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[–] greedytacothief@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

IMHO networked file systems have never not felt like magic to me. Sure my NFS share is only 12tb but I smile every time I use it

[–] source_of_truth@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

NFS is weird to me because the only security seems to be by what ip is connecting?

I only access it over a local network or wire guard. It's not perfect security, but also I'm willing to accept that risk.

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And the encryption you hopefully put on your files.

[–] source_of_truth@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If the server is going to serve them in a useful way, they need te be decrypted. Pretty inconvenient to decrypt every file before use.

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I find that decrypting locally is piss-easy, you only have to do it once on mounting the drive. Maybe not if you use shitty devices like smart TVs.

[–] source_of_truth@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

You mean decrypting on the client, or full disk encryption on the server?

What are you using?

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Decrypting on the client. Create an encrypted container on the server (e.g. with gocryptfs), mount the drive on the client, decrypt the container and mount the decrypted container as a drive.

[–] source_of_truth@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago

I guess that works.

[–] maxwells_daemon@lemmy.world 110 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Be me

Switch to Linux

Wtf is a Dropbox again?

[–] lessthanluigi@lemmy.sdf.org 21 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

> Be me, uses linux
> Need to share ReTHAWed mod files on their website
> catbox.moe does not keep files permanently
> OneDrive and GoogleDrive are too evil 4 me
> Could use ProtonDrive, but no
> Dropbox is handy and familiar to most people
> Now I just give up and use Dropbox because reasons

[–] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 3 points 18 hours ago

catbox does keep files permanently iirc, it's litterbox that doesn't

[–] LwL@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I use s-ul.eu for my occasional filesharing needs, downloads are no bullshit you click the link you have the file and never had issues with it. Not sure if storage limits on the free tier are lower than dropbox though.

Oh and you get your own url prefix.

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[–] BootLoop@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I had Dropbox installed on Linux awhile back. Not just a Windows thing.

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

But did it install itself?

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[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Be me

Computer shat itself

No backups

[–] maxwells_daemon@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

Skill issue

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[–] j4k3@piefed.world 76 points 3 days ago (2 children)

The owner of the machine is the owner of the secure boot keys.

[–] Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 19 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (6 children)

J4k3, hope youre doing alright dude.

Got a question you may be able to help me with. I have never changed my secure boot key on my motherboard after switching from windows. Do I need to worry about anything? If I don't, what's the pros and cons and what not.

I remember reading that there's some sort of potential issues with keys from windows if you're a Linux user a few months back.

[–] Turret3857@infosec.pub 22 points 3 days ago (1 children)

not j4k3 but my understanding is that the default keys are expiring soon and need to be rotated, and the rotation is up to your Mobo OEM to push out (?). I am not entirely sure that is correct, but I think it is.

Pros and cons of your own key: Pros: its your key, so youre responsible for your security

Cons: its your key, so youre responsible for your security

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[–] j4k3@piefed.world 15 points 3 days ago

You can generate your own keys. Here are two PDF links I copied just now from a post I made 2 years ago here. I don't keep these white listed, so I did not check them for connecting. The first is the official UEFI overview. The second is a great guide from the US government detailing exactly how to set the keys. If that link doesn't work, pull out the document number from the link and search for it. Gentoo and Arch have guides on this. Fedora has the most advanced pre Linux init system in my opinion.

https://uefi.org/sites/default/files/resources/UEFI_Secure_Boot_in_Modern_Computer_Security_Solutions_2019.pdf

https://media.defense.gov/2020/Sep/15/2002497594/-1/-1/0/CTR-UEFI-Secure-Boot-Customization-UOO168873-20.PDF

If you have secure boot enabled, and you are using the shim from fedora or ubuntu, then yes you need to worry about it if you want to dual boot with w11.

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[–] Eiri@lemmy.ca 36 points 3 days ago (6 children)

One day, Linux will be ready for a no-headaches gaming PC. Genuinely looking forward to it.

[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] AlexisFR@jlai.lu 3 points 1 day ago

Peripheral drivers enter the chat

[–] Sabata11792@ani.social 50 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Its mostly there if your ready to dump your League addiction. Proton Db has guides for the games that don't just work first try and most of the fixes are select a different launch option from a drop down in Steam.

[–] Comrade_Spood@quokk.au 11 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Except games with shitty anti-cheat like Battlefield. Those are just unplayable.

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[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Though on that note, I started playing a lot of DOTA 2 on linux without issue.

[–] BootLoop@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 days ago (3 children)

It is native on Linux, just like most of Valve's catalog, so it should run as well as running a Windows game on Windows.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 days ago

Some games run worse natively on Linux, because they fall back to some badly optimized OpenGL renderer.

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[–] infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 29 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Everyone will have a different experience based on their hardware, distro, and game preferences; But for me Linux has been a far less headache-inducing gaming platform than Windows literally for years at this point.

[–] answersplease77@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I have a gaming PC which I planned to setup a linux distro on for almost 2 years now. I just need to find the time to choose which distro, then debloat it, get the wifi, speakers, keyboard working, then install the required Nividia drivers, then optimize it and study wether OC its bios is worth it or no, then test optimal settings and compatibility, then compare my benchmark FPS results to similar ones on the internet, then open Steam and fucking game on brother lets go!

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 3 points 1 day ago

Easy as that!

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[–] RedSnt@feddit.dk 22 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

I had this mindset for about 2 decades, from when I first played around in OpenSUSE and Compiz back in 2005 up to 2024 when I finally switched because of Windows 10 being put out to pasture by Microsoft. But since I'm now in my early 40s and no longer play competitive games as I used to 15 years ago, I've had zero problems with Linux and gaming.

So I totally understand your mindset as I too once thought the same.
Problem with waiting is of course that developers don't favor linux due to lack of people on linux playing game, so it's a vicious circle:

  1. not playing on linux because it's not well supported by games
  2. game devs not making games for linux because not enough players are there.

I hope you enjoy linux when you're ready.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I switched in my 20s when I stopped caring about competitive games, and I'm always surprised at how little effort it is to do the things I want to do.

[–] RedSnt@feddit.dk 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

To be fair, I did find a few very early windows 98/XP'ish games or so hard to get going. There was a period where developers tailored the games very specifically for the OS. But they're fairly rare.

That's tricky on Windows too, and generally you need a compatibility layer anyway (e.g. dosbox).

[–] BlueberryWalnut@sopuli.xyz 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

This post accurately described my life. High five brother.

[–] RedSnt@feddit.dk 1 points 1 day ago

Hell yeah! ✋

[–] djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone 26 points 3 days ago

already is for me!

[–] Laser@feddit.org 22 points 3 days ago (19 children)
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[–] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 40 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

Can someone enlighten me as to what is M$ doing this time?

I had to install windows the other day on my kids laptop, and had to skip like 10 screens of Microsoft ads and then disable OneDrive, but saw nothing about Dropbox.

Edit: my household has been using Mint for a few years now, the m$ enshitification was just too much for us. I only had to install windows on my kids school laptop because they won't accept anything else...

[–] Turret3857@infosec.pub 17 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (10 children)

No idea but here's some tools you should look into

BloatyNosy

privacy.sexy

Windows Spy Blocker

and this one isnt a tool but more of a tip. When installing Win11, set the region to English (world). This will prevent bloat from being installed by default, then use the OOBE\bypassnro command at the M$ account screen to skip signing up for a M$ account.

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[–] sunoc@sh.itjust.works 44 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Fake: anon existed happily Gay: lets daddy Satya penetrate their machine

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anon, it's time to uninstall windows

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