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TCB13 , 5 months ago to linux in which linux phone is the most promising?

The rain why I need nativa banking apps is because there are some features that are only available through the app and not with web banking. Another thing about those support layers is that banking apps usually know how to detect rooted devices and stuff like that and won’t work.

That’s unfortunate but it is what it is.

TCB13 , 5 months ago to linux in which linux phone is the most promising?

Yes, even GrapheneOS or Calyx will provide a much better experience.

TCB13 , 5 months ago to linux in which linux phone is the most promising?

If your banking app is proprietary

Are you drunk, what bank doesn’t have a proprietary application? lol

TCB13 , 5 months ago to linux in which linux phone is the most promising?

Oh yeah, my bank will definitely support Linux phones lol

TCB13 , 5 months ago to lemmyshitpost in English may be a hot mess but at least we don't have to worry about this nonsense

Yet the English speaking countries are the one pushing for a far-left gender ideology that is centered around “gender neutral” language and other crap. lol

TCB13 , 5 months ago to linux in Does anyone has a Ubuntu --> Manjaro transition guide

You can always do what a lot of people are doing, use Debian as your base OS and install all software via Flatpak, solid OS with the latest software. Doesn’t get any faster :P

TCB13 , 5 months ago to linux in Does anyone has a Ubuntu --> Manjaro transition guide

So… why don’t you transition to Debian and use it for the next 20 years? :)

TCB13 , 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to linux in which linux phone is the most promising?

None, because a phone is useless without applications.

Edit: I’m all for a truly open-source phone with no tracking but at some point things must be useful as well and applications from the Play Store or App Store are something people have to get and use everyday. For instance in my country, if you exclude browser-based banking no bank will work those Linux phones and the NFC / contactless payment system here requires either Apple Pay, Google Wallet or a proprietary app develop by a banking alliance. Govt provides electronic versions of your identity card, driving license and a ton of other cards related to the govt that also require an Android/iOS app they make… Even something simple like setting up a TP-Link Tapo wireless security camera will require an app these days.

TCB13 , 5 months ago to linux in How to choose your first distro - A guide for beginners (flowchart + text post)

Maybe something (very) hardware specific?

TCB13 , 5 months ago to selfhosted in virtualizing PFSense. What else works besides ESXi for virtual networking?

You’re welcome.

TCB13 , 5 months ago to linux in How to choose your first distro - A guide for beginners (flowchart + text post)

I had a lot of issues when installing Debian after some days, because of a non-optimal suggested partitioning layout, misconfigured mirror-server list or network for example.

For what’s worth I never had those kinds of issues with the Debian installer, to me it seems that anyone capable of installing Windows 10/11 is capable of installing Debian on the bases of “next > next > next” everything as defaults and will get to a working desktop.

I’ve seen a few people complaining about the Debian installer but I never had issues at all. From servers to laptops always seems to get things right for me.

TCB13 , 5 months ago to linux in How to choose your first distro - A guide for beginners (flowchart + text post)

TL;DR: If you just care about having something that works reliably then install Debian + GNOME + Software as Flatpaks. You’ll get a rock solid system with the latest software.

About the desktop environment: the “what you go for it’s entirely your choice” mantra when it comes to DE is total BS. What happens is that you’ll find out while you can use any DE in fact GNOME will provide a better experience because most applications on Linux are design / depend on its components. Using KDE or XFCE is fun until you run into some GTK/libadwaita application and small issues start to pop here and there, windows that don’t pick on your theme or you just created a Frankenstein of a system composed of KDE + a bunch of GTK components.

TCB13 , 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to selfhosted in virtualizing PFSense. What else works besides ESXi for virtual networking?

Oh, now I remembered that there’s ActivationPolicy= on [Link] that can be used to control what happens to the interface. At some point I even reported a bug on that feature and vlans.

I thought it had something to do with the interface having an IP (…) LinkLocalAddressing=ipv4

I’m not so sure it is about the interface having an IP… I believe your current LinkLocalAddressing=ipv4 is forcing the interface to get up since it has to assign a local IP. Maybe you can set LinkLocalAddressing=no and ActivationPolicy=always-up and see how it goes.

TCB13 , 5 months ago to selfhosted in virtualizing PFSense. What else works besides ESXi for virtual networking?

Am I mistaken that the host shouldn’t be configured on the WAN interface? Can I solve this by passing the pci device to the VM, and what’s the best practice here?

Passing the PCI network card / device to the VM would make things more secure as the host won’t be configured / touching the network card exposed to the WAN. Nevertheless passing the card to the VM would make things less flexible and it isn’t required.

I think there’s something wrong with your setup. One of my machines has a br0 and a setup like yours. 10-enp5s0.network is the physical “WAN” interface:

<span style="color:#323232;">root@host10:/etc/systemd/network# cat 10-enp5s0.network
</span><span style="color:#323232;">[Match]
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Name=enp5s0
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">[Network]
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Bridge=br0 # -> note that we're just saying that enp5s0 belongs to the bridge, no IPs are assigned here.
</span>

<span style="color:#323232;">root@host10:/etc/systemd/network# cat 11-br0.netdev
</span><span style="color:#323232;">[NetDev]
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Name=br0
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Kind=bridge
</span>

<span style="color:#323232;">root@host10:/etc/systemd/network# cat 11-br0.network
</span><span style="color:#323232;">[Match]
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Name=br0
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">[Network]
</span><span style="color:#323232;">DHCP=ipv4 # -> In my case I'm also requesting an IP for my host but this isn't required. If I set it to "no" it will also work.
</span>

Now, I have a profile for “bridged” containers:

<span style="color:#323232;">root@host10:/etc/systemd/network# lxc profile show bridged
</span><span style="color:#323232;">config:
</span><span style="color:#323232;"> (...)
</span><span style="color:#323232;">description: Bridged Networking Profile
</span><span style="color:#323232;">devices:
</span><span style="color:#323232;">  eth0:
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    name: eth0
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    nictype: bridged
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    parent: br0
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    type: nic
</span><span style="color:#323232;">(...)
</span>

And one of my VMs with this profile:

<span style="color:#323232;">root@host10:/etc/systemd/network# lxc config show havm
</span><span style="color:#323232;">architecture: x86_64
</span><span style="color:#323232;">config:
</span><span style="color:#323232;">  image.description: HAVM
</span><span style="color:#323232;">  image.os: Debian
</span><span style="color:#323232;">(...)
</span><span style="color:#323232;">profiles:
</span><span style="color:#323232;">- bridged
</span><span style="color:#323232;">(...)
</span>

Inside the VM the network is configured like this:

<span style="color:#323232;">root@havm:~# cat /etc/systemd/network/10-eth0.network
</span><span style="color:#323232;">[Match]
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Name=eth0
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">[Link]
</span><span style="color:#323232;">RequiredForOnline=yes
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">[Network]
</span><span style="color:#323232;">DHCP=ipv4
</span>

Can you check if your config is done like this? If so it should work.

TCB13 , 5 months ago to piracy in best usenet group

Piracy isn’t purely about getting things for free, it’s about convince and preserving digital media too.

I agree with you when when it comes to preservation and sometimes even quality. But when it comes to convince nothing beats Netflix.