I’m in the same boat. I was a kde neon person for a very long time, but I eventually got tired of some weird issues I was having that I couldn’t find a fix for. tried fedora on a bit of a whim and everything just worked. Nvidia drivers were a breeze to set up, gnome is very nice out of the box and doesn’t take the configuring I’m used to on kde, and even just having gnome boxes pre installed is super useful and I get to skip the virtualboxes setup. very impressed with it overall. never going back

for me it was logging into the router webpage, getting my parents mac and ip addresses, and cloning them after they turned off their devices and my Internet for the night lol

idk how weird this is in terms of everything else in this thread, but peanut butter and pickles on toast is great

only time I ever bought gift cards was when I worked at restaurant. each Christmas theyd give us employees 20% off gift cards. id buy a bunch of them (usually like 500$ worth). then when a customer paid in cash, I’d pay with my gift card, and pocket the change. I always told the customer what I was doing and made sure it was ok with them, it was a chain so most people were just kinda thrilled they could help me beat the system.

interesting. I actually haven’t had any throughput issues yet but if I do I will definitely keep that in mind

yep!

I run jellyfin on bare metal because it makes it easier to debug imo, but I do use docker for caddy and some other little applications (like a tomcat instance for example)

my servers run alpine! it’s incredibly stable even for hobbiest use

camel for java. flat for c

such a great show. thats one of the few shows set on an alien planet that truly feels unnervingly alien

battery replacements usually run around 60-90 at my shop depending on the device, if I ever walked in to a shop and heard 200$ I’d walk tf out that’s insane pricing.

you can absolutely do it yourself. be prepared and get the right tools, look up many many guides and videos before you start, but I honestly think it’s doable for someone whose never opened a phone. those batteries are an absolute pain in the ass to remove, but as long as it’s discharged below 20% you really don’t have to worry about it it catching fire or anything catastrophic like you’re lead to believe (just be careful ofc and wear PPE)

tf you talking about? the engineer engineers the solution and the developer develops it

programming! I had heard that programming is better on Linux so I gave it a go and quickly realized it was better for everything else as well

that does sound super nice. I’ll prob give it a go sometime soon, thanks!

is it still worth getting into? it seems like something I’d like but I’ve never played it before and don’t have crazy amounts of time like I used to. should I still give it a go?

yeah it sucks. here’s a decent little writeup on it https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2017/11/180698/jesse-lacey-brand-new-sexual-misconduct

great album, wish the lead singer wasn’t a predator so I could listen to it shame free

hm. yeah I def read that wrong. more on point I can get any part I need for my own repairs very cheap through our wholesalers so that’s a good perk I guess

absolutely. I work at a phone/computer repair shop.

I have a policy called the “front desk fix policy”. pretty much, if I can fix it at the front desk in under a few minutes, I’m not charging you for it. common culprits are simple software fixes and charging port cleanings.

I give free screen protectors with every repair instead of charging customers for it. the screen is the expensive part not the screen protector.

I also tend to give a 10$ discount if people are just cool to talk with. if we genuinely enjoy talking to each other, they’ve made my day better, so I might as well do the same for them.