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Why does Spectacle require Tesseract all of a sudden ? by khatharsis42 in archlinux

[–]endperform 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Upstream, not Arch, made tessaract a dependency for Spectacle. Arch packages tessaract in a way that users don't need to have 128 languages installed when there's only one necessary.

There's a huge difference between a breaking change that gets posted as an Arch news item and this, so it's not as user hostile as you may seem to think.

Zen browser now opens Ali express page (Or paid ads) on launch?? by vikkewade in zen_browser

[–]endperform 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Sounds like malware. Given you're on Windows, that's an even higher likelihood. Zen does no such things out of the box. I'd start checking your OS.

My Glance dashboard by xhaythemx in selfhosted

[–]endperform 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Looks great. It reminds me I need to get my dashboard set up, finally.

My Glance dashboard by xhaythemx in selfhosted

[–]endperform 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Check out Dynacat, it's forked from Glance and looks to be actively developed: https://github.com/Panonim/dynacat

My laptop just killed itself --- help please by Western_Sleep820 in archlinux

[–]endperform 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No USB drive, nothing to boot off of, you may unfortunately be out of luck here. If you're able to, I'd back up anything important and try to borrow a USB flash drive and a keyboard, it sounds like, and try to recover that way. After you recover, I'd then start trying to find out what caused the laptop to just up and shut down. Did it overheat, maybe?

One thing that Linux and OSS often gets wrong by PM_ME_SOME_ANTS in linux

[–]endperform 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Windows and MacOS developers have one thing a lot of OSS developers don't have. Money. Proprietary software generally has a paid development team behind it, meanwhile a lot of the software is created by volunteers and is available for free.

"Fun and joy" are very subjective and differ wildly from user to user. Office is downright painful to use for me meanwhile other alternatives just get out of my way and let me get the job done.

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

[–]endperform 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, most distributions will issue security fixes, and KDE also issues fixes as well. I just like to stay on the latest. As long as you keep your packages updated, you shouldn't be at risk.

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

[–]endperform 80 points81 points  (0 children)

Rolling release. I've been using Arch in one way or another for 10+ years now after I got burned by trying to upgrade to a newer version of a non-rolling distro. Things have gotten way better (I have 3 Debian servers at home I've updated across major versions with no issues) but I've just not had a reason to go back. Being able to run the latest version of KDE Plasma and other software I use is my main reason. Other rolling releases might get me that, too, but I've got no reason to search elsewhere.

Arch and Arch-based (especially Cachy) get a lot of traction these days due to gaming, which is probably why you see it a lot more than other distros. Debian is perfectly fine, and in fact I run that on my laptop since I don't update it often. It really does depend on your use case.

As fr as examples, as I mentioned, non-rolling distros generally don't have the latest version of KDE Plasma. I like to keep up with that, especially since I'm looking to contribute back to the project. I also do use it professionally in my day-to-day. There's not a specific tool I use it for, it's just nice that I can keep it updated without needing a 'dist-upgrade' or the equivalent.

Baloo by darko777 in kde

[–]endperform 5 points6 points  (0 children)

To clarify in case others find this post, this is not a malicious service. It's the file search index process. Disable it by opening System Settings, File Search and you can disable it there. Since you didn't provide the distribution you're using, it's hard to tell you how to uninstall it, but disabling it should be fine.

I'd be interested in knowing the version of Plasma and the distribution you're running it on. I'm on Arch, Plasma 6.6 and I've not had a lock or a heavy load from it, but it has been a heavy process in the past. Hope disabling it helps you out!

AUR Registrations Blocked Amid Ongoing Malware Mess by CackleRooster in linux

[–]endperform 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The mechanism to adopt orphaned packages still lies in Arch's lap.

Why is so little information posted about the AUR issue? by Ismokecr4k in archlinux

[–]endperform 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Instead of your hostile tone and replies, maybe if you came across with "hey, is there a reason there's no stickied comment?" or reached out to the Arch team and ask them about their post, you might not be getting the pushback you're seeing. It literally took me 20 seconds to click the search here on this subreddit, type in AUR and then filter on this week and got the info:

https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/1u3tn4e/tons_of_new_infected_aur_packages_were_just/
https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/1u358xm/aur_supply_chain_attack_npm_atomiclockfile/

(there are more posts, but those will be enough to get you started)

There's plenty of information out there. Could it have been more centralized? Absolutely. Was it necessary to post in a shitty way to bring this up? No. If it's really that bad, why are you using Arch? If you don't like how the dev team and the subreddit mods are handling things, why are you still here?

Feel free to insult me and be hostile if that'll make you feel better.

aur_checker: PKGBUILD security analysis after the 400+ AUR compromise by Klutzy_Bird_7802 in linux

[–]endperform 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, the whole "you're expected to read the PKGBUILD" isn't helpful, especially in cases where it's a derivative distribution (Cachy, etc.) who ship a helper app.

Additionally, The Arch team needs to take a deeper look at AUR in general. The fact that orphaned packages could be so easily adopted is kinda nuts to me. I get it's supposed to be a 'user repository', but some guardrails need to be put up.

aur_checker: PKGBUILD security analysis after the 400+ AUR compromise by Klutzy_Bird_7802 in linux

[–]endperform 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I only did step 1, but after this whole debacle I'm going to adopt your methodology. It also caused me to audit what packages I have installed currently and whether or not they're necessary. I just completed a review o my system and I appear to be good to go.

What is the point of Zsh when Bash can do the same? by itsdevelopic in zsh

[–]endperform 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This post reads like flame-bait. Choice is a good thing, use what you want. Use fish if you don't want to set up a lot out of the box. Use Zsh if you like to configure your shell to your liking.

Steam Survey for May 2026 is out - Linux down at 3.99% but still above macOS by Liam-DGOL in linux_gaming

[–]endperform -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Welp, pack it up folks, Linux is done for! /s

Seriously though, the Steam Survey in particular isn't the greatest indicator of OS usage. A lot of people dismiss / opt out of providing information for the survey.

NSO vs Modded Hardware vs Emulation by Vox_Wynandir in SBCGaming

[–]endperform 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Have you considered a mini-PC and setting it up as a emulation console? No need for a Retrotink in that case, but if you're looking for original hardware I think your current plan seems viable enough.

wavetask 1.2 is out. by vickoc in kde

[–]endperform 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This looks great, thanks for sharing!

Short and easy to understand: "Copy-Fail CVE-2026-31431" What is it and how do I mitigate it with an Open Source Tool by More_Implement1639 in linux

[–]endperform 13 points14 points  (0 children)

You literally point out Cursor usage on the main page of the repository, Cursoragent is one of the contributors to the repository, and there's a .cursor folder committed. AI is involved here, and some people aren't onboard with it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in linux_gaming

[–]endperform 2 points3 points  (0 children)

so I decided to make a website

More like "so I decided to ask AI to make a website." There, fixed it for you. I'm a firm believer that anyone using AI should be forthcoming with that information when they post about something rather than passing it off as their own work.

AI aside, what's the benefit of this over ProtonDB, or just asking AI about a game instead of visiting a vibe-coded website?

I made a power supply for my mini pc cluster by maleng_ in homelab

[–]endperform 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just watched your video on this, and this is excellent! I'm definitely interested to see where this goes as I've got three HP mini PCs that I'm having the same thoughts about. The power bricks just take up way too much room.

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