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Sway/wlroots status update, August 2024 · emersion in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[-] StrangeAstronomer@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 weeks ago

Thanks (to all the authors) for your hard work and contributions.

Has anyone made Linux Reddit Archives? in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[-] StrangeAstronomer@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

BTW - thanks for Mistral. Another tool in the box!

Has anyone made Linux Reddit Archives? in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[-] StrangeAstronomer@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

Quite right!

You need to take it all (AI or internet searches) with a huge pinch of salt. Even ye olde text books were not infallible and often out of date, so sodium chloride was also required even then.

The code either works or it doesn't - it's all in the testing. If you deploy AI suggestions without thought you deserve the consequences.

Has anyone made Linux Reddit Archives? in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[-] StrangeAstronomer@lemmy.ml -3 points 3 months ago

so just use chatgpt or gemini - pretty sure they sucked in all of reddit to form their KB

Some RSS links from lemmy feeds are broken - or is it my reader? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[-] StrangeAstronomer@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

I followed up on github as you suggested and a very nice young man took a look at it and said that the code already does work the right way (at least the way I and their little poll think it should work). But, it turns out that the fix (from 2021) has not been deployed - it's to be in the next release.

So I don't know what will happen now - I'll continue to use my workaround, so I'm happy enough.

Linux maintainers were infected for 2 years by SSH-dwelling backdoor with huge reach in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[-] StrangeAstronomer@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 months ago

So he's a journalist </s> Thanks for the warning, saved me a read.

Some RSS links from lemmy feeds are broken - or is it my reader? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[-] StrangeAstronomer@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

thanks!

Some RSS links from lemmy feeds are broken - or is it my reader? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[-] StrangeAstronomer@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

It might be more expected for you but I'm going to differ.

for an article (or a link to a image), it takes you there instead.

... and then you can't get to the discussion.

The RSS-2.0 definition of is

The URL to the HTML website corresponding to the channel.

so clearly, it should point to the lemmy post. No other RSS feed that I know of has this problem.

Fortunately, emacs can flex around this, but duh! Where can I raise a bug report?

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Some RSS links from lemmy feeds are broken - or is it my reader? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 months ago by StrangeAstronomer@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Most entries in lemmy's RSS feed have a that points to the relevant lemmy post eg

Title: Any DE or distro without touch support?
Author: https://lemmy.ml/u/tarius
Date: Wed, 15 May 2024 01:24:59 AEST
Feed: Lemmy - linux
Link: https://lemmy.ml/post/15632012

That makes sense - clicking the link takes me to the conversation.

Other entries however, include a link to the subject of the conversation eg

Title: Wayland usage has overtaken X11
Author: https://lemmy.world/u/KISSmyOSFeddit
Date: Tue, 14 May 2024 03:30:46 AEST
Feed: Lemmy - linux
Link: https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/a71c1b49-fb63-420d-8afc-d40661ffd79c.png

The feed I'm using is https://lemmy.ml/feeds/c/linux.xml

This is unfortunate as clicking the link in my reader (elfeed) does not show the conversation - I rely on the to take me there.

elfeed being built in elisp in emacs, I have been able to concoct a fix especially for lemmy - but it really feels like a bug in lemmy as no other feed needs it. Where can I report it or discuss it?

Any way to autologin with LUKS encrypted boot drive? in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[-] StrangeAstronomer@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago

Another approach entirely is to use pam_mount(8) which can automatically mount a disc on login. I use it to mount /home/$USER (obviously this couldn't be used to mount the root fs !!)

Is anyone using VMware under a Wayland host? in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[-] StrangeAstronomer@lemmy.ml 7 points 4 months ago

virt-manager for the win!

are there dedicated thin client linux distro, I mean moonlight, SPICE, waypipe, vnc, rdp, remmina, X. in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[-] StrangeAstronomer@lemmy.ml 7 points 4 months ago

"64-128mb ram" is hardly "low memory"!

looking for half-stable Linux distro in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[-] StrangeAstronomer@lemmy.ml 16 points 6 months ago

You can't avoid IBM/RedHat - they contribute to the kernel and many, many other parts of Linux eg systemd. I have no idea what you mean by DIY distros, what a peculiar adjective in this context. Linux itself is DIY. Life is DIY.

That said, voidlinux is an independent distro without systemd or snaps based on runit for init and xbps for package management. It's also a STABLE rolling release.