Steven Rosenberg's microblog of short posts

I installed Distrobox on my Debian 11 system by downloading the latest release and running the install script

Mon, 27 Feb 2023 22:05:12 UTC

I installed Distrobox on my Debian 11 system by downloading the latest release and running the install script. Then I used apt to add podman, and now I'm ready to run containers in Debian. https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/releases/tag/1.4.2.1

Ubuntu removes Flatpak by default from Kubuntu and other flavors

Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:23:01 UTC

Ubuntu removes Flatpak by default from Kubuntu and other flavors https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-flavor-packaging-defaults/34061/8

As a desktop system, I couldn't ask for better performance that I'm getting from Debian Stable

Sat, 18 Feb 2023 04:55:37 UTC

As a desktop system, I couldn't ask for better performance that I'm getting from Debian Stable

Today I couldn't get the Vivaldi browser to work without continually, intermittently freezing

Thu, 16 Feb 2023 20:53:24 UTC

Today I couldn't get the Vivaldi browser to work without continually, intermittently freezing. I can't keep waiting to click things.

The Debian security patch on libde265 rolled onto my system already

Mon, 13 Feb 2023 15:15:58 UTC

The Debian security patch on libde265 rolled onto my system already. I appreciate Debian's focus on security and LWN's posting of advisories so we know what's happening. https://lwn.net/Articles/923130/

I need to learn how to write a script that ...

Sun, 12 Feb 2023 01:54:15 UTC

I need to learn how to write a script that takes every file in a directory and its subdirectories, does some regex-type changes, and writes the new files to a new directory.

Is the Twitter API still alive? (Answer is yes if you see this)

Fri, 10 Feb 2023 21:52:38 UTC

Is the Twitter API still alive? (Answer is yes if you see this)

Burt Bacharach, legendary composer of pop songs, dies at 94 – Daily News

Thu, 09 Feb 2023 15:45:57 UTC

Burt Bacharach, legendary composer of pop songs, dies at 94 – Daily News https://www.dailynews.com/2023/02/09/burt-bacharach-legendary-composer-of-pop-songs-dies-at-94/

Did my app survive the Twitter API crisis of early 2023? If you see this, the answer is yes for today.

Thu, 09 Feb 2023 12:59:35 UTC

Did my app survive the Twitter API crisis of early 2023? If you see this, the answer is yes for today.

I haven't used LibreOffice Writer in a long time, and I have to say I'm enjoying it

Mon, 06 Feb 2023 23:19:24 UTC

I haven't used LibreOffice Writer in a long time, and I have to say I'm enjoying it. Once I zoomed in to make the text bigger, I was good to go.

This post is brought to you by my blogPoster app. It uses the Twitter API, which will no longer be free in a few days.

Fri, 03 Feb 2023 21:01:03 UTC

This post is brought to you by my blogPoster app. It uses the Twitter API, which will no longer be free in a few days. It's a Ruby script coded by and for one person (me). Luckily it still posts to Mastodon and my own microblog. https://github.com/passthejoe/blogPoster