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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (12 children)

Ha, for sure I missed the other comment...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Yeah, that browser zoom. And I too used / use Firefox. I'm not saying these kind of sites are common, but nevertheless I've encountered them occasionally. Back then, the most pragmatic workaround was to use desktop zooming of Xfce.

My intention on the previous comment was simply to give some examples of desktop zooming that go beyond the typical accessibility viewpoint (e.g. vision impairment).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

That's why regular backups are advisable.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Yeah, AFAIR, the issue of "windows messing up grub" could happen when it's installed on the same disk (e.g. on a laptop with one disk). Something about it overwriting the "MBR sector". At least that was a problem back before UEFI.

I too have been dual booting Windows 10 and Linux for many years now, each having their own physical disk, Linux one always being first in boot order. Not once did a Windows 10 update mess up grub for me with this setup.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Not the same as "on demand zooming", which let's one stick with a high, native resolution, but zoom in when required (e.g. websites with small text that can't be zoomed via browser's font size increase; e.g. referencing some UI stuff during UI design, without having to take a screenshot and pasting + zooming it in e.g. GIMP).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You didn't mention how big those volumes are and how frequently the data changes.

Assuming it's not that much data:

  • use tar to archive each volume first, while using proper options to preserve permissions and whatever else is important for your usecase
  • use restic to backup those archives
  • use a proper pruning strategy to not let your backups get too big:
    • I'm not that familiar with restic, but maybe you can backup those archives separately and apply a more aggressive pruning strategy just for them
    • simply might be needed, cause deduplication (AFAIK) might not be that great with backing up archives
    • but maybe if the volume data and the resulting archive doesn't change that often, deduplication would be sufficient even with a not so aggressive pruning strategy
[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Honestly, if all you've ever experienced in regards to terminals is windows CMD, then you really haven't seen much. I mean that possitively. Actually, it will give you a far worse impression on what using a Linux / Unix terminal can be like (speaking as someone who spent what feel's like years in terminals, of which the least amount in windows CMD).

I suggest to simply play around with a Linux terminal (e.g. install VirtualBox,.then use it to install e.g. Ubuntu, then follow some simple random "Linux terminal beginner tutorial" you can find online).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (14 children)

One takeaway from this surely is that such deeply nested endeavours sure are easily missed.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (20 children)

I do wonder if there's a hard limit at some point regarding "nested replies"...

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

Nice, bit over half way point here.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (29 children)

I see, somehow completely forgot that apps might be different. In browser version in landscape (I just noticed) there's also the right sidebar, which reserves some space. So it wouldn't even have to go all the way.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (31 children)

I hope we're all talking about portrait orientation. Oh boy, filling it up in landscape mode seems a daunting task. °!°

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