The same as the pink ribbon for breast cancer: awareness. "Why is everyone praising Clippy?" becomes "Who the hell is Louis Rossman?" becomes "Why is Rossman so angry at tech?".

But beyond a certain point, I think it just adds noise. Rossman's original intention is to educate people about anti-consumer practices, and more importantly, to call people to action. Many people will stop at Clippy because it feels like they did something without any real effect. It becomes a feel-good pretend non-activism, like Kony 2012, or that one time David Guetta ended racism.

1d ago

huh. didn't expect that

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rtxn @lemmy.world 1d ago

The original image gives me strong "Shepard, Tali, and Garrus doing shenanigans" vibes.

3d ago

Dangers of the privacy rabbit hole

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rtxn @lemmy.world 3d ago

I think you forgot level 6: happily growing crops and raising chickens on a remote farm where the most high-tech device for miles is a rotary hoe.

4d ago

When and how often do you update your system?

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rtxn @lemmy.world 4d ago

Rolling release doesn't mean that no testing is done. All updated packages are tested by maintainers before being released into the official repository. A rolling release simply means that there are no individually marked OS versions and you always get the latest packages.

In contrast, take Debian for example. It uses a point release system with major named versions (e.g. Debian 13 "Trixie"), minor point releases (e.g. 13.1), and security and bugfix patches between those. New feature updates are released only between point releases, and breaking changes are only introduced between major versions. This allows the maintainers to practice a greater amount of care in testing that the packages work well together, but also means that new features are always held back to some extent. This does not happen in a rolling release system. All upstream changes are pulled, tested, and released, regardless of whether a breaking change is introduced.

By its nature, a rolling release distribution will require a greater amount of maintenance. If a package update requires manual intervention, it will be published on archlinux.org. For as long as I've been a Linux user, I've only seen one package update that made systems temporarily unbootable, and I was saved from that by being a Manjaro user at the time.

But, to answer the question, I usually update my home and work PCs (both Arch) about once every week or two, or as required by a new software or important security update.

4d ago

What headsets are linux gamers using?

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rtxn @lemmy.world 4d ago

It's less about the concept of a game-centric headset and more about the brands that sell themselves as "We Are Gamers" with angular shapes and RGB out the ass. Steelseries, Razer, Alienware, Aorus, ROG... I've had many bad experiences both personally and professionally. The only one I didn't end up regretting was Logitech G. The G502 mouse is a beast.

4d ago

What headsets are linux gamers using?

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rtxn @lemmy.world 4d ago

I used to own a HyperX Cloud Flight. It's the best wireless headset I've ever tried. It comes with a USB dongle, no Bluetooth. Worked out of the box on Arch. I bought mine before HP infested HyperX, but my sister uses a post-buyout one and she says it's perfect.

Pros:

Audio quality is great for fun (games and films), decent for music and critical listening. The frequency response has a common V shape, but the bass doesn't blow out the top ends (eat a dick, Raycon).
Eight-hour battery life, can be used while charge cable is connected.
Aux input that bypasses the internal DAC.
Signal can penetrate several solid brick walls.
Comfortable even on my melon head.
Mic is detachable. Quality is as good as an Aussie wanker can expect.

Cons:

Micro-USB charger port.
Volume control is a click wheel that sends volume up/down keystrokes to the PC. I had to remove it from mine because it wore out and would "bounce" and send several keystrokes every time I touched it.
The earpads are covered in shitty leatherette that will fall off in a few months.

In general, avoid anything "Gamer". You're paying for the brand, not the quality. Even the cheapest "audiophile" headphones are better.

Wireless headsets will always be limited by their internal DAC. Another option is to get a decent wired headset and a dedicated wireless DAC. I currently use a modded Beyerdynamic DT770 and an AKG K-240, and if I need them to be wireless, I clip a Fiio BTR5 to the headstrap and connect it with a short cable.

5d ago

Definition

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rtxn @lemmy.world 5d ago

Like an alpha particle: very low penetrative power.

5d ago

How to Install Linux!

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rtxn @lemmy.world 5d ago

TORVALDS is a powerful Great Prince of Hell who has 618 legions of demons under his command. He gives true answers of all things past, present, and yet to come; he reveals the secrets and source of the kernel if asked; and he grants to the conjurer power and authority over devices and binds them to the conjurer's will.

6d ago

Xbox chief Phil Spencer is leaving Microsoft

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rtxn @lemmy.world 6d ago

His name was Ozymandias, King of Kings.

6d ago

RTFM is Sage

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rtxn @lemmy.world 6d ago

I guess I forgot to point out (six months ago, well done) that these are free loaners provided by the university. Usually high-end, current-generation hardware. They can be smart on their own devices, that's neither my concern nor my responsibility, but these are not theirs to disembowel.

6d ago

Flood of vibe-coded/slopware spam?

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rtxn @lemmy.world 6d ago

I'd love to know what an actual moderator would think if you imposed your idea on them.

6d ago

Flood of vibe-coded/slopware spam?

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rtxn @lemmy.world 6d ago

report bad faith posts

You're supposed to report posts that break instance or community rules, not whatever you happen to consider to be "bad faith". You can't moderate based on intent, only actions, otherwise you're asking for a thought police where only the popular opinion is permitted to exist.

Besides, even if your instance has disabled downvotes, other instances can still see them.

6d ago

Flood of vibe-coded/slopware spam?

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rtxn @lemmy.world 6d ago

Depending on your sorting method, downvoted posts will be featured less favorably in list views. You will immediately know that a heavily downvoted post is not worth your attention. Some clients might let you filter displayed posts based on vote counts or up/down ratio.

6d ago

Flood of vibe-coded/slopware spam?

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rtxn @lemmy.world 6d ago

Downvote and move on. Mute accounts and communities you don't want to see. Curate your own feed. Simple as.

1w ago

(SOLVED) I need help with networking for VirtualBox guests running on Windows hosts.

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rtxn @lemmy.world 1w ago

The issue was ARP-related after all. Since all computers were cloned from the same image, the VMs ended up having the same MAC address, which caused collisions.

1w ago

(SOLVED) I need help with networking for VirtualBox guests running on Windows hosts.

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rtxn @lemmy.world 1w ago

I think you need four distinct MAC addresses for this setup, are they all different?

We have a winner!

The classroom computers were mass-deployed using Clonezilla, from a disk image that already had the VM pre-configured. As a result, every VM had the same MAC address. Bridged networking put both hosts and both VMs in the same broadcast domain, which caused collisions in the ARP tables. I randomized the MAC address of one VM and everything suddenly started working.

It's never been an issue since we've never needed to use anything other than the default NAT adapter, so I've never even questioned it. I found the solution after plugging the computers directly into an access switch without success, and cross-checking show mac address-table with the MAC reported by the VMs revealed that they were identical.