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this is a collection of links and info on software, running games,
selfhosting, and vr on linux

==== beginner stuff

Here's a beginner guide i found
https://linuxjourney.com/[linuxjourney.com]

another one https://tldp.org/index.html[tldp.org]

Here is a beginner linux video showing some basic linux stuff as well as
basic linux commands https://youtu.be/ROjZy1WbCIA[Linux Operating System
- Crash Course for Beginners]

==== self hosting

a few self hosting resources

i use

* caddy
* gitea
* searxng
* rsync (for backups)
* rclone

youtube

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gj6HqWCdk3s[the ultimate guide to an
open source life&#44; i spent 2 months on this&#44; i hope you enjoy
it!!!]
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Et5PPMYuOc8&t=3645s[FUTO's Guide to a
Self Managed Life: part 1]

==== advanced

https://overthewire.org/wargames/[over the wire wargames] is a neat
capture the flag style place where you ssh to a server and run basic
commands to find the "flag". though, even bandit is getting advanced for
me.

==== issues

running linux. You're going to run into quite a lot of issues. +
Most of them solvable with a quick google search and pasting in a
command. But often enough you get into a issue hell hole. +
Here's a video that has a bit that pretty much shows the issue rabbit
hole you can run into. +
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWv5B4HMvQs&[My Experience with Arch
Linux (GNOME)]

=== playlist

i have a whole playlist on a bunch of linux stuffs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUlIEFzryCY&list=PLwpvCCyacwS_hXujYSFeQH_CQKIq_gE2M&index=1[Linux
is Too Hard - A Solution]

=== Community

here's a few linux communities to join that I found good or interesting

* https://allthingslinux.org/[all things linux] they have a discord and
xmpp chat :0 and Support forms
* https://discord.gg/cli-cafe[Command Line Cafe]
* https://discord.gg/3m6dbPR[Arch Linux Community] they don't just help
or talk about arch. they help with other things too. Though not as much

all things linux and arch linux community is pretty speech restrictive
though. still can be usefull for help

== Vr

* Here's a site with a ton of info on running VR. I recommend envision
with WiVrn over using alvr + steamvr. async with steamvr is shit.
https://lvra.gitlab.io[lvra.gitlab.io]
* if you dont use systemd. here is a
https://github.com/WiVRn/WiVRn/blob/9a5af1a0cadccf4a327c90520662a1dd5edaaee9/CMakeLists.txt#L24[flag]
to disable the use of systemd. put it in make flags in envision.

== Minecraft

here is some important java flags that in my experience. atleast on
older hardware. made my server run way better. this is for windows too.

will require a bit of modification depending on the version of
minecraft. eg where tp put the args

`java -Xms10G -Xmx10G -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:+ParallelRefProcEnabled -XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=200 -XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions -XX:+DisableExplicitGC -XX:+AlwaysPreTouch -XX:G1NewSizePercent=30 -XX:G1MaxNewSizePercent=40 -XX:G1HeapRegionSize=8M -XX:G1ReservePercent=20 -XX:G1HeapWastePercent=5 -XX:G1MixedGCCountTarget=4 -XX:InitiatingHeapOccupancyPercent=15 -XX:G1MixedGCLiveThresholdPercent=90 -XX:G1RSetUpdatingPauseTimePercent=5 -XX:SurvivorRatio=32 -XX:+PerfDisableSharedMem -XX:MaxTenuringThreshold=1 -jar paperclip.jar nogui` +
source:
https://aikar.co/2018/07/02/tuning-the-jvm-g1gc-garbage-collector-flags-for-minecraft/[aikar.co
2018 tuning the jvm g1gc for minecraft]

== Privacy

A lot of people say "why should i care about privacy,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothing_to_hide_argument[i have nothing to
hide]". Would you be okay letting many strangers watch you use the
bathroom in your own home every time? Would you let me look through
every one of your emails? on every account if you have multiple?

You don't always have to sacrifice a whole lot for privacy. You can
choose what fits your model, but don't use that thinking above to make
stupid decisions

here's a playlist on privacy starting off with why it matters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcSlowAhvUk&list=PLwpvCCyacwS-ztlFutZbKYc9j2sv0x0Sm[Glenn
Greenwald: Why Privacy Matters]

"If everything you've ever said or done can be accessed, taken
completely without context and used against you with zero accountability
then absolutely everybody has a LOT to hide."