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Need to clean my keyboard

It would be nice if there was a button or some app that could temporarily disable the keyboard, so it could be cleaned without accidentally changing settings for a running app, writing your boss you are not coming to work on Monday, firing few nukes, or wiping your whole system.

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Software update

I'm still scared every time I have to update something, so I try to avoid updates if possible.

Most of the time when I had to update Windows or some software, something would break (and no previous bug would be fixed) and I would have to spend a whole day trying to fix the stupid issue.

TBH, I don't even remember if an update ever fixed something for me (but it probably happened at least once).

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Need to clean my keyboard

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I have the keyboard plugged into a monitor and accessing the USB hub is seriously complicated, so that's not really an option for me.

But I could try locking the system. I just hope I won't lock myself out for few hours, because I have pressed Enter multiple times while cleaning it.

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Plex increasing Lifetime Plex Pass cost to whopping $750

I never had the chance to try Plex, but how does it compare to Jellyfin? What kind of features does Plex have and Jellyfin does not and vice versa?

Examples of basic features I'm missing in Jellyfin:

  • Create a user-defined collection (like group of favourite movies)
  • Adding user-defined tags
  • Filtering by tags or any meaningful filtering
  • Filtering by languages (however this could be done by using combination of 2 different plugins that add tags and create collections)
  • [Important] No movie/show relations (e.g. The Lord of the Rings 1 -> 2 -> 3)
  • No way to know if movie/show belongs to any collection

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What is that one software that you are using for 10 years and still loving it?

For that long? There are only a few left:

  • Firefox
  • Thunderbird (not loving it, but it is ok)
  • 7zip
  • My own app for sorting and moving files
  • My own password manager

If I include games then:

  • OpenTTD
  • Quake III Arena (for LAN parties)

There were more that I loved, but I have stopped using them a month ago. (Because I switched to Linux):

  • MusicBee
  • FastStone Image Viewer
  • MPC-HC + madVR
  • StrokesPlus
  • Q-Dir
  • Malwarebytes Firewall Control
  • Input Director

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[Solved] Any opensource, themed CV generators out there?

I have written my CV in HTML, CSS, little bit of JavaScript and handlebars.js library (single JS file). I have all the texts inside JSON files (one file per language). I can switch between languages simply by changing a variable and refreshing the page.

When I need to update the CV, I just change the text and print the CV as a webpage into a PDF using an Ungoogled Chrome (Firefox has a bug that causes the page to print in a slightly wrong size).

It may be overkill for some, but for me it was easier to properly style the page using a CSS than using Writer/Word.

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Does anyone know an app for storing receipts and tracking warranties for linux?

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Around 50 receipts + photos of bought items, so it would be around 100 photos. Searching in those photos wouldn't really be feasible and there wouldn't be any relation between photos of receipts and photos of items. Also I don't think I would be able to write all the information from the receipt and about the items anywhere (item description, date of purchase, last warranty date, price, store name, store address).

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Plex increasing Lifetime Plex Pass cost to whopping $750

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Thanks. It looks like Plex does have more user friendly features, but still no info about relations. That's a bummer.

It is really important to know the watch order (even if I had to specify it manually). When I think about it, Jellyfin probably fails even for the simplest watch orders like The Lord of the Rings; not to mention Stargate (Movie 1 -> Show -> Movie 2+3).