Hi! I use arch btw!

>>109486681
Hi Arch im Nobara

Is there an alternative to LTSC yet?

>>109486600

I'm considering switching to Linux.
Yes or no?

>>109487048
it doesn't work like that. Replace all the applications you use with free open source alternatives and then change the os

>>109487152
>Replace all the applications you use with free open source alternatives
I already did this for the most part long time ago. Personal computer + phone

>>109487152
it doesn't work like that. I NEED my expensive Adobe subscription to edit my mediocre Youtube videos that get under a hundred views

>>109487048
Install Gentoo

>>109487209
What makes you want to swap?
If you game it can be tough because small indie companies like Riot, Epic and Ubisoft aren't staffed enough to allow you to play everything there.
If your computer is nothing more than a browser bootstrap you can switch today.

>>109487228
I don't play any games that install anti-cheat rootkits or denuvo on my PC. Even on windows.

>>109487228
>What makes you want to swap?
Control over my machine.
Getting spied on ("telemetry")
Freedom in general

>>109487238
>>109487249
Idk who is real anon but:
Are you just looking for affirmation or distro recommendations?
CachyOS if gaming but stay away from the AUR.
Mint/Fedora for light gaming

>>109487251
These were both my replies because I forgot to answer all your questions.
I want both and maybe some beginner tips?
Is Cachy legit? I always thought it's a meme distro and to stay away from those?

Should I disable secure boot and TPM in bios on a new computer if I only plan to use Linux? Genuinely no clue if either of these is useful or if they just get in the way since my current PC doesn't have them.

>>109487327
>Should I disable secure boot
Yes
>and TPM
You can but there is no need

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What gamepad should I get if I use Linux and do not want to deal with configuring and remapping shit?

I play both native games and emulators up to the WiiU generation.

I remember using a PS3 controller years ago which "worked," but the buttons were mapped incorrectly/unintuitively, don't want to deal with that again.

Had a wired Xbox 360 controller for years and it worked like a charm, but it just broke. Would buy another, but Microshaft doesn't manufacture them anymore.

Right now I'm leaning towards an 8BitDo Ultimate 2C Wireless. Any other suggestions?

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>>109486697
>nobara
arent you worried that the literally single developer dies or gets bored of developing that shit?

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>>109487364
ive tried ALOT of controllers 1st party and chink made.
Gamesir cyclone v2 is what I use now and its my favorite.
unless you need D-pad, then I suggest 8bitdo m30

>>109487324
Cachy is fine. It's a bleeding edge distro forked from one of the big Linux distros, Arch Linux. Not sure how much all the tunes like the custom kernel actually matter but it seems to only offer margin of error tier gains. If you have a recent CPU the packages specifically compiled for your architecture do make a bit of a difference in the overall speed of your system though.
The "meme" status comes from it being fairly new and a gamer oriented distro (many long time linux users see the influx of clueless gamers into the ecosystem as a menace). Basically anything new, targeted to a specific audience and with a smallish team is a "meme" in the sense that it has less quality control and there is no guarantee it will keep being supported down the line when compared to big boy distros that these smaller ones fork from but tl;dr is that CachyOS is just fine at the moment. Easy to set up, up to date and it has an active community. If your main focus is gaming then it's probably easiest to get help here when you have questions.

Personally I went with Fedora and I have not regretted it. It has a long history with many contributors and is a very "normal person" oriented distro with sane defaults. Packages are pretty up to date but not absolute bleeding edge (I prefer this, lower chance of issues). Only thing is you need to install some codecs from a separate repo since they don't serve copyrighted stuff on Fedora repos. There is no such thing as distro you can game on and distro you can't game on, for the most part what matters is not being too outdated, you can put Steam and launchers for non-Steam games on anything really. Honestly if you are new you can just hop around trying different distros and settle on whichever you like the best, it's what most people do.

Video files (mp4s, webms) in the kde plasma file picker don't show video previews like you'd expect, they just show the generic video icon. this doesn't apply to image files. tried changing the default video player (tried haruna & mpv) but it doesn't fix it. this issue doesn't happen in dolphin

>>109487390
Not that guy but it's not like it's a huge task to just install a different distro if your current stops being supported so being anxious about the future is kind of pointless. It's why I will always recommend having only a small volume for your system and keeping most of your data separate. Easy to format.

>>109487251
"light gaming"
You are a retard. You can "game" on any distro. But if gaming is your only reason to switch over just stay on windows. Don't give any advice because you are clearly unqualified for this as you believe that a distro is a separate operating system.

>>109487459
Usually fixed by installing ffmpegthumbnailer and then deleting ~/.cache/thumbnails directory

>>109487474
>You can "game" on any distro
Can I game on Knoppix?

>>109487821
knoppix comes with tux racer
its peak gaming

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>>109487821
fun fact, I switched to Linux because in 2002 a magazine came with a copy of Knoppix and I kept booting into it just to play Frozen Bubble

If I install CachyOS with systemd, straight UEFI boot, no GRUB etc.
Does that mean it builds a Unified Kernel Image? I don't really see it mentioned *specifically*.

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>>109488269
Looks like bust a move

>>109488376
it's a clone

>>109488318
If you chose systemd during installation it will use systemd-boot which is a bootloader. If you do not want a bootloader you have to follow the manual steps from the arch wiki. In that case using a UKI is recommended because of compatibility reasons.

>>109488813
Thanks. Would you recommend doing this post-install, or install Cachy manually/immediately with a UKI through pacstrap or something?

>Arch
>Bottles for running Windows shit
>can't get external optical drive to be used by all programs
How do I fix this? It works in one of them, but not the other two.

>>109489248
If you are using the cachy installer you have to install a bootloader first and then remove it after. Once installed you can follow the arch wiki on how to set up a UKI and direct kernel boot. Be prepared to chroot into your install with a live usb if you fuck something up or wipe the nvram with a bios update.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Unified_kernel_image

I personally wouldn't do it because of the added hassle with bios updates.

>>109489384
You can install the UKI in the default UEFI path and avoid bios updates making your system unbootable. But you are missing out on kernel select on boot and btrfs snapshots.

>>109487364
I have an 8BitDo. It works great, only thing I don't like is it doesn't report its battery charge when using the dongle. Not sure if it does over Bluetooth or not but I prefer using the 2.4 GHz dongle.

>>109486681
hi, i use malware btw.

>>109489340
>Bottles for running Windows shit
Found the problem. Man up and use QEMU/KVM.

>>109487364
8bitdo is a great temporary/casual controller because it's so cheap but it's not really nice in the long run, analogs are not precise enough and the form factor isn't comfortable enough. I do have one but I don't use controller that much. For example, after playing fighting games for a while the d-pad began to 'lean' and I was producing accidental jumps...Right analog stick has strange issue in which it accelerates faster than the left analog stick at certain point and so on.
I don't think you need to configure any controller on linux these days no matter what you end up choosing.

>>109490139
It's cheap but also miles better than other cheap controllers that sell for a similar price or lower.

You can spend stupid money on a controller these days if you really wanted to. Razer has ones that are $200, shit's ridiculous but I think you do get good analogue sticks for that price at least.

how do i change where my taskbar is on gnome? I don't like it being at the fucking top like it is.

It seems like my Fedora install started shitting itself after two months of usage. Whenever I put my laptop to sleep, there's a pretty huge chance my extensions stop working properly, they either reset to defaults or require a complete reinstall, I don't see any errors in the logs though. Is it just the Linux hibernation that sucks or am I retarded? Or both.

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>>109490399
Step 1. Delete GNOME.
Step 2. Install KDE.
Step 3. Have a read: https://woltman.com/gnome-bad/

>>109490427
tried KDE, didn't like it one bit.

>>109490455
Then stay with your uncustomizable taskbar

>>109490256
>You can spend stupid money on a controller these days if you really wanted to.
this is true. if you play melee competitively for instance, expect to spend anywhere from $150-250 on just a pretty good controller, not even top level which would be $300+

>>109490455
ok gnomie

When I save a file in the KDE file picker there's a checkbox that will automatically add the right extension if I rename the file. However this does not apply to .mp4 files for whatever reason. This doesn't seem to be an issue with Firefox as I've found its also happening in Chromium browsers and Discord.

I am starting to be a "I don't want to be apart of that" anon. I don't want to be assosiacted with a company called "micro soft" or "troons". This is getting way to complicated and I might just quit the internet/computers.

>>109490455
Jew

>>109490512
Chromium is probably using something called kdialogue that's not the actual KDE picker but is similar to it.

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Anyone feel really powerful when logging in as root? I totally control the computer. It's my slave and I can make it do exactly what I want.

>>109490533
>he doesn't know about firmware, hypervisor, SMM and Intel ME.

If you want to use a systemd free Distro.. the choices are.. silm in terms of gaming or?

>>109490597
Why use systemd free distro?

>>109490612
cause is kinda bloated?

>>109490619
No? Where is the bloat?

>>109490619
what are you running? a 486?

>>109490625
I couldn't tell you because the thing is so fucking big I wouldn't even know where to look

>>109490648
Lazy deflection. You could do better than that, anonç

>>109490619
NTA but it's a very large monolithic piece of software written by a microsoft employee. I.e., an ideal hiding place for backdoors.

>>109490663
>open source software used and audited by milliions
>"ideal place to hide backdoors"
It's monolithic. It's great. Everything is interconnected that way.

>>109490597
No?
Steam works fine on Gentoo. All games I tried do. Since Artix is really just Arch but with different repos, I'd expect it works there too, but I have never tried Artix.

>>109490676
Being monolithic is largely what makes it not so great though (regarding security and backdoors).
Look at, for example, how the Xz supply chain attack was able to cleverly exploit Systemd to open up SSH access to an attacker.

>>109490663
>monolithic
Do you even know where you are? We love monolithic over here. The Linux kernel is the definition of it.

Nobara is a cute Linux Distro, UwU :3

>>109490720
ZX utils is everywhere. Not just systemd. Everything could be attacked.

>>109490740
No, it specifically targeted libsystemd a library that many programs link to, including OpenSSH.
The attack wouldn't work on a system without Systemd since it's not there to be exploited.

>>109490746
This could've happend with X. Aren't you glad that replaced it with less monolithic wayland compositors?

>monolithic (systemd)
:|
>monolithic (xorg)
:O

>>109490792
X isn't present on high security fucking servers though, is it?
Having this huge God library that most of the world links to and can potentially be exploited remotely is maybe not a good idea.

>>109490726
Ackshually... The Linux kernel is incredibly modular and has an absurd amount of configuration parameters. You could build any operating system you want on top of it.
It's only monolithic in the sense it becomes a single file when you compile it.
systemd, on the other hand, is just silly. It demands that its services are run as PID 1, with root privileges of course. That only makes sense for the init, not for services like resolved or timesyncd.

>>109490840
>You could build any operating system you want on top of it.
who the hell would even want to use an operating system build on linux?

>>109490840
Nobody cares. Really. I'm sick of this "monolithic bad" debate. It works? Yes it works. Is it great at whatever it does? Yes it is. It applies for both systemd and kernel itself. There is a reason distro maintainers collectively chose to use systemd.

>my kernel?
monolithic
>my display server?
monolithic
>my init system?
monolithic
>my desktop environment?
monolithic

>>109490846
wut? Look in what thread you are

>>109490865
join them all together and make it immutable

>>109486600
I have a 1TB SATA drive with Nobara on it and a 256 GB with Windows, if I set /nvme/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common as an extra library
>1-Will Proton recognize the existing installs?
>2-Will Windows be smart enough to ignore any files Proton creates when I boot into it?
Not sure if relevant, but the drive itself is mounted under /home/anon/Winblows

>>109491159
a 256 GB NVME*, fugg, I knew I was forgetting something

>>109491159
Do not run games from NTFS partitions. https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/wiki/Using-a-NTFS-disk-with-Linux-and-Windows

>>109491259
Welp, glad I asked here before trying it then

>>109491259
>NTFS

>>109486600
Betatester for Google and Amazon megathread. Y’all losers

>>109487364
I've been with logitech controllers for decades

>>109487403
>>109490028
>>109490139
>>109490256
>>109490500
Thanks for the input. I ordered the 8BitDo controller I was already eyeing, at 28 Euros it's not much of a risk. If I don't like it or it breaks quickly, I'll buy either a PS5 or modern Xbawks controller.

>fighting games
yeah those wear gamepads out quickly. If you play Tekken or something like that competitively, just use the keyboard, or an arcade controller.

>>109490028
>Not sure if it does over Bluetooth or not
It doesn't. I have a Pro 2 and the battery pack is basically just 2 AAs and it takes normal AAs as well. I know voltage tapers as battery level drops but I don't know if the charge can be reliably estimated on AAs generally.

>>109492609
>I don't know if the charge can be reliably estimated on AAs generally
My Meta Quest does a fairly good job estimating the charge of the AA batteries in the controllers

I've been on MATE for a long time now and I've gotten sick of issues with it, like the desktop icons not aligning properly and the file manager not being able to display icons correctly, I'm thinking of switching to Cinnamon, what am I in for?

>>109493566
switch to kde. don't bother with gtk.

>>109493566
all desktop environments are shit. Just use i3 and terminal apps.

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use case for this?

>>109493576
I really wish I could but I'm already balls deep in GTK3 and learned enough CSS/Sass to make my own themes and went as far as patching GTK3 to add thumbnails in the file picker, I have love-hate relationship with GTK3, I really hate it but can't stop using it.
I don't want to relearn all this shit again with KDE, besides, KDE is too bloated for my taste, I tried Trinity and liked it how it looks but it krashed on me lol, guess I will stick with MATE for now.
>>109493646
I already use terminal for most things, however I need a file manager to display thumbnails and images, I also like having a desktop view with icons arranged in an orderly grid.

does fedora still use grub?

>>109493770
yes

>>109493342
Discharge curve varies with chemistry, so you only know (probably) fully charged, semi, or near dead.

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>>109490493
ONLY IF Gnome had that. Gnome apps are the best but the desktop itself sucks balls.
>>109493770
How's that relevant? Boot up an EFI-stub.

anyone else having obs crash on arch?

>>109486600
I don't distrohop anymore but I do still desktop hop between Trinity and a minimal LXQt session with Fluxbox.
>LXQt lacks a complete suite with convenient utilities like a calculator, a non-standard LXQt install will have you tinkering for it to work like expected
>Trinity has everything you need but many components are just so outdated you need to replace them with modern alternatives that might not be entirely compatible with the rest of the desktop

>librewolf finally added to the Arch repos
Finally. It also made me aware of the fact that some of Arch's package maintainers are pronoun people, sad. Well as long as the software works as expected.

>>109494396
No, run it in a terminal and check the output when it crashes.

I couldn’t fully describe in a reasonable timeframe how nice it is to be using mint cinnamon after a lifetime of windows and macos. It’s like my whole life my eyes were blindfolded until now and I’m not exaggerating

>>109494654
I hear mint is an incredibly good experience for non power user ex-windows users, yes.

>>109494685
cinnamon is clucky
cinnamon is inconsistent
cinnamon doesn't allow you to disable the resistance that windows have (it used to but they removed it when they updated muffin?)
cinnamon is shit font rendering
cinnamon has shit scaling
cinnamon has no thumbnails in the file picker

>>109494693
*has

>>109494693
I would rather recommend KDE, but the fact remains a lot of people are pleased with Mint's experience.

>>109494706
wish they based cinnamon on something better with all that libadwaita and gtk 4 software happening. it really made mints cinnamon dated and feel like it.

>>109494685
Can I even be considered an exwindows user if that was my only choice? If someone told me I could do my browsing on a os that didn’t have all the humiliation rituals of windows I would’ve switched much sooner
>>109494693
Don’t know what half these things mean. I just got it because I was told it’s the most user friendly experience. Should I play around with an arch dual boot?

>>109494769
no don't listen to me. i used mint (with cinnamon and only cinnamon) myself for very long.

>>109494769
If you want to mess around with another distro, the ootb CachyOS experience is pretty good, and far more approachable for newbies than raw Arch.

>>109486600
I hate networkmanager like you wouldn't believe...
what are some decent alternatives to networkmanager? ideally CLI programs
also, what the fuck happened to wicd?

>>109494781
Well my point is I got mint cinamon because I wanted an ootb but now I think I’m ready to experiment

>>109494807
I literally just use systemd-networkd. It makes KDE's system monitor cry, but I don't really use that anyway.
If you're using wifi, complement it with iwd, but allow systemd-networkd to manage the interface (default behavior).

>>109494807
Damn, I installed Gentoo just so I could

USE="-networkmanager"

Case you use systemd, systemd-networkd is the natural way to do IPs and stuff.
>>109494852
iwd is the thing nowadays huh? What happened to wpa_supplicant?

>>109494852
>>109494878
>systemd-networkd is the alternative to networkmanager
what is going on in the linux world, man?

>iwd

$ iwd
Command 'iwd' not found[...]

>>109494903
IMO the point of NetworkManager is the nice applet for various desktop environments, not much the ability to set an IP address for a network interface. What I really hate about NetworkManager is the fact that various desktop environments have it as a hard dependency but on Gentoo you can disable it as it's a build option.
>Command 'iwd' not found[...]
Obviously you got to install it first.

>>109494934
>IMO the point of NetworkManager is the nice applet for various desktop environments
sure, but its defaults are overly intrusive and retarded, IMO.
I'm looking for a replacement because I realized, for the nth time, that NetworkManager is making my browsing shittier. this time, it was the powersaving "feature" making my wifi connection shittier by losing about 3% of the packets being sent.

>on Gentoo
I'll avoid being insulting or aggressive in this thread because it's supposed to be friendly... so I guess I'll just say nothing more about this.

>>109494878
>What happened to wpa_supplicant?
It exists, I don't use it personally. I think it's associated/mostly used with NetworkManager.
>>109494903
Install it?

>>109495010
>Install it?
it's not in the repos (ubuntu)
and I won't install it if it uses anything related to systemd
also, yeah, it's for wifi.

anyway, thanks for the help, but please let me know if there are other alternatives.

>>109495229
>it's not in the repos (ubuntu)
The fuck? There is no way ubuntu is that shit, iwd is not some weird niche hobbyist software.
>and I won't install it if it uses anything related to systemd
It doesn't, it can completely handle everything related to the wifi device on its own including configuring the interface (if you set EnableNetworkConfiguration=true).
I just intentionally choose not to let it handle configuring the interface because I prefer to utilize networkd.
>please let me know if there are other alternatives
Honestly not sure why you wouldn't just use iwd, other than the fact that apparently, somehow, it's not in ubuntu's repository (which is ridiculous).

>>109495262
>iwd (iNet wireless daemon) is a wireless daemon for Linux written by Intel. The core goal of the project is to optimize resource utilization by not depending on any external libraries and instead utilizing features provided by the Linux Kernel to the maximum extent possible.
>iwd can work in standalone mode or in combination with comprehensive network managers like ConnMan, systemd-networkd and NetworkManager.

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>>109490597
>the choices are.. silm in terms of gaming
skill issue
install gentoo
pic related
if you're scared you're going to break something put it in your old hardware if you weren't an idiot and sold

>>109491159
Don't do it, you risk file corruption on the ntfs drive because the linux ntfs driver is not proprietary aka not microsoft's, so that's just asking for trouble.
Give unto Bill Gates what belongs to Bill Gates.

>>109490648
The final argument of every systemd opponent here.
>it's bad because uhhh, it's just bad okay!
Just use systemd, it's actually very good at what it does and even if it has features you don't use, they literally don't affect you unless maybe you're on some tiny embedded system with very limited resources.

>>109491159
Do not do this. NTFS on linux is a choice between stable or fast, never both. You'll also probably EVENTUALLY cause corruption, or at least it's not guaranteed that you won't.

Additionally, https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/5168
Though this can be mitigated with https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/wiki/Using-a-NTFS-disk-with-Linux-and-Windows#preventing-ntfs-read-errors

>>109495309
what gayme

>>109495262
>>it's not in the repos (ubuntu)
>The fuck?
actually, nvm, it is in the repos. not sure why apt-get didn't suggest it before

>>109495272
>ConnMan
that's what I was looking for! I heard of it before but I had forgotten. will try that.

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At this point Linux is so easy to use and install, game on and do regular tasks that only the most die hard people will stay on windows.

Fedora KDE should be the default Linux distro. It has all the modern features and just werks.

>>109496197
how much preinstalled bloat does it have?
i remember in the past they include the whole kde suite

>>109496352
it has basically as much as mint but in kde you get maybe 5 more applications

>>109496197
It's probably not a bad idea for grandma, but personally I really don't like not being on rolling. I constantly find I actually DO want feature X that just came out in software Y.
I don't know how this would translate to normie games though.

>>109496197
I’m stuck on Windows 10 on my 13-year-old laptop…

>>109496490
Stuck? Why?
>>109496197
More of a gnome guy myself, but I would grab KDE or Cinnamon for someone else. LXQT for older hardware.

>>109496197
what will you do if Fedora (Red Hat) will implement via systemd a Age Verification via ID?

>>109497002
I haven't been on linux for very long and don't know much, but with what I've heard, I can't help but also be concerned about this outcome.

Hopefully, since systemd and Fedora are open source, someone will make a fork of it should some kind of verification get implemented.

>>109494693
>this is so nice to use I really like it
>UMMMM IT'S SHIT ACTUALLY
why are linux users like this?

>>109497051
It would probably just be a script that you add to Ventoy, or whatever bootable installer you prefer.

>>109497002
>>109497051
The eventual goal is to completely block you from the internet unless you authenticate with a hardware attested device. That rules out every Linux PC and every VM. Maybe they will have some mercy and let you scan a QR code with your iOS or Android device though

>>109497073
we should just make our own internet

zen browser or waterfox?

>>109496404
fedora has up to date software for the most part

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the fuck is wrong with youtube

>>109494724
>libadwaita and gtk 4
Utter garbage, they even explained in a post why they are against moving to libadwaita and gtk4, what I really wish for is for them to move to Qt

>>109490403
That doesn't sound normal. Might be an extension issue.

>>109490399
Use GNOME Extensions. There's a couple which let you change where the taskbar is and how it looks, and a couple which let you replace it with a configurable panel or a dock.

>>109494636
>pronoun people
Who cares? The important thing is that they do their job well.

>>109498019
>Who cares?
NTA but I do, because they are social enforcers of the establishment's will and have a history of putting malware into software for political reasons, as well as starting drama and flinging around accusations to drive out productive people who disagree with their politics, especially people like Ted T'so who have a history of preventing the smuggling of backdoors into the project.

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Mint should just take LXQT’s apps, a Wayland compositor and login manager of their choice because LXQT lets you build a DE like Lego and is compatible with a ton of things, then fill in the blanks to make Cinnamon-qt. Cinnamon and xfce are facing way too much work that has already been solved. I can’t think of a bigger example of the pain of duplicated work than all of these old desktops deciding they have to pull themselves up by their bootstraps and write their own compositors and everything else. I know Muffin is based on Mutter but why not just use a desktop that lets you use whatever compositor you want? I don’t understand why Mint or xfce can’t just shove in an existing Wayland compositor is it a legal thing or are they not built for that?

>>109498136
>Wayland compositor
lost me there, I would rather have an X11 window manager
>I don’t understand why Mint or xfce can’t just shove in an existing Wayland compositor
Because of dconf integration I assume, settings apps will break and require reworking

>>109498242
>lost me there, I would rather have an X11 window manager
lol

just discovered autotools

>>109490256
>>109492386
Yeah it's not bad per se, maybe my post was bit hyperbolic. One of the best things are the l4/r4 buttons at the back, I use them to replace analog stick clicks. Such an improvement.

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Repost because i fucked up the code tags:

>>109486600
Lads, I've reached the end of my knowledge.
I want to upgrade my Laptop's Debian from 11 to the newest version (13.whatever) and keep failing at creating a backup disk image.
What I've done so far is to boot from a live boot medium (Debian 13.whatever) and then just

 dd if=/dev/sda bs=8M status=progress | gzip -1 > ./LaptopBackup.img.gz 

on a samba share that is running inside a ProxMox container on my HomeServer (16TB raw space). The share has 1.1TB provisioned space left, the SSD is a 1TB Samsung EVO 870.

After 29452402688 Bytes transmitted I got a

 gzip: stdout: No space left on device error 

, which prompted me to go around and fuck with samba for the past 32 hours.
Got frustrated and switched to ssh

 dd if=/dev/sda bs=8M status=progress | gzip -1 | ssh <username@serverip> "cat -> /home/<username>/Laptop_Backup/Laptop_Backup.img.gz" 

Exactly 29452402688 Bytes later I got this error:

 write error: Disk quota exceeded. 

Actual size of the file on the samba share in both attempts: 8.1GB.

Google has become fucking useless and no LLM knows what to make of this and I'm fucking done asking them about it. I've theorized that 29452402688 Bytes is the hard limit of what my 32GB RAM on my Laptop can buffer but LLMs have shot that idea down every time real quick.

I'm stuck and have no other ideas short of yanking the SSD out of my laptop and putting it in my server to rip it that way, but I'd have to fuck around a lot with it which I don't want to do.

Any leads for me? I just want to backup my shit and upgrade my laptop ( ;_;)

>>109499166
cat was just >, not ->, sorry. I'm typing this on my desktop off of the terminal on my laptop next to me, hadn't bothered with setting up my usual tools on a live usb.

Chances of libdav2d software encoding and decoding before the year ends?

How is fedora kinoite versus bazzite?
I’m looking for a system for gaming, blender, video editing and messing around in gimp/Krita maybe even with a drawing tablet.

Browser recommendations? My Opera GX stopped loading and I figure it's about time for a new one anyway. Need to have tab groups or some kind of non-window segmentation or it's shit

>>109495395
>>109495335
Okay, now I know sharing games is a no-go. Is leaving it mounted at all also bad?

>>109496197
We serve food here, sir.
>>109497114
With blackjack! And hookers!
>>109497132
Disable javascript
>>109494693
One of the only supported gtk desktops that allows for "rolling up" windows.
>no thumbnails in the file picker
Why do you lie?
>>109494685
Mint is fine but sometimes doesn't install on weirdo setups like gaming laptops.

Maybe not directly Linux related. I put my SSH keys into my Keepassxc database. Is there an official way to bring up the prompt to unlock the database when I need to use my keys with git for example?

>>109498136
mint should just give up on cinnamon entirely and switch to either gnome or plasma.

>>109499998
one has all the drivers and codecs you'll need pre-installed, including a proper steam installation. the other has none of that and requires research and manual setup to achieve the same thing.

>>109500140
>Is leaving it mounted at all also bad?
no. just don't try to defragment an ntfs drive on linux and you'll be fine.

>>109500506
This is what the ssh key agent is supposed to do but I have no idea if Keepassxc can integrate with that.

>>109500824
>>109500506
Keepassxc adds the keys to the ssh-agent when the database gets unlocked. When the database is locked there are no keys in the agent so git push fails.
I think I figured out a way to unlock it on demand though.
Write a script that reads the password and uses dbus to unlock the database
https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/wiki/Using-DBus-with-KeePassXC
and set it as the git sshCommand

How come there is STILL no way to get large image thumbnails when you're using a file selector on mint?

Hell, you don't even get thumbnails at all on 4chan

>>109501627
Because Mint is actually built on top of an old GNOME stack and they don't have that.

It would be very easy for them to make their own XDG desktop portal with a Nemo (their file manager) inspired file dialogue but they're busy working on things nobody cares about.

Cinnamon is a half assed desktop. They should work on defining their own design language that's different from GNOME but they're not a serious desktop.

If you're using it because you want something like Windows then use KDE Plasma instead. It has none of these issues.

>>109501722
>use KDE Plasma
NTA but i didnt have that with kde either because the image upload dialogue uses GTK and not kde plasma by default so you have to do some bullshit to change that

>>109501738
i have it and i didn't need to do anything for it

>>109501738
The Flatpak version doesn't have this issue.

>>109501738
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Uniform_look_for_Qt_and_GTK_applications#Consistent_file_dialog_under_KDE_Plasma

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What is the optimal linux install for 64bit core2duo cpu, if I want it to run as snappy as possible and work with xcfe 4 themes out the box.

I'm downloading Debian rn

>>109501830
Gentoo with binary packages specifically built for it on your own build host.

>>109501830
xfce is, and I say this totally unironically, bloated. That being said arch debian or gentoo will all work if you do a bare bones install of any. In order of efficiency and optimization it would be gentoo>arch>debian

I have a debian install on a t61 that idles at 220mb and can run a browser and multiple tabs / email + youtube with as low as 1.8gb ram but it is usually maxxed out around 1.7gb doing this swap off. I use JWM. t9300 cpu intel gpu. good luck if youre the same t60 in that other thread at 3gb ram XFCE will waste a ton of ram for what it doe but it may be workable if you're not doing much.

>>109501830
Debian 13 with LXDE on my ThinkPad X60 from 2006. You really can't be doing too much theme wise. You'll want as much of the memory as you can possibly get on an old laptop.

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I see they stuck him at the back this time.

how the hell do i use panel colorizer?

>>109502050
I wanna just point out one thing from my own personal experience the GPU drivers for integrated intel got dropped for really old hardware in debian 13 specifically my t61, so if you wanna watch youtube and get the most out of the machine debian 12 will be a lot better for this era of machine(if you're not using like a freetube tier client in replace of browser).

I can play 720p 60 on this machine 0 dropped frames and even some 1080p 30 but when I tried debian 13 my graphics capabilities totally went to shit with even 480p videos running like shit, when I looked it up in detail it said debian graphics stopped supported my gpu so you either have to use 12 or migrate 12s GPU system into 13 manually.

>>109502078
They're still there, they got dropped from Mesa but didn't go away.
Assuming the Crocus driver doesn't work (it does for some Core2Duo hardware like one of the old HP laptops I have) there's still mesa-amber which picked up the old drivers. They only removed them from the latest Mesa because they're old and barely anyone uses them.
https://docs.mesa3d.org/amber.html

>>109502234
Nice I will have to look into it, just wanted to report on what happened to me when i installed it. They're the difference between watchable video and unwatchable constant frame drops etc

>>109501781
i laugh so hard when installing KDE and this dude appears

i want to try nyarch but i'm scared all the LLM shit in it will send my data to the megacorpos

Should I migrate to Sway from KDE?

>>109486600
I installed GNOME on CachyOS post-install and I straight up do not have a lockscreen. GDM is installed, the autologin isn't set. I looked around for solutions and found out about the nopasswdlogin group but even after finding it in the system files and removing my user from said group in /etc/group & group- I still don't have one. grep shows that there's a nopasswdlogin in the /etc/gshadow & gshadow- files but I can't open those files to edit them for some reason. Has anyone else had this problem before? I saw an issue in the cachyos github where a Cinnamon user had the exact same problem but no one gave any solutions/workarounds there, and it's still open as of now.

So how about Rocky Linux? Should I?

>>109503521
You'll be back with KDE within the hour.

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>>109499032
tell me more
are you using it for a project? how does that go?
i've only compiled projects using it and never developed a proper understanding of it

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>>109503572
>I installed GNOME on CachyOS

>>109500140
No, however I do leave my NTFS drive mounted with ntfs-3g, I found the ntfs kernel driver super unstable when it comes to unexpected outages (causes a dirty bit that leads to the disk not remounting properly).
The downside of ntfs-3g is its performance is piss poor since it uses a FUSE driver. Also permissions suck.

>>109503951
>ntfs kernel driver super unstable when it comes to unexpected outages (causes a dirty bit that leads to the disk not remounting properly)
That's probably a good idea given all the reliability problems.
>permissions suck
ntfsusermap for 3g works pretty well I think.

>>109495335
Another example of disrespecting religion in proximity to me. I have noted this and it will be in the archive.

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What's a good voice changer for linux? Looked at w-okada but it only has mac and windows releases and the windows release is unconventional having you run .bat files and shit. Found a similar thing called avoc in the AUR but it would crash upon adding .pth and .index files, with some error in the terminal about CUDA error 209 (I did install CUDA just in case that was it).
Clownfish works as in it functions, but it's extremely primitive. I wanted something to do different RP voices on games or whatever.

>try restoring a snapshot with snapper on arch
>get booted into emergency mode
>look up
>the kernels are mismatched
>trying to downgrade the kernel
>get told option -U is invalid because the efi must be writeable
>try to mount it
>told blockdev can't be looked up
Okay, what am I suppose to do here?

>>109504116
>That's probably a good idea given all the reliability problems.
Ok but the solution is literally just to run ntfsfix -d /dev/sdXY then mount as usual. Or I could just use ntfs-3g which is rock solid and has no issues with unexpected outages, nor unexpected corruption (so far).

>>109501722
>built on top of an old GNOME stack and they don't have that
Use case for thumbnails?

>>109503572
You wouldn't catch me dead using Gnome, so no, I haven't experienced this.
However, when you say lockscreen do you mean LOCKscreen, or login screen? If you mean login screen, GDM is certainly failing to start. I'd check its logs, or attempt to run it from the TTY to see what it spits out.

>>109504514
I'd probably just boot the install iso and mount and chroot. I'm sure there's a faster way, but this way will work at least. Can't imagine why it'd refuse to mount a partition, but the recovery terminal is pretty fucking terrible.
In the future consider Limine with limine-snapper-sync to avoid the kernel mismatch issue.

>>109504609
>I'm sure there's a faster way, but this way will work at least.
I was thinking downgrading would be the faster way but here we are. Guess I will do the mount and chroot method. Thanks.

>>109503951
do you recommend to use ntfs-3g for a partition where i store emulator roms?
its not like i need crazy peformance

I heard transferring files form linux to a portable hdd used on windows can corrupt the drive. So if I wanna transfer the files I have off a 64 gb usb that also was only used on windows before, would that cause issues for me if I tried to move those files onto my phdd since my laptop isnusing linux? If it would or has a chance of it I guess I just gotta find a cloud storage I can use for free for a couple days to toss the files on while.

>>109504863
Adding onto this, after I connected my hdd to my laptop and moved some files from the hhd to the laptop awhile ago whenever I plug it in now it doesn't mount, and it kinda feels like the hdd isn't spinning up properly like it used too. What the hell is happening and did just copying some images fuck up my hdd.

>>109504561
never do this. the dirty bit is set on purpose and you're intended to run chkdsk before mounting it r/w again. running ntfsfix -d just clears the bit without checking anything. no different to skipping chkdsk when booting a crashed windows system.
ntfsfix is not chkdsk, it can't check or fix anything

>>109504973
Exactly. And there's no way I'm booting windows to get a proper chkdsk after a power outage. So I'm just going to use ntfs-3g which doesn't cause these issues.

>>109495462
monster hunter
either wilds or worlds, probably wilds

>>109504726
I mean you could but my actual answer is that I don't recommend NTFS at all unless for some reason you cannot put a native filesystem on the disk (actively shared with windows dual boot, no space to backup data before wiping the filesystem).
But yes, you could very easily and safely do that. I actually use my ntfs-3g mounted partition for a lot of stuff, it's fine it's just not performant and is incredibly feature poor.

>>109504976
you can use a VM running any form of windows (even just an installer) to run chkdsk from.
this isn't a matter of ntfs3 vs. ntfs-3g either, a dirty fs is a dirty fs no matter what driver is used. if you aren't willing to use chkdsk then you shouldn't be using ntfs

>>109504863
>I heard transferring files form linux to a portable hdd used on windows can corrupt the drive.
Where did you hear this? It should be fine. Can you give more context?
>>109504896
This cannot possibly be just because you mounted the disk in linux and put a file on it.

>>109504158
>tripfag
opinion disregarded
abandon your pride and retvrn to anonymity

>>109504863
It can't, unless you pulled the plug when it wasn't finished.

>>109505002
>this isn't a matter of ntfs3 vs. ntfs-3g either, a dirty fs is a dirty fs no matter what driver is used. if you aren't willing to use chkdsk then you shouldn't be using ntfs
Either ntfs-3g doesn't do actions that might cause a need for the dirty bit, or it fails to apply it when it should. Regardless, I've never had any problem when remounting the drive despite not chkdsk'ing it, and I've been doing it for years now.
I agree that ideally no one should be using ntfs, and I'd love to change the filesystem, unfortunately I don't have another disk to move the data to to achieve such a transition at the moment.

>>109505030
it's your choice/risk, i only object to recommending others do this without bringing up said risk

>>109505001
i share that partition between windows and linux
thats why i want to keep it NTFS

>>109505054
It should be fine, especially if you're not constantly writing new data and are just reading the same few big ROMs for usage. In fact, I'd be very surprised if you ever encounters any problems at all doing read-only actions, it's just slow with ntfs-3g.
Kernel ntfs is faster, but as previously stated has annoying stability issues, it also has weird naming and permission changes from 3g's behavior, but this could be a user error issue on my part.

>>109505030
the dirty bit is set on rw mount, and cleared on dismount. the purpose is so a driver can tell if it was dismounted cleanly or not

>>109505092
Then ntfs-3g doesn't set it. Go ahead and pull the power on a machine with an ntfs partition mounted with 3g, it won't get dirty.

>>109505110
It's probably because it's FUSE.

>>109505110
it shouldn't be doing that, all the more reason not to rely on using ntfs on linux.
but again, if you're fine with it then you do you

Why is GNOME so controversial?

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Me >>109504514 here. I was following this guide, https://discuss.cachyos.org/t/how-to-restore-a-snapper-root-snapshot-on-an-unbootable-system/5007 , on the cachyos forums. I noticed he mentioned that btrfs assistant, which I use, makes backup folders of the ones you restored. Since I tried back @ and @home I just renamed the broken ones like he suggested and renamed the backups to @ and @home. So now it's booted back up, and as expected it still has the broken subvolumes. Is it safe for me to just delete these?

>>109505307
https://woltman.com/gnome-bad/

>>109505307
https://woltman.com/gnome-bad/

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>>109505358
gnome bad

I want to switch from windows 10 to linux, I tried a few distros, and ended up liking fedora kde the most
Pretty much all of the games I have run well on linux, and I have a second computer I can run anything else on. I am really just sick of how fucking shit and unstable windows has gotten for me recently
The PC i want to install it on has a 4080 super and a ryzen 7950X3D, so before I completely get rid of windows on it, is there anything I need to know? Is fedora w/kde a good choice?

>>109486600
test

>>109505621
>I tested it
>I liked it
>shit just works
why would it be a bad choice for you?

>>109505634
did it work?

>>109505621
fedora is alright and kde is the best for gaming, just make sure to check how to install NVIDIA drivers on fedora(and if you need to) so you have no issues with those and you're golden.

I'm on AMD so I have no idea how one goes about installing NVIDIA drivers properly, but, should be very well documented somewhere.

>>109505621
>>109505648
>how to configure rpm fusion
https://rpmfusion.org/Configuration
>how to install nvidia driver via rpm fushion
https://rpmfusion.org/Howto/NVIDIA?highlight=%28%5CbCategoryHowto%5Cb%29
>how to get the multi media codecs
https://rpmfusion.org/Howto/Multimedia?highlight=%28%5CbCategoryHowto%5Cb%29

>>109505641
Just a sanity check I guess

>>109505648
>>109505664
Thanks, I really appreciate it
I’ll go ahead and install soon then

>>109505643
im scared to restart liberal wolf. It might nuke all the logins and settings.

if I want to do development stuff
should i go with fedora instead of arch?

>>109505621
If you run into issues you should swap that GPU to an AMD one

>>109505717
oh thank fuck it worked. I have removed some insane schizo defaults from it. Now it is much saner.

>>109505723
Currently don’t have the money to do that, so I’ll just have to bear with it in that case but if I do decide to get an amd gpu is the 9070 good?

>>109505721
If you're really doing development stuff, it doesn't matter because everything you're doing, should and has to be containerized in Docker/Podman/uv/whateverelse.

>>109505745
what about using distrobox for that
like having a distrobox with ubuntu when i have all that stuff

>>109505741
Can't comment on the performance, it's just the open source drivers that make a huge difference. Nvidia isn't a roadblock, but a speedbump on Linux.

>>109505741
got a 9070xt. i like it. 9070 would just be slower but also use much less power.

>>109505764
I’m fine with messing with some stuff if something doesn’t work with the Nvidia drivers, but I’ll keep that in mind if things get ridiculously shit like the latest windows Nvidia drivers

>>109505775
Oh yeah i meant the 9070 XT, my bad
Good to know though, thanks

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>>109505800
most of the bugs with the 9000 series are basically fixed (except for some vulkan issues with some emulators that don't get a lot of updates maybe). steam games running through proton just work. linux native games also just work. i haven't had any issues with my 9070xt being too new or anything. it also has lower temps and lower power consumption than my 7800xt. fsr 4 in the games that support it is also great. i also used optiscaler for the winter 3 to get fsr 4 there.

>>109505824
*the witcher

>>109505824
my next gpu is going to be AMD then

>>109505824
When I do swap the gpu out eventually, is there anything I need to do to remove the Linux Nvidia drivers?

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>>109505904
you probably want to uninstall the nvidia driver before you remove and change out the gpu (the driver would only be gone after you reboot unless you unload it)
you would just run the commands in reverse
>sudo dnf remove libva-nvidia-driver.{i686,x86_64}
>sudo dnf remove akmod-nvidia
>sudo dnf autoremove (just removes any extra packages those may have installed)
and install picrel

>>109505952
Cool, thank you
I’ll save all this info

>>109505307
Because some of their developers are obnoxious as fuck and because they're actively doing things differently from what most desktop users and developers expect.

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>>109505993
i just looked into it and they recommend running "sudo dnf remove xorg-x11-drv-nvidia\*" instead (it's on their website so i would do that instead of "sudo dnf remove akmod-nvidia"

>>109505313
Likely, yes. If there's no data on those subvolumes and they're unused by the system, I can't imagine it would do harm.

>>109496197
in 2024 I posted a lot of desktop screens of me watching spongebob. nice!

>>109501830
You lack the ability to use modern internet but you have more professional software options then Linux. XP has industry class software compatible with it.

>>109505313
I always delete them with btrfs subvolume delete /path/to/@.broken

>>109505012
Context on a guys saying putting linux file son a portable hdd that was used on windows corrupts it or the issue I have with mounting the drive? Either way, the hdd is brand new so i highly doubt it's an issue with it, but no matter what I can't get it to mount again for some reason, just gives me the same error, and it's not even a specific one, just a generic error message that lists everything that could be a problem (wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock, missing codepage or helper program, or other error) so it's not like I can look up how to fix it either. The only reason I can think of it might not mount is if I accidentally hit the icon to eject the disk instead of safely removing it but even that I doubt would start causing this problem after one time.

>>109506380
Glad you said that. After dealing with the issue I just went to play vidya and didn't think to check. There is data on them, including the snapshots. So I need to port them over now. Then again if I can't really go back to previous snapshots due to kernel mismatches then I'm not sure what the point of it is then.

Another anon said another bootloader called Limine can get around this issue, but replacing a bootloader sounds kinda of annoying.

>>109506543
Noted.

>>109506629
>There is data on them, including the snapshots.
There is data, of course, but is it unique? As in, have you lost data by recovering your new active root? If there's no new data to lose you can delete them, if there is you can copy it out to the new subvols.
>Limine can get around this issue
A hook exists for Limine that can list bootable snapshots and tie them to a backed up version of their associated kernel in /boot (gets cleaned as it fills up), so that would prevent the mismatch issue. You could have also manually rematched the kernel or the system modules I suppose.
>but replacing a bootloader sounds kinda of annoying
It's actually very easy to do, however if you're using Grub (ew), I believe it has a similar snapper hook, though I'm not familiar with it.

>>109506624
If windows' native chkdsk cannot fix it then something is very, very wrong. And it's not that you wrote a file to it from Linux.

>>109506685
I'm not using it on windows I'm talking about using it on linux. I don't have a windows device to use it on right now.

>>109506700
If the disk will not mount but the partition reads as if an ntfs filesystem exists on the drive the only thing I can recommend is a chkdsk, and I wouldn't really trust non microsoft alternatives to do it properly.
You could install a Windows VM and pass the device to it if you really get stuck. Or you could try a linux tool I suppose (at your own risk).

Does the partition table seem undamaged? Have you rebooted the PC since unmounting it? (This is not strictly necessary but is easier than me telling you how to properly reset something on an active system)

>>109506629
>There is data on them, including the snapshots. So I need to port them over now.
No you don't. The subvolumes you see are the snapshots (btrfs is a bit of a mindfuck), but you can delete the broken subvolumes with the btrfs command and it won't touch your other snapshots.
>Then again if I can't really go back to previous snapshots due to kernel mismatches then I'm not sure what the point of it is then.
You probably have /boot on a separate partition so it doesn't have snapshots. One solution is to add a pacman hook that backs up your /boot partition (https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/System_backup#Snapshots_and_/boot_partition) or you need to move /boot back into the brtfs root partition and use a bootloader that suppports booting from btrfs like grub

>>109506722
If by rebooting you mean turned the laptop on and off then yeah, even after resetting it or shutting it down and turning it back on again it doesn't let me mount the hdd. I can't see how just mounting it a couple times before would've fucked up the hdd when all I did was move a few video and image files from the hdd to my laptop but somehow that's caused problems. The partition itself seems fine from just a quick look at it.

i really like plasma but why i wish it was less buggy

>>109506815
What bugs are you currently experiencing? I'm new to it in the last month or so but it seems pretty stable, I've not noticed any bugs myself.
I've been using tiling since 2015 but have grown tired of Hyprland's XWayland implementation, and KDE seems quite good now (though I sorely miss tiling window management).

>>109506832
they usually happen on new version releases
its just annoying to deal with

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>>109506673
>however if you're using Grub (ew)
Yes. It's the most familiar with me and didn't think it'd matter much in the end when I looked up differences between bootloaders when installer arch.

>>109506744
>but you can delete the broken subvolumes with the btrfs command and it won't touch your other snapshots.
Are you sure? It looks like I have nothing now on what I'm booted on. It's still on the broken subvolumes.

>You probably have /boot on a separate partition so it doesn't have snapshots.
Yeah I do. Seems that was a mistake. I'll have to look at the wiki guide to see what I can do.

>that suppports booting from btrfs like grub
I have the software that supports this installed, but when I tried it it just went into kernel panic. I can see why now.

>>109506890
What happens if you select target: @?

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>>109506923
There is none. It only lets me select @broken or @home.broken.

>open a text file in new terminal or even in gui text editor
>copy text, close terminal/editor
>nothing gets pasted...
What is the easiest way to retain copy buffer between programs? I already use xclip in my terminal text editor but that doesn't seem to help at all.

>>109506945
What does your /etc/fstab look like?

I have cachy in a vm on my truenas server. When I moonlight into it from windows the cursor disappears and I can't figure out how to fix it. I've googled and tried a bunch of different suggestions and settings in cachy and sunshine and moonlight but nothing works. I also tried plugging in a usb mouse and passing it though to the vm as "plug in a mouse" is the official fix, but still no luck. The cursor shows up perfectly fine when using vnc and spice. Any ideas or should I just use debian or something? I tried bazzite first but sunshine wouldn't even install so I gave up and moved to cachy.

Nvidia drivers still suck ass on Windows & Linux

>>109506979
You're doing CTRL+SHIFT+C?

>>109507105
ok

>>109507126
At least you didn't recommend switching my distro...

Nvidia 610.57.04 finally implemented that vulkan heap thing. It still needs to be enabled from vkd3d with

VKD3D_CONFIG="descriptor_heap"

because why not add yet another obscure environment variable which is not relevant after 3 months from now? Of course that's what we will do!

>>109507232
So I'm guessing that's not the issue, sorry anon

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>>109507245
Sounds super stable. I'm not sure why they didn't enable it for nvidiots by default.
https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/vkd3d-proton-descriptor-heap-path-causes-vk-error-device-lost-on-driver-610-in-the-first-descendant/374747

>>109507305
Vkd3d is not developed by Nvidia obviously.
Drivers are a different matter.
However, I haven't seen any difference. I thought it would lower vram consumption a little bit... Need to test more.

>>109506979
Are you using xorg? xclip only works on xorg. You need something like wl-clipboard for wayland

>>109506979
You just need some sort of clipboard manager, your choice of which: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Clipboard#Managers
Without one the buffer is cleared when the source is closed, just how it works (it is a weird experience I'd agree).

>>109490663
If OpenRC made it easy to find logs I would be happy with it.

>>109507034
Normal. Nothing different.

>>109503732
Day in and its pretty cool

>>109507305
Problem is that this guy's post is from June.
610.57.04 was released only recently.
Are linux "users" really this stupid?

I am trying to use this VST3 plugin https://bpb.gumroad.com/l/dirty-vhs/FREEVHS
and I am struggling to make the UI work, being on CachyOS using KDE Plasma, trying to use it through Carla for Audacity, but the UI provided by the plugin is unresponsive and unclickabe

>>109507700
I'm asking because you have an @snapshots subvolume that should be mounted to /.snapshots. But then there's also a @.broken/.snapshots subvolume which shouldn't be there. And also make sure that @ gets mounted by name in /etc/fstab and not by id or something to make sure that you're booting into the right subvolume

UUID=<uuid> / btrfs <some options>,subvol=/@ 0 0

>>109507642

cat /var/log/<THING>.log

OpenRC doesn't really care about logs, it's not its responsibility. You could run Journald alongside OpenRC if you really wanted to.

Cool, seems like the latest Nvidia drivers are causing freezes with dx12 game (only have one at the moment but this didn't happen previously). I should have read the nvidia support forums thread first. It's always a gamble when a new driver hits. I wouldn't even update if it wasn't because of the vulkan heap shit.

>>109486702
LTSC as in debian/redhat stable or LTSC as in debian/redhat stable that gets around 10 years of support?

>>109507072
sunshine is gpu accelerated and vms are known for having poor gpu acceleration

>>109508898
It used to be recommended to run a syslog daemon on openrc and other non-systemd inits like the old sysvinit i think the most common one was rsyslog?

>>109509106
>having no acceleration at all
FTFY

>>109509130
You could
You don't strictly have to run a logging daemon

>>109490597
Not really since 99% of linux is the same regardless of distro including ones without systemd.

>>109509130
Yes, syslog-ng is another common one. The logging daemon will dump to /var/log/<THING>.log in most cases but you can also configure it to write to a database or something if you feel like doing that.

Usually, it's only /var/log/syslog you care about anyway though which will contain anything and everything.

If you have an actual problem with a service then logs are almost always useless in my experience. It's either some extremely complex problem that you can't easily re-create or it's a startup issue you can fix easily in 5 minutes.

>>109509139
They use software accel if it counts.

>>109509152
They would also rotate logs and archive older ones up to a limit of 5 or whatever.

>can't combine secure boto and hibernate
REEEEEEE

>>109509300
Yeah, because it's not secure. If you want secure boot you can't also have the ability for an attacker to modify the hibernation image sitting on your drive and read the entire the entire contents of memory.

Theoretically, you could hibernate into encrypted swap but ain't nobody doing that.

>>109507425
xclip also works on KDE wayland

>>109509316
>Theoretically, you could hibernate into encrypted swap but ain't nobody doing that.
nigga you can use a file that is on your luks partition for swap

>>109509325
Yeah, but the kernel devs are retarded, rather than check how the hibernation is being done it just won't allow it.
This is all because of the intense requirements Microsoft has to get certified for Secure Boot.

>>109509300
Don't use secure boot, it's a meme.

>>109509340
nice try Bibi

>>109509351
Secure Boot isn't protecting you from anything. When was the last time your system's firmware got infected with malware and displayed the secure boot warning preventing your system from booting?
Never? Exactly.

do you ever install random shit from flathub because you are bored? last time I did I found a neat client for tv channels from all over the world

>>109500617
why? mint users can still use other things if they want right? it's better when there are more cakes

>>109509482
I regularly open Bazaar and scroll through and go "oh that sounds interesting" but I never install anything