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TCB13 , 2 months ago to linux in Flathub has passed 2 billion downloads

Oh no, this is Flatpaks’ fault because they made this twisted repository system instead of doing sane things and then it is Flathub’s fault as well because they aren’t opening their storage to rsync or other sane syncing methods.

TCB13 , 2 months ago to linux in Flathub has passed 2 billion downloads

Did you ever try doing that with public packages?

TCB13 , 2 months ago to linux in Flathub has passed 2 billion downloads

Yeah sure, just try to mirror Flathub into your repo.

TCB13 , 2 months ago to linux in Flathub has passed 2 billion downloads

Thinking about it, I wonder if there’s enough “core features” with ‘create-usb’ that its just matter of scripting something together to intercept requests, auto-create-usb what’s being requested and then serve the package locally?

The issue is that… there aren’t enough “core features”. It doesn’t even handle different architectures and their dependencies correctly. It wasn’t made to be mirrored, nor decentralized.

Apt for instance was designed in a much better way, it becomes trivial to mirror the entire thing or parts and for the end tool it doesn’t even matter if the source is a server on the internet, a local machine, a flash drive or a local folder, all work the same.

TCB13 , 2 months ago to linux in Flathub has passed 2 billion downloads

Unmirrorable

Yes, unlike apt repositories, it wasn’t designed to be mirrored around, run isolated servers etc.

TCB13 , 2 months ago to linux in Flathub has passed 2 billion downloads

Touche. Centralized and un-mirrorable.

TCB13 , 2 months ago to linux in Flathub has passed 2 billion downloads

Still no proper way to mirror the thing and have it working offline / on internal networks. Great job self-hosters and sovereign citizens ;)

TCB13 , 2 months ago to technology in Mozilla hit with lawsuit from former Chief Product Officer

lol

• borncity.com/…/firefox-installer-weist-dem-browse…
• support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1093955
• …locals.com/…/firefox-money-investigating-the-biz…
• support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1276793
• github.com/mozilla/addons/issues/3145

and so many others…

TCB13 , 2 months ago to selfhosted in Anyone self hosting on Mac mini M1/M2?

since I already have a Mac for work I was wondering how suitable a Mac Mini M1/M2 would be for a homelab?

Suitable yes, if you want to do it… maybe or maybe not. Here’s a few pointers:

• Debian can be installed on those machines, however I’m not sure how power management works properly:
• Installation isn’t as straightforward and as easy as in another systems because Apple decided to keep pushing the usual ARM bullshit of not including a proper UEFI with the system;
• Some stuff will be broker, but you most likely don’t need it for self-hosting;
• If you keep macOS around you may have good luck with virtualizing Debian using UTM or VMware. Debian’s arm64 images will run at optimal performance on that hardware.

If you’re about to spend money I would grab an HP Mini unit with a “T” CPU, those will downclock really hard and you can get a i5-10500T (on ebay) for around 250€… and everything will work fine out of the box. An i7-8500T model also sells for 150€ or something like that.

Have a look at those CPU benchmarks (last one is probably yours):

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/02065e37-3547-49bf-84d4-9f1aa337138c.png

If you’re looking for power efficiency the newer CPUs are always better. Those mini units will downclock and idle at around 9-12W depending on hardware configuration but Apple should be able to do better - at least assuming you’ve power management working.

cpubenchmark.net/…/Apple-M1-8-Core-3200-MHz-vs-Ap…

TCB13 , 2 months ago to selfhosted in Anyone self hosting on Mac mini M1/M2?

Yes… wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Apple/M1

TCB13 , 2 months ago to linux in Recommendation for a high-quality webcam for Linux

Well, Apple is, Apple.

Maybe a Logitech StreamCam will deliver better results for you? I don’t have complaints about my C920 but I don’t push it so far like you seem to do.

TCB13 , 2 months ago to linux in Recommendation for a high-quality webcam for Linux

I’m using a C920 on Debian and I don’t have focus issues. I remember that once it was permanently stuck out of focus but unplugging and plugging again fixed the issue. Never had any other issues in years.

TCB13 , 2 months ago to technology in Mozilla hit with lawsuit from former Chief Product Officer

Here’s typical Mozilla not being the all mighty savior people think of them.

TCB13 , 2 months ago to steam in What do you think of this prediction?

there is a very good reason why steam hasn’t been hit by the enshittification that otherwise permeates human existence in 2024.

Come again? Steam is enshitifed af. from forcing CS:GO players to move to CS:2 to adding DRM left and right, they do it all. They even release remasters of old games that are essentially always broken one or another.

TCB13 , 2 months ago to linux in Let's Try BSD, Part 1 of 7: Introduction (FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, DragonFlyBSD)

Next step: macOS.