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ComicStripBrowser 3 is here!

August 31, 2026 ComicStripBrowser 3 is here!2026-08-31T14:19:20+01:00 1 Comment apps, comics, ComicStripBrowser, Linux, PyQt6, SPECIAL, Win10, Win11

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…

Free AI coding agents are becoming scarce

April 21, 2026 Free AI coding agents are becoming scarce2026-05-01T21:17:41+01:00 9 Comments AI, bugs, Claude, Copilot, Dedoimedo, DeepSeek, Dumbo, Gemini, GLM, GNOME, Google, Grok, idiocy, Kimi, Linux, NTFS, PyQt6, python, Qwen, Ubuntu

Once again, I had this post in drafts for a week! It's time to put it in a readable form. ① Artificial Idiocy at work?② Interlude #1: No Gemma, no…

ComicStripBrowser now runs on Windows and supports Comics Kingdom too!

April 14, 2026 ComicStripBrowser now runs on Windows and supports Comics Kingdom too!2026-08-31T01:45:30+01:00 21 Comments apps, comics, ComicStripBrowser, Linux, PyQt6, python, Qwen, SPECIAL, vibecoding, Win10, Win11

It all started with a vibe-coded PyQt6 app that refused to build or to run under Windows, but it worked satisfactorily under Linux. It navigated in the archives of 15…

The magic of Amazon’s Kiro: my 1st vibe-coded PyQt6 app!

July 25, 2025 The magic of Amazon’s Kiro: my 1st vibe-coded PyQt6 app!2026-08-31T01:46:47+01:00 8 Comments AI, apps, bugs, Claude, comics, ComicStripBrowser, Kiro, Linux, longread, PyQt6, python, SPECIAL, tips, vibecoding

The recently released Amazon Kiro, even if it's just a preview, is the latest shit in AI-assisted software development. I happened to download it while it was still possible (now…

Béranger on Quick hops in XFCE lands, ending in DESERT and Pacstall: “I also tested DESERT_5.5.1_26.04_LTS_amd64.iso some time ago, but I kept forgetting to mention it. It has improved. More polish, fewer…” Sep 19, 02:17
Béranger on Did AI kill us yet?: “This idiot of Geoffrey Hinton, on CNN, keeps believing in superintelligence and in a conscious AI that would kill us…” Sep 18, 21:58
Béranger on A rare gem in a world of decay: The Graystones: “The Graystones with Evan Riley and J8KE: Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd cover. Recorded in August. Officially Sock…” Sep 18, 21:20
Béranger on Anylinux AppImages—or why Windows is superior to Linux: “I will personally make sure xorg will keep working in the future, even on GTK5 which will drop support for…” Sep 18, 16:16
Samueru-sama on Anylinux AppImages—or why Windows is superior to Linux: “Hi @Béranger I just added support for even older kernels, just like we already implement execve in userland to fix…” Sep 18, 13:34
Béranger on Anylinux AppImages—or why Windows is superior to Linux: “2014 is not old enough. Try 2006-2008. Try Debian 4.0. Try Slackware 96. You LITERALLY CANNOT PATCH EVERYTHING, dammit! Stop…” Sep 17, 15:17
Samueru-sama on Anylinux AppImages—or why Windows is superior to Linux: “They WOULD NOT WORK ON A VERY OLD DISTRO The FAQ already has several examples showing this. When new apps…” Sep 17, 15:14
Béranger on Anylinux AppImages—or why Windows is superior to Linux: “For some reason I can’t reply to your comment so I will write again here. The reason is that you…” Sep 17, 15:06
Samueru-sama on Anylinux AppImages—or why Windows is superior to Linux: “Sorry, but this was a retarded question. This is not how compatibility works. It’s always forward, not backward. “Backward compatibility”…” Sep 17, 14:56
Béranger on Anylinux AppImages—or why Windows is superior to Linux: “Is windows binary compat actually that good? Will a binary built in windows 11 actually work on windows 8 always…” Sep 17, 14:16
Samueru-sama on Anylinux AppImages—or why Windows is superior to Linux: “Thanks. If a chatbot that read documents on several solutions to this problem conflated what others did with what you…” Sep 17, 14:09
Béranger on Anylinux AppImages—or why Windows is superior to Linux: “Thanks. If a chatbot that read documents on several solutions to this problem conflated what others did with what you…” Sep 17, 12:52
Samueru-sama on Anylinux AppImages—or why Windows is superior to Linux: “Hi, I’m the creator of Anylinux-AppImages and I want to leave some corrections: Reading all this can be overwhelming It…” Sep 17, 10:08
Béranger on ✍️ Is there any LanguageTool alternative worth the money?: “Follow-up: ✍️ LanguageTool alternatives: season finale.” Sep 17, 04:55
Reverie72 on Clem is undoubtedly certifiable: “From all Xapp only two apps I successfully installed on Debian Trixie with Cinnamon: Clockenstein and Xepub. Maybe my skill…” Sep 17, 02:22
santosh on Anylinux AppImages—or why Windows is superior to Linux: “True. I run ClockX (analog desktop clock) on Windows which was apparently last recompiled ages back and still runs on…” Sep 16, 07:39
Béranger on Clem is undoubtedly certifiable: “LibreOffice should be installed from the official site. But some organizations might prefer stale, stable bugs. 🤷” Sep 15, 18:51
santosh on Clem is undoubtedly certifiable: “Seen this across the entire FOSS world sadly. Devs start projects, get them to a half-baked state, sometimes even almost…” Sep 15, 18:06
HAL on Clem is undoubtedly certifiable: “Way too many apps, three-quarters of which are useless. Only 2 or 3 might be of interest. Clem is spreading…” Sep 15, 17:54
Béranger on An experiment in antiquated blogging: “The Quick Luddite Notes reached 40 entries.” Sep 15, 15:14
Arqam on AppImages: the worst choice in “portability” (with examples): “See Anylinux AppImages.” Sep 13, 09:01
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