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Recommend me good e-reader
  • Have you used Koreader? That’s one reason I would get a kobo. As well as their new partnership with ifixit.

    I also like the idea (which apparently doesn’t work with koreader) of syncing with Pocket. I don’t use Pocket, but would start if it meant I had a nice read it later ereader.

  • Apple explains why the Mac Mini power button is hidden underneath
  • My understanding is that M4 is very efficient, and I would imagine that its energy use on sleep is negligible.

    And as for affordability, I think the M4 Mac mini is supposed to be a terrific deal, no? As long as you use the base specs.

  • Microsoft will charge Windows 10 users $30 per year for security updates
  • https://itsfoss.com/install-ubuntu/

    The best advice I’ve heard is to not overthink the distribution. There are so many, and the differences are actually a lot smaller than people let on. Most of the differences are cosmetic, and the differences that are not cosmetic are things a beginner wouldn’t notice, like package management policies.

    Ubuntu, while not perfect, probably has the most straightforward installation process and is widely used so you can get lots of help online.

    Once you get a little more comfortable with Linux, check out the Arch Linux Wiki. It is filled with lots and lots of really good info that usually pertains to all Linux distributions, not just Arch.

    Start following different Linux communities on Lemmy and Mastadon, there are many great communities.

    Also, there will always be assholes who gate keep - this is not unique to Linux. So ignore the few haters out there, there is an overwhelming majority of super helpful and kind people out there.

  • Having to use windows at work makes me appreciate my desktop Linux experience at home.
  • I ran arch on it for about a year - it’s a gen 9 i5. During that time I had a desktop that ran W10 on a gen 3 i5 and was quite a competent machine. Then with W11 and the TPM requirement that perfectly good windows box became ewaste.

    The laptop is fine. Windows 11 is just garbage.

  • Having to use windows at work makes me appreciate my desktop Linux experience at home.

    I’m a teacher and our division just “upgraded” to W11 with a new version of outlook that is basically a web app on desktop. Several times a day my laptop comes to a complete crawl while Teams decides to open itself. Can’t open or close programs, Firefox won’t register mouse clicks, nothing. Graphical glitches appear al the time with menu bars and task bars disappearing regularly, requiring force quitting the app or logging out of the desktop.

    When I first switched to Linux I assumed my experience would be like this. But now it’s the other way around.

    Rant over.

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    Is it possible to use Google Drive reliably?

    I've been using Google Drive in Windows for about a decade and have a good workflow. I recently transitioned to Linux but cannot seem to reliably connect my drive to the filesystem. My work provides unlimited Drive space and since it's for work I have shared directories with coworkers that I need access to every day. Hence, I'm kind of tied to GDrive.

    Is there a reliable method of doing this? Rclone seems to be what I want but it seems to disconnect regularly, and often doesn't upload the changes I make which defeats the purpose.

    Do Linux users just not use Drive?

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    Arkenfox user.js template for Firefox privacy

    github.com GitHub - arkenfox/user.js: Firefox privacy, security and anti-tracking: a comprehensive user.js template for configuration and hardening

    Firefox privacy, security and anti-tracking: a comprehensive user.js template for configuration and hardening - GitHub - arkenfox/user.js: Firefox privacy, security and anti-tracking: a comprehensi...

    GitHub - arkenfox/user.js: Firefox privacy, security and anti-tracking: a comprehensive user.js template for configuration and hardening

    Firefox privacy, security and anti-tracking: a comprehensive user.js template for configuration and hardening.

    I found the extensions section particularly useful:

    https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/wiki/4.1-Extensions

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    Soul Search You Sleep

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