This weekend I went to a band trip with my 12 year old as a chaperone. It started with band performances, ended with them (and me) at an amusement park all day.
I met a bunch of Middle Schoolers who were friends / acquaintances with my daughter. They referred to me as "cool," "legendary," "icon," and one said I was "an icon on par with Madonna." But...but why?
I think about that day and all I can think is that I'm an adult, a parent who was willing to engage with these kids. I talked with them about music, their hobbies, anime, video games, whatever they wanted to talk about. I listened and interacted. Apparently, that's enough to make me an icon.
It feels very basic. But, the fact that just this level of interaction felt out of the norm for them from their friend's parents that it made them call me an icon, I feel that says more about the other adults in their lives than it does about my awesomeness.
I've been making my Quickemu project macOS-compatible; meaning it can run on a macOS host ๐
Quickemu is a project to quickly create and run optimised Linux, macOS and Windows virtual machines ๐
Here's my test case in action:
This is NixOS โ๏ธ running a virtual machine of macOS Ventura ๐ via Quickemu, which is running a virtual machine of Aline Linux ๐ง via Quickemu #linux#qemu
Please please PLEASE make it possible for me to have a virtual MacOS machine that just runs iMessage for those times I need to chat with my family ๐๐พ
Getting a new laptop from @frameworkcomputer in a week and itching to finally test NixOS out, but Iโm coming from a MacBook Pro.
Last night I was nearly tearing my hair out trying to get a crappy inkjet printer installed when I turned to ChatGPT for help; 5 minutes later it was done (driver issues)....
I'm working on a video to see what the Linux community (or at least people who follow me) actually use.
So, I created a little form, hosted on my Nextcloud (hopefully it's up to the task...)
It's only up for 2 days, so don't hesitate to share it around, it will help me "touch grass" and see if my preconceived notions are confirmed, or invalidated!
In lots of #linux distro reviews people dedicate certain amount of time to wallpapers... like it is a vital part of an OS.... For god's sake, how many of you use default wallpapers and not downloading/setting up your fav custom one? ๐ Why not use that time for really important features instead? ๐ฅบ
@Varen@session
Me: "Give me your email address account and your password, so I can take a look.."
My friend: "of course not, buddy.. why should I ?.."
Me: "..I'm your friend and you don't allow me to read your emails, but you give consent to Meta, Facebook, Google and 1000 other unknown players to have access to your emails and all your digital life..."
My friend: "......(5 sec silence and a dumb smile)"
Ok I nearly lost hope, since not being able to figure it out.
PLEASE. SEND. HELP.
_ First: this might gonna get a long one, but Iโm desperately looking for help!
Second: Iโm a total newb on Linux, so I have really limited Linux know-how.
Specs:
Asus ROG Strix G15DS-R7700X088W
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
2x 1TB SSDs; 1x M2 NVME with W11 running, 1x SATA
Goal:
Running Dual Boot with W11 on the first, M2 SSD (already running fine) and Linux (Nobara preferred) on the second, SATA SSD
Problem I run into:
I canโt boot even from the LiveUSB without the โacpi=offโ option. If I do, I get just a black Screen (with Backlight still on) or, if I get into the Grub options first, thereโs only โbooting command listโ visible but nothing else happens (even with โquietโ disabled, no info on the Screen at all).
One thing I noticed, since my Keyboard, Mouse and Mousemat (Razerfly) have lighting, when I try to boot without the acpi=off, they go dark. And stay dark. With acpi=off the keyboard alone goes dark but then lights up again after 2-3 seconds.
If I run it with acpi=off, I can boot and install, but I then have to boot every time with acpi=off. This leads to the graphics driver not being recognized by the OS and running always in 1024x768 โsoftware renderingโ resolution (even with proper drivers installed and enabled and nouveau on blacklist). So just let โacpi=offโ enabled isnโt an option.
I did, after researching for several hours, try with various other options (nomodeset, acpi=ht, pci=biosirq, noapic, nolapic, and so on, tried a ton of those) but nothing did the trick - always black screen of death without acpi=off.
I did update my BIOS to the latest Version (306), did try every possibilty of options enabled/disabled (Fast Boot, Secure Boot, IOMMU, acpi settings in BIOS, secondary on-board Graphics,โฆ) with no change.
Since I ran out of options (in relation to my google and reddit search skills), knowledge (total newb on Linux) and possibility to ask friends (that know more about linux than me), Iโm desperate enough to ask for help.
You are my last hope, before giving up on Linux with my PC.
If someone has an idea I could try or even a solution, Iโd be endlessly thankful!
If I missed some info or something is needed, donโt hesitate to as for specific details._
I am away on vacation and may not check back regularly, sorry in advance.
Is this only on LiveUSB? Have you installed to the SSD with acpi on and checked if it boots correctly?
If it is just the liveUSB it sounds like when you have acpi on it power cycles/changes the driver or something with the usb ports and causes the live USB to disappear while trying to boot from it.
Are you also booting UEFI or Legacy? That can change some of the answers.
You are my last hope, before giving up on Linux with my PC.
Donโt worry by putting too much pressure on you mate.
Youโve made a bad bet with both Nvidia and Asus hardware. Both are known to make problems sadly. But we can fix it, Iโm sure of that!
Iโve had that problem too a long time ago.
I think it might be because of the USB-stick.
What tool did you use to flash it? Try the Fedora Media Writer, Ventoy, Rufus, Etcher, or any other tool you tried before
Use another USB-stick
And another port
Eject the stick safely, donโt just pull it out
Deactivate the CSM in the BIOS. It will make compatibility with many other OSs impossible or hard.
Secure boot should be fine on most popular distros
Reset the BIOS settings (but donโt forget the CSM!)
Regarding my first paragraph, I recommend the -nvidia and/ or -asus images from universal-blue.org. Depending on if you want to use the PC for just gaming, or general use, you can give Bazzite a shot. Otherwise, the Silverblue and Kinoite main images are great too.
They have all drivers baked in if you select the right image.
Oh, and you could consider getting a second NVMe for Linux too. The performance will then be even better!
If the tips from above donโt work, tell my the results. Then we will troubleshoot more. Remember, usually Linux is just plug and play, and doesnโt require any fiddling. For most PCs, itโs just โplug your stick in, select next next, wait 5 minutes, doneโ.
โ๏ธ People are amazed that every snowflake is different. Still, nobody seems to care that every encryption key is unique: https://proton.me/blog/what-is-encryption
Hey yโall, itโs been a while. Had a rough month with a flare up of my chronic pain. Doing better now and had a chance to recharge. And Iโm so dying to get back to contributing to the #fediverse community โจโค๏ธ
Recently converted from 1Password to Protons pass, and personally could not be happier. For me the email alias feature pass offers is super nice. And for me, the auto complete works somehow better on pass than it did on 1Password. I also think you get more for your moneys worth with Proton as their other services are very nice too ๐
Interview with GloriousEggroll about Proton-GE, Nobara, and more | Destination Linux (www.youtube.com)
ASUS breaks your ROG Ally if you don't pay $200 for warranty repairs: SCAMMING COMPANY! (youtu.be)
Using ChatGPT with Linux
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Thoughts on Pass vs 1Password?
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