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From AlmaLinux KDE to Ubuntu MATE: the unlikely journey
This is going to look like a post using twisted logic to justify an illogical decision. But humans are not guided exclusively by what we love to call reason; they're…
Dolphin on non-KDE distros with a dark theme: the horror
While being lately into KDE, I always acknowledged that any non-GNOME-based desktop environment is perfectly usable. Two “no-go” elements: it shouldn't use Files, the dumbified version of Nautilus that makes…
Disturbing reads on disturbing facts (II): America
This is a completely different topic, which was originally meant to be included in yesterday’s post; however, due to its excessive length and being completely unrelated, it got its own…
I wish I weren’t born in Europe
This is just a bit of venting, but also a measure of the exasperation I experience: life in Europe is more and more of a dystopia. I wish this nightmare…
Nu, Nicușor Dan nu a rezolvat problema de clasa a patra! Actualizare: ba da!
Am crezut că îmi scot creierii din mucezeală, dar de fapt mă enervai întrucâtva urmărind o așa-zisă provocare a unei profe de mate pe care Prelipceanu i-a prezentat-o lui Nicușor…
It’s time I said something against Ukraine (another long read)
Just because the Ukrainians are victims doesn't make them always right. Just because Zelenskyy has proven to be a surprisingly strong leader doesn't mean he never makes any mistakes. Just…
How Webcamoid laid bare the disaster that is the Linux kernel
I noticed this behavior of Webcamoid while I was testing the latest Ubuntu MATE 24.04, and I mentioned it here. At the time, I thought that the app was broken.…
What you need to know when using my custom AlmaLinux 9.4 KDE ISO
In the post about my Custom AlmaLinux 9.4 KDE Live ISO, I mentioned the differences compared to the official KDE Live ISO. Still, I feel that I need to underscore…
The dead and the reborn BSDs — now updated + Chimera Linux!
The BSDs, especially FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, are far from being dead. The problem is that they never targeted the desktop users, especially not the laptop users. Here's what…
Is systemd cancer? A reignited debate
I thought it's going to be a slow, uneventful Monday. As it turned out, I had a lot to read. It all started from the first comment of today's DWW.…
KDE5, KDE6, tiling and other rants
To some extent, this is a sort of follow-up to the previous extra-long feature Epic disappointments with Linux (not for the mentally retarded), which proved to be too complex a…
SPECIAL: Epic disappointments with Linux (not for the mentally retarded)
In the last year and half, I thought I could stop the distro-hopping, but very recently it turned out it wasn't the case. Since there are criteria and thoughts about…
Et tu, KDE? Vulnerable by design?
I never thought I'd discover such a stupid design decision in KDE. I didn't even learn about it on Planet KDE, but on KDE's Facebook public group, which I joined…
Ce nu știați despre aparatele digitale de măsurat tensiunea (și nici despre Huawei)
Sfigmomanometre se cheamă ele de fel, dar cine dracu le mai zice așa? Oricum, dacă tot mă găsesc în patrie, și tot voi da exemple concrete cu relevanță națională, m-am…
Întâmpinând cu tristețe Festivalul Internațional de Benzi Desenate Istorice Brașov
Reproduc în cele ce urmează o postare pusă pe Facebook aici, referitoare nu atât la festival în sine, căci tema festivalului nu este Pif. Cum însă Mircea Arapu este invitat…
Language Learning Apps and YT Channels: Season 3
This comes as a late update to my previous post from 2021, Language Learning Apps, Revisited: 34 Products + Bonus Links, which in turn was an update to a post…
The Blog Posts I Failed to Write Because of Putin
As a chronic procrastinator, I started writing drafts for several blog posts, only to get muddled and never finish any. Just as I was into an XXL-sized “Explaining Putin”... the…
SPECIAL: You Don’t Even Know How Terrible Your Linux Distro Is!
Long time no see, so I'm going to synthesize here the experiences and the epiphanies I had with Linux in the last couple of months. You should be at least…
Language Learning Apps, Revisited: 34 Products + Bonus Links
More than three years ago, I discussed a few apps meant to help you learn a foreign language; while I still believe the best way to learn a language is…
End of World Diary N°4: Le monde est tellement con, yet the future is interesting
I hesitated quite some time before starting this post—more than three weeks, actually. The world seems so stupid—in some regards, even more stupid than it was in the Middle Ages—that…