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  • Yeah, these are pretty solid advice, would say that you should be safe with patch version updates, like from 1.17.1 to 1.17.4

    Should be able to jump from 1.17.4 to 2.0.1 and from 2.0.1 to 2.1.3, etc. going straight to the last patch of the next version, but should go one by one minor version, paying close attention to those versions that have breaking changes in the release notes. And always backup and test before each version jump.



  • and then donate to the instance’s admins because there are no VC’s here … yet.

    The point of lemmy (as far as I understand) is that there will not be a central corpo entity controlling and enshittifiying it as a whole, if that does happen to the particular instance your account or community is, you have the freedom to jump to another one, and continue your life.

    On the other hand if you enjoy lemmy you could show support/donate, either to the devs, a particular instance admins, or even a particular community moderators


  • In my mind it would be super useful, I could sync my photos when my PC is on and when is off rely on my local photos only since my main goal is having a backup of them.

    You could do this perfectly with the docker version, so just curiosity here, why not user docker?

    Is it because you don’t want to install docker for only Immich? (you could also install other selfhosted server/apps as bonus),

    would you be against snap? As someone already mentioned, there is a snap version.

    If the important thing is having backups of your photos, there are alternative apps with different packaging formats.

    You could make a request for flatpak, and see if other users also would like it, but you would have to wait for feedback from devs and understand if they don’t have the resources or willingness to maintain it.

    Am I crazy or it makes sense?

    If I’m interested in a specific app, I see what packaging formats it has and see how to install it and try it out. Only if I’m having issues with it (that can’t be solved), or can’t run it on my specific distro with the available packaging formats, I try to suggest/request a different format.


  • As far as I know, the options are:

    • Use a QR reader app that doesn’t auto open links (or lets you configure it like that), so you see the URL and inspect it before opening the URL in the browser.
    • In case of a short URL, use a short URL resolver so you can see what is the real destination without actually opening the URL yourself.
    • Using a DNS with block lists (that are updated often) of known phishing sites.

    If these 3 checks fail, there is not much more you can do.




    • Not everyone that uses Linux is against proprietary software or only uses FOSS.
    • There are people that just heard of Linux, are just trying it out, or have an issue, and already use Reddit, or is what the search engine points them to go for help, or to ask questions.
    • Reddit has a lot more reach for the common people than any other platform at the moment, there are still people that prefer to ask on Reddit, than go to a specific forum or another platform to ask (If I remember right, it still happens with some apps like Jellyfin that moved out of Reddit, but people still ask there)

    These are just a few of the reasons that come to my mind.


  • darkan15@lemmy.worldtoLinux@lemmy.worldMSI gaming laptop questions
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    MSI Sword 15 here, with Intel + Nvidia, In my personal experience is runs almost without issues using Manjaro as a Distro (have not tried other distros on this specific machine).

    Your experience could be different depending on your specific laptop model and how recent it is.

    Keyboard lighting and fan on/off works without issues, the only ‘Fn’ key that does not work apart from the one for MSI windows software is the one to block the trackpad (and I just configured another keyboard shortcut for it).

    Using Wayland, I can not use an external monitor connected to the HDMI port on the Nvidia card (No idea if it is fixable now, haven’t looked on it recently), but with Xorg I can run an external monitor in the HDMI port and extra ones with a dongle on the USB-C (so far tried with 3 without issues) Edit: I can use multiple monitors without issues on Wayland as of my last test.

    Friendly distros recommended these days as far as I know are Mint and Zorin if looking for something Ubuntu or Debian Based, Apart from that there is Fedora or Arch based distros but may need a bit more knowledge and getting used to.