I’m using EndeavourOS with KDE.

The display is correctly oriented when logged in but it doesn’t rotate correctly when I’m logged out.

EDIT: corrected the post. This happens when logged out, locking the screen has it displayed correctly.

Although I mention parents specifically in the title, this isn’t just for parents to respond.

My wife and I are trying to raise our child to be bilingual (English and Portuguese). Currently we’re both speaking a bit of both to our child and when they eventually go to school we’ll speak more Portuguese as they’ll be exposed to English everywhere else.

Is this a good approach or is there something we can do better?

I know the title sounds a little strange but hear me out. The time tracking software I use for work doesn’t work on Wayland, unless I’m using Gnome as my DE. They have an extension that allows it to work in this case. Personally, I don’t enjoy Gnome on my desktop (I use it on my laptop). Is there a way for me to get the functionality that this extension provides on KDE so that I can use Wayland on my desktop as well?

Time tracking software:

• https://hubstaff.com/
• https://support.hubstaff.com/screenshot-capture-support-wayland-linux/

Linux install script:

• https://codeberg.org/governorkeagan/hubstaff-linux

EDIT: I have included more files in the codeberg repo. I hope this helps.

The title is a quote from Mastodon. I’ve always seen dislike towards snap so I was taken back when I saw this stance. The person who wrote this was referring to Tuxedo Laptops.

What are your thoughts on this?

EDIT:

Here’s the original comment: https://mastodon.social/@popey/112591863166141029

EDIT 2:

Some clarification for those accusing me of not following the thread or being disingenuous.

Didn't bother to follow the thread?

https://mastodon.social/@popey/112593520847827981

I posted my question here before this particular response from the OP. I asked the question on Lemmy out of interest and wanting to get a wider perspective. I also engaged with the OP on the thread so that I can get their perspective on their stance.

TL;DR: Is there really a performance benefit to a gaming distro over a regular distro? Or is it more of a “this is the least work” to get setup?

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I run EndeavourOS on my desktop and haven’t had any issues with performance. I just like playing with new things and learning from the experience.

I’ve seen loads of people recommending Bazzite as a gaming distro for various reasons. It’s gotten to the point that I installed it on a second SSD to do my own testing but I’d still like to see others perspective.

From my research, there doesn’t seem to be that much performance to be gained (generally speaking). I’ll be testing this on my own hardware but is this generally true?

I think a big draw (especially for new users) would be that these distros would require very minimal work to get up and running into a game.

I think the TL;DR at the top best describes my question. I’ve just been thinking about this and haven’t been sure how to express it in a clear manner for others to understand. Also, this video got me thinking more.

EDIT:

Glad to see that I’m not alone in my thinking. Biggest benefit of a “gaming distro” is the convenience of having everything setup and there is no real performance difference.

Has anyone outside the EU/UK recieved a response from the right to object form? I've heard that people outside of the EU/UK aren't getting responses with their wishes being honoured.

After everything that has happened with Raivo over the last few days it’s reminded me that I need to go through my accounts with 2FA enabled.

However, how do others keep things organised? My main 2FA app is Proton Pass but I’ll be adding Ente Auth as a backup alongside my Yubikey. In the past I saved a copy of the QR codes when setting up 2FA but I’d occasionally forget to save new ones.

Does anyone have a good system for saving either the QR code or setup code (not actually sure what it’s called) for future use?

EDIT: the code I’m referring to is the initial secret code used to setup the 2FA

Final Edit: I’ve settled on saving the QR codes into a folder that is setup as a git repo.

It has finally happened...not surprised though.

Context:

I updated my system last night (EndeavourOS) and it looks like the kernal didn't update correctly. When I restarted the system and entered my password for the encrypted drive, I get an error:

[FAILED] Failed to mount /efi
See 'systemctl status efi.mount` for details.

I can't remember the commands I used last night but I was able to check the version of the kernel I am using currently - uname -r I believe - and what is installed. There was a difference in versions.

Trying to fix the problem:

I attempted to chroot into the system via a live USB - tutourial, arch bbs & arch wiki.

However, when trying to mount the drive (/dev/sda2) I get an error message: mount: /rescue: unknown filesystem type 'crypto_LIKS'. I tried using cryptsetup luksOpen' and 'udisksctl unlock -b' but both return a similar error saying it is not an encrypted device. See fdisk -l results below:

[[email protected] ~]$ sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 238.47 GiB, 256060514304 bytes, 500118192 sectors
Disk model: TOSHIBA KSG60ZMV
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: FC41E181-15E3-4444-8240-E68D52AFD07E
 
Device         Start       End   Sectors   Size Type
/dev/sda1       4096   2052095   2048000  1000M EFI System
/dev/sda2    2052096 481648511 479596416 228.7G Linux filesystem
/dev/sda3  481648512 500103449  18454938   8.8G Linux filesystem
 
 
Disk /dev/sdb: 57.3 GiB, 61524148224 bytes, 120164352 sectors
Disk model:  SanDisk 3.2Gen1
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x7498467c
 
Device     Boot   Start     End Sectors  Size Id Type
/dev/sdb1  *         64 5249887 5249824  2.5G  0 Empty
/dev/sdb2       5249888 5575519  325632  159M ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32)
 
 
Disk /dev/loop0: 2.35 GiB, 2520530944 bytes, 4922912 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Snapper Snapshots:

I recently setup snapshots with Snapper since I'm using BTRFS. From what I understand, I can just roll back my system to before the system update (it takes a snapshot before and after installing anything) but I got confused on how to do that last night - troubleshooting at 2AM with a lack of sleep will do that...

What is the best way forward? I'm happy to provide more information if it helps.

EDIT: Output of lsblk

[[email protected] ~]$ lsblk -f
NAME   FSTYPE      FSVER            LABEL       UUID                                 FSAVAIL FSUSE% MOUNTPOINTS
loop0  squashfs    4.0                                                                     0   100% /run/archiso/airootfs
sda                                                                                                 
├─sda1 vfat        FAT32                        0BC7-CF22                                           
├─sda2 crypto_LUKS 2                            5c6d5430-3706-48e8-bffb-f680d8c19dda                
└─sda3 crypto_LUKS 2                            81a912d5-fb81-40ed-a60f-0af27314b661                
sdb    iso9660     Joliet Extension EOS_202404  2024-04-20-15-57-10-00                              
├─sdb1 iso9660     Joliet Extension EOS_202404  2024-04-20-15-57-10-00                     0   100% /run/archiso/bootmnt
└─sdb2 vfat        FAT16            ARCHISO_EFI 7156-9697  

EDIT 2:

[[email protected] ~]$ lsblk -a
NAME   MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
loop0    7:0    0   2.3G  1 loop /run/archiso/airootfs
sda      8:0    0 238.5G  0 disk 
├─sda1   8:1    0  1000M  0 part 
├─sda2   8:2    0 228.7G  0 part 
└─sda3   8:3    0   8.8G  0 part 
sdb      8:16   1  57.3G  0 disk 
├─sdb1   8:17   1   2.5G  0 part /run/archiso/bootmnt
└─sdb2   8:18   1   159M  0 part 

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a device; this may
# be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices that works even if
# disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system>             <mount point>  <type>  <options>  <dump>  <pass>
UUID=0BC7-CF22                            /efi           vfat    fmask=0137,dmask=0027 0 2
/dev/mapper/luks-5c6d5430-3706-48e8-bffb-f680d8c19dda /              btrfs   subvol=/@,noatime,compress=zstd 0 0
/dev/mapper/luks-5c6d5430-3706-48e8-bffb-f680d8c19dda /home          btrfs   subvol=/@home,noatime,compress=zstd 0 0
/dev/mapper/luks-5c6d5430-3706-48e8-bffb-f680d8c19dda /var/cache     btrfs   subvol=/@cache,noatime,compress=zstd 0 0
/dev/mapper/luks-5c6d5430-3706-48e8-bffb-f680d8c19dda /var/log       btrfs   subvol=/@log,noatime,compress=zstd 0 0
/dev/mapper/luks-81a912d5-fb81-40ed-a60f-0af27314b661 swap           swap    defaults   0 0
tmpfs                                     /tmp           tmpfs   defaults,noatime,mode=1777 0 0

EDIT 3:

I think I have fixed it. I have chrooted and am busy running sudo pacman -Syu

EDIT 4: /efi still fails to mount.

My wife and I have just recently had our first child and I'm looking at getting a decent baby monitor (or security camera) setup.

Our place is not very big at all (think a studio with a separate bedroom/bathroom). I was given a cheap security camera to use for now but I want to start planning for when we move into a bigger apartment (security cameras) and a generally better system for monitoring our baby when we are in another room and cannot hear.

Should I invest in a baby monitor now or would it be better to invest in a decent security camera system instead?

I'm based in the EU and am quite tech-savvy so I don't have a problem setting things up myself if it means a better system.

I've been using Linux for about 7 months now and have become a lot more comfortable using the terminal but I feel like there is more that I can learn.

Most of my work is done in a browser or DaVinci Resolve. I do try to use the terminal where possible but it's limited due to my workflow.

Are there any interactive sites where I can practice/learn the terminal? I'm going through Linux Survival at the moment.

EDIT: I forgot to add some important details.

I don't have a massive need for the terminal for my current workflow but I think it is important to know (looks good for any future job applications as well) and expand your knowledge on things that interest you when possible.

In the future, I hope to have a home lab/NAS running Linux. I will most likely SSH into that and I'd like to deal with any issues via the terminal.

I use Arch btw (technically EndeavourOS)