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GitHub - cryptomator/cryptomator: Cryptomator for Windows, macOS, and Linux: Secure client-side encryption for your cloud storage, ensuring privacy and control over your data.

Greenman @greenmanx.bsky.social · 2d

This is all very good information. For people using approach #3, github.com/cryptomator/... is a useful tool for keeping encrypted files synced with a cloud storage provider.

Cryptomator for Windows, macOS, and Linux: Secure client-side encryption for your cloud storage, ensuring privacy and control over your data. - cryptomator/cryptomator

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Greenman @greenmanx.bsky.social · 2d

Yes except the Windows file permission system will be ignored and all the files will follow the mount settings. If you're in a dual boot situation, you have to disable fast startup in Windows so that it doesn't leave your NTFS disk in a weird state where Linux can only mount the files read only.

Greenman @greenmanx.bsky.social · 2d

Celluloid is just a friendly interface around MPV. I would check if hardware video acceleration is working properly by pressing i to show detailed information about the decoding. You might need to add hwdec=auto-safe to the box in Preferences > Miscellaneous > Extra MPV Options too.

Greenman @greenmanx.bsky.social · 2d

My guess is it's VLC acting up. Install an app called Celluloid to use an alternative media player called mpv which often provides a more performant and stable experience compared to VLC.

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Greenman @greenmanx.bsky.social · 2d

Linux Mint is a perfect starting point for a new Linux user. Your primary goal should be to get it installed and try to get all your apps and files set up so that you can continue to do what you usually do on your computer. From there you can invest a little time every day learning more about Linux.

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Greenman @greenmanx.bsky.social · 2d

If you think about the difference between Linux distributions as ice cream flavors, then the problem is that it's hard to know which ice cream flavor is truly your favorite if you don't eat a lot of it. You have to take the initial leap of faith and try a broadly appealing flavor to develop a taste.

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Greenman @greenmanx.bsky.social · 3d

I'm a big fan of Fedora and would highly recommend Fedora KDE. Fedora also offers "spin" variants if you want to consider other DEs/WMs: fedoraproject.org/spins. Because you have experience, you might also like Arch which provides a clean slate and lets you decide which components your system needs.

Fedora Spins

fedoraproject.org

Greenman @greenmanx.bsky.social · 3d

I would try to use Windows on one SSD and Linux on the other if you can since it will save you the headache of Windows overwriting your Linux bootloader files often. Sharing files between both sides should work fine since Linux can mount Windows NTFS partitions. I would also recommend Linux Mint.

Greenman @greenmanx.bsky.social · 3d

If your game library is public on your Steam profile, you can paste a link to your profile on www.protondb.com/profile to see which games are compatible before switching. Games that are not on Steam can also be set up with Proton using launchers like Heroic Games Launcher and Lutris.

www.protondb.com

Greenman @greenmanx.bsky.social · 5d

It's possible to not use an external drive, but it's harder and might not be possible if you use too much space. You can partition your storage device to dual boot Windows and Linux, boot into Linux, mount your Windows partition and copy over the files, then unmount and erase your Windows partition.

Greenman @greenmanx.bsky.social · 5d

The simplest solution is going to be using an external drive to temporarily hold your files. Copying over files from your Desktop, Documents, Music, Videos, etc. should be easy, but copying over data from apps that don't use a cloud backup will take a few more steps (i.e. exporting browser data).

Greenman @greenmanx.bsky.social · 5d

Linux Mint is a desktop/laptop operating system that claims to be one of the best alternatives to Mac OS and Windows. It's designed to be beginner friendly, work out of the box, and require almost no system maintenance on the user's part. If you're thinking about switching to Linux, Mint is great!

Greenman @greenmanx.bsky.social · 5d

Every operating system has a core piece of software called the kernel that acts as the bridge between hardware and software. Linux is just a kernel, but it's more commonly used to refer to a family of operating systems that all use the Linux kernel (Ubuntu, Debian, Mint, Fedora, Arch, etc.).

A fully user customizable desktop shell

Greenman @greenmanx.bsky.social · 5d

Great setup! quickshell.org is another project worth looking into because it allows you to use the Qt Modeling Language to create anything you want on your desktop. I started out by using it to ditch waybar, and I've slowly been adding more components to my desktop that I feel benefit my workflow.

Quickshell

quickshell.org

a free, open source, and cross-platform media player

Greenman @greenmanx.bsky.social · 9d

I started out with VLC because it was what I was familiar with when I switched to Linux from Windows, but then I saw a lot of recommendations for MPV (mpv.io) and found that it was faster (i.e. videos stopped stuttering) and more customizable than VLC.

mpv.io

mpv.io

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Greenman @greenmanx.bsky.social · 10d

It's my favorite distribution, but the worst part is when you talk to someone who's curious about your setup and you have to say, "I use Fedora".

The GRUB2 Bootloader – Installation and Configuration

Greenman @greenmanx.bsky.social · 11d

Here's the specific instructions you'll need for Fedora: docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-.... I've heard of methods that can completely disable Windows Boot Manager, but I don't know if messing with that is a good idea especially with the way Windows 11 likes to break itself often.

GRUB2 is the latest version of GNU GRUB, the GRand Unified Bootloader. A bootloader is the first software program that runs when a computer starts. It is responsible for loading…

docs.fedoraproject.org

The GRUB2 Bootloader – Installation and Configuration

Greenman @greenmanx.bsky.social · 11d

Unfortunately Reddit has a culture of being snarky to the point where they won't even answer your question. Basically any time you upgrade or reinstall Windows, it's going to overwrite the boot sector with Windows Boot Manager. You'll need to keep a Fedora Live USB on hand to fix this.

GRUB2 is the latest version of GNU GRUB, the GRand Unified Bootloader. A bootloader is the first software program that runs when a computer starts. It is responsible for loading…

docs.fedoraproject.org

Greenman @greenmanx.bsky.social · 16d

I wouldn't recommend Arch starting out since it requires you to know exactly what components you want on your system, and it requires an active effort from you to maintain it (i.e. you have to control your package updates to be as stable or bleeding edge as you want). I would go with Mint instead.

Greenman @greenmanx.bsky.social · 16d

You can hold on on Windows 10 longer by installing Enterprise LTSC 2021 IoT and using an activation script, but the reason people are giving Linux a try is because eventually apps will flat out refuse to support Windows 10 and you'll have to deal with Windows 11's AI slop.

Greenman @greenmanx.bsky.social · 19d

If you have a computer you're using as a server and want to try CentOS again, its modern successor is Rocky Linux. Debian, OpenSUSE, and Ubuntu Server are also really good choices for a server distro. If your server is providing containers and virtual machines, you should look into Proxmox.

Greenman @greenmanx.bsky.social · 19d

If you want a desktop distro in the same family as CentOS (before it was CentOS Stream), Fedora is what I use on my system and it's really solid. Linux Mint is also a really good beginner friendly distribution if you forgot everything you learned about Linux before.

Greenman @greenmanx.bsky.social · 19d

Before clangd I tried using Visual Studio Code with Microsoft's C++ extension, and although it technically works with no errors, the actual autocomplete suggestions can take up to a minute to load every single time. I stopped using UE because it ended up being overkill for my indie game projects.