July 2020 – Homo Ludditus

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73 Minutes That Define Linux on the Desktop Today—Rather Depressingly

July 17, 2020 73 Minutes That Define Linux on the Desktop Today—Rather Depressingly2020-07-17T00:44:26+01:00 Nostalgia

I must be nuts to dedicate a blog post to a videocast by Bryan Lunduke, but there's a good reason for that. For the first time ever, I'm glad YouTube suggested me this particular video. Glad…

KDE and Debian aren’t exactly my cup of tea; or should they?

July 11, 2020 KDE and Debian aren’t exactly my cup of tea; or should they?2020-11-23T14:54:10+01:00 Technical

I'm disillusioned although not dispassionate about everything that's software; but when one sees the catastrophic crap that is Win10, whatever might be wrong in Linuxland becomes almost acceptable. Why are we still using Windows? Five weeks…

gicu ion on The Last Sleep of the Civilization Part IE insula (vezi si cazul Japoniei, cu numar mic de cazuri), populatie disciplinata, fara CC care sa anuleze amenzi, oameni
Béranger on The Last Sleep of the Civilization Part IÂ case study: Record 200 days with no local coronavirus cases makes Taiwan envy of world. “Taiwan is the only
Béranger on The Last Sleep of the Civilization Part II disagree wrt Pyramidon/aminophenazone. The risk of leucopenia/agranulocytosis is really tiny. The paracetamol will slowly but surely kill your liver
gicu ion on The Last Sleep of the Civilization Part IIDeprimant.
gicu ion on The Last Sleep of the Civilization Part I"It’s been years since I said I’d write a book on the idiocies of our times, one chapter of which
Béranger on The Last Sleep of the Civilization Part IIMa come no, sarà così.
gicu ion on The Last Sleep of the Civilization Part IIPe scurt - Submission (French: Soumission) is a novel by French writer Michel Houellebecq. Sper sa nu ajungem la asa
HAL on Modern Times, Here I (Slowly) Run Away From YouInkscape, GIMP, Krita ? Oh, you are an artist ! :D
Béranger on Modern Times, Here I (Slowly) Run Away From YouI mentioned Celluloid as an example of something I might want to install as a Flatpak in Debian stable. There
Béranger on Modern Times, Here I (Slowly) Run Away From YouYou're mean to Dedoimedo; but yes, Debian is the answer. Say, debian-live-10.6.0-amd64-kde+nonfree.iso
Béranger on Modern Times, Here I (Slowly) Run Away From YouIt's simple, fast, and proven. I liked it 25 years ago, I'd like to be able to use it now
Alex on Modern Times, Here I (Slowly) Run Away From YouDedoimedo stopped being relevant long time ago. I'm actually surprised that anyone serious reads his reviews... He is typical example
Alex on Modern Times, Here I (Slowly) Run Away From YouOh, okay... Let's try again then - is there any particular technical background for this choice or is it simply
Béranger on Modern Times, Here I (Slowly) Run Away From YouBecause I want so.
Alex on Modern Times, Here I (Slowly) Run Away From YouWhy the JFS?
Lucian on Le Twitter des consSocial media as a general opinion exchange and news platform is a cesspool of retards, fake news and bullies. Its
Béranger on Modern Times, Here I (Slowly) Run Away From YouDo I look like someone willing to waste my time that much? Here's something to read for you: The Year
gicu on Modern Times, Here I (Slowly) Run Away From YouIn final o sa incropesti propria-ti distributie si POATE vei fi multumit.
Béranger on Modern Times, Here I (Slowly) Run Away From YouI forgot to mention that in the Neptune live session, Chromium crashes all the time. All the other Debian live
Béranger on Modern Times, Here I (Slowly) Run Away From YouI wasn't paying attention to it, but Xfce 4.16pre1 was released one month ago («If everything goes as planned Xfce