Does anyone have a complete guide on how to safely torrent and avoid viruses?
My concern is viruses and I was curious if you could force an internal hdd/external hdd to ONLY connect to the virtual machine in vmware and make is so that it doesn’t connect to the host at all. I know that you can connect external drive to vmware but it will auto connect to the host if no vmware machine is running....
Help with Audiobookshelf Port Number
Simply put, I can’t get Audiobookshelf to respond to any port other than 80. I’m using the following Docker Compose (spacing may be off because I suck at formatting posts):...
Will ublock Origin be blocked on chrome soon?💀💀💀
Google is going to release new manifest v3. How could it harm uBlock Origin? And will Firefox and Safari become the only major browsers that fully support uBlock Origin?
Where can I post questions on how do construct formulas in Onlyoffice/Libreoffice spreadsheets?
Short term: I’m trying to automate transcribing a list from:...
Help needed setting up NGINX reverse Proxy / HA / Vaultwarden using Duckdns
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What has been the best thing that has happened to you so far?
Either by choice or sheer luck. What is something that has happened to you that made your life actively better?...
Unraid: If I install NGINX Port Manager, all apps going through OpenVPN-Client suddenly start mapping 443>443 and 80>80 (app to host).
I am not a networking expert, so please forgive any poor or unclear terminology here . . ....
Do you mount an embedded Linux file system to the workstation and use your host scripts or do you SSH/SCP and deal with the limited shell commands?
I’m playing with a couple of routers and comparing proprietary to open source on the same hardware. I miss my .bashrc functions and aliases… and compgen, tree, manpages, detailed help, etc; the little things that get annoying when they are missing....
What is your earliest memory?
linux phone with external camera?
How good would the experience be with a linux phone and an external camera?...
Experience with KDE on Fedora?
Hello all, I’ve been distro hopping a lot lately and have a long term goal of settling on one distro for the family laptops....
FN keys 7 to 12 not working properly (fedora 39 on Framework)
Hey there! I just reinstalled fedora and noticed my fn keys 7 to 12 do not work. The rest do their jobs, but i cant change brightness and airplane mode anymore....
What's your experience with a touchscreen laptop on your distro?
Hello everyone!...
Is computer science lightning or rock magic?
Or both? You’re basically running electricity through silicon to control satellites, rockets and the cash register in a subway.
Suggestions for Short Rack Mount Case
I have a very short equipment rack installed in my server closet. It is only 16 inches deep, fine for most networking uses, but not great for most rack-mount server cases....
Milo? What do you do with it?
I was gifted a 900 Gram bag of Milo (I assume that’s some shrinkflation crap). I love Malt and Cocoa, but this is bland and chalky. What do I do with it? So far I have tried it hot and cold on its own and mixed in coffee hot and cold. My next thought was using it in baked goods, something like an American Brownie....
Prime is adding ads to their streaming service
I think I might cancel. I’m not watching ads and I’m not going to pay the extra $3/mo to opt out. I don’t know if I’d end up paying more than the subscription cost in shipping though…...
Is igetintopc safe ?
Basically the title....
Amazon's Prime Video will start serving ads on January 29 unless you pay extra
Russian Cossack firing from behind a dead horse, WW1, 1915

What hobby do you have that no one else in your family shares?
MOSFET gate resistor
Since MOSFETs have a gate capacitance you’d want to limit the inrush of current from the output of a microcontroller to prevent it from getting damaged prematurely. That’s what gate resistors are usually good for....
Dongle recomendations
I want to get started with home automation, probably based on a raspberry pi (or as of now with my banana pi which is my home server) and either openHAB or home assistant. My goal is, first, to put some temperature/humidity sensors in varous rooms and leak detector in my basement where I had some issues with the main drain. I...
What makes a (good) monarch?
As something of a history buff I’ve read about a fair few Kings and Queens through history. There are many of them, most mediocre, a lot of them objectively bad, however, now and again one stands out from the masses as a good one....