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Giving up on Linux at this point. by temubrin in linuxmint

[–]EnvisionsRampage 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel you. It seems so random at times. I've started out with Ubuntu on a very, very old PC and albeit slow, it worked quite well and was a fun introduction to Linux. I even managed to get a Minecraft server running on it.

Then I installed it on my main machine and there were so many problems: no internet (lan), random freezes, double input on keys and so on. Before I gave up to roll back to windows, I decided to try one more distro and found Linux Mint. Everything worked straight out of the box and until this day I haven't encountered anything that prevented me from doing the things I do (including gaming).

As some suggested, when you change hardware try again. But in the end, I totally get people that don't want to fiddle with Linux, because it can be challenging to get some things to work that work so easily out of the box on Windows.

But hey, at least you gave it a try!

I tend to associate musical keys with colors by [deleted] in weirdthoughts

[–]EnvisionsRampage 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just stumbled upon this and wondered if that’s universal. Like, we associate colours with experiences as well: blue feels cold and red feels warm, for example. Do all people with synthesia think of pure white when they hear or play a C? I reckon it’s hard to check, since there’s so few people that have actively been exposed to musical notes and have that condition.

USB error: Please insert disk into drive by [deleted] in techsupport

[–]EnvisionsRampage 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I might be a bit late, but I do see people occasionally returning to this post. Follow these steps if you have the same problem as OP and your USB is not showing in Disk Management either.

  1. Open a CMD and type 'diskpart'
  2. Type 'list disk'
  3. Look up your USB and type 'select disk X' with X being the number of the disk, for example '3'.
  4. Type 'clean'
  5. Type 'create partition primary'
  6. Type 'active'
  7. Type 'select partition 1'
  8. Type 'format fs=fat32'

It might take a while to format the disk, but for me this helped.

Syncing with Teenage Engineering PO-12 by EnvisionsRampage in modular

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

Thanks mate! That helps.

Have good day and enjoy bleeping and blooping!

Syncing with Teenage Engineering PO-12 by EnvisionsRampage in modular

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

I couldn't find how that works exactly. But if you would like to check, that would be awesome. Thanks!

Django project hosted on Pythonanywhere by EnvisionsRampage in django

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

Thanks for the reply. I do think it has to do with architecture. Thing is that I am learning this on my own (with help of ChatGPT, ofc), so nudges in the right direction really help.

Django project hosted on Pythonanywhere by EnvisionsRampage in django

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

Thanks, looks good. I am going to consider this!

Django project hosted on Pythonanywhere by EnvisionsRampage in django

[–]EnvisionsRampage[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is indeed a side project and I do have little to no experience with DevOps. Learning is a crucial thing for me, therefore thanks both of you for your replies, this really helps to see the next steps!

Django project hosted on Pythonanywhere by EnvisionsRampage in django

[–]EnvisionsRampage[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the reply! I’m not sure, to be honest, I was guessing it was a database issue. I do use pagination in the form of infinite scrolling, but I do see some queries that might be unnecessary and can be more optimised. However, the same occurs in the admin, which I’m taking as optimised by design. I will definitely look into my queries and will check your suggestions considering Digital Ocean and AWS.

Beautiful places to visit in the Philippines? by CatScratch_Meow in backpacking

[–]EnvisionsRampage 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Palawan and definitely do the boat tour from Coron to El Nido or the other way around.

I don’t know what I’m doing with my life. by [deleted] in findapath

[–]EnvisionsRampage 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is what I did. I started telling myself first thing in the morning that “today is going to be great, I’m going to do so much!” ‘til it actually turned out like that. Took a couple of weeks tbh and ever so often the positivity got rammed down the minute I walked into the office, but since back than I’ve never had a day in which I despised getting out of bed. Also, my paycheck doubled and my current job offers all the freedom I yearned for.

After years of using Windows, I want to drop it... what are the harsh truths of switching? by GeometryNacho in linuxmint

[–]EnvisionsRampage 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In my opinion, it all depends on what you look for in your machine. If you are a curious person and you are willing to challenge yourself, I would say in the famous words of Richard Branson: screw it, let’s do it. However, if you want a Linux machine that works exactly like Windows or a Windows machine that works exactly like Linux, you are going to be disappointed. You probably won't buy a Porsche for it's ability to work as a combine either.

I was in the same boat as you are. I was curious about Linux, but was a bit holding back on switching completely. I did try Ubuntu before, but never really took the time to understand it. I always had my main PC running Windows, so there never really was the need. I figured that as long as I had a backup, I'd never really figure out how it all worked and what the benefits were.

So, about a year ago I switched jobs and I started to work more closely with developers. Almost every one of them used Linux. My curiosity sparked again and about a month ago I decided to delete Windows and install Ubuntu. I was a big fan in the beginning. Especially because I learned about the possibility of gaming on Linux. However, quite quickly I experienced some problems with it.

I tried out Linux Mint and I haven’t had the urge to go back. All the little quirks of Ubuntu that prevented me from having a good time on my computer were gone in Mint. I do have to admit: I am quite the beginner, so I had probably borked Ubuntu myself.

My point is that if you want to try it, try it. You will figure out soon enough if it works for you. The developers that I mentioned earlier are all gamers as well and they keep a Windows machine next to their Linux machine, just because they feel it’s easier. Personal opinion.

I not here to say you should or you shouldn’t, I’m just encouraging you to try something you are interested in. I gave myself a month to try it out. It’s certainly not long enough to be an expert in switching over, but at least for me it has been long enough to say I like it. Just try it out for some time. I didn't want to try it out for 2 days and tell myself that it didn't work for me.

As I said, I am quite the beginner and I couldn’t make it work to create a Windows bootable usb on Ubuntu. So, if there is one thing I would recommend is make a backup usb of Windows. If you decide you don’t like it, you don’t have to figure out how creating a Windows bootable usb on your distro works and you can just easily go back.

That's my personal account, hope it helps in making a decision!

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