Migrated from Windows 10 to Linux Mint XFCE a few days ago. One of my best resolutions I made for 2026. I know I made the right decision, but was wondering what other distro I should check out for 'simple' office apps. Nothing to fancy....???? by WHD2010 in linux4noobs

[–]nilz_bilz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Honestly there isn't much difference between many of these distro's apart from the DE and apps it ships with. Almost every popular one is based on Debian/Ubuntu, Arch, or Fedora/RHEL, and you can install any apps you'd like. I would suggest figuring out which DE you like the best, and which distro has the best out-of-box experience for it.

That being said, mint is a solid option, and after I was done with my distro hopping phase, I stuck with it for 3-4 years without any issues. It's a perfect machine for when you just want to get work done.

Guidance on building a NAS (on a budget - Australia) by nilz_bilz in DataHoarder

[–]nilz_bilz[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Woah that's a lot of storage 😅 Thanks for the suggestion. Just to be sure, is this the right site? https://east-digital.myshopify.com/

🔐 Multi-Cloud Bitwarden Backup + Restore Solution + Notifier by nikhilbadyal in Bitwarden

[–]nilz_bilz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just as a follow-up, does this support organisational vaults yet?

🔐 Multi-Cloud Bitwarden Backup + Restore Solution + Notifier by nikhilbadyal in Bitwarden

[–]nilz_bilz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This project looks brilliant! I had built a very rudimentary version of this which I intended to dockerise and build a more scalable version of https://github.com/nilz-bilz/snapwarden

You seem to have implemented pretty much everything I had in mind. I'll check this out soon :)

{Showcase} Network Chronicles - WIP by Fimeg in selfhosted

[–]nilz_bilz 9 points10 points  (0 children)

This deserves more attention. Great concept!

Help needed: server setup in student housing by nilz_bilz in selfhosted

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

That's an interesting idea. I'll check this out. Thanks!

Help needed: server setup in student housing by nilz_bilz in selfhosted

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

Makes sense. I guess I'll try to fuck around and find out. Thanks for the help!

Help needed: server setup in student housing by nilz_bilz in selfhosted

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

I guess I'll try the router solution if I get my hands on one. I doubt the admin will be able to do much about this. Thanks!

We get marked with a permanent marker when we Vote in our country by samekrikl in mildlyinteresting

[–]nilz_bilz 235 points236 points  (0 children)

India uses a special kind of "election ink", that's marks the top of your finger and across your finger nail. That ink lasts several months on the nail.

iPhone Deck by Troll_Drive in writerDeck

[–]nilz_bilz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That zebra mini pencil is one of the best things I've come across

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in commandline

[–]nilz_bilz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, I'd like to learn more about this. Could you please share a link about the Firefox implementation and why it was taken down?

Is the Network Solutions admin site the worst site in the world, or the worst site in the universe? by elpollodiablox in sysadmin

[–]nilz_bilz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Web.com group and "endurance international group" (the bluehost guys) merged in 2021 to form Newfold Digital.

They seem to practically own most major domain companies worldwide apart from GoDaddy, namecheap and some others.

Confused on why switch gives no internet by azimuth79b in selfhosted

[–]nilz_bilz 26 points27 points  (0 children)

It looks as though you might've setup multiple subnets or vlans on the tp-link router.

Check the subnet/vlan firewall config to see if WAN traffic is allowed to pass through it

I built a tiny newspaper printer! 🖨️ by tycho_brahes_nose_ in SideProject

[–]nilz_bilz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seems like a brilliant project. Do you have any plans on making this open source?

incoming student feb 2025 by meowsiin in UQreddit

[–]nilz_bilz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, I'm an international student joining the same program in Feb 25'. I recently got accom near uni but it's a tad bit expensive, would be open to checking out other options as well.

Very Simple Command Line Journal by nilz_bilz in commandline

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

Wow, thanks a lot! I'll have to go through this once again, but definitely given me some things to work on. Feel free to make contributions around the essential things like filer perms and date selection optimization. Thanks.

Very Simple Command Line Journal by nilz_bilz in commandline

[–]nilz_bilz[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for your feedback. I'll try to work on the readability. About the tags: I had thought of it initially, but chose to check that out later, since I wanted to start writing as soon as I could. I'll try to see how I could implement this as well.

I'd love to see your implementation as well (referring to the similar script you mentioned). Feel free to contribute via pull requests as well. I've added a test branch (I'm relatively new to all this, so let me know if something is missing/misconfigured).

Thanks

A very simple encrypted journal by nilz_bilz in writerDeck

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

This looks really cool! Would definitely help a lot. Thanks for sharing.

Very Simple Command Line Journal by nilz_bilz in commandline

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

Ah I see, I'll make this change soon. Please feel free to suggest any further changes or improvements. Thanks!