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2 months old article, but the video explains well what and how Umu launcher works.

Essentially I think it replaces Steam's runtime environment, by doing kinda what this runtime does, but for all games (even non-steam ones). It has a database to match the games, so that umu knows what scripts to run the game (like setting environment variables, installing dependencies etc.).

Lutris now (if I understood well) uses umu when you choose the proton runner. You can enable it in Heroic launcher as well. You can also run umu "bare" through command line, by creating the wine prefix, feeding it a name to match it to the database and let it do its work (I think this is presented at around 01:30:00 mark). As time passes, more programs seem to adopt it.

It's a ~40mins presentation which starts about after the first hour in the video. Took me really long to understand how this works, hope it will help others (posting it here as cracks tend to be installed out of steam).😅

2 months old article, but the video explains well what and how Umu launcher works.

Essentially I think it replaces Steam's runtime environment, by doing kinda what this runtime does, but for all games (even non-steam ones). It has a database to match the games, so that umu knows what scripts to run the game (like setting environment variables, installing dependencies etc.).

Lutris now (if I understood well) uses umu when you choose the proton runner. You can enable it in Heroic launcher as well. You can also run umu "bare" through command line, by creating the wine prefix, feeding it a name to match it to the database and let it do its work (I think this is presented at around 01:30:00 mark). As time passes, more programs seem to adopt it.

It's a ~40mins presentation which starts about after the first hour in the video. Took me really long to understand how this works, hope it will help others.😅

I just came across a post talking about this and I haven't seen it anywhere else. Anyone wanna talk about it? It seems big. There seem to be really many protests right now in Serbia.

On 1 December, a silent march was held in Novi Sad to commemorate one month since the collapse. By early December, Serbian students had begun organizing 24-hour blockades at some school campuses. By mid-December, more than 50 university campuses and multiple secondary schools had suspended classes due to student protests. On 11 December, students demonstrated at the headquarters of television station RTS, for their broadcasting of President Aleksandar Vučić's claims that demonstrators are being funded by Western countries who seek to destabilize Serbia. On 13 December, farmers in central Serbia blocked a road with tractors. As of December, protesters continue to gather in large numbers, demanding justice for the victims of the collapse and greater transparency in governance. Police presence in the city has been significantly increased, and there have been sporadic clashes reported. Efforts at dialogue between protest leaders and government officials have so far failed to de-escalate the situation.[citation needed]

Extra articles:

• https://balkaninsight.com/2024/12/20/student-blockades-roil-serbia-as-teaching-unions-back-young-protesters/

• https://apnews.com/article/serbia-protests-tensions-students-b87de7652b1442c11c964746d14a4a0d

Here's the post that got shared to me which made me search for what's going on from this account (warning: it is heavily opionated):

It was under this account (I don't know what they represent exactly, first time seeing them):

Και ενα ακομα link

https://parallaximag.gr/thessaloniki-news/giati-to-metro-thessalonikis-moiazei-na-vrisketai-akomi-se-dokimastiki-leitoyrgia

Δεν σταματανε τα λαθη με την συγκοινωνια στην θεσσαλονικη:/

Κανονικα θα πρεπε οχι μονο να ταν δωρεαν η μαζικη μεταφορα, αλλα και να πληρωνουν τον κοσμο που χρησιμοποιει συγκεκριμενα το μετρο, επειδη πρακτικα θα ειναι πειραματοζωα οι ανθρωποι μεχρι τα μεσα του 2025 (οι δοκιμες των συρμων ηταν να γινουν 18 μηνες, αλλα ειχαν συμπληρωθει μονο οι 13 οταν ανοιξε το μετρο).

I've been trying nixos recently and after watching a bunch of tutorials from various people, I have managed to enable home-manager and flakes.

My question is: where should I write the packages I want to install? In home.nix? In flakes.nix? In configuration.nix (probably not)? I'm probably only gonna have a single user on this machine.

So far, I think the only difference between writing the packages in home.nix compared to flakes.nix is that in the 1st senario, the apps will only be available for the user, while in the 2nd, it will be available for the whole system. Also, I could use the home.nix for non-nixos systems too. Other than that, I can probably write them the same way either on home.nix or flakes.nix and have the same result on my machine.

PS. On search.nixos.org there is an option to search for flakes. What is this? I am planing to get my packages from the packages tab, but I'm wondering that maybe I should search in the flakes tab instead (though it doesn't seem to have many packages).

PPS. Those are some resources I've found (I've mainly watched the videos and have started reading some of the guides):

• https://github.com/Evertras/simple-homemanager/blob/main/04-explain-outputs-function.md
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a67Sv4Mbxmc
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a67Sv4Mbxmc&list=PLko9chwSoP-15ZtZxu64k_CuTzXrFpxPE
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63sSGuclBn0&list=PLuRxZ95-8LY1mlotZMYGYib5sXJRw1RxW
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGVXJ-TIv3Y
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLwbNhSxLd4
• https://discourse.nixos.org/t/pass-specialargs-to-the-home-manager-module/33068/4
• https://nix-community.github.io/home-manager/index.xhtml#ch-usage
• https://www.chrisportela.com/posts/home-manager-flake/
• https://nixos-and-flakes.thiscute.world/
• https://discourse.nixos.org/t/practical-nix-flakes-anatomy-a-guided-tour-of-flake-nix/42550/8
• https://old.reddit.com/r/NixOS/comments/v2xpjm/big_list_of_flakes_tutorials/

Hello everyone! It's been about a month that I'm experimenting Debian on an external disk. For the most time, I've been using Testing. The issue is, that some packages are missing from Testing, while they exist on Stable (or on Unstable). The biggest problem with that is that some packages require dependencies that don't exist on the Testing repo and as such I can't install those apps.

So, I thought about adding the Stable repo, at a lower priority. If something doesn't exist on Testing, it will grab it from Stable.

How bad is that approach? I'm not doing the reverse (using stable and grabbing apps from testing), which might be way worse. Does anyone else do that? I couldn't find anything related online.

PS. I'm a bit tempted to switch to Unstable all together, but I don't know if I'll be careful enough to use it in the long run.

PPS. I might build a home nas at some point (with Debian Stable) and keep regular backups of my laptop so that I'll be kinda safe if I ever switch to Unstable.

Καλημέρα παιδιάα, αυτό είναι ένα post που ήθελα να κάνω εδώ και μήνες, αλλά δεν προλάβαινα🙃

Τι μουσική ακούτε/ακούγατε/σκοπεύτε να ακούσετε;

Θα κάνω την αρχή (this gonna be long):

• Τι μουσική άκουγα:

Στην αρχή άκουγα κυρίως τα pop του ραδιοφώνου, μέχρι που έφτασα σε ένα σημείο κορερσμού (κυρίως λόγω της περιορισμένης θεματικής των στίχων και της soft μελωδίας) και σιγά σιγά απομακρύνθηκα. Άρχισα με imagine dragons (alt rock-pop) και έφυγα όλο και πιο πολύ προς στην alt rock σκηνή, αλλα και λίγο rap (eminem κυρίως). Άκουγα τα κλασικά γνωστά alt-rock συγκροτήματα κυρίως (πχ. arctic monkeys, starset, muse, thousand foot krutch, all good things, set it off, linkin park, green day κλπ.). Σε ένα σημείο άρχισα να ακούω και metal (πχ. disturbed), μέχρι που βρήκα τους Sabaton. Power-metal was my new thing. Οριακά εντελώς διαφορετική θεματική (κυρίως ιστορικές αναδρομές που με έκαναν να ενδιαφερθώ παραπάνω για την ιστορία) και μελωδίες που άκουγα ~για πρώτη φορα. Οι Sabaton ήταν πρακτικά η 1η μου συναυλία. Μαζί με τους sabaton βρήκα και Powerwolf, Beast in Black κλπ. Παράλληλα καθώς γνώρισα κάποια άτομα κι όλας, βρήκα κι άλλα alt-rock/metalcore(?)/rap/alt-pop/punk/phonk συγκροτήματα όπως falling in reverse, get scared, Palaye Royale (♥), NF, grim salvo, jahriah, tommee proffit, grandson, bring me the horizon, οπότε σε μια φάση άκουγα κυρίως Sabaton, Palaye Royale και NF.

Σιγά σιγά όμως επήλθε πάλι κορεσμός και καθώς πιστεύω απέκτησα πιο στέρεες (πολιτικές) απόψεις, άρχισα να απομακρύνομαι από πολλά απ' αυτά τα συγκροτήματα. Ο τραγουδιστής των falling in reverse φαίνεται να χτυπά την γυναίκα του, να είναι τρανσφοβικός, να παρενοχλεί σεξουαλικά μια φαν και είχε μπει φυλακή επειδή συμμετείχε σε street fight που πέθανε ένας. Οι Sabaton απ' την άλλη είναι πολύ ουδέτεροι το οποίο ελαφρώς με ανησυχεί, επειδή ίσως είτε σημαίνει ότι φοβούνται μην χάσουν κοινό άμα εκφραστούν δημόσια, είτε τείνουν προς την "δεξιά" (και τα δύο αρνητικά για μένα). Επίσης ο τραγουδιστής των disturbed έχει διάφορα θέματα (υπέγραψε πύραυλο του ισραήλ που θα τον έριχναν στην παλαιστίνη), οι thousand foot krutch και μερικοί άλλοι έκαναν christian rock που δεν είναι τόσο του γούστου μου, οι ffdp είναι οριακά ναζί μάλλον και άλλα διάφορα.

• Αυτό μας φέρνει στην μουσική που ακόυω σήμερα:

Εξακολουθώ να ακούω alt-rock (σε μικρότερο βαθμό), κυρίως στυλ Palaye Roayle/Maneskin (η 3η μου συναυλία :)), η metal μειώθηκε πολύ (αν θα ακούσω πιθανόν να 'ναι Sabaton/Powerwolf), αυξήθηκε πολύ η ελληνική (αναρχική?) rap/hip-hop και άρχισα να ακούω και ελληνικά έντεχνα λίγο (το τελευταίο κυρίως χάρη στις παρέες μου). Άρχισα με κοινούς θνητούς που είχαν μερικά πολύ ωραία τραγούδια, αλλά δεν έκατσα και πολύ. Κυρίως λόγω των περιορσμένων θεμάτων που (πιθανόν επίτηδες) καλύπτουν. Ένα απ 'τα γνωστότερα τραγούδια τους φαίνεται κάπως μισογυνιστικό (το "Βαλτο να τακους" λέω) και πρακτικά δεν κάνουν άλλες αναφορές στις γυναίκες ή queer άτομα πχ. Οπότε βρήκα τους Taburo Bota που είχαν πιο ευρεία θεματική, αλλά για κάποιο λόγο νομίζω παράγουν ταυτόχρονα και μισογυνιστικά και φεμισιστικά τραγούδια, οπότε τους άφησα. Πέρασα και από Social waste, στοίχημα κλπ., αλλά δεν έμεινα.

Μέχρι που βρήκα τους Rationalistas (αποτελούνται από SXO, TNT, Bayman και DJ Gzas). Inclusive στίχοι με κοινωνική-πολιτική κριτική καθώς και κριτική στις θρησκείες (νομίζω). Πρώτη φορά μάλλον που μου άρεσε ολόκληρο άλμπουμ (το τελευταίο τους). Πρόσφατα βέβαια έβαλα και τα 2 πρώτα τους και δεν ακούγονται, ήταν νομίζω μισογυνιστικά-ομοφοβικά, αλλά φαίνεται να έχουν αλλάξει 180 μοίρες την στάση τους σε αυτά τα θέματα πλέον.

Επίσης βρήκα και άρχισα να ακούω πολύ τους δύο_μηδέν_δύο_μηδέν (αποτελούνται από KK, Ήρωα, Incognito m. και Jaul) που είνα πιο νέοι (άρα πιθανόν να βγάλουν πολλά νέα τραγούδια στο μέλλον) και ασκούν και αυτοί πολιτική-κοινωνική κριτική και κριτική στις θρησκίες, παραμένοντας inclusive και δεν εξυμνούν τα χρήματα ή τα ναρκωτικά (σε αντίθεση με πολλά ονόματα είτε στην rap είτε γενικά). Μέσω αυτών βρήκα μετά πολλά ακόμα ονόματα που κάνουν τέτοιου στυλ μουσική που είναι (χωρίς να έχω εξακριβώσει ακόμα αν όλα τα ονόματα κάνουν μουσική που πληρεί τις προϋποθέσεις μου): Σειρένε 0-100, sponty. (ανατρίχιασσα), Πένθιμος Clown (aka Πεν), Sara ATH (πολύ δυνατή), Βάγγος.Μπεκ, Nos, Σπέιρα, Aeon, Krav Boca (ακραία τα παιδιά 7 έλληνες 7 γάλλοι που κάνουν punk rap θα έλεγα), 211, SaivaJr., Drag Queen Lafert, Unwound818 και Esmeralda. Δεν προλαβαίνω να τα ακούσω όλα τα παιδιά, lol. Χαίρομαι που υπάρχει τέτοια μουσική :))

• Τι σκοπέυω να ακούσω:

Πέρα από τα ονόματα που έγραψα πιο πάνω, θέλω να ακούσω και πολλά ξένα (alt-)rock, metal και rap/hip-hop που όμως να έχουν περίπου τις ιδεολογίες των ατόμων πιο πάνω. Έχω ήδη μια λίστα με δεκάδες ονόματα (είχα κάνει κάποια σχετικά posts πριν κάτι μήνες) και απλά δεν προλαβαίνω να τα ακούσω. Είμαι κάπως ενθουσιασμένος για το τι θα βρω. Επίσης πολύ πρόσφατα (χθες-προχθές), άρχισε να με ελκύει η trance μουσική, οπότε ίσως το ψάκω και αυτό. Πιστεύω μετά από ένα σημείο θα έχω ένα τεράστιο playlist με τραγούδια που θα μπορώ να ακούω (περίπου) guilt-free.

Αυτά από μένα. Βλέπετε ίσως πως κυρίως τείνω να ακούω τραγούδια που έχουν μια μίξη μεγάλης ενέργειας, θυμού και θλίψης :) (έτσι νομίζω τουλάχιστον).

(Ίσως το παράκανα με την ανάλυση/ιστορική αναδρομή, lol.)

Περιμένω να ακούσω τα δικά σας🔥 :))))

Context:

I'm currently running Debian 12.7 on VirtualBox, trying out linux before I become experienced enough to fully switch my drive to linux. I have an i5 cpu and an amd radeon gpu on my laptop. I run kde-plasma with wayland.

I have sorted out some basic stuff, but my current problem is how to play the few games I have on linux ("Counter-strike 1.6", "Hades I", "MGR: Revengeance", "Minecraft" (t-launcher) and "Outer-Wilds"). I want ro move their game data too, but I think that's a simple copy paste on the appropriate paths. I also want to run a few other programs, possibly Notepad++ and mp3tag, but I think I can figure those if I fugre the games.

I know about the existance of Wine, Winetricks (though not very good at using it), Proton, Lutris, Bottles and Heroic (and PlayOnLinux which I haven't installed).

I have installed Lutris (flatpak), Bottles (flatpak) and Heroic (Appimage).

I have successfully manually installed Notepad++ in Bottles using soda-9.0.1 and semi-successfully manually installed Counter-strike 1.6 on Lutris using wine-ge-8-26-x86_64. The issues with that (among others?) is that I cant look around with the mouse and there is no audio. Apparently some dependencies are missing.

So, this comes to my question:

How do I figure what dependencies to use on my wineprefixes?

Lutris, bottles and heroic theoritically allow you to edit the dependencies, in case something goes wrong. Lutris also is supposed to have some installation scripts on their database.

Is there any way I can find any configuration in text form? How can I then use this text to pick the dependencies myself?

I'm thinking of a list with the recommended changes:

Counter-strike 1.6 installation script:

Install Windows fonts

Install cmd

Install vcrun2013

Do X changes on registry

etc.

Is there such a thing? Is there any other way to figure this out (other than painfully and randomly trying setup combinations)?

He bacc.

Αυτο το κομμα διασπαστηκε τοσο πολυ τελευταια οποτε λιγο χαιρομαι που εστω για μια φορα εκανε το αντιθετο (αν και δεν εχω ακριβως γνωμη για το προσωπο αυτο ωστε να ξερω αν ειναι θετικο ή οχι).

(Πιο πολυ στελνω αυτο το αρθρο επειδη θελω γνωμες για αυτην την εφημεριδα, ειδα διαφημιση της στον δρομο και μου κινησε το ενδιαφερον😆

Edit: πηρα τις απαντησεις μου κατω απο αυτο το σχολιο, thanks παιδια😄)

I want to start eating more frequently plant-based foods, especially oats, lentils, chickpeas, etc. which are high on fiber. The thing is, I'm kinda hesitant to do so, because almost every time I eat them, soon enough I get the side effects for the rest of the day and the fact that I might spend a lot of time outside without going home doesn't help me.. (One solution would be to change some social norms around gas or feel less insecure.. I try to help others who are in my place to feel comfortable, but I don't know if others would do that for me🤷)

What could I do to help this situation? Is it possible for my body to digest it properly or will always cause extra gas?

Ideas I have read/thought so far (with some questions):

1. Soaking them in water for 12+hours and throwing the water. How many nutriens do I lose that way? How does it work? (I read somewhere that it simply takes away some sugars which cause digestion issues.) Does it work for all grains and seeds?

2. Putting them in a blender. That's kinda my idea, but would essentially cutting them in a finer and liquid state make them easier to digest? (Probably won't work at all for insoluble fiber though.)

3. Boiling/heating them up. Does this work? Does it degrade any nutrients?

4. Eating more. I've read that the gut adapts and digests them better over time. (Though I don't know how much improvement I should notice.)

I'd just like to minimize-eliminate the side-effects without ruining their nutrients if possible :)

Edit: Thank you everyone for your help! I see the main point here is to just eat more of high fibre food. Thank you for your time!😊

[The guide isn't mine and I'm not affiliated with it, I'm just sharing a mind-blown moment for me.]

Over the years, I have gathered many notebooks that admittedly not all contain very important information and take up a lot of space (possibly a cubic meter or more). But being kind of a (data)hoarder, I dont want to just throw them away. It's work that took years.

My solution: scanning them. My phone has a built-in camera scanner that does a suprisingly good job (it helps that the camera is kinda good too), so I have scanned thousands of pages so far. But the process is slow and takes a lot of manual labor (flipping pages, aligning pages, retaking bad photos, creating pds etc.). A typical notebook (~120pages) may take me 15minutes or more.

So I thought that maybe I could speed up the process (partially at least) by either buying a scanner or paying someone to scan them (I don't have a proper scanner, yet). Removing the pages without damaging them is a challenge though. That's where the guide in the link comes in: it turns out it's very easy to remove the spiral spring from the notebooks! I was gonna pull the pages until I found that guide. I suppose it's also very easy to remove the staples from staple-bound notebooks too. I might just have "won" many hours of my life with this idea.

The video in the guide that helped me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfMUVpwLZGM

(For the record, my xiaomi 10 phone can scan items by creating ~20MP images which translates to typical-to-high resolutions if I scan A4 or A5 pages. Fortunately, many scanners can reach that quality. I just need them not to apply any weird effects or compression to the scanned document.)