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  • Honestly I don’t run pirated software at all anymore. The risk is too high. If it’s a game then I’m happy to pay for it, and open source software covers pretty much everything else for me.

    The only exception is switch games but they run through an emulator which is quite safe.

    Most media files are safe but I’ve heard that PDFs of all files can be vectors.

  • I would say don’t overthink the distro. Just about any distro will provide nearly the same performance in gaming, some will just pre-install drivers that you could just install manually. Proton takes care of just about everything automatically anyways.

    I enjoyed installing arch as it was a learning experience, and I learn more every time I install it on other machines. But Ubuntu would probably be just fine and has a ton of documentation, and a healthy community to provide support.

    I think a lot of Linux newcomers get stalled on this choice because the options are overwhelming. There are so many choices. But at the end of the day once the installation is over, the experience will be almost the same as another distro with the same desktop environment.

    If you want to run Linux, choose an distro that is easy to install and just dive into it. If you like tinkering with computers then you will love running Linux.

  • Linux @lemmy.ml
    maxprime @lemmy.ml

    Does anyone here use Open ZFS on desktop?

    I’ve been thinking of switching from btrfs to zfs but it seems like it’s quite a bit of work. Does anyone have any experience with this?

    Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ @lemmy.dbzer0.com
    maxprime @lemmy.ml

    If you want to watch a good movie about TPB, consider TPB: AFK

    It sounds like the new Pirate Bay series is a let down (although I have not seen it myself). But I do remember enjoying this documentary about the trio from 2013.

    Linux @lemmy.ml
    maxprime @lemmy.ml

    Having to use windows at work makes me appreciate my desktop Linux experience at home.

    I’m a teacher and our division just “upgraded” to W11 with a new version of outlook that is basically a web app on desktop. Several times a day my laptop comes to a complete crawl while Teams decides to open itself. Can’t open or close programs, Firefox won’t register mouse clicks, nothing. Graphical glitches appear al the time with menu bars and task bars disappearing regularly, requiring force quitting the app or logging out of the desktop.

    When I first switched to Linux I assumed my experience would be like this. But now it’s the other way around.

    Rant over.

    Linux @lemmy.ml
    maxprime @lemmy.ml

    Is it possible to use Google Drive reliably?

    I've been using Google Drive in Windows for about a decade and have a good workflow. I recently transitioned to Linux but cannot seem to reliably connect my drive to the filesystem. My work provides unlimited Drive space and since it's for work I have shared directories with coworkers that I need access to every day. Hence, I'm kind of tied to GDrive.

    Is there a reliable method of doing this? Rclone seems to be what I want but it seems to disconnect regularly, and often doesn't upload the changes I make which defeats the purpose.

    Do Linux users just not use Drive?

    Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ @lemmy.dbzer0.com
    maxprime @lemmy.ml

    Library Genesis in Numbers: Mapping the Underground Flow of Knowledge

    Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ @lemmy.dbzer0.com
    maxprime @lemmy.ml

    The code for Anna's Archive

    This is the code hosts annas-archive.org, the search engine for books, papers, comics, magazines, and more.

    Privacy @lemmy.ml
    maxprime @lemmy.ml

    Arkenfox user.js template for Firefox privacy

    Firefox privacy, security and anti-tracking: a comprehensive user.js template for configuration and hardening.

    I found the extensions section particularly useful:

    https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/wiki/4.1-Extensions

    Boris Heavy Rocks @lemmy.ml
    maxprime @lemmy.ml

    Soul Search You Sleep