glans [it/its]

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  • will it go faster than xubuntu?

    well IME when you reinstall it will usually go faster at first no matter what because you don’t have a lot of crap running to slow it down. but idk if it’ll go inherently faster.

    because it doesn’t use any snap applications?

    It’s been a while since I used xubuntu but are you required to use Snaps? Someone might correct me but it seems like you could just refrain from using them, no? I’ve never used snaps anywhere.

    I believe on both xubuntu and Mint you can install software via Synaptic package manager.

    will it have a modern ui?

    it has XFCE4 as the desktop environment. Xubuntu also runs XFCE4 (that’s what the “x” stands for). They will have essentially the same UI. Any differences will just be in the theming, which you could just change the themes yourself without going to the trouble of reinstalling.

    I personally like the retro feel of XFCE4. If you want something more “modern” you might like to try KDE. You can install that with Synaptic package manager on either xubuntu or Mint.

    what will be the pros be for using linux mint xfce please?? over xubuntu

    From my understanding, Mint is a bit better on the Libre side of things and is less likely to introduce proprietary stuff into your system.

    My feeling is that they are substantially the same as each other.

    Always make backups before making any major changes. :)







  • You can’t sanitize something that’s dirty. First you need to clean it properly with soap and water. Iso alcohol is toxic TO DRINK. spray it all you want.

    You should wash your hands with soap and water for 30 seconds, look up on you tube for a video on how to do it properly. Yes there are right and wrong ways to wash your hands.

    You should boil all water you will drink. Ensure all food is cooked to a temp of >75C internally. Dont eat food that can’t be, like salad or cut fruit. OK to eat fruit with an intact peel you remove yourself like orange or banana. Clean the unpeeled fruit and your hands with soap and water first.

    If you are able, get vaccinated for all applicable disease.

    Keep some oral rehydration solution (ORS) on hand in case you get some sort of diarrhea, which you eventually will. It can help you get better from a milder case. https://www.wikihow.com/Make-an-Oral-Rehydration-Salts-Drink-(ORS)

    Ultimately the problem is collective, you are likely to get all kinds of infectious disease until the sewage problem is resolved for the whole community. There is little 1 person can do in such a situation to fix it only for themselves.



  • I used the Flym RSS client to find feeds because it has a search function. So I collected some in that app and export/imported into Feeder as an OPML.

    I know it’s not exactly answering your question. If you are just wanting to get a sense of what’s happening outside the US, BBC, al jazeera etc are basic. They are all biased.

    There are directories like https://feeder.co/discover/news to get you started. But if you want less mainstream stuff, then the best thing is to check out some forums/comms where the kind of news you are interested is being shared and go to the publisher site. Most have RSS but it isn’t always advertised so sometimes you have to hunt around for the feed URL.



  • The thing with Facebook that made it special might also have been who was there. It was and for some people maybe still is a mass adopted platform with your whole extended community within reach. It didn’t have polls or reactions for most of the time I used it; that’s not what made it compelling.

    There are a ton of existing fediverse platforms, includ8ng some that aim to be more facebook-type and your energy is probably more valuable if you contribute to one of those rather than striking out on your own.

    I think Lemmy is in many ways at the opposite end from Facebook because it is more of a hive mind whereas Facebook was highly individualized. Like I don’t think you can be friends or even follow another account on lemmy?. That’s like the most important Facebook relationship. Even mastodon would be closer I think.

    If you want to recreate Facebook you’ll need to ask the people you valued the most what it would take for them to use a novel open source platform.





  • How curious. Are you doing a play?

    You might have to DIY one if you don’t want an old one. Certainly there are websites you could upload a PDF to that would print for you.

    I think the boxes made sense when they were for sale in a brick n mortar store because they are harder to steal and make the person feel like they are buying something when digital goods weren’t such an instinctive idea. I doubt they would be shipped because they are big for no reason and would require a lot of packaging to keep from getting wrecked in transit vs a USB key in a bubble envelope.

    To buy linux in a box, you would have to find somewhere near you that is selling it in person. A computer store, a book store. Maybe a campus bookstore? They have a captive audience so sometimes can get away with stuff that doesn’t otherwise make business sense.



  • glans [it/its]@hexbear.nettoLinux@lemmy.mlHelp with kitty terminal
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    8 months ago

    There is a keyboard shortcut to reload the config. I don’t remember what the default is. On the kitty website, go to the page about kitty.conf and ctrl-f reload or refresh.

    To check that the config is really reloading, make an edit to the section about theme, tab style, etc.

    There is a way to output the actual config as used so you can look for your settings.

    If you call kitty from the command line you can optionally use an argument to specify a config file. Iirc it is --config but verify in docs.

    What is the location of the config file you are editing?

    Post the section of the config file that isn’t working?

    Try moving the section you are editing to the very bottom of the file to ensure it isn’t getting over rided later on.