Just switched my computer from an old media server to an old PC I built ~2020 and my bro upgraded my graphics card to one that is only ~9 year old tech. It's a big improvement for gaming compared to what I had before.
Also, I dumped Ubuntu and I've got pretty much everything back up and running with Debian.
Also, I switched my search engine in Librewolf to Gigablast, which is an open source search engine and much faster than DuckDuckGo so far.
Dino 0.5.0 is now in #Debian 13 #trixie and Debian 12 stable-#backports. Enjoy chatting!
Just went live on Owncast 
Streaming more Minecraft this morning. #Minecraft
Hard frooze coming 2025-05-15, so some time after I will commence on the next version of #LibreServer.
It's pointless doing anything before the frooze date, because things can change and you can end up fixing non-existing problems.
#Debian #Linux
Did you know? On Linux you can observe the file descriptor positions using `/proc/<pid>/fdinfo/<fd-number>`
https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man5/proc_pid_fdinfo.5.html
You can use that to observe long-running file processing jobs' progress. But there are tools that format this properly; Debian (/Ubuntu) packages `progress` a tool that does just that:
https://github.com/Xfennec/progress
It can snoop for coreutils processes, or just watch an arbitrary pid:
`progress --monitor --pid $(pidof -s lbzcat)`
I've now *fully* switched over to Debian on my personal devices.
It's not that I dislike Windows as an operating system, I've always been fine with Windows as an operating system; it's just that Microsoft have buried it under 20 layers of corporate strategy, currently mostly AI & cloud services, and I really have no interest in helping them progress it. So, as far as I'm concerned, "The Windows Operating System" no longer exists as a product that I will use
We are one step closer to trixie! The soft freeze began on 2025-04-15 (only minor, targeted fixes for trixie, no new packages in testing). Check https://release.debian.org/trixie/freeze_policy.html#summary for more info #debian #trixie
Updated my Arch Linux host, my Debian unstable VM and upgraded my Fedora VM to 42!
So far so good. No crazy shit has happened ! I even ran apt autoremove on Debian unstable and didn't get stuck on grub rescue !
I thought I was going to be playing "detective bear" and smoke some imaginary cigar as I investigate which part of the upgrade broke who's who.
I like playing "detective bear"! Keeps my brain engaged and you get a little surprise sometimes !
Ok, this is confusing...
When I run #NeoVim from any terminal, it has a white background, just like my terminal.
When I run neovim from a terminal started by launcher like #rofi or #fuzzel, it has a gray background.
This is both in #Debian linux + #Swaywm and #OpenBSD + #i3wm.
So confuzzled.
Update:
Found a workaround by adding this to my init.vim:
"Set basic colors to override weird gray background when COLORTERM=truecolor
hi Normal guifg=#000000
hi Normal guibg=#ffffff
I'm not sure what happened, but ever since updating my #swaywm-running #ThinkPad x260 to #Debian #Trixie, the fonts in the #foot terminal look a lot smaller by default.
None of the configs have changed.
This is supposed to be 12 point. Does it look like 12 to you?
UPDATE: older versions of foot had dpi-aware defaulting to on, now off.
Como ya verás, durante el FLISoL hay algunos talleres el viernes 25, y charlas el sábado 26, pero paralelamente, durante ambos días se van a estar llevando a cabo las siguientes actividades continuas:
Install Fest: para instalar sistemas operativos y software libre en tu PC o celular.
LAN Party: para jugar juegos libres en una red local.
¿Querés leer más en profundidad sobre las actividades del Festival Latinoamericano de Instalación de Software Libre? Accedé al programa completo en https://wiki.flisol.uy/montevideo/2025
#FLISoL #FLISoL2025 #lanparty#SoftwareLibre #OpenSource #software #Montevideo #Uruguay #gnu #linux #linuxmint #debian #ubuntu #suse #manjaro #fedora #kubuntu #shotcut #mastodon #tics #it #tecnologia #comunidadTech #charlasTecnológicas
@GeePawHill Finally found the time and energy to backup my data and migrate to Debian stable. Way less drama than expected. Debian's installer is delightfully minimalist and gets the job done. The installer lowers your expectations a bit by being so thin, but once logged in, it feels polished. I haven't used Debian in a few years and my laptop runs so much faster than it did with Fedora. #debian #linux #gnome
No IT support session for me today as the local community centre is shut.
However, I ended up handing out advice to 2 people yesterday instead, while installing and configuring my newest laptop with #Debian trixie.
If you use the #RaspberryPi and like #Debian, #DidYouKnow that https://raspi.debian.net exists? It provides ready-to-boot vanilla Debian images, for when you want a cleaner base than Raspberry Pi OS.
@douglasvb I can answer only some of these, with my humble opinions:
"Okay more thinking about #Debian #Linux. I'm thinking of using #Plasma rather than #GNOME. Is that a good idea?"
You could try them both and see which one feels more comfortable to you. It won't affect the answers to other questions below.
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Okay more thinking about #Debian #Linux. I'm thinking of using #Plasma rather than #GNOME. Is that a good idea?
What container environment should I run? I see there are several.
Should I have the containers on a separate partition, and also another separate partition for data storage?
I'll also be running Windows 10 and Windows 11 virtual machines. Anything I should know about that?
How does disk encryption work? I've been using Bitlocker with Windows. What should I do in Debian?
Cui Bono? 
