Apalacrypto

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I’m not sure on this one, but it may depend on the printer. Printing on Linux for me has been the easiest process ever. Windows fights me at every corner, but Linux sees my network printers and they just work out of the box. (I’ve only used Brother printers for the last 20 years)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Another upvote for Fedora. I tried SO many flavors over the years and every single one of them, while cool and neat up front eventually developed “something” that was too problematic.

So I asked for a recommendation with a very specific set of things that I needed from a distribution. Everybody told me to just stop messing around with different flavors and just go with plain old vanilla Fedora.

It has been rock solid and perfect in every way, and I no longer have that need to distrohop because I’m missing something.

 

I've been seeing a lot of information lately about mozilla, and a lot of questionable claims being made about their "direction." The bulk of their revenue comes from google, and I have been working very hard to de-google everything I can. I have moved away from drive, gmail, search, etc.

I am using Fedora on all my computers, and am logged into firefox on each of them so I have complete sync with all my devices. Are the posts I am seeing blown out of proportion, or should I be looking for another browser?

Thanks in advance!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Awesome, will try, thank you!

 

I am using (and loving) Fedora 40 as my daily driver. Currently using GNOME however, I do prefer the customization and aesthetics of KDE better.

I primarily use my computer for gaming, and my wife sometimes likes to watch the games I play. (Baldurs Gate 3 for example. She loved watching the story, but wasn't interested in playing) Anyways, I play on a 32" 1440p monitor at 165hz via DisplayPort. We also have a projector which supports either 1080p or 4k, but not 1440p, and is also limited to 60hz via HDMI. In the past, when I was using KDE (Also on a different distro, GarudaKDE I think), it basically had non-existent support for screen mirroring with different resolutions and refresh rates. Gnome does not have this problem. So I am able to play on my monitor with an HDMI cable running to our projector running a mirrored display at a different resolution and refresh rate.

Lately, Gnome is feeling a little too "clunky" for my tastes, and I have been considering switching to KDE. Does anyone know if my screen mirroring question above is possible in Fedora KDE, or if I will run into similar challenges?

Thanks in advance!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Gen-X here with 2 Gen-Z kids. I developed my typing skills playing MUDS in the early 90’s. My kids are….ok….at typing, and despite my guidance over the years, are really bad at troubleshooting though when something goes wrong. It should “just work” to them. If it doesn’t, then the solution is to replace it.

However, I WILL SAY…my typing speed is about 100-110 WPM on a keyboard, and that my daughter could probably match that speed typing on her phone.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (4 children)

They also sell them at Sam’s club

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (4 children)

For me it’s gmail. I’ve disconnected from everything else, but I have WAY TOO MANY things connected to and through my gmail account.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I’ve also been saying this for a long time, only to be dismissed by most who are apathetic to what’s going on. So now, if I do have to deal with them, I only ever make purchases on my credit card, and if there is a problem, they get 1 chance to fix it before I dispute. In the last year, I’ve had to dispute 3 separate times. On the latest one, the item was never delivered. I asked for a refund or replacement, customer service was useless, so I sent in documents to my bank and disputed. What does Amazon do? They sent their “counter of my claim” to the bank from the shipping SHOWING THE ITEM TO BE UNDELIVERABLE as reason why the charge should not be reversed. My bank sided with me luckily. But they are truly awful now, and have been for a while.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Nobara because I primarily game but need some tools that are only available natively for Debian and Fedora based distributions.

I am a Linux novice, but have been dabbling for a long time. I had to laugh at myself when I realized I was “distrohopping” because I wanted to try out different DE’s. I just made the connection that rather than hop, I can simply install a different DE.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

He moved to Austin, TX a while ago. He’s no longer in New York.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

We stopped shopping at Costco and started using sams club for bulk items we knew we would need regularly and go through before expiration. Their inventory was more consistent and prices were slightly better.

We meal plan every meal for the whole week on the weekend, then go grocery shopping afterward, ONLY getting what we need for the meals.

We stopped shopping at Sprouts, Kroger, and Albertsons, and prioritized WinCo and Neighborhood market.

If you have a winco, use their bulk section as much as possible. I did a side by side comparison of a normal shopping trip between Kroger and Winco. We bought the same items from both stores preferring store brands where possible) Kroger came to $85. Winco came to $39. (Mix of produce, eggs, lunch meats, box dinners, etc)

Our grocery bill was 500-600/mo pre 2021, jumped to 800-1000 by 2022. With the above changes, we got it back down to about 600/mo.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The core with Aaron Eckhartt. I can watch that movie repeatedly and enjoy it every time

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