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Rustmilian

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Privacy & Foss advocate, and Linux user.
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Meanwhile the entire Internet :
https://example.com/Laura/Epsom

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Dyslexia moment

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Wayland pretty much solves every single dual monitor issue. Only problem now is getting complete Nvidia support and patching out edge cases. I dual monitor all the time, and not just normal dual monitor either, the monitor count increases or decreases on a whim and not a single screen in use are the same. They all have different refresh rates, resolutions, orientations, vrr & hdr support, color ranges, etc. everything works as expected.

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Yeah. If that's not one of the first things IT did when they got hired, then you need a new IT. You seriously can't trust anyone to not plug a random USB into volatile infostructure.

Also, they could do it to prevent theft of their proprietary code and other things that you'd probably need to sign a NDA to even see in the first place.

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What if I told you I'd rather bash my skull in than use powershell.

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Unlocking dev settings is first thing I do on Android.

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GNOME

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I'd take plain text files over the registry any day of time.

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KDE Plasma 6 has experimental HDR support. The HDR Wayland protocol isn't finished just yet. Here's a good source.

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There's a clear GUI option for this in KDE Plasma, no registry or terminal needed.

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hundreds of different distros

And out of those "hundreds" only a handful of them are actually popular and progressing innovation...

As someone who's distro hopped across a wide verity of distros, the fundamentals are more less the same across all of them. Just go with a popular distro with good documentation and you'll be fine. If you've learned enough from mint to feel comfortable tackling Arch Linux, then the documention (e.g. ArchWiki) will be your strongest asset.

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Luckily on KDE plasma this is just a GUI setting.

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That's why KDE Plasma just makes the searches shortcuts in a similar manner to the !bang feature of duckduckgo. Though it'd be nice if the used ! in the shortcuts alies by default. !ddg is just more reliable than ddg.

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Imagine being this unironically toxic... in a meme community.

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Why do that when you can just use a GUI?
KDE plasma 6 has a GUI setting for the equivalent feature.

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You forgot the entire point of Arch Linux, it was never meant for newbies, bud.

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A terrible one that's basically a weird file browser for binary data and crap.

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paru -S firefox

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The registry is worse. They maliciously hide basic settings and leave you to figure it out without any documentation.
The terminal is actually consistent, Grub entries are consistent and have documentation, editing plain text is way better than manipulating binary data with a jank tool.
I guarantee that most Windows users, including the techy type, had no clue that the feature described in my post was even possible or existed. Point is, this is not a system level setting, it's a basic setting that can easily be done with a simple GUI checkbox/button/switch just as KDE plasma has done. Window's hiding it, not only inside the registry, but even hiding it from the registry as an unmarked option with 0 documention, is utterly ridiculous.

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Yes, it is functionally different. Because of man, -h/--help,tldr, documentation, consistency, etc.
The terminal is a consistent and predictable tool that you are given every needed resource to able to learn and use. To find out what a command does is easy and you don't need internet to do it. Plus, the terminal is way more versatile and extensible.
The entire point of the terminal is to empower the user and give a consistent interference to manipulate low-level and high-level settings, features and applications. While the entire point of the registry is to limit & obscure the accessibly of options Microsoft doesn't want you to be able to touch or know about. Nor is it even consistent for that matter, with stuff shuffling around, resetting and being removed during updates. My post is a prime example, they don't want you to be able to disable Bing search because they make money from it, exactly the same reason they actively try preventing you from removing edge.

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The reason why is because of dependency hell and general packaging conflicts that could occur. You can go with the tar, snap, appimage or flatpak. If you do decide to use the system level package from a 3rd party, just be aware of the risks and be careful.
The issue lay within the difference in standards, the usual target for these companies is Debian using the Debian packaging guidelines, while Ubuntu has their own, Ubuntu and Debian also have different release cycles which can lead to conflict with certain packages.
Perhaps, if you're needs aren't met maybe moving to a semi-rolling or rolling distro is best.

Edit : typos

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Just because your dear leader looks like a cartoon bear, that doesn't make us racist.

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False. "Chinese people" aren't being compared to "yellow animals". The only thing happening here is your dear leader looking like a cartoon Bear 🐻.

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You're the only one "comparing Chinese people to yellow animals" in truth. Your Irony is delicious to me.

Rustmilian , (edited )
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this you?

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/ae144b93-37a5-494a-9bad-2e69253d1c17.jpeg

Funny how you went from saluting the American flag to being a Chinese propagandist.

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You really just compared "African leader" to "a monkey". I can't, I can't believe it. The irony, the sheer irony, it's delicious, so very delicious, keep feeding me more of this shit.

You're completely miss understanding the entire thing. You're dear lead is being compared to an iconic, childhood beloved, Disney, cartoon bear 🐻, and you think it's racist? How foolish.

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why would you care about a far away government collecting intelligence about you over the one that can (and will) actually hurt you?

Both of you are dangerous in truth. We don't trust anyone. (⁠ಠ⁠_⁠ಠ⁠)⁠>⁠⌐⁠■⁠-⁠■ Why do you think we use FOSS?

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That's a weird way of saying :

I'mma pull bullshit out of my ass with no evidence.

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Hell yeah!! So many needed fixes that have been bugging me for a while are finally fixed!!

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Why should we have the same standard for two fundamentally different languages with distinct design philosophies and features?
Even if the C coding standard was used, it fundamentally will not make Rust more legible to C-only kernel devs. Imposing the C coding standard on Rust would be fundamentally counterproductive, as it would undermine Rust's safety and productivity features. Rust's coding guidelines align with its design principles, promoting idiomatic Rust code that leverages language features like ownership, borrowing, and lifetimes.
This ensures that Rust code in the kernel is safe, concurrent, and maintainable, while adhering to the language's best practices.
While the C coding standard served its purpose well for the procedural C language, it is ill-suited for a modern language like Rust, which has different priorities and language constructs. Having separate coding standards allows each language to shine in its respective domain within the kernel, leveraging their strengths while adhering to their respective design philosophies. Having separate coding standards for C and Rust within the kernel codebase is the sensible approach.

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How would removing a browser break an OS? Is Window's really that fragile that it completely collapses from removing a single user-space application?

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So Chromebooks and Windows are switching, that's funny. Windows is gradually becoming more and more browser based, while Chromebooks are gradually moving away.

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If it's a native app then it's fine, else if it's just a chromium skin then that bullshit can fuck off.

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In any case, it's the temporary file directory so it should be fine to delete them manually.
Just make sure that podman isn't running while you're deleting them, assuming it is podman.

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Rustmilian , (edited )
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This error is caused by a compatibility issue between Wine's RandR (X11 display extension) implementation and the NVIDIA proprietary drivers.

a. Install winetricks and run winetricks orm=backbuffer glsl=disable
This will configure Wine to use a different rendering method that is compatible with the NVIDIA drivers.

&/Or

b. Use a tool like Q4Wine to configure the Wine prefix and set the "UseRandR" option to "N"
This will disable Wine's use of the RandR extension and use a fallback method instead.

That should fix it.

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Look, even if Biden wanted to, he can't just waltz in and set up a full-blown social credit system like they have in China. The infrastructure and technology for that kind of comprehensive, government-controlled system just isn't there (yet). If we can pass the right bills to block that kind of technology from being used for this purpose in the first place, then it really won't matter what other laws he tries to push through.

And you know, even in places that seem to be "credit-only," you can often still get by without a credit history, In many cases, you can actually talk the private owner or landlord into giving you access based on other factors, like your income, rental history, or whatever else they're willing to consider. Sure, it might be a bit more of a hassle, and the landlord or business might give you a harder time. But the practical restrictions you face are nothing compared to what you'd see in an actual government-run social credit system. In those cases, you'd be completely shut out from entire aspects of life based on your social credit score - no wiggle room at all.

The credit card and private sector restrictions are honestly pretty minor compared to that level of government control. When it comes to renting, for example, if a landlord decides not to rent to you because you lack credit history, that's really just their own personal decision as the property owner. The government isn't mandating that. And the whole credit card system itself is run by private companies, not the government. These are financial tools that businesses have created, not some government scheme to monitor and restrict people's lives.

The key distinction is that a true social credit system, like what they have in China, is directly controlled by the government. They're the ones setting the baseline standards and dictating who can access certain things based on this overarching social credit score they've assigned to you. It's not just about your personal finances or what private companies decide - the government is the one drawing those lines and controlling your access to basic services and opportunities.
In that kind of system, even if a landlord was willing to rent to you, they might not be able to because you don't meet the government's required social credit threshold for that particular region.
They're essentially "redlining" people based on this government-run social credit system, in a way that goes far beyond anything we have with private credit cards and loans.
That level of comprehensive state control is a whole other beast compared to the more limited, private-sector driven credit systems we have.

A major component that makes China's entire social credit system work is they're huge surveillance systems of high tech & low tech spy mechanisms like intrusive cameras, facial recognition software, automatic law enforcement systems, AI integration, web surveillance, "great firewall of China" and much more.

So while I agree Biden is pushing some concerning legislation on things like hate speech and nonprofits, that's a separate issue from actually implementing a social credit system. Our focus should be on preventing that kind of technology and infrastructure from taking root in the first place. That's where I think our efforts need to be directed.

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Except RIIR is a meme, not a real thing to be taken seriously.

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I've also heard that unsafe Rust is even more dangerous than C.

Utterly Untrue :
It’s important to understand that unsafe doesn’t turn off the borrow checker or disable any other of Rust’s safety checks: if you use a reference in unsafe code, it will still be checked.

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