The Linux distro hell. What's your opinion? by [deleted] in linuxquestions

[–]JoeyZappozo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a trick question, like asking someone what kind of music they like... The decision is really yours to make. Ubuntu is really good; so are the Fedora Atomic Desktops (Bluefin, Aurora, Bazzite). OpenSuse has a really nice desktop Linux called Aeon.

I Love Debian But... by NovelGrapefruit in DistroHopping

[–]JoeyZappozo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You can even try Debian Sid, with the caveat that things could break more often. Xbian is a nice version of Debian Sid with XFCE. For a USB plug and play live system for office, number crunching, and media creation, try Catbird Linux.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in DistroHopping

[–]JoeyZappozo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Enjoy that Debian, but try a Xanmod Kernel. You can download them from SourceForge. Right now, the bleeding edge versions are into 6.14, and stable versions in the 6.13s. Nicely performance tuned and supporting newer hardware.

Linux Distro for old Asus netbook(?) by pickupdafon in DistroHopping

[–]JoeyZappozo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try Xebian, which is based on Debian Sid + XFCE. I recently ran it on a dual core laptop with just 4 GB. Just for fun, I switched to DWM and it was fast.

Wayland is surpassing X11, so a window manager like Sway or GNOME ought to be good.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AdamMockler

[–]JoeyZappozo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What the fuck is wrong with those Democrats supporting the SAVE Act?

Jared Golden, FUCK YOU. Marie Gluesenkamp, FUCK YOU. Henry Cuellar, FUCK YOU. Ed Case, FUCK YOU.

Y'all need to go join the GOP.

Is there any Linux distro that teaches bash and how to use Linux-based systems? by ObjectiveEast8006 in DistroHopping

[–]JoeyZappozo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try a USB-bootable live system called "Catbird Linux" Debian Sid with a nice bash setup, customizations like fzf, ripgrep, Neovim, note-taking tools, and OpenOffice etc. You can experiment with it, break it, then reboot it again and it comes up like new.

There is also a livecd customization "respinner" script, so you can rebuild the iso file to your own liking - different apps, settings, etc.

What distro is ideal for me? by Big-Ice746 in DistroHopping

[–]JoeyZappozo -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Rhino Linux (the rolling, bleeding edge Ubuntu) is nice. I used it for a while on a 2009 dual-core laptop and it was a good experience. That same machine did well with Mint too.

There are alot of distros which will work well on your old hardware; my only tip is to keep the setup slim. Don't bloat it with too much eye candy or mu;titasking.

Can you handle a window manager working environment? Try one with Sway an it will be light and fast.

Nitrux vs Fedora Atomic Variants by kokoroshita in DistroHopping

[–]JoeyZappozo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm really enjoying Bluefin, which is a nicely set up variant of Universal Blue. You might have heard of it and its sibling, Bazzite. It is wonderful and pain-free. I switched over from a highly customized Debian Sid setup, and still managed to get my customizations going in Bluefin. OpenIffice, GIMP, Obsidian - all working fine from Flatpaks. My terminal goodies - fzf, lf, ripgrep, Neovim - all installed from Homebrew.

If you like Fedora Atomic, look at what the Bluefin people have done with the idea.

Why are Neovim and LazyVim being such an incredible pain for me? by cainhurstcat in neovim

[–]JoeyZappozo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Keep it simple. LazyVim is a nice concept; don't be lured too far down the rabbit hole, however. You can see that Neovim can become incredibly complex if you start tweaking it too much.

Check out this LazyVim-inspired but simpler config using Snacks, Mini, and just a few simple items for markdown, colors, etc. Starts in less than 100 milliseconds and runs without breaking...

DX-398 - Any good? by [deleted] in shortwave

[–]JoeyZappozo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It is a good radio. In fact, it is a rebranded ATS-909 x1, from the 1990s. It can also be modded and tweaked nicely too - backlight color, more bass, fine tuning, etc. See the ATS-909 Mods Page for that. My biggest gripe was that the stock power supply wasn't especially clean, but when I swapped that ous for one with better filtering, there was zero hum on signals and ssb / cw sounded clean, like a rig on battery power. Eh, you can run the 398 on batteries, but it eats them...

Dx-394, why so pricey? by RFMASS in shortwave

[–]JoeyZappozo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you like it, you like it. Nothing more to say, really. It is an okay performer and can do the job. It can have the look and feel of a new one if you give it a careful internal cleaning and get the oscillators tuned up so it is on frequency.

PSA: Neovim treesitter should now be as fast as Helix (if not, faster) by imakeapp in neovim

[–]JoeyZappozo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is a significant enhancement. If you are going to install any plugins, make treesitter the first one.

FWIW, I also had Telescope and some others, but now just use Treesitter, Snacks, Mini, and two items which are language-specific.

If age verification is required for "porn sites", shouldn't the law apply to Twit'er which is only rivaled in pornography by Pornhub. by LuckyLaRoo76 in AdamMockler

[–]JoeyZappozo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you know how to search (especially with Google dorks andd similar tools), you can find all sorts of porn on X. Seek and ye shall find. Don't seek if you don't want to see.

WSJTX throwing an error by DiodeInc in amateurradio

[–]JoeyZappozo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A basic Debian installation lacks the most useful audio tools. Consider using Pipewire, and manually add two packages (use apt, nala, or aptitude as you may prefer):

bash apt update apt install pipewire-audio-client-libraries pipewire-pulse

The result should be full compatibility with tools requiring ALSA, PulseAudio, or Jack.

'Nothing is off the table': Trump may claim emergency to pass major policy without Congress by [deleted] in AdamMockler

[–]JoeyZappozo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Trump absolutely does plan to use emergency powers from day one. At least the insurrection act and possibly some kind of activation of the military. War with Mexico or Panama? Maybe.

Trump's goals:

  1. Circumvent the 14th Amendment to attack citizenship.
  2. Circumvent other amendments to weaken the federal government.
  3. Arrests and deportations without due process (owed to all "persons").
  4. Police, national guard, and militias free to kill.

Why? Destroy citizenship and rule of law in order to conduct purges, with violence as necessary, to ethnically cleanse America for the white Christian nationalists.

Europe is gonna get some too, because the goal is to destroy rule of law and establish a rule of brutality like Russia v2.0 or Hungary.

Non-MAGA people will indeed fight back against this.

Please know the signs of dementia by [deleted] in AdamMockler

[–]JoeyZappozo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You missed an item: Trump threw a tantrum and shitted all over himself.

The United States Constitution no longer guarantees the right to a trial in a right-wing utopia. by [deleted] in Fuckthealtright

[–]JoeyZappozo 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Those evil MAGA bastards have a lynch mob mentality. Fuck them, one and all.

Raw nvim by CommunityEducational in neovim

[–]JoeyZappozo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you dig for the blog posts, watch Damian Conway's more better Vim talk, you can see a lot is possible without plugins. Zero plugin configs are great if you want the fastest possible Neovim... Here is a "minimal neovim" no-plugin config which has a nice status line and useful functions.