LeFantome

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[–] LeFantome@programming.dev 6 points 2 months ago

The NTFS3 driver in the kernel is about as fast as Ext4 ( and faster than Btrfs ).

[–] LeFantome@programming.dev 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Most compatible is FAT32 which is also the most limited.

I am not sure I would trust the WinBtrfs driver with anything important. What problems are you having with NTFS?

Linux has two NTFS stacks: NTFS-3G and NTFS3 ( in the Linux kernel since 5.15 ). NTFS3 is faster and more feature rich I think but that said it also lacks a few things. NTFS-3G is more mature and some people still report it to be more stable.

[–] LeFantome@programming.dev 14 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Rust does not compile down to C. It generates LLVM bytecode the same as Clang does. They both produce native executables. You do not need a C compiler on your system to run Rust binaries.

Typescript produces JavaScript. You need a JavaScript interpreter to execute the output from TypeScript.

Not the same thing.

[–] LeFantome@programming.dev 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The answer seems to be yes but I have not seen much detail on what works now and what does not. It also seems that device trees are required for each device and I have only seen that for one ASUS and one Lenevo so far.

If anybody knows more, I would love an update.

[–] LeFantome@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago

Just uninstall eos-hooks and then comment out the eos repos in pacman.conf if you want vanilla Arch. Pretty easy journey. You don’t even have to reboot.

[–] LeFantome@programming.dev 2 points 2 months ago

EOS is about 24 additional packages on top of the 70,000 Arch already offers, many of which are already on the AUR ( like yay and paru ). EOS uses the real Arch kernel. Once installed, EOS is Arch in my view.

There are not “two updates”. It is not an OS over an OS. EOS is awesome but it is a glorified Arch installer with opinionated defaults.

[–] LeFantome@programming.dev 3 points 2 months ago

I went through this recently and was not able to resolve it. Unfortunately, it looks like there is no way to use Resolve with an iGPU.

[–] LeFantome@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago

They only charge for the “extension pack” ( which is different from “guest additions”

[–] LeFantome@programming.dev 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I teach a class where I use VirtualBox. Students commonly use Windows or Mac. I use Linux.

It is very handily to use VirtualBox where, if I demo something, the same steps will work on the student machine. It is also nice for documentation if you want to show a screenshot.

I have never used the “extension pack” for this so it would be fine. Educational use seems to be permitted regardless.

[–] LeFantome@programming.dev 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The only license that VirtualBox and the Guest Additions are even released under is GPL3. I do not even see a dual license.

What remedy are they proposing when they come after you? I am not sure I would even take their call or respond to their letter. If I did, I would just send them the GPL text, announce that we are complying, and tell them to pound sand.

I suppose it might be fun to tell them that I got it via IBM or Red Hat or something and to take it up with them. But I probably would not actually be dishonest about. As above, if I got a letter asking me to pay for their GPL software, I would just mutter “idiots” and throw it away. If they want to persist, it would only cost them money and I would continue to respond the same way.

[–] LeFantome@programming.dev 21 points 2 months ago

I just looked all this over and, just to clarify, both VirtualBox itself and the Guest Additions are free and released under GPL3.

https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Licensing_FAQ

What is not free is the separately downloadable “VirtualBox Extension Pack”.

As long as you stay away from the “Extension Pack”, you are ok.

[–] LeFantome@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago

I do not believe I have had to accept anything. I am installing it from the AUR and it builds from source. Pretty sure it just went straight into the UI the first time I launched it ( without a EULA ).

I will have to look into it. Thank you for the answer through.

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