an exception to that is the initramfs that the bootloader uses. its creator adapts it to your system so that it can be smaller.

hmm I’m not sure, I think that would throw sequential read/write performance out of the window, surely on HDD, maybe even on SSD to an extent. but, such a thing can probably be added with a device mapper device.

That is block based encryption

isn’t all the disk encryption standards supported by cryptsetup are like that? so LUKS1, veracrypt, bitlocker, etc

How does the encryption affect the wear-leveling of the SSD and what should be considered to ensure a safe encryption?

LUKS, or rather Device Mapper for crypto devices does not enable trim by default, you need to enable it separately.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Dm-crypt/Specialties#Discard/TRIM_support_for_solid_state_drives_(SSD)

the LUKS wiki also has some general tips, and some for SSDs specifically: https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup/-/wikis/FrequentlyAskedQuestions

yet you still don’t fully own it.

and it even spies on you for commercial data mining and whatever other reasons!

but what I said is not only a concern with the dealer’s repair shop, see my other response to their comment

yeah OBD and whatever maker-specific extensions, because lots of things only work that way

Having said that, it’s probably only an issue when taking to the dealer for anything. Your everyday, local mechanic likely only cares about the diagnostic codes that might be active and point to the issue at hand.

used to be! but nowadays manufacturers are upgrading their diag software with DRM, that these tools refuse to work without internet. and this has been going for years now as I know. and sometimes the mechanic needs to pull up that diag software, because the other one does not tell enough, or maybe they are just always using that because it’s easier for them

I don’t know any, unfortunately. I just really don’t want to use a car nowadays. Huge taxes and maintenance costs, compulsory microphone on the inside (for emergency calls), almost always internet connection through wireless, often cameras and additional mics on the inside, license plate readers both recording where you go but possibly even who sits in your seats and doing face recognition on them.

Seriously I’m fed up with this world. heads need to fall for any of these to get fixed.

oh no, why do we too need to conflate search with AI??

and registration to an event on zoom?? zoom.us especially? wtf

or possibly something else, but definetly not atproto as it stands

sorry, I don’t understand this part:

However, I always order to the online store’s own office directly (usually without even creating the account - instead asking an employee),

you mean ordering from a store’s website that also has a physical store nearby? and by asking an employee, you mean asking in person at the shop, right?

if so, I think that would work here too. but most of my online purchases are from shops that don’t have a physical store, maybe at all anywhere, so I can’t apply this technique

just don’t forget that whatever the car’s computers still record, the maker’s diag software will be able to read it out next time the car is at the mechanic

in my country the generic package pickup points will want to see your ID card and write it up. they may also check if it’s the same as the recipient but I’m not sure about that

I have also experienced your first problem. It’s probably that the game bugs out in some way. apparently gamescope helps to fix it, bit I wasn’t able to get it to work on an nvidia based system.

touchscreen use?? what health risks does it have? I can only think of brainrot, but that’s not due to touchscreens, but to specific parts of the internet

I have a similar convertible device, and it’s almost good with KDE. KDE components switch to a layout with more whitespace and bigger icons so they are easier to touch, and some KDE programs like the file manager also opens a special menu on long press on files that is an easier to use version of the right click menu.

firefox also handles it well, I can easily scroll a page with momentum, but I can also select text.

my device also has a plastic pen (no buttons or battery in it), and linux knows to ignore touch input when the pen is near the screen so that I can rest my palm on it while writing.

but a major pain point is that so far I haven’t found a real touch keyboard. there is Maliit, which is much harder to build locally than other programs, and if you get it to work it is hard to use. then there is squeakboard, but last time I was looking into it that depended on wayland protocols that were not implemented yet in KDE’s compositor

afaik the expiration just puts the unspent amount back to your bank account (because you still need one with taler), so that can be an advantage if you lost your wallet.

but that other point is very concerning. what’s the point then?

Event 41 Task 63? what’s that?

but to repeat: windows dies not understand linux partitions to any extent. it shows them as “uninitialized space” or something like that, so that it looks like it’s gone. It’s always best to check the partitions with gparted on a live system (e.g. systemrescue linux)

that’s not the only feature of v2. it also hels a lot with swarm merging (which with v1 only biglybt implemented), and it has updatable torrents. it also stores torrent information more efficiently and the incoming pidces can be verified immediately. afaik today torrent clients don’t verify downloaded torrents by default. qbittorent has an option, default off, to verify after a torrent completed. this is slow because everything needs to be read again from disk. I’m not totally sure about this, but I think a malicious peer could be sending crafted pieces that contain something else and you wouldn’t know it.

https://torrentfreak.com/libtorrent-adds-support-for-bittorrent-v2-a-potential-game-changer-200912/

counterpoint is 1) about grapheneos, a rom with extremely limited device support, so it is not at all representative of how easy it is to install, and 2) uses a browser tge privacy community advises to steer clear of for good reason.

also the webusb permission is very dangerous, because most people were literally trained by the advertising industry to always click allow and agree mindlessly, so I would not recommend anyone to make use of that, or any browser that supports it. and it is not only dangerous because of the unintended allowings.

in counterpoint 2) you make an assumption as big as portugal, which I also addressed above. lineageos and most other roms won’t pass the Google Approval safetynet check, and lots of apps will refuse to work. banking apps, DRM-based apps like netflix, even some work related apps in my country

GPay sure , just get a case with a cardholder

though I’ll keep that advice in mind

ok that makes sense and if it is not too limiting, at least its a bit self documenting, you aready know what changes did you made. hmm maybe I should try it out someday on a spare laptop