dr_jekell

dr_jekell, 1 month ago

Hannah Montana Linux

dr_jekell, 2 months ago

I hope you are just trolling and you are not actually using a commercial/industrial use only product in your cat’s litter box.

If you are you are likely slowly poisoning your cat and need to tell your vet ASAP.

Most real cat litter has been either tested to be non toxic to cat’s or a natural product that they would encounter in the outdoors.

dr_jekell, 2 months ago

There is usually basic over discharge protection in the flashlight circuitry and over charge protection for lights with on light charging.

This usually works in conjunction with the protection circuit on the batteries.

18650 batteries (and other sizes) have become more wide spread because of the increased safety of protected batteries.

The batteries OP wants to use are unprotected cells who’s manufacturer is unknown, actual capacity is questionable and how they have been handled is unknown.

dr_jekell, 2 months ago

Just be wary of them as they are likely unprotected cells.

Batteries made for flashlights will have a protection circuit board on it to protect against over & under voltage and sometimes overheating.

Unprotected batteries do not have a circuit board on them and are usually protected by the device that they are installed into.

You can use them BUT you have to be incredibly careful with them as if things go wrong you will be holding what has essentially become a small pipe bomb.

dr_jekell, 2 months ago

This is why you back up your data!

I use both Timeshift and Lucky Backup.

Timeshift is setup to back up the entire OS and user data and fire off a backup when updating (onto an internal drive).

Lucky Backup has been setup to do a one way sync of my user folders (doc’s, download, pictures, videos etc) onto an external drive.

dr_jekell, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago)

There is a large update coming down the line soon so it may be in that version.

The dev was most likely targeting Lemmy version 19.xx for feature updates and had to wait for it to be stable and most instances updated to 19.

I know Lemmy.world has only recently updated to 19 as it was released then about 4 or 5 point releases came out in a single month.

dr_jekell, 3 months ago

I have a 1 year old Tonkinese cat. When she was younger she was known for her toxic flatulence (I swear that she knocked out a golden retriever with her farts).

But after changing her food to Fussy Cat grainfree dry biscuits along with Fussy Cat raw beef mince the farts have disappeared.

The smelly poops may be from her gut not liking the food, I would suggest getting small bags in a few different reputable brands and see what she goes for and try giving a quality pet raw meat as a soft food replacement.

As for the litter it may be too fine for it to cover up everything to her liking, I have used clay litter for years with several cats without issue.

And lastly the tray may not allow enough digging room to cover things. I have used trays with removable raised lips like this one with good results. If you are wanting it enclosed you can get furniture that holds the tray and accessories out of sight but easily accessible for cleaning.

dr_jekell, 4 months ago

I had this come up when I was using a locked down version of FF.

Basically what happened was the security settings were not allowing Twitch the access it required.

Once I went through and allowed access it worked fine.

dr_jekell, 4 months ago

Recharging the chaos batteries.

dr_jekell, 4 months ago

This happened often with Sync for Reddit.

The dev would be away for a while then come back with a big update to functionality and a number of bugs fixed.

Lemmy itself is still not a mature platform and is a moving target when third party app devs are trying to keep up with the changes.

And if I recall correctly this is a side project for him so updates are not as regular as people expect.

dr_jekell, 5 months ago

The only thing you have to do is be a bed for kitty.

Anything else is no longer a concern for you.

dr_jekell, 5 months ago

Are you sure he didn’t leave because he couldn’t find the exit?

dr_jekell, 6 months ago

I had been expecting this.

Lemmy itself is still a work in progress and the new version apparently makes some major changes from the current version.

Sync is currently in a usable stable state so instead of squashing bugs in the current Sync version it was a better use of their dev time to work on a build for 0.19.

dr_jekell, 6 months ago

Unfortunately Apple seems to be actively working to make sure that the only way an iPod can be loaded with music is by using iTunes which is only supported on Mac or Windows.

You have a few of options on how to move forward:

1: Make a Windows virtual machine, install iTunes onto it and pass the iPod though to the VM.

2: Install Rockbox (if able) onto the device to enable it to act as a USB mass storage device allowing drag n drop loading of music.

3: Sell the iPod and get one of the many different digital audio players available on the market as most are OS agnostic (they show up as a USB mass storage device) and most use MicroSD cards to store the music meaning you can move the card to a new player as you upgrade later (so you are not locked to one vendor).

dr_jekell, 8 months ago

Play hard, nap hard.

dr_jekell, 8 months ago

There is mark-up that turns text blocks to a code block that doesn’t change anything.

You can also try pasting it into a text editor as what you copied it from may be at fault (Microsoft word is known to do this).

dr_jekell, 8 months ago

That’s because laptop (and some desktop motherboard) manufacturers love to cut costs wherever they can so they end up using some weird non standard sound card from Billy Bob’s discount computer parts because they know they can require the use of drivers to band aid over the shitty hardware with a software fix.

Then when using Linux it tends to either not work or have shit sound until some kind soul adds in a config file for the devices sound card.

dr_jekell, 8 months ago

As others have said there are a couple of options that may or may not work as Apple loves to make sure that their products only work with their software and a lot of them haven’t been updated in years.

For ease of use you can install Rockbox on a good number of iPod devices, that will allow you to drag and drop music onto the device without having to use software to load the music.

If you are wanting an even easier option, you could sell your iPod and get one of the many different Digital audio player options that use microSD cards to store the music files allowing for ease of storage upgrades, ease of moving to a new device and being OS agnostic as they show up as a USB mass storage device.

I use a Fiio M7 as my daily driver with either a set of Jade audio EW1 TWS earphones or FiiO JH3 IEM’s & I have an older Fiio X3 2gen connected up to a dock for playing music in my living room.

dr_jekell, 9 months ago

“Ugh, it’s time to wake up again”

dr_jekell, 9 months ago (edited 9 months ago)

1. Linux is not Windows

Do not expect things to work as they do in Windows.

2. The terminal is not to be feared (it only bites when told to)

While you can get most things done via a GUI option using the Terminal is much more powerful and gives more information.

3. Not all hardware works with or works well with Linux

This pertains mostly to Laptops and peripherals, but always do a quick Google search to check for any issues.

One of the big issues for people is sound, a lot of computer & parts makers like to use the cheapest no-name parts they can because Windows lets them require “drivers” aka software fixes for poor hardware whereas Linux tends to give unaltered output leading to complaints about sound quality.

4. Not all software works on or works well on Linux

You are not going to find software from Adobe, Microsoft office 365 etc running on Linux even using WINE.

Some games will not work on Linux even using the Proton compatibility software.

5. Linux software is often lacking in the visuals but has lots of options under the hood.

There is a lot of software made for Linux are made by devs who focus more on the under the hood performance than making the software GUI look pretty. So don’t be put off by the looks of a lot of Linux software.

6. Alternative to is a great website.

I highly recommend Using the Alternativeto website to (as the name implies) find alternatives to software you use on Windows.

7. Backup’s are your friend

Setup an external device be it an internal hard drive, external hard drive or NAS as a backup target for your files.

You can use Timeshift to backup the entire drive (and it can reload a chosen backup directly onto the drive), Lucky backup to sync specified folders (either one way or both ways) to your drives or as I do use both.

And backup before doing major updates.

I have Timeshift setup to backup the entire drive (including $home) to a separate internal HDD and Luckybackup set to backup my important folders to an external USB HDD.

8. Accidents will happen

As you are learning how to use and navigate you will have accidents that will require a full reinstall, don’t fear this has happened to everyone else and why you backup your files so it’s an annoyance instead of the end of the world.