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by InkKnife
Mon Sep 26, 2022 9:13 pm
Forum: Open Chat
Topic: "How Google is KILLING your AD BLOCKERS and tracker blockers with Manifest v3" - The Linux Experiment
Replies: 36
Views: 2334

Re: "How Google is KILLING your AD BLOCKERS and tracker blockers with Manifest v3" - The Linux Experiment

This might sound mean but for all you Chrome users who are feeling betrayed I ask you: What did you expect?
You invite a tool made by the largest advertising agency on earth and you expected it to be secure and consumer centered?
I stopped believing in fairy tales when I was 5.
by InkKnife
Thu Jun 24, 2021 7:05 pm
Forum: Chat about Linux
Topic: The Worst Linux Advice
Replies: 71
Views: 6145

Re: The Worst Linux Advice

.... Unless there is a very compelling reason to use Synaptic Package Manager, the Software Manager would likely be the better option for a noob. I cannot say that I have ever used the Synaptic Package Manager. Don't agree with this really. The only compelling reason to use software manager is the ...
by InkKnife
Wed Mar 10, 2021 10:48 pm
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: Open a Mac OS "sparseimage" file in Linux?
Replies: 2
Views: 1498

Re: Open a Mac OS "sparseimage" file in Linux?

An Apple sparceimage is a disk image. Have you tried right clicking on it to see if there are any apps installed that think they can mount it. See, that's the thing, you cannot "open" a sparce image like a file, it is a volume that needs to be mounted. If it does mount you will be probably...
by InkKnife
Wed Mar 10, 2021 9:23 pm
Forum: Chat about Linux
Topic: helloSystem Wants To Be The "macOS of BSDs" With A Polished Desktop Experience
Replies: 13
Views: 1934

Re: helloSystem Wants To Be The "macOS of BSDs" With A Polished Desktop Experience

Meh... just out of curiosity, I was going to take a look in a VM, but the iso would not boot. Gave up. Having Open/Close and Minimize on left instead of the right was enough for me to shut it down after it booted. One of the reason, among many, that I like Cinnamon is I can have my window widgets w...
by InkKnife
Mon Jan 04, 2021 5:26 pm
Forum: Cinnamon
Topic: high cpu usage when opening a folder with many files
Replies: 6
Views: 626

Re: high cpu usage when opening a folder with many files

My guess would be what you are seeing is cinnamon building thumb-nail icons for the files.
by InkKnife
Mon Jan 04, 2021 1:48 am
Forum: Open Chat
Topic: What are the first things you do when you boot up? (Updated)
Replies: 40
Views: 2755

Re: What are the first things you do when you boot up?

Launch: system monitor Psensor Nemo Firefox Chrome I use FF and Chrome at the same time. Chrome lives on my left monitor and Firefox lives on my right monitor. I use Chrome just for media playback, 90% Netflix, Youtube and Amazon Prime. I use Firefox for my other browsing. I am hard on a browser, lo...
by InkKnife
Mon Jan 04, 2021 12:33 am
Forum: Open Chat
Topic: If Microsoft had adopted Unix would they rule the world?
Replies: 11
Views: 983

Re: If Microsoft had adopted Unix would they rule the world?

If Microsoft had adopted Unix way back in the early 80's they they would have never gotten popular because the licensing fees on Unix back then could be as high as $10,000 a seat in a time when ten grand would buy you a new car, two if you went cheap. And developing a full blown Unix takes many year...
by InkKnife
Sun Jan 03, 2021 11:48 pm
Forum: Open Chat
Topic: How far away are we from a computer that talks and listens and learns.
Replies: 29
Views: 2749

Re: How far away are we from a computer that talks and listens and learns.

I don't think we are more than ten years away from a Star Trek computer voice command. The Hal 9000 won't ever be built if we are smart because we should not build machines with a sense of self preservation. I like the picture of computers Star Trek shows us. If Hal was in the Star Trek universe, Da...
by InkKnife
Sun Jan 03, 2021 11:18 pm
Forum: Open Chat
Topic: Facebook Ad Blocking Techniques and Strategies
Replies: 21
Views: 1663

Re: Facebook Ad Blocking Techniques and Strategies

I use AdBlock Origin and Privacy Badger. AdBlock Origin blocks many ads on FB, not "suggested Posts" but everything else and Privacy Badger blocks FB's tracking cookies and beacons so FB cannot track you when you are off their site. AdBlock Origin and Privacy Badger are available for both ...
by InkKnife
Sun Jan 03, 2021 11:01 pm
Forum: Open Chat
Topic: Adobe Flash is Dead
Replies: 51
Views: 4295

Re: Adobe Flash is Dead

My big beef with Flash was the flood of horrible, all flash websites that hit the web in the late 90s and into the '00s. Lots of you young 'uns 'round here are to young to remember this appalling period on the web. Then there was the way Flash was deliberately insecure. Adobe has admitted they knew ...
by InkKnife
Wed Nov 25, 2020 8:20 pm
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: sudo apt update failed, error 403 forbidden
Replies: 4
Views: 1067

Re: sudo apt update failed, error 403 forbidden

Is there something wrong with your Update Manager?
by InkKnife
Fri Nov 20, 2020 10:33 pm
Forum: Open Chat
Topic: "A" Solution to "The Alcohol Problem"
Replies: 22
Views: 2927

Re: "A" Solution to "The Alcohol Problem"

Gives you cancer, though. Tar, just like tobacco. All smoke kills. :mrgreen: Your assertion is not supported by research. As a matter of fact there is some evidence that smoking pot might actually lower your chances of getting lung cancer. Sorry mate, but there is ample research support: https://ww...
by InkKnife
Tue Nov 17, 2020 7:35 pm
Forum: Open Chat
Topic: "A" Solution to "The Alcohol Problem"
Replies: 22
Views: 2927

Re: "A" Solution to "The Alcohol Problem"

Now when I want a nice relaxing substance I smoke some pot. It is relaxing, a good pain killer and no icky side effects like drinking has. Gives you cancer, though. Tar, just like tobacco. All smoke kills. :mrgreen: Your assertion is not supported by research. As a matter of fact there is some evid...
by InkKnife
Tue Nov 17, 2020 7:25 pm
Forum: Open Chat
Topic: Apple's iMac-SOLVED
Replies: 43
Views: 3676

Re: Apple's iMac-SOLVED

Get your wife the Mac. I used Macs for 25 years, Linux Mint for the last 8 years and I like Mint but there is practically no interoperability between iOS devices and Mint (or any Linux), no syncing, no loading music from one device to another. Basically her idevices will be orphaned and she will bla...
by InkKnife
Tue Nov 17, 2020 7:18 pm
Forum: Open Chat
Topic: "A" Solution to "The Alcohol Problem"
Replies: 22
Views: 2927

Re: "A" Solution to "The Alcohol Problem"

I quit drinking when I quit smoking because drinking makes me crave a smoke and drinking also weakens my will power and judgement about stupid things like smoking. Now when I want a nice relaxing substance I smoke some pot. It is relaxing, a good pain killer and no icky side effects like drinking has.
by InkKnife
Tue Nov 17, 2020 7:08 pm
Forum: Chat about Linux
Topic: MS Edge for Linux
Replies: 96
Views: 21432

Re: MS Edge for Linux

Not a chance. I will not be a participant in the Google take over of the web. I use a browser that is built by people who believe in freedom online: Firefox. Anything Chrome or Chromium based is a win for Google and when Google wins, we all loose.
by InkKnife
Fri Jul 31, 2020 7:20 pm
Forum: Open Chat
Topic: Wow! Just swallowed some CBD oil. Anyone else uses this beneficial supplement?
Replies: 28
Views: 4528

Re: Wow! Just swallowed some CBD oil. Anyone else uses this beneficial supplement?

I would use CBD except I don't trust the supplement market. At least in the USA supplements like CBD oil are unregulated almost completely and there is no standards for purity or dosages. I could urinate in a bottle, slap a CBD oil label on it and I would be legal if I added a microgram or 2 of CBD ...
by InkKnife
Fri Nov 22, 2019 8:25 pm
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: Completely Uninstall Wine
Replies: 8
Views: 4709

Re: Completely Uninstall Wine

Hi blueocean...i was not aware that "Cinnamon" did not have a "menu editor"...in that case, besides the normal clean ups you already listed, the OP should use, "disk usage analyzer", i do not know if this exists by default installation but if not its easy to install: I...
by InkKnife
Thu Oct 17, 2019 8:08 pm
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: Tips for keeping Linux mint fast and maintenance
Replies: 8
Views: 3157

Re: Tips for keeping Linux mint fast and maintenance

Linux generally does not require maintenance in the way Windows and OSX do. Linux does not suffer Windows fragmentation and bit rot issues or OSX's file system degradation problems.
by InkKnife
Tue Jul 23, 2019 11:47 pm
Forum: Chat about Linux
Topic: Who can maintain Linux for my wife
Replies: 24
Views: 3545

Re: Who can maintain Linux for my wife

This will not be a popular opinion, but my advice would be to get a Windows 10 computer and get her used to it. Much easier to find/get support for Windows 10 than Linux. It's what I would do, indeed I already keep one Windows 10 computer on hand for my wife to use. Edit: I understand where you are...

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