nico198x

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The future of Flatpak - LWN in c/linux@programming.dev
[–] nico198x@europe.pub 3 points 1 day ago

I dig immutability for servers, grandma, and productivity laptops.

I think it fills a nice niche in the Linux ecosystem, even if I still prefer my custom prime desktop.

YSK that in 16 States in the USA has banned Ranked-Choice voting, including 5 that has just banned it in 2025, and 6 of those bans happened in 2024. in c/youshouldknow@lemmy.world
[–] nico198x@europe.pub 2 points 1 day ago

No it is not. Agreeing on that it should be banned is a democratic choice. It is an anti-democratic system not fit for purpose in 2025. our understanding of electoral science and maths is much more advanced now. FPTP should NEVER be on the table.

YSK that in 16 States in the USA has banned Ranked-Choice voting, including 5 that has just banned it in 2025, and 6 of those bans happened in 2024. in c/youshouldknow@lemmy.world
YSK that in 16 States in the USA has banned Ranked-Choice voting, including 5 that has just banned it in 2025, and 6 of those bans happened in 2024. in c/youshouldknow@lemmy.world
[–] nico198x@europe.pub 14 points 2 days ago (9 children)

well, to be fair, shitty electoral systems should be banned, like FPTP, because they aren't representative. what's happening here is sadly the opposite.

Feddit.org officially announces they will ban criticism of Israel and pro-Palestinian posts and comments. in c/fediverse@lemmy.ml
Netflix will show generative AI ads midway through streams in 2026 in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] nico198x@europe.pub 2 points 1 week ago

Too good for Netflix

Netflix will show generative AI ads midway through streams in 2026 in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] nico198x@europe.pub 2 points 1 week ago

Just do it. They will only get worse

Recs: Calendar and Contacts? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] nico198x@europe.pub 3 points 1 week ago

for me it's more that it's heavier than i really need. no hate, i think it's cool software.

Recs: Calendar and Contacts? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] nico198x@europe.pub 2 points 1 week ago

Calendar between me and my wife. contacts between various devices, mostly phone.

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Recs: Calendar and Contacts? (europe.pub)
 

Hey all!

I'm looking for recommendations for sharing a Calendar and Contacts.

Any suggestions that aren't OwnCloud/NextCloud? I already have storage with Syncthing and pictures with Immich.

Thanks for your recommendations!

MicroOS: Rootless podman? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] nico198x@europe.pub 3 points 3 weeks ago

thanks, very helpful! your comment is definitely relevant, and i hope this topic will help others in the future who may be confused about best practice w/ MicroOS.

for what it's worth, i did end up running Rootful!

MicroOS: Rootless podman? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] nico198x@europe.pub 1 points 3 weeks ago

that's great, thanks for sharing! yeah, i love to hear their thoughts on this, since i'm new to ALL of this, immutables and containers. so i want to hear what their design intention is.

MicroOS: Rootless podman? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] nico198x@europe.pub 1 points 3 weeks ago

yeah, i did try that, but that part failed for some reason. the rest of the Ignition file was ok.

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MicroOS: Rootless podman? (europe.pub)
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edit 2 Addendum

OK, big thanks to @oakcroissant@feddit.org for bringing this to attention here: https://europe.pub/post/390395/686949

that gets to the root (har har) of my confusion here. am i missing the point of MicroOS, or is it the devs who are wrong? 😆

their INTENTION with MicroOS is for us to just use root, which is contrary to how i've lived Linux basically forever.

Podmans rootless containers are AWESOME on Aeon, where you’re using it interactively and already have none root users.. but that would just be adding unnecessary complications to MicroOS

MicroOS is designed to use with root, and there is no need to create a non root user for anything.

IF there was a need to create a non root user then the installer would create a non-root user

which is exactly what was tripping me up. why weren't they facilitating rootless activity, and thus making me jump through hoops to get there.

answer: because it's not needed, and not the intention.

MicroOS: run as root.

edit Answer

yes, MicroOS only generates a root user at install.

if you want to do rootless containers, you will need to create new, non-root users after.

useradd will NOT generate entries for subuid/subgid by default for the new SYSTEM users.

if the system user already exists, you will need to add them manually:

usermod --add-subuids 100000-165535 <yourusername>
usermod --add-subgids 100000-165535 <yourusername>

otherwise, you must use the -F flag with useradd to generate subids for new system users.

thanks all!

hey all! i need a little help here.

i'm just starting to get into self-hosting, and have chosen MicroOS and podman as my environment and tool.

would someone be able to clarify something for me?

I have a MicroOS install for containers, and it seems to only come with a root user. so if i use podman, won't all my pods be rootful?

i try to make a new non-root user, but podman just keeps complaining about privileges when i run it under that user.

so how is this intended to work exactly?

thanks for any help!

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