Secure Access and Android Apps
Hi all, I’ve been in love with the idea of self hosting some essential services for my home and over the past year I’ve set up a domain, a thin client as a server and installed some docker containers that caught my eye....
Any desk is a standing desk
What's the best way to restore your desktop environment after install?
I’ve been dual-booting since the early-oughts, but I’m only just now preparing to delete my Windows partition for good....
What is your choice of Download Manager? (If you use one)
I use a download manager because when I’m directly downloading large files Firefox gets mad. I also like the feature of batch downloads. What do you guys use?...
Graphics Card Help
Can anyone help me pick out a budget friendly (sub $200) graphics card?...
Is it rude to borrow an unused power outlet without asking?
Sometimes I’m at the doctor’s office, at the library, or even at the grocery store and see an unused power outlet. My phone is dying. I feel weird plugging in, but I feel even weirder asking for permission.
I feel sorry for women who don't have pockets
I seriously couldn’t live without cargo pants. At any given time, I’ll have at least 4 pockets filled with random stuff. But no pockets? How do you even survive?
Is there anyone who hates the smell of their own farts?
I was wondering if anyone is disgusted by the smell of their own product. And I mean hates it like people hate other people’s farts.
What is your GUI of choice for yt-dlp ?
I was planning on using either the one by kannagi0303 from github or stacher....
Advice for a middle-age, moderately pc knowledgeable person to finally switch to or become proficient with Linux?
This is my third attempt. Partly to rage quit Windows, and partly to gain utility and control with some professional AV software....
Are the Dead Cells DLCs worth looking into at all?
So far I’m liking the base game a lot, but I wasn’t sure if the DLCs add a whole lot more to the game that make it more enjoyable than it is already or if it’s merely extra content for hardcore fans. Any thoughts?
How do I update lemmy-ui to 0.18.2-rc.2
I am pretty new to the whole self-hosted thing and want to ensure I have the latest security fixes even for my tiny instance....
Partner Communities
To partner with our community and be included here, you are free to message the moderators or comment on our pinned post....
open external links in a new tab
I wrote a quick script that opens links to external sites in a new tab. It works everywhere, not just on lemmy.world. You need a browser extension to embed custom javascript to use it....
Plan on getting a Linux laptop: any suggestions?
I’m considering getting a laptop for Linux and want to know a few things before I do. Some important info before I start: I don’t plan on using the laptop for anything too intense, mainly writing, digital art, streaming, browsing, and maybe very mild video editing (cropping at least and shortening at most). I would also...
Got my GDPR data request.. after deleting my account
A few weeks ago I submitted a request to Reddit for a copy of my data. In the meantime I got bored of waiting and deleted my account. I thought I would not receive my data, but yesterday I woke up to an email with a link to a file with all my data in!...
People who work in food service or customer service: What’s the dumbest thing a customer ever insisted was “the law” or “illegal”?
Brought to you by my discovery that some people think that “the customer is always right” isn’t the slogan of a long-dead department store, but rather it’s an actual call the cops law.
You can’t be behind the counter while the register is running on the computer
Not my story, but an adorable ex-coworkers adorable daughters. I witnessed it, though....
Every other species in the world gets to go out in their birthday suit...
… but when humans do it, it’s automatically NSFW....
Question on Proxmox Pools (I'm a bit of a noob)
I’ve added 2 external USBs of 2TB each to my Proxmox server and created a Resource Pool called USB_HDD containing both. I created an Ubuntu VM, but I can’t allocate all 4TB to it in one go - it only allows me to add each one as a separate SCSI device. When I start to install the OS it only allows the install onto one of the...
Is there a way to change an SSD encryption key without deleting data?
Hey! I appreciate any comments, I would like to encrypt my data using SSD native on disk encryption, change the key to a “dummy” key leaving the data hidden at rest, then later swap in the “correct” key and begin using the data again. I have taken a look at sedutil-cli and nvme-cli but I can’t see a way to change the...
I asked Chat GPT to recap Star Trek ENT S3
cross-posted from: startrek.website/post/336433...
Riding the technology wave, which of THESE devices have you owned? (Intended target around age 40 and up)
Years ago I worked at an electronics store and have seen some very interesting products over the years with some being very useful....
Custom UW resolution for regular 16:9 screen?
Hello everyone!...