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EDIT: See edit in my previous comment on how Bluetooth can do it. I believe that’d work with any device that can do bluetooth, including iPhones.

I suppose along an iPhone? I mean Apple does the whole ecosystem. And this isn’t really a technical limitation. Most phones have the audio stream connected to the processor. Theoretically they could forward it, or record it. But on Android, the often don’t seem to allow any of that, and Apple doesn’t allow third parties (like a Linux computer) to access “their” interfaces, so I don’t know if you can forward it to arbitrary computers either.

I mean there are solutions. Other people here outlined that. For example mimicking a bluetooth handset. You could solder a cable to attach to a computer’s AUX input. Or use a landline or different service to manage the calls whithin a PBX. But none of that is very easy to set up or proper forwarding. Maybe the best bet would be bluetooth.

I don’t think there is a way to forward cellular phone calls. You’d need a phone provider which provides that feature, like a Voice-over-IP provider. Or a SIM card in your computer. Plus the right phone contract.

Kdeconnect can forward a lot of other things though, like SMS, files…

I wish there was a way to hook into calls. But as far as I know they’re deliberately keeping that closed.

EDIT: Actually, I’ve just tried Bluetooth (since someone suggested that) and that does just about that. I’ve used the standard Bluetooth pairing within the GNOME desktop, and now my Android phone lists the computer in the audio options of a call (where you can choose if it’s phone, handsfree or via a bluetooth device… And I can click on my computer name there, and it’ll then use the computer’s mic and speakers.

I think Nobara is the other most(?) popular choice by gamers.

I don’t have much experience with gaming distros. I just think whatever it is, a computer shouldn’t bee too locked down for a kid so they can also install other things, try other tools like an office suite, video editing or content creator stuff and maybe even have the experience of messing up. Within limits of course.

That’s right. I don’t think there is a good way to do it. I just take whatever link is provided by the small Fediverse icon. But I don’t think it matters that much for your audience, they’re spread over several instances and it’ll be an external link for some of them, no matter what you do. I’m not sure whether we have the ambition to solve this. I don’t see anything the user could do. Either this gets handled in some way by the software, or it is how it is.

Right, I must have scrolled past it. I think linking posts is fine. I mean they’re public and this is social media… At least I do it somewhat regularly and I’ve never had anyone complain.

I don’t get the reference. This is the first time I’ve read that claim. But I’d certainly hope people know there is a difference between End Of Line and End Of File… I mean they’re alike, they both end something. But it’s not the same thing. The article explains the details how it’s handled.

I went with the option with keyfiles. I keep backups of LUKS headers and keyfile in case a harddisk gets damaged. Currently have that stored as a file attachment in my password manager.

I’ve been using it for quite some time now and I don’t see the issue. I mostly use Gnome and that’s kind of polished and minimalistic(?) looks very cohesive to me. But I believe the same applies to other desktop environments as well. My package manager mostly gets out of the way and I don’t have to pay too much attention to that. I even get browser extensions and all the stuff that ties into another from one and the same distro maintainers. I’ve tried other operating systems as well, but for the other ones I needed to install 50 small utilities to make it usable and those kind of fight each other as well. On Linux, I try to avoid Flatpak and I wouldn’t use Snap at all. We still(?) have most software available as proper packages.

I can see how image editing might be an issue. We have what we have and for the rest you need to get one of the commercial products running.

Nice that you were able to fix it. I think writing systemd unit files is a super useful skill. And systemd is a powerful tool. With the dozens of different things it can do and monitor for you.

I usually give each separate service its own user account. So teamspeak would get a teamspeak user and group and I’d write a system unit file to start it as User=teamspeak and Group=teamspeak. That’s also what you’ll find in most tutorials. But you can do it your way (as a user service), too. Whichever makes it easier to maintain and administer the stuff. I guess with the user sessions, you’d have to log in with that user(?) and the way I do it, everything runs completely unattended at system start and I never log in with those user accounts.

You don’t need to write any Before= or After= directives, unless you want to set up or tear down some environment for these services. Maybe have a look at an example for a service file for teamspeak, the arch wiki says there is some example out there. I don’t use it myself, as it’s not Free Software, but good luck convincing your friends to switch to Mumble😅

• https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair
• https://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/GRUB_2/Reparatur/

I’d say Live-CD/USB and use the recovery mode to fix GRUB. Grub has to appear so thet’s the first issue. If you’re lucky it’s the only one and you can skip the more complicated steps.

It’d help if Lunduke were to explain the true origin of those things like Ada Lovelace and programming, and Grace Hopper and the moth. And what predated that.

I’d try to invest some time first to fix the issue, before hopping between distros. Unless you haven’t installed anything, in that case, go ahead and just try 5 distros and see which one works best. Idk. Make sure you’re running the 535.216.01-1~deb12u1 drivers or whatever is current in Debian. See if you’re actually using the Nvidia card or a Intel iGPU whenever this happens. Some people have also claimed turning off the GSP firmware helps. You could try both Wayland and X11 and see if it’s the same issue. You could install newer drivers from Debian experimental. Or try Linux Mint Debian Edition if you want something very similar to Debian but not exactly it. And how do you measure graphics lag?

I think that’s true. I’d somehow like to have different words available. Because I think it’s a big difference whether it’s Minecraft Hitler. Or the actual Nazis we have on the rise as of today. For example the richest man on earth “accidentally” doing the Nazi salute in front of a right-wing audience. And we know he also likes to share nazi propaganda on social media and supports authoritarianism. If we call all of them the same, we also normalize stuff… So yeah.

I roughly followed that back in the day and I think there isn’t much to these claims. He seems to sometimes have a bad taste and is a bit naive in some regards. But that’s not being a Nazi. And it’s been 7 or 8 years and he seems to have learned from that, or was there any more controversy? I don’t follow him, nor have I watched any videos for some time. And this video also doesn’t convince me to watch his content…

Edit: And I don’t want to apologize that behaviour. He definitely did these bad “jokes”, I just think he genuinely thought it was funny and he was some sort of clown. But that makes him an idiot, and not a nazi.

Uuh, I don’t have any good instances to recommend. But my advice is to skip the politics and news communities. I mean it’s difficult these days anyways. But also here on Lemmy, they’re not very good.

And try the other Fediverse platforms as well, like Pixelfed, Mastodon… Maybe they’re appreciated. And they all gave a different atmosphere and feel to them.

Seems the trend continued in the days after you posted this graph.

I’d like to point out that a similar thing happened to Lemmy back when the Reddit exodus happened. We have to keep in mind that growth might happen suddenly. But it doesn’t necessarily continue indefinitely. And a large chunk of users are likely not to stay. But with this said, it’s a good thing. We need independent platforms. Now more than ever.

Sure, it’s just a proxy/forwarder. I mean I kind of see your point. But I don’t think I agree on the word “usefulness”. In practice, for an average person, it has the exact same effect, no matter if you pick an intermediary, caching DNS server, or recursively look it up, starting at the root. It returns the same answer and the same webpage opens. With the one requirement that you need to pick an DNS server which doesn’t mess with the results. But that’s not a huge issue, there are quite some uncensored DNS servers out there. Like the OpenNIC ones for example.

But I don’t want to talk you out of it. Originally, it was frowned upon querying the root DNS servers. Since it puts more strain on them and the very core of the internet. And it’s a bit more inefficient for you, since your DNS server needs to store more database information and do more queries from a residential internet connection which might be slower than a server in a datacenter. But a lot has changed since DNS got invented and I think it’s probably fine to run a full, recursive DNS server at home these days.

So enjoy your unhindered internet access. For the other people who don’t want to run a full DNS server, I can recommend opennic.org And I think it’s really a shame that lots of ISPs mess with the DNS results and introduce third-party blocklists. Mine does that, too.

Blocky is another nice AdBlocker and DNS proxy. I’ve been using it for quite a while. Seems to be pretty efficient, too. If you’re looking at community DNS servers, have a look at https://opennic.org/ that’s a democratic DNS root.

And by the way, take care not to expose your DNS server to the public internet, or some people will start using it for DNS amplification attacks. But that shouldn’t be any concern if you run it on a Raspberry Pi at home.

Sure. I think that’s a valid use case. Maybe use one of the community fine-tunes for that… 😆