Stubsack: Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 10th August 2025
Need to let loose a primal scream without collecting footnotes first? Have a sneer percolating in your system but not enough time/energy to make a whole post about it? Go forth and be mid: Welcome to the Stubsack, your first port of call for learning fresh Awful you’ll near-instantly regret.
Any awful.systems sub may be subsneered in this subthread, techtakes or no.
If your sneer seems higher quality than you thought, feel free to cut’n’paste it into its own post — there’s no quota for posting and the bar really isn’t that high.
The post Xitter web has spawned soo many “esoteric” right wing freaks, but there’s no appropriate sneer-space for them. I’m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged “culture critics” who write about everything but understand nothing. I’m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. They’re inescapable at this point, yet I don’t see them mocked (as much as they should be)Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldn’t be surgeons because they didn’t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I can’t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.
(Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this.)
Looking for Beta Testers – DNA Analysis App
Hey everyone! 👋
I'm a student who recently got into bioinformatics, and I’ve been building an — a lightweight tool to help with DNA sequence analysis and primer design.
🧑💻 I built it entirely using Python on Linux and I’m excited to share it with this community!
🔬 What it does:
• Converts DNA sequences & generates complementary strands
• Flags invalid or non-DNA characters (great for catching copy-paste errors)
• Supports degenerate bases (e.g., M, R, Y – helpful for primer design)
• 100% offline – no internet, no ads, no data collection
• Save and export sequences easily
🧪 I’m running a closed paid beta and need at least 12 testers to qualify for public release on Google Play:
• Price: $3.59 AUD (~$2.39 USD)
• Just keep the app installed for 14 days (Google’s minimum)
• Feedback is welcome but optional!
✅ How to test:
1️⃣ Join the tester group:
👉 groups.google.com/g/companiond…
2️⃣ Opt into the beta:
👉 play.google.com/apps/testing/o…
3️⃣ Install the app from the Play Store link you’ll get after joining
Thanks so much if you give it a try! I’m still new to all this, so any support from this community means a lot 💙
DM me with questions or bugs!
Is this an Android App? If so, why share it in a Linux community?
Also, who does genetic sequence analysis and primer design on a mobile device?
You’re so gracious that you allow people to pay to be beta testers for your proprietary app.
(Also, I hate to be that guy who calls everything AI generated based on some tiny markers, but the use of emojis makes me feel the post is AI generated with no, or minimal, human oversight which puts in question quality of your code).
Distributed Spacecraft Autonomy could enable future satellite swarms to complete science goals with little human help
What is NASA's Distributed Spacecraft Autonomy? - NASA
Software designed to give spacecraft more autonomy could support a future where swarms of satellites navigate and complete scientific objectives with limitedTara Friesen (NASA)
The US Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation tasked with examining the June 2023 implosion of the Titan submersible released its report
The board determined the primary contributing factors were OceanGate’s inadequate design, certification, maintenance and inspection process for the Titan. Other factors cited in the report include a toxic workplace culture at OceanGate, an inadequate domestic and international regulatory framework for submersible operations and vessels of novel design, and an ineffective whistleblower process under the Seaman’s Protection Act.The board also found OceanGate failed to properly investigate and address known hull anomalies following its 2022 Titanic expedition. Investigators determined the Titan’s real-time monitoring system generated data that should have been analyzed and acted on during the 2022 Titanic expedition. However, OceanGate did not take any action related to the data, conduct any preventative maintenance or properly store the Titan during the extended off season before its 2023 Titanic expedition.
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📢 Looking for Beta Testers – DNA Analysis App
I'm a high school student who recently got into bioinformatics, and I’ve been building an Android app called DNA Companion — a lightweight tool to help with DNA sequence analysis and primer design.
🔬 What it does:
• Converts DNA sequences & generates complementary strands
• Flags invalid or non-DNA characters (great for catching copy-paste errors)
• Supports degenerate bases (e.g., M, R, Y – helpful for primer design)
• 100% offline – no internet, no ads, no data collection
• Save and export sequences easily
🧪 I'm running a closed paid beta and need at least 12 testers so I can release it publicly on Google Play:
• Price: $3.59 AUD (~$2.39 USD)
• Just keep the app installed for 14 days (you don’t have to use it daily — Google just requires this)
• Feedback is appreciated but totally optional!
✅ How to test:
1️⃣ Join the tester group:
👉 groups.google.com/g/companiond…
2️⃣ Opt into the beta:
👉 play.google.com/apps/testing/o…
3️⃣ Install the app from the Play Store link you’ll get after joining
Thanks so much if you give it a try! I’m still new to all this, so any support from this community means a lot 💙
Feel free to DM me if you have questions or run into bugs!
ChatGPT Confessions gone? They are not !
ChatGPT Confessions gone? They are not !
OpenAI closes gap, but another opens of 110.000 chatsHenk van Ess (Digital Digging with Henk van Ess)
First time - which distro is best for me?
Hey everyone I'm looking at setting up an 8th gen Intel machine to run some things for me. I'd like it to run jellyfin & tailscale, but also be able to stream steam games off my windows gaming computer. I'd also hope to be able to use it to run a jellyfin client as it would be plugged into my LG TV (which can't run jellyfin).
Is there one distro that can do all these? My mate is using unraid and I recommends it but he is only running jellyfin.
Thanks!
I recommend Debain, or else Linux Mint which is a derivative of (and fully compatible with Debian Linux) but has more recent software packages available to it.
Both Tailscale and Jellyfin have instructions on how to install onto Debian which are not too difficult to follow.
If you intend to use this computer as a server, Debian is probably better, it is lighter-weight and slightly more stable. If you intend to also use this computer as a daily driver, you might try Linux Mint instead, since it includes more of Ubuntu's more recent software builds in their app store (i.e. package repository), and it is helpful to have more recent builds of the most popular apps. I have heard it is also a bit easier to install games onto Linux Mint than Debian.
I have a blog post about how to pick a Linux written for people switching from Windows or Mac, if you are interested in a more detailed explanation.
Install Tailscale on Debian Bookworm · Tailscale Docs
Install the Tailscale client on Debian Bookworm.Tailscale
Is there one distro that can do all these?
Yes, basically all of them.
Asking open-ended distro questions means you're just going to get a list of people's personal preferences stated as "facts".
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I use Bluefin and tailscale is built in (you just have to login to your setup). They're atomic so they upgrade the whole image automatically (no faffing or bugging you) and apps are all flatpak. I get on great with it. Only caveat is it only supports relatively modern nvidia graphics cards.
universal-blue.org/
Universal Blue - Powered by the future, delivered today
Universal Blue manufactures a diverse set of operating system images to provide the the reliability of a Chromebook, but with the flexibility and power of a traditional Linux desktop.universal-blue.org
For your mentioned use cases, any distribution would do.
In fact, any answer for your question would be anecdotal, and here’s mine: Debian if this isn’t your first rodeo, and Ubuntu Server if it is.
Heck, just play around with Ubuntu Server and then go to Debian.
Moreover, you may ask this question on !selfhosted@lemmy.world for better insights.
Debian 13 Set to Launch on August 9
Debian 13 (Trixie) is scheduled for release on August 9, featuring KDE Plasma 6.3.5, GNOME 48, and Linux kernel 6.12 LTS.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
Your mate is running a Jellyfin client on Unraid? Or the server? Unraid is a NAS that can run VMs and containers. It is not a desktop system.
If you were only running server stuff on that machine, I would recommend Proxmox.
As others have said though, basically any Linux distro can do what you are looking for.
If you are going to run it as a desktop, pick a distro that has a desktop environment (GUI) that you like and go from there.
Fun fact: Unraid is really just Slackware Linux running the Unraid application on top
i am really worried about what's going on in eu
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and it’s heading in a troubling direction
I'd say it's heading in an orwellian direction...
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then some wealthy business donor has a quiet word to them because businesses need VPNs to function
A little credit here. They'd rephrase the law to only target VPNs whose purpose is offering as a service to the general public (as opposed to exclusively employees and contractors) the ability to connect to a private network with exit points / the ability to appear as if their traffic originates from outside of the UK.
On a related matter they could also require know your customer for all VPNs, require all VPNs keep logs available on request for police inspection and those who don't are banned. All companies keep extensive logs for corporate VPNs so this wouldn't present any additional burden to private enterprise but would be the end of anonymous VPN services.
I really don't think this is more of the spectacle and move on. Not this time. I think Palestine has them spooked because they lost control of the narrative and the best way to seize control of the internet and clamp down on people conveying information they don't like is starting with things like this.
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What do you mean with chat control BS? Care to share a link?
That being said, there are a lot of worrying politicians out there.
Chat Control: The EU's CSAM scanner proposal
🇫🇷 French: Traduction du dossier Chat Control 2.0 🇸🇪 Swedish: Chat Control 2.0🇳🇱 Dutch: Chatcontrole The End of the Privacy of Digital Correspondence Take action to stop Chat Control now! The Chat Control 2.Patrick Breyer
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For example the greens, the left, the SPD and even the FDP.
Edit: Even the right wing nuts from the AfD are against it.
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but it's starting to feel like some weird out of place patriotism is on the rise or something.
Oh no, not again... I'll go ahead and paint my Danish flag white in preperation of what's to come.
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Germany always had a different flavor of distopia, I think the people there similarly to America drink the state sanctioned cool aid so they can never have a Orwellian distopia.
Germany wants to deport four pro-Palestine activists: What you should know
The US citizen and three European nationals who face expulsion have not been convicted of any crime.Jad Salfiti (Al Jazeera)
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You literally have to provide identification when buying a SIM card for a mobile phone in Germany and it all gets registered.
Most of Europe doesn't have any such thing and even the UK with all it's authoritarian overreach doesn't have this.
There is literally no other use for this other than for the state to be to know who calls who.
Germany is a lot more "papers please" than most of Europe in my personal experience.
Yeah I think it's very subjective and this one anedcote is just that.
In Germany cash is preferred in most places, and that makes tracking payments difficult. This is not the case in most other european countries. That's an another anecdote for you.
That's a "people" preference.
Mandatory registration of who buys a SIM card is a "government" preference.
My point is that in Germany the Legislation favors privacy less than in other countries.
Your point seems to be that in Germany people favor privacy more than in other countries.
I made the point be about legislation because you mentioned GDPR / DSGVO, plus this post is about what governments are shoving down people's throats when it comes to surveillance. I don't expect that most people in Europe actually want governments snooping on their chats.
Still, it's good to know that in Germany the people themselves favor privacy, even if so far they've been less successful at avoiding governmental overreach on surveillance than people in many other European nations (though compared with, say, Britain, Germany is veritable paradise in terms of state surveillance of the civil society).
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the only thing that can really stop it IMO is mainstreaming decentralized social media and messaging services.
You'd need to effectively replace Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Whatsapp etc.. The only thing that totally keeps us from 1984 is that all these platforms for now have decided to be relatively free and impartial (compared to how bad it could be). But that could change at any time if the powers that be decide to on a whim. They could completely ban all privacy, pacificsm or any kind of political opposition tomorrow.
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Not quite.
Farage keeps running around saying "Pick me! Pick me!" and the press keep asking "Is farage a viable candidate?" while not offering the same credence to anyone else.
The British public are "We're fucking sick of this bollocks from the establishment" and a lot of them are falling for the privately educated ex city trader Farages nonsense that he's a "man of the people" because all the centrist parties are saying "aren't immigrants awful?" in an attempt to distract from their own incompetence and quite frankly, the left is 10 years behind in offering a coherent alternative to all the bullshit.
a lot of them are falling for the privately educated ex city trader Farages nonsense that he’s a “man of the people”
This parallels Trump, but I think it's mostly not that people are really fooled into believing these wealthy politicians are just like them. I think the attraction is more that the current system isn't working for a lot of people and hasn't been for a long time. Someone who offers to tear it down can attract a large following even if they don't have a good proposal for what to replace it with.
It took a while for me to see that because I find the racist and nationalist beliefs of the likes of Trump, Farage, and the AFD so appalling it's hard to see anything else.
Definitely, it's them playing stupid so centrist liberals will mock them because they can't help themselves and they use that to say to the genpop "look, I'm just like you and these sneering elites are laughing at me, and by extension you"
I think the attraction is more that the current system isn't working for a lot of people and hasn't been for a long time.
Exactly. They play the outsider who has the balls but not embroiled in the quagmire, to come and "drain the swamp"
The perverse hilarity of trump saying this is that he is the 1%, he is the trust fund kid that had everything handed to him on a platter. He literally is the swamp (a corrupt child rapist)
Farage in the UK went to one of the top schools (Dulwich college) where he was disciplined for singing Hitler youth songs. He got a job in the city through his dad as a commodities broker before going into (disrupting) politics and people seem to believe his shit when he acts like he's one of the common folk!
People need their heads banging together falling for that shit!
how will this "client side scanning" be implemented?
it's, not only worrying, but very confusing.
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As an American it's nice to see were not the only ones in a complete downward spiral.
EDIT: wild that there are users pretending to be butthurt by this obviously joke comment so they can farm upvotes from the tens of users on Lemmy
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Also, Americans are subject to supporting this bullshit. If any company in the us (or in the world really) owns or maintains data that the EU qualifies as adult-oriented, they have to either maintain a means of actively prevent EU users or support the filtering and tracking that the EU mandates. If not, they can be fined by the EU, and as long as there is a financial relationship between the us and EU, the fines will be enforced.
This has global impact.
I'm curious if more companies will move their hosting to countries that are non compliant with EU regulations and move to accepting payment from cryptocurrency only. I would not be surprised if x-rated content providers were to move to such places.
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I do agree. But calling the UK Orwellian is kind of funny, given Orwell's 1984 is largely, if not mostly, based on the UK:
- Like Winston, Orwell worked in the UK as a war propagandist, and lamented that he constantly had to lie and censor facts, but thought it worth it to defeat the Nazis.
- The 'ministries' were entirely based on the UK's, especially e.g. the 'Ministry of Defense' actually being a ministry of war.
- Orwell complained that the UK secret police constantly opened all his letters because he was a commie.
- Room 101 and the Ministry of Truth is basically just satire of the BBC.
As well as cultural changes in the 80s-90s, I think people don't quite realise how much the internet 'escaped' the grasp of governments for the past few decades. By constantly banging the drum of "what about the children D:", governments are finally just catching up to where we used to be.
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I am not aware of any western country that isn't a police state.
The reason the police state gets worse and worse is simply that our glouriouss western countries shift closer and closer to fascism every day.
Unfortunately that doesn't only impact privacy but also stuff like state repression or presence of state thugs.
To quote very smart people:
OOONEEE SOLLUTION
REEEVOLUTION
Is this thread about the rising fascist movements? Oh...
Is it about the refugees from their colonies they drown in the Mediterranean? Oh...
Well is it about the pivot from renewables and nuclear to oil and gas? Wh... well what is...
Oh. This is a thread about your online treats.
#1 on lemmy 'top in last 12 hours'
you are saying that as if all (or any) of those would have started to be a problem just in the last 12 hours...
and this is not about "online treats", but online threats. It's not just netflix, amazon and other silly unnecessary things, it's everything, including every forum where people can organize and discuss things, fucking youtube with their tons of knowledge based content, ...
but sure! we have 4 other problems, count climate change too, that's 5, we really should just ignore this one because it's literally meaningless!
No... Just exposing bias of the commenter.
Russia and china good
Westoid regime bad
Imagine simping for some gereatric strong men as an adult 🤡
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No one in those countries believes that they live in a free, enlightened society...
But the west always portrayed otself in such a light... Now everyone knows their politics are just as ugly as Chinas, Irans or Russias politics.
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I don't see anyone in US LARPing freedom bullshit since at least covid lol
Well besides regime whores on tv... But that's a different story
But in us unlike china or russia, shit posters don't get charges or at least not nearly as much for saying stupid shit online. People in russia peope get prison for being anti war.
It can happen in the US too... My comment above touches on this fact.
In china and russia people get disappeared in regular course of business.
If this was true, half of Lemmy would be in Gitmo already
Does china have a place like reddit or fediverse?
Link it up!
in USia we got south park, i am sure they stream it in canada too
the recent one is a strong entry on the limits of free speech
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The UK is owned by a different country. That country is Italy, where the Roman Catholic Church resides. Any Catholic-owned platform will shut down anything that goes against the RCC, or at best, they'll just minimize the reach for those who have some things to say against the Jesuits and Catholic leadership.
That's from what my producer, Neigsendoig, researched.
US big tech is influencing europe to do the same as the us, and opening them up for absolute power.
the only way out is to stop being US vassals.
I'm not going to defend the US and it's tech oligarchs, they are all shit, but the way things are going, the EU and the UK are currently in way worse shape than the US in terms of all this 1984 bullshit.
No country is safe from this anymore, and we may very well be looking at the worse time to be alive when it comes to privacy, regardless of where you live.
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That's an opinion lol
We deff have it better now with corpo and goverment replacing family and the hood
You do make a good point. However, consider the fact that you could talk with your wife, kids, friends or anyone for that matter, and the only way someone else would find out was if one of the parties involved told someone else or if you were too loud for someone else to listen. Now we have to go fully out of our way to keep anything under wraps, and even then, there's no guarantee that nobody else knows.
I firmly believe this is the worst the world has ever been for privacy and individualism, and everything points to that everything is going to be worse moving forward.
Additionally, it's highly that any of us lived through those times you mentioned, so I'm speaking from my own life experience, and I'm over half a century old.
No. This is a very naive & dated way of thinking about the world of today. We don’t really have distinct borders distinguishing politicians at that level.
It’s more accurate to say the Davos group is ruling all western nations. What looks like separate world leaders and parties is actually one world-spanning organization of those with power. And what’s worse, they’re all Nazis and technocrats.
The Nazis learned from WW2. If you invade a country, the people fight back. If you groom and install/bribe your own people into leadership positions, the people just let it happen.
big US capitalists are the ones ruling western nations (and the third world, through neocolonialism). other western oligarchs might play a role.
in this case, europe doesn't have its own big tech that compares to the US's, and i don't think they are allowed to.
i don't think they are relying on a formal, yearly summit to do so either. the real politics are made behind close doors, and i doubt there's a public list anywhere of the people coming to agreements on how to direct their power.
i will agree they are fascists who learned their lesson from nazi mistakes.
i am really worried about what's going on in eu
Please crosspost rather than multiple post so my comment
Not even close to the horrors of an Orwellian society and saying it is is an insult to the characters in those books. It isn't great though, and it's heading in a troubling direction
From the other post, as with all others, is linked and we don't have to multiple post comments too
How did Facebook intercept their competitor's encrypted mobile app traffic?
How did Facebook intercept their competitor's encrypted mobile app traffic?
A technical investigation into information uncovered in a class action lawsuit that Facebook had intercepted encrypted traffic from user's devices running the Onavo Protect app in order to gain competitive insights.haxrob
Pakistan arrests over 200 activists as they rally to support former leader Imran Khan
LAHORE, Pakistan -- Police arrested more than 200 supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday as they tried to hold rallies in cities throughout Pakistan to mark the second anniversary of Khan’s arrest, a party spokesman and officials said.
The detainees included Rehana Dar, 73, a politician from Khan’s party known for her fiery speeches against the government of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. She was seen being thrown into a police truck in the northeastern city of Lahore.
The crackdown on PTI supporters came hours after Pakistan’s election oversight body disqualified opposition leader Omar Ayub Khan and several other PTI lawmakers following their convictions over their alleged role in riots that broke out in May 2023 after Khan’s initial arrest in a corruption case.
Pakistan arrests over 200 activists as they rally to support former leader Imran Khan
Officials say police arrested more than 200 supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan in various parts of Pakistan as they attempted to hold rallies to mark the second anniversary of Khan’s arrestThe Associated Press (ABC News)
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Can magnet damage hard disk?
But the consern is it has a magnet on botom side, so it sticks to metal surfece inside the case. Wery usefull again but my hard disk is under that metal surfice. So i wonder can it corupt data or damage hdd itself..?!
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Palantir books its first $1 billion in quarterly sales and dodges DOGE axe
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of Palantir Technologies sailed past previous record highs Tuesday after booking its first $1 billion sales quarter and raising its performance expectations for the year.
The stock rose above $170 Tuesday after breaking previous records four times this year in the global artificial intelligence race. The previous closing high for the stock was set this week at $160.66.
Since going public in 2020 when it posted a $1.17 billion annual loss, the artificial intelligence software company has swung swiftly to a profit and sales are booming. Profit rose 33% to $327 million in the second quarter.
Its $1 billion quarterly revenue haul was fueled by a 53% spike in government sales, despite massive spending cuts under President Donald Trump and his Department of Government Efficiency, once led by the world’s richest man Elon Musk.
https://apnews.com/article/ai-palantir-earnings-08c793327a723336cb2edcd057fa8252
Karp believes AI will benefit everyone, saying during a call with industry analysts on Monday that Palantir is, “bullish on all aspects of American life, including and especially people in the blue collar.”He said Palantir wants to “arm the working class or blue collar workers with AI agency enhancing skills,” and said that the company will reach out to labor leaders to help familiarize workers with the technology.
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Microsoft unveils Project Ire, a prototype AI system that can reverse engineer and identify malicious software autonomously, without human assistance
Project Ire autonomously identifies malware at scale - Microsoft Research
Designed to classify software without context, Project Ire replicates the gold standard in malware analysis through reverse engineering. It streamlines a complex, expert-driven process, making large-scale malware detection faster & more consistent.Alyssa Hughes (2ADAPTIVE LLC dba 2A Consulting) (Microsoft Research)
UK: X's design and policy choices created fertile ground for inflammatory, racist narratives targeting Muslims and migrants following Southport attack
How X's design and policies led to Southport linked racist violence
X platform helped spread false narratives and content which contributed to violence against Muslims and migrants after the Southport attacks.Amnesty International
WhatsApp deletes over 6.8m accounts linked to scams, Meta says
WhatsApp deletes over 6.8m accounts linked to scams, Meta says
Many of the accounts were linked to criminal groups operating in South East Asia, the social media giant said.Osmond Chia (BBC News)
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Revealed: Gaza Spy Flights From UK Base On Cyprus Secretly Shift to Plane Leased by Company with Billions in US Military Contracts
Since December 2023, the Royal Air Force (RAF) had been flying the same Beechcraft King Air 350 plane over Gaza and sharing the intelligence with Israel, but now this programme appears to have ceased, and is instead being undertaken by the new US-leased private plane.
The British planes, which are called Shadow R1s in UK service, have flown near-daily from RAF Akrotiri, Britain’s sprawling airbase on Cyprus, for almost the entire duration of Israel’s assault on Gaza.
But the last RAF spy flight over Gaza from Akrotiri was on July 25, within days of the new US plane coming into operation on the same route. During the US plane’s first five trips over Gaza, it was accompanied by the RAF plane in an apparent training exercise.
For the 20 months of UK spy flights over Gaza for Israel, the planes had turned off their transponder about half way to Gaza so activity over Gaza had stayed secret.
On 28 July, however, the newly-trained US plane took off at 8pm and forgot to turn off its transponder. The flight path of a surveillance flight from RAF Akrotiri was visible for the first time. It shows the plane reaching Gaza at 9pm and circling over southern Gaza for an hour and half, concentrating its surveillance efforts over Khan Younis and surrounding areas.
The new US-leased spy plane, which flew from RAF Akrotiri on 28 July, circles over Khan Younis area for three hours.
Revealed: Gaza Spy Flights From UK Base On Cyprus Secretly Shift to Plane Leased by Company with Billions in US Military Contracts
The American leasing company was awarded $472m contract by US Special Operations Command in June and is developing US military’s new long-range spy planeMatt Kennard (Palestine Deep Dive)
This opaque system is designed for clients to operate spy planes with limited oversight and accountability.
How is this different than if the UK military operated its own aircraft?
This article is written as if it's a big scoop, but "military conducts operation using rented equipment instead of its own" seems pretty boring to me. Am I missing something?
The UK military Royal Air Force used to perform these flights but have recently stopped doing them.
Now a US contractor is doing the flights, however they use the RAF base and were provided RAF training.
What's interesting is that the RAF always turned off their transponder when they neared Gaza so nobody knew where they were flying.
The US contractor didn't turn off their transponder and likely leaked what the RAF has been doing for the past 2 years which is flying above Gaza (in a circle of interest to the IDF?):
For a more detailed video explanation:
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Maybe this all just got lost in the noise talking about insignificant details like where the US company is based. "Change in operations reveals where RAF spy-plane flights have likely been operating" is more interesting than the actual headline, and more interesting than most of the other information in there. But because that is not the focus, I'm not really sure that was supposed to be the take-home.
I'm reminded of early in Russia's invasion of Ukraine when NATO RQ-4s, RC-135Ws and other spy aircraft were flying over and near to Ukraine - all with transponders on. It's interesting to people obsessing over the war, but it's not politics.
The article itself is extremely dense on details, I tried to condense it a bit in my summary but it's hard.
It’s interesting to people obsessing over the war, but it’s not politics.
Well this is the opposite. They RAF turned their transponders off when they were doing these secretive flights. Spying for Israel during a genocide means being a direct participant in it. Kid Starver seems to have reached a point where he is trying to look less complicit and is now trying to shift the blame to a US company.
UK willing to hand over Gaza intelligence to war crimes court
The RAF has flown hundreds of surveillance flights over Gaza since last December.Jonathan Beale (BBC News)
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said these flights were to gather intelligence related to the hostages seized by Hamas on 7 October last year.The UK has said it would consider providing intelligence gathered from surveillance flights over Gaza to the International Criminal Court (ICC) if requested.
The UK has said it would consider providing intelligence
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I think I've done what I set out to do by showing your assumptions for what they are.
You are trying to present a narrative where the UK is enabling Israel's genocidal war by finding targets for them to bomb and that, knowing that the public wouldn't go along with this, are concealing their role by handing the contract to a third party - but have presented no evidence for this narrative at all. Everything that we actually know is consistent with an appropriate role for the UK military in helping to return hostages, while also gathering information that could help prosecute Netanyahu and his government.
All you have is spin, aspersions and name calling. Do better.
Desktop app for Lemmy?
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Alexandrite is easily the best.
For people like me who don't know about the web frontends: use your desktop browser and go to: alexandrite.app/lemmy-instance…
GitHub - asimons04/tesseract
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Oh, I think I've heard of Tesseract before... The reason I ended up going with Alexandrite was because Tesseract looked a little over-featured and very busy; not really what I was looking for, but it looks great!
A shame about those issues with developments. Sometimes that's just what happens with Open Source, especially for niche stuff developed by a single individual. Do you know why the dev swore off the Fediverse? I'm very interested in why someone would decide that. I did go thru their post history and got an idea as to a possibility, but I wonder if they made a post about it or something that I might've missed.
Here's the Readme from the commit when he discontinued Tesseract.
Here's a post where the developer explains his reasons.
tesseract/README.md at e86f2f2e45be6879740346586a682c5a1f033b44 · asimons04/tesseract
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I have þe same question, except wiþ a qualification: no web apps. No electron apps. I want a desktop app, not an SPA bundled with a bunch of JavaScript.
More þan þat, however, I want a decent, functional TUI for þe FediVerse. Þere's a couple great ActivityPub microblogging TUIs, but I haven't been able to find a good TUI for þreaded FediVerse like Pixelfed or Lemmy.
GitHub - mrusme/neonmodem: Neon Modem Overdrive
Neon Modem Overdrive. Contribute to mrusme/neonmodem development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
I'm using Voyger iOS client on my phone, so decided to self host the same web app on my homelab.
Split screen mode is useful for me on desktop.
github.com/aeharding/voyager?t…
GitHub - aeharding/voyager: Voyager — a beautiful app for Lemmy
Voyager — a beautiful app for Lemmy. Contribute to aeharding/voyager development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
There's this apps doc. From there I see in addition to others' comments:
Both being Go based apps. but the neonmodem looks more interesting to me.
Another option is a hybrid one, to add the rss feeds from the lemmy communities your're interested in, or the rss feed from all of them together into your feed reader (even better if newsraft), but those feeds don't show full lemmy conversations and one has to show them in the browser, and also if in need to comment or post one still need to use the browser.
apps doc is constantly evolving, so it's good to keep an eye on it periodically, 😀
GitHub - rystaf/mlmym: a familiar desktop experience for lemmy
a familiar desktop experience for lemmy. Contribute to rystaf/mlmym development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
Neonmodem looks really cool and support multiple backend. TUI is cool and definitely earns its place. Excellent for my old laptop.
But on the other hands, I wish we have a proper complicated non electron liked desktop gui. My browser probably has 1000+ tabs. So able to open multiple threads are must. But building this sophisticated desktop app is hard. I am really being spoiled by open source apps. And I am always thankful to devs' hardwork.
GitHub - lemmygtk/lemoa: Native Gtk client for Lemmy
Native Gtk client for Lemmy. Contribute to lemmygtk/lemoa development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
Bennett: Israel’s status in US ‘has never been so bad,’ it’s becoming a ‘leper state’
Former prime minister Naftali Bennett warned that Israel’s status in the United States “has never been so bad” and that it is being seen as a “leper state” in a lengthy social media post on Tuesday.
“The Democratic party hasn’t been with us for some time. We’re also losing the Republican party, whose support for Israel could once be counted on,” he wrote, though he credited US President Donald Trump with retaining support for Israel within his administration.
“Even those who have been our friends are having a hard time defending the State of Israel,” Bennett continued. “Israel is being seen more and more as a liability and burden on the USA and Americans.”
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the largest group that truly wants the U.S. to fail is :
North Korea
China
Russia
the rest realize having the U.S. fail is going to be really bad.
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I think you forgot a few on your list.
(I would add Syria but I refuse to use the al qaeda flag)
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I always heard that Sharif Hussein designed the Palestinian flag.
Do you have source for this?
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Sharif Hussein led the Western backed "Arab revolt". From yours truly, Syces-Picot and T.E Lawrence "of Arabia." The reason the Middle East is in shambles is because of the divide and conquer balkanization Sykes-Picot made possible. Sharif Hussein was a British agent doing nothing more than their bidding.
Palestinians are flying the flag of the revolt which brought them the Balfour declaration. In which the British gave Palestine to the Israelis. It's comically ironic. Though most of them probably don't know this and it's not really worth it criticizing it.
Almost all of Middle Eastern countries after the fall of the Ottoman Empire have a red-white-green-black flag. And they were colonized by the British. It's pretty obvious which colors they're flying.
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I'm familiar with Sykes Picot and the history of the Arab Revolt against the Ottoomans. I'm not sure its totally fair to characterize Hussein as a British agent but I'm open to more evidence on the matter.
If we are being honest, Antoun Saadeh had the most realistic analysis of nationhood in the region of "the Levant": everyone is Syrians basically and has been Syrians for thousands of years. These statelets are just parts of bilad al Sham.
However, I'm pretty sure that after the last century of sectarianism and Sykes Picot, that return is basically impossible now and I know for a fact that many people in "Natural Syria" (or Greater Syria) categorically reject the concept.
At this point in time Palestine is the central struggle for all Syrians, Arabs, Muslims, and justice-loving people on earth. And the flag is a universally recognized symbol for that struggle. So I'm going to respect the flag.
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I’m not in those countries, and my country depends on US protection, but I want them to crash land on their face.
Germany has been Europe’s most successful nation on a lot of levels. Having a near death experience and a properly guided rebirth can be a good thing.
The outer values of USA are very admirable, but they were taken over by hostile foreign powers that over decades slowly corrupted courts and the two parties, and now most people are noticing the part of the iceberg above the water.
The US has been self dismantling at least since Bush-9/11 but you could make the case that the JFK assassination was the real moment “the deep state” took over and the President became a puppet for the Military Industrial Complex.
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Well that’s the glass half full version. The slavery and genocide is not a monopoly of the USA though. At some point every major power in existence dabbled their feet into that. I mean it’s happening today. The reality is that lots of people inside and outside the US believe those aesthetics, and that’s a powerful thing to leverage when rebuilding a nation.
The New Nuremberg trials will be able to dispense with the evil for hopefully a few generations, until it inevitably will come back.
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Patriotic socialism (abbreviated Patsoc) is an opportunist and revisionist movement, born in the United States, that advocates for patriotism within the imperial...ProleWiki
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I think you just want to win arguments of theoretical concepts.
We both want the USA to self implode. That’s the common ground I’ll remember from this little interaction.
Imperialism never needed justification. It’s imperial. Let me know if you need a hand climbing out of your rabbit hole.
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Their behaviour wrt tibet, hong kong, taiwan, and the uyghurs come to mind. China is also happy to meddle in the affairs of other countries.
I know little of the workings of the global south, but how much of belt and road is just power projection, making countries dependent on china? They leave countries with immense debt
I wonder which part of my first post people objected to
I don't think you really know what you're talking about. You listed off a bunch of buzzwords, but examined none of them. Tibet, for example, was a feudal, slave-driven country run on torture before being liberated by the PLA. It just sounds like you uncritically take the anti-PRC narrative at face value.
Same with BRI, the PRC does not leave countries with immense debt. Not only do they frequently forgive loans, but they also don't come with stipulations requiring giving up sovereignty like western loans do.
You need to step back and actually research what you're talking about, rather than just taking the US State Department at their word. People objected to your entire comment, that's why it's sitting at 9 downvotes and only your one, solitary upvote. The world would be far better off without the genocidal US Empire.
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I kept it short because I considered it obvious and didn't want to write something longer.
I know enough of what the PLA did to the Buddhist people and culture in Tibet, and I don't hear this predominantly from western sources. Similar for their treatment of Uyghurs, though I think most of my news on that probably is Western.
That's interesting to hear about the BRI, I will bear it in mind, but will need to verify.
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I cannot imagine what you might mean "the dalai lama was backed by the CIA". I cannot but believe this is conspiracy theory or state propaganda. Besides, my knowledge about the PLA's invasion was not isolated to the dalai lama.
EDIT: I looked it up. Being backed in that sense makes no difference to what the PLA visited on the Tibetan people.
P.S. I'm bowing out of this conversation. Good day to you
Friendly Feudalism: The Tibet Myth
Along with the blood drenched landscape of religious conflict there is the experience of inner peace and solace that every religion promises, none more so than Buddhism.redsails.org
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I was hasty in my judgement of that comment.
I left the conversation because I didn't see it helping anyone.
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BUT it sounds more kill every person in that country. And I would very strongly disagree with that. There are terrible people in every country and there are also nice people in every county. And if for example every Republican voter in the US was a racist and rapist that would not justify killing the other ~60% of the country.
At least how you put it in this meme just spreads hate. We the people should focus on improving the world and working together, maybe hating our governments but definitely not hating each other because of our governments. In the end, that is exactly their goal. If we focus on hating each other, we will not peruse the more important goals.
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Liberals: Orange man bad! Hes got to go!
Ali Khamenei: Death to America means death to Trump and Bolton. We have nothing against the American people.
Liberals: WHY ARE THE MUSLIMS SO HATEFUL??
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Should I eat it and jump to win11?
Really want an honest answer here and not a full blown Linux cult answer.
I'm a new dad (kid is 1.5months old) who used to game pretty hard and do music production in cakewalk and ableton, but the crotch goblin is getting in the way. With windows 10 support coming to an end, I'm faced with a choice to either jump on the Linux train or take the safe way out and eat win11. Please keep in mind that I run a super clean machine (no porn (that's what mobile is for) or tormenting or anything sketch) and have no intention of doing anything unclean. I have a lot of music prod data that I don't want fucked and a steam library that I want access to but don't really care about the data associated with them (saves, profiles...i could care less). So it's really my ableton and Cakewalk files I want to keep. There was a time I college 2010-2011 where I borrowed a CS majors Ubuntu laptop for a few months to just get work done (just webbrowsing and office app stuff). Shit was annoying and difficult to understand but I was able to make it work-ish.
I'm savvy enough where I can adult Lego a PC together but struggle when it comes to software and troubleshooting and really don't have the time for that stuff.
Basically, I'm not in the position right now to learn a distro and struggle around with all that crap and I need to keep my music shit. I also despise Microsoft and AI in general but I'm perfectly fine just eating it for simplicity. Is there a low effort Linux solution to my situation? Looking for automatic updates where I just click "express install i don't fucking care" and im not searching for drivers every day.
My build is basically what's shown below minus the SLI'd 1080s and with 32gbDDR4. Any upgrade apart from the gpu would essentially mean a wholesale at this point. I used the 2nd card to build my wife a pc since SLI is effectively useless now.
EDIT: Didn't notice your system specs at first. While it looks like your motherboard technically supports the TPM 2.0 requirement for Windows 11, it also looks like your processor might be too old to be supported by Windows 11. Check to be sure before going down the path below. You might only have an option of going to Linux in this case.
Unpopular opinion from a user who uses Linux as his daily driver for everything:
If you're using stuff like Cakewalk/Ableton and want to be able to do so again in the foreseeable future, stick with Windows. You said you're not super savvy at troubleshooting, so I wouldn't want to send you down the path of trying to get Windows software running on Linux through WINe because it's sometimes pretty finicky. Especially with a rugrat in the mix, you just don't have the time to be fucking with it.
Windows 11 Activation: massgrave.dev/ (In case you no longer have a free upgrade path)
WIndows Debloat: github.com/Raphire/Win11Debloa… (A powershell script for getting rid of bloatware, telemetry, and other crap from Windows)
How To Set Up Windows 11 Local Account: (to avoid having to use a Microsoft account to log in)
Also, I strongly suggest a clean wipe instead of upgrade, as the upgrade path leaves a lot of weird stray stuff that can be annoying. Back up everything that's important to you on an external drive (or really any drive except the one your OS lives on) and re-install the OS, set up a local account during install, use Massgrave to activate Windows, and then use the Debloater to get rid of bloat.
Microsoft Activation Scripts (MAS) | MAS
Open-source Windows and Office activator featuring HWID, Ohook, TSforge, KMS38, and Online KMS activation methods, along with advanced troubleshooting.massgrave.dev
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normally id say "linux is free, there's no harm in giving it a go", but between your lack of free time, nvidia graphics card, dependence on proprietary software, and previous experience (and slight distain) for linux i'd say just go with win 11.
there may be a way to get your music software to work in linux, but youll likely need to mess around with wine configs and it may never actualoy work right.
if you are interested ever, fire up a vm and play around with linux to get comfortable with it. maybe when win11 reaches eol (or even before) you'll want to make the switch.
none of this is said to scare you away from linux. searching for drivers is rarely a thing in linux. there are built in tools in most distros to deal with graphics drivers, but apart from that, given the open source nature of linux, everything else is just handled by kernel modules and are basically seamless unless you have some weird proprietary hardware. linux is fairly easy to use these days, but there is quite a bit of a learning curve because it is a fundamentally different os than windows, and the way you solve problems is very different.
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I’ve also thought about just dropping another 2-3K on another future thinking machine and using my current for Linux experimentation. Maybe I start the crotch goblin on Linux with this machine after I buy new and transfer everything to a new one.
This is actually a pretty good idea considering your current specs may not actually be able to support Windows 11. It's a little unclear whether you'll be able to get it running because while your motherboard meets the TPM 2.0 requirement, your CPU is technically listed as not being supported.
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It won't officially work, but it's not too hard to get it going. I just moved a similar box to 24H2 LTSC.
OP, you'll probably need to run "setup.exe /product server", or follow a recent guide. You'll also need to do this for every major upgrade (i.e. yearly)
I agree though with the plan to use this as a test ground. I also recently upgraded a Lubuntu system to similar specs, and it runs pretty smoothly. But learning Linux takes a lot of time they don't have.
Alternatively, consider the following:
- look around for a $50-100 used PC/mini-pc/laptop that someone is getting rid of because it won't run Win11
- install something easy like Mint on it and use that for day-to-day stuff like browsing and office-type stuff.
- unplug the music PC from the internet and keep DAW, games & win10 on it
- explore and learn the Linux stuff in a low-pressure way, at your own pace.
I ended up switching to Linux recently for same reasons, but my kids are older and i had time to nerd out and go full Archwiki. Ableton was one of the last holdouts that was keeping me from switching.... and I spent a good month dicking around with wine trying to get it to work. And I couldn't! I ended up selling my Ableton license and buying Bitwig, which is natively supported in Linux, and actually pretty amazing... (I don't expect you to switch, just telling my story. It has really fun modular synth-like interface, with all the other VST support and quite good out-of-the-box plugins etc.)
I also couldn't get Affinity Photo working in wine.... and gimp doesn't quite do it for me. So I'm not sure what to do there, so my photo editing hobby is on hold til I figure that out.
That said, some of my other windows stuff works magically in wine (sierrachart, games, etc.).
So with all that in mind, I'd say if you don't have time to figure it out, and still want ableton to work, it might not be worth the mental load until you have more time on your hands. Unless you have an old laptop lying around, it wouldn't hurt to just try it and see what you can get working.
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Take with a grain of salt as I'm an amateur, but for my purposes it's been great so far.
So, the questions really are can your hardware support Windows 11 and if not can you easily flip to Linux.
- The Asus Z170 motherboard looks like it supports TPM 2.0, but it doesn't look like the i7-6700K does as that is a 6th gen Skylake CPU and Win11 starts at 8th gen. You might double check that with the TDM tool Microsoft offers though.
- Cakewalk and Ableton appear to work in Linux, but not without some tweaking.
My suggestion would be to do nothing. If you can't update without a rebuild and you can't migrate without a lot work, just do nothing. Your Windows 10 installation will still work. You won't receive any additional updates for it, but if that is the best solution for you at this time, then that's what you should go with.
For the kiddo:
Get a body wrap. It lets you because hold the baby to you securely while you do other things. I worked on-call shifts handling downed MPLS circuits for a carrier back in the day with my daughter strapped to me. A couple years later she would get to visit me at work. She was the only 2 year old who technically had PBX configuration experience (I didn't know the keyboard was still connected).
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You don't have to upgrade to 11 for at least a year or longer. Register a free MS account for your win 10 and you get free patches for Win 10 for a year. Otherwise it's $30.
cnet.com/tech/computing/micros…
Microsoft Is Giving Windows 10 Users Free Security Updates for a Year, but There's a Catch
Not ready to move on to Windows 11? You can pay for another year of Windows 10 security updates, or you can take advantage of this free option.Joe Hindy (CNET)
Linux for gaming is easy. For the most part it’s plug and play. I’m on an AMD CPU and an NVidia GPU, and I even do VR in Linux.
As someone who does a decent amount of stuff with DAWs; VSTs are tricky. You might be able to create a similar workflow to what your used to, and many plugins might work decently well, but for me at least it was a lot of fiddling about and it isn’t as smooth as I’d like. My comfort compressor works, but the UI doesn’t render.
I’ve gotten my music workflow to work alright, but it’s wonky enough that I don’t do it as much anymore. Thinking about trying to start over with a new DAW and whatnot.
If privacy is a concern there’s a decent amount of stuff you can do to strip down Windows 11.
What screws me is the DRM iLock software. I've tried running Reaper in Wine/Bottles but the playback with guitar is no longer realtime due to the emulation/translation going on.
I just switched to an AxeFx FM9 so I don't need realtime playback as much but I can't use any of my Neural DSP plugins.
Let me know if you've found workarounds.
As most people suggest, I'd also recommend going with Windows 11 for this use case, but with the caveat that you should get a Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC license if you can find it.
It's the best version of the OS. It only pushes security updates, no new features ( this means xbox and candy crush won't magically show up in your start menu after major updates) and it comes with all the AI and Microsoft Store stuff stripped out.
Theoretically, this OS was designed for things like kiosk computers and control systems that need to maintain a stable environment, but it can do everything the pro version does with no hassle.
The downside is that it's hard to find. Microsoft won't sell it outside of volume license keys under enterprise agreements, but it is available through grey-market key sellers, and can be activated using the MAS if the high seas are an option.
Are you intent on ableton and cakewalk (holy shit I haven’t heard cake walk in a minute)?
For ableton, I’d even consider Mac.
I have never personally used ableton and I was not very advanced with FL studio, but at least LMMS seemed to be FL studio like .
It all boils down to how willing you are to troubleshoot an odd problem or post on a linux nerd forum. I transitioned from win10 to fedora KDE pretty painlessly, though I did have to hit up the fedora forum for an answer to a weird hardware issue specific to my machine. Learning to use the command line for doing a few weird customizations I wanted was a bit of a stumble too (though I've heard from my mint using buddy this isn't an issue on Mint?)
My steam library works fine with the default proton option enabled and my day to day experience has me forgetting that I'm even on a weirdo operating system made by FOSS cultists (love you foss cultists, mwah.) I literally do just press a button every couple of weeks that updates the system in the way that you're looking for.
If you're not in a position to change your workflow and deal with new stuff, you can simply use windows 10 lts for a longer support and postpone the decision between linux and windows 11.
Personally, I'd recommend trying linux some day. It can drain some free time at first, but in the long run, you will find yourself dealing with much less bullshit than windows, and actually saving time in your life. Some linux users like to make things complicated and pass their time tinkering with the system, so it passes an image of linux being like that, but if you run a simple and stable distro, things will work nicely and will rarely require your time. I'm running fedora for a few years, and my laptop became so boring. I just use it for my work and hobbies, and turn it off when done. No bullshit.
The kid is 1.5 months old and you don't have time? Once that kid gets mobile you'll really not have time! And I don't mean crawling or walking, I mean rolling and scooting.
When my kid figured out how to get places by rolling I had gotten up with her early on a Saturday morning and was letting my wife sleep in... I went to the basement and turned on the Xbox to pay some Rocket League and in the middle of a game she started to roll out of the room. I put the controller down and went to pick her up... 4 years later that controller was exactly where I had put it. She's now almost 9 and is a great gaming partner, and is getting into robotics, 3D printing, and is interested in programming, so I get to jump right back into my old hobbies, and pick up some new ones.
All that to say, Linux is only going to get better and Windows will continue to get worse, but there's more important things for you to have to worry about in the very near future than troubleshooting an OS that you're not familiar with, stick with Win 10 for as long as you can and some day you'll sit down at your desk and realize you have time to look back in at Linux and you'll find that it isn't nearly as difficult to use as you remember. Congratulations on the kid, it can be an incredible journey watching, and helping, a person emerge.
2 kids here.
Avoid any challenges until you can handle the most important one. Just come back when he's 1 y/o.
I now game with them on my Bazzite Linux desktop PC and our Steam Deck. Kids love it.
Dad of 4 kids here, I would say use the system that let you concentrate more on the kid and less on tinkering the OS.
Fedora could be a nice successor since it runs extremely stable, best way to be clean and safe are doing the updates, but I say this with 15 years of Linux experience.
Better stay on win 10. Family first.
Dad of 4 kids here, I would say use the system that let you concentrate more on the kid and less on tinkering the OS.
Dad of 3 here with 20something years on Linux already. This is the correct answer. Just go for win11 if that's the simplest route for you, Linux will be there once you have the capacity to learn it. With a new baby you'll be exhausted, you have a crapload (sometimes quite literally) new things to learn already and you just won't have the time to do all the things you used to (as you already know). Making things more challenging for you by switching to something completely new just eats the very little time you have for yourself.
My work laptop has 11 running on it and it's good enough. OS on that thing is not my call anyways, but at least on my workload it gets the job done.
Your lack of time is the biggest issue, followed by your music needs (which are not impossible but I also know its not plug and play).
I would recommend going with win11 for simplicity and times sake. I would also recommend at least trying out ameliorated windows11.
ameliorated.io/
Basically their stock run book makes the OS far more secure and private by setting up an admin account and then making your account a standard user (the way it should be done). Then it strips out all the bloat, restricts services, and installs open source alternatives like libre office and libre wolf. It also drastically changes the UI, which most of it I like and some is meh, but its all much better than the crap stock UI.
I run this as a VM for all the stuff I still need windows for and I love it. Nothings ever going to make windows not windows, but this is pretty close and a simple click install. I highly recommend it.
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I'm not sure I can answer that in detail. Also, "safe" is kind of vague so I'm not sure what your threat model is.
But I will say that I would 100% be running it as my home windows if I wasn't using Linux. Do I think it's the equivalent? No. Do I think there's a possibility of Microsoft turning things back on with updates? Yes. But its far easier than running O&O and a bunch of power shell scripts to try to remove bloat and telemetry hoping you got everything. I have no complaints.
Some things designed for Windows just don't work on Linux, Windows LTSC is a great choice for those situations. Some people have had better experiences, but debloating scripts have always been finicky and fragile for me. LTSC comes out of the box without the usual crap and there's no risk of it all coming back after an update.
You can grab a copy of LTSC 2021 and activation if needed, which will come with the Windows 10 UI and updates until 2032.
A lot of Linux distros are set it and forget it these days. Nvidia can be finicky though, so i suggest a distro that installs proprietary nvidia drivers for you—I think Linux Mint and Bazzite do that, though I'm not personally familiar with either.
The other thing is music prod which I am not familiar with. I've heard that there's a lack of Linux software for music prod but hopefully some other users who know more can explain what the situation is like on Linux these days.
Steam won't pose a problem. Steam does something called Proton, a compatibility layer allowing Linux users to run Windows game, and the vast majority of Windows games run flawlessly with Proton. Similarly, you shouldn't have to worry about losing saves, as Steam Cloud should save and transfer them all automatically.
I recently sucked it up and upgraded Windows 10 to 11. Music production is getting better in Linux, but there is still a whole lot of existing music software with no Linux support. Cakewalk for example has no Linux support, and I imagine getting it working in WINE with VSTs and whatever else would be an immense chore. Same story with Ableton.
That said, if you don't mind migrating to a DAW with Linux support like Reaper, Bitwig, or even Ardour - which is open source and free - producing music with Linux is the easiest it's ever been. Just don't count on Linux support from a lot of VST makers who often require you use their software to install their VSTs. You can usually still install those VSTs, but it sometimes requires less than legal methods, and may be a hassle.
If you're a producer who mostly just uses a DAW as a recorder for hardware, it would barely be a change to your workflow at all. If you are reliant on Cakewalk and Ableton specific processes and VSTs, it would be much more difficult
Rather than leave another long reply to read, I'll leave my thoughts simple: if you have another computer you're not using, try Linux mint and see if it fits your needs. If it's too much and you can't get the time needed to figure things out, 11 might be the choice (for now).
But either way, keep Linux on the second and learn a little bit as you get time to! 😀
No. Don't do it.
You're not experienced enough to install and maintain a Linux installation. Fuck those who says "Bite the bullet and just install Debian! It will never crash!" They won't fix it for you when it does.
You don't have anyone who's supporting you physically. They are not a phone call away. They are ten forum replies away and won't be there when you need them.
Windows 10 is no longer supported, but no one is forcing you to either uninstall or upgrade. You can keep running it if you don't care about potential security problems.
Windows 11 is bad, but not as bad as you accidentally sudo removed /etc/fstab in Debian. Between bad and unusable, ask yourself which one you want less. This is assuming you spent your whole life using Windows and less likely make major mistakes.
You can schedule your migration to Linux in the future though. Just build a second machine. You must have the money to build a second one. Don't fuck with your production build.
Windows 10 is no longer supported
That's, not actually true at all? The original end of support date is Oct 14 this year, but it's trivially easy to get extended support until Oct 13 next year.
Whatever you do, don't switch to the react start menu OS.
Stay on win10 with an ltsc version, or don't. Get a second SSD or your crotch goblins mom's laptop that you install Fedora, LMDE or another "easy" distro on to experiment with. Either way, you are not in a rush. Win10 support ending is not as imminent.
Honestly, at 1.5 months it's hard. Really hard. But once you get the pattern down and sleep schedule starts stabilizing, say 4-6 months in, it may be your most productive time when you know the kid is asleep for the next few hours.
This is how I've learned to solder and build mechanical keyboards during the first kid hitting that age# and ditched ms shit for Linux during the second. There's always other challenges, but not having to deal with a user hostile OS reduces stress tremendously.
I would say the biggest problem is the music production on Linux. Especially VSTs - those are still hit or miss. And unfortunately the DAWs you mentioned doesn't have Linux support.
For example I was really trying to do music for several years on Linux, but in the end I gave up and now I'm dual booting Windows... 😿
It's just a software that will go through your windows and debloat it as much as possible. Simple as that.
Easier done than reinstalling windows for an LTSC version.
I personally have a dual boot with a win 11 with Atlas OS specifically for the software I can't install on Linux.
Ima say something controversial but, a stripped down Win 11 is perfectly fine. I’ve been using various Linux distros now for a good while and there’s still something just not quite right for non-enthusiasts.
So the simplest way to score a light 11 is making an ISOQ with the official tool, or rufus. Then use the unattended script to rip out everything pre/during install.
The next level up is using something like AtlasOS playbook with WindowsAME tool to rip everything out post-install.
Or you can completely customise your own ISO with (I presume it exists still, nlite or similar).
Or start with the LTSC/IoT offerings.
I really hope Microsoft release their Xbox variant for general install and not just handhelds.
Yes but don't use it for anything valuable. USBs have a high failure rate when used for heavy read writes.
You can get USB enclosures for M2 drives if you want to go that route a bit more reliably. Ensure you use USB3 (which will still be slow but not as boneachingly bad as USB2)
I think you could still use that music software on Windows 10. I'm not sure when they'll cut off support for outdated operating systems but I don't think many would jump ahead of Microsoft. Windows 10 being unsupported doesn't mean that much if the software you use is trusted and you have a disaster recovery plan.
It's important to have a solid backup policy in place for any data you don't want to lose. Regardless of whether you're on Windows 11 or Windows XP. If you want to keep using Windows 10, you can. Just gotta only install trusted software and use a browser that is getting security updates for Windows 10 (so not Edge, don't know which others will be fine). You can watch porn on it too, porn sites are only as dangerous as your browser is insecure.
Now, the question of gaming. Dual-booting into Bazzite should meet your needs (I've never used it) but the question is how to keep it away from Windows 10. I live booted into a system with Windows 11 installed and could easily view and modify all the contents. Any malware that gets through Steam's and Linux's protections could easily install ransomware and cookie-stealers on Windows 11. This is true just as much for running the games natively on Windows 11.
Seperate devices would solve the issue, but that'd be a waste. Security in computing really needs SO much work. There are so many levels to this. If your security posture is relaxed enough you can just hope no malware gets through Steam's checks and onto Bazzite, or into any of Bazzite's dependencies. With meltdown and spectre I'm failing to imagine how I could keep Windows 10 or 11 safe from malware from gaming beyond Steam's protections.
TLDR: Stick to Windows 10, install trusted software only and keep backups, dual-boot Bazzite for games, hope Steam catches any game malware I guess.
Kick the can down the road and download the MASgrave Win10 script (I think that's it, I don't use windows) that puts you on the Long Term support - iirc that gives you until Jan 2027. That's enough time to get through the zero parental sleep phase and be able to think clearly...
If that's of interest I'll dig the correct details out (ping me) or I'm sure someone else knows what I'm waffling about & will drop the link
Really want an honest answer here and not a full blown Linux cult answer.
And so you ask in a linux community...
Tldr, I recommend sticking with Windows or using two separate machines, one for music production running Windows, the other for running everything else with Linux.
Music production isnt great on Linux in my experience at least right now. If you use any paid plugins that are windows only, there's a good chance they won't run. I haven't used ableton or cakewalk but I use reaper which has a native Linux version, and even that had a lot of issues. Anything with ilok is a no go, even plugins that dont, I had a hard time getting working or if they did work, they crashed A LOT.
Gaming and other general use has been fine for me, ive even done video and photo editing on Linux and been happy with it.
If you want the easiest experience, I typically recommend Fedora KDE spin or kubuntu. KDE is a desktop environment that is very similar to windows and highly customizable. You'd likely feel at home on it. Immutable distro might also be a good option if you really want the "IDC just do the update" path. Harder to break, easier to manage from what ive heard but I haven't used them personally so maybe others that have can chime in.
I made a windows only box for music production and use Linux on my main PC. It runs windows 10 and is rarely connected to the internet except when I need it to be. If you wanna run Linux and make music, it can be done, but I had a terrible time with it and have given up for now.
So make a separate machine for music production and run Linux on your main pc or just run Windows is my advice. So far, this has been the best setup for me. I don't worry about my privacy, I can make music when I want, and I don't have to worry about incompatible plugins, crashes, stupid nonsense that gets in my way when i wanna make music.
I don't have many Linux friendly plugins that i can share unfortunately. When I tried running reaper on Linux, most things I tried either didn't run at all or crashed.
Best I had working was decent sampler. And even that didn't work great for me:
decentsamples.com/product/dece…
Really cool project though, and lots of fun instruments to try on pianobook.
Decent Sampler Plugin [FREE] - decent|SAMPLES
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Thanks, I'll try decent samples.
As exchange, here my effects and instruments, which I selected for working good with Linux and Windows
effects
- TS overdrive
- TAL reverb
- Room reverb
- Mfm2 from u-he (they are the goat in my opinion)
- gdelay
- Flying delay
- Centaur
- Boyd
- Carve
instruments
- Tal arppadkeys
- OS251
- Monique
- TyrelN6
- TrippleCheese
- Podolski
I would suggest installing Fedora Kinoite, poke around it for 20-30min and if you find it too confusing then just putting windows back.
My point is that it's not a big decision/commitment. And it's trivial to undo!
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Probably the best choice if OP is dreading 11. Put it off, hope that in 3 years Linux support has matured even more for their use cases.
MS support has used this software themselves in an edge case where they couldn't get Windows to active properly.
You have two options here:
1) Enable the extended support (no pay needed with this software but if OP absolutely refuses to run it they can pay Microsoft money directly though it takes work to find where to do that at) and run on that for 3 years until 2028.
2) Upgrade to LTSC IOT using the method they outline at the link there. Again they have two options, one is free, the other is following that guide but paying for a gray-market key (G2a for instance) for LTSC IOT which would avoid running this software on their PC but would mean paying someone some money for a corporate volume key they're not technically allowed to sell. Which means support until 2032.
Hey there!
I'm an avid music producer and gamer.
I made the jump to bitwig while I was still using Windows in 2019, and made the full jump to Linux as my daily driver late last year.
My mint journey was Mint (Cinnamon) > Debian (KDE Plasma) > Garuda (Dr4g0niz3d KDE plasma)
I think mint was great and I was still able to do a fair amount of gaming on it and Cinnamon desktop environment is very similar to windows so it's not too big of a jump.
Debian was fine - I wanted to use Plasma as the desktop environment because I wanted a touch customization for how I can set up windows, widgets, and different desktop panels. I had issues with some games on this though.7
I like Garuda but I would not recommend if you're not too familiar with tinkering and troubleshooting. In hindsight I probably should have gone with Kubuntu (Ubuntu with KDE plasma as its desktop environment). I have experienced some odd bugs with the desktop environment and I think it has to do with how nvidia and Wayland play with one another.
I haven't had a game that didn't run, the only odd bug I've had is some games won't recognize my new soundcard from bitwig.
using WINE and yabridge I've gotten all my plugins to work seamlessly as well - and that includes Omnisphere which is a beast on resources.
I was really fed up with the direction that windows has been heading for quite sometime.
TL;DR: I think mint or some Ubuntu distro would be a good fit for right now, and any future GPU upgrades consider something from AMD.
Go ahead and update to the newest spyware. 🤷♂️
Debian 13 comes out in a week or so. I have 1 fewer corporation spying on me.
The problem will likely be the warped perception of "low effort" users like you have, that I went in detail on here
This is indicated by phrases like these:
struggle around with all that crap and I need to keep my music shit
Which translate to me as "I don't want to learn or change a thing, so tell me how I change the most fundamental part of my computing without doing that".
As I wrote in the comment linked above, with an attitude like that you'd have a significantly harder time than some non-techy person who just wants to have a system that "just works" without preconceptions, not bother with the technical details, but is entirely open to using new programs and doing things differently, as long as they work reliably.
In your case, I'd say stick to Microsoft until you get your mindset and priorities straight. Because then you'd have an easy time without much tinkering at all. But as it stands I think you'd be setting yourself up for misery and failure.
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With windows 10 support coming to an end, I'm faced with a choice to either jump on the Linux train or take the safe way out and eat win11
Why do I keep seeing this fallacy everywhere?
Are you shilling for Microsoft?
Just keep using 10. Need support? There are literally millions of support posts on various sites and forums. Just google the issue.
Vulnerable to what? A link you clicked on?
... so stop clicking on suspicious links?
spoken like somebody who doesn't know a thing about security.
Windows 10 is going to be compromised the second it goes end-of-life. There are cybercriminals who've been sitting on exploits, potentially for the entire Windows 10 lifecycle, but at the very least for the past year or two. The second Microsoft will no longer commit to patching those, they'll pounce.
Connecting any operating system to the internet after it goes EoL is just asking for trouble.
You can do Linux if your situation meets these criteria:
- your hardware is supported. it likely is, but check. Usually running a live usb is sufficient.
- The proprietary software you want to run is supported in some stable way - like, platinum steam support, or the developer supports and intends to continue supporting Linux. do dual boot temporarily and make absolutely sure.
- you are psychologically capable of declining to try to fix everything. While Linux just works for me, I've learned to recognize escalating effort in getting some new cool piece of software or hardware to work. wait until what you want is at least in beta. aside from that, it's just not supported. Don't frozzle the frimfram as /u/linuxminordeity told you to, because after that, you'll have to bidnap the uperpon. ..and on and on. just accept that people are working on it and it's not ready. contribute somehow, if you feel like it. but accept. If it can't be installed through typical channels (website package for linux, the repositories, or flatpak) it just doesn't work.
tbh, it sounds like you don't want to have to think about and test it. ..and if that's true, then you shouldn't be switching operating systems if you can reasonably avoid it.
There's no reason to hope that you can change to a new operating system and you can copy paste exactly what you did in the other, completely different operating system. However that doesn't mean its hard. There are distros that make it really easy to transition too. I had a really easy moving over, but I was fine with adapting to new workflows and software and OS.
I run Linux while having 3 kids, my fiancee, a full time job that has a lot of OT, family health issues I have to support etc. Life is always busy and will always be busy. I pace myself with what I want to learn based on how busy my life is at that time. Not pacing I would burn out. I advise the same.
I also think being pissed off at Microsoft isn't enough to get into Linux for the long term. Its enough to just start. You need to be able to want to learn something new because if you make the switch, run into an issue with some distro, can't get past it, you'll end up right back where you left off.
Best of luck either way. Definitely do your research first and follow good rules for backing up your data.
I'm savvy enough where I can adult Lego a PC together but struggle when it comes to software and troubleshooting and really don't have the time for that stuff.
Then Linux is not for you; it is nothing but troubleshooting.
If you have to use Windows, get the LTSC IOT edition. It's official and it has none of the crap people complain about in 11 (copilot, onedrive, recall, etc.). I've had no problems gaming on it, either.
If you move to Linux, you gotta be committed. I didn't learn Linux until I said "fuck it" and forced myself to use it exclusively.
You will run into problems. You'll have some days where you'll spend 10hrs fixing something that no other person on the entire planet has encountered before, only to realize you needed to type in 1 very simple command to fix it.
As much as people hate AI, it can help with Linux troubleshooting. There's also wikis and manpages.
If you switch at all, pick something that won't break. Debian will run on your hardware just fine. You won't have the latest and greatest packages, and as a newbie you DO NOT WANT the latest and greatest.
Nvidia drivers are a hassle, be prepared.
If all that sounds doable, send it.
Here's a dad's reply in a similar place - Win 11 is fine. I put it off for a very long time and just upgraded a couple weeks ago. It hasn't really been an impact.
Is Linux better? Yes. Does win 11 just work without too much fuss? Yes.
I still have Linux on many machines in my house except for my gaming rig, just because I don't want to have to break it and spend time refreshing it because my Linux skills aren't up to par. I have a full time job and young kids and don't have as much tinkering time as I used to.
That being said, I'm migrating ALL machines that aren't compatible with win 11 to Linux to avoid tossing them in a landfill like many will do, like my son's gaming PC.
If you want to dip your feet in without making any permanent decisions, try using a virtual machine or a live USB.
The virtual machine is effectively no risk but slightly slower. The live USB gives you a more realistic experience (except for boot times) but it is possible to erase your data if you miss the several warning messages and press the "I know what I'm doing, proceed anyway" button.
If you feel like Linux could work but you're not ready to fully commit, you can dualboot. I had both Windows and Linux for 2-3 years before I was comfortable enough to not boot Windows.
My personal preference is Linux Mint because it looks and feels very similar to Windows (I'm currently running LMDE). Any distro with KDE should also feel fairly familiar.
Bazzite is more designed around gaming, but should still be adequate for most of your needs. It does have the reputation of being unbreakable.
No idea about Cakewalk etc but your Steam games will almost all be fine and Linux is honestly great right now and always getting better.
Having used Linux Mint, Windows 10, and Windows 11, I can honestly say that Win10 is okay and Win11 is annoying dogshit. I'd recommend taking the Linux plunge of course, but if you're desperate for Windows I think paid extended support for 10 might be a thing?
But like I said 11 is dogshit and there's no time like the present to just grab 3-4 USB sticks at Microcenter, download a bunch of ISOs and Rufus or Balena Etcher, and just dick around. Linux Mint with Cinnamon or KDE will probably give you one of the slickest Windows-like experiences OOTB. Only recommendation: some wifi cards (with certain chips, I forget which) in my experience have required me to go hunt down a driver, so check reviews for any card you're looking at to see if people report it working out of the box.
Only recommendation: some wifi cards (with certain chips, I forget which) in my experience have required me to go hunt down a driver, so check reviews for any card you’re looking at to see if people report it working out of the box.
With Linux mint, with one machine, I had to explicitly open the driver manager and tell it to use the drivers for the wifi. It wasn't obvious but I'd read it on some random forum and remembered. Once I knew that was a thing, it was easy. Opened the driver manager, plugged in the install media (USB stick) when it asked, and then told it to use the proprietary drivers.
I went the other way, just installed LMDE and it all
worked (AMD system) Then didn't use stuff that didn't work. Steam.worked but im not really gamer, the few non taxing games all worked no issues
Figured I'd get a handle and disto hop later but cant be ass'd, used to it now and 80% of what I wanted worked with zero issues from thebhet go, another 10% I evetually got around to tweaking and works no issues and the other 10%, fcuk 'em and their lack of Linux supoort.
18 months, all on, no dual boot etc
You have a 1.5 mo old. You don't have time. Be a dad. Be a husband. Be a hobbyist.
Take the easy route now. Come back when your kid and family are in a flow state.
just buy an extra ssd (i'd recommend 200 gigs at least, but if you're gaming, obvs more space is needed), and install linux mint or pop os on it. imo pop is easier, but mint is more windows-like
set your bios to boot from the new ssd, and make sure you install everything on the same drive
and just keep the windows install, so if you need it or linux is too hard, you can go back easily
i think you have physical space for several more sata drives, so if you need even more space you can get a larger regular hdd, for linux stuff
fyi, while most games will happily run on linux, but you can't use the same steam library folder, i've tried lol, so take that into consideration (however other loaders, like heroic launcher and lutris can run stuff installed on a windows partition, as long as the prefix is on a linux one. technically i guess you could use drm free steam installs too, but i'm already getting into the weeds, for simplicity's sake, just use a separate drive)
you can use ntfs (windows) partitions, for example i use two for downloads, movies, music and other platform agnostic stuff
i'd be happy to help if you need it
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I mean Windows 11 can do annoying things, but it's not gibberish. Reminds me of XP to Vista, but less about performance issues and more about incessant GUI tweaks no one asked for.
I'd say update it and make do, then move to Linux down the road if it annoys you enough to motivate that decision.
It's not all bad, I am enjoying the HDR features, which is the only reason I updated before the Win10 EOL.
That said, I do plan on making a Linux VM and playing around to get a feel for it.
For music production on a hobby level? Linux is not what you want.
The VST availability is abysmal. For a DAW, you can choose between Reaper and Ardour. Both are reasonably good, but without decent third party VSTs you’ll suffer. You won’t get iLok working, you won’t get any commercial plugins working. Your old project files won’t open.
Now, if you are exclusively working with Airwindows plugins (look it up!) in Reaper, you could get away with a Linux migration. Cakewalk and Ableton? Not a chance in hell.
Go buy a cheap used 16GB M1 Mac Mini. Music production stuff ”just works”. Given your config, looks like that could be within budget. Or upgrade your old machine to Windows 11, pick your poison.
I will have to disagree with that, as you can use Yabridge for the Windows VST's when using Wine, provided they don't require iLok. While yes, there is an issue with iLok (because I think they hate Linux users), you could still get a great selection of things specifically for the likes of Ardour, Reaper, Bitwig, LMMS, and other options. My producer, Neigsendoig, and I use Ardour and Zrythm. As for Cakewalk and Ableton, I could see how they don't work. Apparently, FL Studio can with WINE ASIO from what Neigsendoig researched.
Neither of us would recommend a Mac at all, due to Mac being basically BSD, but with code that could raise major privacy concerns. I think Sendo (Neigsendoig) has tutorials on CoculesNation about setting up Linux for music production.
Also, I hadn't talked about this yet, but I'd recommend OP look into Ardour, Zrythm, Reaper, and maybe Qtractor as the DAWs of choice.
I know it’s possible to run music production on Linux, in fact it’s better than ever.
But:
- OP explicitly asks for keeping his Cakewalk and Ableton files working.
- OP has a small child and just wants a working music production machine with minimal fuff and time investment.
- Like 95% of people doing any kind of music production (outside of our Linux bubble) will have an iLok licenced favourite plugin somewhere. Never seen a professional without several.
Please stop recommending Linux to people who aren’t ready for it yet. Find the people who are, get them over. The rest will follow.
"Basically, I’m not in the position right now to learn a distro and struggle around with all that crap and I need to keep my music shit."
If you don't want to have to learn anything new, then switching your OS to something you don't know how to use is a stupid idea.
Not the exact answer you’re looking for, but a $500 Mac mini would be a fantastic solution. That or an entry level MacBook Air.
I run Linux on my desktop for most things but all my music production is done on MacBooks. If you want a turn key solution, this is the way.
Every vst, midi device and mixing console I have just works. Well worth the sub $1000 investment.
Hell, my touring setup runs off a 8 year old MacBook Pro you could likely pick up for under $400.
I use Windows 11 for work and honestly don't know why so many folks complain about it. I like working in it better than 10.
The forced Microsoft login is absolutely a valid privacy concern - I get that. The copilot integration is annoying and not helpful but can be turned off. The general UI and compatibility is pretty good. I'd just go ahead and upgrade to 11.
I had my first kid a little over 2 years ago, and my interest in twiddling with my OS plummeted. I use Linux, and it's great for what I do, but I don't do any sound stuff. I bet you could do it but that there'd be a lot of twiddling with your OS.
Your win10 computer doesn't get nuked from orbit after magic date. Others pointed out music software is not portable enough.
I got a new win11 computer with space for linux. Can remote desktop (free options) into old computer. This is more convenient than dual booting. If you don't use internet or install new software, not much will break on it. My old computer didn't work for linux because of waking from sleep issues. My new computer is $450usd minipc 7840hs dual lan, 2 usb4 ports, that allows me to expand from 3 to 4 monitors with a desk edge portable touchscreen usb monitor. win11 is not that bad because it allows for a single task bar on the front monitor. The iGPU is a big upgrade over 1650super I had, and 32gb/1gb nvme is also an upgrade that gives me the room to install linux. I haven't yet.
Linux is pretty easy for software installs. Mint is a good choice, because google will have the most hits. There are some distros that come with closed GPU drivers, but that is not particularly difficult to do yourself. win11 on a new computer can be ok, though, but I have had issues with every monitor waking from sleep every time (unplug/replug solution), or sleep command not lasting more than 3 minutes. Boot time is much quicker on new computer though, so shutdown not as painful. But if sleep worked flawlessly on this one in linux, would be good reason to go with.
It’s 2025. Any internet connected machine on any EOL OS or without updates applied in a timely manner should get nuked from orbit.
And that goes for all Linux and Android users out there too. Update your bloody phones.
I have a Windows 10 machine with firewalls, updates and antivirus all turned off, for a single specific software. Works fine, and will keep working fine for a long time, but that installation will never again see a route to the internet.
that installation will never again see a route to the internet.
That's what I was suggesting for OP, other than perhaps a cakewalk/audio software update. Firewalled RD should be safe enough?
I notice there are only a couple replies here that have experience with music production. Obviously core desktop stuff works great, gaming is pretty universally fixed, but music production is a different story.
I have extensive experience with linux and music production. You can use yabridge to run Windows VSTs. However, they can be extremely fussy with graphics compatibility. I estimate that I couldn't manage to get about 20% of my plugins to work despite hours upon hours of troubleshooting. This is coming from a Linux-native software developer. If you're just learning Linux, you could be in a world of pain.
I'm sure folks out there have gotten all of it working individually, but I doubt anyone has your exact setup working perfectly.
Ableton and FL Studio will have to be ran through Wine. I experienced major performance issues with FL Studio before switching to Bitwig.
Linux is great. But the music production industry is not kind to it. If you're cool with being a linux music producer you'll have to accept that some things just will not work well. But if you want 100% access to everything you're used to, stick with Windows.
i would like to second this. though i’m not really experienced with it, creative work can be quite the pain in the butt from what i’ve been hearing.
for general usability and gaming it’s generally not really any more difficult than windows it feels like.
i would just always recommend to check whether the things you really need run on linux or have an equivalent.
this includes checking areweanticheatyet and protondb for the games you wanna play. some companies block linux in their games because some windows hackers exploit linux comparability… some other companies are stupid and think that a single player needs anticheat………..
also your choice of distro very much matters when it comes to how easily you get your things to work. for example i love bazzite for gaming, especially on laptops with igpu and nvidia, but it may not be the right choice for creative work, like i wont use it for my work related programming. there i use fedora KDE.
In short: I jumped on Mint some months ago and it just works.
The first time I jumped on Linux, I got burned haaard. I picked openSUSE, and I'm not sure if my hardware was crap or that distro is finicky, but nothing worked and it was just issue on issue on issue and I hated it.
Fast forward a couple years and Mint is nothing like that. It worked as it should out of the box and the only real tinkering I had to do was update the driver for my GPU manually because it was still so new.
Sure, some things work differently, but it's not too complicated to get into.
You can enable automatic software updates and configure the built-in backup program Timeshift, so you can revert the system to a previous snapshot if ever something should go real wrong.
But with all that said, I see that neither Cakewalk or Ableton are easy installs, as they're not officially supported on Linux. Will require some tinkering to get working. So maybe for that reason only Win11 would be the better choice. Or try dual booting to get a feel for it, best of both worlds.
I hope you mean torrenting and not tormenting 😸
Just install Linux on an external SSD and test it.
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Lebanon cabinet meeting on Hezbollah disarmament ‘unprecedented’
As we reported earlier, Lebanon’s cabinet has met to discuss Hezbollah’s arsenal after the US ramped up pressure on ministers to publicly commit to disarm the group amid fears Israel could intensify strikes if they fail to do so.
The government commissioned the army to present a disarmament plan before the end of the month.
But Qassem said Hezbollah would not accept any timetable on handing over its weapons to the Lebanese state while Israeli strikes continue. Instead he called on the government to make plans to face threats and pressure
“A divided government discussed one of the most divisive issues in Lebanon: the fate of Hezbollah’s weapons,” Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr said, reporting from Beirut.
“It’s unprecedented for a Lebanese government to do so, and it shows a big shift in the balance of power after Israel’s war on the group last year. And it’s doing so under pressure from the United States and Israel, who want a formal commitment and a timeline to disarm Hezbollah.”
Updates: Israeli attacks on Gaza kill more than 80, starvation deaths mount
These were the updates on Israel’s war on Gaza and attacks on the occupied West Bank for Tuesday, August 5.Lyndal Rowlands (Al Jazeera)
Perpetuating genocide in Gaza
EU Foreign Policy Chief Kaja Kallas described the footage as “appalling and exposing the barbarity of Hamas.” French President Emmanuel Macron stated, “The absolute priority for France is the immediate release of all the hostages.” UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy said, “Images of hostages being paraded for propaganda are sickening.” German Chancellor Friedrich Merz gave absolute cover and impunity for Israel. “Israel will not reciprocate Hamas’ cynicism and must continue to provide humanitarian aid,” he declared.
Has Merz not seen the consequences of Israel’s starvation policy on Palestinians? The same goes for all the EU leaders forming elaborate sentences and resorting to synonyms to make their message heard. The resonance, however, remains limited to the same echelons, because all over the world, people are not buying the Western narrative.
While the EU might, on the surface, be seen as having nothing derail its plans – identical to those of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – allegedly to eliminate Hamas, the truth is that the Europe has allowed Israel to violate international law to shred to lead to complete colonisation of Gaza. If Hamas was truly the problem, neither Netanyahu nor the EU would have sacrificed the lives of Israeli hostages during a genocidal campaign. No matter what the EU states, there is no priority to save the Israeli hostages; they only have priority for propaganda purposes and serve as cover for the thousands of Palestinians murdered in Israel’s latest colonial phase. Starvation in genocide, led by a colonial power and supported by former colonial powers, must always be linked to the land.
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250805-perpetuating-genocide-in-gaza/
C★n w★ st★p fucking censoring stupid fucking w★rds ★n fucking im★ge p★sts? God fucking dammit.
People: Release the List
Trump: No problem
People: So where is it?
Trump: I think you mid heard. I said No... gestures to the list Problem.
Too tired/lazy to add the text/faces over the Death of Stalin scene.
A wasteland of rubble, dust and graves: how Gaza looks from the sky
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/34219709
Tue 5 Aug 2025 13.49 EDT
Seen from the air, Gaza looks like the ruins of an ancient civilisation, brought to light after centuries of darkness. A patchwork of concrete shapes and shattered walls, neighbourhoods scattered with craters, rubble and roads that lead nowhere. The remnants of cities wiped out.But here, there has been no natural disaster and no slow passage of time.
Gaza was a bustling, living place until less than two years ago, for all the challenges its residents endured even then. Its markets were crowded, its streets were full of children. That Gaza is gone – not buried under volcanic ash, not erased by history, but razed by an Israeli military campaign that has left behind a place that looks like the aftermath of an apocalypse.
A wasteland of rubble, dust and graves: how Gaza looks from the sky
Tue 5 Aug 2025 13.49 EDTSeen from the air, Gaza looks like the ruins of an ancient civilisation, brought to light after centuries of darkness. A patchwork of concrete shapes and shattered walls, neighbourhoods scattered with craters, rubble and roads that lead nowhere. The remnants of cities wiped out.But here, there has been no natural disaster and no slow passage of time.
Gaza was a bustling, living place until less than two years ago, for all the challenges its residents endured even then. Its markets were crowded, its streets were full of children. That Gaza is gone – not buried under volcanic ash, not erased by history, but razed by an Israeli military campaign that has left behind a place that looks like the aftermath of an apocalypse.
A wasteland of rubble, dust and graves: how Gaza looks from the sky
The Guardian joins a Jordanian military airdrop for a rare chance to observe a landscape devastated by Israel’s offensiveLorenzo Tondo (The Guardian)
A wasteland of rubble, dust and graves: how Gaza looks from the sky
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/34219709
Tue 5 Aug 2025 13.49 EDT
Seen from the air, Gaza looks like the ruins of an ancient civilisation, brought to light after centuries of darkness. A patchwork of concrete shapes and shattered walls, neighbourhoods scattered with craters, rubble and roads that lead nowhere. The remnants of cities wiped out.But here, there has been no natural disaster and no slow passage of time.
Gaza was a bustling, living place until less than two years ago, for all the challenges its residents endured even then. Its markets were crowded, its streets were full of children. That Gaza is gone – not buried under volcanic ash, not erased by history, but razed by an Israeli military campaign that has left behind a place that looks like the aftermath of an apocalypse.
A wasteland of rubble, dust and graves: how Gaza looks from the sky
Tue 5 Aug 2025 13.49 EDTSeen from the air, Gaza looks like the ruins of an ancient civilisation, brought to light after centuries of darkness. A patchwork of concrete shapes and shattered walls, neighbourhoods scattered with craters, rubble and roads that lead nowhere. The remnants of cities wiped out.But here, there has been no natural disaster and no slow passage of time.
Gaza was a bustling, living place until less than two years ago, for all the challenges its residents endured even then. Its markets were crowded, its streets were full of children. That Gaza is gone – not buried under volcanic ash, not erased by history, but razed by an Israeli military campaign that has left behind a place that looks like the aftermath of an apocalypse.
A wasteland of rubble, dust and graves: how Gaza looks from the sky
The Guardian joins a Jordanian military airdrop for a rare chance to observe a landscape devastated by Israel’s offensiveLorenzo Tondo (The Guardian)
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A wasteland of rubble, dust and graves: how Gaza looks from the sky
Tue 5 Aug 2025 13.49 EDT
Seen from the air, Gaza looks like the ruins of an ancient civilisation, brought to light after centuries of darkness. A patchwork of concrete shapes and shattered walls, neighbourhoods scattered with craters, rubble and roads that lead nowhere. The remnants of cities wiped out.But here, there has been no natural disaster and no slow passage of time.
Gaza was a bustling, living place until less than two years ago, for all the challenges its residents endured even then. Its markets were crowded, its streets were full of children. That Gaza is gone – not buried under volcanic ash, not erased by history, but razed by an Israeli military campaign that has left behind a place that looks like the aftermath of an apocalypse.
A wasteland of rubble, dust and graves: how Gaza looks from the sky
The Guardian joins a Jordanian military airdrop for a rare chance to observe a landscape devastated by Israel’s offensiveLorenzo Tondo (The Guardian)
Sam Altman, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, and other tech giants to go underground, building secret bunkers for world war crises, pandemics, and climate disasters
Sam Altman, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, and other tech giants to go underground, building secret bunkers for world war crises, pandemics, and climate disasters
US News: Amidst Silicon Valley's innovation, tech elites like Sam Altman and Mark Zuckerberg are building luxurious bunkers, signaling a shift towards survivalTOI World Desk (The Times Of India)
if you're american: go up to your nearest friendly ice agent and slap him in the face
if you're in the uk: say free "palestine action" to your nearest police officer
if you're german: say free palestine or isreal is commiting another holocaust to your nearest police officer
if you're french or italian: place netanyahu under citizens arrest in lieu of the icc's arrest warrant.
having a single police force and a single concentration camp is SO RETRO; everyone knows that it's easier to hide it in plain sight if you distribute the evil along with making it hard to pay attention.
They just kill the ones already there.
the IOF also isn't quite the same as NATO
You put millions of people there... Do not know any history of Gaza?
the IOF also isn’t quite the same as NATO
Yeah, it's just armed, supplied, defended, and backed by NATO, it's a very important difference and not at all minor nitpicking. Not to mention that NATO actively has assets in the air above GAZA supporting the genocide, and that's just what we know of.
VoxeLibre (formerly MineClone2) Release 0.90 – Dynamic
cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/35161703
Arriving on time! Dynamic settings, dynamic (but reasonable!) fires, dynamic combat and gameplay in general thanks to a ton of improvements in terms of mobs and gear. Smite some zombies in armour they picked up from the spot of your last death and some skeletons with their new texture – using an enchanted deepslate hammer, obtained with just a crafting table. Knock the stalker away with your enchanted spear, or let him explode and take out a pack of mobs. And enjoy stone tools with a green flavour, while you're still on the surface... There's more, see yourself!We're announcing the VoxeLibre release 0.90 The Dynamic release.
For complete release notes check out: git.minetest.land/VoxeLibre/Vo…
Release v0.90 – Dynamic
 Arriving on time! Dynamic settings, dynamic (but reasonable!) fires, dynamic combat and gameplay in general thanks to a ton of improvements in terms of mobs and gear.Mesehub
in order to maintain access to America’s market.
I'd rather have access to China and India's markets, Americans have to work two jobs just to pay the rent
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Canada could lose its measles elimination designation by October: experts
Canada could lose its measles elimination designation by October: experts
Canada is approaching the one year mark of when measles first came to Canada, meaning it might lose its elimination designationCindy Tran (Edmonton Journal)
[Discussion] Flatpaks, ram/disk usage and compression
I have 91 flatpaks, and it is my primary way of getting apps. But the (not very shared) dependencies have been bothering me lately.
I was primarily drawn in because Gnome Software has a cool UI and because I wanted the magic of one-click installs. I heard a lot of things about Flatpak and gave it a try.
I have a relatively small 72GB BTRFS root partition with zstd:1 (lowest) enabled. I think disk compression helps with the Flatpak dependency mess, as I only have 60% disk usage currently.
Idk how much extra RAM my flatpaks use, but I don't want 4 versions of the same dependency taking up space in my RAM. Thought about enabling zram to compensate for this. As different versions of the same library in RAM are easy to compress.
I don't think this compression mentality I instinctively adopted is healthy. Make stuff reliable in expense of storage/ram -> compress storage/ram in expense of proc. power
Another thing is slow Flatpak downloads. I have a gigabit connection, and Arch mirrors generally work around 30MB/s with WiFi. Flatpak, on the other hand, hits at max. 5MB/s with its "CDN"
Overall, even though it's kind of ugly, I absolutely love the "don't think about it" mentality of flatpaks. It just works most of the time. I simply use the system package manager for programs that heavily interact with the system (like IDEs, management stuff, and so on)
I am interested in hearing your opinions.
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No idea how flatpak or snap works here (I want my rpm:s dammit) but I bet someone started adding compression to something at some point.
You can’t deduplicate already compressed data, except in theory. If you want deduplication, do that first, then compress the data. (i.e. use ZFS. Friends don’t let friends use subpar filesystems.)
Everytime someone says something positive about BTRFS I’m compelled to verify whether RAID6 is usable.
The RAID 5 and RAID 6 modes of Btrfs are fatally flawed, and should not be used for "anything but testing with throw-away data."
Alas, no. The Arch wiki still contains the same quote, and friends don’t let friends store data without parity.
So in the end, the best BTRFS can do right now is running RAID10 for a storage efficiency of 50%. Running dedup on that feels a bit wasteful…
(Sidenote: actually, ZFS runs dedup after per block compression, so it can only dedup blocks that are identical. Still works though, unlike when people do user level .tar.gz-style compression. The it’s game over.)
If possible consider putting the flatpak folder on a bigger storage partition and mount it to your root btrfs.
Small SSD + compression is faster than HDD with no compression ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Plus I've been planning to upgrade my (8gb) RAM and SSD, for like, the last 5 years? Never gonna upgrade lol
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Exactly what I'm talking about. It reminds me of the time microsoft introduced memory compression to compensate for every application bringing it's own DLLs
But I still think flatpak is superior to windows way of doing things because it actually has dependency management. I kinda like the idea of having multiple versions of the same library but I wish they did not come in big bundles (runtimes), but instead, came in small 1-2MB pieces.
download random binaries from non-trusted distributors that contain a copy of every library that software needs to run
This is overexaggeration. Flatpak, unlike places windows users get software from, is moderated, and flatpak (although chunky) has shared dependencies
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The appeal of Flatpak is not that I prefer it to my distro package manager.
The appeal is for the application author who finds the fragmentation in Linux a problem. It is a way for them to target “Linux” and not individual distros. It is a way for app authors to control the distribution and the support surface in a way that turning over control to package managers does not allow.
Which means the appeal for me is just that I can get apps as Flatpak that I cannot find in my distro repo.
On Arch, I hardly ever use Flatpak. On other distros, I use them more. I do use the pgAdmin Flatpak everywhere though because all the distro versions I have tried are garbage.
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Fedora Flatpaks are better in this regard. They are built entirely from Fedora rpms. When an rpm gets updated in the Fedora repos, rebuilding the flatpak will automatically pull in that updated rpm. And with flatpak's deduplication feature, any reused vendored dependency should be perfectly deduplicated since the input is exactly the same (the rpm).
The problem just is that the repo is small, it's affected by Fedora's risk-averseness (so no codecs), and people don't like them.
AppImage.home folder so you can make it portable. That's from my research on the matter, though I use them myself.
I don't think there's a solution for RAM dedupe, so your only solution for runtime efficiencies is (RAM) compression
That has a performance hit for every read, write and paging operation, so, lower performance than you'd expect...
But, I guess you don't run all 91 apps at the same time, so you're probably into decreasing returns for the few apps you do run in parallel...?
It also kind of takes its roots from my frustration with garbage in my home or leftover bullshit in my root
It's not viable to ditch native packages 100% (like immutable distros). But a combination of two is pretty comfortable imo
But as I said, I am not comfortable with the way flatpak does some things
As someone who worked OS security after working build/release on Unix and Linux, don't use flatpaks. The modicum of comfort you gain in brainless installs you lose far more in validation of package contents.
And brainless installs on Linux (yum install) is about the same via synaptic/etc. You're not missing much.
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BlueMonday1984
in reply to BlueMonday1984 • • •Found an AI bro making an incoherent defense of AI slop today (fitting that he previously shilled NFTs):
Needless to say, he's getting dunked on in the replies and QRTs, because people like him are fundamentally incapable of being punk.
(EDIT: Originally found this through Bluesky)
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in reply to BlueMonday1984 • • •In more low-key news, the New Yorker's given public praise to Blood in the Machine, pulling a year-old review back into the public spotlight.
Its hardly anything new (the Luddites' cultural re-assessment has been going on since 2023), but its hardly a good sign for the tech industry at large (or AI more specifically) that a major newspaper's decided to give some positive coverage to 'em.
With that out the way, here's a sidenote:
When history looks back on the Luddites' cultural re-assessment, I expect the rise of generative AI will be pointed to as a major factor.
Beyond being a blatant repeat of what the Luddites fought against (automation being used to fuck over workers and artisans), its role in enabling bosses to kill jobs and abuse labour in practically every field imaginable (including fields that were thought safe from automation) has provided highly fertile ground for developing class solidarity.