Kev Quirk

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Traffic is awful round here.

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So I recently took my #Motorbike in for it's first service and while there, they gave me this absolute BEAST to take out for a few hours.

Very similar to my bike except it's 200bhp instead of 170bhp. Beautiful machine.

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I need to get out with the dogs before the temperature rises from "the surface of mercury" to "the surface oft he sun".

The furballs can't handle the heat.

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So I've been running #Ubuntu for the last couple days and I have to say, it's been great. Very stable and no real issues to talk of. Snaps are still a bit shit, but a couple of commands later and I have Flatpak support.

Question - does Ubuntu shit the bed entirely if you remove Snaps all together?

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Um, when did the #Ubuntu image become 6GB???

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The can is open and there are worms everywhere. 🤦🏼‍♂️🪱🪱🪱

(buds were free on an offer, I didn't really need them as my Sony ones are fine.)

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It was all going so well with #Fedora until I connected my external monitor via USB C. It's absolutely will NOT stay connected. Works perfectly in Windows and MacOS, just plug an play. I'm about done with Linux, I think - I don't have time for this shit.

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Continuing with #Fedora and quite enjoying it. There are still some frustrations though:

  • Fingerprint reader doesn't work very well.

  • Auto screen dimming is horrendous - there's no smooth transitions and is very jarring (turned it off).

  • LibreOffice is ugly AF. Replaced with OnlyOffice.

  • I cant set a background on my login screen. It's just grey, which is a bit shit.

All small things though.

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Finallyyyyyyyy 🎉🎉

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When the #Wireshark wiki uses the plucky little CSS framework you created.

https://wiki.wireshark.org/

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The kids were in holiday club yesterday and the sun was shining, so we managed to both get out on the bike for the first time in, like, 9 years?

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Youngest: Muuuuuuum what's that orange man doing? (pic for reference)

Wife: There's no such thing as an "orange man." Do you mean the man in the orange trousers?

Oldest: DONALD TRUMP IS ORANGE!!

😂😂😂

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This is why you shouldn't put stickers on your laptop...

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Finally!

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I decided to cancel my pre-order of the new @frameworkcomputer Ryzen 9 AI and instead went with the existing Ryzen 7 chip.

I'll get my new laptop a hell of a lot sooner, and according to Geekbench, it's still a BIG step up over what I have now.

Just need to decide what OS I'm gonna run now, #Linux or #Windows 🤔.

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I have unsubscribed from the TL;DR newsletter today after enjoying it for many years.

Why? Because it's 90% AI bullshit and it's boring.

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When your dogs follow you into the toilet and instantly regret it. 😂

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In preparation for my new Framework laptop, I've been playing around with Fedora 41 on an old laptop. For the most part it works really well, but theming doesn't. I have no idea, but no Gnome Shell themes will work and the default one is horrible - everything is WAY too big on the default theme.

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😬

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So who's up for a global recession then?

Anyone?

No?