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boredsquirrel @ boredsquirrel @slrpnk.net
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Looks like we are using Linux in university

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  • Nice! I had one class where we had modelling and the teacher literally used some form of openSUSE Leap with XFCE (looked horrendous).

    And they had a Virtualbox machine image, as that was most common to install, and everyone had Windows.

    She used zsh and had a really strange program that was all over the place, I was not able to get it running on Fedora Kinoite, and still have no idea why.

    That was crazy.

    In the other classes, Windows everywhere and quite some windows only software. While we actually had Nextcloud and OnlyOffice but nobody uses it!

    • Looks like we are using Linux in university

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  • Like, the dead CentOS?

    • Looks like we are using Linux in university

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  • Especially as a VM cannot do a ton of things like aircrack, which requires full hardware access and a kernel module

    • YSK: You don't own your Kindle e-books.

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  • You can get Audiobooks from Spotify using the app Soundbound. You need to insert a list of plugins, then it works.

    Apart from that, youtube? Or sailing the high seas?

    • I made a script that configures Ubuntu (mainly its GNOME) the way I like it. I also made it work in Debian and Fedora.

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  • I am not sure what distros those PPAs are for, may really just be for old versions.

    • FDroid vs FDroid Basic

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  • Your comment is not really on topic. Could you put all your screenshots in a spoiler so that they dont take up all that space?

     
        
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    Btw are you using InviziblePro and the GMail app? Haha that is a bit hypocritical, GMail works with K9Mail.

    • FDroid vs FDroid Basic

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    • FDroid vs FDroid Basic

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  • Sorry must have been another one because the one with the 4 screenshots confused me XD

    • Average IQ by State

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  • No but still, there are many states in this world ;)

    • Average IQ by State

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  • Love when the world is just the US again ;)

    • No permissions - Did I bonk my LUKS encryption?

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  • Use udisksctl mount and not the old mount command. This should work. No need to change ownership.

    • No permissions - Did I bonk my LUKS encryption?

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  • Those are placeholders. Your user has a name and is in a group. No idea what that group is called like. For root it is root:root

    • No permissions - Did I bonk my LUKS encryption?

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  • I would advise against that. Udisks2 should mount writable always.

    • Best App Launcher on Linux

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  • Arch is just a distro. What DE or Window manager are you on, Wayland or still XOrg?

    rofi and wofi are a good example how this question makes no sense.

    • I made a script that configures Ubuntu (mainly its GNOME) the way I like it. I also made it work in Debian and Fedora.

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  • On Ubuntu, do you also remove the Snap store and install gnome-software?

    Do you add the PPAs for updated flatpak version and dependencies like bubblewrap?

    • FDroid vs FDroid Basic

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    • FDroid vs FDroid Basic

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  • Read about how Android SDK versions work. There is a minimum SDK and a target SDK.

    The SDK is a set of libraries shipped with the OS, so if people use outdated Android versions (which especially since Android 11 seems to be horrifyingly common), apps with a higer minSDK than what is shipped will not run.

    F-Droid targets outdated Android versions, for sustainability and stuff.

    F-Droid Basic targets the latest SDK and runs very fine. I use it for browsing apps and adding repos. For installing I use Obtainium, as otherwise I would rely on IzzyOnDroid a ton, which makes no sense.

    Obtainium has more attack surface though, and no support for Mirrors. You will need a Github Account and API key if you have many Apps. You can use it to download F-Droid apps too though.

    • Why is changing the keyboard layout so complicated in Windows compared to GNU + Linux and other normal OSes?

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  • Because Linux is just a kernel.

    It is pretty easy on KDE.

    • TIL Marco Rubio's (R) maternal grandfather immigrated to the US without a visa, and a judge ordered that he be deported, but the order was later changed to allow him to stay.

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  • I always find it really odd when people flee "communist" states. They certainly weren't communist then, and I would appreciate if they wouldnt be called that way...

    • Arch Linux and Valve Collaboration

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  • Yes I know, and no they use GNOME with a few extensions, they have abandoned Unity since quite a while, I would wonder if there still was a supported LTS with Unity.