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excitingburp , 2 months ago to linuxmemes in To be honest, it is quite complicated now as well with all of the proprietary software

export PATH=$PATH:/mypath1:/mypath2 in ~/.profile. Means "add :/mypath1:/mypath2 to what is already in $PATH." If you need the entire system to be aware, set or update it in /etc/environment with PATH=...

excitingburp , 3 months ago to linuxmemes in or cult, I don't see difference

Absolutely. The only difference is that the benefits aren't imaginary, they are quite tangible.

excitingburp , 3 months ago to Technology in Kids Are Watching Brain Melting AI-Generated Videos on YouTube Without Parents Realizing

As opposed to the human-made brain melting videos?

excitingburp , 3 months ago to Technology in The DMA already having an impact. Brave Browser installs surge after introduction of browser choice splash screen on iOS.

And once again, I am seriously questioning Apple's privacy claims. Why else would Apple build such a moat around Safari?

excitingburp , 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to Selfhosted in What's the deal with Docker?

For your use case, consider it to be a packaging format (like AppImage, Flatpak, Deb, RPM, etc.) that includes all the dependencies (including services, not just libraries) for the app in question.

Should I change this?

If it's not broken don't fix it.

Use Podman (my preferred - the SystemD approach is awesome), containerd, or Incus. Docker is a graveyard of half-finished pet projects that have no reason for existing. Podman has a Docker-compatible socket, so 100% of Docker tooling will work with it.

excitingburp , 3 months ago to linuxmemes in That's LTT in the bottom

The language itself has no type enforcement, the type checking is implemented within nixpkgs. This might seem like pedantry, but it really matters for things like LSPs (text editor autocomplete). I think that's what scares some people off: it's like OG Minecraft, you need to have the wiki/search.nixos.org open while you are doing your editing.

That being said, the type checking goes much deeper than what the windows registry does - e.g. it won't allow you to enable conflicting services - like grub and systemd-boot - at the same time.

excitingburp , 3 months ago to linuxmemes in Old is stability

Apparently the upgrade (including configuration) is incredibly smooth. Those interested in tinkering with the vanilla experience have had to install it in a VM.

excitingburp , 3 months ago to linuxmemes in That's LTT in the bottom

Nah, it's just Linus. I have endless time for people who want to learn. Linus doesn't want to learn, he wants to be right.

excitingburp , 3 months ago to linuxmemes in That's LTT in the bottom

I'm 110% with you here. Debian have make it much more difficult to break your system, so it should be stack sponge proof going forward. I still wouldn't put it past Linus to fuck it up some other way (you know, maybe he'll curl HTML into bash instead of a script), and he'll still stand his ground and blame the world. And then later give one of his non-apology apologies.

I used to be a huge fan.

excitingburp , 3 months ago to Privacy in Is it unnecessary to cover one's webcam on Linux?

All software has bugs, including Linux. Some bugs can lead to security escalation. Those bugs are called vulnerabilities. Like bugs, all software has vulnerabilities - including Linux.

Your webcam can be accessed by hackers on Linux, on Windows, on MacOS, on BSD, it doesn't matter.

excitingburp , 3 months ago to linuxmemes in I know that it's rolling release, but 4 times this year seems a bit much

There's a difference between "can" and "want." For example, OP might have been planning to watch his home vids with your mom, but couldn't due to a rolling update.

excitingburp , 3 months ago to linuxmemes in That's LTT in the bottom

Linus is dunning-kruger crystallized and refined. He routinely talks authoritatively about subjects he knows little about. His qubit analogy is particularly wrong and annoying, and he doesn't stop bringing it up.

Either way, more idiot filters have been installed in front of that and you'll have to do way more work (likely learning something in the process) to fuck your system up like that.

excitingburp , 4 months ago to Selfhosted in Benefits of running 2 Wi-Fi networks from the same router? What are the downsides? (I don't know if there is a better community for this question)

It does. I have it enabled and tested. "Client Device Isolation." It's enabled per SSID.

excitingburp , 4 months ago to Selfhosted in Benefits of running 2 Wi-Fi networks from the same router? What are the downsides? (I don't know if there is a better community for this question)

Ooh I like the idea of "no Internet." I do trust all of those devices (open source), but they could still be pwned.

excitingburp , 4 months ago to Self Hosted - Self-hosting your services. in [Question] Stay with Gitea or jump to Forgejo?

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