Apalrd’s Adventures did a video on setting up a nginx server to cache Debian/Ubuntu updates. As it happened I had an old, brittle apt-cache server that was taking up a massive amount of space. This guy did all of the heavy lifting and I had his solution running in like 10 minutes. I have a proxmox cluster with about two dozen VMs running Debian and Ubuntu, so this was perfect.
Any of you other Linux weenies out there should give this guy a subscribe. He’s the real deal.
That’s what I did when they banned 3rd party APIs. I remember when Reddit was great, but I have no interest in the sewer it has turned into.
116 million visits per day, minus all the bots and other garbage, is… half that number as real, actual visitors? Less than half?
I won some Tupperware at bingo in the church basement when I was nine years old.
Same for me using Boost on Android. It looks like Reddit only without the bots and AI slop.
Same. I used it for so long on reddit that I jumped as soon as the Lemmy version was available.
I am a network engineer and have used Linux as my primary desktop os since 2000 or so. With the bona fides out of the way, I picked up an Acer Chromebook Plus from Costco for $250 and I think it’s a great deal for the money (it’s currently on sale for $200). It has 8 gb memory, 512 gb storage, 8 cores, etc. Most important, it has a native linux environment that lets me install Linux apps, including GUI apps in case you prefer other browsers like Librewolf over Chrome.
Is it the best laptop on the planet? No. Is it the best laptop you can buy new for $200? Probably.
I used Boost for reddit for years, so I switched Boost for Lemmy as soon as it became available. It’s not free, iirc it was $3 or $4, but it works well and I’ve had zero issues with it.
I have a Yahoo email account from the mid-late 90’s…
We’ve had the youtube premium family bundle for several years, mostly for android auto in our cars. I switched to Firefox around that time as well but found it didn’t work as well for youtube. So I compromised by using Chrome for youtube and Firefox for everything else. I will continue this way for the time being, but honestly getting rid of Chrome completely would not be a big deal at this point.
fuck() {
sudo $(fc -ln -1)
}
This function takes the last command and puts sudo in front of it. Actually used it in a zoom call at work without thinking and it took a second to realize why everyone was laughing. Not my invention–came across it years ago on stackoverflow or someplace and thought it was funny/useful.
kmirl@tux:~$ ls /root
ls: cannot open directory '/root': Permission denied
kmirl@tux:~$ fuck
[sudo] password for kmirl:
bin debs docs Mail
I like Acer 27" 1080p monitors in this price range. I got two for my wife’s work from home setup a couple of years ago, no issues.
I bought an HP m281 mfp printer 3-4 years ago and disabled automatic firmware updates when I was setting it up. Not too long after that I read that a new firmware release prevented 3rd party cartridges from working.
Anyway I bought new ink cartridges a couple of years ago after getting pop-ups saying the ink was getting low. Thing is, I haven’t had to install them yet because despite the warnings the printer has been printing just fine with the original cartridges.
So in addition to blocking 3rd party cartridges HP is also lying about how much ink their cartridges contain.
F.U. HP.
Thoughts and prayers… ;-)
Can confirm. I upgraded from a 6-bay to an 8-bay enclosure and added two more drives without issue.