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TheGurkha 🇬🇧🇺🇦Jul 15, 2025

I ran #Arch updates today and #VLC player stopped paying MP4 files.

On my machine, installing the following plug ins fixed the issue.

sudo pacman -S vlc-plugin-upnp
sudo pacman -S vlc-plugin-ffmpeg
sudo pacman -S vlc-plugin-x264
sudo pacman -S vlc-plugin-x265

#HopeItHelps

TheGurkha 🇬🇧🇺🇦Jun 19, 2025

EndeavourOS Jun 19, 2025

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TheGurkha 🇬🇧🇺🇦May 10, 2025

#GrammarPolice

TheGurkha 🇬🇧🇺🇦Apr 26, 2025

Having issues with my broadband, so my ISP is sending out a new router. But there's nothing wrong with my back...

TheGurkha 🇬🇧🇺🇦Apr 2, 2025

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lemgandi Apr 2, 2025

@Gracchus Also cf: Steve Jobs and Dennis Ritchie. The difference in their memorials still bothers me.

TheGurkha 🇬🇧🇺🇦Mar 30, 2025

Corbin Davenport Mar 29, 2025

I have two software projects hovering around 100 stars on GitHub. If you have a GitHub account, it would mean a lot if you could click the Star buttons! 🌟

https://github.com/corbindavenport/imageshare

https://github.com/corbindavenport/photostack

GitHub - corbindavenport/imageshare: Web app for sending images and videos to another device, designed for low-end and legacy web browsers.

Web app for sending images and videos to another device, designed for low-end and legacy web browsers. - corbindavenport/imageshare

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TheGurkha 🇬🇧🇺🇦Mar 24, 2025

After upgrading to #gnome 48, I had to reinstall my extensions, but they all worked once I'd done that. I wasn't left with any that are broken. #gnome48

TheGurkha 🇬🇧🇺🇦Feb 28, 2025

Shout out for #SendToNotion, the best Chrome extension web clipper I've found so far for #Notion And by that I mean the only one that works like it should. The official Notion one only saves a link and no content, no matter what I try. The generically name Web Clipper works but the formatting is often so kaput its worthless. #SendToNotion just works.

TheGurkha 🇬🇧🇺🇦Feb 24, 2025

Here's my final article for How-To Geek.

I'm attempting, for the second time, to retire. The first attempt wasn't 100% successful! This time it feels real.

https://www.howtogeek.com/what-are-virtual-machines-and-how-do-they-work/

TheGurkha 🇬🇧🇺🇦Feb 19, 2025

Stefano Zacchiroli Feb 19, 2025

I always conclude my bug reports to #opensource projects, or even my first followup message to a bug report filed by others, with a sentence like: "Thanks a lot for maintaining PROJECT, it's amazing!".

It's a little gesture, but it goes a long way.

When you use #freesofware made by others, remember that it is first of all a *gift* that they are giving to all humanity (and you among them), and only second a software product with defects and avenues for improvement.