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by skidoo
Sun Nov 25, 2018 6:24 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Distrowatch review grumbles
Replies: 570
Views: 94951

arrrrgh ima pirate, shakin me bootie

In retrospect, I regret placing that earleir post. My LOL reaction to reading that quoted bit stemmed from being too pedantic, too literal, and a few fries short of a happymeal. (BTW, no one has noticed (and cared to edit) the missssspelled "review" in the topic title here???) ~~ didn't in...
by skidoo
Sun Nov 25, 2018 5:18 am
Forum: General
Topic: Distrowatch review grumbles
Replies: 570
Views: 94951

Re: Distrowatch reveiw grumbles

I spend my time adjusting the booties, which degrades my productivity.
precious.
priceless!
by skidoo
Wed Nov 21, 2018 4:06 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Snap/Snappy... Flatpak & the future?
Replies: 13
Views: 2085

Re: Snap/Snappy... Flatpak & the future?

ManyRoads, there's no risk of "takeover". Regardless of XYZpak's existence, or potential prevalence, source code availability for each open source application is assured. In the status quo we already have quite a few applications that aren't "packaged for debian9" by the applicat...
by skidoo
Tue Nov 20, 2018 10:15 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Snap/Snappy... Flatpak & the future?
Replies: 13
Views: 2085

Re: Snap/Snappy... Flatpak & the future?

What do you think Snap/Snappy [..] means to 'other' distros like ours? That's a broad question, and the topic is more suitable for discussion within a distro-agnostic venue. You'll find plenty of well-reasoned (and no-so-well reasoned, but passionate) commentary here: https://old.reddit.com/r/linux...
by skidoo
Tue Nov 20, 2018 9:45 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Snap/Snappy... Flatpak & the future?
Replies: 13
Views: 2085

Re: Snap/Snappy... Flatpak & the future?

ManyRoads, although I've read "no, technically, flatpak does not require systemd" I've repeatedly worried that debian's implementation might, or soon will. Hey, can check easily enough. I did so just now, from an antiX17 system. Launch synaptic, click mark-for-installation flatpak, apply.....
by skidoo
Fri Nov 16, 2018 1:33 am
Forum: General
Topic: Canonical Extends Ubuntu Support
Replies: 13
Views: 1233

Re: Canonical Extends Ubuntu Support

https://www.appimagehub.com/ AppImages are self-contained apps which can simply be downloaded & run on any Linux distribution. For easy integration, download AppImageLauncher Really, the words container and AppImage don't belong together in a one-sentence description. We can accurately say an a...
by skidoo
Wed Nov 14, 2018 1:16 am
Forum: Art Discussion
Topic: Calling for MX-18 conkies
Replies: 49
Views: 19358

Re: Calling for MX-18 conkies

In case someone wants to suggest a favorite ready-made theme, hundreds of themes with screenshots are showcased here:
https://www.gnome-look.org/browse/cat/124/order/latest
https://github.com/erikdubois/Aureola
by skidoo
Mon Nov 12, 2018 10:37 pm
Forum: General
Topic: MX and Devuan?
Replies: 53
Views: 7710

Re: MX and Devuan?

Whoa. Shelf the reactionary fanboism. As for cockroaches, howabout try 'em lightly toasted with butter and oregano. Please read the OP question at face value rather than inferring "suggestion" or innuendo. The OP is active across several linux sites, same username. Check out his posts &...
by skidoo
Mon Nov 12, 2018 4:28 pm
Forum: General
Topic: MX and Devuan?
Replies: 53
Views: 7710

Re: MX and Devuan?

@manyroads One of my hats is "kriv", I've been a longtime prolific maintainer at without-systemd.org Because the battlecry of Devuan initially had been "preserving init system choice", it's been distressing to note their heavyhanded removal of choice and the hypocrisy apparent wi...
by skidoo
Fri Nov 09, 2018 4:55 pm
Forum: Documentation and videos
Topic: where do YOU learn about additional apps/software?
Replies: 30
Views: 42922

Re: where do YOU learn about additional apps/software?

https://www.ubuntupit.com/category/software/
Site contains approx 140 articles, for instance, one is titled "Free AutoCAD Alternative: Top 15 CAD Software For Linux"

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