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  • I am using bazzite for gamedev and it is AWESOME.

    It is immutable but ships with distrobox and boxbuddy, which lets you easily create linux containers with mutable systems (i.e. I am currently developing on a fedora container with Qt Creator, for example) and you can install your packages in that terminal.

    No chances of breaking your main OS.

    I set up my instance like follows:

    Boxbuddy -> New distrobox container -> Fedora -> Give it a name.

    Wait for the installation (should be about 300MB IIRC).

    In the start menu you will now be able to run your instance’s terminal (search for your instance name).

    sudo dnf install qt-creator

    Back in boxbuddy, in my instance I selected “show installed gui applications”, selected Qt Creator -> Add to applications menu.

    Qt Creator then shows up in the start menu (search for either Qt Creator, or your instance name).

    It will run in the container, but has full access to your home directory for development.

    I could then install all my other required packages from the same terminal that I installed qt-creator from.

    Easy peasy.

    Disclaimer: Typing from my phone. The instructions may not be exactly like I said, but those are the steps.

    No terminal magic is needed in Bazzite to make this work.








  • sgh@lemmy.mltoLinux@lemmy.mlJellyfin assistance
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    26 days ago

    Not OP, but it was very simple if you have already seen that error.

    First of all, there is one single easily parsable error.

    https://repo.jellyfin.org/debian produced a 404 error, thus the URL is invalid.

    Let’s ignore why it’s invalid for a second.

    This error happens after apt update, thus we can deduce the following:

    • It’s supposed to be an apt repository URL (To experienced users, it effectively looks like a repository URL)
    • This repository URL does not work
    • As in 99% of cases, this URL is likely located in a configuration file in the standard location, /etc/apt/sources.list.d/

    Back to why it’s invalid, maybe it used to be valid in the past, or there is a temporary server error, this can be verified with the official documentation.

    If the documentation does not mention this repository URL, then it’s a mistake to use it.

    This is a good moment to google this URL and find out why/which guide tells you to use it, and to analyze which steps they made you take.

    From there, reverse those steps.

    Even if you hadn’t found this guide, you can be sure that by looking into /etc/apt/sources.list.d you would’ve found that file containing that URL, simply removing the file or URL would’ve removed the error.

    Lastly, you look for either the official documentation, or a more reliable guide.



  • What are your expectations?

    Most Qt modules are licensed under LGPL (in the Open Source edition of Qt) which allows you to distribute (and sell) your software without having to release your source code - AS LONG AS you use the dynamically linked version of Qt (i.e. the default: unless you recompile Qt yourself, you’ll have the correct configuration already).

    As long as you keep an eye out for that, there should be no issues.

    Additionally, keep in mind the lrelease tool for finding out all the Qt DLLs that your app will depend on.

    Technically, you can still sell your software under the GPL license, which some Qt modules are licensed under, but you may need to provide your source code if requested by a customer.

    Disclaimer: Not a lawyer, just a user.






  • sgh@lemmy.mltoLinux@lemmy.ml*Permanently Deleted*
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    4 months ago

    I don’t know if the critique is well deserved, considering that “we” probably don’t “want people switching to”… a minecraft server management utility built in nodejs that’s also barely mantained.
    Yeah, I think it’s clear that I really didn’t get the reasoning behind “we want people switching to”.
    We’re talking about a server side utility, and whoever is using that should either have a bit of knowledge about servers, or be versatile enough to learn even if just by getting their hands dirty - on that regard, one should use a virtualisation system so that they can freely manage their OS and package versions without breaking everything in the meantime.

    To contribute to this discussion, I tried CubeCoders AMP and never looked back.

    Installation was relatively easy as it’s a one-liner installation script, but you have to purchase a license to set up a game server.

    Mod management isn’t the best, as there is no real utility other than the file manager, but I understand that’s an almost impossible issue to solve because of how many configuration variants exist.

    I had three instances running on three different systems at one point, even if just to host other game servers since it’s not limited to MC.






  • sgh@lemmy.mltoPrivacy@lemmy.mlIs this OK to allow. Feels sus to me
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    6 months ago

    That seems legit to me.

    DRM content is usually encrypted and only decrypted through some proprietary plugins, so you have to agree to use these plugins if you want to watch these videos.

    This is the same mechanism that Netflix and Disney+ use and it helps them by not letting you download movies to your computer.