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Stowaway

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  • App Image or AUR package

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  • I prefer distros if available, but in some cases the version in the distros can suck. A solid example, and this could 100% be user error, but I used aur to get Picard on my tablet, but there was no app menu bar. Like at all, no window settings in the world made a difference, and the global menu didn't show anything either. So I couldn't change settings at all. I removed the aur package and installed the flatpak, everything worked no problem.

    Flatpaks are okay, but due to laziness, I'm not proficient with making them interact well with each other.

    App images can be great, but also annoying depending on how your system handles them. On a Debian based machine it would "install" the app image as if it were a normal app, and in some cases even check for updates. In garuda I have to manually go to the file and execute it each time. I'm no Linux master, so I could probably do something in garuda to make it work similar to Debian, but I only have one app there that I care about and I'm lazy...

    I don't like snaps, they seem finicky to me.

    If the Dev has their own recommended source, package, or whatever I try to stick to that. I.e. if they say their focus is on an app image, but aur has it, and there's a flatpak, and x y z options, I'll try the app image, and if that does what I need it to, I stick with it. If they recommend snap I try to find another app or another option to install.

  • Anyone ever use Aruba network switches?

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  • I have an old Aruba and it works great. The GUI is a bit meh, but considering ive only had to use it once the past like 2 years, owell.

  • Trump Claims Nazis Treated Jewish Prisoners With “Love”

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  • Yup this is the shittiest episode of lost yet.

  • Is this just crappy Filament

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  • I want a filament dryer, but I'm too cheap, and don't use my printer enough. :(

    I want to start using it again, but I've been struggling to get the motivation to recalibrate and figure out all the optimal settings again.

  • Is this just crappy Filament

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  • Or just toss it in the oven at a low temp for an hour or so. I've also turn my bed temp up high and put a spool on it with a box over it. Just cut some small holes in the too to allow humid air to come out. After an hour or so should be good to go. Assuming the issue is moist filament.

  • Folks who moved from Google to Proton: What do you wish you'd known at the start?

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  • Apparently proton pass has a custom domain function I was unaware of until now. Looks like you have to go into settings > aliases. There is an 'add custom domain' button, assuming you need the domain added to your proton account with a catchall address maybe?

  • Folks who moved from Google to Proton: What do you wish you'd known at the start?

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  • 100% this! Proton pass is convenient, but their email forwarding locks you into their ecosystem, and they limit your aliasing for your own custom domain. I started using it, and its nice, but I wish I knew about annonaddy before. I'd prefer making aliases using a custom domain so if i have to respond with a forwarded alias I can manage a way to reply from it, plus if I ever decide to leave proton, its not a road block. Sure you can usually change email addresses on sites, but may end up being a ton of work depending how many aliases you have, and how annoying the site makes it.

  • Can't seem to boot a linux installer

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  • Try USB 2 ports using a USB 2 drive, and try different ports. Ive seen issues where I had a perfectly good drive and it wouldnt boot at all. Using a different port it installed fine. Similar issues using USB 3 drive or ports in machines only a few years old.

  • Advice for quick and easy pet cam with remote access

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  • Linux Mint - NOT "Usable Out of the Box" - Probably switching back to Windows

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  • Yup look at me wagglin my finger over here.

    If I decide to put up with this type of attitude any further I'll go get a job in fast food. At least then I'd get paid.

    Have fun with your gatekeeping.

  • Linux Mint - NOT "Usable Out of the Box" - Probably switching back to Windows

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  • Would you say your attitude and responses here drive inclusion or increase motivation to join opensource or improve things voluntarily?

  • Linux Mint - NOT "Usable Out of the Box" - Probably switching back to Windows

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  • Linux Mint - NOT "Usable Out of the Box" - Probably switching back to Windows

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  • Live usbs are great, but ive 100% had issues after install before on several distros. Arch of course being the worst. Live distros boots, install, boot loop... But that happened on popos too. Ive also seen other more minor issues like Bluetooth stops working after install despite it being a base install. Like literally install, reboot, and Bluetooth no longer works. Given this is on newer hardware, but it can be hella frustrating to go from a live boot that works to a fresh install that doesn't match the experience.

  • Linux Mint - NOT "Usable Out of the Box" - Probably switching back to Windows

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  • I don't think anyone is blaming volunteers. More so stating the obvious. If you're new to Linux, you cant be expected to know everything about it. You may not know that some hardware may not work well with Linux. You may not know secure boot sux with linux. You may not know arch is not the best intro to Linux but because arch based distros are recommended frequently for gaming you may try it first. Linux can have a steep learning curve, expecting everyone to RTFM and all the forum posts is unreasonable. Sometimes people just need to try and experience pain and frustration.

  • Sometimes I'll read or hear someone say something but can't think about it

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  • Here I thout this was just me... So many times have a read an entire page and when I go to turn the page I have no idea what I just read and end up rereading it all over.

  • People with ADHD: What are the things about it that people don't get?

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  • If you do get into hyperfocus on something you need to like work or a project or whatever, someone or something breaking you out of it is incredibly frustrating. Like not because what ever the interruption is isn't important, but because hyperfocus is difficult to get into on something important, so hard to switch focus from, and there is an almost painful obsessive need to have completed where doing.

    Edit: accidentally hut submit too soon... Typos

  • People with ADHD: What are the things about it that people don't get?

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  • How do I upvote a million times?

  • Proton CEO embraces Trump for "standing up for the little guys"

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  • What did you go with out of curiosity?

  • NAS OS with a web UI

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  • That's an insult to things that suck.