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Dio, in Alright, I'm gonna "take one for the team" -- what is with the "downvote-happy" users lately?
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True and all. I don’t post content but I comment what I want and ignore the soggy nappies leaving me down votes. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

ParkedInReverse, in Alright, I'm gonna "take one for the team" -- what is with the "downvote-happy" users lately?

Not isolated to this community either. I’ve been noticing it in a few others as well. Kinda bothersome as it snuffs out posts worth climbing to more visibility. Not sure if voting is still visible on some end, but maybe someone will look into it and figure something out eventually.

Good on you for taking one for all, lol.

ABasilPlant, in How exactly "secure" is a container with all capabilities dropped, distroless, with a custom rootfs directory, a static, single binary with chmod set at 100 and file ownership pointed to non-root u...

Absolutely. Check out side channel attacks. The problem here isn’t about software exploits, but hardware issues. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Side-channel_attack

Some things to get you started: Meltdown and Spectre: en.wikipedia.org/…/Meltdown_(security_vulnerabili…, en.wikipedia.org/…/Spectre_(security_vulnerabilit…

Rowhammer: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Row_hammer

These are exploited by malicious processes doing something to the hardware which may result in information about your process(es) being leaked. Now, if this is on your computer, then the chances of encountering a malicious process that exploits this hardware bug would be low.

However, when you move this scenario to the cloud, things become more possible. Your vm/container is being scheduled on CPUs that may/may not be shared by other containers. All it would take is for a malicious guest VM to be scheduled on the same core/CPU as you and try exploiting the same hardware you’re sharing.

GustavoM,
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Fair enough. Thank you for your input.

elbarto777, in The Unity Desktop Environment an Underrated Masterpiece

Why is the unity is underrated when its what i use right now with

Bro. Use punctuation. Help your readers.

Mohamad20ZX,

Here’s the problem i can’t edit it again

elbarto777,

You still used no punctuation in your latest messages. Learn to use punctuation. It will get you further in life.

sugartits,

Tell that to the AI which actually wrote that article.

elbarto777,

The poster’s history is grammar cancer.

GravitySpoiled,

Ai doesn’t make those errord

TimeSquirrel,
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Unless you tell it to. "Make this sound like a human with terrible grammar."

DrRatso, in Why I need extra kernel modules to be able to run Wayland on nvidia?

This is hyprland specific, wayland runs fine on Gnome and KDE with regular, open and Noveau nvidia drivers

tkk13909, in Video editor for Linux?

You ever try KDENLive? It’s pretty good imo

muhyb, in Ipod problems

I have Nano 7 as well and I tried many things over the years. However there isn’t a good solution to this. I have a Windows 7 VM just for my iPod and installed an old iTunes just to put music on it. You can use Gnome Boxes for this job.

Zealousideal_Fox900,

Thanks. Do you think you could help me with it?

muhyb,

You can get yourself a Windows 7 ISO from here. massgrave.dev/windows_7_links.html

Zealousideal_Fox900,

Grabbed the first one I saw.

muhyb,

Don’t grab the first one. :)

Pick one what language you need and also pick a 64-bit one.

muhyb,

OK I’m here.

Click on + to select the ISO from file. It will start the installation process. Install Windows 7 with its steps. 20 GB space and 4 GB RAM would suffice for virtual machine.

muhyb,

Sure.

First, install Gnome Boxes. Then find a Windows 7 ISO, any will do.

Let me open my PC for the next steps.

muhyb,

Once you installed it, start the VM and plug in your iPod. For VM to see it, on right top there is a … menu, go preferences from there. Switch to Devices & Shares tab. It should see your iPod now, just enable it. Also set a shared directory from below so you can put your music files there before uploading them to your iPod. This is the iTunes version I use: www.filehorse.com/download-itunes-64/35820/

Before forget, use a 64-bit Windows.

Zealousideal_Fox900,

Aight. 8 Minutes till done.

muhyb,

OK, ping me when you need.

Zealousideal_Fox900,

Thanks :D. You are insanely helpful.

muhyb,

How did it go? Hopefully successful?

Zealousideal_Fox900,

Sadly, not.

muhyb,

Worry not. Which step did not go as expected?

Zealousideal_Fox900,

Unable to connect to internet.

muhyb,

Can you check the device manager inside Windows for this:

Uninstall the “Red Hat VirtIO Ethernet Adapter” in the device manager, after that, simply search for new hardware devices.

muhyb,

Even if you cannot connect to internet (normally that shouldn’t be a problem since VM use the internet through host machine), you can still download the said iTunes outside of the VM and install it via shared folder. In the end you don’t need internet to put iPod some music.

muhyb,

No problem! Just helping a fellow penguin. :)

jalsk,

This thread makes me so happy. Following along watching good people on the internet help each other solve problems with each other for no other reason than to be kind. Thanks for being a kind person.

muhyb,

Being happy for someone else is also kind, so likewise.

Also helping people who use FOSS has some weird pleasure. :)

Resonanz, in I finally switched back to Linux as my daily driver after a couple of years of being on nothing but Windows.

Fellas, the FOSS team gets +1 c:

xfts,
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Every new Linux user counts!

aarRJaay,
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Next year: The Year Of The Linux Desktop!!

Quackdoc, in Video editor for Linux?
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For sure try out olive You can’t do automatic stabilization but manual works fine, However I will always use gyroflow whenever possible anyways. If needed you can easily script motion tracking data from 3rd party sources.

but it is properly color managed throughout the entire editor so doing color correction works properly and accurately. the node system is really powerful despite it’s early nature, and as far as I know olive is the only FOSS editor with proper OCIO integration, which means you get industry standard color management tooling including things like ACES support. You also have OTIO support for importing and exporting editorial cutting information.

Pantherina, (edited ) in What are the differences between linux distributions?

Distros

  • are putting together a set of packages in repos.
  • the repos are either close to upstream, or they backport security fixes. Everything else is not secure
  • make working, secure, sometimes branded bundles including Desktop, some apps, some specific software
  • the bundles get updated and if it is a point release, upgraded to a new set of packages. That is called a "Distro version"
  • This ensures new features and security fixes
  • the Distros care about bug reports, work with upstream, getting new contributors, packaging (bundling the packages, presets, libraries into a set with a name, handling dependencies etc.)
  • Distros also often package and build their own Kernel or multiple ones. These kernels are general purpose most often, even though there is the kernel-hardened or Oracles “unbreakable kernel” (whatever that is). Also there is a lts Kernel that has backported security fixes, as well as other releases of the kernel like git (latest of everything)
  • Distros take care of the versioning, so not every package is always the latest but tested to work with other packages.
  • Distros also implement security systems like SELinux and Apparmor with matching configurations

So you see that is highly complex. So stay as close to upstream as possible to get the best experience. I think of the main distros as

  • Debian + Ubuntu
  • Fedora + the RHEL stuff or clones (Oracle, Alma, Rocky etc)
  • Opensuse, SEL
  • Arch
  • Gentoo
  • Alpine (busybox and musl, not real Gnu+Linux)
  • NixOS
  • GUIX
  • ClearLinux
  • Coreboot (yes that is a Linux distro)
  • Slackware and other probably outdated projects
  • small ones with different focus

All the others are either downstream modifications of these, or less known. Some Line ublue, EndeavorOS etc. also just take an upstream distro and change very little.

Abracadaniel, in GNOME's Dynamic Triple Buffering "Ready To Merge"
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Damn, they might pull me back from kde plasma.

pastermil, in 13" or smaller Linux laptop - best replacement for aging chromebook?

How about a Thinkpad X230?

bobslaede,

Recently got a used X270 for my kid, for school. It came with windows 11, but I put Ubuntu Budgie on it.
It cost me about 220 USD in my currency. Very nice computer.

pastermil,

I’d usually opt for the 30 series due to being able to unlock the BIOS with coreboot, but the 80 series and all that came before should be good.

aairey, (edited ) in I have a Windows PC connected to a company AD. Is there a way to access the shared company resources from within a Linux environment?

Yes.

First you will need to get the VPN up (or be in the office, in the same network to be able to join the AD domain.

Then you need to join the AD domain using realmd. This will join the computer to the AD domain like any regular windows PC. It will set up the Kerberos client, DNS and everything for you (this part is done in sssd).

Once joined you should be able to access the network shares with SMB.

RedHat and deriviates have good support for this. So I would recommend Fedora Workstation, CentOS Stream or RHEL Desktop to set this up in.

docs: …redhat.com/…/ch-configuring_authentication

beerclue,

You don’t need to join the domain to access that smb share… You have to use the DOMAIN\username when authenticating though.

aairey,

Sure, that works too.

But based on OP it seemed to me that the larger intent is to get a Linux workstation set up in an AD environment. He wants to show to his boss it can be done, and this is the most integrated way.

beerclue,

Fair enough. I just read it like “I need to access a smb share from a Linux machine” :)

popcorp, in OpenSUSE Leap 15.5 -> Tumbleweed conversion

Don’t do it. Instead of doing something useful you will be in a constant process of updating and rebooting and dealing with breaking changes and eventually you will give up and switch back to Leap.

clmbmb,

Have you even tried to do it? You don’t sound like it.

I’ve done the Leap -> TW switch three years ago and I’m updating once a month (or maybe once every two months for a while) and never got any breakage.

Pantherina,

Sounds like slowroll to me, you should switch and enable autoupdates

dino,

Misinformation 101?

Dremor,
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I have used TW for years, and never got bothered by a breaking change for more than a day. And that only happened twice.

The only thing that keeps bothering me with Opensuse is their obsession with asking for a root password (and not for yours if you are an administrator, I mean the root user password) for every damn thing. Even installing a fucking user Flatpak requires a fucking root password !

clmbmb,

alias flatpak=‘flatpak --user’ is your friend.

KISSmyOS,

RTFM. The setup of a user-level flatpak is right there in the Wiki: en.opensuse.org/Flatpak

Dremor,
@Dremor@lemmy.world avatar

Like I said, last time I checked even a “user” level Flatpak required to use the root password to install. But it may have changed (for the better) since, which is a good thing.

Still, my main point is that most the paranoia of the default OpenSUSE settings is way overboard, and should be toned down quite a lot. A lot of action that would ask for the user password, if not no password at all, requires the root password on OpenSUSE.

I want to use OpenSUSE over Ubuntu or Fedora, I even started contributing back with some package updates here and there, but I just can’t because of those bothering root password prompts everywhere.

mojo, in Any experience with teaching kids Linux?

Give a kid the arch install wiki and a computer with the USB iso ready to go. Tell them they aren’t allowed food until they install it and run neofetch.

yianiris,
@yianiris@kafeneio.social avatar

Any kid? Do I have to prove age? I'll install for a 1kg of basmati, or 3kg of potatos, 2kg of beans, 5kg of onions, or anything similar.

@mojo @nayminlwin

Bomal,

Well great but it’s probably a bit overkill to restrain food, you should consider adapting the food accordingly https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/40d86f4f-a229-4051-b350-4bb86ed85658.jpeg

anedroid,

No food is ridiculous, but no candies would go.

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