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A PR disaster: Microsoft has lost trust with its users, and Windows Recall is the straw that broke the camel's back (www.windowscentral.com)

It’s a nightmare scenario for Microsoft. The headlining feature of its new Copilot+ PC initiative, which is supposed to drive millions of PC sales over the next couple of years, is under significant fire for being what many say is a major breach of privacy and security on Windows. That feature in question is Windows Recall, a...

KrapKake ,

He said until EOL. Windows LTSC, the IoT version in particular is supported until 2032.

Start Steam minimized

Hi y’all, I’m on EndeavourOS, wondering if I can get Steam to start minimized/tray. I know about launch commands, but I don’t know where to put them in on Linux. I tried right-clicking the app & going into the Properties, then adding -silent to the Arguments under the Application tab, but that did not do anything....

KrapKake , (edited )

If you have steam installed as a system app then copy the .desktop file from /usr/share/applications/steam.desktop to your /home/yourusername/.local/share/applications. Once you have the .desktop file in local, edit the desktop file and go down to the first Exec= line and and the -silent switch at the end.

KrapKake ,

But what are the Chinese going to be able to do you? If you are an American living under the American government theres much more they could do to you, such as locking you up.

Looking to get into android development

I want to start learning android dev and I understand that I’ll need the android sdk and cli tools. I want to try it in a kvm because even though it is open source, I would like to keep it separate from my main system. Which distro and vm settings do you suggest I use? Any other tips or your experience with android development...

KrapKake ,

You could use the android studio flatpak, install flatseal to ensure the app doesn’t have permissions you don’t want.

Is there a launcher for me?

I’ve tried a lot of the launchers I see talked about frequently- Nova, Niagra, Smart Launcher, Action Launcher, etc. but they all seem to not be worth the hassle of switching away from pixel launcher. Also none of them have the Google News feed that the pixel launcher has. I feel like I’m losing features when I switch....

KrapKake ,

Zone launcher. You get to keep your regular launcher.

KrapKake , (edited )

I’ll be on you like white on rice on a glass of milk on a paper plate in a snow storm!

Edit: missed a part

KrapKake ,

If you like the interface of the steam deck in desktop mode and you are most familiar with Ubuntu, you could try Kubuntu… which is just Ubuntu with the KDE desktop environment like what the deck has. Theres also the KDE Fedora spin. If you do want to go the Arch route you could install EndeavourOS, which is practically arch with a little bit of hand holding to get you on your feet quickly - and to help you learn the ropes.

KrapKake ,

1337, cmon now!

KrapKake , (edited )

You could theme everything else vintage steam green… except Steam, Lol! That color does bring back memories of the good ol days of the internet and online gaming.

Edit: hold up, theres a secret Rick roll in there!

KrapKake ,

You may have to look into figuring out which driver Linux is using for your touchscreen then blacklist that module so that it doesn’t load anymore.

KrapKake ,

Yes definitely as one word like ch as in change then own, same with chroot.

1000+ Firefox for Android extensions now available – Mozilla Add-ons Community Blog (blog.mozilla.org)

The new open ecosystem of extensions on Firefox for Android launched in December with just over 400 extensions. Less than five months later we’ve surpassed 1,000 Firefox for Android extensions. That’s an impressive achievement by this developer community! It’s exciting to see so many developers embrace the opportunity to...

KrapKake ,

Try Fennec browser, literally Firefox with proprietary parts removed and with access to about:config. Can be found in Fdroid

gitlab.com/relan/fennecbuild

KrapKake ,

Awkward, comma.

KrapKake , (edited )

I think their current modified gnome is the best desktop that exists anywhere. Cosmic is a full desktop environment with an actual (auto) tiling window manager… a combo I think should be more common in desktops. The way they implement the tiling makes it really easy for beginners to use because you can turn it on/off by keyboard shortcut or clicking the plugin icon, and because you can just drag n drop windows to change their tiled positions (along with keyboard shortcuts if preferred). It’s hard to go back regular “window managers”.

The System76 devs have good ideas, they seem really cool, and sane! They have been a net positive for the Linux community and desktop development IMO. I am SO hyped for the new Cosmic DE!

KrapKake ,

Well not really because I never stuck around on KDE very long. But I’m aware you can have tiling on any DE if you want. Its about the out of box experience you get on Pop. Its also important (for me) that the tiling is done automatically, no fiddling.

KrapKake , (edited )

Y’all need to get yourselves that Windows 10 2021 LTSC IoT badboy (IoT part is important). It’s supported until 2032 and it’s only bloat is edge. If I had to use windows again it would be that.

KrapKake ,

Hey fellow HoTS Linuxer!

KrapKake ,

I very much enjoyed your rant. Would subscribe.

KrapKake ,

Yea OK, just keep voting for same parties over and over again. Let’s just maintain the shitty status quo where nothing really gets better regardless of who is in office!

KrapKake ,

You don’t even have to be rooted. RCS won’t work using a non-rooted custom ROM.

KrapKake ,

I’m not so sure about that, they seem pretty hostile to consumers and employees.

KrapKake ,

Try setting game to fullscreen windowed

KrapKake ,

Mint is good but if you want the best touch screen support with gestures and an automatic on screen keyboard, you will want a distro that is using the gnome desktop environment (it is also android-like). Well known distros that come with this are Fedora Workstation, ZorinOS, and Ubuntu.

KrapKake ,

It’s based on it yes, but they use different desktop environments. The desktop mint uses is called Cinnamon.

KrapKake ,

Why have you done this?!

KrapKake ,

I have been taking the flatpak route as well lately where applicable. Sure many people see flatpak as bloat, but very few things are installed as system apps and my $HOME stays cleaner. There’s also this gem github.com/valvesoftware/steam-for-linux/…/3671. I want as few things as possible to have rwx to my home dirs.

KrapKake ,

About time, that is much more legible.

KrapKake ,

CATS/Windows

KrapKake ,

Luckily you can deselect the eos specific packages during install.

KrapKake ,

Of course! And not even just laptops, I like to test/install Linux on about anything possible… I must know the answer to “Will it Linux?”.

KrapKake ,

You could check out distros like mint, zorinOS, fedora, popos, and Nobara. I think all of those will come with nvidia drivers so you don’t have to set them up manually. Nobara in particular is set up for gaming out of the box, I don’t know how well it actually works personally. You could just install Ventoy on a USB stick then load up multiple Linux distros on it, then just select the one you one to try live at boot. Mint and zorin will be the most familiar.

KrapKake ,

I really wish DE + auto tiling combo was more of a thing. Like what Pop! has going with gnome currently. The convenience of a DE with an actual WM. Yes I know there are extensions, qtile, etc. Having this out of the box would be fantastic, so much time is wasted moving windows around… tiling then manually… or having windows overlap, oh the horror.

KrapKake ,

Gross, much prefer Wx, Breezy Weather and sometimes RadarOmega to watch severe weather outbreaks.

KrapKake ,

I love Breezy Weather!

KrapKake ,

I only use wayland on my t480 and it makes a noticeable difference on that machine, but not on my desktop with Nvidia. I have been testing it for a couple of days on my Nvidia box though. So far I’ve found it mostly works better than I expected but some games played on Nvidia+Wayland makes it look like my monitor is about to die with the weird flickers it does at times and under certain conditions (like loading screens it’s unbearable), otherwise performance is good and seems to lock in at 144hz. Also does anyone know why there are no settings in the nvidia-settings app under Wayland?

KrapKake ,

You could always try tailscale until you figure something else out. Its not really self hosting but its better than having everything accessible to the public internet. Set it up in browser and follow their set up guide then install tailscale app on Truenas and whatever other device you plan on using it with.

KrapKake ,

Looks like they posted it to different communities.

KrapKake ,

If it’s carrier locked and paid off then contact your carrier or visit their website about it. If it’s Verizon then I think you screwed regardless.

KrapKake ,

Yea no kidding. Gnome is pronounced Guhnome, Mate DE is pronounced Matay, Open Suse is susuh not soos, and Qt is to be pronounced as “cute” instead of just… Q-T. Many such cases.

KrapKake ,

I knew it! I had the sneaking suspicion that this was the case. About a month ago I updated my phone to Android 14 (custom rom) and noticed I started having trouble with RCS after a couple days since the update. I knew I was going to lose the play integrity but whatever. RCS was nice but I will not bend… just pushing me a step further to de-googling my phone. Lol it’s funny how they cry to Apple about supporting RCS but yet refuse to allow third party apps or phones that don’t meet their requirements, pathetic. There should be an encrypted text communication standard that isn’t controlled by one company who can lock you out because you don’t have approved software, that is ridiculous. That being said, I wish Signal was still a SMS app.

KrapKake ,

Needs to be something like family is going to use you see. Which is why I liked what Signal had since it doubled as SMS.

KrapKake ,

I agree but there’s 2 apps there is no good alternative for and they are paid, at least one of them I am learning Android studio + Kotlin to recreate it. The other I have found Wx which is OK but besides that there is no good advanced weather radar.

KrapKake , (edited )

Yea tried that already, one won’t work at all and one will stop working after sometime. I assume it still has something to do with google services. I have not tried with microg. Either way… I’ll get there to google-free land eventually its a work in progress. Sometimes I do consider just ripping off the band-aid and installing raw lineage os then learn to deal with it from there.

KrapKake ,

Not enough people realize this.

KrapKake ,

Classic Disk Destroyer moment.

KrapKake ,

I’ve seen people say this, but what makes your phone so much safer than your computer?

KrapKake ,

Maybe they should start making landline style phones that take a SIM card but otherwise look and function like the phones of yesteryear.

KrapKake ,

I was going to ask if he liked to sit in your underwear while you did number 2… like a forbidden hammock, but I realized you don’t have pants on at all.

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