Tag archives for Linux
The Big Font Mystery—Solved?
Sometimes, to make me attempt to investigate something that bothers me but does not intrigue me to the point of really awakening my interest, a chain of events needs to…
Debian XFCE: stop blanking my screen and stop locking it!
In three types of Debian XFCE installations, I had different variations on the topics of (1) the screen going blank after 10 minutes, despite the XFCE Power Manager having “Display…
Why must Debian be the only distro that works?
My latest post on Ubuntu 26.10 flavors needed several updates, and the overall conclusion was dire: contrary to my expectations, 26.10 isn’t a better release than previous ones—quite the opposite.…
Tiny update regarding Ubuntu 26.10 flavors—Post-release update!
As I mentioned nearly two weeks ago, my Debian 13 XFCE remains rock-solid, while my old Acer serves as a testbed for various distros. What I did was to install…
Hugh Howey’s NEO: vibecoding, what else?
Hugh Howey is the author of the Silo Saga (Wool, Shift, and Dust), the science fiction series Silo (Apple TV) is based on. Not such a huge author until Apple…
ComicStripBrowser 3.1.1: Know when and why GoComics flips you off!
The release of ComicStripBrowser 3 left a few situations uncovered, and GoComics’ increasingly strict limitations likely frustrated some users who didn’t know why the app started showing them errors on…
From noatime to Wayland: more Linux mysteries
I just added to my Small polish touches to Debian 13 installed via Xebian the 21st suggestion, Taking inspiration from MX: noatime,lazytime, so I wanted to make the same changes…
Adventures in Linux, September 2026 edition (+Postscript)
Lately, I’ve been unusually quiet regarding the evolutions (or involutions) in the Linux ecosystem. That’s because I am sick of the infantilism that defines everything Linux. Apparently, Linux is still…
How I rejected UniGetUI in 15 minutes
I never trusted any “meta” package managers that try to integrate all types of packages into a unified GUI. I already hate how KDE Discover and GNOME Software can also…
Linux is still booting up in 1980
I’m not in a good mood, and I tend to feel this way whenever operating systems or software are annoying me. To be frank, there is absolutely no operating system…
Clem is undoubtedly certifiable
Instead of focusing on speeding up the release of the Ubuntu 26.04-based Linux Mint 23, which currently has an ETA for Christmas and will certainly be a pack of bugs,…
Anylinux AppImages—or why Windows is superior to Linux
Someone commented on an old post of mine, AppImages: the worst choice in “portability” (with examples), which made me aware of this project: Anylinux AppImages. Some relevant links: Anylinux-AppImages on…
A question of time in XFCE
There was absolutely no time synchronization issue in my Debian XFCE installed from xebian-trixie-amd64.hybrid.iso, but I was made aware that in Xebian, trying to use the “Time and Date Settings”…
Will Debian succumb to the idiocy of its people?
While I was fighting an unexpected cold (smart people catch colds in summer), I was disappointed by two stupidities regarding the Debian Project. One was some developers’ reaction to the…
ComicStripBrowser 3 is here!
ComicStripBrowser 3.0.0 is out on GitHub, with packages and binaries on SourceForge, too! The changelog for v3.0.0 from GitHub: Major release with substantial changes under the hood. Despite being a…
8 reads on AI and Linux on the Small and Mainstream Web
While I was busy procrastinating and not finishing other tasks, I still had time to pick a few links from the past few days: 4 from Kagi’s Small Web and…
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…
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…
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!)…
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).…