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  • janAkali@lemmy.onetolinuxmemes@lemmy.worldPrivacy meme
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    27 days ago
    • Panel 1: You know these.
    • Panel 2:
      • OS: ZorinOS, Manjaro, Ubuntu, Fedora
      • Browser: Brave, Firefox
      • Apps: Telegram, Signal
    • Panel 3:
      • OS: Debian, Arch, VoidLinux, LineageOs (Android ROM)
      • Browser: qutebrowser, Librewolf
      • Apps: Jami, Briar (first time hear about them), Fdroid, Element (Matrix client)
    • Panel 4:
      • OS: Tails (Live distro for privacy), Gentoo (DIY distro)
      • Browser: Tor
      • Apps: IRC (text chat rooms), XMPP/Jabber (messaging protocol), self-hosted community (applications you can put on your own server, I presume)
    • Panel 5:
      • OS: Trisquel, Parabola, Guix (all three approved by FSF as “actually free”)
      • Browser: Icecat (gnu firefox fork), lynx, w3m (both terminal-based browsers), (missed opportunity to put emacs here as well =))
      • Apps: Emacs, Emacs, Emacs (powerful os with built-in text editor)
    • Panel 6:
      • OS: Garuda, No idea (something arch-based), Arco Linux, Arch Linux
      • ???
      • Apps: Kvantum (qt theme manager), Latte (macOS style application dock for KDE), Plank (also app dock)
    • Panel 7:
      • OS: Temple OS
      • Browser: Bible
      • Apps: Racing game, Tanks game from TempleOS, Amen.




  • Ubuntu: 😮why?

    For a lot of people Ubuntu is the linux. Canonical is just good at marketing. For all it worth, Ubuntu is not the bad choice for average user who’s not into ricing and not bothered by bloat.

    Manjaro: haven’t you managed to kill it yet?

    I’ve been using Arch and Manjaro for couple years each and in my experience they both break regularly. But, for some weird reason, Arch Linux is praised, when Manjaro is shamed upon.

    Mint: ex windows guy?

    Aren’t we all?






  • I was stupid enough to use one wire and not two, or I wouldn’t be here typing this

    Well, I was smarter, but, thankfully, still here.
    I was maybe 5 years old when one day I decided for some reason that I have to know how the electricity works “first hand”. So I took an electrical plug with a wire from dad’s tool box. It had two exposed copper ends. I plugged it in the outlet and while trying to inspect the “electricity” flow I, most likely accidentaly, have completed the circuit with my hand.

    Interesting how the experience wasn’t painful it’s just muscles in your body get tense and you literally can’t drop the wire or move at all. Thank god my Dad was around and maybe 10 seconds after I got shocked he pulled the plug. I had no serious injuries: just burns, a bit of shock and a lifelong lesson.

    P.S. It was a 220V outlet too. But I’m not sure if it’s more dangerous than the US ones.


  • Zip is fine (I prefer 7z), until you want to preserve attributes like ownership and read/write/execute rights.

    Some zip programs support saving unix attributes, other - do not. So when you download a zip file from the internet - it’s always a gamble.
    Tar + gzip/bz2/xz is more Linux-friendly in that regard.

    Also, zip compresses each file separately and then collects all of them in one archive.
    Tar collects all the files first, then you compress the tarball into an archive, which is more efficient and produces smaller size.







  • janAkali@lemmy.onetoProgrammer Humor@programming.devFLOSS communities right now
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    1 year ago

    only a small number will sign up for a specific forum

    Most people don't have to sign-up, 90% of cases should resolve on just searching the problem. Good chances it was already asked and answered.
    Most of the time, forums with few users aren't dead, they're just really slow, whenever you post a question - expect at least 12-hour delay. I've never seen a message on Discord answered 12 hours later - you either get somewhat instant response or it's ghosted forever. Also good luck asking questions if there's heated/rapid discussion in the room, or you have a little time and other responsibilities other than checking discord every couple minutes.