Notices by Ben :bc: (thebreadmonkey@beige.party), page 2

I realise that you all see me very much as the youth voice of Fedi. I know I come across as an edgy and cool young rebel, as I go around skateboarding, listening to Gangnam Style and doing my TikTok challenges. But it may surprise you to know I am not the only voice of the new generation on Mastodon dot com. There is another young person here who is FUCKING CHARMING and happens to also be genuine, engaging, interesting, interested in everything and well worth a follow. @Jaden3

Good morning. Today I am going to burn it all down. X

Iiiiiiiiiit's GROUNDHOG DAY!

@LoganFive

Alaye

@LoganFive

Also...

Word to the wise - I like to read but don't have the patience during the day so like to read at night. My wife goes to sleep a lot earlier than me and doesn't love me having a light on. This is a problem with paper books. I don't mind reading on the kindle app, but know it's problematic and can also be restrictive. Rejoined library recently. Turns out you can 'borrow' books through the library app and read it with an app called Libby. For free. Free books. On your phone. Not through Amazon. Good, innit. So I just downloaded the Murderbot Diaries.

This day on 2022

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-63534240

@ItsThatDeafGuy

Lol this is a nice idea (which I sort of did last night here), but it's already apparent that it's a process prone to a lot of changes depending on what you're working with and there was an enormous amount of trial and error and just trying shit out until it worked. I can see how it could be a super easy install, but I hit a number of issues that noone else seemed to have experienced.... One of the programs (I forget - the green one) didn't work, then despite my drive working, it just stopped working. Then I had to adjust a few settings in BIOS, which I got from advice and 3 different forums, then eventually I just had to change a file name for no good reason (which I had to change back to install it on a different machine). I think it's a work it out/talk it through sort of process.

Ok! so thanks AGAIN to the magnificently patient @wendigo ......

I AM IN!

I've hacked the mainframe, which turned out to be a heck of a lot more involved than anticipated for a number of reasons (disabling various Windows functions, renaming download Disk file names for no clear reason etc).

But I am now Minty fresh with a hint of Cinnamon.

"I am become Debian, downloader of worlds"

Goodbye Windows, you bunch of bastards. x

Hellooooo *taps mic* (is this thing on?)

Can you hear me out there? I am coming to you from my second Linux upgrade of the day...

What a sad dead laptop, running at walking pace on Windows......

I AM NOW LIKE NEW, BEBE! I'm on one website...wait a minute....I've switched and am now on another one! Multiple tabs!!! I'll watch streaming services? Whaaaaaa?

Call me Mr Linux. Be careful around me, I'll Linux anything. I'll Linux your mums if you're not careful. I am a maniac.

Linux install day 2

So it doesn't look like the USB / port was the issue - more like the HP I have does NOT like to recognise it as a boot option. I eventually (and apologies, as I'm going to look like a bit of a div here) worked out how to access BIOS and change the boot order, though had to muddle my way through, as the information available was either outdated or incorrect. This was the charm and I AM NOW IN and coming to you from the live session, about to do full install!

I don't know if anyone has been at all interested in this, but if there's anyone even remotely curious about the process, I will say this - the actual install isn't *that* difficult. It's the stupid other bits that get in the way.

- I couldn't work out how to verify the mirror download(?) or if you needed to do it (one person said yes, loads of people said no, so I didn't bother in the end)
- I wasn't sure if I had to download the install to a flash drive (you do)
- Etcher was a waste of time, as wouldn't read any of the files to copy (I spent a lot of time on this)
- Rufus is essential (which I should have used from the beginning), but you won't understand it unless you have prior knowledge and 'easy' info about it isn't really available
- Ports can have different functionality, which might affect where you stick your USB drive (ie. won't let you boot from it, though this wasn't ultimately my issue)
- If you have a 'puter like mine, it will fight like hell not to recognise an alternative boot source as an option
- You have to change boot configuration, which you can only do in BIOS (ignore anything that says otherwise, as it won't recognise the drive)
- Restart, pressing Escape or F10 to get into this menu
- From this point it's 'relatively' straightforward and you just need to go into the right bit and change the boot order to move USB to the top
- Restart and hey presto

I've just realised it's quite funny me attempting to explain a linux install to Fedi, but look - I didn't bloody know, so it might help someone?

HAVING SAID THAT - I WOULD HAVE NEVER GOT THIS FAR if it wasn't for lots of people here helping me (in particular @wendigo - thanks so so much). Yet another example of how utterly terrific this place is. There was a lot of good natured banter about which distro is better (if I'm using that right), but everyone was super helpful and nice about it.

I bloody love Fedi.

@farah @Shobeck

I'm sorry! I didn't know! I chose wrong. Are we now sworn enemies?! I've never had a nemesis.

I'M DOWNLOADING A LINUX ON MY DESKTOP PERSONAL COMPUTER

IT'S HAPPENING

I have been corrupted by this stupid place. I assume I'll have to hack the mainframe next week.

I'm just going to very very quietly and gently put this out there in a 'dipping my toe in the water' sort of way, but I have a couple of 'puters that I use for the kids or just to have TV/radio/Fedi on in the background when I'm working. They're approaching end of life on Win10 (I've abbreviated it to appear cool and edgy and like I have any idea what I'm talking about). I am reluctantly having to think about what to do, and one option (besides just having no more updates) is of course flipping to Lionox, I think you call it? Loonoocks? Linmanuelmiranda-ux? Something like that. It's my understanding that there are a range of distros but Mint seems to be among the most popular/noob-friendly. I WILL NOT BECOME ONE OF YOU, I just want to carry on 'putering in peace away from the scourge of Microsoft.

With this in mind (and I know I'm going to regret asking this), *very quiet voice*..... does anyone have any advice on switching to linux for a virgin?

Hard to explain how devastating I find this. I'm going to simply choose not to believe it. At the very least I reckon they'd bang out a couple of Dan Browns.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c748kmvwyv9o

Love it! You don't see stuff like this anymore...

Lost Mayan city found in Mexico jungle by accident
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crmznzkly3go.amp

This made me do a lol this morning

It is extremely frustrating to me that people use the insult 'carrot top' to describe people with red hair because carrot tops are green thank you for listening and another thing red hair is rarely actually red also red onions are clearly purple who is naming all this stuff.....

Royal Family net worth 2024 - c.£70billion

Crisis estimate to completely eradicate homelessness in the UK - £1.9billion

William addresses his privilege in helping homeless - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cglk70e005do.amp

Gonna be evil from now on, guys (sorry)

Can I have some money now please