Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of April 21st
Another thread! Whatcha all been playing?...
Annotations for *Star Trek: Discovery* 5x10: “Life, Itself” (SPOILERS)
The title was first used in the context of the Progenitors in TNG: “The Chase” when Picard remarked, “[The puzzle] is 4 billion years old. A computer program from a highly advanced civilisation, and it’s hidden in the very fabric of life itself.“ In DIS: “Red Directive” the phrase was used in conjunction with...
Need help setting up VPN + WireGuard on qbittorrent
I need help setting proton VPN on the WireGuard client, which will then be used on qTorrent on my media server. However, I’m not sure how the process works. I’m using an unraid server. Any help would be appreciated.
Old reddit has removed the login fields
It now redirects you to the new site login page. There’s no way to sign up with out an email anymore(?) It was only possible on the old site.
Simple FOSS GUI for Python
Hello all!...
questions about debian xfce
long time xubuntu user, now on 24.04....
I wrote a book on Linux command line tools and Shell Scripting (beginner to intermediate level)
Hello!...
What you wish had an active community here on the lemmyverse?
Your favorite movie, series, or anything else really that you can’t find a community here (or maybe it just doesn’t exist)
Drinking black tea/cofee in the dark ornwith infrared -> darkRed light?
Super calming and warm...
Sites for scene applications from the early 2000s?
Hi, I’m looking for good sites for scene PC applications from the 2000s.
Pan frying a steak butter vs oil
I want to put the steak onto a hot pan to get that sear on the outside and uh lock in the flavor or something. But butter burns at high heats and oil doesn’t add flavor like butter....
New to Linux and can't install Librewolf
Hello all I just started running Linux Mint and I’m trying to install LibreWolf. I ran the commands I was told on the website but it fails every time am I doing something wrong? And how do I fix it thanks!
Using a notification badge to make me look at an ad should be a felony
If we get two sets of chromosomes, how does our body decide which genes to use?
So, say I get a set of chromosomes from my Mum which contains the X chromosome and the same from my Dad, but with the Y chromosome. I now have two sets of the same 22 chromosomes, plus an X and a Y....
When did you get hit by "the tetris effect" AKA playing a video game so much that you get the urge to do moves/actions from the video game in real life?
When I got hooked on Morrowind in middle school it occurred to me to quicksave before a test at school....
Best markdown editor or lightweight word processor on F-Droid?
I have an old Fire tablet that I've put LineageOS on. It's long in the tooth, but even with its crappy Amazon kernel it runs fairly nicely if I don't stress it. I'd like to have it as a no-distractions writing device with one of my mech keyboards paired to it....
What are your opinions on EPSiLON vs FraMeSToR
These groups do most mainstream shows with similar settings so when should you choose one over the other?
You kinda have to believe in real magic to study science in-depth
I think this is the biggest problem I see in people trying to understand deeper fields of study, a concept is just too large or out of our perceived reality to even make sense without years of knowledge. I think people fall into the “woo woo” just because it’s easier to not really know versus becoming a doctorate in a...
Using iPhone15 in Australia (Verizon)
Hello, I’ve never traveled internationally post smart phone world but I have Verizon and I added the month international plan so I can use my phone over in Australia....
My homelab upgrade experience
This is sort of a follow-up to my previous post, asking about migrating ZFS pools to a new machine. Migration went smoothly and the new machine is quite the nice upgrade, if I may say so myself I went from:...
Is there a website that collects Donald Trump's most incoherent speeches and tweets?
Sorry if this is the wrong community for this. I’m looking for a compilation of Trump’s most rambling moments (e.g., “Look, having nuclear”; Gettysburg being beautiful; etc.). Does anyone know of any sites that would have something like this? Thank you!
Are we going to see arch based immutable distros in the near future?
Hi there folks, I’m still learning about Linux and have yet to dip my toes properly in any arch based distro. Have for the moment fallen in love with the immutable distros based on Universal Blue project. However I do want to learn about what arch has to offer to and plan on installing default arch when I have time. But have...
What are the specifications for a multiple displayport monitor setup?
I have a desktop computer with displayport. I heard it was possible to connect 2 or even 3 monitors to it....
Folders and files sorted skipping preceding underscores?
I’m in the process of switching my machines to Linux Mint from Windows and on my network drive I have a bunch of folders that are sorted with the help of preceding underscores (like this “__folder1” “___folder2”)) so that folders appear in a specific order....