OpenBSD on a laptop - Cullum Smith https://www.c0ffee.net/blog/openbsd-on-a-laptop/

Bring old hardware back to life with OpenBSD - Jonathan Garrido/Opensource.com https://opensource.com/article/20/10/old-hardware-openbsd

BareGUI for OpenBSD - shep/DaemonForums http://daemonforums.org/showthread.php?t=11178

Installing OpenBSD 6.8 with disk encryption (+ FVWM ricing) - Cristian Henrique https://medium.com/@crhenr/installing-openbsd-6-7-with-disk-encryption-fvwm-ricing-b6fb7e2073e6

LiveCD with OpenBSD - Get a fully featured OpenBSD desktop environment without installing - Gayatri Hitech http://livecd-openbsd.sourceforge.net/

OpenBSD 6.8 lite desktop on an old Thinkpad X60 - Keith Burnett https://www.k58.uk/openbsd.html

FreeBSD on the Desktop ‒ paedubucher.ch https://paedubucher.ch/articles/2020-08-11-freebsd-on-the-desktop.html

OpenBSD on the Desktop (Part II) ‒ paedubucher.ch https://paedubucher.ch/articles/2020-09-12-openbsd-on-the-desktop-part-ii.html

OpenBSD on the Desktop (Part I) ‒ paedubucher.ch https://paedubucher.ch/articles/2020-09-05-openbsd-on-the-desktop-part-i.html

Installing OpenBSD 6.7 on your laptop is really hard (not) https://sohcahtoa.org.uk/openbsd.html

mintBSD | OpenBSD desktop configuration https://www.mintbsd.com/

5 reasons the D programming language is a great choice for development - by @aberbamx for @opensourceway https://opensource.com/article/17/5/d-open-source-software-development

The feature that makes D my favorite programming language - by @aberbamx for @opensourceway https://opensource.com/article/20/7/d-programming

Why I use the D programming language for scripting - Lawrence Aberba for @opensourceway https://opensource.com/article/21/1/d-scripting

The @opensourceway newsletter and website are very, very good. The great tips keep on coming. https://opensource.com/

After a long AF wait, the Chromium web browser is back in @Debian testing. I will now say goodbye to the Flatpak and its login/cookie issues. https://tracker.debian.org/news/1229895/chromium-8804324146-1-migrated-to-testing/

Something tells me Chromium is returning soon to Debian Testing/Bullseye https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/chromium

Debian Bullseye ships with Python 3 by default and not Python 2. Also, you'll need to use the python3 command because the /usr/bin/python symlink is deprecated, though you can restore it with the python-is-python3 package. Python2 is still available. https://wiki.debian.org/Python

In Debian Bullseye, GNOME Software handles updates for Flatpak applications. This was broken in Buster (or at least was in my installation). It's one of many nice upgrades in Debian's current Testing branch.

Every time I install Debian, I forget to check the printer box and then wonder why I can't print. Then I install cups and everything works.

The Mediocre Programmer - Craig Maloney http://themediocreprogrammer.com/what-is-the-mediocre-programmer.html#what-is-the-mediocre-programmer

Sonic Pi: Code. Music. Live. https://github.com/sonic-pi-net/sonic-pi

The Document Foundation makes a classic mistake: Instead of telling enterprises what's in it for them if they pay for enterprise @libreoffice, they lead with how not doing that affects @tdforg. It's no way to make a sale, either for real $$$ or the other kind of buy-in. https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2021/02/03/libreoffice-7-1-community/

GThumb is my go-to photo-editing app. It handles embedded captions in JPG better than most apps, which isn't hard b/c GIMP is seriously lacking in this capability. You can start in GThumb and bring in GIMP or any other program to do further edits. https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gthumb

I only upgrade Vim in Windows every few years or so, and honestly, it's a pain in the ass. First I had to keep the installer from deleting my _vimrc, then I had to remember that I needed to change my path. Yeah, this is easier than NEVER NEEDING TO DO THIS in Linux.

I installed the Flatpak of Chromium in Debian Bullseye because there is no deb-packaged version available now (and maybe never). Yes, I do understand that Debian Testing is not ready for prime time. 1/

I couldn't take it any more. I installed the Chromium Flatpak in Debian Buster. My bookmarks synced. My "need Chrome" shift is coming up. I'm not sure if Chromium will ever come into Buster via a package in the Debian repo.

.@CentOSProject Stream 9 will launch in Q2 2021, says this FAQ. When is that in human months? https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/faq-centos-stream-updates

One of the things I really like about RHEL/@CentOSProject is the ability to choose from 3 different versions of various applications. It's a nice feature (and great for developers).

.@debian is conservative, and so is RHEL/@CentOSProject, even in the form of Stream. For the kinds of uses I have, Stream could really work.

I used ffmpeg on the command line to convert an API video to MP4 so I could upload to Twitter. Very easy — anybody can do it. (I Googled.)

One thing I'd like to see either from @CentOSProject Stream or @rocky_linux: A live image. @Fedora does it, and so should the "enterprise" distros.

The bridge on an acoustic guitar (flattop or classical) is a strange animal. Wht's keeping it stuck down despite the pull of the strings? Glue. Crazy (not the glue, the situation).

Nonfree images get a little bit of visibility on the "Getting Debian" page, albeit at the bottom. Better than nothing. https://www.debian.org/distrib/

The debian-devel mailing list has been burning up with posts on Debian being unfriendly for "hiding" nonfree firmware. While I prefer STARTING with nonfree (and use those images to install), Debian has always been a better second distro than a first for new Linux users. https://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/

This 2017 HP laptop ran great under Debian Buster and even better with Bullseye. Firefox is easier on resources that Chromium (which Debian was having trouble with BEFORE all this sync drama). https://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware

Podcasts & capital: Thoughts on the podcast industry in 2021 - Justin Jackson https://justinjackson.ca/podcasts-and-capital

I know that @robinhood is supposed to steal from the rich and give to the poor. Not so much for @RobinhoodApp.

The Billy Lester story: The great reclusive jazz pianist - NPR https://www.npr.org/2021/01/28/961290410/lost-and-found-in-yonkers-the-billy-lester-story

I made a combo photo (two mugs as a horizontal) with @GIMP_Official. It's like my geeky bar mitzvah.

When to use (and not to use) SQLite https://www.sqlite.org/whentouse.html

10 uses for WordPress beyond blogging - Samantha Rodriguez/WP Engine https://wpengine.com/resources/extend-wordpress-beyond-blogging/

I love reading 1980s computer magazines, and so should you - Samuel Arbesman/WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/i-love-reading-1980s-computer-magazines-and-so-should-you/

Scott Henderson recommend Billy Cobham's "Spectrum" album from 1973 on the @GuitarWank podcast. So great. Everybody is burning. It's a jazz fusion album that KILLS. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectrum_(Billy_Cobham_album)

Twitter acquires Revue, which bills itself as "an editorial newsletter tool for writers and publishers." Upon first look, it's not terrible, and Substack has a problem. https://www.getrevue.co/

The now-Twitter-owned paid-newsletter offering Revue charges a 5% fee, but Substack charges a still-lowish 10% and has a whole lot of momentum. If it were 30% vs. 5%, we'd have a conversation. Revue has to be technically solid to win this one. https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2021/making-twitter-a-better-home-for-writers.html

Twitter takes aim at Substack with acquisition of Revue, a paid-newsletter company where fee is a rock-bottom 5% https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2021/making-twitter-a-better-home-for-writers.html

Repl.it is awesome. Why every CS classes that can use @replit doesn't, I don't know. https://repl.it

I love the Fuji apple https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuji_(apple)

I took a computer science class last semester and will be taking another one this semester. That is the update.

The new Hugo in Debian Bullseye doesn't work with my old theme. I'm too lazy to upgrade the theme, so I found the old Debian Buster package for Hugo, extracted the executable and stashed it in my Hugo directory. I'll figure things out later. But now the blog lives.

I'm not opposed to nonfree firmware in Debian, but I removed it, and my laptop still runs fine - Steven Rosenberg http://passthejoe.net/post/2021_0123_debian_firmware_debate/

One thing I gained in Debian Bullseye over Buster: Scanning to a recent HP all-in-one works out of the box. No HPLIP needed.

It would be surprising if Debian Testing were more stable than Debian Stable, and it is not. My in-place upgrade did not work. I did a reinstall. Things are working very well, but not well enough to do the same on my desktop, which will stick with Buster.

Debian Security team member worries Chromium has so many issues that it will be too difficult to maintain in Bullseye without more people involved. https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=972134#83

Great LWN article on a Debian mailing list debate over the installer, firmware and free (as in Freedom). Most Debian users — myself included — have run into this problem. I THOUGHT I documented my last fix (but who can remember?). https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/843172/21340b641eaa0f62/

Meet Raspberry Silicon: Raspberry Pi Pico now on sale at - Raspberry Pi https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-silicon-pico-now-on-sale/

It looks like Google really aims to keep Chromium users on Linux from using the Google API to log in for Google Sync https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/chromium-packagers/c/SG6jnsP4pWM/m/Y73W4CecCQAJ?pli=1

I didn't know about Ubuntu Core, and now I do https://ubuntu.com/core

Red Hat introduces free RHEL for small production workloads and development teams Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols/ZDNet https://www.zdnet.com/article/red-hat-introduces-free-rhel-for-small-production-workloads-development-teams/