Can someone give me a semi-layperson explanation of emission spectra?
There’s supposedly a variety of different spectroscopy methods but what drives the choice of one method over another? If elements drive the colors, how do you parse out individual elements from a compound?...
Linux support for wifi in LiveUSB trials with onboard wifi chip and/or additional USB wifi dongle
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Customising keyboard layouts Fedora KDE Wayland
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[QUESTION] What's the most interesting thing you've eaten?
When I travel, I try to taste the local cuisine and love to try things that I’ve never had before. Recently I tried haggis, which was outstanding. I’ve also had hakarl (fermented shark - not really my cup of tea, but glad I tried it) and balut (surprisingly tasty)....
OpenSuse Tumbleweed Gaming Advice (or in general)
Hey guys,...
Where can I learn more about Native Americans before during and “after” colonization?
All my life, from when I was a little Republican shitstain to now, I always had a soft spot for the Native Americans. No rationale or so-called “nuance” ever made what the settlers did okay. In school we didn’t learn much about the Native Americans. We learned a tiny bit about their infrastructure and where they would...
NordVPN Wireguard Gluetune
Hey, so I had a gluetun container running with docker and a NordVPN Wireguard setup. It was working for months and all of a sudden I want to say in October, it just stopped working and I have no way to get my Wireguard info from Nord....
Experienced meditators probably have less earworms (explanation in the body of the post).
Thinking a thought is like watering a plant in a garden. Your attention is the sprinkler. The more you water a plant (up to a point, of course), the more the plant grows....
Wait, the ZimaCube has a private GPT implementation?
Hi everyone, was just going over the ZimaCube page on ZimaBoard’s website: www.zimaboard.com/zimacube/...
qBit using .62Gigs of memory per torrent. Is this normal?
Running Docker-ized qBittorrent v4.6.0. 64-bit on Ubuntu 23.10. Seeding 29 torrents, Leeching 0 torrents....
PSA: GNOME Shell replace from another TTY
If your GNOME Shell went FUBAR and you can’t reach a terminal from it to issue gnome-shell --replace(apparently this is broken since 3.30), and Alt+F2 doesn’t work, you can use the following in another TTY or via SSH:...
Linux Hardening - what are you must-haves?
I’m working on a guide focused on securing Linux servers and I’d like to ask you what your essential hardening techniques and tips are? Your feedback would be greatly appreciated
Should I get a Everdrive-GB X3 or X5 for my Gameboy
Im looking for a flashcard for my '89 Gameboy and stumbled upon the Everdrive-GB cartridges. The x3 is about 20 bucks cheaper than the x5. What am I missing out on if I get the cheaper one? Only thing I wanna do is to play a few homebrew gameboy games.
Need some advice to increase my storage capacity
I have an old computer that I use for storing and streaming my media. It has an attached external drive. I would like to increase my storage and build something that could be extensible to at least 100TB. I am not worried about backup....
Retro game signs and more
I found some gaming and retro wall decor etc at Hobby Lobby. They have them 50% off...
Setup guide Proxmox, Opnsense, HA, OpenWRT
So I bought a fanless firewall appliance with 4x2.5Gbps ports and I would like to setup Proxmox on two identical SSD drives. I also want to configure a bridge on my ISP router and then configure the router as a firewall on top of Proxmox. My plan is to install HA on top of Proxmox too....
Cheap Tea Recommendations, Please!
I’m sorry to report the continued decline of Aldi’s “Scottish Blend” tea. It is now beyond terrible. Awful. The worst. The worse of the worst. Even worse than that....
100°C CPU when recording gameplay
Lately I was trying to record some gameplay from my laptop using MSI afterburner. The game was old and was easily hitting 100+ FPS, so I recorded with x264vfw with fast settings at 90FPS....
SOLVED Beta closed source drivers: Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module
Is anyone able to point me in the right direction to solve this issue please?...
Windows deployment
I’m new to Windows deployments, and I need some help. I’ve gotten as far as setting up a new system from a Windows 11 image downloaded from MS, configuring it/installing software, and then running sysprep. I made a WinPE boot thumbdrive, but I’m stuck at capturing the Windows image part. Part of my problem is that I’m...
Authentik as a reverse proxy for VS-Code server? How
I’m currently beating my head up against Authentik. What I’m trying to do is to use Authentik to secure an unsecured service, like VS-Code server. Supposedly I can do this by pointing the domain to the Authentik server and then Authentik’s proxy points to the Code Server, but everything that I try either redirects back to...
I know I know, another "help me choose a distro" thread
I’m wondering if a distro like the one I’m looking for even exists:...
How Do You Customize Kodi Xenon (Diggz) Build?
I just got Kodi up and running on a Firestick. I installed the Xenon Build for add-ons. Does anyone have a link to a guide on everything that you can customize and a general use guide?...
How to set up a self-hosted cloud with Raspberry Pi
I want to build my own cloud with Raspberry Pi, but I don’t know which hardware to buy....