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Wine 9.18 Released
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    jlsalvador
    1mo ago 100%

    The first improvement (Media Foundation by FFMPEG) could be significant. Currently, VALVe generates large shaders to re-render those Media Foundation videos into other free codecs. These shaders can be several gigabytes in size for some games with lengthy videos. With FFMPEG, those videos could be played without being re-encoded as shaders.

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  • linux
    Linux 1mo ago
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    Wine 9.18 Released
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    jlsalvador
    1mo ago 90%

    TLDR:

    • New Media Foundation backend using FFMpeg.
    • Initial support for network sessions in DirectPlay.
    • New Desktop Control Panel applet.
    • Various bug fixes.
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  • Ladybird browser update (August 2024) (Makan: What does everyone think of this browser?)
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    jlsalvador
    1mo ago 100%

    https://github.com/LadybirdBrowser/ladybird

    It takes a time to compile the whole project, but a way less than Firefox and Chrome. There is an AUR package for ArchLinux.

    IMHO, it is not yet daily-drive usable. Really slow for JS. The window manager is extreme limited (I can not drag tabs outside the window). It can not render steampowered neither youtube (I didn't test any more websites, just these two). The current setting page is just a window popup with a checkbox for one option. But competition is always good for the users. A web browser is a big project for today standards. Good luck to these developers 💪👍

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  • linux
    Linux 2mo ago
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    Anyone made a DIY immutable distro?
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    jlsalvador
    2mo ago 83%

    Hi!

    I made my own inmutable distro using buildroot (https://buildroot.org): https://simplek8s.org

    This distro is just an AIO kernel image that will bootstrap everything in RAM. You can mount additional devices for data persistence (for example you can mount your storage in /var).

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  • linux
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    Question: What is Linux misinformation?
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    jlsalvador
    2mo ago 100%

    For example, when someone ask for a command to list files, and another one reply with a command that removes everything.

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  • Getting PSVR2 working on PC isn't as easy as it should be
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    jlsalvador
    3mo ago 100%

    TLDR; the reviewer is upset because the PSVR2-PC adapter doesn't come with a Display Port cable, and his Bluetooth adapter is not compatible. So he can't review the unit on time until he receive both items. 🤷

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  • linux
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    Firefox enables user tracking
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    jlsalvador
    3mo ago 80%

    It's illegal in Europe to have an opt-out checked by default, must be an opt-in unchecked by default. This is one of the reason that Microsoft has always troubles in Europe about privacy and opt-out services.

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  • kde
    KDE 4mo ago
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    This sddm bug is driving me insane
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    jlsalvador
    4mo ago 100%

    Hahaha. Common problem with multiscreen with different resolutions. Your laptop screen is below and left of your main display, and X11 renders this black "virtual screen".

    There are multiple solutions:

    a) Set your screen resolution and position through KDE Plasma SystemSettings and push the button "apply to SDDM configuration" (I think Plasma 6.0 removed this option, try to find it in the SystemSettings KCM SDDM section).

    b) The another solution is the old one. Create a file into /etc/X11/xorg.conf/display.conf with the proper values of position and resolution. Search in a wiki about examples (archlinux wiki?).

    c) There is a third one that I used few years ago. SDDM allows you run any command after the screen initialization. So you can exec your xrand command here. Search about /etc/sddm.conf

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  • linux
    Linux 6mo ago
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    How to figure out why BTRFS drive reports it is out of space
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    jlsalvador
    6mo ago 100%

    When you create a filesystem, there is a parameter named as "block percent free". This parameter should be "5%", so a 5% of your partition size can only be written by the "root" user.

    You can decrease this value or just free some space. You can try to create files or folders as root as well.

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  • [Question] Why is Matrix mentioned more often than XMPP in self hosted forums?
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    jlsalvador
    6mo ago 81%

    I think that the reason is the same for "why is XMPP mentioned more than IRC?". IRC has more clients, it's less resources hungry and simpler than XMPP.

    I think that the reason is because it is old-fashione, and it's clients feel outdated and (native) "lacking features" compared to more popular clients like Discord, WhatsApp, Messenger, Telegram or Signal. 🤷‍♂️

    I can imagine my cousins using any of the clients I mentioned before, but not IRC, XMPP, or any protocol from my era. Life and traditions, isn't it?

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  • Feel like a weak year for games?
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    jlsalvador
    7mo ago 100%

    The last year 2023 was incredible (providing a lot of good games).

    Fils Aime: ‘Thank you, but I want more.’ ‘Thank you, but give me more.’ I mean, it is insatiable. 2012 https://kotaku.com/the-trouble-with-the-never-satisfied-gamer-5920572

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  • linux
    Linux 7mo ago
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    General Advice for shell scripts
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    jlsalvador
    7mo ago 100%
    #!/usr/bin/env bash
    

    A folder dotfiles as git repository and a dotfiles/install that soft links all configurations into their places.

    Two files, ~/.zshrc (without secrets, could be shared) and another for secrets (sourced by .zshrc if exist secrets).

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  • Tekton Cloud Native CI/CD
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    jlsalvador
    8mo ago 100%

    I used Tekton for the last two years, and I didn't like it. One of the reasons is the community split around Tekton Hub between versions 3 and 4. Another reason is that it's not very Kubernetes native. While you write YAML, there are a subset of instructions that limit you regarding mundane things you can do on Kubernetes but Tekton doesn't support, such as mounting different PersistentVolumeClaims or setting tasks by platforms or nodes (amd64, arm64, etc).

    I was so frustrated that I created my own Kubernetes-native CI/CD solution. Currently in development phases (when it is done, I will publish it here). This one uses real native Kubernetes components (jobs). You create Webhooks that launch Workflows, and Workflows can launch other Workflows or Jobs. You can do anything in a Job with no limitations other than Kubernetes itself. Take a look if you want: https://github.com/jlsalvador/simple-cicd

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  • Hello! Do you hate the watermark preview banner? Add the text `HideDesktopPreviewBanner=true` just after `[General]` in the file `~/.config/kdeglobals`. You will have something as the following: ``` [General] HideDesktopPreviewBanner=true ``` Better for OLEDs displays, stylish, auto-suspend all-blacks displays, etc. Src: https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/commit/b15d9f41f7f41210b1dd5a78dc1b1894bd40c3dd#16f843a94440a858a2387e36472454ab5685e179_193_196

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    Hello! Do you hate the watermark preview banner? Add the text `HideDesktopPreviewBanner=true` just after `[General]` in the file `~/.config/kdeglobals`. You will have something as the following: ``` [General] HideDesktopPreviewBanner=true ``` Better for OLEDs displays, stylish, auto-suspend all-blacks displays, etc. Src: https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/commit/b15d9f41f7f41210b1dd5a78dc1b1894bd40c3dd#16f843a94440a858a2387e36472454ab5685e179_193_196

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    Kubernetes jlsalvador 1y ago 100%
    Asking for advice: Releasing a custom rolling immutable simple distro for Kubernetes

    Hello world! I want to release to internet my custom immutable rolling-release extreme-simple Linux distribution for Kubernetes deployments. I was using this distribution for about the last 6 years on production environments (currently used by a few startups and two country's public services). I really think that it could be stable enough to be public published to internet before 2024. **I'm asking for advice before the public release**, as licensing, community building, etc. # A few specs about the distribution: - **Rolling release**. Just one file (currently less than ~40Mb) that can be bootable from BIOS or UEFI (+secure boot) environments. You can replace this file by the next release or use the included toolkit to upgrade the distribution (reboot/kexec it). Mostly automated distribution releases by each third-party releases (Linux, Systemd, Containerd, KubeAdm, etc). - **HTTP setup**. The initial setup could be configured with a YAML file written anywhere in a FAT32 partition or through a local website installer. You can install the distribution or configure KubeAdm (control-plane & worker) from the terminal or the local website. - **Simple, KISS**. Everything must be simple for the user, this must be the most important aspect for the distribution. Just upstream software to run a production ready Kubernetes cluster. - **No money-driven**. This distribution must be public, and it must allow to be forked at any time by anyone. # A bit of background: I was using CoreOS before Redhat bought them. I like the immutable distro and A/B release aspect of the CoreOS distribution. After the Redhat acquisition, the CoreOS distribution was over-bloated. I switched to use my own distribution, built with Buildroot. A few years later, I setup the most basic framework to create a Kubernetes cluster without any headache. It's mostly automated (bots checking for new third-party releases as Linux, Systemd, Containerd, KubeAdm, etc; building, testing & signing each release). I already know that building a distribution is too expensive, because of that I programmed few bots that made this job for me. Now days, I only improve the toolkits, and approve the Git requests from thats bots. Thank you for your time!

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