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I need to figure out how to use Quad9 then.
BTW do "drive by downloads" need JavaScript to work?
The Linux Thread - The Autist's OS of Choice
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BTW do "drive by downloads" need JavaScript to work?
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They've been around since 2015/16 so I don't think that's the case. The art on their homepage is definitely AI, but the distro itself is a tiny, but seemingly legit project. Will see for myself soon enough.
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Checked and it also said no, event though I have Quad9 set pretty much everywhere; apparently an update reset my resolv.conf to Google DNS. Changed that and now it says yes, so I guess some queries were leaking.
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On a normal computing system, there is a file, resolv.conf, which will be in the /etc/ directory on any Unix system, BSD, Mac OS, or Linux, or somewhere in C:\windows\system32\drivers\config\etc\didwegetto255charsyet on a Windows system, which gives a list in descending order of DNS servers to use for lookups and some other shit (like default 'suffixes' if you just use a single domain name without a dot).
This never used to be a problem. Here's how things USED to work, and work fine:
- if you used wicd or Network Manager or whatever to connect to a wireless network, then it would temporarily put the DNS suggested by the wireless network up top, with comments surrounding them so it could easily remove them on disconnect. This meant everything worked just fine on captive portal wireless networks that force you to fill in some bullshit form where you tell them your name is Osama Bin Laden and your email address is osama@binladen.sa
- If you connected to a VPN, whether through Network Manager or straight from a command line client like 'openvpn' or 'openfortivpn', it would do the same. So everything worked JUST FINE
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idk try looking into C
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Windows\WinSxS, that one's closer to 255 characters than the "where the fuck do we put this Unix networking crap in NT" path.
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I would have guessed that the Windows champions would have been the GAC_MSIL/other shit with several different GUIDs in the path, but it turns out they managed to go even more retarded:idk try looking into C
OK.. That's not COMPLETELY unreasonable, I guess.
Every user gets a file/directory in their home directory which has two blank GUIDs in it. A folder that 99% of Windows applications won't be able to touch on account on its length exceeding that which most Windows filesystem APIs can handle. AMAZIN'. And that's even before Windows 10 & 11.
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The arguments I've seen in this thread on the wayland vs xorg debate, are some of the most retarded I've come across on the subject. I can't tell if people are just pretending to be retarded to try to make the other person mad. I hope so for everyone's sake. It's sad otherwise.
I don't feel particularly devoted to either. Because both of them have problems, and both have things they do well.
and on gnu. they in my opinion are a necessity for the foss world. At least people like them. That absolutely only care about the idea of freesoftware. Not because I expect everyone to care about that. But without people like them, I think free software wouldn't be alive, and in the state it is in today. If not companies like microsoft killing it (and they absolutely would have), more recently things like the "ethical software" movement would have. Which actually ties into all of this. Because those are the far left freaks to have been fucking up foss over the last few years. Were the people that wanted RMS removed from his position, did a lot of the gay shit. Or were involved in it. And they are part of the reason I actually have a problem with distros starting to move away from the gnu core-utils. For people that care about free-software. If there aren't people that are not willing to give an inch on this. Companies like Google Microsoft Apple IBM etc. etc. etc. will absolutely take everything they can get.
Basically, yeah maybe the gnu people are a bit unreasonable in some cases about free software. But we need those people, and people like them.
I don't feel particularly devoted to either. Because both of them have problems, and both have things they do well.
The reason it was necessary to fork didn't have much to do with that specifically, at least as far as I know. I feel like people aren't understanding what my point is when I said that earlier. Its not about what they actually meant when they said non dei. It's about how that will be used against the project. I feel like people on this site, and probably people in this thread specifically should know what I mean by that. I think coc shit is gay and bad, (though really. CoC's aren't actually a big deal. The actual issue is how they're used.)
and on gnu. they in my opinion are a necessity for the foss world. At least people like them. That absolutely only care about the idea of freesoftware. Not because I expect everyone to care about that. But without people like them, I think free software wouldn't be alive, and in the state it is in today. If not companies like microsoft killing it (and they absolutely would have), more recently things like the "ethical software" movement would have. Which actually ties into all of this. Because those are the far left freaks to have been fucking up foss over the last few years. Were the people that wanted RMS removed from his position, did a lot of the gay shit. Or were involved in it. And they are part of the reason I actually have a problem with distros starting to move away from the gnu core-utils. For people that care about free-software. If there aren't people that are not willing to give an inch on this. Companies like Google Microsoft Apple IBM etc. etc. etc. will absolutely take everything they can get.
Basically, yeah maybe the gnu people are a bit unreasonable in some cases about free software. But we need those people, and people like them.
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Average daily driven Linux desktop instance
Gaps waste a bit of space but give a less cluttered look.
Putting major apps like browsers or Emacs on separate workspaces also helps. Just bind
workspace-back-and-forth to something convenient like Mod-Tab. There's also a command to jump to the next window of a particular app.
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Sir, this is the Linux thread.
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Coming into a Kiwi Farms thread about linux and being upset to find retards is like going into a bar and being upset they serve booze.
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Hyprland user on Arch here.
Do the needful and rate autism.
Do the needful and rate autism.
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I'm not particularly seasoned in Linux so maybe you mean something extraordinarily specific but I complained about Spectacle upthread when I swapped to KDE Plasma and found Flameshot to be much better as a screenshot/clipping tool
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Because Wayland itself is so minimal, every single Wayland compositor (Gnome, KDE, wlroots, Hyprland) has their own way of getting features not included in stock Wayland working, which in the end makes them all mutually incompatible with each other.
This includes basic features such as:
- Global Keyboard Shortcuts
- System trays
- Screenshots
- Screen Recording
Mostly removed for "security" reasons but I imagine that's just a cope for them being lazy.
If a program doesn't separately write in code to support every single Wayland compositor (which requires significantly more manpower then just supporting X), it either won't work or will be missing features (KeePass Autotype and OBS immediately come to mind). Its why so many programs have trouble with supporting Wayland.
Or you can just use X. Like a sane person.
Flameshot is really nice, I use it where it works great (on Windows and X11) but was quite buggy on all Wayland compositors (at best) last time I tried it.
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it sound like wayland isn't a complete utility but a specification, like the difference between an architect that works with the engineers and contractors to actually build a place and one that throws a design draft in your face and says "figure it out yourself"
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I acknowledge the fact X11 is behind, and I understand that people won't like developing on this platform. But Wayland is removing the freedom of customizability and things a program can do. Wayland and Rust people are dogmatic people trying to force others what to use.
Most X11 users are fine with people using other stuff, as long as they are not forced to use only one thing.
I should have said before in this thread that I have used Wayland 3 months ago when I reinstalled EndeavorOS and many things didn't work. While some issues were solved, it was still broken. The worst things were the lack of NVIDIA-Optimus support, incompatibility with old X11 mouse cursor themes, lack of Screensaver support, Hotkey limitations, and WINE issues. For me it is unsatisfactory, and I prefer X11, despite the tearing issues.
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Code:
$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/amdgpu-tearfree.conf
Section "Device"
Identifier "AMD"
Driver "amdgpu"
Option "TearFree" "true"
EndSectionIDK if you have tearing on AMD or what, but this cured it for me.
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From reading this thread there are apparently Linux users who don't run their own local DNS server so they can look up the devices on their network and then apply their own curated set of blocklists.
I just realized there's probably at least one person here who doesn't run their own Stratum 1 NTP server. Which is then enforced to be used by redirecting *.pool.ntp.org and the Apple and Microsoft time server addresses using the above DNS server to local NTP only. Then have the firewall redirect any remaining port 123 traffic that doesn't obey the DNS to the local NTP servers as well. And finally have a dedicated monitor in the living room showing the NTP status at all times.
Amateurs.
I just realized there's probably at least one person here who doesn't run their own Stratum 1 NTP server. Which is then enforced to be used by redirecting *.pool.ntp.org and the Apple and Microsoft time server addresses using the above DNS server to local NTP only. Then have the firewall redirect any remaining port 123 traffic that doesn't obey the DNS to the local NTP servers as well. And finally have a dedicated monitor in the living room showing the NTP status at all times.
Amateurs.
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