overview for coralof

[–] coralof 7 points 2 months ago

This is how the Cars universe began. One car was imbued with a soul, and soon they multiplied and revolted, taking the world from humans.

ThinkPad X13s with Ubuntu in c/[email protected]

[–] coralof 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This is a very late reply, but I ended up formatting it back to Windows 11 and selling the laptop. It's just not quite ready for primetime, and seems very limited during regular use-cases. I ended up buying a Framework 13 laptop, and installing Fedora on it. Couldn't be happier! Eventually I may move back to ARM-based machines once they progress a bit further.

Amazon Prime Video is able to remove a video from your library after purchase. in c/technology

[–] coralof 10 points 1 year ago

This is why I use xManager for free Spotify Premium, YouTube Revanced for free YouTube premium, and torrent everything else that I need. I'm so tired of subscriptions for literally everything.

Don't let him see you cry. in c/[email protected]

[–] coralof 8 points 1 year ago

My spice tolerance definitely increased after living in Sichuan Province for 6 months.

Coming to you soon... in c/technology

[–] coralof 53 points 1 year ago (9 children)

I have YouTube ReVanced on my phone. If YouTube ever defeats uBlock Origin on my desktop, I just won't watch YouTube on desktop anymore. I refuse to watch or view ads.

Cheap amazon grinder vs new brilliant cut grinder in c/trees

[–] coralof 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I had that same Amazon grinder before I got my Mendo Mulcher.

A Month on Chimera Linux in c/[email protected]

[–] coralof 4 points 1 year ago

ThinkPad X13s with Ubuntu in c/[email protected]

[–] coralof 3 points 1 year ago

I do know that there’s a custom guide for installing Debian, but I haven’t tried it out. The hardware support is slowly making it into the mainline kernel, so hopefully some future OS releases will have support out of the box.

What is your go-to Linux distro and why? in c/[email protected]

[–] coralof 4 points 1 year ago

I’ve hopped around to a bunch of different distros, but I always return to Debian Stable. I don’t really need the most bleeding-edge packages for my system, due to my use case.

Most of my actual apps are installed via Flatpak, so they’re all pretty recent, while still being on a rock-solid stable distribution.

UPS: stage set for Teamsters to launch largest strike at a single employer in U.S. history in c/[email protected]

[–] coralof 2 points 1 year ago

I always ship packages with UPS instead of FedEx exactly because they’re unionized.

To switch or not to switch, that is the question in c/[email protected]

[–] coralof 3 points 1 year ago

I definitely do recommend setting the max_parallel_downloads to between 10 and 20. I had the same issue as OP with DNC being super slow, and this fixed it perfectly. I don’t know why that’s not set by default.

What do you like about your Linux Distro? in c/[email protected]

[–] coralof 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I use Fedora. I like the combination of recent, stable, up-to-date software, new releases every six months, and firmware updates for my ThinkPad direct from Lenovo.

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ThinkPad X13s with Ubuntu (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by coralof to c/[email protected]

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I originally got this ARM ThinkPad to install Linux onto it, but support for the Snapdragon 8cx processor, and other hardware hasn't been supported until recently. I read a thread just the other day that it was now working on the Ubuntu Concept ISO built specifically for the X13s, and thought that I'd give it a try!

Since I got it, I've been running Windows 11 on it waiting until the Linux firmware was ready, and the experience has been less than fantastic.

Recently on Windows 11 Pro, the ThinkPad has had bluetooth headphones cutting out, and refusing to connect until it has been rebooted, as well as constant Windows Explorer crashes upon logging in (huge icons, icon spacing on Desktop is stretched out, Explorer doesn't start and it just shows the wallpaper with nothing else, etc). I haven't yet had any of these issues on Ubuntu yet!

To get the system up-to-date with everything working (sound, bluetooth, Wifi, etc.) I ran the following commands in this order after the fresh install. I have heard updating everything without doing the firmware first broke some things on others' machines.

sudo apt update
sudo apt install --upgrade-only linux-firmware
sudo apt dist-upgrade
Reboot

I'll be using this computer on Ubuntu now that everything is working! This post is written from it as well! :D

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My first split keyboard! (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by coralof to c/ergomechkeyboards

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I just built this Ergodone over the weekend to replace the JJ40 Planck that I use at work. I really needed the number / symbol row, since I still have trouble remembering where the symbols are even after using the Planck for two years.

I actually use the Colemak layout, but I leave the keycaps as qwerty, since admin level powershell only likes qwerty, and some of the remote servers I go into don't retain my keyboard settings. Then I can just look down and see where the keys are.

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Posts not showing up under profile [solved] (self.asklemmy)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by coralof to c/asklemmy

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Does anybody know why this might be happening? I've made 3 posts so far, but none of them are showing up on my profile. I have to search the comments to be able to find them again.

I'm on Lemmy.world, and two of the posts I've made have been to sopuli.xyz. Any help would be appreciated. :)

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My go-to for a while (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by coralof to c/flashlight

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I've been using the Reylight Pineapple Mini since I got it a while back. It has come in handy during multiple power outages and server maintenance weekends at work.

It's titanium, and can either take a rechargeable 10440 lithium battery, or a standard AAA.