JovialSodium @ JovialSodium @lemmy.sdf.org

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Yeah, I see a fair amount of gatekeeping and condescension in Linux communities. I also see a lot of people who truly want to be helpful, but that aspect is there.

I've seen Linux compared to car ownership a number of times, and I think that's an apt comparison. I have the knowledge to use and perform basic maintenance on a car, and I have no interest in learning more. It's a tool made for a purpose. Some people love to tinker with cars, and I can understand that. I love Linux and enjoy tinkering with it, but it generally won't "just work" for most users. Yes, if you're setting it up for your grandparents and they just need a web browser or something like that it's probably fine but most users that aren't Linux savvy are going to run into issues.

Linux is becoming ever more usable, and I think usage will continue to increase alongside that, but I don't see it ever becoming a major personal desktop platform. Wouldn't mind being wrong, but Linux will be fine, regardless.

That was more ranty than I had expected!

Something that ran from loadlin, I can't remember. Slackware, probably.

TL;DR: Probably.

Some facts

• I did, in fact, come across a recipe shortly before I saw this post that called for four cloves of garlic. A dish I've since made, and blatantly disregarded the quantity of garlic.
• I found the recipe on a search engine. I have it set to "all regions" but anecdotal evidence suggests it prioritizes my region.
• I live in a country with majorily Caucasian people, of which I match the majority.
• In skimming over my reply I noted I was being vague about the search engine and nationality, which seems silly. DDG and Conflicted States of America.

This recipe calls for 4 garlic clove bulbs.

There's certainly more dangers and risk and that's important to be mindful of, but I don't agree that it should be limited to having to have a local or a guide.

Some more unsolicited advice to that end.

• There are some places it's not advisable to go. Perhaps due to conflict or civil unrest.
• There's more risk if there's a common cultural bias against you (nationality, ethnicity, religion, gender identity, sexual preferences, etc).
• Research if and what tourist targeted crimes are common ar your destination, as well as scams.
• Affluent areas tend to be safer. And still very affordable, comparatively.
• Don't carry a lot of valuables. Enough cash for whatever your outing is. I also recommend keeping a travel specific debit card with no international fees and keeping a small balance on it and carry that around. A low limit credit card could also work.
• Let people back home know where you are and check in. If your country has a consulate there, keep that info handy.
• Risks for being a target are higher for women because the world is awful like that.

I know that's seems like a lot, but it really boils down to being mindful, aware, and prepared.

Edit: split out conflicts and biases and removed a mansplainy bit.

Some unsolicited advice

• Don't trust anyone trying to make a living off of selling you anything, even something less tangible like a lifestyle.
• If you have extra income after living expenses, set a little aside for personal enjoyment and save/invest the rest. The future is uncertain.
• If you want to travel to far flung destinations and have the means to do so, consider skipping the resort experience. You'll spend much less especially in developing countries and have a more authentic (relatively speaking), and rewarding experience.

Edit: Formatting.

There's definitely a steep initial learning curve as you observed and dialing in your configuration is time consuming in my experience but once you've got things the way you like, it's pretty smooth sailing from there.

Edit: removed compared to arch references. Not relevant to the comment.

From: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/btw-i-use-arch

BTW I Use Arch is a catchphrase used to make fun of the type of person who feels superior because they use a more difficult Linux distribution.

I think that's fair to apply to some NixOS users. Source: BTW I use NixOS.

Using entirely reasonable standards that most of the rest of the world has adopted is too hard for us for some reason.

Huh. I hadn't considered that. I dislike the platform and liked the idea of it being blocked, but I hadn't considered it as a limitation of free speech.

Begrudgingly, this changes my opinion.

MiSTer is a great option for high accuracy and zero/low latancy emulation. And besides being able to use original controllers you can also drive an analog display with an analog IO board, if that's desirable to you.

If you want real hardware, this isn't it. And I can understand wanting the real hardware. But for a nearly perfect recreation of the experience without the headaches of maintaining aging hardware, MiSTer does the job.

Analog Pocket looks cool too. But wanted to nerd out on the MiSTer specifically.

NES (my nostalgia speaking)

Maybe conky but probably not?

Conky can be used to display text on your desktop, including grabbing stdout from a program. I'm not familiar with calcurse but if it can dump text output of what you want, that could work.

The big caveat is that conky doesn't work with wayland. It's a work in progress (according to the arch wiki, anyway).

Some ideas:

Are you using proprietary nvidia drivers? Display issues after switching kernels could be driver related. If so, switch to nouveau and see what happens.

See if the issues persists with another display manager, such as sddm.

My suggestion just changes your threat model, so may not be a good one based on your wants.

Perhaps consolidate systems? Managing less devices = less points of failure. But adds the risk of any given failure being more severe.

Employers enjoying free work if you're salaried.

You could combine something like backblaze with syncthing and get both. And you wouldn't lose syncing if your cloud storage provider became inaccessible. There's a self hosted aspect to that, albeit an easy one so perhaps still not something you want to do? Felt worth mentioning though.

A quick search tells me that mac mini's have ethernet. Are you able temporarily connect that way to fetch the wifi drivers?

Two facts:

• I'm about to head out to a Super Bowl party.
• I agree with you.

Be proactive about your health.