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jrwrenhttps://balintreczey.hu/blog/firefox-on-ubuntu-22-04-from-deb-not-from-snap/02:29
jrwrengood shit02:29
mmanceWhats the deal with the one in Ubuntu's archive?02:33
jrwrenit doesn't install anything, but instead installs a snap. snaps are bad12:31
cmaloneysnaps are for when you want to run a data center for your applications12:57
jrwrenwhat do you mean by that?13:01
cmaloneyI mean each application is its own "machine"13:08
cmaloneywith its own update schedule and dependencies and such13:08
jrwrenah, yup. got it.13:10
jrwrennot to mention, you don't get much control over that schedule. don't want the new version? TOO BAD.13:10
cmaloneyyeah13:12
cmaloneyttps://snapcraft.io/blog/how-to-manage-snap-updates13:16
cmaloneybah, insert an h in front if that13:17
cmaloney"you can delay for 60 days": you have recreated Wibdows update. well done.13:17
Scary_Guylol13:35
Scary_GuyAlso https://flatkill.org13:35
Scary_GuyAbout the only thing I actually like is appimage.13:36
cmaloneyhttps://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/04/twitter-reportedly-set-to-accept-elon-musks-offer-to-buy-the-company/13:56
Scary_Guy"Changed my mind, now I don't want it" :P14:09
Scary_GuyBe hilarious, just messing with them.14:09
Scary_GuySeriously though I wonder how many will leave/join the platform14:09
cmaloneyWell, Mastodon.social has twice as many users using it now14:12
cmaloneyand a lot of folks inquiring about it14:12
cmaloneyso...14:12
Scary_GuyWell that's good I suppose.  At least it's a personal echo chamber instead of a walled garden.14:39
cmaloneyyou can make it whatever you want it to be14:46
Scary_GuyIt depends on who wants to or is willing to connect with you.14:48
jrwrenthe best ubuntu variant shipped: https://blog.system76.com/post/682519660741148672/popos-2204-lts-has-landed?utm_source=newsletter_pop&utm_medium=email&utm_term=&utm_content=&utm_campaign=popos_22.04_release_blog&mc_cid=547b59b2d4&mc_eid=47463d15eb  ;)16:08
mmanceI don't run ubuntu, I was here because I read the Michigan LUG hangs out here.16:52
mmanceam here16:52
cmaloneyNo worries.16:52
cmaloneyWe talk about everything and anything16:52
cmaloneyThere's also a MUG IRC channel, but that is pretty sparse for discussion16:53
cmaloneyalso a Matrix channel on gitter.im16:53
mmanceI have my own matrix server, but as far as the rooms go, I prefer irc16:53
cmaloneyme too16:53
mmanceI use mine as a inhouse replacement for signal16:53
mmanceMostly video calls and some group video chat16:54
mmanceWhat LUG are you a member of cmaloney?16:56
cmaloneyMUG16:56
cmaloneyand WFTL LUG, but that's more of an online group with Marcel Gagne16:56
mmanceI went to a MUG meeting as a kid.16:57
mmancelike 25 years ago16:58
cmaloneyWe're still online each month16:58
cmaloneyheh, that's before my time16:58
cmaloney(I got involved with MUG in the 2000s)16:58
mmanceI grew up in Farmington Hills, I think we met at the library.16:58
cmaloneywe did16:59
mmanceI was not into linux or unix at that time.  I was a MS guy.16:59
cmaloneyunfortunately we no longer meet at the library because of the pandemic and because we no longer have a reliable member who lives / works in FH16:59
mmanceWhat format/software does the meetings use? 17:02
cmaloneyWe have a paid instance of Jitsi on 88x.vc17:02
cmaloney8x8.vc, rather17:02
cmaloneyI used to self-host Jitsi but it was a pain in the arse.17:03
mmanceI was just readed what Jitsi I am using.  I am using the free one, meet.element.io17:13
mmanceWhat was the pain from?17:14
cmaloneyI would have had to upgrade from 18.04 to a newer version of Ubuntu to get the right dependencies17:20
cmaloneyand getting things situated the first time was a combination of trial-and-error17:20
cmaloneyin the end I'm happier paying someone to keep things up-to-date17:20
cmaloneyplus I was paying Linode for a beefier box to host it17:21
mmanceI just switched to hetzner.17:21
mmanceI got a Ryzen 5 3600 w/ 64GB ram 512nvme $40/mo17:22
mmanceThat is really hard to beat17:22
cmaloneyWe used it for our MUG meetings as well, so there was also the added stress of keeping it running17:22
cmaloneyif it's just for me then who cares, but since I was providing a service it added another layer of stress17:23
cmaloneyso paying 8x8.vc for hosting made more sense to me17:23
mmanceok17:23
cmaloneyI don't have to care, and I'm getting a hosted Jitsi instance.17:23
mmanceI use containers for everything, so dependencies just get integrated into the container17:24
mmanceI have been using docker up until now, but I am sold on jails and have been slowly migrating17:24
mmanceI just recently took a few classes on zfs and I am so hooked17:25
cmaloneynice17:25
Scary_GuyI still haven no clue about ZFS, I just know Ubuntu uses it now and that's what is on my media center.  Seems to work great.  I just recently migrated from XTF4 to BTRFS.19:49
Scary_GuyWell, more like backed up and reformatted19:49
greg-g<obligatory elongated muskrat and chirping site comment>19:53
cmaloneyheh20:02
cmaloneyMy Mastodon account has exploded20:02
cmaloneyAnd seeing some familiar faces from G+ on dice.camp20:02
cmaloneyI hope Elon chokes on his leveraged buyout20:02
greg-git's funny, I am in season 2 of Succession where one of the main plot lines is around leveraged buy-outs20:04
greg-gIt is definitely a guilty pleasure of mine20:05
greg-gall the characters are bad people almost by definition, but it's well written in that you can see little bits of humanity every now and then (not always!) for each of them.20:05
greg-gI feel like jrwren would like it ^ :)20:07
Scary_GuyI hope he buys Facebook next and destroys that.  I'd also say Netflix but they're doing a good enough job of that themselves.20:10
greg-gthe high seas await!20:10
Scary_GuyI mean I usually don't speak of such things on this network.  I have other places for that.20:11
jrwrenI'll have to watch Succession. I do love business.20:12
jrwrenBut I don't know if I like fictional shows about it.20:12
Scary_GuyPine64 has their IRC, Matrix, and Discord all bridged together.  It's neat.20:12
jrwrenmore fun is just obsession over finance.yahoo.com everyday ;)20:12
Scary_GuyWhatever makes me more money.  I'm hoodrich, but I'd prefer to be actualrich.20:13
jrwrenI wish I was anyrich20:13
Scary_GuyWell you're not destitute so you're doing something right.20:13
jrwrenhahaha... but I just went to https://finance.yahoo.com and I'm laughing at todays charts.20:13
jrwrencu zI'm in sane.20:13
Scary_GuyI prefer https://finviz.com/map.ashx?t=sec20:15
greg-gI'm a boglehead, I try not to look at charts :)20:16
Scary_Guyhttps://newsmap-js.herokuapp.com I combine it with that.  One on each monitor makes for fun eyecandy.20:17
jrwrenthat is a cool app21:34
Scary_GuyWhich one?  Or just the layout in general?  There was also WinDirStat back in the day or whatever that did a similar thing with all the files on your system.  There's a Gnome recreation of that too that I can't remember the name of.21:51
Scary_GuyDisk Usage Analyzer is the friendly name.21:52
Scary_Guyhttps://github.com/shundhammer/qdirstat No it was this21:54
mmanceOr if you like cli ncdu22:43

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