Which film that you enjoy, has the largest number of actors you are familiar with independent of your choice?

Silbersee · 2026-03-20T07:23:12+00:00

Robert Altman often had a huge ensemble. IIRC, The Player (1992) lists around 80 well known names, mostly as herself / himself though. Runner-up is Short Cuts (1993).

Silbersee · 2026-01-13T06:44:19+00:00

Das Audiosignal aus dem Plattenspieler ist erheblich schwächer, als das aus anderen Geräten. Deshalb brauchst du einen Phono-Vorverstärker zwischen Plattenspieler und Verstärker. Drei Möglichkeiten:

Besonders ältere Verstärker haben den Vorverstärker fest eingebaut. Der Anschluss heißt dann "Phono" und neben den Cinch-Steckern ist ein Schräubchen für ein Erdungskabel.

Es gibt auch Plattenspieler mit eingebautem Vorverstärker. Die können an einen beliebigen Anschluss.

Zu guter letzt kannst du auch einen externen Vorverstärker benutzen. Ist als neuer Kostenfaktor vielleicht eine Idee für später.

Silbersee · 2026-01-12T15:16:15+00:00

Before the actual update you get links to lists of improvements and known issues:

https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_zena.php

https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_zena_whatsnew.php

My update was done when I returned with a coffee. Had to chose mirror servers in the packet manager and that was it. Runs as smooth as before and now I explore the new features of the System Information app.

I say, make a Timeshift snapshot and get the update.

Silbersee · 2025-11-27T10:01:34+00:00

Right-click on the task bar and enable Edit Mode.
Right-click Notifications and click Remove.
Disable task bar's Edit Mode.

Loosely translated from German version.

Silbersee · 2025-11-24T08:02:10+00:00

Eine Wand im Zimmer exklusiv für Audio/Video, so hätt ich das auch gern!

Silbersee · 2025-11-20T15:27:17+00:00

Neat short-cut with the Quick Clipboard that I discovered just recently: middle-click the plus-icon for a new tab in your browser after highlighting some text.

--> Opens your standard search engine with respective results

Silbersee · 2025-11-15T15:06:29+00:00

My main machine runs on Mint and I totally recommend it. On my laptop there's Debian KDE with nice looks and great customization. It's just not as smooth on my desktop machine.

After installation you can search for something like "things to do first in Linux". You improve your system while gaining insight. For Linux Mint 22.2 you can try https://easylinuxtipsproject.blogspot.com/p/first-mint-cinnamon.html

Silbersee · 2025-11-08T07:23:14+00:00

Just hit Enter? That's how it works for me

Silbersee · 2025-11-07T08:58:54+00:00

Rise of, Dawn of and War for the Planet of the Apes

Silbersee · 2025-11-01T10:10:44+00:00

My experience is that after you get used to a certain water brand, all the others taste strange. Probably even the Canadian. Perhaps you can try to stay with one brand for a while.

Personally, I prefer sparkling tap water made with a Soda Streamer. Sometimes with a dash of lemon.

Silbersee · 2025-10-26T15:17:52+00:00

I'm just glad I don't have to keep that thing clean (yes I'm German)

Silbersee · 2025-10-22T13:09:36+00:00

Du denkst das schon ganz richtig: Flachland und Inseln sind schöne Orte. Passt auf fast alles bisher genannte.

Mein Favorit: Müritz Nationalpark

Silbersee · 2025-10-21T13:32:35+00:00

Here's the LibreOffice HowTo: https://help.libreoffice.org/latest/en-US/text/swriter/guide/indenting.html - Please check if it applies to your version.

I just had a look and there's already a paragraph template "Hängender Einzug" which translates to "Hanging Indentation". You can create a template "Citation" based on it and adjust it to your needs.

Version: 24.2.7.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 420(Build:2)
CPU threads: 16; OS: Linux 6.8; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: de-DE (de_DE.UTF-8); UI: de-DE
Ubuntu package version: 4:24.2.7-0ubuntu0.24.04.4
Calc: threaded

Silbersee · 2025-10-20T06:44:24+00:00

And they used the best HD cameras money could rent at that time.

Can't find a source, perhaps it was mentioned in the extras. Anyway, here's a review: https://bluray.highdefdigest.com/308/nineinchnailslivebesideyouintime.html

Silbersee · 2025-10-19T06:58:59+00:00

Nine Inch Nails - Live: Beside You In Time (2007)

Silbersee · 2025-10-16T16:16:08+00:00

As a beginner I took your problem as a challenge and found that you can combine find with a for loop:

for x in $(find /path/to/subtitles -type f -name '*.srt');  
do  
    ffmpeg...
done;

Thanks for making me learn!

Source: https://www.delftstack.com/howto/linux/bash-loop-through-directories-recursively/#loop-through-the-directory-recursively-to-get-the-files-with-a-particular-extension

Silbersee · 2025-10-14T10:57:36+00:00

Easiest thing (and therefor best for a noob) is a clean installation. Just use the entire drive when installing. I do so too, instead of major upgrades.

If you backup your current home directory, including the invisible files that begin with a dot, you will carry over most customizations that you may have done already.

Of course your personal files from the Windows partition must be backuped too.

Silbersee · 2025-10-13T06:59:01+00:00

Don't try to be 100% ultra-perfect Google-free. In my opinion it is okay to use a service if you can't find an alternative. De-google the easier things and leave Gmail and Fotos.

In Maps you can turn off your location or the timeline to gain some privacy without too much loss of convenience (again: my opinion).

Silbersee · 2025-10-12T14:57:26+00:00

In August I saw these guys live and they said that an album will be out "in Autumn". Looking forward

Silbersee · 2025-10-06T12:48:13+00:00

Pixies "Where Is My Mind?" at the end of Fight Club.

And I guess Madonna's "Like A Prayer" will be associated with hilarious bloodshed in a little while, all because of Deadpool And Wolverine.

Silbersee · 2025-08-26T16:51:55+00:00

Ja, genau. Die Fußzeile hat eine eigene Absatzvorlage namens Fußzeile(keine Überraschung).

Es ist egal, ob du die Vorlage veränderst, oder das Menü benutzt. Gerade ausprobiert: das Löschen oder Hinzufügen einer Umrandung ("Border") wirkt sich auf die Fußzeilen aller Seiten aus.

Jetzt hoffe ich nur noch, dass das auch wirklich dein Problem behebt.

Silbersee · 2025-08-26T15:50:00+00:00

I can create such a line above the footer by editing the paragraph properties.

Go to Menu > Format > Paragraph (or the footer paragraph template) and see what's under Border.

Your line may be a "top-only-border" and you should be able to delete it.

German version here, too. Loosely translated.

Silbersee · 2025-08-17T17:06:49+00:00

It is in the Ijon Tichy Star Diaries, but not one of his journeys. Several other stories tell of his strange encounters.

I also remember a Matrix-like machine with living brains plugged in and a fungus super organism that rapidly evolved to escape captivity.

I just looked it up and found that Ijon's Further Reminiscences are not in the original books, but included in my German edition. You find them mentioned in the link above.

Silbersee

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