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  • utopiah@lemmy.mltoLinux@lemmy.ml•How to backup around 200 DVD
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    1 day ago

    I’m way too lazy for such an endeavor… so what I would do instead is

    • buy a DVD player on a standard interface (right now seems to be USB-C) that seems to cost (wow… seriously that cheap?!) about the price of a lunch, so 30 EUR.
    • download RIPs from a Torrent tracker

    once that’s done then I would only do the additional content of a per-need basis which I would then upload back to a Website that cares about this kind of content, potentially the Internet Archive.

  • utopiah@lemmy.mltoLinux@lemmy.ml•Installing Linux Doesn't Need to Change. The Experience Does.
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    1 day ago

    Indeed, so my argument is that sure a “better” installer might change a small fraction of the marketshare, say 1%, but it’s not enough to change significantly, say 10% or even reach parity.

    An interesting example is the Steam Deck coming with Linux installed. Sure there are few people who do (by choice) install Windows alongside Linux but AFAIK the vast majority do not. That’s IMHO particularly interesting on a topic, gaming, where Windows has been traditionally the #1 reason people picked a specific OS.

  • utopiah@lemmy.mltoLinux@lemmy.ml•Installing Linux Doesn't Need to Change. The Experience Does.
    691·
    1 day ago

    Didn’t watch the video… but the premise “The biggest barrier for the new Linux user isn’t the installer” is exactly why Microsoft is, sadly, dominating the end-user (not servers) market.

    What Microsoft managed to do with OEMs is NOT to have an installer at all! People buy (or get, via their work) a computer and… use it. There is not installation step for the vast majority of people.

    I’m not saying that’s good, only that strategy wise, if the single metric is adoption rate, no installer is a winning strategy.

  • utopiah@lemmy.mltoLinux@lemmy.ml•SSH managers on Linux?
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    2 days ago

    Folders, ssh, key auth, sftp and scp are the main things I’m looking for.

    suggesting that anyone who wants a central console for their remote systems must be somehow incompetent

    IMHO that’s exactly what ~/.ssh/config using its Include directive as shown in https://lemmy.ml/post/29858248/18510482

           Include
               Include the specified configuration file(s).  Multiple
               pathnames may be specified and each pathname may contain
               glob(7) wildcards, tokens as described in the “TOKENS”
               section, environment variables as described in the
               “ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES” section and, for user
               configurations, shell-like ‘~’ references to user home
               directories.  Wildcards will be expanded and processed in
               lexical order.  Files without absolute paths are assumed
               to be in ~/.ssh if included in a user configuration file
               or /etc/ssh if included from the system configuration
               file.  Include directive may appear inside a Match or Host
               block to perform conditional inclusion.

    from https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man5/ssh_config.5.html

    So what I think people are highlighting is not that your need is wrong, rather that you rather than going back to fundamentals (e.g. lower command-line or even configuration here level stuff) you are looking for more complex and specialize tools. That tends to be reasonable in the Windows world where people are often looking for GUI but in Linux, started from Unix and thus CLI, this is a process that will often lead to disappointment. I believe people who are saying things perceived negatively here are pointing out, maybe poorly, a cultural difference that will be problematic in the future, thus why they are insisting.

  • utopiah@lemmy.mltoLinux@lemmy.ml•Linux gaming hardware/software
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    4 days ago

    Indeed, my bad, what I was trying to say is that I believe most of the efforts put into Proton stems from the SteamDeck, namely that Valve invested resources in the compatibility layer before the console but it really started to gear up then in order to bring value to players.

    Edit: post amended.

  • utopiah@lemmy.mltoLinux@lemmy.ml•Linux gaming hardware/software
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    4 days ago

    I have a i9-9900K with a 2080ti and 32GB of RAM (I had to check because it’s so “old” I didn’t remember) and honestly, until I buy the ONE game that needs better specs, not just for ever so slightly better graphics but because it wouldn’t run properly without, I’m holding on to this rig.

    I don’t have AMD vs NVIDIA recommendation. I use both (as I also have a SteamDeck) and have no big problem with either, I just work and play, no worries. For CPU/RAM I don’t think it matters much, what does though is making sure the hardware is compatible, e.g. if you have a top of the line CPU with a low-end GPU or vice versa, you will have a bottleneck and won’t use one fully. So just be coherent with your purchase and again check what are the recommended spec for your favorite games.

    Regarding the distribution, I’m on Debian stable so if you are familiar with that and have no need for anything specific, I don’t recommend changing, stick to what you know.

  • utopiah@lemmy.mltoLinux@lemmy.ml•Linux gaming hardware/software
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    4 days ago

    Check ProtonDB, e.g. https://www.protondb.com/search?q=Civilization and that, even though very useful initially started for the SteamDeck it is also a very reliable source to know if a game will work well on Linux. Overall the vast VAST majority of games do work unless there is a kernel level anti-cheat which is mostly for competitive online games only.

    Now in terms of performances, get the GPU you can afford but overall its comparable with other OSes (not to name them) and sometimes even better, so on average, you can trust whatever the publisher is recommending.

    Source : been gaming on Linux, in VR and on “flat” 3D for years now, pretty much daily.

  • utopiah@lemmy.mltoLinux@lemmy.ml•Selfhost offline software
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    13 days ago

    So… I’ve done that May 2023 for a holiday trip.

    I left with my RPi4 and few gadgets but no Internet.

    There I built https://git.benetou.fr/utopiah/offline-octopus/ and my main take away is

    • you can build what is missing

    and more importantly the meta take away is

    • you need to iterate preparations

    because just like first aid you need to be actually ready when needed and knowledge change over time. You need to actually try though, test your setup and yourself genuinely otherwise it is intellectual masturbation.

    Have fun!