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  1. Comment on What long book series is worth its page count? in ~books

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    The Neapolitan Quartet by Elena Ferrante. I'm surprised that no one has mentioned it so far. It's easily among the top 3 pieces of fiction I've ever read. Thoroughly deserved all the accolades...

    The Neapolitan Quartet by Elena Ferrante. I'm surprised that no one has mentioned it so far. It's easily among the top 3 pieces of fiction I've ever read. Thoroughly deserved all the accolades that it received.

    3 votes

  2. Comment on Switching to Linux, looking for distro recommendations in ~tech

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    If you want a Windows-like experience, I recommend trying a distro that ships with the Budgie desktop. Solus is good and so is Fedora Budgie Spin.

    If you want a Windows-like experience, I recommend trying a distro that ships with the Budgie desktop. Solus is good and so is Fedora Budgie Spin.

  3. Comment on Do you use an RSS reader? in ~tech

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    I've always used browser extension RSS readers. I used Sage on Firefox for the longest time. Nowadays, I use Feedbro, an extension for Firefox or Chromium-based browsers.

    I've always used browser extension RSS readers. I used Sage on Firefox for the longest time. Nowadays, I use Feedbro, an extension for Firefox or Chromium-based browsers.

  4. Comment on “It can’t be that easy, right?” (a Linux desktop environment appreciation post) in ~tech

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    I tried again in a VM, and no, installing KDE is easy via a pattern. Uninstalling it is pretty much impossible and most people say don't bother etc. Disappointing to say the least, because you are...

    I tried again in a VM, and no, installing KDE is easy via a pattern. Uninstalling it is pretty much impossible and most people say don't bother etc. Disappointing to say the least, because you are saddled with all this extra junk on the desktop just because you tried something.

    e.g. https://forums.opensuse.org/t/can-i-remove-kde/166162

    2 votes

  5. Comment on “It can’t be that easy, right?” (a Linux desktop environment appreciation post) in ~tech

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    The last time I tried this was maybe a year ago, on OpenSUSE Tumbleweed. Installing KDE while I was on Gnome caused the Gnome theme to get messed up. Uninstalling KDE (space was limited on my...

    The last time I tried this was maybe a year ago, on OpenSUSE Tumbleweed. Installing KDE while I was on Gnome caused the Gnome theme to get messed up. Uninstalling KDE (space was limited on my laptop) caused further problems, it took me a little while to manually track down packages and reinstall Gnome to my satisfaction. Hopefully things are better now.

    5 votes

  6. Comment on “It can’t be that easy, right?” (a Linux desktop environment appreciation post) in ~tech

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    I confess I haven't. I'll give it a spin in VirtualBox.

    I confess I haven't. I'll give it a spin in VirtualBox.

    1 vote

  7. Comment on “It can’t be that easy, right?” (a Linux desktop environment appreciation post) in ~tech

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    The hard part is to remove KDE again to save space. I did not find a nice, won't-break-random-things way of doing this in a distro

    The hard part is to remove KDE again to save space. I did not find a nice, won't-break-random-things way of doing this in a distro

    6 votes

  8. Comment on Science fiction or fantasy recommendations for children in ~books

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    Bone by Jeff Smith

    Bone by Jeff Smith

    2 votes

  9. Comment on Macklemore - Hind's Hall (2024) in ~music

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    This is behind an age-verification gate which is why I posted the Instagram link. I see that the mods have updated my post to point to YouTube.

    This is behind an age-verification gate which is why I posted the Instagram link. I see that the mods have updated my post to point to YouTube.

    5 votes

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  11. Comment on Linux Distro Recommendations in ~comp

  12. Comment on Best foreign films and TV shows? in ~tv

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    Sairat - A Marathi movie about love across castes. This trope, love across castes/religions/wealth/social class is pretty common in Indian movies but this particular movie stayed with me for a...

    Sairat - A Marathi movie about love across castes. This trope, love across castes/religions/wealth/social class is pretty common in Indian movies but this particular movie stayed with me for a long long time after I watched it.

    Dangal - A sports drama, a pehlwani amateur wrestler trains his daughters to become India's first world-class female wrestlers. The highest-grossing Bollywood movie of all time.

    Sholay - Considered to be among the greatest Bollywood movies ever made. A Bollywood-Western.

    Pyaasa - Another Bollywood classic. IMDB summary: Vijay, a talented but indigent poet, struggles for love and recognition in this selfish world.

    1 vote

  13. Comment on Recommend a nonfiction book accessible to outsiders that makes your interest seem awesome in ~books

  14. Comment on Are there any affordable digital compact cameras out there with a zoom lens? in ~tech

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    Look for something on classifieds like Facebook Marketplace. Lots and lots of people are dumping their old point-and-shoots and there are some good deals to be had.

    Look for something on classifieds like Facebook Marketplace. Lots and lots of people are dumping their old point-and-shoots and there are some good deals to be had.

    1 vote

  15. Comment on Can anyone recommend a printer/scanner combo that works with Linux with no additional drivers? in ~tech

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    Unless it's a network printer and you've picked OpenSuse as your distro. It's been 2 years now and I still don't have it working. Same printer was fine in Ubuntu. I think I had something to do...

    Unless it's a network printer and you've picked OpenSuse as your distro. It's been 2 years now and I still don't have it working. Same printer was fine in Ubuntu. I think I had something to do with the OpenSuse firewall.

    2 votes

  16. Comment on Teach me about biryani in ~food

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    Nik Sharma's recipe is pretty good and well adapted to Western kitchens.

    Nik Sharma's recipe is pretty good and well adapted to Western kitchens.

    1 vote

  17. Comment on What do you use to manage your music library? in ~music

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    This right here. Also highly recommend the foo_upnp component to let you stream the music locally (e.g. to Chromecast Audio using BubbleUPnP)

    This right here. Also highly recommend the foo_upnp component to let you stream the music locally (e.g. to Chromecast Audio using BubbleUPnP)

    2 votes

  18. Comment on What is there to do anymore? in ~talk

  19. Comment on Decent Android mobile phones with good audio (and has a 3.5mm jack) recently released? in ~tech

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    I know you are probably not going to be pleased with this answer but hear me out. The $10 Apple USB-C dongle is really good and you could just leave one permanently attached to your headphone (or...

    I know you are probably not going to be pleased with this answer but hear me out. The $10 Apple USB-C dongle is really good and you could just leave one permanently attached to your headphone (or headphones). That will dramatically expand your phone options.

    1 vote

  20. Comment on User-styles don't work on Tildes anymore? in ~tildes

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    This fixed it for me! Thanks!

    This fixed it for me! Thanks!

    1 vote