Frater Mus

Why do you use the distro you use?

I’ve used many distros over the years (and test spin up many in virtuals to see what they are like) but keep coming back to Debian. I also like vanilla ice cream.

The US govt has done worse (cf. Phil Zimmerman)

/me in Jr High had Nibbles Away ][ and a hole puncher…

press the down arrow to select it and then shift + backspace to delete its memory of that suggestion

Bless you, kind lemming.

I loved my Palm devices.

IIRC (it’s been a while) I played with a Sinclair being demo’ed at Kmart. Truly hated the keyboard. I wanted the TI 99/4a but it was ~$400. A few months later the 99/4a price crashed to $99 and the parents bought me one. Wrote my first BASIC programs on it, saved to cassette tape.

About 10 years ago I found the 99/4A in storage. The KB was also terrible compared to any keyboard these days, but still better than the Sinclair to my young fingers. Def not knocking the Sinclair, talking about personal preference.

90% of the time I use web interfaces, but I often have spotty connectivity while boondocking. So I need a client that can get/send gmail POP3 in narrow windows of connectivity.

I started with thunderbird but something (can’t remember what) wasn’t working well. Ended up with Evolution. It also syncs well to google calendar and google tasks.

How often do you downgrade Firefox versions

I don’t remember ever downgrading a browser (started out on NCSA Mosaic).

Having switched to Zen Browser

Recently tried Zen – I think it’s pretty and shows promise but has a few dealbreakers that preclude my using it as a daily driver. TL;DR: “I slightly prefer the zen UI but not enough to overcome the annoyances. I’ll check back on the project next year if it’s still active.”

What do you guys use for Windows to Linux remote access?

Putty

I want to see desktop

Some kind of VNC setup

I generally only reboot for stuff like kernel updates.

Saw the .de domain and my first thought was this was about using a potato ricer to make spätzle. I may not be normal.

Why the Christian Right Demonizes Discourse

I mean, kids might be led down the dark path of Reason & Evidence

source: grew up in a fundie household.

What tips/ideas do you have for getting better at navigating the terminal, and getting a better understanding of how the os works

Running an OS as a virtual is liberating. Dive in, make mistakes, fix them (or not and have to reinstall or redo from the last save). No real consequences for exploring.

distrohoped

This should be a word. It would mean “trying yet another flavor because it might be The One”

My father switched to linux (Mint, I think) in his 70s. I was in another state so he did it solo. He had a few questions but otherwise it was smooth sailing.