Linux gives you freedom.

Freedom lets you break stuff.

If, like Windows or MacOSyou just use it as intended by official support, it should be fine. If you start just adding everything and anything from anyone you’re gonna break stuff.

Other stuff is made to be idiot proof, Linux is not.

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Think I’m still on keepassxc but looking to change. Bitwarden is looking good.

Do you selfhost?

Morons are everywhere, be prepared. Occasionally I’m one of them.

Yes.

Easiest to use separate containers tho. Jellyfin, Navidrome, Slskd, even Lemmy all provide Docker images just ready to pull. They tend to take up far less space and resources than a VM.

If it’s just for personal use I find Tailscale great…no need to worry about opening ports on my home router.

My phone, laptop & rpi server all talk to each other outwith the home network via Tailscale.

Docker is similar to a VM. It’s a vilitualized container. They are used very heavily in enterprise stuff afaik.

I can run:

docker pull ubuntu

And have a virtual Ubuntu server up and running in seconds. Or Arch, Alpine or whatever.

Beyond just OS images many applications are packaged as docker containers as it comes with all the libraries, databases and underlying OS all set up, ready to go and easy to update.

I have Jellyfin & Navidrome docker instances so I can stream my video & music collection around my house and to my phone or laptop when away from home. They are a bit like Plex. Navidrome + Symfonium beats Spotify imo. Slskd means I can use my Android device away from home to download albums to my music collection and then stream them right back to the phone.

Does docker count?

I have jellyfin, navidrome, slskd and others running in little docker virtual instances.

I tend to use qemu kvm’s just for testing out novel operating systems, trying out package managers or just somewhere I can break stuff without worry.

Arcade Punks builds might be worth it…I just use them on an rpi.

Depends on the system.

sudo is complex with a lot of code and options.

doas is small, simple & secure from OpenBSD.

If all you want is root priv without remembering two passwords on your box, doas is fine. If you want a complex system of admins and users with fine grained permission control sudo may be a better option.

I use ’ su -’ much of the time and just use a root shell.

Actively replacing sudo with doas on an OS that includes sudo in the base system seems pointless imo.

su ftw!

Beehaw’s fine, no need to promote one side of Lemmy whilst laying into another.

I appreciate the need for variety but personally value safe spaces for discussion over anons right to troll with porn.

The code base needs work to allow safe spaces to exist and integrate with anons trolling now that there are a few million accounts.

It seems much more likely beehaw defeded due to the accounts here lolzing about posting homophobic content everywhere, as the instance owner is apparently gay, & posting knobs all over the feminist spaces. I suspect your take that beehaw action’s are to generate income is complete fiction, it’s to limit the ability of fuckwits on the server as the current mod tools are shite.

The first 3 books of A Song of Ice & Fire.

By the time he gets to book 4/5 it’s all starting to get a little out of hand for poor George.

I looked at a few instances a week or two ago and decided on fmhy as they seemed, by name, prepped for Reddit users. I then subscribed to a lot of communities often on other instances or kbin. I’ve found that my local feed is not what I want, lots of piracy & porn, and my subscribed feed has a lot of repetition as a lot of communities are cross posting stuff. Also uploading media seems broken.

I’ve created an account on a smaller instance with a local feed that is fairly quiet, inoffensive and a little more niche, which makes for a pleasant homepage. Switching to the ‘All’ feed gives a nice overview of the lemmy & kbin world.

I think I’m gonna avoid the subscribe button for a while and watch, post, comment & vote instead. The entirety of lemmy & kbin is about the size of a medium subreddit at the moment. I think the ‘All’ feed with some sorting options alongside the search and alert system may be a better way to navigate the current landscape than subscribing to 1234 communities with liberal use of copy & paste.

Glad to hear.

Looking forward to trying out bcachefs once it’s been mainlined.

3 of my mates

Easier to keep track of everything they are wrong about and factor that in.

Occasional Mark Kermode

If what I hear it’s true than once a NixOS user is up and running adding additional packages and up-streaming them appears to be a fairly simple process.

Something like Arch has ~10,000 packages in the main repo and the AUR has ~70,000 packages. It’s hard to get something into the Arch repo, very easy to get something into the AUR. NixOS seems like it may be a middle ground where by the time someone can grok the system they should only be a step or two away from contributing to it.

I’m still clinging on to my samsung s10e and hope to get another year or so out of it…after that I think I’m just gonna bite the bullet and get a dongle dac.

I’m sure it’s a factor. I don’t use Nix but from what I gather the easiest way to run a package is often to add it, and upstream are pretty accepting. The number isn’t that wild if you compare it to something like Arch+AUR. Also Nix wants to do it all and replace stuff like pyp and other native package managers, I think pyp alone is responsible for >5000 nixpkgs.

If you are counting different versions then it’s hundreds of thousands…and I think you can mix and match them.

Yes, consider popping in an ssd in place of the hdd if you have a few more pennies to spare.