misadventures
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First, the weak disclaimer. I’m hard to please, granted. But I’m just trying to do something perfectly normal.
Linux distributions >
See also Linux distributions based on Arch Linux
(on Wikipedia)
https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=arch
https://archlinux.org/
Appears to have a good philosophy. In reality it’s over-limited to the point of making life convenient for the developers at the expense of inconveniencing the users.
For a very very long time, I’ve wanted a proper backup solution for Linux.
Awesome >
UPDATE: I followed up with Awesome window manager almost vindicated
Attempted to install 3.2.1 on PCLinuxOS 2007, updated recently.
Continues from bootloader hell, part 2
I miss Slackware. A lot.
The problem is, I can’t remember anything of what I learned all those years ago.
Firefox 3.0.8
What a wonderful experience this was.
First, I’ll make it clear that I don’t have a memory. I don’t even bother. So when things just “feel wrong”, I get rather bothered because I can’t think back to figure out what the heck is actually wrong with some kind of freakish photographic memory like Lord Nikon of Hackers – (1995 movie) can. Ugh, you know I’m pissed off when I hack together a clumsy sentence like that.
I’ll admit that I’m pretty hard to please, but I keep being disappointed when software is missing basic everyday functionality.
I want a proper IRC client in the form of a multi-protocol instant messenger.
This is a followup to Bootloader hell.
From “Hey, it’s a nice day I think I’ll open my window.” to “It’s almost 2am, I better get to bed soon.”, here’s another Linux install and bootloader misadventure.
