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Wtf is a Dropbox again?
> Be me, uses linux
> Need to share ReTHAWed mod files on their website
> catbox.moe does not keep files permanently
> OneDrive and GoogleDrive are too evil 4 me
> Could use ProtonDrive, but no
> Dropbox is handy and familiar to most people
> Now I just give up and use Dropbox because reasonscatbox does keep files permanently iirc, it’s litterbox that doesn’t
I use s-ul.eu for my occasional filesharing needs, downloads are no bullshit you click the link you have the file and never had issues with it. Not sure if storage limits on the free tier are lower than dropbox though.
Oh and you get your own url prefix.
Dope, thanks for the info!
I had Dropbox installed on Linux awhile back. Not just a Windows thing.
But did it install itself?
Yes lol
The owner of the machine is the owner of the secure boot keys.
J4k3, hope youre doing alright dude.
Got a question you may be able to help me with. I have never changed my secure boot key on my motherboard after switching from windows. Do I need to worry about anything? If I don’t, what’s the pros and cons and what not.
I remember reading that there’s some sort of potential issues with keys from windows if you’re a Linux user a few months back.
not j4k3 but my understanding is that the default keys are expiring soon and need to be rotated, and the rotation is up to your Mobo OEM to push out (?). I am not entirely sure that is correct, but I think it is.
Pros and cons of your own key: Pros: its your key, so youre responsible for your security
Cons: its your key, so youre responsible for your security
That was my understanding as well,
I got a good chuckle out of the pros and cons list lol, ty for that.
I’ll have to look into self owned boot keys now.
Thanks for chiming in
You can generate your own keys. Here are two PDF links I copied just now from a post I made 2 years ago here. I don’t keep these white listed, so I did not check them for connecting. The first is the official UEFI overview. The second is a great guide from the US government detailing exactly how to set the keys. If that link doesn’t work, pull out the document number from the link and search for it. Gentoo and Arch have guides on this. Fedora has the most advanced pre Linux init system in my opinion.
If you have secure boot enabled, and you are using the shim from fedora or ubuntu, then yes you need to worry about it if you want to dual boot with w11.
I remember reading a post on mastodon where it was explained that no mother board validates the secure boot keys expiration dates otherwise it wouldn’t boot the first time the BIOS battery gets empty and the internal clock gets reset. The post was written well and was citing some sources. But I didn’t try to verify these assertions.
even if it did, its not like any existing motherboard requires internet to boot, you can just change the MB clock to be prior to the expiration and theoretically it should boot regardless of restrictions.
AND the ones who control the source code of the software you run.
One day, Linux will be ready for a no-headaches gaming PC. Genuinely looking forward to it.
Peripheral drivers enter the chat
Everyone will have a different experience based on their hardware, distro, and game preferences; But for me Linux has been a far less headache-inducing gaming platform than Windows literally for years at this point.
Yup
I have a gaming PC which I planned to setup a linux distro on for almost 2 years now. I just need to find the time to choose which distro, then debloat it, get the wifi, speakers, keyboard working, then install the required Nividia drivers, then optimize it and study wether OC its bios is worth it or no, then test optimal settings and compatibility, then compare my benchmark FPS results to similar ones on the internet, then open Steam and fucking game on brother lets go!
Easy as that!
already is for me!
I had this mindset for about 2 decades, from when I first played around in OpenSUSE and Compiz back in 2005 up to 2024 when I finally switched because of Windows 10 being put out to pasture by Microsoft. But since I’m now in my early 40s and no longer play competitive games as I used to 15 years ago, I’ve had zero problems with Linux and gaming.
So I totally understand your mindset as I too once thought the same.
Problem with waiting is of course that developers don’t favor linux due to lack of people on linux playing game, so it’s a vicious circle:- not playing on linux because it’s not well supported by games
- game devs not making games for linux because not enough players are there.
I hope you enjoy linux when you’re ready.
I switched in my 20s when I stopped caring about competitive games, and I’m always surprised at how little effort it is to do the things I want to do.
To be fair, I did find a few very early windows 98/XP’ish games or so hard to get going. There was a period where developers tailored the games very specifically for the OS. But they’re fairly rare.
That’s tricky on Windows too, and generally you need a compatibility layer anyway (e.g. dosbox).
This post accurately described my life. High five brother.
Hell yeah! ✋
Can someone enlighten me as to what is M$ doing this time?
I had to install windows the other day on my kids laptop, and had to skip like 10 screens of Microsoft ads and then disable OneDrive, but saw nothing about Dropbox.
Edit: my household has been using Mint for a few years now, the m$ enshitification was just too much for us. I only had to install windows on my kids school laptop because they won’t accept anything else…
No idea but here’s some tools you should look into
and this one isnt a tool but more of a tip. When installing Win11, set the region to English (world). This will prevent bloat from being installed by default, then use the OOBE\bypassnro command at the M$ account screen to skip signing up for a M$ account.
OOBE\bypassnro no longer works on shipped computers. You have to have a old installer of 11 to use it. There are other ways. Mines a bit more hands on but I end up with a machine with a single local account. Those that tell you install linux and its fixed don’t really live in the real world. As much as I would like to never have to touch windows its not going anywhere soon.
I just used it like 3 weeks ago on a win11 Iso from M$s website. Are you positive that got changed?
also; Ive been daily driving linux for 5 years with mostly no issues. i only touch windows when requested by other people :P
I said shipped computers. Its gone on oem installed dell’s and lenovo’s.
Oh, sorry I missed that. I would use a new Iso anyway because of how much BS bloatware comes on pre-builts.
you can also break out of the installer like in windows 10, and the entire os is loaded in the background so it’s possible to open edge and download another os to a usb drive within the installer. very handy.
Can you please explain how you would do this because the sounds super useful
shift+f10 starts the command prompt and from there you can start edge and explorer
You should be going for linux mint. It’s also good fo playing. I’m playing Silent Hill f on mine.
They said it was their kids laptop so I’m going under the assumption that they need lockdown browser or something for school. I use fedora.
In this particular case, it’s not windows since they started pushing one drive.
It’s probably the PC manufacturer being paid by Dropbox to install it with system utilities.
Fake: anon existed happily Gay: lets daddy Satya penetrate their machine
Satya? Microsoft doesn’t own Dropbox. You’re thinking of OneDrive.
Sure, but it’s Microsoft that allows 3rd party BS to be automatically re-installed!
Sorry. My mister crabs meme folder is on my other phone.
Here’s a picture of a real crab instead I guess
anon, it’s time to uninstall windows
Install Linux, fixed.
In the unfortunate event that you CANT uninstall Windows, at least replace it with AtlasOS.
Basically, it reinstalls Windows but rips virtually everything which makes Windows a piece of shit. You’ll get better performance, no telemetry, and next to no bloatware.
Learn Linux anyway.
Wasn’t atlasOS proven to be a scam/not-as-advertised, or have they changed it?
Depends on how you want to chop it up, it’s not a ‘scam’ because its not a paid product.
Not-as-advertised? Depends on how you’re using it.
It strips out a bunch of security features like Defender. If you’re not prone to opening random .exe files, then you’ll probably be fine.
Some users didn’t get the performance boost they were expecting, while others did (I certainly noticed a difference).
Driver support? Some people had issues, though I suspect they didn’t RTFM. The AtlasOS instructions explicitly instruct the user to do all updates, including optional and drivers, prior to AtlasOS overwrites.
I see, thanks for clearing it up
Wow this sounds too good to be true as someone that needs to keep windows for my work apps. What’s the catch and why haven’t I heard of it before?
There’s not ‘catch’ other than having to reinstall windows.
Another ‘catch’ might be that it strips out shit like one drive and the Microsoft Store.
If you needed those, then you’d need to reinstall them with workarounds.
Just get W11 Enterprise IoT LTSC from massgrave.dev. It’s an official Windows and not some tool to worry about trust.
All I use dropbox for these days is synchronizing various extensions to it as a cloud backup service. Like Violentmonkey (userscripts) and Stylus (userstyles, like for making lemmy look nicer) to mention the two that come to mind.
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I solved this issue by deleting windows and installing linux
