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  • kalkulat@lemmy.worldtoSelfhosted@lemmy.worldReplacing CD Collection
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    7 months ago

    Yeah! Did that once, many years back. took a couple weeks. Used a ripper program that went out on the net and got all the metadata, saved to a HD (now on the third one). Put the CDs in Logic cases (no-wear), recycled the jewelboxes.

    Over time, started to drop album folders into VLC, save the playlists, at ur fingertips.


  • For language learning, I’ve always 1) come up with a simple project plan that’s not too beyond my ability. Build a simple core that could branch off in several directions to make it more and more useful. I started one 10 years ago I’m still enjoying building on… and never needed to use objects … OR frameworks … to do anything.

    It’s good to know the basic, vanilla stuff really well. Say you’re getting into text arrays, knowing basics of splice, slice, split, pop/push, indexOf, sort are a lot more useful than, say, typedArray. MDN is useful for details, but is very completist. And if you run into something new that you know you need to remember, try to use it ASAP, and as often as you can.

    Lately I noticed the Digital Ocean tutorial series - it’s very good, very well-written. https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorial-series/how-to-code-in-javascript

    For a reference book with the essencials in one place, a hard copy of "Javascript - The good parts’ by Crockford. Lots of expert examples, indexed, pick it up anytime … it’ll never get old! (Then pick up the essentials added in ES6.)










  • kalkulat@lemmy.worldtolinuxmemes@lemmy.worldUbuntu users and Arch users
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    11 months ago

    I didn’t mention any problems I don’t have. I just don’t waste time on updates I don’t need. I already have the older one, and it works just fine. (Now and then I hear of a new version that’s better, and switch to it.)

    Besides, we both know that sometimes updating Linux software does create problems … which is proven by the existence of Arch Wiki … and Debian stable … or force us to relearn some ‘improved’ features (prime example: KDE’s ‘Kate’ editor.) And don’t get me started on Gnome.

    Anyway … so long as you’re enjoying yourself with Arch, good for you.


  • kalkulat@lemmy.worldtolinuxmemes@lemmy.worldUbuntu users and Arch users
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    11 months ago

    Oh yeah, I don’t doubt Arch is solid, just different strokes for different folks. I got a bunch of stable apps I use all day every day to get stuff done, including some coding and keep up. Solid OS for my needs, no racing stripes, does what I need -every- day. I invest my limited OS time in maintenance/backups.

    I recently began moving to Mint 21 from 3 NO-TROUBLES years in 19.3. Install from ISO in 20 minutes, copy my apps & configs over, done. Just as with 19.3. No doubt about smooth sailing. Point releases every few months, done in 5 min. Support 4 more years.


  • kalkulat@lemmy.worldtolinuxmemes@lemmy.worldUbuntu users and Arch users
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    11 months ago

    Ubuntu’s updates keep up with Debian’s snail-like stable version. In over 10 years using Ubuntu-based distros, I’ve seen very few app updates … even between major updates.

    Debian’s unstable may have more updates, I’d guess. (I might actually try Debian 12 soon.)

    And there’s always the PPA route. I’m usually busy using current app versions, and so don’t often understand that ‘bleeding-edge’ approach (esp. with all the memory and cores we’ve got.)

    Gotta admit that Arch is what keeps the Arch Wiki a super resource!