Fine points. And I am considering that simplicity might be worth it. Except for:
Another fix might be moving towards software that doesn’t require the capacity to reverse updates frequently.
Totally solid advice, but I love my rolling release distro though. So for the time being I’m willing to accept the associated risk.
Your comment as well as @stupid_asshole69@hexbear.net were really food for thought for me. stupid_asshole69 advising against, and yours as a cautionary tale.
This would be a complex stack to accomplish my goal. It occurs to me that it’d be mdadm (raid 1) > LUKS > btrfs since btrfs can’t do encryption which is right in the middle of that stack, so I couldn’t use it’s raid 1 functionality. If any of those pieces break, all the protection they would have otherwise provided me goes out the window.
And I’m not really worried about losing data. I already backup my personal files and most of my configs. The appeal with this kind of setup is the data redundancy and fairly quick recovery. But a partition clone like what saved you also works pretty well for that purpose. I don’t know what I’ll do just yet, but definitely taking all that in to consideration.
I wasn’t familiar with timeshift so I took a look at it. My primary use case for snapshots is to take one before updates. So I can load from the snapshot if there’s issues. It doesn’t look like using it with ext4 would fulfill this use-case. But it looks like it also supports btrfs snapshots so could be useful as a UI to configure that.
Hearing roughly a decade of successful use, especially on systems with constrained resources, certainly makes me lean further towards btrfs.
its RAID ≠ 0/1/10 are buggy, but 0/1/10 are considered reliable.
btrfs has been solid and done everything I could want. It was a huge upgrade from mdadm and lvm
@ikidd@lemmy.world said that btrfs is poor at software RAID. I’ll do a little research in to how it fares for RAID 1 vs mdadm. I don’t see any reason I couldn’t do mdadm>luks>btrfs if that’s the better choice. But if btrfs is reliable and with comparable performance, I’d certainly rather do that.
It’s the shits at software RAID, but that’s rarely a thing on a workstation.
I am using a RAID 1 mirror over two disks. So that’s good to know. I’ll do a little research and see if it’s better to let mdadm handle that.
Look at
btrfs-assistantfor adminstration. That’s what Fedora ships with, I think it uses Snapper in the backend.
Doesn’t look like that’s in the void repo. But that’s ok, I don’t mind learning the command line tools.
Nope. I fiddle until it does what I want. If the thing I’m working on is complex or I’m struggling with it I’ll keep versions of configs. And I back up working configs via an rsync job. Which isn’t a particularly robust solution but I’m content with it for my needs.
Jellyfin/Plex like many have mentioned.
I personally like Syncthing for petty much everything else. For general file syncing of course. But also with Joplin pointed to a synced directory for notes. With keepass as a password vault. With synced config directories for some apps across devices like newsboat for RSS, and neomutt for email. I also used to use it with rtorrent via a watch directory, though I currently am using a seedbox for that purpose.
VPN (openvpn/wireguard) is a good idea if you want to access your services outside your local network, without exposing them all globally.
I pirated a Prime show I already had access to just the other day out of annoyance because of their ads.
I’ve never had any trouble running adobe software on Linux.
I’ve also never tried, but still the statement is technically correct.
That’s a new metaphor for me. I like it! And I want some chips now. Either the British or American kind.
Give up on nvidia, IMO.
I feel like most everyone* who cares about distros likes Debian. It may not be the right distro for your use case, but you’re glad it’s around.
* I’m sure even Debian has it’s haters. But I think it’s a minority.
To an extent. But it wouldn’t surprise me at all if sometime in the nest future they force the use their own DNS servers within their browser instead of respecting your network configuration.
The best solution to circumventing Chrome’s bad behavior is to not use it.
Edit: speiling
It depends on the implementation.
If there’s no voice chat, text based chat participation is considered optional, and the in-game community isn’t toxic, then I might get chatty.
As long as the record is in good condition, I find the sound comperable. I’ve played the same song on a high bitrate digital audio file and on vinyl and I found both equally pleasing to listen to.
I have a Fluance RT80 turntable, and am using the built in preamp. It’s connected to a home audio receiver (Sony STRDH590) with a 2.1 speaker setup (Polk Audio Monitor 60 Series II Floorstanding Speakers and a Polk Audio PSW10 10" Powered Subwoofer). A pretty midrange setup in others words. And I’m no audiophile, so weigh accordingly.
Edit: I realized you asked specifically about streaming. This link https://support.spotify.com/us/artists/article/audio-file-formats/ indicates that Spotify does up to OGG 320kbps/AC3 256kbps which is comparable to my personal audio library. So, statement holds.
I got caught up in the vinyl revival, so I enjoy collecting that media. But even then, I consider it more of a novelty.
Generally speaking though, I prefer locally stored digital media without DRM over physical media. It’s just more practical.
That being said, I’m glad that physical media exists and hope it continues to be made. Choice is good.
This sums it up. I’m too lazy and there’s too little incentive.
I can easily believe these types of continued enshittification will help drive more users to Linux desktop usage. But that will still be a small percent.
People have to know and care about the problem and then be willing to put in the effort to understand what to do. That combination is pretty limiting.
I’d love to be proven wrong, though.
Unlock origin has cookie banner filters. I didn’t have this problem, I assume that’s why.
Would a VM work? I’ve read that you can run MacOS inside a VM. Though I haven’t attempted it (yet). Could do Windows in a VM too but virtualized ad-riddled spyware is still ad-riddled spyware.