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I've been a user of Master PDF for years now. It's my go-to for PDF markup in Linux. Their yearly renewal can be kinda wonky, but their customer service has been excellent.

[Resolved] Debian 12: trying to auto-mount a NTFS-formatted hard drive by making an entry in fstab. Getting the error "mount: /etc/fstab: parse error at line 18 -- ignored" in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 23 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Does this help? https://superuser.com/questions/527495/how-to-mount-partition-with-spaces-in-path

Looks like you need \040 in place of the space.

Honestly, I would just change the name of the mount directory so there's no space.

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Last/best Versions of the Trinity Zooms with Aperture Rings? (lemmy.world)

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I've been doing some fantasy GAS daydreaming and thinking about my film Nikons.

What were the last set of "trinity" zoom lenses with aperture rings? I'm guessing the following, but if most recent does not mean best, please suggest which ones are better.

Thanks.

Thank you all so much for keeping me on the Linux train! in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago (3 children)

How do you like that trackball? It looks like a nice one.

What distros have you tried and thought, "Nope, this one's not for me"? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Ubuntu when they first switched to Unity. I had been running Ubuntu for 2 or 3 years at that point, but I was already thinking about switching to Debian at the time. I hobbled along for a few weeks on that first version of Unity, but I didn't like what I was seeing. I took the plunge into Debian, thinking, "If I'm going to have to learn something new anyways, I might as well try switching."

What are your favorite fonts for technical reports? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I was going to say use the old timey fixed width typewriter fonts that the US Army Corps uses (PDF page 5 and beyond), but I guess that they've switched to Times New Roman.

Maybe use open source fonts like DejaVu and Liberation?

Why more women live in major East Coast counties while men outnumber them in the West in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

Had to look it up, and of course there's a Wikipedia page. I guess the population centroid has been just west of the Mississippi River in Missouri circa 1980. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean_center_of_the_United_States_population

How many of you actually use the headphone jack on your phone? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I was in a similar situation. Not sleep-phones, but just a particular type of headphones that I like. Have you thought about getting a Bluetooth receiver for them? It's super annoying, but it's the only way I've been able to keep my headphones. Just thought I'd suggest it if you hadn't thought of this solution/kludge yet. https://www.fiio.com/btr3k

The other option is to get a USB-C adapter. https://us.creative.com/p/sound-blaster/sound-blaster-play-4

SPOILERS - Doctor Who: The Star Beast Discussion in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

After that spill, at least a coffee table.