2026-05-09T08:19:28Z https://yabu.me Adam Trickett :debian: :kde: https://yabu.me/npub1yyuvjwrhwmz6eeze3wepauxcxacthqmp5lc7cte7h5pwxazpgfwqv7wdjm https://cdn.fosstodon.org/accounts/avatars/109/247/442/517/882/313/original/4b2dbb1ef97f115f.jpg https://cdn.fosstodon.org/accounts/avatars/109/247/442/517/882/313/original/4b2dbb1ef97f115f.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy89vgaz957z5rfjfzzvtt86emg5jufpvwk4rkh8lyyqm6wda4c9qzyqsn3jfcwamvtt8ytx9my8hsmqmhpwurvxnlrmp0867s9cm5g9p9cgllet2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdve3zqf0jcrysln4cvm2rvyw2qtaw4dm8qgacy6nxtscuqqyw50qsa3028'>nevent1q…3028</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>#RedHat Linux 5.1 made to dual boot with Windows NT4.<br/><br/>My first full time distribution was #Debian Woody. Been with Debian ever since.<br/><br/>Have used Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server at work from time to time. 2026-02-12T07:50:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0kwz3psqd0lfhv89nv2r095yanq72pqpd7vgu7daaugqhkhqdzggzyqsn3jfcwamvtt8ytx9my8hsmqmhpwurvxnlrmp0867s9cm5g9p9c49tyyn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgz3wewep56ljxdgvfas39hhq2g40z3zh6v8ldvkqa5qaxt7nz22q0vm4jg'>nevent1q…m4jg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>ditto for France.<br/><br/>My SIL works as a locum vet&#39;s assistant and sees people selling out, lots of investments in the infrastructure but then to recover the investments lots of tests recommended that are pointless and lots of sales of things that aren&#39;t necessary. The vets then find they are slaves to the system and no longer in control.<br/><br/>It&#39;s not good for competition, animal care or staff wellbeing. 2026-01-07T07:52:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdtqvtle5xsvyz20wrwq52ngm623rsq0c6d5zgx7tunt4pysx65ugzyqsn3jfcwamvtt8ytx9my8hsmqmhpwurvxnlrmp0867s9cm5g9p9cxf2udy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszfrn9mlltflpa455n7yvgmn90v86yyv03k52ad3y0syhmj8fmnxs7avrze'>nevent1q…vrze</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Okay. Is this a frsh install? Or upgrade? I&#39;ve seen it be stupid before, I can&#39;t remember what I did. I&#39;ll try to remember. I can confirm it does work as I&#39;ve it running on my home systems, and I didn&#39;t do anything specific to get it to work. 2025-12-26T10:56:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxx6ycf0y7xqy53gnf8yauu8ukdc75t3fpl66zte9n6r7mjclzljszyqsn3jfcwamvtt8ytx9my8hsmqmhpwurvxnlrmp0867s9cm5g9p9czu9z6w In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyj7ng62gq2vmnn8yrk4lc2ggmqvducm3twf4le5zj5tj62e04mfgar2k70'>nevent1q…2k70</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>is that kmail or the full kontact suite?<br/><br/>Kmail on stock Debian with KDE works fine, I&#39;m running it on several systems at the moment, though all have been upgraded from the previous version at least once.<br/><br/>I have experienced periods when it could be unstable though. I use IMAP, so can delete everything and restart my profile if I need. 2025-12-26T07:30:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg9krgk2cr85a8sgquts8cfv0mezhklv3gkma28z5wt7jumgvmu0czyqsn3jfcwamvtt8ytx9my8hsmqmhpwurvxnlrmp0867s9cm5g9p9c7qwevt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszhawfy7fdwwqdavj4nqrjqm6rgdhr542v2pf5ln8y6207rlp69gsr5w7wu'>nevent1q…w7wu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>yes, used kmail since Debian Woody. Wouldn&#39;t say it&#39;s perfect but still use it for my daily email client. 2025-12-25T06:18:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8dxfegkaj8efy9dnk72hw74rweh5muv690tnscq8nc6v4j7heehczyqsn3jfcwamvtt8ytx9my8hsmqmhpwurvxnlrmp0867s9cm5g9p9c0rgrs2 Sunny sunflower<br/><br/><a href="https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/3405284882413257959">https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/3405284882413257959</a><br/><br/>#blip of a multi-headed #sunflower against a house and some sky in #Brittany <br/><br/>#blipfoto #gimp #rawtherapee #Photography #flower #france 2025-08-21T19:35:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsycgmg33dyqrw2dy2m5a7df6qqsuu69hpjg7cfpfhh759yqp6as3czyqsn3jfcwamvtt8ytx9my8hsmqmhpwurvxnlrmp0867s9cm5g9p9cwvcv50 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspj2zm2l087rgd6uttafwvnskw54s06zfcf4xvw2fw88ajxax03yqxrjh53'>nevent1q…jh53</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Palm oil sounds so harmless, a natural product - no mention of the environmental catastrophe in growing it...<br/><br/>However you are right that some products do have better labels than others. 2025-05-31T10:21:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxgskuft6zfqkl0w6ar2dpq5l0aaz285h5rrsyw0p6sju2rukx0xszyqsn3jfcwamvtt8ytx9my8hsmqmhpwurvxnlrmp0867s9cm5g9p9c5cedvf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszxdsguam5y7l55cs390g4wws2p628nuc2wurmrn0e0wnq3u7002ck3047x'>nevent1q…047x</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>is more of it new than old now?<br/><br/>Makes my Filco look very bland.. 2025-04-04T05:55:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstre78muvulmmftx3hugh0t433h8nzd0gqr4468vk35cruq0s6ltczyqsn3jfcwamvtt8ytx9my8hsmqmhpwurvxnlrmp0867s9cm5g9p9cuz2xu8 Across the road and lake<br/><br/><a href="https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/3339699566663434636">https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/3339699566663434636</a><br/><br/>#blip #blipfoto #gimp #rawtherapee #photography #france #sunset #sky #brittany #Reflections 2025-02-21T19:40:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrwvnjtcghh3lrkljyssmq46cccn929cwatguv0eaz4h25w7f7kfszyqsn3jfcwamvtt8ytx9my8hsmqmhpwurvxnlrmp0867s9cm5g9p9c324exz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw7ryhkm9kex4t42z7nqj4d0u52pqwfkeycccqs8gfn3ggp7kvjmgvwsagw'>nevent1q…sagw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>fully supported on macs since Sonoma and iOS 17. Partial support since High Sierra and iOS 11.<br/><br/>Not being able to watch YouTube on a Mac would be a bit of a problem these days...<br/><br/>Older Macs and pre Windows 10 systems didn&#39;t support Opus out of the box. Various media players have done, even when the OS doesn&#39;t, e.g. VLC. 2025-01-02T08:30:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswsywsssskpt9cnfalvy3wllxrvpqs5grzgstw22j6ftlfus6xszqzyqsn3jfcwamvtt8ytx9my8hsmqmhpwurvxnlrmp0867s9cm5g9p9c5t3w64 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspqv7ul9qjseuhc2zhhu3vjxhdg6x552vjk20vf2gr3azwsp4fr6qpyeefl'>nevent1q…eefl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>opus is apparently a very good choice, considerably more powerful and efficient than the antique MP3.<br/><br/>At low bit rates it will give you tiny files half the size of MP3 and of the same or better quality, in the middle bit rates it will continue to outperform MP3 in both quality and size and at the high end it competes well against other modern formats where MP3 can&#39;t.<br/><br/>I believe for speech at the low bit rates it&#39;s particularly good.<br/><br/><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opus_(audio_format)">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opus_(audio_format)</a> 2025-01-02T08:09:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw5qswyqglnlkjct4kkus363l2tffnygxznd07me56y7sa8t0srwqzyqsn3jfcwamvtt8ytx9my8hsmqmhpwurvxnlrmp0867s9cm5g9p9ctxah3x The first time I encountered an alien playing Rescue on Fractalus! on my #c64 I was quite surprised to say the least.<br/><br/>Today I was playing under #VICE on my #Linux box and waiting for the first alien to appear - it took quite a while and it&#39;s still a surprise. Anyhow the green alien was suitably fried and all pilots were rescued unharmed...<br/><br/>#retrogaming 2024-12-22T12:11:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswcu6jhp7yqflle0ge9drp5yz2dwjk79w9gjl8ymlehqn6xwrfugqzyqsn3jfcwamvtt8ytx9my8hsmqmhpwurvxnlrmp0867s9cm5g9p9c7dpr5s My old #Commodore64 is working fine, but I&#39;ve also got #VICE working fine on my #Debian box.<br/><br/>I&#39;ve a pair of old style joysticks for the C64 but nothing for the PC. The PC is easier to connect to modern displays, so I need some kind of joystick/joypad/thingy for the PC.<br/><br/>Must work on #Linux/Debian with VICE.<br/><br/>Suggestion?<br/><br/>#retrogaming 2024-12-14T11:24:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrggrwc4ndefzgnxw5tftt42urpgjl58pdfqjz8zeactz8dg49enqzyqsn3jfcwamvtt8ytx9my8hsmqmhpwurvxnlrmp0867s9cm5g9p9cnfq55s EMITAPE = Emergency blip<br/><br/><a href="https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/3312114008928030149">https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/3312114008928030149</a><br/><br/>#blip #blipfoto #photography #retrogaming #gimp #rawtherapee #emi #retrocomputing #audiotape 2024-12-07T17:07:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8tulvewkw5zzgaatpupmuv57jwnewwjtthhr2ha8y0ks4hckz4aszyqsn3jfcwamvtt8ytx9my8hsmqmhpwurvxnlrmp0867s9cm5g9p9cc3s4er :commodore: Pi1541 <br/><br/><a href="https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/3309274651863023881">https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/3309274651863023881</a><br/><br/>#blip #blipfoto #gimp #rawtherapee #photography #Commodore64 #RaspberryPi #retrogaming #Pi1541 <br/><br/>Oddly my copied games wont load back from the SD card in either Kung Fu Flash or the Pi1541 but work perfectly under VICE...<br/><br/>My personal BASIC stuff is more important as that is unique and I can&#39;t get that from anywhere but my own disks... 2024-11-29T21:26:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs07v0m7dj0vn7umvjygs8cmwm9c9qgvexushjjrksl7tjlw7j2csczyqsn3jfcwamvtt8ytx9my8hsmqmhpwurvxnlrmp0867s9cm5g9p9cn4dqv6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv8p56vmkm0x5c78nh0majeucr5qgsr4ptvgy0yvhw7fmaksqy8ksfewm03'>nevent1q…wm03</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Well strictly speaking I never really cared, but up to 18 it seemed to matter. Once you are over about 25 I think I was more keen to not have one, and give my current age I really don&#39;t like birthdays anymore...! 2024-11-17T12:36:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs28ww7snsms3hn8mpkuhz4ywj63ds2guf9nt2x70lrm8m2a59dpqczyqsn3jfcwamvtt8ytx9my8hsmqmhpwurvxnlrmp0867s9cm5g9p9c3kj02x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspnpt3u8vg6y7n9cq5rta976cmtqs0jj5pde7s6zputss4dmnlmccdmpe24'>nevent1q…pe24</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Can&#39;t imagine inverting it is good for air flow and cooling... 2024-11-09T11:46:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsys2lrh80rd7ht8ep43fufq95fe34run0sk3k0csdc28w8nv57rqszyqsn3jfcwamvtt8ytx9my8hsmqmhpwurvxnlrmp0867s9cm5g9p9c7l5v98 My #RaspberryPi #pi1541 works better when you give the CBM ROMS the right file names...<br/><br/>Much #retrocomputing and #retrogaming here I come.<br/><br/>On a more serious note I can back my own old #BASIC programs up before the disks die on me...<br/><br/>:commodore: 2024-11-05T20:36:22Z