The Linux Thread - The Autist's OS of Choice

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Dante Alighieri said:
Grub = not bad
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yeah but diy efi booting is something everyone should try at least once, but what do i know, i think the same of getting rid of initrd, a mature linux system to me is one that has no initrd

Miller said:
Do they even use Slackware?
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troons have a weird lust for perverting venerable old products, like some talentless hindu woman being appointed debian director, which isn't troons but more just general woke, but you get the idea i'm sure
 
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Taser Confetti said:
NixOS
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NixOS is the official transvestite distro, since they quite literally ousted everyone who wasn't a far leftist from the project and now are basically running the discourse server worse than china, where if you ever post anything that they don't approve of, you'll get an instant perma ban.
More or less like gnome's discourse where the fucking ousted board member had all his posts completely wiped when he explained the situation recently and how bad the foundation was run.
Most linux distros have word filters where if you write the word lunduke you get a perma ban immediately upon sending the message, dude is living rent free in every linux mod's brain.
 
All the panic about the AUR has been interesting to me. I kind of like the attitude of "well you're supposed to be vetting the software you install on your machine." I've been checking all my PKGBUILDs before installs recently and I've not had any issues. The fact it's TypeShit packages that were used strengthens my dislike of that ecosystem too.
 
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SumatraPDF really is pretty great. Personally, I think Okular is better, but on a Linux install I'd rather not have all the other KDE crap on my system, so:
  1. On Windows, Okular is the best PDF reader
  2. On Linux, SumatraPDF through Wine is a great alternative
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Ill be honest i have a jailbroken kindle i got for 0 dollars but my reading time is not screen time so i just buy books on ebay for 3 dollars
 
Meth Reindeer said:
All the panic about the AUR has been interesting to me. I kind of like the attitude of "well you're supposed to be vetting the software you install on your machine." I've been checking all my PKGBUILDs before installs recently and I've not had any issues. The fact it's TypeShit packages that were used strengthens my dislike of that ecosystem too.
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You're absolutely supposed to, but AUR helpers lay YAY have aided and abetted not doing your due diligence.
 
Meth Reindeer said:
All the panic about the AUR has been interesting to me. I kind of like the attitude of "well you're supposed to be vetting the software you install on your machine." I've been checking all my PKGBUILDs before installs recently and I've not had any issues. The fact it's TypeShit packages that were used strengthens my dislike of that ecosystem too.
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GhastlyGhost said:
You're absolutely supposed to, but AUR helpers lay YAY have aided and abetted not doing your due diligence.
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Supply chain malware attacks on the AUR is precisely what happens when the vulgar masses are allowed to freely upload and abandon PKGBUILDs with impunity. You never see this shit happening on Slackbuilds because the Slackbuilds repository is tightly controlled and highly curated. Yeah, you can and should be able to use the Arch Build System to make PKGBUILDs for whatever your heart so desires. What i fucking take exception to is how the AUR is basically a dumping ground for stuff that the Arch packaging team can't or don't want to mainline into the Extras repository. We all know the Arch repos were historically small because Arch was just a hobbyist project used by highly technical dorks who scare the hoes. Yeah, we have dorks who scare the hoes running Arch still, but they're no longer highly technical. We now have people runnign shit like CachyOS, EndeavourOS, Omarchy, Artix, even Arch with archinstall bypassing all the hard work of setting shit up and understanding how the system works. That's not even getting into how SteamOS builds off Arch. And of course, AUR helper tools taking all the hard work out of the process.

The AUR either needs to be shut down entirely or it needs to have a proper vetting process for build scripts and with actual consequences if someone abandons their PKGBUILDs. Take the PKGBUILDs down automatically if no update in the last 3 months. Revoke the user's permissions. Force people to stop using AUR helpers wholesale. Forbid AUR helpers from being posted to the AUR. Do something ffs!
 
Meth Reindeer said:
All the panic about the AUR has been interesting to me. I kind of like the attitude of "well you're supposed to be vetting the software you install on your machine." I've been checking all my PKGBUILDs before installs recently and I've not had any issues. The fact it's TypeShit packages that were used strengthens my dislike of that ecosystem too.
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I think a lot of people get complacant about convinience, I usually do which is why I decided to personally drop the AUR even though the best choice of action for most people is to just read the PKGBUILDs. When the last hack dropped last year I researched how to host my own personal repository. I have since done this, and I now package my own shit with a bunch of my own patches. My biggest worry was compilation time, but that seems trivial for the vast majority of packages nowadays on my hardware outside of DEs and browsers which are packaged by Arch anyways so thats not an issue.

Taser Confetti said:
I think Slackware is still Unix beards who still own suspenders and a pocket protector.
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Slackers in the wild:
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GhastlyGhost said:
You're absolutely supposed to, but AUR helpers lay YAY have aided and abetted not doing your due diligence.
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Lets be honest most arch users probably don't draw any distinction between the AUR and the official repositories.

Arch users in general are the type of retard to sudo rawdog a random shell script form a shady github.
 
acid_ra1n said:
Ill be honest i have a jailbroken kindle i got for 0 dollars but my reading time is not screen time so i just buy books on ebay for 3 dollars
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For those of you who are going to be using an e-reader/tablet/phone, try KoReader. Loads of options and customization, enough that it makes the menus a pain to navigate. It can optionally (jankily) reflow PDFs, IMO a killer feature if you've got a small screen.


Has anyone tried Emacs for Ebooks? My problem with most programs is that they'll do highlights and annotations in their own way, which is a problem if you want integration with your notes. There's an emacs package called Org-noter which interfaces with nov.el (for ePubs) and DocView (for PDFs), so that you can link to, quote, or annotate parts of a book in the org format.
I haven't used it too much myself, I'm not happy with nov.el. It won't display highlights on the book (the text & location is copied into your notes though). Also it's just ugly. I can't seem to get their justification package working.


Dread First said:
but they're no longer highly technical. We now have people runnign shit like CachyOS, EndeavourOS, Omarchy, Artix, even Arch with archinstall bypassing all the hard work of setting shit up and understanding how the system works
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Projects shouldn't be dumbed down for new users, ubuntu and mint fill that niche.
Linux has so many different package managers with different philosophies, a system that values convenience over security has its place.
 
AUR has been fucked up for some while. When the Xlibre project got going they found someone sniped the xlibre package name but did a really shitty job of packaging it, when they sliver team tried to run their own official package on the air they got smacked down, I think they finally have some agreement with the person who controls the xlibre repository on the AUR but it’s an ongoing negotiation.
 
acid_ra1n said:
Ill be honest i have a jailbroken kindle i got for 0 dollars but my reading time is not screen time so i just buy books on ebay for 3 dollars
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Imagine not going through our girl Anna for all your ebook needs. Lunacy!
Willy McGilly said:
Has anyone tried Emacs for Ebooks? My problem with most programs is that they'll do highlights and annotations in their own way, which is a problem if you want integration with your notes. There's an emacs package called Org-noter which interfaces with nov.el (for ePubs) and DocView (for PDFs), so that you can link to, quote, or annotate parts of a book in the org format.
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I used to just read through Emacs using zen-mode, legit carried me through two tiers of education. Kobo Clara HD just straight up outclasses any desk or laptop monitor for me though, way cozier to read anything that isn't scientific literature right on that lil thing. I imagine it could be annoying if you like taking a lot of notes or need to pull citations while reading though.
 
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