Some people like the Apple ecosystem.

RIP 😭

I had the same problem - see this thread for solution (you have to scoll down to the middle)

https://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=157700

in short, delete or rename this file: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/61-gdm.rules

I’m not technical enough to think it through carefully but I’ve always thought there was an opportunity for an organization like USPS to develop email 2.0 - something that gives people some kind of verifiable and secure email address so that users can easily find each other whilst filtering out spam (or to have spam taken into consideration in the design at the outset). You would design it based on strict standards that would be difficult to get around so that big tech could not easily co-opt it, and adopt for some kind of critical function (taxes, voting maybe?) so that it would encourage adoption en masse. Make it distributed so that users can selfhost it easily, safely, and securely.

See comment above from me. This doesn’t work unless you already have .desktop files and MIME types already configured for your app.

Sounds like I need to try xfce. But again - I shouldn’t need to change my desktop environment to do something fundamental that a GUI desktop environment should handle easily. No? Otherwise my desktop environment is just eye candy for xterms.

Nope. This doesn’t work when you have binaries that are not recognized by GNOME. You need to make a .desktop file for your binary first that define MIME types for that app. If it is a MIME type that is not recognized by the freedesktop.org database, you also have to create an XML file that defines your specific file type based on file extension or other characteristics. Then, you need to use Nautilus to set the default app. It’s a pain in the ass if it’s not a standard app from the Ubuntu App Store and a standard MIME type.

In fact, forget the EV!

You could set up a dummy LAN with no internet access for the tv. Unless it actually has more than one network card, it would need to be able to have the ability to virtualize network interfaces to connect elsewhere, and I really doubt these TVs are that smart.

I have the Ubiquiti Edgerouter X. I got it mostly because at the time it was on sale 😂 but it seems to have decent support. Note that you will have to get a wireless AP as the Edgerouter is a pure router without WiFi function. Lots of people also like Mikrotik products.

pi-hole ftw. the vast majority of my pi-hole’s DNS drops are from various Roku and Roku-like devices. Also, put all your IoT stuff onto a guest network, or if your gear supports it, on its own VLAN.

Linux runs great on Intel iMacs. Just sayin’.

Jealous that you’ve seen them in the wild!

Probably a California Condor at the San Diego Zoo.

Comedic Baseball: the Sandlot, Major League

Romantic baseball: For Love Of The Game

Baseball baseball: Moneyball

Historic baseball: A League Of Their Own

There is crying in baseball: Field of Dreams

OWNS. OWNS.

You can block YouTube ads simply by connecting to an Albanian VPN server.

I think you’ve hit the nail on the head. I am not a coder but using chatGPT I was able to take someone else’s simple program and modify for my own needs within just a few hours of work. It’s definitely not perfect and you still need to put in some work to get your program to run exactly the way you want it to but it’s using chatGPT is a good place to start for beginners, as long as they understand that it’s not a magic tool.

Frivolous? Yes. Fun? 😬😬😬

Pfft. No wet sanding with 1000, 2000, 4000, 8000. Amateur.