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  • Leaving rooted Android [OC]

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  • never once succeeded in any meaningful way that I'm confident I can lose the thing and restore it on another device.

    I do a full backup. transfer the backup file to the other phone. initiate restore - errors, incomplete data, apps are never to rarely transferred, a total mess. phones aren't the same but are similar (SDM845) and the same LOS 22.2 with microG and magisk.

  • Leaving rooted Android [OC]

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  • can you expand on the backup and possibly restore that worked for you? no solution I tried on a rooted lineageos worked, tried phone to similar phone and restore to same phone after wipe. tried adb, seedvault, neobackup, a couple others (anything with backup on fdroid) none worked remotely acceptable.

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    How do you deal with LUKS?

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  • have the data drive (movies, backups, etc) get decrypted with a keyfile from the system SSD. you're safe to lose, throw away, sell your data drive and don't have to bother with shredding the data. this takes hours for drives of any significant size.

  • I have two partitions, one for the OS, and one for storage. Can I expand the OS partition without losing data?

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  • consider switching to btrfs which has subvolumes (think partitions as folders, no need to predefine their size) and you'll never have to deal with this again. also compression and deduping (all those duplicate games dlls and whatnot take up space only once)

  • Crypto got everything it wanted. Now it's sinking

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  • flawed premise, spurious observations, bullshit conclusions. that crap has waaay too much real-world exposure, and sunken cost fallacy won't let it wither into oblivion.

    like, you can't make someone who bought a $20 rice cooker concede it's a bullshit appliance, let alone swaths of morons that sank billions of real world money into it.

  • Bitcoin is quietly imploding

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  • Ixnay with the "totally". Chainalysis had monero tracking tools years ago. Seriously doubt they got worse at it.

  • [Thinkpad T14] Files become corrupted but only when downloaded

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  • only on downloads? so the issue is the downloading app, what browser are you using?

  • LineageOS for MicroG 22.2 + Root Updating Procedure?

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  • what's this other slot thing, can you explain it a bit? I've seen the option but never used it.

    I do it the stupid way, rarely update LOS precisely because I have to reinstall magisk again.

  • Jeffrey Epstein and Steve Bannon having casual boomer conversations in 2018

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  • How can you be this illiterate?!

  • Are people here using DeltaChat? Seems like an easier to use alternative to Matrix and more decentralized than Signal

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  • I have it running for one client (as opposed to double-digits of prosody/XMPP and synapse/Matrix) and for their very limited use case, it works. I haven't attempted converting anyone else over there and I think there are two main concerns for wider adoption.

    uno, I happen to know a bit about the infra it's running on, basically a dovecot/postfix/postgresql stack for the majority of cases. that thing, although battle tested and widely documented and supported, isn't without its quirks for the intended use as an instant messenger. there are issues with long-running those services and amateur-hosting those things is a challenge. e.g. each "message" you send is essentially a separate e-mail, and so is the reply, and so on (completely obscured for the enduser). so, in 15 minutes of "chatting", you're creating entries in a mailbox that would take months to fill.

    dos, the client apps have bad UX and are downright spartan compared to the eye-candy-rich counterparts like Telegram or iMessage, thus hampering adoption from unmotivated users; the users had to be forced (as cajoling didn't work) to use the thing for its intended purpose and not take their correspondence to accustomed message platforms.

    so, both those things can be worked around but I'd caution anyone to not jump headfirst without testing things out thoroughly.

  • Linux MacBooks & the cursed Broadcom module

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  • what you describe would be an ardous journey... if the mentioned macbooks cost like $500. or $1000. truly, that sorta thing is nothing short of masochistic and no sane person should bother with that.

    you're making broad statements based on very shitty hardware - 4 gig dual-core laptop isn't a very representative experience when you can get solid workstations for pocket change.

    the macbooks I get are in the $20 region and for that kinda "money" I get absolute top-notch quality hardware, that, although dated, is more than adequate for the vast majority of uses. spending a coupla minutes to tweak it post-install isn't a huge price to pay.

    here's my headless 2014 MBP (i7-4770HQ with 16 GB, Intel Iris) doing its thing. was sold "for parts" due to busted screen for $25 ($40 asking).

    so, yeah, dicking around with broadcom's stack is a thing, but it's a thing that you do once and then it just works. I'm as bleeding edge as reasonably possible (F43) on all models I run and I haven't got any issues, akmod builds the driver on every kernel install, which if you're doing actual work on the thing isn't something you're doing often.

    as to how to install without LAN, you use your Android phone and tether its Wifi via USB. after five minutes (full system upgrade, install broadcom-wl via rpmfusion for e.g. Fedora) you're done. or, use the netinstall thing the same way. there's also a buncha stuff needed to make the experience better (undervolt, LID0 wake events, etc)

    not sure about Airs but MBP 2015 models (possibly 2013/14 as well) can be retrofitted with a $5 adapter board that lets you fit a regular Intel M.2 NGFF in there, eliminating the tainted kernel issue.

  • What distro do you install on other's computers?

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  • zorin woulda been a solid contender if it weren't for the crew involved and its murky path forward. but as a first, "see it ain't that bad" step, sure.

  • What distro do you install on other's computers?

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  • can't give the thing out as-is, there's a buncha stuff in there pertaining to our infra. restructuring and refactoring it (the thing doesn't even use roles, just a gargantuan yml file with tasks) is long overdue and I thought your query would be the thing that pushes me over the line to finally do it, but after an hour with it I gave up it's just too big of a mess.

    I had the same path as you, was irritated that maintaining idempotency of the existing bash scripts was such a huge task, so started piece by piece, one task, test, add another, etc. mainly by following jeff geerling's guides and then venturing out on my own by reading the official docs. tried utilizing bullshitgpt on a coupla occasions, but the thing constantly made up shit that doesn't exist costing me time I ain't got, so I gave up on it.

  • What distro do you install on other's computers?

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  • 400+ installs in the past four years - discarded/donated business laptops that get fixed, cleaned, upgraded with cheapest SSDs and donated to predominantly tech illiterate users.

    99% is ubuntu lts + ansible playbook that removes snap, disables A TON of update naggings, installs flatpak, coupla apps and systemd timer to autoupdate all flatpaks. this is the only thing that has low support requests, everything else we tried (mint, debian, fedora) has a disproportionately higher support request frequency (reinstalls, wifi, fix this, remove that, etc).

    I totally could adapt debian to be as good or even better (fedora with the bi-annual versions is right out), but one of the important caveats is the user being able to install it with minimum hassle if needed and that just would not be doable.

    I'd urge everyone ITT to look at the thing through the user's eyes and not get lost in "no true scottsman" fallacies. the goal is to convert a user over, not to demonstrate how cool you are. once they know what's what, you can sell them on fedora and atomic and whatnot, but not as a first step.

    I don't use ubuntu, have it on none of my stuff, and wouldn't go out with you if you do. but it's presently the only option for beginners for use on laptops that has a semblance of a modern desktop OS.

  • Cheaper MacBook powered by iPhone chip coming in 2026, per new report

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  • they're gonna make a killing if this is truly in the $600 range, which is well inside their capabilities and profit margins. even just dumping it at non-US markets would make everyone and their uncle switch over.

    linux coulda had that shot but the fragmentation of the options, the toxic fanbase, and shortsightedness of practically every player makes this super-improbable.

  • Cheaper MacBook powered by iPhone chip coming in 2026, per new report

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  • that's not a thing,

    what is a thing is you involuntarily becoming part of apple's covert peer-to-peer network of unknown security, breadth, or function, that works even when your device is supposedly off and that you can't opt out of or disable.

  • The Framework/Omarchy thing.

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  • all the fascist bullshit aside, this is a project from a dude that was a decades long apple fanboy and discovered linux like yesterday has zero clue on how to do things well because he's a Maverick Trailblazer and what do the little people know this is the way and whatnot so I guess yeah we is back at the fascist thing and yeah stay away.

  • I have HD hearing now.

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  • so you don't blast it at the blockage, if I understand it correctly? you blast it under the blockage it so it flows to the ear drum and then the pressure coming back out flushes the thing out?

  • I have HD hearing now.

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  • who told you to do that, on your own or did a medical professional tell you to do it? are you using tap water or what? how's this irrigation different than aiming the shower head at your ear?