DebianGuy

A quiet person who loves coding.

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  • DebianGuyOPtoOpen SourceDiscontinuing syncthing-android
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    2 months ago

    Aww, too bad

    I see a comment inbox but can’t see here. I’m pasting it here

    I switched to the fork as soon as I read this news. It shouldn’t take more than a few minutes:
    Just install it in parallel with the mainline app,
    export your existing configuration to the default storage location, import it in syncthing-fork (it’ll detect the export file automatically),
    and you’re done. Uninstall the official app so they don’t compete for the daemon and port.











  • DebianGuyOPtoLinuxMy move to Linux
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    3 months ago

    Thank you for the awesome comment.

    As mentioned a few times here, its between Kate and Sublime although it looks like it will be Sublime unless Zed becomes good soon.

    I did not renew my office license since a year for this exact reason. Though it is good, I could not justify it anymore. I am slow-exploring Calc.

    I am done with Visual Studio faster and before other lesser dealbreakers. I will get to use it in any work environments anyway. Personal and OSS Dev will be done on a Jetbrains Rider.

    Wrt One drive, I am keeping it as an eventual piece of puzzle for a nice backup strategy along side others like Borg etc. I will explore Nextcloud once again.


  • DebianGuyOPtoLinuxMy move to Linux
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    3 months ago

    Thanks for sharing. Agree, In had a few of these separate running, dual booting episodes and moved only now completely due to the right mental space and bandwidth.

    I proclaimed multiple times in my life that Linux will always have less than 5% desktop users and that is perfectly fine. Forget normal people, even the most tech savvy users could never make the move.

    For those of us who do, after the navigating the technical challenges, elitism, and hostility, it is indeed a lovely journey. I know everything will not be smooth and there will days of halted usage due to some breakages. The system if setup in a sensible way just like a server, it could reduce this friction to some extent.




  • DebianGuyOPtoLinuxMy move to Linux
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    3 months ago

    Absolutely yes, I definitely have my eye on becoming a polyglot dev in the next 5 years. So it is quite the journey, but I am in it for the long run. Switching to Linux was also the easiest way to do this as I realized.


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    3 months ago

    Thank you for the vote of confidence. Glad to know it is easy. I play it at a glacial pace, probably once or twice a year, so I have many months before I embark on that journey.



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    3 months ago

    Whoa, thank you for the elaboration. As I said in another comment, I was vim user for a short time but it may take a long time to use it again. I don’t rule out vim from my OSS life. Who knows what will transpire :)




  • DebianGuyOPtoLinuxMy move to Linux
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    3 months ago

    Thank you for the welcome :)

    My rationalization for LibreOffice Calc is — As I see it, I have never used too many formulas and the complex reporting, but for organizing data. For example, I had a sheet called large-purchases where I had listed down all the things I want to buy, and then tracked things estimated price, actually price, total amount remaining, etc. If you see, it is just a database table with a fancy entry and some calculations. So Calc can do all that simply and for something more, I can either learn more of Calc and/or just use a db and turn it into simple personal app.