Honestly even most Excel users would be fine transitioning to LibreOffice Calc. I was very impressed with how most of my spreadsheets just worked on recent Calc versions. Formulas and charts were mostly all fine. Even pivot tables worked. I had one formula that had to be changed (it was specific to Excel, but there was an equivalent option in Calc), and one external data pull that I had to figure out. That was across 4 pretty involved spreadsheets.

The main problem will be users who are so ingrained with the specifics of navigation that they can’t easily adapt to a new menu system. The same happened when Microsoft changed from the old toolbars to the ribbon. And that will be an issue across all the apps.

Two of the things that I think are new vs the current system are:

Wallet: anonymous holding of currency without a custodian. You can’t hold fiat currency digitally today without a bank or other entity providing that service.

Transfer: moving fiat currency anonymously and under your own direction without intermediaries. You can’t make a digital payment or transfer in pure fiat currency today without that custodian providing the service (often through fee-based payment network). As a result, your identity is known when that transaction happens.

Here’s the manual page: https://cam.start.canon/en/C011/manual/html/UG-05_Shooting-1_0440.html

Loose yolks. Heh

It’s Munster on the list, a washed-rind cheese from France. Muenster cheese in America is probably somewhere down around a used Ford Focus.

Latest release seems to have been in March 2025. The version you get would depend on how you installed it. For Ubuntu/Kubuntu it looks like maybe they point to the Snap store? I have no idea how well that works and personally would avoid it.

Did you do that, or, download a deb or install “printer-driver-gutenprint” via apt?

In another comment you said you have the Canon proprietary driver. I think you would need the CUPS driver for this to work.

I didn’t do this recently enough to remember what the process looked like. But in your situation I would probably try to uninstall everything print related, reboot, and then start with sudo apt update -y && sudo apt install printer-driver-gutenprint and see where that gets me.

True. I should have said that there was enough information there to satisfy my interest in the matter. Which was small.

I wondered too. It was explained here: https://lemmy.world/post/28040267

Sibiu Romania sees what you’re talking about.

The Gutenprint plugin has support for a bunch of Canon printers. I haven’t used it in a while but I remember it supporting borderless prints with CUPS drivers. Maybe not for all printers? Worth a look at least.

today we are all buttholes

I thought so too, but the article really delivered. I didn’t know I was living in The Butthole Era. I suspected it, but I didn’t know it.

Ah, got it. That plan should be great. You can segment your own wired+WiFi network with that hardware, and even do Wireguard from the hAP ax2 to get whole-network egress via an outside VPN service at a good data rate, if you want.

The other devices you might consider as the router are the GL-iNet Slate series. They will be slower as a VPN router, but they’re pretty small and light. They come with a skinned OpenWRT, but in most cases you can install a build of the unmodified OS if you want.

Sure. That plan would work. You might want to be sure that this is permitted at your university.

Universities often have strict rules about what should connect to their networks.

That isn’t what I would choose for your situation. CRS3xx switches are fast at switching (layer 1 & 2), but not as a NAT router, which you probably need.

Better to pick something from the Mikrotik Ethernet Routers range, assuming you don’t want your personal LAN to have WiFi. The L009 or basic RB5009 are both good options in the same price range. Choosing depends on your upstream connection speed. Both are fanless.

Or pick a Home/Office Wireless device if you are permitted to have your own WiFi access point. The hAP ax2 is small, affordable and performs well at 1Gbps. If your upstream connection is 1Gpbs this is probably what I would choose even if you don’t want WiFi as long as this is enough ports. Just turn off its WiFi radios to use it wired-only. If you have a 2.5Gbps upstream port then hAP ax3 is a better choice.

All the Mikrotik choices will require some learning if you want anything beyond a basic router configuration. But once you get it like you want it they are very solid and reliable.

OpenWRT and OPNSense are easier to jump into without a lot of effort, so if you don’t want a networking hobby I would use one of them. Pick up pre installed device if you want it easy. Or get a mini PC with a few network ports and install the OS yourself to get more power for the money.

How about creating your own LAN within the untrusted network?

Something like an inexpensive OpenWRT router would do fine. Connect all your devices and the server to the router. They are now on a trusted network. Set up Wireguard on the OpenWRT router to connect to Proton so that your outbound traffic from all your devices is secured.

Team hankie! I like to think of mine as the towel recommended by Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. It was just oversight that I didn’t have mine in my recent share.

I start every day with oysters and champagne just to make that sadsack spin in his grave. Well, that and to awaken the sexual appetite.

For me it depends on the trip, preferably a bag as light as possible on its own.

For a 1-6 week trip with a lot of walking, it’s: Mountain Hardware JMT 35L

This is my favorite overall right now. It’s an internal frame pack in a rational shape for carry-on use on planes and trains (not too tall, or strongly curved, or lacking a flat bottom like some trekking packs). Weight is just under 1.2kg (2lb 10oz), so it doesn’t take a lot of the limit for the bag itself. And it’s very comfortable to carry. It has well-designed cinch straps to keep it close to your back. It’s usable, cinched down, as a day pack for hikes at the destination. And it has very stretchy bottle holders and a stowable stretch panel on the back, so it’ll easily carry 4 tall 1L bottles and a big jacket on the outside. I use lightweight packing cubes in it since it loads from the top.

For more space, longer trips, or when I need to fit my camera kit, I take a ~10 year old: Patagonia Headway MLC 45

It has been on more than a year’s worth of travel with me over the last 10 years. It’s easier to pack, and looks nicer than an outdoor pack and is still only ~1.5kg. But with no belt nor frame I don’t want it on my back for more than a few kilometers at a time fully loaded. I’m glad to see the current MLC has cinch straps and a belt.

For trips under 1 week I’m likely to pick: Fjällräven Greenland Top Large/30L

It’s simple, 800g (1lb 12oz), and is a good shape to fit under most airline seats as long as it’s not stuffed. There is no organization, it has few pockets, and the bottle pockets are skinny and don’t stretch. But it’s lightweight for its volume, has a good structure on its own, and it has held up well as both a weekend bag and for carrying picnics into the woods on a hike.

But that’s the fun!

Agent of chaos, eh? Or are you sentient mint building your terrestrial army?