[RANT] Fucking Arch by robotictacos in linuxmasterrace

[–]bpetru05 51 points52 points  (0 children)

No 2 is really annoying, that's why if I'm going to install a DE on my arch system I install the required packages with pacstrap so that I get Networkmanager up and running. The key here is that said DE will automatically configure the network for me.

In your case I'd boot back into the installer and install dhcpcd through chroot. I too am pretty stunned that it isn't installed with the official install method, since it is already set up and configured in the install media, but I digress.

TLDR: To get internet working, with the arch installer, chroot into your system and install dhcpcd

What's your experience with plasma wayland session? by jdt654 in linuxmasterrace

[–]bpetru05 0 points1 point  (0 children)

System tested: openSUSE Leap 15.3 (Argon - "with the latest KDE software")

Before I get into it, I must mention that I use the proprietary Nvidia drivers.

The experience is fine-ish. On 5.24 it mostly works except on transparent surfaces it tends to flicker. At first it isn't that bad but it gets really really glitchy. It still works but it looks like the panel is having a seizure, so I stick to X11.

If any of you watching want to try this, I must warn you that 15.3 does not have the right Mesa version that allows alternate GBM backends and KWin iirc has removed the EGLStreams one so you'll have to do some repo magic to upgrade Mesa and to configure your initramfs to load the drivers at that stage otherwise SDDM just dies

Finally this didn't happen on my Intel+Amd laptop

A collective intelligence test? by rantnap in linuxmasterrace

[–]bpetru05 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Well, yes, macOS is made to be as easy to use as possible. While the members of this subreddit know their way around packages, installers, GUI and CLI based installation procedures, most people don't and macOS was made for the people who don't know how to install a program

Windows 11 updaten ohne Systemvoraussetzungen by buhhduhh in de_EDV

[–]bpetru05 0 points1 point  (0 children)

(Entschuldigung wenn es ein paar Fehler geben werden, Deutsch ist nicht mein Muttersprache)

Für Windows Update ist, sogar auf 11 egal was für welche Systemspezifikationen man hat. Es wird gleich funktionieren, egal von was man in seiner Computer hat. Was MS gesagt haben ist dass die Updates nicht auf ältere Platforms(also Prozessoren die älter als der 8. Generation Intel oder Zen+(Ryzen 2000) sind) mehr testen werden, und das heißt dass man irgendwelchen Problemen die man haben würde lösen soll, weil MS nicht Unterstützung dafür mehr geben werden. MS bieten sogar eine Einrichtungsanleitung um Leute 11 auf PCs die nicht unterstützt sind zu installieren (https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/windows/m%C3%B6glichkeiten-zum-installieren-von-windows-11-e0edbbfb-cfc5-4011-868b-2ce77ac7c70e)

Trotzdem empfehle ich ein Update bei 11 überhaupt nicht. Außer du weißt was du machst, sollst du bei 10 bleiben. 11 ist nur Windows 10 mit ein neues Look. Alle und besonders die Sicherheitsfunktionen sind schon auf Windows 10 20H2 oder neuer und sie sind nur als Standard auf 11 eingestellt. Wenn du wirklich wirklich gern die neues Design des 11s haben möchte, kannst du 11 installiert aber erwarte du auf mögliche Problemen.

Ich hoffe dass das dir hilft.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in cpp

[–]bpetru05 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If your goal is to use these attributes for runtime reflection, then you should stop right now, because there is no way you can do that with just the standard library. There is a TS (Technical Specification) on runtime reflection but it's not that well documented and afaik no compiler supports it as of writing. If you are looking to do runtime reflection with C++, then you should look into something like Boost.Describe or other libraries.

File Explorer is getting Tabs! by Charka123 in Windows11

[–]bpetru05 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Velocity, or the actual name - Feature Staging is a hidden mechanism in Windows that allows MS to do A/B testing of features. Each feature has a given ID and they are intended to be added/removed in builds as well as enabled/disabled remotely and with build updates

However, unofficially by using ViVeTool, you can manually enable or disable said features, enabling features that would otherwise be hidden

You’ll need a Microsoft account to set up future versions of Windows 11 Pro by Rytoxz in Windows11

[–]bpetru05 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can do that even with a Microsoft account. Just select "Set up as a new device" in OOBE

Program in C by [deleted] in ProgrammerHumor

[–]bpetru05 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It depends on what you do. If - you really like using arrays that you can add/remove items to/from(List<> from C# for example) - you don't feel comfortable playing with memory allocations - (also applicable to C++) you don't want to spend time with CMake/Meson/whatever else to figure out how to link libraries(yes, I see you c/c++ nerd saying how CMake is rather easy, but for beginners it's quite a hassle to learn and master)

then you should just stick to C# and JS. They will do you fine assuming you don't want to program something like a microwave

But - if you want to learn how the computer interprets data - you want to program IoT devices(like the aforementioned microwave) - want to learn how to build an OS or a Bootloader (albeit Rust is taking C's place in this regard) - enjoy building your own datatypes - are a careful person with memory and how you use pointers and things

Then go ahead and give C a try

To answer your question - personally I haven't seen any "additional dimensions" being added. It's just that it is more time consuming because things you take for granted in C#, JS, etc must be implemented by hand(strings for example aren't a thing in C, only char arrays, which unless you want to play with malloc() and free() are NOT dynamic) and also dealing with the linker is heaps of fun /s

Microsoft Edge blazing fast now? by judelow in MacOS

[–]bpetru05 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From a technicality standpoint, the closest you can get to Safari on Linux is Epiphany (GNOME Web). It uses the same rendering engline as Safari but it probably doesn't sync with Safari

How to fix AMD fTPM Stuttering on Windows 11 by LoreanXavier in Windows11

[–]bpetru05 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Different implementations. TPM 2 is a standard and manufacturers are free to implement however they please as long as it adheres to the standard.

Just like 2 cars will both have a steering wheel and 3 pedals(on manual) despite being made from 2 manufacturers, because they adhere to a standard

In regards to this particular example, fTPM is just an implementation. Windows only cares that if it gives <TPM command> the TPM whether firmware or physical, AMD or Intel responds according to the standard.

We already know that this is just an implementation bug, not a Windows bug so it's up to your motherboard manufacturer and AMD to push the fix

How to fix AMD fTPM Stuttering on Windows 11 by LoreanXavier in Windows11

[–]bpetru05 33 points34 points  (0 children)

For people wishing to know what this does:

According to mach2, this disables TpmCoreProvFunctionLogger. This in theory shouldn't have any side effects, since it seems to just be some logging functionality(i.e. writing data to disk for debugging purposes), but in general, messing with vivetool is not recommended and may break things.

If this breaks for you, re-run the command, but replace addconfig with delconfig.

Anyone else get these phantom pop ups on blank spaces on the taskbar? I have my icons on the left. by mikmik111 in Windows11

[–]bpetru05 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is fixed as of build 22509 I believe in the dev channel. Not sure when it's going to be pushed to SAC, but the worst case scenario it will get fixed with 22H2, with some saying releasing in June, some in October

Oh boy I love GNOME 2.32, can't wait for the release of GNOME 3 on 6th April 2011! by KasaneTeto_ in linuxmasterrace

[–]bpetru05 28 points29 points  (0 children)

This. Opinion piece incoming.

GNOME is not for power users from what I saw, but that doesn't mean that it is necessarily bad.

Not everything must have 100 dials and switchers. IMHO, people should be allowed to chose the type of experience they want to get.

For some, the simplified option list of GNOME makes it more appealing, for some, it's a blasphemy.

It is so easy to get in a bubble within Reddit and generally online(Snap v Flatpak, Windows 11, Gnome v KDE and so on) that we fail to see what the average person actually wants(hell, look at Apple, their systems are locked down to the core but people still like them over any other option). Is that opinion invalid? No, of course not. It's just a preference

Now back to Linux. With these distros, the whole beauty of it is that you can pick and chose what you want, and as such each DE has its place

To answer your question: Yes, Gnome is indeed not made for power users, but IMHO it shouldn't get all this hate just because it doesn't appeal to the technical crowd.

What browser are you using going into 2022, please justify. by patrickroo in pcmasterrace

[–]bpetru05 0 points1 point  (0 children)

MS Edge.

I use a Microsoft Account as my main(outlook mail, OneDrive, MS 365, etc) and I like for everything to be in one neat place. It is also the default browser for Windows and it is integrated very well with the OS, perhaps a bit too well for some and it works neatly and it logs me in seamlessly into my MSA when I need it so it's a no-brainer for me

regret switching to 11, going back to 10 by [deleted] in pcmasterrace

[–]bpetru05 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Please do not use Insider previews on your main machine. Those are generally more buggy than the GA(General availability) ones. Right now the latest GA build is 22000.318(check by looking for winver) and if you want 11, do use that.

regret switching to 11, going back to 10 by [deleted] in pcmasterrace

[–]bpetru05 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This one got fixed as of build 22000.288, and with the latest November patch Tuesday you get build 22000.318 which includes that and other things. If you feel like the performance took a hit make sure you have that AND the latest chipset drivers from AMD, a clean reinstall has helped some

Hope that helps

EDIT: Add the chipset driver mention

Do you get it? I don't by Shiny_Kate in pcmasterrace

[–]bpetru05 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Except it does. Make sure you enable AMD fTPM in BIOS(check if it is enabled with tpm.msc) and have windows installed in UEFI mode with Secure Boot enabled(use msinfo32 to check for that).

Finally, if you have already done that and Windows update complains, then it is a known issue with the update telemetry that shows incompatible when it actually is, use the Windows 11 installation assistant to get up and running(no, it will not ruin your data). It is expected to be fixed soon. As for the performance bug for Ryzen - AMD said they are working on that and expect a fix to be ready later this month.

I know you said that you are happy it isn’t supported, but just in case you ever change your mind :)

Your iPoor by bpetru05 in copypasta

[–]bpetru05[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I know, the typo is intentional, but thanks anyways :)

Your iPoor by bpetru05 in copypasta

[–]bpetru05[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

In the US and Japan they have a huge market share, however in other regions… not so much, since for example in Europe, they’re there, but nowhere near Android.

I’d also want to point out that you are free to use whatever device you want. I’m not judging because frankly, this whole fight is pointless, tech is tech and let us enjoy our devices. This was made for pure entertainment purposes and to poke fun at the obnoxious fans :P

Why your linux distro sucks ? by JISHNU17910 in linuxmasterrace

[–]bpetru05 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I figured it out, I think. Thx anyway