Political Custard

Binary trans people would be included with “women” or “men”, they wouldn’t require an asterisk. It might be for non-binary people

Wow, that’s amazing, It’s huge! A staggering amount of work has gone into that, well done!

Before I do anything at all my VPN gets installed, then whatever firewall gui along with OpenSnitch.

• Keepassxc
• Librewolf
• Signal
• Element
• OpenRGB
• OpenRazer
• Game stuff

I have a text file that lists everything I need to do on a clean install - a list of programmes and bits that need to be set in each programme. It’s really easy to forget important stuff - like making sure my refresh rate is set at 165hz and not left at whatever the default is.

The problem is, for your position to be morally consistent you would have to be against all boycotts and sanctions everywhere because they are, by their very nature, unfair to many people. They are not an ideal tool but for want of a better one this is the one we have.

I did a little thought experiment and considered that if I were a business owner here (the UK) and someone said to me, “I would have bought what you are selling but how your country has treated the Chagos islanders is abhorrent.”, I would probably feel that was a bit unfair because I support the Chagos islanders, they have been treated terribly by my country, but I would also completely understand and support that person in their boycott of the UK.

Boycotts and sanctions worked in apartheid South Africa and if I can do a teeny tiny bit to help them work in Israel, I will.

Incidentally, I do protest my own Government’s behaviour, I live in London and have regularly gone to the recent pro-peace protests and will continue going until this genocide stops. In this year’s election I will not be voting for any political party or politician that did not immediately call for a ceasefire - that is not going to leave me with very many options at the ballot box, I can assure you.

I boycott all Israeli companies and products, you may think that that is racist behaviour if you like, that is quite up to you. But I am boycotting Israel precisely because it is a racist state - a view, incidentally, that is also shared by the UN.

ZipoApps, which bought Simple Mobile Tools, is an Israeli company. I got this information from the linked article above: https://alternativeto.net/news/2023/12/simple-mobile-tools-bought-by-zipoapps-sparks-controversy-over-future-of-open-source-apps/

That’s good to know about the Simple apps being acquired by an adware company… an Israeli company at that! Pfft. I used to use the Simple apps a few years ago because they integrated with Nextcloud.

I like your thinking, I guess with Linux everything is a potential project (or two)!

It was the least fun thing I bought for my pc but at least I can relax during bios updates. I got mine because there was some work being done on the house and I was always fearful that an electrician would turn off the power. I would never have a pc without one now.

I would say “yes”. I have a rooted Android and it was very easy for me to download and install the software required to scan cards. I did this as an experiment only, I only used this on my own cards to see what information I could get off them from just passing my phone near to them. After doing that I have always used a shielded card holder.

I also never have NFC or Bluetooth running unless I’m actively using it.

I think you should try out other stuff, you’ll always be wondering if you are getting the best Linux experience for you. It’s relatively easy to try out other distros with a VM (as someone’s already mentioned) or dual-boot. I also started on Mint (I think it was Mint, it was awhile ago now) but I definitely caught the distro-hopper bug and now I’ve settled down. I still try out new distros from time-to-time, Nobara was the most recent. Also, you’ll learn more about Linux by going through the processes involved and learning how other distros work. It could be fun and most distros have lovely communities.

But as a general rule, if you have Nvidia, then you are not allowed to complain about anything… that was your choice, and with Nvidia under Linux, all bets are off. I thought that was clear a long time a go, especially after Linus not so subtle outburst.

Yes, but Linux users aren’t always the most wealthy computer users, and people get given tech, inherit tech, bin dive for tech or get a good deal on tech in a primary or secondary market. Consumer choice is very often a privilege, and consumer awareness isn’t always total. So complain away Nvidia users!

Thanks for those links… perfect! You can never subscribe to enough Linux subs, I say.

I like reading about these experiences and helping people along if I can, each one is different.

“From each according to [their] ability, to each according to [their] needs” said some bloke called Karl Marx.

I donate to foss projects when I am able to, if I am not able to I do not donate to foss projects. I use the results of foss projects according to my needs which, in my case, is every single day. If foss folk lived nearer I would cook and bake for them (that’s my ability) but as that is not possible I send money to these lovely people instead.

I have (finally, and thanks to this little chat) finally got around to researching this! I couldn’t find any plugins, although, there are many great ones people have made: https://openrgb.org/plugins.html But it does look like the solution is going to be running a cron (job scheduler) script: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Cron

Probably the most normie would be KDE neon (Ubuntu) as it’s made by the KDE community https://neon.kde.org/

Personally, I use EndeavourOS (Arch-based) with KDE and it worked out-of-the-box for me.

The default for EndeavourOS is X11 but 'cause I love shiny things I have tried out Wayland (last time during the holiday season) but I had a few problems - especially with one game I love - and now plan to try it out again when Plasma 6 is released in a few weeks. As I’m primarily a gamer I just have one big screen that I sit far too close to. I have read about Wayland and multi-monitors, I guess that’s something that will become better over time… I guess the question is: how much time?

On the Nvidia drivers issue, I’m using an RTX 30 series card and have no problems at all, I’m running AAA games on Linux just as well as on Windows on the same system. I’m running EndeavourOS which is an Arch based distro. Everything was set up by EndeavourOS during the install and everything has just been working right from the start. Anyway, my point is: it can be done. Even the non-proprietary drivers for Nvidia have been coming along really well, I can’t remember the name of the project right now though.

I did some searching and did come across this GitHub guide on installing Nvidia drivers on an Arch system, you may have seen it already though…

https://github.com/korvahannu/arch-nvidia-drivers-installation-guide

I have an ASUS m/b, Corsair fans (via a Commander Pro), and Razer mouse/keyboard and all the RGB is controlled with OpenRGB. It works okay but if my computer goes to sleep the RGB settings need to be reapplied… there might be a workaround for this, it’s one of those minor problems that I will get around to one day. OpenRGB recognised all the devices without any help and it was really easy to set up.

All the best for the switch!