Random new and old Linux news
Not my usual self, but consistent with it, I hereby offer a collection of news and comments related to Linux. Anchors work by using a section's number (e.g., #3). 1…
A shorter visit to the Small Web
If you have never heard of Kagi's Small Web, read my post from the 10th of May. The current tiny selection of links: ❶ Unattributed.cc: Tech Sucks! Victim in Denial!…
From whisper to whisper.cpp
I have used OpenAI’s Whisper a couple of times, with satisfactory results. I mentioned my Debian/Ubuntu setup in a post from 16 months ago: python3 -m venv whisper_env source whisper_env/bin/activate…
The NYT is as reliable as Pangram (meaning it ain’t)
There are very few mainstream sources one can trust when it comes to AI, and the NYT recently proved it's not one such source. This is the article that irritated…
Is there any LanguageTool alternative worth the money?
I've been using LanguageTool for a very long time. Unfortunately, there is no longer a free tier for their Firefox add-on. From their announcement: “We have made the difficult decision…
Odyssey Linux—not quite for me
Odyssey Linux is a Void-based distro that seems to be the result of some heavy work by a single person. It just worked in my quick test, so why did…
Nolan’s Odyssey—not a review
As someone wrote about it, The cast marshaled for this movie is an embarrassment of riches: Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Tom Holland, Zendaya, Charlize Theron, Robert Pattinson, John Leguizamo, Mia…
Maybe I wasn’t wrong to hate PackageKit, after all
I hated PackageKit in 2008, then I got used to it as it became omnipresent, so I just ignored it. Most people have nothing against it (it’s for your security!)…
Is there an ePub apocalypse? A case study and beyond it
A chat with Gemini, what else? ❶ Ludditus: Back in the day, when ePub readers included models from Sony (PRS-300, 350, 500, 505) and many other brands, I was rabid…
KDE Bug 342056: Thunar is still a great file manager
Phoronix, yesterday: KDE Developer Fixing Long-Standing Bug Over Very Long Small-File Copy Times: Since 2014 there has been a KDE bug report titled Ridiculously slow file copy (multiple small files).…
One more visit to the Small Web
At first, I couldn't stay awake, so I took a forced nap. Then I woke up and noticed that I just couldn't think. I couldn't focus on anything. I felt…
Il ne valait mieux pas que je comprenne le français 🙄
« It is not because you are / I love you because I do / C'est pas parce que you are me / Qu'I am you, qu'I am you » (Renaud). I…
AI and Linux: a bit of ranting
From the hundreds of URLs visited per week, here are a bunch of comments based on a very short selection of news from the last 3 weeks. I am unhappy…
Future Euro banknotes: a flop?
Christine Lagarde, president of the ECB: “After 20 years, it’s time to review the look of our banknotes to make them more relatable to Europeans of all ages and backgrounds.”…
From Win11 IoT 24H2 to Win10 IoT 21H2 + KB5099539: Mais quelle horreur !
Downgrading from Win11 to Win10 is not something people do, unless they do that between IoT LTSC editions of Windows, and they use UpDownTool_LTSC_v3.iso. My history with the abominable Win11…
Eu tot mai cred că CJUE este mai nașpa și decât Lia
În tot balamucul din ultima vreme, hotărârea CJUE în cauza „Lin II” a cam fost uitată, și oricum a fost percepută doar ca o lovitură binevenită împotriva odioasei Lia. Însă…
IONOS: One more time, I survived
I'm not 110% sure that I restored everything just as it was, but I had to delete my blog and recreate it on IONOS, the inept hosting solution I had…
Românii sunt handicapați și sugeraniști în masă
Mă văd nevoit să mă disociez de retardarea mentală a tuturor oamenilor „de bine” sau „de rău”, fie ei „pro-europeni” sau „sugeraniști”. Sunt prea proști, maică. Nu că ambasadorul Germaniei…
Camomile for your Windows laptop (if you really must)
Remember when I wrote Stop drinking Kool-Aid regarding battery life in Linux? Well, how about battery life and laptop's temperature in Windows? Despite using the Balanced power plan, there's no…
The CCPA and the GDPR will eventually kill Linux
I don't expect people to read carefully the details that accompany the release of Debian 13.6. It's just a bunch of updates, right? Even I couldn't be bothered, but as…