James House-Lantto (He/Him)<p><a href="https://www.howtogeek.com/how-androids-notification-channels-can-save-your-sanity/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">howtogeek.com/how-androids-not</span><span class="invisible">ification-channels-can-save-your-sanity/</span></a></p><p>How to use Androids Notification channels to stop the flood of useless notifications from various apps and prioritize the ones you actually want to see.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>android</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Smartphone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Smartphone</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tips</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HowTo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HowTo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HowToGeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HowToGeek</span></a></p>
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James House-Lantto (He/Him)<p><a href="https://www.howtogeek.com/i-turned-a-usb-drive-into-a-linux-app-swiss-army-knife/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">howtogeek.com/i-turned-a-usb-d</span><span class="invisible">rive-into-a-linux-app-swiss-army-knife/</span></a></p><p>How Jordan Gloor (Senior Editor at How-To-Geek and technology blogger) used AppImages to create A Portable, Linux based, Open Source, Swiss Army Knife. </p><p>It reminds me of the old "portableApps.com" approach, but Linux based.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Appimage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Appimage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PortableApps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PortableApps</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HowToGeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HowToGeek</span></a></p>
Nextcloud 📱☁️💻<p>“But the real magic happened once I started exploring what Nextcloud could actually do.” 🪄 </p><p>Read the empowering story by Jeff McGinty on <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/howtogeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>howtogeek</span></a> about de-googling his workspace with Nextcloud and taking back control of his data:</p><p><a href="https://www.howtogeek.com/switched-to-linux-this-app-helped-me-drop-google-for-good/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">howtogeek.com/switched-to-linu</span><span class="invisible">x-this-app-helped-me-drop-google-for-good/</span></a></p>
NatureHopper<p>Throughout Hollywood history, space has often been depicted with baffling inaccuracies. It takes dedication and knowledge to ensure a movie correctly portrays space and space travel, and here are a select few that got it bang on
<a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Space" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Space</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23MovieSky" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MovieSky</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Movies" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Movies</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Accuracy" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Accuracy</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Science" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Science</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Cinema" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cinema</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23HowToGeek" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HowToGeek</a><br><br><a href="https://www.howtogeek.com/great-movies-that-actually-portray-space-accurately/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">5 Great Movies That Actually P...</a></p>
Kevin Darty<p>9 Popular Raspberry Pi Operating Systems That Aren't Raspbian</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/RaspberryPi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RaspberryPi</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/EverybodyLovesPi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EverybodyLovesPi</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/HowToGeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HowToGeek</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.howtogeek.com/popular-raspberry-pi-operating-systems-that-arent-raspbian/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">howtogeek.com/popular-raspberr</span><span class="invisible">y-pi-operating-systems-that-arent-raspbian/</span></a></p>
adingbatponder<p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/howtogeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>howtogeek</span></a> site privacy pop-up ... yuk ! Was not able to get rid of it ... vomit ... will never know what the article said... an glad !</p>
Pablonius Monk 🇺🇦<p>I've not used any of these apps. ⏰ </p><p>6 Best Time Tracking Apps on Android </p><p>Super Productivity <br>Snaptick<br>Clockify<br>Overload<br>Simple Time Tracker<br>Goodtime Productivity</p><p><a href="https://www.howtogeek.com/6-best-time-tracking-apps-on-android/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">howtogeek.com/6-best-time-trac</span><span class="invisible">king-apps-on-android/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pomodoro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pomodoro</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TimeTracking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TimeTracking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HowToGeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HowToGeek</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FaisalRasool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FaisalRasool</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Apps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apps</span></a></p>
Ethan Black<p>Just a heads-up: <a href="https://social.librem.one/tags/ValnetInc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ValnetInc</span></a> is a company that claims to acquire and manage multiple publishing and internet-based businesses, including journalistic websites like <a href="https://social.librem.one/tags/HowToGeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HowToGeek</span></a>, <a href="https://social.librem.one/tags/AndroidPolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AndroidPolice</span></a>, and <a href="https://social.librem.one/tags/MakeUseOf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MakeUseOf</span></a>.<br><a href="https://www.valnetinc.com/our-brands" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">valnetinc.com/our-brands</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
wolfkin<p>Stop Wasting Time Making Excel Formulas, Use <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChatGPT</span></a> Instead <a href="https://www.howtogeek.com/stop-wasting-time-making-excel-formulas-use-chatgpt-instead/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">howtogeek.com/stop-wasting-tim</span><span class="invisible">e-making-excel-formulas-use-chatgpt-instead/</span></a> </p><p>That's right. don't learn excel. Use chat gpt and proofread it after. How you proofread a language you don't speak is beyond me.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/howtogeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>howtogeek</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/aiarticles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aiarticles</span></a></p>
James House-Lantto (He/Him)<p><a href="https://www.howtogeek.com/691619/how-to-turn-off-all-your-android-phones-sensors-in-one-tap/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">howtogeek.com/691619/how-to-tu</span><span class="invisible">rn-off-all-your-android-phones-sensors-in-one-tap/</span></a></p><p>How To Geek has an article up detailing a "hidden" setting in android. </p><p>By enabling developer options, you can add a tile which allows you to turn off ALL sensors, including camera & microphone, with a single tap. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HowToGeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HowToGeek</span></a></p>
adingbatponder<p>Can't read my <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/howtogeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>howtogeek</span></a> article without making an account. This is new. For as long as I can remember I could just read the articles by clicking on the mail links. Since they turned orange I was going to quit but the articles are really good. I have just reached 300 passwords in my password manager and I don't want anothet account. Anyone else get this? Other links don't ask for logon but won't scroll down.</p>
Brian Hughes<p>You can now try hundreds of ’90s PalmPilot apps in your browser</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/1990s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>1990s</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/HowToGeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HowToGeek</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.howtogeek.com/851146/you-can-try-hundreds-of-90s-palmpilot-apps-in-your-browser/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">howtogeek.com/851146/you-can-t</span><span class="invisible">ry-hundreds-of-90s-palmpilot-apps-in-your-browser/</span></a></p>
TheGurkha 🇬🇧🇺🇦<p>How - and why - to flush your DNS on <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.howtogeek.com/844964/how-to-flush-dns-in-linux/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">howtogeek.com/844964/how-to-fl</span><span class="invisible">ush-dns-in-linux/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DNS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DNS</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HowToGeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HowToGeek</span></a></p>
TheGurkha 🇬🇧🇺🇦<p>New article published today.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HowToGeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HowToGeek</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.howtogeek.com/844799/mistakes-new-linux-users-make/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">howtogeek.com/844799/mistakes-</span><span class="invisible">new-linux-users-make/</span></a></p>
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