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TCB13 , 4 months ago to piracy in Better torrent client for MacOS Sonoma?

Transmission :P

If you’re having issues with Transmission most likely the problem is in another thing… like an hard drive or some other piece of software.

TCB13 , 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to linux in Proton Mail Finally Releases Desktop Apps With a Linux Beta Version

Is the bridge actually being discontinued?

No, but what from their moves it is very clear it won’t live long.

they don’t support SMTP, but realistically they actually can’t unless they have the ability to read your emai

Technically they do use SMTP… and it’s possible for a provider and provide submission and generic SMTP do clients without having to read the email content.

There are lots of ways to do e2e encryption on e-mail (no server access to the contents) over SMTP (OpenPGP, S/MIME etc.). There are also header minimization options to prevent metadata leakage. And Proton decided NOT to use any of those proven solutions (in a standard and open way at least) and go for some obscure implementation instead because it fits their business better and makes development faster.

TCB13 , 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to linux in Rant: My recent experience of trying to install windows for gaming and why I'm really thankful for Linux

it grabs the correct drivers for you (I think? I don’t use windows anymore).

Yes it does grab the right things without fail. Hardware identification is trivial at this point, all have their IDs.

windows would install one for you But not the correct one for your card, it would install a generic one, so you have some amount of 2d/3d support. You could get the correct resolution for your HD monitor, or watch videos without stuttering, bit it did not give you the full 3d support for your card. So gaming wouldn’t work well.

Yes, I remember those times, but we’re past that.

Nowadays it is usually better to let Windows grab drivers for you because it will grab the driver and no other extra crap. A lot of devices come with useless bundled software and Microsoft is very strict when it comes to installing software with the drivers - they only do it for GPUs, sound cards and a couple exceptions - guess that Microsoft now wants an monopoly on who can install crapware in your system as well :P

There are a few exceptions to this, special hardware that isn’t properly registered on the Windows Update catalog and Windows won’t pull drivers, for those cases people should head into the support page of their device and download drivers from there. Some brands may also make this easier, for instance HP has a tool that will detect your machine model and download and install the required drivers.

TCB13 , 4 months ago to linux in Rant: My recent experience of trying to install windows for gaming and why I'm really thankful for Linux

From what I got online that computer has either an Intel or MediaTek PCIe Wifi card, both of them should be supported out of the box by Windows. Also you aren’t required to install GPU drivers manually, just run Windows Update and it will pull the driver including the Nvidia panel for you.

I do not understand why we still have this image that Windows is noob friendly, it’s such a convoluted obfuscated process to do anything.

Because it is as long as you don’t fuck things up because you think you know better. Just use Windows update to pull GPU drivers… or download what Acer says is for your computer on their support page… cheap ass hardware that shouldn’t even be on the market doesn’t help either.

TCB13 , 4 months ago to linux in Proton Mail Finally Releases Desktop Apps With a Linux Beta Version

“After years of pushing their proprietary and closed solutions to privacy minded people Proton decided that it was in their best interest to further bury said users into their service as a form of vendor lock-in. To achieve this they made more non-standard desktop clients for their groupware features (contacts and calendars) and the bridge will be discontinued soon.”

Only if there wasn’t CardDAV, CalDAV, IMAP, SMTP and dozens of other highly standardized protocols to handle e-mailing and groupware.

TCB13 , 4 months ago to linux in Proton Mail Finally Releases Desktop Apps With a Linux Beta Version

Yes Thunderbird is getting really nice nowadays.

TCB13 , 4 months ago to linux in This week in KDE: Dolphin levels up

The lack of padding is disturbing.

TCB13 , 4 months ago to piracy in “It’s a Silent Fire”: Decaying Digital Movie and TV Show Files Are a Hollywood Crisis

The current censorship of media companies and stream services is a much bigger threat to the preservation of media than digital decaying could ever be.

TCB13 OP , 4 months ago to linux in Analog Phone Line to SIP

Well I don’t need 8 ports :P

TCB13 OP , 4 months ago to linux in Analog Phone Line to SIP

Thanks for the tip, that model clearly says it supports it… then there’s www.grandstream.com/products/…/ht813 that should work but the wording on the website isn’t that clear.

Even if overkill I guess I’ll go with the HT318. Thanks.

TCB13 OP , 4 months ago to linux in Analog Phone Line to SIP

I’d still start by calling your provider and see what they think. They might jump at the chance to get rid of an old analog line.

Tried that route, they offered us a free cellphone line for a month and the thing was working around 2-3 hours a day around the middle of the day. They simply gave up and told me that they didn’t have other options on that location.

TCB13 OP , 4 months ago to linux in Analog Phone Line to SIP

I found this one but it seems to do the opposite of what I need.

TCB13 OP , 4 months ago to linux in Analog Phone Line to SIP

Motorola SM56

This is what the documentation says:

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/820c975b-acb7-4c85-a040-49a1f35640f4.png

TCB13 OP , 4 months ago to linux in Analog Phone Line to SIP

Close to no cell service in the location, let alone optic fiber or any other means. Stuck with an analog landline that does ADSL at around 3.5 Mbps.

TCB13 , 4 months ago to science in Finally, engineers have a clue that could help them save Voyager 1

Trust Me, I’m an Engineer!