I mean, I don't want to see graphic content or sexual content, I like lemmy without it. But, there is no NSFW 2 tag, i.e., no graphic images but posts which are not safe for work.

I am ok with text nsfw posts but not with ones which includes images. So, are nsfw posts (say graphic images but not porn) allowed on lemmy? If I turn on nsfw posts would I get text posts along with graphic images and stuff? Just asking

Also, do you like the fact that lemmy doesn't have the karma system that reddit does? What do you think about it?

Thank you! You folks just are the best!

SOLUTION: https://lemmy.ml/comment/4084707 Follow this thread!

I noticed that my webcam wasn't working and I thought maybe it had some driver missing.

(base) bob@bob:~
$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0c45:6363 Microdia USB 2.0 Camera

so I created a probe using linux-hardware.org app image and it found that I had this hardware component that wasn't working. https://linux-hardware.org/?id=usb:0c45-6363 and it also has this in the website

Now, I searched for this exact keyword and found this driver lying around a little known guy's repository called linux.

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c

Now, I don't know how to install it. So, how do I install this?

edit: Peertube seems to be having a limit to how much you can upload, say 5-50gbs, how do big creators with lots of videos do their work here?

edit: Peertube is freaking chaotic, it's like I need to read a book before I start using it. I want something which is intuitive and FOSS and Odysee though a lil complex is/was that.

edit: interestingly, no one has suggested anything but Peertube, I had though it too works on lbry protocol, but it doesn't. I don't need one, but does anyone have a platform which depends on lbry protocol?

I like FOSS and thus a few months ago I resolved to never post videos on youtube (no matter how low quality)

I though odysee was a good alternative, apparently not. It takes ages to upload videos and it isn't freaking working rn.

I just uploaded this video (for an hour) https://odysee.com/mx_linux_waydroid:1 and it won't even play!

I tried to register an account on TILvids, a platform which works on LBRY and I just wasn't able to publish videos because I had to ask some admin for a quota or some thing.

TILvids thing has been going on for a month now (as in I requested the admin 1 month ago and they haven't responded yet)

So, what is that one FOSS alternative to youtube which won't suck life out of you.

Also, is it possible to just move your content from odysee to some other platform. Because it has been frustrating to use Odysee but I have tolerated it because it isn't yt, but now even I am giving up on it.

I want to just upload Linux videos and not require someone’s approval like TILvids, what platform inside peertube should I use

I am not going to create a issue for this, but if there is a previous issue mentioning this I would like to ask for this feature.

When we post, we get something like ![](https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/cf06c626-5947-4635-a26c-fb5c4424dfd5.png) and it's not resizable. It is stuck at the size we copied it unless we open KolorPaint (or some other application) and resize it, we can't do anything else on lemmy.

Now, my suggestion is allow me to resize it on the go by allowing attributes into this

![](https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/cf06c626-5947-4635-a26c-fb5c4424dfd5.png | size)

What y'all think? Please create a feature request for this, I don't know how to and I don't have a github acc (I am lying but yeah, pls)

Apparently, MX doesn't support Waydroid but you can install waydroid anyways by doing this https://lemmy.ml/post/5273603

OS: MX x86_64 | Kernel: 6.0.0-6mx-amd64 | Shell: bash 5.1.4

Linux version 6.0.0-6mx-amd64 (stevep@mxlinux.org) (gcc-10 (Debian 10.2.1-6) 10.2.1 20210110, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.35.2) #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.0.12-1~mx21+1 (2022-12-15)

So, I added the repo using command curl https://repo.waydro.id | sudo bash (this adds the repo right)

Apparently, it was supposed to show me my distro and it didn't. So, I want to know what I should give as the -s value.

Also, the iso though which I installed MX-Linux reads MX-21.3_ahs_x64

And when I try to update my system

I don't know what the script was supposed to do but it looks like it just ran sudo apt update and nothing else. ___

edit: hey guys, 60+ comments, can't reply from now on, but know that I am grateful for your comments, keep the convo going. Thank you to the y'all people who gave unbiased answers and thanks also to those who told me about Waydroid and Docker

edit: Well, now that's sobering, apparently I can do most of these things on Windows with ease too. I won't be switching back to Windows anytime soon, but it appears that my friend was right. I am getting FOMO Fear of missing out right now.

I do need these apps right now, but there are some apps on Windows for which we don't have a great replacement

1. Adobe
2. MS word (yeah, I don't like Libre and most of Libre Suit) it's not as good as MS suite, of c, but it's really bad.
3. Games ( a big one although steam is helping bridge the gap)
4. Many torrented apps, most of these are Windows specific and thus I won't have any luck installing them on Linux.
5. Apparently windows is allowing their users to use some Android apps?

Torrented apps would be my biggest concern, I mean, these are Windows specific, how can I run them on Linux? Seriously, I want to know how. Can wine run most of the apps without error? I am thinking of torrenting some educational software made for Windows.

Let me list the customizations I have done with my xfce desktop and you tell me if I can do that on Windows.

I told my friend that I can't leave linux because of all the customization I have done and he said, you just don't like to accept that Windows can do that too. Yeah, because I think it can't do some of it (and I like Linux better)

But yeah, let's give the devil it's due, can I do these things on Windows?

1. I have applications which launch from terminal eg: vlc would open vlc (no questions asked, no other stuff needed, just type vlc)
2. Bash scripts which updates my system (not completely, snaps and flatpaks seem to be immune to this). I am pretty sure you can't do this on Windows.
3. I can basically automate most of my tasks and it has a good integration with my apps.
4. I can create desktop launchers.
5. Not update my system, I love to update because my updates aren't usually 4 freaking GB and the largest update I have seen has been 200-300 mbs, probably less but yeah, I was free to not update my PC if I so choose. Can you do this on Windows? And also, Linux updates fail less often, I mean, it might break your system, but the thing won't stop in the middle and say "Bye Bye, updates failed" and now you have to waste 4GB again to download the update. PS: You should always keep your apps upto date mostly for security reasons, but Linux won't force it on you and ruin your workflow.
6. Create custom panel plugin.

7. My understanding is that the Windows terminal sucks? I don't know why, it just looks bad.

I am sure as hell there are more but this is at the top of my mind rn, can I do this on Windows. Also, give me something that you personally do on Linux but can't do it on Windows.

[SOLVED kinda]

I now know the cause of this. I have scrcpy, syncthing and KDE connect working in the background. So, if I upload something from one device to another, it gets treated as upload using data bandwidth and it gets counted, even if I am not uploading it to the internet.

vnstat won't show me accurate data, it's estimates for today are 1.66 times greater than what it should be. If the data usage is 6 GB, it would show me that it is 10GB, pretty inaccurate readings. Is there a way to fix this? Also, sometimes it's 1.66 times and sometimes it more/less. It isn't accurate is my point.

PS: I need it to be vnstat as I have a script which works on vnstat

But, if there is another better package, do tell me about it.

here is the script, (strictly not relevant)

#!/bin/bash
eleven=$(vnstat --json | jq --arg day "$(date +'%d')" --arg month "$(date +'%m')" '.interfaces[0].traffic.day[] | select(.date.day == ($day | tonumber) and .date.month == ($month | tonumber)) | (.rx + .tx)/ (1024*1024*1024)')
rounded_eleven=$(printf "%.2f" "$eleven")

echo " $rounded_eleven GB"

What are you comparing it to? I’m pretty sure vnstat is using the raw.interface counters. This would include all protocol overhead. I would expect it to be higher than, for example, an application level counter.

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edit: Like this issue on Github (where Lemmy devs live) to get it fixed. https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3042

I posted a good asklemmy thread and many people responded, trouble is I can't reply to all of them, there were some 400 comments, I am so irritated at receiving unnecessary notification I can't tell the difference between a reply to my comment that I ought to see or just a post comment which doesn't need me to reply. I saw the settings there are no options which will help me with this.

Me after receiving 400+ comments on my post

[SOLVED] This seemed to have not worked before but on a closer look xfce package xfce4-netload-plugin 1.4.0 works well. This was pre-installed into MX Linux and does the job. None of you seem to be using xfce, any reasons?

MX x86_64 Xfce 4.18 Xfwm4 with panel xfce4-panel & mx-conky

file of the conky on pastebin or is what I am after, I don't have a plugin for xfce that works.

I have the config file for this particular file and I have uploaded it in pastebin, I can make it appear on panel if I get the command, but I don't know what command conky is using. I am pretty sure one can get that if they have access to this particular conky file. Unfortunately, I am not THE ONE.

Are you THE ONE? If you are, then help me please :')

It's https://lemmit.online/ I had forgotten but then I searched in my history!

I don't need sleep, I need answers. I need to know, because I wanted to create an account in that instance.

[SOLVED] Hurray! I did it!

Solution: You need to have Generic monitor xfce link installed [available almost on every DE out there]

Two finger Tap on Panel Panel (dropdown) > Panel Preferences > Items > Add Item > Generic Monitor

In generic monitor give the exact location of the script like I have done here (also copy other details too)

Now save

Here's what is in the trial file

#!/bin/bash
eleven=$(vnstat --json | jq --arg day "$(date +'%d')" --arg month "$(date +'%m')" '.interfaces[0].traffic.day[] | select(.date.day == ($day | tonumber) and .date.month == ($month | tonumber)) | (.rx + .tx) / (1024*1024*1024)')
rounded_eleven=$(printf "%.2f" "$eleven")

echo " $rounded_eleven GB"

And that' about it, for Network Usage Gouger you need Network Monitor Package xfce4-netload-plugin You can see more into here

Adios!

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edit: I am open to installing other packages, I ain't married to any of these packages.

I have installed vnstat package and it's quite handy. I have a few questions about it though.

1. What is rx & tx mean in this package? rx stands for received tx stands for transmission

Is there a command to check data usage on my system using this? I mean, I want to create a Add an item to my panel which will show me my daily data usage updating it every minute. Basically, I want to to see what the arrow points to on the panel next to my date and I want it to update it every minute. I have 1.5GBs of data a day and I usually am not able to use it efficiently or I use too early and spent hours without data. So, I want to try and handle this problem by monitoring my data.

Note: I want to measure gauge data speed here, not do a speed test on how fast my internet is.

Also, I want to monitor the instantaneous rate of data usage and for that package bwm-ng does a great job, but I want to see in the panel and I want it to update every 0.5 s how can I achieve this?

I would like for a command to either view red arrow or the black arrow with the right mark depending upon which of them is instantaneous data speed

Note to Future self: rx : received tx : transmission lo : local loopback wlan0 : ethernet

https://allaboutberlin.com/guides/pirating-streaming-movies-in-germany

I didn't know how Germans pirated and how they got caught, so I tried to do some research and found the article above, which is quite nice.

To summarize, your IP is visible to your ISP (internet service provider) and a law company can basically send a legal letter asking your ISP to identify you and you will be identified and your address and details will be given to the Lawyers. Now, you can either pay up or hire a lawyer and pay a lesser amount.

Now, the solution the article provided was, just use a VPN bro. But yes, VPNs can fail and not all VPNs allow you to torrent. So, how do these Germans pirate and not get caught?

PS: I obviously don't condone pirate, asking for a friend who is an author.