C.Cameron 🎃 @cameron@linuxrocks.online

Yes, I will download the 10mb AppImage rather than install the 2.4gb Flatpak app and dependencies, thank you. Goodness.

I'm thrilled to have found Recoll, as a way to use a GUI to search multiple text and pdf files in a folder. I have lots of reference files and want to be able to search the whole mess easily at one go. I'm sure there are nerdy command line ways to do this, but I do like me a nice visual interface for these things.

https://www.lesbonscomptes.com/recoll/

Thanks for the Debian inspiration, Mastodon buddies. After my Ubuntu install was locking up for no reason, I put Linux Mint Debian on my main computer as well as my little portable laptop, and I am completely loving it so far.

Age of Wonders Shadow Magic works on Steam, so that's the most important thing. :)

Got my M2452 retro Apple keyboard. It's pretty darn cute.

Nine Parchments is such a great video game.

We just went to a symphony concert, and I am so inspired to get more serious about my violin again. I play in an orchestra and a small ensemble, but I'd like to step it up a notch in really working on the hard stuff. It feels good to be inspired!

Plus a bonus! With LMDE the keyboard backlight doesn't come on every time I turn it on or plug it in. That was really bugging me and I couldn't find a solution.

Inspired by you fine folks, I'm trying out Linux Mint Debian on my little lower-power travel laptop. It is nice so far, and runs well. I had Ubuntu Mate on here before and it was pretty good, but faster is always better.

The Debian MuseScore package was wildly out of date, so I got an AppImage instead. This laptop doesn't have to do anything too strenuous, so this may work out great.

Seriously tempted to buy a 25 year old Apple keyboard to use instead of my loud mechanical keyboard. I just love old hardware so much.

The best laptop keyboard ever was my old silver G4 Apple Powerbook.

Now I'm curious about Linux Mint Debian, as an Ubuntu alternative.

I'm finding Firefox to be glitchy on Ubuntu 22.04, so I'm investigating new browser options.

Trying to install from Apt on Ubuntu, and it automatically converted to installing from Snap? Wow. That's not cute. I was trying the Apt version because the Snap version wasn't working right.

The "Old Icons" add-on for Thunderbird makes my email much easier to navigate. I didn't realize how much the colors influenced ability to spot the right folder. Gosh, that's refreshing.

#thunderbird

Well, I couldn't debug the errors in a reasonable amount of time, so I just reinstalled it with Ubuntu Gnome.At least it works again...

The GUI upgrade to Pop OS 22.04 isn't working properly - it did all the steps, but then the OS was still 21.10. So strange. And now my package manger is throwing errors. That's no fun.

I think I had a problem with this the last time I did an OS upgrade, but thought it was because my install didn't finish properly. Suspicious.

I still want one of these retro handsets, just for the tactile satisfaction.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/SANOXY-Retro-Old-School-Style-Handset-Anti-Radiation-3-5-mm-Socket-SANOXY-DSV-RETRO-RD/316367020