Sightly older version of Firefox here (140.x) on Debian Linux, no issues.
Maybe you have a browser extension that isn't playing nice? Try disabling extensions / maybe a private window & see how it goes.
Or if you're on Windows maybe you have anti-virus/malware software causing weirdness.
EDIT: Could be worth running memtest86+ or similar to rule out any RAM issues, wondering if you're just seeing crashing whenever you use software that starts to use more memory.
Can't speak for KDE but if you end up needing a workaround you could try installing and configuring xrdp (despite the name it works with Wayland as well as X) - just make sure to configure it listening on a different port vs KDE's RDP server (or just keep KDE's disabled, I guess).
I'm on GNOME and have both GNOME RDP and xrdp but in practice I usually just use xrdp.
Seems like it's down right now.
Not Teamviewer-ish but on Windows I've set up a simple batch file that launches a reverse VNC connection (using TightVNC) from the remote system to myself in the case someone needs me to look at something on their desktop. Nothing fancy about it, just something simple to get going if you don't want or need anything more complex.
Haven't done it on Linux yet but I suspect a bash script + a VNC app (TigerVNC maybe?) would be able to do the same thing.
It's an interesting write up... I'm a bit surprised there are/were that many internet facing telnetd instances online. Maybe it's just the sheer amount of ancient routers & such that were deployed with telnet enabled by default and are still plugged in and running to this day.
If you're thinking that the computer is going to be used for another 10 years or whatever it might be worth cleaning up the heatsink and replacing whatever thermal paste/pad was on there.. but for now as long as here's some sort of thermal material on there you should be okay. Main thing right now is to figure out if the machine can actually perform a normal boot or if it's done.
So I removed the power supply. Then I started just removing the fans to clean them (been about a year), and then I removed the big heat sink fan over the processor. I don’t think I ever removed that before.
Just to be sure.. you re-installed the processor's heat sink right? You probably didn't need to remove that unless you were planning on changing the thermal paste but that's a done deal now.
Put just the ram back in, no hard drive. I knew it wouldn’t boot. I thought I might get past the dell logo, and get the screen that says something like “No boot drive” or whatever it says normally when it has no hard drive. It did NOT do that. It still just stayed on the dell logo.
My rough guess - When you initially got in there moving things around for the hard drives and then attempted power something got shorted and definitely damaged, you made an attempt with the replacement power supply so it sounds like a possible motherboard issue unfortunately. This stuff happens :/ But to try ruling other things out, just to give it a shot try resetting the BIOS if there's a jumper or button on the board to do that (can't remember offhand if the old Dells have that but probably?), I've sometimes gotten back to a normal boot after doing it. Also since it's an old computer could be worth replacing the motherboard battery while you're at it.. I've seen weird/unstable boot-ups when old desktops no longer have a good battery to store the BIOS info.. and like you said you had it on all this time without turning it off, probably wouldn't have noticed any issues with the battery until now.
After all that if it's still not coming up.. well it's an old computer, maybe it's a sign that it's time for a new build.
Mainly the users folder(s) e.g. c:\users\YOURUSERNAME , the hidden appdata\local and appdata\roaming folders in there probably contain way more than you actually need to back up but you could back up the whole thing to be on the safe side. Most of your user's program configuration data is in those folders.
Sometimes systemwide program config data is in the hidden c:\programdata folder but I wouldn't back that up aside from specific programs you really want to save config info for.
Aside from that any other folders you created containing data you care about.
And like the other comment mentioned, the Windows registry also has lots of program config data but I usually skip that, the majority of it is useless.. but if there's a great need for you to export a specific registry tree you could do that via the command prompt to export to a backup text file. I think reg export would do it https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/reg-export
I'm confused about that too.
InterDigital seems to claim that the patent in question is about dynamically overlaying multiple video streams e.g. from https://ir.interdigital.com/news-events/press-releases/news-details/2025/InterDigital-awarded-injunction-against-Disney-by-German-court-5ad043c60/default.aspx
The Munich Regional Court ruled that InterDigital is entitled to an injunction over Disney’s infringement of an InterDigital patent related to the streaming of video content using high dynamic range (HDR) technology. Disney can appeal the decision.
The judgment from the Munich court follows a separate decision from the same court to award InterDigital an injunction over Disney’s infringement of a patent which enables a method for dynamically overlaying a first video stream with a second video stream. It also follows a decision by a court in Brazil, to grant a preliminary injunction in InterDigital’s favor, after the court found that Disney infringed both of the InterDigital patents-in-suit.
What's interesting is that HDR10 is still available on Disney supposedly. So it sort of sounds like the claim is that Disney is adding DV with HDR10+ fallback dynamically during the video stream.. and maybe regular HDR is pre-generated by Disney hence is not affected by the patent. The solution might be to always have multiple pre-generated copies of video before the stream even takes place..that would be a lot of extra storage space Disney would need!
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Not sure. Maybe try !meta@lemmy.ml for lemmy.ml specific questions.
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Feels like this would be the wrong community for that, IMO.
Doing a quick search at https://lemmyverse.net/communities I found !opendirectories@lemmy.world , seems pretty quiet right now but you could start posting there if you wanted to help get it active.
Is there something I am missing, or does it really just come down to people not wanting software that isn’t “cutting edge” release?
It might just be that, people tend to gravitate to the next shiny new thing. But you're right, even when the application repos skew a bit older they're not really that old. And technically nothing is stopping you from running a more up-to-date application via flatpak, appimage, or just compiling directly. I think it's perfect for people looking for a more vanilla boring experience with the standard DE environments (GNOME, KDE, etc.).
I will say for total noobs another distro is maybe more friendlier, more polished installer, etc.. before settling on Debian I was happily using Ubuntu which felt easier for someone still getting used to Linux. But I always knew it was Debian based which made me curious about eventually just running Debian itself... nowadays Debian is my main and has been great.
Eh, SMS could be a burner phone or virtual number but I sort of agree that the site could recommend people do that rather than entering their own real phone number if they want to sign up for optional SMS alerts. It's probably one of those convenience vs privacy issues - how to enable non-tech savvy people to receive optional alerts if they choose to.
From the posted link
In a lengthy statement released over the weekend, the StopICE team rejected claims that any personal user data was exposed or handed over to authorities. According to them, the platform does not collect names, addresses, or precise GPS coordinates from its users. Instead, it uses anonymized polar coordinate calculations based on ZIP codes to trigger location-based alerts.
The statement also attributes the attempted breach to a personal server allegedly tied to a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agent in Southern California. The attackers reportedly tried to inject false alerts into the system but were unsuccessful, the platform says, due to countermeasures and quick isolation of the attack vector. The operators claim the attackers fell for “bait” in the form of fake data and API keys, enabling StopICE to trace their networks and even publish associated IP addresses and phone numbers.
StopICE further downplayed the scale of the incident, claiming the only exposure involved temporary file names after a backend management tool update modified security headers, an issue they say was minor and resolved swiftly.
Keep in mind StopICE is a website, not an app, so some of the stuff the hackers claimed they got don't seem to make sense. The only "personal" info I see the website could collect is a phone number if you sign up for text alerts when someone posts an alert at a zip code / city / state.
Rufus still lets you create Windows To Go installations on a USB drive. (unsupported by Microsoft as you mentioned)
I am curious about your DISM approach, are you just applying the Windows install image onto the USB? Or are you doing it the long way by imaging a normally installed Windows system first? I am very familiar with DISM but never tried applying an entire usable Windows install onto a USB drive that way.
There's no Microsoft official way to do that.
But unofficially - Use Rufus to install Windows To Go on your USB drive with your Windows 11 ISO.
Microsoft discontinued Windows To Go in 2019 so in theory a future Windows update could break those type of installs but for now they still seem to work https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_To_Go
PS - If Lockdown Browser works in a virtual machine environment maybe you also have the option of installing Windows 11 in QEMU + Virt-Manager and just running a Windows VM that way. Works great under Debian.
EDIT: Doing a quick search it looks like Lockdown Browser actually tries to check for virtual machine usage, ugh. Guess they really want you to run a physicial system for that :/ https://support.respondus.com/hc/en-us/articles/4409604116123-I-receive-a-warning-The-browser-cant-be-used-in-virtual-machine-software-such-as-Virtual-PC-VMWare-and-Parallels
That's weird, maybe an update broke something? What I would maybe do is uninstall Xrdp (and maybe remove/rename the old config files just in case), then re-install and configure it. From there if it's still not working try to see what's showing up in the log files maybe.
I did notice that Xrdp requires some extra configuration to work properly with Linux Mint Cinnamon, you apparently need to create a .xsession file in the home folder of whichever user(s) you're trying to remote into. I'm not on Linux Mint myself but maybe searching around will give you some tips e.g. this seems like a good rundown https://gist.github.com/ParkWardRR/2ab9b5d41bbaceca8471d591755a1898
EDIT: You probably already know this from using it before but for RDP on Linux you'd need to remote into a user that is not already logged in.. it's not like in Windows when you can RDP into any user regardless if they're already logged in or not.
Yup, been using Xrdp in a Debian + GNOME Wayland setup without issue.
I've also used GNOME's built in Remote Desktop (RDP) with Wayland. KDE's own RDP should work with Wayland too but I haven't tested that one yet.
Probably not... but it might depend on what you're actually attempting to do.
What is port 6881 in qBittorrent? Is that a proxy port that qBittorrent is using, or are you referring to something else?
And what is it you want to do with the open port on the RPi?
The reason I ask is that qBittorrent does not have any support for incoming bittorrent connections when using a proxy. In other words the qBittorrent Listening Port is ignored when you put it into Proxy mode. Using a proxy in qBittorrent means never having an open port for incoming bittorrent connections, you're always firewalled / not connectable in that configuration.
If that's what you're trying to do it won't work but maybe it could work in a future update eventually.. if you're trying to do something else you may want to expand in your post (?)
e.g.
https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/issues/21134
https://github.com/arvidn/libtorrent/pull/7726
https://github.com/arvidn/libtorrent/pull/8003
PS - Some other communities you can try
!qbittorrent@lemmy.dbzer0.com
!qbittorrent@lemmy.ml
!piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com