Hammerheart

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what are the pros and cons of apt vs flatpak? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

I thought id give flatpak firefox a shot and the profiles are broken. I might be able to fix it by making some symlinks but it left a bad taste in my mouth. I was unable to get it to recognize my userChrome.css

How are you parsing JSON on the command line? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I have perused it, but its both so dense and so broad that its not that helpful unless i know exactly what I'm looking for. I have also tried info and tldr. I actually like tldr the most,. although the exhaustiveness of the man pages must be admired. I dont find it to be the best teacher.

How are you parsing JSON on the command line? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

What are some goos resources for learning jq? I really struggle when it comes to nested keys/values which obviously limits my ability to use it.

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Installing and using Jellyfin without root (programming.dev)
 

I have a VPS, but no root access so I can't use apt, or even read a lot of the system files. I would like to get jellyfin (or any media server, really) running on it. Jellyfin has a portable installation option, so I followed the instructions in the docs to install it from the .tar.gz.

But it says I have to install ffmpeg-jellyfin, and I can't find a portable installation of that. My VPS already has ffmpeg installed on it. Will jellyfin work if I just point it to that instead? Or, how can I go about installing ffmpeg-jellyfin without root access?

Can anyone recommend a lightweight, stable distro for a thinkpad? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I have a T560 and i run debian with sway. It serves the dual purpose of getting me more comfortable in the terminal (i even use power shell on my windowa desk top a lot more now), and it runs much better than KDE or gnome did. Im missing some obvious quality of life settings like easily adjusting the power settings (it never sleeps, just turns off the screen and locks). But again, im trying to get more comfortable using the terminal so for me its more of a "take the training wheels off" thing.