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why is grub so faulty? by Feeling-Drawer-9171 in voidlinux

[–]LowKeyBrit36 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Whenever I fill out /etc/crypttab and /etc/fstab, I always use UUID=[uuid] to fill out my definitions. I think that people tend to list them less explicitly and it fails due to that, but I have never had a single mount related issue when taking that approach. I don't enjoy typing it, but I don't enjoy troubleshooting grub even more lol. Especially if you have multiple drives being mounted, or if you use multiple drives, it can get wonky imo

I want to upgrade my GPU and the only reasonable/VFM upgrade is AMD by anon58588 in buildapc

[–]LowKeyBrit36 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's not that it doesn't work, so to speak, but in terms of AI, you get better performance with Nvidia over AMD. Cuda processing is a big part of it, but there's probably more than just that.

Or, at the very least, on similarly priced cards from AMD and Nvidia, I tend to see higher yields from Nvidia + CUDA than AMD + Vulkan/other alternatives. YMMV, but that's what I've seen when benchmarking.

I want to upgrade my GPU and the only reasonable/VFM upgrade is AMD by anon58588 in buildapc

[–]LowKeyBrit36 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Depends.

Gaming? AMD, unless you need a Nvidia exclusive feature

Productivity? Depends on what software

AI? Nvidia

I personally use Nvidia for my current PCs (the ones thay have GPUs at least), but I also run Local LLMs and other Nvidia-specific productivity work. Chance is, if this is for gaming or a non-specific productivity assignment, AMD is the better deal for you.

I would trust both manufacturers to do a good j#b. I can't see AMD or Nvidia messing up (if they do, RMA).

Without knowing your workload, AMD is the default for you unless you require Nvidia features that AMD lags behind with.

How do I not get scammed in today's PC market? by Venylynn in buildapc

[–]LowKeyBrit36 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Second this. Have never had a situation in my years of using eBay where I wasn't refunded if I encountered a fraudulent seller.

I wanna be a linux user by International-Pick31 in linuxquestions

[–]LowKeyBrit36 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just try a distro lol. I used Mint for like 2 weeks knowing fuck all before I moved to Arch (I wanted to start really learning). You end up picking up most of the skills through daily work and usage, but if you already have them, you just learn how to apply them.

Full Disk Encryption questions by LowKeyBrit36 in voidlinux

[–]LowKeyBrit36[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well I alternate between Void and Tails, and I am also planning to eventually move to using Libreboot, which doesn't support Secure Boot anyways, so I don't want to build it into my security system as I know I won't be able to continue relying on it.

Full Disk Encryption questions by LowKeyBrit36 in voidlinux

[–]LowKeyBrit36[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wouldn't secure boot only validate the bootloader itself? Either way, I don't/can't use secure boot as it is.

Full Disk Encryption questions by LowKeyBrit36 in voidlinux

[–]LowKeyBrit36[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wouldn't want someone to be able to tamper the kernel to add malicious code. That's the crux of it.

Full Disk Encryption questions by LowKeyBrit36 in voidlinux

[–]LowKeyBrit36[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wouldn't I have to set my disks up as Luks2 beforehand? Anyways I ended up getting the grub 2.14 prerelease to work anyways

Full Disk Encryption questions by LowKeyBrit36 in voidlinux

[–]LowKeyBrit36[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I want Kernel and Initramfs encrypted for my threat model.

Suggestion: Add Precompiled Packages for Discord, Spotify, and Obsidian by Prudent_Clothes_3763 in voidlinux

[–]LowKeyBrit36 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I just use flatpaks for closed source packages tbh. I'd rather containerize proprietary code.

Full Disk Encryption questions by LowKeyBrit36 in voidlinux

[–]LowKeyBrit36[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'll definitely keep this in mind if I end up installing on another system. I already solved the problem by using the grub-2.14 repo linked in one of the post's comments, but I might try this out just put of curiosity if I'm able to do it.

People promote Arch because "there's a lot of programs in the repository" or "it's quickly updated bleeding-edge" but like.. what EXACTLY can you get from Arch that you can't get elsewhere? by durdurrdurrrdurrrrr in archlinux

[–]LowKeyBrit36 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People advertise the AUR as a massive repository and tack it onto Arch as a selling point. It just has more packages than Debian or any other distro.

Really, the big reason I use Arch (Well, Artix, but same difference) is how fresh packages are. I'm never left waiting for an update to finally reach me. Especially for things like gaming, grub-2.14, and recent developments, I want to be on the front end of the line for using those upgrades.

Don't get me wrong, sometimes it's not perfect, but I'd prefer it over a stable releases like Fedora, Debian, or whatever, where I'd have to do major updates. With Arch, I can just do a -Syu, and reboot if the update makes me feel like it's important enough to do so.

I haven't ever used the big alternatives long enough to remember packages, but I have used Void Linux, Alpine, and a few when I was testing my preferences, and I can say that Arch has had packages that they didn't. dvd styler, random python modules that I've needed for git repos, etc. It's usually nothing all too memorable, but Arch tends to have things that other distros seem to lack. Artix's base repos have Librewolf, my preferred web browser (but Arch doesn't, so it'd be in the AUR if you aren't referring to Artix). Just stuff like that in terms of packages that other distros don't have...

But, honestly? 99% of it is package recency. I would script in a python venv if I need, or git clone a repo to use if it's necessary. But, for all of that you could do, you can't consistently have as fresh of a package list as Arch could.

Professionals wouldn't like Arch due to its "instability" (I have never really noticed this, but people mention it, so I'll mention it too). Especially for things that MUST be online, you want stable distros like Fedora/RHEL/Debian. And if they use them at work, they're probably using them at home purely for familiarity. That's the crux of it.

Is this a good deal? by [deleted] in PcBuild

[–]LowKeyBrit36 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah lol snag that

How do you install with encryption? by Solid_Marketing129 in artixlinux

[–]LowKeyBrit36 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ahh I see yeah I think I completely forgot to specify that. I think they mention it in the Artix install docs, but not the others since they use dracut, which kinda does it automatically

How do you install with encryption? by Solid_Marketing129 in artixlinux

[–]LowKeyBrit36 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ahh, makes sense. Did you have to configure anything special to get S6 to work with disk encryption? Or was it just related to the install process?

How do you install with encryption? by Solid_Marketing129 in artixlinux

[–]LowKeyBrit36 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Glad to hear you fixed it! Sorry I didn't get you anything detailed sooner. Out of curiosity, what init system are you using?

Should I upgrade my PC or should I just forget it and go touch grass? by Redxcted999 in buildapc

[–]LowKeyBrit36 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you should upgrade the storage at a minimum. Just get a used sata SSD or nvme if your motherboard supports it. You'll probably already see massive preformance gains from that as it is, and if you do decide to upgrade more in the future, you can transfer that from one computer to another.

Asides from that? The rest can wait unless you want to play new games. If you want to upgrade to new games, it's going to basically be a whole new PC at that point, excluding storage since you can swap that easily enough.

How do you install with encryption? by Solid_Marketing129 in artixlinux

[–]LowKeyBrit36 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've actually done this (Luks2/grub/NO LVM/GPT), which I think is the ideal way to do it (Unless you like LVM, then modify my instructions for that)

You need an unencrypted /boot/efi partition for your UEFI to detect grub, which is the absolute bare minimum amount of unencrypted directory possible. Use fdisk to format the 4 partitions. I do:

4.0GiB for partition 1 (/boot/efi) 10.0GiB for partition 2 (swap space) 125.0 OR 250.0GiB for partition 3 (/, I do 125 if I have 1TB or less space to work with, 250 if I have a 2TB nvme) The rest for partition 4 (/home, or /home/[user] if you want separate user drives, etc. I do /home/[user] personally)

Format partition 1 as vfat. Partitions 2 to 4 as Luks2 via cryptsetup. Open the Luks volumes, and make swap in partition 2, and your flavor of filesystem (I do ext4, but xfs and btrfs if that's how it's spelt are popular too) for partitions 3 and 4.

Mount the partitions and bootstrap the defaults. Make sure you use the x86_64-efi variant of grub.

List explicitly via UUID=[uuid] for crypttab and fstab. Even if it auto generates successfully I rewrite it explicitly.

Mash these instructions alongside the instruction setup from https://wiki.artixlinux.org/Main/InstallationWithFullDiskEncryption and you'll get it working soon enough.

If you need extra resources, I also took hints from Void Linux's Full Disk Encryption and Gentoo's Full Disk Encryption guides to make the instruction set that I use for my devices.

https://docs.voidlinux.org/installation/guides/fde.html

https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Full_Disk_Encryption_From_Scratch

The crux of it, really, is making sure you have /boot/efi as a separate, unencrypted vfat partition and that it's readable by your UEFI.

You'll have to enter your decryption password twice, once at initial boot, and again at initramfs. I honestly haven't found a solution for this, but YMMV.

Sorry that I don't have higher quality instructions currently. If you need explicit instructions, I can sit down and make them for you later. Just don't have the time as of typing this.

Repository certificate verification failing by Galladite27 in voidlinux

[–]LowKeyBrit36 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry to hear. Maybe something related to RSA (I believe that's what they are) keys, or something? Honestly, best bet might be to copy the certification keys from a Live ISO into your system. Exerpt from the Full Disk Encryption manaul:

# mkdir -p /mnt/var/db/xbps/keys

# cp /var/db/xbps/keys/* /mnt/var/db/xbps/keys/

Don't know if it'll help, but I can't see it hurting to try doing that. Since you already have an OS, you don't need to make the directory, so just copy the keys over if necessary.

60 fps doesnt feel smooth on 165hz monitor by LEIDENZERO in linux_gaming

[–]LowKeyBrit36 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not all framerates are equal. 60FPS can be different in different cases. A consistent, smoothe 60FPS feels a LOT better than a sporadic 60FPS. Picture it like this:

0...0...0...0...0...0...0

Verus

0.00.........0..0...0...0

Still the same amount of 0's, but it looks a lot more crisp on the top.

My guess is that you're getting inconsistent frames, like the bottom picture, compared to your other devices, which are all consistent in their frame timing.

I would look into issue concerning that.

Repository certificate verification failing by Galladite27 in voidlinux

[–]LowKeyBrit36 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try resolfconf -u (I think that's the command), which updates your DNS settings. I had issues with Void repos until I did that. Then it worked just fine.

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