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CrowdStrike’s Falcon software uses a special driver that allows it to run at a lower level than most apps so it can detect threats across a Windows system. Microsoft tried to restrict third parties from accessing the kernel in Windows Vista in 2006 but was met with pushback from cybersecurity vendors and EU regulators. However, Apple was able to lock down its macOS operating system in 2020 so that developers could no longer get access to the kernel.

Now, it looks like Microsoft wants to reopen the conversations around restricting kernel-level access inside Windows.

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More information available on NVIDIA.com

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We’re now at a point where transitioning fully to the open-source GPU kernel modules is the right move, and we’re making that change in the upcoming R560 driver release.

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Back in June the developers of Fishards put out a bit of an ultimatum: fight them in-game and win to make the game open source, or they will nuke the game from orbit.

Thankfully, the community came together, and won. So now Fishards has been made open source, and it's still free to play on Steam too.

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Yesterday, July 1st, they announced the Alpha release of this next-generation mod manager and their new Product Manager got in touch to mention they "would be really keen to get feedback from Linux users". So this is your chance to ensure Linux (and Steam Deck) finally become a first-class citizen for game modding.

[-] mudle@lemmy.ml 21 points 5 months ago

RIP our wallets 😓

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Locked the post due to many, many off-topic comments

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The time is finally here. The next big stable update to the NVIDIA proprietary driver for Linux with version 555.58 bringing Wayland Explicit Sync.

Following on from the initial NVIDIA 555.42.02 Beta and the 555.52.04 Beta, NVIDIA noted some rather vague "Minor bug fixes and improvements" since the last Beta. With this release, you should be truly good to go with Wayland on NVIDIA GPUs now.

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[-] mudle@lemmy.ml 24 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

LMAO. Microsoft really made Windows Server and won't even use that crap themselves.

[-] mudle@lemmy.ml 34 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

If you're only going to pick Pop!_OS or Manjaro, I'd suggest you go with Pop!_OS. The Manjaro team has been very weird, and made some poor decisions in recent years. I've had a very good experience messing around with Pop on an Nvidia GPU.

[-] mudle@lemmy.ml 65 points 6 months ago

I'm still in shock how quickly they have progressed.

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[-] mudle@lemmy.ml 23 points 8 months ago

I personally prefer to use Flatpaks over traditional packages because of the added security, sandboxing, and overall convenience of not having to deal with dependency hell. It's especially nice being able to have proprietary applications sandboxed from the rest of my system without worrying that Steam is snooping on my 'super-important-tax-documents'.

Flatpaks are also very useful for having up-to-date packages on distros like Debian, and it's derivatives. People can still use their preferred distro without having to worry about not getting a certain update, feature, bug fix, etc, for their applications.

Being able to restrict what applications have access to is a game-changer for me. A lot of times Flatpaks, by default, have very lenient permissions, and with the use of Flatseal I can restrict it to my liking. Worried about Audacity's telemetry?? Turn network permissions off. Now, not all applications will work well (or at all) without internet connectivity, but for applications like Audacity, it works great!! Flatpaks can also be very useful for developers.

That's not to say that Flatpaks are without their fair share of issues. Are they bloated?? Yeah, and although it's not an issue for me, it may be for some people. Desktop integration is, meh. Themes, and fonts don't always integrate the best. (A while back there were issues with Flatpak's sandbox, but I won't touch on that because I need to refresh my mind on it, and it was actively being developed to fix those issues so it possibly isn't even an issue anymore.)

Overall I think Flatpaks are absolutely wonderful.

[-] mudle@lemmy.ml 217 points 8 months ago

Time, and time again, they prove how piracy is literally THE only option when it comes to preserving media.

[-] mudle@lemmy.ml 24 points 9 months ago

The Citra team is the same team behind Yuzu, so yes they are both gone. It's a sad day today.

[-] mudle@lemmy.ml 49 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

As of right now, both Citra and Yuzu are available via Flathub!!! Get them now if you don't have it!!!

[-] mudle@lemmy.ml 30 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

As of right now Citra and Yuzu are both available via Flathub!! If you want them there's still time!!!!

[-] mudle@lemmy.ml 34 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

#1. (RTFM) Read the Megathread, it has all the trusted sites you'll likely need unless you're getting into to very niche things.

#2. Use a VPN. Mullvad is great but they recently removed port-forwarding so if you care about port-forwarding I recommend going with something like ProtonVPN (paid).

#3. Bind your VPN to your torrent client. (I recommend using QBittorrent)

#4. Also, for music, I recommend you look into soulseek.

Edit: Read @GrievingWidow420@feddit.it's reply to this comment. They give helpful information that I completely spaced to add into my original comment.

[-] mudle@lemmy.ml 70 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

This really grinds my gears. Every company is always complaining about piracy, just to add invasive DRM and/or crappy measures that only ever hurt the consumer.

Some might not act like this is a big deal because those codes typically come with a physical disc, but when you bought the disc you actually bought TWO copies, the physical disc AND the digital code.

What if you sold your code to someone else? GONE. What if you sold your disc? GONE.

This should be illegal but unfortunately they can update their crappy EULA's that say something along the lines of "By using our service you agree to--", and there goes your media that you "own forever".

What a joke.

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