Try Material Files file manager. It's the best file manager I've used, connects to remote servers, and is open source

https://github.com/zhanghai/MaterialFiles

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Aegis looks great - I'll give this a shot. Thanks for the recommendation!

This looks pretty good. Will look into this option for sure. Thanks for the suggestion!

I forgot about Codeberg - I'll look into that and Gitlab as alternatives. Thanks for the suggestions.

Vorta is a great program for backing up files. Works on Windows, Mac, and Linux.

The best part is it works with Android as well. Whenever I turn my computer on, all my photos on my phone sync to my computer to a folder that gets regularly backed up (using Vorta which is an excellent and easy to use open source backup program for Windows, Linux, and Mac)

I haven't had the laptop long enough to know what happens after updates. However, if Microsoft wants to reset any of the changes or reinstall software or features, they will regardless of what methods or tools you've used to debloat. I like this tool because it's easy to run and can be done periodically (like after major updates) without much hassle. And it's open source on GitHub which I very much appreciate.

Here's a really nice script to debloat a new Windows install. I bought a new Windows 11 laptop and this made it super easy:

https://github.com/Raphire/Win11Debloat

Bob Loblaw

The lump sum payout for the $1.3 billion was $621 million. Lottery winnings are taxed as income putting the winner in the 37% federal tax bracket leaving $391.2 million. After taking out Oregon state taxes, the winner would be left with $329.8 million.

https://www.usamega.com/powerball/jackpot/2024/4/6

The after tax amount for an Oregon winner selecting the cash payout would be $329.8 million.

https://www.usamega.com/powerball/jackpot/2024/4/6

Check out the "Screen Rotate" gnome extension (by shyzus). It adds a button in the gnome quick settings menu that allows you to disable auto rotate, and has the option to add a button to manually switch between portrait or landscape rotation.

https://www.newegg.com/p/pl?d=beelink&Submit=ENE&pageTitle=beelink&Order=1&N=50102834+4840

I bought a brand new Lenovo Yoga laptop, and when connecting to my TV via HDMI, the TV occasionally goes black for a second or 2 then comes back. It doesn't happen at all when streaming video full screen, only when doing something simple like browsing the Internet. Happens with Windows and Linux, although it's more frequent on Linux.

When turning off my Samsung TV, every once in a while it decides to turn itself back on about 5 minutes later. This has been going on for several years now.

It doesn't happen every time, and seems to happen randomly as I can't replicate the conditions in which it happens. It didn't happen when I bought the TV, so I suspect it started after Samsung pushed a firmware update. It's a bug others are experiencing with the same model TV and I've tried every fix people suggested online, factory reset the TV, and updated the firmware. My conclusion is that it's a bug that Samsung needs to fix, but I'm confident they won't given the TV is about 5 years old now.

Why isn't KDE Neon ever recommended? It seems like it would be a solid option.

Where did you buy it? Looking for something similar for myself.

Quite interesting. Thank you for the information!

Sure, people should not use their work computer for personal use.

However, I would say the majority of people absolutely do use it for occasional personal use. Checking your personal email at work? Googling driving directions to the dentist? Using the pdf editor to fill out a form? Searching for a flight during your lunch break? I would say everyone I see at work does this, and I would bet that when they take their laptop home they would not hesitate to boot it up for personal use. And the people working remotely I would wager use it even more.

I'm not saying it's right, but I do think using a completely separate SSD and OS is way more responsible from a security perspective.

From a technical perspective I'm curious - how would they know a drive has been added without physically inspecting the laptop?

Thanks for the information. And good point - I will check to see if there's any logs in the BIOS. Is there any way to know if boot logs are being sent? Is that a BIOS setting, or something that would be configured in Windows?

Arrested Development

Opera has had this functionality for 10+ years on their mobile browser, and I would argue that it has always been their best feature by far as it has always worked beautifully. I just don't understand how no other browser has implemented this feature.

Check out your local library as well. Mine lets you print 2 pages for free each time you go in, and it's super cheap to print more.

The feature I absolutely love on Opera mobile is it will dynamicly wrap text and adjust the page layout to a single column when you zoom in/out. So for pages with small text, you can zoom in to see enlarged text and just scroll down to read - where on all other browsers you have to scroll horizontally back and forth to read the enlarged text.

Opera has been doing this brilliantly for at least 10 years, and I have yet to see this on any other mobile browsers I've tried.

Vorta for automatic backups of my computer https://vorta.borgbase.com/

Material Files is by far the best file browser.

https://github.com/zhanghai/MaterialFiles

I hadn't come across this when I was trying to get it to work with Wine. This looks promising - I'll give it a try next time!

That's an interesting idea. I will give that a shot next time!

I have to keep a Windows install around for the sole purpose of pushing firmware updates to my Headrush pedal board. The installer will run on Linux with Wine, but it cannot detect the pedalboard through the USB connection.

I found an old TV on Craigslist for $10 for my Genesis.

Uhh Yeah Dude They've been doing the podcast since 2006, and just surpassed their 1000th episode. Listener supposed and ad free. Just two guys trying to figure it all out.

I don't think you even need consent-o-matic. uBlock Origin can block the cookie popups (it's just not enabled by default)

I couldn't see my posts and comments in the Eternity app - clearing data and cache and logging in again fixed it. Thanks!