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Irdial

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I make computers

  • Will I survive the Linux CLI if I only switch because I'm a student and Arch distro speed?

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  • If your main concern is boat, you will likely be fine with any Linux distribution. There are more beginner friendly ones out there.

    That said, if you play lots of PC games, even if they’re Linux compatible, switching away from Windows isn’t going to magically double your FPS. Hardware still matters.

  • Hegseth declares Anthropic a supply chain risk, restricting military contractors from doing business with AI giant

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  • Using taxpayer dollars to fight culture wars over chatbots. What a timeline.

  • One distro for the next five years?

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  • I've tried just about every distro over the past decade, and I always come back to Ubuntu. It commands the largest share of the Linux market by a large margin, especially when you consider its derivative distributions like Mint and PopOS. It also has excellent support from hardware vendors, specifically NVIDIA in my case.

  • What did you accomplish during the twice monthly outage?

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  • Please post back when you get clarification. I would be happy to donate directly toward maintaining this instance.

  • What did you accomplish during the twice monthly outage?

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  • I started a “songwriting sprint”, and I think I got one or two usable tracks out of it. I’ve also been playing a new Minecraft survival world and reading a book.

    Does anyone know the root cause of these frequent outages and if there’s anything we members can do to help out?

  • FOSS MarkDown Editors

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  • Assuming you’re running Linux and don’t need any advanced features, Apostrophe works well. Obsidian is also a great cross-platform option.

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    Looking for a specific manufacturer of repairable notebooks

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  • Star Labs is a European company that sells laptops and two-in-one tablets with excellent Linux support. They don’t meet all the criteria you listed, but they’re good to mention

  • Proton has handed over 32,076 users' data to governments since 2017. Their own transparency report states a 94% compliance rate in 2024.

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  • I don’t disagree with you, but sending and receiving emails requires transmission of unencrypted metadata. There’s no easy way around it

  • Proton has handed over 32,076 users' data to governments since 2017. Their own transparency report states a 94% compliance rate in 2024.

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  • Proton’s privacy policies state that they retain unencrypted metadata (addresses, timestamps, etc.) which are required to provide the service. This information may be disclosed to law enforcement. However, the actual content in your account is largely end-to-end encrypted. Law enforcement might request it, but without the keys to decrypt it they won’t be able to read your data.

  • Has anyone else switched to a dumbphone?

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  • When I was in grad school, I had a Light Phone II as my primary device. It was more than sufficient for texting and calling, and I could even listen to podcasts. It had a GPS, but it was pretty bad. After graduation I moved to a new area and ended up getting an iPhone. I average around 3-5 hours of screen time per day, but that doesn't include my computer (8 hours a day at work as a computer engineer) or TV. Eventually I would like to return to my Light Phone, or even upgrade to the new third-generation model.

  • [SOLVED] HandBrakeCLI (via ARM) incorrectly marking first subtitle track as "Forced"

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  • What file format are you outputting from HandBrake? Some like MP4 have limited support for subtitle tracks.

  • iOS 26 doesn't offer privacy settings at all for "Home" app

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  • If by “privacy settings” you mean controlling what system permissions the Home app has, you’re out of luck. It’s a semi-default app and may be more deeply embedded into iOS than is apparent.

    If you’re trying to control what other apps have access to HomeKit data, you can find that in Privacy & Security.

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    How do you deal with LUKS?

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  • This is how I do it. I followed this guide to get it set up, and this one to make it work behind a VPN (Tailscale)

  • I think that a simple donation for the NTP Project violates privacy

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  • It’s required by US law for organizations to collect this data on donors. It’s also to your own benefit, as most charitable donations are taxed deductible 

  • My Dream of a Home Router / Server

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  • I share this pipe dream. Increased awareness of and access to self-hosted services encourages decentralization, reduces our reliance on massive data centers, and empowers the public to own their data. For the hobbyist, I think this is already in reach.

    However, in order for such a system to succeed in the wider market, it needs to also be cheap and convenient. Even a Raspberry Pi goes for around $80 these days, and storage is becoming more expensive by the day thanks to AI companies. iCloud storage is only 99 cents a month. If, for example, ISPs were to bundle this software and storage with their modem hardware, it could happen. Hell, they could even charge a small fee to provide you with a publicly accesible domain.

  • Hundreds of Instagram accounts push graphic real-life violence to millions, CBS News finds

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  • I’d argue this is nothing new. I recall coming across some truly horrendous stuff on LiveLeak, Reddit, and even YouTube when I was a child. Most of the time, I was not looking for it. The Internet is no place for the developing mind…

  • Framework supporting far-right racists?

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  • Anyone who read the thread will see that the OP pretty much dropped it after Nirav’s response. Framework is a tiny company without a PR machine for these occasions, and I doubt they knowingly sponsored a project based on the developers’ political ideologies. Let’s all take some deep breaths.

  • I wrote a simple tool chain called 'gem2web' for creating HTML pages for my self-hosted website. I released it publically under GPL3. Source linked inside. (python+shell)

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  • Very cool. Reminds me of the Madness markdown server.

  • Does Cloudflare provide anonymity?

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  • According to W3Techs, Cloudflare is used for 80.9% of all known reverse proxy endpoints which account for 19.8% of the entire Internet. It’s safe to say it’s used to host both legal and illegal content with that broad of a scope.

    They are an American company and must cooperate with law enforcement when abuse is reported. If you’re planning on hosting pirated content, that most definitely violates their terms of service and will get you in trouble.

  • Selfhosted @lemmy.world
    Irdial @lemmy.sdf.org

    retiring the pigeon homelab

    www.josephbellahcen.com /engineering/2025/08/29/retiring-the-pigeon-homelab
  • raspberrypi @lemmy.ml
    Irdial @lemmy.sdf.org

    Pilet Mini Computer

    www.raspberrypi.com /news/pilet-mini-pi-5-modular-computer/
  • macOS @lemmy.world
    Irdial @lemmy.sdf.org

    Desktop Grid Quirks

  • Linux @lemmy.ml
    Irdial @lemmy.sdf.org

    Shared Data Partition for macOS/Linux Dual Boot

  • Technology @beehaw.org
    Irdial @lemmy.sdf.org

    Thoughts on BOOX Tab Ultra C?

    shop.boox.com /collections/all/products/tabultrac
  • Linux @lemmy.ml
    Irdial @lemmy.sdf.org

    Yubikey on Linux?