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I am upgrading Devuan 5 to Devuan 6 on a customer's laptop.
He's been happily using it for the last couple years.
#Devuan #Linux
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I installed LXQt desktop on my laptop, as I have been using it on a desktop for a while.
Artix by default using the Openbox window manager with LXQt instead of the xfwm4 that Devuan bundles with LXQt.
So some of the shortcut key configuration is slightly different.
Eventually, I'll get around to pairing BSPWM with LXQt, as I think that'd be fun. For right now, I'm running cortile which maxim
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Tools of the trade: gparted
I frequently use gparted, on a live boot of Linux, to resize and move partitions on a Windows computer. Usually this is when shrinking a large capacity hard drive to be cloned to a smaller capacity SSD and then readjusting after the clone.
It is important to run chkdsk from Windows after a partition resize, otherwise cloning will fail. I usually run chkdsk twice, jus
📊 Post engagement
Recent posts · likes + reposts
Jul 16latest
13
Avg engagement / post
6–17
Typical post (engagement)
1.6%
Engagement vs followers
72/100
Consistent reach
Nov 2022
On Mastodon since
Half of recent posts land between 6 and 17 likes + reposts (median 12) — a dependable floor a sponsored post can count on.
🔥 Top post: "If the federal government had access to every email you've ever · 32 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
6.1 / week
Posts several times a week.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 9 text · 3 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
0.9×
Follows 862 back. A more reciprocal / networked account.
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A better shell for UNIX based on Plan 9 rc - developed by @odc
https://codeberg.org/rc23/rc23
#rc #C #plan9 #shell #programming
"But there is another solution, one advocated forcefully by computer scientist David Chaum. Rather than relying on new laws and more government, Chaum looks to technical solutions. And these solutions rely on the ancient science devoted to…
If you believe certain words, you believe their hidden arguments. When you believe something is right or wrong, true or false, you believe the assumptions in the words which express the arguments. Such assumptions are often full of holes, …
Federated protocols of the future should consider designing themselves so that even if they use DNS, it is not the foundation of their own identity system so they are not hopelessly bound to it. Federated networks which have message relayi…
Anybody try this yet ?
I don't have much experience with Speech to Text applications, but I know a couple people who would be interested in using this if it.
#Linux
RT: https://mas.to/users/alternativeto/statuses/116959284001095105
Tools of the trade: gparted
I frequently use gparted, on a live boot of Linux, to resize and move partitions on a Windows computer. Usually this is when shrinking a large capacity hard drive to be cloned to a smaller capacity SSD and then…
The Linux Command Line
book available as free downloadable PDF and also in physical print:
https://linuxcommand.org/tlcl.php
#linux #books
I sold two laptops with Linux last Friday.
Things are looking like I'll be selling a laptop and a desktop with Linux on them tomorrow (ThinkPad and ThinkCentre) to someone new to Linux.
Refurbished by me, of course.
#Linux
I am really liking LXQt - lex-cute - desktop. The defaults are just below desirable, but with just a bit of customizing LXQt is really good.
So it is not as polished visually and features "out of the box" as Cinnamon desktop is, but it i…
I installed LXQt desktop on my laptop, as I have been using it on a desktop for a while.
Artix by default using the Openbox window manager with LXQt instead of the xfwm4 that Devuan bundles with LXQt.
So some of the shortcut key config…
I am upgrading Devuan 5 to Devuan 6 on a customer's laptop.
He's been happily using it for the last couple years.
#Devuan #Linux
Tools of the trade: gparted
I frequently use gparted, on a live boot of Linux, to resize and move partitions on a Windows computer. Usually this is when shrinking a large capacity hard drive to be cloned to a smaller capacity SSD and then…
The Linux Command Line
book available as free downloadable PDF and also in physical print:
https://linuxcommand.org/tlcl.php
#linux #books
I sold two laptops with Linux last Friday.
Things are looking like I'll be selling a laptop and a desktop with Linux on them tomorrow (ThinkPad and ThinkCentre) to someone new to Linux.
Refurbished by me, of course.
#Linux
I am really liking LXQt - lex-cute - desktop. The defaults are just below desirable, but with just a bit of customizing LXQt is really good.
So it is not as polished visually and features "out of the box" as Cinnamon desktop is, but it i…
I installed LXQt desktop on my laptop, as I have been using it on a desktop for a while.
Artix by default using the Openbox window manager with LXQt instead of the xfwm4 that Devuan bundles with LXQt.
So some of the shortcut key config…
I am upgrading Devuan 5 to Devuan 6 on a customer's laptop.
He's been happily using it for the last couple years.
#Devuan #Linux
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🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2022 — 3 years ago.
👁️Averages 13 views per post.
📤Posts about 6.1× per week.
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Work: computer repair, refurbished computer sales, sysadmin
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