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Re: Recall for Linux

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Post by viraptor »

perryizgr8 wrote: post #41

I never understood the hate for Recall. The idea is definitely good. In fact I want this sort of feature to work across my devices. I guess people don't trust Microsoft to implement it in a secure way?

Because every time someone checks it, it turns out it's not implemented in a secure way. You really don't want an accidental transcript of your PII and payment details to just stay there, readable to anyone with access to your user. And that's even without being sceptical and expecting the information to be mined and sold soon.

Re: Recall for Linux

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Post by ctm92 »

user2722 wrote: post #20

I know this is satire, but there is actually one and one you actually control. May be useful to remember who said what and where. It can be useful. Just not the way a megacorp implements it. Here it is [unaffiliated, untested by me, unvetted]: https://github.com/openrecall/openrecall

It's an actual useful feature, it's just the tracking by microsoft that makes it meh.

I also track my activities with ActivityWatch (Open Source, https://activitywatch.net/) to remember missing time entries for billing clients. It's all local, so perfectly fine.

Re: Recall for Linux

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Post by lostmsu »

noir_lord wrote: post #27

For the first time since the 1980's I'm not going to be running a PC with a Microsoft OS on anywhere (I dual boot my main desktop since I use it for work and gaming) but the Windows 11 install is getting binned. Tired of having to read release notes carefully and make sure I've done just the right things to stop it doing things I never asked it to do. Good job MS, you lost a customer who's never likely to come back.…

I just nuked my home server Ubuntu and installed Windows. Canonical is still unable to make reliable TPM-unlocked full disk encryption, unacceptable for me as a data hoarder. https://bugs.launchpad.net/snapd/+bug/2045417

Re: Recall for Linux

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Post by lpln3452 »

simoncion wrote: post #63
lpln3452 wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Admittedly, a distro agnostic equivalent to the PKGBUILD or Nix Flakes would have been great. But it's hard to excuse them when so many better alternatives are available. Even apps that could easily be built into a single binary use these odd installation methods. And while Flatpak gets a lot of criticism, I honestly think it's far better than these `script| bash` methods.

Yeah, honestly, package your thing up as either a .DEB or an .RPM. 'alien' [0] will handle converting from one to the other, and that will take care of like 90->98% of the Linux users out there. The "OMFG there's no standard way to package things on Linux!" complaint kinda sucks. [0] https://wiki.debian.org/Alien >

Actually, I don't use Debian or Ubuntu either, and I don't think it's a good idea to only support those methods.

Re: Recall for Linux

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Post by Forgeties79 »

tonfreed wrote: post #69
noir_lord wrote: post #27

For the first time since the 1980's I'm not going to be running a PC with a Microsoft OS on anywhere (I dual boot my main desktop since I use it for work and gaming) but the Windows 11 install is getting binned. Tired of having to read release notes carefully and make sure I've done just the right things to stop it doing things I never asked it to do. Good job MS, you lost a customer who's never likely to come back.…

I recently went back to full time Linux and the gaming aspect is fine with my RTX-3090. I don't really play anything like COD or Battlefield with all the invasive anticheat though, so your mileage may vary

Love bazzite on my 9070/9800x3d setup. Zero issues with a game yet. Played expedition 33 the day I built it a few months back!

Re: Recall for Linux

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Post by juujian »

teekert wrote: post #46
noir_lord wrote: post #27

For the first time since the 1980's I'm not going to be running a PC with a Microsoft OS on anywhere (I dual boot my main desktop since I use it for work and gaming) but the Windows 11 install is getting binned. Tired of having to read release notes carefully and make sure I've done just the right things to stop it doing things I never asked it to do. Good job MS, you lost a customer who's never likely to come back.…

The value MS gains from milking to non technical people for all they’re worth outweighs the loss of the occasional tech savvy user. And sadly I think MS are still far from the tipping point and it will get worse and worse for some time to come. The only thing the non-techies have is the law to protect them.

They might be risking their quasi-monopoly/duopoly position. Probably not but before it was a 0% chance and now its nonzero.

Re: Recall for Linux

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Post by w4rh4wk5 »

zenoprax wrote: post #64
user2722 wrote: post #20

I know this is satire, but there is actually one and one you actually control. May be useful to remember who said what and where. It can be useful. Just not the way a megacorp implements it. Here it is [unaffiliated, untested by me, unvetted]: https://github.com/openrecall/openrecall

Lacks Wayland support unfortunately. For just screen recording you can use https://git.dec05eba.com/gpu-screen-recorder It's 10+ GB per 8 hours based on some testing I did. Could be useful for short term uses like tracing some technical troubleshooting or pulling screenshots for documentation.

What issue did you run into? It's using grim for capturing the screen.

Re: Recall for Linux

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Post by binkHN »

lostmsu wrote: post #73
noir_lord wrote: post #27

For the first time since the 1980's I'm not going to be running a PC with a Microsoft OS on anywhere (I dual boot my main desktop since I use it for work and gaming) but the Windows 11 install is getting binned. Tired of having to read release notes carefully and make sure I've done just the right things to stop it doing things I never asked it to do. Good job MS, you lost a customer who's never likely to come back.…

I just nuked my home server Ubuntu and installed Windows. Canonical is still unable to make reliable TPM-unlocked full disk encryption, unacceptable for me as a data hoarder. https://bugs.launchpad.net/snapd/+bug/2045417

Don't use Ubuntu?

Re: Recall for Linux

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Post by ezst »

lostmsu wrote: post #73
noir_lord wrote: post #27

For the first time since the 1980's I'm not going to be running a PC with a Microsoft OS on anywhere (I dual boot my main desktop since I use it for work and gaming) but the Windows 11 install is getting binned. Tired of having to read release notes carefully and make sure I've done just the right things to stop it doing things I never asked it to do. Good job MS, you lost a customer who's never likely to come back.…

I just nuked my home server Ubuntu and installed Windows. Canonical is still unable to make reliable TPM-unlocked full disk encryption, unacceptable for me as a data hoarder. https://bugs.launchpad.net/snapd/+bug/2045417

But somehow the malware infested/backdoored alternative has more appeal? Even more than the myriad of other distros, or DIY options for that matter? Doesn't click.
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