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Simple FOSS GUI for Python

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Is there a way to read all of Trump's Truth Social posts without actually visiting the site?

That is, is there an archive or a mirror somewhere? I don’t want to give him the traffic.

I have an ancient laptop, need recommendations on which distro to install

I have a very, very old laptop with me. I don’t know the exact specs, but it has a single core celeron processor and 4GB of RAM. It’s an old little thing, maybe 15 years old....

[Solved] Best way to do an NTFS -> ext4 conversion?

Solved: decided to avoid the funkyness this would invoke and just bought another drive. all good now👍...

Suggestions for Linux Distribution

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/16072674...

Monitoring software for a wide array of hw and sw

I’m looking into setting up some monitoring combined with simple automation for my selfhosting. Currently I was thinking about using Zabbix....

[Physics] Does gravity have 'elasticity'? If a solid sun-sized object zooms across space at the speed of light, then abruptly stops, does it take gravity some time to 'settle' around it?

Is it a stable/static effect no matter what, or is it a bit more stretchy/bouncy depending on how the object is behaving?...

Looking for a self hosted alternative to Flickr

Hey everyone, I’m hoping to find a self hosted and hopefully FOSS alternative to flickr for photo organization and viewing...

Looking for emotional support: I lost all my WhatsApp chats

I was so confident that WhatsApp was backing itself up to Google ever since I got my new pixel but I just wasn’t. Then yesterday I factory reset my phone to fix something else and I lost it all. Years worth of chats from so many times in my past just aren’t there, all my texts with my mom and my family, group chats with old...

Where do I find game demakes?

Unsure if this is the right community but here goes,...

I would maybe like a smart watch, can you help me decide?

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With so many conspiracy theories, why isn't there one where Jeffrey Epstein lives?

I understand why there are the ones where he didn’t kill himself, but the cameras were destroyed, how come no one thought to think he just walked out? This has been bugging me since it happened....

[Resolved] After updating through both APT and the Software Store, I can't play mp4 videos with VLC anymore. The screen goes blank for a second or two then the audio starts playing without the video..

I’m using Debian 12, Ryzen 7 5700X processor, and Radeon HD 5450 graphics card. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling VLC but it didn’t resolve the issue. Here’s an excerpt from the VLC’s log file:...

Once-in-a-lifetime meteor photo, captured by accident by Prasenjeet Yadav

Article on how the picture was made: petapixel.com/…/this-once-in-a-lifetime-meteor-ph…...

Dpad vs analog stick

Which do you prefer? Why?...

Controversy and Censorship

Now this one might be a little heated, but an example of this happening is the game Stellar Blade, whilst it is still a good game, there was also a sex appeal to it which they cut out the jiggle physics and sultryness out of the game before release....

How well can an employer be certain of a remote employee's geographical location?

FWIW, this isn’t to do with me personally at all, I’m not looking to do anything dodgy here, but this came up as a theoretical question about remote work and geographical security, and I realised I didn’t know enough about this (as an infosec noob)...

Finally, fans are getting what they've been demanding for years, a crossover event between the Kelvinverse and... World of Tanks

Any way to autologin with LUKS encrypted boot drive?

Hello everyone!...

If I sign up on a hot air balloon ride and there is bad weather can I get my money back?

Each of the companies that we have talked to for Hot air balloon rides have said you pay for it in advance, then if there is bad weather, you don’t get your money back. You just have to reschedule for another day. We have a friend who had to make many many many trips an hour and a half each way and each time on the way there,...

What's your favorite snack?

Mine is crunchy dark chocolate muesli with milk and a bit of sugar.

[Noob] Is it worth getting a LTS kernel?

I’ve heard LTS kernels offer more stability, but lack the latest features. How likely is my system to break with the standard kernel?

cryptsetup hanging?

Anyone ever have cryptsetup just start hanging after entering password on boot? This seems like it’s going to be a fun issue to try to resolve…

[Question] If I selfhost a privacy frontend on cloud, wouldn't the original service get my server IP and track back to me?

Does cloud providers share the IP addresses and the alloted users to these big corps and defect the whole purpose of a privacy frontend? Are there any service (FOSS) that could randomise my servers IP?...