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Re: Everyone hates OneDrive, Microsofts cloud app that steals and deletes files

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Post by BrouteMinou »

snielson wrote: post #57

I love OneDrive. I don't know why everyone hates it. I save things in OneDrive, and they are backed up to the cloud and synced with the other computers I use. Some computers are shared by six family members, each with their own MS account and 1TB of storage. OneDrive makes it so the computers can have a 1TB hard drive but still give everyone ready access to their files by not storing them all on the hard drive. If I…

When I see comment saying that onedrive confusing, and that people are having problems with it, I always wonder if the "hacker" crowd is really the "hacker" type they want to portrait themselves, or just inexperienced computer users bitching on Microsoft for internet points.

OneDrive is an easy and well integrated cloud drive. The principle of having a cloud drive is not new anymore, and I believe people should get over the fact that, indeed, the files on the cloud drive is... In the cloud; colour me surprised!

Re: Everyone hates OneDrive, Microsofts cloud app that steals and deletes files

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Post by fragmede »

newdee wrote: post #219
rekoil wrote: post #218

Earlier quoted context omitted.

All the damn developers keep turning off online play for Linux users though... I play two games a lot currently, Apex Legends and Battlefield 6, both block Linux players from online play thanks to their shitty kernel rootkits not supporting Linux. Apex Legends at least was running fine on Steam Deck prior to november 2024 when they instituted this change, and I can tell you from personal experience it had very little…

> supposedly most cheaters were connecting via Linux clients I always find this so hard to believe, mainly because the majority of players are on Windows, which means that the market for cheats is there and statistically most likely to happen there. I just don’t play games by devs that snub Linux. There are many to choose from.

But the anti-cheat technology on Windows is more through, so it's harder to cheat on Windows.

Re: Everyone hates OneDrive, Microsofts cloud app that steals and deletes files

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Post by happymellon »

fragmede wrote: post #222
newdee wrote: post #219

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> supposedly most cheaters were connecting via Linux clients I always find this so hard to believe, mainly because the majority of players are on Windows, which means that the market for cheats is there and statistically most likely to happen there. I just don’t play games by devs that snub Linux. There are many to choose from.

But the anti-cheat technology on Windows is more through, so it's harder to cheat on Windows.

If the number of cheaters hasn't changed, but Linux users are now blocked, then your premise is flawed.

Re: Everyone hates OneDrive, Microsofts cloud app that steals and deletes files

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Post by happymellon »

bigyabai wrote: post #180
exographicskip wrote: post #165

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cachyos has been nearly flawless for a non-steam deck (gpd win mini 2). Upgrades broke my tv being set to the primary display under gamemode but that was an easy fix. The other game changer (heh) was going all in on amd: cpu, integrated gpu, and discrete gpu via oculink. Nvidia may be the best overall performance for gaming and ai workloads, it still doesn't play nice with linux gaming

I don't think that's Nvidia's fault, I've never seen an eGPU enclosure system of any type work seamlessly on Linux.

> I don't think that's Nvidia's fault

Most issues on Linux come from fighting the community, which historically Nvidia has done a lot of.

Re: Everyone hates OneDrive, Microsofts cloud app that steals and deletes files

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Post by rekoil »

happymellon wrote: post #223
fragmede wrote: post #222

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But the anti-cheat technology on Windows is more through, so it's harder to cheat on Windows.

If the number of cheaters hasn't changed, but Linux users are now blocked, then your premise is flawed.

I'm sure the number probably changed a bit, but I can tell you for a fact it isn't like cheaters disappeared overnight just because they banned Linux clients.

Re: Everyone hates OneDrive, Microsofts cloud app that steals and deletes files

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Post by hollerith »

4ggr0 wrote: post #220
hollerith wrote: post #193

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Bazzite is built using imagemode/bootc; is it not? I'm trying to understand the "deprecated already" in your first paragraph. (All I know about rpm-ostree is from using and adminning a distro that relies on rpm-ostree. I.e., I don't know much.) Here is my guess as to what you mean: Bazzite could continue to use imagemode and bootc while replacing rpm-ostree with something better, and maybe you'll give Bazzite another…

Fedora Atomic and RHEL used to ship with rpm-ostree, new versions are now using bootc. the base philosophy is still to ship the OS as an image, but bootc goes more into layering like docker-images, so that you can deploy changes a bit more easily/dynamically. they're different technologies with bootc being the new kid. bootc means "bootable containers". rpm-ostree has not much to do with containers and is more like m…

Bazzite is part of Universal Blue. Source: https://universal-blue.org/#images.

The first paragraph of the home page of https://universal-blue.org/ ends with "We produce a diverse set of continuously delivered operating system images using bootc."

Another author explains: "Bazzite utilizes bootc to manage the base image for your system, pin specific versions, and perform rollbacks when needed. For systems with customized software via layered packages, rpm-ostree becomes essential for installing, upgrading, and managing those additions."

"Why do this? Each tool is chosen for its strengths: bootc offers robust control over base images, ensuring that your core system remains unchanged unless you explicitly update it, while rpm-ostree provides flexibility for managing additional software without compromising the integrity of the atomic base. This separation helps maintain stability and security. Bazzite uses bootc for managing system images and rpm-ostree for adding layered packages."

Source: https://knowledgebase.frame.work/en_us/how-to-manage-bazzite...

Of course, nothing I wrote contradicts your assertion that rpm-ostree "is freaking buggy, annoying", but it does cast doubt in my mind on your belief that bootc can by itself completely replace rpm-ostree.

Thanks for your reply.

Re: Everyone hates OneDrive, Microsofts cloud app that steals and deletes files

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Post by quadruple »

newdee wrote: post #219
rekoil wrote: post #218

Earlier quoted context omitted.

All the damn developers keep turning off online play for Linux users though... I play two games a lot currently, Apex Legends and Battlefield 6, both block Linux players from online play thanks to their shitty kernel rootkits not supporting Linux. Apex Legends at least was running fine on Steam Deck prior to november 2024 when they instituted this change, and I can tell you from personal experience it had very little…

> supposedly most cheaters were connecting via Linux clients I always find this so hard to believe, mainly because the majority of players are on Windows, which means that the market for cheats is there and statistically most likely to happen there. I just don’t play games by devs that snub Linux. There are many to choose from.

The thing with Linux cheats is that they were significantly easier to make(you didn't have to think about bypassing the anticheat at all, you could just read the game's memory or LD_PRELOAD your cheat in), and a lot more were publicly available(in true FOSS fashion, a lot of Linux cheats were open-source). A cheat that could cost $30-$60 a month on Windows could be free as in freedom(and free beer) on Linux.

Re: Everyone hates OneDrive, Microsofts cloud app that steals and deletes files

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Post by tsycho »

juancn wrote: post #33

Windows is not for doing serious stuff anymore, the only remaining use case for me is a gaming PC (if you turn off all the nags, it's pretty decent). I work on a Mac, I run servers on Linux, I game on Windows.

I do exactly the same as you. I wish that I didn't need windows for gaming, and things are getting better on that front, but my favorite game (AoE 2) works significantly better on windows than on wine :(

Re: Everyone hates OneDrive, Microsofts cloud app that steals and deletes files

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Post by 4ggr0 »

hollerith wrote: post #226
4ggr0 wrote: post #220

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Fedora Atomic and RHEL used to ship with rpm-ostree, new versions are now using bootc. the base philosophy is still to ship the OS as an image, but bootc goes more into layering like docker-images, so that you can deploy changes a bit more easily/dynamically. they're different technologies with bootc being the new kid. bootc means "bootable containers". rpm-ostree has not much to do with containers and is more like m…

Bazzite is part of Universal Blue. Source: https://universal-blue.org/#images . The first paragraph of the home page of https://universal-blue.org/ ends with "We produce a diverse set of continuously delivered operating system images using bootc ." Another author explains: "Bazzite utilizes bootc to manage the base image for your system, pin specific versions, and perform rollbacks when needed. For systems with custo…

oh, oops, thanks for correcting me in that case! turns out i know even less about that stuff than i thought...

Re: Everyone hates OneDrive, Microsofts cloud app that steals and deletes files

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Post by CamperBob2 »

UltraSane wrote: post #213
PKop wrote: post #210

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> All your multiple PCs have the same Documents folder. Files created on one PC are synced to the cloud and appear in all the other PCs' Documents folders That sounds horrible. > Could be good, or bad It sounds bad either way. If the app exists on both computers there's good chance of conflicting overwrites of whatever is saved there. If the app is not used on a device then it's just a waste of downloading and syncin…

> That sounds horrible. This is how Roaming Windows User Profiles work at most companies. I don't understand why you think it sounds horrible.

It doesn't matter what I think, and you don't have to understand. Just don't turn it on by default, and if you do, make it safe and easy to turn it off.

Tooling and workflows that make sense on a centrally-administered domain do not belong on my home computer.

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