[–] 18 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Personally, I couldn't do it. I understand if they are working hard to survive or provide for children/family, but when you don't have those obligations you really have to choose whether you want such a demanding career or a relationship. It's just not fair to the other partner, regardless of how much money they're bringing in.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    It's the first distro I've tried where everything just works right out of the box and nothing is overly bloated. All of the software I use was available from the Bazzar and my printer even worked right away. No fiddling with CUPS or trying to install from binary/tar/appimg/etc.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 week ago* (1 child)

    A server is just a computer like any other that connects to other computers through the internet and shares data back and forth. It stores its info in hard drives so yes, they can definitely fill up. But just like other computers they can be upgraded with more storage space if that happens.

    The cost ranges wildly depending on how powerful a server you need. I've used my 10+ year old lenovo as a server and it probably isn't worth much. Conversely, I'm sure some professional server stacks can get quite costly.

    As for if lemmy.world needs more, I can't say. That would be up to the maintainers of that instance to comment on.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 week ago (10 children)

    If you're looking for something that won't give you any headaches then I wholeheartedly recommend Bazzite. IMO it's the best distro for the casual user.

    I've also been interested in NixOS lately for the ability to easily transfer and back up the config, but I have yet to make that jump. It seems like a really great way to set up an OS though.

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    I just finished setting up my own Jellyfin server. Lately I've been getting into using open source software and this weekend I thought it would be nice to self host on an old thinkpad I had from my college days. There were a few roadblocks I encountered, but ultimately I got it working. Now with the Finamp/Jellyfin app I can have a Spotify/Netflix-like experience completely free (well minus the domain name cost). I highly recommend it if you have been thinking about doing it for a while like I was. I'm so glad we have open source software like Lemmy and Jellyfin available to us.

    Edit: Thanks to everyone who suggested not using Cloudflare tunnels. I'm sure they would have got me eventually. I am now successfully running Jellyfin with Pangolin and couldn't be happier.

     

    Lately I've been trying to degoogle/decorp my life in an effort to increase my privacy. So far I'm running GrapheneOS, using open-source software/apps (VPN, email, cloud storage etc), switched to Linux, switched browsers/search engines, and even switched from smart devices to analog ones. The only thing I have left that I can reasonably give up is a google home router. However, new routers are quite expensive for me. Is it worth buying a new one or does it even matter?

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