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kalpol ,

Yeah that Minecraft setup is ridiculous now, then you get ads.

Windows 11 Start menu ads are now rolling out to everyone (www.theverge.com)

Microsoft is starting to enable ads inside the Start menu on Windows 11 for all users. After testing these briefly with Windows Insiders earlier this month, Microsoft has started to distribute update KB5036980 to Windows 11 users this week, which includes “recommendations” for apps from the Microsoft Store in the Start menu....

kalpol ,

Running Opensuse, suspend/hibernation works fine. Older hardware though

kalpol ,

MS doesn't care about the desktop operating system except how can they control it like Apple and iphones. All the money is in O365 and Azure these days.

kalpol ,

They're all headed that way. And Google wants to do it to PCs too.

Looking for Cloud Storage Replacement, but I don't like NextCloud

I'm looking for something to replace cloud storage for myself and family. I've tried to use/like NextCloud but honestly I despise it. The UI/UX really bothers me, and administering it is a pain. It also just does way more that I want or need....

kalpol ,

Yeah I don't see the issue here. Don't install a bunch of random plugins, set it up as recommended, and Nextcloud is just fine and has a nice mobile app and functions.

kalpol ,

You can use something separate like Zoneedit for the DNS records

kalpol ,

There's at least two of us

kalpol ,

Same same

kalpol ,

That plus Helen Nissenbaum. When you read 1984 and then start thinking about the concept of future contexts changing use of private data, you get real nervous.

kalpol ,

No Lineage support for Fairphones?

kalpol ,

Ditch Ubuntu too. Mint or OpenSuse are very good alternatives.

kalpol ,

Two things keep Windows around. Office/Exchange and remote management. Nothing really works that well in any other ecosystem.

kalpol OP ,

Admittedly I have not dug too deeply into Proxmox but its learning curve appears kinda steep.

kalpol OP ,

I need full on segregated machines sometimes though. I've got stuff that only runs in Win98 or XP (old radio programming software).

kalpol OP ,

Doesn't mean anything right now if you are running ESXi, except you can't reinstall ESXi unless you kept the image and you won't get ESXi updates.

kalpol OP ,

I've seen you recommending this here before - what's its selling point vs say qemu-kvm? Does Incus do virtual networking without having to straight up learn iptables or whatever? (Not that there is anything wrong with iptables, I just have to choose what I can learn about)

kalpol OP ,

Lol no, just old radios. My point is just that my requirements are pretty widely varied.

kalpol OP ,

Sort of. The activation license will work as long as you have it. They won't renew support though, which effectively kills it when the support contract runs out.

kalpol OP ,

Old Motorolas, they really hate users.

kalpol ,

Yeah I experimented with Truenas in a VM, it randomly dropped the pool. Do not do this.

Music Piracy Is Back, Baby (gizmodo.com)

"Muso, a research firm that studies piracy, concluded that the high prices of streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music are pushing people back towards illegal downloads. Spotify raised its prices by one dollar last year to $10.99 a month, the same price as Apple Music. Instead of coughing up $132 a year, more consumers...

kalpol ,

Plex is not great for privacy or ownership these days. Jellyfin or Kodi are much better.

kalpol ,

Try Zoneedit. I've had them for years and barely glanced at them.

Computer scientist shows how to tamper with Georgia voting machine, in election security trial: “All it takes is five seconds and a Bic pen.” (www.ajc.com)

Computer scientist shows how to tamper with Georgia voting machine, in election security trial: “All it takes is five seconds and a Bic pen.”::An expert witness for plaintiffs seeking to bar Georgia's touchscreen voting machines showed a crowded courtroom how he could tamper with election res

kalpol ,

How it is in Texas too.

kalpol ,

Yeah I was about to say I can play music on a single core Atom in an Acer Aspire One from 2008.

Zoneminder is awesome if you want to keep your security footage to yourself. (zoneminder.com)

Zoneminder is a pretty solid setup for IP security cameras, and the zmninja app is really nice too. I had tried it years ago but got back to it recently with some sketchy IP cameras. I just put them in their own VLAN, no Internet access, Zoneminder does motion detection and event recording, and so far I'm quite pleased with it.

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