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Installed Linux for the fist time in Feb, I've now started saving ISO's in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] smeg@feddit.uk 2 points 6 hours ago

Thanks, that does sound familiar. Maybe it was the gpg bit that confused me before.

Installed Linux for the fist time in Feb, I've now started saving ISO's in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] smeg@feddit.uk 3 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

Is there a simple guide to checking checksums? It doesn't seem like it should be complex but half the time the distro's instructions don't work for me!

lets talk about it in c/steamdeck@sopuli.xyz
[–] smeg@feddit.uk 28 points 5 days ago

Video content is not that popular in general, but I can't imagine posting a link with no information in the title, thumbnail, or description helps!

Introducing Proton Sheets in c/protonprivacy@lemmy.world
[–] smeg@feddit.uk 7 points 1 week ago

Sheets is one of the few Google services I still use (sadly Cryptpad didn't really work for me) so this is exactly what I'm looking for

Steam Deck lead reveals Valve is funding ARM compatibility of Windows games “to expand PC gaming” and release “ultraportables” in the future in c/steamdeck@sopuli.xyz
[–] smeg@feddit.uk 1 points 1 week ago

They have been making a willful choice to not use any of their money to support Linux

I believe they give Heroic Launcher affiliate links (so if you buy GOG games via Heroic then they get a cut) so they are giving a small amount of their money to support Linux. What they're not giving is any time/effort.

Steam Deck lead reveals Valve is funding ARM compatibility of Windows games “to expand PC gaming” and release “ultraportables” in the future in c/steamdeck@sopuli.xyz
[–] smeg@feddit.uk 20 points 1 week ago

Sure it's been speculated, but if there were obvious signs like commits in the fex repos by valve employees then wouldn't there have been more than speculation?

Steam Deck lead reveals Valve is funding ARM compatibility of Windows games “to expand PC gaming” and release “ultraportables” in the future in c/steamdeck@sopuli.xyz
[–] smeg@feddit.uk 94 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Valve has been secretly funding Fex, an open-source project to bring Windows games to ARM, for almost a decade

In this age of leaks and industry insider speculation I'm very impressed they've kept this under wraps for so long

Good news for custom ROMs: Google just released the Android 16 QPR2 source code in c/android@lemdro.id
[–] smeg@feddit.uk 14 points 1 week ago

...can I have my custom ROM now?

Career Change in c/comicstrips@lemmy.world
[–] smeg@feddit.uk 70 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Business-Man, Business-Man, does whatever a business can

Question: Is it possible to put Linux on an x86 Chromebook? in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] smeg@feddit.uk 1 points 1 week ago

I'll second this, seemed to work without any issues. You can even install ChromeOS Flex on it if you still want to use a Chromebook after they stop getting updates!

Google Starts Sharing All Your Text Messages With Your Employer in c/android@lemdro.id
[–] smeg@feddit.uk 7 points 1 week ago

Don't worry, it seems like it's just scaremongering: this is for managed work phones which you should only have been using for work stuff anyway

[Android] How is Florisboard not popular? in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] smeg@feddit.uk 3 points 1 week ago

They both seem to cover that fortunately

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Alternative software recommendation request: Google Photos (feddit.uk)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by smeg@feddit.uk to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
19 comments fedilink
 

I've stopped using Google Photos but haven't really found a suitable android app (or two separate ones) which can replace two main features:

  1. One-click post-processing - I think Google called it something like "auto awesome", basically a single button which slightly tweaked brightness, contrast, and presumably a few other things to make snaps look a bit better
  2. Automatic backup - I've tried proton drive but the app is a bit slow to load thumbnails, and critically it's a one-way copy so you have to manually re-delete everything from your phone

Any recommendations for apps which can replace these features? Doesn't have to be all-in-one, and FOSS is preferred!

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[SOLVED] Heroic games have stopped launching, any ideas? (feddit.uk)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by smeg@feddit.uk to c/steamdeck@sopuli.xyz
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I tried to launch a game from Heroic on the Deck for the first time in a month or so and it's loading for a few seconds and then exiting.

  • Same from game mode or desktop
  • Same for different proton versions
  • Same for Epic, GOG, and Amazon games
  • Same after reinstalling a game
  • Other Steam and non-Steam games run fine

I've probably applied several updates since I last ran a game so no doubt a huge number of things have changed since the last good state. I can't see anyone else reporting similar issues so I know it's very optimistic from me, but does anyone have any suggestions? Even an idea of how to get some logs out would be useful!

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Those of you who complain about it on every post might be interested to know they're (slowly) moving towards a Proton Drive app for Linux (proton.me)
 

Many in the Proton community have been asking for an update on the Proton Drive SDK — especially developers eager to help build new clients or to integrate Drive into their apps. Linux users will be happy to hear that this SDK is a step toward offering a client, something we know is highly anticipated. Today, we’re sharing an early preview of our SDK work.

Important: This SDK is a work in progress. It’s not ready for production use or third-party apps yet. We’re sharing it to give you a look at what we’re building and to get insights on how you could use it — not for you to start building with it just yet.

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PostmarketOS rant / plea for help (feddit.uk)
 

cross-posted from the Linux phones community as nobody there knew

Has anyone actually successfully installed PostmarketOS on an old device recently? I've had a long struggle through trying to prepare a Nexus 7 (2012) and the result seems to be a dead device before I even got to actually installing PostmarketOS.

The rough steps I followed are listed here:

  • Create backups
  • Get SBK
  • Build and prepare U-Boot
    • Actually flashing U-Boot seems to be where things went wrong
      • Running ./run_bootloader.sh -s T30 -t ./bct/grouper.bct -b ../re-crypt/repart-block.bin or ./run_bootloader.sh -s T30 -t ./bct/grouper.bct -b ../generated-wheelie-blobs/AndroidRoot/blob.bin from fusee-tools hung on waiting for bootloader to initialize
      • Running ./run_bootloader.sh -s T30 -t ./bct/grouper.bct -b ../u-boot/u-boot-dtb-tegra.bin failed like this
      • skipping that step and running ./utils/nvflash_v1.13.87205 --resume --rawdevicewrite 0 1024 ../re-crypt/repart-block.bin hung on [resume mode]
      • Consulting a different version of the docs and running ./wheelie --blob ./generated-wheelie-blobs/AndroidRoot/blob.bin seemed to work so I ran ./nvflash --resume --rawdevicewrite 0 1024 ./re-crypt/repart-block.bin which also seemed to work
      • I then powered off as instructed and the device has been completely unresponsive since

I've tried connecting to a charger, disconnecting and reconnecting the battery, and every combination of holding down buttons but it appears to be completely dead. Any suggestions as to what I did wrong or anything I might be able to do now? Obviously it's not the end of the world to have lost a 13 year old tablet that was just gathering dust, but at the moment I'm not feeling positive about ever trying this again on another device!

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PostmarketOS rant / plea for help (feddit.uk)
 

cross-posted from the Linux phones community as nobody there knew

Has anyone actually successfully installed PostmarketOS on an old device recently? I've had a long struggle through trying to prepare a Nexus 7 (2012) and the result seems to be a dead device before I even got to actually installing PostmarketOS.

The rough steps I followed are listed here:

  • Create backups
  • Get SBK
  • Build and prepare U-Boot
    • Actually flashing U-Boot seems to be where things went wrong
      • Running ./run_bootloader.sh -s T30 -t ./bct/grouper.bct -b ../re-crypt/repart-block.bin or ./run_bootloader.sh -s T30 -t ./bct/grouper.bct -b ../generated-wheelie-blobs/AndroidRoot/blob.bin from fusee-tools hung on waiting for bootloader to initialize
      • Running ./run_bootloader.sh -s T30 -t ./bct/grouper.bct -b ../u-boot/u-boot-dtb-tegra.bin failed like this
      • skipping that step and running ./utils/nvflash_v1.13.87205 --resume --rawdevicewrite 0 1024 ../re-crypt/repart-block.bin hung on [resume mode]
      • Consulting a different version of the docs and running ./wheelie --blob ./generated-wheelie-blobs/AndroidRoot/blob.bin seemed to work so I ran ./nvflash --resume --rawdevicewrite 0 1024 ./re-crypt/repart-block.bin which also seemed to work
      • I then powered off as instructed and the device has been completely unresponsive since

I've tried connecting to a charger, disconnecting and reconnecting the battery, and every combination of holding down buttons but it appears to be completely dead. Any suggestions as to what I did wrong or anything I might be able to do now? Obviously it's not the end of the world to have lost a 13 year old tablet that was just gathering dust, but at the moment I'm not feeling positive about ever trying this again on another device!

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Some image posts do not load (feddit.uk)
 

Some posts (e.g. this and this) do not load the images in Summit but load fine in the web ui. Summit gives this error:

stream was reset: PROTOCOL_ERROR
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Possible issue rendering markdown (feddit.uk)
submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by smeg@feddit.uk to c/summit@lemmy.world
0 comments fedilink
 

This post contains quite a lot of formatting. It looks fine in the web ui but Summit seems to mess it up (I think maybe it's trying to put it all under one of the >?)

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Classic SMBC: Funding (www.smbc-comics.com)
 

Source and bonus panel

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Bug report: post link is not showing (thumbnail only) (feddit.uk)
 

I looked at this post in Summit and it's just showing an image post, but when I view it in the web ui there's a linked article. Have I hidden it in some setting or is Summit not showing the link?

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Bug report: embedded video isn't loading (feddit.uk)
 

There's a video in the description of this post which Summit can't display, the Lemmy web ui doesn't load it either but apparently it loads in other clients

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Bug: code block not rendering (feddit.uk)
submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by smeg@feddit.uk to c/summit@lemmy.world
0 comments fedilink
 

This triple-backticked comment loads in the Lemmy web ui but not in Summit, though weirdly it works fine on the original instance!

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Crash when trying to view imgur thumbnail/link (feddit.uk)
 

This post is a link to imgur. The web ui shows a thumbnail but Summit does not, and when I click the link Summit crashes.

Summit version 1.49.5 on Android 14

@idunnololz@lemmy.world can you recreate or do you need more info?

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