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Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds - Expansion Announcement ( www.youtube.com )

Microsoft blocks Windows 11 workaround that enabled local accounts ( www.pcworld.com )

What's this specialty drink called? ( lemmy.world )

Linux admin with 20 years experience, looking for "beginner" distro

I'm over tinkering with my OS. So I'm looking for a distro that "just works" out of the box for my laptop. Also I want to test an "easy" distro I can install for my grandpa....

There are at least two dozen others on this list too. ( lemmy.world )

Nigel Farage has milkshake thrown over him after launching general election campaign ( www.independent.co.uk )

Google can keep your phone if you send it in for repair with non-OEM parts ( www.androidauthority.com )

"please don't buy our phones"

How do I create partitions on debian 12.5 to install other distros in the same M.2 SSD?

I'd like to install linux mint xfce 21.3 and xubuntu 24.04 alongside the already present debian 12.5, but I don't know if I have to create the partitions before installing or if I'm guided to create the partitions while installing....

So I just tried the demo for Tactical Breach Wizards, and that's... actually really really genius ( store.steampowered.com )

I like this. A lot. I mean as far as I can judge it just from the demo....

What is/was your distrohopping journey?

For me it was:...

Free and open-source YouTube clients w/ no ads ( lemmy.zip )

LibreTube - uses Piped as video source by default. Subscriptions and playlists can be created, all without actually interacting with YouTube....

Jumblie #245 ( jumblie.com )

I don't even have one word today but I was dealing with an issue at work all morning so I haven't had time to keep trying. Surely someone beat it in under a minute again?...

Riven | Official Launch Trailer | Available June 25th ( youtu.be )

Wireguard self hosting - Some tricks I don't see mentioned in too many tutorials

I just finished setting up my Wireguard VPN "server". In this post I want to spread some information, I could've found useful but which didn't come up in most of the Wireguard tutorials....

Motorola Edge (2024) coming to US with Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 for $549 -9to5google ( 9to5google.com )

Ikea is hiring UK workers for its new store in Roblox ( www.eurogamer.net )

CentOS Stream & Hyperscale SIG showcase (aka. "how to make Enterprise Linux suck less") ( www.youtube.com )

I found the talk really interesting, especially how CentOS-Stream means SIGs can fork the hell out of it....

Hidetaka Miyazaki says Shadow of the Erdtree had to be big, because he wanted Elden Ring players 'to experience that sense of discovery and that sense of wonder' all over again ( www.pcgamer.com )

Is it possible to parse a rss reader through ffplay?

Title. Basically, a lower panel that shows the latest news, etc (fetched from a rss link or a sequence of rss links) while scrolling left (ala CNN). Why? I'm trying to make a "smart clock" of sorts that shows a live stream, a real time clock and -also- the latest news -- all crumbled together in a single screen....

Darkest Dungeon II is now available DRM-free on GOG ( x.com )

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UK faces £33bn hole in finances or return to austerity, thinktank says ( www.theguardian.com )

The Galaxy S24 Ultra Can Run Real PC Games Using Winlator! Not Cloud Gaming ( www.youtube.com )

Microsoft violates children’s privacy – but blames your local school ( noyb.eu )

In the wake of the pandemic, schools in the European Union have increasingly begun to implement digital services for online learning. While these modernisation efforts are a welcome development, a small number of big tech companies immediately tried to dominate the space – often with the intention of getting children used to...