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- Comment on I will keep recommending weird, old, and obscure films 10 hours ago:
I’m that way anytime it’s my turn to pick what anime to watch.
- Comment on The land before time 4 days ago:
That’s rough, at least i had a crappy photocopy to work with haha
- Comment on It's always a conversation starter at the beach 6 days ago:
💀
- Comment on In this thread: GIFs you've been waiting to post but the occasion never arises 6 days ago:
The comments in this post almost killed my phone xD
- Comment on Whoops! 6 days ago:
This is what i missed about old reddit the most.
Love it 😘
- Comment on 1 week ago:
This might be an xy problem.
What are you trying to solve?
If you’re just trying to have access to an community package manager.
One of these might be more useful.
nix.dev/manual/nix/2.34/quick-start
If you specifically must have the AUR. I suppose you could install arch in a container like you suggested.
- Comment on Boomers scolding us about how they were able to buy a house working at a gas station... 1 week ago:
How’s the internet? Asking for a friend
- Comment on I am someone who works out daily and sweats a lot. Just doing laundry doesn't seem to adequately clean the underarms of my shirts. What are some ways to clean these areas of my clothing better? 1 week ago:
I rub a bit of detergent in trouble spots when I take my clothes off. Works really well with blood too.
I also switched to a deodorant that doesn’t leave marks on my clothes.
- Comment on When will the all white home with grey floors trend be over? 1 week ago:
I think the trend has to do with the prospects of conformity compounded by the goal to be appealing to the largest group at time of resell.
- Comment on So guess what boss 3 weeks ago:
Shortly after they fire you and tell you that you shouldn’t have done that. 🙃
- Comment on When your computer says "You don't have permission to edit this file": 3 weeks ago:
I’ve done that, did nt authority not work for you? It did for me on server 2008.
You might need to kill any processes with handles to it using process hacker.
- Comment on Does a warranty on a computer for parts cover upgrades for free or at least a cheaper price? 4 weeks ago:
The standard warranty just covers replacement and service. *check your regional law on warranties and confirm.
If you paid extra for an enhanced warranty service you may have a route through that package. But it very likely won’t be free. But without any additional information you are probably on your own.
- Comment on Can a small android phone work as a router ? 4 weeks ago:
it could, root it and setup iptables, connect it’s USB port to an hub of Ethernet adapters.
It would probably be slow though but sounds like a fun experiment.
- Comment on Is there music I haven't heard because I only speak English? 4 weeks ago:
No need to understand it.
Hanezeve Caradhina - Kevin Penkin
- Comment on Engine auto-off 4 weeks ago:
We got the best carburetors in the galaxy
- Comment on Is there such a thing as a DVD player with a USB input where I can access the USB drive and skip the disk drive to watch movies on USB stick? Any good deals on them if they exist ? 5 weeks ago:
Most of the newer players with USB can. Even some TVs as well.
The trick is you’ll need to convert the videos to a compatible format.
The manual will hopefully specify what format it’s expecting. But the mp4 container with h264 video and mp3 audio will likely work on nearly all of them. A tool like IFME can be used to achieve that. sourceforge.net/projects/ifme/
- Comment on Is this machine good enough to install QEMU considering that it runs on windows 10 ? 1 month ago:
Most people just use the web browser anyways. It’s not hard to learn, it’s like getting a new phone. After a week it starts to feel natural.
- Comment on Is this machine good enough to install QEMU considering that it runs on windows 10 ? 1 month ago:
What are you planning to do with the vm?
If your intention is to run anything significant like multiple instances of windows or Linux then the answer is no. Ideally you’d have at least 8GB of ram if you just want one VM.
You’ll need to confirm if virtualization is enabled in the bios.
I would suggest replacing the os with something lighter like xubuntu. xubuntu.org
- Comment on Is there any free game like net hack ? 1 month ago:
Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead might be similar to what you’re hoping for.
They have both a graphical and text mode available. Plays similarly to dwarf fortresses adventure mode but with a SciFi apocalypse twist. Very customizable well worth a try in my humble opinion.
- Comment on 1 month ago:
Looks like it was possible with android x86 but the project was discontinued.
I just found this it seems interesting.
www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/…/overview.html
The common way to run android apps on Linux is Waydroid. github.com/waydroid/waydroid
- Comment on 1 month ago:
Literally none without jank. Javascript and HTML5 are monsters and it just isn’t possible to get a universally flawless experience without them.
Your best bet is if you’re willing to give up a significant amount of fidelity (and images). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_(web_browser)
- Comment on Any good indie games on steam? Can be any genre. 1 month ago:
Lovely game, plays a bit like Mario 64.
- Comment on As adults, do you still watch kids’ cartoons, either old or new? 1 month ago:
I’ve seen some gravity falls, really liked the characters.
Haven’t watched the other two, how are they?
- Comment on Be the problem money can't fix 1 month ago:
I thought blue was training rounds?
(love it btw)
- Comment on As adults, do you still watch kids’ cartoons, either old or new? 1 month ago:
Excluding anime (which I watch regularly) the newest cartoon I watched was Star vs. the Forces of Evil. I really enjoyed it and would recommend it to anyone looking to get back into cartoons.
But the best cartoon I’ve ever watched was avatar the last airbender. Not many rise to that level of quality so its unfair to set the bar there.
- Comment on We were the best of friends 1 month ago:
I wonder how I would subscribe to that, can’t really put that in my calendar haha
- Comment on When I retire I can I get a decent home for about 200k in canada with about an acre to live on that is out in the boondocks, and grow some weed and vegetables? Other questions inside. 1 month ago:
You’ll likely be limited to Starlink Internet service or xplornet. I hear the performance is fine but high latency and affected by poor weather.
- Comment on When I retire I can I get a decent home for about 200k in canada with about an acre to live on that is out in the boondocks, and grow some weed and vegetables? Other questions inside. 1 month ago:
Only if you’re willing to live north of the 60th parallel.
(Assuming you retire in 30 years, trying to factor in their growing residential crisis)
- Comment on WTF is a meter? 1 month ago:
Measure me please 🥺
- Comment on What is wrong with Pop OS? 1 month ago:
To preface this thought, I believe most distros are fine when matched with the users technical appetite and expectations. I also feel that focusing on the question “which distro?” first is a trap. I would suggest exploring the various window managers first and see what common distros offer it.
For example if you want to use cosmic but would would rather use something popular there is the Fedora COSMIC Spin. Or if you’re just looking for a solid alternative that feels like windows there’s Kubuntu LTS 26.04.
PopOS is essentially maintaining an fork of Ubuntu’s LTS branch with a rolling release kernel and recently bolting on an experimental (not to be read as unstable) window manager.
Personally I feel this makes it a poor choice for users that don’t want frequent updates and/or are uncomfortable with troubleshooting issues.
If you’re leaning on first party support for hardware that ships with popOS that would make it a reasonable candidate.
I don’t see much in the value PopOS provides over Ubuntu flavours like Kubuntu. Or the various spins of Fedora. I would expect the 26.04 release of Ubuntu to cover nearly all first time users and most hardware configurations better than popOS. (With the exception of their own hardware releases.)
Additionally I disagree with the way they maintain their kernel. I would suggest to users that benefit from these frequent updates or value being on the bleeding edge to consider a rolling release such as OpenSUSE TW. (Or Arch if you want to make your computer your hobby and have a strong appetite for technical challenges)
Ultimately it’s fine, I don’t think you’ll be disappointed using popOS if you like their window manager. There are less users using it so problems that arise may take longer to resolve or be detected by the community. Personally if you’re going to be using something based on Ubuntu id suggest just using that or one of their main “flavours”. Especially given your desire for something that just works.
Please forgive any mistakes, I didn’t intend to write this much and it’s late. Hopefully I did alright with exploring the topic without any significant bias or error. I welcome any feedback or corrections.