Notices by popey (popey@ubuntu.social), page 3

Ok, this thing is *gorgeous*.

@killyourfm I went for the ThinkPad Z13 - love it. https://ubuntu.social/@popey/109563339250925899

@killyourfm Lol at the last question about snap backend :D

@killyourfm How do you add someone? I see no button to do it, when logged in. Maybe I need more coffee! https://ch.tetr.io/u/popey

@mattl The Deck is just amazing. I love that thing.

@mattl I use Microsoft Edge btw. :D

@mattl I think "We can switch to Chromium" is a great tool when negotiating the amount of revenue Firefox gets out of the search engine money. It's a surprisingly low percentage, but still a large number. Interestingly if you *buy* an Ubuntu machine from Dell or Lenovo, you get Firefox *and* Chrome (not Chromium) which may be why you might think that.

@mattl Ubuntu is the largest (by userbase) Linux desktop. It ships Firefox by default. Firefox on Ubuntu is/was a significantly sized userbase. Significant from Mozilla's perspective. So you could argue yes, Firefox is defacto the "default" (graphical) browser on desktop Linux.

@killyourfm That's one of the reasons I left Canonical. The constant negativity about snaps is super draining.

I’m curious. Have you ever ordered (and paid for) a cellphone which then took more than four years to ship to you?
https://puri.sm/posts/where-is-my-librem-5-part-3/

@killyourfm @mdiluz That's super tough. I find it really difficult to get started on these. Other priorities take over. Or I just get stuck. :(

@killyourfm Maybe "hundreds" is over a bit, but it feels like that sometimes :D

@killyourfm Make a prototype in something simple and free like GDevelop (which is awesome btw). Gamedev ideas are often the easy bit, I have hundreds. Finding the time and energy to implement them, less so :)

@thatonecalculator I don't care what you think. This is my laptop, not yours.

Hmm. ? As usual, I'm stuck on the hardest part of setting up a new PC, coming up with a unique host name?. Typically I use computers from sci-fi like HAL, WOPR, Mother, Hactar and so on. Given this is a Z13, I think it needs something Z or thirteen related... Suggestions?

@evan * Metatoot

Ok, if this "toot" works then I successfully migrated the Mastodon instance ubuntu.social from a crusty old HP Microserver in my office onto a decently spec Linode box. ? ?

After getting laid off last week (?) I moved my workstation setup back home ? from the rented office ? space. Decided to try out the middle monitor in vertical mode for the first time. Wonder how long this will last...