For those that don’t know, you can use three numbers, zero through eight, with the chmod command. it takes the binary of each digit to set the permissions.
Hello, could someone recommended a keyboard for android that is a bit smart in predictive typing? I used to like swiftkeybefore it was bought by microsoft. Not that swiftkey itself was much better but I was not so privy conscious at that time....
The developer has hit a bit of a roadblock reworking a back-end system and is requesting help, but it has a great feature set already and is super customisable.
I’ve made a Last.fm API key but at the point of adding it to Navidrome I wondered why I was bothering; is this option only there because of backwards compatibility or is there a tangible benefit?
I do something very similar. I have all my music on a network share with a playlist folder inside. I run a script that copies all the lines from an .m3u playlist file and copies them to another music folder inside my user folder, converting any FLAC files along the way.
I then user SyncThing to synchronize that folder with my phone. Makes it super easy to get all my music and playlists when I upgrade to a new phone.
<span style="color:#323232;">a = *lines from playlist file*
</span><span style="color:#323232;">new = *destinationFolder*
</span><span style="color:#323232;"># If the mp3 version of the flac is older than the flac or doesn't exist in the destination,
</span><span style="color:#323232;"># convert it from Flac to variable bitrate mp3
</span><span style="color:#323232;"> if [ "$a" -nt "${new[@]/%flac/mp3}" ]; then
</span><span style="color:#323232;"> echo Converting $a
</span><span style="color:#323232;"> ffmpeg -y -i "$a" -qscale:a 0 "${new[@]/%flac/mp3}"
</span><span style="color:#323232;"> fi
</span>
There’s some cleaning and other steps done but I’m willing to share or provide more details if anyone is interested.
I have several terabytes of free space on my server so I have no issue sacrificing a few gigs to have the lossy archive be portable and independent of the music software.
It gives me the freedom to drop the lossy archive to whatever device I want (SyncThing to make it automatic and wireless) and use whatever music play I choose.
I could, and have thought about, switching the script to use hardlinks for the MP3s which means the only storage used is for the transcoded MP3s. Plus it would get rid of the requirement to sync any updated MP3s from the original archive to the lossy one, the hardlinks would just update with the original.
Mine is people who separate words when they write. I’m Norwegian, and we can string together words indefinetly to make a new word. The never ending word may not make any sense, but it is gramatically correct...
I used Plex for my home media for almost a year, then it stopped playing nice for reasons I gave up on diagnosing. While looking at alternatives, I found Jellyfin which is much more responsive, IMO, and the UI is much nicer as well....
Hey, I’ve been looking at what I’m subscribed to on Lemmy and it really grim, and not really what I want from a social media. I’m into tech, but the tech subs talk about evil things companies do, a lot of linux meme and programmer humor, and it’s all cool and all, piracy talking about how it’s bad what certain company...
Today I found out that it’s actually a lot easier to contribute to Open Street Map than I thought. There are some serious gaps in house addresses in my area and I was painstakingly using the built in browser editor in the browser....
I’ve just started my Linux journey earlier this year. As a goal to learn how to self-host applications and services that will allow me to take back some control of my data. Immich instead of Google Photos, for example....
That’s the question really. I hear the terms metadata and torrents thrown around all the time when talking about internet and privacy, but I don’t really understand them and when I tried googling torrents I was just confused. Can someone explain one or both like I’m 5?
I good example that’s completely legal is Linux distributions. They are licensed in a way that lets you share the file with other people so there is no risk of illegal activity.
You need torrent software installed that can speak the language of the torrenting protocol. Examples would be QBitTorrent, Transmission, and uTorrent, but there are others as well.
For the general process, you would download and install torrenting software, then you would go to a page that has torrent files (like this Ubuntu page), save the .torrent file and then from the software open that file, this will begin the download. Once it’s done, you have a full copy of the files on your computer.
The only thing unique about torrents is that you are downloading parts of the file from a bunch of other people that have a copy, instead of downloading the whole file from just one single server.
Yes, thank you. I was going to explain that as well but asl owanted to keep it as basic and simple as possible. Honestly, I can’t recall the last time I actually alsaved and opened a torrent file, I’ve always used magnet links.
If your computer doesn’t automatically open a magnet link when you click on it (usually you’ll just see a 🧲 that you can click on), you should be able to right click that icon to copy the link. Often the client will have an option to enter the magnet link when you select File>Open.
I can’t speak for the Windows side as I’m one of those Linux users. But the ones I mentioned are ones I know off the top of my head because I see them mentioned often.
For actually getting torrents loaded into the client software, there’s basically no difference. They both contain the information needed to start downloading the content.
A torrent file just has the information needed to start the download, kind of like a text file.
A magnet link is similar to any other link, like http://example.com/SomeFile.torrent. They’re a bit more complicated because the website example.com might remove or change the location of SomeFile.torrent and then any of the existing links won’t work. Magnet links aren’t affected by that sort of thing. I say this with the caveat that I honestly don’t really know or understand them fully because, like I first said, it doesn’t really matter.
FlorisBoard has been a great keyboard. The last proper release was over a year ago but the developer is actively working on a big update which will add word suggestion.
I was daily driving Pop_OS before my System76 finally gave it up. I mostly enjoyed the experience, but when my laptop gave it up, I had to run to a big box store and grab a replacement asap. I’m now riding an HP envy touch screen fliptop and (:puke:) windows 11....
I have no personal experience with it but I see Nobara mentioned often, especially in regards to the Microsoft Surface Tablets. Hopefully someone else with more experience can chime in on it.
I was using F-stop previously for the map feature and the ability to add descriptions to the photos (I love having notes on the photos but hate being locked into a specific app like Google Photos).
Aves has a much nicer UI and can edit the geotag information, too. Glad I found this.
FlorisBoard for several months now. It has no text prediction
The good news is that feature is currently in development. There’s a beta build on GitHub that has it sort of implemented. There’s some details on the FlorisBoard matrix channel on getting it.
M.A.L.P., for when I’m playing music on the house system
Do you mind explaining your setup a bit more? I’ve currently got a few Sonos speakers but I don’t like being locked into their system and have always been interested in a more open setup.
I’ve seen Snapchat and I know of MPD (but don’t fully understand it, to be honest) but it seems there isn’t much information about these types of setups.
F-Stop adds an XMP tag imbedded into the image file. I’m going to assume Aves does the same but I haven’t used it much yet to know.
I would love to be able to find an image service (like PhotoPrism) I can run on my server that can read the tags that I like to use (Date/time, geo location, title/descriptions, and faces). I want that info in the image file itself so that I can easily switch to another service if needed.
I’m still trying to find a way to make back-up copies of the original and then tag/organize photos to be used with a self-hosted viewer, whatever it may be.
It’s no secret that Lemmy is shaping up to be a viable alternative to Reddit. The issue it faces however is that it’s still relatively niche and not many people know about it. I propose that we change this. By contacting the mods of large subreddits and asking them to make and promote relevant Lemmy communities we could...
Seriously. This is how Lemmy becomes a cesspit. I personally don’t care about the politics, but all I see is a ridiculous title for a post and just as ridiculous responses. This place should be about actual discussion, not the typical internet bullshit of “you’re wrong” followed with “no u”.
With the mass migrations of Reddit users to Lemmy/Kbin, and Twitter now speedrunning its own mass extinction, it seems me that the eventual future of social media is de-centralized. I like how Lemmy is slowing turning out, even if it still has some work to do and growing pains to fix up. It’s still able to inform me of all of...
It’s worth noting that PeerTube has a peer2peer function that allows other people watching a video to upload directly to other viewers, reducing the bandwidth needed on the server directly.
I should have clarified that I think Ireland is a tech hotbed for tax reasons, not that the Lemmy instance is there for tax reasons. I’m not trying to discredit the educated workforce in Ireland but I often see the words “taxes” and Ireland together when talking about the large tech companies.
This is not an attempt to convert Lemmy users, nor is it a slight on Lemmy. I'm sure there are plenty of reasons why Lemmy works better for some, and I love the fact that we not only have multiple choices, but multiple choices that allow us to interact with each other regardless! It's amazing. Lemmy is great, no shade....
Don’t get me wrong. I love Linux and FOSS. I have been using and installing distros on my own since I was 12. Now that I’m working in tech-related positions, after the Reddit migration happened, etc. I recovered my interest in all the Linux environment. I use Ubuntu as my main operating system in my Desktop, but I always end...
I realize that google maps timeline feature is pretty antithetical to the way the average user here wants to do things, but I really like it as a way to easily go back and see where I went a particular day, or the last time I visited a particular place. It’s also the most common way for me to notice a road that’s missing...
There’s usually two parts, the data tracker and the visualizer, and they often can be mixed and matched or come as a pair. The most common loggers are OwnTrack and GPSLogger
I used PhoneTrack (through NextCloud) for a bit. I think the great thing about it was you could edit points. If there was a stray data reading that was way off you could (re)move it.
Traccar comes as a server/client pair but this is more aligned for commercial vehicle tracking.
I thought maybe when I click on the communities page on Lemmy.world, that I could then sort the list of communities/magazines/servers by clicking on the subscribers column and it would sort the list by that column....
Kbin and Lemmy have been referred to as the threadiverse for much longer than Meta’s Threads has been around, even before it was known only as Project 92.
Meta unfortunately decided to call their platform a very basic name, the same name as a core feature of Kbin and Lemmy.
PixelFed, Friendica, Peertube, and Mastodon (all part of the fediverse) don’t really use comment threads (Mastodon sort of does) but for Kbin and Lemmy it’s basically the most unique part of it, other than being a filter for various links to other pages. So they are often refered to the part of the fediverse that uses comment threads.
I’ve tried using it over the years but I never liked it because there was no information. So last night I looked at my local city and there is almost no information at all. I spent a few hours last night adding buildings and restaurants and removing incorrect items. It was actually kind of fun and therapeutic and I plan to do...
Probably the best way to contribute buildings is using the JOSM editor and the buildings plug-in.
It’s only available on the computer and it has quite the learning curve, but it’s a very powerful tool for serious editing. Usually the iD editor is good enough for easier editing than on mobile.
Good Morning and thanks in advance. I’ve used Google Sheets to create this daily table that I use on smartphone and PC and I’m looking for an open source alternative. Can you help me, please?...
It’s a bug for the Hot and Active sorting in the way the weightings are calculated and federated between the instances. There was a recent update to the code that’s waiting to be released that should help prevent it.
You can't cd or ls in a folder if you have no +x permissions on it. That is all. I wasted 3 hours of my life.
Smart android keyboard respecting privacy? (lemmy.world)
Hello, could someone recommended a keyboard for android that is a bit smart in predictive typing? I used to like swiftkeybefore it was bought by microsoft. Not that swiftkey itself was much better but I was not so privy conscious at that time....
The Bible but DnD (startrek.website)
Is there any benefit to using your own Last.fm API key?
I’ve made a Last.fm API key but at the point of adding it to Navidrome I wondered why I was bothering; is this option only there because of backwards compatibility or is there a tangible benefit?
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Spirits, how can I get rid of this cold?
Respect to anyone still managing a library of mp3s (lemmy.world)
18+ What irritates you the most with your own language?
Mine is people who separate words when they write. I’m Norwegian, and we can string together words indefinetly to make a new word. The never ending word may not make any sense, but it is gramatically correct...
Welcome to opposite land where Microsoft has a Linux install tutorial (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Old password doesn't meet new password requirements (lemmy.world)
What are some FOSS programs that you think are a far better user experience than their counterparts? (sh.itjust.works)
I used Plex for my home media for almost a year, then it stopped playing nice for reasons I gave up on diagnosing. While looking at alternatives, I found Jellyfin which is much more responsive, IMO, and the UI is much nicer as well....
Where are all the Positive, Wholesome Communities gone, and where are all the hugs, where is my wholesome memes, to help me fight, the politics
Hey, I’ve been looking at what I’m subscribed to on Lemmy and it really grim, and not really what I want from a social media. I’m into tech, but the tech subs talk about evil things companies do, a lot of linux meme and programmer humor, and it’s all cool and all, piracy talking about how it’s bad what certain company...
You can and you should contribute - Open Street Map
Today I found out that it’s actually a lot easier to contribute to Open Street Map than I thought. There are some serious gaps in house addresses in my area and I was painstakingly using the built in browser editor in the browser....
Best practices for navigating file structure via terminal?
I’ve just started my Linux journey earlier this year. As a goal to learn how to self-host applications and services that will allow me to take back some control of my data. Immich instead of Google Photos, for example....
Metadata and torrents. ELI5?
That’s the question really. I hear the terms metadata and torrents thrown around all the time when talking about internet and privacy, but I don’t really understand them and when I tried googling torrents I was just confused. Can someone explain one or both like I’m 5?
FOSS keyboard under active development? (Android)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/3468141...
Touch screens on linux?
I was daily driving Pop_OS before my System76 finally gave it up. I mostly enjoyed the experience, but when my laptop gave it up, I had to run to a big box store and grab a replacement asap. I’m now riding an HP envy touch screen fliptop and (:puke:) windows 11....
What are the coolest (privacy respecting) apps you have?
Title says it all. I’ll go first:...
It's time to take advantage of Reddit's decline
It’s no secret that Lemmy is shaping up to be a viable alternative to Reddit. The issue it faces however is that it’s still relatively niche and not many people know about it. I propose that we change this. By contacting the mods of large subreddits and asking them to make and promote relevant Lemmy communities we could...
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PeerTube has a federation problem
With the mass migrations of Reddit users to Lemmy/Kbin, and Twitter now speedrunning its own mass extinction, it seems me that the eventual future of social media is de-centralized. I like how Lemmy is slowing turning out, even if it still has some work to do and growing pains to fix up. It’s still able to inform me of all of...
Tankies again think that they are being targetted by the fucking government. (sh.itjust.works)
What the hell happened with vlemmy.net?
The site is down, and I don’t remember any calls for defederation or anything like that
Fediverse alternative for Snapchat?
Does anyone know of a Fediverse alternative for Snapchat?...
PeerTube focused community?
cross-posted from: lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/1003699...
YSK that a lot of common questions/complaints about Lemmy are presently answered by kbin (kbin.social)
This is not an attempt to convert Lemmy users, nor is it a slight on Lemmy. I'm sure there are plenty of reasons why Lemmy works better for some, and I love the fact that we not only have multiple choices, but multiple choices that allow us to interact with each other regardless! It's amazing. Lemmy is great, no shade....
Do I understand correctly that I have to subscribe to 5 different NoStupidQuestions on 5 different instances?
The content on all the communities seem different....
Why is Linux so frustrating for some people?
Don’t get me wrong. I love Linux and FOSS. I have been using and installing distros on my own since I was 12. Now that I’m working in tech-related positions, after the Reddit migration happened, etc. I recovered my interest in all the Linux environment. I use Ubuntu as my main operating system in my Desktop, but I always end...
Is there a fediverse equivalent of Letterboxd / icheckmovies / trakt.tv?
I see there is a fediverse equivalent of Goodreads (Bookwyrm), but is there a fediverse equivalent of Letterboxd / icheckmovies / trakt.tv?...
OSM Based Alternatives to Google Maps Timeline?
I realize that google maps timeline feature is pretty antithetical to the way the average user here wants to do things, but I really like it as a way to easily go back and see where I went a particular day, or the last time I visited a particular place. It’s also the most common way for me to notice a road that’s missing...
Is there a way to sort all Threadiverse communities by number of subscribers?
I thought maybe when I click on the communities page on Lemmy.world, that I could then sort the list of communities/magazines/servers by clicking on the subscribers column and it would sort the list by that column....
Has anyone used or contributed to OpenStreetMap?
I’ve tried using it over the years but I never liked it because there was no information. So last night I looked at my local city and there is almost no information at all. I spent a few hours last night adding buildings and restaurants and removing incorrect items. It was actually kind of fun and therapeutic and I plan to do...
[Lemmy.ca Discussion] What should we do about Lemmit.online
@bot has been subject to multiple reports from our users over the last while....
Establishing a new Fediquette
Old habits die hard, but there’s Reddiquette which needs to be revived, and some which needs to die....
open source in progress... (feddit.uk)
Alternative to Google Sheets for a daily table (lemmy.ml)
Good Morning and thanks in advance. I’ve used Google Sheets to create this daily table that I use on smartphone and PC and I’m looking for an open source alternative. Can you help me, please?...