hellfire103

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[KDE] Oxygen desktop while my ThinkPad is out of action in c/unixporn@lemmy.ml
[–] hellfire103@sopuli.xyz 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I thought it was just the Qt theme, but I could be wrong.

[KDE] Oxygen desktop while my ThinkPad is out of action in c/unixporn@lemmy.ml
[–] hellfire103@sopuli.xyz 5 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I'll give it a go! Is there a GTK theme that goes well with it?

[KDE] Oxygen desktop while my ThinkPad is out of action in c/unixporn@lemmy.ml
What are your thoughts on the Arc browser? in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] hellfire103@sopuli.xyz 32 points 8 months ago
  • Proprietary
  • Based on Chromium
  • Requires an account to use

Instant nope from me!

[KDE] Oxygen desktop while my ThinkPad is out of action in c/unixporn@lemmy.ml
[–] hellfire103@sopuli.xyz 6 points 8 months ago
  • Distro: openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • Machine: Acer Aspire 5742z
  • Desktop: KDE Plasma 5
  • GTK Theme: Breeze
  • Qt Theme: Oxygen
  • Plasma Theme: Oxygen
  • Colour Scheme: Breeze Dark
  • Icons: Oxygen
  • Fetch: Hyfetch
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[KDE] Oxygen desktop while my ThinkPad is out of action (0x0.st)
 
Sideloading won't be enabled where I live in c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
[–] hellfire103@sopuli.xyz 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Aw, seriously? I'm getting worse at spotting that.

Sideloading won't be enabled where I live in c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
[–] hellfire103@sopuli.xyz 8 points 8 months ago (5 children)

Linux phones are cool, but not ready for general use yet... unless that's changed recently, in which case I'll look into buying a PinePhone.

On desktop, I use Debian and FreeBSD.

Sideloading won't be enabled where I live in c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
[–] hellfire103@sopuli.xyz 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You'll be able to sideload. The mandate includes the EEA (which includes Switzerland), as well as the EU.

Sideloading won't be enabled where I live in c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
[–] hellfire103@sopuli.xyz 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Thanks! The last one won't work, since it'll be all MicroG'ed, but those are still some great counterarguments.

Sideloading won't be enabled where I live in c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
Sideloading won't be enabled where I live in c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
[–] hellfire103@sopuli.xyz 5 points 8 months ago

To cut a long story short, it's 2.

Sideloading won't be enabled where I live in c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
[–] hellfire103@sopuli.xyz 14 points 8 months ago (5 children)

So, I'm 17 and my Dad is an Apple fanboy. He started using Macs back in the '90s, and he's always been using their stuff. Over the years, he's managed to get my mum and her parents to ditch Android, and his parents to move on from their RAZRs. Now that everyone has iPhones, I have no hand-me-down routes. I have asked to get an Android, using my own money that I earned, but he always brings up the same arguments:

"Androids are inherently less secure than iPhones"

"We all use iPhones"

"Apple's proprietary ecosystem just works"

"I had an Android once. Once."

"Are you just trying to stop the Find My tracking? What if I need to find you?"

That last one could easily be misinterpreted. It's an emergency thing; he's not spying or anything. Don't worry.

I have an old Android in a drawer somewhere, but it's running 4.4, it isn't supported by any ROMs, and the battery barely lasts half an hour, so there's no point in trying to get it to work.

I'll also be going to university this year, so I should be able to get a cheap Pixel on eBay and flash GrapheneOS onto it soon enough.

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Sideloading won't be enabled where I live (sopuli.xyz)
 
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Securing Bluetooth Headphones (sopuli.xyz)
 

cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/8117983

I have a pair of Bluetooth headphones, which I have been using since 2022. Today, I was sitting on the bus when some random person connected to them and started playing Free Bird.

It was a bit funny, but I don't want this to become a regular thing. Is there a way of locking the headphones to certain Bluetooth addresses? Or a way of making it not show up automatically on phones (similar to a hidden WiFi network)?

The headphones in question are the JBL Tune 510, which have a USB-C port. However, I don't know if this can be used to flash firmware.

If there's already a comment telling me to "just use wired" or something, please don't tell me again. It's the best solution, but my phone doesn't have a headphone jack (fuck you, Apple).

Thanks!

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Securing Bluetooth Headphones (sopuli.xyz)
 

I have a pair of Bluetooth headphones, which I have been using since 2022. Today, I was sitting on the bus when some random person connected to them and started playing Free Bird.

It was a bit funny, but I don't want this to become a regular thing. Is there a way of locking the headphones to certain Bluetooth addresses? Or a way of making it not show up automatically on phones (similar to a hidden WiFi network)?

The headphones in question are the JBL Tune 510, which have a USB-C port. However, I don't know if this can be used to flash firmware.

If there's already a comment telling me to "just use wired" or something, please don't tell me again. It's the best solution, but my phone doesn't have a headphone jack (fuck you, Apple).

Thanks!

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32-bit distro suggestions for 2007 MacBook (sopuli.xyz)
submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by hellfire103@sopuli.xyz to c/linux@lemmy.ml
11 comments fedilink
 

I have a MacBook (specifically a MacBook2,1 A1181) from 2007. I am currently dual-booting Mac OS X 10.6 and crunchbang++ 12 on it, but I feel that there could be something better. Here are the specs:

  • CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo T7400 (2) @ 2.167 GHz
  • Architecture: x86_64-v1 (but with 32-bit BIOS, so 64-bit Linux won't work)
  • Microarchitecture: Merom
  • GPU: Intel GMA 950
  • RAM: 3 GB
  • Disk: 140 GB HDD

This is not supposed to be a daily driver by any stretch. I have newer and more powerful machines than this, but I would still like to have something on it that means I can use it if need be.

As well as crunchbang++, I have also run Debian, Devuan, SparkyLinux, GNU Guix, Puppy Linux, Slackware, and Haiku in the past. I have tried to install several flavours of BSD, but it was too difficult to get dual-booting to work properly.

Despite the CPU being 64-bit, the distro MUST be 32-bit. This is because of the MacBook's BIOS, which prevents 64-bit bootloaders from working.

Not that it matters, as I can do this after installation, but I would be looking to run something like Enlightenment, Trinity, or spectrwm. I tried going CLI-only with Guix, but it wasn't the best experience.

Feel free to also recommend software that will run on a potato like this.

Thanks!

EDIT: Two users have told me how to get 64-bit Linux running on this machine. Debian apparently ships with 32-bit GRUB on the ISO, and there's a CLI tool to patch ISOs to make them work.

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[i3] Gotta love Catppuccin! (files.catbox.moe)
submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by hellfire103@sopuli.xyz to c/unixporn@lemmy.ml
8 comments fedilink
 
  • OS: FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE
  • Theming: Catppuccin Mocha (Mauve)
  • Icons: Obsidian Purple
  • Wallpaper: [LINK]
  • Browser: Hardened Firefox
  • Shell: Zsh
  • Terminal: Alacritty
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UCAS won't let me enter the full title of my EPQ (sopuli.xyz)
 
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Looks like I'll be distrohopping again! (sopuli.xyz)
 
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Your PC will thank you... (sopuli.xyz)
 
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Updating on my Grandma's WiFi is an exercise in extreme patience (0x0.st)
submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by hellfire103@sopuli.xyz to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
11 comments fedilink
 

These speeds would have been considered pitiful in 1994, never mind 2024.

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Suggestions for personal projects (sopuli.xyz)
 

cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/7432003

I've just transferred all of my serious projects on Codeberg over to a separate organisation, and I've noticed that there are now only two mediocre repos on my main profile. Does anyone have any ideas for simple, handy things I could build to flesh it out?

I code mainly in Python, I know HTML (but not JS), I regularly use Bash and Zsh, and I am learning C++.

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Falkland Islands sovereignty not up for debate, UK warns after Argentina's new president vows to 'get them back' (news.sky.com)
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