RockyC

Me: Humanist, father, husband, Linux junkie, privacy hawk, repair advocate, Home Assistant shill, anti-fascist, Clone Wars nerd. Entering my 4th year as a journeyman electrical apprentice after 28 years in I.T.

#Linux #FOSS #OpenSource #ev #renewables #3DPrinting #RightToRepair #privacy #FuckFascism #HomeAssistant #CloneWars #StarWars #SelfHost

Projects I Support Financially: Fosstodon, Garuda Linux, Joplin, Octopi, Pi-Hole, Rescuezilla, The Linux Experiment
Location: North Carolina, United States
Philosophy: The problem isn’t the problem. The problem is your reaction to the problem. — Jack Sparrow
Github: https://github.com/RockyC36

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2026-08-08 10:18:51 UTC

This is neat. A handy demo of how you can be identified and tracked across the Internet without a single cookie ever being set in your browser.
#privacy
I didn't set a cookie. https://kuber.studio/cookie/

2026-08-07 22:13:24 UTC

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Thanks. That's my little 10-inch rack that I printed on my Ender 3. It looks great from the front. The rear could definitely do with some better cable management! 😅

2026-08-07 21:39:42 UTC

What's in your HomeLab? I'm clawing my way towards digital independence from Big (Tech) Brother and trying to drag the family with me.
My Docker Stacks:
Core: NGINX, WUD
Data: Baikal, Collabora, Joplin, ownCloud, Syncthing
HomeLAN: Omada Controller
Refrence: Homebox, Homepage, Ollama, Openspeedtest, Open Webui, searXNG
Dockhand (manages the stacks)
Proxmox LXC Containers:
Jellyfin, Immich, Rustdesk
#shareyourstacks #homelab #selfhost #docker #linux #privacy
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2026-07-08 15:59:30 UTC

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I cannot say it enough times.
FUCK Netanyahu
FUCK the Israeli government
FUCK ANYONE WHO SUPPORTS THEIR GENOCIDE.

2026-06-28 03:13:53 UTC

I am now a monthly contributor to Garuda Linux.
Support the open source projects that you use!
Open source beats proprietary solutions time and time again with little to no funding, comparatively. Imagine what could be done with even modest investments!
It doesn't have to be a lot of money - collectively we can more than adequately fund great projects like Garuda Linux.
Support your favorite FOSS project TODAY!
https://opencollective.com/garudalinux
@npub1nfw…x0ds #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS

2026-06-27 01:35:38 UTC

I've had such great performance and reliability from #GarudaLinux on my MacBooks that I purchased a new battery for each of them, making them fully-functional and portable once again!
Hardcase is light and portable, and the Retina display on Wolffe is just gorgeous.
Both of these were complete dogs on #macOS under Open Core Legacy Patcher, but on Garuda Linux, they fly.
@npub1nfw…x0ds #Linux #MacBook #KDEPlasma #StarWars #MaulShadowLord #ShareYourDesktop #DesktopFriday #UnixPorn
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2026-06-18 21:46:42 UTC

Found on Lemmy.
#uspolitics #usa
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2026-06-01 09:45:56 UTC

Y’all, the new XeroLinux website is 🔥!
If I could code like that, I’d still be in I.T. instead of tromping around construction sites in work boots.
@npub1rx8…cs2l FANTASTIC work. I love EVERYTHING about the design. Really well done. Congratulations!
#Linux #XeroLinux
https://xerolinux.xyz/

2026-05-25 14:58:02 UTC

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Okay…what?
Bash and Zsh are LANGUAGES?
What else aren’t you people telling me? How big is this iceberg, actually?
“It’s all just files,” they said…
#Linux

2026-04-23 21:28:20 UTC

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Yep. It’ll be interesting to see if it’s as easy as I hear it is. I’ll be migrating…9 containers, I suppose, since I shouldn’t need wud or dockhand anymore. Maybe 8 if I don’t need cockpit? I guess I’ll find out!
I’l post updates as it goes along.
#HomeLab #SelfHost #Proxmox #Linux

2026-04-23 21:08:04 UTC

I must have installed Linux dozens of times by now, and I learn something new EVERY TIME. Here I go again:
My new server arrives tomorrow. Proxmox will be its OS.
https://proxmox.com/en/products/proxmox-virtual-environment/overview
#linux #homelab #selfhost #proxmox #m90q

2026-04-21 21:39:03 UTC

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Exactly. I’m a big fan of Plasma, and it’s on all of my machines, but I have also been looking pretty hard at Niri lately. I’m not a coder, so I don’t NEED what Niri offers, but I do like the concept a lot.

2026-04-21 21:21:52 UTC

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Your own reasons for disliking a DE are valid for you, so they can’t be stupid. You like what you like!
I’m just happy that we have options available to us other than whatever Microsoft or Apple decide is the next big thing in interface design.

2026-04-21 15:56:50 UTC

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I was a GNOME fan for a long time, but the ultra minimalism, reliance on 3rd party extensions that could break with each major update, and the 25% rounded corners on EVERYTHING pushed me to Plasma and I haven’t looked back.
Looking forward to the maturation of COSMIC.
#GNOME #KDEPlasma #Linux #COSMIC

2025-12-10 17:54:51 UTC

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yes, but how many 720kb 8” floppies do I need?

2025-12-05 11:39:03 UTC

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I knew that China was going to overtake the United States within my lifetime, but I didn’t expect NEXT YEAR.

2025-09-09 14:40:24 UTC

Hevy is back on Linux Mint, and this time he is BORN TO THE PURPLE! (bonus points if you get the reference!)
I’ve been moving all of my old computers back to Mint. Why? Because it finds drivers and makes hardware features work OOTB that I have to manually configure or just go without on other distros. Cinnamon is less busy than KDE, and less risky than GNOME extensions. Give it a try!
@npub1l38…ky3k #LinuxMint #Cinnamon #Linux #CloneWars #StarWars #ShareYourDesktop #UnixPorn
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2025-07-31 00:14:10 UTC

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Yep. That’s been my observation and it’s the guidance I give to newcomers to #Linux - distro matters less than desktop environment until you get some experience with using Linux.

2025-06-27 14:01:03 UTC

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I have yet to overcome this. My brain inflates tasks to make them seem impossible, but when I get down to it, they are always easier than I thought.

2025-06-27 10:43:51 UTC

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Linux runs better than macOS on my old MacBooks, and old MacBooks are a FANTASTIC value compared to old PC laptops, which are usually low-spec plastic junk.

2025-06-07 21:49:25 UTC

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Homebrew will be your friend if you are looking for your favorite linux utilities.
I use iTerm2, but I’m not a heavy terminal user.
You would think that with Linux and macOS being cousins that they could more easily interact, or that Apple might do something similar to WSL for macOS, but no.
BUT! If your job handed you an older Intel or M1/M2 MacBook, you could always dual-boot. You can use an external SSD and leave the existing fs alone.

2025-03-28 01:34:02 UTC

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I like Fedora, but all of my computers are over 10 years old and don’t need bleeding edge kernels and patches. I think I’m gonna move them all over to Tuxedo OS and save Fedora for when I can afford a #Framework laptop.

2025-03-27 22:53:57 UTC

The number of mainstream Debian-based #Linux disros with KDE 6 that aren't Ubuntu is remarkably small. Enter @npub1sfg…fqh4 #TuxedoOS. Even though it's optimized for their hardware, it runs well on two of my old computers - quite a bit faster than my current favorite, #Fedora based Ultramarine Linux. I'm guessing its due to Fedora's use of SELinux, but I'm no expert.
Looks like another distro hop might be coming.
https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/TUXEDO-OS_1.tuxedo

2024-12-28 16:55:21 UTC

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I’ve had to navigate foreign language websites for manuals or info that didn’t exist on the US servers for some reason, so I know your pain.

2024-12-27 10:46:26 UTC

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Well don’t eat too many or you won’t have any left for Second Breakfast or Elevensies.

2024-12-26 22:48:24 UTC

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KDE already has so many options that it seems like editing that menu should be one of them. I don’t know if there’s already a way to do it within the GUI, which would be great, but if I have to edit a config file, that’s fine too, but that’s about as deep as I want to go.

2024-12-26 19:23:51 UTC

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That was helpful, but not for this specific context menu.

2024-12-26 14:25:03 UTC

Hey KDE friends! How do I edit the “Share” context menu?
#KDE #Plasma6 #Linux
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2024-12-18 22:13:06 UTC

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Distrowatch ranks based on page hits, not actual user numbers.