There have been quite a few comments and posts arguing about political memes and whether they belong here. I’m not exactly in any position of authority, but hopefully I can do something about this....
edit: hey guys, 60+ comments, can’t reply from now on, but know that I am grateful for your comments, keep the convo going. Thank you to the y’all people who gave unbiased answers and thanks also to those who told me about Waydroid and Docker...
I run Mylar on my Xubuntu server to manage my comic collection. I found out recently that there’s a tool that can convert the embedded .jpgs to .webp to save space, but it only works on cbz files and not cbr (zipped vs rar for those who don’t know). I wanted to convert all of my cbr to cbz so that I could run the tool on all...
I agree with a lot of what you say, but when you are handicapped (by lack of knowledge), it’s ok to ask for a crutch. Maybe you only need it temporarily, but it’s a massive help while you need it.
I’ve tried switching to Linux several times, but there seems to be a lot of gatekeepers who just say (essentially), “you’re doing it wrong!”.
I just want my computer to do what I want, without needing to use up hours trying to figure out some quasi-coding terminal command. Maybe I’m not the intended user, or something.
They are not upset that it is neglected. They’d rather they were left alone to do their thing. They feel like they are being attacked, because everyone else is trying to drag them into the 21st century.
[Meta] Resolving the political memes argument
There have been quite a few comments and posts arguing about political memes and whether they belong here. I’m not exactly in any position of authority, but hopefully I can do something about this....
What can you do on Linux that you can't do on Windows?
edit: hey guys, 60+ comments, can’t reply from now on, but know that I am grateful for your comments, keep the convo going. Thank you to the y’all people who gave unbiased answers and thanks also to those who told me about Waydroid and Docker...
One of my favorite things in scifi is when later movies/shows have to try to write around old design chocies. (startrek.website)
Its sad. . (lemmy.ml)
Wait, where the hell did it go? (startrek.website)
Tankies (i.imgflip.com)
I'd saw off my leg for my grocery store to start carrying something besides shitty IPA's and Budweiser (lemmy.ml)
Things like this turn people off from Linux
I run Mylar on my Xubuntu server to manage my comic collection. I found out recently that there’s a tool that can convert the embedded .jpgs to .webp to save space, but it only works on cbz files and not cbr (zipped vs rar for those who don’t know). I wanted to convert all of my cbr to cbz so that I could run the tool on all...
Right time, right place (lemmy.world)
Can’t believe this little guy was a rescue. One of the top two dogs I’ve ever owned.
おはよう my Japanese friends! (lemmy.world)
I can neither confirm nor deny my claims.
My GF on my birthday (lemmy.ml)
The panhandle is a mysterious place (sh.itjust.works)
18+ coconut (lemmy.world)
Save the planet! (lemmy.world)