worldnews World News The United Nations just voted 145-7 in favor of a resolution condemning illegal Israeli settlements in Palestine & Syria.
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  • linux Linux What has been your experience with Flatpak?
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  • craigevil craigevil 11 months ago 100%

    I use it on my pi400 running rpios Bookworm. Easier to install things like Okular and other apps without installing all of the overhead of KDE/Gnome. Counting the necessary kde/gnome libs I currently have 33 flatpaks installed.

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  • firefox Firefox Missing Chrome's 'Go to URL' feature
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  • craigevil craigevil 11 months ago 100%

    open about:config change middlemouse.contentLoadURL from false to true.

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  • asklemmy Asklemmy The magic genie has appeared to grant you your wish. What small thing do you wish for that would have the biggest positive impact on the world?
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  • craigevil craigevil 11 months ago 100%

    the extinction of mankind

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  • asklemmy Asklemmy What book series would you like to see made into a movie trilogy or a show with multiple seasons?
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  • craigevil craigevil 11 months ago 100%

    Laurell Hamilton's Anita Blake series Kim Harrison's Hollows series Eric Flint's Ring of Fire Piers Anthony Xanth

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  • linux Linux Linux DNS settings is a total mess
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  • craigevil craigevil 11 months ago 87%

    No problems here using /etc/systemd/resolved.conf for NextDNS settings. I also set the dns settings for NextDNS in Firefox.

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  • asklemmy Asklemmy What are in your opinion "essential" android apps that aren't as popular/talked about?
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  • craigevil craigevil 11 months ago 77%

    croc syncthing bitwarden firefox protonmail

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  • linux Linux Who here uses a less popular Linux distribution? What made you choose it?
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  • craigevil craigevil 11 months ago 100%

    raspberry pi os + Debian Sid. Been using the same install with daily updates for 3 yrs.

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  • opensource Open Source The Open Book - An open hardware reading device that's easy to build, easy to manufacture, and easy to make your own
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  • craigevil craigevil 11 months ago 41%

    Does it have a SD card slot, and if so can it take a 256GB card? 26k epubs and pdfs. Who pays for books?

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  • linux Linux Bookworm – the new version of Raspberry Pi OS
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  • craigevil craigevil 11 months ago 100%

    that is the same bs rpios says with every release. most likely they just don't want the forum with a bunch of people having ods issues.

    I installed rpios on my pi400 three yrs ago then changed the Debian repos to Sid and updated. Been doing apt upgrade ever since with no problems.

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  • privacy Privacy *Permanently Deleted*
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  • craigevil craigevil 12 months ago 100%

    NextDNS, plus Ublock Origin on any web browser.

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  • asklemmy Asklemmy What's an industry that would cause riots if it disappeared overnight?
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  • craigevil craigevil 12 months ago 100%

    Not an industry, but if EBT/food stamps payments stopped there would definitely be riots. Not that aren't already.

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  • worldnews World News Earth's sixth mass extinction is underway and "rapidly accelerating," study warns
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  • craigevil craigevil 12 months ago 66%

    REM - "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GFRcFm-aY

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  • asklemmy Asklemmy Is there a good collection of survival knowledge compiled somewhere?
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  • craigevil craigevil 12 months ago 100%

    http://www.survivorlibrary.com/library-download.html

    Just do a search, there are many sites that cover a lot of topics that also have downloadable books.

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  • opensource Open Source What are your go-to ebook *readers*?
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  • craigevil craigevil 12 months ago 66%

    Okular it can read pretty much any format. MoonReader+ on my android devices.

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  • linux Linux SHARE WITH THE CLASS: What aliases are you using?
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  • craigevil craigevil 12 months ago 85%

    A bit long, but here goes:

    Start gomuks Matrix Client

    alias gomuks=/home/craig/.local/bin/gomuks-linux-arm64

    walk: Terminal File Manager

    https://github.com/antonmedv/walk

    alias walk="walk --icons"

    Weather:https://github.com/chubin/wttr.in

    alias weather="/home/craig/.local/bin/weather.sh"

    Onelinershell https://github.com/Onelinerhub/shellhub

    alias oh="/home/craig/.local/bin/oh.sh"

    Show open ports

    alias ports='sudo netstat -tulanp'

    Refresh .bashrc

    alias bashrc="source ~/.bashrc"

    become root

    alias root='sudo -i' alias su='sudo su'

    Fix which

    alias which='command -v'

    APT User Commands

    alias search='apt search' alias file='apt-file search' alias policy='apt policy' alias show="nala show"

    if user is not root, pass all commands via sudo

    if [ $UID -ne 0 ]; then alias update='sudo apt update' alias ainstall='sudo apt install' alias apurge='sudo apt purge -y --autoremove' alias upgrade='sudo nala upgrade' alias aremove='sudo apt autoremove -y' alias clean='sudo nala clean' alias reboot='sudo reboot' alias shutdown="sudo shutdown -P now" fi

    Handy-dandy aliases for journalctl and systemctl

    alias jc='sudo journalctl -b' alias jca='sudo journalctl' alias jcf='sudo journalctl -f' alias jcr='sudo journalctl --list-boots' alias sc='sudo systemctl'

    Making files immortal & executable

    alias im+="sudo chattr +i" alias im-="sudo chattr -i" alias exe="sudo chmod +x"

    #Add safety nets

    do not delete / or prompt if deleting more than 3 files at a time

    alias rm='rm -I --preserve-root'

    confirmation

    alias mv='mv -i' alias cp='cp -i' alias ln='ln -i'

    Parenting changing perms on /

    alias chown='chown --preserve-root' alias chmod='chmod --preserve-root' alias chgrp='chgrp --preserve-root'

    copy the current working directory to the clipboard

    alias cpwd='pwd | xclip -selection clipboard'

    Clipboard

    alias cpy="xclip -selection clipboard"

    quick directory movement

    alias ..='cd ..' alias ...='cd ../..' alias ....='cd ../../..'

    go to the last directory you were in

    alias back='cd $OLDPWD'

    quickly find files and directory

    alias ff='find . -type f -name' alias fd='find . -type d -name'

    Create Python virtual environment

    alias ve='python3 -m venv ./venv' alias va='source ./venv/bin/activate'

    Ping Commands

    Stop after sending count ECHO_REQUEST packets

    alias ping='ping -c 5' alias pg="ping google.com -c 5"

    alias shortcuts

    alias rpi="sudo rpi-update" alias rpi-next="sudo BRANCH=next rpi-update" alias raspi="sudo raspi-config" alias clr="clear" alias clrh="history -c -w ~/.bash_history" alias df='df -H' alias du='du -ch' alias mk="mkdir -p" alias loading="sudo dmesg > ~/dmesg.txt"

    ls Commands

    Colorize the ls output and human readable sizes

    alias ls='ls --color=auto --human-readable -al'

    Use a long listing format

    alias ll='ls -la'

    Show hidden files

    alias l.='ls -d .* --color=auto'

    Listing files in folder

    alias listkb="ls -l --block-size=K" alias listmb="ls -l --block-size=M"

    Colorize the grep command output for ease of use (good for log files)##

    alias grep='grep --color=auto' alias egrep='egrep --color=auto' alias fgrep='fgrep --color=auto'

    Colorize diff output

    alias diff='colordiff'

    Start calculator with math support

    alias bc="bc -l"

    Resume wget by default

    alias wget="wget -c"

    ps Commands

    alias ps="ps auxf"

    Get top process eating cpu

    alias pscpu="ps auxf | sort -nr -k 3" alias pscpu10="ps auxf | sort -nr -k 3 | head -10"

    Get top process eating memory

    alias psmem='ps auxf | sort -nr -k 4' alias psmem10='ps auxf | sort -nr -k 4 | head -10'

    Free and Used Ram

    alias meminfo='free -l' alias free='free -mt'

    Run top in alternate screen

    alias top='tput smcup; top; tput rmcup'

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  • opensource Open Source What are some great open source games?
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    asklemmy Asklemmy What's the most expensive lesson you've learned?
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  • craigevil craigevil 1 year ago 83%

    Always wear a condom. Never get married.

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  • technology Technology Shoplifting up driven by rising cost of living - Coles responding with employee body cams
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  • craigevil craigevil 1 year ago 58%

    In the USA shoplifting is up because most states no longer prosecute. Which is also the reason a lot of retailers have or are in the process of closing stores in big cities. Had a friend that worked at Riteaid, once a week several women would come in with trash bags and empty the makeup section. Even with them on video nothing came on it.

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  • politics Politics Child poverty in the United States just more than doubled. You can thank Joe Manchin.
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  • craigevil craigevil 1 year ago 100%

    Actually just the opposite, I am quite conservative.

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  • firefox Firefox Firefox 117.0.1 released
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  • craigevil craigevil 1 year ago 100%

    Debian had the update this a.m.

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  • privacy Privacy What’s the best note-taking app currently out there?
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  • craigevil craigevil 1 year ago 100%

    Simplenotes works in a browser, plus there is an app for mobile.

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  • asklemmy Asklemmy Which book is your personal bible?
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  • craigevil craigevil 1 year ago 100%

    A Course in Miracles

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  • politics Politics Child poverty in the United States just more than doubled. You can thank Joe Manchin.
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  • craigevil craigevil 1 year ago 22%

    It was never meant to be permanent. Nor were any of the other Covid "fixes."

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  • asklemmy Asklemmy If an alien civilization were to visit Earth, what movie would you pick to show them in order to give them a summary of what mankind is all about?
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  • craigevil craigevil 1 year ago 100%

    Clockwork Orange

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  • asklemmy Asklemmy What was the worst bastardization of a classic book into a movie?
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  • craigevil craigevil 1 year ago 85%

    Dune. The Wheel of Time series on Prime.

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  • linux Linux Xfce appreciation post
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  • craigevil craigevil 1 year ago 100%

    Runs great on my raspberry pi 400. With rpios upgraded to Debian Sid.

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  • asklemmy Asklemmy Do you believe in God?
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  • craigevil craigevil 1 year ago 57%

    Yes, without a doubt. Been an Ordained Minister since 1987.

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  • linux Linux Best practices for navigating file structure via terminal?
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  • craigevil craigevil 1 year ago 100%

    I tend to use walk or midnight commander. zoxide is nice as well. It also helps to have bash aliases. https://github.com/antonmedv/walk

    https://github.com/ajeetdsouza/zoxide https://midnight-commander.org/ https://www.hostinger.com/tutorials/linux-commands

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  • asklemmy Asklemmy What is your "inexpensive" hobby that turned out to be expensive/ you gradually invested lots of money into?
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  • craigevil craigevil 1 year ago 100%

    I don't have a ton of storage. My Raspberry pi400 which is my desktop has a 1TB and a 500GB SSD attached. I keep the Books folder synced with Google Drive along with my phone and Kindle Fire. My Book dir is: 58GB and has 18748 items (16970 files, 1777 folders). Gotta love zlib and Anna's.

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  • asklemmy Asklemmy What is your "inexpensive" hobby that turned out to be expensive/ you gradually invested lots of money into?
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  • craigevil craigevil 1 year ago 83%

    Simple, I read. And with the internet I never have to worry about buying books.

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  • asklemmy Asklemmy What temperature do you keep your thermostat at?
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  • craigevil craigevil 1 year ago 75%

    stays on 73F year round , AC and heat. Average bill runs around $80.

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  • linux Linux Debian Celebrates 30 years!
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  • craigevil craigevil 1 year ago 100%

    Yes. The current stable release is Bookworm. debian-distro-info --all buzz rex bo hamm slink potato woody sarge etch lenny squeeze wheezy jessie stretch buster bullseye bookworm trixie forky sid

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  • linux Linux Debian Celebrates 30 years!
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  • craigevil craigevil 1 year ago 100%

    Been using Debian Since Potato. Never had a real reason to use any other distro.

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  • politics Politics Trump’s indictment can’t solve the real threat: our undemocratic electoral system
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  • craigevil craigevil 1 year ago 12%

    The Electoral College is all that hold democracy together in the USA. Without it lies nothing but chaos.

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  • worldnews World News US spending on the war in Ukraine has already reached $135 billion according to CSIS
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  • craigevil craigevil 1 year ago 88%

    More money laundering.

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  • asklemmy Asklemmy *Permanently Deleted*
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  • craigevil craigevil 1 year ago 100%

    No one I know uses Matrix or xmpp. IRC is simple.

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  • worldnews World News New Covid wave has begun and masks should be worn again, scientists warn
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  • craigevil craigevil 1 year ago 9%

    masks do NOT work. Not unless you are wearing at least an N-95 or better mask. More fear-mongering in an election year, surprise surprise. Do not forget to get your lovely vaccines.

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  • firefox Firefox What are your favorite add-ons for Firefox?
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  • craigevil craigevil 1 year ago 100%

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  • piracy Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ Petition: restoration of access to Z-Library and the cessation of illegal criminal prosecution @ change.org
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  • craigevil craigevil 1 year ago 100%

    uh z-lib still works. I download 10 books most days. Never going to be able to read them all. Books 18426 items (16699 files, 1726 folders)

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    Open Source craigevil 2 years ago 99%
    K9-Mail becoming Thunderbird blog.thunderbird.net

    Open-source Android email app K-9 Mail has joined forces with the Thunderbird project, signaling the beginning of a long-term vision to deliver an outstanding Thunderbird mobile experience.

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    LinuxDesktopPorn craigevil 3 years ago 92%
    RaspberryPI OS LXDE with conky

    ![](https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/3dwIojtqd8.png)

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    "Initials" by "Florian Körner", licensed under "CC0 1.0". / Remix of the original. - Created with dicebear.comInitialsFlorian Körnerhttps://github.com/dicebear/dicebearUN
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    Raspberry Pi OS imgur.com

    Debian Future wallpaper. LXDE. Conky Raspberry Pi lxde mods.

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