joyofpeanuts

joined 1 year ago
[–] joyofpeanuts@beehaw.org 5 points 8 months ago

If you want to simply make a folder containing media accessible to all on the network, I suggest to install minidlna, a UPnP server. All you need is to have the media folders accessible by minidlna. Otherwise the config is a simple text file.

[–] joyofpeanuts@beehaw.org 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] joyofpeanuts@beehaw.org 8 points 8 months ago (9 children)

Debian with the choice of LXDE as window manager. Debian offers high configurability to remove any heavy component.

[–] joyofpeanuts@beehaw.org 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I second this. I have been using Ubuntu for at least 10 years by I really do not like snaps or flatpaks for that matter. So, after some disappointing attempts using Debian in the past, I had a new go at it 1-2 years ago and I was positively surprised: Ubuntu without the useless bloat - kind of normal because Ubuntu is based on Debian. For sure the my next PC will be using Debian: efficient, highly configurable, and quite user friendly once you understand it's ways of configuring things.

[–] joyofpeanuts@beehaw.org 6 points 10 months ago (3 children)

The spirit of hacking has to be revived. Not just for software but also computer hardware and hardware in general. It is just a dream, but curiosity about how things work would make people long for free software and the right to repair. So that is why hacking is discouraged by big profiteering corporations, I guess 🤔

[–] joyofpeanuts@beehaw.org 2 points 11 months ago

The reverse is equally true, if not more: Linux and Free Software are Wonderful Contributors To Valve Business. You know the expression about "standing on the shoulder of giants." Anyway, kudos to Valve. Don't become evil like the other big tech co's.

[–] joyofpeanuts@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Yes, I have a Pocketbook and it runs on some Linux distribution variant. Very happy with it.

[–] joyofpeanuts@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

The original Leisure Suit Larry series, Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle, Myst, Half-life, Doom, Quake, Lemmings, ... For more fire up your retropie or recalbox on a raspberry pi.

[–] joyofpeanuts@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

I use the Notes app of Nextcloud. It syncs flawlessly between Linux and Android. Of course with your own instance of Nextcloud, hosted or self-hosted, you get sooo much more.