CalicoJack

joined 2 years ago
[–] CalicoJack 16 points 2 years ago

Arch or EndeavourOS, depending on the machine's purpose and my mood at install time. I prefer rolling release, and pacman + AUR is a lovely combination.

[–] CalicoJack 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You might have more success if you dial it back, average users don't need that deep of an understanding. They just need a functional system that does what they expect it to.

I've converted several family members to Linux to ease my own role as their tech support. And it was as simple as preloading things they'd need, showing them what the new browser/email/whatever looked like, showing them the new "app store" (KDE Discover), and telling them to call me if it breaks. Some of them explored further and learned how the system works, others were just happy to click the buttons I showed them. None of them regret the change.

[–] CalicoJack 12 points 2 years ago

For the record, good American cheese does exist. It's just a blend of cheddar and Colby with some annatto for seasoning, instead of the extruded "cheese product" stuff in plastic wrappers.

[–] CalicoJack 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And they've succeeded in making appeals difficult. The judge made a factual ruling that Trump engaged in insurrection, so any appeals also must accept that as a fact.

It may not have been the outcome we hoped for, but it's a strong step in the right direction.

[–] CalicoJack 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is most likely something that someone else gave out, not OP. Some old school "friend" signed up for some app and shared their phone contacts, app proceeds to spam those contacts hoping for more sign-ups.

[–] CalicoJack 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The easiest/safest way would be to adjust your plan, even though it would cost a bit more and feel kinda shitty. I'm pretty sure they offer an unlimited bandwidth "upgrade" for residential plans at like $10-15/mo, and all business plans should be uncapped.

You could try to spoof your traffic somehow, but I could never get that to work reliably when I had caps. And the overage fees were worse than just paying ahead of time.

[–] CalicoJack 3 points 2 years ago

And for a bit of extra clarity, they're only changing the default DE. EndeavourOS gives you several DE options during install, KDE will just be on top of the list now (and used on the live media)

[–] CalicoJack 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

For something functional that still looks nice, Kershaw or Spyderco are both great options. Kershaw's "Leek" series are probably my favorite EDC knives, and they come in a handful of different colors.

[–] CalicoJack 2 points 2 years ago

If 2-4 TB makes you think "data hoarder", you don't even want to know what the self-proclaimed data hoarders get up to. 10-20 TB drives aren't insanely expensive, and some of us have several of them.

[–] CalicoJack 4 points 2 years ago

Some of the apps can do that (Connect for one), but it isn't a core Lemmy feature yet.

[–] CalicoJack 23 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It isn't great for the sanity, but watching hard-right news for a few minutes will show you just how much people do fall for this. They've started to openly (but gently) suggest that democracy was a mistake, and their audience eats it up.

If Trump somehow wins, they're actively planning for that to be our last election. Ever.

[–] CalicoJack 10 points 2 years ago

FileBot isn't really necessary, the *arrs can handle renaming just fine with custom rules and formatting. It's just turned off by default. The only thing you'd need to add is subtitle downloading, and Bazarr does a better job of that anyway.

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