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@ refreeze @lemmy.world

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  • spend hours ricing my desktop and decided I hated it at the end, and ended up wiping my entire OS

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  • The first time you do a presentation and forget how to add an external display, that was what made me stick with a full DE.

  • What are some bare minimum concepts beginner Linux users should understand?

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  • How to backup their home directory, even if it is a basic method like mounting an external drive and drag and dropping files.

  • Running Windows 10 on a spare drive, only for games. How dangerous is it to not get security updates?

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  • I run MSFS 2024 using proton on Linux, and have had reasonable success running other native windows addons (BeyondATC, opentrack for head tracking with webcam) in the same proton prefix by installing using protontricks then launching them all using the "exe.xml" trick for MSFS (see: https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/start-multiple-programs-on-msfs-startup-with-this-exe-xml-tip/350698). I just do manual keybinds for my hardware inside the sim and it all works well, as a bonus performance seems a bit higher than on Windows.

  • I'm finally going to get to work on downloading all my music and abandoning streaming services. Any tips and/or advice?

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  • Navidrome is great if you are looking for a self-hosted web streaming alternative.

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    People aged 25+ How often do you hang out/see friends?

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  • I don't have any friends.

  • What's an uplifting fact that might counter the doom of our current reality?

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  • And the best part is that this is driven by economics, not even policy at this point. Renewables are cheaper.

  • It's that time again

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  • I have a seemingly yearly tradition where I manage to convince myself to try out KDE then am usually back on GNOME after a week. I genuinely don't get the hate for GNOME. It looks clean, has great defaults (especially the keybinds) and mostly stays out of the way. I don't hate KDE, it's just not for me and that is okay.

  • New home server, NixOS vs Proxmox vs Arch

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  • As someone currently deep into Nix (even contributed to nixpkgs), I'm currently in the process of migrating away and am planning on just running good old Debian stable with docker compose for my home server. I wouldn't waste your time learning Nix, it isn't a transferable skill and totally locks you into the ecosystem.

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  • Arch on the desktop, Debian on the server is the way to go. Both solid, community (non-corporate) distros that fit each use case.

  • Nix or Gentoo

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  • Problems between them and the steering committee, there is a post about it on their discourse

  • Nix or Gentoo

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  • The entire moderator team just resigned

  • Nexus Gamers are going to test gpus on Linux (Bazzite)

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  • Yes, if anything it seems easier to handle on linux. Just bake golden images that already have a static list of required packages.

  • Nexus Gamers are going to test gpus on Linux (Bazzite)

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  • I'm a little surprised that they are planning on testing downstream distros like bazzite. It would make more sense to just stick to the biggest upstream distros like Arch/Debian/Fedora for benchmark purposes in my opinion.

  • Introducing GNOME 49, “Brescia”

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  • Integrated brightness control for multiple monitors is awesome!

  • What is the oldest thing you own that you still use daily?

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  • I came here to say my safety razor from 1932 that I use daily, but you beat me by a couple decades!

  • Do you prefer cut or uncut?

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  • I find my uncut wood a little too big to fit in the fireplace, so I think I will say cut.

  • Name my homelab! What should my hostnames be?

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  • I think there is nothing inherently wrong with using obvious descriptive names like desktop. My personal scheme is to do that and then add a numerical index for categories that have multiple hosts, like switch-0, switch-1. Honestly it makes my life so much easier to not be guessing what things on my network do.

  • What's up, selfhosters? It's selfhosting Sunday!

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  • I'm curious how this goes for you. I run all my machines on NixOS except my k8s cluster which is Talos for now. I have been thinking of switching to Nix for that too.

  • What's up, selfhosters? It's selfhosting Sunday!

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  • I just set up wanderer and workout-tracker. Along with installing gadgetbridge on my phone, I now have a completely self hosted fitness/workout stack with routes, equipment tracking, heatmaps, general health metrics like HRV, heart rate, etc through my Garmin watch, without having Garmin Connect installed. Awesome!