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somegeek, in I finally switched back to Linux as my daily driver after a couple of years of being on nothing but Windows.

Mint is just lovely

Diplomjodler,

It’s a breath of fresh air…

Caitlynn, in what caused you to get into Linux?

My Mainboard had somesort of error, where Windows wouldnt Work, Linux did tho

Bratwurstboy, in what caused you to get into Linux?

I always liked tinkering with shit. Modding gameboys, custom fw on my phones and psp… It was the next logical step.

Nibodhika, in Ipod problems

Never had an iPod, so I can’t really help you, but have you tried the arch wiki? wiki.archlinux.org/title/IPod

Zealousideal_Fox900,

Thanks for your help. Sadly it doesn’t help much for Linux Mint.

Nibodhika,

Other than the way you installed the packages there’s nothing intrinsically arch on that wiki. I recommend you read the page and see if it helps before assuming it doesn’t because you’re using a different distro, arch wiki is great even if you don’t use arch.

Zealousideal_Fox900,

Hey mate, I did read through it and it was of no use to me. Thanks for your help.

bizdelnick,

What is the problem? I used rhythmbox for that ~15 years ago and it worked.

muhyb,

Rhythmbox or GTKpod don’t work with iPod Nano 6 & 7.

Zealousideal_Fox900,

Doesn’t recognise my Ipod at all.

Nibodhika,

Ah, sorry, your reply was 8 min after I sent the link which seemed awfully short to test the different approaches listed there, I assumed you hadn’t read it and just discarded for being a different distro. Sorry I couldn’t be more helpful.

Zealousideal_Fox900,

All good.

whostosay,

Man I love this place. So much less “Fuck you, ur dumb bc xyz” than reddit. Y’all are awesome.

knfrmity, in How to take actions on multiple docker containers at once

You can use the container names to address containers. Whether this is a randomly generated name (docker run… with no --name flag), the compose working dir and service name, or the compose container_name var.

I also rarely use the container command. docker is sufficient, or docker compose … while in the working dir of a given compose stack.

catastrophicblues, in what caused you to get into Linux?

Curiosity, followed by realizing how good it is for development.

Sophia7Inches, in what caused you to get into Linux?

Certain games wouldn’t run in Windows, but ran perfectly fine on Linux. This was the tipping point for me to fully switch to Linux. Gaming never been so smooth and pleasant for me as it is on Linux now. No more random crashes, driver shit, etc.

jerkface, in what caused you to get into Linux?
@jerkface@lemmy.ca avatar

I got into Linux because BSD didn’t have enough hardware support.

Bisexual_Cookie, in what caused you to get into Linux?
@Bisexual_Cookie@hexbear.net avatar

Windows kept getting in the way of my productivity (I constantly needed to find workarounds for problems that didn’t exist or were much easier to solve on linux, and I couldn’t customize the ui to my liking) + it lacked basic things like a tabbed file-manager (before win11) and my hardware was getting slower so I jumped ship.

sekhat, in what caused you to get into Linux?

I started using Linux many moons ago when the LAMP stack was common for web development. (Linux, Apache, Mysql, PHP). But that was only on servers. It’s only in the last couple of years I’ve switched to seriously using Linux on the Desktop. I finally got fed up of Microsoft writing software as if using their OS meant they owned my machine and they could do what they liked with it. So I’ve switched. While windows still sits on a partition due to a couple of games, I find I’m going months without needing to touch it. I suspect I’ll be rid of windows entirely in the near future.

KISSmyOS, in Ipod problems
muhyb, in Ipod problems

I have Nano 7 as well and I tried many things over the years. However there isn’t a good solution to this. I have a Windows 7 VM just for my iPod and installed an old iTunes just to put music on it. You can use Gnome Boxes for this job.

Zealousideal_Fox900,

Thanks. Do you think you could help me with it?

muhyb,

You can get yourself a Windows 7 ISO from here. massgrave.dev/windows_7_links.html

Zealousideal_Fox900,

Grabbed the first one I saw.

muhyb,

Don’t grab the first one. :)

Pick one what language you need and also pick a 64-bit one.

muhyb,

OK I’m here.

Click on + to select the ISO from file. It will start the installation process. Install Windows 7 with its steps. 20 GB space and 4 GB RAM would suffice for virtual machine.

muhyb,

Sure.

First, install Gnome Boxes. Then find a Windows 7 ISO, any will do.

Let me open my PC for the next steps.

muhyb,

Once you installed it, start the VM and plug in your iPod. For VM to see it, on right top there is a … menu, go preferences from there. Switch to Devices & Shares tab. It should see your iPod now, just enable it. Also set a shared directory from below so you can put your music files there before uploading them to your iPod. This is the iTunes version I use: www.filehorse.com/download-itunes-64/35820/

Before forget, use a 64-bit Windows.

Zealousideal_Fox900,

Aight. 8 Minutes till done.

muhyb,

OK, ping me when you need.

Zealousideal_Fox900,

Thanks :D. You are insanely helpful.

muhyb,

How did it go? Hopefully successful?

Zealousideal_Fox900,

Sadly, not.

muhyb,

Worry not. Which step did not go as expected?

Zealousideal_Fox900,

Unable to connect to internet.

muhyb,

Can you check the device manager inside Windows for this:

Uninstall the “Red Hat VirtIO Ethernet Adapter” in the device manager, after that, simply search for new hardware devices.

muhyb,

Even if you cannot connect to internet (normally that shouldn’t be a problem since VM use the internet through host machine), you can still download the said iTunes outside of the VM and install it via shared folder. In the end you don’t need internet to put iPod some music.

muhyb,

No problem! Just helping a fellow penguin. :)

jalsk,

This thread makes me so happy. Following along watching good people on the internet help each other solve problems with each other for no other reason than to be kind. Thanks for being a kind person.

muhyb,

Being happy for someone else is also kind, so likewise.

Also helping people who use FOSS has some weird pleasure. :)

Tattorack, in what caused you to get into Linux?
@Tattorack@lemmy.world avatar

I wanted to switch to Linux for several years because I was very sick of how Windows did things.

With Valve doing Proton and Windows 11 being a much shittier Windows 10… With rumours of it eventually becoming a FORCED update!.. I decided to actually switch to Linux last November.

Haven’t regretted it. Haven’t used any other OS since.

hanke, in How to take actions on multiple docker containers at once

I often just do


<span style="color:#323232;">docker ps | awk "{print $1}" | xargs docker stop
</span>

Add some filtering in there and you’re golden

crmsnbleyd,
@crmsnbleyd@sopuli.xyz avatar

This is what I do as well

MangoPenguin,
@MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

How tf do you remember that lol, I’m always amazed by CLI focused people being able to remember so much!

hanke,

I think it has to do with creativity!

The CLI tools are just small simple tools. The power comes from having the understanding of how each tool works and how they can be combined.

I don’t remember this string of commands, I know docker, awk and xargs. When I need this, that is the solution I always end up with.

luthis,

Dude, I use the CLI all day, every day and I can’t freakin remember half the commands I need.

If it’s something I use often, I’ll make an alias even if it’s just so I can run ‘alias’ in the terminal to get a list of things I use often.

LoveSausage, (edited ) in Why didn't anyone remind me the dual booting exists?
@LoveSausage@lemmygrad.ml avatar

I had an old windows AME install on a separate drive I forgot about. Updated grub in peppermint (Debian) voila all of the sudden my windows was added , no fuss at all. Simple nowadays

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