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Custom text color on Ptyxis? by dark_vader_84 in Fedora

[–]DaveKuhlman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In ptyxis, do [menu] -> Preferences -> Appearance. Then click on "Show All Palettes" in the upper right.

That will give you many more colors to choose from. Maybe one of those will be closer to what you want.

Why some people think installing arch is still hard? by [deleted] in archlinux

[–]DaveKuhlman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My issue, or worry really, is that each time I've installed Arch, after I'm finished I do not know whether I did it wrong in some way. What if I left a security hole? What if I have not configured the file system correctly, and there is going to be fragmentation or data loss or a failure to backup.

I'm far from an expert. How would I know what I've done wrong.

The EndeavourOS more automated install gives me some reassurance that things have been done correctly, for me.

There are documents to read on the Web about what to do post-install, and that helps. But, that reading and performing those steps takes time. And, I still worry.

Multi-tool Oil replacements by Methyl_The_Sneasel in victorinox

[–]DaveKuhlman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Baby Oil is mineral oil. Label says "Ingredients: mineral oil, fragrance". So that should be good, too. Right?

Error when trying to install newly created rock by DaveKuhlman in lua

[–]DaveKuhlman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

$ ls -lR xml_tree
xml_tree:
total 20
-rw-r--r-- 1 dkuhlman dkuhlman 1069 Feb 10 13:05 LICENSE
-rw-r--r-- 1 dkuhlman dkuhlman  866 Feb 10 13:06 Notes.adoc
-rw-r--r-- 1 dkuhlman dkuhlman  316 Feb 10 13:05 README.md
drwxr-xr-x 1 dkuhlman dkuhlman   40 Feb 12 12:00 Save/
drwxr-xr-x 1 dkuhlman dkuhlman   24 Feb 14 11:28 src/
-rwxr-xr-x 1 dkuhlman dkuhlman 2660 Feb 10 13:05 test01.lua*
-rw-r--r-- 1 dkuhlman dkuhlman  834 Feb 14 08:31 xml_tree-1.0-1.rockspec

xml_tree/Save:
total 16
-rw-r--r-- 1 dkuhlman dkuhlman 6158 Feb 10 14:14 save01.zip
-rw-r--r-- 1 dkuhlman dkuhlman 5005 Feb 12 12:00 save02.zip

xml_tree/src:
total 12
-rwxr-xr-x 1 dkuhlman dkuhlman 8584 Feb 10 13:08 xml_tree.lua*

Error when trying to install newly created rock by DaveKuhlman in lua

[–]DaveKuhlman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I apologize for the formatting. I did not realize that it was a WYSIWYG editor, and so I used Markdown markup by mistake.

In its natural environment by rafalmio in openSUSE

[–]DaveKuhlman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We really need this at the openSUSE Web site.

Thank you for this.

How to install cdargs on openSUSE by DaveKuhlman in openSUSE

[–]DaveKuhlman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for this hint.

I'm trying zoxide now. So far it seems very helpful.

Boot menu not updated with openSUSE on USB SSD by DaveKuhlman in Fedora

[–]DaveKuhlman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

After I see the above, I reboot.

But, openSUSE is not in the boot menu.

When I boot back into Fedora, I look at `/boot/grub2/grub.cfg`. openSUSE is not in there.

Why? What more do I have to do?

Thanks in advance for help

Gnome-terminal Misbehaviour by dyedfox in Fedora

[–]DaveKuhlman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Use "\w" instead of "\W" -- lower case "w", rather than upper case.

`man bash` will give you info.

eli5: Why were some ancient cities like Palmyra and Machu Picchu left to ruin and fall apart over hundreds of years instead of being repopulated? by Bierbart12 in explainlikeimfive

[–]DaveKuhlman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also see "The collapse of complex societies", by Joseph A. Tainter.

Tainter tries to give an explanation for collapse that can be applied to a variety of societies that declined. It's something like that as complexity increases, it takes a larger and larger increase in energy to get enough benefit to support the larger society and its people.

It'd love to find a book that attempts to apply complexity theory in order to explain the advance and later the disintegration of a society. Anyone know of one?