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He’s not right, but he’s not exactly wrong, either

January 29, 2026 He’s not right, but he’s not exactly wrong, either2026-01-29T02:35:00+01:00 No Comment Debian, Linux, Ubuntu, xebian

This is a quick and belated answer to Dedoimedo’s Why Ubuntu? And the answer is, why not. It's not a rebuttal. He’s not necessarily wrong. But he can't fundamentally be…

AI and Linux: comments and resolutions for 2026

January 12, 2026 AI and Linux: comments and resolutions for 20262026-01-22T17:04:47+01:00 3 Comments AI, Claude, Debian, DeepSeek, GNOME, Google_is_shit, Kimi, languages, Linux, Mint, Mistral, MX, SPECIAL, Win11, xebian, XFCE

Resolutions are meant to be broken, but I’m trying to simplify my life. I intend to stop the distro-hopping and even to stop caring about any new distros. Keeping up…

Wanderings around Debian

January 5, 2026 Wanderings around Debian2026-01-05T20:24:59+01:00 3 Comments Debian, Linux, lite, LXDE, LXQt, MX, Ventoy, xebian, XFCE

This is a long overdue, insignificant post on some wanderings I had while exploring some other distros based on Debian or Ubuntu. International events have delayed its writing. It all…

Béranger on Nothing compares to Beyond Compare for… backups: “Unfortunately, I never used GoodSync, so I can’t have an opinion about it.” Jan 28, 18:03
Rosen Kolev on Nothing compares to Beyond Compare for… backups: “Beyond Compare is indeed a great tool. Thank you for sharing how you use it! Those details will definitely help…” Jan 28, 17:34
Béranger on Nothing compares to Beyond Compare for… backups: “You are completely retarded. I want COMPLETE CONTROL WITH MY OWN BRAIN’S SUPERVISION over my backups of: – e-books -…” Jan 28, 00:17
Eugen on Nothing compares to Beyond Compare for… backups: “manual backups? geez. how about rclone or rsync plus a bash script plus cron plus a 5$ vps?” Jan 28, 00:14
ng6333 on I never thought I’ll prefer ONLYOFFICE: “It makes sense. LO/OO internal format (ODF) is not OOXML. The other office suites native format is closer to MSoft…” Jan 27, 13:16
Béranger on Nothing compares to Beyond Compare for… backups: “Indeed, its 3 predefined sync modes, “Two-way,” “Mirror to right,” and “Update right,” should cover everything. Obviously, actions can be…” Jan 27, 10:13
xwa on Nothing compares to Beyond Compare for… backups: “How about FreeFileSync? May not have such detailed settings, but it should be able to do all those mirror/update/left/right scenarios…” Jan 27, 09:49
Béranger on Debian has its retards too: they plan to kill GTK2!: “Nope.” Jan 24, 20:39
ng6333 on Debian has its retards too: they plan to kill GTK2!: “I tried a method that can restore some old apps or libraries; Add previous release(s) to apt sources: – unstable…” Jan 24, 04:28
xwa on Debian has its retards too: they plan to kill GTK2!: “I wonder who is going to use GNOME anymore… Do you think you are safe if you migrated to /…” Jan 23, 18:16
Béranger on The Braver and Braver New World: “Trump über alles! After the fabulous address by Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada (here, here, here, or here; official…” Jan 23, 11:33
Béranger on The Braver and Braver New World: “Not an official link: Full text: Charter of Trump’s Board of Peace.” Jan 22, 16:51
Béranger on The Braver and Braver New World: “Chancellor Friedrich Merz delivered a special address in Davos. His ~20+ minute speech (in English) can be watched here (with…” Jan 22, 12:14
Béranger on The Braver and Braver New World: “Trump’s speech at WEF 2026 in Davos is psychiatric material. Trump confused Greenland with Iceland several times, but he appeared…” Jan 21, 19:06
GnomeSucks on Debian has its retards too: they plan to kill GTK2!: “Ah, the good old Gnome lunatics are at it again… Doesn’t surprise me when you look at the bullshit they…” Jan 21, 13:34
Béranger on Nu, Nicușor Dan nu a rezolvat problema de clasa a patra! Actualizare: ba da!: “Pentru problema din 1988 și rezolvarea acesteia din 2020, rediscutată în 2026, vezi aici.” Jan 20, 22:49
Christian on The “joys” of systemd in Fedora XFCE: “January 2026 and the bug is still there. Thanks you for writing this! Was driving me nuts.” Jan 19, 20:13
Ashtone on 📖 In the unlikely event you installed Lubuntu 25.10…: “Thank you.” Jan 16, 14:23
B. Stack on Debian has its retards too: they plan to kill GTK2!: “Thanks for the notice! Somehow, this is the first I’ve heard of it. I use Devuan Ceres (unstable, just like…” Jan 16, 02:03
Béranger on The American Dream: being one crisis away from poverty: “I was aware of much of this. But the idea was that, as a non-insured person, the fees are absurd.…” Jan 15, 14:04
edel on The American Dream: being one crisis away from poverty: “Forget the abominable costs, what I’d found most horrendous in American Health Plans is the impossibility to choose adequately, specially…” Jan 15, 13:59
edel on I don’t believe in Iran’s future: “Nice article! Just one thing to add; Israel would never tolerate any country to economically succeed in the area, unfriendly…” Jan 15, 12:31
edel on Which one comes first, Greenland or Iran?: “Trump has within reach Greenland, that will give him the legacy he is so desperately to obtain, and Europe would…” Jan 15, 12:13
Béranger on AI and Linux: comments and resolutions for 2026: “Three small updates: one regarding Xebian, another one regarding MX, and a third one regarding the customization of XFCE in…” Jan 15, 00:28
Béranger on AI and Linux: comments and resolutions for 2026: “Euria was not in my short list. It’s basically Qwen.” Jan 14, 19:23
HAL on AI and Linux: comments and resolutions for 2026: “some are not worthwhile (Lumo) You forgot “the great” Euria from the equally “great” Infomaniak 😉 Worse than Lumo, better?” Jan 14, 19:20
Béranger on Happy Trump’s Kampf: “En qué estado está la industria petrolera venezolana y por qué recuperarla costará muchos millones: “Nunca pude imaginar que a…” Jan 13, 16:07
edel on We shouldn’t have forgotten Guantánamo: “Worse by number, is the number of “jihadists” arrested and convicted by online entrapment that in real life they would…” Jan 12, 19:57
Béranger on Fun and pain with a teardown—analogic radios are defunct: “UPDATE: A 10th chapter adds comments from Mistral on the ICs highlighted in this post, on old-style radio ICs, on…” Jan 11, 20:12
Béranger on 📻 Radio Streams: “Added Romantic FM (at the end).” Jan 11, 19:16
Béranger on „Crasse Montana”: spulberarea mitului elvețian: “Service door of Crans-Montana bar where 40 died in fire was locked from inside, owner says: The French owner of…” Jan 11, 15:55
Béranger on Operation ‘Emperor of the World’: “FT: Nordics reject Trump’s claim of Chinese and Russian ships around Greenland: Nordic diplomats rejected US President Donald Trump’s claims…” Jan 11, 15:45
HMS on Stephan Pastis on a difference between AmE and BrE: “I thought the joke was that nobody cares about the UK anymore. I respect the history, but it’s a play…” Jan 10, 19:56
Béranger on Gramatica geto-dacă e cea mai superioară, etc. (cu completări): “Kiev sau Kyiv? La Radio Moldova, Dan Alexe înșiră o serie de argumente: O samă de cuvinte | Englezirea excesivă:…” Jan 10, 11:09
Béranger on 📻 Radio Streams: “Added JazzRadio Berlin in the 10th position, between Europa Radio Jazz and TSF Jazz.” Jan 10, 03:52
HAL on Dedoimedo honored me!: “Oh 😀👍👏” Jan 10, 03:42
Béranger on „Crasse Montana”: spulberarea mitului elvețian: “Elemente de tâmpenie umană extrase din 68 de secunde. Reconstituirea tragediei din Elveția: ❶ După ce spuma a luat foc,…” Jan 10, 02:35
Johannes rexx on As a New Year’s gift, Facebook decided I don’t exist: “When I told my brother that the three billion facebook users are all stupid idiots he refuted that so many…” Jan 10, 00:48
Béranger on The Western Hemisphere includes all the oil tankers in the world: “At most with Putin.” Jan 9, 17:32
HMS on The Western Hemisphere includes all the oil tankers in the world: “The past 100 years have been a headfake on the “rules based order” and “democracy.” Realism and Great Men have…” Jan 9, 17:21
Béranger on The Western Hemisphere includes all the oil tankers in the world: “– The US Civil War was before they become civilized (so to speak). – Spain in 2004 was not in…” Jan 8, 21:45
edel on The Western Hemisphere includes all the oil tankers in the world: “I understand, I said I give it a “pass” check. Exceptions as you mention are few, but they are. -…” Jan 8, 21:23
Béranger on The Western Hemisphere includes all the oil tankers in the world: “Nope. (1) Missiles and drones are falling in Kyiv and other “free” cities, too. (2) No country on Earth has…” Jan 8, 20:46
edel on The Western Hemisphere includes all the oil tankers in the world: “True, I understand it completely since 2022! As I consider 2024 Venezuela elections as contested/suspended under the less explosive, but…” Jan 8, 20:44
Béranger on The Western Hemisphere includes all the oil tankers in the world: “Regarding Kyiv: Britain didn’t hold elections during the war. They did it right after the capitulation of the Third Reich,…” Jan 8, 20:14
edel on The Western Hemisphere includes all the oil tankers in the world: ““But the US will remain a threat for everyone, even if Trump disappears.” Now, like I have been saying since…” Jan 8, 20:10
Béranger on The Western Hemisphere includes all the oil tankers in the world: “Trump, on Truth Social: I am pleased to announce that the Interim Authorities in Venezuela will be turning over between…” Jan 8, 15:00
Béranger on Operation ‘Emperor of the World’: “At 6:31 (until 8:00), Stephen Miller Explains Trump’s Reasoning for Invading Venezuela. At 8:00, Stephen Miller: “The United States should…” Jan 7, 22:53
Béranger on Operation ‘Emperor of the World’: “From a tweet by the Chinese dissident Bin Xie: Years ago, China imported almost no oil from Venezuela due to…” Jan 7, 12:47
Béranger on Operation ‘Emperor of the World’: “You have to watch this! The Daily Show: Trump Kidnaps President Maduro, Targets Venezuelan Oil & Ditches “America First” (Jon…” Jan 7, 01:40
Béranger on Operation ‘Emperor of the World’: “Cuba publica las fotos y los nombres de sus 32 soldados muertos en el ataque a Caracas: Los muertos son…” Jan 7, 00:50
Béranger on Operation ‘Emperor of the World’: “Updates on Venezuela, and my question to the world: ● Trump clarifies who is ultimately in charge in Venezuela: ‘Me’:…” Jan 6, 18:54
Béranger on RECORDER, Justiția, prescripția și cazul Vanghelie: “Cazul Vanghelie: s-ar putea să fi greșit când am pus botul la teoria CAB potrivit căreia una din cele două…” Jan 6, 18:22
Béranger on More AI hysteria (and some tips): “Apparently, Claude is eating your tokens: Claude devs complain about surprise usage limits, Anthropic blames expiring bonus. See also #16157…” Jan 6, 12:54
HAL on Wanderings around Debian: “Learn Japanese ? 😁 MX is good for people who would otherwise choose Mint. I am not the typical user.…” Jan 6, 02:11
Béranger on Wanderings around Debian: “MX is good for people who would otherwise choose Mint. I am not the typical user. Otherwise… would you like…” Jan 6, 00:44
HAL on Wanderings around Debian: “Regarding Ventoy, I didn’t know. Thank you. If I ever install Debian XFCE again, I won’t choose MX, not even…” Jan 6, 00:41
Béranger on I’m literally sick of this much AI: “Even the Sky May Not Be the Limit for A.I. Data Centers: Google announced in November that it was working…” Jan 6, 00:34
Béranger on More AI hysteria (and some tips): “From the NYT’s 10 Pieces of Tech Jargon That Confused Us in 2025: – A.I. Factory: Tech companies like Nvidia…” Jan 6, 00:17
Béranger on Beware of what you do: you can be tried in the US even if you never set foot there!: “FOS meaning… ?! PRC was the legitimate government of continental China. But as long as the US (and the West,…” Jan 5, 21:48