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Odyssey Linux—not quite for me

August 16, 2026 Odyssey Linux—not quite for me2026-08-16T17:33:07+01:00 1 Comment Linux, void

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…

Adventures in Linux Ep. 5: The gaiety of having the choice

June 30, 2021 Adventures in Linux Ep. 5: The gaiety of having the choice2021-07-01T19:41:28+01:00 6 Comments arch, Debian, fedora, GNOME, KDE, Kubuntu, Linux, lite, Manjaro, Mint, MX, openSUSE, pop, Red Hat, solus, Ubuntu, void, XFCE, Xubuntu

As I mentioned recently, I don't recommend any Linux distro specifically, because someone's preferences are determined by their hardware and software needs, their tastes regarding UX or ergonomics, and other…

Watching “old guys” playing with Linux on YouTube

May 18, 2021 Watching “old guys” playing with Linux on YouTube2021-05-31T15:14:04+01:00 6 Comments arch, Linux, MATE (desktop), void, 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).…

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: Anarcat: A…” 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
ConEst on Firefox is the measure of how fucked-up software is today 😡: “Apparently it’s a well known bug. Bug 1752594 – [meta] Tabs reload too often in Firefox for Android (Opened 4…” Aug 23, 20:09
ConEst on Firefox is the measure of how fucked-up software is today 😡: “I know right!! I’m stuck with it because of all the features you mentioned. I use “Send All Tabs” to…” Aug 23, 20:04
Béranger on Firefox is the measure of how fucked-up software is today 😡: “Nope. It’s the only browser I’m using on Android! Add-ons: uBlock Origin, Google Search Fixer, YouTube High Definition. Mozilla account…” Aug 23, 17:17
ConEst on Firefox is the measure of how fucked-up software is today 😡: “It’s the worst f***ing browser on Android. RAM optimization is so bad, it made me question my phone’s ability to…” Aug 23, 17:13
Béranger on Amendamentele Grădinaru și Fritz în deciziile CCR: Gemini: “Sorin Ioniță are un comentariu interesant pe FB: Fritz I și Fritz II 🔴 În cuvinte complicate, ca să nu…” Aug 23, 12:08
Béranger on Amendamentele Grădinaru și Fritz în deciziile CCR: Gemini: “CCR a publicat motivarea! DECIZIA nr.883 din 17 august 2026 (PDF). 35 de pagini, din care 24-35 constituie opinia separată…” Aug 21, 23:51
Béranger on I stopped believing in Ukraine, whatever that means: “Absolutely. Ukraine never started a war! (Only Putin and his minions spread false claims.) But there’s a catch with “if…” Aug 21, 16:59
Bill Dietrich on I stopped believing in Ukraine, whatever that means: “Now, please tell me how Ukraine is not like Russia? Ukraine didn’t start the war, and if Ukraine falls then…” Aug 21, 13:37
Béranger on AI and Linux: a bit of ranting: “Regarding the “GPT went rogue” hysteria, here’s a rather useless interview conducted by Ezra Klein with Helen Toner, director of…” Aug 21, 08:37
Béranger on Securitatea Wi-Fi-ului public: mituri vs. realitate: “Ben, c’est parce que j’ai mené cette conversation en roumain, vu que les campagnes de sensibilisation discutées étaient adressées au…” Aug 20, 18:09
HAL on Securitatea Wi-Fi-ului public: mituri vs. realitate: “Un subiect, un articol, care pare interesant, dar de ce să nu-l fi făcut în engleză? Este un subiect care…” Aug 20, 18:02
HAL on Odyssey Linux—not quite for me: “Hmm, I haven’t tried it, but your screenshots don’t make want to. Ugly, horrible, poorly put together… Same for the…” Aug 19, 22:17
Béranger on Nolan’s Odyssey—not a review: “For those interested in the myths of the ancient Greeks, here is a selection of videos. ❶ MUST-WATCH: Empire •…” Aug 17, 22:32
ConEst on A shorter visit to the Small Web: “I feel like I have been exposed to a whole new kind of web. Thanks a lot for this.” Aug 17, 09:36
Béranger on Nolan’s Odyssey—not a review: “La vreo 13 zile după ce a bătut câmpii la Val Vâlcu, Irina Margareta Nistor a dezvoltat măgăriile ei mult…” Aug 13, 19:09
Béranger on Today, I visited China (online): “GuYi went to Huaqiangbei in an attempt to repair her failing MSI laptop. There, she explored the huge electronics market,…” Aug 13, 09:23
Béranger on Nolan’s Odyssey—not a review: “Posted in Sept. 2025, this video lists every Odysseus adaptation before Christopher Nolan’s movie, while praising the 1968 Italian version:…” Aug 13, 09:06
Béranger on Nolan’s Odyssey—not a review: “Handicapata planetei, traducătoarea de filme distribuite de Securitate, se cacă pe Odiseea lui Nolan într-un interviu luat de Val Vâlcu:…” Aug 13, 08:55
Béranger on ComicStripBrowser now runs on Windows and supports Comics Kingdom too!: “Your suggestions are quite interesting. I’ll give them a thought, although the way the app is designed, it might be…” Aug 12, 22:05
GARY GOCEK on ComicStripBrowser now runs on Windows and supports Comics Kingdom too!: “Just an enhancement request, since I don’t see another place to add this and there is no contact info on…” Aug 12, 22:01
Béranger on Despre cazul „Dumbrava”: “G4Media citează din motivația Curții de Apel care a desființat controlul judiciar și a respins integral propunerea de arestare a…” Aug 12, 11:29
Béranger on Nolan’s Odyssey—not a review: “Ezra Klein: Christopher Nolan Stared Into Elon Musk’s Soul — ‘The Odyssey’ is the political movie of the decade. Transcript:…” Aug 10, 21:20
Béranger on Nolan’s Odyssey—not a review: “It’s understandable that you are bothered by such pronunciations. However, although it corresponds to Ὀδυσσεύς, Odysseus is more than a…” Aug 9, 08:31
George on Nolan’s Odyssey—not a review: “Coming from a Romance (Latin) language, I know Odysseus as Ulysses, so it was a bit cumbersome to always hear…” Aug 9, 05:19
Béranger on Small polish touches to Debian 13 installed via Xebian: “A last batch of updates: 17 to 20. Flatpaks in more detail, theming Qt6 and Qt5 apps under XFCE, XnConvert…” Aug 8, 21:35
Béranger on Nolan’s Odyssey—not a review: “Michel Onfray sur l’Odyssée de Nolan : « C’est Homère qu’on assassine » Je ne suis pas cinéphile, mais je suis très bon…” Aug 8, 16:21
Béranger on Nolan’s Odyssey—not a review: “A few extra quick notes.” Aug 8, 09:41
Béranger on Maybe I wasn’t wrong to hate PackageKit, after all: “Updated to include two alternatives to GDebi.” Aug 8, 07:50
Béranger on AI and Linux: a bit of ranting: “Why, of course, AI will kill us. BBC: Meta becomes latest firm to say its AI hacked another company. Some…” Aug 8, 07:31
Béranger on Nolan’s Odyssey—not a review: “UPDATE: Quick notes after watching the film a second time.” Aug 7, 09:10
Béranger on Chess and Go channels on YouTube: “Three more chess puzzle apps I’m currently evaluating: ❺ PuzzleMate — Chess Puzzles, by PuzzleMate. The free version is limited…” Aug 5, 22:29
Béranger on Maybe I wasn’t wrong to hate PackageKit, after all: “No, because it would have been both absurd and useless. GDebi is invoked by right-clicking on a file and selecting…” Aug 5, 13:06
B. Stack on Maybe I wasn’t wrong to hate PackageKit, after all: “Thanks for sharing all this! I remember learning about gksu after it was already removed/deprecated/whatever. It sounded so useful. I…” Aug 5, 12:58
Béranger on Small polish touches to Debian 13 installed via Xebian: “CORRECTION: It wasn’t Vinyl the one who broke the inode/directory association with xfce4-file-manager.desktop! I tried it on a different system…” Aug 5, 09:26
HAL on Small polish touches to Debian 13 installed via Xebian: “It might have to do with Vinyl being installed locally vs. globally. Or something else somehow screwed it. I also…” Aug 4, 22:20
Béranger on Small polish touches to Debian 13 installed via Xebian: “It might have to do with Vinyl being installed locally vs. globally. Or something else somehow screwed it” Aug 4, 21:34
HAL on Small polish touches to Debian 13 installed via Xebian: “So FSearch opens exactly what it should here, without needing to touch anything. A Xebian bug then? Curious.” Aug 4, 21:30
Béranger on Stop drinking Kool-Aid regarding battery life in Linux: “UPDATE: A 4th option: TuneD (an irrational one, IMO).” Aug 4, 19:04
Béranger on Small polish touches to Debian 13 installed via Xebian: “It’s perfect. xfce4-file-manager.desktop is the generic file manager used by default, whereas thunar.desktop is a specific one, especially as in…” Aug 4, 07:06
Béranger on Small polish touches to Debian 13 installed via Xebian: “Well, MX does some settings in non-standard ways. I wrote somewhere how I added several keyboard layouts in xfce4-keyboard-settings, and…” Aug 4, 07:05
HAL on Small polish touches to Debian 13 installed via Xebian: “Now, go to Settings Manager, Keyboard (or run xfce4-keyboard-settings), Application Shortcuts. Add or Edit xfce4-popup-whiskermenu, then press the Win key.…” Aug 4, 00:12
HAL on Small polish touches to Debian 13 installed via Xebian: “Here, in MX with Vinyl: $ xdg-mime query default inode/directory xfce4-file-manager.desktop Is it okay, doctor?” Aug 3, 23:53
Béranger on Small polish touches to Debian 13 installed via Xebian: “One more update with 3 more Debian customizations (14 to 16).” Aug 3, 20:34
Béranger on One more visit to the Small Web: “A few more links from a later visit to Kagi’s Small Web.” Aug 3, 09:37
Béranger on ComicStripBrowser now runs on Windows and supports Comics Kingdom too!: “Unlike GoComics, Comics Kingdom actually exposes all non-premium comic strips to anyone, or at least it works on my Firefox…” Aug 3, 08:38
annonymous32 on ComicStripBrowser now runs on Windows and supports Comics Kingdom too!: “Hmmm, that’s true, and even though I keep on clicking many windows just to see the storyarc of Flash Gordon,…” Aug 3, 06:42
Béranger on Bypassing GoComics’ paywall: “💥 Michael Yingling’s Calvin & Hobbes Search Engine is dead again. This time, possibly for good. 😡🤬” Aug 2, 20:03
Béranger on ComicStripBrowser now runs on Windows and supports Comics Kingdom too!: “I never bothered, so I couldn’t tell. Comics Kingdom has such a clumsy navigation in time that I wouldn’t pay…” Aug 2, 19:07
annonymous32 on ComicStripBrowser now runs on Windows and supports Comics Kingdom too!: “Hey, I have a question: how can I bypass the paywall from Comics Kingdom so I can read the old…” Aug 2, 18:59