AtariDump@lemmy.world wrote:

Great; how do I get my Mother to do that over the phone?

That’s not going to scale as I share out my server.

Are you incapable of recognizing that in this context my comment was a joke? What the fuck is wrong with you?

That’s not going to scale…

How many mothers do you have?

It’s not a cake walk, but I’ve something similar for a friend who can barely turn on his PC.

The OpenWRT router was fully configured before shipping it to him and the existing router’s needed Wireguard port was opened by me using the Comcast Android app. All he had to do was connect his TV to a new wifi network. That wasn’t easy, but he ultimately succeeded.

3 - An OpenWRT router with Wireguard connecting to another router 1000 miles away will do the trick.

Every time I’m forced to use Windows it feels like I’m being punished.

I’ve been running a W10 VirtualBox VM with Linux Mint on a dedicated raw SSD without any problems at all. It’s been years, but I remember it was a PITA to set up initially. Looking at the docs, it seems to be easier now.

So Chrome is sharing way more than the user agent with Canon? That’s just ridiculous. I hope someone with the time will take a good look about what information is being sent.

I’ve been running across sites that demand I use Chrome on PC too, a non-starter since Google “upgraded” Chrome to prevent adblock use. My solution has been to install User Agent Switcher for Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/android/addon/uaswitcher/. Works on both PC and phone.

It was and I should have probably done the same.

It was an easily found fact, documented in many places. Who said anything about a debate?

A few months ago a Lemmy user stridently demanded sources for a comment I posted. Since he literally could have found the information with less effort by a Google search, I refused to do it for him. Other Lemmy users argued that I should be this dope’s reference librarian, and another guy actually did the Google search for him and posted the results.

People are astoundingly lazy and even many Lemmy users want to be spoon-fed.

Are you familiar with the Linux Surface Project? You’ll find feature matrix and installation guide links.

I’ve been running Linux Mint on a Surface 4 Laptop for well over a year and after initial configuration it works very well. The installation guide at that site made it fairly easy to get working.

Why not customize Ubuntu exactly as desired on one Raspberry Pi, and before you make any other changes clone the Micro SD?

The company used to have it set up so in order to trigger an audio alert using “Find My Device” so you could actually, you know, find your device, you had to have that device in your hand and respond to a security prompt.

It is my firm belief that Google employees never use their own products.

No matter what distro you choose, expect a learning curve. Depending on your usage it can be minor or significant. You may find a simple task doesn’t work as you expect in Linux and it’s time consuming to figure it out. If you run Windows in a virtual machine on Linux or set up a dual boot system you can switch back and get the task done easily, and figure out how things work at your leisure.

When I first switched I went back to Windows a couple of times a week for simple tasks that I didn’t know how to complete in Linux. (It usually was an issue with figuring out a new application and rarely had anything to do with the OS itself.) After a couple of months I found I was wasn’t using Windows much, and in less than a year I was able to delete the Windows partition.

CopyQ is an advanced clipboard manager. Gimp is great but Pinta is easy for quick, minor image adjustments. System Monitor is an applet that displays system information by double clicking on a taskbar icon. If you use VPNs, the IP Indicator applet shows the country of your public IP or customized icon when matching ISP is found.

Mint has a convenient desktop app included called Disk Usage Analyzer that makes checking what’s using your storage space quick and easy.

Had a backup so it was not a big deal. Only one major issue in a decade is more than reliable enough IMO.

I’ve revived a Dell Venue battery the laptop reported as dead. Connecting several alkaline batteries in series to provide a voltage slightly higher than the Dell battery’s rated voltage and using them charge the Li-ion battery did the trick. After charging the Dell battery for about 10 minutes I reinstalled it, the laptop recognized it and it worked normally from that point on.

It could happen with anything, but since Mint 17.3 (2015) the only serious corruption I’ve experienced is during a major OS upgrade. I had far more problems with Windows.