The Linux Thread - The Autist's OS of Choice

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Ricing is one of the more intriguing things that I love about Linux. You can truly make it your own even though there isn't a practical use case for doing it. The idea is that you CAN do it. It's your choice.


Besides the cringe anime backgrounds, and debating the merit of doing it. I think it's just impressive what people can do with it. I'll dabble in it a bit when I get the chance.
 
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俺たちファームズでノッテる said:
Ricing is one of the more intriguing things that I love about Linux. You can truly make it your own even though there isn't a practical use case for doing it. The idea is that you CAN do it. It's your choice.


Besides the cringe anime backgrounds, and debating the merit of doing it. I think it's just impressive what people can do with it. I'll dabble in it a bit when I get the chance.
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its just that ricing often has horrible horrible aesthetics, like a Windows Media Player skin that has eyes on it
 
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Betonhaus said:
its just that ricing often has horrible horrible aesthetics, like a Windows Media Player skin that has eyes on it
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I can see that. For me, I would probably go for a synth-wave lite. with some transparent terminals. I just don't get trying to make your Linux desktop look like Windows. Besides for Cybersecurity reasons.
 
俺たちファームズでノッテる said:
I can see that. For me, I would probably go for a synth-wave lite. with some transparent terminals. I just don't get trying to make your Linux desktop look like Windows. Besides for Cybersecurity reasons.
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I like Chicago95, because I am old, and it reminds me of a time when technology was still a sign of a brighter future, not a source of existential dread.
 
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Linux Mint has released the beta for their latest version:


One thing that really caught my attention:
In a blog post, the Linux Mint team explained why unverified Flatpaks represented a very important security issue: https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4675

The post highlighted the fact that users REALLY need to trust where they get their software from, and that for most unverified Flatpaks, building up that trust is not possible.

Verified Flatpaks now show their maintainer name.

Unverified Flatpaks are disabled by default.

A warning reminds you of the security risks associated with them.

Unverified Flatpaks are disabled by default
When enabled, these Flatpaks are clearly marked as unverified.

Unverified Flatpaks are clearly marked as such
Note that unverified Flatpaks also do not feature any reviews and do not have a score.
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This is something I'm surprised nobody else has done. I have no idea why somebody would download an unverified Flatpak from babydick69 when you could just get the official version off of their own website, like Chrome or Steam.
 
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Dr. Geronimo said:
I have no idea why somebody would download an unverified Flatpak from babydick69 when you could just get the official version off of their own website
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Because they are retarded and just don't think. People working in enterprise environments without technical controls to restrict them from doing so do exactly the same shit, going to places like softonic or whatever to download some aids riddled version of whatever they're looking for instead of going to the official distributors site, it's really a universal problem
 
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Because they are retarded and just don't think. People working in enterprise environments without technical controls to restrict them from doing so do exactly the same shit, going to places like softonic or whatever to download some aids riddled version of whatever they're looking for instead of going to the official distributors site, it's really a universal problem
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The only time I can understand is when the programs author wants you to do all the work yourself. Look at all the bullshit the Dolphin emulator wants you to do just to play Gamecube games:


The real kicker though? At the very bottom of the page they say you can get the emulator off of Flathub with a link to it. When you go to the link though:

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This shit is so retarded.
 
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Dr. Geronimo said:
The only time I can understand is when the programs author wants you to do all the work yourself. Look at all the bullshit the Dolphin emulator wants you to do just to play Gamecube games:


The real kicker though? At the very bottom of the page they say you can get the emulator off of Flathub with a link to it. When you go to the link though:

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This shit is so retarded.
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I know that feeling. Until recently SuperSlicer required you to clone their github archive and run a script that downloads and compiles the program from scratch, which then creates an .appimage that they could've just offered a direct download for - and they finally do.

I do appreciate the changes to flatpacks. One of the ones I use (Gear Lever for managing appimages) has constant constant updates, to the point that it actually concerns me a bit because the program isn't really that complicated.
 
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Dr. Geronimo said:
This is something I'm surprised nobody else has done. I have no idea why somebody would download an unverified Flatpak from babydick69 when you could just get the official version off of their own website, like Chrome or Steam.
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Stuff hosted on Flathub is actually pretty safe since the admins verify that your manifest isn't doing anything weird when you submit an app.

You could probably sneak something malicious in when you update your app though since I think it takes them a while to get back to checking your manifest again.
 
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Betonhaus said:
Until recently SuperSlicer required you to clone their github archive and run a script that downloads and compiles the program from scratch, which then creates an .appimage that they could've just offered a direct download for - and they finally do.
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Familiar title. I remember seeing it in epm package manager as well (basically lists what software it can download, repack and install on the distro, then does this all for whatever program you pick).
 
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