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Chris P @chris.at.kizaing.ca · 3d

I'm so tempted by this one

Chris P @chris.at.kizaing.ca · 9d

I love how using Linux is like a mind virus, and once it has you, you are compelled to tell everyone else about it

Speaking of, switch to #Linux it's great

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Chris P @chris.at.kizaing.ca · 11d

With the EA acquisition I implore you, nay, I *beg* please no matter how much you like their video games do NOT install any of their games with anti cheat

That shit is terrifying and no one knows what it's actually doing

Chris P @chris.at.kizaing.ca · 13d

Will teach #Linux to strangers 4 free hmu

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Chris P @chris.at.kizaing.ca · 13d

a man with a beard is wearing a pirate costume and laughing .

ALT: a man with a beard is wearing a pirate costume and laughing .

media.tenor.com

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Chris P @chris.at.kizaing.ca · 18d

Speaking from experience for work stuff, official Forticlient is borked to all hell lol

HOWEVER the default KDE network settings has configurable VPN options, Forticlient being one of them it's what I use instead and it's way more seamless

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Chris P @chris.at.kizaing.ca · 19d

Man I am so sick of everything getting enshittified by AI slop

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Chris P @chris.at.kizaing.ca · Sep 12

Ahaha fair

I find snap is usually the culprit, it makes a lot of things go weird, and it's way easier just to use a different distro than it is to rip snap out Ubuntu

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Chris P @chris.at.kizaing.ca · Sep 12

Yeah agreed, I tried ubuntu again after a number of years of not using it and I was shocked at how buggy it is so much stuff just didn't work correctly

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Chris P @chris.at.kizaing.ca · Aug 30

No problem! Hope that helps :)

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Chris P @chris.at.kizaing.ca · Aug 29

Mildly annoying but pretty easy fix

If you right click on the title bar of the app and go to More Actions->Configure Special Window Settings

And then click Add property and add Desktop file name

You can manually specify the command/desktop file and it'll grab the icon correctly

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ant @theranos.top · Aug 26

does anyone know how to install nvidia drivers on linux ????

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🇺🇦 @scifiwifi42.bsky.social · Aug 16

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Chris P @chris.at.kizaing.ca · Aug 8

God this really sums it up perfectly, there isn't a great way to explain it. I know its bad and it makes me feel gross to see it so prevalent, but tons of people like it and I struggle to articulate to them why it's bad exactly

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Chris P @chris.at.kizaing.ca · Aug 3

It's come such a long way. During the KDE 4 days if you had told me Plasma would be one of the best desktops I probably laughed at you, but it's so good now

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Chris P @chris.at.kizaing.ca · Jul 30

I miss my idiot dog son (he's fine I just don't have him currently)

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Courtney, Literally @courtneyliterally.bsky.social · Jul 25

Would any of you be willing to help me share this please?

Text reads, "Missing Person, Britnee Ebbers, 130 pounds, 34 years old, 5'7", last seen near Aberdeen Ave. and Salter St. Winnipeg, MB. Please call Morgan's Warriors with information at 204-996-9347."

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Chris P @chris.at.kizaing.ca · Jul 25

Fuck Spotify

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Chris P @chris.at.kizaing.ca · Jul 24

Hey could have just one non AI slop infested app? Please? I beg you

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Mo Mo O’Brien @momo-obrien.bsky.social · Jul 15

Perks of having a puppy: you can rant to them about your hyperfixations 😂

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Chris P @chris.at.kizaing.ca · Jul 16

Oh I doubt that privacy thing is relevant currently lol, that ticket was closed 5 years ago, since there was no proof it was doing that, so I don't think using etcher is an issue

Chris P @chris.at.kizaing.ca · Jul 15

Balena Etcher is a pretty decent one for most cases

Fedora also has one, but it's specifically for Fedora and all the spins

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Chris P @chris.at.kizaing.ca · Jul 14

Tbh I haven't had too many issues with selinux, but yeah it is something you have to learn a bit when those problems arise haha

But it's only been a couple of things for me over the years

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Chris P @chris.at.kizaing.ca · Jul 14

Oh totally fair! I stuck to mostly Ubuntu based distros for a long time because it was what I knew, but now adays I'm familiar with a couple different distros so I can flip flop between them haha

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Chris P @chris.at.kizaing.ca · Jul 14

Ubuntu based for desktop is fine but I always found it so interesting for people to run straight Debian as a desktop OS haha, it is more geared for servers and it's packages are so ooolllld

Arch is neat, I really like the AUR but I find it's prone to breaking semi frequently haha

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