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/fglt/ - Friendly GNU/Linux Thread

Users of all levels are welcome to ask questions about GNU/Linux and share their experiences.

*** Please be civil, notice the "Friendly" in every Friendly GNU/Linux Thread ***

Before asking for help, please check our list of resources.

If you would like to try out GNU/Linux you can do one of the following:
0) Install a GNU/Linux distribution of your choice in a Virtual Machine.
1) Use a live image and to boot directly into the GNU/Linux distribution without installing anything.
2) Dual boot the GNU/Linux distribution of your choice along with Windows or macOS.
3) Go balls deep and replace everything with GNU/Linux.

Resources: Please spend at least a minute to check a web search engine with your question.
Many free software projects have active mailing lists.

$ man %command%
$ info %command%
$ %command% -h/--help
$ help %builtin/keyword%

Don't know what to look for?
$ apropos %something%

Check the Wikis (most troubleshoots work for all distros):
https://wiki.archlinux.org
https://wiki.gentoo.org

/g/'s Wiki on GNU/Linux:
https://igwiki.lyci.de/wiki/Category:GNU/Linux

>What distro should I choose?
https://igwiki.lyci.de/wiki/Babbies_First_Linux
>What are some cool programs?
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/list_of_applications
https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Main_Page
https://suckless.org/rocks/
>What are some cool terminal commands?
https://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/browse
https://cheat.sh/
>Where can I learn the command line?
https://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashGuide
https://www.grymoire.com/Unix/
https://overthewire.org/wargames/bandit
>Where can I learn more about Free Software?
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/philosophy.html
>How to break out of the botnet?
https://prism-break.org/en/categories/gnu-linux

/fglt/'s website:
https://fglt.nl

GNU/Linux Games:
>>>/t/1175569
>>>/vg/lgg

IRC: #sqt on Rizon
https://fglt.nl/irc.html

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Can he save Commodore?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke-Ao-CpI7E

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I honestly don't understand why we need online video resolutions above 240p. Now before you call me insane, try watching the same content once at the highest resolution and then again while lowering it all the way down. You'll notice that the viewing experience is largely the same, just with decreased clarity and more artifacting. To some people this is terrible but to me I don't really see the issue. Unless I'm watching something like a really intense art project or a 4K view of a city, having it set to a lower quality doesn't impact the visuals nearly as much as you would think.

Maybe I'm just out of touch but the idea of viewing media on the Internet in a lossless format or at "source quality" seems like a gigantic waste of resources. It's not even about phones, I've watched low resolution videos on my big screen plenty of times and didn't really feel taken out of it. Like on a base level you're still watching the same thing, it just eats up 10x as much bandwidth for not that much of a real benefit. But this is just part of the wider conversation I feel nobody is having, where we've forgotten that it's fine for things to be compressed because algorithms have gotten extremely good over the years. That's just my opinion though.

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please sign my petition
https://chng.it/8vrDQByB5v

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at last
i have cured my distrohopping

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Fresh off the GNU Press!
Save your friends from proprietary dystopia!

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/twg/ - Tech Workers General

Now where could my pipe be edition

Tech News & Industry Insights
The Register - https://www.theregister.com
TechCrunch - https://techcrunch.com
Hacker News - https://news.ycombinator.com
Fudzilla - https://fudzilla.com/news
ZDNet - https://www.zdnet.com

Software Development & Programming
GitHub Trending - https://github.com/trending
DevDocs - https://devdocs.io
JavaScript, CSS, HTML sandbox - https://jsfiddle.net
MDN Web Docs - https://developer.mozilla.org
Stack Overflow Blog - https://stackoverflow.blog

IT Operations & Infrastructure
AWS Service Health Dashboard - https://status.aws.amazon.com/
Cloudflare System Status - https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/
DownDetector - https://downdetector.com/
Microsoft Azure Status - https://status.azure.com/
Microsoft Office 365 Status - https://portal.office.com/servicestatus

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How the fuck do I write UI code? It feels like every time I write some non-trivial UI it always devolves into a mess of spaghetti and incoherent architecture. Adding something new? Time for some deep sea parameter drilling!

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So how much worse is Windows going to get now?

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/spg/ - Smartphone General

Nothing edition

>What phone has X and Y feature?
Don't ask, use these!
https://www.gsmarena.com/search.php3
https://www.kimovil.com/en/compare-smartphones
https://phonedb.net/index.php?m=device&s=query

Good Resources:
>Reviews
https://www.gsmarena.com
https://www.phonearena.com
https://www.notebookcheck.net

>Frequency Checkers
https://www.frequencycheck.com
https://kimovil.com/en/frequency-checker
https://willmyphonework.net

>Visual Phone Size Comparison
https://phonesized.com/
https://www.phonearena.com/phones/size

>Everything rooting and custom ROM related
>Beware carrier variants with locked bootloaders
https://www.xda-developers.com/

>Debloat your stock ROM
https://github.com/Universal-Debloater-Alliance/universal-android-debloater-next-generation

>Open source Android applications
https://f-droid.org/

>Android App compatibility list for de-googled phones
https://plexus.techlore.tech/

>Custom ROMs suggestions, privacy guides
https://gearjail.neocities.org/

>Recommended phones
https://www.gsmarena.com/smartphone_buyers_guide-review-2036.php

>Try out Android on your iToy
https://trygalaxy.com

>Post a mini-review of your phone
>Anyone aggressively promoting iPhone is an underage micropenis shill who should be ignored
>Discuss upcoming and current models
>Ask for help related to phones
>Tell us how many shekels you spent on a good/bad phone

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Is it finally dead?

seeing a massive decline in online shilling for it, across youtube, reddit etc.

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What will be the state of 4chan in 5 years?

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/SPG/ Self Promotion Thread

What's something you /g/ femboys have been working on. Promote yourselves. Embrace your inner selfish side. Take the stage and the show. What's a new project you've decided to take on. Show and tell.

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