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birv2

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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. N00b #emacs and #orgmode convert.

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birv2, to buddhism
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‘The sutras say, ‘‘People should realise that the buddha-nature is something they have always had’’.’

Bodhidharma

birv2, to random
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Anybody ever get #libreoffice connecting to Google Drive recently? AFAF

birv2,
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@jake4480 Got an error saying it couldn't connect. Evidently a known issue, so maybe related to google's authentication lately. Not worth the effort, so I thought I'd ask if anyone else had found a solution. All of my historical documents are on my Windows partition and then backed up to GDrive. So I downloaded the file I needed to my Linux Mint Downloads directory. Works for today!

birv2, to orgmode
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So excited that I was able to write a blog post in #orgmode #emacs and publish it to my #classicpress blog from within orgmode! The new post ain't much to look at, and there's no content to speak of. Just a proof of concept. And it proofed!

Thanks, #org2blog!
https://bob-irving.com/hello-buffer/

birv2, to emacs
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I'm finding some really interesting blogs out there, and am reminded of the early days of the internet, when it wasn't all monetized and people just wrote about stuff they were interested in for fun. And I had an RSS feeder and got updates when people posted stuff. Plus blogrolls.

So I'm sure there's a way to do this now in , right? Can someone point me in the right direction? I've heard about elfeed but don't know anything about it.

Thanks, good people of Mastodon.

birv2,
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@publicvoit Downloaded the iOS app, thanks! You say there’s a free version?

birv2, to linuxmint
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Also found and downloaded for a bunch of -- Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup, NetHack, Brogue, and Angband. Woohoo!

birv2,
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@jake4480 I know! Still a noob roguelike gamer, but I'm loving them. I also got Dwarf Fortress on Steam but haven't set that up yet on .

birv2,
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@iamdtms Never heard of this? Worth investigating?

birv2, to thinkpad
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Looking forward to setting up my used with next week. Looking for recos for easy syncing, mainly for my and 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 #emacs and #orgmode 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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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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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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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.

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