hellfire103

joined 9 months ago
[–] hellfire103@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 months ago

I rarely have to use it, but for me it works every time.

[–] hellfire103@lemmy.ca 66 points 6 months ago (13 children)

I don't even care if the results are good. I'm not about to use any part of RUnet.

[–] hellfire103@lemmy.ca 40 points 6 months ago (8 children)

Amateurs! It's gotta be silver!

  • Looks nice in jewellery
  • Antimicrobial properties
  • An essential component of camera film
  • Highly conductive (e.g. used for electrodes and thermal paste in computing)
  • Catalyst in many chemical reactions
  • Used to make mirrors
  • A critical component of solar panels
  • The only metal capable of incapacitating werewolves, and also somewhat effective against vampires
[–] hellfire103@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago
[–] hellfire103@lemmy.ca 23 points 6 months ago (4 children)

You are absolutely correct. The stupidity here, though, is that word got out that Trump uses them, and that has caused a lot of his supporters to start wearing them, whether they need to or not.

[–] hellfire103@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 months ago

Nooo! Wally!!! I sure hope they find that adorable 'gator!

[–] hellfire103@lemmy.ca 12 points 6 months ago

Yes, but the policy that requires voters to have photo ID was created by Boris himself when he was prime minister. That's the irony.

[–] hellfire103@lemmy.ca 23 points 7 months ago

Bro just got overclocked

[–] hellfire103@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's okay. I'll probably end up switching to Arch, though.

It works, but there are a couple of issues:

  • HiDPI is not supported by cwm, so I've had to do "duct tape" fixes on everything (changing .Xresources, changing GTK conf files, increasing the font size in polybar). Qt apps aren't playing ball.
  • The WiFi card isn't supported by any BSD, so I'm using a dongle.
  • The fan doesn't come on as often as it does on macOS, so the MacBook can get rather hot.
  • The headphone jack supports optical jacks as well as standard 3.5mm ones. Under OpenBSD, however, the LED inside is constantly on. This isn't a problem, but it's not normal.
  • Polybar can't seem to access any system information (e.g. disk usage), but I suspect that has nothing to do with the hardware.
[–] hellfire103@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I've already gone and installed macOS 11 alongside OpenBSD (although I'm going to distrohop until I can find something that "sticks"). I might have a look at patching Monterey, though.

As for those specific versions, High Sierra was the oldest version with decent software support, and Mavericks has those lovely skeuomorphic icons. I know it's old, but I was using OSX Snow Leopard (alongside crunchbang++ i386) until I got this MacBook Pro.

[–] hellfire103@lemmy.ca 12 points 8 months ago (2 children)

This is the pot calling the kettle black, despite the fact that this metaphorical kettle has been electric for quite some time.

 
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submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by hellfire103@lemmy.ca to c/linux@lemmy.ml
 

My grandma just gave me her old MacBook Pro (MacBookPro11,1 A1502) and, after removing a spicy pillow, air dusting everything, and copying off her old photos, I'm ready to do a clean install.

I would like to dual-boot either Linux or BSD (which will be my main partition) alongside macOS (which will be handy for testing and for use with certain peripherals; either Mavericks, High Sierra, or Big Sur).

I am already well-versed in unix-like operating systems, so I'll only start having trouble if I try to use a source-based distro (e.g. Gentoo, Source Mage, LFS, etc.)

Can I have some recommendations for the Linux and the macOS version, please?

 

I've got revision, homework, programming, university application stuff, and some virtual training for work to juggle at the moment, so I feel I should get something to timetable it, to ensure that I do an even balance.

I run Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X 10.6, and (begrudgingly) iOS; and I also have access to Waydroid, Wine, and Darling.

Can anyone suggest some free and open-source software, preferably a web app or iOS app?

 

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/6447147

 

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