Tag archives for MATE (desktop)
I’d kill the entire Linux kernel team!
While being busy testing all the distros on the mini-PC and on the newer laptop, I forgot to properly test them on the old one. It's from 2016, with 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…
Hibernation, ZRAM and mental retardation in Linux
Since I was using almost exclusively laptops since 2001, I failed to notice that in Linux, suspend-to-disk (hibernation) lost momentum, as everyone is using suspend-to-RAM (sleep). This is a huge…
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…
Adventures in Linux Ep. 7: Just some thoughts…
...based on the reading of the latest DistroWatch Weekly issue, namely DWW Issue 925: Linux Mint : the Beta already was solid. I checked again all the flavors (I've put…
Adventures in Linux Ep. 3: The Mint 20.2 Beta Triptych
This shouldn't be interpreted as if I'd suggest, support, or recommend any flavor of Linux Mint. Based on how things are in Linux in the last 15 of its 30…
I had forgotten why I shouldn’t trust Ubuntu… but neither many other distros!
Security, security, security! Patches, patches, patches! This happened to me before, but poor me, I forgot about it, for it's been years since I wasn't into Ubuntu anymore. Updated with…
Is there any future for the GTK-based Desktop Environments?
After many explorations, hesitations and tribulations; and after having thought that an Arch derivative with KDE is the way; and after having later considered that more desktop stability would be…
A Community Experiment in Two Linux Distros
Master of Disaster or not, I have a history of making Open-Source developers, fans, or just users call me names on forums, on social networks, or elsewhere. I know that…
Watching “old guys” playing with Linux on YouTube
Since the pandemic, I noticed more and more YouTube channels of people likely to be 50+, 60+, or even older, who rant about Linux (not all the time, but still).…
The VPN Myth
I'm sick of how many people are still believing that, if they use an open public network without a VPN, their credentials might be stolen. Smart, educated people believe this…
What Reddit has taught me about Arch Linux
It's all about rice (verb). And tiling window managers. And stupid gamers. Stupid people, more generally. What are some decent people doing on Reddit?! Why are so many hipsters using…
I Wish Me Luck
After ten months of fierce fight with dozens of Linux monsters. After times when I thought I settled for Debian 10, ArcoLinux or Salient OS. After getting nuttier thanks to…
The Mental Retard In Linux Is Real
Friday, April 23. The day when decisions wanted to be taken, because things happened. Not much did happen, and nothing really important, but I am short-fused at times. Also, Linux…
I tried to understand GNOME, and I failed at COSMIC tiling too; could I have some MATE again?
Against any logic, and mostly out of esthetic and usability curiosity, I wanted to try GNOME. Not version 40 yet, but 3·38 in Pop!_OS, with the tiling manager Pop Shell…