Linux Newbie - Curiosity
I have an oldish Dell Latitude 7480 which doesn’t meet the requirements for upgrade to Windows 11 so I thought I’d take the opportunity to install Linux on it as I only really need it for day to day web stuff / studying / media and light gaming....
Instances or networks that focus on forums and conversations instead of link aggregation?
It seems like any platform that features link aggregation is soon overrun by bots and self-promoters trying to drive traffic, and pages and pages of link posts versus pages and pages of people talking....
Silverblue: Run ostree updates at shutdown?
Fellow Fedora Immutable users, have any of you automated your system updates to occur at shutdown? If so, do you find it makes a practical difference?...
Script to extract m3u8 file from URL
Hello! I’d like to write a script to download videos from streamingcommunity.estate from a given video URL, and to do this I need the m3u8 file url. Currently I manually go to the network tab to search for it, but I’d like the script to do this automatically. Do you know of a way to achieve this? Bash or Python if possible,...
Podman Issues
I’m currently trying to run distrobox with podman. I’m getting the following error: Resolved “debian” as an alias (/etc/containers/registries.conf.d/shortnames.conf) Trying to pull docker.io/library/debian:12… Getting image source signatures Copying blob 1b13d4e1a46e done...
eBay restricted my account permanently and won't help me with it
I’m a casual eBay user. On rare occasions, I will sell household items when I no longer use them. Well, I went to sell my Nintendo Switch on eBay and found out my account has been restricted indefinitely selling. When I tried chat with the customer service agent, they provided a name of some entity that I don’t recognize in...
I'm addicted to caring for my Linux distro, polishing things, optimising stuff it's so funny! Got some stories like that?
A 3d printer is basically just a really fancy hot glue gun
Specifically the type of printer that prints using spools of plastic filament, but that seems like the most common type anyway
My boys Thor and Loki
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/9db86159-ecec-481c-903e-36a4b94df9b3.jpeg
Why isn't there a Harry Potter-themed Lemmy instance yet?
It’s one of the first things I would expect from a site like this. I know that J.K. Rowlings views are very controversial to put it mildly, but:...
Enjoying my Sunday morning
I woke up this Sunday and the house was dead silent. I had time to lay in bed until 9:30 AM or so. I went downstairs, ground my coffee beans, made a pour-over for myself with some toast....
Migrating to ZFS
I recently purchased a used PowerEdge R420 rack server with a Compellent SC220 Storage Shelf. I currently have four 3.5" HDDs in the R420 and ten 2.5" HDDs in the SC220. The R420 server previously had TrueNAS installed, so all of the hard drives on both the R420 and the SC220 are formatted with ZFS. I’m now running Ubuntu on...
[solved] Getting "internal error" when trying to create SSL certificate in NGINX
Hello! I just installed jellyfin and wanted to access it with https. So, as I did yesterday for other apps (immich) in nginx proxy host I created a new proxy host, set the domain (jellyfin.mydomain.duckdns.org), set “create new SSL certificate”, “I agree on let’s encrypt stuff” and clicked save. Ports 80 and 443 are...
AGDQ 2024 has concluded, raising over $2.5 million for the Prevent Cancer Foundation!
This year was honestly one of the better years. Lots of great runs all around. You can find the VODs here: www.youtube.com/...
Help encourage more reddit subs to move to Lemmy! Message the moderators of the subs you'd like to see on Lemmy. Here's an example script.
Moving to the fediverse...
Running Firefox & Thunderbird through a webserver?
There is KASM VNC, which easily allows to run whole Desktops or single Applications through your Web browser....
Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of January 21st
Hey y’all, what have you been playing?...
Why doesnt the wooden handle on my pot burn?
I know nothing about anything. But especially woodworking and blacksmithing. Is it to do with the varnish? The wood? Is there a protective layer on top? Is varnish a protective layer and did i just repeat myself? Am I asking too many questions?
Is it only me, or do you find all those "I deleted Windows"-posts annoying too?
TL;DR: I wonder why we always have the same 2 posts as top posts of the day. They appear a bit unnecessary and mildly annoying to me....
I'm trying to think of something more stupid than this but it's not easy...
My girlfriend started taking a Masters in a college this year. In her course the faculty have shown some disorganization and computer illiteracy since day one but the latest one…completely killed me....
A time traveller comes back from 50 years in the future. You have 3 hours with them. What do you do?
Rules:...
Suggestions for NAS (or other hardware) solution to home setup
I’ve been researching NAS and am figuring out how one can play into my current home setup. There’s a lot I don’t know even after researching. Best I explain to clear things up....
FOSS air quality app/widget?
Hi guys!...
IPTV providers with UHD sports channels
Looking for any recommendations for an IPTV provider that does Sky Sports (UK) in UHD/4k. Feel free to dm me directly, thank you!