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Sun, 15 Sep 2019

11 forgotten books of the 1920s worth reading now - Bob Batchelor/Literary Hub https://lithub.com/10-forgotten-books-of-the-1920s-worth-reading-now/

Sat, 14 Sep 2019

I've been using Syncthing to mirror files in Linux, Windows, MacOS and OpenBSD, and it's working - Steven Rosenberg http://passthejoe.net/post/2019_0914_syncthing/

The rise of the electric scooter - Jeff Atwood https://blog.codinghorror.com/the-rise-of-the-electric-scooter/

Fri, 13 Sep 2019

Should we take a few long holidays, or lots of short ones? - Tim Harford http://timharford.com/2019/09/should-we-take-a-few-long-holidays-or-lots-of-short-ones/

Wed, 11 Sep 2019

The Fedora Discussion forum is VERY #Silverblue heavy https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/latest

Printing in Debian 10: CUPS isn't in the default desktop if you forget to check the box during installation - Steven Rosenberg http://passthejoe.net/post/2019_0911_printing_in_debian/

Printing in Debian 10: CUPS isn't in the default desktop installation - Steven Rosenberg http://passthejoe.net/post/2019_0911_printing_in_debian/

Tue, 10 Sep 2019

The Bird and the Bee on the poetry of Van Halen – Kory Grow/Rolling Stone https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/bird-and-the-bee-van-halen-interview-873383/

AP sparks linguistic pandemonium with hyphen guidance update - Merrill Perlman/Columbia Journalism Review https://www.cjr.org/language_corner/associated-press-hyphen.php

Sun, 08 Sep 2019

I am now running Debian 10 Buster with the Backports kernel

OpenBSD is now my workstation - Chris Humphries https://sogubsys.com/openbsd-is-now-my-workstation-operating-system/

Sat, 07 Sep 2019

Pairing @debian Stable with Flatpaks seems like a very good way to go

I let the @debian installer autopartition the drive, and had I know it would be a problem, I would have made /boot MUCH bigger than 250 MB so I wouldn't have to deal with space issues.

I don't know what happened -- could be a bug fix -- but I am now running the stock @debian kernel with no i2c touchpad issues. I'm not crazy about /boot filling up. I don't remember this happening the last time I ran Stable, and it doesn't happen on encrypted @fedora.

On my @debian 10 system with encrypted LVM, /boot is running out of room. It only has 250 MB, and I had whatever kernels Debian installed and then a Liquorix kernel. I got rid of all the Liquorix kernels and then the older Debian kernels.

Fri, 06 Sep 2019

Today's update on my @debian Stable system took care of multiple security issues in @firefox-esr https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4516

Windows 10 issues — unpredictable updates, random slowdows, unresponsive Desktop Search — sent me running to @debian, which has been running like butter

Windows 10 1903: Buggy update slows PCs, breaks Desktop Search, says Microsoft - Liam Tung/ZDNet https://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-10-1903-buggy-update-slows-pcs-breaks-desktop-search-says-microsoft/

Wed, 04 Sep 2019

Debian supports Flatpak, which I'm definitely going to try https://flatpak.org/

Don't Break Debian from the Debian Wiki offers a lot of good advice https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian

Mon, 02 Sep 2019

Pro tip: There are @debian images to run the distribution live and install it that include non-free firmware. I used a live image both to test and install Debian Buster. https://cdimage.debian.org/images/unofficial/non-free/images-including-firmware/

Debian 10 Buster with GNOME 3: I didn't expect it to be this fast, but that could be the SSD talking - Steven Rosenberg http://passthejoe.net/post/2019_0902_debian_10_first_impressions/

Sat, 31 Aug 2019

From zero to React - Liam Ross https://www.liamross.me/from-zero-to-react/

Fri, 30 Aug 2019

Are people really still dependent (or even using) iTunes, Apple Music, Apple Podcasts, or whatever it is they call their audio services? I'm thinking not so much, but what do I know?

I have written A LOT of @debian articles over the years. A whole lot. http://stevenrosenberg.net/blog/linux/debian/

I wrote an article about using @debian Squeeze with Backports in 2012 http://stevenrosenberg.net/blog/linux/debian/2012_0104_debian_backports_kernel

I forgot about @debian Backports. I wrote about it in an old blog post, and it still exists. It might be a better source that Liquorix for newer kernels to use with Debian Stable, though Liquorix is very Debian-centric. https://backports.debian.org/