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Music lover and English teacher with an interest in slightly geeky things

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I would gift Overcooked to my friends (married with 2 kids) because they are a family of foodies.

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Got a few on the go because I recently got a Switch.

Super Mario Bros. Wonder: just about 100%.

Metroid Dread: awesome.

Moonlighter: great for a few minutes here and there.

Axiom Verge: for when I get stuck in Dread.

The to play pile is growing, so I better finish one of those soon. Hades and Iconoclasts will have to wait a bit.

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I didn’t see it so nothing was spoiled. I’m trying not to read the guides but I do want to know when the last PNR is in case I need to explore a little.

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I was worried I would hate them. I find myself looking forward to them. It is always a great feeling to finish one of them off.

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I only just picked one up a week or two ago. I was always a Nintendo person… Then an ex wanted to get an Xbox 360 to play Rock Band or something so I was stuck with that for a bit, then my partner wanted a PS4 to play Crash Bandicoot when it was only on PS4 so I’ve had that for years. I was completely ignorant to the ease of the Switch. Underpowered? Whatever! It is quiet, it is small, and that OLED screen is gorgeous.

The sun is setting for the Switch, but at least I’ll get to experience it before it is fully retired.

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Yes!

Still have it. I asked for a game for my birthday that year. At the last minute I said I wanted ST instead. My mom took back the game she had and swapped it for this. I played it like crazy. Although it wasn’t until last year that I realised how to beat the Borg.

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I was only allowed 1 or 2 new games per year so I played non-stop. I took my Gameboy everywhere. My mother saw something on TV at the time saying that games improved hand-eye coordination so she encouraged me to play like crazy. That might have helped haha.

What is a small .EPUB reader that is easy to install for my small Puppy remaster?

My question is basically the title. I’m making my own Puppy Linux remaster and it already has a .PDF reader for it that is very small. I think it’s called Evince? It has a native GTK UI and starts in a second, uses very little RAM and CPU. Now I need a .EPUB reader. I’ve seen a couple different .EPUB reader apps out there...

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MuPDF mupdf.com It does PDF and Epub and is pretty light.

epy github.com/wustho/epy is a cli Epub reader

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I have no idea how I would be banned, I’m not super active. How can I find out if I’ve been banned?

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Just checked the modlog. I don’t appear to be banned. Funky Federation stuff.

recommendations for lightweight window managers for an old netbook

Hi, I’ve got an old netbook from Samsung that has an old Intel Atom CPU (Intel Atom N455 1.66 GHz). I installed Arch on it and am now thinking of a suitable window manager. I tried Hyprland (kinda expecting it to not work really) whick didn’t start at all. Before I had Debian with Gnome, which technically worked, but...

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Just a window manager? Not a DE?

Under X11 there is Openbox, bspwm, herbstluftwm, dwm, i3, Awesome, Ratpoison, spectrwm, Qtile, …

Under Wayland: Weston, LabWC, Wayfire, Sway, River, Cagebreak, dwl, …

I keep things pretty dull and use Openbox + LXQt. It is a stacking WM that is stable, and LXQt is snappy.

If you are looking for a light DE LXQt is very light, Plasma is lighter than it used to be, but it also has loads of features. Xfce has more options for configuration than LXQt and I think it isn’t quite ready for Wayland.

Maybe Sway would be up your alley?

(Note to self: check arewewaylandyet.com)

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I decided to buy a Switch yesterday. Don’t know why. Something piqued my interest to play Nintendo. I bought it with Super Mario Bros. Wonder. It’s fantastic and light and fun and my kid loves it too. I almost regret not buying it on launch. It is such a pleasure to play a cartridge-based game without load times or hearing a fan whirring.

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You’re right, but it isn’t like some games I’ve tried with my son on PS4 where is has enough time to go to he toilet while the next level loads.

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I might be inclined to drop some cash on this.

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If you go with Alpine, the general setup instructions should be OK and similar to other distros.

Get the image on a USB, boot from USB, run setup-alpine and choose system-disk mode. Possibly encrypted if you think you need that.

After install you’ll be dropped to the terminal again.

There are some post install notes here wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Installation#Post-Insta… but you can run setup-desktop and get it to install a usable Xfce desktop, for example.

The LXQt DE is a good choice for older devices. The wiki has a guide for it but needs a slight update. It should still work but may require switching to edge.

Puppy Linux is a fine choice too if your computer is a little on the old side. Lite, Peppermint, Trisquel, antiX, and a slew of others are worth looking at.

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repology.org/repositories/statistics says that Alpine Edge has a higher percentage of up-to-date packages.

I do agree that a new user should use something like Fedora first. But OP wants Alpine.

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No. The projects are not related.

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I use Tasks.org on Android which does sync with DavX⁵.

There is no “countdown” but it shows due dates in he widget and has notifications.

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wholesome, awesome, fun

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As far as I recall, it never was relevant. It was generally viewed as a rant written by a non-professionnel. Perhaps I am wrong? Sorry if I am wrong?? Don’t start reporting me, please.

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I guess you could give a few a try.

I use Xed and Geany and they seem to work as expected.

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Here is the list with my opinions:

  1. ONLYOFFICE (I might need to give it a try again some day)
  2. OpenOffice (should probably stop including it in repos)
  3. CryptPad (more of a Google Docs alternative)
  4. SoftMaker FreeOffice (never heard of it)
  5. WPS Office (nah, thanks)
  6. Calligra (looks good on KDE)

What do you think about this? (www.youtube.com)

Since i see so much linux talk on lemmy i got curious and watched a video about the common distros. How true is the information in this video? The person hardly describes why debian and arch are just better than every other distro. At least i’m definitely now curious about Mint or something for gaming.

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https://beehaw.org/pictrs/image/d5b2e59d-8e47-45be-b2c7-8d633f5ca6c2.webp

Don’t like that he called some distros pointless. I would have found a better word. Lots on there that I have never used, obviously, because I am not a sadist. I couldn’t tell you what would be good for gaming or not, but flatpaks have made some things easier (or so I’ve heard, don’t quote me on that). And Fedora is a “Devil?”

Anyway. While I don’t watch this channel ever, I am aware of it as a reputable channel for things like this, so it might be trustworthy.

Why are Debian and Arch at the top? Debian is one of the grandaddies. Many distros are built on Debian—MX, Mint, Ubunu, Pop, Zorin, Neon, etc.—and there are many packages in the repos, which are divided into stable, and testing, and unstable sections. So, a Debian base can be stable or extremely up to date. The Debian community and maintainers are another reason the distro is so well-liked. Arch also has a large selection of packages, an excellent wiki, and the AUR to have access to anything missing from regular repos. Manjaro and dozens of others are based on Arch as well, meaning the community is rather large.

No need to follow rules and conventions though. There are many people, myself included, that use Alpine for their desktop because the packages are very up to date.

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How much had the amount of options for packages an effect on you, or anyone, while choosing your distro?

The number of packages was not something I looked at. I checked the availability of the packages I wanted, and whether or not they we’re up to date.

When I switched to the current distribution I’m using, I did not plan on using it for more than a few days. I just wanted a quick and easy way to try out an up-to-date version of a DE on a low-powered device and have the newest version of the browser I use. It worked so I put it on my main laptop and it still works

If I were going for numbers, Nix has the most I think. The AUR is up there as well. Debian is in 3rd place. But, like I said, I didn’t really think about that.

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This works for so many sites. Sometimes it is worth checking the formats the ste streams, because many of us don’t really need that 4K clip of a video with lossless 7.1 surround sound audio.

It also works for podcasts.

Of you are on a site that has a stream that cannot be grabbed by yt-dlp you can look for other, sometimes sketchy, tools that can get the job done.

If you like to pull your hair out a bit, you can inspect the page (not look at the source, but use the web inspector) and find a link to the streams. Occasionally you may need to download the audio and the video separately and put them together after downloading.

I need to do this regularly for colleagues.

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What is also sad here is that this is not news. I remember reading a story about this at least 3 years ago. All those cool tech websites are just handng money over, sometimes knowingly.

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There are no perfect desktop email clients, but Thunderbird is pretty great.

It’s a little too powerful for my needs, so I stick to Claws.

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Using the Outlook client with a none-Outlook email shares the data with Microsoft. So, a bit surprising.

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Why can’t you sign up?

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I guess it depends on what comes with the distro. If you start off with a basic Linux install and add a DE that is low on system resources, like LXQt, you can breathe life into a machine.

Bodhi, antiX and Linux Lite come to mind.

You can also start with a minimal base, Arch, Debian, Alpine, anything, and then add packages.

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Logically, there is but one choice

https://beehaw.org/pictrs/image/61e24a36-015a-4248-868c-a09fa2323a44.webp

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I’m a Boimler though

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I think the best you can have is the hover/click effect

docs.xfce.org/panel-plugins/…/start

https://docs.xfce.org/_media/panel-plugins/xfce4-docklike-plugin/xfce4-docklike-plugin-previews.png

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This happened to me on a Nokia device as well. It went on for months. You might have to get on the Nokia Discord for more info, but it might be related to geography.

When it happened to me, the update downloaded and there was an error installing until the rollout date for my country. Then, it worked.

If I were you, I would try and confirm with other users of the same device in the same country as you if the update is installing.

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You might be able to find an HDMI audio splitter/extractor thing for cheaper than a Pi. If you get a Pi you would want to buy a HAT for the audio out so the sound isn’t degraded (since you have decent speakers).

Then the rest depends on the speakers or your amp. Let your wallet decide, though.

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Alpine.

But go nuts. Try different distros. Even ones you think you might dislike.

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Do smartphone benchmarks matter?

Maybe? I look at them from time to time. For most people it is just a number and it is nice for an average user to confirm that the new phone is a little better than the previous.

I recently beta-tested a device (been using it since May). And I ran some benchmarks on it. I noticed that someone else was also benchmarking the device before and after pushing updates. So, I feel that there are companies out there trying to perform well on the benchmarks.

Are they still a useful reference and do you consider them when shopping for an upgrade?

I’m mostly concerned about the following, in no particular order:

  • age of the SoC
  • screen refresh rate
  • availability of replacement parts and repairability
  • durability
  • the company selling the device (CSR, ESG, reputation)
  • whether or not the device is an rebranded rectangle from an OED
  • bloatware

Bloatware removes many brands from my list of potential devices. Yes, I could use adb to remove them, or maybe even root my phone, but I shouldn’t have to buy a device with Facebook baked in.

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I ignored Geany for years.

Sometimes it came preinstalled, so I knew about it. I didn’t program, why would I need more than, say, whatever the basic text editor was?

Then I found myself in the position of only having one working computer (other than my company-provided laptop): a raspberry pi 400. The Raspberry Pi Desktop (Debian) comes with Geany preinstalled and I just started using it one day. I got it. It is light, it has some extra options, plugins, themes… Looking forward to updating later to see if there are any big changes.

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Cool. I also iluse Alpine as my desktop.

Question though. When I use Xfce, I don’t have a network monitor in my systray. What did you install to make this work? Or did you jus use the setup-desktop script?

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Oh, I should know this haha, I made the last edit on that page…

https://beehaw.org/pictrs/image/060ca19d-738b-4b59-bc61-942e6e252c97.webp

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I agree with that. I didn’t plan on listening to this at all, but I needed some background noise while cooking.

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Good for them. The Murena One was just a rebranded OED. This one is interesting, because of the switches, but the processor isn’t exactly brand spanking new.

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