Hannah Montana Linux

I had this come up when I was using a locked down version of FF.

Basically what happened was the security settings were not allowing Twitch the access it required.

Once I went through and allowed access it worked fine.

Install RockBox onto it and continue using it as a music player.

Edit: apparently this is a device that can't use RockBox.

1. Linux is not Windows

Do not expect things to work as they do in Windows.

2. The terminal is not to be feared (it only bites when told to)

While you can get most things done via a GUI option using the Terminal is much more powerful and gives more information.

3. Not all hardware works with or works well with Linux

This pertains mostly to Laptops and peripherals, but always do a quick Google search to check for any issues.

One of the big issues for people is sound, a lot of computer & parts makers like to use the cheapest no-name parts they can because Windows lets them require "drivers" aka software fixes for poor hardware whereas Linux tends to give unaltered output leading to complaints about sound quality.

4. Not all software works on or works well on Linux

You are not going to find software from Adobe, Microsoft office 365 etc running on Linux even using WINE.

Some games will not work on Linux even using the Proton compatibility software.

5. Linux software is often lacking in the visuals but has lots of options under the hood.

There is a lot of software made for Linux are made by devs who focus more on the under the hood performance than making the software GUI look pretty. So don't be put off by the looks of a lot of Linux software.

6. Alternative to is a great website.

I highly recommend Using the Alternativeto website to (as the name implies) find alternatives to software you use on Windows.

7. Backup's are your friend

Setup an external device be it an internal hard drive, external hard drive or NAS as a backup target for your files.

You can use Timeshift to backup the entire drive (and it can reload a chosen backup directly onto the drive), Lucky backup to sync specified folders (either one way or both ways) to your drives or as I do use both.

And backup before doing major updates.

I have Timeshift setup to backup the entire drive (including $home) to a separate internal HDD and Luckybackup set to backup my important folders to an external USB HDD.

8. Accidents will happen

As you are learning how to use and navigate you will have accidents that will require a full reinstall, don't fear this has happened to everyone else and why you backup your files so it's an annoyance instead of the end of the world.

As others have said there are a couple of options that may or may not work as Apple loves to make sure that their products only work with their software and a lot of them haven't been updated in years.

For ease of use you can install Rockbox on a good number of iPod devices, that will allow you to drag and drop music onto the device without having to use software to load the music.

If you are wanting an even easier option, you could sell your iPod and get one of the many different Digital audio player options that use microSD cards to store the music files allowing for ease of storage upgrades, ease of moving to a new device and being OS agnostic as they show up as a USB mass storage device.

I use a Fiio M7 as my daily driver with either a set of Jade audio EW1 TWS earphones or FiiO JH3 IEM's & I have an older Fiio X3 2gen connected up to a dock for playing music in my living room.

I think that this would be a security nightmare and would require a massive redesign for session cookies.

If anything they should be trying to lock cookies and sites assorted data to the specific device used to log in.

At the moment it is very easy for a criminal (once they have gained access) to nab your browser's entire profile and load it up on their computer giving them access to everything logged in on that profile.

What you are suggesting is something that would make the criminals jobs easier .

Unfortunately Apple seems to be actively working to make sure that the only way an iPod can be loaded with music is by using iTunes which is only supported on Mac or Windows.

You have a few of options on how to move forward:

1: Make a Windows virtual machine, install iTunes onto it and pass the iPod though to the VM.

2: Install Rockbox (if able) onto the device to enable it to act as a USB mass storage device allowing drag n drop loading of music.

3: Sell the iPod and get one of the many different digital audio players available on the market as most are OS agnostic (they show up as a USB mass storage device) and most use MicroSD cards to store the music meaning you can move the card to a new player as you upgrade later (so you are not locked to one vendor).

This is why you back up your data!

I use both Timeshift and Lucky Backup.

Timeshift is setup to back up the entire OS and user data and fire off a backup when updating (onto an internal drive).

Lucky Backup has been setup to do a one way sync of my user folders (doc's, download, pictures, videos etc) onto an external drive.

From what I understand about pipewire is that it has an API for Jack calls.

When you removed pipewire it may still be associated with Jack and it's trying to talk to software that isn't there.

Maybe try reinstalling Jack &/or removing the config files?

There is mark-up that turns text blocks to a code block that doesn't change anything.

You can also try pasting it into a text editor as what you copied it from may be at fault (Microsoft word is known to do this).

Settings > advanced > open links in apps

Set it to never and the blue dots should disappear (the instal option doesn't go away from the menu though).

What I do is start up Firefox first to create all the first start files then close it and delete everything in the Firefox folder then copy across everything from the original pc.

Seems to work alright.

Check your motherboards manual, there may be a water cooling pump specific header.

Most likely rolling it out to a "small" segment of the user base to find any edge case issues before rolling it out to everyone.

You should be able to highlight the ones that you want to remove then click on the delete button.

From what I understand is that each backup is just the difference between the original backup and the current system.

Have you checked when the last time the extension was updated?

YouTube has gone through a lot of back end changes to try and force people to watch more advertising than videos so it could be that YT has broken the system the extension was using.

If you can, get yourself a wireless access point instead.

You can connect the computer by ethernet to the access point that then connects to the WiFi network.

By having the device separate you can have it situated away from the computer for better connection and the computer only sees a wired connection.

Plus they tend to be more stable than dongles.

I wouldn't consider it a backup solution, I use Timeshift for that.

It's more of a file syncing software like Syncthing.

I have it set up to one way sync certain folders on my computer to an external USB HDD that I can disconnect and take with me if I have to evacuate.

You will likely need either pulseaudio or pipewire for the audio hardware.

Startech does a M.2 SSD to 2.5" SATA drive adapter.

A partition for each one the drive should work alright, but it may turn to custard if they both try to access the drive at the same time.

I use yt-dlg as a GUI for yt-dl.

I find it works pretty well.

Because it is not supported and they won't offer any help if it borks your device.

The add ons at the moment are developed & tested for desktop not mobile.

About 25 years for me.

For most people it's a better option to use a local print shop for the odd times that they need something printed.

More options for printing too.

Most likely rolling it out to a "small" segment of the user base to find any edge case issues before rolling it out to everyone.

I know the issue has be fixed but this is something you (or others) might want to consider.

If you have a desktop computer you can get a "wireless access point" which you can connect to your desktop using an ethernet cable then connect the AP to your WiFi network.

This negates the need to find an adapter that supports Linux and having to install drivers to make an adapter work.

With an AP the computer only sees an ethernet connection and as the AP is separate to your computer you can position it where it gets the best reception (there are even access points from the likes of TP-Link and others that can use POE (power over ethernet) so you can run just one cable).

Rather than play the "will this product work on Linux" game I bought an enclosure and made my own. I got an Orico enclosure and put a large HDD into it.

Most enclosures are OS agnostic (but check anyway) and you can put quite large drives in them.

Have a look at XNview MP

I can definitely say that it is avery good photo management program.

I am only using about 20% of it's features and it is my go to image software.

He didn't specify what sort of M.2 SSD he has so I thought that I would throw it out there as an option.

Plus as he said it was for an older computer & was looking for the cheapest adaptor that works, I guessed that he wasn't too concerned about getting the most performance possible out of the setup.

Have you tried running the laptop down until it shuts off then charging it?

You are barking up the wrong tree.

You are saying that your Steam Deck is not working with the wifi at your home but there is no issue with it working with airport, in-flight, and hotel wifi.

That immediately tells me that there is no issue with your Steam Deck but the POS router that your ISP has provided.

You need to:

A: call your ISP and get them to fix their broken POS router.

B: At a later time get your own wifi router then call your ISP to put their useless shit into bridge mode so you can use your own router.

I have an LTS kernel as a backup in case something doesn't work with my main kernel.

Just recently I had an issue where my main kernel had a bug where snap's can't start up, so I just restarted into the LTS kernel to use it then restarted back into my main kernel.

You can use the greater-than sign to make code blocks but for some reason it then picks up your use of pound sign as the formatting for headers even though putting text into a code block should stop that.

Did you adjust the resources given to the VM?

I know with Oracle Virtualbox it defaults to like 1 processor core and 500mb of ram for a VM.

For anyone looking for a basic PC have a look at off lease PC's.

Most of the PC's will be business class PC so even if they are several years old they still have several years more life left in them.

It's likely an unfortunate casualty of Youtube's enshitification

If you try to open FF using the terminal does it give you any error messages?

To be honest I haven't had the need or the time to delve that deeply into how Timeshift works sorry.

Well that sucks.

I wouldn't have even been doing that if I could add custom "home" buttons to the toolbar.

Wireless access points are really versatile and can be used is a number of ways.

I recently upgraded from an all in one WiFi router to a wired only router (I have fibre) which is then connected to my desktop using ethernet and I have a UFO style access point on the ceiling connected using ethernet and powered by POE.

If I need to upgrade the WiFi at a later date I don't have to redo my entire network setup.