lemmyreader

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lemmyreader, (edited )

Good post. I like the subscribe suggestion. How about cross posting this to lemmy and asklemmy communities ?

lemmyreader,

From past forums reading I remember that a boot loader in Linux can have trouble booting properly when you use two different physical drives (Rather than one drive and different partitions), I think it needs to specifically get to know about both drives. Does this help ?

lemmyreader,

Go for LibreOffice or OnlyOffice. Both can be installed natively or with Flatpak or Snap (or maybe AppImage) is a safer bet.

lemmyreader,

Thanks.

lemmyreader,

Cypht can do that and can be installed via Yunohost for example on a Raspberry Pi or rented VPS.

lemmyreader,

Stalwart looks neat, thanks for mentioning it. 🐧

lemmyreader, (edited )

okay :) I find it interesting because :

  • Build in Rust
  • Supports several databases like rocksdb, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite
  • Seems to support connecting to your current logins setup e.g. LDAP or MySQL db
  • Got funding via NLnet
  • Supports JMAP
  • Does not seem to require Docker (which means for me some flexibility network config wise to run it on an existing server where non Docker based services are running).
  • Encryption at Rest enabled or disabled by user.

Especially the JMAP part I am curious about. I hope to toy with this every now and then, and then report back :)

lemmyreader,

Ah, yes, you’re right, cheers for that, but I am interested to compare JMAP speed and options with IMAP. And to test Stalwart I would not mind using the first and the last three in that Clients list.

what are your recommendations for a good privacy friendly sms app?

Hello, currently I use qksms but its very problematic and lacks basic fetures. One of those issues being you cant send videos, and sending and recieving media is pixalated or blurry because of a commpresion issue. I’ve already tried adjusting the compresion options in settings to find out it doesn’t work....

What's (are) the funniest/stupidest way(s) you've broken your linux setup?

Tinkering is all fun and games, until it’s 4 am, your vision is blurry, and thinking straight becomes a non-option, or perhaps you just get overly confident, type something and press enter before considering the consequences of the command you’re about to execute… And then all you have is a kernel panic and one thought...

lemmyreader,

Years ago a friend mistakenly typed in killall5 as root on a remote server. Didn’t break things but resulted in extra work and effort.

lemmyreader,

😁

lemmyreader,

Cool! Welcome on board of Planet Linux. 🐧

lemmyreader,

Where my curiosity lies is this, from my understanding Linux Mint is based on underlying Ubuntu as is Pop_OS, so how come both Pop_OS and Ubuntu recognise the wi-fi card out of the box so to speak but Mint doesn’t.

Different releases of Linux distributions come with different kernel versions (e.g. 4.x vs 5.x vs 6.x). And in the past sometimes for some devices (Like Android smart phones for mtp file transfer, or security keys) additional udev rules had to be added to make the Linux system recognize the device properly. Then there is firmware (closed source binary blobs) as well.

I remember a friend having issues with the WiFi card, with an old LTS version of Ubuntu, whereas a brand new Ubuntu version worked fine with the WiFi card. Glad to hear it all works for you, and welcome on board @ Planet Linux.

lemmyreader,

I often do like these posts, because it usually shows their past suffering, and the new freedom they enjoy. It is also an opportunity to share the common community feeling with them.

After all, to me many years ago when I saw Linux booting for the very first time (no GUI, just lots of text from the kernel) that was one thing about Linux that I liked : names of human beings visible. If you look at software by Microsoft or Apple on computer installations you will normally see zero names, it is all very formal.

Social interaction between Linux users, starting with solving Linux questions, has been there for years in forums. I like seeing people help other people and move forward together.

Same with newcomer posts. I think if the posters get redirected to the correct sub

And what sub would you suggest ?

lemmyreader,

Well said, and a nice read. 👍

Thinking about this I think that a lot of consumers who buy their new laptops will have ChromeOS, Microsoft Windows or Apple Mac OS pre-installed, and when they have problems with it, most of them might go back to the shop to get help, or even buy just another new computer. Another good feature of Linux is that it does not necessarily force you into hardware upgrades every few years, and it can even run on all kind of devices., making Linux flexible and sustainable.

lemmyreader,

Good choice. I like KeePassXC and Bitwarden.

Your storing in password protected zip file is better than storing it plain text in a file on your computer but the password encryption of zip is probably not that strong. A friend of mine insists on using a disk encrypted pen drive with an office document having his passwords. I hope he has a backup drive :)

lemmyreader,

Yes :( Unfortunately Chromebooks are really cheap here, and countless people are hooked already to Google products because of their Android phones already, so the choice is easy for them I figure.

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