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Frater Mus

@ fratermus @lemmy.sdf.org

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Living offgrid in a campervan since 2018 w/ pibble+boxer Muffin.

LIKE dogs, books, thoughtful people of all flavors DISLIKE bullies, sh1tposters, partisans, noise

  • How long has your PC been on for?

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  • I generally only reboot for stuff like kernel updates.

  • Maybe Lemmy can forcibly invent a new term for "ricing". (Good faith pls)

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  • Saw the .de domain and my first thought was this was about using a potato ricer to make spätzle. I may not be normal.

  • Tips for getting better at Linux.

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  • What tips/ideas do you have for getting better at navigating the terminal, and getting a better understanding of how the os works

    Running an OS as a virtual is liberating. Dive in, make mistakes, fix them (or not and have to reinstall or redo from the last save). No real consequences for exploring.

  • Why are pineapples hard to eat?

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  • fruits typically are made to be consumed, in the sense that it benefits the evolution of the plant

    I suspect some fruits are made so that only particular spreaders can/will eat them. Like some flowers are shaped to allow certain pollinators and exclude others.

  • I distrohoped many times today

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  • distrohoped

    This should be a word. It would mean "trying yet another flavor because it might be The One"

  • Linux for my grandparents

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  • My father switched to linux (Mint, I think) in his 70s. I was in another state so he did it solo. He had a few questions but otherwise it was smooth sailing.

  • Most energy-efficient method to cook brown rice?

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  • The IP has decent insulation and doesn't have to vent pressure to regulate temperature. I think there would be a measurable difference. I don't have an induction-friendly pressure cooker to test the idea, but it's interesting to think about.

  • Most energy-efficient method to cook brown rice?

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  • I don't have numbers for brown rice, but when I cook 1c of dry white rice I see

    • rice cooker: 226Wh
    • 3qt instant pot: 90Wh

    The IP also requires less water. Both the energy and water consumption are important in my case because I live in a campervan offgrid.

  • What desktop enviroment do you use and why?

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  • Traditionally I've been running lighter desktops like opebox, xfce, or lmde. Last couple of years I've been using MATE with good results.

  • zram + swapiness = infinite ram

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  • In my country that would cost me 20 dollars

    The first RAM I bought (SIPP for a 386-16 IIRC) was $50/MB. Jay-sus.

  • How bad is Ubuntu?

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  • nowadays Mint is Ubuntu with sane default settings that will run out of the box

    There's also an official version of Mint based on Debian (LMDE)

  • What's on your "Everyday Carry" USB stick?

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  • What's on your "Everyday Carry" USB stick?

    • scans of my DL and other licenses
    • scan of my DD214
    • system rescue ISO
    • a TEMP dir with random things I need in the short term
    • portable apps versions of putty, WinSCP, etc.

  • Linux during the mid to late 90s (Windows 95 and 98 era)

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  • Do normal people who don’t do this stuff for a living use Linux now, outside handheld gaming devices?

    I run into folks using linux fairly often in tech hobbies. Ham operators, DIY solar folk, people dorking around with a RasPi, etc. And some Normals who want a lighter experience than Win.

    Last dedicated windows box I ran at home was Windows NT 4, IIRC. Last time I had to use it at work was Win7 (?) before I retired. I do have a Win7 virtual somewhere around here I spin up every couple years to run something obscure I can't get to run in WINE.

  • Linux during the mid to late 90s (Windows 95 and 98 era)

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  • Was it mainly a hobbyist thing at the time

    Yes, I'd say so. Lots of tech geeks were playing with it but no Normals. Getting audio running was not always pleasant....

  • Linux in the military

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  • When I was in the army the S1 desk jockeys were using dedicated word processors with 8" floppies. Get off my lawn! :-)

  • Wireguard self hosting - Some tricks I don't see mentioned in too many tutorials

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  • Wireguard self hosting

    I parsed this as Wireguard self-loathing and thought "that's a little harsh". :-)

  • What is/was your distrohopping journey?

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  • warning: some non-linux included below

    • minix
    • slackware
    • early Debian
    • FreeBSD (ftp installs instead of 20 floppies! OMG!)
    • Debian
    • Crunchbang <-- loved that original project
    • Solaris (friend gave me a Sparc 5)
    • DSL, Puppy linux (had a tiny netbook)
    • **Debian on workstations and servers since ~2014 **
    • various debian-based distros on RPI

    I do spin up other distros in a VM from time to time to see what's what. Most recently NixOS since people won't STFU about it. :-)

  • Community Boundaries and the All feed

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  • I’d rather mods who don’t want outside participation to be able to stop their communities from showing in All.

    Agreed. Niche communities can get hammered with downvotes and "I don't want to read this" comments from readers of ALL.

    It's confounding: "show me everything", then "I don't like the content in your niche community". WTF?

  • What're some of the dumbest things you've done to yourself in Linux?

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  • In the past I've aliased rm to a wrapper that showed PWD and the files to be affected, slept a couple seconds in case I wanted to abort, then shredded smaller files, rm'ed big files, or placed in a Trash dir for certain kinds of files (.conf, .cfg, etc).

    I might try to find or rewrite it.