Acer – Homo Ludditus

Tag archives for Acer

How Webcamoid laid bare the disaster that is the Linux kernel

August 17, 2024 How Webcamoid laid bare the disaster that is the Linux kernel2025-01-20T00:30:23+01:00 5 Comments Acer, AlmaLinux, idiocy, kernel, kubuntu, Linux, longread, openSUSE, SPECIAL, ubuntu

I noticed this behavior of Webcamoid while I was testing the latest Ubuntu MATE , and I mentioned it here. At the time, I thought that the app was broken.…

Vremea laptop-urilor și upgrade-urilor ieftine

July 5, 2023 Vremea laptop-urilor și upgrade-urilor ieftine2024-10-06T07:44:05+01:00 8 Comments Acer, Linux, openSUSE, pe românește

În momentul în care mi se semnalase știrea potrivit căreia cererea slabă de PC-uri și tablete forțează companiile să reducă prețurile, eu tocmai profitasem, zic eu, de acest fenomen. Și…

“A” for “Acer TravelMate P6”

June 20, 2016 “A” for “Acer TravelMate P6”2016-08-04T12:36:33+01:00 Acer, PC

The shoemaker's children go barefoot, they say. As I don't have children, in my case this paradox applies to myself. I always had the cheapest computer and the cheapest smartphone that…

Béranger on 📻 Radio Streams: “Revisions and updates regarding: Radio Regenbogen; Rock FM, formerly Regenbogen 2; Jazz Radio (France).” Jan 25, 21:19
Béranger on King Trump 2.0’s first batch of Executive Orders: a mixed bag: “● A Republican House member, Rep. Andy Ogles of Tennessee, introduced a resolution (PDF) to amend the U.S. Constitution to…” Jan 24, 13:54
Béranger on King Trump 2.0’s first batch of Executive Orders: a mixed bag: “● Trump signed a new batch of executive orders on Jan. 23, including an executive order to declassify records relating…” Jan 24, 01:18
HAL on Why is Linux attracting mentally retarded “experts” and users?: “Generally, I consider people who opt for Mint to be close to mental deficiency Mental deficiency… maybe not quite, but…” Jan 24, 00:29
Béranger on King Trump 2.0’s first batch of Executive Orders: a mixed bag: “I am currently using DeepSeek as an alternative to the others (ChatGPT, Mistral, rarely Perplexity, Copilot, Claude, and never Gemini).…” Jan 23, 20:18
Béranger on Why is Linux attracting mentally retarded “experts” and users?: “1. Fedora is a big lie. They claim to be dot-release, not rolling release, but during a version’s life the…” Jan 23, 19:51
edel on King Trump 2.0’s first batch of Executive Orders: a mixed bag: “Among the best summaries I have seen out there! The $500 Billion dollars investment for 4 yrs is perplexing! That…” Jan 23, 19:42
edel on Why is Linux attracting mentally retarded “experts” and users?: “You have to recognize you use some language that, for those that do not know you, will consider it as…” Jan 23, 19:28
Béranger on One more time about Red Hat: “I couldn’t care less. And they didn’t release any beta of version 10.” Jan 22, 23:40
HAL on One more time about Red Hat: “Good. But some will tell you that Rocky is more “100% RHEL-like” than Alma, which deviates on certain points, as…” Jan 22, 23:38
Béranger on One more time about Red Hat: “Well, you enable Flathub… I did not check what AlmaLinux 10 Beta does. Maybe they do add a browser. Oh,…” Jan 22, 23:19
HAL on One more time about Red Hat: “So Cockpit is not usable… This is ridiculous! How can a company as important yesterday and today as Red Hat…” Jan 22, 23:16
Béranger on King Trump 2.0’s first batch of Executive Orders: a mixed bag: “● It was bound to happen: Attorneys general from 22 states sued Trump in two federal district courts (18 states…” Jan 22, 13:43
Béranger on King Trump 2.0’s first batch of Executive Orders: a mixed bag: “● “The EU is treating us very badly. It’s not just China. We have a huge trade deficit with Europe.…” Jan 22, 00:25
Béranger on Devrais-je boycotter Carrefour Roumanie ?: “Am tot amânat, dar până la urmă m-am hotărât să mai adaug câteva cazuri de nesimțire din partea rețelelor de…” Jan 20, 20:17
Angelito on News of Apocalypse from The Atlantic: “Sure. As for me, I found non-mainstream browsers to be an excellent tool for this kind of things, since you…” Jan 20, 13:20
Béranger on News of Apocalypse from The Atlantic: “When I give barrier-free links, they are for the public, not for me. I specifically use NJS because on some…” Jan 20, 12:36
Angelito on News of Apocalypse from The Atlantic: “You can read the site alright if you set your browser to not use javascript on www.theatlantic.com This simple trick…” Jan 20, 12:31
Béranger on Bypass Paywalls will never die: “Good to know. What I will never understand is why would anyone want to fully anonymize their YT usage. By…” Jan 19, 20:21
Weidenwiesel on Bypass Paywalls will never die: “The error “Please sign in” (among many others) is from YouTube and is only shown when the Invidious instance has…” Jan 19, 20:13
Béranger on SPECIAL: Epic disappointments with Linux (not for the mentally retarded): “Thanks for your long comment. It entered the Trash, not the moderation, most likely as a result of the combination…” Jan 19, 00:05
Béranger on One more reason I was happier with MS-DOS and Windows 3.1: “Since I was indeed happy with MS-DOS and Windows 3.1, I also enjoyed this article by Nina Kalinina: Windows 2:…” Jan 18, 23:00
Baudelaire on SPECIAL: Epic disappointments with Linux (not for the mentally retarded): “I’ve used Linux and a form of BSD since 1995 onwards. I’ve been a President of the Linux Users’ Group…” Jan 18, 21:29
Béranger on Yes, you can be both anti-Putin and anti-Israel!: “Hamas killed 1200 Jews. In response, Israel killed 46500 Palestinians. If the Jews had applied the same measures to avenge…” Jan 18, 21:22
Béranger on The dead and the reborn BSDs — now updated + Chimera Linux!: “A succulent commentary by Liam Proven on how and why FreeBSD doesn’t “just work” (or it doesn’t work at all):…” Jan 17, 01:32
Béranger on The Blue That Is Green (And More): “Updated with another watch whose face is blue, but actually turquoise, or maybe really blue sometimes.” Jan 17, 00:31
Béranger on I wish I weren’t born in Europe: “Another GDPR-related idiocy: EU court fines European Commission for breaching its own data privacy laws (January 8, 2025): A top…” Jan 15, 14:58
Béranger on DistroWatch Weekly as a shithole (plus two tips): “Updated the global method of changing the DNS servers for all connections with a simpler one.” Jan 14, 03:44
Béranger on The suicide of the car industry: “Mat Watson from carwow: I expose how new cars are too FAT!” Jan 13, 16:44
Béranger on The suicide of the car industry: “Oh, I forgot: Why cars are getting UGLIER.” Jan 11, 19:46
Béranger on The suicide of the car industry: “Bart’s Car Stories: Are Cars Getting LESS Reliable? Yes, they are. In part because of regulatory bullshit, but also because…” Jan 8, 19:14
Béranger on Trump vs. Dems vs. Israel: not taking sides, just quoting: “It’s gonna be fun: After a reporter asked if he could “assure the world” that he would not use military…” Jan 8, 19:07
Béranger on Bypass Paywalls will never die: “One punctual example of why “piracy” is needed, even when it’s not true piracy, but merely the use of a…” Jan 8, 18:37
zugu on DistroWatch Weekly as a shithole (plus two tips): “I also believe using a pi-hole or a similar method of all-in ad blocking, such as setting up AdGuard on…” Jan 8, 11:31
Béranger on Când credeam că le-am văzut pe toate…: “Interesant e faptul că Horia Marchean era cam legionar prin 2012 când scria la Buciumul, dar în ultimii ani este…” Jan 6, 10:21
Sensible kek on Când credeam că le-am văzut pe toate…: “Dorin Lazăr are un nou podcast, ăsta e politic și e făcut împreună cu un fost legionar acum superprogresist: TikTok,…” Jan 6, 03:35
HAL on AppImages: the worst choice in “portability” (with examples): “AppImages are indeed the worst possible choice! Well, yes. So a distro like Nitrux that “supports and encourages the use…” Jan 5, 17:56
Béranger on Now I really developed a fear of flying!: “CNN: The survivors of recent crashes were sitting at the back of the plane. What does that tell us about…” Jan 4, 15:22
Béranger on Red Hat is fucking shitting on Linux: “Oh, my, I forgot about Unity!” Jan 3, 22:10
HAL on Red Hat is fucking shitting on Linux: “GNOME is the only desktop that diverges from the visual paradigm that can be found in KDE, MATE, Cinnamon, XFCE…” Jan 3, 22:03
Béranger on Red Hat is fucking shitting on Linux: “A nightmarish Slashdot thread: Is 2025 the Year of the Linux Desktop? (Betteridge’s law of headlines: ”Any headline that ends…” Jan 2, 19:01
Béranger on SPECIAL: Epic disappointments with Linux (not for the mentally retarded): “Nobody is using Krusader these days, so I can’t tell.” Jan 1, 22:31
HAL on SPECIAL: Epic disappointments with Linux (not for the mentally retarded): “But what you describe is the “normal” and logical way ! By the way, how is Krusader behaving ?” Jan 1, 22:30
Béranger on SPECIAL: Epic disappointments with Linux (not for the mentally retarded): “● Yes, if you consider a file copying with the overwriting of a preexisting file from a journaling or a…” Dec 31, 15:18
Gregor Fefor on SPECIAL: Epic disappointments with Linux (not for the mentally retarded): “Just a short comment on This obviously assumes that when replacing (aka overwriting) a file, the preexisting file is first…” Dec 31, 14:23
Béranger on It’s time I said something against Ukraine (another long read): “Euronews, on Dec. 28: Ukraine risks losing the battle for Russia’s Kursk region. What do you mean, “risks”?! The Kursk…” Dec 30, 14:13
Béranger on Țara tâmpiților (care suntem): “Pentru cine-l mai credea pe Cristian Ghinea cu mintea pe acasă: a se citi acest interviu. Am comentat pe FB:…” Dec 29, 17:37
Béranger on Economie și finanțe: Un contabil bun poate fi pe alocuri și prost: “Am avut o reacție pe FB la vizionarea emisiunii iThink de la Antena 3: Ce mă ucid acești hipsteri care…” Dec 29, 17:33
Béranger on Gramatica geto-dacă e cea mai superioară, etc. (cu completări): “Completare: La câți gurnaliști și câte jurnalizde spun «tentativă la omor» în loc de «tentativă de omor», mă gândesc că…” Dec 28, 03:26
svin on SPECIAL: Epic disappointments with Linux (not for the mentally retarded): “And the only feedback they got was from KDE devs. Meant to say GNOME devs. I should also say that…” Dec 27, 16:04
svin on SPECIAL: Epic disappointments with Linux (not for the mentally retarded): “It is an interesting article. I also have my own dissatisfactions with the way the Linux desktop operates. However, I…” Dec 27, 15:39
Béranger on Yes, you can be both anti-Putin and anti-Israel!: “Israel Loosened Its Rules to Bomb Hamas Fighters, Killing Many More Civilians (barrier-free): At exactly 1 p.m. on Oct. 7,…” Dec 27, 11:15
HAL on Red Hat is fucking shitting on Linux: “😅 Vous êtes trop modeste.” Dec 25, 21:13
Béranger on Red Hat is fucking shitting on Linux: ““Nous”, vos lecteurs… en nombre de un ?” Dec 25, 20:46
HAL on Red Hat is fucking shitting on Linux: “Comprendre “We” soit : – dans le sens du français “On” – dans le sens “Nous”, vos lecteurs Les deux…” Dec 25, 20:35
Béranger on Red Hat is fucking shitting on Linux: ““We” being pluralis majestatis? 😀 But indeed, going with Wayland for an enterprise distribution is pure madness! How can one…” Dec 25, 20:09
HAL on Red Hat is fucking shitting on Linux: “Going with Wayland for an enterprise distribution is madness! On Fedora, it’s understandable, but RHEL… 🤨 In the context of…” Dec 25, 20:02
HAL on What you need to know when using my custom AlmaLinux 9.4 KDE ISO: “About your EDIT. I suppose it was meant to underline your grouchy and never, or rarely, happy and satisfied spirit.…” Dec 25, 16:05
Béranger on Este Cîcîrostanul o cîcîrocrație, sau o cîcîrotatură?: “Călin Georgescu și Florin Zamfirescu. 👿👿👿 TREBUIE VIZIONAT ȘI ASCULTAT! Așa ceva nu am mai pomenit de când mă știu!…” Dec 24, 13:04
Béranger on 📻 Radio Streams: “Overhauling of the Radio Ton and Schwarzwaldradio streams.” Dec 22, 18:34