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Everything on Lemmy is "NSFW" unless your work is to be on Lemmy.

We might see Microsoft adding ads to BSOD

Sure to annoy IT people but those just need a line of text while the rest of the screen is free real estate for Micro$oft! Public BSODs tend to go viral too.

Fedora 40 installer stuck at initramfs generation on dual boot setup

I am trying to install Fedora KDE 40 on my HP laptop alobside windows 11 on a 40 GB partition. for some reason, installation works fine but gts stuck at ‘Generating initramfs’ i cant see any other issues and USB access is fine. what could be going wrong?

What's your list of banned brands?

What brands do you avoid at all cost? I don’t keep up with the news all that much, and many of the reasons to avoid something don’t make it there anyway. So I’m asking here to make a big list of things to avoid. It could be anything from bad security practices to really frustrating packaging. Working as a cashier myself, I...

recommended hard drives for cold storage

i want to buy a few hard drives for backups....

My brother claims that Vanguard for League can do the same to gaming PCs that install it as CrowdStrike did to businesses who installed that, is this true? Does Vanguard have as much access/power?

Underground Garden in Fresno, CA [OC]

The underground garden in Fresno is neat. I wouldn’t go out of my way for it, but if you have an hour to kill, it’s not bad at all.

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What percent of torrent users have open ports and are connectable? What would the speed difference be?

So until now I always had closed ports because my ISP put me behind a CGNAT and can’t open ports (No I don’t need a vpn because no one cares in my country) Over time I just accepted that I cannot open ports but recently saw that if I tell them they will take me out of the CGNAT and be connectable, now I’m waiting for that....

I wish I could screenshot my dreams

Sell us on your favorite exotic/niche distro

The Linux ecosystem is vast and diverse, offering a multitude of distributions to suit every need and preference. With hundreds of distros to choose from, it’s a pity that most are rarely mentioned while the popular ones are constantly being regurgitated....

It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose

Not my OC

Ren'Py - A community to discuss the Ren'Py game engine

Ren’Py Community or !renpy...

A Levels UK (DT, Photography & EPQ) recommended reading help.

My son is currently doing A levels, his subjects are Design & Technology, Sociology, Photography & an EPQ....

Anyone using WireGuard through plain systemd-networkd?

I’m trying to get networkd to connect to a wireguard endpoint, specifically ProtonVPN, in case it matters. I just can’t get it to connect. Has anyone had success with that? Specifically without using wg-quick.

How do I know when it's time to call the "honey wagon"?

This might fit better in the DIY group but here goes....

Fediverse vs Disinformation - Divisions by zero

cross-posted from: lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/24353606...

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Forced labour in China: 'Growing evidence" that Beijing forcibly transfers workers from Xinjiang to other regions within the country seeking to avoid Western sanctions

Edit for including archived link....

2024 unethack postmortem

For the 2024 junethack postmortem see:...

DirectX nobara wine multiple installation

Hello, I just installed Nobara as I thought it would be easier to play on Linux I had a bit of experience with KDE and manage to get a system running OK. Though I have now an issue with wine. When I tried to start an application (the installation is done at this point) it ask to have DirectX installed to get it running. How do I...