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HootersMcBoobies said:
Looks like the ABI has some Wayland specific stuff: https://bugs.gentoo.org/958072
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This is exactly the sort of fragmentary bullshit people have been warning wayland idiots about for years. GTK has non-"standard" extensions to the wayland core protocol that other libraries don't implement, so it's only a matter of time before this shit breaks something important.
 
teriyakiburns said:
This is exactly the sort of fragmentary bullshit people have been warning wayland idiots about for years. GTK has non-"standard" extensions to the wayland core protocol that other libraries don't implement, so it's only a matter of time before this shit breaks something important.
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And it's not just GTK, it's also Qt, and also every WM and DE. So even if you want to make your own environment with something based on wlroots (as it's most popular), you will need to download additional packages for GTK, Qt, KDE (because of course it's separate) and whatever else protocol extensions you need. Almost like leaving all decisions to the implementations without standardizing an interface doesn't create a cohesive envirnoment.
 
Many distros are dropping X in favour of Wayland by 2026-7. All the distros worth their salt won't be affected though.
 
I guess the problem is that qt and GTK are dropping support for X. But how many app developers are actually adopting the new versions of qt and GTK?
 
Ahriman said:
More benchmark kino.



Man it feels so nice to see Linux handling vidya so damn well, after all these years.
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You've already shilled that second clickbait slop a week ago. I really wish this insufferable chippie addicted fat cunt would stop acting like the /g/ stereotype of a Linux fanboy and appreciate Linux gaming for what it is, not quite close to Windows but good enough for 99% of people, which is a massive achievement given how it basically didn't work a few years ago. Instead he is constantly sad and upset whenever Linux doesn't beat Windows in every benchmark, like his 4-way video that initially had "I wish I had better news" in the title, and then he has to overblow benchmarks that don't show a total Linux victory with clickbait titles like "MICROSOFT AND NVIDIA SHOULD BE WORRIED" when his own benchmarks show that in most scenarios the gains are within the margin of error and in most cases Linux still loses.

People would be way more accepting of Linux if the Linux community was actually honest about what it is and what it can do instead of pulling these sort of mental gymnastics, half-truths and lies by omission to not say anything remotely bad about their holy penguin.
 
Slav Power said:
You've already shilled that second clickbait slop a week ago. I really wish this insufferable chippie addicted fat cunt would stop acting like the /g/ stereotype of a Linux fanboy and appreciate Linux gaming for what it is, not quite close to Windows but good enough for 99% of people, which is a massive achievement given how it basically didn't work a few years ago. Instead he is constantly sad and upset whenever Linux doesn't beat Windows in every benchmark, like his 4-way video that initially had "I wish I had better news" in the title, and then he has to overblow benchmarks that don't show a total Linux victory with clickbait titles like "MICROSOFT AND NVIDIA SHOULD BE WORRIED" when his own benchmarks show that in most scenarios the gains are within the margin of error and in most cases Linux still loses.

People would be way more accepting of Linux if the Linux community was actually honest about what it is and what it can do instead of pulling these sort of mental gymnastics, half-truths and lies by omission to not say anything remotely bad about their holy penguin.
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Duly noted, I thought I hadn't shared it before.

As for the rest, yea I'd agree that tHe LiNuX cOmMuNiTy needs to stop behaving like the vegans of computers.

"See? It's just like Windoze!!1!1"

I am old enough to use Linux precisely for what it is, but I come from the time when I had to dual boot Windows XP if I wanted to play some vidya. It's nice to see that the gap is practically closed now.
 
Ahriman said:
Duly noted, I thought I hadn't shared it before.

As for the rest, yea I'd agree that tHe LiNuX cOmMuNiTy needs to stop behaving like the vegans of computers.

"See? It's just like Windoze!!1!1"

I am old enough to use Linux precisely for what it is, but I come from the time when I had to dual boot Windows XP if I wanted to play some vidya. It's nice to see that the gap is practically closed now.
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Paging this comment: is there any hope for the Troonix community to cease their collective faggotry? Unlikely, since I assume there would be a need for a fork to come to be """based""" from scratch.

It's sad, really.
 
AUR sisters, did you get pwned?


On the 16th of July, at around 8pm UTC+2, a malicious AUR package was
uploaded to the AUR. Two other malicious packages were uploaded by the
same user a few hours later. These packages were installing a script
coming from the same GitHub repository that was identified as a Remote
Access Trojan (RAT).

The affected malicious packages are:

- librewolf-fix-bin
- firefox-patch-bin
- zen-browser-patched-bin

The Arch Linux team addressed the issue as soon as they became aware of
the situation. As of today, 18th of July, at around 6pm UTC+2, the
offending packages have been deleted from the AUR.

We strongly encourage users that may have installed one of these
packages to remove them from their system and to take the necessary
measures in order to ensure they were not compromised.
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Nice Stick said:
For anyone who isn't keeping up with the joy of linux audio, pipewire/pipewire-pulse/pipewire-alsa is the current thing (pipewire-pulse and pipewire-alsa are wrappers for the old API's). You'll want to install all three of these to have working audio in Arch, although you can probably use pulse or alsa if you really want to.
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My experience from using all of them. Is alsa tends to be the best option, if you are using something that specifically relies on pulseaudio's API.

You can simply install alsa-lib and alsa-utils. Set up your asound.conf to use the right audio device. And you are set on audio and basically never have to worry about it breaking.

Pulse and pipewire seem a lot more flimsy rely on a lot of userland stuff, that can go wrong or not get started properly. And just aren't as simple as using alsa alone. Of the two I think pipewire is better. And if you have something that needs pulse using pipewire-pulse is probably the best option.
GNU Abyss said:
I've never understood this sentiment. Just because the steps to do something are listed on the Arch Wiki doesn't mean you have to do it. There are better distros if your hobby is non-stop modification of your system. NixOS, Guix, Gentoo etc. My Arch-based setup (Artix btw) last saw a tweak more than two months ago.
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I get the feeling a lot of people that say arch is only for people that want to fiddle around with their system, haven't used arch. The reason I do have Gentoo, is because I do like messing around with some stuff.

And the reason I use arch, is because it just works. I install something it's basically as instant as anything else I have tried. And I can get things set up faster than any other distro. They tend to work without any real effort on my part. Basically it's what I recommend as a daily driver for anyone with at least a tiny amount of competence.

You can install it in minutes, you can get any desktop or window manager you can think of set up in minutes. And have a working system faster than anything else I have tried.
 
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