WhiteHotaru

joined 1 year ago
[–] WhiteHotaru@feddit.de 33 points 4 months ago

„On your way to the ER? Make a quick stop at Wallmart to get some vitamins!“

I am using Organic Maps for all my navigation needs (mostly bike and pedestrian navigation).

[–] WhiteHotaru@feddit.de 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I have limited my usecases for selfhosting and thrown money at the problem. The usecases are:

  • image hosting and sharing with the family
  • backups of our family computers
  • digital file hosting
  • media hosting

The last one is expendable. The first three are backed up into the cloud. I use a Synology, thus throwing money at the problem. Their cloud backup just works.

Edit: use cases I do not self host are a mail server for example. The stress outweighs the 12€/year I pay for the service.

[–] WhiteHotaru@feddit.de 2 points 4 months ago

4GB works. My kids use a T410 from 2010 with a SSD and it is a pleasant experience for daily use (browsing, YouTube, small Linux games)

[–] WhiteHotaru@feddit.de 24 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Have you seen the clip of the Irish who has prepared a cassette to be played at his funeral?

[–] WhiteHotaru@feddit.de 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Nice campaign!

[–] WhiteHotaru@feddit.de 2 points 5 months ago

On iOS there is GPX Tracker which simply records a GPX track and can overlay openstreetmap data while doing so.

[–] WhiteHotaru@feddit.de 1 points 5 months ago

Happy cake day! 🍰

[–] WhiteHotaru@feddit.de 15 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

The eagle as a symbol predates the nazis - a lot. The „Reichsadler“ has been used since 800 A.D. as in the region that is now Germany:

The Reichsadler, i. e. the German Imperial Eagle, originated from a proto-heraldic emblem that was believed to have been used by Charlemagne, the first Frankish ruler whom the Pope crowned as Holy Roman Emperor in AD 800, and derived ultimately from the Aquila, i. e. eagle standard, of the ancient Roman army.

Edit: of course the Nazis twisted this as well. To decide, if the eagle has to go, we need more details:

During Nazi rule, a stylised eagle combined with the Nazi swastika was made the national emblem (Hoheitszeichen) by order of Adolf Hitler in 1935.

Despite its medieval origin, the term "Reichsadler" in common English understanding is mostly associated with this specific Nazi-era version. The Nazi Party had used a very similar symbol for itself, called the Parteiadler ("Party's eagle"). These two insignia can be distinguished as the Reichsadler looks to its right shoulder whereas the Parteiadler looks to its left shoulder.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichsadler

[–] WhiteHotaru@feddit.de 54 points 5 months ago (3 children)

The five fingers of that post man don’t make the image any better.

[–] WhiteHotaru@feddit.de 40 points 5 months ago (6 children)

Because if the military wants something, budgets are big. And they do not need to make money.

[–] WhiteHotaru@feddit.de 5 points 5 months ago

Came to say this. Ginko is a symbol for longevity. I’d take it over a heart, @daddyjones@lemmy.world

[–] WhiteHotaru@feddit.de 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This @cheezits@lemmy.ca! I run Linux Mint on a T410 with 4 GB of Ram and a 250 GB SSD and the user experience is quite ok for normal day to day usage like playing light games, browsing and HD video streaming.

 

There were some questions lately about favorite software products. And I thought, I add mine.

I am in the process of migrating my wife’s PC to Linux. I like tinkering a bit, but am in a position where I am willing to pay money to have a good user experience and spend less time, because things „just work“. I bought Affinity Publisher recently after some testing, because it has a nice workflow to create print products like Christmas and birthday cards.

Software on my list is:

  • Steam and Games capable running on Linux
  • Only Office
 

I have been using Linux on and off from the first shipped CDs from Ubuntu. Nowadays I mainly use OS X, because my employer provides us with MacBooks I can use in private and I like the UNIX base and I do not have to tinker to get things to work.

I just set up an old Thinkpad for my kids to start their digital journey with Linux Mint and am considering switching my private stuff to a separate computer.

What I really love about OS X is the consistent usage of alt and the command keys. It basically follows the concept: „you want to do something, press Command + …“ and „you want an alternative character? Press alt + …“.

My experience is that Linux key usage was inspired by Windows at first and Windows did not have a Command key.

Would it be hard to get the same behavior as on OS X with a Linux system?

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