In Putty go to Connections->X11->Enable X11 Forwarding and then put “localhost:0” as the xdisplay location. I haven’t done it in a while but I think that’s all you need.

The average person doesn’t own a computer anymore, but I think steam users are pretty representative of people who want to use the OS that markets itself as “The next generation of Linux gaming”

61% of steam users have 1tb or more total hard drive space.

https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Software-Survey-Welcome-to-Steam

I think the only thing that will really push adoption is if more systems ship with Linux preinstalled and those laptops are advertised primarily with linux. People aren’t going to go buy a usb drive, figure out how to download an image and how to download and install a flasher and how to use that flashing tool, not when google and apple actively hamstring computer literacy in schools. They probably won’t even click the “budget penguin thing” unless they already know what it is and have been sold the story of linux on that specific laptop.

I use Buckets . It’s a small 1 person freeware, dev asks for a 30 dollar one time donation but it isn’t mandatory. It’s based on the software and idealogy of ynab which enshittified several years ago. The learning resources of ynab should be mostly compatible but I haven’t looked at it in a while.

It interopts with simplefin, an open source tool that reads your bank transactions and gives read only access to buckets. It costs 10dollars per year to use their servers. It creates some annoying quirks that is mostly the fault of my bank but its passable. The app can also take csv files if you would prefer (which most banks allow you to export).

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I like to use it when I’m reading, I’ll set it to move at my reading pace and then I don’t have to touch anything to read the article.

It’s pretty hard to be open and transparent when 2 men with guns and black suits are sitting at your kitchen table.

We don’t know if that happened, but given the speed this happened and the us being the us…

If it breaks that they had a long runway of knowing this had to happen, then sure bring out the pitchforks, but imo we should default to this happening under heavy pressure to act immediately.

Nerds like us can argue until we are blue in the face, 99% of the public will continue to call it Linux. GNU/Linux is a good way to prompt those not in the know to learn some of the history while still being understandable as Linux, that is the current and best solution, I do not think it is unresolved.

FileName_IMPORTANTCATEGORIZATION.yyyy.ext

With all bits being optional (not every file needs the date it refers to)

So eg (slight modifications for anonymity):

SunLifeInsureance_SIGNED.2024.Q1.pdf

SpotDoesTrickAndFalls_ORIG.mp4

JSmithPassport_CANADA.2015_2025.pdf (I am a dual citizen)

JSmithCOVIDPass_DOSE1.2021.pdf

I know this isn’t the point but avast is more or less malware itself these days. The bundled windows defender + the free (not always running) version of malwarebytes is a good enough solution for almost everyone.

Disney releases new movies with new characters pretty quickly. I don’t think they have even exhausted the first movie yet.

I mean not really. Greater jihad is a fully inner struggle to be a good person. Lesser jihad is about converting others, the lesser jihad of the pen/tongue is about debate and proselytizing, onky jihad of the sword is about violence and only those in active combat. For all Muslims the greater jihad is the most important part, and for 95% of Muslims the jihad of the pen is the only relavent part. In the Qur’an there are roughly 30 references to greater jihad, and 10 or so for the lesser jihad.

so why not rm -rf folder/.git/* then rm -r folder/*

The currency is sometimes considered a proper noun, the individual denominations are always considered common nouns.

if I’m working on the stock exchange I might track the value of the Dollar (a proper noun). If I’m buying from your lemonade stand I’d give you a dollar (a common noun).

likewise the Ouguiya is worth about 1/400th of the US Dollar. If you go to the bank, they could give you a 1 ouguiya coin.

Here’s a source and here is the MLA style guide not capitalizing dollar.

I’m pretty sure birds take way more effort than dogs and cats.

I’m pretty sure, as a dog owner that ferrets are both more effort and more work than a dog.

I mean they do label it, just over on the right side of the graph instead of the usual left

Nothing with a recent AMD gfx Card or APU will officially support S3, and I think Nvidia is the same. Just because it isn’t supported doesn’t mean they’ll intentionally break anything, but over time you’ll have more and more bugs related to it and one day it will break and never be fixed.

Personally I use S4 (hibernate) more or less exclusively.

I know people hate Linus tech tips and everything, but they have a great guide on how best to save wet hardware https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNm2g4Tkf3E , skip to 30s if you don’t like their comedy

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