I’ve been running my PeerTube instance for more than a year now so hopefully I can help :
if you only watch, it doesn’t use your device for storage, only some of your bandwidth if P2P is enabled. If you want to host content, e.g a video of yourself explaining how to design your own smart speaker using only FOSS, then you should setup a server which will need storage for your videos.
Happy to clarify more if you need. Overall you can watch content from video.benetou.fr and most likely all bandwidth will come from my server. You can not upload your videos there though (unless if I accept making an account for you, which I won’t). There are other servers though, public ones, which allow registration and where you can thus upload your content too.
I’ve been here a week ago already asking if Arch would be fine for a laptop used for university, as stability is a notable factor in that and I’m already using EndeavourOS at home, but now I’m curious about something else too - what about Arch vs NixOS?...
Going to sound like a boring pleb but… if your OS takes less than 1h to install and setup (which is my experience with Debian/Ubuntu on a SSD with a fiber connection, or even on a RPi with a modern microSD on an ADSL connection over WiFi) then it doesn’t matter much what you use. You grab a mug of coffee, click here or there from time to time and if your /home partition is saved you are good to go faster than most people even respond to an email.
I should add if you want to tinker “shallowly” containers are amazing. If you need to tinker deep, using a VM proper or even another physical machine (with a KVM or another keyboard and monitor) while your main machine remains untouched, it should NOT affect your uptime.
So, I recently moved about 6 months ago. Have only given my real address and name to the DMV, Phone Company, Internet, and rental property(obviously knows my real address)...
IMHO it’d be worthwhile to investigate which one actually did leak it without your consent. It might be pointless for your current address but surely would be for the next one, and everybody else.
More pragmatically even though it’s wrong I’m not sure how impactful it is. Namely you can receive spam regardless of where you live. What’s worrisome is arguably when companies know more about you, e.g tastes, political leaning, sexual orientation, etc. This is a lot more than a name on an address. I believe this is harder to get, especially if you are mindful of what you share. So… is it bad? Sure, is it lost? IMHO no.
that’s arguable, if there is a “market share” increase but users are not actually empowered nor use solutions that improve the situation for us all, e.g privacy, then what is even the point of such an increase?
I’m not saying everybody installing Linux for the first time should rely on the command line but IMHO being afraid or averse to it is not actually helpful for a deeper understanding and thus improving the situation.
I posted this as a comment in another post but when I got done I realized it would probably just be better as its own post. I’m sure I could find the answers I need myself but frankly I trust the userbase here more than most online articles....
I want to create a backup of my Linux system, including user files, from the command line. I tried using Timeshift but it doesn’t have a CLI argument to include a folder....
So… I’m not going to answer your question, feel free to ignore me.
It’s of course possible to do so and the most obvious way is to use dd since on Linux devices, including disks, are files. Consequently you can indeed “save” the whole system from the CLI.
That being said I would argue it’s a bit waste of time unless you have a very specific, and usually rare, use case e.g testing OSes themselves. Most likely I imagine (and again I’m not directly answering your question here so please do feel free to fix my assumptions or ignore this entirely) you “just” want to “quickly” go from a “broken” state to one where you can “work” again.
It might be because you are doing something “weird” e.g tinkering with the OS itself or lack of “trust” in your current setup.
Here my recommendation would be instead to have a “work” OS and then other partitions, or even virtual machines (not containers) dedicated to testing because it’s truly a great way to learn BUT it shouldn’t come at he risk of your data or your time.
Finally, one of the bounding resource is the speed of your disk and your time to focus. I find that installing a “fresh” OS from a modern USB stick is fast, like take 2 coffees fast. I installed Ubuntu just yesterday, twice, so rather confident about that comment.
What is indeed slow is to copy YOUR files because they are larges and numerous.
So… finally, the “trick” do NOT copy your files despite reinstalling the system! Instead, have a dedicated /home partition so that if you reinstall the OS, your files are untouched. Yes you might have to install a couple of software but if you keep track of them via e.g ~/.history (which BTW will be saved in that situation) you will be able to e.g grep apt install it and be back on track in minutes.
TL;DR: /home partition that is not deleted on OS reinstallation is often IMHO the most efficient way to go.
PS: obviously all the backup tools other recommended are still useful. I personally use rdiff-backup to save important data on my NAS with SSDs over Ethernet. Once again it’s all about speed but only after you identified what actually matters to you and it the vast majority of cases, the whole system ain’t it.
Dust is a rewrite of du (in rust obviously) that visualizes your directory tree and what percentage each file takes up. But it only prints as many files fit in your terminal height, so you see only the largest files. It’s been a better experience that du, which isn’t always easy to navigate to find big files (or atleast...
thanks for sharing a screenshot of ncdu, should help others discover it
for the visualization itself IMHO Disk Usage Analyzer gives aesthetically pleasing results, not a fan of the UX but it works well enough to identify efficiently large files or directories
seamless linux ecosystem across all devices (desktop, mobile, tv, etc)
kind of what I’m trying to do with git.benetou.fr/utopiah/offline-octopus but IMHO there are numerous better solutions, namely well supported protocols e.g ssh, UPnP, HTTP, WebDAV, etc.
I would love the child of a Surfacebook with a Framework laptop; or A bare keyboard attached to a screen, that I could plug my phone (possibly running Phosh) and use it as a hardware for a laptop experience
Well I have one of those and… if the phone would be 10x thinner and flexible it’d be amazing. As-is unless you have either huge flat arms or a tiny phone it’s not ideal.
Edit: thinking about it I’d happily trade it for flexible touch eInk instead, don’t think that exists yet
FWIW XR standalone headsets are Android based so you can have Termux in there, or even connect to a desktop via e.g Alvr. It’s not holographic but … it’s a computer, you can even use a BT mouse and keyboard if you want.
FWIW using an Android video projector with VLC connecting to uPnP server, only my video files availble. Otherwise can use its HDMI input but as-is it’s all wireless.
FWIW Monocle is open. Lynx XR is also working toward that. SimulaVR also but didn’t try it.
PS: missed the thought controlled part… iMHO for this we need quite a few more years. Basic control sure but nowhere near what even the most basic keyboard could provide. I’d argue combining inputs, e.g controllers, hand tracking, mouse and keyboard, will keep on being muct more efficient unless there is a medical need for it.
PPS: had carpal tunnel, switch to all ergonomic few years ago, never looked back
There is conductive filament but… the scale is huge. It’s also possible to etch circuits at home with e.g (can’t find name from kickstarter) etch/laser/CNC combo for about $4k but arguably if not in rush ordering online to a dedicated fab with make something way better and cheap, with multiple layers. But yes, would be neat!
Im doing that with Quests HMDs, including with my own code e.g git.benetou.fr/utopiah/text-code-xr-engine/ and… far from perfect but works today. If you need more lightweight but not standalone then BigScreen might have a better option. Gestures do work well but aren’t super precise for now but I imagine the trend will keep up, especially with Vision Pro.
Interesting, both are sold, namely transparent screens with e.g LG and eInk monitors e.g Dasung so… could make for a cool prototype. I imagine though that studying the costs, economical and ecological, a “boring” screen might be better in most cases.
Pretty trivial technically speaking, you record everything once you get people consent, then you transcribe with e.g whisper.cpp or whatever else you have, search within the transcriptions and generate a link back to the original files, if need be, with seeking timing to double check.
WebThings (or Home Assitant) with Zigbee plugs and Zigbee (or BT or WiFi, whatever) button remote, it exists. Otherwise can use your phone to control those too.
totally understandable which is precisely why I’m sharing, it’s sadly a surprising situation and I can’t say if it’s a trend, just sharing my personal experience.
Pretty sure Zigbee does support mesh, maybe not Zigbee direct though. Thanks for pointing out Whisper, can you please share a link to specs and an example of appliances? Somehow I seem to only find Ethereum related links.
As technology continues to advance, we are rapidly approaching a future where Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and AI glasses will become commonplace. While these advancements have the potential to revolutionize the way we live and work, they also pose a significant threat to our privacy. With the widespread use of AI...
Well, as somebody working on this I can tell you it’s up to you what you decide to use. Of course you can rely on Meta or Google but there are alternatives like Monocle or Lynx XR with software (not AGI… not even going to address that, assuming it’s a joke) that is also open-source and self-hostable e.g GraphHopper for directions, Mistral or LLaMA for LLMs and countless others.
So… can you use self hosted AI with open-source hardware today? Yes.
Will most people decide to do so? Sadly not.
Are we trapped? Absolutely not, in fact I suggest you help on either or both side, open-hardware, open-source software and open models.
I already have few RPis at home and a NAS so when I’ll change my desktop my “old” 32Go 2080ti Corsair will go to the basement, headless, and serve models using Dockers and HTTP endpoints, a continuation of …benetou.fr/…/SelfHostingArtificialIntelligence
Right now to be honest unless there is a desktop VR game that truly needs it, e.g a successor to Half-life: Alyx I’m in no rush. Kind of excited by the project though.
It’s a bit of a shortcut, it’s still up to the services one chose to use. Typically if one does pay for services and it’s GDPR compliant there is a non-zero probability they might not sell your data. So the vast majority for people who do not know or prefer not to care, yes, but everything is misleading IMHO. Better avoid fueling self helplessness. It’s not because it’s not the de facto standard that it’s impossible.
I think I’m reading this blogpost correctly: Mobian devs working on maintaining Linux kernel support for Pinephone painted themselves into a corner with tech debt, and may not be able to continue porting new kernel updates. Pinephone Pro runs a different chipset with wider community support, so it’s not affected....
Well, let me put it plainly, if you are selling better, I’m buying. So far the one thing Pine has done better than a lot of people talking is doing. They are not the only ones, e.g Purism, but at that price range and who actually did deliver I haven’t seen better. Pointers welcomed.
I’m not sure what your point is. I’m not arguing that you are wrong, I’m saying it’s “just” talk, meanwhile I’m ready, today, to buy better if you can provide.
You focus on performance while I focus on the ability to tinker. That’s perfectly legitimate and we don’t have to have the same needs. It though shows me that we don’t have the same understanding about the point of Pine64, especially as you mention Termux or rooting (which I’ve both used and done numerous times, sadly) as if it was equivalent to selling an actual Linux phone in the first place. I actually do NOT want Android. The point I believe is not to sell a replacement for end users today (even though, clearly, it would be nice, and I believe Purism is closer to that) as it says on the product page, but rather show that a legitimate (again, not hacks) alternative is possible but it must be built by the community. And yes, I do tell people who make criticism that it’s not enough because very often it shows what I believe is the case here, a lack of understanding of what it takes. That being said, again, I sincerely enjoy being proven wrong (means I can learn, new opportunities), hence why I’m not teasing you when I say I can put my money where my mouth is if you can do better. I believe in fact that’s what open source is all about, we’re in it together, to do better, to be better.
That’s not how I interpret the meme. The way I understand it is rather
we Google/Meta harvested already every source of information you share willingly with us
actually nearly all of them, we are not actually searching through your trash
the person is uncomfortable with this because they understand it might be a problem for their privacy, imagining anything they be might ashamed of
in turn they ask for some kind of security
the garbage puts a hood which absolutely changes nothing but give a false sense of privacy
the person still willingly yet awkwardly hand away their trash, as if they learned absolutely nothing for the years, if not decades, of such practice
So I interpret this is as surveillance companies be ready to go through absolutely anything, even something literally dirty, i.e trash, in order to get yet more information about people. People knowing it’s problematic and yet relinquishing even the modicum of privacy they had until then.
So… IMHO it’s not about the garbage itself, rather garbage is meant as a provocative metaphor to mean literally anything and everything.
Being able to developer a personality, your personality, yourself basically.
IMHO Shoshana Zuboff explores this quite well. Imagine all the time there was an entity who was able to watch over everything you do, all the time, and could act on it, either by telling your government or companies, would you truly do everything you want to do? Note that this doesn’t mean anything illegal or immoral, especially as a young person when one does not even know what that means. I also would link that to the chilling effect, for example if one does truly believe Google or Facebook can know a lot about you and if say you want to reach a position of power, say become a politician, would you dare criticize them knowing they might give information to your opponent?
So… IMHO some of the perceivable benefit of being private is that you can become an individual, not a transparent clone of what some commercial actors of society today expect you to be. That is particularly important in a democracy where we collectively decide what is right or wrong and how we define our own future.
Mobile App, redesign, new dev, promotion… let’s build a bright future for PeerTube! (framablog.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/9483559...
Arch or NixOS?
I’ve been here a week ago already asking if Arch would be fine for a laptop used for university, as stability is a notable factor in that and I’m already using EndeavourOS at home, but now I’m curious about something else too - what about Arch vs NixOS?...
Feeling like Privacy is a lost war.
So, I recently moved about 6 months ago. Have only given my real address and name to the DMV, Phone Company, Internet, and rental property(obviously knows my real address)...
Uget download manager; this elderly still works like the best
Sell Me on Linux
I posted this as a comment in another post but when I got done I realized it would probably just be better as its own post. I’m sure I could find the answers I need myself but frankly I trust the userbase here more than most online articles....
What is the best tool to backup my Linux system including user files?
I want to create a backup of my Linux system, including user files, from the command line. I tried using Timeshift but it doesn’t have a CLI argument to include a folder....
Thanks to dust I deleted a 70 gig file on my drive
Dust is a rewrite of du (in rust obviously) that visualizes your directory tree and what percentage each file takes up. But it only prints as many files fit in your terminal height, so you see only the largest files. It’s been a better experience that du, which isn’t always easy to navigate to find big files (or atleast...
The future of Linux
I’m not proposing anything here, I’m curious what you all think of the future....
What is the device you want, but that does not exist?
I would love the child of a Surfacebook with a Framework laptop; or A bare keyboard attached to a screen, that I could plug my phone (possibly running Phosh) and use it as a hardware for a laptop experience
The Future of Privacy in the Age of AGI and AI Glasses
As technology continues to advance, we are rapidly approaching a future where Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and AI glasses will become commonplace. While these advancements have the potential to revolutionize the way we live and work, they also pose a significant threat to our privacy. With the widespread use of AI...
The Paperweight Dilemma: Original Pinephone might lose future kernel updates if devs can't pay down tech debt (blog.mobian.org)
I think I’m reading this blogpost correctly: Mobian devs working on maintaining Linux kernel support for Pinephone painted themselves into a corner with tech debt, and may not be able to continue porting new kernel updates. Pinephone Pro runs a different chipset with wider community support, so it’s not affected....
Garbage aka providing relevant Ads 🤣 (lemmings.world)
cross-posted from: lemmings.world/post/2197443...
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