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@lemmyreader @cafuneandchill PostmarketOS in chroot in termux in waydroid on PostmarketOS 🤘

@lemmyreader @electricprism There is someone who managed to convert a proot-distro version of #alpine into a #pmos one. It’s not as great as it may sound though.

@LukeSky #lutris is good for more’n just games 😉
github.com/lutris/lutris

@7_Stipend_Jackal Not really sure what you mean by “like Localshare”. Is that a specific piece of software, or do you just mean sharing files between two devices on a local network via whatever protocol?

I’ve played around with croc a while back just to test, seems okay.

@thingsiplay Nicely done, I like it!

For years, I’ve been using a similar(?), very simple script I’d banged together. I made it originally to track down a few out of control log files, and later changed it up for a general space freeing overview.
df -h $1 && du -ha "$1" |sort -hr |head -n25

@TheMonkeyLord #AntiMicroX is a good choice for mapping controllers to keyboard/mouse functions. I use it daily to control my computer from a flight-stick when I just want to lay back and watch stuff.

@flork Granted it’s listed in a mimeapps.list file, you should easily be able to pull the program name out of there by querying against the file in question’s mimetype.

And while “can’t be easily done” may be generally true, don’t call it quits; some file managers may offer less “not easy” than others. Don’t end your customization exploration because the file manager you currently use can’t do what you want, try fiddlin round with some others. The process for each file manager is going to be different, and getting the name of the program for any filetype is also going to differ depending on the syntax required for altering each different file manager.

@barbara Is bash itself not already an improvement on ““the basic stuff””?

…and whitespace in filenames is simply unacceptable, and should not be encouraged. 😆

What’s wrong with the method we’ve been usin forever of working with dumbly named files? Just "enclose em", or use\ an\ escape\ char in em.

@HouseWolf Maybe try testing the hardware on a known working system.

@jjlinux Hacker’s Keyboard (Four- or five-row soft-keyboard)
f-droid.org/packages/org.pocke…

@wwwgem I’ve been extremely pleased with @tuxedocomputers in both product quality and support. Next laptop will assuredly be another from them.

@SeekPie Documentation or translation assistance is almost always a good way to help.

@JokeDeity Seeing a device called “Bluez” trying to connect to your computer (in some undefined way) doesn’t necessarily mean it has anything to do with bluez.

@astropenguin5 @the16bitgamer
This is exactly why schools should teach general concepts vs specific software, FOSS or not.

If a student is more comfortable producing their works in Blender than a ““proper”” CAD program, I see no issue. Each concept is covered in detail by the instructor, the end product assigned, and students then have to choose which software they want to invest their efforts learning, given the allotted time.

This approach would have the bonus of providing the student with not only the freedom of choice, but also its inherent burden. They would also be forced to learn how to learn, which is something that is being forgotten more often with each new technological advancement.

@ohlaph @felis_magnetus Sorta what I was hinting at. Android is very close, and getting closer all the time. But it still takes quite a bit more than a bit of skill to install and make it work on something that doesn’t have an explicit installer.

I’d argue that at the moment, we don’t really have anything that can fill this need. I think that maybe some combination of android-style UX with a Nix-like stoutness and configurability could be the right direction.

@dan1101 @leninmummy I love the use of “arcane” in place of “archaic” …brilliant!

@leninmummy @ohlaph Yes, agreed, most folks want an appliance that “just works”. Something where they have some sort of ““store”” that presents them with single-click installable stuff that again, “just works” and is intuitive to find once installed.

The answer to that though is not a general dumbing down of linux, that ruins every reason most of us have always been here. The right answer is to have a (multiple) distribution that can be easily installed by any completely technologically ignorant person and offers the simple appliance experience. It would be even better if this same distribution could be installed on any computer be it in a closet, under a desk, on a shelf, in a vehicle, or in a pocket to offer a somewhat seamless user experience. As a bonus, these different devices should offer the ability to connect/interact with each other in a simple manner from the common user’s perspective.

@leninmummy I’ve found that many new users can’t be bothered to learn new things and don’t understand enough about their situation to explain the problem they’re having. What they are looking for is someone to simply give them the answer so they can carry on. Many times they’ll wind up looking for an answer to a generic question related to, “this doesn’t work”, and find a generic answer that doesn’t work or breaks something when they copy and paste it to their system.

@eyolf I’ve been carryin around the same #e16 configs for 20+ years. It’s by far my favorite environment!

@notfromhere It’s only gotten better.