Started with Zorin but had a rough time. I didn’t realize until actual months later that my issues were due to a hardware fault and had nothing to do with the OS. By the time I realized, however, I had settled on Mint. I’ve since tried a handful of distros but always come back to Mint because I’m so used to it now. I do recommend Zorin for its level of polish and apparent desire to simplify the transition for folks coming from Windows.

On my daily commute, I would normally pass 2 or 3 cars for sale parked out in people’s front yards. Last I counted, that number was 12. More if I were to include other things suddenly for sale, like boats, bikes, and golf carts.

Perfect is the enemy of good.

Have one unraid lifetime license, just paid for a second license yearly for my backup off-site machine. Been using truenas on the off-site, but its primary storage is USB which I didn’t realize truenas isn’t fond of. Ah well. It’ll be a little easier this way, anywho.

In grade school I remember looking up at a brightly colored sign above the door that read, “you are not your circumstance.” Decades later, I still think about it as a reminder to treat myself and others a little better.

A lot of people skip the fighting traffic part of their hygiene routines and it shows smh

I’m about halfway through reading the book and this is how I find out there’s a show! Feels hard to imagine this being anything more than a miniseries, but heck I’ll take it.

For some, particularly businesses reliant on software that can’t perform on anything but Windows (and occasionally MacOS), sure. For individuals it is much easier. Installed Linux Mint a few months ago and I set up a VM for the stuff I truly needed some form of Windows for (tried dual booting for a bit but found that inconvenient). None of these are insane lengths, unless the cutoff for that is, “anything above minimal effort.”

I’m pretty new to Linux (currently on Mint) and I have yet to get Easy Effects to work. I’m certain I’m the problem, but I’ve tried following guides and videos, yet as soon as I try using it, my friends on Discord say my audio becomes garbled and robotic. One of these days I’ll sort it out. One of these days lol

I see mention of Foundry, I upvote. My friends and I have been using it for a couple years and still find new ways to be impressed by it.

What are the rules? 🎵

Promise me you’ll never follow another rule for as long as you live, shirt brother.

I am also to relocate my gaming and PF2e groups to either Revolt or Matrix. I thought Revolt was also US based and so consensus was it will likely follow in Discord’s footsteps a few years down the line. I guess then you just migrate again which isn’t the end of the world.

Not always an option, unfortunately. By “picked up” I meant if you need to save, close, and eventually someone else picks up the work where you left off. Incredibly common in collaborative settings. I may start a Photoshop file, get to a good point, but then it has to change based on the work someone else is doing. Another person has to open that file and make updates accordingly. If they couldn’t find and edit the file because I told them it was done in Photopea or GIMP, that would mess things up.

Affinity is a viable alternative to Adobe, whereas Photopea and GIMP are more suitable for individual needs (although it’d be kinda cool if a practice set itself up to use those from the ground up).

And jobs to do lmao if I told someone at work that a file on a deadline had to get picked up in photopea or gimp I would get demolished.

Edit: I am actively trying to get an entire company switched to Affinity. It’s not easy but possible.

I am. Paid plan equates to like $2-3 per month. Tied it into Tailscale (I think TS has official docs explaining how) and haven’t given it another thought.

On mobile but look up TRASH guides. That’s what I used in my setup and I’m able to watch stuff almost as soon as it downloads and I still let it seed for awhile after. Also using Unraid, Arr apps, and Jellyfin.

Building a PC this week and putting Mint on it after a lifetime of Windows. Gonna leave a little bit of partition available in case I absolutely need to dual boot, but I’m hoping anything that comes up can be resolved with Crossover, still need to run a trial for that. I was hoping SteamOS would come to desktops in time, but alas.

My wife and I use Immich via Tailscale to avoid the need of any proxying and serious account management. That said, I have yet to fully transition from GP because I have at least one shared album that a few dozen people regularly access. Still need to test setting up a shared album w/ reverse proxy for this one. But then if I want to share another album I’d likely need to set up another proxy…or see if shared albums share a common URL I could use as a catch all. Still need to test.

Hi from All! I’ve been running Immich alongside my usual Google Photos to make sure it does a good job before making the switch. A year ago I would have said no. Nowadays I think it’s a great alternative for some, if you’re a bit tech savvy. Perhaps someday it’ll offer something like Ente, which I have also heard great things about.