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  • Obsfucation can help stimey scripts. I saw using a non-standard port mentioned.

    You can also setup a reverse proxy to deliver a different, empty site to a different dns entry by default. Use either a completely separate (as opposed to multidomain) cert for each, or a wildcard cert.

    Jellyfin also supports using a custom path, instead of delivering at the root. Your reverse proxy would need to be configured accordingly.

  • Gaslight me harder, please.
  • Pleasure cruises, golf and tracing the family tree are not that fulfilling

    I agree with this opinion.

    ... you should never retire.

    I'd retire tomorrow if I had the financial security to do so.

  • Are you enjoying Palworld?
  • I read it was Pokémon like and wrote it off. I've tried to but never enjoyed Pokémon. I grew up on jrpg's so you'd think that was right up my alley. But I disgress...

    The comments here paint a more complex story. It honestly still doesn't seem like my type of game, but my curiosity is piqued. I'll check it out.

  • name this rule
  • I'm an American who is reasonably well traveled (though I haven't been to Europe yet) and really wants to be less ignorant about these things than most of my countrymates so I spent a amount of time trying to figure it out before looking at a map and reading the comments. I did not. I guess I'm still that American. But I'll keep trying not to be.

  • Fully featured tilling window managers (like DEs) for lazy people
  • I came here to make a similar comment. In KDE just use.. I could swear it was ctrl+alt+arrow key but a quick search tells me it's meta+arrow key (currently on my phone) to tile windows if I want. Quarter or half sceen tiling works for me so I'm content with that. OP didn't specifically say dynamic tiling so perhaps one of these methods will be sufficient for OP?

    I'll check out that tiling feature mentioned above, I wasn't aware of it and am curious!

  • All Cats Are Beautiful
  • most people are against you (them)

    That has not been my experience, but it's subjective right? I live in a conservative area. So also generally pro our current law enforcement system.

  • Knowing what you know about Elon Musk, why are you still on X?
  • You got my number on that one. And you're right about them being cut from the same cloth and part of a bigger problem. I suppose Musk annoys me more because he's louder.

    I can't argue against being ethical in media consumption being a waste of time in the sense that the tiny percentage of us that choose to boycott any given platform make no difference. But I think having ideals and following them is worthwhile and I will continue to do so.

    But I was also sincere in my statement that I don't think you (or anyone) has to share that concern. Those are my ideals. They don't have to be yours and I don't expect that of anyone.

  • Actually had to use this old friend at work the other day
  • For some reason otherwise obsolete setups that live on for a specific purpose please me. But also you can get a USB to serial device on the cheap.

    Edit: Just noticed the community this is in. So I guess... live on niche XP laptop!

  • I feel like I'm missing out by not distro-hopping
  • You are. Reformat and install the first hardware compatible distro you find on https://distro.moe/ right now. Don't think too much about it, just do it! /s, probably?

    If checking out a different distro sounds interesting and/or fun then you should. If not, then don't. Whatever way you Linux is the correct way for you.

  • Thinking about making the big switch – recommend me a distro!
  • I knew about Redhat's recent bad behavior, I somehow missed that IBM owns Redhat. So TIL.

    I dropped Fedora in light of recent news but I'm not OP. They can decide for themselves on that. If OP or anyone is interested in learning more, a search for RHEL source paywall will get you there.

  • (Constructively) What is your least favorite distro & why?
  • TL;DR: Ubuntu. Because I want choices.

    Ubuntu. And I've felt that way for a long time, so it's not something recentish like snaps.

    I don't want my distro to decide what DE and software I'm using for me. They used to have a minimal iso which gave you, as the name suggests, a very minimal install. But now their minimal image is meant for containerized stuff and if memory serves comes with some extra cruft for that purpose.

    I got annoyed and I left. And every distro I've tried since, even if I didn't stick with it, I liked better.

    To add some constructiveness, as that's just complaining. That can be a good thing, just depends on the user. If they want the crafted experience Ubuntu provides, then it's a good pick. It's just not for me.

  • Reddit API blew up and now I run Linux?
  • I wonder if it is notorious?

    Do most Linux users (in this context we'll say people who specifically choose to use Linux and by extension chose a specific distribution) look unfavorably on proprietary software being excluded by default?

    For me, I prefer it so I don't see it that way. But it is also an extra step and an annoyance if you want things to "just work". Which is an understandable position.

    Food for thought, I guess.

  • Distro suggestions

    I've happily been a Fedora user for many years now, but RHEL's recent choice to put their source code behind a paywall has me pondering ethical considerations of my distro choice.

    It's my understanding that this doesn't have a direct impact on Fedora, and I feel confident that it will continue to be a great distro for the foreseeable future, but I want the commercial/enterprise/corporate influence on the distro I run to be as minimal as possible. For it to be as free as possible.

    With that in mind, what distros would everyone recommend?

    I only have recent-ish experience with Fedora, Debian, Arch, and Ubuntu. I don't really know much about any others.

    Ideally, I'd like it to fit within these boxes as well:

    • Reasonable release cycle time. Debian as an example tends to be too stale by it's nature. Edit for clarification: doesn't have to be bleeding edge, just don't want to fight with outdated dependencies if I'm compiling something from source. I feel distros generally ride this line well, but I've run into a handful of times in the past with Debian.
    • Doesn't try too hard to be user friendly. Obsfucating system internals, forcing a specific DE on you, that kind of thing.
    • Not overly time consuming to maintain. Arch would be an example of that in my opinion. Don't get me wrong, Arch is awesome. But maintaining a rolling release and a bunch of AUR's gets tiresome.
    • Doesn't try to force you to use a flatpaks, snaps, etc.

    Seeing it all written out, that's pretty picky. And maybe this unicorn distro doesn't exist. But on the other hand, maybe it does.

    A final thought. I know Debian has a testing branch. Anyone have any experience using that as a daily driver? Is it viable?

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