Yeah, I’m liking it so far, but I’m still very much in the testing phase, I don’t have any “real” data in it yet.

Isn’t that what 802.1x is for? If you really want to lock down your network, there are options.

I’m not OP and am a dev, but also prefer flat files. Here’s my reasoning:

• versioning - I use snapshots in my filesystem (BTRFS), which is more than enough, and have a git hosting solution for things I care about more
• sync is plenty fast on OCIS and Samba, it’s just kinda slow on Nextcloud; I’m sure Seafile is better, but it’s not something I do frequently anyway, especially since backups from devices is automatic and uses a different, fast system
• incremental - not my use case, most of my files either never change (movies) or are small (text flees)

My main concerns with Seafile specifically are:

• developed by a Chinese company and doesn’t seem particularly open to contributions
• mostly written in C, so there’s a good chance of security vulnerabilities
• documentation about the disk format isn’t very open, so third party tools don’t really exist
• main target is larger orgs, so I’m unlikely to get very good support

With flat files, I can easily switch to a different service if my needs change.

Here’s what I’ve used and can recommend:

• samba - just a network share
• Nextcloud - full featured cloud suite (calendar, contacts, etc)
• owncloud infinite scale (OCIS) or the Euro fork Open Cloud - the POSIX driver has a flat file structure and still supports users and shared data; OCIS is designed for larger installations, but running on a smaller, single instance totally works too

Since you rejected NextCloud, check out the other two. I’m switching from NextCloud to OCIS right now, and I may end up using OpenCloud if development looks stable.

I assume you’re talking about Kauffman, who is the founder of LBRY, but that relationship ended when LBRY lost a lawsuit and Odysee was acquired. It is decentralized, using arweave for video hosting and a blockchain for video metadata.

The main issue w/ Odysee is its near complete lack of moderation, which allows extremists, conspiracy theorists, and other undesirables to earn money. This is because Odysee gives creators the power to moderate their channels, unlike YouTube where most of that is reserved for the platform itself. Odysee is about as free-speech as you get, and that unfortunately allows less desirable content.

My understanding is that Odysee is essentially what you get if you have P2P (not federated) PeerTube w/ a profit motive.

I need to move mine, my current solution kinda sucks.

Can you provide machine specs? Maybe you’re using an Nvidia card without drivers or something? Or maybe it’s a laptop and it’s using the wrong GPU?

Again, I agree with the first responder, make your own post so it gets more visibility and provide as many details as you can.

It’s not just odd releases, it’s also releases that end in 10. 24.10 is short term too.

For new users, if you’re within a year of the next LTS, just use the most recent release and switch to the LTS cadence once it launches.

step 2: run 3 commands in console or use discover

Just one, no? Usually the installation instructions will tell you which package to install for your GPU.

And my axe!

People keep saying they want an alternative to YouTube, but then reject every alternative that exists.

Odyssee and other YouTube alternatives tend to host far right content because that content was banned on YouTube, so those creators flocked to the alternative platforms. The sites themselves aren’t exactly encouraging that content, it’s just where people end up due to the loose rules. The best way to fight extremism on an alternative platform is to post less extreme content and drown out the less desirable content.

That’s basically what happened here on Lemmy. At the start, it was mostly tankies and far left extremists, and gradually it became more mainstream as more mainstream leftists ditched Reddit and joined Lemmy.

If you want an alternative to YouTube to succeed, you need to use alternative platforms that already exist.

Sure, but other platforms do exist, and he could post to those as well as YouTube. Other creators do, such as Gardiner Bryant to PeerTube and Louis Rossmann to Odyssee.

If he really hated Google, wouldn’t he be motivated to invest his time into its competitors? Maybe he does, idk, I didn’t watch the video because I’m not a fan of his style and I generally try to avoid YouTube.

Sure, but other platforms do exist, and he could post to those as well as YouTube. Other creators do, such as Gardiner Bryant to PeerTube and Louis Rossmann to Odyssee.

Same, but this isn’t that, so I won’t bother.

How can he be done with Google and still posting YouTube videos?

That’s exactly what they said:

I tend to do my Steam shopping in the browser

Can you not install it? There’s really not much difference between a Steam Deck and a Linux desktop.

I was ready to do that back when I switched, but still found games to play. Back then, Steam hadn’t yet come to Linux (I didn’t even have an account), so it was mostly random indies (back when Humble Bundle was baller) and some FOSS games. I played a bunch of Minecraft and Factorio as well. Then Steam came and brought a few more games, then Proton came and I’ve been back buying a ton of games.

Switching to Linux is so much easier these days with the incredible game support.

A lot of the “unsupported” or “unknown” games also work fine. Some may require switching to a specific Proton version (check protondb.com), but many work fine.

Yeah, that’s one thing I love about Gardiner Bryant, he also posts on Peertube.