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blackstrat

@ blackstrat @lemmy.fwgx.uk

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  • C4illin/ConvertX: Self-hosted online file converter that supports 1000+ formats

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  • Install it once, use it on any of your devices. Run it once on a capable server so even potatoes get the advantage of it. Run it once so it only needs to support one OS and hardware architecture.

    Using an app of some description over many different device types is far more of a maintenance headache and that's before you start dealing with app stores.

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  • I had Slackware running on a couple of 386 machines with 200MB hard disks. It was impossible to do almost anything as it was all compile from source but I didn't have the disk space to install all the compiler tools and what I was trying to run on them. I was originally going to use them as part of a distributed system for my degree, but in the end I didn't use them and did something different instead.

    I used CentOS at work a lot for several years and liked it, but only fully switched form Windows at home 10 years ago and I went to Ubuntu at the time. Installed KDE on it, messed around with i3 and had a great time. I then went hopping and landed on Endeavour OS which I've been really enjoying for many years now and have no intention of moving from. All my servers still run Ubuntu LTS Server as it has been unbelievably solid.

  • What's the best part of your life right now?

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  • I've got a great Plexi sound from my Helix and Les Paul for playing Led Zeppelin numbers.

  • Btw, I use Arch (via EndeavourOS*)

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  • Sounds like something written at the likes of Manjaro which differ enough from plain Arch for it to be problematic.

    To be honest, with EOS the point is moot - they have their own excellent forums and if you do insist on going to the Arch forums, just say you're using Arch.

  • Btw, I use Arch (via EndeavourOS*)

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  • Jist install EndeavourOS. You'll get the wallpaper and the best distro to boot.

  • Btw, I use Arch (via EndeavourOS*)

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  • Can confirm EOS works beautifully with Steam and has done for all the years I've used it.

  • What are the pros and cons of btrfs?

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  • The pros are that it's hip and trendy and almost complete (and has been for the past 15 years).

    The cons are it doesn't work & has insane failure modes that maximise downtime.

  • I'm a 6'1" man with size 3 feet which means every time they measure my feet at a shoe store, the Brannock device tells me I'm not a man

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  • Yes. Small socks.

  • What is something that instantly makes someone unattractive?

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  • Found the medium fake boob enjoyer.

  • What books would you describe as nothing burger?

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  • If, instead, you like lists of designer clothes, sound systems and skincare regimes, then I highly recommend American Psycho. Genuinely, I loved it.

  • What are some fun charming series like Father Ted?

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  • Him & Her

  • How's them tariffs going

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  • Red boxes are very on trend at the moment, everyone is saying so

  • Whats the most quotable movie?

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  • Nobody fucks with the Jesus

  • Almost as annoying as the windows evangelists

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  • alias your way to something you like

  • Almost as annoying as the windows evangelists

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  • 4?! There are literally dozens of us!

  • well that's rude

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  • No one in 2025 has read all of that article.

  • Do babies and infants get trolling?

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  • Kids love laughing. Comedy is all about subterfuge and up-ending expectations. "Trolling" is the same. Kids make up the worst unfunny jokes as they don't understand what makes a joke funny instead of ridiculous, but they do understand the art of the unexpected.

  • what forums are out there that people actually go to, besides Lemmy?

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  • The Gear Page is very active as are sister sites like strat forums, my les paul etc

    Talk photography

    Fred Miranda photography forums

    Av forums

    Watchuseek

    What HiFi

    I used to live on the winamp forums, but I haven't for a long time and it's pretty dead now.

  • Man I miss those classy RedHat ads from the sixties

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  • The main one is how it handles corruption. It has actively been designed to do the exact opposite of what a sane filesystem should do and maximises downtime.