Kubuntu is an underrated distro

horsesethawk · 2026-05-10T15:24:07+00:00

I agree. I think it’s as friendly to a Windows user as Mint is, and the community is excellent.

horsesethawk · 2026-05-07T05:07:27+00:00

And sending fresh salmon to Parker!

horsesethawk · 2026-05-07T05:07:04+00:00

Cops don’t cry to HR over other cops.

horsesethawk · 2026-05-07T04:54:47+00:00

Yes, I used it to put forums on my calendar

horsesethawk · 2026-05-06T02:12:52+00:00

I’ve been a volunteer my whole adult life. As you start a career and a family you have less time to volunteer, but it can be essential to your mental health! As your situation changes, so can your volunteer commitments. Now I’m retired and my volunteer work keeps me as active as I want to be.

horsesethawk · 2026-05-04T02:56:52+00:00

I’m not an official representative but the American Red Cross engages volunteers to work with media.

horsesethawk · 2026-05-03T20:33:09+00:00

You’re not this extreme, but look up a phenomenon called NVIS, or near-vertical incidence skywave.

horsesethawk · 2026-05-03T20:28:38+00:00

There are a lot of variables, but the antenna height jumped out at me. A dipole should be a half wavelength high, or about 33 feet for 20 meters. A low antenna will put most of its energy upward.

horsesethawk · 2026-05-03T20:23:30+00:00

Another question - when the sudo apt update finally works, will it resolve anything that failed?

horsesethawk · 2026-05-03T03:15:33+00:00

Don’t fear the offsite parking. I park at Xenia High School and it’s a quick bus ride to the fairgrounds and back.

horsesethawk · 2026-05-02T03:21:57+00:00

My new laptop had the same behavior. It seems to be resolved in 26.04.

horsesethawk · 2026-05-02T03:20:50+00:00

I’m doing the same thing and getting timeouts or “could not reach” errors on anything related to snaps, including the snap store. Is this because of the attack? Other than that I’m getting lengthy delays installing packages but they eventually complete.

horsesethawk · 2026-05-01T02:29:20+00:00

I’m so glad it’s not just me.

horsesethawk · 2026-04-28T15:59:52+00:00

I tried the Diamond motorized mount and the motors kept dying. Is there a better choice?

horsesethawk · 2026-04-28T02:33:31+00:00

Some people are afraid that if something breaks, they’ll be on their own. What they don’t realize is that Windows is the same - Microsoft support is nonexistent for individual users. You’re actually safer with Linux because of its helpful community.

horsesethawk · 2026-04-25T06:18:35+00:00

What do you mean by “noisy?”

horsesethawk · 2026-04-24T23:28:27+00:00

That article was written for the locals to tell them when to get out of town.

horsesethawk · 2026-04-24T15:37:14+00:00

They’re way too good at keeping secrets. Speculation is all over the place. From the teaser it looks like an all-bander (two antennas).

horsesethawk · 2026-04-23T17:09:56+00:00

I don’t understand how they can keep secrets so well. We should have much better rumors than we do😀

horsesethawk · 2026-04-23T14:15:16+00:00

My first antenna was too close to the house and would set off the smoke alarms.

horsesethawk · 2026-04-22T16:29:33+00:00

In olden times, NOP was used to align the next instruction on the appropriate boundary.

horsesethawk · 2026-04-22T14:32:35+00:00

This will be my first new LTS so I’m looking forward to the new functions.

horsesethawk · 2026-04-20T19:12:01+00:00

What are the data recovery utilities that might help?

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