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Nyarch Linux is a (meme) linux distribution based on Arch Linux made for very degenerated weebs - Nyarch Linux

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A Rimworld fan comic

Azul Crescent's silly scribbles.

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Qwant and Ecosia debut Staan, a European search index that aims to take on Big Tech

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European search engines Qwant and Ecosia said on Wednesday that they have both started serving search queries through an index they developed together, Staan, which aims to be a cheaper, more privacy-focused alternative to Google and Bing.
Last year, French privacy-focused search engine Qwant struck a joint venture with German non-profit search engine Ecosia, to develop a European search index. Called European Search Perspective (EUSP), the JV now aims to serve around 50% of French queries and 33% of German queries by the end of the year.
Qwant said it is using the new index to power some of its features, like AI summaries for search, and Ecosia has plans to add some AI features soon to its platform, too.
EUSP is also in talks with companies to spur the adoption of its index for enabling search within apps. Notably, it is targeting chatbots, presenting Staan as a cheaper alternative to Google and Bing.
“If you’re using ChatGPT or any other AI chatbot, they all do knowledge grounding with web search […] our index can power deep research and AI summary features. Google and Bing’s solutions are also pricey, and our index can offer power search features at a tenth of the cost,” Christian Kroll, CEO of Ecosia, told TechCrunch.
EUSP, like Proton, is pushing to develop a European tech stack that doesn’t rely on technology from the U.S. or China.
“The timing could not be more urgent. The outcome of the 2024 U.S. election has reminded European policymakers and innovators just how exposed Europe remains when it comes to core digital infrastructure. Much of Europe’s search, cloud, and AI layers are built on American Big Tech stacks, putting entire sectors – from journalism to climate tech – at the mercy of political or commercial agendas,” the companies said in a statement.
Kroll added that through this index, combined with European privacy laws, EUSP can offer a more privacy-friendly search solution as compared to its U.S. counterparts.

Qwant and Ecosia debut Staan, a European search index that aims to take on Big Tech | TechCrunch

European search engines Qwant and Ecosia said on Wednesday that they have both started serving search queries through an index they developed together, Staan, that aims to be a cheaper, more privacy-focused alternative to Google and Bing.

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Rotten Apple: Dozens of Former Israeli Spies Hired by Silicon Valley Giant

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Apple has made headlines in recent weeks for touting its commitment to privacy and human rights, rolling out tools to limit surveillance and spyware. But behind the corporate messaging lies a much darker reality.
The company has quietly brought in dozens of veterans from Unit 8200, Israel’s shadowy military intelligence unit known for blackmail, mass surveillance, and targeted killings.
Many of these hires took place as Israel escalated its war on Gaza, and as CEO Tim Cook publicly expressed support for Israel while disciplining employees for pro-Palestinian expressions. Apple’s deepening ties to Israel’s most controversial intelligence raise uncomfortable questions, not only about the company’s political loyalties, but also about how it handles vast troves of personal user data.
A MintPress News investigation has identified dozens of Unit 8200 operatives now working at Apple. The company’s hiring spree coincides with growing scrutiny of its ties to the Israeli government, including its policy of matching employee donations to groups such as Friends of the IDF and the Jewish National Fund, both of which play a role in the displacement of the Palestinian people. The intense pro-Israel bias at the corporation has led many former and current employees to speak out.
This investigation is part of a series examining the close collaboration between Unit 8200 and Western tech and media companies. Previous investigations examined the links between Unit 8200 and social media giants like TikTok, Facebook and Google, and how former Unit 8200 spies are now responsible for writing much of America’s news about Israel/Palestine, holding top jobs at outlets like CNN and Axios.

Rotten Apple: Apple Hires Dozens of Israeli Spies From Unit 8200

A new MintPress investigation reveals that Apple has quietly hired dozens of operatives from Israel’s elite spying outfit, Unit 8200.

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Elon Musk warns OpenAI will eat Microsoft alive as GPT-5 launches

Source.

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Is Pirating Battlepass Type Stuff Doable?

I'm so tired of battlepasses but some games have such cool skins that I do not want to pay for.
Is there a way to pirate stuff like that?

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SmokeFree

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I dont know about battlepass but the skins are possible with mods, but are only visible to you, not to other players.

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Don't rely on mods, multiversus have disabled them after it released.

What do you think about this?

I recently blocked me, I came across this article on the Internet, your opinion?

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Sony says it’s not done making Xperia phones just yet

Sony isn't giving up on Xperia smartphones just yet

Sony's CFO says smartphones are still a key part of the company's long-term strategy.

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Big O vs Hardware: Better Complexity ≠ Better Performance

Why Your O(log n) Algorithm Might Lose to O(n)

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🛠️ Mastering tsconfig.json in 2025: Your Ultimate TypeScript Setup Guide

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Lessons from Bucky Fuller's Dymaxion House

His 1000 sq.ft. circular house could be put together by a couple of people in less than 2 days, weighed under 3 tons (lots of aluminum), self-cooling. It was supported by a single mast, and portable. 80 years ago, the 'kit' cost $6500, delivered.

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Lessons from Bucky Fuller's Dymaxion House

An early experiment in prefab design by the futurist Buckminster Fuller -- using recycled airplane parts -- offers inspiration for today.

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New executive order puts all grants under political control

All new funding on hold until Trump administration can cancel any previously funded grants.

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California May Ban Lyft And Uber From AI Price Gouging Users With Low Phone Batteries

This bill would protect users from a service that would charge you more if your phone's battery is low and you're trying to get home.

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L'antica capitale nella giungla diventata il regno dei macachi dello Sri Lanka - Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri

In nessun luogo come lo Sri Lanka, la storia degli insediamenti umani può essere desunta dalla costruzione dei sistemi d’irrigazione.

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Israeli Security Cabinet Approves Full Military Takeover of Gaza

Israeli Security Cabinet Approves Full Military Takeover of...

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HiddenLayer555

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Why go through the rigamarole we all knew you intend on doing it.

Is it just a vain attempt to legitimize it so you can ignore the feeling of being a piece of shit?

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HobbitFoot

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It is an attempt at legitimizing it to prevent diplomatic action against it.

Israel is past the point where its allies have had elections and, generally, has either had people elected who maintained the status quo or allowed Israel to do more than the previous administration. Israel can now eat Gaza in diplomatic peace.

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What's up with distrowatch and MX Linux?

I feel like MX Linux has been at or near the top of Distrowatch forever, but I literally never hear it mentioned elsewhere on the web. Is it just people literally asking this question for them selves, clicking on it and bumping it up?
Has anyone tried MX to see if it lives up?

#linux

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just_another_person

in reply to chortle_tortle • 1 mese fa • •

Kind of a dead site.

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chortle_tortle

in reply to just_another_person • 1 mese fa • •

I asked because I saw a video talking about Catchy and Edeavour, and had them near the top which I don't think of as super old, so it seemed like somehow newer ones here moving up the list.

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Dotcom

in reply to chortle_tortle • 1 mese fa • •

Yes and yes, hits to the page drive it up that list. It’s a fine Debian reskin, nothing special.

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chortle_tortle

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Wonderful. May it live in this fame forever 🫡

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Shareni

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It's not just a reskin, the MX tools are really useful for beginners and non-technical people.

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Dotcom

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I’ll defer to you on that, when I got to trying it those weren’t tools I was looking for.

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pastermil

in reply to chortle_tortle • 1 mese fa • •

By your very logic, we could say you're part of that very problem.

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chortle_tortle

in reply to pastermil • 1 mese fa • •

You assume I think it's a problem. I applaud this strange anachronism. I believe it is page views on their site though, so only indirectly here.

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pastermil

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You're probably right. That was rather tongue-in-cheek of me.

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RedSnt 👓♂️🖥️

in reply to chortle_tortle • 1 mese fa • •

I used MX Linux all of 2024 because I had previously installed antiX on an old netbook and I really liked the tools it came with that meant I didn't have to touch the console too much, and MX Linux is a sister project based on antiX sharing the same custom utilities.
And I have no clue why it rose to the top of distrowatch, but once it was there it stayed there because people click the top distros on the list in the sidebar, which in turn gives it clicks making it stay on top.
I do still believe it's a good starter distro, it's just that once you get a bit more comfortable with linux the old Debian packages become more and more annoying.

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actionjbone

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MX has become my go-to for low-power, outdated computers.

It runs on a toaster. It installs on 64-bit systems with 32-bit EFI. The base install supports touchscreens. It fits on a 16GB SSD with room to spare. 2GB RAM is plenty. It has an active development community.

If your computer is less 5 years old, there are better options. But if you're trying to keep a Chromebook out of the junk yard, MX is a good choice.

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Ŝan

in reply to actionjbone • 1 mese fa • •

Why? What makes it good for þat? Is it because þe kernel is trim?

I ask, because MX isn't þe base for any leading LXC "mini" containers, AFAIK. Alpine was þe top choice for a long time, alþough þere are competitors for minimum-sized containers. And while containers aren't fully bootable images, and more is needed, probably þe biggest addition is þe kernel. If you stay away from systemd, you can add dinit, metalog, and crond for a smidge over 1 mibibyte (750Kib, 47Kib, and 230Kib respectively, vs systemd's 36MiB).

So I'm wondering: what makes MX so good for old computers?

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actionjbone

in reply to Ŝan • 1 mese fa • •

Speaking just from my experience:

It's small, it's stable, and it supports legacy hardware.

In addition, its Xfce implementation is polished and easy to use. It has a straightforward package installation utility.

I've used a whole bunch of lightweight Linux distros, and MX's level of polish is uncommon for a distro that can easily live on a 16GB drive

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Ŝan

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👍🏼

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AndrewZabar

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Oh, now come on… 5 years is hardly where a system becomes “old.” It’s 2025 right now. Using a system made in 2020 hardly differs at all from one made yesterday. I’d say a cutoff for considering slim distros would be more like ten years ago. I’ve got some systems that are older than that even and they blaze. Only a few things really put that kind of thing to the test: games and heavy graphics editing. Am I wrong?

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actionjbone

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I was just tossing out a random number based on a bunch of posts I've seen. Don't overthink it. 😀

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AndrewZabar

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Heh. Yeah I get it. Just giving you grief ;)

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marcie (she/her)

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I only really begin to feel a computer is too old for complicated tasks at around 15 years I think

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actionjbone

in reply to marcie (she/her) • 1 mese fa • •

Even at that age, some computers can do plenty.

I built my "old" gaming desktop in 2009. It currently runs Linux with Plasma. I still use it to do 3D modeling for 3D printing.

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AndrewZabar

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Indeed! It depends what you’re doing on it. Because there’s a wealth of computer activities that have not increased in actual power demand in decades. Sure they keep making software more bloated to keep the need up, but if you throw an efficient distro on a machine and only need it for basic office type things like office suites, email etc. and even basic graphics editing, you can use a 25 year old machine and do just fine. It will run, and it will do the job well, and you’re never going to feel like it’s slow. Maybe not as glitzy as newer ones, but that is where you’re already beyond need and into want.

The only things that are tricky are internet connections with anything using web protocols, due to certificate tech etc. and that can be handled by using a still-maintained browser such as a Firefox fork, and email can be done via software like Thunderbird, which doesn’t have to render the bloated front-ends of many email providers.

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marcie (she/her)

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The issue ends up being a hardware limitation. I can't quite recall the specific issue but there was some sort of encoding thing on the CPU that prevented me from using most apps without severe performance issues. Of course browsing and so on was fine. I ended up using it as a server for some time (20 Years old at this point) and the energy costs were bad enough that I decided to put it to rest. Its now part of my own little museum of old ass computers that I let guests use for mostly for viewing pdfs and boardgame rules. I tell my family to ship me their old laptops and stuff I got like 15 of them at this point, and I have in fact used all 15 of them simultaneously when I invite a lot of nerds over. Most of them are running Fedora Atomic, a couple are running MX Linux, Alpine, and Damn Small Linux. I intend on going through the small distros at some point and do a comparison

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Mugita Sokio

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MX Linux was botted due to the amount of hits.

My producer, Neigsendoig, did a video here where he covered MX 23.

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I've been using it for a few years on my gaming desktop and I couldn't be happier about it, it's the distro that stopped my distro-hopping.

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Dr Jekell

in reply to chortle_tortle • 1 mese fa • •

From what I understand about distrowatch is that their "ranking" system is based on how many people (or bots) visit a distros page.

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kipparikalle161

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I used MX for a couple of years and it was a solid and perfectly usable distro, if you don't want the latest packages.

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𝕨𝕒𝕤𝕒𝕓𝕚

in reply to chortle_tortle • 1 mese fa • •

Distrowatch popularity is a pointless metric. IIRC they measure clicks on their own site as popularity. That means that people that just want to check out that distro near the top that they never heard of actually ensure that it stays near the top.

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in reply to 𝕨𝕒𝕤𝕒𝕓𝕚 • 1 mese fa • •

This is true. I'm pretty sure they acknowledge this transparently.

It's helpful to hilight the common distro's but it's not an endorsement.

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in reply to 𝕨𝕒𝕤𝕒𝕓𝕚 • 1 mese fa • •

True as well

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infjarchninja

in reply to chortle_tortle • 1 mese fa • •

I am sure it will creep back up once the MX 25 has been released with Debian 13 on 9th August.

mxlinux.org/blog/changes-comin…

Optional distro downloads for Systemd or sysVinit.

use Mx-Linux on my old T450 laptop.

works great for my needs.

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daniskarma

in reply to chortle_tortle • 1 mese fa • •

I tried MX Linux recently because of that.

It's nice but not my style. Specially the systemd thing. Trying to support both with and without with somehow more emphasis in "without" systemd.

But it works quite good as a OS in a pendrive thingy. I has good default tools for that.

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Papamousse

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I am using Linux since the 90s, used Ubuntu a lot at one time, then started using MX linux, 16.1 iirc was my first install. Then I continue to use it, I have always like Xfce (coming from mwm and such), and no systemd, no snap, no flatpak etc. MX is very stable, use the latest package in .deb format. I am using it for almost 10 years now, 24/7, I am using it as my work PC too.

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ikidd

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Distrowatch has been gamed for years.

I rarely see any references to MX in Linux forums, I don't think it's anywhere near as popular as DW would indicate.

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MyNameIsRichard

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I rarely see any references to MX in Linux forums

That could be a testament to it's reliability.

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chortle_tortle

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This is now my head cannon.

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ikidd

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If you say so. MX is a Debian base, so it's more a testament to Debian's reliability.

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AndrewZabar

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Distrowatch has been gamed for years

In what way? Elaborate, please? How and for what purpose?

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ikidd

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There was a pretty good indication that Manjaro was click-botting it a few years back, then Mint, and now MX. While I actually like Manjaro, that team is totally not above having done such a thing. And pretty much as soon as the rumors about that started, it mysteriously started dropping in the ranking...

Why? For a long time, DW was considered a source of distro recommendation and popularity. With these "attacks", it's become a community joke and not considered much of a real indication.

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AndrewZabar

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I cannot understand why anyone would be so childish. It’s not even as though money is involved; it’s some kind of juvenile popularity contest by people who clearly don’t believe their work speaks for itself, and clearly don’t take pride in their product.

Manjaro defaults to a defective dock that is riddled with bugs if you customize it. I broke it dozens of times just by making some minor modifications in the preferences. It also slows down a little gradually. That’s only minor but the dock thing really irked me. Really? Can’t just get the dock settings finished so the thing completely works? Anyway, that was a few years ago and I haven’t touched it since.

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lilith267

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Apparently my experiance has been the outlier here but I've seen a ton of MX talk in the last year. Even to the point of it being somewhat commonly recommended alongside mint for beginners but on older hardware

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darkan15

in reply to chortle_tortle • 1 mese fa • •

I think there is no ranking site that can be 100% trusted.

That said, I trust linux-hardware.org a bit more than distro watch, even if it's not as popular, because you have to intentionally download an app/script for it to scan and upload your distro/hardware data (so no page clicks or just traffic, you must have the distro installed), and if you repeatedly try to upload the same distro/hardware data, it doesn't count multiple uploads on its statistics, if they are not at least a month apart.

Edit: and even on linux-hardware you have strange results like OpenMandriva and ROSA as Distros on top 15, and I have never heard of them outside there, and from what I can find they are somewhat popular in Russia and some parts of Europe

Trends: OS Family

A database of all the hardware that works under linux

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JasonDJ

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But that just tells you all the people that have visited the site and downloaded a script.

I find it hard to believe that OpenMandriva is the most popular distro. I distrohop quite a bit and never even came across it (currently using Nobora on my PC, KDE Neon in the living room, tumbleweed on the kids laptops (though I may move them to silverblue or another immutable), and Pop on my laptop. It takes me a minute when I sit at any console to remember which package manager is the right one)

If you want honest results of actual use on general-purpose PCs...I'd wish for something like Alexa Page Rankings that could get deep enough to know Distro, but that's not possible (I don't think, without every distro having its own User Agent signature in the browsers), and Amazon bought Alexa and discontinued those services

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darkan15

in reply to JasonDJ • 1 mese fa • •

As I said on the first line, no ranking of any kind can be trusted 100%, I pointed out an alternative to distrowatch, and why I would trust it a bit more, not saying I really trust it, or that I believe every result.

It is less popular so it could be a case like OpenMandriva has it integrated to upload automatically for all its users by default, or they found another way to game that ranking.

When I see any ranking, I do research when I see a distro that is suspiciously positioned, and I haven't heard about outside the place I saw it referenced, and even so I always stick to mainline distros.

Honest results would need a standard way that every distro adopts and make an opt-out (not opt-in) regular upload thing similar to what linux-hardware.org does, and be actively trying to mitigate or deny certain distros or specific actors from tampering with the results, and we don't have that.

Page rankings, clicks, scripts, etc. are not enough if every device doesn't ping it in a legitimate way (fake user agent or other means), and there is always the case of people that will opt-out or block this as they don't want to be tracked.

On your point of something like Alexa Page Rankings, the thing I would add is that, at least for me, if it is a ranking shown by a corporation, it is not trustworthy.

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JasonDJ

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Oh for sure, but at least Alexa's rankings were rather transparent and somewhat trusted built up on a reputation.

I hadn't even realized Amazon bought and discontinued the service, but that's clearly exactly the type of instance that needs to be guarded against. I'm sure that a big part of why Amazon wanted that Alexa gone was because it would show rising competition, and Jeff can't have that.

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SinJab0n

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and even on linux-hardware you have strange results like OpenMandriva and ROSA as Distros on top 15, and I have never heard of them outside there

As you have said they are REALLY popular in russia, and that alone makes a great ammount of people, specially since they still support i386 and older architectures with full support, thats why ALT linux is also really popular.

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AndrewZabar

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I tried MX a few times on different machines maybe a few weeks/months apart. Every time I did because of it being up there at the top and I was like “What am I not seeing?” It’s a decent distro, yeah, but some of the customization is distracting to be honest. I can say it’s good but the top? For what… more than a year or two even, it’s been in the top few.

I just don’t get it.

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sykaster

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I installed MX on an old Acer tablet/laptop Hybrid. It's one of the few that would run due to its 32bit bootloader but 64bit system. It works fine, but I wasn't blown away either.

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AndrewZabar

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I’ve found two distros I enjoy on really old stuff: Bodhi and Q4. They run fairly well and for the footprint, they’re pretty feature-rich. I love the Moshka desktop on Bodhi.

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Arthur Besse

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It is now official. Netcraft has confirmed: Distrowatch is dying.

One more crippling bombshell hit the already beleaguered Distrowatch community [...]

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AnthropomorphicCat

in reply to chortle_tortle • 1 mese fa • •

Distrowatch ranking is just the distros that are more commonly searched on the site. The FAQ says "The page Hit Ranking represents hits per day by unique visitors". It's just an attempt to see what's more popular among visitors.

Yeah, maybe there is a feedback loop where people will click on the top one just to see why it is on top, and in doing so they give the clicks necessary to remain on the top.

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edel

in reply to chortle_tortle • 1 mese fa • •

Likely there is a combination of factors:

First, as MX is catered mostly for a bit aged computers, it is likely the demographics of users are a bit more aged that other distros like CachyOS (which by the way, it is now in the crest of a wave, signaling Distrowatch ranking is not correlated with market share.)

Also, the fact that many of us are pondering about MX's high ranking, we are also clinking on it more that we would on Ubuntu or Mint so feeding the impressions count.

Similarly, when a post like this is brought up, a bunch of use go to Distrowatch and click on it to see info about MX.

Also a regional popularity must be at place... distrowatch probably is more prevalent is certain countries that MX is favored. I don't see many in Asia using MX for instance, so western distrowatch distorts its global popularity. For instance if 3 users in the US use Mint and 3 MX but in China, that they barely go to distrowatch, 3 use Mint and 0 MX, distrowach would rank globally MX and Mint as same while in reality, Mint is clearly in top globally.

Of course, it is also likely MX developers have a bit of incentive of clicking on Distrowatch for their baby... I don't find it particularly too bad since many developers are doing far worse things... Using bots and dozens of different IPs would trespass the ethical boundaries for me though! MX is not the only ones that could potentially be doing this... it is not possible that Arch or Kubuntu are raked way bellow Q4OS, Lite, or Bluestar for instance. I see some artifacts among top famed distros too. It reminds me of the VW diesel scandal... VW was cheeting, but all other car makers were manipulating in one way or another their emissions too, it is just that US found it convenient to go for the foreign low hanging fruit.

Best thing is for us to stop reading those rankings as anything more than distros that trend up and down and that is it. I categorize all distros we all hear about, from MX to Cachy, from Nobara to deepin all as equally competitive and the difference just catered to the needs of different users. The more unwarranted credit we give to these rankings, the more incentive we are given to manipulations.

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haloduder

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I'm pretty sure it's a chinese distro with a lot of shilling behind it.

I don't trust it.

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actionjbone

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They seem to be Italian.

MX is a branch off antiX, and they put "anti-fascist" at the top of their homepage.

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edel

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Distrowatch lists MX origin as "Greece, USA", but likely have developers from both the US and the EU mainly.

I would not consider MX a branch of antiX. Some developers are also working on antiX so they likely share the same ideology (mainly anti-capitalism), but while antiX is explicitly affirming so, MX, instead, keeps a neutral political tone on its portal and its communications on everything non-linux related.

I had used MX and it is a well-rounded distro, totally recommended in in a computer older than a decade, you don't like systemd, like Debian but dislike anything Ubuntu or if you like any of the specific tools they ship with MX with. Also, knowing the ideology of some of their developers, if you despise big-brother, this distro should be less likely to be compromised than, lets say Fedora or Nobara.

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youmaynotknow

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I've been wondering the same for a couple of years now. I tried it once, and it's garbage. I never hear about it in forums, YouTube, Mastodon, Lemmy or any other place, but they are always top 10. WTF? 🤣

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Drito

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I use MX since years. I did distrohopping before, started by Manjaro then Mint, NixOS, MX, Alpine...
One day Archlabs, my distro at the time, was closed, I had to switch quickly and MX was an obvious choice because I can have a nice Xfce setup out of the box and it was the most reliable of all distro I tried without being a fork of a fork like Mint.
One day I asked about a package update on the forum, and a maintainer quickly answered me that it shouldnt be a problem and the package was added in some test repo.
MX is not a scam, I dont know why this distro dont make noise on the classic linux places, maybe because Mint took the place of the easy beginner distro ?
Or also the average MX prefer to use its computer to do stuff, than talking about his OS on the internet 😆

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LeFantome

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MX is a nice distro. However, it is also true that it is just Debian with XFCE, KDE, or Fluxbox on top.

Your comment about not “being a fork of a fork” is ironic. MX Linux is a fork of AntiX which is a fork of Debian.

This is a not a criticism of MX. I love EndeavourOS and it is just Arch with a different installer and some sensible defaults. But I can also understand why some people look at MX and wonder why they don’t just install Debian with XFCE directly.

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Drito

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MX is a new name for Mepis. Part of MX and AntiX contributors are the same persons. MX got kernel compiled by AntiX, that particularily suits old hardware. Also the Xfce setup is more modern comparing to the default provided by Debian.

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The Menemen

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wonder why they don’t just install Debian with XFCE directly

I think the main reason are the "MX Tools" which get praised a lot. And maybe also the "Advanced Hardware Support" they offer.

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Sina

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They cheat to fuel their donate button. Meanwhile Debian maintainers do most of the work.

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Cabinet votes to approve Netanyahu's Gaza occupation plan | The Jerusalem Post

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/34332272

ByJAMES GENN
AUGUST 8, 2025 04:40
Updated: AUGUST 8, 2025 06:01

"The security cabinet approved the prime minister's proposal to defeat Hamas. The IDF will prepare to take control of Gaza City while providing humanitarian aid to the civilian population outside the combat zones," Axios's Barak Ravid later cited the Prime Minister's Office as saying.
The statement did not use the term "occupation," rather using the term "takeover," due to legal ramifications for the civilian population in the enclave, Ynet reported.
The Security Cabinet also adopted five principles for ending the war, namely disarming Hamas, returning all hostages, both living and murdered, demilitarizing the Gaza Strip, Israel maintaining security control over the Gaza Strip, and the existence of civilian government that is not controlled by either Hamas or the Palestinian Authority.

Peter Link

2025-08-08 03:16:23

Cabinet votes to approve Netanyahu's Gaza occupation plan | The Jerusalem Post

ByJAMES GENN
AUGUST 8, 2025 04:40
Updated: AUGUST 8, 2025 06:01
"The security cabinet approved the prime minister's proposal to defeat Hamas. The IDF will prepare to take control of Gaza City while providing humanitarian aid to the civilian population outside the combat zones," Axios's Barak Ravid later cited the Prime Minister's Office as saying.
The statement did not use the term "occupation," rather using the term "takeover," due to legal ramifications for the civilian population in the enclave, Ynet reported.
The Security Cabinet also adopted five principles for ending the war, namely disarming Hamas, returning all hostages, both living and murdered, demilitarizing the Gaza Strip, Israel maintaining security control over the Gaza Strip, and the existence of civilian government that is not controlled by either Hamas or the Palestinian Authority.

Cabinet votes to approve Netanyahu's Gaza occupation plan | The Jerusalem Post
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan to occupy Gaza City was approved by the Security Cabinet on Friday morning.
^{The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com}

#Palestine

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Cabinet votes to approve Netanyahu's Gaza occupation plan | The Jerusalem Post

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/34332272

ByJAMES GENN
AUGUST 8, 2025 04:40
Updated: AUGUST 8, 2025 06:01

"The security cabinet approved the prime minister's proposal to defeat Hamas. The IDF will prepare to take control of Gaza City while providing humanitarian aid to the civilian population outside the combat zones," Axios's Barak Ravid later cited the Prime Minister's Office as saying.
The statement did not use the term "occupation," rather using the term "takeover," due to legal ramifications for the civilian population in the enclave, Ynet reported.
The Security Cabinet also adopted five principles for ending the war, namely disarming Hamas, returning all hostages, both living and murdered, demilitarizing the Gaza Strip, Israel maintaining security control over the Gaza Strip, and the existence of civilian government that is not controlled by either Hamas or the Palestinian Authority.

Peter Link

2025-08-08 03:16:23

Cabinet votes to approve Netanyahu's Gaza occupation plan | The Jerusalem Post

ByJAMES GENN
AUGUST 8, 2025 04:40
Updated: AUGUST 8, 2025 06:01
"The security cabinet approved the prime minister's proposal to defeat Hamas. The IDF will prepare to take control of Gaza City while providing humanitarian aid to the civilian population outside the combat zones," Axios's Barak Ravid later cited the Prime Minister's Office as saying.
The statement did not use the term "occupation," rather using the term "takeover," due to legal ramifications for the civilian population in the enclave, Ynet reported.
The Security Cabinet also adopted five principles for ending the war, namely disarming Hamas, returning all hostages, both living and murdered, demilitarizing the Gaza Strip, Israel maintaining security control over the Gaza Strip, and the existence of civilian government that is not controlled by either Hamas or the Palestinian Authority.

Cabinet votes to approve Netanyahu's Gaza occupation plan | The Jerusalem Post
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan to occupy Gaza City was approved by the Security Cabinet on Friday morning.
^{The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com}

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Cabinet votes to approve Netanyahu's Gaza occupation plan | The Jerusalem Post

ByJAMES GENN
AUGUST 8, 2025 04:40
Updated: AUGUST 8, 2025 06:01

"The security cabinet approved the prime minister's proposal to defeat Hamas. The IDF will prepare to take control of Gaza City while providing humanitarian aid to the civilian population outside the combat zones," Axios's Barak Ravid later cited the Prime Minister's Office as saying.
The statement did not use the term "occupation," rather using the term "takeover," due to legal ramifications for the civilian population in the enclave, Ynet reported.
The Security Cabinet also adopted five principles for ending the war, namely disarming Hamas, returning all hostages, both living and murdered, demilitarizing the Gaza Strip, Israel maintaining security control over the Gaza Strip, and the existence of civilian government that is not controlled by either Hamas or the Palestinian Authority.

Cabinet votes to approve Netanyahu's Gaza occupation plan | The Jerusalem Post

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan to occupy Gaza City was approved by the Security Cabinet on Friday morning.

^{The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com}

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The statement did not use the term “occupation,” rather using the term “takeover,” due to legal ramifications for the civilian population in the enclave, Ynet reported.

when the fuck did legality ever matter to israel?

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The Three Body Problem is not good

Wrapped up the first book after much struggle. Am I crazy for finding it extremely poorly written? Writing aside, the characters suck, the motivations suck, and the scenario building feels like it was tossed together by a 12 year old. I don't get the hype. Everything is paper thin. The fictional science aspect is the most compelling part but as a cohesive whole it fails to land.

#books

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adhocfungus

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The first one is a major slog, and the next two aren't significantly easier to get through. I thought the ideas were fascinating and the overall story was pretty good. But the characters are all completely flat and uninteresting. I had a tough time remembering who was who, but it really didn't affect the story at all.

Additionally the writing was not great and, especially in the second and third book, very sexist. It was worth it to read once, but I definitely won't be reading it again. My spouse keeps asking if I'll watch the show, but I'm on the fence. I heard they condensed the characters to a more streamlined cast, which would be a good start. But I still doubt I'll watch it.

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Leaks reveal Netanyahu deliberately imposed starvation in Gaza to 'force Hamas surrender'

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/34331174

Published date: 7 August 2025 11:52 BST

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected calls from senior ministers to advance ceasefire negotiations and deliberately restricted all aid to Gaza in order to force a surrender from Hamas, internal government transcripts published by Israeli news outlet Channel 13 have revealed.
The transcripts from an Israeli war cabinet meeting on 1 March show that Netanyahu ignored repeated calls from senior defence officials to move to the second phase of the ceasefire agreement in order to secure the release of Israeli captives, and then to renew hostilities after.
Netanyahu instead chose to unilaterally break the ceasefire in March and bar all aid to Gaza, in the hopes of forcing a surrender by Hamas.
This was despite Hamas complying with the talks, contrary to the war cabinet’s expectations.

Peter Link

2025-08-08 02:47:50

Leaks reveal Netanyahu deliberately imposed starvation in Gaza to 'force Hamas surrender'

Published date: 7 August 2025 11:52 BST
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected calls from senior ministers to advance ceasefire negotiations and deliberately restricted all aid to Gaza in order to force a surrender from Hamas, internal government transcripts published by Israeli news outlet Channel 13 have revealed.
The transcripts from an Israeli war cabinet meeting on 1 March show that Netanyahu ignored repeated calls from senior defence officials to move to the second phase of the ceasefire agreement in order to secure the release of Israeli captives, and then to renew hostilities after.
Netanyahu instead chose to unilaterally break the ceasefire in March and bar all aid to Gaza, in the hopes of forcing a surrender by Hamas.
This was despite Hamas complying with the talks, contrary to the war cabinet’s expectations.

Leaks reveal Netanyahu deliberately imposed starvation in Gaza to 'force Hamas surrender'
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected calls from senior ministers to advance ceasefire negotiations and deliberately restricted all aid to Gaza in order to force a surrender from Hamas, internal government transcripts published by Israel…
^{MEE staff (Middle East Eye)}

#Palestine

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geneva_convenience

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So terorrism and collective punishment.

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Leaks reveal Netanyahu deliberately imposed starvation in Gaza to 'force Hamas surrender'

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/34331174

Published date: 7 August 2025 11:52 BST

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected calls from senior ministers to advance ceasefire negotiations and deliberately restricted all aid to Gaza in order to force a surrender from Hamas, internal government transcripts published by Israeli news outlet Channel 13 have revealed.
The transcripts from an Israeli war cabinet meeting on 1 March show that Netanyahu ignored repeated calls from senior defence officials to move to the second phase of the ceasefire agreement in order to secure the release of Israeli captives, and then to renew hostilities after.
Netanyahu instead chose to unilaterally break the ceasefire in March and bar all aid to Gaza, in the hopes of forcing a surrender by Hamas.
This was despite Hamas complying with the talks, contrary to the war cabinet’s expectations.

Peter Link

2025-08-08 02:47:50

Leaks reveal Netanyahu deliberately imposed starvation in Gaza to 'force Hamas surrender'

Published date: 7 August 2025 11:52 BST
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected calls from senior ministers to advance ceasefire negotiations and deliberately restricted all aid to Gaza in order to force a surrender from Hamas, internal government transcripts published by Israeli news outlet Channel 13 have revealed.
The transcripts from an Israeli war cabinet meeting on 1 March show that Netanyahu ignored repeated calls from senior defence officials to move to the second phase of the ceasefire agreement in order to secure the release of Israeli captives, and then to renew hostilities after.
Netanyahu instead chose to unilaterally break the ceasefire in March and bar all aid to Gaza, in the hopes of forcing a surrender by Hamas.
This was despite Hamas complying with the talks, contrary to the war cabinet’s expectations.

Leaks reveal Netanyahu deliberately imposed starvation in Gaza to 'force Hamas surrender'
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected calls from senior ministers to advance ceasefire negotiations and deliberately restricted all aid to Gaza in order to force a surrender from Hamas, internal government transcripts published by Israel…
^{MEE staff (Middle East Eye)}

#World

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Phoenixz

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Again, Netanyahu is a genocidal maniac that should be tried in Neurenberg and sentenced to death there just to make the fucking point.

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Awkwardparticle

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I think you mean The Hague, that is where the ICC court is.

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Phoenixz

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I know, but I do mean Neurenberg because of its historical significance in this case

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Awkwardparticle

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We tried the Serbian genocidal war criminals there. It is more significant these days.

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Doorbook

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and those who Didn't do anything knowing that are also guilty,,,

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Phoenixz

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That's not how anything works, you can the jail the vast majority of the world with that attitude. It's not that simple

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Leaks reveal Netanyahu deliberately imposed starvation in Gaza to 'force Hamas surrender'

Published date: 7 August 2025 11:52 BST

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected calls from senior ministers to advance ceasefire negotiations and deliberately restricted all aid to Gaza in order to force a surrender from Hamas, internal government transcripts published by Israeli news outlet Channel 13 have revealed.
The transcripts from an Israeli war cabinet meeting on 1 March show that Netanyahu ignored repeated calls from senior defence officials to move to the second phase of the ceasefire agreement in order to secure the release of Israeli captives, and then to renew hostilities after.
Netanyahu instead chose to unilaterally break the ceasefire in March and bar all aid to Gaza, in the hopes of forcing a surrender by Hamas.
This was despite Hamas complying with the talks, contrary to the war cabinet’s expectations.

Leaks reveal Netanyahu deliberately imposed starvation in Gaza to 'force Hamas surrender'

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected calls from senior ministers to advance ceasefire negotiations and deliberately restricted all aid to Gaza in order to force a surrender from Hamas, internal government transcripts published by Israel…

^{MEE staff (Middle East Eye)}

#Worldnews

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BussyGyatt

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No, no this has to be fake. I specifically remember this gentleman saying he wasn't starving people at all. You really think someone would just, go around telling lies like that?

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Netanyahu is a bitch ass terrorist. He will go down in history as our generation’s hitler. People who invent the Time Machine will go try to kill him before they go back to the 40’s.

Netanyahu is the shit stain of the Israelites.

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Interstellar_1
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Can you test steam games in the live test environment before installing?

I'm thinking about installing linux on my brother's laptop so he can play games with slightly better performance.

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just_another_person

in reply to Interstellar_1 • 1 mese fa • •

I think you mean LiveUSB, but it depends on the game. If it's a large game, it's going to install and run from USB, so it's not going to perform well. Small games that fit in memory will be fine.

If you want to specifically take steps to make this work better, get an external SSD and turn the Live Image that way. It's still not going to perform well with large games, but multitudes better than from USB.

Unless you have a specific game to try, you'd get better info from ProtonDB, or comments online to find out what the general feeling about performance is going to be.

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Jumuta

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don't you need some persistence system for that to work?

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Khanzarate

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Nah.

Live images have the image, and free space. Anything you install while they're on uses that free space, and when you turn them off, they still have an untouched OS partition. The space you used to install things gets wiped, essentially.

But you CAN use that space, Linux works as it normally would, just on a USB. Steam could even download a cloud save and upload after you've played, as long as you don't restart the computer.

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sylver_dragon

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Yes, though depending on the media you are running the OS and game from, the performance could be worse than you would expect from an install on the main system media. For example, when I was testing moving over, I had Arch installed on a USB device and had some issues with I/O bandwidth. But, I also had a folder on my main storage drive to run Steam games from and this performed OK. It was formatted NTFS; so, there were some other oddities. But, it worked just fine and managed to convince me that I'd do OK under Linux. Took the plunge and I've been happy with the decision ever since.

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Jumuta

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try it

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Chewt

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Performance will likely be really bad running on a live ISO since you are going to likely be bottlenecked by read/write speeds of the usb you have plugged in. I wouldn’t use it to test performance of games.

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HelloRoot

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In a live environment I was not able too install too much - it always ran out of space, but I am not even sure what space it used, maybe a RAM disk?

So if Steam even fits with all of it's dependencies, you may be able to try out a tiny game, definitely not 150GB Forza Horizon 5.

There are ways to make it work by using persistent storage, but it's a hassle, at this point it would be easier to buy a 25$ 500GB ssd and install Linux on it.

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Mwa

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Yes but the games you download it will depend on your RAM (If liveusb copies it to ram) or USB

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Israel Secretly Recruited Iranian Dissidents to Attack Their Country From Within

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/34330326

by Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv for ProPublica
Aug. 7, 2025, 5 a.m. EDT
[fascinating article]
Reporting Highlights
Covert Ops: Commandos that the Mossad, Israel’s intelligence service, recruited from Iran and neighboring nations destroyed Iranian air defenses in the first hours of a June attack.
Intelligence Gathering: Israeli operatives identified the bedrooms in which Iranian nuclear scientists were sleeping, enabling precise airstrikes.
Cyber Deception: Israel sent a fake message that summoned senior Iranian military leaders to a phantom meeting in a bunker that was then bombed by Israeli jets.
These highlights were written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story.

Peter Link

2025-08-08 02:16:10

Israel Secretly Recruited Iranian Dissidents to Attack Their Country From Within

by Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv for ProPublica
Aug. 7, 2025, 5 a.m. EDT
[fascinating article]
Reporting Highlights
Covert Ops: Commandos that the Mossad, Israel’s intelligence service, recruited from Iran and neighboring nations destroyed Iranian air defenses in the first hours of a June attack.
Intelligence Gathering: Israeli operatives identified the bedrooms in which Iranian nuclear scientists were sleeping, enabling precise airstrikes.
Cyber Deception: Israel sent a fake message that summoned senior Iranian military leaders to a phantom meeting in a bunker that was then bombed by Israeli jets.
These highlights were written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story.

Israel Secretly Recruited Iranian Dissidents to Attack Iran From Within
Operations in the decadeslong secret war between Iran and Israel have shifted fundamentally in recent years, moving from being the exclusive work of Mossad field agents to Iranian dissident insiders and others from neighboring countries.
^ProPublica

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Israel Secretly Recruited Iranian Dissidents to Attack Their Country From Within

by Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv for ProPublica
Aug. 7, 2025, 5 a.m. EDT

[fascinating article]

Reporting Highlights

Covert Ops: Commandos that the Mossad, Israel’s intelligence service, recruited from Iran and neighboring nations destroyed Iranian air defenses in the first hours of a June attack.
Intelligence Gathering: Israeli operatives identified the bedrooms in which Iranian nuclear scientists were sleeping, enabling precise airstrikes.
Cyber Deception: Israel sent a fake message that summoned senior Iranian military leaders to a phantom meeting in a bunker that was then bombed by Israeli jets.

These highlights were written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story.

Israel Secretly Recruited Iranian Dissidents to Attack Iran From Within

Operations in the decadeslong secret war between Iran and Israel have shifted fundamentally in recent years, moving from being the exclusive work of Mossad field agents to Iranian dissident insiders and others from neighboring countries.

^ProPublica

#Worldnews

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I suppose the Islamic Republic of Iran creates a lot of dissidents.

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Dictatorships tend to do that

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Lula slams Trump over Brazil tariffs, accuses Bolsonaro of betrayal

Thursday, August 7th 2025 - 10:33 UTC

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva harshly criticized U.S. President Donald Trump following the implementation of a 50% tariff on Brazilian exports. #Lula called Trump “authoritarian” with “anti-civilizational” behavior and accused him of creating “problems where there were none.”
"A president must not humiliate himself before another president. I respect everyone and demand respect in return,” Lula told Reuters, rejecting the idea of a phone call with Trump. “He doesn’t want to talk, and I have no intention of doing so.”

Lula slams Trump over Brazil tariffs, accuses Bolsonaro of betrayal

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The Aftermath of Israel's June Bombing of Beirut

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/34329830

Jeremy Loffredo
Aug 06, 2025

Jeremy Loffredo, reporting for Drop Site News, was granted access to Dahiyeh to report on the aftermath of the attack just hours after the bombs fell. The targeted sites consisted of residential buildings, local businesses, and community infrastructure. While the Israeli military claimed it struck drone production factories operated by Hezbollah, no evidence was provided to substantiate the allegations neither before nor after the strikes. Local officials and residents strongly denied the presence of any military installations.

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2025-08-08 02:02:06

The Aftermath of Israel's June Bombing of Beirut

Jeremy Loffredo
Aug 06, 2025
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In interviews with Drop Site's on the ground reporter, residents of Dahiyeh respond to Israel's attacks on Beirut's densely populated southern suburb.
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Jeremy Loffredo, reporting for Drop Site News, was granted access to Dahiyeh to report on the aftermath of the attack just hours after the bombs fell. The targeted sites consisted of residential buildings, local businesses, and community infrastructure. While the Israeli military claimed it struck drone production factories operated by Hezbollah, no evidence was provided to substantiate the allegations neither before nor after the strikes. Local officials and residents strongly denied the presence of any military installations.

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The Aftermath of Israel's June Bombing of Beirut

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Jeremy Loffredo, reporting for Drop Site News, was granted access to Dahiyeh to report on the aftermath of the attack just hours after the bombs fell. The targeted sites consisted of residential buildings, local businesses, and community infrastructure. While the Israeli military claimed it struck drone production factories operated by Hezbollah, no evidence was provided to substantiate the allegations neither before nor after the strikes. Local officials and residents strongly denied the presence of any military installations.

The Aftermath of Israel's June Bombing of Beirut
In interviews with Drop Site's on the ground reporter, residents of Dahiyeh respond to Israel's attacks on Beirut's densely populated southern suburb.
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Jeremy Loffredo, reporting for Drop Site News, was granted access to Dahiyeh to report on the aftermath of the attack just hours after the bombs fell. The targeted sites consisted of residential buildings, local businesses, and community infrastructure. While the Israeli military claimed it struck drone production factories operated by Hezbollah, no evidence was provided to substantiate the allegations neither before nor after the strikes. Local officials and residents strongly denied the presence of any military installations.

The Aftermath of Israel's June Bombing of Beirut

In interviews with Drop Site's on the ground reporter, residents of Dahiyeh respond to Israel's attacks on Beirut's densely populated southern suburb.

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Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins notified the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) and several other unions that he was implementing an executive order signed by President Donald Trump, which required the termination of collective bargaining agreements for agencies whose missions are related to national security.

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Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins notified the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) and several other unions that he was implementing an executive order signed by President Donald Trump, which required the termination of collective bargaining agreements for agencies whose missions are related to national security.

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2025-08-08 01:53:10

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Julia Conley
Aug 07, 2025
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins notified the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) and several other unions that he was implementing an executive order signed by President Donald Trump, which required the termination of collective bargaining agreements for agencies whose missions are related to national security.

'Blatant Attempt to Bust Our Unions': Trump Admin Moves to Gut Labor Protections at VA
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Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins notified the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) and several other unions that he was implementing an executive order signed by President Donald Trump, which required the termination of collective bargaining agreements for agencies whose missions are related to national security.

Peter Link

2025-08-08 01:53:10

'Blatant Attempt to Bust Our Unions': Trump Admin Moves to Gut Labor Protections at VA | Common Dreams

Julia Conley
Aug 07, 2025
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins notified the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) and several other unions that he was implementing an executive order signed by President Donald Trump, which required the termination of collective bargaining agreements for agencies whose missions are related to national security.

'Blatant Attempt to Bust Our Unions': Trump Admin Moves to Gut Labor Protections at VA
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'Blatant Attempt to Bust Our Unions': Trump Admin Moves to Gut Labor Protections at VA

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Thursday, August 7th 2025 - 10:33 UTC

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva harshly criticized U.S. President Donald Trump following the implementation of a 50% tariff on Brazilian exports. Lula called Trump “authoritarian” with “anti-civilizational” behavior and accused him of creating “problems where there were none.”
“A president must not humiliate himself before another president. I respect everyone and demand respect in return,” Lula told Reuters, rejecting the idea of a phone call with Trump. “He doesn’t want to talk, and I have no intention of doing so.”

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Lula slams Trump over Brazil tariffs, accuses Bolsonaro of betrayal

Thursday, August 7th 2025 - 10:33 UTC
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva harshly criticized U.S. President Donald Trump following the implementation of a 50% tariff on Brazilian exports. Lula called Trump “authoritarian” with “anti-civilizational” behavior and accused him of creating “problems where there were none.”
“A president must not humiliate himself before another president. I respect everyone and demand respect in return,” Lula told Reuters, rejecting the idea of a phone call with Trump. “He doesn’t want to talk, and I have no intention of doing so.”

Lula slams Trump over Brazil tariffs, accuses Bolsonaro of betrayal
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Edvard via Linux

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Edvard
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how is linux for gamers?

i know that some games arent compitable and been to the site that shows which game is and which is not, and i also know most mods dont work on linux version which is a boomer (skyrim and rimworld mostly)?

so for gamers, why did you change to linux being a mostly a gamer?

#linux

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N.E.P.T.R

in reply to Edvard • 1 mese fa • •

Pretty good unless your game doesnt enable anticheat support for Linux like the battlefield games or fortnite for example. Performance per game is either on par or better than Windows. Game support can be checked on protondb.com/

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seralth

in reply to N.E.P.T.R • 1 mese fa • •

Multiplayer fps games in general suck so no real loss.

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GenderNeutralBro

in reply to Edvard • 1 mese fa • •

Seems like most mods work fine on Linux, but I'm sure it depends on the game. For games with built-in mod managers like Baldur's Gate 3, it all just works. For games with manual mods that involve replacing or editing game files, they should generally work since you're running the same game files to begin with.

I haven't had any big compatibility problems recently, though again, I'm sure it depends on that game. Proton (built into Steam) works very very well nowadays.

Just a few years ago I found the experience frustrating. It seemed like everything had something wrong with it, even if it wasn't big. Lots of games had glitchy input, whether using a controller or keyboard/mouse. But somewhere down the line it totally flipped, and everything I play runs great now. I still have a bootable Windows 10 system, but I haven't actually booted it in...two years, maybe?

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Jumuta

in reply to GenderNeutralBro • 1 mese fa • •

I think they're talking about mods not working on the Linux binary, not the windows binary running though proton

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mnemonicmonkeys

in reply to Jumuta • 1 mese fa • •

Even then, WINEtricks does wonders

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Jumuta

in reply to mnemonicmonkeys • 1 mese fa • •

yeah that's exactly what I'm saying, mods for the windows binary sometimes don't work on the linux binary but it'll work just fine on the windows binary running through wine

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cmnybo

in reply to Edvard • 1 mese fa • •

What games were you wanting to mod? Mod Organizer 2 works great on Linux. The setup is a bit more complex if you are using it with Steam games though.

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Edvard

in reply to cmnybo • 1 mese fa • •

skyrim and Rimworld mostly!

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Demonmariner

in reply to Edvard • 1 mese fa • •

I play Skyrim SE on Linux (Via Steam) and currently have about 30 mods on it, and it runs fine. I have run Oblivion Remastered (no mods) and have experienced occasional crashes, but it is at least playable.

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cmnybo

in reply to Edvard • 1 mese fa • •

Skyrim works great with Mod Organizer 2. I've never played Rimworld, but it looks like there is a mod manager for it that runs on Linux natively.

Client Challenge

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hamms

in reply to Edvard • 1 mese fa • •

Aside from some occasional glitches with SteamVR, it's been several years since I encountered a game which didn't run as good if not better on linux than on windows, and I don't think I've ever had a linux-specific issue with mods. My understanding is that anti-cheat software compatibility can still be an issue for some people, but I haven't run into that yet.

For me, switching to linux was a no-brainer; I prefer it in every way.

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Godnroc

in reply to Edvard • 1 mese fa • •

The Venn diagram of games I want to play and games that won't run on Linux is two disjoined circles. My buddy really likes Helldivers, but that didn't play nice because of the invasive anti-cheat. That has been the only one.

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Ek-Hou-Van-Braai

in reply to Godnroc • 1 mese fa • •

Sad to hear Hell Divers doesn't work.
Odd that they'd be so strict, it's CoOp

I switched to Linux at the start of this year, and it's been great, some small hiccups but nothing I couldn't solve in a few min

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Whostosay

in reply to Ek-Hou-Van-Braai • 1 mese fa • •

I play helldiver's just fine. Unless they've changed something in the last few months

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Ek-Hou-Van-Braai

in reply to Whostosay • 1 mese fa • •

Ah good to hear, I loved that game

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F04118F

in reply to Godnroc • 1 mese fa • •

Tell your buddy you can play Helldivers with him!

Helldivers 1 and 2 are platinum and gold rated on ProtonDB with recent reports on both confirming they work well.

protondb.com/search?q=Helldive…

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FauxLiving

in reply to F04118F • 1 mese fa • •

Helldivers 1 and 2 are platinum and gold rated on ProtonDB with recent reports on both confirming they work well.

For a more recent report:

I'm literally playing Helldivers 2 right now, on Wayland with HDR, and an Nvidia graphics card.

I just assume games work now and rarely need to check protondb. All of the games with kernel Anticheat are just as scummy as Microsoft with their microtransactions and FOMO systems intended to manipulate their players... so, I don't care to play them anyway.

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pyssla

in reply to Edvard • 1 mese fa • •

Honestly, we've been eating pretty good fam. See protondb.com/ for game compatibility on Linux.

The only remaining pain points are (see the provided links for databases on what does and doesn't work):
- Anti-cheat; areweanticheatyet.com/
- VR; db.vronlinux.org/

VR GAMES

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Fisch

in reply to pyssla • 1 mese fa • •

VR on linux actually works just fine from my experience. I've never had a game not work. The big issue is just headset support. The HTC Vive and Valve Index are the only headsets with official drivers, since they were made by Valve. Standalone headsets, like the Quest for example, also work using ALVR. Anything else doesn't really work. There are open source drivers but they're not complete enough to be useable unless something majorly changed there since I last checked.

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orenj

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I can play all of my games (well, the ones my 10 year old craptop can handle). The only issue I have is that vulkan shaders can take a minute to cache for some games.

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vortexal

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It works pretty well. I don't currently play any pc games with anti-cheat, so most games work well without having to do anything special outside of running them in Wine or some other application and there are some games that actually work noticeably better on Linux than Windows. Some games have required some additional setup but it's pretty rare for games to just not work at all. Something I find kind of funny though, is that most of the games I haven't been able to get working on Linux aren't working on Windows either.

I should also mention that I don't really use mods for games. I have used mods for the Linux version of SRB2 but the game is designed to be easily modable, so it makes sense that the mods would just work.

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ScientifficDoggo

in reply to Edvard • 1 mese fa • •

I've swapped to linux mostly due to aging hardware and low disposable income. I'm still running A PC that was lower MID a decade ago.

So far its a blast, nothing short of shotty anticheat gets in my way. ProtonDB is a great resource. Wine and the proton layers basically give you parity (and in some cases better performance than windows).

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CountVlad47

in reply to Edvard • 1 mese fa • •

As far as I know, all Rimworld mods will work with Linux. You can either subscribe to them on the Steam Workshop (and enable them from the mod menu in-game) or download them manually and put them in the mods folder in the installation directory. I've played with modlists that had more than 100 mods in them and never had a Linux related issue.

To answer your other question, I dual booted Linux for a while, mainly because of privacy concerns, but switched to Linux full time around the time Windows 10 came out. The thing that gave me the final push was Windows 10 on my new laptop telling me it couldn't open a zipped folder and I would need to pay for that feature! There was also a backup copy of W10 on a second drive that I didn't know about which automatically overwrote Linux when I tried to install it.

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adrianu161999

in reply to CountVlad47 • 1 mese fa • •

It was a while ago but I can confirm that all the Rimworld mods I tried on my steam deck worked flawlessly.

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Edvard

in reply to CountVlad47 • 1 mese fa • •

thanks! i guess i can have one ssd just for windows, and one ssd for linux?

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warmaster

in reply to Edvard • 1 mese fa • •

Because it's easier, it just works and it doesn't nag me.

I use Bazzite, it's been the best computing experience I had.

Ask anything you want.

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Edvard

in reply to warmaster • 1 mese fa • •

have you tryed more distros other then bazzites? what would you recommend?

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warmaster

in reply to Edvard • 1 mese fa • •

1998:

I tried my first linux distro: Mandriva

1998 - 2020

Every year I chose a distro and spent a month with it. Mandrake was a an eye opener. Then Ubuntu was the easiest, but it was not ready for me yet.

2021:

Linux is now ready for work & gaming, so I switched and tried these major distros and their downstream forks:

Debian

Ubuntu
> - Zorin
> - POP OS
> - Mint
> - Tails
Vanilla OS

Arch

Manjaro
Endeavour OS
Crystal
BlendOS
SteamOS

Fedora

Fedora Workstation
> - Nobara
> - Fedora Silverblue
> > - Ublue:
> > > - Aurora
> > > - Bazzite

I recommend Bazzite for gamers and Aurora, for everyone else. They are as if not easier to use than a smartphone.

I use Aurora on my work laptop, and Bazzite on my gaming desktop. Both have been great with no issues.

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Edvard

in reply to warmaster • 1 mese fa • •

damn interesting, i see on steamchart that

july 2025, arch linux is most popular, what would you recommend?

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warmaster

in reply to Edvard • 1 mese fa • •

Every distro I listed is awesome in it's own ways. Arch is great, but you will break it.

Arch is for people that want to learn Linux enough to fix it and/or tailor it down to the last package, if you want something that just works no matter what, it's not for you.

However, if you have a second PC and your activities are not critically important and you have lots of free time, it's great to learn how Linux works.

Having 2 drives also works fine. Just don't dual boot on the same drive, as that will eventually result in being unable to boot.

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ch00f

in reply to Edvard • 1 mese fa • •

I built my wife a gaming PC. She's controller only. It's basically an xbox. Decided to try ubuntu to see if we could avoid paying for windows.

She's already 100% Hogwarts Legacy and played a dozen other games.

The only hangup was controller support for Slime Rancher on her 8bitduo. Had to use an xbox controller.

She knows nothing about linux, but she'll install and play games through Steam no problem.

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MummysLittleBloodSlut

in reply to ch00f • 1 mese fa • •

Sorry your wife likes Harry Potter

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hash

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Gaming on Linux is flourishing. Achievable migration for most games. Biggest niche asterisk from my perspective is VR. Already a technical pain in the ass to get working reliably/efficiently on Windows. Throw Linux into the mix and expect to have a hell of a time configuring and troubleshooting.

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chronicledmonocle

in reply to hash • 1 mese fa • •

I have found WiVRn to be a delight to use on Linux with my Quest headset. Works with many other wireless headsets, too. Very little issues with it playing Windows VR games on Linux.

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Edvard

in reply to hash • 1 mese fa • •

good that i dont use vr yet 😮

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Ulu-Mulu-no-die

in reply to Edvard • 1 mese fa • •

most mods dont work on linux

Mods work just fine, it's mod managers that sometimes don't work.

If mods don't have manual setup instructions, I install them on Windows, copy back to Linux the mod config file and happily play on Linux.

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Badabinski

in reply to Ulu-Mulu-no-die • 1 mese fa • •

If the game uses Unity and the mods are posted on Thunderstore, then Gale works perfectly.

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Malgas

in reply to Ulu-Mulu-no-die • 1 mese fa • •

In my experience running the Windows version of the mod manager in the same prefix as the game also works.

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BananaTrifleViolin

in reply to Edvard • 1 mese fa • •

Linux works great for gaming in my experience. I have a huge games library and I haven't had many if any games that don't run. There are certainly some games that need some tweaking to get working or optimisation to run well. I generally have those problems with older games though as my library includes some retro games (games for Windows 98 being the ones I have to tweak most).

Mods certainly do work - I've modded skyrim and rimworld extensively on Linux, as well as Oblivion, Cyberpunk 2077, Stardew Valley, Cities Skylines, Minecraft and more without issue. Proprietary mod managers may not work but they're often the poorer ones that are really just tools to advertise and market at you.

The vast majority of game mods work inside the game itself, so if the game runs on Linux the mods will work. The exception would be mods that need to run as a Windows program themselves separate to the game exe. Those can also be made to work, it's just a bit more involved. Those kinds of mods are pretty rare in my experience though. Mods that act as game launchers etc work fine too, but just need some tweaking to ensure they launch instead of the game exe.

Most games mods can be manually installed and big games even have their own Linux native mod managers - like Minecraft custom launchers and Rimpy for Rimworld etc.

I do still have Windows on my PC in case I need it but haven't used it for gaming in well over a year. I have a desktop so having a spare drive for windows is not a big deal to me but I'm tempted to wipe it as I don't use it.

The one bit that people do have issues with is Anti cheat software for multiplayer games. That's not an area of gaming I do, but I have seen reports of certain games using proprietary systems that lock out Linux. That's a problem you can't get round except by having Windows available on your system.If there is a specific game you want like that isn't working on Linux.

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MrScottyTay

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I have bazzite on a gaming only HTPC and it's a gazillion times easier to use than having windows boot into big picture mode. It's just so much better, I rarely have to keep a mouse around with me now for when I want/need to change system settings.

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MrMobius

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The only reason I kept Windows on my PC was to play League with a friend occasionally. So at some point I removed Windows completely to free disk space and I told my friend he could install Dota 2 if he wants to keep playing with me 😁

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Brotha_Jaufrey

in reply to Edvard • 1 mese fa • •

I’m joining the linux cult. I’m switching my main gaming pc this week. I’m sick of seeing news of Microsoft aiding in atrocities and destroying game studios.

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Dariusmiles2123

in reply to Edvard • 1 mese fa • •

Every game works on my Steam Deck so far.

I always check ProtonDB before buying a game, but I might stop as everything without special anticheat works out of the box.

I just have to add that I’m not into multiplayer games so it might be why everything works easily.

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Know_not_Scotty_does

in reply to Edvard • 1 mese fa • •

The only game I have not been able to get work has been pubg. Everything else has been great and run fine once proton was up and running. I am using bazzite 41 as my current distro.

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Black616Angel

in reply to Edvard • 1 mese fa • •

It really depends, what you want to play. Old games run great for me, emulation is also good.

New games mostly work if they are not competetitive multiplayer.

Mods also mostly work for the games I play (FTL and Celeste e.g.), also mods through steam workshop like in Tabletop Simulator just work for me.

What didn't work are as mentioned some multiplayer games that are too harsh on anti cheat. SMITE e.g. works, but LoL doesn't.

As others mentioned, its best to have either a native version or an entry in ProtonDB with gold or platinum.

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utopiah

in reply to Edvard • 1 mese fa • •

I uninstalled Windows few years ago even though I play the latest AAAs and indies games, including in VR, that's how good Linux for gamers.

You can check my post history but basically once you have your hardware well supported (basically the right drivers) and rely on a good system to evaluate compatibility (e.g. ProtonDB) then you won't get any surprise.

I suggest though that you try it yourself, e.g setup a Linux distribution of your chosing, a game you already own and... see if it feels good. If it does not, feel free to ask around and people will be happy to help if you provide a clear problem with your documented attempts to fix it, at least you can count on me.

So... finally why did I change? Well beside the "it actually works" it is also a lot more coherent with my own WorldView and my skillset. I'm a professional developer, WebXR prototypist to be more specific, so having an OS that does not put arbitrary (well, mostly about control for profit) limits on what I can or can not do is simply better. I can play for fun AND I can tinker with the same OS. I don't have to reboot if I just happen to have an idea that I want to try, I can just do it right here and there.

TL;DR: it works and it's better, giving me all the freedom I need to be creative and not feel constrained.

PS: also not giving more money to multibillionaires from Microsoft does feel nice.

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communism

in reply to Edvard • 1 mese fa • •

Games mostly work. If they have a native Linux version they work (and more games have a native Linux version than you may expect). For Windows-only games, there's a compatibility layer called Proton (which is a gaming-focused fork of a more general compatibility layer called Wine) that lets you run Windows executables on Linux. IME most Windows games run flawlessly with Proton. You can check games on protondb.com/ to see how well they run on Proton.

Rimworld has a native Linux version, and I've not had any problems with Rimworld mods from Steam workshop on Linux. Never tried modding Skyrim so can't say on that.

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demoman

in reply to communism • 1 mese fa • •

The native version of rimworld has a bug where your FPS get nuked if you use the mouse to move the screen around, but there is a mod thay fixes that issue lol. I have had no other issues with rimworld on linux.

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communism

in reply to demoman • 1 mese fa • •

I've never experienced that tbh but I use WASD, occasionally mouse scrolling as in when the screen moves when your cursor is near the edge of the screen. Unless you mean that kind of mouse scrolling causes the bug, in which case it doesn't seem to happen for me. Glad there's a fix though

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☂️-

in reply to Edvard • 1 mese fa • •

every single player game i want to play works well, sometimes better than windows. straight up.

the only issue you are gonna have nowadays is some studios blocking linux out from multiplayer games.

here's a comprehensive list of what works: areweanticheatyet.com/

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n3m37h

in reply to Edvard • 1 mese fa • •

Fantastic, try it yourself!!

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Nobara Linux | The Nobara Project

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Mwa

in reply to Edvard • 1 mese fa • •

Its has been great:
Most of the games I already played worked on Linux.
Some you might have more fps.
Some less
Some Games (e.g, Gmod) use Proton instead of the Native build.
Some games (e.g, Tf2) you can only Use Native which uses DXVK.
For Gmod cause its very outdated(Chromium is outdated,OGL only,lower fps)
Had to quit Roblox and Fortnite to remove windows + those games sucked anyways and roblox just platform decision
I also Like how Directx 9 and 11 are Vulkan underneath the hood results in more fps.
And you can also Translate OGL calls into Vulkan via Zink. (Also via Nvidia it works)
Modding is also Similar how you do it on Windows(except maybe for some special windows only mods)
The only things I hate is VKD3D-PROTON sucks on Nvidia.
And that some games require launch options(which is fine for me,But not fine for people who want No tinkering).

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VerilyFemme

in reply to Edvard • 1 mese fa • •

Pop!_OS was a lifesaver when I was learning Linux. You can just look up Ubuntu related questions for tech support, the graphics drivers are preconfigured, and the interface is easy to use.

I'm on CachyOS with KDE now, but I highly recommend Pop! for a first-timer not looking to tinker.

Also, with ProtonTricks you can still mod stuff. It's not perfect, but there's a version of Mod Organizer 2 for Linux ;P

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dil

in reply to Edvard • 1 mese fa • •

Bazzite looks good for beginners, I like cachyos as a beginner but im a tinkerer, using gnome reminds me of cydia, I like cachyos because unlimited options, never feel like I can't install something, it's prob on the aur or whatever.

if cachyos
pacman for cachyosrepo
paru for aur
At first I was confused on packages being missing

grab flatpak support and use flathub for some things

appimages are nice with gear lever (updates/menu)

can easily grab snapd support if you want to cover more areas

debtap to make debs usable on arch

I had always been turned away from linux because of the many formats deb, snap, etc. and being confused about support. But now I know I can get support for most things just installing whats needed from their website. (seems easiest with arch, least instructions)

BTW, while that made me comfortable when I swapped, knowing I can have whatever. I only needed to add flatpak support, and grab gearlever, everything else is unnecessary and available on the aur or as an appimage typically.

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halloween_spookster

in reply to Edvard • 1 mese fa • •

I switched full time to Linux last year and primarily use my computer for gaming. It's been great. I play games through steam so YMMV with other systems. I haven't had any issues playing a variety of games such as Factorio (built for Linux), GTFO, Horizon: Forbidden West, PEAK, Ready or Not, Plate Up... It's been rare for me to have an issue. I remember an issue trying to play Plate Up via steam remote play.

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JoshCodes

in reply to halloween_spookster • 1 mese fa • •

I play PlateUp with a friend, we started on remote play while I wasnt sure if I liked the game. It had issues where if the window lost focus, I'd crash and the entire game session was lost. Anyway, I bought the game and have never had any issues since. Its super fun!

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小莱卡

in reply to Edvard • 1 mese fa • •

It's ok, not great but just ok. I mostly recommend people to keep a one drive for linux and one for windows exclusively for gaming. That way you can also keep any propietary software you need on your windows drive without compromising your linux drive.

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VeggieCat

in reply to Edvard • 1 mese fa • •

I switched to Linux a few weeks ago after being a windows user. Windows is pretty much all I've known and grew up on it. I made the switch after my partner had been using it for a long time. We are both gamers and play things like palworld, sims 4, dark souls, etc. I've found that most games run fine even though they say that it's not Linux supported. My PC runs faster and responds faster than I'm used to than it was on windows.

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toynbee

in reply to VeggieCat • 1 mese fa • •

most games run fine even though they say that it's not Linux supported

You might appreciate ProtonDB as a resource!

edit: ProtonDB

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Dae

in reply to Edvard • 1 mese fa • •

I've never played Rimworld, so I don't know the modding situation on it.

I attempted to mod Skyrim, and as far as I can tell, it's not that the mods don't work, it's that the primary mod manager Nexus is currently using (Vortex) is kind of a pain in the ass to set up on Linux. They are currently working on a new mod manager that should be natively compatible and should resolve that issue.

But for every other game I've ever modded on Linux it works exactly the same as it does on Windows.

Truthfully, outside of the handful of games that don't want me playing them because of my OS, 90% of my games work exactly the same, if not better. The remaining 10% might require a little tinkering to get running, or have some weird hiccup (having to run it in Proton instead of native because for some reason they're "different versions" thus menaing I can only play with friends on Windows in the Proton version), but I honestly couldn't be happier.

It feels like I'm playing on my computer again, not Microsoft's computer.

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Edvard

in reply to Dae • 1 mese fa • •

Yee, vortex is inferior to mod manager 2 since long time tho. I guess MO2 world flawless on Linux :o

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Jakeroxs

in reply to Edvard • 1 mese fa • •

MO2 does work in Linux through proton, however afaik there's some jank with the extra tools you might need for Skyrim modding

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tray5895

in reply to Dae • 1 mese fa • •

I had a little bit of success using steamtinkerlaunch to set up MO2 or vortex through steam!

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The Menemen

in reply to Edvard • 1 mese fa • •

As a gamer and a Linux user for more than 20 years this thread is so awesome.

I actually mostly stopped playing sometime in the late 2000s (dual booting was annoying) and restarted around 2017. We have come so far...

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mub

in reply to Edvard • 1 mese fa • •

I dual boot Windows and EndeavourOS. I've got a range of games running great on Linux, performance does take a hit in most cases but as long as you have good hardware and aren't chasing ultimate FPS numbers, it is usually acceptable.

I wish I could make the full switch but music recording just isn't a good experience on Linux. High latency, lack of audio device configuration, and a limited range of instruments and effects (VST files), all means a Mac or Windows are the only options.

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Mugita Sokio

in reply to Edvard • 1 mese fa • •

90% of games can be played on Linux, though some of them actually happened to require some sort of tweaks to get them working. That said, the experience my producer and I have had for about 5 years (August 20th I think will be 5 years) was nothing short of wondrous.

We'll continue to use LInux until we die.

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Quadrexium

in reply to Edvard • 1 mese fa • •

I've only had problems with Stellaris mods, i guess they use some windows only libraries?
Ah and Elite Dangerous mods. Games like Starbound work even better on Linux though

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NichtElias

in reply to Quadrexium • 1 mese fa • •

Hmm, that's weird. I've had linux-issues with Stellaris mods exactly once. They've been working pretty well otherwise

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Quadrexium

in reply to NichtElias • 1 mese fa • •

Most of them work fine, it's just a couple that crash the game when loading. But it's been a few years it might be fixed

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Vupware

in reply to Quadrexium • 1 mese fa • •

Can you elaborate as to which Elite Dangerous mods you are having issues with?

Are you able to get EDMC to work?

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Quadrexium

in reply to Vupware • 1 mese fa • •

EDMC worked fine, it was specifically Elite Dangerous Observatory. I had to run it through wine and I wasn't too confident in it.

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grapemix

in reply to Quadrexium • 1 mese fa • •

I purchased a few stellaris dlc and they work fine. Not sure if you mean dlc.

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Quadrexium

in reply to grapemix • 1 mese fa • •

Had all the dlc at one point and yeah they were fine

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AstroLightz

in reply to Edvard • 1 mese fa • •

Pretty good. Some games have issues on Linux, especially some that don't have native controls for DualShock 4 controllers and not using Steam Input. Even the ones that do sometimes dont work without Steam Input on (which shows XBOX buttons).

I've only had actual crashes with Forza Horizon 4 and 5 on Linux. Everything else works fine.

Distro is Arch Linux (BTW).

As to why I swapped, I get better performance on Linux than on Windows.

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dropped_packet

in reply to AstroLightz • 1 mese fa • •

You can change to generic button glyphs in the controller settings I believe

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root

in reply to Edvard • 1 mese fa • •

Built.myself a new.gaming desktop and decided to dive into thw deep end by installing linux. Been working quite well, so far. Almost all the games i play do not use any anti-cheat, so i don't feel that i'm missing out on anything. The only game which does not work that well is Roadcraft. I'll just wait until it is patched to run better. I have lots of games in my backlog to play anyway.

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captainlezbian

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Because linux wasn't a problem for me gaming anymore

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mazzilius_marsti

in reply to Edvard • 1 mese fa • •

If you just want to play the game, then gaming works surprisingly well on Linux. Very well.

I have the same game on Steam running on 2 separate computers, Fedora and Win 11. On the Fedora one, everything is just rock solid. Heck, even when I am rendering some very intensive 3D stuff on another workspace for work and use 50% of the RAM, the game is still running. On the Win 11 laptop, random issues happen where my cursor dissapears and the entire desktop freezes.

OTOH, if you need the gaming accessories to work properly then I'm not sure, could be a 50/50. For eg, if your laptop has some proprietary sound card, then Linux might not be able to take advantage of that. On Windows, these should work OOTB.

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katy ✨

in reply to Edvard • 1 mese fa • •

im not a huge gamer but i don get along quite well with steam games and gog games.

i do miss warcraft classic and would love to play it again but i could never get it to work 🙁

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jjjalljs

in reply to Edvard • 1 mese fa • •

So far most things have worked fine.

It's a little annoying when steam wants to redo the vulkan compilation thing every time, but it seems to work fine if I skip that.

Modding I'm not sure how it'll work yet. Some stuff probably just works, if it's like "edit this file" or "replace that file" but I haven't tried yet.

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Harbinger01173430

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I used to play a lot on my Ubuntu install but nowadays I just use my PC to watch YouTube videos and series.

It works.

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JTskulk

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I switched to Linux exclusively 2 years ago and I gotta say it's been pretty awesome. Pretty much everything works without fucking around.

I changed to Linux because it's better. Windows sucks ass.

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ffhein

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My friends are currently throwing a tantrum because I won't "just enable Secure Boot and run Windows" to play Battlefield 6 with them. But I've never felt that I must play a specific game, so the few ones who are incompatible (usually due to bad anti-cheats) have been easy to ignore. There are plenty of good games I can play on Linux.

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Palantir: As Revenues Rise, Controversy Grows

Palantir, an emerging tech company that was founded by Peter Thiel in 2003 with support from In-Q-Tel, the CIA’s venture capital arm, is a central player in the fight between the old guard and the up and coming weapons firms of Silicon Valley.

“The company’s transformation from an awkward Silicon Valley upstart trying to make it as a government contractor has also emboldened it. Some of its recent and prospective deals toe the lines of what even some of the company’s current and former employees consider a violation of ethical applications of AI and moral uses of software by the government—and Palantir is unapologetic.”

“Unapologetic” may be an understatement. At the height of the Israeli bombing campaign in Gaza, in January 2024, Palantir president and CEO Alex Karp held the company’s board meeting in Tel Aviv to show solidarity with the Israeli war effort and to goad other pro-Israel business executives to openly support that country’s campaign of mass slaughter in Gaza, which many independent experts – including independent human rights groups based in Israel – have described as a genocide.

Palantir also has extraordinary influence inside the Trump team, beginning with vice president J.D. Vance, who was employed, mentored, and financed by Palantir’s Peter Thiel before joining the administration. And former Palantir employees are hard at work inside a variety of executive branch agencies. At least a half dozen former company employees worked inside the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency, making recommendations for deep cuts in a variety of federal agencies. And a senior counselor at Palantir has close ties to White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller.

Palantir is aggressively pursuing business with Saudi Arabia, a move that the Journal article describes as “a departure from the company’s stated focus on Western democratic values and freedom of speech.”

The emerging military tech firms and the venture capital firms that invest in them see themselves as more than just business people. They believe that they are a special breed of human being, the “new patriots” who are willing to take risks to restore America’s position in a place of global dominance, so far ahead of China that Beijing will never catch up, or so Karp and others have said.

Palantir: As Revenues Rise, Controversy Grows

Palantir is on a roll, experiencing record growth through government contracting. But its activities have raised ethical concerns from former employees and the larger public.

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