The Linux experice
About a week ago I setup Ubuntu as my primary OS on an old machine. It is my first time trying a unix based OS (previously windows). It has been ok, but it seems like every time I try to install something I run into problems. The app has the wrong permissions or I don’t have the right packages or I need to change port settings...
If you could pick your time and location of birth, anywhere and anywhen in all of the world and it's history - which place/time would you pick, and why?
My Lemmy feed is purely memes, where can I find text posts and discussions?
I’ve been finding myself going back to Reddit as I don’t really care for 100% memes. I used to go on Reddit to learn things and read interesting content and discussions but I’m not really finding this on Lemmy....
Software for jewellery designing on linux?
cross-posted from: feddit.ch/post/417300...
Is Evil more powerful than Good? Why or why not?
Lets say there are 2 factions at war. One Evil and One Good....
Can someone explain the Fediverse to me In simple terms?
I get the general gist, like email different instances can communicate with each other but beyond that I’m lost....
TIL You can see all of the Lemmy community comments and posts that have been removed at the bottom of the sidebar.
It’s called Modlog in the Monitoring Stats section....
I found this guide for downloading Wii U games, but it relies on a Windows-only tool. Is there a Linux alternative?
So, this is the guide: gist.github.com/…/31766414a981a056d49c1242a019829…...
Recommended FLAC converter?
I have a collection of music in flac format and now I want to store them on my phone. flac files get too much space and downloading all the playlist in mp3 takes as much time as finding decent and real high quality flacs (there is plenty of songs on internet which only look like 320kbps and are not really high quality). So I...
What games have you played with community run multiplayer mods?
For example Project Cartographer describes itself as the following...
What is the worst placement for a tattoo?
Share if you have any specific motives as well!
Photoprism or Immich
I’ve seen a lot of recommends for Immich on here, so I have an idea what the answer here is going to be, but I’m looking for some comparisons between it and Photoprism I’m currently using Synology Photos, and I think my biggest issue is it’s lack of metadata management. I’ve gotten around that with MetaImage and...
Software for writing
For those who do write novels, books etc. What software do you use? What format? FOSS or proprietary?
Advice on how to find older content?
I finally decided that I would get into One Piece. However, nearly all the torrent sites just have literal THOUSANDS of magnets for the latest episode, and a few here and there of various seasons. But I can’t seem to find anything before 2021 except for a rare one off episode....
Free Open-Source AI LLM Guide
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/2219010...
How can I manually get torrents list from a DHT peer?
Most of you are familiar with iknowwhatyoudownload, the site in which by knowing someone’s IP address you can see what were they downloading. Unfortunately it only shows torrents which were added to its database....
Best file sharing/syncing for long distance music recordings
Hi all! My friends and I are hoping to continue writing and recording music though we live very far apart now. We all use MacBooks for recording tracks, and I was curious if anyone has a good way to share/sync our recordings with each other....
What do you not understand about humanity?
AMD+Wayland+dual monitor = Screen flickering
So…I have an…interesting behavior I’ve never had before with an Nvidia or integrated intel chipsets…I have now my AMD card plugged both to a normal HDMI monitor, and then to another HDMI TV. Both work well. However, when I turn the TV off… The monitor will start flickering. About three flickers every minute or so....
How to learn (QC) french good?
My current place is being sold, so my cheap ass rent for an entire house? Gone!...
Is there a discussion platform between Reddit and image boards that uses tags instead of subreddits?
I’m curious if there are any discussion platforms out there that fall between Reddit and image boards in terms of structure and moderation....
Fediverse blogging options
I’m thinking of starting a blog to document a new project, having not blogged at all in probably about ten years at this point....
Is a VPN needed with DNS over HTTPS and Encrypted Client Hello?
I was wondering if a VPN would add any kind of security or privacy if one is connecting to a host with a client/browser that supports DNS over HTTPS and that host supports encrypted client hello. Is there a way for the ISP or anything in between to shape traffic or even know what is being accessed? The only thing that should be...
What distro for a MacBook pro late 2013 15'
I have this laptop getting tired sitting in a drawer and asks me to work 🤪...