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adarza

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  • Best way to pirate WordPress plugins

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  • even with all 'legit' sources for everything wordpress-related, maintaining it is a PITA--which is why i send anyone who asks me about wp to their own hosting service. i don't wanna deal with that shit.

  • Which directories should I back up in Windows before moving to Linux?

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  • you don't need "everything".. and if you did, you'd perhaps also need to recreate the entire working windows environment. so make full hdd backup image to satisfy that requirement---or, don't reformat and reuse the drive, just pull it as-is for safekeeping--executing a full shutdown first: shutdown /s /t 0

    as far as the user files go... this is the basics of what i do (migrations for home users is about half of my workload):

    copy user libraries (the default locations windows saves your files to) for each user account:

    robocopy c:\userswindowsuserprofiledir) d:destinationonexternal) /e /dcopy:t /copy:dt /xjd /xa:sh /xd appdata /r:1 /w:1 /mt:2

    put each user's files into their own destination directory.

    use care when backing up directories linked to or taken-over by cloud services (looking at you, onedrive). make sure the files copied actually exist on the destination drive.

    export bookmarks and saved passwords from every browser and browser profile from each windows user account.

    backup steam or its directories for later restoration, if wanted.

    save mailstores from local mail clients. not many home users run a mail client with local stores anymore. the windows-only free-to-use (but not foss) 'mailstore home' in portable mode run off an external might be useful (yes, it can run in a vm later if needed). don't forget to jot down mail server configs.

    check 'public' and other places for stray files.

    optionally, backup browser profile directories, zip 'em up (fastest compression is enough). if you restore entire profiles, you might preserve more of the browser environment.. but chromium ones will still choke on logins, so having password exports is critically important. most people are fine with just having bookmarks and passwords migrated--which are easily backed up, and normally what i restore instead of entire profiles (unless it's firefox to firefox, and windows to windows).

    make sure you know the credentials for and can login to important sites and services from a different pc or a private window without leaning on saved sessions in existing browsers on the current windows pc.

    if there's something else specifically that you want to save, like a wallpaper that you don't have the original source file for.. a quick web search will likely reveal its location.

  • how much storage space does an immutable Distro need in the long run?

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  • my flatpaks and appimages consume a hell of a lot more space than silverblue itself (which is essentially just a 'browser launcher' with an appstore 'out-of-the-box').

    (and then there's the data, which uses even more)

  • What should I NOT do in front of rich people?

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  • pizza is usually a finger food, unless it's something like a chicago deep dish.

  • What should I NOT do in front of rich people?

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  • you should probably not hock-up a nice big loogie, then swish it around your mouth for a minute like you're at a fine wine tasting event, then swallow it in one big, noisy GULP.

  • Which distro is closest to 'GUI/UX for everything, absolutely no CLI' approach like Windows or Mac + and just works (ie passes LTT Linux test)

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  • it really depends on what demands you are going to place upon the system..

    gaming? have weird hardware? you're gonna visit a command line and have to 'research' things...

    but just basic tasks and well-supported hardware? many can give a mostly or even entirely 'point and click' experience.

    i have a number of users on silverblue and endless that would be terrified if they ever had to open a terminal, and i rarely open a terminal on my own desktops (xfce manjaro, cinnamint, endless, silverblue)

  • Mobile carriers can get your GPS location

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  • we're safe from that particular method here in the boonies. we're lucky to even have one tower from any provider within range anywhere around here.

  • Turkey face

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  • i know that big magic box in the food room has more.

  • 'Minnetoba'? Some Minnesotans want to join Canada as tensions flare with Trump administration

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  • the twin cities doesn't have a 'chinatown' or a 'little italy'--they have little canada

  • self care

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  • still does.

  • European propaganda DESTROYED

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  • that's when the two scales collide...

    -40FC...

    'fucking cold'

  • Can't blame him, that's the best part

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  • it's your fault. you're the one that left the best part on top.

  • Tacos for dinner

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  • you have a bright future ahead of you in for-profit food service at public schools. the only thing missing is the taco sauce ketchup.

  • AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns

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  • already laying the blame on us non-users for the crash that hasn't happened yet.

  • Verizon starts requiring 365 days of paid service before it will unlock phones

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  • our last two phones (one flip, one slab) were bought at retail, and at a reasonable price--same or less than verizon's "payments" would have totaled, as unlocked 'universal' (works on any carrier) devices. all future ones will be the same.

    we're also eyeing an mvno that offers service on all three major carrier networks and lets you mix-and-match and switch between them.

  • Many guess that it's some type of religious symbol

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  • i had the spindle adapter to put on a stack of 45s, and also a simple disc that fit down it and just allowed one to sit on the turntable at a time. i didnt' need to use these snap-in adapters.

  • The U.S. have purchased these territories

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  • can we give florida back?

  • Why don't more distros use this method?

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  • it looks like cachyos just makes available anything in arch's repos that worked for them at that time.

  • Why does Mint not auto update major versions?

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  • any upgrade or update can 'break' something.

    mint does have an upgrade path from one major version to the next. the upgrade tool might not be available immediately upon the release of the next version, but in your case it has been around awhile.

    https://linuxmint-user-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/upgrade-to-mint-22.html

    backups are, of course, your responsibility, as is any unexpected manual customizations or software added from outside mint repositories.

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    adarza @lemmy.ca

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