hellfire103

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What are your thoughts on the Arc browser? in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] hellfire103@sopuli.xyz 33 points 7 months ago
  • Proprietary
  • Based on Chromium
  • Requires an account to use

Instant nope from me!

a very nice privacy alternative for wikipedia? in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] hellfire103@sopuli.xyz 2 points 8 months ago

And Putinism. It was, after all, the TLD for the Soviet Union.

a very nice privacy alternative for wikipedia? in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] hellfire103@sopuli.xyz 5 points 8 months ago

I prefer WikiLess, tbh. Also, Metastem uses .su, which was the TLD for the Soviet Union.

Hot take in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
[–] hellfire103@sopuli.xyz 55 points 8 months ago

Ha! Yeah, I remember that phase. I was planning to install LXDE as my first distro, simply because I thought the wallpaper looked cool.

*deleted by creator* in c/privacyguides@lemmy.one
[–] hellfire103@sopuli.xyz 1 points 8 months ago

Of course it can. Man, technology just keeps getting better and better! /s

Securing Bluetooth Headphones in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] hellfire103@sopuli.xyz 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I think they go into discovery mode until they find a previously-paired device when you turn them on.

I'll double-check the manual.

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Securing Bluetooth Headphones (sopuli.xyz)
 

cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/8117983

I have a pair of Bluetooth headphones, which I have been using since 2022. Today, I was sitting on the bus when some random person connected to them and started playing Free Bird.

It was a bit funny, but I don't want this to become a regular thing. Is there a way of locking the headphones to certain Bluetooth addresses? Or a way of making it not show up automatically on phones (similar to a hidden WiFi network)?

The headphones in question are the JBL Tune 510, which have a USB-C port. However, I don't know if this can be used to flash firmware.

If there's already a comment telling me to "just use wired" or something, please don't tell me again. It's the best solution, but my phone doesn't have a headphone jack (fuck you, Apple).

Thanks!

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Securing Bluetooth Headphones (sopuli.xyz)
 

I have a pair of Bluetooth headphones, which I have been using since 2022. Today, I was sitting on the bus when some random person connected to them and started playing Free Bird.

It was a bit funny, but I don't want this to become a regular thing. Is there a way of locking the headphones to certain Bluetooth addresses? Or a way of making it not show up automatically on phones (similar to a hidden WiFi network)?

The headphones in question are the JBL Tune 510, which have a USB-C port. However, I don't know if this can be used to flash firmware.

If there's already a comment telling me to "just use wired" or something, please don't tell me again. It's the best solution, but my phone doesn't have a headphone jack (fuck you, Apple).

Thanks!

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32-bit distro suggestions for 2007 MacBook in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] hellfire103@sopuli.xyz 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What's the problem with running an older OSX? https://github.com/blueboxd/chromium-legacy

I am running 10.6. Chromium Legacy is for 10.7 and above, and the same is true of a lot of software. Meanwhile, on my Linux partition, I can have Firefox Nightly if I want. It'll run heavily, but it's possible.

As it happens, I do have a somewhat recent browser installed in OSX, but it's not great.

Also, running an older OS like that isn't a good idea, as it won't have received security patches or microcode updates.

That's the thing, you can run a 64-bit distro as long as you've a 32 bit grub starting it :)

I hadn't quite considered that somebody had implemented this. Thanks for the info!

There was also another user who gave me a link to some software that modifies mixed-mode ISOs so that they will boot on my potato laptop.

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32-bit distro suggestions for 2007 MacBook (sopuli.xyz)
submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by hellfire103@sopuli.xyz to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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I have a MacBook (specifically a MacBook2,1 A1181) from 2007. I am currently dual-booting Mac OS X 10.6 and crunchbang++ 12 on it, but I feel that there could be something better. Here are the specs:

  • CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo T7400 (2) @ 2.167 GHz
  • Architecture: x86_64-v1 (but with 32-bit BIOS, so 64-bit Linux won't work)
  • Microarchitecture: Merom
  • GPU: Intel GMA 950
  • RAM: 3 GB
  • Disk: 140 GB HDD

This is not supposed to be a daily driver by any stretch. I have newer and more powerful machines than this, but I would still like to have something on it that means I can use it if need be.

As well as crunchbang++, I have also run Debian, Devuan, SparkyLinux, GNU Guix, Puppy Linux, Slackware, and Haiku in the past. I have tried to install several flavours of BSD, but it was too difficult to get dual-booting to work properly.

Despite the CPU being 64-bit, the distro MUST be 32-bit. This is because of the MacBook's BIOS, which prevents 64-bit bootloaders from working.

Not that it matters, as I can do this after installation, but I would be looking to run something like Enlightenment, Trinity, or spectrwm. I tried going CLI-only with Guix, but it wasn't the best experience.

Feel free to also recommend software that will run on a potato like this.

Thanks!

EDIT: Two users have told me how to get 64-bit Linux running on this machine. Debian apparently ships with 32-bit GRUB on the ISO, and there's a CLI tool to patch ISOs to make them work.

TIL that operating system Linux is an example of anarcho-communism in c/foss@beehaw.org
[–] hellfire103@sopuli.xyz 10 points 8 months ago

Well, that explains the memes.

Looks like I'll be distrohopping again! in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
[–] hellfire103@sopuli.xyz 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I have multiple devices, but I just use my trusty KNOPPIX LiveCD to unlock the disk and move everything onto an external hard drive before either troubleshooting via chroot or just doing a clean install.

Looks like I'll be distrohopping again! in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
[–] hellfire103@sopuli.xyz 1 points 8 months ago

The Musl issues were a while ago. The other issues were experienced on the glibc version.

Void is a distribution I keep trying, but I believe I'll be either sticking with the Arch family or switching to Gentoo, openSUSE, or NixOS.

Looks like I'll be distrohopping again! in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
[–] hellfire103@sopuli.xyz 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Just the little things, really. App compatibility, xbps not having too many packages, issues with Musl, GRUB not loading on the LiveUSB, desktop/WM selection, and also I don't like the way Runit works. I could make it work if I needed to, but overall it just seems like too much effort.

Looks like I'll be distrohopping again! in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
[–] hellfire103@sopuli.xyz 6 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Despite its popularity, I've never had much luck with Void. However, I could try it again. 17th time's the charm!

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Looks like I'll be distrohopping again! (sopuli.xyz)
 
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Your PC will thank you... (sopuli.xyz)
 
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Suggestions for personal projects (sopuli.xyz)
 

cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/7432003

I've just transferred all of my serious projects on Codeberg over to a separate organisation, and I've noticed that there are now only two mediocre repos on my main profile. Does anyone have any ideas for simple, handy things I could build to flesh it out?

I code mainly in Python, I know HTML (but not JS), I regularly use Bash and Zsh, and I am learning C++.

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I made an iOS shortcut to remove metadata from photos (www.icloud.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/4069856

(Also, I am aware that using an iPhone is not great for privacy. Please stop telling me.)

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How should this character die? (sopuli.xyz)
 

I'm planning a sci-fi and fantasy webseries. It probably won't go anywhere, so don't get too excited, but I need help with the plot of one episode.

I'm planning to kill off a character and have the other protagonists almost die, but only just survive. However, what should the cause of death be?

  • Nuclear radiation
  • Sci-fi disease
  • Some kind of terrifying alien creature
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LibreWolf vs Arkenfox (sopuli.xyz)
 

I am currently a LibreWolf user, but I am also aware of Arkenfox User.js, which I am led to believe offers similar features.

Which is better?

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Firefox FTW! (sopuli.xyz)
 
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