NixOS is better because...
I’ve been curious about NixOS for quite some time. Reading about it I couldn’t see how the config sharing capabilities, setup, or rollabck would be better than Arch and sharing the list of installed packages, using downgrade or chroot....
How do you organise your cutlery drawer?
I like having knives, forks, spoons left to right as that is how I say it “grab a knife and fork”....
Why are so many countries in the world “developing” and poor, while essentially only Western countries have a high standard of living?
Rustdesk: a open source remote desktop software
About a year ago I introduced Rustdesk as an experiment. For those who don’t know Rustdesk is a piece of software that allows remote access. You can use the public servers or you can use your own private server....
Weekly low-hanging fruit thread #32
This thread is where all the takes from idiots (looking at you Armchair Warlord) and screenshots of twitter posts/youtube thumbnails go.
Backing-up Single Board Computer
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When will "Star Wars: A New Hope" enter public domain?
Assuming copyright laws don’t change by then, otherwise there is no way to know....
If there was more than one Illinois, would they be called Illinoises or Illinoi?
Off the top of my head, I can’t think of a word in English that ends with “is” while being singular, only plurals and uncountables come to mind, so I can’t really follow the examples of other words. What makes it even weirder, I’m not sure how to pronounce Illinoises… Would it be as written, or as if an Illinois was...
[Question] Unable to access someof my LAN servers from WAN
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How to burn belly fat if I have a cervical spondylosis and scoliosis?
New guide on Ico dropped on Gamefaqs
gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps3/632823-ico/faqs/81063...
Now that it is getting legalized everywhere, Cannabis should fall under the jurisdiction of the ATF rather than the DEA.
And when they perform raids, they should be required to shout “This is a F.A.C.T. jack”! Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
Wayland/X11 problems with 4K HDMI TV
My current setup includes two 1440p monitors and a 4K TV . In the evening I use a script to switch off the monitors and use the TV. Due to the different resolutions, scaling is a problem. Both X11 and Wayland have their own problems....
Are there any screwy Soviet or Eastern European cartoons dubbed in English so a western audience can watch?
EDIT: I’ll accept whatever you have—Scandinavian, asian, western europe, etc, but has to have English subtitles at least so I can follow along!...
Are telescoping allen/hex keys a thing?
I’m not talking about a hex key that extends in length but one where it can collapse in on itself to increase in size....
You know when something's on the tip of your tongue and — as frustrating as it is — you'd prefer to try and think of it rather than look it up? There should be a word for that.
Looking it up just kinda feels like cheating, y’know? Or at least throwing in the towel.
Can Lemmy instances make content of their sub-Lemmys indexable by search engines?
I don’t have my own instance or server, so I don’t know, but it would be interesting to know.
This console generation seems skippable
I’ve never skipped a console gen starting from Super NES, PS1 through 4 plus the Switch Oled 5 years after launch of the OG Switch...
Collabora Code server docker compose?
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entire system backups onto the server - how?
Hey there, I have a (very) small Ubuntu server and I was dabbling on the idea to do system backups (entire system, meaning, if the disk of the said pc fries, I can get another one, put the info from the backup on the new disk, works immediately afterwards). I have a couple of Linux mint machines and a windows one. I searched a...
Lemmy: Filtering words only filters in posts and not comments?
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Mrgamingstreams has closed, Any alternatives?
As the title says mrgamingstreams.com has closed. It has been my go to for a long while now and the stability and quality of the streams were fantastic. What are some alternatives please? Thanks.
Where to start with preparing custom Android ROMs?
I’m planning to move towards using custom ROMs in order to have more control over what is and isn’t installed on my phone....
New Year, New Mod Drama
Sorry to throw this on everyone in the group, but there has been another mod shakeup and it feels fair to address it publicly....