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Microsoft wants $30 to let you keep using Windows 10 securely for another year in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] NoisyFlake@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

While there may be a way to upgrade, general consensus is that it’s not possible and you should reinstall.

Microsoft wants $30 to let you keep using Windows 10 securely for another year in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] NoisyFlake@lemm.ee 15 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 children)

If you’re somewhat tech savvy, don’t have anything against the high seas and absolutely need Windows, look into Windows 10 LTSC.

Apple Tap to Pay Feature Expands to 5 More Countries in Europe, New Payment Partners in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] NoisyFlake@lemm.ee 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

This is not Apple Pay for customers we are talking about. This is a feature for merchants so they can receive money on their iPhone from customers without requiring extra hardware like a card reader.

Attempt to level a road sign in c/therewasanattempt@lemmy.world

[–] NoisyFlake@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

Road work ahead? Yeah, I sure hope it does.

Apple introduces powerful new iPad mini built for Apple Intelligence in c/apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world

[–] NoisyFlake@lemm.ee 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Probably because there is absolutely nothing new to announce except the upgraded processor and support for the Apple Pencil Pro.

Apple introduces powerful new iPad mini built for Apple Intelligence in c/apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world

[–] NoisyFlake@lemm.ee 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

What forced obsolescence are you talking about? The mini 2 is an 11 year old device that received feature updates for 6 years and security updates for 10 years. Seems fair to me and is probably more than most Android tablets would give you.

[Solved] This maybe a strange question but can I run a Linux app in a separate container/sandbox? Without its dependencies bloating my host OS? in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[–] NoisyFlake@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Distrobox is probably what you’re looking for.

Removing Windows. Choosing a new daily driver for a gaming PC in c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world

[–] NoisyFlake@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

I tried Bazzite a few months ago and replaced it with a non-immutable distro in the same day because I couldn't get my password manager (1Password) to work with Firefox.

The installation of 1Password was kind of a hassle as there is no official way to install it systemwide on an immutable distro, so I followed an unofficial tutorial. That worked somehow, but then came the integration into Firefox. For this to work, you have to install firefox as a native package, too, so you have to layer it through ostree.

But here comes the issue: The original Silverblue does already include native Firefox, and Bazzite removed it and replaced it with a flatpak. I have googled a lot and haven't found an answer yet on how to layer a package that was removed in a previous layer. I'm not sure if it's even possible, but the complete lack of documentation for such a trivial thing really turned me away from immutable distros. When I had an issue on Arch, I would find the answer in the ArchWiki 95% of the time, but here I couldn't even find a proper documentation for how the layering works.

This on top of other issues like not being able to get Autocomplete/Intellisense working in VSCode because I can't properly install the required compilers and libraries made me turn back to Arch in a single day. Maybe it's just my mindset that's a bit stuck on how to do things the "old" way, but if I have to spent hours to get even a basic workflow going for me, then I guess I'm not yet ready for immutable distros.

The recent events will probably be the first time that Gen Z and Gen alpha are hearing about 'Pagers'. in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

[–] NoisyFlake@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They are still considered essential in German schools.

This Windows 11 Start menu change is now coming to Windows 10 in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] NoisyFlake@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No, LTSC only receives security updates, not feature updates.

This Windows 11 Start menu change is now coming to Windows 10 in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] NoisyFlake@lemm.ee 46 points 1 month ago (34 children)

I'm running Windows 10 LTSC with a custom start menu (StartIsBack). So far I have avoided all of Microsoft’s nonsense.

As long as I’m not ready to switch to Linux 100%, this is probably the best possible solution.

Some basic info about USB in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] NoisyFlake@lemm.ee 9 points 1 month ago

Not in Germany, they renamed it to MS Anne.

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Random application segfaults on Arch (lemm.ee)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by NoisyFlake@lemm.ee to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Hi everyone,

ever since I switched to Arch about two months ago, most applications segfault multiple times a day. There doesn't seem to be any pattern for the crashes, sometimes it's even happening while idling (e.g. reading a news article).

Things I've tried without any luck so far:

Running Firefox in safe-mode without any extensions
Switching from regular to LTS kernel
Disable Hardware Acceleration in Firefox
Change RAM speed and timings
Run Memtest successfully
Replace entire RAM with a new certified kit
Use only a single RAM slot
Apply Ryzen fixes (iommu=soft, limit c-states)
Use only a single CPU core (maxcpus=1)
Downgrade Nvidia driver to 535xx
Use Nouveau instead of the nvidia driver
Use Openbox instead of KDE
Disable zswap and THP

Here's full journalctl from a day where both Spotify and Firefox crashed at the end, a few seconds after each other:

https://pastebin.com/BH0LMnD9

Some more info about my system:

Ryzen 5 3600X
MSI B450M PRO-VDH Max
32GB RAM @ 3200MHz
Geforce RTX 2070 SUPER (using nvidia-dkms)
Plasma 5.27.10 on X11

I'm pretty sure that it's not hardware related, because I've booted up a Debian 12 live image where everything ran for several hours without a crash. But it seems to be Arch related, as I also booted up a fresh EndeavourOS live image (so basically Arch), where applications also randomly segfaulted. Any idea why everything works fine on Debian but not on Arch? Debian uses the 6.1 kernel, which I already tried, so that's not it.

Let me know if you need any more information that might help solve this issue. Thanks!

Edit [solved]: It looks like disabling PBO in the UEFI/BIOS did the trick. The strange thing is, after enabling it again, it's still not crashing again. Someone suspected that the MoBo default/training settings were faulty, so I guess this was a very rare case here. That's probably why it took so long to find a solution. Thanks everyone for helping me out!

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Random application segfaults (lemm.ee)

submitted 9 months ago by NoisyFlake@lemm.ee to c/archlinux@lemmy.ml

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