speaking of alternatives, what brand do people hate that actually has a decent alternative?
I know people prefer to complain instead of act, but what is something people don’t like but has an alternative?
Linux and AirPod Pros
I am one of those poor bastards that had a hell of a time getting my Airpods working with Linux. Searches led me to going to /etc/bluetooth/main.conf and changing ControllerMode to “bredr”. This got the AirPods working, but then my bt keyboard and mouse wouldn’t connect....
I never got over the loss of Mobdro. Is there an alternative way to stream pirated live US Television on an Android TV?
Hey guys,...
Help request: labeling BTRFS encrypted partitions
I’ve installed Fedora 38 with an encrypted system partition since I’ll be traveling with my device. OS is running fine but now I’d like to have a more human readable label in dolphin for that partition. All renaming attempts in the terminal with “e2label” and “btrfs filesystem label” failed. The KDE partition...
Help understanding Reverse Proxies
I have a noob question but seem overwhelmed with all the information I get about it. Basically, why do I need a reverse proxy if all my services are not public? Every guide or video for self hosting there’s always talk of a reverse proxy, have been doing it wrong?...
Neurofeedback and learning is just AI fine-tuning for the brain instead
Makes sense, both are neural networks after all…
function {}
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/3ae95d5a-ed51-4562-be6a-e48663e2f34a.png
Which VPS service do you recommend?
I am thinking of buying a VPS because I want to host some projects on it. I need it to be able to run Linux and must have a great amount of bandwidth (around ~150GB monthly). At least 2GB ram and 50GB Storage. What is your personal recommendation? And it would also be nice if it isn’t expensive....
Great Cyberpunk Games
What is everyone's recommendations for great Cyberpunk games?...
What is a good general purpose laptop on the market right now?
Hey lemmings!...
Lemmy is so good right now because there are no kids here
Tips on staying awake for longer periods of time&proper rest?
*Disclamer: I haven’t slept in over a day and idk if what I write makes any sense, I will adjust it after I wake up.*Sometimes I do dumb stuff and end up not sleeping, other times there simply isn’t time to sleep/rest as needed(assignments and lack of planning ahead). Any advice on how to stay awake for longer periods of...
Spent all night installing Photoshop, lightroom, illustrator, blender and finding a replacement for after effects and premiere pro. See you never windows!
What's a good replacement for Imgur to link pictures/albums to Lemmy?
I used Imgur a lot to post pictures to reddit and since I replaced reddit with lemmy already I thought it would be nice to replace Imgur as well....
What's achievement in videogames are you most proud of?
Maybe it’s that first PUBG victory, or becoming a Grand Champion on Rocket League. Maybe it’s the time you got passed that awfully difficult level, or the time you actually got around to finishing your backlog....
Thursday Complaints
Something not going right this week? Air conditioning too cold or non-existant?...
Best way to have file sync on a local network?
So I have a NUC with Proxmox as the primary OS and OPNsense in a VM for my home network. I’ve been trying to move away from Google services but would still like to use them as a back up solution. Would it make sense to use Nextcloud in a VM as a replacement and use Rclone to encrypt and backup my files to Google Drive? Or...
Use deluge scheduler to seed when you're asleep and you don't need bandwidth!
Deluge has this nice plugin called scheduler that let’s you program at which time the torrents should download/seed, if you have a small homeserver on something such as a raspberry pi you can just schedule deluge to work when you’re asleep, this way you can seed/download while not impacting your bandwidth when you need it,...
Best way to have a 0 seeder torrent to be active again?
I know it’s a dumb question but what are the chance for a 0 seeder torrent to suddenly be active again? Do I just need to wait it out?
Can you link eMule with Radarr or Sonarr ?
Is it possible to add eMule as a source for Radarr or Sonarr? I’ve noticed that eMule is often used for older content.
Is Systemd that bad afterall?
SystemD is blamed for long boot times and being heavy and bloated on resources. I tried OpenRC and Runit on real hardware (Ryzen 5000-series laptop) for week each and saw only 1 second faster boot time....
What's your lemmy app of choice?
I’m currently using Jerboa but curious to know whether any of the ones popping up are a better experience!
Getting started!
I have grown up around Linux and have had people like my dad use it near me my whole life. I even booted a fedora version once on a very old machine when I was younger as a way for my dad to teach me about Linux. Sadly I never really caught on at the time....
Ongoing Steam Cloud Sync issues
I’ve been having ongoing issues with multiple games failing to sync my cloud save status ever since the Steam Deck was first released. I am currently attempting to get Steam to download my RetroArch sync’d saves and have had to force it to start redownloading at least a dozen times to even get that far....