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8 months ago
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1 year ago
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6 years ago
Comment archmagician
I'm running GalliumOS on my ex-Chromebook. It's lightweight and is designed for use on Chromebooks which is nice. It's quick to install which is handy because I sometimes just do a fresh install if an issue comes up. It runs things like VS Code, Kodi and the basics without any problems.
I gave POP_OS a quick look at the weekend but didn't give it long enough to get any kind of a feel for it.
Posted in: Which distro do you currently use and why?
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6 years ago
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Level 29
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7 years ago
Current Event archmagician
US quits Unesco over 'anti-Israel bias'
The UN cultural organisation says the withdrawal is a loss to the "UN family".
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7 years ago
I tired Bodhi a while back because I'd read about the Enlightenment desktop and wanted to give it a try. I don't think I kept it for long. I always seemed to fall back to MInt.
Posted in: 4 Best Linux Distros for Older Hardware
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7 years ago
When I was at school I learned on a Commodore PET. My first little computer was a ZX Spectrum and we used a BBC Micro when I was doing my apprenticeship. Loading from a cassette player was fun times. I had the programmable joystick add-on for the Spectrum for games like Jetset Willy, Manic Miner, Hunchback and Chuckie Egg. Things have definitely moved on since them days.
Posted in: AIM will shut down after 20 years
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7 years ago
Conversation archmagicianThis comment has gained traction and has turned into a conversation.
AIM, MSN Messenger and ICQ were all the ones used back in the day. Used to spend loads of time on Usenet, have the IRC chat room going and at least one of those messaging apps running all at the same time.
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7 years ago
Never knew that about ICQ. MSN Messenger was the primary form of contact between me and my now ex-wife when we first started to talk in the early 2000s.
My first PC was a DX2-66, 4Mb of Ram and (I believe) a 40Mb hard drive. It was the computer I used to install Linux for the first time. Mandrake Linux was the first distro I experimented with.
Posted in: AIM will shut down after 20 years
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7 years ago
Comment archmagician
AIM, MSN Messenger and ICQ were all the ones used back in the day. Used to spend loads of time on Usenet, have the IRC chat room going and at least one of those messaging apps running all at the same time.
Posted in: AIM will shut down after 20 years
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7 years ago
Analysis archmagician
Kurzweil Claims That the Singularity Will Happen by 2045
At the SXSW Conference in Austin, Texas, Ray Kurzweil made yet another prediction: the technological singularity will happen sometime in the next 30 years.
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7 years ago
Current Event archmagician
Yahoo now believes all 3 billion of its accounts affected by 2013 breach
Yahoo’s massive data breach revealed last year affected all of its 3 billion accounts, the company announced on Tuesday, triple the number that it had said were impacted when it revealed the breach last year.
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7 years ago
Current Event archmagician
Tesla is sending hundreds of battery packs to power outage-ridden Puerto Rico
Earlier this month, we reported on survivors of hurricane Irma, which hit the islands of Caribbean communities, including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, writing ‘SEND TESLA’ with the debris of their destroyed home.
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7 years ago
Comment archmagician
Scepticism doesn't cause the outrage that brings ratings or donor dollars.
(I tweeted him about a typo in this article yesterday and I notice it was fixed)
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7 years ago
Comment archmagician
I have Protonmail and ProtonVPN, they both work really well.
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7 years ago
Analysis archmagician
Caffeine and Parkinson’s: One researcher, two studies, and opposite results. What happens?
In August of 2012, Ronald Postuma, MD, a neurologist from McGill University, performed a study along with several coauthors which suggested that caffeine improves debilitating movement symptoms in people with Parkinson’s disease.
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7 years ago
Current Event archmagician
Elon Musk’s new plans for a moon base and a Mars mission by 2022
SpaceX aims to launch spaceships to Mars within five years with a new rocket design that could also be used on Earth to make rapid around-the-globe trips
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7 years ago
Current Event archmagician
Dildon'ts of Bluetooth: Pen test boffins sniff out Berlin's smart butt plugs
You've heard of wardriving – say hello to screwdriving
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7 years ago
Current Event archmagician
Internet-wide security update put on hold over fears 60 million people would be kicked offline
ICANN delays KSK rollover after new data derails plans
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7 years ago
I used it briefly a few years ago. I think there was something I couldn't figure out so switched to another one. I tended to switch around a lot. I'm running GalliumOS at the moment but might give this studio a play to see how it goes.
Posted in: SUSE Studio merges with Open Build Service
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7 years ago
Totally agree. I run uBlock Origin, uBlock Origin Plus and Privacy Badger to cut down on all the tracking and ads as much as I can. I'm good with sites earning a little revenue by unobtrusive means.
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7 years ago
Current Event archmagician
Alleged dark web drug baron cuffed – after he flew to US for World Beard Championships
Hirsute French hipster 'found with $500,000 in BTC'
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7 years ago
Comment archmagician
As long as websites are up front about it and there's a safe method of doing then I'm actually okay with this practice.
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7 years ago
Current Event archmagician
Giving you more characters to express yourself - Twitter
Trying to cram your thoughts into a Tweet – we’ve all been there, and it’s a pain.