstThen install packages based on that list on your target system, after updating the list of available packages:
dpkg --merge-avail <(apt-cache dumpavail)
dpkg --clear-selections
dpkg --set-selections < packages.lst
apt-get dselect-upgrade
In APK based systems (Alpine, Chimera, Adelie) there is /etc/apk/world
It is a list of all the packages you have explicitly installed. When you add and remove from this list (all apk does), the system solves for dependencies and makes sure you have the right packages installed.
You could bring up a new system by updating this file.
As Gaza Starves, Republicans Take Aim at Another Lifeline. Almost No One Noticed.
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/33856702
As the world watches Gaza starve, Republicans in Congress quietly advanced a new ban on funding a United Nations agency that delivers food aid to Palestinians.The GOP-dominated House Appropriations Committee last week voted to bar financial support for the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East, long the main hub of aid distribution in Gaza. If passed by Congress, the ban would reinforce a financial blockade on UNRWA that began last year as Israel subjected the agency to an intense pressure campaign.
Congress first banned funding for UNRWA in March 2024 as Israel pushed allegations that the agency’s employees were involved in the October 7, 2023, attacks. Democratic President Joe Biden had already paused funding for the agency.
The $46 billion bill would slash funding for many foreign aid programs and ban funding for UNRWA, while handing Israel $3.3 billion to buy more American arms.
As Gaza Starves, Republicans Take Aim at Another Lifeline. Almost No One Noticed.
As the world watches Gaza starve, Republicans in Congress quietly advanced a new ban on funding a United Nations agency that delivers food aid to Palestinians.The GOP-dominated House Appropriations Committee last week voted to bar financial support for the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East, long the main hub of aid distribution in Gaza. If passed by Congress, the ban would reinforce a financial blockade on UNRWA that began last year as Israel subjected the agency to an intense pressure campaign.
Congress first banned funding for UNRWA in March 2024 as Israel pushed allegations that the agency’s employees were involved in the October 7, 2023, attacks. Democratic President Joe Biden had already paused funding for the agency.
The $46 billion bill would slash funding for many foreign aid programs and ban funding for UNRWA, while handing Israel $3.3 billion to buy more American arms.
As Gaza Starves, Republicans Take Aim at Another Lifeline. Almost No One Noticed.
As Gaza starves, Republicans take aim at UNRWA, a potential lifeline. Almost no one noticed.Matt Sledge (The Intercept)
As Gaza Starves, Republicans Take Aim at Another Lifeline. Almost No One Noticed.
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As the world watches Gaza starve, Republicans in Congress quietly advanced a new ban on funding a United Nations agency that delivers food aid to Palestinians.The GOP-dominated House Appropriations Committee last week voted to bar financial support for the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East, long the main hub of aid distribution in Gaza. If passed by Congress, the ban would reinforce a financial blockade on UNRWA that began last year as Israel subjected the agency to an intense pressure campaign.
Congress first banned funding for UNRWA in March 2024 as Israel pushed allegations that the agency’s employees were involved in the October 7, 2023, attacks. Democratic President Joe Biden had already paused funding for the agency.
The $46 billion bill would slash funding for many foreign aid programs and ban funding for UNRWA, while handing Israel $3.3 billion to buy more American arms.
As Gaza Starves, Republicans Take Aim at Another Lifeline. Almost No One Noticed.
As the world watches Gaza starve, Republicans in Congress quietly advanced a new ban on funding a United Nations agency that delivers food aid to Palestinians.The GOP-dominated House Appropriations Committee last week voted to bar financial support for the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East, long the main hub of aid distribution in Gaza. If passed by Congress, the ban would reinforce a financial blockade on UNRWA that began last year as Israel subjected the agency to an intense pressure campaign.
Congress first banned funding for UNRWA in March 2024 as Israel pushed allegations that the agency’s employees were involved in the October 7, 2023, attacks. Democratic President Joe Biden had already paused funding for the agency.
The $46 billion bill would slash funding for many foreign aid programs and ban funding for UNRWA, while handing Israel $3.3 billion to buy more American arms.
As Gaza Starves, Republicans Take Aim at Another Lifeline. Almost No One Noticed.
As Gaza starves, Republicans take aim at UNRWA, a potential lifeline. Almost no one noticed.Matt Sledge (The Intercept)
Israeli public figures call for ‘crippling sanctions’ on Israel over Gaza starvation
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Peter Beaumont
July 29, 2025 10:57 EDT
Israeli public figures call for ‘crippling sanctions’ on Israel over Gaza starvation
Peter Beaumont
July 29, 2025 10:57 EDTIsraeli public figures call for ‘crippling sanctions’ on Israel over Gaza starvation
Thirty-one high-profile Israelis express shame over ‘brutal campaign’ and demand permanent ceasefire in letterPeter Beaumont (The Guardian)
Alternative to Youtube music
Hello everyone! I have been de-googling my life for a few years. I don't have official YouTube clients anymore.
At this point I use PipePipe, a fork from New Pipe to watch videos.
But as a Spotify and YouTube Music replacement, I am currently using Outer Tune.
My problem is that with or without Proton VPN usage I get errors again and again. despite closing the app, switching off the VPN etc.
At this point it's impossible for me use Outer Tune any longer.
What are you using?
claryfication:
on the long run im looking to build a offline media vault. but for the moment. i want to use a Spotifiy alternative, where there are suggastions... for new music that i like.
i tried Rimusic a while ago can't say why i find't like it anymore.
i love making playlist offline with it and PipePipe is a dream but its not right for me for music
Dariusmiles2123
in reply to twikz • • •Apple is bad, but still probably better than Google when it comes to privacy.
twikz
in reply to Dariusmiles2123 • • •Regarding Apple, That's what I feel too, but I don't feel like going Pixel and GrapheneOS or fairphone etc.
But I still want to optimize my privacy and move to open source alternatives where I can without sacrificing too much
DominusOfMegadeus
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in reply to Dariusmiles2123 • • •The 8232 Project
in reply to twikz • • •I would consider GrapheneOS instead of iOS. GrapheneOS provides full compatibility with Android without Google, and you can optionally install Google Play Services. Apple is as bad as Google in some aspects.
As for your main questions, these are my suggestions:
Most of these are Android-only, because iOS is still privacy invasive by nature. More software can be found on my list of software.
Cheers!
GrapheneOS: the private and secure mobile OS
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