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Are there any Windows-exclusive programs you use?
  • Lots of firmware and driver updater programs seem to require Windows or Mac and I can't get them to run with wine. For example, I need Win to update the firmware on my car stereo and my 8bitdo game controllers. I also need it to run the tax software my CPA uses.

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    [Louis Rossmann] Piracy is COMPLETELY justified: Louis tries NetFlix and remembers why
  • Thanks for this! I'm so glad to see an audible alternative.

    EDIT: I signed up for a free trial and will give it a go. Bummed to see they have a much smaller selection but I guess that's expected with Amazon's muscle.

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    Gimme some of that Bay Leaf confidence
  • Pretty much everything you cook should have salt added or it will taste bland. Salt brings out other flavors. There's a reason "under seasoned" is an expression that often simply means "under salted."

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    Lauren Boebert Caught Vaping in Theater CCTV After Blaming Smoke on Fog Machine
  • Plus her husband boy toy Hieled Hitler in the beginning!

    *I'm kidding but it almost looked like he did. Though I guess that might not be a negative thing for the people that vote Boebert.

    EDITED to correct inaccurate husband statement.

    1000020755

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    PSA: When people ask you "What distro should I use?", try pointing them here
  • I agree that it's a bad recommendation. That was my first distro and the dated look was a huge turn off and a bad first impression for Linux. It just feels like a downgrade from Windows or MacOS, which makes for a terrible transition.

    What Mint offers that many other distros don't is that it generally works well right out of the box, with just the initial install and no other tweaks, because it has proprietary drivers and other bells and whistles pre-installed. But so does Zorin and Pop_OS and both look much better. Those would probably be my top recommendations for a new user. All 3 of those distros have lots of online support (plus the general Ubuntu support that will usually be applicable as well).

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    US Facebook Users Can Claim Share Of $725 Million Lawsuit Settlement, But Only Until Friday
  • Me too. I love that in order to prove I have a claim for my deleted account, I can submit my email address. My account was deleted, Facebook. Why do you still have my email address? Why do you still have records tying it to my deleted account?

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    ‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Prepared For 100,000 Concurrent Players, They’ve Gotten 700,000
  • Is there a benefit to doing this instead of just running it natively on SD? The store page says it's SD verified.

    Guessing you get higher resolution? Does it matter if playing handheld only vs big screen?

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    Android users who don't use the stock launcher - what launcher do you use, and what do you like about it?
  • I have been looking for a replacement for Nova due to the sale but haven't found anything that comes close re gestures. I can set up a folder with any icon I want. Tap on it and it opens the folder. Swipe up on the folder and it opens whatever app I want. Same with swipe down.

    So for example I have a folder with my audio apps in it that looks like a musical note. Swipe up and it opens my music app. Swipe down and it opens my podcast app. Tap and it opens a folder with all my audio apps. It's amazing and such a time saver. I'm gonna try Action. Sounds like it's not quite as customisable but hopefully close enough.

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    Sound Off: How many 10+ year redditors have left the site?
  • I moved from Digg to reddit about 15 years ago, before the mass Digg exodus. For the last 5 years I was a paid reddit subscriber, mostly just because it was my most visited site and I wanted to support it.

    Immediately after the API announcements, I cancelled my subscription and deleted all my posts. I also deleted most of my comments, and edited some to say I've moved to Lemmy. I planned to do that with all of them but I got bored.

    There are some niche subreddits I still visit directly because I haven't found comparable communities, but I barely use the site at all anymore. I'm enjoying Lemmy and have also dipped back into RSS feeds for the first time in about a decade.

    Unless something drastically changes, I will never post or comment there again. It's only a matter of time before I ditch it completely.

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    What portable utilities do you carry with you.
  • I didn't realize you can have an OS ISO and other programs on the same USB stick. I thought the live boot ISO had to be the only thing on the stick (or multiple ISOs using Ventoy).

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