Archives for February, 2026 - Page 2
The futile quest for the last cheap laptop with enough RAM
In a previous post, in the chapter “On RAM prices because of the AI madness,” I explored the possibility of purchasing a cheap laptop with 24 GB or 32 GB…
On browser wars and stupid people
After having read this comment about Firefox on 9to5Linux (it starts with “Firefox has been making a history of bad decisions”), I was reminded that I can’t use only one…
Microsoft + snaps: music to my ears!
I'm not fiercely hating snaps—I’m only annoyed by them. A lot, but once they’re there, and Canonical doesn’t seem to give up (snaps won't share the fate of upstart, Mir,…
Readings, musings, and experiments over the weekend
There are hundreds and hundreds of titles that I notice every week; some of them led me to reading the respective articles, but very few of them trigger a post…
Iar îmi desființez contul eMag
Nu am scris pe blog când mi-am desființat prima oară contul eMag. Am scris doar despre cum vând ei falsuri ordinare nederanjați de nimeni. Dar povestea e că mi-am desființat…
The usual mental retard in Linux
Nothing special, just the same old. Some “error while loading shared libraries” crap. Out of curiosity, I wanted to try 4K Video Downloader Plus under Debian 13. The download page…
Flopzilla is retarded
Yesterday, all of a sudden, Firefox 147.0.2 (64-bit) became fucked up under Windows 11. It wouldn't open certain sites, which Edge would open on the same laptop. The same version…