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Thanks devs!

I yolo’d it without a backup (docker). Working great. Like the improvements.

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I wouldn’t recommend arch as a first distro imo. I don’t see what the advantage would be for a newbie.

Personally I would recommend Fedora.

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Like Ubuntu, I like that Fedora is backed by a big company. Fedora is quite good at pushing the Linux ecosystem forward and often adopts and pushes new technology before other distros (flatpaks, Wayland, pipewire, btrfs etc.) that all Linux distros eventually benefit from.

Ubuntu on the other hands seems to want to be the Microsoft of Linux… which is not a compliment. I’ve been put off by things like their pushing of snap packages.

I personally like the stock gnome (on a laptop) or kde (on a desktop) desktops over the cinnamon mint desktop (but mint is closer to windows). Fedora is pretty close to stock (gnome by default).

Fedora has great flatpak integration for installing apps (think App Store) which is my preferred way to do it. Mint has this as well.

Fedora also has semi rolling releases and constant updates, which I prefer over Linux Mint’s 2 year release cycles (this doesn’t matter for any software you install from flatpaks).

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Is this a thing in Canada yet? Thankfully have never seen it here.

Backdoor found in widely used Linux utility breaks encrypted SSH connections | Ars Technica (arstechnica.com)

TL;DR there was a backdoor found in the XZ program. All major distros have been updated but it is recommended that you do a fresh install on systems that are exposed to the internet and that had the bad version of the program. Only upstream distros were affected.

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You can have a nefarious developer working for a nation state infiltrate the supply chain for ANY OS.

You don’t know.

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I…. Don’t really get why they think this is better. Google search was good…. Other companies can copy AI technology anyway. AI is really just predicting words and wasn’t designed for search, but their old algorithm was.

Whyyyyyy

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casts protect

iPhone

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It would be great. I just bought Rokus rather than deal with getting the Samsung apps loaded.

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Just the parts with leaders that hate freedom.

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Looks great. I’ll probably wait for a flatpak and try it out.

I’ve already automated Restic with bash scripts and systemd timers but… used to use Vorta with Borg and did like having a GUI.

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I tried it and it didn’t work well for me (can’t remember why, it was awhile ago).

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Yeah they’ll have a post in the near future I’m sure.

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@hetisniels

Edit: that is correct but I get the error too. Just search on mastodon lol.

Link works if you ask it to open in Ivory (mastodon client)

Advice on cleaning bloatware off of a new PC (www.bestbuy.com)

I helped my 77 year old mother purchase a new laptop, and I want to be sure to get all the bloatware off of it, and set her up with with some better privacy options. I am aMac guy at home so I haven't done this kind of thing for many years. (I use Windows at work, so I'm quite familiar and capable, but obviously I have to rely...

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If you’re staying with windows and re-installing anyway (recommend this), make a ‘data’ partition, then link my documents, pictures etc. To identical folders on the data partition. Save user files on the data partition only.

That way, next time to reinstall it’s not a big deal at all, just relink the data folders. Your data is never touched and re installing is easy.

Or use Linux ;)

Edit: Something like this.

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Could put rustdesk on it.

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I gather not yet but you could follow Niels on Mastodon for updates.

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Yeah not yet.

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Jellyscrub being integrated and anything towards skipping intro/outro’s looks like great additions too.

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The Lemmy Jellyfin Venn Diagram is just a circle.

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First Second update:

https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/72f864b7-175c-43e2-9e08-110ce821b1b7.png

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Strongbox is great, but expensive. I settled on KeePassium instead mostly based on cost.

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I use Bitwarden for passwords. Just works so well.

KeepassXC and KeePassium for TOTP codes. I keep the database in the cloud but sync a key with Syncthing that’s needed to unlock the database on the devices themselves.

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It’s not unfair, but for my use case there are cheaper or free alternatives that work really well.

And I’m Canadian so it’s a bit more than that dollar wise.

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You could probably create a Tailscale vpn network (or something similar) and setup Syncthing to use the Tailscale address of your laptop.

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Obsidian + Syncthing is what I’ve settled on. Not perfect, but the best I’ve used.

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I do with Mobius and it’s usable. I have a Synology NAS always there at home to sync to though. (Mobius syncs 1-2 hours per day in the background but it’s dynamic and not predictable thanks to Apple).

If I didn’t syncing between iOS devices would probably not work very well.

Yes instant syncing with iOS requires you to open the app if you can’t wait. I’ll often open Mobius if I’m working back and forth to make sure it syncs instantly.

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It’s the Android dev havin’ a laugh

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Memmy development seems essentially dead, I would move on.

I use Voyager now.

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Memmy development is basically dead. Try something else.

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Yep you can download a native app that has a bit more features than the web app.

Password Manager that supports multiple databases/syncing?

I currently use keePass, and use it on both my PC and my phone. I like it because I can keep a copy of my DB on my phone and export it through a few different means. But I can't seem to find an option to actually sync my local DB against a remote one. I've thought about switching to BitWarden but from what I can see it uses a...

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Works great. Just remember syncing is not the same as a backup. Make sure you do backups!

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Already done… but now I feel like I need to switch to Neovim… and now I have to research Neovim plugins and configs….

Office 365 asking for permissions to change browser settings (lemmy.world)

I have to use certain Microsoft apps for work, so I strictly only use the web versions as I am on Linux. However, just seen this setting pop up in Word while working on a document. I wonder what in specific they would change, considering i am on Firefox. Does anyone know anything about this? Is there an actual good reason for me...

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Almost like doing this in this way would be part of a lawsuit…

DuckDuckGo Introduces E2EE Backup and Sync Feature on Browser (restoreprivacy.com)

The project announced today the introduction of a new feature called “Sync & Backup,” which allows users to import bookmarks, passwords, and personal settings from other browsers to DuckDuckGo. Moreover, it enables users to move that data from one device to another or restore it on a new device in case they lose their...

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I don’t think you’re an idiot if you use Bitwarden… but I wouldn’t use the vast majority of remote services.

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The owner must immediately remove road salt? The rust belt is nothing but 3 piles of road salt in a trench coat for half the year…

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The Roku app is coming along too. Developers are pretty active.

If only the Swiftfin app would have a new release…. (It’s been years).

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Would pi hole block the ads? Works to block my Roku ads.

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I’ve never installed a driver on Linux… that’s a windows thing? and how the hell is Linux the one that needs more ram. What in the world are you talking about?

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Will rewatch out of respect

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Have you used it lately? Broken layouts don’t happen for me very often in the last few years (I work in an office with libreoffice/word used beside each other daily).

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Whyy

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develops most things in notepad 😬

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Jellyfin really is free :p

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You can integrate this with Bitwarden to auto generate email aliases too

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My understanding is that the email is encrypted still so… they hand over the encrypted data which might be useless.

(CEO did a podcast this week for a Linux podcast)

Authy Desktop client will be discontinued from August 2024

Twillio just announced they're discontinuing the Desktop version of their popular Two Factor Authentication client. Their proposed solution is for users to move to the mobile app, which of course doesn't fulfill the use case of people who explicitly chose Authy because it had a desktop client....

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Glad I already migrated to using KeepassXC on the desktop for TOTP codes, partially out of frustration trying to use the Authy Linux desktop client.

And hey, now I own my data!

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