'No Stupid Questions' (NSQ) Internet & Technology Edition

[Smaug's Smokey Hole]

Here's a stupid question. Is there a way to only alt-tab through windows located on the active screen and only the actrive screen no matter the global tab order. There is an option for something in windows but it doesn't do shit.

 

[Miller]

Does anyone know how to fix the shitty render for webm in Kdenlive? Everytime I try to export a video as a webm I get a blurry mess.

 

[Doppelmonger]

Dropbox or Proton? I'm not sure about the former but you can purchase additional storage with the latter. Costs a single USD/EUR/CHF per month or 9 per year for every additional gigabyte.

Thank you, I have forgotten about Dropbox. I will try that!

 

[Miller]

I need an open source paint replacement that JUST FUCKING WORKS. I intend to use it to create heart shaped sunglasses for my avatar this Valentine's Day and to make memes. I basically need a paint replacement since Microsoft decided to nuke their most basic programs.

Lazpaint doesn't work because I don't know why, it just doesn't work despite me clicking around on shit at random and wanting to throw my monitor out a window. Gimp is Gimp (a piece of shit that requires hundreds of hours of training to do basic tasks). Just give me something that works.

Have you tried Krita?

 

[Dick Justice]

Here's a stupid question. Is there a way to only alt-tab through windows located on the active screen and only the actrive screen no matter the global tab order. There is an option for something in windows but it doesn't do shit.

This but on Mac

 

[Fuck It We'll Do It Live]

Are there any particular VPN recommendations? I have found PureVPN, which offers a five year plan for $79.95: https://www.purevpn.com/best-deal

It looks like a great deal, but I want to be 100% sure that it's a VPN worth using. I don't care if it doesn't work with Netflix or any other normie coonsumer service, I just want to hide my IP.

 

[Least Concern]

This but on Mac

AFAIK there's no way to only cycle through the windows of only one screen on a Mac, but you can cycle through only the windows of the current application by using Command-Backtick (the key above Tab). Don't know if that's of any use to you.

Are there any particular VPN recommendations? I have found PureVPN, which offers a five year plan for $79.95: https://www.purevpn.com/best-deal

It looks like a great deal, but I want to be 100% sure that it's a VPN worth using. I don't care if it doesn't work with Netflix or any other normie coonsumer service, I just want to hide my IP.

That price is low enough that I'm pretty skeptical of it. Check out the Software Endorsements thread. Dear Feeder currently endorses ProtonVPN and the OP has an affiliate link if you want to help send a little dosh his way. (Though I just tried it and it seems to be broken right now… ?)

 

[Fuck It We'll Do It Live]

Dear Feeder currently endorses ProtonVPN and the OP has an affiliate link if you want to help send a little dosh his way. (Though I just tried it and it seems to be broken right now… ?)

I'm currently using the freebie version of ProtonVPN; it works quite, even though it has limited speeds, so I don't mind throwing money at ProtonVPN's way (as their free emails are awesome) and helping Dear Feeder in the process.

EDIT: Dear Feeder has just informed me that ProtonVPN has revoked that affiliate link a long time ago.

 

[Aidan]

Are there any particular VPN recommendations? I have found PureVPN, which offers a five year plan for $79.95: https://www.purevpn.com/best-deal

It looks like a great deal, but I want to be 100% sure that it's a VPN worth using. I don't care if it doesn't work with Netflix or any other normie coonsumer service, I just want to hide my IP.

VPN Services | Privacy Guides

Find a no-logging VPN operator who isn't out to sell or read your web traffic.

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Mullvad and ProtonVPN are well regarded as far as I know, though there are some smaller providers you may want to shop around for if those don't meet your needs for whatever reason. They need to have been around for awhile to build a reputation, been audited by a third party, and have as few logs as necessary to offer the service. If you care about countries (5 eyes n such) then that's another consideration.

 

[kūhaku]

So I'm a bit of a Linux nooblet, dual boot Ubuntu and I wanted to try out arch because it seems interesting. However if I distro hop, is there any pain free way to transfer files (optionally applications) to the new distro? Is there something in the install that carries regular files over automatically, or is it better to back the files up then put them back onto a fresh install? Secondly, would SteamOS 3.0 (when it comes out) make sense as a main distro? If I only plan to play games and use the browser I assume it would be a better experience since I'm guessing they auto install drivers correctly but I might be nistaken

 

[Dick Justice]

So I'm a bit of a Linux nooblet, dual boot Ubuntu and I wanted to try out arch because it seems interesting. However if I distro hop, is there any pain free way to transfer files (optionally applications) to the new distro? Is there something in the install that carries regular files over automatically, or is it better to back the files up then put them back onto a fresh install? Secondly, would SteamOS 3.0 (when it comes out) make sense as a main distro? If I only plan to play games and use the browser I assume it would be a better experience since I'm guessing they auto install drivers correctly but I might be nistaken

Literally just mount the drive for one on the other. If you want binaries they're distro base dependent but most package managers will let you export lists of the installed packages. There's also alien and rpm2deb iirc for converting a package between Debian and RHEL based distros. I can count the number of times I've needed either on one hand.

if you're talking about your personal files then just make /home a separate partition.

 

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Literally just mount the drive for one on the other. If you want binaries they're distro base dependent but most package managers will let you export lists of the installed packages. There's also alien and rpm2deb iirc for converting a package between Debian and RHEL based distros. I can count the number of times I've needed either on one hand.

if you're talking about your personal files then just make /home a separate partition.

/home stores configuration files that may well be backwards incompatible if you run two different versions of a program on two different installs, so it shouldn't be shared between two different distros.

If you just have a bunch of bullshit media, then by all means make a dedicated partition that can be shared. If there is stuff that you've downloaded to the other distro's /home partition (or /home path in the root partition) then just mount it temporarily to copy it over.

 

[MysticLord]

Can't find the emulation thread, so what are some good GBA emulators?

edit

Nevermind, found gbadev dot net again.

 

[MysticLord]

Double posting because edits are disallowed and I'm a moron.

I listen to some stuff ripped from YouTube on my phone, using VLC. Some of it doesn't start over from the beginning, both when I play it on repeat and when I select it fresh several weeks later from my music library. Why is this, and how can I fix it?

I've noticed that a lot of it is very long stuff, such as this:

Is it possible there's some sort of media tag that says it's like an audiobook or whatever, since almost no music is that long? How can I alter this behavior?

 

[Not a Step]

Is it possible there's some sort of media tag that says it's like an audiobook or whatever, since almost no music is that long? How can I alter this behavior?

I don't know of anything like that for VLC, unless it's somehow trying to remember where you left off. Does the same thing happen if you try another player? It's possible that whatever you used to rip the videos bailed out and only saved however much it felt like saving.

 

[theshitposter]

How hard/labor intensive is it to make an app?

 

[Least Concern]

How hard/labor intensive is it to make an app?

The hard part is learning enough about programming to do it effectively. In terms of actual development, it's not that hard, particularly since there's less you have to consider compared to a graphical desktop app (no menu bar, no drag-and-drop from other applications, etc).

How much do you already know about programming? Anything?

 

[theshitposter]

The hard part is learning enough about programming to do it effectively. In terms of actual development, it's not that hard, particularly since there's less you have to consider compared to a graphical desktop app (no menu bar, no drag-and-drop from other applications, etc).

How much do you already know about programming? Anything?

I had interest in it and i believe i was quite good at that stage. Later on, i switched my field because I had no interest in being a code monkey.
There are some scalable ideas which I want to try as tech is the only field which can give multiple returns if it catches on. No, the idea isn't just an app
As to the experience, ive stuff like pointers etc in the back of my head and getting technical guides should be that hard on internet. What languages are popping these days? For api & stuff

Yeah i can hire idiots to do it for me but i want to atleast prepare the beta with my vision

 

[Least Concern]

What languages are popping these days? For api & stuff

If you want a language that's currently "popping off," JavaScript/Node. Ask again in two weeks and we'll probably have a different answer then.

However, I'd advise you to instead choose whatever stable and mature language you feel comfortable with and not let trendiness be a factor in this choice. PHP and Java will be around forever and Ruby and Perl/Raku still exist. Even among newer languages there's Rust if you love Mozilla too much, Go if you love Google too much, and Swift if you love Apple too much.

 

[PFM]

Anyone have any experience with Toshiba hard drives? I recently ordered some 10TB WD Red NAS drives but just came across 14TB Toshiba drives for like $30 less per drive.