I'm using qemu/KVM for my virtual machines and every one I've created (Linux or Windows) has this issue where the first 2 turns of the scroll wheel in one direction don't get delivered to the guest OS. So if I want to scroll down, I need to turn the scroll wheel 3 times for the guest OS to register the first wheel turn and then scrolling downwards works okay, but if I want to then scroll upwards the same thing happens and the guest OS only notices after the third wheel turn. I've read from the mouse device on the Linux VMs and also used xinput to check whether the VM is receiving the missing scroll events but it seems it's not, they don't register at all, and searching for answers is difficult given that the problem is very generic. Any ideas?

>>17 Is the mouse USB or PS2? Does the issue happen on any other virtualization software? For example, does a VirtualBox VM have the same problem? Do you have any issues with any other inputs? Keyboard or other mouse events? Or solely scroll wheel?

>>18 The actual IRL mouse is USB, but as far as I've researched KVM forces you to use a virtualized PS2 mouse in the guest. As for other virtualization software, none are available in my distro as far as I know (yes, not even VirtualBox) so I haven't tried that, but it would be a good test. No issues with other inputs that I've noticed, everything else works great.

>>19 Have you tried using a different mouse? Some mice handle signals differently, and pretty much only Mouse 1 and Mouse 2 are universally supported with no differences. Could also look at your mouse drivers. If you're on a distro that doesn't support VirtualBox then I'll hazard a guess that you could be using drivers that are outside the standard generic set. If those aren't the issue, then I'm really not sure unless there's some configuration in your VM software that is trying to handle scrolls for something. Perhaps it's mapped to something and the software is eating the first couple indicators? Given your specific configuration, your best bet might be to drop into the qemu/KVM IRC rooms and see if one of them can direct you. If it's an issue with your configuration then they would be best-equipped to diagnose it.

>>44 I think SumatraPDF has support for all of those. I've also had an okay experience with Foxit. I also occasionally use Ice Cream eBook Reader on Windows but it's kind of a shit experience and they want you to pay to fullscreen. There's also some Firefox add-ons that support most of those, if you're into that sort of thing.

>>45 SumatraPDF seems to fill all my requirements. Thanks for the suggestion anon!

What is a good free software for editing large PDFs? I've got a 532 page PDF with high resolution backgrounds that I would like to shrink so ti loads faster and Libreoffice draw creates too many issues.

>>69 LibreOffice Draw is definitely pretty shit for anything but a quick edit job, unfortunately. Per >>45, I've had a lot of good luck with Foxit, although that was mostly on Windows. It's very feature rich and you can find a crack of it. As far as I know only their reader has been ported, not their editor. If you need a Linux solution, I've heard of both MasterPDF and Qoppa, but they're closed-source and I haven't used them. Open source options are pretty limited, unfortunately, and OpenOffice might actually be the best.

>>69 I thought anons up here at least know how to STFW. https://askubuntu.com/questions/113544/how-can-i-reduce-the-file-size-of-a-scanned-pdf-file

I keep getting >SSL_ERROR_BAD_CERT_DOMAIN on a bunch of places in the internet and it's getting me mad. How do I fix this so that I can access these sites normally?

>>77 Read the advice posted on this link. https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/63584/https-ssl-error-bad-cert-domain

>>78 Does this mean that lynxchan is unsafe? I just want to post there

>>87 No. >>77 Either you're visiting sites with self-signed or expired certificates or your clock is wrong.

What is wrong with using Epic Privacy Browser as a free VPN? Also is it better than using free proxies from search engines that die within a few days?

>>89 With a VPN, you route all your traffic through them. All sites you go to, chunks of data inside sites, etc. Free VPNs are free because they bundle up all the data and sell it. VPNs are, in the end, about trusting someone else. I used to recommend PrivateInternetAccess but they got bought out by an Ad company. They at least had proven they had no logs in court cases. New recommendation around the block is Mullvad, 5 bucks a month I think.

>>90 Thank you.

I'm broke and I can't afford even a cheap vpn, also tor is not good to post here because I can't upload any images. How much of a bad idea is to post here with my real ip? Besides from talking about censorship and posting archive links I wouldn't be doing much else

https://archive.vn/vgffM How fucked are americans?

>>95 See >>96

>>95 $5 is pretty damn cheap for Mullvad already. I'll reach out to Acid about uploading images soon; probably waiting to ensure we don't get hit by a Tor CP raid immediately. >how much of a bad idea is it to post here with my real ip? Depends on if you fear reprisal from your government or someone else and if you trust the admins to not intentionally leak or give it away without a legal fight. >>96 Not entirely. House still has to pass and it still might be challenged. They re-upped existing Patriot Act provisions for the most part, so there's still hope it gets torn down. Should probably post in the news thread for real discussion, though.

>>96 There are people alive, RIGHT NOW, who use their ISPs DNS settings.

>>3 Need new terminal. Any recommendations?

>>101 ST? it has scrollback support now

>>96 https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6172/amendments?searchResultViewType=expanded&KWICView=false Take a look for yourself. You were fucked from the beginning

>>90 >Free VPNs are free because they bundle up all the data and sell it. Does the same thing happen (having your data sold) when using proxies found on search engines? I'm considering using Tor, but i'm heard stories of police raids on people who have exit relays. What is an exit relay? Sorry i've never used it very much out of reckless ignorance. https://www.invidio.us/watch?v=8PO6qQHygFo

>>109 If you use Tor like a regular user, your computer will not be an exit node. Tor works by tunneling the user's traffic through multiple nodes. The first node is called an entry node, and the last node is called an exit node. The nodes between entry and exit are called relay nodes. A malicious exit node can read all unencrypted traffic that goes through the tunnel, so don't send any personal emails unencrypted via Tor. As a regular user, you will only get busted if you do something illegal and get caught, or if you live in a 3rd world shithole where using Tor is illegal.

>>110 A slight pedantic correction: The entry and exit are called relays as well.

>>109 10-20 years ago those free proxies were full of ads and probably tried to infect your computer. IE6 was swiss cheese and nothing was HTTPS. Now they probably still try to MITM you, but between better security and adblockers the best they can probably do it try to read any data sent. You're better-off just using Tor. Or if you're trying to tunnel through a firewall at work, just configure your own proxy or ssh tunnel at home at route all traffic through there. You won't be an exit node. Exit nodes only get raided because cops are dumb and just see an IP associated to some activity and go after them. Most attacks on Tor are speculative and not an issue if you're just a regular user. If you do anything illegal via Tor then make sure you don't associate your identity with it in any way. You get busted by, for example, collecting a package that the cops are watching, or by having a payment linked to your bank account. Avoid all of that and you're untrackable.

What is some good, cancer-free material on web development? No pajeets, no faggots.

>>113 >I need my educational material to pander to me Pay for college. >I need to learn stuff STFU and look at pajeet videos, those guys made it from zero which is more than what can be said of the average CS teacher.

I'm looking for good privacy-preserving web browsers for normies. Ideally I don't want to cover anything which is more difficult than plug and play. Thus far, I've got IceCat, Firefox ESR, and Tor Browser with proxies disabled

>>112 Is it safe to download game roms with Tor?

>>124 Depends what kind of safety you're looking for. If the rom comes preloaded with malware, there's no scanning service in Tor that I know of so you might be screwed there. If you're just trying to make sure the gubment can't see your downloads, you should be fine. Tor is mega slow, though, so you'd be better off with a VPN or a single trusted proxy.

>>110 Technical question here: the entry node should be able to see your IP right? So using a VPN - > tor connection should prevent a potential breach in security if this is a concern, correct? Also, wouldn't using a tor - > vpn connection prevent exit nodes from viewing content? Assuming you're not connecting to a website which requires a tor connection, of course.

>>125 Okay, thank you for answering my questions.

On the topic of Tor, I also have a question. When you browse clearnet sites over Tor through HTTPS you have end to end encryption because of SSL so all your traffic should be safe. What kind of security is there when you browse onion sites (like randomrandomrandom.onion)? Do onion sites offer the same level of security? >>125 I'm actually surprised at how fast Tor is. I know we're not talking about multi-MB/s speeds but 10 years ago shit was around 10 to 50 kpbs and now I can browse imageboards at good speeds and can get 500+ kbps downloads. >>126 Yeah, the node you connect to would see your IP and if you put a VPN in the middle then your VPN provider should see your IP (and that you're connecting to a Tor entry node) but not the entry node. >wouldn't using a tor - > vpn connection prevent exit nodes from viewing content? This should only be a concern if you're trying to access a plain HTTP site as HTTPS already encrypts end to end. I'm not sure how you'd connect to a VPN from Tor, but yes, that'd likely work, however the VPN provider and all the hops between it and the target server would still see all traffic in plain. tl;dr: use sites that allow HTTPS.

>>116 Poo in loo.

>>134 Traffic via Tor is encrypted anyways so that hosting a relay doesn't allow you to MITM everyone using it. A .onion is only resolvable within the network itself, so all traffic should be encrypted. HTTPS is just a hack to do something similar for clearnet sites, so it would be redundant with a .onion. And if it wasn't redundant then the TOR foundation would have hacked a fix on like a decade ago when HTTPS caught on.

>>140 I imagined something had to be in place, but I couldn't imagine imagine how it could work without certificates, and all the articles I could find seemed to target end users so there was nothing concise. For (((some))) reason Google also finds less than 10 results for some my searches. Wikipedia says something about the addresses themselves being the public key or related to it, so I imagine that's how the scheme gets setup.

>>142 >the address itself is a public key Exactly. The .onion itself is the public key and there's a private key held on the server to authenticate with. It's secure as long as that private key isn't leaked. If it is, then another site could impersonate yours, just like a leaked certificate could allow a malicious site to impersonate a legitimate one.

I have a script that uses the output of zpool status | grep ONLINE | wc -l. When I run the script from a shell it works just fine, but running it from a cron job always returns 0. Why is it different when running via cron? forgive the cross-posting

What's the tech of the future? The deepweb through tor seems like it's mostly dead/bait at this point. Probably because normies started hearing about it and a bunch of 16 year old edge lords with no tech knowledge started using it to order pot. Is there any up and coming technology that will replace onions?

>>150 Pretty sure cron is going to run it as its own shell with its own environmental variablesand possibly not as the same user. You might want to debug by having cron run each of the intermediary outputs and seeing what is different from what you expect.

>>164 I think a bigger problem with tor is simply that people are not producing interesting content, which can be a problem on clearweb as well. If you want things to change, it's best to be the change you want to see.

When on tor, could my Mom's bossware could see that I am on tor? My moms is working in the other room on a different computer.

>>150 100% sure it's because cron doesn't know 'zpool'. Just write the full path to that binary.

>>177 If it's monitoring executables then it will probably see "Tor Browser" If it's just monitoring network packets then it would be much, much harder to detect. One thing you can consider to circumvent this is a USB boot drive with Tor on it; some privact-centered ones exist. You should then be able to boot into a different OS without monitoring. Then, if you're paranoid the network is monitored or firewalled, you can also use Tor to punch through it. You'll probably need BIOS access to disable Secure Boot and maybe change the boot order, though. If she was smart enough to password your BIOS you may be able to revert it to default settings (and wipe the password in the process) by removing the CMOS battery. But some laptops now (including newer Surface laptops) are aimed at enterprise customers and thus are resilient to attacks like that. But most common desktops and laptops will respond to a battery reset.

Is there any way to improve GIMP? As in, can plugins be added to it like paint.net? If so, is there an essential plugins list for it?

I'm sure I'll catch shit for using Wordpress, but I'd still like some opinions on best practice is for securing it. Appreciate it, /t/.

Is Avast a good virus program for windows?

>>189 WordPress is easier to get started and secure than a site you rolled yourself. There's too many small things to mention, but the first thing you need to do is disable basically everything. Then, enable stuff as you need it. Second thing to do is to change default configuration. Any additional services should run on a non-standard port. That or have an aggressive firewall. "Secure" also depends on different things. Do you care if you leak IPs? Or are you just trying to stop someone from getting root? You need a threat model. What data is on your site and how can you secure it? If you're just worried about someone getting access, then limit the ways to get access and secure them with strong passwords and 2-factor authentication if you can. >>194 Not really, no. It's bloated and I believe has tons of ads now. If you really need security on Windows, Windows Defender is decently light. Kaspersky used to work, but it might be backdoored by Russia so look out. >>185 There are plug-ins, but off the top of my head I can't name any "must haves". A lot of them add a feature of improve the interface to make is usable. Unfortunately, there's no central GIMP plug-in site that I'm aware of. Maybe someone has a directory repo somewhere.

Does anyone know if windows 10 force you to make an account to use it?

>>208 Apparently they removed that in an update. They literally make you sign-in with a Microsoft account on first boot. The absolute state of Wincucks. It might be possible if you make a custom image. Knowing Microsoft, there's a registry tweak or service you can remove that would stop it. But I haven't used Windows in years and I'm unfamiliar with Win10-specific hacks.

Why is Invidio.us running slow on the clearnet? Works faster when I am on tor. I am blocked 8chan.moe and archive.vn for some reason.

>>211 >I am blocked 8chan.moe forgot to menton I am using the onion site to post this, 8chan.moe .cc or .se doesn't work.

>>212 Only one that can diagnose that is yourself. I can post fine over clearnet. Try to see if it's a DNS problem or a connection problem for starters.

>>209 I ask because i was thinking of getting the GPD Pocket, and i'd use windows 10 offline for some games, but if i have to sign in then no.

>>215 If you want to keep it offline, why do you care about accounts? Also it should let you make a local account anyways.

>>211 >>212 It's possible your IP is associated with a bot or spammer and ended up on some kind of blacklist. That or your DNS isn't resolving. >>215 There might be a way to just make a local account without it, but I'm not sure. I heard they made it mandatory. And they're putting stuff like Python on their store, which requires an account. Why not just install Linux and get your money back for the Windows license?

Is there any practical way to use tor or a VPN on Fedcord? Are there client forks that are less pozzed? The reason I ask is because someone I follow is insistent on putting content on that platform, but I don't want to compromise my infosec just to view it - much less participate in any dialog.

>>223 Don't see why a VPN with a throwaway e-mail wouldn't solve this. There's some alternate clients, though, including a terminal-based on. Still pozzed but at least you don't have to load up their data tracking website.

>>224 I tried to sign up using their website and a burner email via tor, vpn, and then complimentary wifi. I kept getting flagged and kicked to their sms verification nag page. None of the free sms sites worked, all blacklisted. They double flagged the account if I tried to sign in via different connections and got a location verification nag email in addition to the sms demand. I guess I'm wondering if they have the site signup locked down more than standalone clients?

>>225 Definitely. Probably worried about spammers making accounts. Unfortunately, all the privacy tools can also be used to work around account limits. You could try getting your own Twilio number. Or an actual burner phone. Or use a burner Google account to make a Google Voice number; I think they accept those. If the phone number is the major hang-up then one of those ought to work.

>>221 >It's possible your IP is associated with a bot or spammer and ended up on some kind of blacklist. I could see archive.vn, I manually archived sites a lot but why does Invidio.us and 8chan.moe think I am a bot? Jewtube works fine. I never seen a captcha under my end.

>>227 Nermind 8chan.se works fine now but I still have issues with Invidio.us

>>227 >>228 It's possible you're in the same sub-range as a bot and the entire sector got blocked because it kept hopping IPs. But it sounds like it's probably a DNS issue. I know archive sites have an ongoing dispute with Cloudflare and others over some configuration detail. Not sure about Invidious. Maybe try changing DNS providers and see if that helps?

>>189 As long as you don't install any plugins, Wordpress is secure enough. Once you start installing random shit, it's only a matter of time before you deploy a compromised plugin that will let third worlders access your docroot with a backdoor and start uploading even more shit.

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>>219 >If you want to keep it offline, why do you care about accounts? True. >>221 >Why not just install Linux and get your money back for the Windows license? I'll take that into consideration.

>>116 Fuck you.

I'm thinking of starting an online blog but this guy (https://vriad.com/blog/devii/) says the Ideal Tech Stack for a blog is Next.js + React + TypeScript + Markdown. I'm pretty certain that in the modern web, the number of views on my blog is directly proportional to the number of frameworks I use. Dear 8chan.moe, is there a way I can fit in more frameworks or maybe bigger ones?

>>236 needs moar microsoft

>>236 This is an essential presentation: https://idlewords.com/talks/website_obesity.htm

So, question. I have a non-gaming laptop that I can use to watch videos, has a functions disk drive, etc. I recently got a DVD of Dink the Dinosaur as the only other version of the show I could find was of super shit quality on a remote website, but I found that the dvd won't allow it to be played on anything but sony brand dvd player systems. needless to say I'm pissed. Is there any manner of program that could allow my laptop to pretend to be a Sony DVD player or otherwise allow me to, say, rip the info off the disc for better quality episodes?

>>243 Install Gentoo

>>243 Does it open with VLC?

What's the best way to follow JewTube channels via RSS now that invidio.us is kill?

>>245 No. All I get is a folder showing audio or video files. The video file folder looks like pic 2, the audio file "looks" empty.

>>250 Did you try opening VLC and selecting Media->Open Disk and then pointing it at that directory? DVDs are a collection of files. I'd be surprised if VLC couldn't open it when imported properly.

>>248 What happened to invidio.us? It's up for me.

I was an idiot and deleted the partitioning table on one of my drives and then tried to put a new partitioning table on it and create a partition under that, TestDisk won't work to rebuild the partitioning table because of that and I don't know what I can use to try and recover the data on it. Recuva is bad at recovering files and RecoverIt requires you to pay to recover any data, along with that RecoverIt detects some files and the full contents of them while scanning and yet doesn't display them when done scanning so you can't recover files it knows are there but won't display, perhaps because it doesn't actually see them as deleted because they haven't been, they just won't display because they were on an old partition I stupidly deleted. tl;dr I idiot and deleted partition then made another one on top of that and now I can't access any files on the old one. Is there any way to get back the old partition or view the files on the old one even though they haven't technically been deleted?

>>255 You don't need file recovery, you need partition recovery. Try looking around for tools that can do that on whatever fs you're running. There's a good chance you're totally fucked, though. Especially since you made a new one on top of it.

>>252 I always get errors saying the instance is blocked. My RSS feeds haven't updated in Days

>>251 Well I'll be a mother fucker, it works! Thanks a fuckload. Now the hard part: >friend have frequently streams >they frequently play shows to laugh at them or have nostalgia >they have the shit quality version of the series >want to send this series to them I don't suppose there is any way for me to copy the information from the disks and have it work, is there? If not, I suppose it's no harm buying another copy.

>>258 You can either use VLC to save/convert the stream. I've occasionally had issues with that because VLC isn't really a transcoder, but it can sometimes get the job done. Alternatively, learn how to use ffmpeg to just rip the files directly. I'm sure if you use some combination of "ffmpeg" and "dvd" in a search you can find a guide.

>>256 Tried TestDisk, a partition recovery program, before making the post and it says it can't recover it, possibly that saying it doesn't need to be recovered because there's nothing on the new partition. I'll try other software but it sounds like I am totally messed up though, any recommendation for other software that might work? Also, think it would work if I just deleted the new partition and tried recovering the old one?

>>261 The problem is that a lot of that software works by either un-marking data as "for deletion" or otherwise by trying to piece together what it can. Without a proper partition structure, are your files are useless blobs of data with no name, date, access rules, etc. Without the data, your partition structure is just a bunch of metadata for non-existent files. Neither can used to recover the other, but if one breaks you can sometimes piece it back together again. Short of finding a graybeard who is an expert in your filesystem or sending your drive in to a data recovery service, I think you're screwed. Try not to overwrite your partition next time and always keep backups of important files.

>>255 Which filesystem and which OS? And why don't you keep backups?

>>262 >>264 I kept backups that are a little bit old at this point but of the most important files at least, was just hoping that I wouldn't have to use them. Also, Windows 7 and the partition was a GPT partition table formatted under NTFS

>>265 Yeah, I would venture to say you're screwed. You may have been okay if you had just deleted it. After all, you just need to restructure it. It's hard but not impossible. Overwriting it almost certainly has put you beyond the point of recovery.

>>267 Well, I have a few tricks I can still try to fix it. If they don't work, still have backups of the most important stuff.

>>259 Hmm, this seem reliable to you? And I know jack shit about ffmpeg. is it already on my system or do I need to download it somewhere?

>>259 >>275 Fuck, the link didn't paste: http://www.tech-g.com/2017/01/15/converting-dvd-to-mp4-h264-on-windows/

>>276 Seems fine. I haven't used ffmpeg on Windows but if you can figure out how to get it running then it should work.

Are there any FOSS language translating programs out there?

>>265 If you have backups just restore them, you've already screwed things up well past the point where a fix is easy (if possible at all). Also update to 10 unless you have good reasons not to.

>>278 All right. Thanks for the help. Now I just need to know where to get ffmpeg for Windows. I found some links but the sites seem dubious at best. FYI, I have scriptblock in all my browsers to prevent me from being assaulted by bullshit.

>>282 Can I recommend you install or dualboot Linux? I realize "Install Gentoo" is a meme at this point but literally any linux distribution will have ffmpeg in their repositories and you can install it in one command.

Neet here, My mom is threatening me to cut my internet because her internet connection and calls keeps dropping . She called someone at work for the tech guy and he said to call internet service provider to have only her hardwired Ethernet connection to run. The tech guy said there is too much internet activity. I won't be able have internet while she works Monday to Friday 9-5. Could they actually do this? I don't know what to do. Should I apply for section 8 or what? I am not willing to put up with this bullshit and I don't have anywhere to go.

>>295 Internet speed/plan? What all do you and her use the internet for?

>>295 Are you downloading things constantly? I find it hard to believe it's an issue if you're just browsing imageboards. >Could they actually do this Whoever controls the router can unplug the other ethernet cords. You could connect via Wi-Fi if you want. It sounds like they called their work, and work IT gave them the most basic troubleshooting advice which is to isolate the connection you want to diagnose. If she continues to have issues then she may just have to accept the internet sucks and it isn't you. On the off-chance it is you, you could find a way to surreptitiously connect. If they're gonna monitor you for activity, set up a device to generate/reroute traffic and then go chill somewhere else and connect remotely. When you come back a few hours later, she'll probably still be having issues, but now it can't be traced back to you. The alternative would be to buy your own internet line and have it installed. Depends on your area, but you can get a decent connection for <$50 a month most places. Even Gigabit is often <$100 now. Maybe you could also offer to pay the difference for an internet upgrade.

>>294 >2000 + 20 >dualbooting Shiggy diggy. Also installing Linux to have "easier" access to ffmpeg is like cutting your legs off to get a weelchair instead of buying a bike.

>>294 >>300 Well, all I need is a reliable place to download ffmpeg for windows 10 . I only have my laptop due to my current living situation.

>>302 Just get it from ffmpeg.org?

>>298 >>299 >Internet speed/plan? I don't pay for it but 33.6 Mbps download/ 4.37 > What all do you and her use the internet for? Shitposting and watching crunchyroll or jewtube but my internet speed is slow as fuck when she works, I don't know what she's sending. >Whoever controls the router can unplug the other ethernet cords. You could connect via Wi-Fi if you want. I am already on Wi-Fi but I am worried they could disable my Wi-Fi ,the work IT said the Wi-FI but she has to call my internet provider. I don't know if the IT guy is bluffing or not. There was a threeway call between the work IT and my internet provider but I think my internet provider didn't want to pull that off. >The alternative would be to buy your own internet line and have it installed. I could have two internet lines in same home?

Anyone have a good porn site. Good here means that it works without javescript, doesn't have trackers, the site is lean and well designed. Eporner is okay but I wonder if there's anything better.

>>302 Literally one google (or even Yahoo) search away: ffmpeg.org Also stop blocking all web scripts blindly, of course you'll break almost every single web page if you do that: you're supposed to build a whitelist of trusted domains.

>>304 >>308 Thanks again. I'm also aware that it breaks certain webpages.

>>308 >>304 Apparently I'm fucking retarded and can't do jack shit with this. >get ffmpeg >get vob files from dvd >even put a copy of ffmpeg.exe in the same folder as files >try to open command window via shift+right click <it's windows 10 so the command instead makes me open Powershell <powershell is fucking retarded >use start menu and open command prompt <will only open one specific folder and I don't know how to tell it to fuck off with that command and do what I'm fucking telling it to do >say fuck it and put a copy of ffmpeg.exe and the vob files into the directory it's pointing to >copy and paste the directory instructions word for fucking word >get this shit instead I MUST be retarded as I don't know what the fuck I'm doing wrong.

>>312 Jesus fucking christ.... just learn to use a computer. Search for PATH in windows and then figure it out.

>>313 WINDOWS FUCKING 10 IS FUCKING RETARDED Regardless, I may have found a workaround.

>>300 >installing Linux to have "easier" access to ffmpeg is like cutting your legs off to get a wheelchair instead of buying a bike See: >>312 >>313 >>314

>>314 Seriously, if you take anything away from this thread take this away. Learn things. I don't mean search up "how to convert in ffmpeg". I mean learn encodings, learn file formats, learn and practice with FFMPEG. AND THEN start converting shit. It sounds like this is autistic but it ends up being better in the long run. Just understand how things work. Don't copy and paste shit.

>>315 >>316 Seems an easier way to do this is by just using cloud convert, converting the vob files to mp4, and then I have video files I can use and share in vlc which is all I wanted in the first place.

>>317 Fuck off. It's taken you 4 days to rip a DVD.

>>318 Not without saying thank you.

>>317 We can tell you that something is possible. We can tell you where to look for resources to do it. We can't just teach you how to use a commandline in five seconds. You're basically trying to learn cmd, ffmpeg, and how media formats work all at the same time. Either try using VLC's convert/stream options to save the output or rip the DVD and post it and I'll see if I can find some time to encode it for you.

>>320 This is what happens when you spoonfeed retards. Either ignore or tell them to fuck off and RTFM. They should not be allow to post in the first place.

>>320 >>321 I'm actually successfully ripping and converting the files myself at the moment, although it's through strange means and, for most of you, likely ass backwards. >get vob files off of disk >convert vob files into mp4 >have mp4's that can be shared and played in vcl Honestly, I did learn about vob files and what is important in regards to ripping the actual program off of the dvd, which is something I didn't know about before coming here. I'm aware I basically was trying to force three things at once, but I found out I had a backup plan that I didn't even know was possible until I tried it out. So I'm still thankful even if I was a pain in the ass retard to you all. I don't come to /t/ very often unless I honestly have hit a retard moment. So, thanks. Now I'll quit shitting up the thread and fuck off.

>>315 That's my point, you shouldn't be asking some guy who has trouble with basic CLI tasks on Windows to jump to Linux on the sole basis of Linux having a slightly easier ffmpeg installation. >>321 RTFM is valid in theory but mostly UNIX cope in practice.

Is there a way to stream audio from a server to multiple clients while keeping them all in sync? Everything I've tried so far has all of them slightly off.

>>324 No it's not. It is a mindset where a person solves a problem on their own, without asking other people questions. This is such a basic yet missing skill for posters who litter the forum with n00b questions. Example: >want to rip dvd >got suggested ffmpeg >search: ffmpeg rip dvd >got http://www.tech-g.com/2017/01/15/converting-dvd-to-mp4-h264-on-windows/ as th 4th result >oh no it says >>ffmpeg installed and in your path >search: windows use ffmpeg >got https://video.stackexchange.com/questions/20495/how-do-i-set-up-and-use-ffmpeg-in-windows as first result >follow steps >copy vobs to folder as told in first link >oh no something something file not found >search: open command prompt folder >got https://helpdeskgeek.com/how-to/open-command-prompt-folder-windows-explorer/ >use command >done All without even touching the manual. Being spoonfed since birth, shitposters never got the chance to develop such skill. Only by banning, saging and outright BTFOing them will they start to learn or fuck off to other charity sites. Good forums are getting increasing rarer. Even if you manage to get a n00b to pro. The same question will be repeated thousands time more. Because they never learn. Because they place their ignorance as everybody's problem at the cost of a forum's quality.

>>327 You'd probably need the devices themselves to sync. So it depends on what your clients are. Can you provide more details? Syncing audio is a non-trivial task. If it's streaming then a delay might cause one to de-sync and in general most music playing software isn't designed for that.

Can people in the Tor circuit see what i'm doing in the Tor browser?

>>333 No, your requests are encrypted and then bounced around a bunch of nodes. Finally, it reaches an exit node which decrypts your request and makes it to a clearnet site. The exit node then receives a response, encrypts that, and sends it back to you. It can only be sniffed between the exit node and the destination. If your destination is an onion address then it will never leave the network.

Not so much a /t/ question, but more of a meta question since there is no said thread; why are ID's disabled?

>>339 Why would they be enabled?

>>328 >It is a mindset where a person solves a problem on their own This is the "valid in theory" part. In practice, it's an excuse for social outcasts to create garbage tools to satisfy their immediate needs, document them poorly, act like cunts when improvements are suggested, and finally be all smug when "casuals" can't be bothered to deal with all their garbage and go back to whatever they were using before. >>339 >wanting IDs They bring nothing but drama.

>>332 I want to stream music from a server to several clients throughout my house simultaneously. Clients can be anything, I wouldn't mind buying new hardware to get it working.

>>341 >baby duck syndrome >excuse Nice bait. >poor document True. Most docs can use some help. Where is your pull request? >act like cunts Some are cunts, sure. I doubt most reject legit contribution though, except fags and sjws. >smug when casuals You mean being smug when a person not willing to learn? This is free software. No warranty is provided. If I share my new tool with you, and you don't even bother figuring out how to use it with the least amount of effort, don't. If the tool is really powerful, then its learning curve is justified. At least it is powerful enough for you to complain. Go be a bitch at GeekSquard or RedHat. If you are so confident that an improvement could be made and the dev is a cunt, fork it, or even make you own with colorful toy UI and zero learning curve. Don't forget the time you spent on learning the old stuff. You are not born with the knowledge; and you expect completely different things should work in the same way? I get it, you don't even try to appreciate what others have done, because you just want to do the job. There is not even a spark of curiosity and passion. You just bitch why things don't just werk, in a place dedicated to the interest in technology.

>>344 >Where is your pull request? Case in point: social outcasts who don't understand why nobody wants to contribute to their garbage without any effort on their part.

>>342 All the solutions I'm aware of, in terms of buying hardware, are closed-source. I've also never used any of them so buyer beware. I think Chromecast Audio does this but I don't know how well it syncs. If Google and Apple are doing it then Samsung might have a third-party version. No promise it's less pozzed. You could also just look for products like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmDAIeWDqt0 Bluetooth speakers are popular among normies and they like connecting them together like that so it's definitely out there. I don't really feel comfortable recommending a particular product or brand when I don't use any of these.

Just out of curiosity, What happens if you open an onion link with a non-Tor browser? Do you get swated?

Aside from switch proxies, is there another way to get around "Too many requests" error that occurs with YouTube-dl?

>>360 You literally can't resolve the address. DNS servers can't route there. >>361 You need multiple IPs in some way. VPNs are just the easiest option for most home users.

Is DuckDuckGo safe to use? i usually use qwant.com.

>>368 On one hand, it doesn't appear to track you and it's never asked me to make an account. On the other... >Owner got rich selling user data from his previous product >It's not open source, so you can't verify the code yourself. >It's not self-hostable, so you can't just run your own instance. Maybe it's viable with the ads and that's good enough for the founder. Maybe he genuinely doesn't want more money. I use it, but I have a bunch of other anti-tracking measures. I haven't used Qwant, but I have used Searx. The results are worse than DuckDuckGo (which I'd now put on-par with Google around the time it started getting big) but you can self-host, which is a big plus.

>>369 Have you ever used startpage.com? >Searx I'll give it a try, thank you.

>>370 I've heard Startpage is owned by an ad company but that was only from one anon

>>371 It's true https://archive.is/K89ny

>>369 I saw a billboard for DDG while driving home, makes me even more skeptical then I was before.

>>368 Works over tor, so it's as safe as it gets as you can always stick to "safe" seaches only on clearnet.

Should I risk using Nim with Godot? Should I rather use C++? https://github.com/pragmagic/godot-nim The project is non-commercial.

>>379 It's your project. You can use whatever bindings you are most comfortable with. The underlying engine is the same. That said, some projects have incomplete bindings, so you should make sure it has a 1:1 functionality match or verify that nothing you need is excluded.

>>380 >make sure it has a 1:1 functionality match Thanks for pointing that out, that's why I ask, so I don't paint myself into a corner.

I finally deleted facebook.

I hate dealing with Nvdia, it doesn't recognize my video card ever since I downloaded updated patch for the driver, I tried reinstalling to the previous version but that doesn't help. Don't know what to do.

>>422 I feel retarded, I put the monitor usb in the wrong port.

>>428 You know, I'm laughing, but good on you for realizing and fixing it yourself.

>Building a rig >PSU (Seasonic Focus GM-750) passes paper clip test >No power when 24-pinned into the mobo (ASRock X570 Pro4), though >Not even when the board was tested outside the case Please help

>>438 Are you sure the problem is the PSU and not the motherboard? Have you tried another Power supply?

>>438 this >>439 Definitely a motherboard problem

>Are you sure the problem is the PSU and not the motherboard? I haven't any surety towards this problem. >Have you tried another Power supply? First build, so I've no substitutes. >Definitely a motherboard problem You're probably right, but the odds of a dysfunctional and brand-new mobo are considerably long. Is there any diagnostic technique I can apply without software? I could ultimately return it, but I should at least attempt to obviate any amateur mistakes.

>>441 Ideally you would test the motherboard with another PSU that is known to work. Since you only have the one and thus cannot do this, my recommendation would be to just consider it DOA and RMA it. >I should at least obviate any amateur mistakes You verified the PSU powers on and you don't have a spare to troubleshoot with. Motherboards are super complex and basically impossible for an amateur to fix, and since it's brand new you shouldn't have to. If you're not even getting any kind of LED turning on or signal that it's receiving power, and your fan doesn't spin up, then that's a good sign it's dead. Hell, even a board that does light-up and turn on might be dead. I built a new Ryzen build just a few months ago and it would not POST. Very infuriating. Turned out the motherboard was fried. I would just assume it's bad and return it. If the replacement also is bad then maybe there's something you're doing wrong, but it sounds more like you got unlucky. It happens.

>>442 I see; thanks for your time.

>>3 Is there any good Firefox addon or greasemonkey script to force a dark theme on all websites, including New Tab?

>>446 Dark Reader works surprisingly well, and is considerably lighter and less broken than competitors. It's still bloated, but it doesn't just invert all colors and call it a day, so it's not bad for what it has to do. It does not work with new tab pages, though. As far as I know, because of the new Firefox permissions, the only way to alter that is via a theme. You could use a Firefox theme that's darker, or you could make a version of the default with a dark new tab page yourself.

So there may be a Solar Flare happening in this year, which electronics of mine will be affected and how can I protect them?

>>459 Likely all of them. Disconnect them from power, take out their batteries if you really want to, that way you should be safe. If you're paranoid, put them in a refrigerator that's turned off or on low cooling, but any actual cooling or freezing will mess over electronic parts. If you're super paranoid, put them underground through like, a hole you dig in the ground or something, if you have access to it, an underground area or vault. But all of that is assuming a solar flare happens anyways.

>>459 I imagine it should be fine and it shouldn't affect us given Earth's magnetic field or whatever it was it had that protected us from Solar disturbances. >>461 >put them in a refrigerator that's turned off or on low cooling Are Fridges good Faraday cages?

>>463 >Are Fridges good Faraday cages? No. You'd be better-off wrapping a small box in tinfoil, or if you have any large metal buckets, sticking a box inside of them and covering them with foil. You want a metal layer which is insulated from that which you desire to protect. >>459 Anything could die but most consumer stuff will be fine. You can grab some battery-powered devices and leave them without batteries. You may want a backup generator if you can afford one. And some gasoline to run it. On the topic of fridges, those tub-style freezers are very efficient and even without power can probably go a few days without thawing. Not a bad investment if you're worried about being without power for some time.

>>459 As with all EM pulses, the bigger the conductor the worse the damage. Your power lines and house cables will burn long before your phone suffers any damage. >>461 >Disconnect them from power, take out their batteries if you really want to, that way you should be safe. Completely wrong, the damaging effect would be (as with all EM pulses) joule heating and overtensions created by the sudden potential gradient: devices being on or off won't change a thing. >>465 >a small box in tinfoil This might work, have some insulation to protect the device as the tinfoil may get hot or even melt in some points.

>>341 >lists a bunch of irrelevant drivel The anon literally posted a step by step process of searching and reading. Of typing in what you want to know about in Jewgle then reading it. The initial retard somehow got here, was able to click reply, and complete a captcha. If he could do that, he could search for his problem of.... making DVD stuff to MP3 stuff. Fuck me, why would you even attempt to defend that?

>>483 >why would you even attempt to defend that? It's nice to see how freetards always drop the mask early.

Is it safe to open pdf files in the Tor browse? it seems to have it's own pdf viewer.

>>500 PDFs are potentially insecure and once upon a time could execute malicious code. To be safe, I'd download the file and use a minimal PDF reader. No risk of your browser getting compromised. And if the PDF is hosted over Tor then there's a chance it's designed to expose your IP. 99.9% of PDFs are probably safe on a modern install, but if you're paranoid then why risk it?

>>501 Okay, thank you.

>My computer's stock fan died in March >changed fan out with Arctic P8 >Later switched the cooler entirely for a Be Quiet Shadow Rock LP (mounting a 1300-rpm Noctua P12 Redux) due to the stock cooler not being that effective with the new fan >Turn the computer on, only for the system to POST with a system fan failure I know that bending the EPS 4+4 cable like it was Beckham isn't optimal, but neither was where Foxconn placed their ATX12V lead on this mainboard. For record, this is cooling a Phenom II X6 1045T and the mainboard is a HP stock Alvorix mainboard. And no, it can't fit over the RAM since the pipes collide with what I believe to be the chipset heatsink.

>>522 Another piece of info, I recently swapped the fan out with a Noctua A12X25 (and the rear of the case out with a Noctua A9) and I know that both can reach max speed on my fan hub connected to a jumped PSU. I don't know if this fan will make the computer pass POST, though.

I have a large amount of data that I would like to backup to BDs. Is there any software that will easily split up the data among multiple discs? Bonus points if I can do incremental backups ie I can backup new data to new BDs without needing to copy what's already backed up?

>>539 https://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_section/tar_78.html#SEC165 https://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_node/Incremental-Dumps.html

Have you ever used Riseup ? https://riseup.net/en/vpn

>>3 Is there a way to download an entire twitter gallery? Bonus points if it's with the :large or :orig size.

>>587 I don't know of any good solutions to this; Twitter's API is limited and introduces breaking changes often. There is this: https://github.com/Jelly-Fish-Dev/Twitter-Image-Scraper Which I could not get to work, probably because the API has changed in the past eight months and the dev hasn't updated it. It also targets a user's uploads, so it might work if you target the user. If you want to fiddle with it, you may be able to get it working again, or get in touch with the dev and see what the issue is. Looks like he hasn't been active since April, though. Generic image scrapers won't work because Twitter deliberately hides links behind javascript specifically to obscure them from scrapers. If you're just trying to decode one gallery from one post at a time it's probably not that hard of a problem to solve. This guy claims to have reverse engineered Twitter's frontend javascript API so he could scrape Twitter with no limitations: https://github.com/bisguzar/twitter-scraper But it appears focused on scraping text and not images. Still, it might be a good starting place. Additionally, there are multiple contributors and the developer has provided their own Twitter profile for communication. Perhaps they'd be willing to develop an image scraping feature, or at least offer you assistance in extending the functionality they already provide. If you need help with Python, I can offer support for that, as can others in the /prog/ general. If I had more time or Twitter didn't deliberately obfuscate their API to prevent this then I would offer to just write you a scraper.

I noticed that my usb 3.0 external hard drive dock had Quick Removal as the default setting. Is it okay to use that on external hard drives/docks or should that only be used for USB flash drives?

>>590 Quick Removal on Windows is a misleading name. What it does is disable the OS write cache. This means it's almost always safe to disconnect a drive, but you will take a penalty to write performance. If you want better write performance on your drive, then you should disable it, but then you will want to manually unmount the drive before unplugging it.

>>591 I don't mind it being active, but didn't know it was enabled for my hdd external dock. I just did some research at the time because I connect my 2tb hdd, put some files o it, then go to safely remove it and it won't remove. Even though I'm doing anything with it. I even signed out of windows then back on and still wouldn't remove. Once I found out that Quick Removal was enabled I just turned off my hdd dock.

>>3 Is there a reliable way or a firewall on linux that can block internet access to certain applications? I am thinking all of them by default and only allowing some to have internet access on windows i use simplewall , i am considering to switch to linux but i haven't been able to find a reliable to do that..

>>594 You could use something like ufw to block all ports by default and only open the ones you want traffic to go through, but I suppose that still leaves the risk of software utilizing common ports (like 80) that you would need to leave open. To my knowledge, the solution on Linux is not a firewall but a permissions manager such as SELinux. You could set a policy to deny network access entirely for all but a whitelist of approved binaries. SELinux has a reputation for being difficult to work with. I think this comes solely from the difficulty of knowing what permissions software will need. Users often spend time debugging an issue caused by a poorly-configured permissions list. Since you only care about network access and you only want to maintain a whitelist, you should have a much easier time of it. Still, it's not as straightforward as something like simplewall. The problem is that Linux does not register every binary the way Windows manages installed software, so it's not as simple as generating a list of executables and then selectively firewalling them. You need the inverse approach.

>>587 youtube-dl will handle videos but I don't know anything that grabs images.

Pixiv has this proprietary animated pic format called .ugoira. For a while I was able to view it with Honeyview. Honeyview updates one day and now it can't view it. Just an X on a white backdrop. Is there another image viewer compatible with the ugoira format until Honeyview gets its shit together?

>>599 I didn't find a viewer that explicitly opens them, but I did find a tool (also called Ugoira) that claims it can download Ugoira files to more common image formats. So you could simply convert them to gif or apng with this. https://github.com/item4/ugoira https://ugoira.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ Also found a website that will convert them to webm or gif http://ugoira.dataprocessingclub.org/ You could also roll back to an earlier version of honeyview.

>>600 Rolling back doesn't sound like and option. The website lacks the older installers. Fortunately, Pixiv Downloader has some options in its config.ini that'll tell it to merely convert incoming ugoiras into webms. Size is just about the same (earlier attempts into gifs and apngs were bloated as fuck; from 7MB to 35MB!)) and it plays just as well. So far at least. I know some ugoiras pause for a few seconds so time will tell on how MPC-HC will handle those. Also a little inconvenient to have to switch between that and an image viewer if pics are in the same folder. Simply put, I'll stick with the webm conversion until Honeyview's next update fixes things. I hope. Searched around and I'm surprised literally no one complained.

>>595 Thanks anon! i think i'll just grab a book on SElinux >The problem is that Linux does not register every binary the way Windows manages installed software. Can't they all be found in $PATH ?

>>342 Vember VBAN, pulseaudio/avahi, or JACK (net-jack).

>>607 There's no guarantee that a binary will register itself with $PATH. And sometimes a binary is actually just a driver that will activate other binaries. It's true that some software on Windows will likewise opt-out of registration (you will occasionally see software not appear under Add & Remove Programs, for example) but most software will add an entry to the registry and make its presence known. The $PATH is just an environment variable that programs will extend with a binary, and perhaps an alias or two, just to make it convenient. A firewall working like a Windows one would need to be called every time a binary launches to see if it matches a list. This is, effectively, what SELinux is capable of. Otherwise it's non-trivial for one userspace binary to monitor another or prevent it from executing arbitrary code. Perhaps if you had a program that launched every binary as a child, but that would be needlessly complex when SELinux solves this problem and is well supported. Even if this were doable, the $PATH is not the best way to form a list of binaries. Some entries are drivers that will selectively launch other binaries depending on what is needed. This may be an issue on SELinux as well, where some software fails to get network activity permissions despite being whitelisted, because the binary doing the actual requests is hidden and not whitelisted. At least in the case of SELinux, you would probably be disabling by default, so the worst-case is a binary fails to get network permissions and you have to diagnose which binary is actually making the call and whitelist that. The alternative on Windows would be you fail to blacklist it and it's actually sending data. You may not notice until you spend time logging all activity.

>>618 >The alternative on Windows would be you fail to blacklist it and it's actually sending data. Windows has default-deny rules too as an option, but the firewall interface is pretty shit so it's usually not worth the effort.

I've got an audio file that lasts for 20 minutes. I chopped off the last 10 minutes with ffmpeg using "ffmpeg -i track.mp3 -t 600 -acodec copy track1.mp3" command. It worked well but when I play the track it shows that its duration is still 20 minutes while it is 10 minutes. How should I modify the ffmpeg command to make a player show the correct duration?

>>632 First verify the file actually stops at ten minutes. If so then it probably copied the file data and the index got included. I don't know of a built-in "rebuild index" option, but you could force a transcode and will be forced to build a new one.

JS or PHP? Why?

>>637 PHP isn't nearly as bad as its reputation suggests. Spaghetti PHP forms the same way spaghetti C does: by giving developers enough rope to hang themselves by it. Properly-written PHP is clean and performant. Especially newer versions of the language, which is still being actively developed. JS was developed in a weekend to solve a totally different problem and was not designed for backend or even most modern frontend work. The true answer is neither. You're better off writing your web server in another language entirely. If performance isn't a concern, Flask exists. Some people like Ruby (although it also has issues). You could also just write your site in C++, although that sounds like a special kind of hell. Most modern languages have networking support and some form of async baked-in now. Take advantage.

>>638 I can understand how you can really easily make a UI if you're making a website. I don't understand how you can easily make a UI if you're trying to write a webserver... (go easy on me, I'm a newbie, obviously)

>>639 You asked about PHP, so why are you designing a UI around that? PHP is for backend work.

>>637 Try wt. C++ from front to back.

>>641 Not that anon but damn, that's interesting. Do you know any interesting projects regarding REST APIs implementation in C/C++? I came across ngrest some time back and the projects is super interesting but unfortunately dead.

>>636 Thank you. Now it is how it should be.

How come when I put my computer on hibernate it closes my photos but leaves everything else up?

>>640 Because I'm...I'm...*sigh* ._. I'm wrapping a web browser around everything and using a bunch of cludgy HTML+PHP to be my UI because I have no idea how else to make a UI. The last time I used QT I got this absolutely godawful looking UI.

>>648 Are you using Electron? At risk of giving you a StackOverflow-tier answer, the "solution" here would be to learn how to use QT to make a native UI. A lot of good programmers are poor UI designers, but that's no excuse for using the wrong tool for the job.

>>649 It really is so much easier that I have to question: is it _really_ wrong? There are so many CSS templates, themes, libraries, etc. that are available everywhere I look if I try to have the UI built on something web-based.

>>651 I'd say it's definitively wrong. You're sacrificing performance and interopability for portability and faster writing. But if you're dedicated, then you should consider that the backend can be literally anything and your frontend will basically just be a webpage that operates with it. You should probably just stick a lightweight web server on top of that and write in whatever language you're comfortable in. If you like JS, stuff like Node is designed to run locally. If you like Python, try Flask. If you like Ruby, try Ruby On Rails. You have so many options for writing the backend. All the frontend has to do is access and present the data. You're writing the frontend and the API. That being said, people will groan when they find out it's an electron app (or similar). >>647 What OS?

>>652 >What OS? Wangblows 10

>>653 I'm not too familiar with Win10 since I've never used it, but hibernation is usually tied-in to battery/power settings. Perhaps there's something in there that's messing with it? Another option would be that Windows is killing parts of the OS when it hibernates, and Photos, being part of the system, relies on one of those. In which case it's just bad design by Microsoft.

>>652 >But if you're dedicated, then you should consider that the backend can be literally anything and your frontend will basically just be a webpage that operates with it. I know this sounds stupid simple to you, but I think that opened a door in my head.

>>647 >>653 First of all, stop using the default photo viewer because it's slow as shit. That said, that program is probably crashing when waking up from hybernation, so there's not much you can do.

Got myself a mouse with 5 buttons for graphical editing, but I can't assign the shortcuts (gimp) I want to use to my buttons. What can I do?

>>675 Use macro software. Assign your mouse keys to some obtuse combination of keys that you would never accidentally hit. Then assign your mouse buttons to do that keypress. Another benefit of this method is that you can making pressing combinations of mouse buttons (or regular keys) press different buttons for you, beyond what GIMP or other software would allow. I usually do this with video games to put more controls on the mouse. Helps with games designed for controllers.

>>3 does anyone know how to make openvpn work (client) on runit? i enabled the service (it was in the artix repos), but i get this error when i try to use any configuration file >Options error: --up script fails with /etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf': No such file or directory (errno=2).

What's a good photo viewer as an alternative for Window's built-in photo viewer? My biggest feature would possibly be support of viewing GIF files.

Why displayport cables does not have ferrite beads?

>>3 Okay, here goes nothing. A year ago I accidentally dropped my 2 TB external drive like an idiot and was able to create a 700 GB incomplete image file from it using ddrescue. Now, I would like to either browse the incomplete image file or at least extract all the recoverable data files from it. ddrescue output a 700 GB .img file, exploring it with 7zip shows a 0.ntfs file which claims to be 2 TB long. I cannot extract it or browse it with any means I know of, BUT, I can view it with an hex editor and by knowing the file signature I could manually extract a file or two. Is there an easier way to do this?

>>712 Oh yeah I should mention, trying to pry 0.ntfs open with 7zip leads to a "Can not set length to output file: There is not enough space on the disk", even though the disk image is only 700 GBs (I'm assuming that is because the copied file system still thinks it has 2 TBs worth of shit in it?)

>>712 Have you tried using testdisk? I've had really good luck with data recovery using it.

>>710 Irfanview. >>711 I'm going to speak fully out of my ass here but I'm gonna say the ferrite might interfere with displayport's higher bandwidth/frequency.

>>714 >testdisk On which of the two items? The 2 TB image?

>>715 I'll consider your post as complete answer, makes me calm down. Thanks.

>>712 I haven't done what you did, so I am making an educated guess here. Can you mount the .img? If so, you may be able to load it like a normal drive. Assuming you had ddrescue skip unreadable blocks. You will still need to look through and try to identify corrupted files (or script that somehow) but it's certainly better than trying to clone 700 GB via hex. Are you on Linux? Or was the ddrescue via a livecd?

>>719 >Can you mount the .img? I hadn't tried it yet because I was afraid I would cause irreparable damage to the HD it's currently residing on. Is there a safe way to do so? >Assuming you had ddrescue skip unreadable blocks. Yes, I do believe I purposefully instructed the program to just skip broken blocks. Add to that the fact the drive had been defragmented just a couple of days prior, with most of the files residing in the top half of it. I used a Mint distro on a computer that no longer works, I can probably boot another one and install another. Thanks for your input, I'll get back to you if anything changes.

>>722 >I was afraid I would cause irreparable damage to the HD it's current residing on Which HDD is the .img on. and why is this a concern? You should be able to just mount it like it's a normal drive. You can also try running dsck on the .img file. Long story short: you can treat it like a virtual clone of your broken HDD, faults and all. Please let us know how it goes.

Is there anyway to create a jewgle account without a phone number? Any of the ways to bypass it no longer work for me

>>725 Your option would probably be to buy one off somebody who made it years ago and never put one in. Although any account with an active Google Voice number requires a (real) phone number attached. That or buy a burner phone and just use it to activate. Or use a friend. Or your grandmother's landline. But basically every online service now requires a phone number to utilize, and they maintain lists of number blocks owned by various web providers like GVoice and Twilio.

>>726 I dug up an old phone with gapps, factory reset it and created an account with that. Didn't ask for a number.

>>725 Buy a cheap android phone, connect to wifi, create account on it: no need for a SIM.

Does anyone have a working asoundrc that has a proper loopback device that is capable of capturing desktop audio without fucking up the application audio in one way or another? The current asoundrc i'm using is from the ffmpeg wiki, which "works" but i can only have a single application audio stream active at any time and it's a real headache to use. I have given up all home on trying to figure this black voodoo magic on my own and this has been the bane of my existance for over 3 years, someone for the love of god just help me.

>>653 install nomacs imageviewer. It's probably just win10 default hitting the shitter.

>>438 >>441 >>443 Me again, with a new mobo (MSI X570-A PRO) and a new problem. >PSU now works alone and with mobo >rig assembled and activated >get to Wangblows 7 pre-installation screen on a Rufus'd thumb drive >can't interact with known-working keyboard or mouse >weird >plug mouse into new USB port while still on pre-install screen >computer instantly turns off >open it back up, double check and re-plug every wire I can see >not even an error light on the mobo >computer refuses to activate unless I first unplug the PSU for a few minutes >even then, it deactivates after one second

>>735 >Win 7 If you're gonna be a faggot might as well use LTSC, that'd solve your keyboard and mouse problem For the power issues, you can try unplugging everything, then plugging in only what you need to post and see how that goes

Is using qemu+kvm with virtio drivers for windows a security issue for the host machine ? for example if i use cracked software or windows get infected ?

>>737 >look up "ltsc" >results dominated by Win 10 (NOT WIN 7) references I appreciate that this is free tech support, but at least make an attempt to be helpful. As for the post, not even unplugging everything but the 24-pin yielded any tangible result.

>>741 LTSC is Win 10, just a slightly less shit version. If you're gonna infect yourself with AIDs might as well get security updates and support for newer hardware. Did you try maybe reseating you RAM and CPU? It's a long shot but you never know. It's very possible you fried something on your MB and fucked it up beyond any repair.

>>742 Both components re-seated, no effect Do I really need to buy a THIRD mobo? If I had known they were such finicky cunts, I would've just gotten a pre-built.

>>739 It's definitely not impossible for malware to escape a VM, but I am doubtful you could get something like that from pirating games or Sony Vegas or something. It's more likely that files in a shared folder between the two system become infected, or that a worm can spread through any network it is connected to. The most secure thing would be to have a completely separate system, but that's definitely overkill for most people.

>>745 >It's more likely that files in a shared folder between the two system become infected, or that a worm can spread through any network it is connected to. I should have noted though, that even though it's "more likely", getting a virus in the first place from pirated games doesn't appear to be that common to me in the first place, I mean you'd think more anons would have mentioned viruses over the years, but I didn't want to sound like I'm encouraging you to pirate because who knows, it could happen, and I don't want to be blamed.

>>743 >Do I really need to buy a THIRD mobo? If I had known they were such finicky cunts, I would've just gotten a pre-built. Wait, did you get a new PSU as well? If you're expecting a new PSU, definitely don't plug your old one into your new motherboard. I'm not an expert or anything, but it sounds like your PSU is fucking up your motherboards.

>>747 >>735 >plug mouse into new USB port while still on pre-install screen >computer instantly turns off >computer refuses to activate unless I first unplug the PSU for a few minutes >even then, it deactivates after one second Okay, I was bit hasty before, motherboard could be fine actually (or maybe not), but yeah it sounds more like a PSU issue to me. Dumb question, but you're sure your PSU has enough wattage for your rig? Weird that it turned off after plugging something in, but that could have been coincidental. I know that with a failing voltage regulator, the problem will persist if it's re-energized while hot, but will work fine for a bit if you let it cool down first. Again, not an expert. Good luck with your build, shit happens.

>>743 I've built many PCs and I've never had this much trouble with motherboards, IDK what the fuck you keep doing. You can always try returning it and claim it was DOA.

>>745 >>746 okay thanks I'll be careful

Back earlier in July, I tried my Noctua A12X25 on my CPU cooler (Be Quiet! Shadow Rock LP). The computer failed POST with "CPU fan failure". I saw the fan run as the system POSTed, so it wasn't that. I have a 3000rpm Noctua NF-F12 IndustrialPPC in there now, after recalling that the last fan that ran had a max speed of 3000rpm. Yeah, I really need to build a more recent PC. I'm so far back that I need a new processor and RAM for a new motherboard, however.

Anyone know how to fix this shit? pcm.multi { type route; slave.pcm { type multi; slaves.a.pcm "output"; slaves.b.pcm "loopin"; slaves.a.channels 2; slaves.b.channels 2; bindings.0.slave a; bindings.0.channel 0; bindings.1.slave a; bindings.1.channel 1; bindings.2.slave b; bindings.2.channel 0; bindings.3.slave b; bindings.3.channel 1; } ttable.0.0 1; ttable.1.1 1; ttable.0.2 1; ttable.1.3 1; } pcm.!default { type plug slave.pcm "multi" } pcm.output { type hw card "Generic" } pcm.loopin { type plug slave.pcm "hw:Loopback,0,0" } pcm.loopout { type plug slave.pcm "hw:Loopback,1,0" }

>>3 How do I delete a glitched email account on W10's mail app? I click account settings but nothing pops up for it when I do. It's like it's not really there.

Snagging some videos with Youtube-dl. Latest version. They play just fine and the audio sounds okay but I'm worried about the warning that shows up after each download. >WARNING: Malformed AAC bitstream detected. Install ffmpeg or avconv to fix this automatically. I did download ffmpeg itself. Is it just a matter of putting the .exe in the same folder as Youtube-dl to prevent this? I know fuck all about command line type programs. All I do is just paste the URL of a video and hit the enter key.

>>766 >Is it just a matter of putting the .exe in the same folder as Youtube-dl to prevent this? If it said that then it's not finding ffmpeg, otherwise it should say something like "fixing malformed AAC" etc etc. The surefire way of getting it to work is to use the --ffmpeg-location option when calling youtube-dl. You could also encapsulate some default always-present options like these in a bat file if you know what you're doing.

>>762 # software mixer for sound card pcm.dmixer { type dmix ipc_key 1024 ipc_perm 0666 # allow other users slave.pcm "snd_card" slave { period_time 0 period_size 1024 buffer_size 4096 channels 2 # must match bindings } bindings { 0 0 1 1 } } # software mixer for loopback device pcm.dmixerloop { type dmix ipc_key 2048 ipc_perm 0666 # allow other users slave.pcm "hw:Loopback,0,0" slave { period_time 0 period_size 1024 buffer_size 4096 channels 2 # must match bindings } bindings { 0 0 1 1 } } # allows multiple programs to capture simultaneously pcm.dsnooper { type dsnoop ipc_key 2048 ipc_perm 0666 slave.pcm "snd_card" slave { period_time 0 period_size 1024

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buffer_size 4096 channels 2 } bindings { 0 0 1 1 } } #this is where the pain all begins pcm.!default { type plug slave.pcm "dues" } pcm.dues { type asym playback.pcm "multi" capture.pcm "dsnooper" } #this is where your headset is pcm.snd_card { type hw card "Generic" } #audio goes in #pcm.loopin { # type plug # slave.pcm "hw:Loopback,0,0" #} #audio goes out pcm.loopout { type plug slave.pcm "hw:Loopback,1,0" } #this is a splitter, it moves the audio it's given to two outputs (output, and loopin) pcm.multi { type plug; slave.pcm { type multi; slaves.a.pcm "dmixer"; slaves.b.pcm "dmixerloop"; slaves.a.channels 2; slaves.b.channels 2; bindings.0.slave a; bindings.0.channel 0; bindings.1.slave a; bindings.1.channel 1; bindings.2.slave b; bindings.2.channel 0; bindings.3.slave b; bindings.3.channel 1; } ttable.0.0 1; ttable.1.1 1; ttable.0.2 1; ttable.1.3 1; }

Just a heads up: Since the site has been going offline for random periods of time, and because not everyone wants (or knows how) to use the onion address on Tor, Acid has deployed a Tor2web proxy that allows anyone to access the onion link through their regular browsers without the need of additional software. The proxy is located at https://redchannit.net/, and from there you can access to and post on /t/ or any other board without problem. Proof in case you don't believe me: >>>/site/532

Is it appropriate to make a single /sci/ thread here? I want to talk about some specific science things again, but /sci/ is fucking dead.

>>790 Should be fine, but i don't think you'll get much of a response anyway.

>>790 Go for it. /sci/ is pretty niche but we may be able to get some discussion going.

I need to fill in a form it's a pdf, is there any good pdf editor for linux? libre office seem messy also can you trust the AUR ?

>>802 There's Sumatra and Foxit. LibreOffice Writer indeed does a poor job. AUR is generally trustworthy, especially for popular packages.

>>803 >There's Sumatra and Foxit that's for windows only no? sumatra is only a reader too.. guess i'll use foxit with wine or something, i was hoping for a libre editor but couldn't find anything.

>>809 I think Foxit has a Linux release, but I haven't used it. Sumatra I think you can edit and save fillable fields. I generally just groan and whip out LibreOffice Draw if someone sends me a PDF without fillable fields. They usually expect me to print it out like I'm some caveman.

>>3 I have a computer with Windows 10 pre installed. It is a pirated version like everything in this 3rd world country. One day, I installed Office and now WIndows is asking me for activation. Anyway, I want to buy one of those cheap licence and update my windows. My question: Do I have to install Windows all over again or I just buy and put the licence? I am asking this because I know that pirated versions of Windows have to do a lot of things in order to make them work, and I don't want my computer malfunctioning in the future.

>>825 You could probably just enter the key in the existing install. It would be better to download a original version and reinstall it though, you never know if there isn't some kind of malware hidden in the cracked version.

>>825 Just enter the license and activate it. Microsoft's long-standing policy ids that piracy is inevitable, so they don't try to bork your install too hard over it. They want to encourage people to buy keys. They only hold back their utility software and major products (like Office) from unverified installs. You could also just install LibreOffice, or maybe switch to Linux, which will work out of the box without asking you for money.

Gentoo fag here with a question on updating, how is anyone supposed to break the cyclic dependency block caused by dev-qt? So many programs use Qt now that I don't think it's feasible to exclude it from the system, and I absolutely cannot resolve the cyclic blocking caused by it to update my system. Even the gentoo wiki (wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Qt/FAQ) recommends removing everything from the dev-qt atom and re-emerging as the newer versions, but even after removing everything from that atom it still tries to emerge the pre-existing versions (5.14.2). I've attempted to use --complete-graph and --backtrack=99 to 999 to resolve the issue and accomplished nothing.

>>829 Can't this be resolved with slotting?

>>830 I don't know, I only just read about slotting and I'm not totally sure I understand how it's used. I have managed to update my system except for everything in the dev-qt atom and two other packages that rely on updated qt packages, which I can live without updating for the time being. I just hope it didn't break anything else in some way. One of the suggestions I saw for this was to check use flags with grep -r "dev-qt" /etc/portage/package.* and it showed a bunch of matches in files like: >._cfg0000_xterm >._mrg0000_xterm >xterm.bak >._cfg0000_xterm.bak where it shows the atom/package-version useflag and then #required by packages but I would be hesitant to touch these files and potentially break the system

>>829 emerge --unmerge packages that depend on qt. Then update qt and reemerge those packages.

>>841 Disable use flags that makes qt depend on those packages that you unmerged first. >Qt(USE:stuff) <> stuff >unmerge stuff >Qt(USE:-stuff) >Qt(USE:+stuff) should pull in stuff

Is the Signal app as privacy respecting as they say it is? You know for a phone app.

>>846 Open source, messages are end to end encrypted. It's based on the US and has centralized servers, so could be compromised. I don't use nigger phone "apps" but if it requires a phone number instead of just an email to create an account that's also an inherent anonymity flaw. "For a phone app" I guess it sounds okay. I wouldn't be using a standard proprietary jewgle or apple phone to do anything that I want to remain private.

>>846 Use Silence instead https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.smssecure.smssecure/

>>846 >Privacy I trust that it can't read my messages. It seems to be doing a good job at also not collecting metadata although that's hard to prove. They had a court order a couple of years ago and could only give a teenie tiny amount of data. If that is still the case who knows? I suspect if it weren't then something would've leaked that that has changed. All of Signal's new features focus on minimising/nullifying Signal's ability to collect any data about its users. >Anonymity Signal is awful. As of writing, you require a phone number to register. This was done for accessibility reasons i.e for getting many people onto the service and as a natural way to stop bots. You didn't have to create a username. Your contacts were all connected to your number so Signal didn't need to store anything. The issue is it's starting to get harder and harder to get SIMs/phone numbers that aren't connected to you. Many countries require ID cards to purchase SIMs you could always find a Cryptoparty and trade SIM cards. >Security It's promising that their E2E encryption protocols have essentially become the standard for secure messengers. The client and server code is open source. Signal has been audited. >Principles From having used it for a couple of years and reading about it for some time now, I would say Signal has two main focuses: Privacy + accessibility to normalfags. That second point is good and bad. It's a lot easier to get your group of friends onto it because it's "like WhatsApp" apparently. I don't use WhatsApp so I don't actually know. However, it also means that sometimes work goes into adding stickers and private ways to get Giphy previews in-client instead of more important improvements. The clients aren't great. It can sometimes feel a little slow to sync up. The desktop one is Electron, so it's basically running a full browser for a messaging program. The project is also just another walled garden (you can only communicate with people inside it like WhatsApp and Telegram) and the project is hostile towards user run versions on the grounds that having many clients/servers means that some won't keep up with security/privacy standards/features. >Future Signal is currently in the process of coming up with a way to remove the reliance on phone numbers and a way for new/lost phones to get all the data back and the current situation has caused a bit of turmoil. The current solution is to force users to make a PIN basically a password, although many will just have a 4 digit number because it's called a PIN and the default input interface is a number pad from which a strong key is derived in an Intel "enclave" an isolated location for code to run where not even the programmers have access to it and that's used to encrypt lots of user data like contacts/settings so that when someone loses their phone and gets a new one they can have all their data back instead of starting from scratch again. This has two issues. Firstly, reliance on the enclave's being actually secure - it has been shown to have security issues. Secondly, this is a shift in the project philosophy. They used to store basically no data about the user and will no start storing basically everything although it will be encrypted. The first issue can easily be overcome by just having a strong PIN e.g. 20 digit alphanumeric random string, but then again 50 year old Bill won't do that will he? The second issue is interesting. Having an encrypted user account stored on the server means you won't need phone numbers and can seamlessly use it on new devices but like I said it's stepping into something it said it won't. If you want to get your friends/family off WhatsApp/Messenger because of privacy reasons, this is currently the best way to do that.

Anyone know of a program or script* that can sort duplicate pics and webms/mp4s by identical thumbnails and/or image hashes? I have literal tens of thousands of pics from varying imageboards going back almost a decade in one folder and doing this manually is murderously tedious. *I know nothing about scripting but am willing to learn

Is there something like nitter but for facebook? >>858 You could try a bash script that takes hashes of every file and removes duplicates, however many sites re-encode images when uploading so it wouldn't be perfect. But it's the best you can do without some kind of AI

>>858 I was actually just organizing some files of mine this week and had to do part of what you want. My use case was to compare different folders for duplicates by hash and the easiest way I found was to do this: #calculate hashes of the files inside some folder and its subfolders: md5deep -r <folder 1 path> > hashes1.txt #compare a second folder with the hashes calculated on the previous step md5deep -m hashes1.txt -r <folder 2 path> | tee diff.txt This should spit the files on the second folder that also exist in the first one. You can also ask md5deep to spit out more info (look it up in the manpage) and you can also use the diff.txt to rm the duplicates. It's not the best but it works and md5deep is likely on every distro's repos. I haven't yet needed to search for duplicates inside just one folder so I haven't researched a way to do this. I imagine it'd be possible to do the first step to get hashes of all files inside of it, then pipe it to awk it to obtain only the hashes, then pipe it to sort and uniq to get the duplicates, and maybe grep after that against the original file to get the paths and filenames I fucking love the shell, pic very much related. >>859 I don't much into twitter, what's special about nitter besides not being actual twitter.

>>842 >>841 I'll give it a shot, checking with equery shows these packages rely on the specific version (5.14.0/2-r1/r4) of qtcore: >PyQt5 >PyQtWebEngine and everything else in the dev-qt atom, more is listed as only depending on qtcore:5 >>858 I recommend gthumb for finding duplicate images, it's not perfect though and you'll probably still spend a while checking if the images are actually duplicates and comparing file sizes.

>>862 >what's special about nitter besides not being actual twitter. More lightweight and native support for RSS. Plus like you said, it's not actually twitter

>>863 >gthumb Forgot to mention that I'm on Windows 7. That doesn't seem to be compatible. >>862 Thank you for the effort but I haven't a clue as to how to implement any of that. Then again, I did say I know absolutely zero about scripting. A program may be my best bet.

>>866 >Windows faget >A program may be my best bet I've used JAM Software TreeSize Professional to do hash comparisons back when I was still on Windows.

When i go into YouTube (TV app) i get recommend clips of movies i've watched on my PC? I'm on windows 7

>>877 Watched how? Google is notorious for doing anything they can to target recommendations. If you have done any kind of search or visited a website where they can track you, then they may be aware of what you've watched and will recommend it to anyone with your IP. Alternatively, their machine learning is so good that it can detect your interests from other data.

>>877 No shit retard. Jewgle creates a profile of you based on your IP and plenty of other factors.

>>877 >win 7 digits checks out welcome to the b07n3t, newfag

Is it safe to open torrent and magnet links on Tor?

>>882 Your IP will be exposed to the swarm, but you can solve that with a VPN.

I have an issue with an absolute fuckton of my video files, a few song files corrupting themselves, and couple RAR files somehow. My 1tb and 2tb external drives have had almost all of these files from before 2016 and a handful of 2017 things corrupted. My question being how did this happen and is there anyway to recover these files? I have unplugged the drives without ejecting it in windows like you're supposedly supposed to and I also have has a few instances of power going out, these are the only things i can think of that maybe could do this but I've never heard of this actually happening.

>>885 Not looking very good, hope you got backups Everyone with backups lost some important shit once before For solutions: Maybe try a chkdsk /f or search for .000 files which may be the recovered chunk of files, then you'd change the extension Good luck

>>888 Breathtaking digits, but don't do that. Stop whatever you are doing and read ddrescue's manual. Then ddrescue a block by block copy of the partition. Figure out the rest.

I really want try Void Linux, but after the installation and make the first Boot without the USB I get this. What I can do?

>>972 Looks like you didn't have zfs support built into the kernel. I don't think zfs is shipped with any distribution by default, and unless you plan on having your whole install on a zfs raid then I suggest using another filesystem.

>>973 It's not because of their cucked license, so Linux can't mainline it.

I need a good web browser. I am currently using Edge and I'm under the impression it's a terrible choice.

>>986 >I am currently using Edge Jesus christ anon. Just use brave or some shit.

>>986 literally any browser is better then edge

>>987 >>993 I thought Brave had some form of kikery with bitcoin or am I thinking of something else?

>>999 It has some gay crypto currency built in if you enable their weird ad system but if you're brain dead fucking retarded enough to use microsofts edge browser than brave is the only thing you're going to be able to use anyways so just use it. If you were competent enough to use another browser you wouldn't need to be asking which browser to use in the first place.

>>986 See >>>/t/984 for browsers and extensions. Ditch Edge. If you don't know what to pick, then Firefox is the safe default. It's the only non-Chromium option left. Or Pale Moon if you're nostalgic for 2005. >>1000 Nice.

My working gentoo install broke after failing to resume from suspend, now it no longer boots and I'm hoping someone knows what's gone wrong here. Resume fails sporadically and I mostly don't use it, but this time when I had to force a reboot, instead of the usual song and dance of "dirty bit set, drive did not unmount cleanly, running fsck", booting gets as far as :: Loading from crypto >> Determining root device (trying UUID=...) !! Block device UUID=... is not a valid root device ... !! Could not find the root block device in UUID.. It gives me the option to drop into an interactive shell, so I do and try running fdisk -l, at first it returned nothing, no drives, and I have 3 connected to sata, one nvme. I tried running fsck from a livecd and everything came back clean, maybe because I ran sync before suspend. So I chrooted into it from the livecd and recompiled with what I think is every serial ATA driver compiled into the kernel instead of a module, and the same for nvme, and updated grub.cfg, and now when it fails to find the root device, fdisk shows the nvme drive at least, but none of the sata drives. I cannot think of anything else to try with this, aside from just reinstalling entirely. It was working for months before today. The only other thing I can think of is that I had recompiled the kernel and never updated grub or restarted after, but doing in through chroot should have fixed that.

Despite Xhamster being officially supported, Youtube-dl refuses to download any videos from it. Keeps saying "No video formats found". I'm on the latest version too.

I'm trying to install a package using apt-get, and that operation makes apt-get want to remove some other packages. Is there any way to get apt-get to explain what's the reason it wants to remove those packages? It makes sense for this to happen when you're removing packages since in that case you could be removing packages which are dependencies of others, but in this case I'm wondering what's the cause.

>>1077 It's most likely left over dependencies from another program you uninstalled. If it's something you need you can mark it as manually installed and it won't auto-remove it.

I have two machines with the same OS and both have MODULES=most in /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf, but only one of them includes a sizeable amount of kernel modules in the initramfs and the other one includes very few. The one with a lot of modules does not seem to have individually added modules to the initramfs through /etc/initramfs-tools/modules, so I'm lost on how those modules are getting added to the initramfs. Does anyone have any clues? It seems as if there were something overriding it on the machine with few modules but I have found no such functionality. >>1096 I haven't found a way to do what I want, but I inspected the individual package info and I learned that there's a "breaks" tag in debs that can make what I was experiencing happen.

Anyone remember one of those custom Windows 10 builds someone posted about on /tech/ a long while ago. Maybe early 2019 I remember the thread? I don't plan on using Windows but I do have a certain fascination with those custom windows builds. It wasn't windows 9 it was one of those that came with like firefox, chrome and a dark theme installed. For the life of me I can't find it or remember its exact name.

>>1116 NVM I found it, it was Windows 10 AME

I have 8GB of RAM and wish to upgrade. Luckily, there's a spare unused (well, formally used) PC lying around. Possibly unfortunately, the sticks are 8GB each and of a different brand. The brand is likely not to make any difference but is there any word of a PC with irregularly sized RAM (24GB in this case) behaving strangely? I don't even know the timings, if that's important. Also, all of the sticks are DDR3.

>>1121 I think it may be sub optimal because of the difference in the specs of the sticks but it won't catch fire, and I don't think the irregular amount of memory will cause any issues. My notebook had 2+2 GB of memory but one day it burnt one of the sticks, and as a replacement I got a 4GB stick so it's had 6GB for a long time without issue. It has run Win7 and then Linux and never had a problem.

>>1121 With the timings you have to understand that it's like the weakest link in the chain analogy, whatever the slowest timing of a memory module is that's how the rest of them will be. As far as weird memory sizes I thought I read once that this is suboptimal for any system but I don't recall why.

What are some good/lightweight gui toolkits for C? I need to write a thing and so far FLTK looks like the best option, but that requires a C++ compiler.

>>1135 I'd definitely recommend FLTK but I don't know any that are pure C out of the box. Once you start doing GUI having objects is really helpful. You can always write your actual code in C and then link it to FLTK which is C++. Yeah, you need a C++ compiler, but are you not already using GCC? What's your situation where g++ is not an option but gcc is?

>>1135 Take your pick. https://szibele.com/memory-footprint-of-gui-toolkits/

Since last week I haven't been able to update Devuan ASCII, I get the error E: The repository 'http://packages.devuan.org/devuan ascii Release' does not have a Release file. N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default. I tried configuring apt to allow it anyways but I still get errors. Is this something on my end I need to fix or is the Devuan devs fault?

>>1143 Devuan is a meme distro with retarded devs that plugged their ears when RMS criticized them, don't even bother trying to get things to work.

>>1143 I had the same on Debian Buster. The issue was with list file that states that the default way to get software is the .iso. After removing the line the problem was solved in my case.

>>1155 Can you elaborate? My sources.list file looks fine.

>>1145 Hey, another Debian bro. >>1157 On a Debian default install the sources.list has a line that makes apt request the Debian installer CD because it acts as an initial repository. In your case it seems that's not the case and the URL you provided is simply down (it redirects to http://packages.roundr.devuan.org/devuan but that site never answers).

>>1159 First quote meant to quote >>1155

>> 1160 Hey. >> 1157 After the >> 1159 response I'm not sure but still it's worth to try. > This fix is needed only for those who installed Debian from a DVD. Because after you installed Debian from a DVD, you will get the error “the repository cdrom does not have a release file” every time you try to update your system > To fix this error, open the Software and Updates application and in the Other Software tab, disable CDROM repository

>>1139 Thanks! >>1138 Just personal preference, I'd rather keep away from C++ bullshit. I used FLTK multiple times and it's designed in a sensible way I think, but I just wanted to see if there's anything better.

>>99 What are some good DNS servers?

>>1164 OpenNIC is kinda slow but it's got more domains than regular clearnet. You can also host your own if you want to fix performance. If you use a VPN, some have their own DNS.

I have recently bought an 8BitDo SN30 Pro+ controller after it had been shilled to hell and back and it was pretty comfortable to play with, but I'm getting some issues with diagonal inputs. More specifically, according to Windows 7 patented controller settings screen, I can't seem to get the cross in any of the four corners, no matter how hard I try or what settings I change using 8BitDo's software. Updated firmware doesn't seem to make a difference. More specifically, I'm having trouble when playing with emulated games that use wide and angled movements, think Crash Team Racing. I can play it no problem but it won't turn all the way left or right in tight corners for some reasons. Is there a way to achieve that sweet corner movement, or is my controller just defective? It's such a joke that a Linq cheap PS3 controller can do what a 40 dollarydoos controller can't.

>>1177 I don't have one so I cannot check myself, but I would hazard a guess that the designers were trying to emulate analog-stick "circular" movement and thus didn't want full force in both directions. I can't think of any other reason why other controllers would work but this one wouldn't. If it's emulating an analog stick with pre-set values for each direction then this seems like a hack to prevent exactly what you want. Frankly, if something is shilled then I'd be extra skeptical. Plus, it's only got 4 face buttons, which makes it useless for playing Genesis, Saturn, and Arcade games.

How do I go about ripping videos from certain sites when Video Downloadhelper won't detect them? I wanna say Youtube-dl but I don't think that works on the especially lesser known sites (the [ad-ridden] kind that exclusively hosts JAVs).

>>1205 Why don't you give it a try? Youtube-dl supports hundreds of sites and costs you nothing to download. Otherwise if you want to do it manually look at the requests the site does and figure it out. Most likely you'll have to download the playlist of video chunks and then download all the chunks and join them together with ffmpeg or some other video encoding software.

>>1205 Youtube-dl works with basically any site. If you're too retarded for a CLI then just use youtube-dl GUI.

>>1205 What the others said. You know youtube-dl exists but you didn't even try it? You could also ask the developer to support it explicitly, if you're not to embarrassed to ask.

Any reason to use sndio over just alsa?

>>99 Yeah, that's me. I haven't really thought about it though.

Why does using a bluetooth controller suck ass on PC? If I use my PS4 then it works just fine, but the same controller in the same room is laggy as shit on PC. Do consoles use some propriety protocol over BT? Or is my USB adapter just shit?

Is it worth making your own imageboard if you have no tech or mod experience whatsoever? Also, do you need lots of money?

I've recently switched my jewtube workflow from invidious instances to youtube-local instead since invidio.us went down and the other instances tend to go offline often. In a lot of ways it's significantly more convenient, actually in just about every way it's more convenient since local subscriptions with thumbnails are easier to interface with than RSS feeds. The only issue, and this was an issue with invidious instances as well, is that the videos are all 720p. I've set the default resolution in the settings.txt for the program to 1080 but it's obvious the videos are still 720p. I noticed on the github https://github.com/user234683/youtube-local it says >Planned features: Muxing of 1080p I'm a bit tech illiterate about things like this, does this mean 1080p videos with youtube-local aren't supported yet?

>>1306 >does this mean 1080p videos with youtube-local aren't supported yet? Yes, they are not supported yet. Also youtube-local is absolutely retarded, tracking googlevideos connections would be trivial.

>>1306 1080p+ support for YouTube is missing from a lot of software that interacts with it. I think the lone exception is youtube-dl. You'll note that they say "Muxing of 1080p", this is because YouTube separates the audio and video streams entirely for 1080p (and above) videos, so you need to "sync" them together into a single file for playback. YouTube's official player handles this. youtube-dl gets streams separately anyways and always combines them, so it's a non-issue. For others, it's a technical barrier that much be overcome, and YouTube makes small changes constantly that can break them.

I am new to Gentoo and whenever I try to emerge unetbootin it tells me I need to add use flags or something but then all I get is a bunch of package names, (argument) and >=dev-libs/libpcre2-10.35 pcre16. I told it to add whatever these mystery use flags were to the make.conf but it didn't and now it doesn't even give me the option to add them. I am using a custom kernel and hardened gentoo if it matters at all.

Is switching from Windows to Linux worth it? I know that Linux is a lot more pro-privacy, even if one goes with the more mainstream distros like Ubuntu, which is great. On the other hand, I'm worried about having to deal with endless compatibility issues, re-learning how to install software, and so forth. I'm essentially looking for an option which balances user privacy and protection with reasonable compatibility for emulations, DAWs, and Wine (or similar virtualizers for Windows software), and an anon over at /v/ suggested Ubuntu was the most-versatile option, especially for a beginner. But will the benefits be noticeable enough to be worth what will likely be a high learning curve? Also, I hear Linus has a thing against Nvidia due to compatibility issues. If my rig has a GTX1660, am I shit out of luck?

>>1337 Nice digits, but if you can't be bothered to try it out by yourself it's certainly not worth it for you.

>>1337 If you are willing to learn lots of Linux commands and more new stuff, then go with Linux. Maybe try Linux in a Virtual Machine first to see if you would stick with it. I used to use Linux on a Desktop with a GTX 1070 and it wasn't too bad. The latest Ubuntu LTS release should automatically install the nvidia drivers if you choose the (((Install 3rd party software))) option during installation. Many other distros should be fine with nvidia drivers too, but you need to install them yourself. Follow distro-specific guides on how to install nvidia drivers and never directly grab the drivers from nvidia's website.

>>1357 not him but I never I liked Ubuntu on virtualbox, it always runs so slow but I discovered Lubuntu today and it works better so far.

>>1337 (nice) I have a 1660 Ti and compatibility is fine. A lot of distributions make it easy to install nVidia's drivers. Most Steam games work via proton, as long as the game is installed on a non-NTFS drive. You can check games you play often on protondb. Also, Ubuntu and Debian are commonly recommended "beginner" distributions. I'd say you should either try Manjaro first or at least look at one of the alternative flavors of Ubuntu with a better desktop environment. It handles the install for you and makes adding drivers and such easy. And they provide multiple desktops right on their website, so you can take a look. XFCE is pretty lightweight and you can theme it. KDE is pretty heavy but looks better out of the box. Both are plenty usable and better than GNOME, and i3 is an additional learning curve you probably aren't ready for yet. Is there a learning curve for Linux? Absolutely. You need to unlearn a lot of Windows behaviors and expectations. Sometimes this is the failure of the distribution (see below), and other times it's because Windows has made some choices and now people just accept that's how "computers" are. Little things like "oh, you can't do that from here". Why? Because it's not that program's job. Windows users tend to just want it where they expect it and don't care about system design concerns. >>1358 Any distribution that tries to force GNOME or derivatives (including Unity) on you out of the box is going to be slow. They tried so hard to be "feature complete" and newbie friendly, but all they've done is provide a a worse OSX-style experience with tons of bloat. Lubuntu or Xubuntu, out of the box, are a better experience. It's faster and it's going to be more familiar for Windows users trying to run a second install. Even KDE has better performance than GNOME in my experience, and it's also pretty bloated. At least they don't try to pretend it's lightweight, and value adding features instead of removing them. Still have to deal with Aptitude, but at least it's a step in the right direction. Especially for newbies who don't know how to change desktop environments. >>1335 I don't think a custom/hardened kernel should affect installing, it just impacts software at runtime. Hardened has also been significantly weakened since many of those patches went private, and it's generally not considered "worth it" anymore. If you're telling it to add those USE flags then it's probably doing it. Are you certain it's not? Are you getting a specific error when trying to install?

>>1359 I may or may not move from hardened as the stage 3 was smaller. Do packages tend to be smaller? Also, why did they go private? Anyway, I am getting the same error as before and I did check the USE variable in the make.conf to be sure it was added or not. Whatever this variable is was not added. Pic related is the error. I am probably missing something obvious I just have no idea what this error is trying to tell me.

>>1360 >why did they go private The developers of grsecurity are faggots and decided they could make money selling to corporations instead of publishing the changes for free. They're really only able to do this because Linus doesn't consider it the kernel team's job to really think about security implementations. If they did, they'd have mainlined many of the smaller changes a long time ago. >Do packages tend to get smaller? Hardened pulls in a bunch of additional packages and updates your USE flags to build with SELinux compatibility. I think it might also forcibly set some GCC security flags, but those are easy enough to set yourself and I'd be surprised if they weren't enabled by default on most profiles; protecting against something like stack smashing is relatively uncontroversial and I can't imagine why you'd want to compile without it for daily use. >error I'm admittedly a little rusty on Gentoo since the laptop I was daily-driving it on has been stuck somewhere. I found this forum entry which seems relevant: https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-419133-view-next.html I think you just need to verify your make.conf isn't malformed and that you've added the correct USE flags somewhere.

I gave going X-less a try as a meme before moving to Void, but the longer I use it, the less reasons I see to not daily it. >window management <I already used to use i3 and rarely tiled, usually one fullscreen window per workspace, so Alt+F? feels normal to me >anime/other weeb videos <mpv -vo=drm >youtube <youtube-viewer, configured to launch above >viewing images <fbi >reading manga <download with cum(or a web browser from somewhere like itazura) -> unzip -> fbi >music <moc(used cmus back in the day but apparently it's a daemon now instead of a normal player) >irc <irssi >screenshot <fbcat/fbgrab >browsing files <ranger or mc, I actually like both >browsing web Here's where I hit a roadblock. <links: no images, no Japanese(well no shit, TTY's are ASCII) <links -g: images work, kana displays but kanji doesn't, and characters are apparently a .png baked in at compile time <w3m: images work, no Japanese <fbterm links: no images, Japanese works but artifacts out the ass <fbterm w3m: no images, Japanese works <also fbterm breaks fbi images, but on the other hand it would let me have Japanese in the rest of the system like in filenames <netsurf is not in the repos and I got confused by their compiling instructions What do I do to have both Japanese display(and input) and images at the same time? Try to stuff Unifont into links? Try to fix fbi/w3m images in fbterm? Try to get netsurf working? Or just give up and run X without a window manager just for the web browser?

>>1368 i assume by how roundabout your solutions are that you're using framebuffer and not wayland. Sounds like an interesting premise. I remember stumbling upon a gdk(gtk+) framebuffer implementation at one point, i don't know how well it works however.

>>1368 Interesting setup. If only you know how to search with the right keyword... https://forums.balena.io/t/fullscreen-webkit-browser-with-hw-accelerated-css-webgl-and-html5-video-on-the-raspberrypi-3/741 and https://forums.balena.io/t/fullscreen-webkit-browser-with-hw-accelerated-css-webgl-and-html5-video-on-the-raspberrypi-3/741

I remember hearing that it's a good idea to just completely drain the battery on rechargeable devices every now and then. Is there a process that I should do this in, how often should I do this, and which rechargeable devices should I not do this with?

I'm getting this on mega.nz with PaleMeme 27.9.4. Does 28 have this same problem? Any addons out there that can still spoof a browser header to get past this? >I've been a Windows refugee for over five years. Honestly, it depends on the severity of your threat model.

Second half of >>1378 was meant for >>1337

>>1376 Honestly, don't bother with any of the "battery saving" shit you see. Batteries will go bad eventually, delaying it by a month or two isn't really worth all the effort. Just do what's convenient for you then replace the battery when it goes bad.

>>1380 The hell? How is it not good? A month can mean a difference for many things.

>>1381 A normal lithium ion battery will last a couple years. At that point an extra month is moot when you can just swap it out whit a brand new one.

I've recently started dual-booting Manjaro with Windows 10, and I have to say, I really like the former so far. I've had to do some tweaking and whatnot, but things seem fairly stable, overall. That said, I'm trying to find the best means of playing Blu-Rays, and so far I've tried the following methods: >The method mentioned on the Arch Wiki, involving VLC and libaacs However, this does not appear to work with newer Blu-Rays, as it keeps telling me the aacs files necessary aren't there, iirc >Trying to run a Windows-compatible BR player through Wine This requires Java, which among other problems is apparently undetectable through Wine; as well, it can't detect my Blu-Ray drive this way. >Trying to use MakeMKV In a sense, this has been the most stable option thus far, but again, it can't detect "any useable optical drives". Am I better off just using my Windows boot for Blu-Ray playback? Or am I missing something really obvious?

>>1383 mpv

>>1383 Are you using the Linux version of MakeMKV or using Wine? I don't have any issues with it on Ubuntu

Reposting my question from Lainchan since I want to solve this issue fast. I'm having speed issues with Qt5 applications, Tor Browser Bundle, and Firefox on Gentoo. The UI is unresponsive. I've been trying to find out how to fix the issue, but I'm totally lost now. How can I finally fix this font issue? Tor Browser log is attached. qBitorrent log will be on another post.

>>1386 anonymous@gentoo ~ $ qbittorrent OpenType support missing for "MUTT ClearlyU Wide", script 11 OpenType support missing for "Liberation Sans", script 11 OpenType support missing for "Luxi Sans", script 11 OpenType support missing for "Nimbus Sans L", script 11

>>1386 >>1387 I don't have a concrete solution but I am not convinced that it is a font issue. I'm far more concerned with the following [Parent 18528, Gecko_IOThread] WARNING: pipe error (97): Connection reset by peer: file /var/tmp/build/firefox-8c99f46eb62b/ipc/chromium/src/chrome/common/ipc_channel_posix.cc, line 358 A pipe error on a system socket is a red flag, and the commonality between Qt, Firefox, and Tor Browser is the Gecko engine. I found this bug report on the issue for Tor Browser, although it was closed. https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/docker-selenium/issues/388 Additionally, I found this which was a problem with their SELinux configuration https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1545844 Are you using the hardened profile? Is SELinux configured? If so, it may be preventing Gecko from being able to access a socket it needs, which is causing hangups.

>>1388 No, I'm using the default Gentoo profile. I do not have SELinux.

>>1389 That doesn't mean it's not a permissions issue. Your Gecko IO threads are receiving pipe errors when trying to use a local socket. The most likely causes are that they do not have the rights to grab sockets, probably because of insufficient permissions. Whatever the cause, it makes perfect sense why they'd lock up, it makes sense that they all share Gecko in common. You need to figure out why Gecko can't pipe data through sockets.

Anyone know why my ATR 2100 USB mic has really shitty sound quality on linux that doesn't get picked up very well and kind of trails off and cuts out unless I'm yelling directly in the mic? I tested another shittier headset mic and it works more or less fine.

>>1392 To add onto this it sounds fine in things like audacity recordings but in VOIP software like steam and steam games it doesn't register at all unless I yell directly into the mic.

I am not sure where to post this but I am really worried, I haven't used my paypal account in years but I got a message on my email that paypal has been used I also got a tracking number from ups emailed to me with my PO box, 5days later I got 10 t-shirts sent to my PO box. I am not sure what is going on or what I should do. I am trying send the shit back to the merchant but I can't call paypal's Customer Service because >We currently have limited customer service staffing due to Coronavirus and get hung up as soon as the message ends. I have honestly forgotten I had it, and should have de-activated it a long time ago. My paypal shouldn't have worked at all since I changed bank account because of a different reason.

>>1395 If you didn't get charged, then just enjoy your free shit.

Is it safe to download torrents as long as it's done through a proxy? Deluge has a proxy setting.

>>1397 It's generally anonymous to do so, since all your traffic is routed through an anonymous endpoint. You can still download malware if you're not careful, and that can reveal your actual IP if it wants to. But that's on you to look out for. But your IP shouldn't leak as long as you do it all via VPN.

>>1398 >But your IP shouldn't leak as long as you do it all via VPN. What about non-VPN proxies?

>>1399 You would have to do packet capture to find out for sure, but torrent clients in general have a reputation for leaking information. That's why one of the reasons it's inadvisable to use them with Tor.

>>1400 Okay, thank you.

>>1397 I down/up load about a TB a month, no VPN or proxy. Never ran into any issues

Can someone recommend me a tiling window manager with good mouse support for moving and resizing windows?

>>1404 i3 perhaps as it still has titlebars so you don't need to press alt just to move a window with the mouse

Why does seemingly every website break the simple "tab" option for moving between the username and password field? What the hell do the coders of the website get off on when they think forcing the user to click on the password field themselves is good? Not only that, it also breaks a lot of password managers that just use a "auto-type" method instead of a method based on the input fields.

>>3 Hey /t/, computer illiterate here: Recently, my MSI pre-built computer won't turn on properly. Basically, it's been raining and storming a lot in my area lately so I am fearing the worst, but essentially the computer does the following: >Boots >Starts loading for about 3 seconds >Fan starts >Hard shutdown I have tried the following, and none of them worked: >Removed RAM sticks and put them back >Removed just one RAM stick >Removed both >Removed the HD >Plugged every removable cord in and out of the motherboard >Changed socket >Changed charger And none of them worked. It doesn't really look as if anything got burnt, so is there any other check I must attempt before deeming the motherboard completely dead and over? Also, should I buy a new one and if so, what exactly should I look for in a new one, how much am I expecting to pay and is there any comprehensive guide to pc building or repairing for these cases?

>>1443 By boots do you mean it boots fully into Windows I'm assuming you're using Windows since you're retarded? If so it might be overheating

>>1444 No it just starts sending signals to every component connected to the motherboard, including the fan, then it stops abruptly. >I'm assuming you're using Windows since you're retarded? My mom says I'm special In all seriousness, I was able to get to the BIOS Setup after fucking around by plugging and unplugging shit until it sounded well plugged enough. I usually try and remove dust bimonthly but I have been unable to in the last few months so it might be that too. Is there any test I should perform?

>>1444 Managed to get through Safe Mode, running SFC right now, cpu is unusually hot Also wow I am on an even worse pc so I didn't notice that was a chart. Amazing, thank you kind sir.

>>1446 Clean your CPU cooler and apply new paste. If it's a shit cooler you might wanna replace it.

>>1447 I'll look into it. I really need to learn the basics of this shit.

>>1447 Ah yes, by the way, can you recommend any one product? Even if it's just something that I have to look into the ingredients used, I don't mind.

>>1449 What CPU do you have, and how much clearance do you have for a cooler? Also depending on what you currently have you may not need a new one, new thermal paste might be enough.

>>1451 Intel i3-3220 It's an old pc but I've been able to keep it from dying for quite a while now and I'd be sad to lose it

>>1451 Oh and about space, I think I can probably fit one and the PSU has an extra unused wire. I'd probably have to find a way to make it stick to the walls of the case though. Like I said earlier, I try and dust it off gently with a pair of small hairbrushes and frequently dust off where I can reach in a well ventilated area, but I had to slack off lately and here I am now. I'm waiting for some checks to go through so I can read fan speed and temperature.

I want to buy bitcoin/cryptocurrency but I don't want to fuck all my personal information over to a shit service like Coinbase. I have an idea for how to buy it, but I need some way to get a wallet without going through any of these services, any wisdom anons?

>>1454 You can literally just create a wallet. You download software that generates one, and then you have an address people can send the currency to.

>>1454 >I want to buy bitcoin/cryptocurrency but I don't want to fuck all my personal information over to a shit service like Coinbase. Then prepare yourself to get scammed, and don't put in any amount of money you'd rather not lose. >but I need some way to get a wallet without going through any of these services You can create a wallet yourself, without any trouble. The fact you haven't figured it out means your idea for how to buy bitcoin is probably retarded, and that you're probably going to fuck up somewhere else anyways.

Does anyone know how to download Ungoogled Chromium for PureOS? I would appreciate it if the instructions are not technically demanding, as I am rather new to Linux.

>>1472 According to this: https://tracker.pureos.net/T797 It's not packaged for either PureOS or upstream Debian. So you'll need to get it from outside repositories. You can try the prebuilt binaries which the maintainers list https://ungoogled-software.github.io/ungoogled-chromium-binaries/ Your best bet is probably the Debian installer. An architecture isn't listed, but I am guessing it's x86_64. If you have an Intel or AMD processor in a laptop build within the last decade, then this is fine. If your device is older, or you're trying to run PureOS on something else like a Raspberry Pi or a phone, you should beware that this is probably not the binary you are looking for. If you get a .deb file you can do a search for how to install one. Generally you'll just need to provide it to either aptitude or dpkg and then handle dependencies which are hopefully packaged. May I make the recommendation that you just use a private browser which is already packaged for Debian? Such as Firefox, Icecat, or any other derivatives? Ungoogled Chromium is duct tape on a bandage as far as privacy goes.

>>1472 >new to linux >meme distro >meme browser >filling up the subject field >>1474 >private browser >Firefox >the browser installing adware "extensions" remotely, something not even Chrome does

How can I successfully install Win7 SP1 on a laptop that originally came with Win10? The laptop is from 2015. I attempted to do this before, but after I installed the OS, the wifi and ethernet drivers failed to install possibly due to missing updates. I do not have the error messages at all.

I'm trying to open a webpage but they're doing some sort of blocking at the DNS level that makes it so that I can't resolve the address using any DNS I try, however if I connect to a VPN the same DNS servers I tried previously actually do resolve the address without issue. How is this possible? Is there anything in the DNS protocol that would allow them to filter name resolution by the IP address that requests the resolution? I've never heard of anything like this before. >>1479 I tried installing a fresh Win7 SP1 install recently and the issue was with certificates. Some of the updates must add some root certificates and without them other programs failed to run. Also I faintly remember some issues about outdated SSL libraries. tl;dr: let it update

>>1480 How can I update at all if I can't get any internet access at all? >wifi drivers failed to install <ethernet drivers failed to install

>>1479 >SP1 Why are you so retarded that you want to install a specific version of an unsupported OS? I could understand wanting to install Linux, but this is just stupid. >>1480 >they're doing some sort of blocking at the DNS level They aren't, it's literally impossible unless they own every single DNS server you used. What is more likely is that your government blocked that site, but there could be many other explainations: hard to tell without knowing which DNS you tried and what's the site you wanted to get to.

>>1484 If you want to try solving it via updates, Microsoft used to allow you to download and bundle updates via an offline installer. These days, it's possible that option has been removed. They take a scorched earth policy when it comes to unsupported operating systems and a lot of very helpful tools are just gone now to encourage upgrades. It's embarassing that Win7 never figured out generic ethernet drivers at the very least. Another option might be to look up what chipset your motherboard has for ethernet and then see if you can find the driver from the manufacturer website, or from somewhere else. If that also fails, you can look at older models of the same line and try to find their drivers. It's possible that will get you enough functionality to connect and get started. >>1485 >Why are you so retarded that you want to install a specific version of an unsupported OS? In his defense, SP1 is the last compiled release of Win7. Unlike XP or some of their other releases, it never got a SP2, nor did it get a "here's everything bundles" end-of-life release. The only way to have all updates for Win7 out of the box would be building an image yourself, and I don't even know if Microsoft offers tools for that anymore. Why he wants to install Win7 is his business. I've told all my friends and family who don't need it for work to just move on to Linux. Not a lot listen, but it's the sensible move at this stage. But there are reasons you might not be able to ditch Windows.

>>1484 ha, I missed that bit. Maybe try getting more information about the error and if it actually is an error with certificates try getting the certificate from a Win7 VM and installing it manually. You could also try to see if you can get the required update(s) to install offline, I think Microsoft provided a way to get updates for offline installation and some other websites used to mirror them too. You could also try getting an older driver that may install in a non-updated Win7 install, and then upgrade it after Windows gets upgraded. >>1485 I think I figured out what's going on. The user facing DNS server eventually needs to hit the nameserver of the website that I'm trying to access and that nameserver must have been tweaked to not resolve to an address depending on where the DNS server I use is located. I obviously tried 8.8.8.8 and 1.1.1.1 as DNS servers but those addresses always reach local nameservers so that's why the name started resolving on a VPN. Using regional DNS servers always fails, but using DNS servers in other regions actually works. Nifty trick, 8moe should implement it.

>>1485 Windows 10 is malicious bullshit and I can't into Linux. All the distros suck except Gentoo, but I've been running into obscure issues in Gentoo recently. I also started to try out Windows 8.1 again, and I'm now having audio stutter issues. It doesn't happen on Windows 7. Windows 7 is the best desktop OS, but sadly it is dying. Anyways, FUCK WINDOWS 10 FUCK SYSTEMD FUCK WINDOWS 8.1 FUCK RED HAT FUCK MICROSOFT

>>1501 >can't into Linux >can totally determine that win10 is malicious bullshit because he read it on facebook

It seems that even entry level help desk openings demand experience in Active Directory. Odds are they mean actual work experience but how do I go about practicing that at home?

>>1510 If you're committed to learning it then you can do it at home and they don't need to know that you're all that new. I would gather any old/cheap computers you or your friends have and configure a basic network. Or if you have a nicer desktop you can use VMs. Install Windows Server on one and then create a domain and add the others onto it. Create users and administrate from there. Learn to use group policies to push updates and control permissions. You might want to pirate a book on the topic and follow its examples. There are also certification programs. Microsoft's certifications are notoriously easy and even Pajeets have them. You just need to get a book that teaches to the test and learn from it, and then you can say you're certified. Do they have an Active Directory specific certification? No clue, but you can find out, check Amazon for books that purport to teach it, and then look for that on libgen or your favorite private tracker. In general, you should assume certificates are worthless and professional experience matters more. But the goal is just to get your foot in the door somewhere that can tolerate your being green while you learn how to apply the knowledge. A certification can help with that. But it's still good to have a network to play around on, even if it's unlike the spaghetti you'll find in the real world.

>>1510 If you're just doing help desk, odds are all you'll be doing in AD is resetting passwords, and maybe account creation. Either way it's easy as fuck.

Anons i would like to get a bit on an advice. I found a PC next to a skip (pic) and i would need advice in getting a new motherboard for it. The specs are quite decent for what was thrown out, It's got an AMD Athlon II X4 ADX645WFK42GM , 4 gigs of ddr3 ram, and a GTX 560 all neatly packed on to an asrock N68C-UCC mobo. The thing works but mobo wise its got a few issues dragging it down, the first is that it's got an Nforce chip set, front USB is dead with even voltage missing from the rails, front audio is dead. Two from the 4 sata ports are also appear to be dead the connectors are there but that's it. Now im asking for advice what would be a decent mobo i can migrate the stuff to make a usable PC?

>>1555 Are you planning on re-using the same CPU/GPU just with a new motherboard? Doesn't really seem worth it imho From the pic it looks like an OEM prebuilt. Some of them have custom boards, so the holes might not line up if you get some ATX board.

>>1556 I guess once it was an OEM prebuilt but the parts can be found separate on ebay and there are links that amazon stocked them in the past. About reusing the CPU/GPU. Yes i was planing to reuse the CPU+ram since with a decent mobo they would make a sweet retro build- The GPU is king of hit n miss it works but only one output from the 3 so that might get sold or just taken to a recycling center near me.

>>1555 >The specs are quite decent for what was thrown out They aren't especially good, see if you can find a compatible mobo on ebay or similar sites but don't worry too much about getting the perfect model.

>>1558 That's why I was hoping that someone who have used am3 mobos would have a decent idea about what to recommend and what to avoid. The mobo what was inside.. Well it exists. I had a boat load of troubles back in the day with nforce so I want to avoid it. And hey maybe I can "upgrade" my own retro pc with it without breaking the bank Sry about the id hop I'm on phone at work

Okay, so, I have a link to an elusive video. It's part of an episode of Happy Days where Mork from Ork is at Arnolds and The Fonz has challenged him to a fight. Mork ends up freezing him in place, but the Fonz breaks out of it. WHY IT'S IMPORTANT: It is THE key scene where the Fonz gives a double thumbs up with an "Eyyyyyy". However, CBS are a bunch of fuckwits and want the mandella effect to take place. I have a link to the video on jew tube, which is not deleted, but the video is blocked. if anyone can rip this or even provide the actual scene, it'd be most appreciated. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46cG2foNwiU

>>1511 >>1514 I do have VMware, which I used to dabble with via a Windows 7 iso but not the Windows Server iso. Where do I go about getting one of those without attracting God knows how many viruses?

>>1560 Nevermind, I found it on a 3rd world website. It's mirrored but it's the scene with the intact audio.

Should I download games to my HDD then move them to my SSD, or does that matter?

>>1581 Lolwut

>>1581 Why would that matter?

>>1582 >>1583 I thought it would be less writes to the drive but I guess moving the files would have the same effect.

>>1584 I don't think there's much reason to care about SSD health in that way. I think it takes something like a decade of constantly writing to it to make a dent. By the time SSD health goes into the shitter they'll probably cost next to nothing anyways.

>>1581 If you really care about your SSD, do this: https://archive.is/t20Pa >>1585 Not true, I have an one dead. Don't even know what caused it.

>>1587 If you don't know what caused it the it probably wasn't excessive writing to it.

>>1588 The health gradually falls. It starts from non-often rootfs inaccessible to impossible to read it. If that isn't health related, I don't know what is.

There wouldn't happen to be a FOSS program for cataloging backlogs and watch you've watched for movies, games, shows, anime and the like would there? Obviously this is something that could be done in standard office software like excel but it would be nice if there was something that had cover art and new/related releases built into it. Probably a bit too niche of an idea. I'm sure there's websites that do this but fuck that.

>>1590 Not sure about movies, games, and shows. But there are FOSS anime list applications like Trackma for Unix-like OSes and Taiga for Windows that track your anime progress for you. You'll need an account on AniList or MyAnimeList if you are okay with using Google Recaptcha every time you log in to their website (MyAnimeList has a invisible recaptcha that doesn't ask you to solve everytime). When you do register an account, you can just use their API to update your anime list locally so you wouldn't need to touch their websites for a very long time. AniDB would probably be the best in terms of privacy, but they don't have an API for externally updating anime lists sadly.

>>1590 I guess you could use Jellyfin for this

>>1591 Would have been nice to have a cohesive program that pulls data from everything from IMDB all the way to steam to catalog games, review scores, related media, and have that information all stored locally to avoid analytics. It's a shame so much useful tech is locked away behind data farming websites requiring accounts.

>>1591 I almost forgot to mention that I recently found out AniDB uses Google Recaptcha only for registration.

What's better: Powering my computer speaker by the wall outlet, or using a usb port on the computer?

>>1501 win8 is almost the same, and looks like shit if you must use that pos, it's possible to make win10 tolerable, by disabling most of its bs and using custom visual styles to change the retarded appearance, but it takes patience and it's possible to break shit and have to reinstall from scratch. >All the distros suck except Gentoo some seem good, eg. parabola >>1502 is a faggot

What are some good e-mail services to use?

Linux newfag here, so I apologize in advance if this is a retarded question. In Mint 20, if I'm trying to download certain emulators (specifically Dolphin, PCSX2, ePSXe, and SNES9X), am I better off building them from source, or using Lutris runners? I can't use PPA, at least with Dolphin, since it always returns a "This PPA does not support focal" error, which is apparently an issue with Mint 20 itself. Thus, those are my remaining choices. There are issues with both, however: >I can't seem to find where the Dolphin runner is saved, which is an issue, as I'm hoping to transfer over my memory card files from my Windows boot >On the other hand, building Dolphin from source requires GTK libraries to be installed, and I have no clue where I should extract the tarball in order to have anything else detect it. Am I missing something incredibly simple, or am I just boned? >>1644 I use ProtonMail, myself.

>>1655 I don't use Mint so I don't know what your issue is, but I think you should seriously consider switching to something like Manjaro as a starter distro. You don't have to deal with the packaging bullshit that come with aptitude and PPAs. If something on Arch isn't packaged, it's probably in the AUR and you can install it from there. Try installing pacaur and using that as your primary package manager; it makes it easy. Compiling from source is ideal, and Gentoo is great for that if you know what you're doing. But I think Manjaro offers the right balance of training wheels and not getting in your way. Debian developers (Mint is downstream from Debian) live in constant fear that someone, somewhere, is installing a package that isn't a tested and approved configuration. If you really want to compile from source on Mint then I can help but I think for someone just starting out you should use something that will automate it. Download the GTK tarball or see if the GTK development headers are packaged and install them via aptitude. For most tarballs, you will need to run ./configure followed by make and sudo make install and this will put stuff where it needs to go. You might also need to run ldconfig for linking libraries to compile against.

>>1656 > I think you should seriously consider switching to something like Manjaro as a starter distro. I did; it was the first one I ever tried. Had nothing but grief after awhile, so I admit I'm not especially keen on moving back. I agree the AUR makes things a lot easier in many ways, but I've also been hearing stuff like pic related, which fits quite well with my experience. What it did well, it did very well; what it didn't, basically broke the system for all intents and purposes. Part of the reason I decided to try Mint, was its famous stability, coupled with its copious documentation and the Cinnamon DE. I can honestly say that so far I've had far fewer issues with Mint than I did with Manjaro. Don't get me wrong, though, I appreciate the recommendation. >Download the GTK tarball or see if the GTK development headers are packaged and install them via aptitude. Will do; thanks for the info. >For most tarballs, you will need to run... and this will put stuff where it needs to go. This is excellent. I KNEW there had to be a way to get stuff to move to the right place! If I understand this correctly, then, it'd go something like this: cd ~/Downloads tar xf filename.tar.gz ./configure make sudo make install sudo ldconfig But how can one tell if ldconfig is necessary? Just by whether or not it crashes or gives an error upon attempting to install? I must admit, I've never had to use it before. Thanks again for the advice, anon.

>>1656 >Try installing pacaur and using that as your primary package manager; it makes it easy. Sorry for the double reply, but for the sake of completeness, I should admit I didn't use pacaur; I used a mixture of pacman and yay.

>>1657 ldconfig is usually necessary if you need library files for developing software. When compiling, these are usually a byproduct, but when installing from packages they're usually separate. If you would normally need to install the lib*-dev version of something (that's how Debian usually labels it; not sure if Mint inherits from Debian or Ubuntu repositories) then you probably want to run ldconfig to ensure your compiler can find it. >Manjaro is fine until it breaks and then requires advanced knowledge to fix So does Debian/Ubuntu/Mint, but the knowledge required is different. Personally, I'd rather deal with a partial upgrade where I have to resolve dependencies using package management directly. Fixes are easy, you just don't know what you need to do. It's inexperience, but between the Gentoo/Arch wiki and some searching, you will learn the correct way to fix the problem, and those solutions will often work, to some degree, on other distros. On Debian and its derivatives, the problem is usually caused by maintainers packaging the files you need in a way that is unsuitable for you. It's probably a couple years out of date. It's also possible there's a bug for your exact release, and you can't fix it without a dist upgrade. Oh, but that dist upgrade might mean other packages get moved to a version which isn't compatible with what you're trying to do. Okay, so the official repositories for Debian and others are shit, but you can always pull in PPAs. Well, maybe, if someone has one. And if aptitude feels like letting you do it. Some require you to add keys first, which usually entails looking up said key and blindly pasting a command to wget/curl it and input it to your keyring, because newbies have no idea how to search a key database. This is a "safety" measure that encourages newbies to paste strange commands into their terminal. And if the PPA you want doesn't exist or doesn't offer the exact version you want? Now you need to compile from source. And because of dependencies, you probably also need to compile all of those from source. And if you hit a wall here as a newbie? Good luck troubleshooting it when you don't even know your environment. Meanwhile, on Gentoo and Arch, you could have just run a single command and the package manager would gladly download the latest stable release, as well as dependencies, and compile them from source and install them for you. You can skip to the conclusion of hours of troubleshooting and do it the easy way. And the wiki usually documents issues here. Why spend hours reading StackOverflow posts from 5-10 years ago with outdated information to solve what is, ultimately, a problem caused by Debian's shitty packaging and mismanagement, when you could spend that time reading the wiki, learning how the system works, and fixing a real issue? The people who promote Debian and its downstream distros are deathly afraid of leaving the wading pool, but as a result they never learned to swim. >>1658 Pacman is the default. It works perfectly fine if you don't want any AUR packages. I recommend Pacaur because it will do a search of official packages and then use the AUR as a fallback. Generally, installation via AUR entails cloning a git repository and then running a makepkg command on it. Pacaur simply automates the process. I've never uses yay, despite technically having it installed. Try to stick to one package manager. Manjaro's biggest problem out the gate is preinstalling too much shit, including package managers. They should pick a default or make it part of the installer to select your preferred manager.

Well, fug. This was what happened upon trying to ./configure the tarball. Now I assume I have to find other packages and fit them into the tarball somehow. >>1659 >Fixes are easy, you just don't know what you need to do. Which means they are effectively no longer easy lol. Seriously, though, I constantly felt terrified of doing stuff in Manjaro, like everything was going to shatter into a million pieces if I fucked up even one install. At least with Mint, they have Timeshift, which in theory allows one to quickly pick up the pieces again. >between the Gentoo/Arch wiki and some searching, you will learn the correct way to fix the problem The Arch Wiki is indeed god-tier, I agree. It helped a LOT when I was using Manjaro. >And if the PPA you want doesn't exist or doesn't offer the exact version you want? Oh, it's worse than that: I was digging deeper into Dolphin's website, and apparently they don't even maintain their PPA anymore, explicitly telling users to compile from source now. And apparently, PCSX2's repo doesn't "support focal" either, so you know what that means!! :^) >And if you hit a wall here as a newbie? Good luck troubleshooting it when you don't even know your environment. But again, this is the same exact issue I faced with Manjaro. If this sort of stuff keeps up, I may be forced to switch back, but God, I hope not. >I recommend Pacaur because it will do a search of official packages and then use the AUR as a fallback. That actually sounds pretty great. Wish I'd known about that sooner lol. On a related note, I have separate partitions for /root and /home. How badly will things fuck up ifhypothetically I were to switch back from Mint to Manjaro, attempting to keep my /home folder intact in the process? Would there be a crapton of file conflicts, or is it likely to work?

>>1660 Install Gentoo.

>>1662 Doesn't Gentoo install similarly to Arch, in the sense that you have to know exactly what you're doing beforehand in order not to break everything before it's even past the gate? I appreciate the recommendation, I really do, but I have a feeling I'd fuck it up with my current level of knowledge.

>>1666 Daemon, that is how you learn. You learn by learning to learn. Search, don't ask. Understand, think. What you did shows you don't know what you are doing. That level of knowing is basic. Yet, you lack it. TLDR: Stupid question. RTFM.

>>1669 >Search, don't ask. Understand, think. Yes, I understand that, but for someone who is still learning to troubleshoot properly, they're simply not going to be able to figure everything out by themselves. Meanwhile, I'm trying to find a distro that will work as a stable desktop OS. If I have to risk breaking stuff and consequently having to waste several combined hours undoing mistakes, that's no longer an OS -- it's an experiment. That's fine, but again, I think you'll agree it's way less productive in the long-run, at least until you know how to troubleshoot properly. >That level of knowing is basic. Yet, you lack it. I'm pretty sure that the very fact I mentioned Gentoo seems to work that way means I was aware it would be a problem, yes? Unless you meant my earlier posts >>1657 >>1660, though I made a point in both of those to stress that I was already trying to apply my current knowledge to my situation. I was stumped, and tried asking anons as a last resort. I fail to see the problem here; there's no immorality/stupidity in asking a question, provided one has tried to solve it by oneself first. >TLDR: Stupid question. RTFM. Gee willickers, anon! You sure told me who's boss! How will I ever recover?! :^)

>>1660 >Will switching back keep my /home folder in-tact? I've had mixed results. In theory you can just tell it not to wipe it and to mount it as /home on the new system, too. In practice, I've had installers (can't remember which distro, probably either Manjaro or Ubuntu) ignore that directive and wipe it anyways. Back stuff up if it's really important. If you aren't using a LVM you should probably nuke it regardless. If you don't allocate enough room to / then resizing becomes difficult and risky without an LVM. >your picture Basically ./configure is looking for dependencies so it can configure the make file properly to link them. You'll need to install those packages, either via package manager or compiling. In theory, package managers were meant to solve this issue by providing binaries and installing any dependencies.In practice, working around them is more frustrating at times than not having one at all would be. But this to me is the appeal of a compilation-based distro like Arch and Gentoo. The package manager is generally able to run a compile script itself and has been packaged as such. Debian and Ubuntu just ship binaries of stuff with no regard for compatibility between versions, as long as it doesn't break the system entirely. >this is the exact same issue I faced with Manjaro No, there's a distinction here. With Debian, you have to spend a few hours grinding away your will to live fighting aptitude and their packaging decisions. You eventually discover that, due to ship dates, one library is nearly four years out of date, and another is two, and there aren't any releases that package compatible versions for what you need. So you end up having to compile both and all their dependencies manually. It's common for this to happen, and the package manager will fight you and not let you link stuff properly since it will want to use system versions of everything, even hopelessly out of date libraries. For rolling releases, you're probably on the cutting edge and everything is within some degree of compatibility. AUR provides scripts to compile and install for your OS automatically, and Gentoo packages are all just compile scripts, basically. Since you're always compiling, it's a first class experience. Compare with Debian and Ubuntu where you have to install the compiler and basic libraries via a package manager first... It's about what the maintainers expect you to be doing, and the maintainers of Debian and its downstreams think that under no circumstances should you be compiling. You should use their packages, which have been wisely chosen to be stable. Except their packaging decisions are shit. Their distro is shit. And when users don't know what's best for them, their distro will try to force them to do the "right" thing and just accept what is provided. At least when you end up having to compile I'll just say that compiling and finding dependencies on rolling releases has been far easier, and I found the experience less frustrating than "stable" releases that claim to have everything packaged but actually don't.

>>1681 >In practice, I've had installers (can't remember which distro, probably either Manjaro or Ubuntu) ignore that directive and wipe it anyways. Back stuff up if it's really important. That was my concern. Luckily, I already tend to back stuff up quite frequently, so it's not the end of the world. >If you aren't using a LVM you should probably nuke it regardless. If you don't allocate enough room to / then resizing becomes difficult and risky without an LVM. I'll have to look into that option. I actually had to reinstall Mint once already due to misjudging how much space I'd need in /. I had been led to believe that 20 GB would be sufficient, but I ended up going with 80, just to be safe, and it's still half-full. >Basically ./configure is looking for dependencies so it can configure the make file properly to link them. You'll need to install those packages, either via package manager or compiling. Yeah, I did some digging and found most of the necessary dependencies; however, the gtk+3.0 library is nowhere to be found, even taking into account its new name. For some reason, it still let me build from source anyway, but upon trying, it obviously still yielded an error. Am I cancer incarnate for downloading the flatpak version out of desperation? >But this to me is the appeal of a compilation-based distro like Arch and Gentoo. The package manager is generally able to run a compile script itself and has been packaged as such. Debian and Ubuntu just ship binaries of stuff with no regard for compatibility between versions, as long as it doesn't break the system entirely. That's definitely fair. I'm keeping Manjaro on the table, just in case these sorts of problems keep happening going forward, as it seems to be the only beginner-friendly distro of this type. >For rolling releases, you're probably on the cutting edge and everything is within some degree of compatibility. AUR provides scripts to compile and install for your OS automatically, and Gentoo packages are all just compile scripts, basically. >At least when you end up having to compile I'll just say that compiling and finding dependencies on rolling releases has been far easier, and I found the experience less frustrating than "stable" releases that claim to have everything packaged but actually don't. I admit I'm still a little apprehensive about switching back to a rolling release, but you've made a good argument. I keep wondering what went wrong with Manjaro the first time around, though; I'll admit that it's quite possible I simply didn't know enough about how the AUR, etc. works, but the fact that so many people keep lambasting the way updates are handled, and how packages are updated, etc., makes me wonder if it wasn't entirely my fault. I could also throw caution to the wind and try Pop!_OS, but I'll have to do more digging on that subject first.

Could there be issues if the kernel headers get upgraded to a version newer than the current kernel? It sounds retarded but the package manager said that it was reasonable and I was curious. I've also found a page on the gentoo wiki that said it was okay but it seems to only take into account glibc and in my case the headers are required for something else.

>>1701 It's fine. It just has to match what's expected of other libraries compiling against it. So be sure you upgrade glibc and other system libraries at the same time.

How do I get Imgbrd-Grabber to properly pull from my Zerochan's favorites page without making it download every image one-by-one?

Is Proton VPN any good? Ever since I've started using it every time I changed by IP it just slows down my internet not to mention it prevented me from accessing exhentai and several proxy sites? Is it something wrong on my end or what?

>>1744 Never ever ever ever use a free VPN.

>>1744 There are VPN's with trials you can try. Mullvad is one. If I recall correctly exhentai is that retarded site that only lets you access it if it has some bizarrely specific fingerprint of your identity through cookies or some stupid shit. So I could see how a VPN might trip it up.

Does anyone know how I might configure awesomewm so that the horizontal layout is limited to 2 rows instead of expanding to 3+ after 6 windows are opened?

So, after the shitshow that was the LibreOffice mascot contest, is it still "superior" to OpenOffice, are they just about the same, or is there a better office suite program?

I remember using a Chrome extension years ago that would save the posts that you were in the process of making so when you navigated off the page, you didn't lose what you typed but didn't submit, and have to start over. Does anyone here know what it could've been?

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>>1757 LibreOffice still better. They did "threaten" a paid enterprise version but the community jumped on their throats and they backed down quick.

>>1758 Might've been a Greasemonkey script rather than an addon.

Got asked if I could snoop and check if someone was "really working" at their computer. FUCK Even my autistic ass would call their phone and mark them as absent if they didn't answer, Jesus H. Christ on a pogostick

>>1757 If you need an offline productivity suite, your choices really are LibreOffice and... LibreOffice. OpenOffice is abandonware that everyone ditched for a good reason, and the only "alternative" is Microsoft Office. Or caving and switching to Google Docs, NextCloud, etc. A self-hosted NextCloud might work fine, but I don't think it's worth maintaining just for yourself. >>1758 >>1766 I remember this extension or one like it. I was able to find https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/autosave-text/omgpghebcjlafeegihofjnhhmllplnie for Chrome but it hasn't been updated in years. No idea if it still works. Maybe you can take it and update it. Or write your own clone.

>>1757 latex

Is bad to leave your laptop on 24/7?

>>1781 *Is it bad

>>1781 >>1782 Idling isn't really harmful to computers, but it's probably not great for laptops. Mainly because the battery will become damaged if it's charging 24/7. And some laptops have heat management issues. If it's running cool and you don't mind the battery getting trashed then it's fine, though.

>>1781 Definitely remove the battery if you're doing this. Otherwise it should be fine.

How do I change Video DownloadHelper's default directory? Keeps going straight to my SSD's Downloads folder by default and I worry about writing too much to it.

So, with Blender now being compromised, what are the alternatives for 3D modeling programs?

>>1840 How is it being compromised? Also >not using openscad

>>1849 Kikebook is now funding the project.

How come the usual methods for bypassing youtube age restrictions don't work anymore?

>>1859 They seem to be cracking down. As usual, moral majority puritans and SJWs cry "think of the children" and YouTube obliges. Is youtube-dl and Invidious not circumventing? Or are you just trying to get them to work in the browser directly?

>>1768 Why was OpenOffice abandoned, anyway? I used to use the hell out of it and then an update broke my system one day. I switched to Libre out of necessity, but never heard the full story.

>"Windows has encountered a critical problem and will restart automatically in one minute. Please save your work now." >atapi errors in event viewer ("The driver detected a controller error on \Device\Ide\IdePort3.") >volsnap errors in event viewer ("The shadow copies of volume C: were aborted because of an IO failure on volume C:."_ >system restores keep deleting, when I turn system restore back on, it eventually just deletes the system restore again >KERNEL_DATA_INPAGE_ERROR 0x0000007a Every time I boot up my Computer there's been an issue now. After a restart it's fine... until the next day it starts all over. (This is AFTER a year ago my nvidia drivers seemingly crashed so I can't play many games or any game in 3D, and after I could no longer plug in my external harddrives, crashing windows explorer and hanging my computer, so i can't even back shit up now)

>>1869 Whatever you did really fucked the install. >I can't even back shit up now Use a Linux LiveCD. Burn it to a disc or to a USB drive using a different computer. Set that as your primary boot option. You can move files you want to keep to another drive. Your only option is to nuke that install, so be thorough. If you run into any problems, feel free to ask. I've done a dozen of these recoveries for people (successfully, as long as the drive isn't dead) and it's not that bad. Time consuming, but not bad. Be sure to grab everything in AppData and check the Documents folder for game saves. >>1861 There was some drama a decade ago about ownership and direction, I think over Sun (and later Oracle) owning OpenOffice. They managed to piss off everyone, so there was some kind of split and OpenOffice lost most of their developers overnight. I don't know what knocked over the first domino, but that's why they were set up to cascade.

I'm curious, is there any reason why a brand new, 512gb micro-sd card would have an unallocated volume of 34mb? Will I fuck something up if I merge the two together before reformatting them?

>>1873 Thanks for the reply. I can still use my computer, but randomly on occasion on a chrome tab will hang when trying to load something then give a Error code: STATUS_IN_PAGE_ERROR, which is in line with the BSOD I had recently. >Use a Linux LiveCD I actually had planned to use some sort of linux drive to get access to my external harddrives for while, as during research I heard that if Windows can't access the hard drive often times Linux will. Basically every time I try to plug in my external hard drives it completely freezes of Windows Explorer, crashed my computer once, constantly loads in My Computer and cant be accessed. And then for some reason my other external did the exact same thing so I don't think they are dead, it's just my computer can't access them anymore for some reason, possible due to a power issue with my USB HUB. This all happened ages ago, so when I decide to try I'll keep this in mind. Does Linux LiveCD also work on 64bit?

What the heck is this? Why does it appear on nearly every directory I downloaded from my external HD? How do I delete them all at once? They don't show up with the search option

That's Windows' thumbnail repository for all the files in the given directory, so things like images show a thumbnail of the image as their icon.

>>1876 >Does Linux LiveCD also work on 64bit? Of course. >Possible power issue If you haven't tested with another OS then I would first assume your drivers are broken. But a hardware failure like this, while rare, is possible. If you're using a hub, it could be as simple as bent pins. I'm staggered you're putting up with it, though. I wouldn't be able to stop debugging until I found the problem and fixed it. >>1874 Either it can't be allocated or the manufacturer stuck some extra info there to fingerprint it. Most consumers don't know what formatting is, so if you want to mark a card for any reason with additional information then this is fine for 99% of the market.

>>1879 Since I believe my hard drive is beginning to fail I'm ordering a new hard drive and will start the mass debug process there. I guess I'll install linux on there temporarily to even see if I can access my external hard drives. Then if it works and I can back up data then I will go full ham into the debugging.

What's a good file manager with a built-in search feature that functions similarly to either Windows XP or 7?

>>1887 Are you looking for something compatible with Win10 that brings back older functionality, or are you on Linux and looking for familiarity?

Kubuntu newfag here 1) How do I change icons and pointers to the ones I made myself? 2) How can I make advanced changes to the windows style so I can get stuff like pic related? I tried manually messing with some .svg files but nothing happened 3) How do I save my settings combination as a "Global theme" so I won't have to individually change wallpaper/windows-style/colours/icons/pointers/etc. whenever I wanna go back to the same combination?

>>1888 I'm on Linux and I'm looking for familiarity/nostalgia.

Does anyone have the infographic thing on recommended free software for windows. I'm pretty sure i downloaded one of them years ago but i can't find it and I want to edit a video clip a little bit and don't know what to use.

>>1897 I don't have the infographic, but I believe Shotcut and OpenShot are both cross-platform and free. If you want professional grade then you should pirate Adobe Premiere or Sony Vegas. Anything but Windows Movie Maker is probably workable for small projects, though.

>>1897 Depends on what kind of editing you need to do but give Avidemux a try. It has a rather unintuitive interface but it's rather simple once you get the hang of it and all the different things you can do to the video are in one place. It is FLOSS however I think it depends on a library that has a license that is a bit more restrictive and it made the debianfags throw a fit.

Alright. Bought a new internal hard drive, installation went smoothly. Now I can back up data again in case something happens to my main hard drive and if it really is failing. Now the main thing I want to do before more vigorous debugging/testing of my Windows installation (and possible reinstallation) is that I need to gain access to my external hard drives that I alluded to in a previous post: >2 External hard drives >always worked >downloading onto one of the externals >all of a sudden the download was cut short as the drive no longer existed >in an attempt to access the external, windows crashed, had to reboot >windows explorer constantly forever loads when I try to plug it in >my other external (that had no part in this) has the same thing happen for some reason >externals can't be accessed on any other Windows computer/laptop, still continuous loading of windows explorer They are western digital externals. The lights are still on, no noises or anything, they look as they always did. Just randomly after a windows crash they can't be accessed. My USB stick still works though. >>1879 My only goal now is to see if I can gain access to my externals that no longer are being recognized on my PC. Can I use Linux LiveCD for that? And if so which Linux LiveCD do I use? There's Clonezilla Live, DRBL live, Gparted live and Tux2live. Google searching "Linu7x LiveCD" seems to default it to Gparted live but I'm still not sure, I'm not a Linux guy. I have a USB to use for installation.

>>1920 >>1920 Technically any livecd will work. It's just booting an operating system that will live entirely in RAM. You'll want one which comes with recovery tools, though. Something like SystemRescueCD: https://www.system-rescue.org/ Clonezilla is mostly for cloning disks. GParted should be sufficient for your purpose. As long as you can mount the drives (to verify they are working) and move data (if you want to move the data to your new drive) then you're fine. If you cannot access these external drives via a LiveCD boot then there is probably some kind of hardware issue. Since it's unlikely both failed at the exact same time, I would plug them and your new hard drive into a different computer, do the transfer there, and then you can stick the internal in your PC and write-off those USB drives. Or you could swap your motherboard for one that doesn't have a damaged USB bus, but at that point you might as well just build a new PC. You'll probably have to reinstall your operating system at that point, too. If it's a hardware fault, especially in the motherboard, it's terminal. If a reinstall doesn't fix it, or a LiveCD runs into similar issues, that's a solid sign your hardware is destroyed.

I have an old PC I want to sell. How do I safely erase the hard drive (a regular spinning disc HDD, not an SSD)? I want it to be reasonably secure, just so some random asshole cannot recover my personal data. There is nothing illegal on it that would need to withstand a forensic attack or something like that.

>>1930 Oh, and while I'm at it, what if I rub a magnet over the hard drive aftwards just for good measure? Can a magnet actually damage the hard drive or does it just scramble the data?

>>1930 Format the drive and then write random data over all of it at least once. You can look up "zero fill" programs for your operating system. You could also just find create a large junk file and write a bunch of them until the disk is full. Basically, "deleting" a file marks it for overwriting. Deleting the partitions/master boot record will make it very hard to recover data. Subsequently overwriting the data at least once puts it firmly in the "forensic recovery required" camp. DoD has more stringent requirements involving multiple overwrites in patterns to make it harder, but you don't need that. Nobody is going to spend hundreds of dollars trying to recover a 0-filled disk. If you're that paranoid you could just toss the disk and sell the computer a few bucks cheaper without the HDD. Some people might prefer that if they want to install their own SSD anyways. >>1931 The magnet thing is a bit of a meme. Just format and 0-fill.

>>1932 >Format the drive and then write random data over all of it at least once. So basically just `dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sda` and I'm good to go? >The magnet thing is a bit of a meme. Just format and 0-fill. Yeah, I look it up. It's more likely that I will damage the mechanism for moving the read/write head than actually affect the data stored.

>>1933 >writing /dev/random to the disk Yeah, that works too. You can format and do it again multiple times if you want. Twice is plenty, unless you're worried about Feds. Once is sufficient for selling.

>>1933 Might want to ad bs=512. Ultimately I don't think it would make much of a difference however.

>>1924 Be a while before I get my hard drive and attempt to reinstall windows, but I did use a USB to get System Rescue CD to check in my external drives. gparted recognizes one of the drives, but it gives some errors about the drive. Don't have the errors on hand but it seems salvagable? It at least reads that it's a thing. The main one though, my WD Passport 2TB can't be read with gparted. The program just continues to load and never finds the device, even though the light is on and the hard drive still clearly working inside like it always had. Unless the issue is with the cord then it's over, I guess that drive can't be recovered through conventional means. Maybe I'll have to get more extreme with data recovery but otherwise going to forget about it for now.

Do anons have any experience with Gainward graphics cards? Specifically the Ghost model for the RTX 2060 and 3060 Ti. They are the only ones readily available in my country and it doesn't look like the GPU shortages will get better any time soon.

>>1949 Forgive the doublepost but I only found this German review, though I'm not a kraut. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9LQOAVgLr8&

What are some good proxies that aren't Tor?

>>1952 Tor isn't a proxy. Pretty much every free proxy is sniffing your data. If you want a proxy you can trust, your best bet is renting a very cheap VPS and configuring it as a proxy. There are guides for this which are easy to find. Just tunnel all your traffic through them. >>1949 >>1951 I have no experience with them, and hadn't even heard of them. They have no foothold in the US, it seems. I found some people praising them and their affordable prices, but be warned that it's a Chinese company. I found one forum post stating their support is entirely in Mandarin and they do most of their operations out of Hong Kong. That person recommended buying from Amazon or another site which offers their own warranty separate from the manufacturer's, and that sounds like the safest bet. It's an nVidia design and they can only change so much. Performance should be within spitting distance of other cards. Only question would be cooling and reliability, but it sounds like your only other choice is waiting out the shortage or going secondhand for an older card.

>>1953 Ended up getting it anyway since apparently shit isn't going to get any more available/cheaper where I live. I did find a review in German though that seems to be really satisfied with it. Those seem to be good temperatures, I think: https ://cinemediatech.wordpress.com/2020/12/06/gainward-rtx-3060-ti-ghost-oc-test-review-raytracing-4k/ >I found some people praising them and their affordable prices, but be warned that it's a Chinese company. I found one forum post stating their support is entirely in Mandarin and they do most of their operations out of Hong Kong. That person recommended buying from Amazon or another site which offers their own warranty separate from the manufacturer's, and that sounds like the safest bet. Yeah, the store I got it from offered its own warranty which is why I was a little more relieved to have picked this card. I was personally going to get an Asus Dual Mini or the EVGA XC3 since I liked their compact sizes. I found the Gigabyte Eagle OC too but not only is it sparsely available, I haven't been told good things about their products. I really hope this fucking kraut is right.

>>1953 >Tor isn't a proxy What the fuck are you talking about? It absolutely is. It's just more complex than most proxies.

>>1953 >They have no foothold in the US, it seems. Yes, from what I've gathered, they mostly distribute their products to Europe, hence why most of the reviews I found where in German or some Serbian language.

My Samsung 55 inch 4k Tv i bought a few years ago had this weird purple discoloration in the center of the screen I'm not sure what exactly it is i noticed it about 10 months into the 1 year warranty but i thought it was a 3 year warranty and i waited a month too long to report it and either get it replaced or fixed. I think it might be a failing backlight led not sure wanted to get thoughts on it and how to fix. Pics very related. I was just checking to make sure it hasn't gotten worse and i think it might have slightly but i also noticed during the testing that the windows logo is burnt in the left corner and the firefox scroll bar things are burned in on the right and bottom side of the screen. I just turned off the windows task bar on non-main monitors and have this running. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VN-KIlsxxOw[Embed] Since i was doing the check i decided to check my 10 year old Sony 32 inch 1080p TV i use as a monitor and my LG 32 inch 1440p 144 hz monitor i got last black fridayish. My Sony is flawless no issues at all. My LG has a very slight windows logo burn in in the bottom left as well had to look extremely closely to even notice it but it exists. Is the video all i can do? Is there another option? How do i prevent this type of thing? I did try to prevent this by using fullscreen quite often but that clearly wasn't enough. I never thought my LG would get burn in but still did my paranoid precautions anyways. I thought new tech was supposed to have fixed this issue years ago but the only one this is a complete non-issue for is my oldest screen. I'm very frustrated and would appreciate any advice on the topic.

>>1958 I also just had a thought is there a program or way to have multiple "full screen" windows like pic related? Like have a full screen video in one corner 2 full screen browsers windows in other others and a full screen program in the last corner.

How do I get foobar2000 to load something I select in File Explorer to play in a new playlist, rather than overwrite the current playlist?

>>1958 Hard to tell with photos. Could be something physically pressing on the display. The worst case is that it's defective entirely. Considering the display is the entire product in this case, I don't think you'll have a cheap fix unless you can determine it's JUST a bad polarizer or something like that. I'd harass their warranty service and insist you took a bit to report it because of the pandemic or some other excuse and that it was occurring well before their deadline. If you're nice to the customer service people and also keep harassing them they might be willing to cut you some kind of deal. >>1960 On Linux you can use a Tiling WIndow Manager. Not sure for Windows. Maybe one exists, but it would probably be hacky.

When i was in high school a friend of mine somehow found these MP3s that supposedly caused drug effects on the listener. I'm wondering if any of you have ever encountered such technology.

>>1970 It was a big trend back in the early 2000's, but it was just all a bunch of placebo bullshit for dumb kids.

>>1968 I forgot to mention an important note it is only on a dark grey/some lighter black screens like the pics that the purple shows. In most usage the display looks perfectly normal. Its wall mounted, i did have the thought that it might be pressure from the mounting but I feel of that were the case if there was a problem is would be much more severe but I haven't tested the theory and because I've had back issues since i initially installed it by myself a few years ago i wouldn't trust myself to take it down and put it back safely anymore.

>>1970 >>1980 It's a meme, just like those "hypnosis" porn tapes. Although it doesn't stop people from insinuating they worked. Psychadelic music can work pretty well for this purpose, if you're into that. Good for lying down and letting your mind wander. >>1981 Well in that case I'd assume it's bad and fight with the manufacturer over the warranty. Or you can decide to live with it. But bad picture quality drives me nuts. I can handle backlight bleed, but discoloration is a step too far. At least it's minor in your case.

Is there any way to snag the allegedly free Windows Server from Microsoft's website without signing up for anything or entering potentially personal information? Really need a way to practice Active Directory, albeit on a VM.

>>1860 Isn't Invidious dead though? Most of the methods I'm thinking of involved typing something in the beginning of a youtube link that would automatically play the video on another site, copy and pasting a youtube link on another site's search bar, or playing an embed version of a video. Now I get pic related

>>1991 >Isn't Invidious dead though? Yes, but it has at about 8 mirrors, all of which work to varying degrees.

Is there a free VPN for torrents? Yea, I'm the product blah blah, i don't have cash for actually paying the sub fees. I was buying probably stolen Nordvpn accounts on ebay for a couple bucks and then getting my money back after a few months when the accounts would stop working, rinse and repeat for about 2 years but now ebay has started banning this it seems. Most of the VPN accounts you can buy are removed when you click on them. Last week i found out ProtonVPN has a free week on new accounts and their free VPN service shuts off if it detects p2p activity as i just learned i thought i might have been able to work around it and while it may be possible to stop their detection thats far above my skill level unless there is a guide out there but i did a brief search and couldn't find anything. Am i gonna just need to make a new Proton account every week until they stop giving out free trials or is there something better?

>>1993 https://cryptostorm.is/cryptofree Can't vouch for how well it works, but it's severely bandwidth limited.

Is it just me, or is it getting harder and harder to find decent quality hard drives that don't die immediately, or after two years of light-to-moderate use?

>>1999 It's not just you. They have to cram more and more data onto the same sized platters. They spin thousands of times per minute. They're shingling them now for density. The write heads are incredibly fragile. It's amazing hard drives work at all, but they're reaching a physical limit. How much further can they go? The manufacturers have seen the writing on the wall. Hard drives make economic sense at scale in datacenters but not for home users. The average computer user just needs an SSD big enough to hold their Word documents and some photos. A terabyte is plenty, and two is probably more than they will ever need. Gamers might want a bit more, but they're buying SSDs anyways for the speed. It's home users who want to store massive amounts of files that get fucked. We can't afford to spend thousands on a bulk order of HDDs, but can buy one large one. Except now all our eggs are in one basket. Your option is to buy smaller drives which are hopefully less error prone and more resilient or to wait a few years and hope either SSD prices equalize or HDD manufacturing finds ways to reduce failure. Or you can buy two of every drive and run them in RAID. At least then you won't lose the data when one fails.

>>1990 They lock everything behind signups and have done so for nearly twenty years. If you're running it in a VM, you could pirate it. Alternatively, if you live near a school, it's possible students have access to a free Windows Server copy. You can probably buy a license and access to an ISO off one of the kids for a few bucks. They used to call it Dreamspark but I think they've rebranded.

>>2001 >If you're running it in a VM, you could pirate it. I was afraid of that. Piratebay is the only torrent site I know of but how do I go about checking if any of the torrents there aren't malicious? Just in case. I do have a VM and intend to run some version of Windows Server off that. >Alternatively, if you live near a school, it's possible students have access to a free Windows Server copy. Once upon a time I attended a vocational school that had some Windows and Linux ISOs lying around on their computers, complete with VMware and a crack for it. Fortunately I swiped that, Windows 7, and a Linux distro (Redhat, I think) for use on my own PC (the Windows ISO in particular was instrumental to saving money on my PC build). Bad news is, I ignored the Windows Server ISO due to thinking I wouldn't need it. Stupid, I know. Seeing as the image files in question were in school PCs and in constant use in their VMs for teaching purposes, I was/am confident that they were 100% safe. Torrents are a bit of a crapshoot.

>>2000 >Your option is to buy smaller drives which are hopefully less error prone Is 2TB considered "smaller" these days?

>>2003 Anything under 8 is probably "small". But at 2 TB you should ask yourself if a 2 TB SSD (or 2x1TB configuration) is worth it, because they're pretty reasonably priced.

>>2004 Not SSD, HDD. Even if I was employed I rather have just one 500GB SSD to store the OS and vital stuff. More liable at some point to replace my 1TB HDD with a 2TB one. Just need some advice on how to cleanly transfer everything. And then there's brands to consider.

>>2006 Right, I am saying you should consider just using a 2 TB SSD. If your concern is reliability then you'll get that and speed. 2 TB is relatively small now and SSDs in that size are affordable. For transferring over, you should probably just connect both drives and copy them over. Be sure to format the new drive first and configure any drive settings to be how you'd like. For brands, I'd avoid Seagate HDDs. WD has issues but they're still more reliable. Hitachi had a good record but got bought by WD, so it's unclear if they're worse now. For SSDs, the major manufacturers are Intel and Samsung. I'd trust either of those to have a solid warranty, but cost a bit more.

I decided to try using FFmpeg with OBS to try and make recording videos small enough for 8chan less of a hassle, but it keeps crashing. Pic related shows the settings I'm trying to use.

>>2010 Does it work with different settings? If you return to defaults is it fine? Or does any form of recording cause a crash?

>>2011 Every setting I've used, it still crashes, and I'm unaware of how to reset it to the defaults.

>>2017 Does standard recording mode work? Do you have an FFMPEG binary installed on your system and in your path?

>>2018 Standard works, FFMpeg is installed, but I don't have it on my OBS Studio folder if that's what you mean.

>>2019 I'm at a loss; I've never had an issue but I'm on Linux and don't usually use FFMPEG recording. You can try a plugin like this one https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/ffmpeg-encoders-for-obs-studio.826/ and see if that helps. Failing that, you might just need to record and then re-encode. It might also be possible to stream to a file that just pipes to FFMPEG, although I don't know to script that on Windows.

At what pace do rolling release distros like Arch or Manjaro release updated packages? Like, how many packages could you have to update after 3 days or a week? I know it depends on the packages you have installed in the first place and other variables, but I'd like a general idea for a regular desktop.

>>2035 If I wait a month or two, I can fill up the terminal with a list of packages, especially if there's been a new C library release. But the amount will depend on how many packages you install and their development speed. Some might update daily or even nightly, if you choose nightly updates. In a given week, I'd expect a few packages to update. In a month, a dozen or so. At least with KDE, which has a lot of dependencies for the DE. On a lighter install you can probably get that down to one or two a week. But it's so dependent on your chosen packages and their dev teams. No estimate will ever be accurate. The updates are quick, though. Worst update I hate was months of backlog and took half an hour. Happened totally in the background, though. Just had to restart at the end to make sure nothing was mismatched. Pretty painless. I wouldn't worry unless you have a ton of packages, a slow CPU, and you like to update only once a year.

How could I get Pale Moon to pick a folder on my PC as the default download lcoation, depending on the file type?

>>2037 >In a month, a dozen or so On what distro? I run Debian stable so I only get updates when there's a vulnerability in a package and don't get any actual version upgrades and I get more than that, so it can't be that a rolling release distro gets less. I don't even have that much stuff installed. >The updates are quick, though I know, but for a project I've been using a VM with Debian testing, which is rolling release most of the time, and it gets like 90 upgrades in 3 days despite being so close to the freeze, and I was wondering if that was normal because at some point I'd like to switch to a rolling release distro and having so much of my system upgraded every 3 days sounds unnerving, not because of how long it would take but because of the possibility of something going wrong.

>>2041 >what distro? Arch. >Debian Testing... 90 upgrades in 3 days Debian is a big platform and when packages encounter issues or conflicts in testing they start contributing package updates manually. A lot of them are trivial. Debian also has more installed out of the box than even a KDE Manjaro install. Debian Testing is not a true rolling release and shouldn't be used as such. They also might divide up packages differently from other distros. >>2040 Probably not possible without writing an addon for it. Firefox has had multiple "last file locations" when you do Save As for a long time so Pale Moon might have this behavior, but it will change locations after you save a file somewhere else. I've also seen it remember per site to some degree. You'll probably need to override this behavior.

Is there any good alternative to Microsoft Word on winbloats? One that isn't filled with ads at least.

>>2043 Wordpad for something with the same basic function, LibreOffice Writer for if you actually need all of the extra features Word gives you that Wordpad doesn't.

>>2043 Libre Office I can't believe I even responded to this post. Where the fuck are you retards coming from?

>>2043 Try LibreOffice newfriend. >>2045 I bet he hasn't even jerked it to Libbie.

>>2040 Sometimes Pale Moon keeps my location depending on filetype, but it's not always consistent. Otherwise, as >>2042 says, you might need an addon for that.

How good of an idea is it to pirate a VPN? I thought i had a ridiculous dumb stupid idiot idea when i decided to search it, expecting nothing, but sure fucking enough you can pirate a fucking VPN.

What are some ways I can extract PS3 sound data from a dumped disc/installed RPCS3 title? I want to make a Persona 4 Golden mod but I require Marie's sound clips from Arena Ultimax in order to make it in the way I want.

>>2069 That is an unbelievably fucking stupid idea.

>>2088 I've never ripped a PS3 game, but you could try mounting the ISO and viewing files directly. If the data is packed into archives, you'll need a tool to unpack them. If it's some proprietary format, then RPCS3 must have some way of doing that. You might want to try asking the RPCS3 developers for a lead.

I'm trying to archive any interesting websites I find using WinHTTrack, but some of them give external links to places like YouTube. How would I replace them with local versions of the same video in order to preserve the information the website tries to convey?

>>2091 I don't know what built-in capability the HTTrack utility has, but it doesn't seem like it'd be too hard to integrate youtube-dl somehow and to replace the YouTube video player with a link to a local media file.

My r9 390 fans are starting to have a mind of their own as of late. At completely random intervals their fan1_target jumps to 2500 regardless of the setting in pwm1 and stays there for random amounts of time, sometimes jumping up and down like the card can't decide if it wants to be loud or not. Setting pwm1_enable to "2" resets this behavior and keeps the pwm in the 120s/fan1_target at 1500, but the default fan curve it used to have seems to no longer be present since Mesa 20.3 dropped hence pwm1 remains in the 120s with pwm1_enable at "2" plus fan1_target resumes its random deviations after some time so it doesn't really help. Thankfully the fans never go below the target set by pwm1 so there's no threat of overheating. What do? Is my computer cursed? t. openSUSE Tumbleweed

>>2089 Yea it didn't work out anyways. Took a look at the comments on a lot of them and they were mostly complaining that it doesn't work or if it did work it only worked for a few days at best.

When you open images that have a transparent background, which background color in your photo viewer is easier on the eyes? Or does it not matter?

How long should I wait? I had blue screen watchdog violation error. Did Scf /scannow told me it repaired some files but couldn't repair some. Now its stuck on dskscan 12 % when I restarted it ( I manually typed /f /r on cmd) will cold starting kill my computer? Is possible quit dskscan?

>>2110 I. Successfully booted in safe mode, what I do?

>>2107 I hate black, and white is almost as harsh. My default has settled on a pale blue not unlike the background color of Yotsuba B, which makes it easy to visualize how most people will view it. >>2110 >>2111 You can try running dskscan again. If it still has issues, your only recourse is to create a boot disk/drive from a Linux LiveCD and run a disk check utility from there. Safe mode is the same OS, just with fewer drivers loaded. If your disk is failing on sectors it needs for the scan, you'll have no other choice. A LiveCD runs in RAM from a separate medium. Prognosis not good, though. But if it's just a bad sector then a disk scan and a fsck might be enough to fix any major errors and buy you some time to get a new drive.

>>2096 >r9 390 fans are starting to have a mind of their own as of late. Did that "as of late" coincide with a kernel update perhaps?

>>2112 Ran it again, boots up now but now I have unsupported UI error messages at the login. As for liveCd is it possible to download Linux at the library to usb? Which linux? This my only computer I have and I am stuck on safe mode.

I've reached an age where I've started investing and managing my finances. I have a decent bunch of shit already, and I know I've very late to the party, but I wanted to grab some cryptocurrencies before the prices become unapproachable. At the very least, I want to put a few hundred dollars into BTC, Etherium, and dogecoin and hold it for 5-10 years. Anyways, I don't want to do it through an online brokerage if I can help it, but I don't know much about crypto besides how it works on a proof-of-work thing. I'm looking for software recommendations (Windows) for a crypto wallet that is open source, and not shitty (my understanding that if your private key gets lost or stolen, you've basically lost everything - hence why I don't want to do it through a web platform)

>>2116 >I've started managing my finances <goes to invest 10 grand into crypto when it's about to crash again Ledger is the standard for cold storage wallets. Wait until the bubble bursts later this month before you invest.

>>2117 I don't even know where I got that 10 grand figure from after reading your post again, my bad. Either way don't invest right now. I'd also suggest considering Monero since it's the only cryptocurrency that actually does what everyone think things like BTC do, which is providing actual privacy and anonymity.

>>2117 >>2118 Alright thanks anon. I'm a little short from Christmas and I know it had a huge spike ($33k jesus) so I'll probably scoop some up this quarter at least, after it cools off.

>>2123 Reference January 2018 to see the last time this happened.

>>2117 >>2123 Apparently Ledger had their databases hacked and customer information leaked, so on second thought take that recommendation with a grain of salt.

>>2130 They downplayed it too, I remember having that impression after reading their notice, something like "Your real-life identity was leaked. Don't worry though, your money is safe."

Speaking of cryptocurrency, can someone explain whether or not it's worth it to mine something like Monero at a loss? Does mining a coin with less value turn out a reward if that coin eventually gains in value and has more people mining it in the future? Or is it pointless to mine a coin if the dollar per watt isn't profitable regardless of whether or not it eventually increases in value?

>>2134 At this point you're gambling that Monero will increase in demand and value. It might as governments attempt to regulate bitcoin transactions, while Monero offers better privacy from said regulations. But again, you're still gambling potential earnings over the cost of electricity, equipment, or mining other crypto.

>>2136 I'm seriously considering Monero mining, or at least investing. The additional privacy guarantees are going to make it a strong alternative. Bitcoin trading is already restrictive as a result of regulations. I avoided investing in bitcoin a dozen times. Every single time, the common knowledge was "it's not worth the electricity cost anymore, and it will only get more difficult". But that fraction of a bitcoin I mined once would be worth a few hundred dollars now. If Monero is ever worth a tenth of what Bitcoin is now then it will be worth it to hold onto. >>2134 If you get a bunch early and hold until it hits a peak then you can come out ahead. Bitcoin has shown the market is volatile. Remains to be seen if another winner is picked. But if there's ever a similar phenomenon, Monero and Ethereum are top contenders. Also means there's quite a bit of mining already being done, though.