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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨So say, someone lives in an English speaking country and wanna see a movie in the threaters but they struggle to understand English, how are they supposed to watch it?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  i believe it would be much better for you to watch at home… maybe get some cheap TV?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  english and korean. i’d like to learn more but i’m too lazy tbh

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would you ever call your son a disappointment?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  i would say that’s a terrible parent. glad mine’s not.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Theoretically speaking, if one wanted to sail the seas while being not very tech savvy – is using a VPN (Mullvad) enough? I would never, of course… but theoretically?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  try searching for rtnews

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  get addicted to lemmy instead

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨W10 EoL and possibly switching to Linux (various tech questions)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  afaik (i could be wrong) there’s only modification time for files on linux. it did seem to show properly. as far as i remember the ntfs permission (file owner, etc) wasn’t being shown properly (all just showed as my user?), but it could just be a mount option.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨W10 EoL and possibly switching to Linux (various tech questions)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I literally explained that in the comment above, just replying “LTSC” and then explaining that to me adds nothing to the discussion. what’s the point?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨W10 EoL and possibly switching to Linux (various tech questions)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  not sure exactly what metadata you mean, i don’t really know well about NTFS’s advanced features. i just tend to have some version of windows installed in another partition or a drive and ocasionally copy files from and to it, never had any issues. ntfs-3g is a bit slow tho due to being FUSE.

  the winehq compatibility db is outdated in some cases, so it’s best to just try for yourself and see if it runs ok. if it doesn’t work well, it would usually be very obvious. (crashes, glitches, etc)

  yes LTSC 2021 and 21H2 is the same thing

  massgrave generates a legit activation ticket unlike the old windows hacktivation methods like KMS (KMS haktivators used to run a local activation server baiscally). so it even auto activates after reinstalling just like a legit key. no downsides other than the fact it’s not “legal”, but that’s the same for those sketchy keys since they are also usually violations of Micro$oft EULA.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What to do with an old iPhone that I no longer use?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  sell it maybe? 13 is still pretty recent. and iphones are hard to tinker with, like that one is very likely not even jailbreakable

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨W10 EoL and possibly switching to Linux (various tech questions)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  huh?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨W10 EoL and possibly switching to Linux (various tech questions)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  1a - NTFS. Some may recommend exFAT but I strongly don’t recommend it, it’s not a journaling FS (so may corrup on power loss etc) and awfully slow. I’m pretty sure there’s no problem with NTFS on Linux now, but I don’t guarantee though… I still use the old ntfs-3g fuse driver because I’m lazy to run the latest kernel. It’s slower than the kernel driver, but works well and stable.

  1b - Program’s specific feature may not work, malfunction or crash. It surely can corrupt a file e.g. you run a document editor in WINE and the program crashes while the file is open. But usually it tends to work pretty well for many programs these days.

  1c - Yes. Go to about:profiles on your Firefox, click “Open folder” and copy your profile folder to your linux install on ~/.mozilla/firefox/

  1d - Not that I’m aware of.

  1e - Don’t format your existing drive, should be safe then. If you’re really paranoid about losing data, disconnect the drives physically before testing the live distro. Yes the changes not being saved means changes you make to the linux session wouldn’t persist and get reset the next time you boot that live usb. You can access your NTFS drives like normal even on live, there should be no difference to a full install to internal drive.

  1f - Unlike Windows where you get programs from each program dev’s website, on Linux you usually install them from your linux distro’s repo. So unless you run sketchy binaries and scripts from 3rd party, it should be safe. You very likely would never get infected by simply browsing. No need to worry about that part. The Linux drive also wouldn’t be accessible to Windows side, so unless your whole system including the Windows drive gets “infected” you’re safe. If that happens you have bigger issues.

  1g - Recent-ish nvidia card shouldn’t be an issue. The easiest way to find out is to just trying to boot a live USB and see if things work.

  2a - Win10 has multiple versions, like 1609/1703/1709/1803/…/21H2. LTSC is their “long term service channel” where they maintain a specific version for an extended time. They also have multiple editions, Home/Pro/Enterprise etc. What you’re looking for is “Windows 10 Enterprise IoT LTSC 21H2”. IoT means it’s getting 10 years of support unlike normal LTSC which only has 5 years, 21H2 is the latest version. Enterprise (IoT) LTSC is also cleaner (less bloat) than Enterprise.

  2b - You can everything you do on the normal editions. It’s hard to legally obtain an Enterprise IoT LTSC license, but it’s no issue since this is your personal machine. (use massgrave ohook or hwid for activation) Unlike normal versions you won’t get pre-installed Candy Crush or Tiktok.

  2c - Their method of keeping files should work fine, but it could go wrong. You should backup your existing Windows install if you decide to do this. Use dd on linux, CloneZilla maybe if you favor GUIs, to backup your whole Windows drive as an image you can restore to later. If you do a clean install with LTSC your system would be a bit more cleaner, since “upgrading” from normal Windows does keep the clutter from the normal version. I’d recommend clean install if you don’t tend to spend a lot of time configuring your system. massgrave MAS works fine, no need to buy sketchy keys.

  3 - Yes there are those kinda malwares. Theoretically yes, not connecting to the internet at all is the safest. Realistically, if you keep a firewall(your home router in most caes) and block incoming ports, you should be safe. There are people still running WinXP for fun and they don’t get random malwares out of nowhere. Just don’t download anything weird. But anyway, I don’t recommend regular Win10, just switch to IoT LTSC :)

  Hope this helps.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there any reason not to charge my laptop with a USB C phone charger?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  no problem at all, but in some cases the power drain on the laptop could be larger than the amount being charged which makes it kinda useless unless charging while in powered off/suspend mode.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New to android ROMs and degoogling and I have questions.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  1. i don’t know, sorry.

  2. sadly, yes. the custom rom scene is really dead these days. there are some smaller roms like evolution x, paranoid android, blissos, derpfest (probably a few more) but i’m not sure if using them is a very good idea. honestly haven’t seen much useful feature from those since android 9 days… i just use lineageos btw, but usually an older version (<=android 11 so i can use gravitybox, which gives those customization features)

  3. if you can bootloader unlock them, it is possible to install a treble GSI rom, since all android devices released with android 8 oreo and later features treble. try searching phh-treble, these roms are built to work on as many devices as possible and some features may not work properly.

  4. sorry, i have no idea about this. maybe you can lock the phone down to the bare minimum by hiding/disabling all the apps except the essential stuff? lineageos stock is pretty much already that, just need to remove the web browser with adb pm uninstall i believe.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it a good idea to use an Android phone as an external SSD for backing up my home folder?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  yeah i do this quite often. tar gz the home folder and pushed it to the phone with rsync/termux

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is ironing clothes significantly less common now?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  plastic clothes doesn’t seem to get wrinkled as easily, and i guess they shouldn’t be ironed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Where do I find cool stickers?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  you can get some from FOSS conferences, printing them out yourself is also not bad.