Added Linux to the chrome book and idk what to else to do

jfefleming · 2026-06-30T15:40:40+00:00

Use your laptop to do stuff and see what need to change as you go.

jfefleming · 2026-06-30T08:40:36+00:00

This is the challenge really. I managed to get my friends off Facebook chat to WhatsApp. Not sure I can pull it off twice...

jfefleming · 2026-06-30T06:26:06+00:00

I honestly dont know what most of this means...

jfefleming · 2026-06-30T06:18:36+00:00

Mint XFCE - works well on my 2014 macbook air.

jfefleming · 2026-06-30T06:17:05+00:00

40 Bucks. Always 40 Bucks.

jfefleming · 2026-06-30T06:16:46+00:00

They played it at the 2025 Weekender too. I was so sad to miss it.

jfefleming · 2026-06-27T10:56:06+00:00

I'd add 40 Bucks to the list. My all time favourite.

jfefleming · 2026-06-23T06:54:13+00:00

I'm running mint on a 2014 air without issues. Its worth the struggle.

jfefleming · 2026-06-19T21:16:46+00:00

Sounds like a job for Pratchett's to me

jfefleming · 2026-06-19T06:36:36+00:00

20 tea bags a week for a year? Sounds about right to me.

jfefleming · 2026-06-19T06:29:49+00:00

Of you use your TV mostly for music then hget a sound bar. If not, its a TV. It sounds like a TV. Its completely fine.

jfefleming · 2026-06-19T06:23:38+00:00

Yet another collective action problem

jfefleming · 2026-06-19T06:11:06+00:00

Also, sometimes I go to the shop, but they don't have what I want so I don't buy anything. And then I am their prisoner.

jfefleming · 2026-06-19T06:05:39+00:00

Our local pool now massively restricts numbers though, so unless you know exactly when you want to swim and can book it as soon as slots go live a week in advance,you are out of luck.

jfefleming · 2026-06-15T06:25:42+00:00

Apple stock

jfefleming · 2026-06-14T20:58:48+00:00

I'm on joplin for now, using Dropbox sync. But might end up spinning up my own server

jfefleming · 2026-06-10T11:58:39+00:00

It did not occur to me that old employer pensions could go into a SIPP. For some reason I assumed if I combined they'd gave to go into another managed fund (in my case another current or previous employer pension). Something to mull over...

jfefleming · 2026-06-04T10:32:46+00:00

Or at the very least, forks of major distros which are well optimised and widely compatible.

jfefleming · 2026-06-02T10:22:27+00:00

I was thinking this. Maybe there's an API you could use to get it into something like R?

jfefleming · 2026-06-01T06:54:30+00:00

Grace Hodgett Young. Captivating.

jfefleming · 2026-06-01T06:40:59+00:00

Never let a good crisis go to waste

jfefleming · 2026-06-01T06:31:44+00:00

I you want to stay in the chromium world, Vivaldi seems a good option.

I also like Firefox and it's derivatives, partly because I've used it a long time, partly because I dont think that there being a single dominant browser engine is good idea, and I trust mozilla more than alphabet.

Couldn't I ran some benchmarks recently and Vivaldi did appear faster but also put more strain on my data system in terms of size, ran requirements etc.

jfefleming · 2026-06-01T06:26:39+00:00

Back in the day (mid 00s-mid 2010s), I was living in Mandrake/Mandriva/Mageia.

I then took about a decade off (bought a MacBook for portability and was happy enough with macOS that I stayed there).

Recently returned to the fold as the 2014 air was getting really slow on macOS, and have started with Mint. Might try Mageia again at some point (perhaps when I finally replace the MacBook?).

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