I’m in the same position. I’ve got several paid VST that I’d like to use in Reaper on Linux but haven’t gotten around trying to fiddle about when the installer fails. Not very experienced with Wine and quirks.

Somebody told me I’d be easier off getting installer free cracked versions of the software I already paid for but idk about malware and such in pirated software nowadays. Is it possible to containerize VSTs so they have access to nothing but their instance of Wine?

I remember expanding my Amiga with 512KB to 1MB Fast RAM and later going crazy with another two megabyte Slow RAM.

Me of yesterday is a lazy fuck and me of tomorrow is a whiny bitch.

I don’t know why I stay with these guys.

Future me is always judging me, that smug bastard.

Mnjeh njeh njeh njeh

Cauldron? What? I don’t follow.

Edit I can’t seem to escape that URL properly on mobile. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cauldron_(video_game)

Unrelated: The top bar in this article indicating the article position is so fucking stupid. Guess what the scroll bar on the right hand side is for?

Yep, me neither. I’m looking forward to see how it compares with zfs and btrfs when it is ready, but for now I wouldn’t consider it for anything.

Oh, wow look at that. Last time I checked it was still ~“for testing purposes only, do not use in production”.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but everybody considers bcachefs to still be in alpha.

Only a complete idiot would use an alpha stage filesystem in production and then whine about bugs and data corruption.

I think this post smells of clickbait.

Fun fact of the day: Xylitol is a type of sugar that is extracted from trees, typically from birch.

A toddler can pretend to be good at chess but anybody with reasonable expectations knows that they are not.

That floppy begs to be copied.

I feel like this about Linux news that are YouTube videos and no description text in the post. I don’t want to watch your video or podcast. I’m not interested in your broadcasting career. I want to know what was worth being posted about.

I feel like a flock of seagulls

Anybody using obfuscation for securing algorithms is fooling themselves. It can be useful in fringe scenarios when you know and accept the limitations but for general use it is not. There is no obfuscation clever enough that can not be broken down and figured out.

Example - delaying cracking of copy protection for the first few weeks of a game release. It will be cracked eventually though, regardless the obfuscation and protection. Nobody expects it to be secure - but complicated enough to buy some time.

Other example - obfuscating assets loader for your game app to make it slightly harder to steal the graphics for scams and knock offs. It will not stop anybody dedicated to it but it can make the lazy skip it and go for the next game instead. Nobody expects it to be secure, but it might work as a deterrent because the next bicycle has a simpler lock to cut.

Counter example - thinking you’re clever by obfuscating your homebrew cryptographic algorithm. Just don’t. Use a FOSS crypto library, learn how to secure keys and be done with it. It’s not secure or safe in any possible way ever and it is a really bad idea all over.

Consider other streaming services than Spotify, like Deezer or Tidal or Qobuz, that pays the artist better and don’t do deceiving garbage like this.

The little death does not risk reincarnation.

Dude, go out for a walk. Enjoy the sun, the wind, the birds and the grass. You are overthinking things that do not exist.

Well, on the other hand. Meat bags can’t really do neuron stuff either, despite that is essential for any meat bag operation. Humans are still here though and so are dogs.