powermaker450

joined 2 years ago

yes, it's Arch all the way for me. it's flexible in the way that I can configure it for any system I need, and I usually know what I want from it.

my installations on my desktop and laptop look fairly similar, but my server and test computers can look different depending on the hardware specifications they have.

plus, with BTRFS snapshots, if anything breaks I can simply roll back to a previous version of the system.

this is the pipeline to fully ~~trusted~~ restricted computing.

Linux couldn't possibly comply properly with these new restrictions? Consumer grade prebuilts and laptops now only run "certified" operating systems, just like most mobile devices.

Surveillance and censorship are the ends, "age" (identity) verification is the means.

ts getting you pinned to 2.17 in the compose file 🥹🤞🥀

[–] powermaker450@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I've been trying out different alternatives with my friends. Screenshare and audio sharing capabilities across Linux, Windows and Mac is the one feature that Discord does right that no one else seems to. I really like Element (and by extension Matrix), but they really like to stick their head in the sand when it comes to important feature requests. The lack of screenshare with audio is a big thing that helps bring about the unfortunate choice to stick with Discord.

I know it's a tricky thing to get right, and I have love for the work that open source does; I don't have quite the level of skill yet to make/contribute an implementation myself. But it's strange it's been this long and nobody seems to have gotten this feature working, despite a big want for it.

EDIT: After taking a look at the issues on the element repos, it seems like this is getting worked on! https://github.com/element-hq/element-web/issues/29891 https://github.com/element-hq/element-desktop/pull/2850

49, I could imagine running all of those bare would be hard with dependencies

when it breaks, which is not very often so around 5-6 years. this P9PXL is getting quite a lot of software support though, so ideally I'll keep it around longer than that.

unfortunately I know people who get a new phone once simply the battery starts to go bad, as if there wasn't a less expensive way to fix that issue. :(

I'll take a look into it, thanks for the suggestion

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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by powermaker450@discuss.tchncs.de to c/linux@lemmy.ml
 

I accidentally deleted a zstd compressed image of a drive that I backed up. That drive has been put to use elsewhere, so is little chance I can recover the original partitions from it.

I immediately unmounted the backup drive I had the image stored on and it has not been written to since. It contains an LVM physical partition with a single LUKS encrypted ext4 volume.

I've tried using photorec on the ext4 volume, but it seems to be recognizing files that were inside the compressed image, and not the image itself. Text files that are "recovered" contain many invalid characters, and other filetypes are unusable.

While I could cut my losses now and move on without that backup image, I would prefer if I could recover it and the data inside. I've looked elsewhere across the internet, and haven't found any useful information regarding whether this is possible or not.

EDIT: I used DMDE that was recommended and I while the UI was a little confusing at first I was able to successfully recover my partition file!

[–] powermaker450@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 6 months ago (2 children)

please do not the rat

[–] powermaker450@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 6 months ago (2 children)

does the bus have a fucking face mask on

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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by powermaker450@discuss.tchncs.de to c/opensource@lemmy.ml
 

I self hosted 2FAuth (not my project, but still awesome!) to manage my two factor codes online. I have the convenience of online codes that I could manage myself. I also took it a step further and made an Android app for it as well. I used to use Aegis before finding this project, and I missed the convenience of having a mobile app that I could just open instantly with my fingerprint.

It syncs over the list of accounts from the 2FAuth server, lets you view, copy, edit, and even create new accounts through QR code scanning. It also works completely offline after the first initial sync, so even when you don't have a good connection to your server, you can still get your two factor codes.

I plan to add more features that work offline, mainly creating accounts; it's still early in development, so I'd appreciate any feedback!

Feel free to check out 2FAuth and auff if it's something you're interested in!

Remembering (and inevitably) forgetting passwords for all your different accounts is inconvenient, frustrating, and arguably less secure than a randomly generated password unique to each account.

Additionally, it can be tempting to reuse passwords for multiple accounts, which is trouble when a less-than-reputable service that you used that password on is breached, since that password wasn't unique.

If you use an open-source, tried and true password manager (Bitwarden, Vaultwarden, KeePassXC) and keep a passphrase unique to that password manager only, you avoid the problems above which are way more likely to occur than Bitwarden passwords getting breached in plaintext, or a security vulnerability to the KeePass database.

Plus, most password managers offer support for passkeys, which are easier to register/use than passwords. They usually only require a "verify with passkey" button on a given website.

Bottom line, password managers are probably (definitely) more secure than any other reasonable solution that anyone has come up with.

[–] powermaker450@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 11 months ago

I sentence you to radial blur on everything

 

I've always used custom launchers on Android. The stock launchers like One UI Home and Launcher3 just don't cut it for me.

Despite that, I'm hard pressed to find any open-source launcher that meets my expectations like Smart Launcher does.

Any suggestions?

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