captain_aggravated

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[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 28 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

sh.itjust.works has a much funnier name.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 0 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, and it outright isn't documented.

Because common advice isbto use Mint for beginners.

Neither did Op For or Blue Shift.

The "and prop your monitor on top" thing: I kinda wish there were more modern PC cases that could stand being horizontal. Most are designed to be towers.

The only two games I have that much time in are Factorio and Satisfactory.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

So does anyone else gamify heating their houses in winter? Like I try to keep the furnace from turning on by cooking and running washing machines and such. Get myself sick of baking so I don't in the middle of summer.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

An audience member jokes "And this'll run on my 486?" That's how old the Source engine is, that was a joke that landed.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Fedora KDE, because my preferred distro Mint Cinnamon doesn't at the moment have good support for things like FreeSync.

Sort of. What that page describes is in the same building as what I'm thinking about.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 days ago (4 children)

The thing I'm more nostalgic for was the time when everything had to be a glistening amorphous translucent blob, a bit like the Cingular Wireless logo or the MusicMatch Jukebox logo. And I'm in that era where you can just play MSN messenger sounds and you'll get an OH MY GOD out of me.

 

I use BackInTime (which is basically a front end for rsync) for backups, and I run one every night at 1 AM. This is on Linux Mint Cinnamon. If the computer is locked/the monitors have gone to sleep (computer isn't suspended), when the backup begins the monitors turn on, and will then stay on all night. I don't want to waste the power or wear out my backlights.

How can I stop it from turning the monitors on, or how can I get it to turn them back off?

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