My foray into immutable Linux distro desktops continues. After trying out openSUSE's MicroOS desktop and enjoying it I thought I would come back and try Fedora Silverblue and give it a shot. OpenSUSE never broke by the way if you're wondering, I mostly don't have unlimited laptops (yet!) so I…
About three weeks ago my usually-reliable-af Unifi gear started having a problem, the wifi just turned to trash, the UI log was just filled with clients connecting and disconnecting over and over again. Everything was mostly just broken: Most of my clients were showing up as "60%" on the wifi…
It's just a bad default. I snagged a brand new computer from System76 and was initially disappointed with the desktop snappiness. Then I remembered that this is a thing, I just don't reinstall often enough to make it into my muscle memory. Grab this extension, it's called Impatience. In the…
I figured it wouldn't hurt to share my top songs from last year ...…
UPDATE: Apparently this is documented in the openSUSE revamped docs - just follow those instructions! UPDATE2: I can't get the method linked above to survive reboots, so keeping my method here for now. I'll keep investigating. Mutable systems need to go. Silverblue, Ubuntu Core, and SUSE MicroOS is the obvious…
My compatriot Wayne Witzel pointed out to me how his team at Octant publishes their meeting notes and I think it's fantastic. They publish their notes right into GitHub. Here's a specific example, one thread per meeting. I really like this for a few reasons: Single source of truth, no…
You've seen it, the make-you-feel guilty popups and notices on websites asking you to stop blocking ads. I know writers and people who have worked in online media, so I am empathetic towards their cause -- I also wish that the model was more sustainable. But like, I'm done. What's…
I've been spending lots of time sitting outside at night and mostly staring into a firepit while listening to podcasts. This has proven to be relaxing for me since there's not much else to do during the pandemic. I've really been enjoying the Fall of Civilizations Podcast : One thing I've…