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What file formats, technologies, techniques do you think would benefit most people by being more common? Or that people would benefit by being more aware of? (lemmy.sdf.org)
submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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.7z seems to be good and I do recommend it to people, saying that it's better than regular zip. Have recently started using opus n webm files more.

I've also heard about jxl recently. Would be very nice to see it become popular, as it could reduce the size of my memes n screenshots folders. Faster webpage loading too.

Are there any other file formats that'll be useful to people, but isn't getting enough attention?

In the case of apps, Trebleshot seems to be good for android file sharing. I like it's web sharing option having an upload form. Helps me where I don't have to ask others to install an app to send me a file locally. Not sure about its encryption n security aspects, but I only have used it for local file sharing.

And what about other stuff similar to that, other than file formats or apps?

Recently have started exercising my neck. Not neck bridges and loaded things tho. Only safe n simple movements. Seems to be good, especially after using a monitor for some time. I think it's not much talked about, maybe because of the fear that people will overdo it?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 38 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

.tar.zst

People should stop using .tar.gz or .zip

They both are not horribly bad, but .tar.zst is just the best option we have, as zstandard is pareto optimal

https://insanity.industries/post/pareto-optimal-compression/

Linux

I use arch btw

GrapheneOS

GrapheneOS is the best android custom ROM by far. It is more secure, it gets updated very often and security patches land on my phone faster than I hear about them. It is way more performant than the default ROM that ships with Pixel Phones, my battery lasts for days if I don't use the phone.

At first I was very sceptical, as I want to be sure I can rely on my phone. But it is super stable, way better than the Samsung ROM I had before.

[โ€“] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago (1 children)

GrapheneOS is still just for pixel phones right?

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yup. Apparently it has done security features they are not willing to go without by supporting other phones

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Yes phones need to have at least these requirements to fullfill GrapheneOS standards:

https://grapheneos.org/faq#future-devices

[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago

Why doesn't anyone specify that Graphene OS can only be installed on Pixel?

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

zst

Been hearing about this. Peazip seems to support it.
Is zstd better than lzma in compressed size or is the optimality weighing in both compression time and compressed size?
Will try it out. Thank you

Arch Linux

Opensuse Leap, because I have a nvidia laptop. Thinking about switching to Pop OS, as ubuntu gets more packages and simple online tutorials on them.

Graphene OS

I'm on a random Chinese android. It's cheap and decent, but I don't know if it would handle flashing a new rom. Graphene aims at support for Pixel, right?

[โ€“] victorz 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I have Arch with an Nvidia card. Granted not a laptop but, it works. Even with Wayland (Hyprland).

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Is it easy/non-cumbersome to install and maintain?
Have never tried arch.

[โ€“] victorz 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's as easy as you make it, honestly. If you have patience to read the wiki before trying different things then it's for you, especially if you want a lean, clean system with only the stuff you choose and want in it, and the latest versions of those things.

You can install GNOME or KDE and be done forever, or you could be like me, continuously tweaking my custom UI written in eww widgets, constantly optimizing my scripts, my key bindings... Experimenting with different window managers...

I make it neverending because I choose to, not because it's Arch.

I hope you join the family some day. We're enjoying ourselves.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Isn't Arch a rolling release model? Would not be there be issues in maintenance?

The Arch wiki is very cool. It's useful for learning about things and troubleshooting.

[โ€“] victorz 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The Arch wiki is my god. โค๏ธ

And yes, it's a rolling release model. I've not had issues with maintenance. I just install updates and go on with life. Sometimes the news page will have some notes about manual intervention that needs to happen but they are few and far between. Sometimes things that don't even apply to me due to not having the packages installed that have breaking changes.

I have two small kids and a full time job, I don't stress over maintenance one bit. I use it at work and at home, for leisure and gaming, as well as work from home and productivity, streaming, what have you. Just a normal OS, the only difference is the installation procedure, mostly. Now there's even a script that installs it for you, if your setup isn't too complicated.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Aah. Will try it out(probably on a VM first, or when I distrohop)

[โ€“] victorz 2 points 8 months ago

Good luck! Don't be a stranger.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

At its highest compression setting (zstd -T0 -19 --long), it's about the same as lzma in compression ratio (varies a bit from file to file though), but slightly faster to compress, and much much faster to decompress. Decompression speed is not significantly affected by the compression setting (though compression speed is) and is usually at least a few hundred MiB/s to 1G+

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Yes GrapheneOS only supports pixel devices, as these are the only phones that have a high enough security standard.

https://grapheneos.org/faq#future-devices