I’ve used Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, and Manjaro. All viable options. I’m currently using Mint on my daily driver, Ubuntu on my HTPCs, and Debian on my servers.

I liked the rolling release aspect of Manjaro, but I missed having a system that works with DEB files. I’m not a fan of flatpak/snap/appimage due to the size (I’ve often had to use slower internet connections). I settled on Mint for my daily driver because it has great and easy compatibility for my hardware (specifically an Nvidia GPU). It worked okay on Manjaro as well, but I’ve found it easier to select and switch between GPU drivers on Mint. And Cinnamon is my favorite DE, and that’s sort of “native” to Mint.

I’m using vanilla Ubuntu on my HTPCs because I have Proton VPN on them, and it’s the only setup I’ve found that doesn’t have issues with the stupid keyring thing. And Proton VPN’s app only really natively supports Ubuntu. The computers only ever use a web browser, so the distro otherwise doesn’t matter that much.

I’m using Debian on my servers because it’s the distro I’m most familiar with, especially without a GUI. Plus it’ll run until the hardware fails, maybe a little longer.

Does it count as Bluetooth if it extends that far? I haven’t looked into the SoC, but that seems misleading at the very least.

This isn’t a meme, it’s a call to action

If you’re looking to see how strong a password really is, check it here.

Yeah, I tried it when I was hosting from home with a dynamic IP. Block lists were a nightmare. I still do plenty of www self hosting, but I find paying for email hosting to be worth it.

Still a great challenge for anyone interested in sys admin stuff, even if just to appreciate a well-run service.

It’s worth noting that hosting your own email server is more difficult than it might seem. The server aspects aren’t too difficult, but due to the proliferation of spam, there are a ton of other things you need to set up in order for your emails to not be constantly filtered or rejected by other mail servers. If you’re curious, feel free to mess around, but I wouldn’t switch to using it for critical stuff until you’ve tested it very thoroughly.

It’d have to be $1 million plus arrangements to move to the EU. If it weren’t for family here, I’d probably take that.

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Considering that a large number of adult films feature someone figuring out a non-monetary way to pay for a sausage pizza, it doesn’t seem so far out there.

Without reading, I’m gonna guess… because people use cameras to take pictures of documents now (and they didn’t before).

This will surely solve the fentanyl crysis!

/s

Uhh, it’s because you can “see”/“C” light. Shorthand, duhh.

I generally blame the instructors when that happens. I’ve taken classes on the most menial subjects that were great because the instructor was great. Almost anything can be enjoyable to learn if you have the right teacher.

My weekend plans are canceled :(

Relevant self-promotion: I created a custom launcher, Mere Launcher, in part to help someone with tremors. This launcher uses no swipe gestures on the home page and the favorites are fairly large by default. Hope it’s useful!

Someone who asks for help with their laptop, then opens it to reveal what appears to be several years worth of snacks smashed into the keyboard and on the screen. No, Doug, I don’t want to drive.

To be fair, I’ll use the more convenient shortcuts (cut/copy/paste, select all, save) that are genuinely easier to do with one hand. But Alt+F4? It either requires two hands or else your hand needs to qualify for Cirque de Soleil to hit it properly. Some of the “standard” keybinds are often more trouble than moving the pointer.

Green tomatoes fried in bacon fat? Sounds pretty good to me.

It’s still the result of robbing the working class, and concentrated wealth like that is bad for everyone (even the billionaires).

Okay, more suggestions:

• for the clusters, Gus and Buster
• for ingress, Ingrid and Igor
• for the nas, Cass
• for your Mac mini, Bach
• for your development server, Jessop (short for Jessop the Desktop)