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one_knight_scripting

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  • Home renovations

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  • Theoretically, the building is ground and you only need to connect one cable.

    But I'm with you, use AC.

  • Home renovations

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  • Disagree. DC current will seek the path of least resistance, and will not go down the pole.

    I'm unsure if this is an apartment, but I would start by reaching out to the landlord and say your lights have been acting up whenever they are using it. Maybe say your electric bill has been higher, maybe stage that a little bit by simply leaving a light on for a month. Have them inspect the floor damage too.

    Once they leave, I would install cannibalize a power cable, plug it into the wall and hook the hot wire up to one of the screws.

    The benefit of using AC, is that it is less likely to take the path of least resistance and travels as waves back and forth, doesn't necessarily matter if they are grounded or not, they will feel it, likely marginally lower since it is also going into everything their 8ft pole is touching.

    ...I don't know why I'm on a villain arc this morning.

  • Give your Matrix account a Discord UI with Commet

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  • Saved for later, will probably try once it publishes to flathub.

  • To demonstrate that people will argue about anything, here's a picture of a ladybug.

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  • Ugliest ladybug I've ever seen.

  • Self-hosting paradox: Windows for specifically MS word

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  • Side note, you could run it as a VM on proxmox and still get it to work... I think... But again network connection.

  • Self-hosting paradox: Windows for specifically MS word

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  • So this is a difficult question. Yes, you could use a VM if you have the hardware. The only downside is needing network connection in order to connect to it. If you are away from home that may require opening a port, or preferably a VPN.

    Alternatively, I have winapps installed on my Linux laptop. Now, that is designed to run Windows as a VM within docker, podman, or libvirt. The reason I like it is that it doesn't just use a full rdp session. Do you remember remote apps from back in the day? It is not a full rdp session, it only connects to the app you've launched and it appears on your Linux machine as just another window.

  • What do you mean it's not $139.00 for an OS?

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  • I understand your issue with the terminal. I think that it could be fixed with Oh-my-zsh for a personal computer. I have mine setup so I don't have to remember the entire command, just the first letter and it shows me all matches. I was proficient with both batch and powershell, but bash scripting is even easier.

    Yeah, I had given up Linux for over a decade, but Windows 11 has brought it back out... And tbh I like it better as an adult. Now I run Windows in a docker container only.

  • Windows 11 just lost 5% market share in two months despite Windows 10 losing support.

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  • I simply didn't see it that way. Sure, the Linux community doesn't necessarily agree on which version is the best for new users. But we tend to agree on reliable distros which are good to get started on.

    Brand New user? Unless they have a specific task that the PC needs to do, then first priority is reliability. Off the top of my head, Debian is reliable as hell, Ubuntu is about the same and fine but not my preference (very dislike snap proprietary bs that almost no one uses anyways), Fedora is a common use case and while I haven't used their desktop in a while, I rather like the rhel based distros they are reliable but keep things a little newer than say Debian.

    The point is that I disagree with you entirely. You see the choice of distributions as daunting and a scary thing. I don't. I see the choice as freeing.

    It has never mattered to me personally what version of Linux someone is using, or what path they think I should go down, I do my own research for my own purposes and come back with my own options(maybe my 90s rebel inner child still exists). Admittedly, perhaps someone needs more guidance when running away from Microslop and I could help as long as I know what package manager the distro is using.

    Now, you also say that Linux isn't mainstream already? There are entire career fields built on it, why the hell is it not considered mainstream. DevOps typically uses Linux heavily, might be as simple as an install script, or a full k8s deployment. And shoot running docker servers for backing up your files via VPN? What about 25 TB of jellyfin movies/shows. Sorry, but even if not used as a desktop, a Linux server can go a long way and do a ton of good.

  • Windows 11 just lost 5% market share in two months despite Windows 10 losing support.

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  • Straight up, I got it confused with Pop!_OS. Although I'm too lazy to look it up, my buddy who has been using it for years mentioned looking at other options because of that reason.

  • Windows 11 just lost 5% market share in two months despite Windows 10 losing support.

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  • Honestly, I'm with you on that one. Debian is reliable, so it send like the safest option. Personally, I use it for my seed box, and I've helped others set their own up to. Fedora, on the other hand, introduces package updates a little more frequently and in the long run, I think it's more enjoyable to work on in a desktop environment.

  • Windows 11 just lost 5% market share in two months despite Windows 10 losing support.

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  • Interesting, I would love to understand the tooling behind that.

  • Windows 11 just lost 5% market share in two months despite Windows 10 losing support.

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  • Fair. Technically I'm running Windows in a container... But technically that is also a vm.

    That is for this neat remote app fella: https://github.com/winapps-org/winapps

    Makes it look like Windows applications run on Linux without using full rdp.

  • Windows 11 just lost 5% market share in two months despite Windows 10 losing support.

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  • Actually I want to delete my comment... 22.04 is actually Pop!_OS not Mint. So I'm really dumb there, admittedly, Ubuntu spinoffs get me a little mixed up.

    And the work bit, in truth, I think he could fix it by using a btrfs partition, snapper, and grub-btrfs. Build the machine to automatically take snapshots so if someone breaks it, you can fix it faster.

    And yeah, ease of use is important, that was not meant as a criticism instead I pointed out a logical reason why Mint made sense.

    Long story short, comment stupid, my bad.

  • Windows 11 just lost 5% market share in two months despite Windows 10 losing support.

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  • I suggest you check out this: https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech/winutil

    It is a script to remove a bunch of Microslop... I'm betting on Microsoft re-enabling it unannounced after an update though.

    But I'm with you on the Linux bit...

    ...I use Arch btw...

  • Windows 11 just lost 5% market share in two months despite Windows 10 losing support.

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  • Mint? Based on Ubuntu 22.04? Seems a hint dated.

    No offense, I swear. But I have a buddy who has to support Mint installs for work and it honestly sounds horrible.

    Then again, the ease of use is probably worth the time saved setting up Arch.

    Edit: It is Pop!_OS that is based on Ubuntu 22.04 not Mint. Ubuntu spinoffs spun me through a loop.

  • Xfwl4 - The roadmap for a Xfce Wayland Compositor

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  • Interesting... I've had incredibly good luck with hyprland, though I don't know if it qualifies as an entire environment. Even changed my gaming PC to use it since it also supports HDR.

    Did it require a little research? Yeah sure, but I would say it is more than decent.

  • I want that sticker

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  • Why doesn't it at least have USB-A 3.0? One of those ports needs to be blue.

  • Those who've switched to Linux in the last year, how is it going?

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  • Love it. I use Arch... btw... And while I will gladly admit, my setup isn't exactly easy, it's quite beautiful.

    What I personally like the best about it is a tiling Windows manager. Instead of placing Windows one on top of the other, it places them split side by side. On a big ass monitor, it looks something like this:

  • Which open-source operating system(s) installed to all mobile devices (laptop, tablet, phone) would work nicely together like Apple devices do?

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  • Personally, I would say anything Linux.

    I've got a docker server at home running my containers and because of my wire guard, I can access it from everywhere.

    Mainly file storage and backup with nextcloud, some -arr and jellyfin nonsense, and a few odds and ends.

    First, let me get this out of the way. If you are just starting with Linux, find an easier path. I would say Debian, fedora, something simple with reliable packaging.

    With that said, Arch is my go-to. Arch requires a little more understanding of the Linux environment and has helped me learn a hell of a lot. But the primary reason I use it is for hyprland. Now, while I haven't fully setup hyprland for gestures, it is possible. My cheater dot files have touchpad actions. I want to see this expanded. Perhaps, each application automatically launches in a different virtual desktop. And if you want to split a screen, simply use the needed gesture to get there. To get even crazier, technically you can run Android applications from within a container, so you don't even lose any compatibility. This aspect may take further testing, but technically you can run Windows apps in a container utilizing freerdp to remote app to the container so it appears as if it is running on your Linux machine even though it uses a containerized vm. I do not know if it would work on a phone because I don't know if libvirt can visualize x86_64 on an ARM64 device.