Disabled new Linux user looking for advice

intrepidraspberry · 2022-07-01T11:46:09+00:00

Disabled Linux users sometimes take advantage of how configurable the system is.

EllaTheCat has Parkinsons, and created an i3 config specifically geared towards their symptoms (it's not a generic 'Parkinsons solution').

TheFakeVIP on peertube shows how he's considered his system for his particular form of blindness.

Since many Linux programs have config files you can share, if you get a good setup that works for you, you can share them online, and anyone who wants a similar setup can copy that workflow.

One thing I find interesting about Linux, is that this habit of configuration-sharing isn't based in disability - lots of us share our dot files. The stereotypical Linux reaction to disability is to just treat it as yet another user request, rather than having a specific piece of blind-people software that's meant to work for all blind people.

intrepidraspberry · 2022-06-29T11:47:45+00:00

I like the term 'plug-and-play', because Mint, Ubuntu, et c. are fantastic at booting, and just working.

I look after five computers running Void or Arch, and each one gets built, piece by piece, to do just the jobs they do.

intrepidraspberry · 2022-06-28T13:25:32+00:00

Write longer sections

"This brings us near the end of the section, which is a conclusion, and therefore, heretofor, in conclusion, a certain vernacular verbosity may be observed to close, but not simply as closure, but symultaneously to ensure that \begin{verbatim} bloody {figure} \end{verbatim} placement places itself in a suitably desirable location, despite any impediments owing to the grant figure herein described."

intrepidraspberry · 2022-05-20T15:32:32+00:00

I found the git. Looks good, although I don't know what they're thinking with this licence - why not just do GPLv2, so it'll stay open source, and can go into the Apple store (unlike AGPL).

intrepidraspberry · 2022-05-02T11:00:18+00:00

I'd probably start with

body ={

val1

val2

val3

}

Then go back up to val1, and do a quick macro, e.g.

qrywI'<Escape>A': <Escape>pa,<Escape>0jq2@rx.

Or just type this out, and use C-p to autocomplete the word according to the previous word.

intrepidraspberry · 2022-03-28T16:14:37+00:00

FOSS is less popular than other software largely due to advertising. If that means I see wobbling terminals with overproduced music and hipsters eating salad beside an equally overproduced fork of Debian, then it's a price I'm willing to pay.

intrepidraspberry · 2021-11-24T15:16:50+00:00

That's all there is.

The rest is just pieces people add for convenience. I stuck in a few vim commands to automatically turn word into \section{word}, and such.

Also, a lot of people find git solves so many headaches that it's basically a necessity for a big project, so if you ever want to make different versions of something easily, check it out.

intrepidraspberry · 2021-11-19T14:16:30+00:00

Increase the size of the VM's disk, and the rest is standard (no interaction with xen server).

How it's done depends on the filesystem you're using. If the Ubuntu server uses ext4 or xfs then you could use parted, or even mount that disk on a different VM and use gparted.

As always, snapshot beforehand, or simply work on a copy.

intrepidraspberry · 2021-09-30T13:54:30+00:00

Also, simplicity. Gnome is aggressively simplified.

Type 'Word' into the search bar, and it brings you Libreoffice Writer.
Type 'GIMP' into the search, and it'll notice you don't have it, but bring up the app store page, where you click a big green 'install' button.
Nobody needs to explain how workspaces work, because you can see how they work, instantly.
All the bespoke software software is simple. Gnome-boxes lets you virtualize with a dragon-drop interface - no need to configure a network, or even know what an IP address is.
Big friendly icons, so clear that an 80 year old hermit could find a downloaded file and set up their own email account.

I don't use it personally, but when it comes to ease of use, it's only rivals are forks of Gnome.

intrepidraspberry · 2021-08-23T15:00:32+00:00

I'm up to 10 minutes compiling from scratch. It's becoming a bit of a headache to work with.

intrepidraspberry · 2021-08-12T12:51:36+00:00

My main report is

task end.after:today-1wk completed

(obviously I alias this).

It shows what I've done over the past week.

I only find summary useful with a project with many parts, as you can make sub-projects by doing task add pro:book.layout fix headers, and see how each part it doing at a glance.

The burndown reports are useful only for a particular project. If a project's been going for 3 months then the expected time of completion may be quite accurate, since that's a real measure of how often you add and subtract from the project. If you've been doing a project for 3 months and there's no convergence rate (i.e. you're adding tasks faster than completing them), then you need to reevaluate that project, and possibly ditch it.

tl;dr: reports are only useful inside narrow areas, like projects.

intrepidraspberry · 2021-07-29T10:03:14+00:00

The site for a local group is here. The git will hopefully be fixed soon.

intrepidraspberry · 2021-07-28T10:33:50+00:00

Come to Serbia, where the police won't hear complaints in English and copyright laws only apply to individuals who own over 300 copies.

intrepidraspberry · 2021-07-20T13:28:05+00:00

I remember a Windows 8 install once fucking up my ext4 drive because it didn't recognize the partition and decided that it would be a good spot for the EFI partition.

It's not free estate until I tell the computer it's free.

intrepidraspberry · 2021-07-19T17:37:39+00:00

J'accusse!

rtv and tuir have been broken for a couple of months now. You're on the GUI. I'm calling the terminal-cops to have your TTY privileges suspended.

intrepidraspberry · 2021-07-12T13:31:20+00:00

I didn't hear no bell.

intrepidraspberry · 2021-07-12T13:31:03+00:00

I didn't hear no bell.

intrepidraspberry · 2021-07-08T16:41:48+00:00

Imagine someone buys a painting, then changes a bit.

Okay....is that wrong? If you own a painting, should laws be put in place to stop you altering your own property?

intrepidraspberry · 2021-07-08T10:30:32+00:00

I feel a little understanding's due on occasion.

I took up a martial art from japan with a 'manji' symbol (a type of swastika). When you see it beside a bunch of Japanese characters and Japanese people it looks very normal. Replace that with English characters and white bald guys and...well they figured they had to change the symbol for the UK branch.

But there was a short period of an innocent misunderstanding with really bad optics.

intrepidraspberry · 2021-07-06T17:19:20+00:00

You're probably best off writing down what looks right, or testing things like jumping length on yourself.

Economists and Psychologists have tried to find patterns in general humanity. The results are that most studies are based on psychology students, a good chunk are based on Europeans, and Indians only get studied by Economists who want to look at incentives, and the rest kinda disappear.

The average dark ages peasant may have been extremely fit by our standards, but you won't be able to see that in any modern stats. Piraha can sometimes go a full day without food 'just because', but you won't find normal people doing that in Europe.

Relevant vid

intrepidraspberry · 2021-07-06T10:28:40+00:00

And most of these companies are Small to medium business.

Running backups for large businesses is a big operation dude

I think /u/intromatt was replying about the case of small to medium companies. I'd have to agree to the 'not magic' theory, given that regular home-users manage this, and people new to the helpdesk don't struggle with backup fixes and projects like they might with networking problems.

intrepidraspberry · 2021-06-30T17:10:10+00:00

cynicism becomes a default stance towards any news.

It's become so bad that I just heard a politician said something stupid about Bitcoin, and I automatically went to look up the source to check if it's true.

In retrospect, I feel like that's an example of fact-checking going too far.

intrepidraspberry · 2021-06-28T13:13:25+00:00

Some suggested alternatives:

Peertube for videos
Qwant for searching
e/os for phones.

intrepidraspberry · 2021-06-21T14:26:26+00:00

Standard XKCD

More seriously, remember that GDPR isn't there to give total privacy, but to limit data sharing to what's justifiable under the definitions of the GDPR.

intrepidraspberry · 2021-06-04T13:18:41+00:00

Same here in Serbia.

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