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tatterdemalion

@ tatterdemalion @programming.dev

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Professional software engineer, musician, gamer, stoic, democratic socialist

  • NixOS 25.11 "Xantusia" Ships with GNOME 49, Linux kernel 6.17

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    I don't think there is even a default DE. I think the graphical installer lets you choose GNOME, Plasma, or none.

  • NixOS 25.11 "Xantusia" Ships with GNOME 49, Linux kernel 6.17

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  • Building the PERFECT Linux PC with Linus Torvalds - LTT

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  • I'm more concerned about the sexual harassment.

  • Trying to learn Linux, coming from windows

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  • Linux is broad and deep so it would help if you gave some examples of tasks you are failing to do.

    Edit: I guess I can give some fundamental topics for your search, but I don't have many resources at the ready.

    For starters, many topics will apply to all of Unix, not just Linux. So make sure you understand the difference, and learn about the Unix philosophy.

    Also, I think the most useful piece of documentation is the Arch Wiki. I'd always check here first. The table of contents should give you a good idea of the scope of information.

    1. Filesystems. In Unix, everything is a "file". Explore the directory layout. Maybe learn about the FHS (filesystem hierarchy standard) and XDG. Learn how file permissions and ownership work. Learn about disk encryption with LUKS. Learn about GPT partitioning and EFI boot partitions. If you want to manage a filesystem spanning many storage devices, I highly recommend looking into ZFS. You might also want to set up some kind of file service like NFS or something with a web client like copyparty or dufs. Try out the dust and duf tools for checking space usage.
    2. Networking. I don't know how deep you need to go here, but Linux networking is highly customizable. I think most distros use systemd's built-in DHCP client in systemd-networkd. Have a look at nftables if you want to mess with firewalls. Wireguard for VPN. Learn to use the ip tool.
    3. Remote Access. Especially for a desktop, it's very useful to set up an SSH service on your PC so you can access it remotely from e.g. a laptop. You can even SSH over the public Internet using a VPN.
    4. Monitoring. Install BTop to get a quick overview of system activity and resource utilization. I also like the procs tool as an alternative to ps.
    5. Shells. As part of your Bash journey, I'd also check out shells like fish, zsh, and nushell.
    6. Package Management. I'm not very familiar with Bazzite's package manager. It's an immutable distro, so that will make a difference. Read the bazzite docs for this I guess. You'll probably need to learn about flatpaks. I'd recommend checking out Nix if you want to try something different. I also quite enjoyed Arch's pacman if you're willing to try a new distro like CachyOS or EndeavourOS.
    7. Dotfile management. I recommend learning some basic Git or Jujutsu (jj) and managing your configuration files in a git repository. You can also do this with Nix via Home Manager.
    8. Desktop Environment. I don't know which variant of Bazzite you chose, but it's probably a complete DE out of the box. Just know that you can customize your DE quite a bit. I personally enjoy tiling window managers; you might want to check those out.

  • MIT study finds AI can already replace 11.7% of U.S. workforce

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  • Idk if I am a special case or part of the majority, but when I resort to calling a support line, it's because I have exhausted the options available to me via technology, and I need a human to take responsibility. So there has literally never been a time when a purely informational AI support bot has been useful to me.

  • Leak confirms OpenAI is preparing ads on ChatGPT for public roll out

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  • Thanks, I just rewatched that movie because of your comment.

  • When you ask a question online and a person answer you instead of telling you to Fuck yourself or Google it

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  • Go fuck yourself

  • What did I forget?

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  • I'm not autistic but I like most of these things.

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  • That is just way too subtle.

  • Why FitGirl won't die: The repacker millions of gamers depend on in an age of surveillance

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  • Decompression during install is generally less of a bottleneck than network bandwidth, so fitgirl is doing it properly.

  • RAM is so expensive that stores are selling it at market prices

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  • What are some of the worst code you have seen in a production environment?

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  • Get out

  • Andy Weir says spoiling Project Hail Mary's big surprise in trailers was highly debated

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  • A bit hard to avoid when they play it in the theater. I mean I guess you can stand outside the theater and periodically poke your head in to try to guess if trailers are over.

  • ‘Who Wants to Live Like This?’ Locals Fume as Meta AI Data Center Upends Entire Community

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  • Sounds like you need to give your city council hell.

  • What are some of the worst code you have seen in a production environment?

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  • I'll consider myself lucky that the worst I've had to deal with was a 8K LOC C file that implemented image processing for a cancer detection algorithm. Nothing terribly tricky but just poorly organized. Almost no documentation at all. The only test was running this code against a data set of patient images and eyeballing the output. No version control other than cloning the project onto their NAS and naming it "v2" etc.

    Research code can be really scary.

  • Today's Hayli Gubbi (volcanic) eruption seen from space

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  • Post to r/popping

  • US 'Homeland Security' Twitter account seemingly run from Israel

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  • Beware of the cat

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  • Hell I want it tattooed on me

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  • The perch pose really makes it