Leniwcowaty :fedora: :kdenew:

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2025-05-17 12:33:41

@nprofile…qyeq configuring #Asahi on his MB Air xD
Turns out 2k screen on 14" laptop is not as great as one would think
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2025-05-15 11:04:47

Just now realized, that my router has option to create a IoT WiFi network - completly separate network with very restrictive settings, very limited bandwidth. Nice, one issue I had with enabling Smart Home in my apartment was all the devices connected to my main network. Not anymore.

2025-05-14 08:17:40

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@nprofile…pkuv @nprofile…hfkn that's the setup. I normally use another bank, this is only for the loan payments. Still annoying, especially now since I have to switch phones

2025-05-14 06:41:15

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@nprofile…7nq4 yeah, but it defeats the purpose if I have to write down the password regardless, just to count characters. Unless I use a simple and non-complicated dictionary password that I remember. But if that's the case, having 8 out of 12 characters makes it extremally easy to guess

2025-05-14 06:26:27

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@nprofile…jhg3 using Bitwarden, but this still is inconvinient as fuck

2025-05-14 06:24:26

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@nprofile…hfkn I cannot, I have a loan there... But as soon as I saw that I was like "this doesn't seem secure"
Not to mention, their mobile app doesn't use system keyboard, they use their own, shitty "secure" keyboard, that's much smaller and has absolutely no tactile feedback. Oh and they don't allow pasting inside the app, even account number for a wire transfer

2025-05-14 06:18:09

I hate my #bank...
"As a #security measure" when you #login, instead of typing it the whole #password, you have to type in 8 #random characters from it, like 1st, 4th, 10th etc.
What does this #secure against? Your user being able to log in? Every time I have to open a #notepad and type out my password, count the characters, and type them in one by one, instead of JUST USING A PASSWORD #MANAGER.
If an #attacker knows your password... WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES THIS MAKE?!

2025-05-13 20:56:08

After 1.5 years my #Pixel 8 experienced the famous "purple strip" #display issue...
Good thing is, that #Google acknowledges the #issue and offers a 3 years #extended #warranty for one free display replacement.
Bad thing is, I need to switch to my #backup #phone for 2 weeks...

2025-05-12 20:18:05

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@nprofile…gq58 Great choice! Am running the same install of Mint on my work laptop for almost 3 years now. Rock solid, 100% stable. Although I run Bazzite on my gaming PC, Mint will always have special place in my heart

2025-05-12 05:51:00

For the past 7 years I truly couldn't live without a #smartwatch. I had to have it on my wrist, being constantly notified, have my health tracked and all of that.
Two months ago I bought a #Casio F-91W, just an impulse. I wanted to have it. Not wear it, just have it. But I started wearing this absolutely #basic, almost 40 years old piece and... I love it. It tells time. Just that.
Now I sleep better, I'm not as distracted, and way less annoyed. How peculiar..
#watch #tech #adventure #cheap

2025-05-11 19:02:07

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@nprofile…mcmn I think it's something else. All in all, RISC-V is still pretty new and fresh, it's not standarized. Hence there's no established way to do many things, as you mentioned the boot. So sometimes you hack something together not really the correct way, cuz well - nobody is there to tell you that it should be done differently. It works so it works.
And then 15 years later when this standard was adopted and more people are looking into this it becomes obvious - we should do it differently

2025-05-11 18:59:05

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Yeah, so it looks like that's the case. My #mobo have one USB 2 controller and two #USB 3 ones (one connected to #chipset and one directly connected to #CPU to enable high speed USB-C).
The #keyboard was connected to the CPU one, and on every port the USB #NIC has some weird issues with #ping spikes. When switched to USB 2.0 the ping issues go away but the speed is 250 Mbps. Connecting to the other controller's USB 3.2 I have full speed and no ping issues.
#Unlucky I guess...
#issues #linux

2025-05-11 18:54:29

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@nprofile…mcmn yeah, sadly history has shown this. If the first one botches the standard (even unintentionally, just trying to get it to work), then all will copy that and we will end up with tangled spaghetti of bad code, that should never see the light of day, but is so wide spread, that we now have to deal with it

2025-05-11 18:51:07

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@nprofile…mcmn that's why I'm extra interested in Framework's RISC-V motherboard. I hope this will be the "kick" for the industry

2025-05-11 18:46:10

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@nprofile…mcmn was thinking about OrangePi, thanks for informing me.
Well, I really hope some day we will have actual RISC-V laptops with actual distros on them. It's baffling to me, that distros for a really open-source CPU architecture are developing slower than distro for Apple Silicon.
But I guess this is the issue with open-source - there's so many variants of RISC-V that you can't really create a "universal" image for them.

2025-05-11 18:40:56

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@nprofile…mcmn damn, I wish RISC-V would be more popular...
I have a RISC-V dev board lying around and really nothing to do with it. The manufacturer only supplies a custom Ubuntu 24.10 image in Chinese for it. Would love to get normal Ubuntu 24.04 or Fedora 42 running on it... Or even OpenBSD or something, just to do something with it

2025-05-10 17:58:25

Well, looks like static shock that killed my Launch keyboard also damaged my USB 3 controller on motherboard. Even connecting external SSD causes xhci crashes and system slowdowns

2025-05-09 18:15:35

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Day two - still no issues with network or lagging Plasma. Could that be it...?

2025-05-08 19:18:35

WE DID IT!
Bazzite 42 + TP-Link USB Ethernet NIC + static IP + connecting my DAC/AMP with USB 2.0 + installing on internal SSD instead of external + disabling XHCI Hand-off solved all my issues with Linux on PC.
Time to finally go home... Home sweet home Linux...
Only issue that persists, but I suspect just an application bug - launching Steam freezes my Plasma for 3-5 seconds.
#linux #windows #pc #nic #bug #issues #dac #xhci #steam #plasma

2025-05-07 19:00:01

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@nprofile…57d8 don't be intimidated by the outdated look by the way. In "Look & Feel" section of Settings you can select "Proton Style" to make it look like modern Firefox

2025-05-07 18:10:22

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@nprofile…57d8 that's a good opportunity to switch to #Waterfox !
Like really, it being based on ESR solved most of the problems I had with Firefox...

2025-05-07 16:35:23

I have a hard time believing that... But I might have fixed the Linux issue on my PC.
What helped (or at least I hope):
- updating to Fedora 42 (Bazzite 42 in fact) with kernel 6.14
- using TP-Link USB ethernet NIC
- amdgpu.dcdebugmask=0x10 in kernel arguments
- installing the OS on additional SATA drive and testing it there, instead of on external SSD connected via USB
So far, no problems (only one crash of USB driver when I connected my DAC, but it can crash my Windows too, so...)

2025-05-06 07:34:12

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@nprofile…l2cc if I could install uBlock Origin and Bitwarden (or even only Bitwarden) in DDG, I would use it as daily driver, no questions asked. But due to lack of it (and also the fact that there's no Linux version) I simply cannot.
As for DDG - I've been using it for years and yes, while the search results are not THE BEST, it's in my opinion still miles above Google's constant stream of sewage. The only thing lacking, that Google does better are images.

2025-05-06 03:27:12

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@nprofile…l2cc I have been following LB for some time now. And I'm rooting for them, but LB is faaaar from being ready to ship. And lack of external extensions (notably #adblocker and #password #managers), plus no mobile version will make it really hard for them to gain an audience.
I'd like to remind you, that there already is a very good, independent browser, that I don't use for this exact reason, despite it being exceptionally good - #DuckDuckGo Browser.

2025-05-05 19:15:10

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@nprofile…72y4 not 100% sure if it's confirmed, but following the DOJ hearings, it's most likely that Google will not be allowed to lay for beeing the default, ergo Mozilla will lose its deal with Google

2025-05-05 17:47:24

My take on #Mozilla losing #Google's money:
One of two things will happen - either Mozilla panics and starts dupming money into "popular trends" (yes, I mean more #AI), losing every last penny they have now and sinking.
Or this will be the kick they need to start implementing #features that people ACTUALLY WANT, thus increasing their appeal and market share, somehow bouncing back.
Imo - the latter will be true, it kinda is now (adding vertical tabs, grouping, profiles)
We'll see...

2025-04-29 21:26:40

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@nprofile…9t9f @nprofile…qry5 didn't play with Pi 5, so cannot speak about it. As a mini PC - maybe. But to be honest, I would much rather buy a real miniPC with x86 CPU, just for compatibility's sake. If power draw is not a concern (aka you don't run it off battery), than there are better options. But you do you, let me know how it worked for you!

2025-04-29 21:19:08

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@nprofile…9t9f @nprofile…qry5 first - jank. Let's be honest, RPis are not designed to be put in a big, flat chassis. You would have to design and manufacture a big custom clamshell for a laptop, that would be thick (at least an Ethernet port thick) and fit all the components. Second - price to performance. Let's not kid ourselves - RPis SoCs are not powerful, at all. They are good for terminal-based server stuff, but up until 3B (when I stopped) they struggled even with XFCE, not to mention like KDE

2025-04-27 16:03:43

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@nprofile…0ye2 I personally have been using Aurora (based on Ublue images, which are in turn based on Silverblue). With KDE desktop, atomic structure, Flatpak and Brew it really feels like MacBook. It's been smooth sailing, sunshine and rainbows for me for the last 2 months.

2025-04-23 19:54:39

After #Firefox enabled #Sponsored Shortcuts and #telemetry AGAIN by itself I got *a bit* annoyed. Like I get it, they need to make money somehow, and gather some data. But if I opt out, then I opt out, and don't think about it anymore.
So trying out #Waterfox. Really nothing fancy, Firefox ESR but with this stuff turned off and some privacy-focused tweaks enabled by default. And it has an #android version (not ERS though).
So far really content with it. Keep up the good work, @nprofile…r7ps 💪

2025-04-23 17:37:11

New family member - Lando! Still a bit shy, but he'll get better.
#dog #schnauzer #minischnauzer #lando #family #puppy #shy
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2025-04-18 18:45:55

Sometimes I regret living in Europe :(
My @nprofile…s37t #Launch Lite keyboard got its LEDs killed by static discharge. It is covered under warranty, but I would have to cover the costs of shipping the keyboard to and from States, 130 USD one way, so 260 USD in total. It's basically a cost of almost two brand new keyboards. This sucks.
And I don't blame S76. It just sucks, that with all that globalization and advanced technology, we still don't really know how to ship small packages overseas cheap

2025-04-16 12:35:35

#Firefox 138 Beta enables by default "expand on hover" for vertical tabs. My one gripe with this browser was fixed!
Now I can rest easly...

2025-04-10 13:55:59

@nprofile…s37t Tragedy struck!
It appears that an electrostatic shock killed LEDs (or controller) on my Launch Lite 😭
Only one row lights up. Tried reconfiguring it, rebooting PC, tried two different PCs. LEDs ade DEAD DEAD.
And I'm not from the US... What shall I even do...?
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/314/009/389/973/805/original/6026ff24a9830f46.jpg
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2025-04-09 12:51:30

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@nprofile…q3m3 @nprofile…uvkz @nprofile…qyeq quite interesting, COSMIC still amazes me...

2025-04-03 04:01:12

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@nprofile…r8qy take a look at my profile. I experienced the most random bug, which stops me from going Linux on the PC

2025-04-02 21:51:44

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Yes, I know you can still do it with a single command, but still, following the "intended" way, I cannot complete the setup

2025-04-02 21:50:36

#Microsoft removes #bypassnro to "Enchance user #experience and esure that users exit setup with #Internet connectivity and a Microsoft Account".
Fine.
Here's a riddle - what if my PC has a #NIC, oh I don't know, like #RLT8125, one of the most popular 2.5 Gig in gaming MOBOs, which #Windows doesn't recognize OOTB (and #Mediatek WiFi chip, that suffers the same fate)? I literally have NO way to connect to the Internet.
So... No Windows setup for me, I guess?

2025-04-02 21:50:36

2025-04-02 15:50:53

So few weeks ago I hit my hand against the doorframe by accident. Didn't make much of it, it hurt a bit, but well, shit happens.
Today I finally went to see doctor, since it in fact didn't stop hurting after almost 3 weeks.
Partially broken finger bone, damaged joint, fluid in the joint. Three weeks in finger brace. Doctor asked why I didn't see him sooner, I wouldn't need brace then. I said, that I thought it will hurt a bit and stop.
"Maybe 15 years ago it would"
Touche...

2025-03-27 19:46:38

Following through - #Aurora Linux really does feel like #MacOS. And I have to say... It's very nice. Being immutable and image-based really takes the hassle of updating and managing the base off my shoulders, I just update applications. I also noticed better #battery performance. And their #KDE theming is really nice.
Maybe #immutable is not yet the future of all, but for a #laptop? Really damn #nice!
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/236/114/571/656/779/original/26165d8fca1120c1.png

2025-03-27 16:21:10

Did #ZorinOS made some paid promotion/advertisement campaign?
Like I have literally never seen a single article about Zorin, maybe a handful of YT videos, and now suddenly in this past two weeks I've seen like 30 articles and 20 videos covering the same topic - how Zorin is the best replacement for Windows.
Even from news sites, that have literally NEVER covered anything even remotely associated with Linux.

2025-03-24 15:07:11

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@nprofile…vrl0 I won my Lite at Ubuntu Summit and am just in love with it.
However I got the pink switches, that were a bit too mushy for my taste. But thanks to swappable switches I changed them to jade and hope it'll last me a lifetime
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/218/030/023/120/222/original/725c2b1521a4d696.jpg

2025-03-23 18:45:35

I give up.
Apparently there's some bug in #amdgpu driver that affects #Radeon #RX7900XTX in some certain conditions and causes it to hang a process, not caring about a process. A pull request intending to fix this is open for more than a year, and it doesn't seem to be moving at all. So no #Linux for my #PC.
So sadly, back to #Windows... At least I have #Aurora on my #laptop (which tbh feels a lot like #MacOS and I'm unsure how I feel about it)...

2025-03-23 18:40:43

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@nprofile…vrl0 Oh, I see you have the best keyboard there is :D

2025-03-22 19:48:49

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Another hint - Firefox was giving me A LOT of errors regarding shader cache - no access (I use Flatpak version on Bazzite). Disabled hardware acceleration and we'll see...

2025-03-22 18:40:15

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Had to get rid of PiHole, as its DHCP and DNS services were for some reason causing network slowdowns
Buuuut there's something more. The network is fine, but sometimes, the whole Plasma starts lagging and slowing down. And this drags the NIC with it, increasing ping times and slowing the speed. It's not AS BAD as it was, but it's still pretty bad (dropping from 1 Gbps to 6 Mbps).
But now I'm positive, there's something on the line of system<->hardware<->Plasma, that's causing the lag

2025-03-22 12:09:48

Can I just say - I absolutely love the default @nprofile…le4r @nprofile…u9eu #wallpaper ? There's something in it, that tickles my brain in juuuust the right way :bazzite:
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/206/007/965/159/281/original/e66f71c23e929955.png

2025-03-21 20:58:26

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@nprofile…esdt not during the initial setup. And that's the problem here

2025-03-21 20:28:25

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@nprofile…esdt sorry, maybe inappropriate wording - on-screen keyboard or bluetooth settings. These are not accesibility settings, but settings that you would actually need to setup your PC. And pretty much every Linux has them nowadays

2025-03-21 19:43:54

As it turns out, #MacOS doesn't have any #accesibility options available during first setup. No Magnifier, no Screen Keyboard, nothing. You also cannot connect any #bluetooth accessory during the initial setup.
So now my parents are stuck with #Mac Mini serving as a paperweight until they get a USB-C hub, cuz they didn't realize you cannot connect your Bluetooth keyboard to Mac during initial setup.
What year is it? 1999?

2025-03-21 13:35:44

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Changed to Intel I226V NIC, increaset NIC ring buffer descriptor size for both RX and TX, changed NIC mode to promiscuous...
5 hours with no issue and still going... Might that be it...?

2025-03-20 21:17:01

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I jinxed it...
That wasn't it

2025-03-20 21:10:57

My random networking bug saga continues...
THIS TIME IT SEEMS TO BE FIXED!
I noticed in logs NETDEV WATCHDOG TIMED OUT error. Following this I ended up here:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=261832
This gave me an idea - disconnected my server that was connected to ethernet cable behind my TV (the only other wired thing in my net). Didn't help.
But then I disconnected this wall cable from my router completly and... seems to be fixed now...?
Some interference in inactive cable due to being next to wall plug?

2025-03-20 09:23:58

Fun #activities from last night:
Spending 4 hours trying to come up with a way to install #Alacritty on #Aurora #Linux without layering packages.
I ended up installing #rustup from #homebrew, using rustup to setup #cargo and then using cargo to install Alacritty. And I had to make .desktop file myself.
Only caveat - no way to include updating cargo and crates in "ujust update" (or I'm not smart enough). So after updating I have to manually run "rustup update" and "cargo install alacritty"

2025-03-19 16:51:43

Soooo...
No Global Menu for #firefox on #kde #plasma? Too bad... Really, really shame.
Or maybe there is some hack I can do? Currently using #flatpak on #AuroraOS

2025-03-18 17:36:01

@nprofile…q3m3 on the note of ricing the desktop.
I think the biggest factor is... Ricing is just hard right now.
Starting with KDE - the absolute mess of Plasma theming (as @nprofile…649m described in his video) often makes ricing it just look incoherent and broken in many ways, and Breeze is servicable enough for most.
As for GNOME - they are just doing absolutely everything in their power to make theming GNOME extremally hard if not impossible, and default on Ubuntu is also servicable.

2025-03-17 13:37:48

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@nprofile…s37t Is it only me, or the Carl's audio was cut/muted the whole talk?

2025-03-13 14:59:50

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@nprofile…x9z3 generally all is fine and dandy, and suddenly ping response times to all devices on the way to "exit" the network sart rocketing to 40, 50, even 150 ms. So if there's PC -> Switch -> Router, the pings are long all the way, to switch and to router. But not to server. Similarly, if I connect PC directly to router, bypassing the switch, the pings to switch and server are good.
And then whole Plasma and Cinnamon start lagging and become unresponsive.
To be honest - I'm done. Really.

2025-03-13 13:54:06

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@nprofile…x9z3 tried USB Ethernet card, with completly different chipset than all the other ones I tries - no luck. 10 minutes in live environment, the ping weirdness was back, whole Plasma lagging, the usual deal. Well, I'm stuck on Windows then

2025-03-13 08:27:46

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@nprofile…p3jt "Floorp" sounds like a meme browser, something not really meant to be taken seriously (like "Uwuntu")

2025-03-12 11:02:08

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@nprofile…u36h from their official communication - Fedora isn't really "controlled" by RH. They provide developers and some server infrastructure, but the decision process is all up to Fedora Foundation. From what they say, RedHat has little to none influence on Fedora development (apart from things that would strictly impact RHEL, like legal/patent stuff).
I really encourage you to go for something stable with fresh apps - Mint was my go-to for years, and with Flatpak I don't mind LTS base

2025-03-11 16:58:18

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@nprofile…l38h ohhh, that's one of the "advantages" of Snap - the channels. And it just superbly shows, how messed up the channel management is in Snap... Why isn't "latest" the latest, eg. 2? That's stupid.
And some time ago it was the same with Docker - "latest" was outdated, 2 years old version, while the actual latest was a numbered channel. And since installation always defaults to latest...
Seriously, consider leaving Ubuntu for something like Mint

2025-03-11 16:46:08

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@nprofile…l38h could it be taht they pulled it down...? Let me do a quick install of 24.10, I will check...

2025-03-11 16:43:25

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@nprofile…l38h I would say, that I consider this an upgrade... But the old store was equally as bad...
Tbh, the new store wouldn't be AS bad, if it had Flatpak integration.
As for your issue - maybe try and install clean 24.10 in a VM, look what's the package name and version is for the new store, and install it manually?

2025-03-11 16:33:30

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@nprofile…q975 @nprofile…05jc from my experience - nearly instant. With Plasma 6.2 Fedora had it in their repos even faster than Arch

2025-03-11 12:23:59

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@nprofile…x9z3 nah, changing old Cat 5e cable to Cat 6 between swtich and NIC worked and set to 1 Gig, but the connection would still break or lag

2025-03-11 11:41:43

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@nprofile…x9z3 also suspected that, especially since on my "old" cable the 82571 NIC would only enable 100 Mbps. But in my current setup there's 30 m Cat 6 cable from router to switch, that's in the wall (and no, there's no way it broke, checked with multiple cable testers), and then there's 1 m Cat 6 cable from switch to the PC. Tried multiple cables, multiple ports both on router and switch.

2025-03-11 11:00:13

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@nprofile…x9z3 I wouldn't assume that. This PC is 2 years old and it works fine under Windows. And even if, it would have to be failure of on-board NIC and 2 out of 3 PCIe slots dying at the same moment, while GPU PCIe works fine. The probability of this is... insanely low.

2025-03-11 10:10:23

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@nprofile…x9z3 yeah, maybe worth a shot. Especially since a quality USB Ethernet adapter is like 10 bucks...
Yeah, it is bizzare. I would get it, if it only broke on one distro, or on multiple, but eg. based on Ubuntu.
But failing on multiple distros, with different bases, LTS, non-LTS, rolling releases, point releases... And all of that without a SINGLE error message in the logs (except for Intel 82571, which would just crash and burn with Hardware Unit Hang)

2025-03-11 09:48:16

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@nprofile…x9z3 I don't really think it would make much of a difference, if two different PCIe NICs didn't do the trick.
And I fear a USB one wouldn't be as performant as I would like, giving me full 1 Gig up and 1 Gig down

2025-03-10 12:25:20

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As a claridication - sometimes in Polish word can end with special char and the next one starts with one (gasić światło). So to speed up my typing, I used to hold Alt over pressing Space, so to not have to strike Alt twice.
In Linux it worked fine, Alt+Space would just output a Space. But in Windows it doesn't output Space, so the words are not separated (gasićświatło)
Not a huge deal, but a tad annoying...

2025-03-10 12:22:03

What I learned in #Windows after almost a year with #Linux on my PC - Alt blocks Space.
I'm using @nprofile…s37t #Launch Lite keyboard I got on Ubuntu Summit, and I'm pretty fast typer. I also am Polish, so I use Alt + letters to make Polish characters. What I noticed, that sometimes after such letter at the end of the word (ć, ą, ż) on Windows my Space didn't register. Thought the keyboard might be broken.
Nope. Unlike in Linux, in Windows, Alt+Space does nothing. In Linux it's just places Space.

2025-03-09 17:00:19

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@nprofile…vrl0 this is accurate as hell!

2025-03-09 15:25:15

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@nprofile…vrl0 if I may be honest - I tried EVERY DE there is.
Cinnamon is like... 💋 mwah, mint! (pun intended)
It's very simplistic, easy on resources, very configurable, and with Mint it's extremally integrated, to the point that in Mint you really don't ever have to open a terminal (including installing NVidia drivers)
Yes, it lacks some things, like advanced tiling (shoutout to KZones), but apart from that - my absolute go-to.

2025-03-09 15:21:32

Can I just say - I WISH every #desktop #environment in existence could configure their addons/applets/widgets/extensions like #Cinnamon ?
After finishing configuration I just export a JSON file, and when I move to new installation, I just import the JSON and have it configured exactly the same.
"Restoring" my Plasma config takes me 2-3 hours. Restoring my Cinnamon config takes 2-3 minutes.

2025-03-09 13:57:07

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Still keeping Linux on my laptop and server tho, not to mention Stream Deck. But yeah, my PC will just have to go back to Windows.
At least I can use winutil to make it less unbearable:
https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech/winutil

2025-03-09 13:56:03

It is sad day for me...
After using #Linux on my #PC for close to a year now, I sadly am forced to go back to #Windows.
Sadly, for some reason in mid-January my network started bugging, dropping connectio, lagging, causing my DE to lag and crash.
Tested multiple #distros, #kernels, DEs, multiple NICs, re-did all my home #network. Two months, during which my PC was just unusable. Could not game, stream, watch videos, host meetings. Nothing.
The problem is not present on Windows. So I'm forced

2025-03-09 13:56:03

2025-03-07 17:44:49

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Welp, nope. It took less than an hour for 82751 to throw "Hardware Unit Hang" and freeze the whole OS
Back to I226-V and pings are still randomly going crazy, lagging the whole Plasma...

2025-03-07 12:59:46

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@nprofile…trzm I suspect they wanted to make it consistent with all cloud images of Ubuntu - both AWS EC2 and Oracle OCI images of Ubuntu have "ubuntu" user with UID 1000 present by default. Since the world and businesses are moving to the cloud.

2025-03-07 12:53:35

Hmmm, for some weeks now I had problems with #network - on every #distro, every #DE. With my inbuilt 2.5 Gig #Realtek NIC the connection would just drop. On 2.5 Gig #Intel I226-V the ping response times would spike to 100-200 ms, which made it unusable (and in# Plasma caused the DE to become unresponsive).
Switched to old 1 Gig Intel 82571, and it would set itself to 100 Mbps. I changed cable from Cat 5e UTP to Cat 6 FTP and it jumped to 1 Gig.
Was the shitty cable the problem all along...?

2025-03-04 11:10:43

Well, first day of my new job...
Wish me luck!
#newjob #job #work #corporate #admin #sysadmin

2025-02-08 13:34:30

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@nprofile…e8ax yeah, what I was saying... People just can't read what's written. Or don't understand that AI is MORE than just AI chatbots and assistants

2024-12-18 12:54:02

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@nprofile…5lwq me too! :D #linuxmint
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2024-12-09 17:56:09

As of today, I officially am MASTER ENGINEER OF IT AND TELECOMMUNICATION! So glad it's finally over!

2024-12-05 20:32:13

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@nprofile…s37t is this only on-site, or also remote opportunity?

2024-11-25 06:42:26

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@nprofile…8xaf @nprofile…lfze been there, saw that. Impressive stuff!

2024-11-18 22:23:26

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@nprofile…qfh3 I really want to like Plasma. But it's too... Rough. Not in the visual department, I think the 6 series is just awesome looking. But theming and how incoherent it is when it comes to how the applications and desktop looks is just offputting...

2024-11-18 22:13:11

All right... I did it...
I dumped #LinuxMint on my work laptop for #Ubuntu 24.10. Why?
Well, after #ubuntusummit2024 I have this newfound admiration for what #Canonical does and how passionate #snapcrafters are about making Snaps the best they can be. Will I like it? Or absolutely hate it, like I did before? I give myself a month to find out.
However, my personal laptop still has Mint. Not giving up on this amazing distro just yet!

2024-10-27 16:49:28

I won a @npub1vvu…pj6u Launch Lite keyboard! I LOVE IT!
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2024-10-26 09:11:19

Love it, when speakers include technical people in their talks. It allows for very in-depth understating of the topic and can answer a lot of questions
@npub1krf…aelr @npub1ec6…3zj6
And we have a confirmation - the COSMIC Panel runs Doom!
#UbuntuSummit
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2024-10-26 08:15:07

#UbuntuSummit Group photo!
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2024-10-16 06:08:40

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@npub1t9n…k9e7
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2024-10-16 06:08:40

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@npub1t9n…k9e7
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2024-08-09 13:29:38

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@npub1wst…ez75 ah yes, Gentoo. In case you need to heat up your room, you just install vim from source!

2024-05-08 07:55:27

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@npub1wst…ez75 yup, that's how it works :D Been there, done that!

2024-02-13 20:32:16

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@npub1g74…w635 @npub1xg2…ky8s holy shit, that's a brilliant idea!

2024-01-16 23:51:03

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@npub1e2p…aqmc I also have Mint and a bunch of other distros on a pendrive attached to my keys. GParted, Clonezilla, GRML, Mint, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Windows 10, Windows 11, literally everything I would ever need, all on single 128 GB Kingston thumb drive, thanks to #ventoy

2024-01-16 23:49:20

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@npub1e2p…aqmc yes, for gaming, with Steam and Proton-GE as Flatpaks it's just... Even despite my laptop not being a powerhouse (i7-1165G7 with integrated Intel Xe) the games I played on it on Windows and then Fedora just run better on Mint, thanks to it's much lower overhead.
In work I even compared the same laptop model Mint to Windows. Literally the same apps (Firefox on the same YT video, Thunderbird, Alacritty and file explorer). Mint was using like 3 GB of RAM, Windows over 12 GB xD

2024-01-16 23:16:30

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@npub1e2p…aqmc TBH I tried it, cuz I wanted to install it on my in-laws computer, and wanted to evaluate if they'll be able to use it. And well... I stayed with it :D

2024-01-16 23:13:12

Almost a month of using @npub1usm…ta3l on my personal laptop, and two weeks on my work laptop.
And holy bananas... I've never had better experience with #linux than with Mint...
IT JUST WORKS! Like really! Yes, old kernel, all that stuff. But despite that (which is not a big problem on 11th gen Intel) it is DIAMOND SOLID! Even update from 21.2 to 21.3 was so seamless, I've never seen ANYTHING like this.
#linuxmint is not only for beginners. It's for people that work with their PC, not on their PC!

2023-11-25 23:02:28

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@npub1qhp…tkpv @npub183n…tahh GREAT! So glad for you, I really, REALLY appreciate your work, and thb you were the reason I gave Plasma another shot (didn't go well tho, but that's another story). Hope it all goes well for you