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Re:WTF Ubuntu? on Monday November 02, 2026 @11:50AM (#50339654)
This. I can't believe not a single comments above this one addressed the previsibility Ubuntu offers over Debian. It was even one of its founding reason[0]:

> Predictable and frequent release cycles

[0]: https://web.archive.org/web/20250504071247/https://www.infor...

Re:Unified Arabic on Thursday September 03, 2026 @05:17PM (#49557164)
When I was studying it, we were told Syro-lebanese was the cleanest and most easily understandable, with Egyptian a distant second despite being quite peculiar due to widespread popularity of their media production.
I noticed the change because I wanted to persist Docker-related data between container instantiations on IncusOS. I couldn't understand why the custom volume I had mounted on /var/lib/docker didn't contain the downloaded images.

To keep both /var/lib/{containerd,docker} in sync, I use a single ZFS dataset ("custom filesystem volume" in Incus parlance) and mount subpaths inside the container:

  incus storage volume create local docker-data
  incus config device add docker docker disk pool=local source=docker-data/docker path=/var/lib/docker
  incus config device add docker containerd disk pool=local source=docker-data/containerd path=/var/lib/containerd
There are other ways to achieve the same of course.
Docker v29 (released 2025-11) switched to using containerd for its image store for new installs.

This means `/var/lib/docker` is no longer "hermetic": images and container snapshots are located in `/var/lib/containerd` now.

More info about the switch: https://www.docker.com/blog/docker-engine-version-29/

To configure this directory, see https://docs.docker.com/engine/storage/containerd/.

Re:Show HN: I've built a nice home server OS on Saturday April 25, 2026 @01:12PM (#47902929)
Look into https://gitlab.com/r3j0/incus-compose, it just published its first beta but it nicely gaps some of Docker Compose into Incus-land
Re:IPv6 Traffic Crosses the 50% Mark for the First Time on Thursday April 16, 2026 @06:08AM (#47790982)
As a French national, I am surprised to discover we are topping the charts according to this analysis.

Does anybody know why that might be the case? What's the story of IPv6 deployment in France?

Re:Understanding the Origins and the Evolution of Vi and Vim on Saturday April 19, 2025 @10:55AM (#43736838)
I read it as sincere, gratuitous and unfounded mud-slinging, which made me end this remarkable article on a pretty underwhelming note. We all have different senses of humor, mine would have needed some caption here :'-)
Let me offer you a full 212-page RHEL 9 docs PDF on everything Podman, updated as of this month:

https://docs.redhat.com/en-us/documentation/red_hat_enterpri...

Re:Server Setup Basics for Self Hosting on Monday August 26, 2024 @08:01PM (#41363376)
Funny how that kind of posts is now called "DevOps", while 10 years ago it was simply called "system administration" ;-)

Besides I fail to see any DevOps tenets in it, quite the opposite: a shell script at the bottom is little in the way of reliable automation.

To me this post reads more like someone relatively new to server management wanted to share their gathered tips and tricks, i.e. me 10 years ago when I started my self-hosting journey :-D

Thank you so much for that! I was missing the ability to configure a very important option for me in Stable (layout.css.prefers-color-scheme.content-override), but couldn't keep using Nightly because of its instability... You're a lifesaver!
Yes, it would be a great idea to update the wording as there is no way to derive that from the current one.

Even being sympathetic, my thought reading this was "probably bad code quality/rotten core despite the great feature set".

You can have a "History/Background/Origin" section where you put exactly what you wrote in your comment and it will be fine.

This notwithstanding, thank you very much for developing this app! I will look into deploying it on my server, it will be of great help to people around me who often need manipulating PDFs but are not super technical!

Re:Ubuntu 24.04 Noble Numbat on Sunday April 28, 2024 @05:33PM (#40192199)
That sounds a lot like a corrupted ISO/install media! I suggest verifying the checksums and trying a different USB drive.
Re:Ubuntu 24.04 Noble Numbat on Sunday April 28, 2024 @05:03PM (#40191876)
Workaround: mount | grep -v snap

which you can record in an alias for easy access.

Not great, but you implement it once and are done with it.

A never mentioned but crucial issue with Cloudflare is that you are required to use their nameservers; you cannot change to use third party NS without transferring out.

Sources:

- https://developers.cloudflare.com/registrar/get-started/tran...:

> All domains using Cloudflare Registrar must use Cloudflare DNS on a full setup. This also means that you cannot change to another DNS provider while using Cloudflare Registrar.

- https://blog.cloudflare.com/a-step-by-step-guide-to-transfer...:

> We built our registrar specifically for customers who want to use other Cloudflare products. This means domains registered with Cloudflare can only use our nameservers. If your domain requires non-Cloudflare nameservers then we’re not the right registrar for you.

- https://community.cloudflare.com/t/can-i-register-a-domain-a...

Another option I haven't seen mentioned yet is Spaceship.

I've moved four domains to them over the last few months away from Gandi, and am globally very satisfied.

It is a Namecheap spinoff to allow them to "cut the cruft" and restart fresh without having to deal with technical debt.

It has a few rough edges (the interface is not the clearest because it uses a different paradigm which takes some getting used to) and it doesn't support all the features of more established players (the biggest ones for me being the lack of an API and the absence of a raw/advanced zone editor), but they are consistently cheaper than Porkbun (for how long we'll see, but for now I've renewed my domains to their max to benefit from the current prices) and also have quick, efficient support via chat.

They have some enjoyably modern features, such as a DNS propagation map so you can follow in real time the propagation of your records' modifications to their servers across the globe.

All in all I'd say it's a great registrar for individuals and small ventures for whom price comes first, but the lack of an API will probably turn away more technical or demanding customers (which are probably already better served by the likes of Cloudflare). Of course, as others have alluded to you can also just use them as a registrar and define other nameservers.

Tooltips next to options don't work for me on Firefox for Android 124.0.2, and the converter failed on "https://bittersoutherner.com/feature/2023/obituary-for-a-qui..." ("invalid URL or server busy"). Love the idea though.
Thanks for making lodgy, it looks properly awesome! I definitely plan on using it as much as I can. I love the jump out of the terminal and into the browser, it makes it that much friendlier to me. Best of luck to the project!
Re:Concrete.css on Thursday February 08, 2024 @04:26AM (#39299992)
Please, please pretty please, can we stop with the automatic switching to dark mode if the system uses a dark theme? Chrome UI elements and webpages serve fundamentally different purposes, and have wildly different readability needs!

At a minimum, please provide a way to switch between mode so that we can have some design granularity back.

Thanks!

Re:What's inside this crater in Madagascar? on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @07:31AM (#38542996)
Agreed.

I rarely post anything, but I checked to see if this one had been shared already as I think it is a truly well made mini documentary likely to interest many here. I'm amazed at the resources that were thrown at this project, as both narration and photography are quite breathtaking.

I'm also glad they didn't end on a moralist note/call to action (e.g. to send funds to alleviate this or that issue that cropped up during their research, like the road situation). It makes the whole thing feel even more genuine, the tale of an unadulterated curiosity that resulted in an epic quest. Thanks Vox

Re:Deepest fish ever caught on camera off Japan on Sunday April 02, 2023 @03:59AM (#35408259)
Surprised no one shared this one yet. In case you've never seen it: https://neal.fun/deep-sea/
Buddhism did not evolve from Hinduism, nor even from its predecessor Brahmanism (calling the place it came from India is a also a bit of a stretch, but to a lesser degree):

* it may have actually been reacting first to Zoroastrianism and its idea that the absolute Truth and Lie can be known: https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691176321/gr...

* even if not, then it was either a reaction against Brahmanism (https://ahandfulofleaves.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/how-bud... (PDF)), or at the very least an independent development: https://www.academia.edu/63732680/Early_Buddhism_and_its_Rel...

> We come to the conclusion that early Buddhism as a whole has developed independently from Brahmanism, with selective influences from Brahmanism and non-Vedic spiritual movements, altering and utilizing these influences for its own growth against its religious competition.

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