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a14o

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  • Tool to automate Linux reinstall?

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  • If you want to learn a new tool, look at Ansible. If you just want to get the job done, make a list of the packages you need and track your dotfiles.

  • Tool to automate Linux reinstall?

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  • I love NixOS but I wouldn't commend it to people who are at a point in their sysadmin trajectory where they haven't heard of Ansible. (It's not just that Nix has a learning curve, it's that you're seriously screwed if you can't tell the difference between a Nix problem and a regular package / kernel issue.)

    OP, use Ansible.

  • even corporate social media is FULL of ads

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  • In Firefox, under privacy settings, activate DNS over HTTPS (DoH). The default DNS (CloudFlare) should work, but I prefer the custom setting https://dns.quad9.net/dns-query

  • even corporate social media is FULL of ads

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  • I wish I could set DNS settings per browser

    This is extremely achievable

  • Have you ever been disappointed with Linux?

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  • Absolutely! I'll give you an example. In the NixOS config for my desktop I have the lines:

     
        
{
  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
    firefox
    ...
  ];
}

    So Firefox is installed every time I build a system with this config. This is just like apt-get install firefox in that very user can use it after installation. The config lives in the respective user's dotfiles (.config/mozilla/firefox) and will of course survive reboots.

    What I chose to do additionally (but this is in no way required!) is a home-manager config for my main account with the lines:

     
        
{
  programs.firefox = {
    enable = true;
    policies = {
      DisableFirefoxAccounts = true;
      DisablePocket = true;
      DisableTelemetry = true;
      DownloadDirectory = "${config.home.homeDirectory}/tmp";
      OfferToSaveLogins = false;
      ...
  }
  ...
}

    This is a declarative configuration that basically handles my dotfiles (profiles, extensions, themes, ...) for me. I think you have the impression that this is mandatory, but it is really a very specific behavior through the home-manager module, but you can absolutely run NixOS without it.

  • TikTok is tracking you, even if you don't use the app. Here's how to stop it

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  • From the article:

    But most people might not realise that TikTok holds data about them even if they have never used the social media platform.

    Websites that use pixels send data about every single visitor, so it doesn't matter if you don't have a TikTok account.

  • Have you ever been disappointed with Linux?

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  • I’m not the type to put my dotfiles in git, though.

    That's what I'm saying, you don't have to! Just install the package (like neovim or whatever) through NixOS and it will use your ad-hoc dotfiles like it would on any other distro. For a lot of stuff you can make use of declarative NixOS options (programs.neovim = { ... };), but you don't have to, except for really basic system stuff like networking I guess.

    Pre-compiled, non-system binaries.

    Gotcha. There's several ways do do this on NixOS (steam-run works like a charm!), but I'll concede that there's an extra step involved here that you don't have to do on other distros.

    That, and seeing talk about how great Nix is but also people having trouble later on too (major updates? bleeding edge woes?).

    There's a learning curve for sure, but I haven't looked back or experienced any major issues (where I hadn't shot myself in the foot) since 22.11.

  • Have you ever been disappointed with Linux?

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  • Give NixOS another look. It's no problem to run a declarative system as a base, and plain old dotfiles on top if you want, especially for user stuff. Not sure what you mean by "non-packaged executables" exactly, but I don't see how NixOS would give you a disadvantage here. Heoric works fine as a Steam alterntative.

  • Have you ever been disappointed with Linux?

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  • Every couple of years I give KDE Plasma a spin, and I've found it disappointing every time. Nothing terrible, just a lot of tiny bugs and inconveniences. I find it strange that it gets recommended as a beginner DE so often just because the layout resembles Windows a bit more. Gnome is so much more consistent and aesthetically pleasing... not that I use it, but it's always my strong recommendation for beginners.

    Good luck on your Linux journey!

  • Horror story

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  • Single women in your area

  • Pad kaprao

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  • I regularly make a version with king oyster mushrooms, highly recommended!

  • The 2-Year Apartment Rule

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  • I can't say I share the experience, my apartment has stayed pretty much the same in the 15 years. But then again, my apartment complex doesn't have a gym or an elevator, and I'm not in the habit of judging my neighbors.

  • i left linux,and returned to windows 11.

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  • bye

  • Noice

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  • Start with ctrl+p, ctrl+a but yes

  • What is a game you can’t understand why its so popular ?

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  • Factorio

  • Things I thought were huge problems when I was a kid

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    • Thieving magpies
  • Removed

    Slackware Says No to Age Verification, But Fedora Linux Says Yes

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  • Off-topic, but isn't Fedora technically upstream from RHEL?

  • Considerations For Buying a New Laptop

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  • Lenovo ThinkPads work very nicely with Linux, and there's a large second-hand market. The T and X series are especially great I find.

    The usual advice about avoiding soldered RAM holds in general, but right now used laptops are being bought just for stripping RAM. So I think putting up with soldered RAM in second hand devices (I'd go for at least 32G) can be a smart move because it may be a better deal (and often a smaller form factor).

  • My thoughts shopping around for a wiki solution

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  • Have you tried

    Outline?

    I recently set it up and I'm very impressed.

  • Mushrooms @lemmy.world
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    Dead man's fingers

  • ADHD memes @lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    But you never gave us cause for worry

  • ADHD memes @lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Like a regular brain, but with RNG elements

  • Programmer Humor @lemmy.ml
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    Madness or brilliance

  • linuxmemes @lemmy.world
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    Set and forget

  • solarpunk memes @slrpnk.net
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    Why am I still faster than you?