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  1. matthew - retroedge.tech (matthew@social.retroedge.tech)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 10:37:54 JST matthew - retroedge.tech matthew - retroedge.tech
    It is a big deal.

    But I am still not going to be using Facebook

    #facebook

    RT: https://social.quodverum.com/users/YoungBlood/statuses/113794541531920950
    In conversation about 9 days ago from social.retroedge.tech permalink

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  2. matthew - retroedge.tech (matthew@social.retroedge.tech)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Jan-2025 07:55:43 JST matthew - retroedge.tech matthew - retroedge.tech
    Attempt at Reputation Repair is my take. My hope is that they are not successful. Facebook has proven itself to not operating in the interests of liberty and freedom.

    #facebook #freespeech

    RT: https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/875492121426010128/entities/urn:activity:1723428420186021888
    In conversation about 11 days ago from social.retroedge.tech permalink

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  3. matthew - retroedge.tech (matthew@social.retroedge.tech)'s status on Monday, 02-Dec-2024 12:32:45 JST matthew - retroedge.tech matthew - retroedge.tech
    I'm putting together a Windows XP retro gaming PC package to offer for sale.

    What open source Windows 32bit games should I include pre-installed?

    I ask because I am not much of a gamer and also spend most of my time with Linux, so not familiar with Windows XP games.

    Was thinking of Battle for Wesnoth, but looks like the available Windows download is 64bit.

    The hardware will be a Dell Optiplex 3010 with i5 3rd gen processor, so not period accurate but more than adequate for Windows XP gaming.

    #opensource #gaming #retro
    In conversation about 2 months ago from social.retroedge.tech permalink
  4. matthew - retroedge.tech (matthew@social.retroedge.tech)'s status on Thursday, 28-Nov-2024 11:33:47 JST matthew - retroedge.tech matthew - retroedge.tech
    in reply to
    • xianc78
    > there is a case to be made for server-side scripting, even on personal websites

    I agree.

    Have used static site generators, such as Hugo, and mostly been a good experience.

    However, the concept of a website being a program instead of just a collection of documents is really interesting and I would like to eventually do more with that.

    #webdev
    In conversation about 2 months ago from social.retroedge.tech permalink
  5. matthew - retroedge.tech (matthew@social.retroedge.tech)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Nov-2024 05:15:07 JST matthew - retroedge.tech matthew - retroedge.tech
    in reply to
    • EvilSandmich
    • LibreOffice
    That sometimes happens!

    I fully let them know that there are some Microsoft specific features that LibreOffice doesn't have and that they can always buy Microsoft Office later if they need it.

    I have so many frustrations with Microsoft products that I am actively promoting alternatives.

    #Microsoft
    In conversation about 2 months ago from social.retroedge.tech permalink
  6. matthew - retroedge.tech (matthew@social.retroedge.tech)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Nov-2024 04:59:35 JST matthew - retroedge.tech matthew - retroedge.tech
    • LibreOffice
    I've recommended @libreoffice as an alternative to Microsoft Office to at least two people over the phone today.

    #LibreOffice #Microsoft
    In conversation about 2 months ago from social.retroedge.tech permalink
  7. matthew - retroedge.tech (matthew@social.retroedge.tech)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Nov-2024 03:07:09 JST matthew - retroedge.tech matthew - retroedge.tech
    in reply to
    • xianc78
    • Em :official_verified:
    • mangeurdenuage :gnu: :trisquel: :gondola_head: 🌿 :abeshinzo: :ignucius:
    I offer hosted apps like Nextcloud and Gitea. I have at least two clients using those that I host for them.

    I agree about the tactic of "be the change you want to see".
    In conversation about 2 months ago from social.retroedge.tech permalink
  8. matthew - retroedge.tech (matthew@social.retroedge.tech)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Nov-2024 02:38:36 JST matthew - retroedge.tech matthew - retroedge.tech
    in reply to
    • xianc78
    • Em :official_verified:
    • mangeurdenuage :gnu: :trisquel: :gondola_head: 🌿 :abeshinzo: :ignucius:
    Yes. No easy answers.

    Especially with the vendor lock-in practices that companies like #Microsoft have.
    In conversation about 2 months ago from social.retroedge.tech permalink
  9. matthew - retroedge.tech (matthew@social.retroedge.tech)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Nov-2024 02:20:15 JST matthew - retroedge.tech matthew - retroedge.tech
    in reply to
    • xianc78
    • Em :official_verified:
    • mangeurdenuage :gnu: :trisquel: :gondola_head: 🌿 :abeshinzo: :ignucius:
    If an authority has the ability to effectively ban technologies, we would be in a much worse situation when in comes to privacy.

    #privacy #technology
    In conversation about 2 months ago from social.retroedge.tech permalink
  10. matthew - retroedge.tech (matthew@social.retroedge.tech)'s status on Saturday, 12-Oct-2024 03:58:35 JST matthew - retroedge.tech matthew - retroedge.tech
    in reply to
    • djsumdog
    Lots of signs in my area for candidates on both parties.

    Slightly less "Harris" specific signs, but there's a lot of generic "Vote for Democrats... because they vote for us" type signs. That's a slightly more palatable way of saying "Vote Blue, no matter who".

    A whole lot of Trump signs, both in cities and rural areas, paired with signs for Republicans in local races.
    In conversation about 3 months ago from social.retroedge.tech permalink
  11. matthew - retroedge.tech (matthew@social.retroedge.tech)'s status on Thursday, 19-Sep-2024 14:05:01 JST matthew - retroedge.tech matthew - retroedge.tech
    It was DNS
    In conversation about 4 months ago from social.retroedge.tech permalink
  12. matthew - retroedge.tech (matthew@social.retroedge.tech)'s status on Saturday, 07-Sep-2024 01:58:18 JST matthew - retroedge.tech matthew - retroedge.tech
    in reply to
    • frogzone
    I like #peertube and we host our own:

    https://video.retroedge.tech/

    I'll be posting more #Linux related videos there soon.
    In conversation about 4 months ago from social.retroedge.tech permalink

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      RetroEdgeTech Video
      PeerTube, an ActivityPub-federated video streaming platform using P2P directly in your web browser.
  13. matthew - retroedge.tech (matthew@social.retroedge.tech)'s status on Thursday, 05-Sep-2024 11:24:39 JST matthew - retroedge.tech matthew - retroedge.tech
    I'm seeing a whole lot more videos and resources like this:

    https://inv.dembased.xyz/watch?v=n8vmXvoVjZw

    Guides to help people understand what's involved and how to switch to Linux

    #Linux
    In conversation about 5 months ago from social.retroedge.tech permalink

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    1. Switching to Linux: A Beginner’s Guide
      How to switch from Windows to Linux, including reasons to switch, applications, distros, testing, installation and broader migration. The other ExplainingComputers episodes I’ve referred to in this video are as follows: Running Windows Programs on Linux: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqZDuKB949U Ventoy: Multi-boot USB Drive Tool: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7APoZzNPyU Linux Mint 22 (2024 review): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qZI6i21jB4 Zorin OS 17 (2024 review): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FryhC19wu8 Ubuntu 24.04 (2024 review): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNK-tmMz618 Linux Mint: Tips & Tricks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKCowLHiQ8o Linux Tips for MS Office Users: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3R58a0cg0Y Linux Survival Guide #3: GPU Drivers & Printing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lah9rMX1FnI And all of my Linux videos are listed and linked here: https://www.explainingcomputers.com/linux_videos.html DOWNLOAD LINKS Linux Mint: https://www.linuxmint.com/download.php Zorin OS: https://zorin.com/os/download/ Ubuntu: https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop Balena Etcher (tool to write Linux ISO image to USB drive): https://etcher.balena.io/ BOOTING FROM A USB DRIVE Exactly how you boot from a USB drive does I’m afraid depend on your particular computer. Often a boot menu can be accessed by pressing a particular key when you power-on, which may be F12, F11, F10 or Esc. And if you can bring up such a menu, you can simply select the USB drive. Alternatively, you can enter the BIOS/UEFI, again by pressing an appropriate key, which is commonly F2, Delete or Esc. Once in the BIOS you can hopefully find a setting that will change the boot order to have USB first, so that your computer will always first try to boot from an inserted USB drive. However, to work, this may also require you to disable a feature called “Secure Boot”, which you may then have turn on again to allow Windows to boot on your PC (it depends on the version). However, once in the BIOS, there is often an “Exit” or similar menu (usually on the end on the right) that offers a “boot override” facility. And this allows you to select to boot from a USB drive without having to make any BIOS changes. So here you would select your inserted USB drive, and your computer would then happily boot from it. Sadly, UEFI/BIOS settings and USB boot configurations are just not standardized, so I cannot give you a definitive set of instructions here! But I do provide more guidance in my video on “PC BIOS Settings”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezubjTO7rRI More videos on computing and related topics can be found at: http://www.youtube.com/@ExplainingComputers Chapters: 00:00 Titles & Intro 00:42 Why switch? 01:51 Applications 04:25 Distros 05:43 Testing 14:24 Installation 17:30 Migration 19:05 Linux Success #Linux #Switch #Tutorial #Windows #explainingcomputers
  14. matthew - retroedge.tech (matthew@social.retroedge.tech)'s status on Thursday, 05-Sep-2024 07:50:18 JST matthew - retroedge.tech matthew - retroedge.tech
    in reply to
    • Steve Dinn
    Let us know if you find a solution. Technically, it must be possible, but may be very manual.

    I am also much more interested in programs written in #go now than when we set up our self-hosted #pleroma instance, though the resource usage of Pleroma isn't too bad.
    In conversation about 5 months ago from social.retroedge.tech permalink
  15. matthew - retroedge.tech (matthew@social.retroedge.tech)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Sep-2024 03:59:59 JST matthew - retroedge.tech matthew - retroedge.tech
    Are you a solopreneur, creator or small business owner?

    What do you use for keeping track of income and expenses? A spreadsheet? Text files? Desktop or web software? Paid or free software?

    #software #business
    In conversation about 5 months ago from social.retroedge.tech permalink
  16. matthew - retroedge.tech (matthew@social.retroedge.tech)'s status on Friday, 30-Aug-2024 14:48:18 JST matthew - retroedge.tech matthew - retroedge.tech
    in reply to
    • ¢нαяℓιє яσσт
    My guess is that you are leaning towards #BSD and not #Windows
    In conversation about 5 months ago from social.retroedge.tech permalink
  17. matthew - retroedge.tech (matthew@social.retroedge.tech)'s status on Monday, 06-May-2024 05:57:41 JST matthew - retroedge.tech matthew - retroedge.tech
    in reply to
    • T man :sex: :puffgiga: :puffpowerroll: (epic music enjoyer)
    • † top dog :pedomustdie:
    I guess that's what I'm checking out now.

    I see the situation with nostr as much more positive and the model and protocol to be quite functional... but I am extremely new to the concept.

    The documentation looks good to me and I like what I've seen that has been built on it, so far.

    I appreciate your perspective @dcc though, as it may be useful to temper my enthusiasm right now.
    In conversation about 9 months ago from social.retroedge.tech permalink
  18. matthew - retroedge.tech (matthew@social.retroedge.tech)'s status on Monday, 06-May-2024 05:49:01 JST matthew - retroedge.tech matthew - retroedge.tech
    • T man :sex: :puffgiga: :puffpowerroll: (epic music enjoyer)
    • † top dog :pedomustdie:
    Yeah, I can see that from a social perspective.

    Thanks for sharing your experience and perspective.

    I am quite excited about checking #nostr out right now. So we'll see if my enthusiasm is curbed or if it grows with time.
    In conversation about 9 months ago from social.retroedge.tech permalink
  19. matthew - retroedge.tech (matthew@social.retroedge.tech)'s status on Monday, 06-May-2024 05:30:33 JST matthew - retroedge.tech matthew - retroedge.tech
    Currently exploring #nostr

    I think I found something that I had been missing.
    In conversation about 9 months ago from social.retroedge.tech permalink
  20. matthew - retroedge.tech (matthew@social.retroedge.tech)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Apr-2024 02:36:27 JST matthew - retroedge.tech matthew - retroedge.tech

    Cloned a Windows installation from a SATA drive to an nVME SSD. As expected I got an error when booting from the nVME SSD "boot device not accessible".

    Here's the solution:

    Get to a menu where you can choose to boot the installation in Safe Mode (sometimes repeatedly pressing F8 or just letting the failure message take you to the menu).

    Boot to Safe Mode.

    Open a command prompt in Administrator Mode

    sc.exe config stornvme start= boot

    That command loads the nVME driver as default on the installation. Reboot.

    All should be well and the Windows installation should now be able to boot normally off the nVME SSD.

    #clone #Windows #upgrade #SATA #nvme #SSD

    In conversation about 9 months ago from social.retroedge.tech permalink
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