maliciousonion

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submitted 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) by maliciousonion@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml
 

I had installed Debian on an Acer Aspire One Laptop. It has a 32-bit Intel Atom CPU with just 1GB of RAM. I obviously can't run it like a usual desktop anymore, it's way too slow.

I tried it to connect it to my TV with HDMI to create some sort of "Smart TV" setup, but that didn't work out because I can't even play 1080p videos on VLC with it smoothly.

So.... What now? Can I only use it for headless stuff like pihole, nextcloud, etc. now?

Is there any hope left for my unsuccessful "Smart TV" contraption?

 

I torrented a few episodes from 1337x, but they are quite compressed/low-quality. Is this the best there is or is there a higher quality version hidden somewhere? It wasn't originally filmed it at such a low quality, right?

[โ€“] maliciousonion@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, it doesn't :(

 

Couldn't run Windows 7, and Windows 10 ran like shit. My old PC basically got a second life with Linux.

This is Half-Life GOTY running on Wine, runs really smooth.

The only downside is lack of directX support, OpenGL is there but the integrated graphics card only supports till OpenGL 2.1, which is not enough for many things, and also slower than directX. Still, my PC feels much faster now, and doesn't scream like a demon whenever I open up a browser :)

(Maybe I should dual boot Win7(While never connecting it to the web), just to play some more games with DirectX?)

Also, my local hospital has started using Ubuntu, their old PCs also couldn't handle the heavy burden of running Windows I guess ๐Ÿคฃ

[โ€“] maliciousonion@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Yeah It's more reliable in that way.

Still, I wish there was a something like a simple flag for the package manager so I could control if user data gets preserved.

I'm a bit surprised that that isn't a feature.

[โ€“] maliciousonion@lemmy.ml -5 points 2 weeks ago (14 children)

Thanks. I wish there was a more straightforward process though.

Every other OS I've used purges all app data after uninstalling, why is Linux different?

 

I recently installed chromium, created a new user and logged into a website. After my work was done, I removed chromium with "sudo dnf remove chromium".

A few days later I installed chromium again through dnf. My user account was still there and I was logged into the same site.

Is there a way to avoid this and uninstall an app along with all its user data?

[โ€“] maliciousonion@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Here's an excellent tutorial for that: https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ&t=0

 

I had an Aspire One D270 laptop with a 32-bit Intel Atom CPU and 1 gigabyte of RAM, so I installed Debian with Xfce on it, but even then it's running way too slow.

Is there anything I can do to make the laptop faster and more responsive given its limited memory?

[โ€“] maliciousonion@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wdym by dead on performance? works fine for me.

And yeah, I feel like I'm nailing my feet just to avoid walking into a trap here lol. I should relax, I've minimized a LOT of data collection already.

Any good browser suggestion you have?

[โ€“] maliciousonion@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I am aware of that feature, but I can't do the same for a few essential system apps that constantly ping chinese IPs for whatever reason.

As for my browser, I mostly use Tor browser for browsing/reading and Mull for downloading and streaming.

Am I being too paranoid? lmao

[โ€“] maliciousonion@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Yup, you are right. Mobile banking seems to be really difficult on custom ROMs and overall it just brings too many issues. I will keep using the stock ROM for now (HyperOS). I have google play services disabled, all Gapps and Xiaomi bloatware apps deleted. I feel like that's good enough. RethinkDNS to block internet connection from apps that don't need it. I shouldn't let "perfect" get in the way of good.

Do you have any other suggestions to make my phone a bit less of a data mine?

[โ€“] maliciousonion@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Thanks a bunch!

[โ€“] maliciousonion@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I hope they do the same for my phone. Any way I can check if it's being maintained? Thanks.

[โ€“] maliciousonion@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Do the unofficial builds get regular security updates, though? Even if they do, I don't think it's the best idea to rely on two independent developers at the same time, I'd rather not have multiple points of faliure.

[โ€“] maliciousonion@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

Oh don't worry about it, mistakes happen.

Paranoid Android seems to be working on Android 14 right now and they are regularly publishing updates on their discord/telegram groups. They seem like a pretty active team, I'll just go ahead and flash the ROM I guess.

 

I have a Redmi Note 11, I am planning to install a custom ROM. This is the first time I'm about to do something like this.

How good of a reputation does the Paranoid Android OS have? Will I get good long term support? How functional is it?

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