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spidermonkey23··on I said no and Apple said yes
I think it's equally likely a windows update breaks a family owned computer and the solution isn't clear to them eg reinstall drivers directly from Vendor.

I'd also rgue Mint is easier to navigate than Windows with it's 3+ different context menus and baked in ads.

spidermonkey23··on Libertix installs Linux with 3 mouse clicks for Windows users
seems to only support two distros :- Linux Mint 22.3 Cinnamon or Zorin OS 18.1 Core. Any support for others?
spidermonkey23··on Monzo Stand-In
they don't offer a phone contract..? this makes no sense
spidermonkey23··on Nearest Pint
seems like Edinburgh beats Glasgow for the no 5 spot,I guess they have the Fringe to thank
spidermonkey23··on Show HN: I made a 2D Lua game engine using Rust with code and asset live reload
testing it out - looks enjoyable to play around with!
spidermonkey23··on Quarkdown – Markdown with Superpowers
I was looking for something like this, but would love if it had CV formatted doc. I just want something easy to update, but easier to version control Vs docx.
spidermonkey23··on Show HN: Holos – QEMU/KVM with a compose-style YAML, GPUs and health checks
I like it! is there a way to use both virt-manager and virsh with this or do we have to pick one. I'd be keen to migrate my VMs to this compose based system if it was a simple import job.
spidermonkey23··on Run Linux containers on Android, no root required
I think this is great, I've wanted some sort of docker on android system and this does the job quite nicely all wrapped up in an apk. So there is definitely space for this in the current ecosystem. The new terminal built into android crashes whenever I try booting it up.
spidermonkey23··on Turning a MacBook into a touchscreen with $1 of hardware (2018)
Using an external webcam is that not more than $1? cool project though; reminds me of how you could use a Wii remote to create a interactive whiteboard.
spidermonkey23··on I turned my Kindle into my own personal newspaper
made something with vibe assistance, for generating ebooks from the guardian.com.

the approach here is to self host a web service and download the books from the experimental browser as .mobi for kindle use. These are then fully local and easy to delete after. https://github.com/tomesparon/guardian-rss-mobi-maker

spidermonkey23··on LibreSprite – open-source pixel art editor
There's an experimental android version too which is more than aseprite offers. For the basics libresprite is a great entry into pixel art
spidermonkey23··on Termux
I like to use with termux_xfce proot to use calibre on the go etc
spidermonkey23··on Nova Launcher added Facebook and Google Ads tracking
I had a go at finding a launcher that suits my preferences, and ended up back to square 1, the native launcher on Samsung Oneui. the killer feature is stackable widgets so you can reduce the real estate used for each one.

That said,my other top picks are : Lawnchair +Lawnicons YAM Launcher (foss and minimal) Fossify launcher beta (bare bones typical launcher).

spidermonkey23··on Amazon will allow ePub and PDF downloads for DRM-free eBooks
I feel like if the platform is unwilling to give you access to books you posted for, you should be able to download them from arrr without authors or publishers being affected financially - buy first pirate later.
spidermonkey23··on Customize Nano Text Editor (2022)
I just did this for some of my setups recently, using the minibar and constantshow settings.easy to cut and paste without line numbers enabled too
spidermonkey23··on SmolGPT: A minimal PyTorch implementation for training a small LLM from scratch
Is there anything that can run locally on mobile in temrux
spidermonkey23··on MiceWine – run Windows applications and games on Android smartphones
Interesting, I've not heard of this one before. Most of the emulation community has settled on 'Winlator' as the main android windows emu of choice. Before this it was Exagear, but winlator is easier to get started with. Another route is using proof termux with a DE like xfce and connecting with X but not sure how good this setup is for pure gaming performance, but may be a good option for Dev work.
spidermonkey23··on Atkinson Hyperlegible Font
It's a good one to add as a custom font on Kindle/ebook devices
spidermonkey23··on Flowblade: Open-source video editor for Linux
I'd be interested in a mobile video editor that is capable and open source. There really is a lack of open source video tools - at least for Android!
spidermonkey23··on Interviewing my mother, a mainframe COBOL programmer (2016)
My company which uses mainframe and COBOL is undergoing a migration to Linux. This involves porting all the batch command scripts to bash and also fix quirks with COBOL compiler differences. At the end of it though the system is at least 4x faster and much more maintainable. This was the solution instead of doing a complete rewrite to Java that they backed out of some years before.
spidermonkey23··on Firefox Android now supports Tampermonkey
Bromite also supports userscripts and is chromium based