Some of you have probably seen the blog post a few months ago about how GNOME is more strongly depending on systemd. The changes mentioned there have landed into the latest stable versions of the mentioned software (GNOME 49) and do affect us. In particular, the main culprit is the removal of the non-systemd fallback code in gnome-session. This makes it currently impossible to launch gnome-shell/mutter on a non-systemd system. A fairly straightforward patch of using elogind, like what was previously done, no longer works either.

Since we don't have the time or interest to write a new non-systemd codepath for gnome-session, this means that all support for gnome-based desktops has to be dropped. In particular, the affected packages would be gnome-session, gnome-shell, mutter, and gnome-settings-daemon. For now, the old versions are still in the repos but because there is so much intertwining between other gtk/gnome packages, there is no guarantee they actually work and will later be removed from our repos.

Standalone gnome applications will still continue to be packaged, but it is simply not feasible anymore to support gnome desktops without systemd.

Update: GWAR Singer Reacts To Alleged Outrage Over Onstage ‘Murder’ Of Trump & Musk Dummies Amid 1ST Amendment Crisis: ‘It's Looney Tunes’

Update 2: eventually I decided to just go with it and install MX instead as a final attempt(because I just happened to have that on a stick on my desk) and it worked. I have a functional machine again. Thx for all the input guys!

Update: reinstalling fedora, it’s extremely slow and it’s going beyond 100%. I fkd up didn’t I?

Another case of "normie wants to ditch W11 for Linux and got backed into a corner".

I have used Linux for a while about 20 years ago, however installing it on a modern machine is new to me.

Timeline/Data:

-Recent Dell XPS laptop

-Decrypted the SSD in W11 through shell

-Booted Fedora 42 from a usb (everything works, yay!)

-Installed on the entire disc (as intended, byebye W11)

-Reboot=> Bios doesn't see the SSD anymore, a few reboots later I get a prompt to enter my "code" (not the typical bitlocker screen, I assume my Windows Pin?), before I even get the chance to select the damn prompt it's already gone. After which Bios reset itself to og settings (secure boot and whatnot)

-Bios still doesn't see the SSD.

-Fedora live does see the SSD.

What do I do now? Thx in advance!

I have soo many memes I've grabbed over the years, as I don't want to be tied to a platform, I'm struggling to manage them. I've previously auto-uploaded them to Nextcloud, but this makes for bad viewing. I use Immich for photos I take, but I don't want memes mixed in with those. Ideally I'd like to have memes available on my clipboard for easy replies, but that's extra.

If anyone has any suggestions for meme-management solutions, I'd love to hear them, thanks!

Hello, my school hosts lectures on SharePoint, however, these lectures are view only and the stream data is drm locked. Are there any tools to download drm locked content or SharePoint videos? yt-dlp says it's drm locked, and ffmpeg says it's malformed. I tried looking through the megathread but mostly found things to find content, not download it.

Today's is some more Final Fantasy 7 Remake. After catching up with my younger self, i was excited to progress some more. This section felt like an interesting change of pace compared to the last few. They had me running around doing a lot of fighting in those, while this one felt far more relaxed and had me delivering flowers. Of course there still was some fighting, but not nearly as much as the last few.

I met my first real challenge in that chapter in the boss fight with Rude. Reno was pretty easy to deal with. Just bait him into lunge and counter attack. But with Rude he locks me into a ton of attacks which doesn't let me react. Counter that with my lack of supplies i picked up and it was a challenge. I initially failed the first time, but planned to just reload my last Checkpoint and go back and try again with new materials.

You'll notice i said that i planned to do that. That's because when i loaded my last checkpoint it set me back by about 30 minutes. It's not a major loss, but did kill a little bit of my motivation for the day (it also explains why today was so short). I went ahead and sat it down and will pick it up again tomorrow. I'm sure i could use the break anyways.

When you need a few days off.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/54086658

For the first time, US residents can now invest in memecoins through traditional brokerages. Trading will only get stranger from here.

Lessaria - A Kingdom Building Strategy RPG Heir To Majesty by Splattercat

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.org/post/1872634

So, starting now, Google started mandating full JS for YT, effectively breaking all third-party clients and locking the site to their official client.

This reeks of DRM.

UPDATE: Installing Deno and installing yt-dlp through PyPi fixes yt-dlp but the very idea that Google is mandating JS to lock down YT in an attempt at pseudo-DRM is still crappy.

UPDATE #2: inv.nadeko.net is working again for now.

cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/38078698

Starter template: https://github.com/logandonley/fleet
Colmena: https://github.com/zhaofengli/colmena

"High-altitude winds between 1,640 and 3,281 feet (500 and 10,000 meters) above the ground are stronger and steadier than surface winds. These winds are abundant, widely available, and carbon-free.

"The physics of wind power makes this resource extremely valuable. “When wind speed doubles, the energy it carries increases eightfold, triple the speed, and you have 27 times the energy,” explained Gong Zeqi "

*According to Qualcomm

Third times the charm. Qualcomm messed up the last time they tried to make an ARM chip for computers, but this time Im more optimistic. The specs look amazing on paper

Hello,

a few days ago I got a nice little mail from ionos where I run some VPSs that due to WebPros International GmbH massively hiking their prices they have no other option but to transfer down these price hikes.

Since that would mean a 5-fold price increase for my contracts, I am looking for other hosting providers. The service I need the most is just some super small VPS with a static IP to tunnel all my dynDNS-traffic through so that I can have a static IP linked to my domain and the sorts. Currently I am paying 1EUR per month.

I know that my question probably super basic and that I could just move to any other provider. I just wanted to ask if any of you could (dis-)recommend any providers due to positive or negative experiences?

many thanks in advace and have a pleasant thursday!