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Cake day: August 9th, 2023

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  • A name is just a simple reference to a system composed of interrelated and essential OS components: Kernel, windowing system, networking tools, virtual memory, user interfaces, the list goes on…

    Yes GNU is an essential suite of tools but so is X (or Wayland) and many other unnamed yet critical subsystems.

    Now GPL licensing on the other hand, THAT is a foundational precept to FOSS that deserves sole credit back to a single project.





  • Not sure whether this would meet you or anyone competent’s criteria for “good”, but here is mine:

    • Syncthing my Calibre Library folder on my primary PC
    • Mobius Sync to my iPhone
    • Load books (saved in main folder by author name sortable by date modified) or news (they’re saved in “calibre” folder by publication name) to iOS Books app or PDF in native Files app

    That way I load whatever I am currently reading.














  • If it’s any comfort, it took me a few tries to get it to work. It was over a year ago so the details are a bit rusty. I started out trying to install Debian, and it also crashed during installation, so I went back and tried some of the bug fixes. (One was something to do with the MOK). Debian didn’t work after that but Ubuntu did. It was a strange experience, and there’s nothing that would motivate me to switch after I finally got it to work.

    Perhaps you can give it another shot sometime and it’ll work. If you hate the custom arch that’s on it, and you don’t use it, you might as well try.