Btrfs does get a lot of flak based on hearsay or experiences that are out of date. It works well in a lot of scenarios and is used a lot now, ZFS is also a good fs for many use cases, especially in enterprise situations.
I can't comment on the on-disk formats as I have no experience there but Btrfs works well in a lot of use cases for for a lot of users.
Bcachefs sounds promising but it does have a long way to go and will need a lot of testing. It's getting into the kernel to get more testing mileage on it and encourage more developers, it only have one guy working on it (except for the casefolding submission) which is a big problem for both present and future. Hopefully it'll get more devs interested.
Never trust any filesystem, or the storage media. Consider anything that holds your data to be fallible.
I use both kbin and reddit every day for now, I have a number of subscriptions on each. I'll drop reddit if the kbin/lemmy gets some more growth. I also follow some people and hashtags on Mastodon, I don't use Twitter.
As for the other question I use my phone around 20-30min a day in total, mostly for 2FA and answering the door and the odd call.
Starting maps like this is hard. I remember many years earlier when Google maps was new and disastrous, sending massive truck detours through small sleepy villages and encouraging inattentive driver to drive into duck ponds. Then when Apple released their maps Google already had 7 years of improving theirs, and they had made good use of that time.
It was a mistake not allocating more resources (/spending) to improving it sooner after the release turned out so badly. They always move slowly with their projects. Even now their new map updates are spectacular but the mapping vehicle fleet seems too small and is taking a long time.
I made a post a few days ago asking your opinion on Manjaro and it was very mixed, with a slightly negative overall opinion. I heard some recommend EndeavourOS instead and did some online research and it seems to be pretty solid and not have the repository problem that Manjaro has....
I use it on my gaming laptop. I've been using Linux in various ways since the nineties and just wanted to install Arch easily while I was brewing coffee, I had it ready to play games from my old Steam SSD within 20min. It installed proprietary NV drivers and keeps them up to date with new versions and kernels without me having to bother with that silliness, likewise for certain multimedia codecs that you have to go look for with other distributions, which is a bother.
However, I had to setup btrfs-assistant+grub-btrfs+btrfsmaintenance scripts myself, I wish it had an install option for that and I'm thinking Garuda might be a better option for this reason as that's configured by default for new users.
It also lacks a GUI app installer, it can be bewildering for newcomers to search for packages with yay and understand pacman/yay stuff. There are ways, like octopi to remedy that but it's not there by default.
TLDR: As an experienced user I enjoy it, I didn't have to waste a lot of time and attn to install and it works well.
Wherever I go, I often see the sentiment “This website has ads, so it’s trash” pop up in conversations. And honestly I don’t quite get why. 90% of the internet has always had ads, you just scroll past them and mind your business. At least they’re personalized now so you can pick a topic you like instead of diapers and...
Indeed and people often say "if an ad is annoying I'll never buy that product, so ads don't work on me, also they've never made me click on or run out and buy something" !
However advertising is accompanied with thorough independent market research and sales numbers and companies can directly see the impact of their ad campaigns. It's indisputable.
In the long term it's also about brand recognition, we see a "stupid ad" today and in a year when we're looking for that kind of thing we are more likely to choose that brand over another and we don't know why but "this jams seems better". The effect is proven, scary and it's something we're relatively helpless against. It doesn't help that our brains sometimes register things running in the background on the TV while we're petting the dog. Product placement in movies works like that too, if we notice it we think it's obvious and stupid, but we still notice it and even when we don't notice it our helpful subconscious is right there helping us remember.
Moving into even worse territory, on social media like Facebook they can profile us enough to know where we're leaning politically and if we're not entirely confident in our political stance they can show us ads that looks like product ads but are designed to nudge our political stance a bit to the side in the desired direction.
The effect of ads on the subconscious is scary. It's not complete mind control but it can influence us without us noticing.
Not on social media ? No problem, they still build up shadow profiles. A Google executive once bragged at a conference that they know everything we've done since the first day we got on the Internet. Hyperbolic maybe but that confidence comes from somewhere.
For those interested in the latest big RPG from Larian Studios, here's my quick initial report on Baldur's Gate 3 running on Steam Deck and desktop Linux.
I only saw it once a long time ago so I may remember it wrong, but "It's a Wonderful Life"? I recall being surprised because as a non American I'd heard so much about it as a Christmas movie and expected that genre but when I watched it, it was incredibly depressing and I never watched it again.
This might be the wrong place to ask this question but, as someone who has owned more Apple products that I could count, I’m interested in reducing my dependency on them (and tech, in general) moving forward....
I have an iPhone and an iPad. My philosophy is to use services that work on both iOS and Android, rather than just one. So Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Contacts, Dropbox (I got 10GB free, using around 20% for notes and documents) with Cryptomator, OneDrive for pictures, Signal, WhatsApp, 2FAS Auth, Bitwarden and Joplin for notes. I can swap between an iOS and Android phone in 30min and have a few times as I enjoy both.
I don't have any subscription apps by choice.
In my home I have a little server running PiHole, homebridge and Home Assistant, this way I have access to smart switches/thermometers from any OS.
On my phone I have notifications disabled for most apps, including social media. Only enabled for messaging apps, authentication apps, etc.
Disable Search Indexing in options. It uses a buggy piece of garbage called Akonadi in the background and was causing one core of my CPU to stay at 100% for no reason.
So I’ve been trying to install the proprietary Nvidia drivers on my homelab so I can get my fine ass art generated using Automatic1111 & Stable diffusion. I installed the Nvidia 510 server drivers, everything seems fine, then when I reboot, nothing. WTF Nvidia, why you gotta break X? Why is x even needed on a server driver....
Yeah they don't hate Linux, they just have their own priorities. That said I'm running Nvidia+Wayland happily, for desktop they have worked a lot more on Wayland this year, the upcoming driver fixes a bunch of things, and my distrib handled driver installation and updates, I never have to think about it.
I’ve been accumulating old electronics for about a decade now and I really need to safely dispose of them at this point. I know some cities have drop off spots for recycling, but the one near me charges a fee and appears to cater to business clients. Obviously I’m against tossing them in the bin. It’s small things, like an...
Depending on generation the iPod touch sells for $60-300 on EBay. I always check first if I can sell on EBay or Craigslist. I just sold an ancient Toshiba laptop for $100.
And like with dogs different breeds often have particular behavior. For example the Norwegian Forrest Cat tends to bond with one particular human.
In addition, unlike dogs, cats have not evolved their body language to be easily understandable by humans, so we have problems interpreting them. Does my cat turn her back to me because she doesn't care or because she trusts me, etc.
Their independence can also be off-putting to some humans, but like with humans independence doesn't have to mean they're don't care about us. And then there's the lessons in consent they try to teach us, which some of us don't want to understand.
Wanted to ask you about this article, how do you remember the early days of the internet (I was sadly too young at that time). Do you wish it back? And do you think it can ever be like that again? I would be very interested
Yeah, you could skim pages, or read thoroughly, search in the text, easily jump back to the previous paragraph to skim a bit again, google (or DDG) for terms you remember from an article to find it again, etc.
Not just tutorials, I enjoyed reading tech or product reviews, like the original Anandtech when Anand was there, that all seems to be going the way of obnoxious youtubers.
I’m starting this off by saying that I’m looking for any type of reasonably advanced photo manipulation tool, that runs natively under Linux. It doesn’t have to be FOSS....
That's not exactly my impression from following the design conversations through the years. They're more approaching decisions from the angle of what they think is best, their philosophy is to plainly ignore what others do and follow their own direction. Of course taking inspiration from Photoshop might sometimes be a good thing, if it doesn't conflict with the GIMP way of doing things.
I've noticed in recent years some newcomer devs have had discussions on how to design their contributions, mentioning Photoshop and other alternative ways and there were just conversations about the merits of the different approaches that could be taken and what would fit the GIMP best, without bias.
Anyway, I wasn't aware that GIMP UX suffers, I've never used anything else and am happy with it. It seem logical to me, obviously with fewer features than Photoshop but how much can a couple of guys do and they've had to refactor most of the GIMP for 3.0, but that'll open up for a lot of functionality being added moving forward..
I was having a friendly discussion with someone this morning about PC and Laptops for work/education stuff, he suggested that I could use a chromebook for all this stuff and this would be a good idea and make things easier. I strongly disagreed with this, mainly because I hate laptops, the keyboard and touchpad make me angry and...
I'd love a thinner phone instead of my current iPhone 13 brick that lasts 3-4 days on a charge, a thinner phone charging every night would be ideal, I miss my Samsung GS6 from the perspective. I know I'm a minority though.
I regret I didn't get the 13 Mini, but that's my own fault.
Their drivers are garbage to get installed and keep updated, especially when new kernels come out
Sure, but it's not the case for all Linux distributions? Whenever my Linux distribution have a new kernel it always takes care of the nvidia driver as part of installing the kernel and if there's a new nvidia driver it installs it after a few days, I never pay much attention to it except for noticing the output from the update.
I discovered today that my most played game on Steam is Astronner with about 500 hours, and my second most played is Surviving Mars with about 500 hours.
You are serving yourself pasta and you have zero access to tomato sauce. All you have in your pantry is ketchup (catsup.) Would you eat the plain pasta, or add ketchup for flavor?...
When i was a kid my favorite dish was spaghetti with ketchup and fried wieners. As a grownup I sometimes enjoy plain spaghetti with black pepper. So it depends whether I have a pepper grinder in this scenario.
btrfs appreciation post
cross-posted from: lemm.ee/post/4274796...
what is the procedure of buying a ship load of any cargo? ex; corn or paraffin wax?
You need 100 metric tons of paraffin wax. How do you aquire it?
Has Lemmy replaced Reddit for you? Also, how does your weekly phone usage look like? (lemmy.ml)
A decade after a disastrous launch, is Apple Maps finally good? (www.theguardian.com)
Archived version: archive.ph/hguLn...
What is your honest opinion on EndeavourOS?
I made a post a few days ago asking your opinion on Manjaro and it was very mixed, with a slightly negative overall opinion. I heard some recommend EndeavourOS instead and did some online research and it seems to be pretty solid and not have the repository problem that Manjaro has....
Why so many people get triggered about ads nowadays?
Wherever I go, I often see the sentiment “This website has ads, so it’s trash” pop up in conversations. And honestly I don’t quite get why. 90% of the internet has always had ads, you just scroll past them and mind your business. At least they’re personalized now so you can pick a topic you like instead of diapers and...
Baldur's Gate 3 out now and works on Steam Deck and desktop Linux (www.gamingonlinux.com)
For those interested in the latest big RPG from Larian Studios, here's my quick initial report on Baldur's Gate 3 running on Steam Deck and desktop Linux.
What is the most cathartic movie?
What movie puts the protagonist through the absolute ringer for it to all pay off in the end?
What are you doing to minimize your use of / dependency on Apple devices and other technologies?
This might be the wrong place to ask this question but, as someone who has owned more Apple products that I could count, I’m interested in reducing my dependency on them (and tech, in general) moving forward....
OC KDE users who value your sanity and CPU.
Disable Search Indexing in options. It uses a buggy piece of garbage called Akonadi in the background and was causing one core of my CPU to stay at 100% for no reason.
Which movie makes you crack up not matter how many times you watched it ?
for me it’s White Chicks, lost the number of times i watched it, also recommend Tucker and Dale vs Evil.
Why does Nvidia hate linux? (lemmy.ml)
So I’ve been trying to install the proprietary Nvidia drivers on my homelab so I can get my fine ass art generated using Automatic1111 & Stable diffusion. I installed the Nvidia 510 server drivers, everything seems fine, then when I reboot, nothing. WTF Nvidia, why you gotta break X? Why is x even needed on a server driver....
What does everyone do with their old electronics?
I’ve been accumulating old electronics for about a decade now and I really need to safely dispose of them at this point. I know some cities have drop off spots for recycling, but the one near me charges a fee and appears to cater to business clients. Obviously I’m against tossing them in the bin. It’s small things, like an...
Does a cat ever wonder why humans feed them?
Like… what do cats think of their humans?...
Lemmy users who struggle with depression, what need is unfulfilled in your life? What could be done practically to change your situation?
The inspiring post to my question
"I put a GPU in the M2 Mac Pro" (youtu.be)
How do you guys remember the early days of the internet? What do you miss about it? (tim.kicker.dev)
Wanted to ask you about this article, how do you remember the early days of the internet (I was sadly too young at that time). Do you wish it back? And do you think it can ever be like that again? I would be very interested
Is there really no viable alternative for Photoshop on Linux?
I’m starting this off by saying that I’m looking for any type of reasonably advanced photo manipulation tool, that runs natively under Linux. It doesn’t have to be FOSS....
Fuck nvidia. (mujico.org)
Thats why i never buy their shit after having one laptop with one of their graphics....
Do you prefer PC or laptop? (freeonlinesurveys.com)
I was having a friendly discussion with someone this morning about PC and Laptops for work/education stuff, he suggested that I could use a chromebook for all this stuff and this would be a good idea and make things easier. I strongly disagreed with this, mainly because I hate laptops, the keyboard and touchpad make me angry and...
iPhone 15 Slated To Use Stacked Battery Technology, Could Offer Massive Battery Life Gains Compared To Current Models (wccftech.com)
Would be huge if true
Asahi Linux Code Review. Linux on the Apple M1 GPU. (www.youtube.com)
Live steam of the code review with the devs of Asahi Linux.
Nvidia Fuck You! (Linus Torvalds) My thoughts exactly (www.youtube.com)
Old but gold. posting for anybody who hasn’t seen this yet.
In which game did you spend the most hours?
I discovered today that my most played game on Steam is Astronner with about 500 hours, and my second most played is Surviving Mars with about 500 hours.
If these were your only choices, what would you do?
You are serving yourself pasta and you have zero access to tomato sauce. All you have in your pantry is ketchup (catsup.) Would you eat the plain pasta, or add ketchup for flavor?...