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birv2

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Semi-retired teacher of kids and coding, lifelong learner, author of Hard Fun: Supercharge Your Middle School CS Classroom with Project-based, Hands-on, Just-in-time Learning! Minecraft Global Mentor, Raspberry Pi Certified Educator, blues afficianado, and getting back into DMing DnD.

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birv2, to thinkpad
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Looking forward to setting up my used #thinkpad with #linuxmint next week. Looking for recos for easy syncing, mainly for my #emacs and #orgmode stuff. What have you used that you could recommend? I do have GDrive working well on my Windows machines, so could go that route,, though not familiar with how to do that on linux. Thanks!

birv2,
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@publicvoit What's your setup and workflow? I've got 2 Windows machines and 2 Linux. Have looked at syncthing but it seemed overwhelming.

birv2,
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@publicvoit Thanks very much! I think it might be the ticket. Question -- does it only sync on startup on each device? When does it happen?

birv2,
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@TheSecondVariation @publicvoit If you're asking me, I'm trying to figure out how to sync my stuff across multiple devices: Windows, LinuxMint, iPhone, iPad..... so that I can do and on all of them.

birv2,
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@publicvoit @debajit Karl, do you have any privacy/security concerns with keeping your files on Git? I wonder about even private repos there.

birv2,
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@publicvoit @tivasyk Also, does this work if your home computer doesn't run 24/7?

birv2,
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@publicvoit @tivasyk So whichever one is "live" is the current host?

birv2,
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@publicvoit @tivasyk I'm getting my used Thinkpad tomorrow. First I'll put linux and emacs on it. Then I'll start to work on putting SyncThing on that and my desktop. Hoping for the best! Thanks for the discussion and suggestions.

birv2, to orgmode
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I'm a noob to and loving it. Just wondering how many other "platforms" accept or translate .org files? Or will I usually have to change formats if using a file elsewhere?

birv2, to linuxmint
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Looking for some solid recos for how to use on on a dual boot machine (Win and LM). I want to expand the linux space but really don't want to screw up the drive(s). Can anyone steer me towards some clear instructions -- video or whatever. I've googled but don't want to just try anything. TIA.

birv2,
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@mforester I have 2 drives. Windows is on C:, and I put Linux on S: (second). There's lots of space left on S, so I want to expand the space allotted to Linux. Does that make sense? But have no idea how. Thanks.

birv2,
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@mforester Hey, thanks! I can boot into Windows, but I saw some video where they said that expanding hard drive space for another OS can't be done with Windows tooks and requiresl gparted. Do you know anything about that?

birv2, to linuxmint
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After a few weeks on , I have to say I'm loving the experience. And I'm probably their target audience. Longtime Microsoftie. I don't hate Windows, and I've gotten used to it all through the versions and find it easy to use. However, there's something fresh about the LM experience. And just runs fast. I'm def sticking around for a while.

birv2, to linuxmint
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Calling on people who can help with dual boot situation and OneDrive syncing on Windows. Trying from LM to access my Windows documents folder. I can see the folder, called OneDrive in the terminal, but it's colored in red. Which I assume means I can't get to it. And when I try to cd to that directory, I get an error saying that it doesn't exist. I know that is the path as it appears in Windows. I'm getting closer! Thanks for any suggestions.

birv2,
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@mforester Thanks for the reply. I don't think I can pull down OneDrive files on demand from LM. Though strangely enough, I can get to Google Sync folders and files. I think there's some funkiness in how OneDrive "manages" the syncing.

birv2, to linuxmint
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Got #obsidian set up and synced using Obsidian Sync on my #linuxmint install. That's a big yay.

Now we'll start the #orgmode vs #obsidian tussle. May the better solution win.

Got to say that finding a good syncing solution for orgmode is critical. And github isn't it. Suggestions welcome.

birv2, to emacs
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Update on moving .md file into .org on for . Several suggested pandoc, but for some reason I couldn't get that going. Googled how to install, etc., but no joy. So I opened my big old .md file in a buffer, selected All, copied it, and pasted into my big everything in one file org file in the section where I wanted it.

That part worked, but then had to clean up headings. Did it all manually and took about 30 minutes. Oh well. At least now I've got my daily note in orgmode.

birv2, to emacs
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Question for some friends: what's the best way to import a long markdown file INTO an already existing org file and have it look like the rest of the org file? Background is that I'm working on building out One Big Org File and want to import my running daily notes from Obsidian into the org file. I've found ways to convert markdown to org, but don't know how to actually place it in the org file. Thanks!

birv2,
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@simoninireland Thanks, but it's under date headers. Hmm.

birv2, to emacs
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Hey people. I’ve heard that some people use just one orgmode file for all their writing. Can someone point me to a resource on doing this and maybe weigh in on advisability?

birv2,
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@bmp @publicvoit Thanks so much! That is exactly the kind of thing I was looking for.

birv2,
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@publicvoit @bmp Thanks for the reply! I really enjoyed your article on getting started with orgmode and your advice to keep things, simple, don't chase key bindings, only learn as you need stuff, etc. That works for me, since I tend to obsess over those details and end up not getting anything done! Under the guise of pseudo-productivity.

birv2, to linuxmint
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Today's head-scratcher in and . Hope someone can help me understand this. I've got both W10 and LM installed on my machine. While in LM, using dired in emacs, I can navigate through all of my linux directories. However, the file manager in LM shows a Windows directory, and I can see and access a lot of my W10 files (though not my Documents folder). Why is that? And how can I access all my Windows documents in LM? TIA!

birv2,
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@jtr amd here’s another head scratcher. In the file manager I can see all of my W10 desktop AND downloads folder files. But not my documents. Hmm.

birv2,
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@jtr Hmm. I’ll have to research that.

birv2,
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@jtr @EdHamilton Yup. Question about github. Would it be possible to use GH as a backup/syncing solution for my files? Are the files always public there? Thanks.

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