Alan Pope @popey@ubuntu.social

🙌 User Error episode day!
🐦 - Which is worse, Twitter or Facebook? 🤮
🐧 - Can Linux succeed without a full ecosystem?
🐵 - Hoodies: zip or !zip?
🤬 - Do people want drama to calm down?
🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔 What's your most commonly used emoji? 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
\o/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFK1El4i7Fg

Briefly reminiscing at ~1AM about a Pr1meOS computer I used in 1988. Searched online. Found me, on IRC in 2006 reminiscing at 1AM about it while supporting Ubuntu users. Some things don't change :). https://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2006/02/19/%23ubuntu.html#t01:10

Loving this re-purposing of an old ThinkPad into an all-in-one PC.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jeLCQ62vFk

Is there a proper name for these quadruplet conjoined grapes I got in my bunch? 🍇 Inquiring minds want to know. 🤔

This is my #Linux Desktop "Workflow". Nobody asked for this, but inspired by a recent @ChrisWere video where he showed his Linux desktop.
https://youtu.be/Zx0QJYgkvtE

There's 2 months until #Ubuntu 20.04 LTS is released. Let's take a relaxed look at the desktop right now, and see what's new. Join me on YouTube, and bring questions. ☕
https://youtu.be/8HYFC-wDnf4

I am impressed at this speedrunner who completed Minecraft in under 30 mins. I barely have a little house and a couple of pet pigs in that time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkIdK0D5WvA

The four words that put dread in my heart whenever I see them....

"Please rebase off master"

I end up just deleting my PR and re-creating it because for the life of me I can't drive git. It makes no sense.

Cooking tip of the day! Need to get crystallised honey out of a container? Everyone knows you put it in hot water. However, put it in a mason jar of hot water, and the lid holds it down, so all the honey melts! 🐝🍯

I just recorded my first "Telecast with popey" for 2020. In it I have some thoughts on the terminal & GUI, and ask for feedback about developing applications for #Linux.
https://t.me/telecastwithpopey/47

Want to make a podcast? Listen to Jupiter Extras 56 with Joe Ressington where he explains the basics. He gave this as a talk at OggCamp last year. Good info for the budding podcaster.
https://extras.show/56

r/linux really is a shithole. Someone announces a new release of a prominent open source application (Blender) and the only thing the peanut gallery can argue about is which packaging system was FIRST!!!111one..
It's no wonder eyes roll when people talk about a Linux "community" https://old.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/f4ae6e/blender_282_released_blenderorg/

Having a play with my new Sinclair ZX Spectrum. Join me over on this little cozy livestream. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY-gWpoY34Q

The C: defrag status on my Dell Latitude XPi P133 running Windows 98 is old enough to vote. If I leave it much longer, it'll be old enough to drink in the USA! This seems like an unwise course of action. I think I should defragment it forthwith.

It's Friday, which means another User Error in your feeds. This week, undesirable tech, desirable useless jobs, open source windows, bathing or showering, feature complete software and desirable dream description duration.

https://error.show/84