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What is your linux backup strategy?
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    m4m4m4m4
    6d ago 100%

    Not only because third world issues, but because I like adrenaline, I don't have any backup strategy but an old external HDD where I haven't copied stuff since 2018.

    When I could afford a new PC and tried to rsync my data from my old crappy laptop, much of it was lost.

    That being said, I had a backup strategy back in the day that was burning CDs. I used to have a second HDD (a IDE one) but they were so freaking bad all of them went bad after a year or so, so I have like 3 or 4 of them stored without any chance to recover their data.

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  • What GitHub alternative do you use?
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    m4m4m4m4
    1w ago 100%

    Codeberg. I host my web portfolio live there and even did a small contribution to kbin when it was alive. It's great though now I'd want to look at forgejo.

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  • [2024/8/10] Photon roadmap
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    m4m4m4m4
    1w ago 100%

    It's been great to be honest.

    I just wish there was a couple features for when creating a submission or a comment:

    1. Picture drag and drop - when adding a picture to a submission, you could add it by dragging it and dropping it to the dialog that shows up to pick a picture (also maybe adding a picture by its URL address would be great);
    2. When replying to a comment, you could create quoted text directly by selecting the text from the comment you're replying to, so said selected text will show up as quoted in your text input area when you hit the reply button - Reddit does this and it's a nice feature to have versus copying, pasting and editing it so it turns to a quoted text
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    Alice In Chains m4m4m4m4 1w ago 100%
    We die young
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5i8cYCTVtI

    Alice in Chains "We Die Young" first Music Video. This was shot and edited at the Art Institute of Seattle probably about 1989-90. The 24 track audio was recorded at AIS and then mixed at London Bridge studios. Columbia records requested a copy and it was played on MTV in rotation. I directed and edited the video, and recorded the tracks. The band found their way to AIS via Soozy Bridges.....

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    drums
    Drums m4m4m4m4 1w ago 100%
    hmmm
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    Aw hell! New Dream Theater - Night Terror
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    m4m4m4m4
    1w ago 100%

    I... don't know how to feel about this, if someone said this was a hidden track from "Black clouds and silver linings", I'd 100% believe it

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  • A solution to the GNU/Linux naming problem
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    m4m4m4m4
    2w ago 88%

    FreeBSD would be a Community/BSD OS.

    I don't think *BSD folks would appreciate being involved in this discussion as they're just a different ball.

    On the other hand, you just can do something silly and call everything LiGNUx, but even then people won't be happy.

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  • css
    CSS 2w ago
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    Small CSS rant + Asking for advice
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    m4m4m4m4
    2w ago 85%

    Bootstrap is highly opinionated imho, i.e. it's great if you want to do something that lies within its style or else you'll have a hard time. If that's your case, and of course if this is a possibility, you can consider moving to another framework - say, Tailwind.

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  • Neo-Nazis head to encrypted SimpleX Chat app, bail on Telegram - Ars Technica
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    m4m4m4m4
    2w ago 100%

    Not a seasoned programmer myself but I did one (with Telethon and Python) to remind everyone in my family about incoming medical appointments for my parents, due dates for public services and calculating how much everyone must pay or due dates for going for their medications

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  • TIL the average American is dumber than the average human
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    m4m4m4m4
    2w ago 100%

    I should be another one of those "dumber than the average human" folks (and yesterday Lemmy told me so because they are saying two different apps on my phone are the same app...?) but am pretty sure the thing with Israel went off the Hanlon's razor long ago.

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  • Help Mozilla Test the Thunderbird for Android Beta | Mozilla Thunderbird is an open-source, privacy-focused email app
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    m4m4m4m4
    2w ago 50%

    Been using K-9 for a time and tried Thunderbird - it feels kind of smoother and there are some visual overhauls but ended uninstalling it because it was hard for me to tell which mails were unread (and which ones not) in the main mail list while in dark mode. I guess I'm not the only one who felt that way and surely they will fix it but this also left me the sensation that there's not much sense in switching to Thunderbird if you're using K-9.

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  • Mozilla Thunderbird for Android Is Finally Here
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    m4m4m4m4
    3w ago 100%

    I agree, it's kind of funny in their website claim they don't put "bells and whistles" in their UI yet it looks way cluttered compared to K-9/Thunderbird.

    No doubt it can work better than the aforementioned but it'd be nice if their devs could be a bit humble and recognize its UI could get some love and it would be beneficial for FairEmail.

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  • Possibly thousands of bots subscribed to multiple subreddits
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    m4m4m4m4
    3w ago 100%

    And I want r/forhire. At least something like r/slave labour. As with r/3dprinting, Lemmy alternatives are dead. I was told to look for some alternative at Mastodon but I'm not a microblogging person, feeling much better here.

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  • https://krita.org/en/posts/2024/krita-5-2-5-released/

    > Krita 5.2.5 is here, bringing over 50 bugfixes since 5.2.3 (5.2.4 was a Windows-specific hotfix). Major fixes have been done to audio playback, transform mask calculation and more!

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    https://blogs.kde.org/2024/09/07/kde-goals-a-new-cycle-begins/

    > The KDE community has charted its course for the coming years, focusing on three interconnected paths that converge on a single point: community. These paths aim to improve user experience, support developers, and foster community growth.

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    Just a few moments ago learned about phtn.app, as I was using photon.lemmy.world. I'm trying to use it with KDE's Falkon web browser, my daily web browser in desktop, which is based on chromium (though as far as I know it's not cutting edge chromium). photon.lemmy.world works just fine, but I don't get to pick spanish from the available languages - while in phtn.app is there (I used Firefox's web browser to check it and learn there's quite a few differences between phtn.app and photon.lemmy.world). The thing is that phtn.app stucks on the loading screen (the circle spinner) with Falkon. Not sure if it's Falkon being funky or there's something that could be done on phtn.app. All I can see in the web inspector is the following: ![](https://lemm.ee/api/v3/image_proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Flemmy.world%2Fpictrs%2Fimage%2F640ceaec-5f7a-4a94-a81f-49aa565f91ef.png) Not wanting to pull Firefox/Chrome/whatever and all their dependencies just for this, so I'd like to know if this can be addressed in phtn.app's side.

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    https://www.howtogeek.com/video/why-people-aren-t-buying-sony-xperia-phones/

    Sony Xperia smartphones look so good on paper. So why is it that we don't recommend them? Here's our answer to that and a brief 2023 review of the Sony Xperia 1 IV.

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    carlschwan.eu

    > Calligra is the office and graphics suite developed by KDE and is the successor to KOffice. With some traditional parts like Kexi and Plan having an independent release schedule, this release only contains the four following components: > Calligra Words: Word Processor Calligra Sheets: Spreadsheet Application Calligra Stage: Presentation Application Karbon: Vector Graphics Editor The most significant updates are that Calligra has been fully transitioned to Qt6 and KF6, along with a major overhaul of its user interface.

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    colombia
    Colombia m4m4m4m4 4mo ago 100%
    Q'Hubo ftw
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