sounds like you might need to run reflector, and then update all packages

I used Gentoo for a few years. I don’t recommend it at all!

first off, there are no tangible advantages. it’s not faster. it is more customizable (by use flags), but the only tangible advantage of those is bragging rights saying you kept a certain library off your system and saved 100kb. just enabling all features is more practical.

there are tangible disadvantages. a big system upgrade can take days. and often fails. and, the manual time you spend merging config files with dispatch-config is large.

I switched from Gentoo to debian after 3y of using Gentoo. i switched from debian to arch after about 10y later. been on arch for about 6y now. would not recommend Gentoo

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omg that was wild

firenvim

I use mutt

have u tried signal?

buy a desktop. much easier to repair yourself

this was fantastic! good on him for doing this and making it public

when companies become so big and provide essential services they should be taken over by the government

i use syncthing to mirror pics on my computers and rsync to back them up on a different computer. (i use raid on my backup server)

for one time transfers (e.g. friends phone) I use warpinator.

if I own the device I use scp/rsync.

to keep files in sync I use syncthing

Yeah, autocorrect isn’t great with technical terms. I meant systemd. I followed Arch’s instruction, and just enabled the services via systemctl --user enable syncthing.service

i use syncthing, and start it via the systems service. i found it reliable. systems has a feature by which you can get notified on error (look up the onerror key), you might be able to do what u need with that.

alternately, you can run a systemd timer that runs periodically and notifies you when your condition is met. if u want a pop-up, use zenity etc.

jeez. so strip the live wire. splice in UPS. then switch over. sounds hard (and dangerous)

lol. never created a slashdot account…

I’ve used both element and elementX. element supports rendering math formulae, which elementX doesnt

i switched right after win95 🙂

ur def right about this. there are a few other things (e. g. cached mail etc) that would be good to encrypt, which I don’t do right now.

if my computer gets stolen I figure no one will bother with my data unless they stand to immediately gain financially. e.g. ransom. my data (I have backups) or access my bank info (I keep this encrypted) and steal my identity. so I protect against this as best as I can without sacrificing usability too much

this sounds cool. if my desktop is plugged into the wall, how would they unplug it to plug it into their device without my computer losing power momentarily?