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Maybe I wasn’t wrong to hate PackageKit, after all

August 4, 2026 Maybe I wasn’t wrong to hate PackageKit, after all2026-08-08T07:48:59+01:00 3 Comments Debian, Gemini, idiocy, Linux, Policykit, Red Hat, tips

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

August 4, 2026 Is there an ePub apocalypse? A case study and beyond it2026-08-04T09:22:28+01:00 No Comment apocalypse, apps, epub, Gemini, Google, kindle, tips

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…

Béranger on A rare gem in a world of decay: The Graystones: “Pink Floyd “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” cover by J8KE (12) on Santa Monica Beach.” Sep 12, 02:12
Béranger on An experiment in antiquated blogging: “The Quick Luddite Notes reached 30 entries.” Sep 12, 01:17
Béranger on Will Debian succumb to the idiocy of its people?: “DWW has some retarded readers: They will have AI in the Linux kernel anyway!” Sep 8, 00:37
maya on Firefox is the measure of how fucked-up software is today 😡: “There’s actually no information about that connection, and it actually surprised me. I haven’t tried looking for this information on…” Sep 7, 15:27
Béranger on Nolan’s Odyssey—not a review: “Savo Đorojević: The Politics of Nolan’s Odyssey: The Angel of History Looks at Troy. The original version: Politika Nolanove Odiseje:…” Sep 5, 21:29
HAL on Firefox is the measure of how fucked-up software is today 😡: “I don’t know, maybe or maybe not, with the modifications (the improvements 😉) made. I was simply responding in relation…” Sep 4, 23:30
Béranger on Firefox is the measure of how fucked-up software is today 😡: “So it would also take 10 GB of RAM on a 16 GB machine?” Sep 4, 22:49
HAL on Firefox is the measure of how fucked-up software is today 😡: “LibreWolf instead. It follows Firefox precisely and is released just a few days after it. It is Firefox, except there…” Sep 4, 22:48
ConEst on Bypass Paywalls Clean, revisited: “It’s been a huge reason as to why I’m not able to move away from Firefox on Android. 🥲 Zapper…” Sep 4, 20:40
sofleet on A rare gem in a world of decay: The Graystones: “Izzy is back! 🎉 The Graystones are live on Santana Row: Elton John Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On…” Sep 4, 20:28
Béranger on Stop drinking Kool-Aid regarding battery life in Linux: “I forgot that cpupower-gui covers both: the governor’s power policy and the power profile.” Sep 3, 21:34
Béranger on Small polish touches to Debian 13 installed via Xebian: “I rescinded my advice on theming Qt5 and Qt6 apps under XFCE: do not install qt5ct or qt6ct unless you…” Sep 3, 21:19
Béranger on Firefox is the measure of how fucked-up software is today 😡: “To which Firefox version does Waterfox 6.7.1.1 correspond? This lack of transparency is annoying. Debian 13 is still on Firefox…” Sep 3, 14:29
maya on Firefox is the measure of how fucked-up software is today 😡: “Use Waterfox !!” Sep 3, 14:20
Béranger on ✍️ Is there any LanguageTool alternative worth the money?: “Finally, an “18. Epilogue?”” Sep 3, 12:13
Béranger on ✍️ Is there any LanguageTool alternative worth the money?: “Added “17. A late and final warning” (all correctors suck).” Sep 3, 02:11
Cristóbal on Will Debian succumb to the idiocy of its people?: “GROMACS enables some cool farewells, you may read them on their source code coolstuff.cpp Window Maker contains 8 themes with…” Sep 1, 17:08
Béranger on Will Debian succumb to the idiocy of its people?: “Offensive molecular dynamics simulation and offensive Window Maker themes?! 😮” Sep 1, 16:21
Cristóbal on Will Debian succumb to the idiocy of its people?: “You may like to know that Gentoo still has the “offensive” USE flag. Indeed, within a recent install, the following…” Sep 1, 16:16
HAL on Will Debian succumb to the idiocy of its people?: “Uh, Antoine Le Gonidec talking about fascism regarding AI? 😱 “fascist-backed technology”, “faced with fascism”… This gentleman is scary.” Sep 1, 15:08
Rick on ComicStripBrowser 3 is here!: “Thank you so much for this! You’re a freakin’ genius! However, I completely overdid it and got my ip address…” Sep 1, 07:43
Béranger on ComicStripBrowser now runs on Windows and supports Comics Kingdom too!: “Version 3.0.0 was released. Details and updates in comments to this post: ComicStripBrowser 3 is here!” Aug 31, 14:23
Béranger on Today, I visited China (online): “More from Mia chen: What “Typical” Nightlife Looks Like for a Single Woman in China (Not What You Think) (12:16)…” Aug 31, 12:41
Béranger on Dumbo SPECIAL: Crappy Wayland—stupid with GNOME, better but imperfect with KDE: “What about the bug in the released 26.04.1, which is actually a regression, because I saw it magically fixed back…” Aug 30, 21:31
HAL on Dumbo SPECIAL: Crappy Wayland—stupid with GNOME, better but imperfect with KDE: “The other day, I gave a quick try at a development ISO of Ubuntu 26.10 ‘Stinking Stonking Stingray’, and it…” Aug 30, 21:23
Béranger on Dumbo SPECIAL: Crappy Wayland—stupid with GNOME, better but imperfect with KDE: “My first Mutter-cum-Wayland bug is well alive in this collection of bugs that is ubuntu-26.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso! The screenshots of windows (not…” Aug 30, 20:48
Béranger on Odyssey Linux—not quite for me: “I fucking mentioned the graphical front-ends for xbps and runit, the control center, etc. With screenshots. And links to the…” Aug 30, 17:20
Mark on Odyssey Linux—not quite for me: “You’re judging a distro by its theme. That’s the whole post. I found this while googling, curious about why nobody…” Aug 30, 17:16
B. Stack on Dear Alice, why is macOS designed so stupidly?: “Thanks for explaining that! I’ve seen those, and obviously inferred some of reasoning for those files (and how unimportant they…” Aug 29, 04:34
Béranger on Nolan’s Odyssey—not a review: “I disagree that The Odyssey isn’t about Odysseus and that it’s about Sinon or what his presence speaks of (Spectacles,…” Aug 27, 19:04
Béranger on 8 reads on AI and Linux on the Small and Mainstream Web: “🌟 Updates on Debian and AI: – Raphaël Hertzog: Debian’s General Resolution on AI and LLM – Anarcat: A more…” Aug 26, 23:01
Béranger on Nolan’s Odyssey—not a review: “I am glad that someone finally saw in Nolan’s movie what had to be seen beyond the myth: the message.…” Aug 26, 18:52
Béranger on The miracle of the French subjunctive: “Mais je connais Ed Zitron. J’ai mentionné 5 de ses articles en janvier (après Towards the end of the year).…” Aug 26, 15:59
Greimas on The miracle of the French subjunctive: “Lis-moi ça. Je te préviens, c’est long. Ce mec est un graphomane pur et dur, un vrai, qui te pond…” Aug 26, 15:56
Cozy on 8 reads on AI and Linux on the Small and Mainstream Web: “The Zane St. John reverse engineering write-up was pretty good! I was already aware of the residential proxy services many…” Aug 24, 18:19
Béranger on The miracle of the French subjunctive: “Es-tu une vraie personne, ou une IA qui met son cul sur la commode ?” Aug 24, 13:48
Greimas on The miracle of the French subjunctive: “Pas courante cette subtilité de langue… Ça m’a fait plaisir que tu la susses!” Aug 24, 13:45
Béranger on Stop drinking Kool-Aid regarding battery life in Linux: “Red Hat’s Tuned 2.28 To Improve Out-Of-The-Box WiFi Power Savings On Fedora. Really? Does anyone want their Wi-Fi card to…” Aug 24, 02:43
edel on Firefox is the measure of how fucked-up software is today 😡: “All true, but in today’s phones that is not an issue. The fact that Firefox for Android is not as…” Aug 23, 20:18
ConEst on Firefox is the measure of how fucked-up software is today 😡: “Apparently it’s a well known bug. Bug 1752594 – [meta] Tabs reload too often in Firefox for Android (Opened 4…” Aug 23, 20:09
ConEst on Firefox is the measure of how fucked-up software is today 😡: “I know right!! I’m stuck with it because of all the features you mentioned. I use “Send All Tabs” to…” Aug 23, 20:04
Béranger on Firefox is the measure of how fucked-up software is today 😡: “Nope. It’s the only browser I’m using on Android! Add-ons: uBlock Origin, Google Search Fixer, YouTube High Definition. Mozilla account…” Aug 23, 17:17
ConEst on Firefox is the measure of how fucked-up software is today 😡: “It’s the worst f***ing browser on Android. RAM optimization is so bad, it made me question my phone’s ability to…” Aug 23, 17:13
Béranger on Amendamentele Grădinaru și Fritz în deciziile CCR: Gemini: “Sorin Ioniță are un comentariu interesant pe FB: Fritz I și Fritz II 🔴 În cuvinte complicate, ca să nu…” Aug 23, 12:08
Béranger on Amendamentele Grădinaru și Fritz în deciziile CCR: Gemini: “CCR a publicat motivarea! DECIZIA nr.883 din 17 august 2026 (PDF). 35 de pagini, din care 24-35 constituie opinia separată…” Aug 21, 23:51
Béranger on I stopped believing in Ukraine, whatever that means: “Absolutely. Ukraine never started a war! (Only Putin and his minions spread false claims.) But there’s a catch with “if…” Aug 21, 16:59
Bill Dietrich on I stopped believing in Ukraine, whatever that means: “Now, please tell me how Ukraine is not like Russia? Ukraine didn’t start the war, and if Ukraine falls then…” Aug 21, 13:37
Béranger on AI and Linux: a bit of ranting: “Regarding the “GPT went rogue” hysteria, here’s a rather useless interview conducted by Ezra Klein with Helen Toner, director of…” Aug 21, 08:37
Béranger on Securitatea Wi-Fi-ului public: mituri vs. realitate: “Ben, c’est parce que j’ai mené cette conversation en roumain, vu que les campagnes de sensibilisation discutées étaient adressées au…” Aug 20, 18:09
HAL on Securitatea Wi-Fi-ului public: mituri vs. realitate: “Un subiect, un articol, care pare interesant, dar de ce să nu-l fi făcut în engleză? Este un subiect care…” Aug 20, 18:02
HAL on Odyssey Linux—not quite for me: “Hmm, I haven’t tried it, but your screenshots don’t make want to. Ugly, horrible, poorly put together… Same for the…” Aug 19, 22:17
Béranger on Nolan’s Odyssey—not a review: “For those interested in the myths of the ancient Greeks, here is a selection of videos. ❶ MUST-WATCH: Empire •…” Aug 17, 22:32
ConEst on A shorter visit to the Small Web: “I feel like I have been exposed to a whole new kind of web. Thanks a lot for this.” Aug 17, 09:36
Béranger on Nolan’s Odyssey—not a review: “La vreo 13 zile după ce a bătut câmpii la Val Vâlcu, Irina Margareta Nistor a dezvoltat măgăriile ei mult…” Aug 13, 19:09
Béranger on Today, I visited China (online): “GuYi went to Huaqiangbei in an attempt to repair her failing MSI laptop. There, she explored the huge electronics market,…” Aug 13, 09:23
Béranger on Nolan’s Odyssey—not a review: “Posted in Sept. 2025, this video lists every Odysseus adaptation before Christopher Nolan’s movie, while praising the 1968 Italian version:…” Aug 13, 09:06
Béranger on Nolan’s Odyssey—not a review: “Handicapata planetei, traducătoarea de filme distribuite de Securitate, se cacă pe Odiseea lui Nolan într-un interviu luat de Val Vâlcu:…” Aug 13, 08:55
Béranger on ComicStripBrowser now runs on Windows and supports Comics Kingdom too!: “Your suggestions are quite interesting. I’ll give them a thought, although the way the app is designed, it might be…” Aug 12, 22:05
GARY GOCEK on ComicStripBrowser now runs on Windows and supports Comics Kingdom too!: “Just an enhancement request, since I don’t see another place to add this and there is no contact info on…” Aug 12, 22:01
Béranger on Despre cazul „Dumbrava”: “G4Media citează din motivația Curții de Apel care a desființat controlul judiciar și a respins integral propunerea de arestare a…” Aug 12, 11:29