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TCB13 , 4 months ago to linux in Adding systemd to postmarketOS

Oh yeah: lemmy.world/comment/8190331

TCB13 , 4 months ago to linux in Adding systemd to postmarketOS

All these things still exist with Systemd. They are just called Systemd dash something

Although you’re right that’s not that “cut and dry” there’s a lot integrated and baked into the systemd core. Even if you consider a “systemd dash something”, let’s say systemd-networkd we’re suddenly talking about a single efficient daemon that covers all networking from basic IPv4 DHCP to IPv6 (with all it’s possible addressing schemes), can act a client or more like a typical router acts, delegate stuff and manage the entire thing from top to bottom in a cohesive way.

Just think about the amount of crap you’ve to setup to have a system do dual stack networking and provide prefix delegation on another interface, with systemd it’s just systemd-networkd. From the basics to serve IP’s, the classical isc-dhcp can do both IPv4 and IPv6, however…

the ISC DHCP server can only serve IPv4 or IPv6, means you have to start the daemon twice (for IPv6 with option ”-6”) to support both protocols.

Or you’ll just find you the implementation is bad and you’ll run wide-dhcpv6 instead. And then you won’t survive without radvd for router advertisements etc.

If you are a fan of Systemd, it is probably because you like the standardization and the integration across previously disparate services. That makes sense. (…) Obviously Systemd was a big leap forward in init.

Exactly, systemd solves tons of painful issues and provides a cohesive ecosystem of tools to manage Linux systems. While there are other great alternatives none as are complete and solid as systemd.

If you think it is making your system faster or lighter

But it may. By not having to deal with bunch of poorly integrated tools such as dhcpcd, dhcpv6, radvd, chrony, NetworkManager, resolvconf, logrotate and others we might actually have less overhead. And I’m not even talking about the time we don’t have to spend making sure all those integrate properly learning 234 different configurations syntaxes and dealing with specific bugs that only happen when program X interacts with program Y with feature Z enabled.

I’m not saying system it perfect, because it isn’t but it sure provides a LOT of piece of mind, stability and makes Linux a lot better than it used to be with init and friends.

TCB13 , 4 months ago to programmer_humor in Someone needs to be reminded that anticompetitive practices are illegal

Russia (and Putin) are so weak the USA forced them to invade their neighbour?

I’m not saying that is or that isn’t the case. What I know is that in this war, right after Ukraine, the EU is the most affected party. The US is the one that has most to gain from destabilizing the EU economy and weakening the Euro.

TCB13 , 4 months ago to programmer_humor in Someone needs to be reminded that anticompetitive practices are illegal

As far as I can see it, they are conservative-right wing.

I’m sorry, that’s not what they identify with…

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/517a7b68-4dbc-42a5-ba3f-88681bcdbd03.png

TCB13 , 4 months ago to programmer_humor in Someone needs to be reminded that anticompetitive practices are illegal

They do include a LOT of people from doc-dem parties in EU member states. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_People's_Party

Not sure if you know how the EU “parties” work but the members aren’t directly elected like in other places. They simply have a bunch of chairs that get filled with people from member state parties that applied to be part of that EU level organization. We most likely shouldn’t even call them political parties.

TCB13 , 4 months ago to technology in iOS 17.4 is now out with support for third party app stores in the EU

The thing is that those companies want to protect themselves against piracy. The issue with Apple is essentially the same, they’re kind of burned by people (in China) using Enterprise certificated to setup alt app stores that sell or offer pirated applications. Yes, that’s a big thing in China. There are also a couple of examples outside China but I believe you get the point.

This is… half unjustifiable corporate grief, half legit piracy concerns that would eat into their profits. I would like to see a law that forced them to have everything unlocked on the first day but I also see how it won’t be feasible…

TCB13 , 4 months ago to programmer_humor in Someone needs to be reminded that anticompetitive practices are illegal

Europeans People Party, large political party within the EU which is largely full of conservative right-wing folks

First the EPP is center-right, not conservative right-wing.

So I guess the context is: If EPP stays in power, that’s good for top-business-people, but bad for everyone else.

Second there’s too much leftists’ bullshit already in EU member states and all that power vacuum created by key keep such as Angela Merkel leaving governments created all the right conditions for the US, Ukraine and Russia to start a war at the EU border that only benefits the USA and has a large economical impact on the EU.

TCB13 , 4 months ago to programmer_humor in Someone needs to be reminded that anticompetitive practices are illegal

I give it about 10 years before the EU is invaded by the US after corporate lobbying

No need. The US most likely pushed Ukraine and Russia into a war that essentially is a way to put so much pressure in the EU economy that things will fail one way or the other.

TCB13 , 4 months ago to technology in iOS 17.4 is now out with support for third party app stores in the EU

There isn’t really true side loading. I’m hoping come March 8 the EU tells Apple that they have to do better.

Exactly, this new store thing is essentially the same that the Enterprise was, but extended in some ways and way more expensive for companies who want to run the store.

I hope the EU keeps pushing this, because, after all, what’s the point of having a computer in your pocket if you can’t run any software you would like? Android may do that but it’s also a mess of poorly designed system.

TCB13 , 4 months ago to technology in iOS 17.4 is now out with support for third party app stores in the EU

Yes, and the worst part is that this new legislation doesn’t change anything. We won’t still be able to indecently build and install applications on iOS like we do on macOS. This new store thing is essentially the same that the Enterprise was, but extended in some ways and way more expensive for companies who want to run the store.

I hope the EU keeps pushing this, because, after all, what’s the point of having a computer in your pocket if you can’t run any software you would like? Android may do that but it’s also a mess of poorly designed system.

TCB13 , 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to linux in Adding systemd to postmarketOS

I believe @possiblylinux127 's point was that in OpenWRT and others it makes more sense to have smaller daemons instead of systemd because they aren’t using the standard ones you’ll usually find under Debian and other Linux distros. They take daemons and slim them down to the point they become smaller than systemd at the cost of features that aren’t required on routers.

TCB13 , 4 months ago to linux in Partitioning Your Linux Drives: Does It Provide Any Benefits?

I guess it depends on how you’re running things… and you should have backups anyways.

My previous point was that once you get your data across multiple machines your life becomes way better and things are easier to deal with. Even your “server” dies you’ll still have more real time copies of the data in your laptop, desktop etc. and eventually a long term offsite backup that gets updated from time to time. Having backups is important as real time sync won’t save you from you deleting files by mistake.

A quick way to do things would be to have an SSD drive (so no noise) on the “server” for your real time sync and OS and a mechanical hard drive (usually spin down) that gets a copy of the data via rsync every day. Then you do a monthly or weekly backup of the data to a remote location ove the internet or some USB hard drive that you physically move to other site.

If you’re using on an SBC you may run your OS on a SD card + 2.5" SSD drive for real time data + 3.5" for daily backup. And some other remote / offsite backup solution.

TCB13 , 4 months ago to linux in Partitioning Your Linux Drives: Does It Provide Any Benefits?

There’s also a point in my contract which states that upon using too much electricity

Yes, because an extra 1.50$ / year would definitely kill your wallet.

For me, storing the hardware and hosting anything would be problematic, as I’m in student accommodation meaning space is limited as it is

This is a valid concern thought, however you may host it at your parent’s home for instance. Either way a RPi and a disk aren’t that big.

You’re framing this as luxury when it fact it’s more like a small time effort to set it up than anything else.

TCB13 , 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to piracy in How can I ensure that I'm actually seeding?

Seeding will work without port forwarding however you’ll miss seeding opportunities. If you don’t have port forwarding you’ll only be able to seed to other people who have it working.

TCB13 , 4 months ago to linux in Adding systemd to postmarketOS

postmarketOS just gained my respect. To be fair there’s no point in running a Linux system without systemd as you’ll end up installing 32434 different RAM wasting services to handle things like cron, dns, ntp, mounts, sessions, log management etc.