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  • What would you like to see on the Fediverse?

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  • I believe Flohmarkt is a fediverse alternative.

  • Drauger OS Reworks Ubuntu LTS with KDE Plasma for Linux Gaming

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    Embarrassed to say I completely spaced that 26.04 is actually released (and the article even says it's based on that too, d'oh). Completely invalidates what I'd said above.

    Thanks for pointing that out 😅

  • Drauger OS Reworks Ubuntu LTS with KDE Plasma for Linux Gaming

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  • I believe the version of KDE used in Kubuntu 24.04 is still 5.27, while this distro uses KDE 6.6, which I assume is added from a PPA. Oopsie!

    Per the Drauger page:

    like it's namesake, it requires maintainance from time to time, and issues cropping up are not uncommon. Drauger OS is developed by a small, passionate team who don't get paid anything for their work. Therefore, users who are new to Linux may want to look elsewhere to gain experience before taking the plunge with Drauger OS.

    This being said, any sufficiantly advanced user can easily use Drauger OS to do anything from streaming, video editing, and audio production to everyday usage. However, you may encounter issues in the process due to the gaming-related optimizations.

    So I'm inclined to believe it is less stable than a normal LTS Ubuntu or any other LTS flavor, as that combination of old and the new added from their backports repo/PPA has not been as tested compared to the standard distros.

    EDIT: I'm an idiot and forgot 26.04 is the current LTS.

  • Drauger OS Reworks Ubuntu LTS with KDE Plasma for Linux Gaming

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  • It's essentially a hobby project from people with a fairly high chance of abandoning it at some point. There's nothing wrong with that, it's just not a distro that would be good for an average user, it's only intended for an experienced enthusiast, as they mention on their project website.

    Though I'm not sure how much overlap there is of experienced enthusiasts who are specifically interested in an experimental LTS distro that has a high chance of breakages, as that defeats the purpose of LTS. As I say, it just seems to make more sense to go with Arch or Fedora at that point, which would probably be more stable in comparison.

    Not sure why someone would want those old LTS packages with a more up-to-date DE if the stability of using an LTS is mostly lost.

  • Drauger OS Reworks Ubuntu LTS with KDE Plasma for Linux Gaming

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  • One thing worth pointing out is the storage requirement. Drauger OS lists 32 GB as the minimum, with roughly half used after installation. That feels heavy for a niche gaming distro, especially when many users may only want to test it in a virtual machine or on spare hardware.

    Now, the important caveat: Drauger OS still feels like a niche project rather than a distribution with a strong, proven release track record. It has been around for several years, and the developers clearly understand the problem of gaming-focused Linux distros disappearing over time.

    That is a fair point, but it does not make Drauger OS a mature or battle-tested choice. The release cadence appears slow and irregular, and the project warns users it is not meant for everyday desktop use.

    That's a shame. I think there could be a case for an Ubuntu distro with a more up-to-date version of KDE, as from what I've heard Kubuntu's quality has kinda gone downhill (and includes Snaps) and KDE Neon is more of an unstable development platform.

    However in the meantime, I think KDE enthusiasts are better off just going with Fedora, an Arch based distro instead, or even Debian Testing instead.

  • What TV shows are absolutely worth watching?

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  • I slept on the Battlestar Galactica reboot from 2003. I'd catch glimpses of it when it was on air, but since it was a continuous storyline, I bounced off it and was lost. Recently decided to try it out, and I was immediately hooked. Great acting and a really interesting scenario.

    Andor is superb, as others have said.

    Firefly is a fantastic space western, beloved for good reason.

    Turn: Washington's Spies is a great historical spy series based on real spies in the American Revolution. Starts a bit slow but it really gets rolling after a couple episodes.

    My family has had great things to say about Black Sails, a historical Pirate show.

    If you haven't seen Breaking Bad, strongly recommend it.

    Common Side Effects is a masterpiece.

    If you're interested in Anime that goes for more adult themes, I can recommend Spice & Wolf, Cowboy Bebop, and Black Lagoon.

    Edit: also the first season of Squid Game is pretty great, haven't watched the other seasons yet. Also quite enjoyed Pluribus

  • What’s your favorite “bad” movie?

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  • The Mummy (1999) I believe was panned by critics at release, but I think it's an absolutely fantastic and humorous adventure film.

  • Whose opinion do you trust most?

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  • As you say, a collective of people asking an elder for advice and collectively making a decision on it is quite different from being ordered by a leader and forced to follow it.

    Experts in specific fields are still looked to for advice and help in a egalitarian society, there just isn't a rigid hierarchical structure that makes them have more institutional power than anyone else. As an example, in revolutionary Spain, there was still a need for doctors, electricians, train operators, farmers, etc, but they no longer had a boss they had to listen to, they were able to self-organize whatever they thought would meet the needs of their society best, and those not skilled in those areas deferred to their knowledge and experience for situations that fell under it.

    This was documented quite thoroughly in Sam Dolgoff's book from 1974, The Anarchist Collectives Workers’ Self-Management in the Spanish Revolution, 1936–1939, along with Gaston Leval's 1975 Collectives in the Spanish revolution, if you'd like to investigate the specifics.

  • Whose opinion do you trust most?

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  • Based on archeological evidence, humans lived in horizontal egalitarian societies for most of our existence. It's only relatively recently that we have deviated from that norm and began to live under hierarchical, unequal societies.

    More recent history has demonstrated that we can quite easily return to a non-hierarchical society, and quite successfully.

    This seems to prove that we are just as wired for no leaders as we are for leaders, and we can choose which path we want to take. Currently, it appears that the leader path virtually always leads to corruption, control, and capitalist fascism, which is ultimately incompatible with a habitable planet/biosphere, so uh... I think we should take the other path, maybe.

  • Private community here on the fediverse?

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  • Do be aware that I don't think that blogs can be encrypted or made private, I think they're viewable to any movim user (I haven't experimented with that feature).

    Also, it is possible to disable the chat encryption on Movim, so if you're going to have any non-tech savvy people using it who may accidentally disable it without knowing, and that could be dangerous, then you may need to opt for a platform where it's enabled by default instead, like Delta chat (though it does not have any blog-like features, multi-room channels, nor any voice call ability, unlike Movim.

  • This free tool is helping drivers avoid automatic license plate readers — as fears grow around 'intrusive' new devices that could track your phone, AirPod and smartwatch data

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  • Private community here on the fediverse?

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  • Movim allows you to host a blog as well as private and encrypted chat channels like Matrix, that might be a good solution.

  • AURpocalypse now: a look at the recent AUR attacks

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  • Thanks for that! I was able to find a page that details what it checks for:

    https://www.seafoam-labs.org/shelly-alpm/docs/security/

    Seems like it's certainly better than nothing, but I'm unsure if the 1500 infected packages in the AUR would've been flagged by this, depending on how the malware was introduced. Even with Shelly, I probably wouldn't recommend most people use the AUR until more protections are put in place by the Arch team.

  • Xfwl4's First Preview Release (XFCE's Wayland Window Manager) – Brian Tarricone

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  • Ah, what's just my own thoughts I put in the post body.

  • Xfwl4's First Preview Release (XFCE's Wayland Window Manager) – Brian Tarricone

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  • You mean after trying this preview release of Xfwl4?

  • AURpocalypse now: a look at the recent AUR attacks

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  • Could you explain how Shelly does checks on AUR packages? I can't find where it mentions doing so on its website, and even in its documentation is says:

    Enable AUR - Allows access to the AUR download features, these packages are managed by individual users so access at your own risk

    How does Shelly make using the AUR safe for people who do are not able to effectively investigate the install scripts themselves?

  • AURpocalypse now: a look at the recent AUR attacks

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  • Regarding permissions, I highly recommend the use of Flatseal, which is a very polished GUI program that lets you adjust the permissions of any flatpak individually, quite similar to how Android does it.

  • AURpocalypse now: a look at the recent AUR attacks

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  • Stick with verified flatpaks on flathub (they also host unverified packages, avoid those), and Appimages directly from the software maker's site, if they offer them.

    The Gnome Software Store and the Mint software store both have the option to not show unverified flatpaks, which I would suggest using.

  • It's so expensive to upgrade...

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  • Because it looks like this whole requirements thing is pure marketing, and studios needing to keep selling: “Look, shinier graphics that will make the previous generation of games you loved and found incredibly sharp and detailed when theé came out look mild and of bad quality now!”

    This is exactly what's happening. Its been going on for a long time, and is in some ways holding back the industry from progressing in other areas, such as new and innovative forms of actually interacting with game worlds and their narratives.

    I'd personally say once 3D graphics were able to represent things without it looking abstract from too few polygons (say, around 2006 or so?), the medium could've slowed down the pace of graphical advancements significantly, and the industry would've benefited enormously.

    Modern indie games that do not have AAA budgets for graphics instead have focused on unique and attractive art-styles, sometimes with retro aesthetics, and are generally able to create far more compelling experiences due to the lack of emphasis on graphics.