[–] 7 points 1 week ago (3 children)

What do you run, if you dont mind me asking?

Currently scavenging parts for my own storage server, but i have an older NUC lying around that i freshen up for some added compute, just curious what you can do with that hardware.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

    You can’t load modules built with a different compiler.

    Sure you can. There's even multiple guides for how to write C++ kernel modules, which inherently is going to use a different compiler than what was used for the kernel itself. BOSS Linux even writes C++ kernel modules.

    if you want to use a module wrote in rust you also need to have built in the rust support in the kernel

    Only if the module uses rust-specific interfaces in the kernel, otherwise it can be assembled into a .ko to have plain C-style symbols loaded by the kernel like normal.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago

    Does this mean there will finally be an immutable LTS distro? That might be kinda cool for Grandma PCs. I wonder if it would be easy to fork to make a "it just works" competitor to Bazzite

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  • [–] 0 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

    You can't load modules built with a different compiler. The modules aren't external programs, the modules are literally part of the kernel. And if you want to use a module wrote in rust you also need to have built in the rust support in the kernel

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    Corpos do weird shit and call that attestation

    Having integrity verification of the system is very useful and essential for things like Banking software to be potentially available on Linux.

    If we want that proprietary malware... another question. Do we have a choice?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago

    One of my most prized possessions is a transcript of some of my late grandfather's notes. Among them, and most prized to me, is an note he wrote about the fruit of wicked trees: that the ends do not justify the means; the means and ends are both the merit of a thing, and if either is corrupt, so too is the thing.

    I keep a printout of it with me often as a memorandum.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 weeks ago

    I was just recently talking about this with a colleague, who in the end, just said "Windows is better".
    Guess now KDE is better. Or has Windows fixed that problem too? (in that case it was kinda sporadic).

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  • [–] 8 points 2 weeks ago*

    Does anyone know if this fix will be backported?

    Not sure if this addresses the same problem (please let me know if not), but a fix that I've used for the past couple of years is one suggested in these discussions:

    https://gist.github.com/2E0PGS/f63544f8abe69acc5caaa54f56efe52f
    http://lwn.net/Articles/572911/

    essentially changing the values of vm.dirty_background_bytes and vm.dirty_bytes. File transfers with the USB have been smooth and fast, on Plasma/Kwin, with this fix.

    And this post explains how to make such changes permanent:

    https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/149140/515980

    Maybe this is useful for people with older versions of Plasma.

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