

My name is Jess. I build and manage servers for both work and fun. I also occasionally make music.




It’s no secret to regular readers of this newsletter that I’m still an
avidPlex user. Despite the numerous privacy concerns, price increases, and recent (confusing) primary domain redirect from plex.tv to watch.plex.tv, I still find the transition to Jellyfin a hard sell given its fragmentation and smattering of third-party clients that are all good* but not really great (oh, and hello to the Lemmy readers who always roast me for this take)*.
Alright, I’ll spare you then. <3
This is a seriously cool plugin though, and I legitimately loved Plexamp. Plex’s decent really sucks for this community.


We are the swarm.
I honestly don’t know where people are getting these Wayland issues. I’m on EndeavorOS with an RTX 3080ti and multiple monitors and it has worked flawlessly for ~2 years now.


Thank you, kernel level anti-cheat, for breaking my toxic addiction to LoL.


My displays are even more stable than Windows now. Wayland allows me to throw around applications to different workspaces and monitors that would have literally crashed if I ALT-TABed on Windows.
Fair enough, though Linux Mint also didn’t really know for sure what that partition was (other than assuming Windows because it was probably NTFS).
Disk partitioning is always a risk if you don’t know what you’re doing (and sometimes even when you do) which is why it’s always good to have backups!
I wouldn’t blame Windows for this one. In this case, this is likely because the Windows partition table wasn’t updated when you changed your C: partition, so Windows legitimately thought there was filesystem corruption because the size didn’t match its partition table.
You should always used the currently installed OS to free up space first, so it’s aware of the change. Then run the installer and install to the free space you made.
Or better yet, use separate physical drives for different OSes.
You say that as if it’s an excuse. No program should ever overwrite an existing filesystem without explicit consent from the user.
Better than Windows just straight up overwriting your Linux boot partition on an update.


Start making room for GitHub.


Don’t podcasts and RSS still rely heavily on XML?
Yes, but having both in place can help mitigate lateral movement risk.


What the fuck are they at changing that.
Ads. These are sponsored results, and they want them to show up first. Sure, you bought to OS (probably), but…



It’s so weird, because Ubuntu used to be the beginner distro. I started out on it and was hooked. The level of polish and out-of-the-box readiness was really welcoming to my old mac brain.
Ubuntu would actually still be a good beginner distro imo if it wasn’t for the way they implemented their custom stuff. Even the distinction between apt and snaps is enough to scare away beginners.


My main gripe with this travesty of a “Start menu” is that it isn’t the Tom Hanks movie of a similar name.
IKR? Probably because that one is called The Terminal and this trash “search” can’t even look around articles.


It’s possible your Windows info is out of date. They’re referring to this app, which is installed on Windows 11 by default (though you can get it on Windows 10).
It’s actually a decent terminal emulator (by Windows standards) that’s pretty customizable. It can even become a terminal for a local Linux VM with WSL.


It also comes with openssh and winget (package manager) by default!
While I prefer my Linux terminal emulators, the Terminal app is one of the few remaining Windows apps I actually like. When I do have to use windows, the first thing I do is customize it. Once you get Chocolatey, WSL, and git installed, dare I say Windows begins to approach a pleasurable CLI experience.


curl | jq is like the web equivalent of cat | grep
Yeah, I only didn’t mention this because it’s theoretically possible for Tailscale to discontinue support for that and break compatibility in the clients if they decided they want you using their stuff.