peterg75

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cheapest new computer running linux <$500 in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] peterg75@discuss.online 4 points 1 year ago

I got an off-lease dell latitude 7400. Tbh, got it for free, but you can snag one on eBay for under $400. i5, 16 Gb ram, got a 1TB drive for $50 on Amazon. Runs Linux very well! I'd go with a light weight is like EndeavourOS or Arch.

*Permanently Deleted* in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] peterg75@discuss.online 2 points 1 year ago

EndeavourOS for the win! The speed of Arch Linux without the installation pain! Especially for older hardware?

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Lada Convertible concept (www.tumblr.com)
 

Let's resurrect SCM on Lemmy!

What was your gateway product to open source? in c/foss@beehaw.org
[–] peterg75@discuss.online 7 points 1 year ago

Gimp, OpenOffice.org, VLC, Slackware, and on and on after that. Every flavor of Linux: RedHat, SuSe, Ubuntu, now on Manjaro and Endeavour.

[OPINION] Gnome Online Accounts (Google) in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] peterg75@discuss.online 7 points 1 year ago

Gnome online accounts are also in Cinnamon if you like a more traditional desktop paradigm. Using it now on Manjaro. Works well.

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Changing account credentials (discuss.online)
 

Not sure if I'm missing something, but I have changed my password on one of my accounts and couldn't find an option in Sync to update it. Is there an option? I had to remove the account and re-add it back to update the password which, IMHO, is a less than ideal way of handling this scenario.

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Sorting algorithm question (discuss.online)
 

I have been using Lemmy for a while now and decided to "branch out" from Lemmy.world to another instance. I used lasim to migrate all of my subscriptions over to the new account on Discuss.online. What I was expecting is to have the default view which is Everything, sorted by Hot, be somewhat similar between instances, but it is completely different. Can someone explain this? Does every instance build its own statistics that are used for the "Hot" and "Active" sort?

Migrating from one instance to another in c/lemmy_support@lemmy.ml
[–] peterg75@discuss.online 3 points 1 year ago

It worked as far as syncing the subscriptions. I was also hoping it would sync the profile settings like languages, display name etc. Which it didn't. Not a big deal though as I was mostly after the subscriptions.

Migrating from one instance to another in c/lemmy_support@lemmy.ml
[–] peterg75@discuss.online 2 points 1 year ago

That's true, but I wanted to avoid having to do all that work. :) Just being lazy.

Migrating from one instance to another in c/lemmy_support@lemmy.ml
[–] peterg75@discuss.online 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Trying it now.

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Migrating from one instance to another (discuss.online)
 

Is there an easy way to migrate from one instance to another? I’d love to be able to move my subscriptions and profile settings at the very least.