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Reddit API blew up and now I run Linux? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 9 months ago by Sammy@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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I feel like I've been gaslit into running FOSS but every success only brings me closer to fighting god

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[–] hangonasecond@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Reddit death > installing mint on my second PC > realising I can run most of the games I play and installing mint on my main PC > start learning Rust as a first foray into programming in a long time > realise I want to go back to uni and study info tech to get out of my shitty marketing job > get a shitty second hand laptop off my parents that struggles to run windows and install endeavourOS to try something different.

It really is a slippery slope. When does it end???

[–] Hubi@feddit.de 1 points 9 months ago

I'm afraid it's terminal.

[–] PlexSheep@feddit.de 0 points 9 months ago

Perhaps it ends when you're a kernel maintainer?

[–] Gebruikersnaam@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I already ran Linux when the API blew up but now I'm a girl..

[–] noobdoomguy8658@feddit.de 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Might be a Linux thing, though.

[–] m3t00@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

it really is comforting to know you can do 99% of stuff you want with PCs without a license from Microsoft. FOSS has its own headaches but at least you don't have to wade through a PR swamp to fix stupid bugs

[–] Ashen44@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago

Fuck did we all go down the exact same pipeline? I just installed Linux last week and I haven't booted up windows since.

[–] MargotRobbie@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

Speak for yourself, I first got on Lemmy to promote a movie, and the next thing I know, I was using Arch (BTW) and moderating an Android community.

I'm still not quite sure how that happened. This place.

[–] bnjmn@lemm.ee 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I got pissed off at Google Photos, which led me down a self-hosting rabbit hole. Ended up installing Linux everywhere, even my "gaming" one eventually (I do development, and WSL was a resource hog).

The hardest thing to degoogle has been email - I've used the same address for years. But I use Thunderbird so at least I don't have to see ads in my fucking inbox

[–] alice_mac@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I quite like Proton mail it's secure and the interface is pretty damn good

[–] PlexSheep@feddit.de 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I use them too, they have some good stuff, but are pretty behind in usability.

  • No Linux file sync client, making the drive pretty useless for me.
  • Android file sync is only bloody images for some reasons
  • The android proton Mail Mobile app is missing some features, like select all
  • You can't use any other app than the official one on android (If you don't use something special to access their server)
  • You need the proton bridge to be able to access their servers on regular computers. This only works for Mail, so no calendar or contacts sync. You can only host the proton bridge on localhost, meaning that automating SMTP for a server with containers or vms just isn't possible. Every host needs to run the damn bridge.(proper SMTP is apparently available for businesses)
  • Can't sync the contacts to my phone (only upload my contacts)

I just wish they did usability a bit better, it can't be so hard. There is probably more that I didn't think of right now. Don't get me wrong, they have big potential.

  • They do pgp (yay)
  • They offer hosting mail for your domain (just set DNS to their values, it just works and there haven't been any problems with that part.)
  • Pretty pro open source
  • Seems like the best alternative we can get to megacorp data stealer clouds, besides Selfhosting perhaps
  • I've never had any downtime, which is why I switched from Selfhosting Mail to proton
  • I'm sure they have much better security than my selfhosted mailcow
[–] alice_mac@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I feel the trade off is worth it plus the lack of third party app access weirdly just improves my trust in their security.

[–] PlexSheep@feddit.de 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I see what you mean, but it still sucks.

[–] alice_mac@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Sucks for you don't mean sucks for everyone.

[–] PlexSheep@feddit.de 0 points 9 months ago

I mean, having more options would be good for everyone, no?

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children) 
sudo hostnamectl set-hostname SOMETHINGNORMAL

git clone https://github.com/popey/unsnap
cd unsnap
./unsnap

The first one will set the name behind the @ sign to something not that long. I recommend just usint "PC" for privacy reasons. Often nobody needs to know your device model.

The second one removes snaps and snapd and installs installed apps as flatpak instead. Flatpak is a universal format, similar to snap, came out a bit later but not only Ubuntu uses it. Snap also works on multiple Distros but people dont like it, it is still slow (now just slowing down boot) etc.

[–] filcuk@lemmy.zip 0 points 9 months ago (3 children)

What hostnames do people use? I'm tired of (and bad at) naming all my devices, I just tend to leave default as op, at least I can tell them apart easily

[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I use names from FFXIV.

For my work-related VMs, raid bosses. It makes it easy to spot my VMs because nobody sane would name them stuff like Erichthonios or Hippokampos. Unfortunately I had to draw the line at 724P-Operated Superior Flight Unit A-lpha.

For my home server VMs/CTs, I use the names of the gods - Byregot, Rhalgr, Azeyma, etc. and Eulogia for Proxmox itself.

[–] Nobsi@feddit.de 0 points 9 months ago

You could also name them so everyone can identify what they are at a glance instead.

[–] cows_are_underrated@feddit.de 0 points 9 months ago

My PC is just arch Linux and my laptop is computer

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 0 points 9 months ago

PC. Privacy reasons

[–] gohixo9650@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

perfect demonstration of culture sharing for a newbie. Like advising them to always trust commands they find online without even explaining them what each command does!

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 0 points 9 months ago

Right, added an explanation

[–] bad_alloc@feddit.de 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Welcome to the real world Neo. Don't take the pill with 777 permissions btw.

[–] far_university1990@feddit.de 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

dd if=/dev/urandom bs=1k count=128 of=anarchy

chmod 777 anarchy

./anarchy

[–] dino@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I don't understand this topic. What are you trying to say?

[–] Xcf456@lemmy.nz 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The reddit api blocking 3rd party apps pushed a whole bunch of people onto lemmy, and lemmy is very big on FOSS and Linux so it's been a gateway of sorts

[–] ook_the_librarian@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Day 1: "What is this place?"

Day 3: "Do you have a moment to hear the wonders of Fdroid?"

[–] cows_are_underrated@feddit.de 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Lemmy pushed me towards f droid

[–] ook_the_librarian@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I've been a linux user since 2006. But I'm not a computer guy, it was just my OS really. I haven't done serious computer work it what feels like decades. Two days on Lemmy and I'm thinking selfhosting a smarthome could be for me. Things are so wonderful now.

PS: Auch mag ich Kühe. Sie sehen wie Landcarten aus.

Ok, that's about the most complex sentence I can make. I wish I stuck with learning German.

[–] cows_are_underrated@feddit.de 0 points 9 months ago

It's called "Landkarten" :) but for the rest this sentence is completely correct.

I am a Linux user for about 1.5-2 years and I really like doing technical stuff. The next thing I really have to do is figure out how to install Stable diffusion on Arch Linux. That stuff isn't that straight forward. All guides I found didn't work.

[–] chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

In 2018 I went to research why all the sites wanted my cookies so much, today I'm a free software adovocate and a Marxist

[–] SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That sounds kinda like my journey, although without the Marxist part.

  1. Clueless about tech, bought an iMac
  2. These ads are annoying. [Installs adblock Plus]. There. Except for fricking Taboola, they can DIAF. And the cookie popup banners. Why do they love cookies if they're not playing cookie clicker?
  3. It's the MacOS Catalina Update!! It Thanos snapped my iPod music library. This taught me to avoid MacOS and realize that updates often just make things worse. Set up a dual boot with Windows.
  4. I start browsing r/asshole_design too much. Teaches me to never trust a corporation. I also realize how phones keep dropping useful features. I finally realize uBlock origin blocks much more than ads.
  5. Oh boy, this is where the rabbit hole starts. I'm sick of how slow my Mac is, addicted to discovering new cool apps on my phone, and discover FOSS. I install Linux for the first time, and it runs quite well on a laptop from 2009. Also YouTube goes full greed mode.
  6. Get my new Windows gaming laptop, try to balance privacy with convenience. But I'm irked at how slow it is for some basic tasks. Everything is stable, except when the laptop's SSD borked.
  7. Uh oh. Discord, YouTube, and Reddit all make massively greedy decisions, and I don't want to support those platforms anymore. I discover Lemmy. I try to focus extra hard on FOSS and donate $150 over the course of the year. I think this tells me I've became radicalized. Proprietary platforms keep getting worse and worse.
  8. Linux resurgence. Tired of Windows, and one of my classes needs a UNIX terminal. Sounds like it's time to dual boot (on 2 SSDs), with Ubuntu being the default. Also I buy a year of Nebula to support creators and stick it to Google.
[–] Guenther_Amanita@feddit.de 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Maybe a bit random, but

Also I buy a year of Nebula to support creators and stick it to Google.

Would you recommend that? I also wanna quit/ reduce YouTube and enjoy learning new stuff while watching high quality content. Is it worth its money? I'm currently broke and have to watch my finances, but I wouldn't mind spending a few bucks if it's something I enjoy.