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  • I can do this with Amaze File Manager, just not with any of the various Firefox forks that I have installed, no matter which option I choose under “Open As”. Vanadium (a Chrome fork) was an option when I tried to open as a text file. Using a file named test.html that is saved in my Download directory, this was the URL in Vanadium:

    content://com.amaze.filemanager/storage_root/storage/emulated/0/Download/test.html










  • How are you doing the transcripts? Just pulling from the extracted .srt files?

    Almost. My Blu-ray rips are subtitled with PGS/SUP, which apparently uses an image for subtitles instead of simple plain text like SRT. So I found a program called sup2srt which uses an OCR engine to convert the subtitle images to SRT, which I can then load into the database that this site uses. But, there are some issues with that:

    • Obviously, OCR is imperfect. It did a great job overall, but there were still a lot of things that need to be fixed
    • Most seasons, the subtitles are ALL CAPS.
    • There are a few scenes with hardcoded subtitles (such as the scene in Queen of Jordan in which Jack/Liz are whispering). These lines are not part of the subtitle file

    I made some quick Python scripts that go through all the script files to fix common mistakes, but I am also slowly going through each script individually to manually revise them.






  • And nope, not named after the Farscape character…

    https://aerynos.com/blog/2025/02/14/evolve-this-os/

    Pronounced like “Erin”, it’s a name that we feel is more befitting of the project. Pulling from multiple etymologies, it’s a name that better describes the project now versus the project that started as Serpent OS.

    “Aer” is rather obvious, Latin in origin. The phonetic “Erin” is a nod to the Irish roots of the project, and of course a home. There are a number of reasons for the name, which will form part of the initial documentation on the new website.

    Our intent is to have a name that is more inviting, and more descriptive of the project’s goals and aspirations. We’re not anti-establishment or anti-corporation - if anything, we’re a statement that without the fiscal handcuffs, we can produce a technically sound and user-friendly operating system.

    https://aerynos.dev/aerynos/faq/

    What does AerynOS mean and how do I pronounce it?

    AerynOS is a stylised spelling of “Erin”, alluding to the project’s Irish roots. It is pronounced exactly the same as “Erin” - “AIR-in” OS. It’s also a play on “aer” and the phonetic “air” sound, indicative of our desire to produce an open, trusted and high-performance operating system.

    It’s pronounced as “AIR-in” OS.




  • you still need to Google every day basic functions like installing programs etc

    To be fair, I had to do that when I tried macOS for a while years back. That is just part of learning to use any new operating system. But after a while, once you understand the basics, you will no longer need to use a reference for the basics. Linux is no different in that regard.

    you still have to learn terminal commands

    The only time I use the terminal is for things that are just simpler to automate via a command line. Things that I would be using a command line to achieve if I were using Windows/macOS. The kinds of things that I do in Termux on Android.