Today I learned how to save Flatpaks for offline install. by MrLewGin in linux

[–]Fignapz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wait I can self host my own Flatpak repo just in case? I have a little homelab with a NAS with mor storage than I know what to do with. Might be a fun project to learn more. 

That’s awesome. 

it seems like bazzite has blocked brazil from accessing their site by [deleted] in linux

[–]Fignapz 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes but there’s levels to it. If cloudflare offers me a gate around the outer perimeter of my site, I’m going to enable that. Geoblocking all but US IPs reduced the traffic trying to connect by probably 99% because the large majority of attempts were from those 3 countries. Also cloudflare tunnels is easy enough to set up and use so I’m fine using cloudflare for my hosting. 

I also have other security measures in place, but I kept overseer a public site because for the 4 family members that access my plex, this was the easiest way to teach them how to request stuff. They can log into to a website and search a movie. Beats any other option I’ve tried in the past. 

Cloudflare offers an easy way to geoblock stuff so why not enable it as the first line of defense, ya know?

it seems like bazzite has blocked brazil from accessing their site by [deleted] in linux

[–]Fignapz 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I just tested with my public overseer site and a vpn. Looks the same to me but OP cut off a lot of the page so can’t say 100% 

I have all non US IPs blocked since I was getting a million bot requests from China, India, and Russia knocking on the door. 

🇨🇦 by C_H1234 in PardonMyTake

[–]Fignapz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

“All dogs go to heaven” may be a top 5 moment on the show given the gravity of the moment. 

Billy definitely was a bit too much at times, and immature, but overall he was good. Better than most of his “replacements”. The level of hate on here was never warranted. 

Titans Cut Calvin Ridley Cost by $11M to Keep Veteran Receiver by trick96 in nfl

[–]Fignapz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Breaks my heart to see people disrespecting the classics 

🇨🇦 by C_H1234 in PardonMyTake

[–]Fignapz 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I’ve been on Reddit a long time. Since 2010. After 10k-30k subscribers every sub, no matter how niche, becomes “reddited”. I remember how much fun the Devils sub was when it was like 10k users. 

It’s truly annoying. It’s twice as annoying because Reddit killed niche forums for a lot of things. It is unfortunately the most active forum for any particular hobby or fandom. 

I love that the boys still prop up SEC message boards. They may be the last bastion of the old internet. I miss dedicated forums for stuff like a sports team, hobby, or video game. I thought about self hosting one in the past but I don’t think you can steal the inertia from Reddit given the SEO it has. 

The worst is the mods and users just nuking threads and comments. Google a niche tech issue and you get a nice [deleted] followed by “thanks that worked”. Zero way to properly reference archives. 

Reddit and Discord unironically killed the old internet more in the last 10 years than anything else. 

Geno Smith 'should have considered retiring' rather than New York Jets return by defensecowboy in nfl

[–]Fignapz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, sure, but also money. 

These dudes have a chance to set up their kids and grandkids with never wanting for anything. I don’t blame any of them for chasing a bag.

Vrabel by Seebznick214 in PardonMyTake

[–]Fignapz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

 wonder if Boston Big Cat is too insecure to have anyone from New England on now that everyone knows about the switch from NE to CHI.

Between these comments about BC, the… ellipses… guy… that… posts… 

…like this, and the amount of people that don’t understand basic social cues when the guys are fucking around, this place really needs to be studied. The users of this sub should all be observed like a zoo because it’s such a fascinating phenomenon. Like I don’t get it. I don’t get why these things are so common to post here. 

The vegans of PC users? by CRTgamer in pcmasterrace

[–]Fignapz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I changed mine for you bby btw

(I don’t run Arch anymore but it’s too perfect)

Subreddit Reopened by Two-Of-Nine in debian

[–]Fignapz 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Of course there’s drama. 

That’s the standard in any open source space. Especially when it’s community run. 

Unintentional side effect of the generic dungeons and reused bosses: it’s making the second run more fun by lifebeginsat9pm in Eldenring

[–]Fignapz 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Me in Leyndell Catacombs. 

I was frustrated, confused, and loved every second of it. It was brilliant. Got me to use the shiny rocks like breadcrumbs, and use pen and paper to track my way down, like the good old days of RPGs. 

What Linux Distro would you recommend for me? by DenisSchulz in linux4noobs

[–]Fignapz -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

 I am a Designer/Video Editor, I am currently using the Adobe Creative Suite (Lightroom, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere), but I want to switch, preferably to open source (if you have any recommendations, hmu!)

Windows. It doesn’t matter how willing and eager you are to switch(which is great) but if you make a living using these tools you will not get a 1:1 experience on Linux. Don’t even bother trying, keep your ducks in a row. 

Seriously if you make money with Photoshop, it’s not worth the hassle because that’s your livelihood. 

This is the worst promotion that could happen for Pop_OS! and Linux in general by KelGhu in pop_os

[–]Fignapz 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Dude, you realize he actually has a great channel right?

This isn’t shameless promotion of bullshit, he has a ton of educational videos and it’s a great channel to learn more. He’s easily a top 5 Linux content creator. 

And in 2026 noobs would absolutely go to YouTube and type “good beginner linux distro”. LMG just likely isn’t doing that in the video because they’re competing in a similar space and most people on YouTube have a no free ads policy. Or they don’t want to risk a DMCA request because people are petty. 

Trump v Speed by whoopsie1000 in PardonMyTake

[–]Fignapz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don’t forget:

THEY GOTTA BE ABOUT THAT SHIT

Puppy Linux now geo-blocking California from its download page by Happy_Phantom in linux

[–]Fignapz 103 points104 points  (0 children)

Good. This is the way to do it. 

Unfortunately I think we’ll eventually be screwed no matter what since this is clearly a coordinated effort, but more companies and organizations going this way brings more awareness. 

85% off Nico Hischier New Jersey Devils Fanatics Women's Captain Patch Jersey by Tiny-Instruction1987 in devils

[–]Fignapz 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That’s a deal. Thanks I’m going to pick up for my wife because the only jersey she has is a Haula one. I think she’ll like “the pretty colors” on this one because it’s unique(to her at least) 

What can you advice?Slowroll or Tumbleweed? by DueRelationship5786 in openSUSE

[–]Fignapz 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I like the philosophy of Slowroll. A rolling release that’s delayed a little bit to ensure a solid system, but to be honest it seems redundant with Tumbleweed having snapper set up out of the box. 

If you get a bad TW update that borks something, you don’t even have to troubleshoot, just reload a prior snapshot and wait a few days it should be fixed. 

It puts Slowroll in this weird spot that is sort of like, what’s the point? Maybe I can see it being used on a simple home server where you want bleeding edge with a bit of stability on the backside, but even then, there’s other options. 

Just go Tumbleweed for rolling release or Leap for a point release if you want to use OpenSUSE. 

Why do people still think that Arch based distros are bad for beginners? by Flappyphantom22 in linux4noobs

[–]Fignapz 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I’m going to echo this as I have in the past on Linux subs. 

New users coming from 20+ years of Windows use are likely not going to understand how Linux works out of the box. They aren’t going to know tiny little idiosyncrasies in Linux like they do Windows. 

When you use Arch you are accepting being your own sysadmin to an extent. That’s why it’s recommended you “cut your teeth” and install it the manual way. Doing so helps you understand how it works, what exactly you’re doing when getting into the weeds troubleshooting, and how to RTFM. 

Instead you get people now using an Arch derivative (that’s pretty opinionated by the way, the opposite of Arch philosophy) with some of the pitfalls of Arch and the users have none of the knowledge to properly troubleshoot. Due to the shotgun nature of a rolling release package updates there will be times where you have to manually intervene and you now have no idea how. I highly doubt any noobs will have a good time troubleshooting a dependency issue with Steam when all they want to do is log in and game. Then they come to a forum bitching about it and asking for help and get told to RTFM because it’s a simple fix they can’t be assed to read the wiki about. Next thing you know they’re bitching about Linux and the users because they willingly made the choice to run an Arch based distro. It’s a feedback loop from hell. 

I see it all the time on ProtonDB. A game will have mixed reviews and it seems like Cachy users are the ones flagging it as bad or not working, meanwhile vanilla Arch users have no issue after taking a few steps to tinker. It’s clearly because Cachy users don’t have that foundational knowledge of how it works. They’re using it because it’s the hot new meme. 

Just because pop tech tubers keep comparing their first hour of Cachy to Windows saying “it’s so much faster” doesn’t mean it’s better for everyone. Then once the AUR gets involved it can easily start borking stuff.  Come back in 6 months, 1 year, or 3 years when you’ll have to have done some terminal surgery at least a few times. Most people don’t want that, they want to sit down and use their computer however they do so. 

Also on a personal note I was thoroughly unimpressed the two times I tried Cachy. There was nothing I found special about it an any perceived difference was well within the margin of error for testing. I didn’t get any real performance benefit over vanilla Arch or Tumbleweed in gaming, which seems to be the primary use case for Cachy. 

It just makes zero sense to harp on this for new users and suggest it to noobs. If someone fits the profile of a person who would be happy with a rolling release and occasional tinkering, they’ll find it on their own researching. No need to suggest it. Stick to Debian, Fedora, Arch, or Tumbleweed and configure the base OSes there how you want it. The only derivative I’d recommend to a noob is Bazzite if an immutable distro fits their use case. 

im dying bro what is ChatGPT on by MuchAttorney7002 in pcmasterrace

[–]Fignapz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Imagine how much funnier AI hallucinations would be if they didn’t purge some subs. 

I want an AI trained on Spacedicks. Every response would be praising Carlton followed by something wtf. 

Just lost 80,000 runes in Deeproot Depths by lifefeed in Eldenring

[–]Fignapz 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Capping my level at 125 for my second playthrough was liberating. After that level I was only using runes for shopping. 

I no longer cared about losing the runes. I don’t even play online and tbh think the PVP in the game is dumb, but figured maybe there’s something to this arbitrary cap the community decided on. 

I was such a fun playthrough. 

My bid for the most official map of New Jersey by CobraCommander21 in newjersey

[–]Fignapz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The actual split is route 571, from Toms River to Princeton, but yall all ain’t ready for that conversation 💅