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Living Room / Re: Recommend some music videos to me!
« Last post by tomos on December 22, 2020, 08:09 AM »
^ I enjoyed that (NOFX) interesting mix.

now the message body is not left empty
-mrHappy (December 22, 2020, 02:52 AM)
always good to put the name in - in case you're searching for the post in five years tiime lol

On a bit of a tangent, here a cover of a Rancid song (Olympia WA) by Molly Tuttle. She's an amazing guitarist, but I would have known her more as a bluegrass musician before this. Some (of the best) punk songs are really catchy/poppy...

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N.A.N.Y. 2021 / Re: NANY 2021 Entry: Free Movies (website)
« Last post by tomos on December 18, 2020, 04:02 PM »
Looks great App, impressive collection :up:
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General Software Discussion / Re: 32bit Linux distro recommendations
« Last post by tomos on December 16, 2020, 09:42 AM »
About eight years ago I installed Puppy "Wary" Linux on a much older laptop. It went well. At the time the Wary version was for older hardware.
See https://www.donation....msg239862#msg239862

Wary is "the Retro Puppy for old hardware"
-tomos (March 03, 2011, 10:47 AM)
(now gets s 404 page...)
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Living Room / Re: Recommend some music videos to me!
« Last post by tomos on December 02, 2020, 03:38 PM »
This a live (as of this posting) concert from Ireland featuring Hozier amongst others. I'm completely out of touch with, eh, modern music. Have heard his "Take me to Church" single, but that's about it. He *can* sing :-)

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N.A.N.Y. 2021 / Re: PaintedGlass (decorate your desktop)
« Last post by tomos on November 30, 2020, 01:36 PM »
What do you mean by the default behavior? "Clickthrough" should be off/false by default when you first run the application.
-GrumpyCoder (November 30, 2020, 11:45 AM)
Sry, I wasn't clear: I'm turning click-through on and leaving it so. I haven't checked if the setting is remembered on restart (not on pc now). Would be nice ...

Re the glitter bomb, yeah, was a bit disconcerting to lose all created glass after having put a bit of effort into making a nice collage of sorts.
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N.A.N.Y. 2021 / Re: PaintedGlass (decorate your desktop)
« Last post by tomos on November 30, 2020, 11:41 AM »
I like it :up:
For me the default behaviour is "click-through" / uneditable.

I request a tooltip to warn us what happens when we press on the bottom left button (it appears to delete all created "glass", and it creates random new ones with rounded corners). See below:

Screenshot - 2020-11-30 , 18_37_12.jpg
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N.A.N.Y. 2021 / Re: PaintedGlass (decorate your desktop)
« Last post by tomos on November 30, 2020, 02:59 AM »
Looks good.
Can you click through the "glass" e.g. on a desktop shortcut icon?
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Living Room / Re: Happy Thanksgiving/Friendsgiving 2020
« Last post by tomos on November 27, 2020, 01:38 AM »
Yes, i hope you all ate well yesterday :-) and have a good weekend. All the best, Tom
And yes, being grateful is a good idea (have to admit it's not one of my strong points -- thanks for the reminder jesse) :up:
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General Software Discussion / Re: What Android Apps Do You Use?
« Last post by tomos on November 21, 2020, 04:52 AM »
You have to install the MicroG first before it will let you install the video/music apps.
-Deozaan (November 21, 2020, 01:44 AM)
This, and had to give the Vanced Manager app permission to install in settings for apps :-[
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General Software Discussion / Re: What Android Apps Do You Use?
« Last post by tomos on November 20, 2020, 11:04 PM »
The problem is that the official version doesn't appear to be on the Play Store, but there are a slew of copycats available that most likely contain spy/adware if not outright malware. So get it here:
https://vancedapp.com/
-Deozaan (November 20, 2020, 06:11 PM)
hmmm. I installed the manager from their website, using that to install Vanced and Music app non-root. I get this -- says they installed but unavailable. Clicking [install] again has no effect.

Screenshot_20201121-054946~2.png

have you tried it?
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Screenshot Captor / Re: version 4.39.0 ?
« Last post by tomos on November 01, 2020, 06:54 PM »
Hi,
I have installed version 4.39.0 – but, hmm, I can't found this version as a download on this site. Therefore, where is this version?

mtemp
-mtemp (November 01, 2020, 05:27 PM)
there is a beta version 4.38.0 here.
Where did you get that version :D

... I suspect it's simply mislabeled in the about/info
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General Software Discussion / Re: The Great Suspender - Chrome extension to use less CPU/RAM
« Last post by tomos on October 31, 2020, 09:28 AM »
My most extreme session (according to Tabs Aside): 343 tabs   
-Shades (Today at 03:02:41)
396 here!

BUT my new goal is to keep it below 100... 89 open right now (and about to close 2 tabs). It's been almost a month now, I still have high hopes I'll succeed!
-brotherS (October 31, 2020, 07:26 AM)
do you guys hoard a lot of stuff as well  :tellme: ;D :P
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General Software Discussion / Re: The Great Suspender - Chrome extension to use less CPU/RAM
« Last post by tomos on October 30, 2020, 06:59 PM »
I use tabs like I should use bookmarks.
-Deozaan (October 30, 2020, 05:16 PM)
Welcome to the club  :-[
Probably worth getting some kind of session saver then. I not often using chrome, but liked this one:
https://www.donation....msg438882#msg438882
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General Software Discussion / Re: Syncovery - Pro or Premium Version?
« Last post by tomos on October 29, 2020, 07:16 PM »
Pro does include the real time monitoring.  I'm not sure what the difference in that is- perhaps that it is a separate service?
-wraith808 (October 28, 2020, 09:39 PM)
iirc the service works even if the program (in the tray) is closed.
It used be in the pro version till they created the premium.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Syncovery - Pro or Premium Version?
« Last post by tomos on October 29, 2020, 07:14 PM »
Really!?

I cannot find it in the matrix for Pro. Where did you see it?
-brahman (October 29, 2020, 03:12 PM)
do a search for "real-time" on the page and you'll find it
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General Software Discussion / Re: Syncovery - Pro or Premium Version?
« Last post by tomos on October 28, 2020, 07:00 PM »
In that older thread, there's a link to the comparison feature matrix. Block- level copying is in pro as well. Have a close/r look at the couple of things only in premium, you probably won't need them.

@Shades the term block level copying is often used by backup programmes to mean only the changed blocks will be copied, thus saving bandwidth and time.
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Living Room / Re: Do good mice still exist? Looking for recommendations.
« Last post by tomos on October 27, 2020, 06:02 PM »
I have a Logitech Performance MX mouse that I love the weight and feel for so much that I keep using it despite it acting up sometimes and worst yet it consumes batteries like its being used to power a nuclear reactor.. Seems like I get only a couple days use of the batteries before I have to recharge them.  Yech.  Seems like they have a new replacement for it I guess I will splurge for.. Buying cheap mice is always disappointing, they feel to light.
-mouser (October 27, 2020, 12:42 PM)
apparently replaced by MX Master 2S or MX Master 3 https://www.amazon.com/s?k=MX+Master+2S

I'm always on the lookout for symmetrical mice that I can use with both hands. The Razer Viper was recommended somewhere but seems to be at the end of the line as well. Note there is a "mini" version (not recommended) and often listings are confusing. A lot more than I'd usually spend on a mouse though..
EDIT// forgot to say, it's very light: 69 grams. Not sure how I feel about that. (OTOH I've always used wired mice so think anything with batteries would be too heavy.)
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PublicDomainVic / Re: DateTime Directory v0.1.0
« Last post by tomos on October 23, 2020, 04:34 AM »
Wondering what the "Flatten menu" option does?
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Living Room / Re: Show us the View Outside Your Window
« Last post by tomos on October 20, 2020, 05:00 PM »
A fully grown willow tree is always a beautiful sight to behold. At least to my eye.  :)
-Shades (October 20, 2020, 03:35 PM)
yes, I agree :up:

Unfortunately, these trees need much more (ground-)water compared with almost any other "brand/model" of trees. [...]
Perhaps that is why the tree was cut down. The excessive water consumption is also a reason why these trees get sick quickly.
It was near a small stream, but there's been extremely little rainfall here the last few years. A couple of branches had fallen -- they were already big as tree trunks. The main trunk was healthy fwiw.

Friends of mine had planted willow tree in pots (they were under two meters height). I used water them when they went on holidays, it was incredible the amount of water they drank.
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Living Room / Re: Show us the View Outside Your Window
« Last post by tomos on October 20, 2020, 12:52 PM »
I've taken hundreds of pictures of this massive willow tree across the road from me.

Screenshot - 2020-10-20 , 19_01_26_ver001.jpg

Screenshot - 2020-10-20 , 19_02_44_ver001.jpg

it got cut down a couple of weeks ago

Screenshot - 2020-10-20 , 19_10_57.jpg

I'll miss it...
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Non-Windows Software / Re: Samsung J5 and free memory in the phone memory
« Last post by tomos on October 14, 2020, 05:27 PM »
Have a look at the whatsapp settings / storage usage:
you can delete all messages from a particular user or group. This may be helpful. 4wd's recommendation is (as usual) very helpful :up:
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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: Error EX4 for db file AND Error DB65: DBISAM Engine Error # 8961 Header In
« Last post by tomos on October 14, 2020, 11:01 AM »
Sorry, where did you download version 2.55??
Don't find any reference to this version.
-Hilario (October 14, 2020, 03:02 AM)
I'm on my phone, but presume that's the alpha version.
Alpha thread with download link in first post:
https://www.donation...ex.php?topic=49490.0
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Non-Windows Software / Re: Samsung J5 and free memory in the phone memory
« Last post by tomos on October 13, 2020, 04:28 PM »
I don't understand.
I have less apps than in my other mobile Samsung J3 and less space.
-Contro (October 13, 2020, 05:56 AM)
do they have different versions of android? That could explain the newer one having less space. What does it have, only 16GB?
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Screenshot Captor / Re: Rotate text box
« Last post by tomos on October 10, 2020, 01:12 PM »
thanks.  I am not in front of the project now, but I wonder if I could adjust the angle of the screen shot/image,  Place text box. Then adjust the angle of the screen/shot back the other way.
-sphere (October 10, 2020, 10:33 AM)
the textbox doesn't rotate either way. You can rotate once in SC (or whatever amount of times to get text correct), then rotate in external software (I used Dopus file manager viewer) and save. I now have image in correct orientation with the text rotated.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Not CPU, not GPU, but …DPU?
« Last post by tomos on October 06, 2020, 04:24 AM »
the convenience granted by the current internet infrastructure is far more problematic than most people realize. 
-Shades (October 05, 2020, 08:36 PM)
Worthy of a blog post. Thanks for the overview :up:
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